Completing the Task

"Take out the Divine Elixir," Luo Ling said, gently pushing Ke Bei as she saw him staring blankly at his knife.

"Divine Elixir?" Ke Bei was taken aback for a moment and looked at Luo Ling with a hint of confusion. He knew that there were crystal coins in the foreheads of ordinary zombies, but he had no idea what a Divine Elixir was.

Seeing Ke Bei's dazed expression, Luo Ling rolled her eyes in mild exasperation. Could this guy really not know what a Divine Elixir was?

Giving Ke Bei a strange look, Luo Ling muttered something under her breath. Then she walked up to the corpse of the eerie man, slowly squatted down, and with a slight flick of her thin sword, as thin as a cicada's wing, at the center of the eerie man's forehead, a shiny round pill, shaped like a cobblestone and the size of a longan, suddenly flew out.

"Here, this is it. It's similar to a crystal coin, but this is much more valuable. A Divine Elixir is worth at least about 100,000 red crystal coins."

"100,000 red crystal coins?" Ke Bei exclaimed in disbelief as he took the Divine Elixir handed to him by Luo Ling.

"Hehe, it's not a big deal. I'm not short of money. You can keep it," Luo Ling said with a smile and turned to walk towards the severely weakened general-level demon beast.

Ke Bei looked at Luo Ling's back and didn't decline. He carefully put away the Divine Elixir. All the members of the Ningxing Squad were dead, and as the only one still alive, Ke Bei had the obligation to take care of their families.

He needed this money.

When he heard Luo Ling say that this Divine Elixir was worth 100,000 crystal coins, Ke Bei had already decided in his heart to divide this money equally among the families of the members of the Ningxing Squad.

Ke Bei and Luo Ling stood side by side, staring coldly at the general-level demon beast that was constantly roaring in pain.

"Roar~ Roar~"

Suddenly, two clear cries sounded. Under the general-level demon beast, two little demon beasts, all wet and with traces of blood, nestled in its embrace.

"We can make our move now," Luo Ling said to Ke Bei beside her in a somewhat heavy tone after looking at the extremely weakened general-level demon beast and seeing it looking lovingly at the two newly born little demon beasts.

"Okay," Ke Bei nodded, his expression also somewhat solemn.

The touching scene of the extremely weakened general-level demon beast, which was using its tongue to constantly lick its newly born offspring, stirred a trace of emotion in Ke Bei's heart.

But there was no other way. Demon beasts and humans were mortal enemies, and they had to kill this demon beast today.

"Let me do it," Ke Bei said, heaving a deep sigh as he saw the hint of reluctance in Luo Ling's eyes.

"Okay," Luo Ling's expression was a bit distant, and she silently turned her head away. Although demon beasts and humans were mortal enemies, such a scene still made Luo Ling feel a bit reluctant.

"I'm sorry. If I don't kill you today, more humans might die at your hands in the future. So you have to die," Ke Bei muttered to himself as he walked up to the huge general-level demon beast with the broadsword in his hand.

"Woo~ My child, my child," the general-level demon beast, which had intelligence no less than that of a human, knew its own fate the moment the eerie man was killed.

"Please don't hurt my child. Please..." The general-level demon beast lowered its head and let out a mournful cry. In its originally ferocious and terrifying eyes, there was a pleading look as it looked at Ke Bei. Two teardrops suddenly fell from its lantern-sized eyes.

The glistening teardrops landed on Ke Bei's palm, and the faint warmth brought a sense of helplessness to Ke Bei's heart.

"Sorry," Ke Bei shook his head slowly after a moment of silence.

"Roar!" With its last hope dashed, the demon beast let out an angry roar and, summoning its last bit of strength, opened its huge mouth and bit towards Ke Bei.

"Sigh~" Ke Bei let out a silent sigh. He moved his feet and easily dodged the demon beast's attack. The demon beast, which was already extremely weakened, couldn't pose the slightest threat to him.

Ke Bei suddenly jumped up, holding the broadsword high above his head. A flash of silver light appeared, and he swung it down hard at the demon beast's huge head.

