Chapter 2219

The forest wind blew, and the leaves rustled. In the rocky area of the forest, Su Xiao pressed one hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist.

Seeing this scene, the armored man opposite him snorted coldly.

"Weakling of the Paradise, everything is destined by heaven. Strength... is innate."

The armored man crushed the black piece of meat in his hand, and black blood splattered everywhere. Slimy and slender tentacles drilled out from the gaps in his armor and wrapped around it.

A large number of black tentacles emerged and coiled. In an instant, the armored man turned into an ugly monster over three meters tall. He was generally humanoid, with a huge single eye on his chest. The pupil of the single eye was composed of a kind of worm, and these worms were twisting their fat bodies, seemingly wanting to drill out from that huge single eye.

"This is... an Ancient God!?"

Baha's tone was both surprised and excited.

"No, he was just born eroded by the power of an Ancient God, without a divine source."

Su Xiao drew the long sword at his waist and signaled Amu to guard the rear, Benny to guard the left, Baha to go to high altitude to scout the situation, and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang to act according to circumstances.

Just when the black monster, namely Alek, thought he was going to be besieged, the enemy's summons actually all scattered, which made Alek somewhat puzzled.

Alek came from the Meteorite Star, a world ruled by Ancient Gods. There, deities were supreme, and mortals didn't even have the qualifications to spy on them. Those who spied on the deities would have their bodies alienated, their souls twisted, and their wills inevitably driven mad.

And Alek, as someone who could talk to the deities face-to-face, had always taken pride in this.

As for why he didn't resist the Ancient Gods of that world, the reason was simple: it was impossible to do so. The deities were almost "omnipotent."

Unfortunately, what Alek didn't know was that the deities he faced were just too strong, not omnipotent, and the deity he considered omnipotent was merely one of the Ancient Gods.

The Meteorite Star was a super-huge world, which was almost the lair of the Ancient Gods. It was basically impossible for the people of that world to resist the Ancient Gods. Any potential rebels would have long been strangled in the cradle by the Ancient Gods.

There were no rebels like Laurent, Dawn, or Gus there, because the people of that world had long had their "legs" broken. The concept that deities were supreme had already been carved into their bones.

It wasn't scary that the Ancient Gods were strong, but if one completely lost the thought of resistance, then one was destined to be enslaved, with no hope of ever turning things around.

A sad reality was that people were not afraid of suffering; what they were afraid of was being the only one suffering. If everyone was in suffering, then there was no concept of suffering.

When a light shone into the darkness, illuminating the filth within, that light would be considered guilty, and the darkness would erase it, letting everything return to darkness.

Laurent, Dawn, and Gus were like three rays of light. They used themselves to ignite the Holy Silver Fire to sear the darkness. After they burned out, the darkness was slaughtered by the blade.

Resistance would not necessarily succeed, but without resistance, there was no hope. If it weren't for the assistance of Laurent, Dawn, and Gus, Su Xiao might not have been able to successfully slaughter all the Ancient Gods of that world.

Alek, on the other hand, was someone who had completely given up. Even if he was a Child of the World, he had also given up.

Boom!

The ground beneath Alek's feet sank, and he suddenly disappeared from where he was, pouncing toward Su Xiao.

"Blade Dao Sword · Blue Ghost."

The blade hummed, and a cyan-blue blade glow slashed out. The speed was so fast that Alek could only cross his arms in front of his chest.

With a tearing sound, a large number of black tentacles as thick as fingers were severed, revealing the arm armor beneath.

"Roar!"

Alek opened his bloody mouth and roared at Su Xiao, layers of sound waves mixed with a burst of energy spreading out.

The sound waves swept over Su Xiao, making his entire skin feel a slightly chilly stinging pain.

【Hint: You have been affected by "Soul Roar," judging...】

【You have received 130 points of soul damage (will lose 130 health points).】

【Your soul strength crushes the enemy's, and the control effect has been exempted.】

Su Xiao habitually scanned the combat hints, then lowered his body, slightly turning to the side while crossing one arm in front of his head, appearing as if he had been affected by the control effect.

