Chapter 114: The Mantis Stalks the Cicada, the Oriole Awaits

Body size sometimes brings extra psychological advantage, just like now.

Kamoer-Jiliao controlled the colossal body of the evil god, gazing at Mu Yi as if he were an ant or weed, and launched a powerful attack.

"Bang!"

The ensuing huge roar sounded, and at this moment the earth was directly torn apart!

Mu Yi dodged the center of the attack, but was flung into the air by the shockwave from the aftermath.

Clambering up from the ground in a sorry state, Mu Yi said he'd had enough of this damned fool.

Seeing his huge pupil still fixed on him, Mu Yi took a deep breath, steeled himself, readied his stance, casually gulped down a few bottles of common potions, and then raised the battle blade in his hand.

Crimson light burst from his pupils; facing the tentacles and corrupt energy surging toward him like waves, feeling the power gradually welling up inside him, he smiled arrogantly.

"A trump card is meant to be revealed at times like this!"

"Boom!"

Accompanied by a bursting roar, the ground instantly collapsed one layer beneath Mu Yi's feet.

The crimson Inner Qi entirely turned into power, pouring into Mu Yi's whole body—his bones hummed, muscles swelled, blood flowed like the Yangtze River, accompanied by an endless stream of Inner Qi.

"Let you see the power to take an enemy commander's head among ten thousand troops!"

——Time Confusion·Tenfold Speed

——Sharp Slash

The Frenzy's roar pierced through the rumble, drowned out the omnipresent babble, and echoed between heaven and earth.

Mu Yi's figure was like a bolt of lightning cleaving the firmament, icy killing intent rippling from the bursting lightning above.

A massive crimson light pierced the huge pupil.

In an instant, the crimson light seemed to cut through everything; the blade light like wings stretching to the heavens, with one strike it severed all vitality.

The deep green-light giant pupil was split in two by the crimson blade light!

Mu Yi, fallen to the ground, propped himself up with the battle blade; the blazing flames continually repaired his body, while weakness and pain filled him at the same time.

However, the killing blow achieved full effect.

The colossal evil god's phantom began to shatter, the deep green-light giant pupil burst open, and Kamoer-Jiliao walked out from the exploding flesh and blood.

At first sight, everyone present either frowned or showed disgust; even Mu Yi was startled by the other's appearance.

At this moment, half of Kamoer-Jiliao's body was completely twisted, starting from the face, his body turned blackish-purple, like the flesh of those tentacle monsters, with many tentacles wriggling disgustingly.

The other side of his body fully displayed the traits of an Abyss Demon: lizard-like skin, extending spikes, and beast-like claws.

The overall appearance was so horrifying that just one look could give you nightmares.

On the half of Kamoer-Jiliao's face corroded by the evil god, the large deep green-light pupils moved about irregularly.

"Such evil absolutely cannot be allowed to continue living in this world!" The Holy Warrior's expression grew more resolute as he silently began to gather holy energy.

The Wealth Church priest again unleashed divine arts, gold‑coin‑like arithmetic missiles flying like raindrops toward the fully monster‑ized Kamoer-Jiliao.

The monster‑ized Kamoer-Jiliao constantly shuttled between shadow and void, and the priests' attacks completely missed.

The Wealth Church knights had just rushed up to the monster when several of its tentacles suddenly elongated, directly wrapping around the knights' necks.

Golden light flashed; a Divine Realm Envoy like an angel sliced through those tentacles, rescuing the knights.

However, the golden light on those knights had faded to imperceptibility, meaning their wealth had taken on lethal damage in their stead.

"Knights, fall back!" the plain old man shouted, having keenly noticed that the monster‑ized evil god's tentacles harbored a corrupting curse; anyone hit would suffer a strong corrosive effect.

If it weren't for the Wealth Church faithful possessing the divine art of wealth‑warding disaster, those knights would likely have all just dropped dead.

Against such a powerful monster, we can no longer rely on human‑wave tactics.

The plain old man glanced at the Holy Warrior, intending to give him a boost of assistance, seeing if divine power could be used to destroy the evil god.

If not necessary, he really didn't want to call upon the Goddess of Wealth, for that price would be too heavy.

Several golden chains protruded from the ground, tightly binding the monster's body; although it kept struggling, it was now confined to its original spot.

