Chapter 3220

Morey and the Moon Apostle were riding on the back of a deer. This entirely translucent, white Moon-type deer tilted its head, seemingly signaling to its master to quickly refuse what was coming next.

Actually, the Moon Apostle wanted to as well, but under the gazes of Su Xiao, Wood, and Zuiyas, and under Morey's little fists, the Moon Apostle could only comply. From this, it could be seen that Morey's grasp of the big picture was stronger than the Moon Apostle's. At the moment, there were only two choices: lure the enemy or face the enemy.

Su Xiao had originally prepared to lure the enemy, but he was met with unanimous opposition from Wood, Zuiyas, and Lilim. Their attitude was very clear: "If you go to lure the enemy, what the hell are we going to fight with later?"

It is worth mentioning that Zuiyas also had the idea of luring the enemy, but he was met with unanimous opposition from Su Xiao, Wood, and Lilim, who tactfully indicated that if he insisted on going, they would eliminate him on the spot. Zuiyas immediately gave up and chose to let the minority submit to the majority.

This scene of unity and friendship gave Morey and the Moon Apostle a headache. What made their heads buzz even more was that the two of them had also "honorably" and temporarily become members of this small team.

"Let's go, wait for our triumphant return."

"Hurry up, don't be so chuunibyou."

Morey urged the Moon Apostle. She had long discovered that the Moon Apostle was not only particularly home-bodied—able to hide in one place for a long time—but also a bit chuunibyou. Just last night, the Moon Apostle had spent the whole night in her dreams acting as a magical girl, and the sleep-talking almost made Morey laugh into shock.

On the back of the deer, Morey gripped a scroll tightly in her hand. This was a life-saving item that the Moon Apostle carried with her, and it was precisely because of this item that they dared to go and lure the blood Qi monster.

According to Su Xiao's estimation, now that the blood Qi monster had a physical body, even if it couldn't perform unlimited spatial movement, it could perform continuous spatial movement.

Morey and the Moon Apostle went to lure it, and the Moon-type deer they rode had top-tier speed among the Eighth Tier, but this deer had no other specialties besides speed.

Under high-frequency spatial movement, even fast speed would be caught. The scroll the Moon Apostle carried for self-defense played a key role at this moment.

The Moon Apostle's own words were that she had purchased this item at a high price precisely because she had been beaten into autism by Su Xiao in the Canglong World; it was a defensive measure specifically targeting Su Xiao. Facing the blood Qi monster now, it was effective, which was a perfectly normal situation.

The ability effect of this Immortal-grade scroll was very simple: after using it, for 10 minutes, spatial-type enemies could not break through space to move within 100 meters of the Moon Apostle. It was extremely effective against enemies of the same tier, and even if the enemy was one tier higher than the user, the scroll's effect could not be underestimated.

This was targeting Su Xiao's spatial penetration, namely the Dragon Shadow Flash ability; it was clear she had been beaten into fear.

Five hours later, Morey and the Moon Apostle were riding the deer at high speed. In front of them, they saw a giant sand pit. This sand pit was about 300 meters in diameter, as if it had been blasted out, and the sand inside was packed solid.

Morey and the Moon Apostle both jumped off the deer's back quietly, and with great tacit understanding, they lay flat on the ground, turning into two "ground-hugging demons," and began to crawl toward the edge of the giant sand pit.

This was not the site of the previous battle between Su Xiao and Luoxi. Standing in the center of the bottom of the giant sand pit was a figure. On the ground to its left and right were a long blade and a war scythe stuck into the ground. Its head of black hair drifted slowly, and the black cloak on its back looked like it was made of shredded cloth; it looked tattered, but in fact, it was filled with hidden blades. This not only provided defense, but once the cloak shattered, the scattering blades would affect a very large area.

Wisps of black-red blood Qi drifted from the blood Qi monster's body. It stood there with its head hanging, motionless, even its heart had stopped beating.

Two mounds of sand were pushed up beside the sand pit, and Morey and the Moon Apostle slowly poked their heads out from the sand. If one were to grade the ability to survive, both of them were "Survival Grandmasters Lv. 70."

"Is this the world of the strong?"

