According to Zhang Yanhang's observations, the strength of these new fire-breathing monsters was roughly around the Third Tier Two-star level, still classified as Early Stage Third Tier monsters.

As for the specific classification of these monsters, if Zhang Yanhang wasn't mistaken, or if the monsters of the Ashen World still followed conventional definitions, they should be the commonly seen Flame Flying Dragons in various games and TV shows.

Or rather, two-legged flying dragons, with only two hind legs and no claws on their forelimbs, just a pair of continuously open broad wings.

Furthermore, the attack methods of these Flame Flying Dragons were very classic, either flying in the sky and breathing fire at him, or dragon breath, watching this group of Flame Flying Dragons flying back and forth like bombers, spewing dark red flames continuously at him, Zhang Yanhang felt it would be wiser to check the Attribute list before launching the Death Wave to kill them.

[Fiery Poison Dragon (Ordinary)]

[Level: Third Tier Two-star]

"Huh? A poison dragon? How could there be a poison dragon all of a sudden?"

Zhang Yanhang observed several times but didn't notice any poison abilities in this group of two-legged flying dragons. If he had to guess, the only plausible explanation was fire poison, given his complete lack of sensation due to the coverage of his Energy Shield.

Moreover, although these Fiery Poison Dragons, likely adept at fire poison, were Third Tier Two-star Monsters, their Skill Attacks seemed completely identical to that of the previously encountered Third Tier One-star Molten Flame Toad, also failing to inflict any damage on him, not even causing a ripple in the Energy Shield.

If this situation continued to develop this way, Zhang Yanhang estimated that at least a Late Stage Third Tier monster like a Third Tier Three-star would be needed to exert real pressure on the Energy Shield.

Yeah, there would probably be just a trace of pressure, and to cause an actual weakening of the Shield Value and create damage, that was likely beyond the capabilities of a Third Tier Three-star monster, most probably the domain of a Third Tier Four-star monster.

"Speaking of which, this Fiery Poison Dragon is the first normal Third Tier Two-star monster I've encountered, and also represents the highest strength level I've come across in a monster so far. The highest level monster I'd previously met was only Peppa Pig, the Demonized Four-eyed Wild Boar Queen, a Third Tier Two-star Lord Monster from the Demonized Swamp Zone."

According to Zhang Yanhang's observation, these Fiery Poison Dragons were about the same length as the previously encountered Third Tier One-star Molten Flame Toads, which was about ten meters long, although their height might be a little less impressive.

Compared to the Molten Flame Toad, which looked particularly solid and majestic, the overall shape of the Fiery Poison Dragon was flat, making it appear somewhat shorter, probably only about two to three meters tall at most, just under half the height of the Molten Flame Toad.

But this was always the case with flying monsters, so Zhang Yanhang didn't mind too much. Since it was impossible to collect materials, and even if materials were collected, they would dissipate after five seconds because of a refresh, he was now most concerned about the matter of Soul points.

"I wonder how many soul points a Third Tier Two-star Fiery Poison Dragon is worth, but it seems that since a Third Tier One-star Molten Flame Toad is worth 150 soul points, a Third Tier Two-star Fiery Poison Dragon should surely be no less than 200 points."

Thinking this, taking advantage of the fact that the Fiery Poison Dragon in the sky had not yet flown away, Zhang Yanhang immediately released his Death Wave Skill.

A circle of transparent twisted force field rapidly spread outward from Zhang Yanhang's body, regardless of whether it was in front or behind, left or right, or in the sky or underground, any monster engulfed by the twisted force field of the Death Wave died on the spot without showing any capability to resist.

The previously commanding Fiery Poison Dragon, which was spewing dark red flames at him, plummeted to the ground as if dumplings were dropped into boiling water, creating a large and continuous crashing sound upon impact.

Wings shattered, vertebral bone crush fractures, viscera rot, organ imbalance... A series of compound injuries appeared on the Fiery Poison Dragon due to the effect of the twisted force field.

