Qin Shi Lei then activated the All Things Attribute Refresh System.
[Proceed with attribute refresh?]
[Refresh.]
Suddenly, an orange glow emanated from his body.
Tang Monk's Flesh (Red): The host's physique possesses a strong attraction for异兽 (Yi Shou - strange beasts), aiding them in more easily advancing to higher realms.
Jabbering (Red): The host's speech has extreme penetration, continuously echoing in the minds of others and causing them immense discomfort.
Dharma Manifestation of Heaven and Earth (Orange): Once Dharma Manifestation of Heaven and Earth is unleashed, one's size will increase and their own power will surge accordingly.
After fixing the attributes, Qin Shi Lei turned to test a newly acquired ultimate move.
Lightning Escape!
With a thought, Qin Shi Lei transformed into a bolt of lightning and sped away into the distance.
In a mere ten seconds, he had appeared on the rooftop of a tall building ten kilometers away.
Qin Shi Lei carefully assessed the consumption of his internal Yuan Qi, discovering that one use of Lightning Escape consumed approximately one-twentieth of his Yuan Qi.
This meant that if he used all his Yuan Qi to perform Lightning Escape, he could travel two hundred kilometers in a few minutes.
Having advanced to the Gold realm, Qin Shi Lei could now also achieve flight solely through Yuan Qi.
Although the consumption was considerable and the speed not particularly fast, it represented a qualitative leap.
To better experience his strength after advancing to the Gold realm, Qin Shi Lei descended from the rooftop, preparing to find some 异兽 (Yi Shou) to spar with.
While Qin Shi Lei was testing his strength, his subordinates encountered a crisis.
Jie Ming Chen, Wu Xia, and over ten other leaders were gathered in a large office.
"Those hornets look like they're flying over, what should we do?"
"Why don't we run?"
"Run? Run where? Can your two legs outrun their flight?"
"Jie Ming Chen, quickly use a signal flare to notify Mr. Qin."
"I've already fired two shots, but I don't know if Mr. Qin is delayed by something, as he hasn't returned yet."
As soon as the sentries spotted the swarm of hornets, Jie Ming Chen had fired a signal flare into the sky.
At that time, Qin Shi Lei was in the midst of a breakthrough and had not noticed the signal flare.
Five minutes later, Jie Ming Chen fired another shot.
Coincidentally, Qin Shi Lei had just descended from the rooftop, and while walking inside the stairs, he could not see the signal flare in the sky.
"Do you think Mr. Qin found out he couldn't deal with these hornets and fled alone?"
"It's all this guy named Qin's fault for gathering us all together. Now we're a bigger target and can't hide, and it's easier to attract the attention of 异兽 (Yi Shou). Isn't he deliberately trying to get us killed?"
"Exactly, I don't oppose pooling our strength to destroy the singularity, but there's no need to gather everyone so early."
"Hmph, he can just walk away without a care, while we're left to be fed to the hornets because of him. He's a scoundrel."
For a time, most people began to complain.
Wu Xia suddenly suggested, "Don't we still have some guns? How about we use gunshots to see if we can notify Mr. Qin?"
Someone immediately retorted, "Mr. Qin has clearly fled. Using gunshots will only attract those hornets and yield no other benefit."
Jie Ming Chen said, "I believe Mr. Qin simply didn't see my signal flares, which is why he hasn't returned. I agree with Wu Xia's suggestion."
Someone sarcastically remarked, "If he didn't see one shot, how could he not see two? Is that signal gun just for show?"
Just as they were arguing, a sentry rushed into the office, pushing the door open.
"Bad news, those hornets seem to have discovered us and have surrounded the entire building."
Everyone's expression changed. They quickly went to the window, lifted a corner of the curtain, and looked out.
They saw that the hornets, which had been hovering dozens of meters away from the building moments ago, had now surrounded the entire building.
As they lifted the curtain, a hornet flying nearby immediately charged at them.
Bang!
The window shattered, and the hornet flew in.
With a flash of cold light, Wu Xia's dagger swiftly cleaved the hornet in half.
"Fire your weapons. At this point, there's no concern about alarming the hornets."
As soon as she spoke, several more hornets flew in through the broken window.
Everyone also felt Wu Xia was right. While dispatching the incoming hornets, they picked up the guns stacked in the corner and began shooting outside.
Some even grabbed several high-energy bombs, pulled the triggers, and threw them out the window.
Boom!
The deafening explosions, accompanied by the roar of machine guns, reverberated through the sky.
The hornets surrounding the building all flew towards them the instant the gunfire began.
Looking at the sky-obscuring swarm of hornets, everyone felt a sense of impending doom.
The hornets' strength was at most at the Bronze realm, and each of them could easily handle one.
But with such numbers, no matter how good one's defense, the only fate was to be stung to death.
Some of them had personally witnessed Silver realm 异兽 (Yi Shou) being swarmed by hornets, being stung to death in less than ten seconds, and then being eaten down to just a skeleton.
The hornet swarm was widely recognized as one of the 异兽 (Yi Shou) that survivors in this city were most unwilling to provoke.
"We're doomed, everyone escape on your own."
Someone turned and fled to other rooms, preparing to find a hidden place to shelter.
Hoping that these hornets would leave after they had eaten their fill, in which case he might still survive this ordeal.
"Let's fight them! If they want my life, I won't let them have it easy either." Others were frantically slaughtering the hornets that flew in.
However, everyone had resigned themselves to their impending deaths.
Whether Qin Shi Lei would return to save them was no longer important.
Because in their minds, even if Qin Shi Lei was an ultimate master, he definitely couldn't deal with this swarm of at least hundreds of thousands of hornets.
Their initial hope for Qin Shi Lei's appearance was merely that he could use that giant eagle to lure the hornets away.
Now that the hornets had discovered them, they would not leave easily after devouring them.
"Look, what is that? Why is there a light shooting over?"
Just as everyone was in despair, Jie Ming Chen suddenly pointed out the window and exclaimed.
As soon as he spoke, the light was already close to the window.
Qin Shi Lei, clad in Dragon Scale Armor, stood proudly in mid-air like a god of war.
Several electrical arcs coiled around his body, instantly turning any hornet that approached him into charcoal.
Then, the survivors inside the building witnessed a scene they would never forget in their lives.
Devouring Thunder!
With a casual wave of Qin Shi Lei's hand, ten thousand bolts of heavenly lightning descended, like a silver electric rain.
The hornets had no time to react before they were instantly incinerated by the lightning.
Devouring Thunder lasted for a minute, clearing all hornets within a hundred-meter radius of Qin Shi Lei.
Hornets further away frantically flew into the distance.
"Since you've come, you all shall stay."
Qin Shi Lei made two consecutive instantaneous movements to pursue them, and with another strike of Devouring Thunder, he annihilated the remaining hornets.