Half an hour later.
Sitting atop the Black Dragon's back, Yu Xian could not hold back his grin. Who said this talent trait was mediocre? It was utterly fantastic!
Beside the Black Dragon flew a giant bird whose head closely resembled a vulture's, and next to it was a hybrid of insect and octopus, likewise speeding through the air.
On the ground, dense swarms of bizarre summoned beasts sprinted in all directions, moving toward various locations.
Every single one of these summoned beasts possessed the Chaos attribute. Because they did not occupy any summon slots, Yu Xian could summon as many as he pleased. In a mere half-hour, he had called forth several hundred of them, and he could keep going.
In truth, had he not needed to filter through a vast pool of summoned beasts specifically for those with the Chaos attribute, his nonstop summoning over that half-hour would have spawned a horde of at least a thousand.
Right now, Yu Xian had dispatched a multitude of summoned beasts to search for Great Dao True Beasts. Their collective efficiency far surpassed hunting alone, especially with the flying beasts, whose wide dispersion covered an immense search area.
Within just a few minutes, feedback flooded in, revealing that Great Dao True Beasts had appeared in several locations.
Guided by Yu Xian's will, the Black Dragon flew toward one of the spotted Great Dao True Beasts. Moments later, Yu Xian watched as the beast slammed through dozens of his summoned beasts, crushing them in a single charge.
A Chaos attribute did not necessarily equate to overwhelming strength.
In reality, because Yu Xian had chosen anything so long as it had the Chaos attribute, most of his current summoned beasts were not exceptionally powerful—hovering around the level of Wolf King Bolaiye at best.
The most prominent trait of Chaos-attribute summoned beasts was actually... their ugliness!
Grotesque and bizarre forms were practically the baseline. The Chaos Evil God was already considered a rare, handsome youth among them. Though Yu Xian had let Tunshen devour the Chaos Evil God, if asked which of the two looked better, he could only honestly admit that Tunshen was far uglier.
"Tunshen, attack!"
Closing in on the Great Dao True Beast, Yu Xian released Tunshen directly.
The Chaotic Space tore open, and Tunshen pounced out ferociously. The Great Dao True Beast had just swatted an anglerfish-headed summoned beast to death when it saw a colossal maw snapping down. In an instant, its head was swallowed whole by Tunshen.
Twenty-nine seconds later, the Great Dao True Beast was slain. Yu Xian recalled Tunshen into the Chaotic Space and immediately steered the Black Dragon toward their next destination.
With a massive army of summoned beasts acting as scouts, he no longer had to fly around like a headless fly, searching for Great Dao True Beasts by pure luck. Every few minutes, he received fresh reports pointing out where another Great Dao True Beast had emerged.
An hour passed in a blur of relentless activity, and the Sky-Mending Leaderboard appeared once more.
[Sky-Mending Leaderboard]
[1st Place: Yu Xian, Contribution: 29.22]
[2nd Place: Gong Yinhu, Contribution: 18.6]
[3rd Place: Andrew Bourbon, Contribution: 17.25]
[4th Place: Xiaozhou Xuan, Contribution: 14]
[5th Place: Maizi, Contribution: 12.9]
[6th Place: Fathe'aim, Contribution: 11.73]
[7th Place: Tong Wozhen, Contribution: 10.11]
[8th Place: Nora Hild Garuda, Contribution: 10]
[9th Place: Bei Zhelong, Contribution: 9.6]
[10th Place: Lockede Hades, Contribution: 7.5]
[This leaderboard is announced once every hour. Those on the board will receive generous rewards.]
[This leaderboard does not affect the final rewards.]
***
The moment the rankings appeared, an uproar erupted among countless spectators.
Most shockingly, Yu Xian led the second-place Gong Yinhu by a staggering margin equivalent to eleven Great Dao True Beasts!
This time, Yu Xian had truly burst onto the scene with a thunderous impact. Everyone was talking about him. Some guessed he was a top-tier powerhouse starting over; some thought his enhancement levels were extraordinarily high; others speculated he had obtained a secret guide from a void-shattering expert.
Class-holders above level 100 were especially shaken by this result. After all, the person Yu Xian had surpassed was Gong Yinhu.
That was a man who had crushed an entire empire single-handedly—to many class-holders, he was virtually a myth.
Although some had anticipated on the second leaderboard that Yu Xian might eventually surpass Gong Yinhu, seeing him actually take the top spot still sent shockwaves through the community.
Class-holders flooded into Yu Xian's livestream in droves.
[Half a Lifetime of Fate: Big Boss Yu Xian, do you need a wife? I'm a beauty from the Mantis Tribe!]
[Michael: He looks completely average, doesn't even have a cleft chin. A far cry from what I pictured an expert to look like. How disappointing.]
[Cat Forest: Boss, do you need an accessory to hang on you?]
[Blue Sky: Boss, could you tell us what the first-place reward is? Please broaden our horizons!]
[Lingque: Ten-year fan here, show us some perks!]
[Ten Cuts a Second: The Heavenly Blade Empire cordially invites you to join us. Contact us if interested.]
[Norris: Great Dao True Beasts are way too hard to fight. Begging for a guide, begging to be carried, please, please, please...]
***
Yu Xian did not spare a single glance for the viewers in his stream. With a slight smirk, he fiddled with the gem in his hand.
As expected, the first-place reward was a Talent Trait Enhancement Stone. Yu Xian could hardly wait to see how his talent trait would change once enhanced.
He chose to use the enhancement stone. As the orb of light merged into his body, he swiftly opened his status screen to view his talent trait.
[Talent Trait]
[Lord of Chaos: Drastically increases the probability of summoning Chaos- and Chaotic-attribute summoned beasts. Additionally, in addition to the Chaos and Chaotic attributes, you may designate one attribute that will no longer occupy summon slots.]
Staring at the talent trait, Yu Xian was completely unable to suppress his smile. This was an epoch-making enhancement.
He immediately designated Light as the chosen attribute. That way, Xielina would no longer take up a summon slot, and his summoning options expanded even further.
With a single thought, the Black Dragon descended from the sky, landing in an open clearing.
Yu Xian released Tunshen and simply had the Black Dragon carry Tunshen to deal with the Great Dao True Beasts, while he remained where he was to continue summoning.
Chaos Descent.
Instantly, hundreds of summoned beasts materialized.
The first was an indescribable monstrosity that resembled a meteorite that had grown a body.
Yu Xian checked its attributes. Sure enough, anything that ugly was indeed a Chaos-attribute creature. He decisively finalized the summon.
After the enhancement of his talent trait, the probability of Chaos-attribute creatures appearing had risen dramatically. In most cases, there was bound to be at least one Chaos-attribute beast among every ten options.
In just a few minutes, Yu Xian summoned dozens of beasts. The largest towered over fifty meters tall, while the smallest was no bigger than a sparrow.
Yu Xian kept a beast vaguely resembling a hippopotamus as his mount and sent all the rest out to search for Great Dao True Beasts.
In the livestream, countless viewers watched in stunned silence as Yu Xian aggressively churned out an endless army of minions. Certain class-holders who had previously harbored malicious intentions toward Yu Xian found those dark thoughts thoroughly extinguished as they watched one bizarre, hideous creature after another emerge.
The main issue was that compared to Yu Xian, they felt like saints, whereas Yu Xian looked entirely like a demon lord. His monsters grew uglier and more abstract by the minute, yet every single one of them appeared formidable.
*Oh no.*
*Turns out Yu Xian is the villain!*
At the thought, the bullies who feared the strong suddenly found their expressions turning exceptionally cordial.
Chapter 512