Qin Shilei's pet, while directing its subordinates to encircle and eliminate the stubborn elements, turned to enjoy its lunch.
Perhaps after fixing the "Gluttonous Stomach" attribute, its digestive capacity increased dramatically.
The Golden Two-star Golden Beetle, of similar size to itself, was completely devoured in less than ten minutes.
"Hiss..." After finishing its lunch, the Golden Beetle quickly reported its cultivation progress to Qin Shilei.
"It said its cultivation has grown significantly. It will be able to advance to Golden Six-star after eating five more such bugs."
Xiao Qiang, standing by, consciously acted as the interpreter.
The Golden Beetle then turned towards the Silver Beetles and Scythe Beetles that its subordinates had killed.
It ate these smaller bugs even faster.
It swallowed a bug in almost two or three bites.
While the bugs were fighting fiercely, the sole king, the Golden Beetle, ate with great relish.
Qin Shilei couldn't distinguish between his pet's subordinates, so he simply rode Xiao Qiang and casually found a large mountain to abandon the ant colony.
"Queen Ant, breed freely in this land. I hope you can bring me an invincible ant army."
The Queen Ant nodded incessantly to indicate she understood.
Before coming to this异世界 (yì shìjiè -异世界), Qin Shilei had just refreshed the "Seek Advantage and Avoid Disadvantage" attribute for the Queen Ant.
Seek Advantage and Avoid Disadvantage (Purple): An instinct that allows the Queen Ant to make more favorable choices for itself.
The Queen Ant's remaining attributes were: Favorite of the Earth (Red): When the Queen Ant stands on the ground, all attributes increase by fifty percent, and earth-elemental abilities are enhanced by thirty percent.
Mutation (Red): The Queen Ant itself and its offspring have a higher chance of further mutation.
With the "Seek Advantage and Avoid Disadvantage" attribute and the protection of a vast ant army, Qin Shilei believed the Queen Ant would not die easily.
Perhaps, the next time master and servant met, the Queen Ant would bring Qin Shilei a big surprise.
After arranging the ant colony, Qin Shilei returned to the insect valley.
The battle had already ended, and the Golden Beetle was still feeding.
This insect valley also had two to three hundred thousand insects. In the end, about half of them surrendered and became subordinates of Qin Shilei's subordinates.
The remaining half were all annihilated.
Qin Shilei looked at the nearly two hundred thousand insect corpses in the valley, feeling a headache.
The Golden Beetle ate one bug every ten seconds. Even if it ate without stopping, it could only consume three hundred and sixty bugs in an hour.
To finish all these bugs, how long would it take?
Qin Shilei once again set his gaze on the Golden Beetle that was devouring its meal.
[Proceed with attribute refresh?]
[Refresh.]
Wolfing Down (Green): The Golden Beetle's eating speed increases threefold.
Armor Piercing (Red): Every attack from the Golden Beetle carries an armor-piercing effect.
Sweeping Clouds (Red): The Golden Beetle's eating speed increases to ten times its original speed.
The system truly understands me!
Qin Shilei silently praised the system in his heart, then used the "Sweeping Clouds" attribute to replace the previously fixed "Unstoppable" attribute.
With the new attribute fixed, the Golden Beetle's speed of devouring insects significantly increased, eating almost one per second.
"Hiss hiss..." The Golden Beetle once again reported its cultivation progress to Qin Shilei.
"It says it only needs to eat eighty thousand more ordinary bugs to advance to Golden Six-star."
"Master, just like the Golden Beetle, I can also advance easily by just eating a little."
Xiao Qiang's voice was filled with envy and jealousy.
"I believe you can. Eat as much as you want of these bugs. I promise I won't let the Golden Beetle beat you up."
Qin Shilei had a "you're welcome" expression.
Xiao Qiang's head drooped.
These exotic beasts could indeed grow by eating continuously.
But their stomachs were only so big; they would be full after eating just ten or eight bugs.
Moreover, their absorption efficiency was far lower than that of the Golden Beetle.
The Golden Beetle only needed to eat six Golden-level bugs to advance.
For Xiao Qiang, it might take sixty Golden-level bugs to level up.
Compared to this, the Gluttonous Stomach was truly powerful.
However, Qin Shilei would definitely not be willing to fix such an attribute for himself.
The side effects of being a starving ghost were too troublesome.
After a simple calculation, Qin Shilei realized that the Golden Beetle couldn't finish all these bugs today.
Qin Shilei had to use the Qiankun Ring to store the corpses of the bugs and then put the Golden Beetle and its subordinates into the pet bag.
Turning to Xiao Qiang, he said, "Let's go. We'll find the next insect swarm."
Flying a few hundred kilometers on Xiao Qiang.
Below was an endless forest, and through the tall trees, some Clawed Beasts could be seen hunting.
Flying another few dozen kilometers, they still hadn't found any large Clawed Beast swarms.
"Then let's just sweep through!"
Qin Shilei directly had Xiao Qiang land and summoned his pets.
The Golden Beetle and its hundreds of subordinates, a weakened King Kong, and Xiao Qiang flying in the air.
Qin Shilei threw a pile of dead bugs to the Golden Beetle. "Let your subordinates carry them. You can eat as you walk."
"Hiss..."
"The Golden Beetle says it's very grateful to you, Master, for knowing it's hungry right now."
"Heh heh," Qin Shilei said meaningfully, "Eat up. There's plenty of food. I hope you don't develop an aversion to eating."
At this moment, King Kong had already officially engaged a group of Clawed Beasts in front.
Or rather, King Kong was chasing those hundreds of Clawed Beasts.
The Clawed Beasts weaved nimbly through the undergrowth, attempting to escape by using the trees for cover.
King Kong, however, charged through roughly. His massive feet always landed precisely on the fleeing Clawed Beasts.
With one stomp, blood splattered, and the Clawed Beast was completely crushed into the ground, dead as could be.
Xiao Qiang, from the air, unleashed bolts of lightning, blasting down Clawed Beasts that were about to escape King Kong's sight.
Three minutes later, King Kong casually threw the last Clawed Beast into his mouth. After a few chews, he swallowed it, signaling the end of this one-sided slaughter.
Qin Shilei quickly shuttled through the forest, and treasure chests and Clawed Beast corpses were successively collected into the Qiankun Ring.
This is what proper monster grinding should be like!
In the previous great battle in the insect valley, although nearly two hundred thousand bugs were killed, they were all killed by the Golden Beetle's subordinates, and not a single treasure chest dropped.
Although these bronze treasure chests rarely contained anything good, even a mosquito's leg is still meat.
After clearing the battlefield, Qin Shilei continued to have King Kong lead the way, resuming the monster-killing and leveling-up mode.
As night fell, Qin Shilei's ring contained nearly twenty thousand more corpses of various exotic beasts.
He found a cave halfway up a mountain to serve as a resting place for the night.
The Golden Beetle and King Kong guarded the entrance on either side, while Qin Shilei lay on a soft bed, sleeping soundly.
"Roar!"
Qin Shilei was sleeping soundly when he was startled awake by King Kong's roar.
"Awooo!"
When Qin Shilei emerged from the cave, he heard the roars of Clawed Beasts coming from directly in front of the cave.
Then, the sound of countless hurried footsteps came from all directions.
Qin Shilei flew into the air and shone a high-intensity spotlight around.
The mountainside and plains were covered in Clawed Beasts, now ferociously charging towards his cave.
It must be that they were killed too harshly during the day, and their Clawed Beast King led the entire swarm to seek revenge.
Qin Shilei's lips curved slightly, and he chuckled, "Are you trying to compete with me to see who has more subordinates?"