Chapter 28: Strengthening the Insect Demon Gun

  Wang Mingyuan sneered: "What's this, Old Zhao? Are you looking at the opponent's equipment and preparing to join forces with them against us Night Wolves?"

  "Wang Lao Da, that equipment of yours is nothing but trash in my friend's eyes. I call this standing on my brother's side support. But if we really fight, your twenty or so people are no match." Zhao Peng stretched out his right hand, and his index finger lightly waved back and forth in front of his eyes, saying disdainfully: "You can come up and try to die if you want."

  "Zhao, you're quite something, scolding people without using dirty words. Are you trash? You really think I'm afraid of you." Wang Mingyuan was in a difficult situation, being scolded by Zhao Peng like this, and he couldn't bring himself to fight back.

  Saying this, Wang Mingyuan swung his weapon and shouted loudly: "Brothers, let's go up together."

  "Boss, be careful." Several younger brothers beside Wang Mingyuan shouted loudly, pointing directly at the back of Wang Mingyuan.

  Wang Mingyuan also felt a strong gust of wind behind him and couldn't help but get extremely angry.

  How despicable, actually launching a sneak attack.

  Wang Mingyuan turned around and slashed out with his knife, only to see a cross-shaped shield blocking the blade.

  The war knife chopped on the shield, and sparks flew in a somewhat dark forest.

  The silver light on the shield flashed, and a huge force shook King Mingyuan's arms, causing his bones to crackle with a crisp sound, shattering inch by inch.

  "Ah." Wang Mingyuan let out a miserable cry, his war knife slipping from his grasp. He stumbled backward, finally landing on the ground with stars spinning above his head.

  Shield Bash, stunning for 3 seconds.

  Zhang Feng coldly smiled as he looked at Wang Mingyuan, and could only say that this guy was unlucky. He had actually launched a heavy blow in the previous shield strike, three times the power couldn't even shatter his bones, what nonsense.

  Although it's for show, it saves trouble.

  Nor did I expect this effect to occur.

  In an instant, the surroundings fell silent, and Ye Lang's people gasped in unison, staring at Zhang Feng with shocked expressions.

  This is also too terrible.

  They heard Wang Mingyuan's bones crack and saw Wang Mingyuan's arms hanging down limply, knowing that Wang Mingyuan was done for.

  Three seconds later, Wang Mingyuan came back to his senses, and the piercing pain made him let out a miserable cry.

  "Sneak attack? You dare to sneak attack me! Come on, come on, get over here quickly and kill him!" Wang Mingyuan shouted loudly, looking at Zhang Feng as if he were a mortal enemy.

  The world has changed, he gathered a group of people as a fugitive, relying on his bravery and physique to defeat many others in this world.

  All along smooth sailing, but did not think of actually losing here, and still in front of so many subordinates' faces suffered a crushing defeat.

  He shouted in frustration, letting his younger brothers go to regain their dignity.

  But no matter how loudly he shouted, no one took action, and instead slowly backed away.

  Zhao Peng sneered: "Wang Lao Da, give up. You're already useless, what can you use to control your younger brothers? Do you still want to fight?"

  A group of younger brothers looked at Wang Mingyuan with some lingering fear, still intimidated by the old boss's former prestige.

  "Let's retreat." A younger brother looked up at the sky and said with a worried expression, "It's almost dark, when the bugs come out, we won't be able to escape."

  "Uh-huh." Everyone nodded in agreement and King Mingyuan took off running with a loud roar.

  Zhao Peng watched Wang Mingyuan and others leave, then turned around to look at Zhang Feng with a smile: "Zhang brother, a bunch of rubbish, won't be taken seriously, right?"

  "What brings Big Brother Zhao here?" Zhang Feng waved his hand, indicating that those people were beneath his notice.

  "Oh, just suddenly thought of it, I want to give a shout-out to Zhang brother. Our gang - Fierce Tiger, is now officially established." Zhao Peng looked at the remaining few subordinates and said: "Although there are only us for now, I believe that in the future, we will definitely become stronger. As long as Zhang brother speaks up, Fierce Tiger will not refuse."

  "Thank you." Zhang Feng nodded with a smile.

  "As for the Night Wolf, Zhang doesn't need to take it seriously, but still needs to be careful. The people in Night Wolf are thugs, gangsters, and even murderers. For example, that Wang Mingyuan is a murderer. These people gathering together is like a huge tumor, nothing good will come out of it if you run into them. Wang Mingyuan has been crippled by you, but he still has a brother who isn't here, probably out training alone. It's better to be careful." Zhao Peng suddenly said: "That guy's name is Wang Bo, there's a scar on his face and one eye is blind. He's easy to recognize."