The Moon Apostle, who had turned into an expression pack, muttered in a low voice. The Insight Eye located further back recorded this scene in its entirety. The audience in the Arena was about to laugh themselves crazy. There were indeed no girls as silly as Morey and the Moon Apostle in the Void; one was a comedy act, and now that the two were together, that was something else.

"That monster seems to be asleep. Should we steal its weapons? To reduce the pressure on the interception team."

"Okay, then you go."

"I was joking."

"(￣￣)"

After a preliminary observation, Morey and the Moon Apostle decided to play it safe: pull aggro from afar and then slip away. But before that, they had to wait.

The first to arrive here was not Morey and the Moon Apostle, but Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, as the scout, discovered this place first, after which Su Xiao chose a suitable distance as the trap placement point. Only after the trap was set did Morey and the Moon Apostle make their appearance.

A few minutes later, 500 meters to the east of the sand pit, Morey activated the explosive in her hand and threw it into the sand pit in the distance. After doing all this, Morey got on the deer.

This deer was a sentient species and immediately ran at full speed. An explosion came from behind.

After rushing for a full 10 kilometers, Morey and the Moon Apostle on the deer's back realized something was wrong: the enemy hadn't chased them.

"Audience friends, that monster isn't chasing us. This is very bad."

Morey didn't forget her live-streaming career, or rather, she was distracting herself from her nervousness and fear. Just seeing that blood Qi monster earlier had made Morey's legs go soft.

"Moon Apostle, perceive it."

"I already perceived it. The scene near that monster is very blurry. I can only confirm that it is still in the sand pit."

"Still in the sand pit? Could it be..."

Morey thought of a possibility, her heart filled with 30% excitement and 70% worry. After a brief discussion with the Moon Apostle, the two rode the deer back toward the sand pit. If they didn't lure the blood Qi monster over, everything they did would be in vain.

As the deer ran slowly, Morey felt that the current situation was familiar. When she was a child, she was different from other girls; she especially liked playing with fireworks and firecrackers. When she was a ten-year-old brat, she once threw a lit firecracker into an iron pipe standing by the side of the road, about 10 centimeters thick and one meter high, and then she held her ears, waiting cutely for the firecracker to explode. Unfortunately, after waiting for a long time, the firecracker didn't explode.

Morey, still a brat, went up to check, and then the firecracker inside exploded. Morey, weeping.

Thinking of this childhood trauma, Morey signaled the deer to stop. She poked her head out to look into the sand pit, and then, she saw a pair of pitch-black eyes staring back at her. After staring for less than 0.5 seconds, Morey's blood almost turned cold, her throat went dry, and the soles of her feet went numb.

Morey was particularly envious of the Moon Apostle at this moment because the Moon Apostle's melee ability was too trashy; at this distance, she couldn't feel what a terrifying enemy that was. Ignorance is sometimes bliss.

"It wasn't the firecracker I threw."

"Run! Aishili!"

Hearing the Moon Apostle's shout, the deer Aishili turned and fled. The next instant, a blood-colored slash attacked, cutting into the deer Aishili's neck.

Hum~

Distorted energy fluctuations spread. Morey pressed forward with one hand, and the incoming blood-colored slash stopped. She waved her hand to the side, and the blood-colored slash detached from the deer Aishili's neck.

Nearly one-third of the neck was severed. The deer Aishili saw stars. As a transcendent creature, the Moon Deer, it shouldn't have been like this, but after being wounded by this blood-colored slash, a large amount of its blood was sucked away. As soon as this blood left its body, it turned into blood Qi.

Morey's hand pressed onto the deer Aishili's back, which made her face look slightly pale. Afterward, the deer Aishili looked as if it had taken drugs; all the muscles in its body bulged, and it turned and fled.

Boom!

A shockwave spread with the Moon Apostle as the center point. The scroll fragment shattered in her hand—so rich and inhumane. The incoming blood Qi monster, unable to penetrate space, stood stiffly 100 meters away.

Amidst the crisp sound of metal, the long blade and war scythe flew over and were gripped in the blood Qi monster's hands. It lowered its body, the yellow sand under its feet spread outward due to the impact, and it suddenly disappeared from where it was.

