On the frozen land, the prying gaze had completely vanished, and the Frost Giant closed its eyes once more.
As an ultimate-tier dragon, mere sleep was the best way to grow stronger.
This world was too weak.
Within Chen Luo's sea of consciousness, after barely suppressing the surging emotions in his heart, his gaze fell upon the last dropped item.
It was a pair of pure black leg guards, silently suspended before Chen Luo. As Chen Luo observed it closely, he noticed that on its black surface, mysterious runes seemed to faintly flicker.
[Night Wolf Leg Guards]
[Type]: Equipment
[Level]: D-class
[Effect]: Agility +20, Physical Defense +50, Magic Defense +100
[Equip Level Requirement]: 11
[Special Hint]: Part of the Night Wolf Set (1/6)
Looking at the Night Wolf Leg Guards faintly glowing with mysterious light before him, Chen Luo finally felt a bit like he was playing a game.
This stingy apocalypse game, he had killed nearly ten thousand monsters, and not a single thing dropped.
Moreover, from the previous drop notifications, if firearms were involved, his drops would likely be further reduced.
Getting equipment was truly difficult.
Of course, Chen Luo couldn't wear this piece of equipment yet, as he was only a novice at Tier 0, Level 10, who could continuously kill tens of thousands of Night Wolves.
But it was no big deal; reaching Level 11 was within Chen Luo's grasp.
...
The elite Night Wolf killed just now had given Chen Luo 500,000 experience.
Killing just that one was equivalent to the experience of Chen Luo killing 2,500 ordinary Night Wolves, which showed the terror of the elite tier.
Before the Purgatory Survival Mode began, Chen Luo's experience points were stuck at Level 10 (129,600/51,200), but due to tier restrictions, Chen Luo was firmly stuck at Level 10 and could not break through.
After the Purgatory Survival Mode began, Chen Luo had slaughtered another 9,764 Night Wolves and one elite Night Wolf, causing his experience points to skyrocket to Level 10 (2,582,400/51,200)!
According to the system's requirements, to break through to Tier 1, there were three requirements: possessing a D-class skill, having a single attribute exceed 50 points, and killing a Tier 1 creature.
Chen Luo had now completed all of them!
[Detected that the player has completed the tier advancement challenge! Do you wish to proceed with the life leap?]
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Beneath the blood moon, in the darkness, the boundless Night Wolf pack spread across the entire East Sea City seemed to sense something the moment Chen Luo killed the elite Night Wolf.
Across various locations in East Sea City, among the massive wolf packs surging forward, thousands of terrifying giant wolves, identical to the elite Night Wolf Chen Luo had killed, stopped in their tracks and raised their heads to look in Chen Luo's direction.
Within their scarlet beast eyes, the bloodthirsty will was so thick it almost dripped blood.
The next moment, amidst the millions of wolves, these thousands of elite giant wolves stood still, raised their heads, and let out a skyward howl:
"Awooooo!!!!"
The eight million wolves, which had been completely frenzied, abruptly stopped at the wolf howl.
In the entire darkness, apart from the howls of the thousand wolves, there was no other sound!
In the various safe zones, some shattered, some still intact, survivors who had narrowly escaped death due to the complete withdrawal of the Night Wolves, became panicked upon hearing the piercing howls:
"Damn it! What are those evil wolves doing?!"
"It's over! All gone, everyone is dead! We humans can't resist these monsters at all!"
"Quick! Block all the gates! If those monsters come back, we'll all die!"
Humans, under the malevolence of the wolf pack, were either angry, fearful, or panicked, but all of this was merely the wailing of the weak, and the wolf pack paid them no mind.
As the thousand wolves howled and the ten thousand wolves halted, in the darkness that the blood moon could not penetrate, even larger shadows slowly moved through the wolf pack.
Compared to these dark figures, the two-meter-tall elite Night Wolves were merely small fry.
But they were not the protagonists either.
Moving the gaze further up, through this boundless wolf pack, through the buildings shrouded in darkness, until piercing through the obstruction of the darkness!
At the summit of the tallest Pearl Tower in East Sea City, above the dense darkness, between heaven and earth.
A silver wolf stood at the very top of the high tower.
Its silver fur swayed wildly in the wind and snow, and its beast eyes held no trace of madness, only the coldness of a hunter.
It lowered its head, gazing down at the churning darkness that covered the entire city, its azure eyes as still as water.
But the howl of the thousand wolves seemed to awaken it.
The silver wolf king raised its head and looked at the blood moon in the sky.
Its azure beast eyes gradually became stained with a blood-like color.
The next moment, a wolf howl echoed through heaven and earth:
"Awooooo!!!"
The black tide, which had been standing still, seemed to have received the highest command. Silently, the terrifying tide composed of eight million wolves surged towards Chen Luo with a sweeping momentum!
...
After Chen Luo killed the elite Night Wolf, the tide of over ten thousand wolves led by it became somewhat chaotic. The previously fearless wolf pack seemed to have regained individual will.
They looked at their companion, so easily killed by Chen Luo, and fear appeared in their eyes.
Chen Luo immediately felt that suppressing the wolf pack's attacks had become increasingly effortless, and some Night Wolves even began to retreat stealthily.
However, when a wolf howl that resounded through heaven and earth erupted, the confusion and fear in all the Night Wolves' eyes instantly vanished. The absolute wolf king had taken over all control of the wolf pack.
The enemy was more powerful than imagined; a mere elite commander leading over ten thousand wolves could not defeat him.
Therefore, they would unleash their full power and utterly crush this enemy!
Every Night Wolf instantly understood the wolf king's will, and the wolf king's will was the meaning of their lives!
All the wolf packs began to attack Chen Luo incessantly. They ignored Chen Luo's fireballs, and even at the cost of their lives, they aimed to inflict damage on Chen Luo!
The expressions of everyone, who had started to relax due to the eased situation, changed.
The atmosphere the entire wolf pack exuded was completely different.
If before, the wolf pack was in a state of mindless frenzy, then at this moment, the frenzy in its eyes had quietly receded, replaced by the determination of a warrior.
Yes, even the combat team members found it strange to use anthropomorphic descriptions for a wolf's gaze.
But the fact remained.
The wolf pack became orderly and cold. Occasionally, Night Wolves that Chen Luo let slip by were completely ignored by the warriors attacking them.
Even as their bodies were mangled, their eyes remained fixed on Chen Luo's direction.
Such a wolf pack sent a chill down everyone's spine.
But within their sight, the wolf pack illuminated by the flames was rapidly decreasing.
Yet, the pressure in their hearts grew heavier, as if some terrifying event was about to unfold.
Unlike the uneasy crowd, Chen Luo's consciousness had completely returned to reality.
And he was well aware of the impending danger.
Eight million enemies...
And the wolf howls that echoed throughout the city...