Chapter 1997: Return

Seeing this, Su Xiao didn't say a word. He rushed in front of the Moon God in a few steps and thrust the Zhan Long Shan downwards.

The long blade pierced through the Moon God's skull. That wasn't the end of it; Su Xiao put his full strength into a diagonal slash, the blade edge breaking through bone once more and slicing out from the side of the Moon God's head.

A crystal layer wrapped around Su Xiao's feet as he stomped down. Su Xiao would never do something as foolish as watching an enemy return to full health.

"Ant..."

The Moon God finally spoke. As one of the oldest existences in this world, he naturally understood human language, he simply disdained to speak it.

With a *crack*, Su Xiao crushed the Moon God's skull with a stomp, but he didn't stop. He slashed the Zhan Long Shan downwards, aiming for the Moon God's torso.

*Boom—* Su Xiao felt a massive force coming from his side. A large mass of cold, slimy material slammed into him, quickly wrapping him inside.

The flesh and blood of the Crawling Dragon wrapped Su Xiao and the Moon God together, waves of soul impact spreading to the surroundings.

A few seconds later, a monster stood up from the ground. This was another form of the Moon God. In this form, his soul abilities were greatly reduced, but his melee capabilities were enhanced.

The Moon God's two forms were essentially two lives. After the failure of the first form, which favored mid-to-long-range combat, it transformed into a purely melee form.

At this moment, the Moon God had gray-brown skin all over, with protruding bones beneath the skin. He reached a height of five meters, and on both sides of him were two rows of massive ribs.

The Moon God slowly stood up and made an unexpected move: he stuffed his hand into his own mouth.

*Boom! *

A muffled sound came from within the Moon God's head. Black blood sprayed from his mouth and nose, and blood-colored mist drifted away.

The Moon God's two large hands slapped against his own head from both sides. Another loud *boom*.

There was no more sound from inside the Moon God's head. Because he had used all his strength to slap his own head, the Moon God stood there with his head hanging for a while.

*Zheng, zheng, zheng... *

The crisp sound of slashing came from within the Moon God's head again. Baha lunged head-on at the Moon God, while Xiang Bubu Wang below also leaped up, hugging the Moon God's thick lower leg and taking a bite.

A shockwave spread with the Moon God as the center. Baha, in mid-air, lost focus in its eyes. By the time it regained consciousness, it was already grabbed in the Moon God's hand.

*Crack, crack... *

Baha's wings and bones fractured. This guy was in so much pain it almost passed out, but before completely losing combat capability, Baha tilted its head back.

"Ptooey!"

Baha spat out saliva. Although it had no attack power, even if it died, it couldn't be a coward. It might not be able to beat him, but at least it hadn't been crushed mentally.

The Moon God swung his arm, and the heavily injured Baha streaked through the air like an afterimage, slamming fiercely into the ground.

As for Xiang Bubu Wang, who was biting at the Moon God's lower leg, it was a sad story. Its attack power wasn't great, and the Moon God ignored it entirely.

"Awoo."

Xiang Bubu Wang let out a long howl. It had been biting for ages, and its teeth were aching, but it hadn't broken the defense!!

The Moon God's large hand reached toward his own head. Before he could slap it a second time, Su Xiao appeared out of thin air.

After appearing, Su Xiao collapsed to the ground. He was covered in blood; if not for his willpower holding him up, he would have passed out long ago.

The Moon God's movements didn't stop; his hand still reached for his head because there was something inside his brain, and that thing was rapidly becoming scorching hot.

"I hope your skull is hard enough."

Su Xiao stood up from the ground. He no longer had the strength to put distance between them to avoid being caught in the Apollo's blast.

*Thud! *

With a muffled sound, the Moon God's skull visibly expanded by a circle. His hand froze in mid-air, and two streams of golden flames erupted from his eye sockets.

*Boom, boom, boom... *

The Moon God staggered forward a few steps and fell to one knee, but... he still wasn't dead!

Witnessing this, Su Xiao took a deep breath. Activating the Dragon Shadow Flash ability, he appeared on the Moon God's shoulder.

Black-blue smoke wrapped around the Zhan Long Shan, and Su Xiao stabbed the blade into the Moon God's head.

"ROAR!!"

A roar that shook the soul came. Su Xiao's legs went soft, and he almost fell from the Moon God's shoulder.

The Moon God's body began to tilt forward, finally falling to the ground with Su Xiao. Black-blue smoke drifted out from the Moon God's body; even a god could not withstand the killing of the Demon Blade.

【Hunter has killed the Moon God!】

【You have obtained Soul-Devouring Origin (Item required for the second awakening of the Soul-Devourer talent).】

【Hint: Because the Hunter has obtained the 'Soul-Devouring Origin', you can no longer receive World Origin rewards.】

【You have obtained 275 Soul Coins. You may exchange for any desired reward from the following options. If the Hunter does not make a choice within five minutes, it will be exchanged randomly.】

1. God Bone (Rare item, exclusive reward for god-slaying)

Price: 139 Soul Coins.

