Chapter 2: The Balance of Ancient God Power is Broken, All Monsters Within Doom Town Rapidly Absorb Ancient God Power, Resulting in Every Single One Becoming a Seventh-Rank Mini-Boss.
"Waste of time."
Su Xiao walked out of the grand hall. With the Temple Runic Pattern in hand, the subsequent matters became simple.
Watching Su Xiao's team exit the grand hall, the Serpent Sisters were dumbfounded. If they had known it would be like this, they wouldn't have run.
Su Xiao had seen many formidable bosses, but Serpent Sisters who were this laid-back were truly rare.
Su Xiao walked from the west side of Doom Town toward the rear, where the Dark Mist Zone lay.
The journey went smoothly. This was the benefit of killing all the powerful enemies; the mission process was streamlined.
Arriving at the rear district of Doom Town, black mist shrouded the area. The consumption of the Light and Shadow Talisman skyrocketed. Originally, it cost 10 Soul Coins for 24 hours, but upon entering the Dark Mist Zone, it consumed 10 Soul Coins per hour for recharging.
A stone path led deep into the Dark Mist Zone. After following the stone path for over ten minutes, a towering giant gate appeared ahead.
Su Xiao took out the Temple Runic Pattern. With a click, the earring engraved with the Temple Runic Pattern was attached to the groove in the giant gate. The gate slowly opened.
Ahead, there was no black mist, only a grand hall. Inside the hall, a beast-skin carpet was laid out, stained red with blood. On both sides were erected braziers, now extinguished.
Following the carpet, Su Xiao entered the temple. At the innermost part of the temple, a pitch-black figure sat on the ground. It was about four meters tall, with black tentacles hanging from its arms. This was the husk of an Ancient God.
[Hunter has arrived at the Temple.]
[You have defeated the Resentful Orphan. After incinerating the Ancient God's husk, you will complete the 150-point Attribute Barrier Assessment.]
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Su Xiao had just taken out a test tube when, at that moment, the Ancient God's husk moved. It slowly raised its arm, and the tentacles on its arm writhed.
With a crack, the test tube was thrown onto the Ancient God's husk. Although the Ancient God was dead, after so many years, its husk could still move.
Flames burned. Ordinary flames, of course, couldn't burn this husk, but with the blessing of Reincarnation Paradise, it was different.
The Ancient God's husk burned fiercely. A large stone fell from above the temple, crashing to the ground with a boom. Su Xiao walked toward the temple exit.
As he reached the temple door, Su Xiao turned his head to look back. The Ancient God's husk stood up and stumbled forward.
"Die here obediently. Die with some dignity."
D·Assassination appeared in Su Xiao's hand. He fired several shots, shattering the Ancient God's husk, which had already been burned to charcoal.
"Excellent... it was you who won... Bai Ye, as expected of... the one who defeated me."
With a crackling sound, the Ancient God's husk fell to the ground, sparks flying. It quickly turned to ashes and drifted away.
The Ancient God had long been dead. What was trapped inside this husk was the soul of Geru. He had been deceived by the Archbishop. After his body died, his consciousness was imprisoned within this Ancient God's husk, gradually being nurtured into bait. That was why defeating him yielded no reward; Geru had lost almost everything.
Compared to being reduced to bait, Geru would rather die at the hands of a powerful enemy. At least then, he would die with dignity.
[Hunter has completed the 150-point Attribute Barrier Assessment.]
[Yes/No to immediately return to Reincarnation Paradise. Remaining mission time will provide a certain degree of improvement to the overall evaluation.]
Su Xiao chose not to return. The Black King Bracer had not yet been forged. However, he was curious about what the reward for the 150-point attribute was.
Returning to the Redemption Church, the blacksmith was still sweating profusely in front of the furnace. Su Xiao, on the other hand, took out a tablet and sat on the steps, working on a puzzle game.
Light golden hair fell down. It was the Holy Maiden leaning in to look. Su Xiao pushed her head away; her hair was blocking his view.
With the puzzle game to pass the time, the wait wasn't long. Over ten hours later, the reforging was complete.
The Black King Set now only had one bracer left. The other two pieces had been melted down. The three pieces of the set had merged into one, and it still had a set bonus. This was already a kind of enhancement.
The Black King Bracer was still scorching hot, its surface wrapped in a layer of black crystal. It looked like these black crystals would soon fall off. After checking the prompt, he learned that the equipment's quality was still improving, and the attributes would be visible in 1 hour and 24 minutes.
This meant the Black King Bracer's reforging was successful. Su Xiao had finished everything. It was time to leave this world.
Su Xiao walked out of the church. Seeing this, the Holy Maiden's lips parted, but in the end, she said nothing.
Sunlight shone down from the sky. Su Xiao glanced at the somewhat dazzling sun. His body was gradually becoming transparent.
[About to return to Reincarnation Paradise. Teleportation has commenced.]