Chapter 162: Pig-men, Unite!

At this moment, Qin Fei could no longer even tell whether he was still a "human" or the consciousness within his mind known as "Krasin"....

Seeing that the dark shadow had already eroded up to Qin Fei's neck, Xie Nainai knew he had reached his absolute limit.

Without hesitation, Xie Nainai drew an iron longsword from her backpack and swung it fiercely at Qin Fei's neck....

[The effect of the Death-Efa Doll is activated. The bearer is respawning....]

Before long, relying on the very last Death-Efa Doll in his backpack, Qin Fei revived.

After resurrection, the chaotic consciousness in Qin Fei's mind had completely vanished, and his body had returned to normal.

This death was well worth it.

With the help of the Wishing Well, Qin Fei had traded the life of a Death-Efa Doll for the ability to transform his own form.

Although this capability did not appear anywhere on the diamond crystal's skill interface, Qin Fei noticed that the race category within the crystal had undergone a rather unusual change.

[Race: Human (Infected) (Shadow Entity) (Great Old One)]

After Qin Fei's rebirth, an additional annotation of "Great Old One" had appeared inside the parentheses.

Although Qin Fei did not yet know its exact meaning, this title was undoubtedly connected to his newly acquired "Transformation" skill.

After checking his status, Qin Fei began to test his newly gained power.

With a thought from Qin Fei, countless dark shadows suddenly burst forth from all over his body, and these shadows began to writhe rapidly.

Seconds later, Qin Fei transformed into the appearance of a pigman once again.

He retrieved the Emperor's Scepter from his backpack and grasped it in his hand.

Once Qin Fei held the Emperor's Scepter in his pigman form, the scepter finally reacted in a different way.

The entire surface of the Emperor's Scepter emitted a shimmering light intertwined with red and white. Immediately afterward, a crown materialized atop Qin Fei's pig-head.

Qin Fei reached out to touch it, but his hand passed straight through as if nothing was there.

It seemed that this crown was not physical.

At the same time, when this crown appeared above his head, he felt as though he had received some information regarding the "Pig King" directly from the Emperor's Scepter.

Qin Fei now had a distinct feeling that at this very moment, he was the true king of the pigmen....

Qin Fei glanced at the Caesar Pig and raised the scepter in his hand.

He tried commanding the Caesar Pig, "Sit!"

To his astonishment, the look the Caesar Pig directed toward him was now filled with fanatical devotion. The instant Qin Fei gave the command, it immediately sat down on the ground.

Qin Fei felt a wave of shock.

Could it be.... I've become the Pig King?

Qin Fei carefully processed the information transmitted to his mind by the Emperor's Scepter.

He quickly understood what was going on.

It turned out that the function of this Emperor's Scepter was to allow whichever pigman possessed it to become the "King" among pigmen.

At the same time, once one became the Pig King, they could use the scepter in their hand to command all the pigmen in the world.

Of course, not just any pig could become the Pig King.

When the Caesar Pig had held this scepter, it had yielded no effect whatsoever.

Qin Fei guessed that this must be related to each pig's "aptitude."

Perhaps only a pigman that received the "recognition" of the scepter could be successfully promoted by it into the "Pig King"!

Having transformed into a pigman, Qin Fei gripped the scepter and spoke to the others around him in a deep, muffled voice, "Let's go, to the royal capital!"

"Huh?"

Xie Nainai looked somewhat puzzled.

While it was true that Qin Fei could turn into a pigman now, and it seemed he had somehow become the Pig King of the pigmen—capable of both immunizing himself against shadow entity attacks and commanding other pigmen—based on Xie Nainai's judgment, Qin Fei's actual combat strength didn't seem to have increased by all that much.... If they went to the royal capital now, could they really defeat the Ancient Pioneer residing there?

However, Qin Fei did not say much more.

Time was of the essence, so he led the group and quickly arrived at the gates of the royal capital.