2. Soul Thread (Skill scroll, unique reward for killing the Moon God)

Price: 240 Soul Coins.

3. Overlord Essence (Rare material)

Price: 56 Soul Coins

4. Elemental Mastery - Grandmaster Level (Basic ability scroll)

Price: 98 Soul Coins.

The reward options provided this time were few, but every single one was impeccable. The Overlord Essence was actually the bottom of the list.

After checking the detailed information of the four items, Su Xiao exchanged for the 'Soul Thread' skill scroll without hesitation.

As for the remaining Soul Coins, because he had killed a god this time, Soul Coins were universal across Tiers 1-6, so all rewards exchanged with Soul Coins could use these remaining 35 Soul Coins.

【Soul Thread】

Type: Skill Scroll - Moon God unique skill

Prerequisites: Real Intelligence 150 points, Real Stamina 130 points, Soul Strength 70 points or above.

Skill Effect: Manifests soul threads that can entangle an enemy's soul for 10-600 seconds, ignoring physical, energy, and other properties of breaking free. If soul strength is insufficient, the target will be unable to break free from the Soul Thread's binding.

Hint: If Soul Thread is attached to a physical object, soul damage is reduced by 50%, and toughness is increased by 75%.

This ability was nearly unsolvable unless encountering an enemy with high soul strength. If Su Xiao attached the Soul Thread to the Boundary Line, even if the enemy's soul strength was relatively high, they would still be unable to break free.

The only drawback to this ability was the high prerequisites for mastery: a full 150 points of Real Intelligence, 130 Real Stamina, and 70 points of Soul Strength.

"Baha."

Su Xiao had just called out when a sharp pain came from his chest.

"Still, still not dead, but close..."

Baha, in the dirt pit, tremblingly lifted its wing before letting it drop powerlessly. Its performance this time could be called brave; if it hadn't lunged over at the critical moment, Su Xiao would have had a 90% chance of dying inside the Moon God's head.

【Hint: Hunter has completed the awakening mission.】

【Detected that the Hunter's state is extremely weak. Talent awakening is postponed. The Hunter can freely choose the awakening time for the Soul-Devourer talent.】

【The Hunter will return to Reincarnation Paradise in 15 minutes, or you may return immediately.】

"Return immediately, *cough, cough, cough*..."

Su Xiao let out a dry cough, even coughing up some organ fragments.

【Hunter is about to return to Reincarnation Paradise.】

【Teleporting...】

【Teleportation complete.】

【Hunter has returned to the storage space. Starting settlement of native world rewards.】

Native World: Moon God Continent

World Difficulty: Lv. 37 - Lv. 52 (Native World)

World Origin: 65.9%

Number of completed missions: 5 (Awakening mission x3, Hidden mission x1.)

Comprehensive Evaluation: S- (Awakening mission not calculated into the comprehensive evaluation, World Origin acquisition rate is relatively high)

Starting collection of World Origin...

World Origin collection complete. Starting statistics of rewards.

Rewards obtained: 13 Real Attribute Points (already includes those obtained within the native world), 64,500 Paradise Coins.

Comprehensive evaluation is S-. Current Hunter level is Lv. 47. Hunter level +3 (Native world tier x Number of missions completed + Comprehensive evaluation - Mission completion time). Hunter level has been raised to Lv. 50.

Hint: The Hunter will undergo a tier promotion assessment in the next world.

Hint: The Hunter can postpone this tier assessment. If you choose to postpone, the next world settlement rewards will be reduced by 20%, and rewards will accumulate a reduction in subsequent world settlements until reaching 95%.

Su Xiao sat on the carpet in his exclusive room. Returning to this familiar place, the pain in his body seemed to fade a little.

The first thing Su Xiao did was spend Paradise Coins to recover himself, as well as the injuries of Baha and Xiang Bubu Wang.

One man, one dog, and one bird floated half a meter high. Seeing the miserable state of the three of them, Benny hurriedly traded several tens of thousands of Paradise Coins to Su Xiao to ensure there were enough funds for recovery.

Actually, compared to Su Xiao, Xiang Bubu Wang, and Baha, there was someone even more miserable.

At this moment, Amu was lying on the carpet of the exclusive room. It had its eyes closed, maintaining the posture of swimming at full speed while sleeping. It had been swimming since entering the Moon God world, and could even swim at full speed while asleep; it was skilled to the point of being heartbreaking.

Seeing Amu's appearance, a smile couldn't help but appear on Xiang Bubu Wang's dog face.

"Meow."

Benny patted Amu with her cat paw. Amu opened its eyes, stunned for a few seconds before sitting up.

"Moo~"

Amu let out a slightly trembling sound. From now on, it never wanted to swim again.

Su Xiao exhaled a breath of turbid air. In the battle just now, he had almost died several times. Fortunately, the return was generous enough, and his talent ability, Soul-Devourer, could finally undergo its second awakening. ===== CHAPTER 1998 =====