"The matter of the City Lord will be dealt with after the Insect King is resolved."
Qin Shilei ordered, "Now take me to the location of the City Guarding Monument."
Since the City Guarding Monument of Hope City could fix the attribute of "No Flying," perhaps there were attributes for "Forbidden Zones" as well.
During the day, Qin Shilei had considered this.
However, as an outsider, if he suddenly asked to find the City Guarding Monument, he might be misunderstood as wanting to destroy or steal it.
Once buried, the City Guarding Monument would be extremely difficult to destroy or steal, but who could guarantee that others didn't possess such abilities?
Qin Shilei was soon led by Tan Anguo to a secluded underground room.
Removing the cover, half of a dark token was revealed in the soil. On it was a simplified map phantom of Bei'an City surrounded by four city walls.
[Perform attribute refresh!]
[Refresh.]
Fortitude (Red): Increases the city walls' toughness by thirty percent.
Moat (Red): A moat twenty meters wide and twelve meters deep will form around the City Guarding Monument.
No Flying (Purple): Within the range of the City Guarding Monument, all creatures below Diamond realm are prohibited from flying.
Qin Shilei frowned as he looked at the "Moat" attribute.
A moat twelve meters deep would likely not stop an Insect King that could burrow.
Surely the opponent wouldn't be foolish enough not to dig deeper?
Instead of attributes like "Forbidden Zone" or "Earth Monitoring," a purple "No Flying" attribute appeared.
If he refreshed again, perhaps even a purple attribute wouldn't appear.
Qin Shilei had to abandon the thought of refreshing again.
Because once an attribute was fixed, even he and An Qian wouldn't be able to fly in the city. Therefore, Qin Shilei chose to temporarily leave this attribute here and consider fixing "No Flying" after the Insect King was dealt with.
Tan Anguo asked, "Mr. Qin, is there any way to find the Insect King?"
Qin Shilei shook his head, "Not yet. Let's go out first."
On the city walls, using the powerful solar spotlights, Qin Shilei continuously observed the ground inside and outside the walls but found no abnormalities.
He turned to Wen Zhiyuan and others and asked, "Do you have anything like Corpse King meat that can lure insects?"
Wen Zhiyuan thought for a moment and took out a purple fruit from his ring.
"Whoosh!"
As soon as the fruit was taken out, Xiao Qiang, flying in the sky, immediately descended.
It looked at the fruit in Wen Zhiyuan's hand with a covetous gaze and incessantly said in Qin Shilei's mind, "Master, I want this fruit. Can I snatch it?"
Mystic Spirit Fruit: A spiritual fruit from another world that can promote the evolution of exotic beasts. For a Silver realm exotic beast, it can increase its level by two to three. Its effect on Gold realm exotic beasts is minimal.
Wen Zhiyuan explained, "This is a treasure I obtained from opening a Silver treasure chest. It has a great attraction to exotic beasts. I don't know if it can attract that Insect King?"
As he spoke, a commotion arose outside the city. The insects seemed to be crazily drawn towards this city wall by the purple fruit.
"I'll try." Qin Shilei reached out and took the Mystic Spirit Fruit.
[Perform attribute refresh?]
[Refresh.]
Delicious (Blue): The taste of the Mystic Spirit Fruit becomes sweeter and more refreshing.
Double Potency (Red): The potency of the Mystic Spirit Fruit is doubled, allowing Silver realm exotic beasts to increase their strength by three to five levels.
Fatal Temptation (Red): The attraction of the Mystic Spirit Fruit to exotic beasts will be greatly enhanced. Once exposed to the air, it will drive exotic beasts within a thousand-meter radius into a frenzy.
If he fixed the "Double Potency" attribute, it might also increase its attraction to exotic beasts, and it would be better to feed it to his pet afterward.
However, for the sake of caution, Qin Shilei chose the "Fatal Temptation" attribute.
After fixing the attribute, Qin Shilei immediately put the Mystic Spirit Fruit into his Qiankun Ring.
