That was it.

This was precisely what made the Alien Parasite so twisted.

As long as it parasitized inside other Classer, it could intercept the experience points they were about to acquire.

And then feed them back to Insect Emperor Caesar's main body.

This was also why Zhou Huai felt this move was rather sinister.

As everyone knew.

Killing exotic beasts to gain experience points had always been the main channel for most Classer to increase their strength.

Yet Zhou Huai's Parasite could steal other people's experience points.

Furthermore, the proportion of stolen experience points was adjustable.

At most, it could intercept over 99%, leaving the target with only 1 experience point.

The SSS-class profession, Insect Emperor, was truly terrifying to this extent.

As long as the target could not discover the existence of the Parasite, that Professional's life would be ruined.

At this moment, Takeda Masao and the others in the distance were still puzzled.

Killing an exotic beast had only yielded 1 experience point.

Such a thing was simply unheard of.

Even killing a Level 1 exotic beast couldn't possibly give only 1 experience point.

"Damn it!"

Takeda Masao cursed under his breath, then threw a few bottles of healing potions to his several injured subordinates.

"There must be something wrong with these two exotic beasts. Let's go kill other exotic beasts and try again."

He looked around, his gaze falling on several subordinates who were covered in blood yet still extremely excited.

"I really liked your fighting style just now; it's much better than your usual cowardly appearance."

"But I have to remind you, you can be fierce, but don't risk your lives too hard."

"There is no healer in our team. If you get hurt again, I won't have that many healing potions to treat you."

Several of them grinned, their faces showing crazy smiles mixed with bloodstains.

They took turns drinking the healing potions.

After their injuries had recovered mostly,

they continued to kill a few more exotic beasts in the dense forest.

As a result, the experience points everyone obtained were still only 1 point.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"

Takeda Masao was furious, kicking heavily against a nearby tree trunk as thick as a bowl.

That tree let out an unbearable groan and shook violently a few times.

"What on earth is going on? Why does every exotic beast killed only give 1 experience point?"

"This is bloody strange!"

His fierce and fleshy face was full of incomprehensible mania.

The excitement on the faces of the other subordinates had long since faded, replaced by a fear from the bottom of their hearts.

One of the youths, as thin as a monkey, leaned close to Takeda Masao, his voice trembling.

"Boss... Should... Should we go back to the city first?"

"Today is simply too bizarre. I... We are a bit scared."

Another youth with freckles on his face also nodded repeatedly, his face turning pale.

"Yeah, Boss, this forest... This forest seems to be haunted!"

Hearing this, Takeda Masao's irritation grew even stronger.

He turned around abruptly, his fan-like large hand slapping heavily on the back of the thin monkey's head.

"Afraid my ass!"

"Weren't you guys very brave when you killed that Iron-skinned Forest Ape just now?"

"Rushing forward one by one like mad dogs, why have your guts become so small now?"

The thin monkey was slapped by him until stars appeared before his eyes, yet he didn't dare to have the slightest complaint.

He covered the back of his head, his face full of grievance and confusion.

"Boss... I... I don't know why either."

"When dealing with that Iron-skinned Forest Ape just now, there was only one thought in my mind, which was to perish together with it."

"Thinking back now... My back is completely cold."

"It's just like... just like being controlled by someone."

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the other subordinates also changed.

They looked at each other and saw the exact same panic in each other's eyes.

"Right, right, right! I had this feeling too!"

"At that time, I didn't think at all about whether I would die or not; I just thought about how to kill that beast!"

"Me too! It felt like my body didn't even belong to me anymore!"

"Were we possessed by a ghost just now?"

Several people chimed in all at once, with undisguised trembling in their voices.

The more they spoke, the more the color drained from their faces.

Hearing his subordinates' discussion, Takeda Masao couldn't help but shiver.

An uncontrollable chill surged all the way from the soles of his feet to his crown.

He opened his mouth, wanting to curse a few more times to boost his courage.

But his throat felt as if it was blocked by a ball of cotton, and he couldn't say a single word.

Although he was still shouting:

"All... All of you fucking shut up! A bunch of cowards!"

Yet his footsteps were already uncontrollably moving step by step toward the direction of the truck they had arrived in.

"Since you guys are so scared, let's go back first."

Seeing several of them returning in dejection,

Zhou Huai hurriedly controlled Insect Emperor Caesar to get off the truck and asked Takeda Masao with a feigned expression of ignorance.

"Boss, why are you back so soon?"

Facing Natsume Masahiro disguised by Insect Emperor Caesar,

Takeda Masao didn't find anything suspicious.

He waved his hand with a foul expression.

