Alone and Infinite

It's not like you won't meet a single person.

"boom!"

A muffled rumble of thunder suddenly echoed in the distant sky, and dazzling flashes of lightning could be faintly seen against the leaden-gray sky.

Suddenly, a massive bolt of lightning descended from the sky, the blood-red lightning like a blinding pillar of light piercing the heavens, instantly turning the gray sky into daylight.

Even from this distance, one can feel the terrifying energy contained within.

The anti-gravity motorcycle came to a stop in a beautiful arc, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Li Xia straightened up and stared at the distant lightning.

It's about 20 kilometers by eye.

Awoo asked in a low voice:

"Your Highness?"

Li Xia suddenly turned on the switch; what else could be said?

Of course we should go check it out!

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Chapter 210 The Ascended Amodrich

"Cough-cough-"

The squad leader knelt on the ground, coughing violently, yet his hateful gaze pierced through the thick smoke, fixed on the figure within.

On the charred ground lay several figures lying haphazardly; they were his teammates with whom he had shared life and death.

Moreover, fine roots were slowly piercing the skin of these people's corpses, and disgusting cysts were gradually rising up.

Even in death, they are still corrupted by strange forces.

As the smoke gradually dissipated, the hatred in the squad leader's eyes slowly turned into despair.

He just used his most powerful life-saving item—a purple, one-time-use scroll.

Even so, the monster remained standing in place, wisps of smoke rising from its body.

Most of his body had turned into charcoal, and pieces were peeling off his body one by one.

But it didn't die after all!

"What should the team leader do?"

Jasmine felt like she was about to cry. Her healing abilities were useless; it was as if once she was hurt by that monster, she could not be healed.

As for his various debuffs, they also had no effect on monsters.

How to do?

I also want to know what to do!

The captain gave a wry smile. Because of his previous experience with the perception system, he didn't even dare to use his detection skills.

He had no idea what the monster's stats were, what its skills were, or how much health it had.

"Jasmine."

Taking advantage of the monster's brief moment of recovery, the captain opened his mouth, as if to say something.

But a tentacle covered in slime appeared out of nowhere and snatched Jasmine away.

Then he felt a sharp pain in his chest and looked down in astonishment.

Spikes, resembling tree roots, stretched from the monster's arm.

The monster's charred and peeling right half of its body has been replaced by black wings that are slowly unfolding.

Upon closer inspection, those weren't wings at all; they were clearly wriggling tentacles!

He watched as Jasmine's eyes widened, her beautiful face contorted with unprecedented terror as she was pulled toward the monster.

The wings folded, obscuring his vision.

"Jasmine."

The captain's lips twitched, and he felt the power in his body gradually disappear, while countless roots grew wildly inside him.

The flesh and blood were devoured and transformed into nutrients to nourish the strange plants that grew from the body.

Even on his deathbed, he still couldn't understand how his sensory teammates had been corrupted.

The bolt of lightning acted as a beacon, drawing all the nearby apostles towards it.

Li Xia's gaze was fixed on the billowing dust in the distance, the dust kicked up by a huge off-road vehicle as it drove by.

Those who dare to be so flamboyant must have some skills; there are no weaklings among those who can advance to higher ranks.

Similarly, the SUV spotted him as well.

"Boss, do you want some?"

The man in the passenger seat lowered his binoculars and waved dismissively.

"No need. Let's go to the location where the lightning was just observed first. Let's avoid any unnecessary complications!"

The SUV's headlights flashed twice as a greeting.

"She's quite sensible."

The flying creature, Aowu, descended from the sky and said quickly:

"Judging from the distance, at least seven or eight waves of apostles just passed by, but there was no sign of battle. It seems they were either wiped out or ran away."

Li Xia nodded, pondered for a moment, then turned the ignition again and drove forward.

"They're probably all wiped out. If that lightning was a monster's skill, the apostles might not be able to withstand it."

