Chapter 1023: with translation of chapter title

Can the Withering skill be used?

Summon Undead Body?

In Lin An's mind, one ability after another flashed by, like a supercomputer running at high speed, and he rejected over a hundred combat possibilities outright.

With spiritual energy bolstering it, the true damage of Withering could burst to its limit in one breath, possibly dealing heavy injury to the opponent—but only heavy injury.

Expecting a damaged component of a set from the Death God Crystal to kill a Third Rank elite is hardly a fool's dream.

Open the Bronze Gate to summon an undead army?

Shaking his head, Lin An quickly glanced at the reserves in the Death God Crystal, then silently sighed.

Originally, after killing so many monsters and humans, their soul point reserves had already been exhausted in the Dream Meme—that was his uncontrolled self, having already drained the soul points completely.

Destruction Impact, facing death?

The former's physical damage—I've already tested it and found it ineffective. Even with double casting, unleashing seven or eight bursts in one breath, I still couldn't instantly kill the opponent.

The impact takes time; that short attack interval is enough for the Daywalker to recover from its injuries.

As for the latter, the Death God Mask's special effect, while theoretically able to instantly kill any enemy and drag them straight into death,

but it can only be used once per day, and Lin An isn't certain whether, under level suppression, facing death could actually kill this monster...

"Lin Dui.. retch..."

"I'm about to be beaten... retch..."

Blood kept pouring out; Zhang Tie, relying on his basic strength to hold on until now, felt as if he were meat on a chopping board, being chopped into minced meat.

If it weren't for his increasing ability to endure, after first triggering the death‑immunity trait, he would likely have perished here.

With a two‑level gap, and facing a mutant, he felt his head was about to be blown apart.

After noticing Zhang Tie struggling to hold on, Lin An let out a silent sigh and quickly made up his mind.

Dragging it out would definitely be meaningless.

If Zhang Tie had intermediate strength, maybe dragging it out for a day could actually kill this monster.

But given the current situation, we must settle this quickly. Lin An, who dislikes wasting time, flashed a harsh look in his eyes.

Perhaps only the means he had once imagined could work!

Causal Sequence!

Two causal reversals!

After expending his last burst of spiritual energy, he would in one breath strike the Daywalker with heavy injury, breaking through its defense limit! Then, by reversing causality, he would restore himself to full condition and directly activate the Death God Mask.

During the Death God Mask's duration, a second reversal would roll the Daywalker's state back to the moment of heavy injury!

This way, he could burst into his strongest state twice, while the Daywalker would be at its weakest moment!

Thus, he wouldn't believe he couldn't instantly kill this monster!

Having made his decision, Lin An unhesitatingly summoned a dazzling sword gleam once more, charging straight at the Daywalker; his entire body surged with spiritual energy, an Arcane Torrent brimming with destructive aura sweeping forth!

"Hey, have you guys heard any sound...?"

On the road beside the mine, several Awakened Ones carrying baskets and sitting on a dilapidated pickup truck gazed doubtfully toward the distant mine.

In the quiet night, those sounds—whether sharp whistles or sudden booms—were so piercing at this moment that they even made people feel a bit startled.

"I heard it... it feels like the sound of a fighter jet flying by..."

A youth carrying an assault rifle and wearing a beret, his neck stiff, kept looking up toward the distant mine.

Having served before, he could naturally tell that the continual roaring was like the sonic boom when a jet breaks the sound barrier.

"A fighter jet? Impossible! Nowadays there's no way a fighter jet could still fly—it'd just crash mid‑flight..."

"Could it be that the Daywalker is about to come out?"

"Over there, that's where that monster is."

He shrank his neck, the middle‑aged Awakened One squatting on the ground picking up coal chunks looked somewhat fearful, his expression uneasy as he turned to his companion and said:

"Should we head back first?"

"If that monster suddenly goes berserk, we'd be in some danger..."

His expression hesitant, as survivors of the Thunder Spear Safe Zone, they naturally knew which nearby areas were dangerous.

The mine, the Daywalker—these are among the most dangerous areas.

The Daywalker, a Third Rank elite, is a super monster that has lingered on the system's task list with nobody daring to take it!

"Should we leave now? We haven't picked up enough coal today..."

He exhaled a mouthful of hot air, the First Level Awakened One sitting in the cab feeling somewhat unwilling. Although he also feared whether the Daywalker had rioted.

But after glancing at the pickup's fuel gauge, he couldn't help urging his companion:

"It should be fine; even if the monster rioted, it might not head our way."

"Besides, we don't even know what's going on! If we go back now, the coal we've gathered won't be enough for fuel consumption."

Being weak in strength and only able to rely on group scavenging for supplies, they all hesitated after hearing their companion's persuasion.

Yeah, going back now would be a huge loss—maybe we'd even end up hungry.

Don't look at them being Awakened Ones; in the Thunder Spear Safe Zone where resources aren't abundant, people like them of low rank essentially have no status.

However, just as the few were about to suppress their fears and continue 'scavenging,' the youth who had constantly kept his neck stiff suddenly seemed to have seen something and let out a startled cry:

"Quick, look! You guys, look quickly!"

Pointing at the sky, all they saw was, in the distant night sky, a green and a red point of light, like they were breaking through the horizon, shooting up into the heavens.

The surging Arcane Torrent and the bewitching sword light burst forth with dazzling radiance between them, so eye‑catching in the empty night sky.

"Holy shit! Is that a person or two mutants?!"

"Looks like they've started fighting?!"

Hearing the sound, everyone panicked and lifted their heads, following the direction the youth pointed; several of them gaped with mouths wide open, eyes staring wide.

And among them, the Awakened Ones carrying an assault rifle, after a moment of bewilderment, quickly activated their Eagle Eye skill.

Moments later, a look of incredulous shock appeared on their face.

Stammering:

It's a person! It's a person!

I saw a human figure constantly attacking the monster! The one being hit into the sky, that looks like the Sun Walker!

Hard to imagine, although under the Eagle Eye enhancement the image was still somewhat blurry, but they could faintly see that the human continuously swinging and slashing with a sword was, like a combo, constantly launching the Sun Walker into the air, looking utterly miserable.

Gulp

Swallowing their saliva, the Awakened Ones sitting in the car, unable to believe it, hurriedly grabbed their companion's hand and anxiously confirmed:

Really!? The Sun Walker is a third Fourth Rank high-level!

How could anyone possibly fight it!?

It's incomprehensible; know that a third Fourth Rank high-level Mutant, in their cognition, is already an invincible existence.

Not to mention them, even the leader of the Thunder Spear Safe Zone would likely be instantly turned into scraps by the Sun Walker at a glance.

In the entire Soviet war zone, probably no one dares to provoke this monster!

Really! It's really true!

He cut off the Sun Walker's arm!!

The more they watched, the more shocked they became; in the shock, several Awakened Ones widened their eyes, staring intently at what might be the most terrifying battle they had witnessed since the Apocalypse.

As if thinking of something, the burly man carrying coal suddenly turned his head and shouted urgently:

Record it! Quickly record it!

If it's truly the Awakened Ones and the Sun Walker fighting, this news could sell for a sky-high price!

His mind worked extremely fast; beneath his rough exterior, the speaking burly man's heart pounded wildly.

Besides the shock and excitement, several people simultaneously had a doubt flash in their minds.

Our Soviet war zone...

When did an existence capable of directly confronting a third Fourth Rank high-level appear in our Soviet war zone!?