  "Thank you."

  "Alright then, Brother Zhang, we're off." Zhao Peng smiled and gave Zhang Feng a firm handshake before leading his men away.

  Zhang Feng sent Zhao Peng away and then picked up equipment with Chen Yu and others before returning to the temporary camp before nightfall.

  Xiao Pang looked at Zhang Feng's equipment and said: "Zhang Feng, it seems that this time you didn't come in vain, you got a lot of good stuff."

  "It's okay, but it was also quite dangerous." Zhang Feng smiled and shook his head, only then did he have time to take a good look at his companions.

  During this time, Chen Yu and others did not idle around either, each of them having at least one or two pieces of silver equipment on their bodies.

  The quality is good and bad, but this is also a major breakthrough.

  At night, they couldn't go out and act, so the eight of them slightly hid their campsite. Everyone closed their eyes to rest and waited for dawn.

  Late at night, after everyone else had fallen asleep, Zhang Feng quietly pulled Xiao Pang out of the camp.

  "What's wrong?" Little Fatty looked at Zhang Feng's cautious appearance, his expression slightly stunned, and he couldn't help but tense up and say: "Zhang Feng, don't scare me, you can't tell me you've run out of food again."

  "I'm going, where did you think I was going?" Zhang Feng's face turned black with anger. How could this little fatty think of that?

  Zhang Feng took out three flame gems and Worm Demon Insect, briefly explaining their uses.

  Xiao Pang immediately understood Zhang Feng's idea, furrowed his brow and said: "This one, I'll try the Flame Gem first. Prepare some food for me, extracting it will consume a lot of fat."

  Zhang Feng immediately took out a large amount of meat from his ring.

  Xiao Pang placed a gemstone on the ground and then pressed his hand against it, closing his eyes slightly.

  Under Xiaopang's palm, a strand of red light was emitted from the gemstone and then condensed onto Xiaopang's palm, forming an egg-sized ball of red light that flowed.

  Amber Essence

  Quality: Bronze (5-star)

  Attribute: Flame Resistance +5, inlaid on a weapon, can add 50 points of flame damage.

  Except for the name, the properties have not changed.

  But Zhang Feng wanted more than that, he wanted a refined fusion.

  Three pieces of gems, if merged, would probably be even better in quality!

  Xiao Pang extracted the essence of the three gems one after another, and suddenly became a hemp pole.

  He "gulped" and ate a big meal, after which he returned to normal. Only then did he put the three fire crystal essences into his palm, staring at them intently.

  In Xiaopang's hand, three essences began to transform into threads of red silk that entwined each other.

  In this process, Xiao Pang's body became thinner at a rate that was more than twice as fast as before. The red thread entwined tighter and tighter, finally condensing into a fist-sized ball of red light.

  Xiao Pang once again became a stubborn pole, his eyebrows tightly knitted together, and the sweat beads on his forehead rolled down like peas, but he gritted his teeth and persisted.

  "Xiao Pang, stop for now." Zhang Feng saw Xiao Pang's suffering. Although he didn't know what Xiao Pang was going through, the expression of someone who had almost starved to death was so painful that it couldn't be a good thing.

  Zhang Feng couldn't bear the thought of Xiao Pang enduring pain for his own sake.

  "Zhang Feng, what are you talking about?" Xiao Pang gritted his teeth and shook his head, saying: "I can do it."

  His life was saved by Zhang Feng, if Zhang Feng really wanted him dead, he wouldn't have any complaints. Zhang Feng couldn't bear his suffering and

  Let Little Pang see Zhang Feng's concern and intolerance, and be filled with joy.

  A gentleman would rather die than betray his friends; I'm afraid it's just this principle.

  The light mass condensed bit by bit, and finally turned into an oval-shaped crimson crystal stone the size of an egg. At that moment, Xiao Pang threw the crystal to Zhang Feng, and himself grabbed two large pieces of meat and stuffed them into his mouth, saying: "My god, I've never consumed so much before. Almost became a skeleton again."

  "Thank you, Little Fatty." Zhang Feng gave Little Fatty a hug and patted his back heavily.

  "Alright, stop being so mushy. Zhang Feng, take a look at the attributes. This is my first time doing something like this, I'm a bit clumsy and don't know what the outcome will be." Xiao Pang was chomping down on his meat, urging Zhang Feng to hurry up and also wanting to see how his own creation turned out.

