CHAPTER 705: CHAPTER 633: THE LITTLE MUTANT BEAST WORKING HARD TO EARN MONEY

Origin Square, another Holy Hall.

The Single-Horned Giant Beast also entered the Spirit Space.

The human form he shape-shifted into looked even younger than the White Snake Girl, appearing to be an eleven or twelve-year-old boy with chubby cheeks.

Strikingly, there was a golden horn on his forehead.

Without wings, the Single-Horned Giant Beast wasn’t too comfortable with the human body he had morphed into initially, but since his original form had limbs, he had an advantage over the White Snake Girl and quickly learned the basic operations of being human.

His starting funds did not match up to those of the White Snake Girl, only 20,000 contribution points.

Before long, the Single-Horned Giant Beast, unable to resist the urge to spend, was broke too.

He racked his brains, pondering ways to earn Source Crystals.

The first method was to wait.

Sleep for a month, wake up again, and there would be Source Crystals to spend.

But...

Having just entered the bustling human world, the Single-Horned Giant Beast declared he was suffering from insomnia!

Another method was to complete tasks set by his own boss.

But,

emmmmm the boss hadn’t assigned them any tasks before leaving, and the tasks available within the internal system weren’t suitable for them with their tens to hundreds of meters tall bodies.

—In reality, they couldn’t shape-shift into humans.

The Single-Horned Giant Beast decided to start with the Spirit World.

A wise person once said, "Where you spend money, from there you must earn it back."

The Single-Horned Giant Beast wandered through Changting District, and quickly he saw a full-screen message push.

Foodie Contest!

He didn’t have such a strong desire for food, but he had his eyes on the championship reward of the Foodie Contest at a glance.

50,000 Source Crystals!

As a Mutant Beast with extraordinary bloodline, the Single-Horned Giant Beast was fully confident in his eating abilities.

Until he saw the White Snake Emperor at the contest venue.

It was the first time he had seen the human form, but the aura was unforgettable.

As a result, the Single-Horned Giant Beast decisively gave up.

How could he possibly win over the White Snake Emperor in terms of eating? Even if he could win, it would be minutes before he was taught a lesson offline... as a beast.

Better not provoke, better not provoke.

As he walked around the streets, he tapped away on the system light screen, acquiring knowledge about the human world’s culture and customs through forums and other means.

This was much stronger than a certain unreliable White Snake Girl.

The Single-Horned Giant Beast found one of the features particularly interesting.

Live-streaming!

Watching live streams was almost like experiencing it firsthand, which was much clearer than learning from text.

Through this, he learned a lot of rules about the Spirit Space, and heard some things about the outside world.

Thinking,

A look of interest appeared on the Single-Horned Giant Beast’s chubby little face.

Live-streaming... perhaps it could earn Source Crystals?

He thought it was feasible and quickly set up a new live stream room, thought about it, and named the title "Live Climbing the Heavenly Ladder."

The most fundamental use of the Spirit Space is to simulate real battles to accumulate combat experience.

Illusion City’s various entertainment (crystal-sucking) games were just versions modified by Tang Yu.

Therefore,

The most watched were still the various projects related to combat.

"Endless Mode," "Trial Tower," "Battle Space" have fixed locations within Illusion City.

In the Central District stood a hundred-floor high tower and a grand arena.

With the increase of Spirit Space users, "Battle Space" had mature matchmaking mechanisms for one-on-one, two-on-two, and team battles, and naturally, ranks have emerged.

Newbies, veterans, elites, masters, Heavenly Ladder champions!

Rank represented strength, and many adventurers would refer to the battle records of potential recruits, conducting interviews with an actual matchup in a team battle, to directly assess the new recruit’s ability and team cooperation.

Normal Awakeners who had been in the Spirit Space for a while would usually earn the title of veteran.

But elites were fewer; in large adventure groups, they belonged to the core strength.

Master rank combat power would at least have a +6 or +7 increase, and many adventure group commanders were of this rank.