And naturally, the Fiery Poison Dragon with its mere Third Tier Two-star strength couldn't withstand the Death Wave's 1820 points fixed damage limit; Zhang Yanhang didn't even need to activate the execution feature and could easily kill the enemy using only the most basic fixed damage of the Death Wave.

To tell the truth, Zhang Yanhang hadn't really had any opportunities to use the execution feature since he acquired it.

However, considering that stronger monsters would definitely continue to appear later on, such as Third Tier Three-star or Third Tier Four-star monsters at the Late Third Tier Stage, Zhang Yanhang thought that only those kinds of monsters would require the execution ability for a kill.

But it was also limited to Third Tier Three-star and Third Tier Four-star monsters. These monsters were definitely the least numerous in this Fourth Tier Transmission Channel, so he probably wouldn't need to activate the execution ability too frequently, although activating it doesn't consume physical strength and could be used freely.

After releasing this Death Wave, Zhang Yanhang's ears were once again bombarded with a four-digit high-frequency series of prompts, and this time there were more than ever before.

Previously, Zhang Yanhang would normally activate the Death Wave Skill to hunt monsters when around seven to eight hundred or six to seven hundred had gathered.

This time it was slightly different, as Zhang Yanhang deliberately waited a bit longer because of upgrading his skills, and also due to the appearance of two new types of monsters, the Third Tier One-star Molten Flame Toad, and the Third Tier Two-star Fiery Poison Dragon.

Perhaps these two Third Tier monsters gave other Second Tier monsters a certain confidence, resulting in a generally higher degree of gathering, about a thousand or so in total, and with the addition of several hundred Molten Flame Toads and Fiery Poison Dragons, Zhang Yanhang suddenly realized that he seemed to have directly eliminated more than two thousand monsters at once.

Of course, this was not only because he deliberately waited a while longer, but also related to the increased coverage of the Death Wave Skill, after all, it doubled from 600 meters to 1200 meters, which is significant, and allowed Zhang Yanhang to additionally hunt many monsters that were previously out of range.

Speaking of which, Zhang Yanhang suddenly felt that he might need to retreat again. He was still standing at the 300-meter mark, which was not the optimal position to maximize the coverage of the Death Wave. He felt that he should retreat at least another 300 meters, moving to a position 600 meters away from the Transmission Channel would be better.

Incidentally, the fact that Zhang Yanhang could still think normally while enduring a barrage of high-frequency prompts as many as two thousand times per second clearly showed he had trained well and his adaptability had greatly increased.

To this end, he indeed had to thank these selflessly devoted monsters for their sacrifice, and to express his gratitude, he decided to clean them up more efficiently with an upgraded Death Wave that had a wider range and greater power, shortening their time suffering torment.

But before that, he felt he should first pay attention to the soul point valuation of the Third Tier Two-star Fiery Poison Dragon.

[Successfully killed Third Tier Two-star Monster 'Fiery Poison Dragon (Ordinary)' ×1, soul points +650.]

[Successfully killed Third Tier Two-star Monster 'Fiery Poison Dragon (Ordinary)' ×1, soul points +650.]

[Successfully killed Third Tier Two-star Monster 'Fiery Poison Dragon (Ordinary)' ×1, soul points +650.]

...

"I didn't expect the soul points of a Third Tier Two-star Fiery Poison Dragon to be worth 650, more than double that of the previously encountered Third Tier One-star Molten Flame Toad, an increase of 350 soul points. Third Tier Two-star monsters indeed have a status, but it's just not known how many there are."

Zhang Yanhang didn't dare to hope for too much; five thousand would help him gather the remaining three million soul points, but even then, he felt the odds of achieving this were slim.

However, that being said, he could now clearly feel that his eventual gains would definitely be much higher than the six million he'd previously estimated, perhaps even reaching eight or nine million.

By then, he might even be able to instantly max out his Limitless Universe Skill to Third Tier LV.MAX, hm, even possibly prioritizing it over Technique Immunity.

After paying attention to the soul point valuation of the Fiery Poison Dragon, Zhang Yanhang quickly turned his attention to the more important matter of the energy consumption of the Death Wave skill.