"Mr. Qin, this is a treasure I obtained with great difficulty. You can't embezzle it."
Wen Zhiyuan said anxiously, "After my pet advances to Silver eight-star, I'll feed it. After you lure the Insect King out, you must return it to me."
Qin Shilei smiled, "I understand. I'm just keeping it temporarily, and I will definitely return it to you."
In his heart, he thought, "If the Insect King eats this Mystic Spirit Fruit, don't blame me."
However, the effective range of the Mystic Spirit Fruit was only one thousand meters, while the northern city wall was a full hundred kilometers long. It would likely take a long time to try.
Just then, Jin Hongye came up from below the city wall, pulling his daughter along.
He said, "Mr. Qin, I heard you are looking for the Insect King. My daughter's pet is a Treasure-Seeking Mouse. I don't know if it can help."
Jin Qiaoqiao extended her right hand, and a gray mouse suddenly appeared in her palm.
Treasure-Seeking Mouse: Bronze seven-star, extremely sensitive sense of smell, can help find all sorts of rare treasures.
Qin Shilei was just looking for an evolutionist with a canine pet to help narrow down the search range, but unexpectedly, a Treasure-Seeking Mouse appeared. It wasn't bad.
[Perform attribute refresh?]
[Refresh.]
Rapid Reproduction (Green): Do you want a swarm of Treasure-Seeking Mice? If you fix this attribute, your wish will surely be granted.
No Stealing Food (Green): If you fix this attribute, you won't have to worry about your pet stealing and eating the rare treasures it finds.
Sensory Enhancement (Red): The Treasure-Seeking Mouse's senses will become more acute.
Qin Shilei chose "Sensory Enhancement." The Treasure-Seeking Mouse flashed with a white light all over its body, then seemed to become more agile.
"An Qian, you take Jin Qiaoqiao and let's go to the place where the Burrowing Insect King previously appeared."
"Alright."
The three of them flew rapidly into the distance.
Upon arriving at their destination, Jin Qiaoqiao released the Treasure-Seeking Mouse again.
The Treasure-Seeking Mouse sniffed around for a while, then scurried with its small legs towards the east.
After running about twenty kilometers, the Treasure-Seeking Mouse suddenly squeaked on a patch of grass.
Qin Shilei approached and saw that the ground in the middle of the grass was slightly raised by two to three meters.
It was likely that the area below had been hollowed out by the Burrowing Insect King, and it had just been dug.
Just as Qin Shilei was about to take out the Mystic Spirit Fruit, the Treasure-Seeking Mouse ran forward a few hundred meters and pointed at another patch of grass, squeaking.
"Go back to your owner."
Qin Shilei said to the Treasure-Seeking Mouse, then placed the Mystic Spirit Fruit on a large tree and cloaked himself behind another large tree not far away.
As soon as he hid, the soil on the grass splashed, and the enormous body of the Burrowing Insect King appeared within everyone's sight.
Like a flying dragon, the Burrowing Insect King shot directly from underground towards the tree where the Mystic Spirit Fruit was located.
Teleport!
Before the Insect King had fully emerged from the ground, Qin Shilei teleported directly beside it and slashed with his sword.
The Burrowing Insect King never expected Qin Shilei to appear there. Caught off guard, it was instantly struck by the Juque Sword.
The Divine Ability "Stiffening" took effect instantly.
Seven Stars Fall from the Sky!
Qin Shilei continuously swung the Juque Sword at the terrifying wound on the Burrowing Insect King.
The two seconds passed quickly. The Burrowing Insect King was almost cut in half, with only less than ten centimeters connecting its head and body.
Qin Shilei, fearing it was still alive, drove his phantom to stab it again.
The Divine Ability "Stiffening" once again immobilized the opponent.
However, before Qin Shilei could unleash a combat skill, a Silver treasure chest appeared beside the Burrowing Insect King.
Looking over, An Qian had also almost severed the Insect King's tail.
The tenacious Insect King finally died.