Alone and Infinite

The anxious words had barely left his mouth when the rest of them were stuck in his throat as he stared in horror at the 'blood-soaked man' in front of him.

Sharp stone spikes pierced his body, and blood flowed down them, quickly soaking a large area of ​​the surrounding ground.

Li Xia was only able to stay upright because some of the stone spikes were already pressed against the ground; his arms were already hanging limply at his sides.

His left arm, a bloody mess piercing through the hole, hung limply at his side, still clutching at misfortune.

The ebony-like gun barrel was already stained with blood.

Tears gradually filled the kitten's round eyes. It cautiously reached out its paw to touch Li Xia, but was afraid that this action would bring some bad consequences to Li Xia.

Instead, Aowu took a deep breath, quickly glanced at the boss to confirm that he was not dead, but just in a near-death state, and immediately took out a first aid kit from his personal space.

It contains life-sustaining equipment that cost a lot of money, such as organ repair nanobots and various cardiac stimulants.

Black Charcoal reacted quickly, rushed over, and picked up the automatic injector; its claws were more agile than Awoo's.

Carefully, a tube of flowing silver liquid was injected into Li Xia's wound, and the liquid immediately seeped into the wound.

Seeing that the health points had finally stopped decreasing, Aowu breathed a sigh of relief. Now he could only pray that his boss's strong body could withstand it.

He didn't even dare to use strong recovery drugs. These stone spikes were still inside his body, so what was the point of administering recovery drugs?

Such injuries would be fatal to an ordinary apostle, who would have been long dead by now.

Even for the eldest son, surviving is a miracle.

The world before her eyes first lit up with a faint light, which then gradually grew larger, and Li Xia barely managed to open her eyes.

Looking around somewhat blankly, everything was blurry, but I could hear soft calls in my ears, calls filled with undisguised anxiety and worry.

"Boss, boss?"

As the dizziness subsided, Li Xia gradually recovered from the confusion brought on by unconsciousness and immediately recalled what had happened.

"I am here."

The voice was so faint it was almost a murmur, and the dry, pale lips twitched slightly.

Even this small sound was like celestial music. Hei Tan was so excited that he almost cried out, but he covered his mouth with his paws.

Awoo was equally excited, but it composed itself, maintaining its emotional stability, and asked softly:

"Boss, your condition is not good right now. Cat and I dare not move you. We can only give you some life-sustaining medicine for now."

Li Xia closed his eyes and checked his panel.

6.64%!

The health bar, symbolizing life, was reduced to a mere sliver of health. Li Xia remembered that when he killed Hel, his health was down to only 5.1%.

And it was still falling, but it has risen a bit now, which is the result of Aowu and the others' hard work so far.

When health drops below 10%, the person is in a near-death state. Each apostle's near-death state manifests differently, as each person's injuries are different.

However, the life points are a notification given by the temple based on the apostle's overall condition, while the near-death state is a true near-death state.

Just like Li Xia now, with only a tiny bit of health left, while the other apostles were already unconscious and waiting to die, he was still able to shakily raise his gun and deliver a fatal shot before the other person fell unconscious.

This is the result of the flesh far surpassing that of the other apostles.

I took another closer look at the status on the panel—"Tear", "Penetrating", "Fracture", "Organ Damage", "Bleeding", "Concussion".

Li Xia had never seen so many abnormal states before.

After closing the panel, Li Xia looked at the expectant Aowu and Heitan and wanted to nod, but then realized that he couldn't even do this simple action.

Because two stone spikes pierced his collarbone, they secured his head in place.

"It's timely; he won't die immediately."

Li Xia's eyes flickered, and after a moment of contemplation, he realized that this was indeed a very difficult problem.

Although Hel is dead, the stone spikes he condensed are physical entities and will not disappear because of his death.

Without those stone spikes, he could have recovered easily.

Although the Senzu Bean's effects have been reduced now that it's at Tier 3, it remains Li Xia's most powerful medicine.

Furthermore, it can heal injuries, and with the aid of secret medicines and perfect recovery potions, it becomes even easier.

After thinking for a while, Li Xia's gaze fell on a stone spike. He tried to keep his voice down so as not to aggravate his wound.

"Let the silence of night cut open my abdomen."

Aowu and Heitan were stunned, and even Mimi, the dead man, widened his eyes.

The kitten and Awoo exchanged a glance, and decided that the more steady and agile Black Charcoal should take on the important task.

After Yeji merged with the essence of the Zanpakuto, it became a spiritual object. If anyone else were to take it, they would have to endure an electric shock.

After being carried on the kitten's shoulder, Ye Ji realized it was an old acquaintance, so he only trembled symbolically twice before stopping.

Awoo carried the gun from behind, while the kitten controlled the direction. Holding his breath, he carefully cut open the lower end of Hel's severed arm as Li Xia had instructed.

The extremely sharp Night Silence sliced ​​through the flesh without hesitation, and as soon as it made a cut, the blood that had accumulated in the abdomen gushed out.

The kitten's fur was directly wetted, but it seemed oblivious, continuing to chop with focused concentration.

Once the cut was large enough, they found something to pry the wound open, otherwise Li Xia's muscles and self-healing ability would have allowed the wound to heal very quickly.

"Did you see that spike that went past your shoulder?"

"I saw it grazed past my heart."

Awoo swallowed hard, glanced inside his chest cavity, and exclaimed, "Holy crap!"

