Chapter 122
Chapter 122 Ebony · Ascension
“Kill!”
The Goblin Legion Commander did not understand what this human was going to do, but its instinct told it that it must absolutely not let what came next happen.
However…
It was useless.
The book of reality and illusion flipped to the second page.
A deep blue stream of light wrapped around Ye Qiyan’s Ebony.
Accompanied by his soft murmur.
“Sublimation.”
This time, it was the absolute limit.
Qin Qiang in the distance rubbed his eyes. For some reason, he was completely unable to see what was happening ahead; an invisible barrier blocked his line of sight.
A certain voice within his heart was stating a fact.
“You are not worthy.”
————
Mental Power was flowing away.
The pages of the book of reality and illusion flipped frantically.
Purple ripples expanded outward from beneath Ye Qiyan’s feet.
One circle, two circles, three circles…
With every expansion, the Mental Power of all Goblins plummeted frantically at a rate synchronized with Ye Qiyan.
Even that Goblin Legion Commander was no exception.
They clutched their heads and let out ghost-wailing, wolf-howling cries.
They rolled on the ground, as if doing so could make them feel a bit better.
Ye Qiyan continued forward.
Stepping over the crowd of collapsed, gradually deranged Goblins, he finally arrived in front of that Legion Commander.
“Roar!”
Crimson eyes spoke of its madness.
It drew a large saber from the side and slashed fiercely, but was blocked three meters away by the Wandering Star Holy Mark, unable to advance even a single inch.
As the power belonging to Sublimation gradually dissipated.
The Goblins had already begun killing each other.
Ye Qiyan gripped the Ebony, whose appearance had not changed drastically, raised his gun, and aimed at the Goblin Legion Commander that was still frantically striking the defense of the Wandering Star Holy Mark.
Following closely.
He pulled the trigger.
Bang——!
A crisp gunshot echoed through this space.
The headless corpse of a giant Goblin slowly fell backward.
Thud——
Fresh blood mixed with dust splattered in all directions.
The Wandering Star Holy Mark loyally shielded its master from the filth.
[Mental Power: 150 → 50] [Stamina: 107 → 140]
[Ebony · Heaven Plunderer → Ebony · Ascension]
[Ebony · Ascension (Level 8)]
[Fire Black and White Burst Armor-Piercing Bullets: The fired bullets simultaneously attach the abilities of burst, corrosion, armor-piercing, purification, lifesteal, and holy light, or you can choose to attach only some of these abilities]
[Consuming one point of Mental Power and Stamina can produce a single bullet]
[Plunder: After killing a target, plunder the target’s remaining Mental Power and Stamina. If injured, simultaneously recover from injuries.]
Sublimation successful.
The power of the Ebony directly went up two steps, leaping from the original Level 6 to Level 8.
Although it wasn’t a complete transformation like the Wandering Star Holy Mark, it could be considered to have reached the limit of its potential.
To continue improving, it required something similar to that weapon transformation card from back then to enhance its potential.
But this was also enough.
Ye Qiyan stroked his beloved gun and shook his head as he looked at the Goblins killing each other all around.
“Calculating the time, it should be arriving soon.”
Snapping his fingers, the demon card: pride suspended in mid-air returned to the Armament Space.
He was very clear that the fellow named Qin Qiang was watching.
Anything else, even the card sequence, didn’t matter. Only Sublimation was a secret he would never tell anyone at any time.
Nor would he let anyone see it.
Hum——!
The roar of the Train resounded from afar.
The tracks automatically paved forward as a land behemoth pushing a huge drill forcefully carved out a path inside the fortress.
It was the Train!
Module: Station Interior Activation.
It could allow the Train to travel to any location within the station.
The action Ye Qiyan had just made swiping in the air was to control the Train to come here.
On the roof of the Train, the sentry pulled out the weapons equipped on it.
The Six-Wheel Ice-Vein Beam Cannon, the Great Compassion Heavy Machine Gun, and the Berserk Lightning Spear—which, as a machine construct, completely did not require consuming Stamina to use—simultaneously began a massacre of the Goblins inside the fortress.
These three weapons maxed out in AOE were no different from the Grim Reaper to the Goblins.
Besides this, the Beedrill that had been quietly multiplying were also released by him. Thousands of Beedrill scattered in all directions, hunting down the Goblins throughout the entire fortress.
Next, leave it to them.
Ye Qiyan had one more thing to do.
As Lu Xun once said: When killing monsters, of course one must loot equipment.
The Raven Demon placed the two corpses with smashed heads together and threw them onto the processing Platform summoned by Ye Qiyan.
With the upgrade of geological level, the level of the processing Platform was also rising accordingly.
Today’s recycling speed was much faster than before.
Between the two corpses, the truly valuable things weren’t all that much.
After recycling, three items were ultimately obtained.
[Goblin Giant Steel Knuckles]
[Goblin Legion Commander’s Cold Steel Greatsword]
[Proof of the Goblin Royalty]
The first two were the weapons of those two high-level Goblins, respectively, and only the last one was relatively special.
[Proof of the Goblin Royalty]
[Proof of the Goblin Royalty: Using it can reset the Train’s next stop to [Goblin Empire (Level 12 Platform)]]
“Hiss, a Level 12 Platform? Can Goblins be this fierce?”
It was hard to imagine what an empire established by a group of Goblins would look like.
Royalty?
Did it refer to the Goblin Champion he had killed?
After all, this thing was recycled from its body.
No wonder that Legion Commander was so angry it spoke human words after seeing the Champion die; so that was the reason.
Ye Qiyan solemnly put this proof into the storage unit.
A Level 12 station was not something he could enter for the time being.
However, Ye Qiyan felt that he and Goblins seemed to have a particularly unusual bond.
This bond would sooner or later have to be resolved.
“The doomsday drill and station interior activation cost two, so if I add these 40 Train Coins… hmm, I’ll already have ninety-six. If Wall-E can bring back the Treasure Chest… whew… I can finally break a hundred again.”
Ye Qiyan calculated the Train Coins from this battle.
As for the reward of the so-called cooperative Platform, he had no intention of sharing it with Qin Qiang at all.
That guy probably didn’t even know where he was picking up trash right now. As for his contribution this stop, it was only that he didn’t come over to drag him down.
However, Ye Qiyan didn’t feel disgust or even disdain toward him because of this.
He was very clear that not everyone could become a powerful Train Captain, nor could everyone’s luck be very good.
Coming to this world, one either moved forward or stopped in a city and abandoned the Train.
As a Train Captain who came to this world six years ago, Qin Qiang had already surpassed many people just by choosing not to stop in the city.
As long as this fellow didn’t come to bother him, he could do whatever he wanted.
The gunshots and explosions gradually grew quieter.
The deranged Goblins were about to disappear.
Qin Qiang crept over to Ye Qiyan, placed the snakeskin bag he was carrying on his shoulder onto the ground, piled an ingratiating smile on his face, and said:
“Big boss, wait a moment, let’s add each other as friends, shall we?”
