Golden Fleece Goat: Talent 1.367H, Activity Value 1.124H, Lv0.822. Decent Activity core quality.

For jin beasts at that tier, Shen Cong's interest had largely moved on. The creatures worth hunting now fell into two categories: powerful individual-type jin beasts for higher-grade Activity cores, and colony-type jin beasts with toxins for chemical weapon stock.

At the moment, he was short on neither.

The two Water Tyrant Activity cores were enough raw material for several complete sets of high-specification bone-gold weapons. His Pepper Water supply sat at around eighty liters. He still had several bags of Spicy Eye caterpillar spiny needles. The metallic debris from the dung beetle carcass-balls had filled several rubber bags. On top of that, the Vajra Ant Squad produced Super-2 Ant Acid in steady daily quantities.

Actually, with Black One, Two, and Three now part of the squad, their acid production warranted a new designation — Super-3 Ant Acid. The third-generation Vajra Ants had surpassed Blackhead's output in quality, bringing it up to the level of the Dragon Hornets' Activity-Killer Venom.

Speaking of Activity-Killer Venom and Dragon Hornets — with my current strength, are a Super-Heavyweight colony really something to worry about anymore?

Maybe I should head back to New Hefei at some point. Clear out the Dragon Hornets and the Pox Flies, then pay the Iron-Eater a visit. If the opportunity presents itself, track down the meteorite fragment at Huoshan Oasis.

The growth in his capabilities kept shifting his mental horizon. Before the Lv1 era, he'd given the Iron-Eater a wide berth and never thought twice about it. Now he was already sizing it up as a target. He'd never actually encountered an individual-type Super-Heavyweight jin beast, let alone a Nuclear-Weight one.

Individual Heavyweight jin beasts, though — those he'd crossed paths with often enough. The Golden Jiao, the Swiftclaw Leopard, the four-legged snake, the eagle.

Shortly after Tempest Hunting Company departed, Shen Cong drove Great Vajra out of Ping'an Town. The location was blown.

He didn't go far. Six kilometers put him at the ruins of Jiupu Town, where he parked beside a reasonably sized lake…