Monsters Are Coming

The entrance was an arched gateway, with a giant stone slab overhead, on which some worn symbols could be faintly seen, but the specific text was indiscernible.

At that moment, Zhou Li suddenly stopped swimming.

He twisted his body to shed the forward momentum and then stabilized his position to halt.

He could sense the surging Qi-Blood fluctuations near this building, certain that many creatures inhabited nearby.

This was one of the traits of Domain Nodes.

For any race, a Domain Node means endless energy resources.

Almost every node is occupied by either the Wisdom Clan or Monster Clans, which grow by constantly devouring the energy dissipated from the nodes.

Many clans can even achieve breakthroughs in Life levels through the energy of Domain Nodes.

For instance, low-level monsters like "Snowball" in the Frost Winter Snow Region have advanced into super creatures that players can't challenge for now, known as the Snow Ridge Wilderness, through long-term consumption of Void Origin Stone energy from the Kong Yuan Peak Node.

Basically, there's no Domain Node that isn't occupied.

Either by monsters or the Alien Race.

Even Catastrophe-Level forces like the Black Tide and Insect Race covet the energy supply of Domain Nodes.

If there truly was a Domain Node within the ancient building, it's reasonable for there to be monsters guarding nearby.

However, the distance was quite far now, and his Guidance couldn't decompose the information inside the building, figuring out how to safely cross this distance was a challenge.

If he was killed while advancing, retracing his path would waste more than half a day.

After much hesitation, he decided to first test whether there were guardian monsters in this area.

He swam a distance towards the direction where the Qi-Blood fluctuations came from, and then suddenly whipped his tail to accelerate, turning back.

In the next second, countless bubbles rose from the mud and sand below.

Soon, the entire sandy land surged violently, with mud and sand rolling like boiling water.

Countless figures burst from the mud and sand, sweeping rapidly like dominoes, densely occupying the entire water body.

The monsters emerging from the ground carried massive shells covered with glowing blue tentacles, with a pair of giant pincers on either side of their bodies.

The monsters resembled ammonites with pincers but appeared more menacing, with each one standing about seven to eight meters tall.

The decomposition swept through, presenting the monster information in his mind: Official source ıs N0veI.Fiɾe.net

[Ghost Scorpion]:

Hunting Level: 74.

Target Decomposition: The battle pets left after the extinction of the Ghost Scorpion Clan, possessing extremely strong defensive power, having evolved their life forms nourished under the long-term energy dissipation from Domain Nodes, capable of controlling seawater to fight.

...

The decomposition information in his mind made Zhou Li wild with joy.

It proved that there was indeed a Domain Node here.

At this time, the water was churned turbidly, and Zhou Li's view was mostly obscured, only able to vaguely see the silhouettes of those monsters swiftly moving under the murky water, attacking him.

He quickly whipped his tail, accelerating sharply, and swam away from the Ghost Scorpions' direction.

Shortly, he left the incoming Ghost Scorpions far behind.

Looking back again, he began to ponder over a question.

Should he recklessly charge once?

Now that it was confirmed a Domain Node existed in this area, his task was essentially completed.

What remained uncertain was the type of Domain Node this truly was.

As a player, given the overly lengthy journey to return home, he would naturally choose the shortcut.

Returning alive takes 8 hours, dying takes 1 second, and then happily browsing the forums for an hour.

Zhou Li already had the answer in his mind on how to choose.

He decided to gamble with his life, attempting to approach the ancient building and inspect what type of Domain Node was housed inside.

At this moment, the Extreme Speed Characteristic activated, Zhou Li's body was coated with a layer of black light, instantly turning into a black lightning bolt, drawing a sharp trajectory in the water.

"I'm going for it!"

At the same time, the Ghost Scorpions raised their bodies, changing direction to intercept Zhou Li.

But Zhou Li's speed was too fast, leaving the attacks of the nearby Ghost Scorpions ineffective.

Several Ghost Scorpions opened their giant pincers to clamp down, but only captured a mere afterimage, and the tentacles of the Ghost Scorpions ahead lashed towards Zhou Li's swimming direction like whips but struck only the murky water.

Under the full throttle of Extreme Speed, only a blurry black shadow could be seen swiftly shuttling among the horde of monsters.

"Frenetic dodging, exhilarating!"

Zhou Li exclaimed with joy, continuing to nimbly shuttle underwater.

But in an instant, when he looked up, he was stunned.

The dense silhouettes of Ghost Scorpions almost filled the entire water body, like a massive net, slowly closing in.

"I can still dodge!"

Zhou Li gritted his teeth, his body darting like an arrow within the encirclement, trying to break through the gaps between the monsters.

His heartbeat and the sound of water blended into one, with only his rapid breathing and the muffled roars of the Ghost Scorpions left in his ears.

Approaching the seabed building, but the azure net already occupied most of his vision, about to engulf him.

"I'll dodge again!"

He sidestepped a Ghost Scorpion's pincering, using all his strength to whip his tail.

Finally, seconds before the azure curtain was about to shroud his vision, he reached a distance where decomposition was possible.

Decomposition scanned the building, Zhou Li decisively transformed into a human figure, turning around to take a selfie, capturing the moment of himself gradually getting buried in the azure net.

"I'm so handsome, it makes me want to cry."

In his mind, the decomposition information emerged:

[Divine Transformation (Rule Node)]:

Rule Node characteristics introduction: With the blessing of Divine Transformation, Life Energy values can be converted without consumption (e.g., spiritual power transformed into Qi-Blood energy without expenditure, or Qi-Blood energy transformed into spiritual power without expenditure)

"Holy crap, damn!"

Zhou Li, who was in the midst of taking a selfie, was astounded upon seeing the decomposition information.

This was actually a Rule Domain.

More importantly, the Rule characteristics effect of this Rule Domain was extraordinarily powerful.