"I'm giving it my all, but I can only hold him for a short while!" the old man shouted, sweat pouring down his head.

The Holy Warrior said nothing, merely silently accelerating his gathering of holy energy.

However, before the Holy Warrior could act, the spear‑wielding dwarf stepped forward.

Even though the spear was still in his hand, a large hole suddenly burst open in the monster's chest, and the spear flew from the dwarf's hand, precisely coinciding with the hole.

"Causal Attack?" Mu Yi eyed the dwarf warily.

This ability is really too much of a bug.

A fate‑based ability, it possesses the power to put effect before cause, completely reversing the order of causality.

Under normal circumstances, causality would be: the spear pierces the monster's chest, then a hole appears in its chest.

But the dwarf's earlier action completely inverted causality.

First came the result— the monster's chest pierced with a hole— and only then did the cause, the dwarf throwing the spear, occur.

For a creature whose vital point is the heart, this attack is almost certainly lethal.

The dwarf's intention is clear: he aims to steal the kill.

It is obvious that the monster‑ized Kamoer‑Jiliao is now the perfect reward monster; slaying him would absolutely grant a decisive advantage in the subsequent pursuit of traitors.

However, it's a pity that the monster has already shed its weakness of the heart being a vital point; the dwarf's attack wounded the monster but did not kill it outright.

The dwarf, recalling his spear, had a grim expression; even with his big beard covering him, Mu Yi could feel his uncontainable anger.

Revealing the divine artifact's trump card yet failing to achieve the imagined result is obviously hard to accept.

Just as the monster was about to break free of the old man's restraint, the Holy Warrior finally completed his buildup of power.

"Supreme Holy Slash!"

In an instant, surpassing the flood, a holy light pillar like a storm burst forth, the air was directly sliced, holy light swept over everything before it, and everything in its path was covered by holy radiance.

Kamoer‑Jiliao frantically waved his tentacles, trying to block the pillar's attack, but before the holy radiance emanating from the double‑handed greatsword, it was utterly meaningless— a single glance, and he was completely annihilated.

Everything about the monster was extremely fragile; it couldn't even withstand a single instant before being completely crushed by an overwhelming force.

The radiance gradually faded, and the corrupt traces left by the rampaging evil god were vaporized along with the light, as if the evil god had never appeared.

When the radiance vanished, a monster whose body was mostly erased struggled on the ground, clearly having used its teleportation ability at the last moment to dodge the Holy Warrior's attack, but even that brief brush caused it to suffer irreversible damage.

The disgusting tentacles kept repairing themselves, yet under the holy power they were constantly destroyed, and it seemed they were about to become unable to survive.

The werewolf that had not acted until now shot out like an arrow released from a bow, brandishing its axe and charging toward the monster.

Everyone wanted to pick up the loot, and a lurking werewolf seized the perfect moment.

—Strong Attack!

The explosive force from its muscles gathered, and the werewolf's axe, accompanied by a sharp whoosh, cleaved straight at the monster's head.

At the instant the axe struck, Mu Yi activated the Six Paths Reincarnation Barrier, pulling the monster into the barrier.

"Clang!!"

The heavy war axe cut a fissure into the ground, yet the monster's remains vanished without a trace.

A flash of scarlet light flickered through the werewolf's pupils...

But having lost its target, the werewolf could only raise its axe and thrust it in a random direction.

As a member of the evil faction, he has no habit of trusting others.

Even the guarantee comes from the always‑neutral, money‑only, non‑person, non‑faction Wealth Church.

While inside the Six Paths Reincarnation Barrier, Mu Yi opened his mouth; after the battle of Merdlos, his barrier was no longer a mere projection.

The Six Paths Reincarnation Barrier, upgraded by fused divine power, has become something akin to a personal pocket space.

Combining his will‑bending reality‑distortion ability, he can, for a short time, corrupt the fabric of reality and isolate a small pocket of space completely.

The strength of this space is not high; entry from the outside is manageable, and attacks that do not involve spatial abilities cannot break it.

But if one tries to exit from the inside, the plain old man could collapse it with a casual divine technique.

Although the ability is still unfinished, it is extremely useful right now for snatching a kill.

Just like now.

The mantis catches the cicada, the oriole waits behind; he snatched the precious kill in the final second.

Within the scarlet Reincarnation Barrier, everything is blood‑red, littered with the marks of battle.