And Heavenly Ladder champions only included the top one thousand in the "Battle Space."

Standing out among millions of not-weak Awakeners, every one of them was a top warrior.

Many of them were experts from the Green Shadow major Corps.

Among the top ten in the Heavenly Ladder list were Kong, Luo Zhe, Greta, Red Moon, and others.

In the ranks of the top one hundred, two or three members of the Ancient Spirit Royal Family could be seen, as well as Transcendents from the Beiting, Frostwinter Castle, and other Holy Land forces.

Tang Yu was not on the Heavenly Ladder list; he was a pacifist.

The Ancient Spirit Emperor and other Holy Land lords did not climb the ladder... it would be embarrassing if they couldn’t even get into the top ten.

On the built-in live streaming platform of the Spirit Space, live streams like Climbing the Heavenly Ladder were not rare.

But almost all were top experts of Master Rank, such as Dragon Slayer Chen Sheng, Fiery Wang Wu.

These famous warriors could sometimes make it onto the ladder, but couldn’t stay long before being knocked off.

Even so, many onlookers enjoyed it nonetheless.

The opportunity to watch experts battle was rare, with the end of the ladder often erupting in fights.

The Single-Horned Giant Beast excitedly started the live stream, dreaming of the scene where he would sleep in a pile of Source Crystals.

Then,

One minute passed,

Two minutes passed,

And the number of viewers in the live stream remained zero.

He was a bit confused; even as one of the more mentally agile among the Mutant Beasts, he couldn’t figure out the reason—after all, he had just learned about live-streaming.

"Umm (・_・)ヾ?"

"Let’s climb up the Heavenly Ladder first!"

Even though he started at a disadvantage, the Single-Horned Giant Beast didn’t give up.

Even without the income from live-streaming, as long as he could get on the Heavenly Ladder, there would still be rewards.

Top one thousand, top five hundred, top three hundred, top one hundred, top fifty, top twenty, top ten, and so on, you would get a handsome Source Crystal reward for breaking into each bracket.

The top one hundred would also be rewarded with high-level Magic and Combat Skills that weren’t passed on to the public!

And, as long as one can keep their place on the Heavenly Ladder Ranking, they can claim a reward every week; the higher the rank, the more they can exchange for the use of the Pure Source Power Pool.

This is one of the reasons why many Awakeners from Green Shadow are eager to fight their way onto the Heavenly Ladder!

The Single-Horned Giant Beast was a newbie in the "Battle Space", but being Transcendent, it didn’t need to start from the Newbie Rank. Its first opponent was already a Master Rank Awakener.

Awakening Level at the Eleventh Layer.

Slap!

The chubby little hand of the Single-Horned Giant Beast swung out, unleashing an overwhelming surge of Source Power. The Master Rank expert on the other side didn’t even see it clearly before he ’bang’ hit the wall of the arena, dissipating into points of light.

First Comer Victory (ง•̀_•́)ง!

The Single-Horned Giant Beast continued to match up.

Opponents quickly went from the Basic Master Rank, to the Middle Stage, and then to the High Rank.

High Rank Masters, already at the twelfth or thirteen layer, equipped with top-tier gear and skills, and significantly enhanced combat power, could hold on against a Transcendent for a short while.

However, in front of the Second Tier ’True Human-shaped Beast’, each one couldn’t even make out the appearance of their opponent before being knocked out with a GG.

"Just a few more wins and I’ll be on the Heavenly Ladder Rankings, pretty quick huh."

He chose to match up again.

As the ranking improved, so did the waiting time for each match.

For battles like those on the Heavenly Ladder, many needed to be scheduled in advance.

...

Li Sheng was the deputy commander of the Warhammer Adventure Group and also a well-known streamer from Illusion City.

In both individual matches and duo matches, he held a top-tier Master Rank. In team matches, just a few days ago, he had succeeded in reaching the Heavenly Ladder Ranking under the leadership of his own commander.

