Chapter 707: Resentful Monk

Su Xiao was currently facing away from the young monk. The young monk stuck out his tongue and licked the blood sliding onto his lips. After seeing blood, red light flashed in the center of his pupils.

Without any movement from the young monk, he had already disappeared from the spot, rushing toward Su Xiao like a cannonball out of the chamber, his speed extremely fast yet silent.

With a pfft, five sharp claws grew from the young monk's fingertips, like eagle claws.

These five sharp claws flashed with a metallic luster, grabbing straight toward the back of Su Xiao's head. If Su Xiao were hit by these claws, it would be difficult to counterattack.

The sharp claws struck silently, and the young monk's mouth split open. He seemed to have already seen the scene of the enemy's spine being pulled out alive.

Su Xiao tilted his head slightly, Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan appeared in his hand, and an energy shield with 50 points of intensity appeared behind him.

Crack!

The five sharp claws pierced directly through the energy shield. Although the energy shield was pierced, it didn't shatter.

Finding that the strike was ineffective, the young monk immediately realized something was wrong. The thought of swallowing this human flesh alone disappeared, and he immediately wanted to shout.

The energy shield disappeared, blade light flashed, and Su Xiao turned around and slashed.

The young monk immediately used his sharp claws to meet Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan. He was actually able to keep up with Su Xiao's speed.

The blade slashed onto the first sharp claw, which was instantly cut off, followed by the second, then the third.

Ding.

Three sharp claws were slashed away, and the young monk's eyes widened in pain.

"In..."

Before the word 'intruder' could be shouted, Su Xiao turned around and threw a punch. This punch could be described as powerful, smashing toward the young monk's chin with a whistling wind.

Su Xiao's knuckles, wrapped in metal bracers, smashed into the young monk's chin. As the force pushed forward, the young monk's chin began to gradually dislocate.

If one were to look through an X-ray, they would find that the teeth on the right side of the young monk's jaw fell out first, and then the entire chin bone began to shift to the left.

Bang!

The young monk was punched by Su Xiao until his eyes rolled back, his eyeballs spinning wildly in their sockets. This was definitely not a reaction that a normal human would have.

With a thud, the young monk fell a few meters away, his entire chin offset at a 90° angle to his skull. Because his teeth were hit by external force, his tongue was cut and dripping with blood.

"Woo~ woo~"

The young monk let out a few low roars of unclear meaning. Finding that he couldn't speak, he grabbed his chin and pulled it hard toward its original direction.

Crack, crack...

After twisting several times, apart from blood gushing from his mouth, the young monk's chin still hung limply.

Taking this opportunity, Su Xiao used the Apostle's Eye to detect the young monk's data.

【Comparing intelligence attributes of both sides... Comparison complete, our intelligence is 2 times that of the enemy, obtaining 100% of the enemy's data.】

Data is as follows:

Name: Resentful Monk (Life Assimilation Degree 30%)

Category: Humanoid biological entity (Sentient being)

Health: 94%

Mana: 300/300

Strength: 40

Agility: 42

Stamina: 55

Intelligence: 30

Charm: 3

Skill 1: Evil Faith (Passive Lv. 10): Health +200, Willpower +5.

Skill 2: Bone Projection (Passive Lv. 12): Can locally project bones, Defense +8.

Skill 3: Life Assimilation (Active Lv. 18): Can increase 'Life Assimilation Degree' and restore health by devouring biological flesh. When 'Life Assimilation Degree' reaches 100%, the Resentful Monk will evolve.

From the data, one can see that the thing in front of him is not a monk, but a humanoid biological entity called a Resentful Monk.

And from the various attributes, one can see that this thing is not weak. More importantly, this thing can also evolve.

Not only that, if this thing were a small boss-type biological entity of Rendong Temple, it would be fine. Judging from the data, the other party doesn't have a boss-type prefix, which means this thing is likely a 'small mob' of Rendong Temple.

Thinking of this, the corner of Su Xiao's eye twitched. Although he had long thought that Rendong Temple would be difficult to enter, it shouldn't be this perverted, right? If this 'small mob' appeared in other Tier 2 derived worlds, it would be at the small boss level.

