An hour passed, and then another.
Although most class-holders had no hope of breaking into the top ten, merely participating in the event would grant rewards based on contribution in the end, so most of them were still desperately scouring the land for Great Dao True Beasts.
On the fourth leaderboard, Yu Xian remained in first place. On the fifth leaderboard, he was still first.
Even though Gong Yinhu was also pushing hard, causing the gap between them to widen and narrow from time to time, Yu Xian held firmly onto the top spot, claiming two consecutive [Talent Trait Enhancement Stones].
After using those two [Talent Trait Enhancement Stones], his talent trait underwent an epic metamorphosis.
[Talent Trait]
[King of Monsters: Unlimited summon slots. Furthermore, all summoned beasts are branded with loyalty upon being summoned, pledging absolute fealty to you.]
With this trait, Yu Xian finally had no need to pick and choose his summoned beasts. He closed his eyes and unleashed his skills like mad. Centered around the giant hippo beast, countless magic circles lit up across the ground as summoned beasts were called forth one after another.
He no longer cared whether they were strong or weak. He simply brought out every single one—as many as possible. He would fill the entire Baihe Continent with his summons!
Well, all right.
In truth, he was not nearly that diligent.
Before this, even when he had empty summon slots, he had been too lazy to summon unless it was an absolute emergency, let alone now.
After summoning an untold number of beasts, he stopped, wiped away nonexistent sweat, and remarked, "Exhausting! That's enough hard work for today."
"..."
The viewers in the livestream room were entirely speechless.
Yu Xian was just brainlessly spamming skills without even seeming to expend any energy—where in the world was he tired?
They were dashing all over the place, combing the world for Great Dao True Beasts—that was real exhaustion. And once found, they still had to fight, which was only the true beginning.
In comparison, Yu Xian was practically on vacation.
What made it worse was that he had seized first place while simply messing around. It was utterly outrageous, and terribly enviable.
Yu Xian took a steamed bun from Little Nora, eating as he shifted his attention to the livestream, and said in surprise, "Holy crap, over ten million viewers? Are you guys that free? Don't you have an event to take part in?"
The next second, an overwhelming deluge of curses flooded the chat at furious speed. Reading the countless comments steeped in envy, jealousy, and spite, Yu Xian could only chuckle.
Yet amidst the barrage of comments, Yu Xian also caught a few warnings: there were spies from the Class Hunter Society among the class-holders, his information had certainly been recorded, and targeted attacks and assassinations by members of the Class Hunter Society would follow.
Looking at the livestream comments, Yu Xian smiled. "The Class Hunter Society has already made an assassination attempt. The one who attacked was the World Tree God. Pity... I'm still doing just fine."
Hearing this, the viewers in the livestream who knew the World Tree God's level were utterly shocked.
What level was Yu Xian? The World Tree God was a Level 200 super boss monster, yet even a strike from the World Tree God had failed to take Yu Xian down. Yu Xian's survival capabilities were downright terrifying.
Fathe'aim, who had been lurking and watching the screen all along, also knitted his brows slightly. If Yu Xian was not bluffing, then he truly would not be easy to kill.
However, he possessed an advantage the Class Hunter Society lacked: his identity was that of a class-holder, not a monster. Since he could not overpower and kill Yu Xian by force, he would find a way to become friends with him first, then look for an opportunity to betray him without warning.
From ancient times to the present, how many people could ever guard against a backstab from their close companions?
"All right, that's it for today's stream. So tired. Signing off."
Yu Xian yawned, waved lazily toward the livestream, and decisively logged off.
He was inherently a salty fish at heart. Streaming was merely a way to make a name for himself beforehand and lay the groundwork to recruit people for the Sparkle Empire. But if asked whether he truly cared, he did not care that much; it was all just playing around.
Especially now that he had unlimited summon slots, the Sparkle Empire was merely the icing on the cake, no longer an absolute necessity.
Of course, he did not want to disappoint Ximen Wangcai and Situ Xingye, who had contributed so much, so he would still carry out what needed to be done and expand the Sparkle Empire's territory step by step across the entire Zhen Realm according to plan.
Another hour went by.
Yu Xian remained in first place; Gong Yinhu seemed to have given up somewhat.
After Yu Xian tapped to claim his reward on the light screen, a [Talent Trait Enhancement Stone] materialized in his hand out of thin air. He grew a bit curious: could his talent trait be enhanced even further?
After all, his talent trait was already terrifyingly strong as it was. If enhanced again, what changes would occur?
Fortunately, his talent trait was currently only at Enhancement +3, leaving two more guaranteed safe enhancements. Yu Xian decisively used the [Talent Trait Enhancement Stone].
As per the usual routine, once the orb of light merged into his body, he opened his status to inspect his attributes.
[Talent Trait]
[God of Summoning: Unlimited summon slots. Every summon yields double efficiency. Furthermore, all summoned beasts are branded with loyalty upon being summoned, pledging absolute fealty to you.]
Double efficiency?
What did that mean—he could summon two at once?
Pondering this, Yu Xian attempted to cast Chaos Descent. Sure enough, this time two summoned beasts emerged from the magic circle on the ground.
This was quite literally a godsend for the lazy!
Looking at the two summoned beasts, Yu Xian was thoroughly amused and delighted.
He continued summoning while snacking. Spurred on by the double efficiency, he put in another half-hour of mild effort, and after spawning an amount of summoned beasts equivalent to an entire previous hour's work, he lay flat again.
Thankfully, just because he lay flat did not mean his summoned beasts lay flat.
Following the locations provided by scouting-type summons, countless summoned beasts moved out in various directions.
The Death Emperor, Tunshen, and Xielina each commanded vast legions of summoned beasts, splitting up to battle and snatch Great Dao True Beasts. Some class-holders had barely spotted a Great Dao True Beast before watching it perish in bitter defeat beneath the onslaught of Yu Xian's myriad summons.
The main reason was that Yu Xian had summoned far too many Chaos-attribute beasts. Once a Great Dao True Beast's Rule Aura expired, it was instantly focused down and obliterated the very next second.
Yu Xian's summoned beasts were so numerous that they blanketed the sky and covered the earth. Class-holders cowered off to the side, trembling in fear that these grotesquely hideous creatures might suddenly turn on them. After all, not a single one of these beasts looked like anything good.
Triangular eyes, bared fangs, bat wings—such features were practically standard issue. They looked like textbook villains through and through.
An hour passed in the blink of an eye, and Yu Xian still held the throne of first place.
Regarding this result, not a single class-holder in the entire Zhen Realm raised an objection. After all, the sheer number of Yu Xian's summoned beasts was absurd. Back while the livestream was still running, someone had quietly calculated that Yu Xian had summoned at least six thousand beasts during the broadcast alone.
These summons varied in strength; the weak ones were little better than cannon fodder, but among the strong ones, some were even mightier than Tunshen and the Death Emperor.
It was fair to say that anyone who wished to touch Yu Xian had to first consider how to confront this terrifying monster legion.
Chapter 513