"Draw Sword Form!"
Whoosh!
Another streak of sword energy slashed toward a different direction.
The north side instantly turned into a rain of falling corpses.
[Draw Sword Form: EXP 250/10000]
"Draw Sword Form!"
WHOOSH!
The west side also started raining corpses.
The endless stream of Cockroach Immortals looked like they were specially delivering benefits to Ethan. Each strike took down over a hundred, and using a sword wasn't like using magic, which required mental power.
With a sword, as long as Ethan wasn't tired, he could draw endlessly.
Sword intent could also surge out without limit.
And, the Draw Sword Form wasn't like Great Fireball, which relied on repeated use to gain experience or proficiency to level up.
A sword is a weapon meant for killing, so as long as you kill, you gain experience.
Good thing he discovered the characteristics of the Eight Forms of God-Slaying early.
Otherwise, he would've foolishly gone back, and later, it wouldn't be so easy to find such a suitable leveling spot.
To train this set of Eight Forms of God-Slaying sword techniques, first, you need a place with tons of monsters.
One level requires ten thousand experience points, which means ten thousand monsters.
Second, the monsters have to be weak, not too strong.
Otherwise, Ethan wouldn't be able to handle them. Creatures like the Cockroach Immortals, aside from being disgusting, didn't seem to have any particularly troublesome traits.
And cutting them down felt just like playing Fruit Ninja. Extremely satisfying.
When it comes to leveling… that sense of satisfaction matters too.
Otherwise, just endlessly cutting monsters, even if there's no danger at all, would get boring after a while.
But this kind of flying target, where one strike cuts down hundreds and levels you up quickly, felt great.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Ethan kept slashing nonstop, and when he reached [Draw Sword Form: EXP 8999/10000], the Cockroach Immortals had actually all been wiped out?
He took a few steps forward, planning to find more "fruit" to slice, oh wait, Cockroach Immortals.
But with every step he took, the system kept prompting endlessly.
[Discovered Cockroach Immortal corpse. Collect?]
[Discovered Cockroach Immortal corpse. Collect?]
[Discovered Cockroach Immortal corpse…]
"Damn it!"
Ethan said helplessly, "So I don't even get a choice not to collect, huh!"
"Fine! Fine! I'll collect them!"
[Cockroach Immortal Arm +6]
[Cockroach Immortal Arm +6]
[Earth Beast Core +1]
[Cockroach Immortal Arm…]
A long stream of collection notifications kept popping up. But after gathering all the corpses on the ground, Ethan ended up with 300 Earth Beast Cores and 53,988 Cockroach Immortal arms.
Looking at his bag full of humanoid arms, only one word came to his mind…
'Disgusting!'
Two words.
'So gross!'
"Really want to know what the next form of the Eight Forms of God-Slaying is."
Ethan wandered around in the mist, trying to find another thousand Cockroach Immortals to kill.
But… those Cockroach Immortals seemed to have disappeared entirely.
It was frustrating.
"Forget it!"
Ethan shrugged helplessly, "Maybe the remaining ones haven't finished reproducing yet. I'll come back and kill them once they do."
Since he couldn't find any, he stopped looking.
Then, Ethan headed toward the cave.
According to the prompt, there seemed to be premium sludge inside.
'That's good stuff, can't waste it.'
However… the moment Ethan stepped into the cave, he saw it filled wall to wall with densely packed brown egg cases.
He casually sliced one open.
Swish!
A streak of sword energy cleanly split open a Cockroach Immortal egg case.
Unfortunately, no experience gained.
'So only living, moving creatures count as experience?'
Ethan sighed, then began examining the inside of the egg case.
Inside, there were actually twenty to thirty Cockroach Immortal eggs, arranged densely in different sizes. Transparent, unhatched forms filled the case. Looks like Cockroach Immortals really do share the same lineage as cockroaches.
When they first hatch, they're translucent white.
Only after a few hours do they gradually turn black.
But… after glancing at the entire cave full of Cockroach Immortal eggs, Ethan felt extremely satisfied.
This was simply the perfect leveling ground.
He just hoped these Cockroach Immortals would hatch quickly, so he could level up fast.
[Discovered Premium Sludge. Collect?]
'Collect!'
[Premium Sludge +1086]
[Premium Sludge: A high-grade sludge formed by fermenting Cockroach Immortal excrement mixed with mud. Using this sludge to grow plants increases growth rate by 50% and yield by 20%]
"Work's done! Time to head home!"
After clearing out the premium sludge in the cave, Ethan whistled to summon his skeletal horse.
Fortunately, the skeletal horse wasn't a real living creature, so it wasn't affected by the poisonous mist.
As soon as Ethan's whistle sounded, it immediately ran in from outside the poisonous mist area and waited at the cave entrance.
———
Ethan mounted the skeletal horse and was about to head back when, as he passed near the Giant Cockroach Immortal's corpse, he suddenly noticed some of the remains move slightly.
Ethan quickly pulled the reins.
Then he dismounted and walked over to the corpse, using his sword to flip over a chunk of the carcass.
Underneath the shredded flesh, he discovered several large green ants.
Each one was about the size of a finger.
Their entire bodies were green, with ferocious appearances. Their sharp mandibles easily tore off large chunks of the Cockroach Immortal's flesh. And where the flesh had been torn, small green bubbles appeared, seemingly corroding the remaining meat.
Just one look and you could tell they were highly toxic.
[Green Giant Ant: A scavenger creature. Its mandibles and antennae carry deadly poison. A single bite can likely result in immediate death.]
[PS: If you see a single Green Giant Ant, run immediately. Because they almost never appear alone, but in swarms ranging from ten thousand to a hundred thousand individuals. Not just humans, even an elephant can be devoured instantly.]
"Is that so?"
Seeing this prompt, Ethan's lips curled slightly into a smile, "Then this really is a case of searching everywhere only to find it under your nose."
He had just been looking everywhere for Cockroach Immortals, and now these Green Giant Ants had delivered themselves right to him.
'Perfect!'
Ethan stood beside the Giant Cockroach Immortal's corpse and began drawing his sword repeatedly.
"Draw Sword Form!"
Whoosh!
[Draw Sword Form: EXP 9220/10000]
"Draw Sword Form!"
Whoosh!
[Draw Sword Form: EXP 9432/10000]
Each strike harvested over two hundred Green Giant Ants. It felt great.
With continuous sword draws, Ethan's Draw Sword Form experience quickly maxed out.
[System Notification: Eight Forms of God-Slaying, First Form has reached Great Perfection.]
[Automatically learned: Eight Forms of God-Slaying, Second Form, Fast Sword Form (EXP 0/10000)]
[PS: After learning how to draw the sword, the next step is how to face enemies. And the key to facing enemies lies in speed. As the saying goes, in all martial arts, nothing surpasses speed. The fast sword is the source of all combat power.]
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