Clang! Clang! Clang-clang-clang!

The blood-colored slashes tore through space slightly, leaving black marks in the air. The blood Qi monster flicked its left hand, and the war scythe was thrown out. A chain as thick as an index finger was connected to the end of the war scythe, lengthening as the war scythe flew away.

With a jingle, the chain was pulled taut, missing Morey's neck by only one meter.

The chase battle began. Morey and the Moon Apostle rode the deer in front to escape, while the blood Qi monster chased from behind. Every time it closed the distance with Morey and the other, either Morey or the Moon Apostle would use a prop they carried with them.

Judging from the consumption along the way, Morey's wealth was no less than the Moon Apostle's. This was not only because Morey herself knew how to mine, but also because she had a good reputation, and many miners were willing to cooperate with her without worrying about being robbed.

This was secondary. The main reason for Morey's wealth was that in a resource world notarized by the Apocalypse Paradise, she had an underground mining area. This was awarded to her by the Apocalypse Paradise after she conquered this world. Only professional miners could enter the resource world. To mine in Morey's underground mining area, one had to give Morey 80% of the net profit. This girl really had a mine at home.

High in the sky, Baha, who was staring at the scorching sun, was looking at Morey with eyes full of surprise. In the past, he really hadn't discovered that Morey was so rich. If he didn't rob her, how would she know the dangers of the world?

Below, Morey and the Moon Apostle on the deer's back looked calm, but they were actually scared to death. There was still some distance to the predetermined location, and because the blood Qi monster behind them was too strong, their consumption of props was faster than expected.

"We're going to lose everything."

"Even if we lose, we have to endure it. Do you want to have a real man's battle with that monster?"

Hearing Morey's words, the Moon Apostle immediately took out three scrolls from her bosom. She expressed with practical action that she did not want to fight that blood Qi monster.

"As long as we get out of this desert, we can go find the 'Heart'. Hiding is winning."

Morey lowered her voice while crushing the scroll in her hand. In fact, she and the Moon Apostle were not here to compete for the Painting World. If they were to compete for this world, the Apocalypse Paradise would not have sent the two of them. The two of them were here to find something else, a rare item called the "Beast Heart."

Clang!

A slash cut over the top of Morey's head. Morey shrank her head in shock, and a few strands of pink hair fell off. Perceiving this scene, the Moon Apostle felt from the bottom of her heart that sometimes being short was really not a bad thing.

"It's catching up! Deer Aishili, split horns! Morey, hold on tight, I'll cover you this time."

"Okay."

Morey lay on the Moon Apostle's back. The running deer Aishili emitted a faint light. Its two deer horns turned into light particles and merged into the Moon Apostle's body. The Moon Apostle's figure grew rapidly, finally becoming a head taller than Morey.

Deer horns grew on the Moon Apostle's head, and small white flowers bloomed on them. The next second, the deer Aishili completely turned into light particles and merged into the Moon Apostle's body.

The Moon Apostle, whose figure had changed greatly, stepped on the ground. Under Baha's confused gaze in mid-air, the Moon Apostle rushed out as a blur, carrying Morey and rushing out.

Behind, the blood Qi monster, no longer attacked by various props, suddenly increased its speed by a large margin. Although it could not move spatially within 100 meters of the Moon Apostle, its speed was faster than the current Moon Apostle.

If the blood Qi monster were to slash out a blade light now, its speed would inevitably decrease, but according to the current momentum, it wouldn't be long before it caught up with the Moon Apostle and Morey. Once it got within a certain range, it would be difficult for the Moon Apostle and Morey to survive.

Under the tracking of the Insight Eye, the Moon Apostle ran at the fastest speed of her life. She and Morey stared fixedly ahead. As long as they passed the sand in front, their responsibility would be completed.

"Ah!!"

The Moon Apostle used all her strength and rushed past the agreed location. At this time, the expressions of her and Morey could be completely used as expression packs.

An extremely funny scene appeared. As soon as the Moon Apostle and Morey rushed past the agreed location, they dived straight into the fine sand like diving, and then disappeared.