The combative Asura warriors engaged in endless slaughter within the barrier.

When the monster appeared in the sea of blood, Asura warriors rose one after another.

Amid the surge of violent will, blood‑stained Asura warriors, brandishing broken weapons, revived from the blood sea; they were wholly drenched in blood, still bearing the traces of mutual slaughter, like demons.

Mu Yi extended a finger.

In an instant, a surging breath burst from the Six Paths Barrier like a torrent; the Asura warriors' inner power surged skyward, the scarlet energy coalesced, forming a ghost‑god clad in scarlet skin, its brows and eyes bearing a three‑part resemblance to Mu Yi.

Asura warriors with only spiritual will cannot condense Cloud Energy, but they can still gather their power together using a formation.

When the ghost‑god swung its massive formation blade, it cleaved heavily upon the monster's remains.

The monster's last spark of life was completely extinguished.

"You have killed a player of the Abyss faction."

"Your relationship with the Abyss faction is that of an enemy!"

"Killing a player of opposing alignment grants you certain items from that player and Zongwang Disaster Coins as loot."

"Automatically extracting player items..."

"You have obtained the item: Scarlet Moon Invitation Ticket!"

It was still Mu Yi's first time slaying a player of opposing alignment; looking at the vanished monster's body, a flickering scarlet invitation ticket lay beneath it.

Scarlet Moon Invitation Ticket

Type: Consumable

Uses: 1/1

Effect: After use, the character is teleported to the semi‑open battle world: Scarlet Moon.

Scarlet Moon:

Battlefield setting: Large (small Plane)

Minimum battle level requirement: 10

Maximum battle level requirement: 19

Time since the third Scarlet Moon opening: 9 days 23 hours

Battle rewards: Divinity, Godhood, Divine Power

"Whoa!" Mu Yi exclaimed after picking up the invitation ticket.

Although he does not know exactly what the Scarlet Moon refers to, it clearly involves Divinity, Godhood, and Divine Power—high‑level stuff, definitely a good thing.

Looks like someone won't be able to sleep tonight.

And in some Abyss Plane, a half‑demon is raging madly; the Scarlet Moon Invitation Ticket was the trial ground he prepared for himself, and now he has lost both his lady and his troops.

Not only did he fail to claim Mu Yi's bounty, he also lost the precious invitation ticket—truly a loss to his grandmother's house.

"Mu! Yi! I will see you meet a terrible end!" The angry roar echoed in the half‑demon's den.

The weakness stemming from its soul caused the half‑demon to stagger and fall to the ground; feeling the soul's frailty, the half‑demon grew even more angry.

While he was still unaware, a faint green glow surfaced in the depths of his eyes.

"Zongwang Prompt: Remaining players in current Dungeon: 6"

"Zongwang Prompt: Timed Event: Eradication of the evil god completed!"

"The Wealth Church has revoked the bounty on you!"

"Please go to the Wealth Church to claim your bounty reward!"

When Mu Yi emerged from the Reincarnation Barrier, the outside was already deserted of birds and beasts, not a single person in sight.

Mu Yi stroked his chin and walked toward the city.

Altogether six players had appeared on the battlefield; the seventh player who had not yet shown up was somewhat concerning.

However, seizing the initiative first was not a bad start; at least he could establish a connection with the Wealth Church.

Next, it would depend on whether he could squeeze something out of the Wealth Church.

It was already late.

Mu Yi planned to first find a place to stay; the people living in this city had diverse styles, many with strange faces, and other intelligent beings could be seen everywhere—for example, dwarves, elves, orcs, halflings, and so on.

After all, this is the city where the Wealth Church holds sway, so there are bound to be many money‑making opportunities, which will attract adventurers from all over the world.

This is the rich people's turf.

Just walking down the street you'll see merchants wearing thick gold chains around their fingers, or else at least eight of their ten fingers adorned with gold rings, followed by sturdy guards who also wear a gold chain.

This place is also a lawless no‑man's‑land.

Since entering the city, Mu Yi has caught the smell of blood on at least fifty people.

Wealth has come into the world, and from head to toe, every pore drips blood and filth.

To a Holy Warrior, this place is nothing short of a bottomless abyss.

Mu Yi dares to guarantee that if a Holy Warrior dares to throw off camp detection, they will die even more rhythmically than that previous evil god.