Chapter 713: 34%

The battle entered a strange situation. The Flat-headed Brother actually bit Su Xiao's sword and wouldn't let go, and it even curled its body into a ball.

Su Xiao began to try to kill the Flat-headed Brother on the sword. First, he slashed at hard objects, but for some reason, the Flat-headed Brother could remain unscathed. This should be because the Flat-headed Brother's teeth, which were enough to bite through the counter-attack shield, bit Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan, and it used its body to withstand the force, so the blade couldn't slash directly at the Flat-headed Brother.

Finding that the slash was ineffective, Su Xiao began to try burning it with fire.

After using 3 incendiary bombs, Su Xiao discovered that the Flat-headed Brother's layer of black exoskeleton seemed to have a heat-insulating effect, and burning it with fire was also ineffective.

After trying several methods one after another, Su Xiao began to feel helpless. He couldn't relax his vigilance now. Who knew if the Flat-headed Brother would let go of Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan and take a bite at his throat.

Should he just let the Flat-headed Brother bite it like this? That wouldn't do either. Su Xiao couldn't use his sword to slash enemies now, only using the Flat-headed Brother to smash enemies. Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan had already turned into a hammer, and the hammer head was the Flat-headed Brother.

Moreover, in the intense battle, it would be troublesome if the Flat-headed Brother suddenly let go and attacked Su Xiao.

"Let go, let's have a life-and-death battle."

Hearing Su Xiao's words, one of the Flat-headed Brother's eyes opened. Su Xiao, who was proficient in the meaning of animal gazes, immediately understood what the Flat-headed Brother wanted to express. The meaning was roughly: "Stupid, I won't let go, what can you do."

Su Xiao's fingers wrapped in metal bracers poked toward the Flat-headed Brother's eyes. The Flat-headed Brother hurriedly closed its eyes and used its exoskeleton to protect them.

Clang, Su Xiao's fingers pointed at the exoskeleton.

Moving his somewhat numb fingers, Su Xiao came up with a plan. Although he couldn't kill the Flat-headed Brother with that method, he could make the other party unable to find trouble with him for a short time. Killing the Flat-headed Brother now wasn't the key; getting rid of the other party's entanglement and finding the Soul Lamp was the best choice.

Su Xiao raised Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan, took a deep breath, and the muscles on his legs tightened.

Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan suddenly disappeared into thin air. This was Su Xiao putting Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan into his storage space, and the Flat-headed Brother was a biological entity and couldn't be put into the storage space, so it began to fall naturally.

The Flat-headed Brother's mouth loosened, clearly a bit surprised. Su Xiao had already turned sideways and charged up, kicking toward the Flat-headed Brother with all his might.

Bang.

The Flat-headed Brother was kicked away like a ball, flying toward the high sky in the distance with a whoosh. Because the speed was too fast, it even broke through layers of air waves.

Su Xiao looked at the Flat-headed Brother gradually disappearing into the horizon, letting out an unwilling roar. A smile appeared on his face. He successfully killed his way into the Main Offering Hall area and shook off the pursuers.

Su Xiao's strength attribute, including equipment bonuses, was 67 points. This could already be considered superhuman strength. He could dismantle a Gundam with his bare hands without any problem. His kick with all his might kicked the Flat-headed Brother away for at least several kilometers, or even ten or more kilometers.

Shaking off the pursuers, Su Xiao began to patrol the courtyard of the Main Offering Hall. Because he didn't know the location of the Soul Lamp, he could only search room by room.

Half an hour later, Su Xiao had searched almost every room in the Main Offering Hall area, leaving only the main hall of the Main Offering Hall.

From the name Main Offering Hall, one could see that this was a place used to place and worship statues.

Su Xiao stood in front of the Main Offering Hall gate. The reason he chose to explore here last was because it gave him an ominous feeling. If it weren't for the last resort, he didn't want to enter here.

Pushing open the Main Offering Hall gate, the first thing that met his eyes was a large water pool. The water pool was rectangular, filled with a kind of light green liquid, bottomless, and this liquid emitted a thick vitality.

【Hint: The Hunter has arrived at the Main Offering Hall of Rendong Temple.】

【Talent Awakening Mission (Second Ring): Soul Lamp (Completed)】

The reason the second ring of the Talent Awakening Mission was completed was because Su Xiao had already seen the Soul Lamp.