If not, then it's a last resort, meaning the situation is very dangerous and it has to be used.

A look of agreement flashed in Awoo's eyes, but Black Charcoal suddenly twitched its nose, pointed in a direction, and let out a soft cry:

"Meow~"

Li Xia patted its head: "Was it coming from this direction?"

The motorcycle turned around and sped off into the distance.

Just a few minutes later, we crossed a hill that wasn't very high.

A massive city ruin suddenly appeared.

Similar to the small town, the buildings in the ruins were neatly broken, as if an invisible knife had cleaved the entire city in two.

What caught his attention even more was the monster standing in the distance.

Li Xia's pupils contracted. In all the time he had been in the hall, this was the first time he had ever seen such a disgusting monster.

It's hard to describe its appearance precisely; it's more like a hybrid of a bird, a tree, a person, and an octopus.

The area where the monster was located was charred black, but it was still possible to tell that it had once been a camp.

Several oddly shaped trees were growing on the ground.

"Holy crap! What the hell is this?!"

Awoo stared at the extremely bizarre-looking monster hundreds of meters away, his two little ears already shaped like airplane ears.

They had clearly never seen such a disgusting monster before.

Li Xia got off the motorcycle, put it away, and quickly disappeared into the nearby ruins with the two children.

A flash of blue light appeared in my right eye—detection!

[Comparing the intelligence and mental attributes of both parties]

[Due to the difference in intelligence/mental ability between the two parties, you only receive 70% of the information.]

[Amodrich the Ascended]

[Category: Corrupted Entity / ???]

Physical Strength: 5

【HP: 88%】

Energy: 100%

【Strength: 30】

Dexterity: 16

[Intelligence: 15 (Corruption debuff)]

【Spirit: 27】

【Physique: 35】

[Skills: Ascended/Corruption, Source of Contamination, Mental Blink, Destruction Hammer, ???, ???, ???]

1. [Ascended/Corruption]

飞升者：生命值上限提高100%，力量+5、灵巧+5、智力+5、精神+5、体魄+5、属性可突破当前阶位上限

腐化物：生命值上限提高15%，力量+5、体魄+10，智力-10、恢复速度+1000%

2. [The Source of Pollution]

Pollution: A 10-meter radius area centered on the user is polluted, causing damage equal to 1% of the user's health per second. Lost health will be stored as mental injury and will accumulate Frenzy value.

If the Frenzy value exceeds 100, the user will enter a Frenzy state, and their Spirit will decrease by 20 points.

Corruption: If your spirit level is below 20, you will be subject to a corruption test. If you fail the test, you will be corrupted. If your corruption level exceeds 50%, you will die.

3. [A flicker of inspiration]

Ascended Amodrich can detect traces of mental energy such as mental tentacles, mental telemetry, and mental detection, and can teleport via a blinking motion along a mental link path, with a maximum range of 500 meters.

Cooldown: 10s

4. [Destruction Hammer]

Raise a hammer imbued with corrupting power and deliver a horrific blow, causing a combination of injuries including bleeding, tearing, infection, and poisoning.

If the target is missed, a 20-meter radius swamp will form on the ground.

Consumption: 20% energy

Damage value: ? ? ?

5. ? ? ?

6. ? ? ?

7. ? ? ? (Unusable due to corruption)

[Evaluation: The former chief archmage of Sunset City, who wielded terrifying arcane power, has now become a corrupted individual. He succeeded, and he failed.]

Even though he could no longer remember the past, he still lingered in the city he loved most.

The panel had barely refreshed when Li Xia picked up Black Charcoal and Aowu without hesitation.

His true qi fluctuated violently, and he was instantly teleported away.

"boom!"

Almost simultaneously, a dark shadow slowly emerged, and a huge hammer came hurtling down!

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Chapter 211 The Unexpected Invitation

The heavy hammer, gleaming with an eerie black light, slammed heavily onto the ground.

There was not a sound, not even a speck of dust was stirred.