The blood Qi monster jumped up more than ten meters, then stepped on the sand with one foot. The alchemy array spread out on the sand under its feet in an instant.

With a boom, sand pillars rose around the blood Qi monster, forming a circle as a whole. Heavy pressure attacked from top to bottom, and chaotic spatial fluctuations spread, preventing the blood Qi monster from escaping by relying on spatial abilities.

"Roar!!"

The blood Qi monster roared, and the sound waves spread. The dozen or so sand pillars around it cracked, but in an instant, these sand and soil formed ropes, wrapping around the blood Qi monster's entire body, maximizing the characteristics of sand.

A creepy gathering sound came from above. I don't know when, but an alchemy array also appeared above. May I ask, what is the strongest thing in the desert? Sand? Not really. In the desert, the most powerful thing is the sun.

The alchemy array above was golden and had expanded to an exaggerated degree, like a concave mirror, collecting and gathering all the sunlight to a point in the center, and then shooting it out from below.

Sizzle!

A scorching sun pillar nearly eight meters in diameter fell from above, shrouding the blood Qi monster inside, and a burnt smell spread.

The terrifying high temperature spread. Inside the scorching sun pillar, a figure that had almost turned into a skeleton rushed out. Its skull was charred black. Even so, granulation buds grew around its eye sockets. Judging by its appearance, it was only a matter of time before it recovered to its peak state.

"Contract, established."

Wood was already standing diagonally behind the blood Qi monster, holding a bleeding contract parchment in his hand.

"Roar!!!"

The blood Qi monster let out a wild roar. The parchment in Wood's hand exploded with a bang, and the bloodstains on it rolled back toward Wood, eroding his entire body. This was a backlash.

The blood Qi monster's flesh and blood recovered rapidly. At this moment, black tentacles stretched out from the sand beneath it, wrapping around it. The bones and granulation buds on its body aged rapidly. This was one of Zuiyas's hidden trump cards: aging the enemy.

The long blade in the blood Qi monster's hand had just made a crisp sound when the sound of breaking wind attacked.

Bang!

Su Xiao kicked sideways, kicking the blood Qi monster's right arm away. He had to take advantage of the enemy being severely wounded to do what came next. This monster had suffered so many heavy attacks, yet its health remained above 70%, and its recovery speed was as fast as a joke.

Su Xiao gripped a crystal cone tightly in his right hand and threw it with all his might.

With a bang, the crystal cone pierced through layers of air explosions and headed straight for the blood Qi monster's brow. In the blood Qi monster's pitch-black eyes, white dots appeared. The crystal cone stabbing at its brow cracked rapidly, looking as if it were about to shatter.

Just at this critical moment, black tentacles grew all over the blood Qi monster's body, causing it to lose control of its body.

With a crack, the crystal cone pierced into the blood Qi monster's brow, and its skull cracked. By this time, Zuiyas could no longer restrain the blood Qi monster, and the tentacles wrapped around the blood Qi monster's entire body flew backward.

The crystal cone at the blood Qi monster's brow shattered. Without Zuiyas's suppression, its flesh and blood recovered at super speed, and in an instant, it returned to its previous appearance.

Su Xiao jumped backward one after another. Was all this in vain? Of course not. The crystal cone he threw just now was not the trump card; what was wrapped inside was, which was a small piece of tree root—a tree root of the Overgrowth of Madness.

The blood Qi monster was very powerful, powerful to the point of being unreasonable, but its appearance did not conform to the various characteristics of the material world, meaning it was unique to this desert.

Facing this kind of enemy, fighting it head-on was a choice made only when there was no other way. Letting it see what the Overgrowth of Madness was, was a better choice.

The blood Qi monster stared at Su Xiao. Among the people present, the target it prioritized killing was Su Xiao. At this time, it had not yet noticed the piece of tree root of the Overgrowth of Madness inside its head.

The blood Qi monster took a step, then froze. Its claws made a gesture to grab its own face, but it also froze in mid-air. Not only that, its skull cracked with a bang; it had split open.

PS: (Two chapters today, one 4000 words, one 4700 words. It's fine to split into three chapters, but it's not coherent to read, so I decided to combine them into two chapters.)