These densely packed stone spikes happened to avoid the lungs and heart, two extremely important organs.

It seemed to have avoided the arteries; Awoo even saw two stone spikes crossing over each other, trapping the heart's major artery in the middle.

It could pierce through even the slightest difference!

This luck is absolutely incredible!!!

Wait, luck.

Awoo paused for a moment, "Incredible?"

"Looks like it was used in time."

Li Xia forced a smile. The moment Herl's right arm pierced his abdomen, he immediately activated the luck bonus from the Misfortune skill.

This kept the luck value at its peak of 15 points for ten seconds.

Although he was unaware of what Hel's next move would be.

But in a life-or-death crisis, even the slightest hope of increasing his chances of winning and surviving is worth trying!

Now it seems that move was actually the real deciding factor!

Despite Hel's explosive outburst, miraculously, not a single stone spike was capable of directly ending Li Xia's life.

Aowu and Heitan then realized that so much secret calculation had taken place in those short one or two seconds.

Pull people in – Flying Thunder God – Star Lock – True Meteor Fist – Lucky Reward – Stone Spike Burst – Shoot and Harvest.

I couldn't help but click my tongue in amazement, especially considering that Hel could still execute such a deadly move even in his frenzied state.

I also admire Li Xia's calmness and quick decision-making.

Wait a minute! The limit of luck?

Aowu's breathing suddenly became rapid. The whole process only took one or two seconds, which means that the boss was still at the peak of his luck when he killed Hel!

15 points of luck! Killed Hel, a peak Tier 3 Star God incarnation!

That.

It then looked at Hel's corpse, and saw that orange light was flowing around Hel's chest, which was particularly mesmerizing.

Moreover, a magnificent treasure chest was slowly rotating above its corpse, also shimmering with a mesmerizing orange light!

A treasure chest! It's a treasure chest!!

The probability of a treasure chest appearing in the original world is lower than in the derivative world, not to mention that it is at least a fine treasure chest, and maybe even a perfect treasure chest!

Big bang!

Aowu suppressed his excitement and focused all his attention on Li Xia, just like before.

"These stone spikes... let's try cutting them with Night Silence first, start with the one at the collarbone."

Cutting the stone spikes took much longer than expected, and even though the kitten was now considered a super cat, it was exhausted after cutting just one.

I dared not use any force, could not shake it, and had to be extremely careful.

Then, following Li Xia's instructions, Aowu pulled out the stone spikes.

"Kang Dang"

The stone spikes struck the rocks with a crisp, metallic clang.

Without any hesitation, Hei Tan immediately poured the gene transcription drug for treating injuries and the perfect quality recovery medicine into Li Xia's mouth.

The wound caused by the stone spike was healing rapidly, and his health points visibly increased.

After the few not-so-sensitive stone spikes were removed, Li Xia took a breath, looking at his health, which had recovered to 13.4%.

This amount of health is enough for him to embark on an adventure.

Flying Thunder God!

The figure vanished suddenly, reappearing a few meters away in the still of the night, leaving behind only large bloodstains and a jagged stone spike.

The Flying Thunder God Technique caused dozens of wounds on Li Xia's body to convulse, gushing out large amounts of blood once again.

Li Xia's health points plummeted instantly, and his vision went black, but he endured the dizziness and quickly stuffed the Senzu Bean into his mouth.

The physical injuries were healing with an unbelievable efficiency.

"call----"

Li Xia let out a long breath. The strange sensations he had experienced when he was on the verge of death disappeared, and power once again filled his body.

He clenched his fist tightly, and a vibration, like the low growl of a tiger or leopard, resounded within his body.

Although not fully recovered, the remaining injury has little impact.

"Boss!!"

Little Dragon and Little Cat then rushed up happily:

"Holy crap, that was close!"

Aowu, who had been so composed before, could no longer panic. Now that his boss was back, he had a pillar of support and no longer needed to think about anything or force himself to remain calm.

It's no wonder the two little ones were like this; this battle was truly the most dangerous one Li Xia had ever experienced.

Hel's strength was too formidable. If he hadn't obtained so many resources from the Hokage, such as the Multi-Size Technique, Flying Thunder God Technique, Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, and even Awoo's resurrection, he would have been incredibly powerful.

Hel was certain to die in this battle. Hel's strength had already reached the peak of the third tier. Even though he was seriously injured and insane, he was still at the top level of the third tier.

"never mind."

Li Xia patted the black, fluffy head of the two little ones and walked directly toward Hel's corpse amidst their expectant gazes.

What Aowu could think of, he naturally thought of as well. This was the first time Li Xia had killed a monster while at the peak of his luck.

It would be a waste of those 15 luck points if I didn't get a huge drop!

First, he scooped up the treasure chest, but after just one glance at the name on the chest, he couldn't help but smile.

[Executioner, you have obtained the (pseudo) Divine Treasure Chest - Star God Hel (Perfect)]

Orange Treasure Chest!

And the prefix is ​​"Divine Treasure Chest," indicating perfect quality!

This single treasure chest contains a super treasure that is coveted but unattainable at the third tier!

Li Xia dared to say that if this box were taken out, several major guilds would go crazy for it!

Those top-tier and second-tier guilds are not lacking in equipment or resources. What's so special about orange-tier equipment? They have plenty of even higher-level equipment.

What they lack are super-tier equipment, the top-tier super equipment in their current tier, second-tier deep purple and purple ultimate equipment, and third-tier orange equipment.

These are all top-tier equipment!