Today,

Li Sheng’s goal was to reach the Heavenly Ladder in the individual matches.

According to his current score, he only needed two more wins to enter the Heavenly Ladder Ranking.

At eight o’clock in the evening,

Li Sheng started his live streaming on time.

Top-tier Master matches took five to ten minutes to match, and during this time, Li Sheng chatted with his live audience, building the atmosphere.

"What do you guys think, is it hard to reach the Heavenly Ladder Rankings? It’s only of medium difficulty——"

"I recently mastered an Advanced Combat Skill which has increased my combat power by at least twenty percent. Not to mention reaching the Heavenly Ladder, I feel like I could break into the top 950."

Li Sheng chuckled, dressed in black War Armor, wielding an A-grade rune sword with a faint halo swirling around the blade.

He stood in the spacious arena, with numerous fans filling the spectator seats. The live streaming room was connected with the arena, allowing the live audience to watch the battle on the spot.

In the Central District, there was only one arena, but it was made up of countless Mirror Space, some filled with tens of thousands of spectators, others empty.

Shortly after,

A ’ding’ sound resonated.

Li Sheng’s eyes focused, his previously casual demeanor vanished in an instant, and he exuded an air of solemnity.

He blocked off the audience’s comments from his live stream, his attention concentrated, readying himself to peak condition in a split second.

Opposite,

A slightly small figure appeared.

Was that a child?

Li Sheng was somewhat amazed. Such a young kid, even if a prodigy from World Tree Academy, should have just awakened recently, right? How could they have Master Rank?

He pondered in his heart, but his movements didn’t hesitate a single bit.

Thunder coursed along his treasured sword.

Advanced Combat Skill ’Nine-layered Thunder Slash’!

He hadn’t mastered it to the highest realm but still released six purple Sword Lights in a split second.

The six Sword Lights fused into one, forming a giant crescent-shaped Blade Qi about forty to fifty meters long, and with unparalleled momentum, it thundered towards his opponent.

The surrounding audience gasped in surprise.

Many skilled veterans couldn’t help but stand up.

As expected of an Advanced Combat Skill! This move had the potential to injure a Transcendent Tier opponent!

Boom!

The entire arena shook and shook again.

The violent shockwave was blocked by the protective screen in front of the spectator seats.

In the midst of dust and smoke,

[Player ’Golden Horned King’ wins.]

A line of text appeared before the audience.

They were flabbergasted.

Who was the Golden Horned King? Their Li Sheng didn’t have such a cringey name!

Wait a minute!

The dust came quickly and dissipated just as fast.

The corpse of the well-known streamer Li Sheng had already dissipated into points of light, and opposite...

The audience finally saw the opponent that Li Sheng was facing.

It was a boy who looked around eleven or twelve years old.

A legally loli?

...

The Single-Horned Giant Beast smoothly climbed the Heavenly Ladder Ranking. To his surprise, what was originally an empty live streaming room suddenly became lively.

In just a short moment, he had gained several thousand Source Crystals, making him quite excited.

However,

He didn’t quite understand what those human viewers were saying.

Lots of people who claimed to be ’sisters’ wanted to have monkeys with him... How could humans produce monkeys with their Golden Horned Giant Beast race? How foolish!

And some were asking him if he wanted a sugar mama’s happiness ball.

He didn’t quite understand, but if it meant being taken care of... the Single-Horned Giant Beast was somewhat interested. Having a pet owner didn’t sound too bad.

The Single-Horned Giant Beast’s position on the Heavenly Ladder rose rapidly.

In just half a day, it had already broken into the top three hundred—of which 99.99% of the time was spent waiting.

As the ranking increased, opponents became more powerful too.

Some at the Awakening Tier Perfection possessed the ability to briefly compete with an ordinary Transcendent.

Finally,

A figure appeared on the opposite side of the combat platform.

A sharp-eyed Awakener exclaimed, "It’s... the Thunder God from North America’s Hero Club!"