My Apocalypse System Arrives 10 Years Early

Chapter 401: Chapter 265: It’s Almost New Year Again

Although these Crystalized Exotic Beasts looked ferocious, their Tiers were actually quite low, making them no match for Li Xiang and Luo Feifei. Working together, they killed the Exotic Beasts—illusions created by the Earth Vein Spirit—and gained a total of 38,400 Achievement Points and over two thousand Spiritual Medicines ranging from Tier Three to Tier Eight. These included the Tier Three Brahma Heart-Clearing Lotus, the Tier Five Shiva’s Fierce Sun Fruit, the Tier Six Ganges Star Sand, and the Tier Eight Naga’s Kiss (a deep-purple, snake-tongue-shaped dried flower that gave off a sandalwood scent), among others. The haul was bountiful.

The two were a well-oiled machine by now. Their cooperation was flawless, and they advanced with unstoppable momentum. After fighting side-by-side for eight or nine hours, they finally arrived at the core of the Earth Vein.

System: "Detected one Tier Twenty-Eight Saint Tier Mutated Creature: a Thousand-Headed Shesha King. Detected one Tier Eighteen Mutated Creature: a Thousand-Headed Shesha."

Clearly, the former was the spirit of the ore vein—the spirit of a king vein—while the latter was its most powerful Crystalized Exotic Beast subordinate, likely a Clone it had created.

"Feifei, get back!"

Li Xiang wrapped an arm around Luo Feifei’s slender waist and carried her as he rapidly retreated. The ground caved in with a BOOM, and the snake heads of the most powerful Crystalized Exotic Beast, the Tier Eighteen Thousand-Headed Shesha, burst from the rock. A toxic mist corroded the granite, riddling it with honeycomb-like holes.

Each of the Tier Eighteen Crystalized Exotic Beast’s snake heads spat out attacks of different Attributes, such as a Ganges toxic mist, an Indian Ocean acid rain, and a Himalayan avalanche. Its methods were numerous and dazzling to behold.

As expected of a major country, this Earth Vein Spirit from India was far stronger than the ones in Japan, Vietnam, and Thailand. Although it was also a Tier Twenty-Eight, the system’s initial assessment was outdated, so the data was inaccurate. Its wide array of abilities put Li Xiang and Luo Feifei under considerable pressure.

However, Li Xiang’s Earth Superpower and Luo Feifei’s Ice Superpower were not to be trifled with.

The Himalayan avalanche spat out by the snake heads condensed into a torrential downpour of Ice Cones. Li Xiang stomped his foot, raising a shield of basalt to block the storm.

"Feifei, freeze the third snake head from the left!" Li Xiang whipped out his White Jade Golden Hook Rod and smashed a fire-breathing snake head. Molten rock splattered everywhere, sizzling and releasing white smoke as it hit the cave walls.

After Luo Feifei froze the snake head Li Xiang had indicated, she spun and threw out an ice chain, entangling two other lightning-spitting heads. The electric arcs they spewed out met her Electric Light Illusion Armor and were absorbed, stored as energy.

A torrent of afterimages from Li Xiang’s rod rained down. In one fluid motion, he struck all three heads, shattering them completely.

The two fighters and the monster tumbled about in a chaotic battle, unleashing a flurry of exquisite techniques. No matter how diverse or powerful the Thousand-Headed Shesha’s attacks were, Li Xiang and Luo Feifei successfully countered every one of them, ultimately shattering all of its heads.

System: "Congratulations, Host, for killing the Tier Eighteen Mutated Creature, the Thousand-Headed Shesha. You are rewarded with 1,800 Achievement Points, three vials of the Tier Nine Mutated Spiritual Medicine Asura Blood Honey, and one Tier Sixteen Extraordinary Spiritual Soldier: the Thunder God Pestle."

With the Tier Eighteen Crystalized Exotic Beast slain, the Earth Vein Spirit’s remaining power was exhausted. It had no means left to attack and could only watch helplessly as its true body was dismembered by Li Xiang, its final wisp of Spiritual Sense erased.

System: "Congratulations, Host, for killing the Tier Twenty-Eight Saint Tier Mutated Creature, the Thousand-Headed Shesha King. You are rewarded with 2,800 Achievement Points, three Tier Fourteen Mutated Spiritual Medicines, the Ganges Moon Dew Orchid, and one Tier Twenty-sixth Extraordinary Item: the Three-Phase Divine Seal."

This high-level Tier Twenty-sixth Extraordinary Saint Tier Item, the "Three-Phase Divine Seal," also possessed three Extraordinary Attributes: the Eye of Destruction, the Creation Lotus, and the Sustaining Dharma Wheel.

The Eye of Destruction was a Shiva Attribute. It could fire an intense gamma-ray burst and had a 24-hour cooldown. Gamma rays were one of the most powerful forms of radiation, and exposure had horrific consequences. Moreover, the intense gamma-ray storm released by Li Xiang’s new treasure possessed an intensity that far surpassed anything on Earth.

An ordinary person hit by the blast would have their entire body break down and rot away, dying within two hours. Even Extraordinary Beings below Tier Six would suffer genetic and cellular mutations.

The Creation Lotus was a Brahma Attribute that could generate three Spiritual Power Lotuses each day. Consuming one granted the user 24 hours of universal language comprehension, regardless of the language. These Spiritual Power Lotuses could also be saved up. ’With this, I basically don’t have to learn any more foreign languages.’ Li Xiang suddenly felt a great sense of relief.

The Sustaining Dharma Wheel was a Vishnu Attribute. When deployed, it could form a high-strength defensive field one hundred meters in diameter. An ordinary Saint Tier being would be completely unable to break through its Defense, but it required chanting the Bhagavad Gita to be maintained.

The ore vein had changed masters, and all of it would now serve as prime material for Li Xiang to forge his Crystal Vein Armor.

Besides what he had already collected, as well as the core region of the vein, this special Earth Vein actually held many other fine Crystal Ores—such as Brahma Gold, She Sha Scale Crystals, and Indra Thunder Stones—all located in its branch veins.

Li Xiang and Luo Feifei continued to mine. After another full day and night of hard work, they finally had all the special mineral deposits in their possession.

The hilt of the Tier Sixteen Extraordinary Spiritual Soldier, the Thunder God Pestle, was engraved with Thunder Spells from the Atharva Veda. When swung, it could summon a thunderstorm from the Indian Ocean. Li Xiang felt the weapon’s power would be a good match for her Water Element and wanted to give it to Luo Feifei, but she took one look and immediately refused.

"I’m the most beautiful girl in the universe, and you want me to carry a big club like that? Don’t you think that would ruin my image?" Luo Feifei pouted, looking utterly adorable.

"Fine, then," Li Xiang said, putting it away. Besides, Luo Feifei already had plenty of treasures; she wasn’t hurting for one more.

Luo Feifei shot Li Xiang a sideways glance, then suddenly threw herself at him in a hug. She looked up at him with a wide grin, her face exquisitely beautiful.

"What are you doing?" Li Xiang asked, momentarily stunned.