"Don't mention it. Today's place is very bizarre."

Takeda Masao spat irritably onto the ground.

He pointed to the dense forest not far away, his tone impatient.

"Go handle those few exotic beasts in the forest."

"Let's change places."

Zhou Huai understood in his heart, but his face showed a respectful expression as he nodded repeatedly.

He controlled Insect Emperor Caesar to quickly walk to the location where those Iron-skinned Forest Apes were.

Without any hesitation, he very naturally released a small number of beetles to start processing the corpses.

Before coming, Zhou Huai had a detailed understanding of Natsume Masahiro's process of disassembling exotic beast corpses.

This process was more like some kind of primitive and bloody art.

The flesh and blood of the Iron-skinned Forest Ape were not worth much, being stringy and bitter, and were usually not used as food.

Only those wanderers who were starved crazy would consider this kind of inferior protein source.

Its hide, which was as tough as iron, was indeed an excellent material for making low-tier armor.

Those two long and sharp fangs could be polished into bone weapons and sold to those financially strapped novice Classer.

Finally, there were those eyeballs.

The eyeballs of the Iron-skinned Forest Ape were quite special and very hard, reflecting a luster similar to black crystal under the sunlight.

Some noblewomen with unique tastes would collect them as cheap decorations.

Zhou Huai controlled the beetles, his movements methodical.

The black swarm of bugs surged over the corpses like a tide, their sharp mouthparts emitting a faint "crack" sound.

Skinning, deboning, extracting fangs, and digging out eyes.

The whole process was smooth and flowing, with frighteningly high efficiency.

Zhou Huai even had to deliberately suppress the beetles' chewing speed, for fear that his performance would be too shocking to the world.

Soon, the corpses of those Iron-skinned Forest Apes in the forest were processed.

Leaving only a pile of skeletons that had been gnawed clean.

Insect Emperor Caesar hugged a pile of collected various materials and walked back out of the forest.

Takeda Masao was leaning against the truck smoking a cigarette, and seeing him return so quickly, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

He subconsciously raised his wrist and glanced at the time.

"Natsume, why are your movements so fast today?"

A look of surprise appeared on Takeda Masao's face.

"Normally, those bugs of yours would take at least twenty minutes to process so many exotic beast corpses, but today you actually finished these few in five minutes?"

As soon as his voice fell, the lackey next to him who was as thin as a monkey also came over, looking at the materials in Insect Emperor Caesar's hands with full astonishment.

"Not only has the speed increased a lot, but even the materials have been cleaned very thoroughly!"

Pointing at the ape skin in Insect Emperor Caesar's hands, he clicked his tongue and said: "Boss, look, how complete this skin is peeled, there isn't even a trace of minced meat left on it!"

"And these fangs are polished like new!"

"Natsume, you kid are not bad! When did you practice this craft?"

Everyone's gazes fell squarely on Zhou Huai, with probing and surprise.

The expression on Zhou Huai's face stiffened.

Damn it.

He didn't expect it to be advanced by so much.

This was still the result of him deliberately slowing down his speed.

To imitate that trash's efficiency, he even released only dozens of beetles.

This Natsume Masahiro was truly an absolute piece of trash.

Processing a few unranked exotic beast corpses actually took such a long time.

Simply the shame of an Insect Master!

Zhou Huai crazily complained in his heart, but on his face he didn't dare to show the slightest trace.

He hurriedly piled up an honest smile and scratched his dyed yellow hair, which was somewhat of inferior quality.

"Hehe, practice really does make perfect recently."

"Boss, I really want to make progress too."

"I can't keep holding everyone back."

This explanation was entirely reasonable.

The image of a lackey eager to win the boss's recognition yet timid and afraid of trouble was portrayed vividly by him.

Fortunately, Takeda Masao didn't suspect anything.

He was just a simple-minded brute who wouldn't delve deeply into these details at all.

Hearing Natsume Masahiro say this, he instead laughed out loud.

He stepped forward, his fan-like large hand heavily patting Zhou Huai's shoulder.

"Not bad, not bad."

"Natsume, you kid have finally made some progress!"

"I hope you can maintain this working efficiency in the future."

Takeda Masao's mood seemed to have improved quite a bit.

With a wave of his big hand, he shouted to the others:

"All of you fucking stop standing there in a daze!"

"Let's go, get in the truck!"

Hearing the boss's greeting, the other few people stopped thinking too much.

Howling, they got into the truck.

Zhou Huai silently heaved a sigh of relief for them in his heart.

It was truly their carefree attitude that saved them.

Otherwise, Zhou Huai would only be able to consider silencing them.