Chapter 25: The Terrifying Iron Turtle King, A Mad Surge in Power!

[Name]: Iron Turtle Beast (Mutated)
[Level]: 5
[Combat Power Assessment]: 1500
[Features]: High Speed, Iron Shell, Cunning, Guardian
[Skills]: Water Arrow, Agility Boost LV3
[Talent]: Water Sensing (F-Rank)
[Drop Rate]: 1.8%

Seeing this data, Ye Chuyun felt a jolt of shock.
Good heavens, among those thirty-four Iron Turtle Beast minions, there was actually a mutated one with a combat power as high as 1500!
Ye Chuyun felt this would be tricky.
However, he then recalled that ordinary Iron Turtle Beasts could provide him with 500 energy points.
Therefore, a mutated one would surely provide at least 700.
He only needed to kill one mutated Iron Turtle Beast to level up.
Furthermore, as this herd of Iron Turtle Beasts was spread out along the river, he could launch sneak attacks and pick them off one by one!
He could use the loot dropped by these beasts to further enhance himself!
Thinking of this, Ye Chuyun suddenly beamed with joy.
He then turned his gaze toward the giant turtle that stood over thirty feet tall.

[Name]: Iron Turtle Beast (Leader)
[Level]: 5
[Combat Power Assessment]: 2000
[Features]: High Speed, Iron Shell, Guard, Self-Healing
[Skills]: Defense Enhancement LV3
[Talent]: Water Sensing (F-Rank), Physical Enhancement (F-Rank)
[Drop Rate]: 8%

Ye Chuyun widened his eyes.
Good heavens, he had originally thought the forty-foot-tall giant turtle was the leader.
He hadn't expected that the four minions guarding it were actually the leaders.
If that was the case...
A terrifying thought suddenly struck Ye Chuyun, and he hurriedly focused his gaze on the ferocious, forty-foot-tall giant turtle.

[Name]: Iron Turtle King (King)
[Level]: 5
[Combat Power Assessment]: 2800
[Features]: Berserk, Territorial, Bloodthirsty
[Skills]: Sea King's Fury (Exclusive Skill), Healing LV5, Guardian LV5
[Talent]: Water Manipulation (E-Rank), Super Physique (E-Rank)
[Drop Rate]: 12%

"Hiss!"

Ye Chuyun couldn't help but gasp.
He wasn't sure if his luck was good or bad.
He had killed many King-level fierce beasts in his past life.
But those were all kills achieved by joining forces with hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of people.
A single attack from a King-level beast could cause the deaths of ten, a hundred, or even ten thousand people.
It could be said that to kill a King-level beast, the sacrifice of countless lives was a necessity.
Now, as he stood alone, wanting to kill the King-level Iron Turtle King—
The difficulty was simply hellish!

Ye Chuyun checked his current combat power.
Name: Ye Chuyun
Level: 5 (2370/3000)
Strength: 259
Agility: 208
Physique: 213 (F-Rank Physical Enhancement, +21)
Spirit: 334
Combat Power: 2103 (2028+75)

His combat power had just barely crossed 2000, yet the Iron Turtle King had 2800.
This would not be easy to deal with.

Just then, his private chat channel flickered.
Ye Chuyun looked and saw the message was from Cai Kun.
Cai Kun was very active in the chat channel and had also become a high-level solo player in his previous life.
Therefore, Ye Chuyun had a very deep impression of him.

Cai Kun: "Big Boss, are you really selling that +5 Green Claw Machete for 999 God-Demon Coins?"
Ye Chuyun: "That price was just a placeholder. My intention was to trade it for special items, spiritual herbs, or fruits."
Cai Kun: "Then, Big Boss, take a look at this spiritual fruit. Can it be traded for your +5 Green Claw Machete?"

After saying this, Cai Kun sent a visual sharing invitation.
Once Ye Chuyun accepted, he was immediately transported into Cai Kun's perspective.
In Cai Kun's hand was a fist-sized purple spiritual fruit.
Ye Chuyun's expression changed, and he exited the visual sharing.

Ye Chuyun: "How many of these fruits do you have? Is this the only one?"
Cai Kun: "Hehe, I have ten of these. I dug them out of the ground. Big Boss, what do you think? Can we trade?"
Ye Chuyun: "Give me all ten fruits, and I'll give you the +5 Green Claw Machete."
Cai Kun: "Yes, yes, yes, Big Boss! All ten fruits are yours!"

With that, Ye Chuyun opened the trading house, took down the +5 Green Claw Machete, and completed the trade with Cai Kun.
Instantly, ten purple spiritual fruits appeared in his storage space.

"Appraise!"
[Name]: Purple Essence Fruit
[Grade]: First-Tier Premium
[Effect]: Non-toxic. Consuming it enhances physical fitness.

Ye Chuyun nodded with satisfaction.
He hadn't been mistaken; this was undoubtedly a Purple Essence Fruit.
Cai Kun lacked an appraisal function and probably thought the fruit was poisonous, not daring to consume it.
He had simply sought him out to try his luck and see if he could trade it for the +5 Green Claw Machete.
This worked out in his favor; such premium spiritual fruits, while not as good as Golden Dragon Fruit, would still sell for thousands of God-Demon Coins in his previous life.
However, Cai Kun didn't lose out either.
With this +5 Green Claw Machete, his combat power would increase significantly.
That was no worse than consuming the Purple Essence Fruits.
This result was a win-win!

*Crunch!*
Ye Chuyun acted decisively and consumed all ten Purple Essence Fruits.

[Consuming Purple Essence Fruit (1/10), your physical fitness has greatly improved. Strength +2, Physique +2, Agility +2, Spirit +2!]
[Consuming Purple Essence Fruit (2/10), your physical fitness has greatly improved. Strength +2, Physique +2, Agility +2, Spirit +2!]
[Consuming Purple Essence Fruit (3/10), your physical fitness has greatly improved. Strength +2, Physique +2, Agility +2, Spirit +2!]
...
[Notification: The limit for consuming Purple Essence Fruit has been reached. Further consumption will have no effect.]

Ten Purple Essence Fruits provided a massive boost of 80 attribute points.
His combat power reached 2263.
Looking at the surging combat power, Ye Chuyun felt steady and reassured.

Next, Ye Chuyun took out the skill stones he had been saving for a long time, totaling 20 pieces.
He intended to use these 20 skill stones to perform targeted skill enhancements.
First was Stealth, which was the most critical skill for his plan to slaughter the Iron Turtle Beasts.

[Consumed 1 skill stone, skill enhancement successful. Your Stealth has reached LV2.]
[Consumed 2 skill stones, skill enhancement successful. Your Stealth has reached LV3.]
...
[Consumed 8 skill stones, skill enhancement successful. Your Stealth has reached LV5, reaching its maximum level.]

[Stealth LV5: Consumes a certain amount of Spirit to turn invisible for one minute. Attacking while invisible will not break stealth, but the duration of invisibility will be reduced. Cooldown time: five minutes.]

Ye Chuyun nodded with satisfaction.
These 15 skill stones had not been spent in vain!
Finally, he used the remaining 5 skill stones on [Vision Enhancement], [Strength Boost], and [Speed Boost].
Except for Speed Boost, which reached LV3, the other skills were upgraded to LV2.

Ye Chuyun then took a deep breath, ready to strike!