The Resentful Monk fiddled with his broken chin for a while, and after finding that he couldn't recover it with brute force, he gave up and stood up slowly.

Pfft, pale white bones broke through the flesh from within the Resentful Monk's arms.

Crack, crack, crack...

A moment later, the Resentful Monk's arms were wrapped in pale white bones, and at the position of his hands were sharp claws.

"Woo~"

The Resentful Monk let out a low roar of unclear meaning in his throat. Seeming to feel that his hanging chin and tongue were in the way, he actually grabbed his chin and tongue with his claws and pulled hard.

Pfft.

Blood sprayed out, and the Resentful Monk tore off his own chin and tongue alive. This wasn't the end; he stuffed his chin and tongue into his throat and swallowed them with a gulp.

An astonishing thing happened. The Resentful Monk's lost health recovered rapidly. A few seconds later, his health recovered to 98%.

"This..."

Su Xiao had seen Ghouls eat human flesh to restore health, and he had seen Homunculi eat Philosopher's Stones to restore health, but he had never seen anyone eat their own flesh to restore health.

Although the world is full of wonders, the scene in front of him was too bizarre and terrifying.

Su Xiao looked toward Rendong Temple. At this time, he was not close to the main gate of Rendong Temple, so it was quiet in front of the temple gate.

If Su Xiao guessed correctly, after sneaking into Rendong Temple, there should be many such Resentful Monks, and there should be even stronger enemies, so testing the other party's strength now was not bad.

Su Xiao held Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan in front of him, his eyes narrowed slightly.

Whoosh, Su Xiao disappeared from the spot, and when he appeared again, he was already in front of the Resentful Monk.

Su Xiao stopped at a distance of about one meter in front of the Resentful Monk, slashing his long sword sideways.

The Resentful Monk was no pushover either. He blocked Su Xiao's slash with one hand and reached toward Su Xiao's chest with the other, aiming straight for the heart.

The blade of Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan made contact with the Resentful Monk's bone-wrapped arm. The cold, flashing edge, as if slicing through a piece of paper, slashed through the bones on the outer layer of the Resentful Monk's arm.

The long sword's momentum didn't diminish. After breaking through the exoskeleton, the Resentful Monk's muscles and internal bones couldn't stop Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan either.

Swish~

An arm wrapped in exoskeleton flew up. At the same time, Su Xiao tilted his body, dodging the Resentful Monk's claws.

The slash ended, and Su Xiao brushed past the Resentful Monk. Su Xiao flicked Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan lightly, and the blood on the blade was shaken off onto the weeds.

The Resentful Monk behind Su Xiao stood still, one hand cut off, the other hand in a forward-grabbing posture.

A bloodline gradually stained the Resentful Monk's gray cloth clothes. The bloodstain crossed the entire torso diagonally, spreading from the shoulder on one side of the body to the waist on the other side. The Resentful Monk's upper body began to slide to the side.

With a thud, the upper half of the Resentful Monk's body fell to the ground, and two seconds later, the lower half of the body also fell.

Cut in two, clean and neat. This was the sharpness of Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan nowadays, and from beginning to end, the Resentful Monk didn't even touch the corner of Su Xiao's clothes.

Although he killed the Resentful Monk in one slash, Su Xiao's expression wasn't very good, because the Resentful Monk's various abilities were not weak. If a dozen Resentful Monks appeared at the same time, Su Xiao could deal with them. If there were dozens, breaking out of the encirclement would be no problem. If the number reached a hundred, the result would be hard to say.

【You killed the Resentful Monk】

【The Resentful Monk is a common-level biological entity in Rendong Temple, obtaining 0.2% of the World's Source. Because Rendong Temple is a hidden area of this derived world, the reward is doubled, obtaining 0.4% of the World's Source. Currently obtaining a total of 16.1% of the World's Source.】

【Your talent 'Soul Eater' is activated, permanently increasing mana by 10 points. Current mana is 2158 points.】

【You obtained 10 points of Holy Church Merit. This merit can be exchanged for rewards at the old priest's place in the 'Kotomine Church'.】 ===== CHAPTER 708 =====