Mud splashed on the ground. Alek's heels sank into the mud. He stopped with an emergency brake and immediately jumped backward continuously. A very intuitive premonition appeared in his mind: he would die! If he rushed up to attack now, he would definitely die!

The perception was like needles, causing "perception stinging pain" to appear all over Alek's body.

"Hoo~"

Alek spat out black gas. From the momentary clash just now, he had already judged that the enemy was the type skilled in techniques. The strength of such an enemy lay in the fact that once the opponent seized an opportunity, he had no possibility of turning things around and would be suppressed until death.

"Secret Casting."

Alek held his hand in a void grip, and the swirling black mist gathered in his hand, just waiting for Su Xiao to rush up.

What surprised Alek was that Su Xiao did not rush up. Just as this doubt appeared, he felt the ground beneath his feet begin to swell, and a huge force pushed up from beneath his feet.

Boom!

The Magnetic Storm Hunter exploded. Because it was detonated by Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, 50% of the Magnetic Storm Hunter's magnetic explosion damage was converted into true damage.

Light blue plasma splashed everywhere, and Alek was uncontrollably blown into mid-air.

As soon as Alek was slashed into the air, Su Xiao disappeared from where he was. He rushed forward at high speed for a few steps and leaped up.

In mid-air, the black tentacles on Alek's body surged. Wearing armor, he actually detached from the shell made of black tentacles and returned to his original physique.

Su Xiao had already leaped up at this time, and the long sword stabbed into the black tentacles. With his combat experience, he shouldn't have leaped so high during the battle, but he did exactly that.

Pfft~

The long sword stabbed into the tentacle shell. These intertwined tentacles were quite tough, but facing the Holy Spirit-level +12 Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan, they appeared vulnerable.

In mid-air not far away, Alek was falling. He lifted one hand, and following this action, the tentacle shell pierced by Su Xiao's long sword suddenly coiled toward Su Xiao.

"De... ath."

Alek's fist clenched. Not far away, the tentacle shell wrapped Su Xiao inside.

Clang!

The crisp sound of a slash came from Alek's spine. Su Xiao detached from the space-penetration state. The moment he was wrapped by the tentacle shell, he used Dragon Shadow Flash to escape. This was also the reason why he dared to leap up just now.

Sparks flew everywhere. Alek's armor was quite formidable, actually blocking Su Xiao's slash. After all, it was bestowed upon Alek by a high-tier Ancient God; the quality certainly wouldn't be low.

Being slashed once while in mid-air, Alek uncontrollably flew high again. He flicked his arm, and dozens of black tentacles as thick as fingers surged out from the gaps in the armor, sinking deep into the ground and coiling in the mud like tree roots.

The ground beneath Su Xiao's feet bulged significantly, and the tentacles protruding from Alek's arm armor snapped one after another with a crackling sound.

Alek's figure stopped. At this moment, an ice warhammer flew over, spinning.

Bang!

Ice shards splashed everywhere. Alek, like a kite, was pulled by the tentacles and flew to the side.

Seeing this, blue light flashed in Su Xiao's eyes. Banished broke through a wave of air and nailed itself onto Alek's spine with a clang.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang also discovered the joy in it. He took out a Magnetic Storm Hunter, activated it, and threw it out.

With a boom, Alek was wrapped in light blue plasma. This time, he finally fell downward.

"Death... Domain."

Alek's pupils turned gray and black, and a wave spread out.

Clang!

The blade glow slashed onto Alek's arm armor. Just as it blocked this slash, dense blue blade glows attacked.

The Death Domain was interrupted, but Alek's arm arched. He braced himself against the blade glows and forcibly pulled himself back to the ground.

With a bang, Alek stepped on solid ground, and Su Xiao had already rushed in front of him, performing an upward slash.

Tentacles drilled out from Alek's armor and climbed onto his arms. He blocked in front of his chest with his left arm, while his right arm arched into a fist. Dark-attribute energy gathered in his right fist. The power of this strike was absolutely quite exaggerated. As one of the dark horses of this Strongest Hegemony Battle, Alek's strength was worth affirming, despite his average intelligence.

Clang~

Feeling the slashing sensation on his left arm, the corner of Alek's mouth under the faceplate curled up. His right arm, which had already finished gathering power, slammed out.