Soon, Zhang Yanhang discovered, perhaps it was the mercy of the Death Wave, that the increase in Physical Strength consumption wasn't too much—it had only doubled, maintaining an increase similar to before, which was basically the best scenario he had predicted.

"If that's the case, doesn't that mean I can still unleash the Death Wave up to 250 times at full power, 500 times at a small scale, even after raising it to Original LV.MAX?"

After deducting the Physical Strength consumed by the hundred Death Wave Skills he had already cast, he still had enough Physical Strength to release the Death Wave·Original LV.MAX two hundred more times.

"Previously, releasing a hundred Death Waves with a coverage of only six hundred meters already killed more than half the monsters in this Fourth Tier Transmission Channel. Now, I still have two hundred Death Wave releases left, and it's the enhanced version with twelve hundred meter coverage. It seems that this clean-up process should indeed be more than sufficient."

Previously, Zhang Yanhang had been worried that he might need Zhou Muxi's help in the end due to excessive Physical Strength consumption, but now it seemed his previous concerns were totally unnecessary, as he should have absolutely no problem holding out.

Following that, Zhang Yanhang began to retreat, moving back another three hundred meters until he stopped at a distance of six hundred meters from the Transmission Channel entrance.

In response, the monsters on the other side of the Transmission Channel reacted violently, perhaps stimulated by something, and dispatched a new type of monster, which according to Zhang Yanhang's scanning, appeared to be a Third Tier Three-star monster.

Incidentally, Zhang Yanhang estimated there likely weren't many new monsters left on the opposite side of the Transmission Channel; at most, there was only one or two types left, namely, high-level monsters of the Third Tier four-star and the ultimate Fourth Tier One Star Lord Monster.

After all, the highest level Lord Monster was only Fourth Tier One Star; there couldn't possibly be another monster at the same or even a higher level than the Lord Monster, could there? That was obviously impossible, because if the Lord Monster wasn't the strongest, what qualified it to be the Lord?

Moreover, based on Zhang Yanhang's past experience, whether Third Tier four-star monsters even existed was also a question, as he had almost never encountered a situation where the high-ranking monsters were only one level below the Lord.

Thus, there was a high probability that the Third Tier Three-star monster Zhang Yanhang now encountered was already the strongest ordinary monster in this Fourth Tier Region.

According to Zhang Yanhang's observations, this Third Tier Three-star monster seemed to be a type of stone giant, or more precisely, a Crystal Giant, mainly because he noticed that the material that composed this Crystal Giant was very similar to the hard crystalline substance behind the Molten Lava Giant Turtle.

Only, the crystalline material behind the Molten Lava Giant Turtle was likely a lower structure, while the Crystal Giant was clearly a higher structure. Even at a glance, the crystals behind the Molten Lava Giant Turtle were not as luminous, and they were also illuminated much redder by the high-temperature liquid flowing inside them.

The Crystal Giant stood about ten meters tall, on the same level as the Two-legged Flying Dragon, but if the dragon's length included its tail, its overall size seemed insignificant. In contrast, the Crystal Giant was genuinely ten meters from head to toe, with fists as big as a single bed, giving it an oppressive presence.

Most importantly, this Crystal Giant was not slow at all but maintained the normal speed of a Third Tier monster, which was over a hundred meters per second. In other words, it was advancing toward Zhang Yanhang at a speed surpassing high-speed trains, akin to an armed helicopter flying at four hundred kilometers an hour.

To this, Zhang Yanhang could only say that this Crystal Giant looked like a man-shaped tank, utterly bullish, especially in terms of speed and combat capabilities, which were far more formidable than the weak human creation known as a tank.

After all, the Crystal Giant was at least a creature of the Late Third Tier, and if a Second Tier might be able to fight a tank evenly, then a Third Tier monster was far beyond what a tank could handle. The difference in speed alone doomed the cumbersome piece of machinery to ineffectiveness against an agile Third Tier monster.

Moreover, Third Tier monsters were not lacking in strength. A Crystal Giant like this had at least tens of tons of force; even the heaviest tanks on Earth were but playthings for it.

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