The sun was out, but Wang Wu couldn't find a suitable spot.
He resigned himself to his fate.
Watching the golden sunlight, bearing the blessings of Heaven and Earth, fall upon the cliff top and the highest reaches of the tall trees, he could only wait quietly and observe the details.
Then, he really did discover something different: there were golden particles in the sunlight. All the little Goblins bathed in the sunlight would quickly form a golden halo around their bodies.
"Three minutes! A full three minutes!"
As the sunlight slowly moved downwards, Wang Wu mentally timed an approximate value.
He named it Purple-Gold Three Minutes because this period had the most golden particles, but only the cliff top, small hill top, and tree canopy could enjoy it.
Next, the sunlight moved to the middle of the cliff, still not reaching Wang Wu.
He could do nothing but silently time it in his mind.
Finally, the sunlight reached the foot of the mountain, which was where Wang Wu had been exposed to the sun yesterday. About three more minutes had passed, so this should be considered Golden Three Minutes.
"Well, it seems my turn is only Silver Three Minutes."
As Wang Wu was thinking, he heard rustling in the forest's undergrowth, which made his scalp tingle. He thought something had happened, but then he saw Rats, Mantises, Spiders, Grasshoppers, large Ants, Dung Beetles, Cabbage Worms, Scarab Beetles, Longhorn Beetles, Mole Crickets... all sorts of known and unknown small animals and insects rushing up like mad, quickly occupying every advantageous position at the foot of the mountain.
Goodness, are you serious?!
Wang Wu was flustered. Yesterday, he had emerged from the rock crevice too late to see this scene, only witnessing these insects retreating. At the time, he only felt that the vitality in this forest was truly abundant, but today, seeing it again, it was truly bloody and made him furious.
This could be rolled to the eighty-eighth level of Hell.
A Mantis, as large as a Rat, suddenly brandished its two Mantis Swords, posing a deadly threat to Wang Wu, but Wang Wu's shadow blocked it.
Oh, even you are bullying me?
Wang Wu didn't want to incur public wrath at this moment. He moved slightly, keeping an eye on his surroundings while letting the sunlight shine on him. His Level 1 Spiritual Essence, among the swarm of insects, was like a crane among chickens. Even during Silver Three Minutes, he could absorb about ten golden particles per second, and roughly ten golden particles could be converted into one point of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.
At such a speed, ten insects were no match for him.
There was just one downside: in a short while, a large amount of hatred accumulated around Wang Wu, because the density of golden particles was limited. The more Wang Wu absorbed, the less these insects absorbed.
Finally, the Mantis from before launched the first attack. With a leap, its dual blades struck down, swift and clean. Wang Wu, being a novice, couldn't dodge at all.
Well, he hadn't intended to dodge anyway.
The next second, his defense was breached.
"The wandering Mantis launched an attack on you. Based on your defense attribute, you took 4 points of slashing damage."
This, this is also possible?
Wang Wu backhanded the brave Mantis to death. Even if he was only slightly larger than a miniature poodle, he was still not a tiny Mantis...
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"
"Clap, clap, clap!"
Wang Wu was ganged up on. Although the highest damage didn't exceed 4 points, and the lowest damage wasn't even 1 point, it scared him quite a bit. He didn't care about anything else, flailing his two paws wildly and charging head-on, eliminating over thirty wandering Mantis in one go and successfully having the last laugh.
But his health was only 54 points left.
Of this, more than half was caused by the Mantis.
Without another word, Wang Wu, covered in wounds, began to eat voraciously. What did it matter if he was eating insects? Crunchy and chicken-flavored!
In fact, it was true. These insects that knew to come and snatch Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi were all the cream of their respective species, so they were very nutritious. Although the taste was not commendable, Wang Wu's satiety truly shot up.
Occasionally, if he was lucky, it would even provide him with 0.1 points of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.
Damn it, Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi even had decimals. Wang Wu didn't even want to complain anymore.
The Silver Three Minutes quickly ended, and Wang Wu also pushed his satiety to 231 points. He gained a total of 0.9 Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi from eating, and he himself, without any delay, gained a total of 18 points of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. Adding yesterday's 6 points, the current total is 24.9 points.
"Hehe, that's more like it."
Wang Wu secretly gloated, but also burrowed into the forest with the other insects.
Yesterday, he might have been able to hide in the rock crevice, but if he tried the same trick today, he would truly be too bold. He had clearly felt the cold gaze of the Black Snake group just now.
So, he would first be a wandering Xiong Wu.
But the cruelty of life soon dealt Wang Wu a heavy blow.
He had just found a dense thicket of bushes, intending to temporarily settle there, when a dozen or so Grey Rats, covered in tumors, looking extremely fierce, and almost half the size of Wang Wu, charged out of the bushes like heavily armored field knights, instantly knocking the unprepared Wang Wu to the ground, then swarming him and almost tearing him alive.
Wang Wu struggled to fight back, managing to kill only two fierce Grey Rats, but then more Grey Rats surged out of the bushes, scaring him into turning and running.
Behind him, a chorus of triumphant squeaks was left.
"You attempted to invade the territory of the Grey Rats. Unfortunately, you were repelled."
"Your Self-Healing has been activated. You need to consume 200 points of satiety to restore health. This process will take five hours."
Muttering a curse, Wang Wu looked at his remaining 20 health points and could only lean against a solitary tall tree, hiding in the lush grass, warily observing his surroundings. What he feared were not the insects, but larger animals. But strangely, in this forest, he hadn't seen any large or medium-sized wild beasts, not even grass-eating rabbits.
Were they all eliminated?
Wang Wu thought of the Black Snake as thick as a water bucket, the Flame Scorpion over a meter long, the centipede over two meters long, and the White-haired Rat with its immortal aura. Ordinary wild beasts, even tigers and lions, might not be their match.
But then again, opportunities are equal.
If even these insects could occupy a territory, then those large and medium-sized fierce beasts might be doing even better.
Especially considering the daily absorption of golden particles to convert into Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.
The answer was basically obvious.
That is, these fiercer beasts must have gone to higher mountains and wider areas.
Or, this forest might be part of the territory of a certain Lion King or Tiger King.
But they couldn't be called Little Demon; they had to be called Great Demons!