In the depths of the Main Offering Hall, a skeleton sat cross-legged on the altar, and a lamp was placed in front of the skeleton. The lamp was simple and unadorned, and nothing special could be seen. However, a Soul Crystal was placed at the position of the lamp wick. This was the wick of the Soul Lamp.

When the Soul Crystal burned, it emitted a kind of white smoke. This white smoke was absorbed by the skeleton. Without a doubt, this lamp, which used the Soul Crystal as fuel, was the Soul Lamp.

【Talent Awakening Mission (Third Ring) has been activated. This is the final link of the Talent Awakening Mission.】

【Hint: If this mission is completed, the Hunter's talent will awaken.】

【Talent Awakening Mission (Third Ring): Destroy the Soul Lamp】

Difficulty Level: Lv. 26

Mission Introduction: Use all methods to destroy the Soul Lamp.

Mission Information: Don't think that what you see is the threat; the threat is hidden in the dark.

Mission Deadline: 30 minutes

Mission Reward: None

Mission Penalty: Deduct one Talent Awakening opportunity; no further Talent Awakening missions can be accepted in this world.

Su Xiao was about twenty meters away from the Soul Lamp, separated by a water pool. Fortunately, this water pool could be bypassed.

Raising Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan, Su Xiao hesitated for a moment, but finally didn't choose to slash out blade light. If blade light could slash the Soul Lamp to pieces, then the Talent Awakening Mission would be too simple.

White spiders crawled out from Su Xiao's sleeves. He was prepared to use alchemy bombs to test it.

Dozens of small white spiders crawled toward the Soul Lamp. Su Xiao's gaze gradually became sharp, ready to deal with enemies that might appear suddenly at any time.

As the white spiders approached the Soul Lamp, Su Xiao subconsciously gripped the hilt of his sword. According to convention, the final big boss should jump out at this time.

When the white spiders approached the Soul Lamp to within three meters, cold sweat seeped out on Su Xiao's cheeks. The current situation was truly strange.

When the white spiders approached the Soul Lamp to within two meters, Su Xiao's eyes narrowed, his gaze fixed on the skeleton behind the Soul Lamp.

One meter, fifty centimeters, ten centimeters.

When all the white spiders crawled onto the Soul Lamp, Su Xiao's eyes narrowed, and he decisively detonated the alchemy bomb.

Boom.

Fire surged, the Soul Lamp was blown to pieces, and at the same time, the skeleton was also blown to pieces. That wasn't a final big boss at all; it was just an ordinary skeleton.

【Talent Awakening Mission (Third Ring): Destroy the Soul Lamp (Completed)】

【Hint: The Hunter has completed the Talent Awakening Mission and can awaken the talent ability 'Soul Eater' at any time.】

【Hint: The Hunter will be extremely weak when awakening the talent, so be sure to choose a safe location to awaken.】

【Congratulations to the Hunter for completing the Talent Awakening Mission.】

【Hint: The completion degree of the Talent Awakening Mission is being judged. The Hunter's actions within the next five hours will determine the final completion degree of the Talent Awakening Mission. Current completion degree is 34%.】

Su Xiao's heart began to beat faster. There was the joy of completing the talent mission, but also a sense of palpitation, a sense of palpitation that death was imminent.

Su Xiao turned around and fled without hesitation, but the hall gate behind him slammed shut. He raised his hand and slashed toward the hall gate.

With a clang, Su Xiao's palm felt numb, and he was bounced away by a layer of barrier.

The moment the Soul Lamp shattered, 10 layers of barriers appeared inside and outside Rendong Temple. Even if Su Xiao had left the Main Offering Hall earlier and detonated the alchemy bomb from a distance to destroy the Soul Lamp, he would still be trapped in the barrier. In that case, the risk he faced wouldn't decrease, but would be even greater.

Mission difficulty Lv. 26, what a bluffing mission difficulty. According to normal thinking, the Soul Lamp should be very difficult to destroy. Once approaching the Soul Lamp, it might trigger mechanisms or enemies might appear, so Su Xiao's act of bombing the Soul Lamp wasn't counting on destroying this thing; he wanted to draw out the unknown enemy.

The actual situation was that the risk during the execution of this mission wasn't high. The difficulty of this mission wasn't in destroying the Soul Lamp, but in how to survive and escape Rendong Temple after destroying the Soul Lamp.

Gurgle~

A string of bubbles emerged from the water pool in the Main Offering Hall. This water pool was the Pool of Eternal Life. ===== CHAPTER 714 =====