Chapter 236: Level 5 Shelter! New Title!

With a single slash, the great blade struck an invisible barrier. But contrary to Wu Pifu's expectations, this barrier was not the absolute wall he had imagined; it was not an immovable object, nor was it a Wall of Sighs.

Although its hardness far exceeded the defensive screens of the objects before it, it had not reached a qualitative change. It was not insurmountable. As the blade pressed downward, it actually began to cut into this invisible barrier, bit by bit.

"Wha..."

The giant face also revealed a look of shock. In the next instant, the torrent of souls surrounding Wu Pifu drilled into his body, while the Giant Super-Soldier Armor enveloping him reached its final state of eruption.

"Mental negative backlash rate: 25%!"

"Great Blade: Unifying and Pacifying the Mountains and Rivers!"

"When a common man rages, blood spatters five steps!"

In a flash, Wu Pifu unleashed almost all of his current strength, revealing his trump cards. Aside from his uncontrollable Super-Brain, this was the full extent of his power.

The great blade fell, cleaving the barrier, and then struck the center of the giant face's brow. However, the immense recoil instantly shattered Wu Pifu's arms, and the Giant Super-Soldier Armor covering his entire body began to crumble.

Yet, this single strike tore a small gap in the center of the giant face's brow. A drop of purple-gold blood mixed with black aura flowed out, and simultaneously, the giant face was forced to plummet a significant distance downward.

"How dare you, ant!!"

The giant face was filled with astonishment, followed by a furious roar. But at the same time, the mirror surface behind Wu Pifu had completely healed, and a massive pulling force dragged him—shattered and cracking—directly toward the mirror.

"... I have gazed upon you, gazed upon you, gazed upon you... You cannot escape!"

"You will eventually be captured by me. This is your fate, and the fate of the world behind you, ah ah..."

Wu Pifu fell into the mirror, and then the mirror flashed and vanished completely.

At the breach on the Afro-Eurasian continent, a broken giant humanoid figure stumbled to the ground. A vast torrent of souls surrounded the broken giant; their forms were terrifying and ferocious, yet at this moment, they all looked at the broken giant with eyes filled with worry and gratitude.

Simultaneously, the power supporting their manifestation had vanished, and the vast torrent of souls gradually began to retreat. Each soul struggled to continue circling him, and before they disappeared, they knelt, kowtowed, or saluted...

A long time later, amidst the scattered flesh and blood of the broken giant, a man covered in blood, with one arm severed, one eyeball shattered, and not a single part of his body intact, knelt on one knee. Beside him appeared a bird and a dog; they were completely unharmed, merely fast asleep.

Wu Pifu lifted his head with difficulty, looking at the soul torrent that was about to vanish completely. He used all his strength to search for his target within it.

Finally, he saw the soul that only had an upper body. She was flickering in and out of existence, using all her strength to resist the power of the retreat.

When Wu Pifu looked at her, she looked at Wu Pifu. Then, she immediately broke into a smile. At this moment, there were no more black bloody tears on her face. Although she was flickering, her appearance was no longer ferocious, but as it had been in life.

The soul silently opened her mouth, the shape of her lips carrying her final gratitude. Slowly, the soul vanished, and all the soul torrents completely disappeared at this very moment.

"... Thank you."

Wu Pifu lowered his head, silently circulating his Qi and blood, harmonizing his blood energy, striving to keep his spirit clear, and struggling to suppress the collapse of his physical body. His state was definitely not good; he was only a step away from death. However, it was countless times better than after previous battles with strong enemies. At least his injuries would not continue to worsen. As long as he did not use force, he could even slowly heal.

It was just that the pain of suppressing the mental negative backlash and the physical pain of having his meridians severed and internal organs damaged were mixed together. If any ordinary person suffered this pain, being able to faint would be a sign of great willpower; most would likely have died from the pain directly.

Yet Wu Pifu endured this immense pain. Slowly, slowly, he rose from his one-knee kneeling position, using all his strength to straighten his spine. Then, with his remaining intact hand, he held his severed arm and stood, cupping his fist toward the empty air before him.

"Wu Pifu, greets you all!"

"May you have a safe journey!"

The next moment, Wu Pifu dazedly saw countless human figures. They had recovered their appearances, their forms, their health, and their bodies, all smiling at him...

"You have established a Level 5 Shelter."

"You have obtained one qualification to extract pollution from this Dream World; the pollution will be purified into a title."

"Or, if you abandon the title extraction, you can awaken ten citizen qualifications."

"You must return to the world where this shelter is located every 30 days and stay for one day."

"You need to achieve the following two tasks to upgrade the shelter to Level 6."

"One: The total population of sentient life in this world must reach 100,000."

"Two: Revive this world's human civilization to the stage of the Electrical Industrial Era."

"Extract a title? Abandon title extraction?" Wu Pifu endured the pain. He put Jiu Jiu into his pocket, carried Daphne on his shoulder like a dead dog, and then lifted the broken great blade with one hand, beginning to walk slowly into the depths of the human territory.