With a single stroke of the knife, the huge head of the general-level demon beast flew up.

Blood spurted out like a huge fountain, and it was as if a rain of blood was falling within a radius of twenty meters.

"Congratulations, host. You have slain a general-level demon beast. One-third of the task is completed. Please continue to work hard," a clear system prompt sounded in Ke Bei's mind the moment he killed the general-level demon beast.

Hearing the system's prompt, Ke Bei was taken aback for a moment, and then an uncontrollable look of joy appeared on his face. He couldn't wait to immerse his mind in the system in his mind.

"Do young general-level demon beasts count as well?" Ke Bei's voice was filled with eagerness.

If killing young demon beasts also counted, and there were just two of them here, then the task would be completed.

The faint sadness in Ke Bei's heart due to killing the general-level demon beast that had just become a mother was instantly dispelled by the joy of being about to complete the task.

"As long as it's a general-level demon beast, it counts," the system's voice rang out clearly.

"Hahaha!" After hearing the system's answer, Ke Bei suddenly couldn't contain his joy and burst into wild laughter. Originally, he thought that there was no hope of completing this task in a short period of time. Unexpectedly, less than a day had passed, and he was about to complete it.

Once the task was completed, he would get a chance to draw a lottery, and his strength would be able to take another leap. How could Ke Bei not be excited?

"What are you laughing about?" Luo Ling walked over at some point. Looking at Ke Bei, who was laughing maniacally with his head thrown back, she blinked her bright eyes and asked in confusion.

"It's nothing. By the way, are these young demon beasts worth any money?" Ke Bei pointed at the two little demon beasts that were still shivering and asked.

"They're not worth much. Demon beasts are different from the Divine Race. Once a member of the Divine Race is born, a Divine Elixir will be formed in their body. Even young Divine Race members are very valuable. But demon beasts are different," Luo Ling walked up to the huge head of the demon beast and pulled out the one-meter-long blood-red horn on its head.

"This is the valuable part of the demon beast," Luo Ling said with a smile and handed the horn to Ke Bei.

"Demon beasts of different types have different valuable parts. The one you just killed is called the 'Blood Horned Bison'. The most valuable part is this horn. Just this horn is worth about 70,000 to 80,000 red crystal coins," Luo Ling said with a smile, then slowly walked up to the huge body of the Blood Horned Bison and patted its thick green scales.

"Here, this is also valuable. It can probably be sold for about 10,000 to 20,000 red crystal coins. The total value is about the same as a Divine Elixir. These young demon beasts, their body parts are not fully developed, and there's nothing valuable about them," Luo Ling said slowly, pointing at the two little demon beasts that hadn't even opened their eyes yet.

"Maybe if we sell them to a restaurant, some wealthy people might want to taste demon beast meat, and we could probably sell them for about 1,000 to 2,000 red crystal coins," Luo Ling said.

As Ke Bei listened to Luo Ling's explanation, he gradually understood.

The valuable parts of demon beasts were their organs, while the valuable thing about the Divine Race was the Divine Elixir in their bodies. Although he didn't know exactly what they were used for, he had a general understanding.

Looking at the two little demon beasts, Ke Bei smiled happily.

"Since they're not worth much, is it okay if I kill them?" Ke Bei asked Luo Ling with an excited smile on his face.

"Of course," Luo Ling nodded, although she didn't understand why Ke Bei was so excited. She didn't care about these young demon beasts worth only 1,000 to 2,000 red crystal coins, and she wouldn't care even if they were adult demon beasts.

How much was an adult general-level demon beast worth? Just 100,000 red crystal coins. Luo Ling really didn't care about that amount of money.

With Luo Ling's approval, Ke Bei grinned and swung his knife twice with great efficiency.

The two little demon beasts that hadn't even opened their eyes to see the world were instantly killed by Ke Bei's knife.

At the same time, the clear prompt sound of the system rang out again.

"The task is completed. Does the host want to start the lottery immediately?"