  Pure Flamestone:

  Quality: White Silver (Two Stars)

  Attribute: Flame Resistance +20. Inlaid on a weapon, it can add 200 points of flame damage.

  "It's a success! The refined one is indeed better than the ordinary one." Zhang Feng and Xiao Pang looked at the attributes together, and they both jumped up with excited smiles on their faces.

  The properties of Flamestone become stronger after synthesis.

  One is worth four.

  And if such a gemstone can really be inlaid on a weapon, there must be limitations.

  Inlaying three ordinary ones is not as good as inlaying one pure one, and the remaining can be used to inlay other things to gain stronger abilities, isn't that better?

  "Zhang Feng, although the item is good and useful for inlaying, I don't understand it. I'm afraid there's no way to help you before seeing the process. As for the Worm Demon Stone, if you want to use it to upgrade your level, I'm also powerless for now." Xiao Pang shrugged his shoulders and said: "I don't even have a theory, I really don't know how to start."

  "This doesn't matter. At least I got what I wanted." Zhang Feng held the pure flame stone in his hand and said, "With this, there must be a way to set it in place."

  Zhang Feng took out the Insect Demon Gun and said, "This gun's attributes are not bad, and its properties aren't bad either. If I have the chance, I'll inlay the Flame Stone into this gun."

  Saying that, Zhang Feng pressed the gemstone onto the gun and said: "This gun originally has 15% flame damage ability. Now with this gemstone, I'm afraid its destructive power will be strong enough."

  At this time, the gemstone suddenly flashed red light and penetrated into the worm demon gun.

  "Unbelievable, is this really inlay?"

  Zhang Feng took one look at this situation and thought he had misseen it.

  "This, I couldn't have guessed." Xiaopang said dejectedly while eating. His genius brain thought too much and didn't think it would be such a simple situation.

  The red light on the gemstone flashed and finally all turned into a thread of light that merged into the insect magic gun.

  The demonic gun was surrounded by a red glow, like flames dancing around the barrel. The insect-shaped carvings on top were wrapped in thin red threads, as if they had come to life.

  Inferno Beetle Cannon

  Quality: White Silver (Three Stars)

  Attributes: Strength increased by 80 points. Flame resistance increased by 20 points.

  Skills:

  Passive Skill - Pierce: Ignores defense of insects below level 5 and deals piercing damage. Deals additional flame damage equal to 15% of the attack's damage. Additional flame damage is 180 points.

  Passive Skill - Soul Absorption: Each time a monster is killed, its soul can be absorbed. Soul Collection: 0, up to a maximum of 500 points.

  Active Skill - Rapid Strike: Activated with 50 souls, striking a distance of 10 meters. During the strike, level 5 life forms in front are instantly killed without defense. Level 6 life forms take half damage, and attacks on level 7 or higher life forms are ineffective. Cooldown time is 30 minutes.

  Such an improvement was beyond Zhang Feng's expectations.

  Quality increased by one star, strength increased by eighty points, thirty more than before.

  Piercing skill's ignore defense against insects of level 4 and below has changed to ignore defense against insects of level 5 and below.

  The main active skill can instantly kill a fifth-level life in seconds, and the damage to a sixth-level life is reduced by half, which is another level higher than the previous requirement for the same level.

  The attributes of the Insect Demon Gun were already considered to be among the best, and now after being upgraded, the flame damage has increased, and the level of damage to enemies has been further enhanced, making it a top-notch item that can be considered as half an extreme treasure.

  Zhang Feng grasped the long spear tightly in his hand and was so excited that he couldn't speak.

  It wasn't long ago that I thought of myself as a rare monster above level 5, and now I can take it down with just one hit.

  Will that tarantula hawk wasp still be afraid of it if it goes on like this?

  Since inlays are like this, will upgrading with Bugma Stone be like this?

  Zhang Feng excitedly took out the Worm Demon Stone and pressed it onto the Worm Demon Gun.

  However, this time the gemstone did not react at all.

  "Is it useless? Looks like a craftsman is needed." Zhang Feng smiled wryly with slight disappointment.

  "I think I understand now." Xiaopang stuffed the meat into his mouth in two or three bites, wiped his hands on his pants, took over Zhang Feng's Insect Magic Gun and Insect Magic Stone, and smiled confidently: "This is also a process of fusion and re-casting, it's just that upgrading levels can't be done by oneself like inlaying. But, as long as I understand the principle, it's a piece of cake for me."