"Extract title."

Wu Pifu said softly.

"Extracting title, judging... Judgment complete. Title 'Kratos' has been extracted. Currently, three title slots are available for equipment. Equip?"

Wu Pifu did not equip it immediately, but continued to speak: "Display information for this title."

"Kratos."

"When you fight any existence with a body size ten times larger than yours, every 30 seconds, a strength contest with it will inevitably succeed once (this is a limit-breaking attribute, secondary supreme priority). Furthermore, this strength contest will inevitably cause a crushing effect. The crushing effect includes QTE special effects such as tearing, dismembering, snapping, or execution, producing different results based on the strength of the enemy and yourself."

"Pollution side effect: Any existence with a body size ten times larger than yours will instinctively feel that you want to kill them upon your first meeting."

Wu Pifu was stunned for at least several minutes before roaring through his teeth: "God damn the QTE special effects!! Main Brain, you might as well play me to death!"

The Main Brain naturally could not provide any answer. Wu Pifu stared at this Kratos title and began to ponder.

This was also a super-powerful title. Although it didn't match his compatibility with the 'Common Man' title, its effects were very powerful. As long as the body size was ten times larger than his, every 30 seconds was equivalent to an effect-based attack that ignored body size. As for the specific strength, it would need to be tested.

!

However, its pollution side effect was equally terrifying. The description here was that any existence ten times his size would instinctively feel that he wanted to kill them upon first meeting. This meant that even a giant without hostility would trigger a first-meeting kill... no, first-meeting hostility, because the other party felt he wanted to kill them, and they might just strike first.

With the Kratos title combined with the Common Man title, Wu Pifu could even imagine the effect!

He would be walking on the road, and a giant would appear. The first thing the giant saw was him, and immediately, shock would appear in its eyes because it felt this tiny human wanted to kill it. Then, looking closely, the giant would immediately stomp down.

Damn it, a piece of trash, a weakling, actually dares to want to kill me?

And so... a battle that was originally meaningless began...

This damn side effect could actually form a set effect!?

Wu Pifu gritted his teeth for a long while before helplessly saying: "Main Brain, equip the Kratos title."

The next second, the titles above Wu Pifu's head changed to Common Man and Kratos, then slowly faded and disappeared.

Although the side effect was huge, exaggerated, and funny, there was no doubt that this Kratos title was indeed powerful. It was enough to make his strength skyrocket when facing behemoths; perhaps even doubling it was possible. And this was undoubtedly his trump card—or rather, not even a trump card, but a direct increase in raw strength!

Just then, as Wu Pifu walked, he felt his injuries becoming lighter and lighter. Although he had not yet reached the point of being out of critical condition, he had slowly recovered from critical condition to a dying state.

However, Wu Pifu also felt that the Sleeping Spiritual Light in his mind was rapidly dimming. This was not even due to the mental negative backlash.

His heart stirred, and he immediately took the Heart of the Titan from his bosom, saying: "Main Brain, judge the Heart of the Titan."

"Heart of the Titan (Fragment)."

"%%No% devoured the Heart of the World... *s stuffed it into ***, and finally..."

"The holder's physical body will recover from injuries at the essence level, but simultaneously, it will be eroded by all things, turning into a twisted form of organic and inorganic matter. If the holder cannot resist this pollution, they will eventually lose their self."

Wu Pifu was stunned, looking carefully at the introduction of the Heart of the Titan. The original description of the Heart of the Titan was: "Heart of the Titan (Pseudo, Fragment)." Now, the word "Pseudo" was gone. At the same time, the original effect description was "The holder's physical body will heal rapidly without limit," but now it had changed to recovering from injuries at the essence level. The difference between the two was massive.

"Could it be... the harvest from that one slash I dealt to the giant face?"

Wu Pifu had this guess, but he dared not continue to carry this Heart of the Titan. He immediately wrapped it in clothing, isolating it from contact with his body. Sure enough, the dimming of his Sleeping Spiritual Light stopped, and it slowly began to brighten again.

Regardless, this was an unexpected joy. Even if the pollution increased, as long as he had the Sleeping Spiritual Light, this remained a life-saving object in his moments of life and death.

With this recovery, Wu Pifu's speed gradually increased. He walked for four or five hours, and finally, after crossing countless corpses of biochemical beasts, he saw the ruins of the broken city ahead.

Wu Pifu walked slowly toward the ruins. He saw no human figures and heard no sounds. Just as his heart began to sink, suddenly, in the depths of the ruins, amidst the broken walls, several humans with deformed metal structures on their bodies carefully peeked out at Wu Pifu...

Humans... they had still stubbornly survived!

Wu Pifu's eyes felt sour. He stood still, looking up at the sky. After a long while, he looked levelly at the ruins. These few figures also climbed out of the ruins, each shouting and waving at him as they came.

Wu Pifu took large strides forward.

At this moment, the sky was clear, and the sun was bright.

The azure color covered the ten-thousand-mile horizon.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 237 =====