When Alek slammed out this punch, he saw large pieces of blue crystal fragments splashing around.

In fact, Su Xiao hadn't slashed Alek's arm at all just now, but had controlled Banished to stab at Alek's arm. He himself had long since stopped slashing.

Alek's right fist, which seemed capable of shattering everything, slammed out, and Su Xiao was right in front of him.

The wind pressure blew Su Xiao's black hair. He raised his right arm holding the sword, and a faint red light appeared in the center of his pupils.

Flaw.

Su Xiao swung his arm down, the end of the sword hilt heading straight for Alek's right arm.

Thud!

The hilt of Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan slammed hard onto Alek's wrist. This powerful punch of Alek's swept past Su Xiao and began to shift downward, his ultimate move hitting the ground.

The ground beneath Su Xiao and Alek exploded, and mud mixed with grass clippings flew into the sky.

Su Xiao suddenly appeared in front of Alek, and a cold light magnified in Alek's eyes. He immediately judged that this was the tip of the sword. It wasn't the enemy stabbing, but he himself actively crashing upward. His punch just now had missed, and for some reason, his whole body was numb.

Time seemed to slow down. Alek could only watch himself crash into the sword tip inch by inch, and the tentacles surging from the gaps in his armor couldn't coil around the sword in time.

Pfft!

The long sword stabbed into Alek's eye socket. Su Xiao, holding the sword, felt a huge force coming from it; this was the forward momentum caused by Alek's ultimate move missing.

As the surrounding mud surged, Su Xiao utilized Alek's forward momentum, holding the sword with both hands, and after leading Alek to draw more than half a circle above himself, Su Xiao changed his hands to hold the long sword in a reverse grip and stabbed down.

With a crack, the sword tip pierced through the head armor at the back of Alek's head and sank into the ground. Alek fell backward onto the ground, and a pit immediately sank beneath him.

Mud fell from around them like raindrops. Alek, lying in the pit, raised his right arm and gripped the blade of Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan.

"Are you... the strongest in the same stage of Reincarnation Paradise?"

Alek was not a complete monster; he still retained his human body structure. He himself didn't know why, but in his heart, he never wanted to become completely "deified."

If Dawn saw this scene, he would tell Alek that this was his final defiance as a human, as a Child of the World, a defiance born of instinct.

Su Xiao didn't answer Alek's question. His left hand slowly clenched into a fist, and Banished began to wreak havoc inside Alek's chest. Before the enemy died in battle, the battle was not over.

【Hint: You have killed Meteorite Star · Child of the World · Alek.】

【Because Alek was not in the Meteorite Star, the rewards for killing a Child of the World will be reduced.】

【Because Alek was not in the Meteorite Star, the Hunter will not be subject to world rejection, backlash, etc.】

【You have obtained "Alek's Box (Exclusive Treasure Chest for Child of the World)."】

【Achievement Mission: Sky-Plundering Shock completion +13% (Originally could increase mission completion by 27%, but because Alek was not in the Meteorite Star, he could not be blessed by his home world, reducing the kill reward.)】

【Achievement Mission: Sky-Plundering Shock (96% completed)】

Difficulty Level: lv. 4 ~ lv.?

Mission Introduction: Every time you kill a plot protagonist, you will receive a corresponding amount of mission completion.

Mission Information: Protagonist? Nothing special. Become a ghost under my sword. The strong live, the weak die.

Mission Deadline: None.

Mission Reward: Calculated based on final completion.

Hint: This mission can be completed immediately. Because the mission completion has not reached 100%, this is a chain achievement mission. If submitted according to the current completion, the total profit will decrease by 30%.

A choice was placed before Su Xiao: complete Sky-Plundering Shock immediately, or continue to accumulate and find an opportunity to obtain the remaining 4% mission completion.

If it were before he knew about places like Transcendent · Native Worlds, Su Xiao might have chosen to sacrifice some rewards and complete Sky-Plundering Shock immediately.

There were quite a few Transcendent · Native Worlds participating in this Strongest Hegemony Battle. Su Xiao didn't believe he wouldn't encounter a second Child of the World. After all, this mission had been accumulating for a long time, from when he was Tier 1 until now.