The Altar showed no reaction, so Lin Bei could only leave in resignation.
The Super Lucky State still had about half an hour left.
He Teleported back to his own room in the stronghold and, racing the clock, began to Refine and absorb the power of the blood soul crystal stones.
He now had 50,000 blood soul crystal stones on him.
At his current Refining speed, he could absorb roughly ten per second.
Therefore, by the time the Super Lucky State expired, he had processed 20,000 blood soul crystal stones.
Every single absorption triggered the 10,000× Critical Hit effect.
So in just half an hour, both his Vitality and Mental Attributes had soared by 2 trillion points!
Together with the attribute rewards from the earlier BOSS kill, Lin Bei's stats had now climbed to a brand-new height!
[Vitality: 14 trillion (Epic Five-Star)]
[Mental: 13 trillion (Epic Five-Star)]
[Combat Power: 13.5 trillion (Epic Five-Star)]
Although his Vitality and other stats had all exceeded 10 trillion points… his realm remained stuck at Epic, failing to advance to the higher Legendary Realm.
Lin Bei suspected it might be related to Rule Power.
So he planned to ask Aleria later and see if she could offer any help.
"What a shame—still short on time."
Lin Bei shook his head and sighed, muttering, "If I'd had a few more hours, I could've refined every last blood soul crystal stone—and even opened the legacy blind-boxes I got from killing those Order Dynasty fellows."
"Now, 30,000 stones are left unused, and… several thousand blind-boxes remain sealed."
Lin Bei was rather resigned.
Honestly, he'd moved fast enough.
But each Super Lucky State lasted only 24 hours, so… it still felt insufficient.
"Forget it—next time."
"After all, ten days here in the Underworld equal just one day outside in the Survival World."
"That means I can trigger Super Luck at least once every day—pretty good already."
Lin Bei was fairly easy-going; without fussing over the unused items, he Teleported back to his own island in the Survival World once the state ended.
He'd been so busy in the Underworld that he hadn't closed his eyes for days.
So he planned to enjoy a nice, long sleep.
With his monstrous stats, sleep was no longer necessary.
Yet from entering the Survival World until now—even counting his time in the Underworld—barely half a month had passed.
The habit of sleeping still remained.
"Boom—!!!"
But he'd barely drifted off.
Cannons thundered across the island.
Lin Bei jolted awake; before he could gather his wits, a string of system alerts rang in his ears.
[Alert: Enemy Survivors have entered surrounding waters; auto-defenses activated!]
[Alert: You have slain Survivor "Passionate as Fire"!]
[Alert: You have slain Survivor "Straight to B-Eh"!]
[Alert: You have slain Survivor "Highest Good Is Like Water"!]
[Alert: …]
[Alert: Plunder successful—you triggered the 10,000× Critical Hit!]
[Alert: Vitality +300 billion! Mental +30 billion!]
"Huh? Just a bunch of riff-raff, yet they gave so many stats?!"
Lin Bei sat bolt upright, staring in bewilderment at the notifications.
Moments later, realization dawned on his face.
"So they came in force—about thirty thousand!"
"And somehow every one of them had Vitality above 10,000 and Mental over 1,000!"
"Stack that with the 10,000× Critical Hit—no wonder I gained so much in one go!"
Lin Bei was astonished.
He never imagined that wiping out 30,000 sneak-attackers would all trigger 10,000× Critical Hits!
In the past, such a thing would've been unthinkable!
Yet now… it had happened right in front of him!
All he could say was… "Freaking awesome!"
Lin Bei exclaimed with a sigh, "Looks like my hidden Luck stat is high enough; every time I squash these ants I still trigger the highest Critical Hit effect!"
"I thought the Underworld would become my main stage from now on, but it seems I can't neglect the Survival World side either."
"A mosquito's still meat, small as it is. The key is—I don't have to babysit these people; a casual arrangement keeps the attributes flowing in."
"Individually it's not much, but drop by drop, given enough time, the stat points will pile up."
[Vitality: 14.3 trillion (Epic Five-Star)]
[Spirit: 13.03 trillion (Epic Five-Star)]
[Combat Power: 13.665 trillion (Epic Five-Star)]
Lin Bei swept a glance over his Attribute Panel and smiled.
His Spiritual Power was a bit lower, but overall the attribute boost from that defensive bombardment equaled killing an Epic Four-Star World BOSS under Super Luck!
Pretty impressive, all things considered!
The only pity was that their legacy blind-boxes no longer interested him much.
Still, ever the thrifty housekeeper, he opened in bulk the legacies they'd dropped, scooping up mountains of low-tier supplies.
Without hesitation he listed everything below Transcendent Quality—resources, gear, consumables—in the Trading Hall.
Of course, he enabled rental for non-consumable gear, at very favorable prices.
Yet every item carried one condition: the buyer must not be from the Order Beacon, and trade partners were limited to members of Good Fortune Arrives.
He was no saint; though the resources were worthless to him, they were perfect for a little profit.
Good Fortune Arrives was a Survivor faction he'd ordered Oil King to build, affiliated with the Lucky Faction.
These moves would pull plenty of Survivors into the Lucky camp.
Every new recruit received a mass Lucky Blessing; with luck bonuses plus his resource funnel, they'd shoot up in power in no time.
They counted only as outer members of the Lucky camp—sect errand boys in a cultivation world.
To advance further, Lin Bei had Qingqing draft a selection system to filter the cream of the crop.
But he left the details to Oil King and Bei Bei Nan Gua.
As the sect's senior brother, he had bigger things to do... "Wiped out?! Impossible—absolutely impossible!"
Inside the golden palace Apachi's face was dark, voice furious.
His eyes bored into the livestream Aleria had opened, disbelief flooding him.
"Oh, not quite wiped out."
Aleria lounged on a soft sofa, pointing at the grimy cluster on screen. "Just some cannon fire; only common Survivors died. The Blood Demon Clan's Blood Puppet warriors are perfectly fine."
"Tsk—such lavish force: over a hundred Blood Puppet warriors, each with more than a million Combat Power!"
"Truly impressive!"
Aleria flashed Apachi a smile.
Apachi lapsed into silence.
But behind his mask his eyes blazed with boundless fury!
"Damn it—those Blood Demon fools are useless!"
"After one cannon volley those Blood Puppet warriors are still breathing but clearly wounded!"
"In that state they can forget invading the island—another salvo and they'll drop dead on the spot!"
"Are they pigs?!"
"I gave them the perfect chance and kept Aleria under watch so she couldn't interfere, and this is what they give me?!"
"That's it?!"
"F***!"