The raging fire that had swept across the entire royal capital had finally burned itself out completely after consuming everything flammable in its path.

As for the boss, the Ancient Pioneer, it had now assumed the appearance of Queen Mafalafa, wielding an iron longsword as it hunted down the pigmen remaining in the royal capital.

Pigmen were naturally immune to all shadow entity attacks, which meant that any spells cast by the Ancient Pioneer were completely ineffective against them.

If the Ancient Pioneer wanted to kill these pigmen, its only option was to transform into the likeness of Queen Mafalafa and hack the pigmen to death with an iron sword.

Because it could not use magic, the Ancient Pioneer's efficiency in slaughtering pigs was not particularly high.

At this moment, the pigmen in the city were either cowering and trembling in fear off to the side, or fleeing in utter panic through the streets of the royal capital.

In short, every single pigman wore the expression of impending doom.

Not a single pig dared to resist the Ancient Pioneer disguised as Queen Mafalafa.

Qin Fei stood before the gates of the royal capital and raised his scepter high. Gathering all his strength, he shouted at the top of his lungs to the pigmen scattered throughout the capital.

"Pigmen of the city, unite!"

The moment Qin Fei's voice faded, all the pigmen who had been fleeing and hiding throughout the city suddenly ground to a halt.

They turned their gazes toward Qin Fei's direction.

At this moment, not only did Qin Fei hold the Emperor's Scepter in his hand, but he also wore a crown upon his head, making him extremely conspicuous.

"The King?"

"For the King!"

"To feed him!"

"For great justice!"

"Defend!"

In an instant, pigmen all across the royal capital began shouting the word "King."

Like a row of falling dominoes, the pigmen of the royal capital passed the word from ten to a hundred, and soon, nearly every pigman in the city was surging toward Qin Fei's location.

Pigmen were arrogant, always believing themselves to be clever and exceedingly handsome in appearance. At the same time, they were extremely lazy, gluttonous, and not particularly bright.

Yet these pigmen also possessed shining virtues.

Not just the Caesar Pig, but all pigmen valued camaraderie and loyalty above all else.

They would go through fire and water, facing life and death for a piece of meat belonging to a friend.

They would not hesitate to sacrifice their own lives to protect their king and preserve the peace of the Pig Kingdom.

They were willing to fight for what they believed in.

Seeing that all the pigmen of the city had gathered around him, Qin Fei once again raised his scepter high, pointing it directly at Queen Mafalafa deep within the city.

He roared angrily, "Beat it up!"

Instantly, all the pigmen responded in unison, charging furiously toward the location of Queen Mafalafa.

Seeing all the pigmen rushing toward it, the Ancient Pioneer was so frightened that it immediately reverted into a mass of dark shadow and drifted up into mid-air.

Although the shadow state could not inflict damage upon the pigmen, maintaining this form at least allowed it to protect itself.

Pigmen were a very strange species.

Every single one of them was typically quite cowardly, but once a fight actually broke out, no matter how formidable the enemy, not a single pigman knew the meaning of fear!

At Qin Fei's call, all the pigmen roared and charged directly underneath the Ancient Pioneer.

"Kill the shadow!"

"I'll punch the shadow!"

"Beat the shadow to pieces!"

It seemed that the Ancient Pioneer's ability to float in the sky had a time limit.

After remaining in this stalemate for a while, a look of actual terror unexpectedly surfaced on its face.

The Ancient Pioneer cast a glance toward Qin Fei in the distance.

At the same time, a voice suddenly echoed inside Qin Fei's mind: "Greetings, monkey-man."

Qin Fei was momentarily startled. Hearing this voice, he also looked up at the Ancient Pioneer drifting in the sky.... This creature could actually communicate?

And it could communicate with others using telepathy?

This reminded Qin Fei of the Sea Emperor from the world of *Subnautica*.

Seeing that Qin Fei had raised his head to lock eyes with it, the Ancient Pioneer continued to speak via telepathy: "Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Krasin."