Live Strong in the Wilderness

Chapter 509: Surprise from the New Gift Pack

"Strange, why is my brother turning back again?" Ivica glanced at the Star Chart and couldn’t help but frown.

"Your Majesty, should we speed up to rendezvous with General Lei Jie?" Roka asked in confusion. He was now Ivica’s most trusted guard captain and, other than Ivica, the strongest person.

"No need, proceed at the original speed." Ivica couldn’t possibly change her plan just because Lei Jie had turned back.

She had already assigned the most promising members of her team to Lei Jie, leaving only Roka as the sole member. So far, there were no new 4th-level Mages emerging in their team.

This way, she could achieve absolute dominance.

Three hundred people, it’s a bit fewer, but if these three hundred people were her slaves, it wouldn’t be considered few at all.

Keep in mind, these people are Mages. One person can perform physical work equivalent to ten ordinary people.

Moreover, once Lei Jie completes the challenge, he will surely come to find her, won’t he?

By then, she will be able to gain more benefits.

She no longer intended to continue challenging, as the fifty people assigned to Lei Jie would proceed with him to keep up the challenge.

Whether it was Li Kang or Jerry, each only had about 40 men under them, so Lei Jie still had the most manpower.

The reason for not speeding up was that Ivica wanted to drag these 300 people along.

And these 300 people weren’t worried at all. It wasn’t until nine in the morning that they tidied themselves up to head towards the 5th-level Fierce Beast territory, and started setting up camp and resting at four thirty in the afternoon.

If they encountered Fierce Beasts along the way, it would cause a lengthy delay.

After all, among them, only Ivica and Roka were 4th-level Mages, capable of dealing with 4th-level Fierce Beasts on their own.

Lei Jie found Ivica’s slow pace quite frustrating.

To him, it was no different from self-abandonment.

Little did he know, Ivica indeed intended to give up. However, she wasn’t planning to return; she wanted to stay on this planet.

In the music and film circles, she had won the most prestigious awards. No one could surpass her besides herself.

Therefore, she found such days to be incredibly dull.

Otherwise, why would she have whimsically decided to join this challenge?

Finding inspiration was just an excuse.

Now, being a queen, even if only queen to three hundred people, she found it somewhat interesting.

Controlling others’ lives and deaths was even more intriguing.

Unfortunately, Lei Jie knew nothing of this.

Four hours later, Xu Yi and his team rushed into the 5th-level Fierce Beast’s territory.

The mounts were also controlled by Xu Yi’s Spiritual Power, with the fear-managing region of their brains being disrupted by him.

However, the Black Qilin and Unicorn didn’t need it; inherently, they weren’t that fearful.

The rest, Xu Yi didn’t plan to bring along, so it wasn’t an issue.

Disrupting it wouldn’t affect their lives, but it might impact their advancement.

Xu Yi didn’t spend time training, opting instead to search for traces of 5th-level Fierce Beasts nearby.

Lu Ke didn’t train either, as she was the person most likely to break through to 5th-level, so she focused on cooking 5th-level Fierce Beast meat.

For those at 4th-level, 5th-level Fierce Beast meat held significant benefits.

Perhaps, after eating for several days, they might break through.

When night fell, Xu Yi returned.

Sadly, even though he wandered for over an hour, he failed to encounter any other 5th-level Fierce Beasts.

By the time Xu Yi returned, they had already eaten dinner and were fully immersed in training.

The pot still kept Xu Yi’s dinner warm, so he ate and then devoted himself to training.

As for Li Kang and his group, none were able to enter the 5th-level Fierce Beast territory yet.

Time flew by quickly, the night passed in an instant.

At dawn, Xu Yi opened his eyes.

"System, time to check-in."

"Ding, check-in complete for 7 days, received a Basic Gift Package."

Today was the 196th day, only 9 days remaining until the next challenge area.

"System, open the package." It was his first package since reaching 5th-level, Xu Yi was quite excited.

Would this package surprise him?

"Ding, received Spiritual Activation Potion *1 [60% chance for the user to awaken Spiritual Power, belongs to a precious potion, suitable for the most loyal partner] (Basic)."

"What the—"

Upon hearing Xu Yi suddenly swear, Lu Ke opened her eyes in confusion and asked, "Did something happen?"

"No, nothing, I just think I’m pretty amazing, hehe." Xu Yi scratched his head, brushing off Lu Ke’s concern.

Though inside, Xu Yi was highly astounded.

A 60% chance to awaken a person’s Spiritual Power; this potion was incredibly powerful.

He didn’t have the formula for such a potion in his potion recipe library.

So he couldn’t help but exclaim ’What the—.’

A surprise, definitely a surprise!

After the initial shock, Xu Yi calmed down.

Although the potion was very powerful, it wasn’t suitable for use at this moment.

Considering how long it’s been, wouldn’t the Spirit Race suspect something?

Ling Qi had just made a deal with him; if someone in his group suddenly awakened Spiritual Power, wouldn’t it cause a stir in the Spirit Race?

Awakening Spiritual Power wasn’t an easy feat within the Spirit Race.

Once awakened, would the person be taken by the Spirit Race for research?

This possibility wasn’t low, as Divine Masters were quite rare.

The more Xu Yi thought, the more he realized this wasn’t the time to use it.

He regretted deeply; if he hadn’t used up the opportunity to duplicate the package, he might have seen the birth of two Divine Masters!

But now, it couldn’t be used, or the Spirit Race would surely target him.

Xu Yi had to be cautious. Though he considered himself rather careful, Ling Qi had still managed to catch him.

Fooling Ling Qi once was tough; a second time would be harder.

If there were a formula, Xu Yi might be able to use it.

With a formula, one could produce the potion and explain its origin. But, pulling a potion out of thin air, that’s not viable.

Unless there was another source.

For instance, if Xu Yi discovered relics of other civilizations within the planet, he could claim it was found there.

However, such things are challenging to encounter, it’s rarely that convenient.

It’s likely no other civilizations have discovered this planet, let alone left behind relics.

Therefore, Xu Yi indeed couldn’t use the potion for the time being.

But after 500 days, he would have an opportunity.

Since reaching 5th-level, Xu Yi had sensed that there was more than one filming drone around him.

There were over a dozen others, but he could only pretend not to notice these.