  Zhang Feng expressed some concern: "Are you sure? I only managed to get this one insect demon stone, if we fail, it'll be gone."

  "Who am I? This genius can handle anything as long as there's a theory behind it."

  Zhang Feng was still a bit worried, but seeing Xiao Pang's confident expression, he also wanted to give it a try and didn't stop Xiao Pang's actions.

  Xiao Pang put the gemstone in his hand, and the gemstone began to melt into **, then started steaming into a dark black light.

  Xiao Pang immediately pressed the light onto the gun body.

  At this moment, a white light suddenly burst out on the black insect magic gun, like a dazzling sunlight shining open.

  The flames and white light intertwined on the gun body, shining brightly in all directions.

  Xiao Pang's expression was solemn and tense, not relaxed at all. His forehead sweated again, and his body quickly slimmed down, but without the painful expression as before.

  Zhang Feng nervously looked at Xiao Pang, then glanced at the gun's changes, his ten fingers tightly clenched together, not even daring to make a sound while breathing.

  He's afraid that if he disturbs Xiao Pang, all his previous efforts will be wasted.

  A moment later, the black light on the gun disappeared and the white light converged.

  The flame on the insect magic gun intensified a few points, and the barrel became even darker.

  Xiao Pang stroked the gun body excitedly and handed it to Zhang Feng, saying: "It's a success. I'm even tempted to embezzle this gun."

  Zhang Feng took it over and hastily threw out a reconnaissance, his heart almost jumping out of his throat.

  Inferno Beetle Cannon

  Quality: White Silver (Four Stars)

  Attributes: Strength increased by 100 points. Flame resistance increased by 30 points.

  Skills:

  Passive Skill - Pierce: Ignores defense of insect-type monsters below level 6. Deals additional flame damage equal to 20% of the attack. Additional flame damage is 230 points.

  Passive Skill - Soul Absorption: Each time a monster is killed, its soul can be absorbed. Soul Collection: 0, up to a maximum of 500 points.

  Active Skill - Rapid Strike: Activated with 50 souls, striking a distance of 10 meters. During the strike, level 6 life forms in front are instantly killed without defense. Level 7 life forms take half damage, and level 8 or higher life forms are immune to attack. Cooldown time is 30 minutes.

  Active Skill - Soul Explosion: Releases a blast of energy collected from 200 souls, dealing 250 fire damage to all living beings within a 5-meter radius.

  In less than an hour, a weapon was upgraded twice, with various attributes significantly improved.

  What excited Zhang Feng the most was that his rapid thrust could now cause damage to a seventh-level life form, which meant he had the ability to take on a seventh-level enemy.

  As for those two eighth-rank rare monsters, he didn't even dare think about them.

  There isn't a warrior with similar strength, I'm afraid others can't hold back those two rare monsters.

  Perhaps those two are the ultimate BOSS of this level battlefield.

  Zhang Feng stroked the upgraded Insect Demon Gun excitedly, saying: "It seems that today's efforts were not in vain. With this weapon in hand, I think I can head to the second-level battlefield."

  "To be honest, Zhang Feng, I envy you." Xiao Pang spread his hands and said: "If it weren't for my poor innate talent in battle, I'd really want to get a set of equipment like this too, it's so cool."

  "With my Midas touch, what are you afraid of?" Zhang Feng burst out laughing.

  "Uh-huh, yeah, right." Xiao Pang started replenishing his energy and said, "Let's take a break, this job not only burns fat but also consumes mental strength, I need to rest."

  "Go back, we'll talk about it tomorrow."

  ……

  Crickets chirped at night as numerous as mosquitoes in the wild on a summer day.

  It suddenly became quiet all around when it got daylight.

  Chen Yu and Li Qian cooked rice, made a pot of soup with some edible wild vegetables and meat that everyone had picked up, and then ate it deliciously.

  "Today, we're heading towards the secondary battlefield." Zhang Feng said confidently, pointing at a point on the map.

  Qingguang Road, that is the entrance of a secondary battlefield known by Zhang Feng.

  The first time I went there, I didn't dare go in.

  Now, with the Insect Gun and other equipment, he dares.

  Besides, there are still a few streets away from Qingguang Road. During this time, it's enough to fight for some equipment and exchange it with others.

  Chen San heard this and tightly grasped his bowl excitedly saying: "Really going?"

  Zhang Feng nodded.

  "It's great, finally going to the secondary battlefield."

  Zhang Hu jumped up.

  Zhang Shi was controlling his emotions with great effort.