CH 156

Rode immediately saw the Abyssal Demon rushing towards him from behind.

Sure enough, it caught up.

In this way, Iron Wolf and the others would definitely be safe. They quickly called for support, hoping to have a chance to kill this monster.

But the premise was that I could escape.

In mid-air, Rode flew towards the direction of the royal city.

The Spirit Boat was not completely under his control. It would only fly to the locations that appeared in his mind. If it encountered physical obstacles, it would enter the Spirit Realm.

But on the plain, it seemed unable to do so.

And the speed of the Abyssal Demon far exceeded Rode's. Each of its tentacles waved with spiritual energy, as if swimming in an ocean of spiritual energy.

When hundreds of tentacles waved together, its massive body would dash forward a distance.

After a few dashes, it caught up to Rode, and one long tentacle struck out.

Oh no!

Rode couldn't dodge in time and was hit directly.

The Spirit Boat shattered into countless white mist and dissipated.

Fortunately, the Spirit Boat itself had a certain defensive effect, so Rode was unharmed.

With a loud bang, Rode landed at the same time as the monster. He knew things were not looking good and immediately crushed all twenty wooden puppets, summoning twenty tree people.

Swish swish swish!

Dozens of tentacles swept over, but they were all blocked by the tree people.

These tree people had extremely tough bodies and strong regenerative abilities. Under the growth of branches and vines, they managed to temporarily stop the monster.

Rode seized the opportunity and immediately blew the whistle.

The illusion of the dean once again descended from the sky.

When his tall figure saw the monster fighting with the tree people in the distance, his illusory eyebrows furrowed.

"Quick, go and stop it!"

Rode commanded.

Reluctantly, the illusion raised its staff and made a big leap, smashing one of the tentacles.

But all the tentacles of the monster had already spread out. Its main body was a large mass of twisted black flesh, and all the tentacles extended from this mass of black flesh, like a giant octopus with countless tentacles.

The tree people could only be on the receiving end and had no ability to harm them.

The illusion seemed to be very disgusted with contact with this monster, especially its digestive fluid and black blood. It always fled after one strike.

The power of the Abyssal Demon far exceeded them. The summoned creatures seemed unable to support for long, which was why he didn't choose to summon them from the beginning.

But at this moment, Rode suddenly had an idea.

He summoned the Spirit Boat again and flew towards the distance.

Sure enough, the Abyssal Octopus immediately chased after him, with all twenty tree people entangled in its tentacles, but it ignored them. The illusion kept flickering and striking down a group of tentacles, but it had no effect.

This monster seems to have an unusual obsession with me, Rode thought.

Perhaps I can use this.

Before being caught up, Rode decisively chose to land.

The monster was forced to land as well, but it was quickly entangled by the annoying tree people.

These tough branches and wooden bodies were not afraid of being squeezed or attacked, and the tree people naturally had strong resistance to erosion. They were not afraid of the monster's corrosive pus and blood.

The thick tentacles grabbed the tree people, trying to tear them apart.

This was the only effective method.

But Rode raised the Spirit Boat again and ran away.

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The monster had to enter the state of spiritual energy roaming again. Each tentacle moved in the air, propelling its body with spiritual energy.

When thousands of tentacles moved together, it was a charge.

Although its speed was fast, it was not particularly agile, especially during the charge, it couldn't change direction.

Rode seized the opportunity and quickly landed.

The monster was forced to land not far away and once again fought with the tree people.

But this time, Rode didn't choose to escape or join the battle immediately. Instead, he entered the dream and quickly took out the soul ashes of one hundred plague rats that he had made before, and threw them out.

In an instant, the spirits of one hundred plague rats rushed towards the Abyssal Demon.

Although the plague rats were relatively weak and not threatening, their large numbers couldn't be ignored. They drilled through the gaps between the tree people and bit the monster's tentacles.

Then, before the Abyssal Demon could counterattack, Rode took off again.

The Abyssal Demon once again followed, enduring the attacks of one hundred plague rats and an illusion.

In this way, Rode kept taking off and landing, and although the Abyssal Demon was fast, it was hindered by the powerful interference of the tree people, making it difficult to catch Rode.

What was even more surprising was that the attacks of the plague rats seemed to be effective.

They naturally carried the effect of plague infection, and the Abyssal Demon, filled with corrosive pus, surprisingly had little resistance to the plague.

It was truly unbelievable.

When Rode landed for the fifth time, the Abyssal Demon was already stumbling, losing a large amount of spiritual energy due to the damage from the plague. The speed of its soul awakening greatly slowed down. It no longer tried to chase after Rode, but focused on dealing with these annoying rats. However, the tree people, who had no attacking power, bore most of its attacks, and the plague rats could bite its body within the hollow tree people.

Rode saw an opportunity for the first time.Due to fear of exploding the plague rats, he did not use Thunderstone - the nemesis of the plague rats.

He drew out his spiritual gun and continuously attacked the Abyssal Demon's main body, shooting one sealed spirit bullet after another at the twisted black mass, constantly impacting its soul and hindering the operation of its spiritual energy.

But what really caused damage to it was the yellow-green plague that quickly climbed up its tentacles. The erosion of the plague could accumulate. If a person was bitten by the plague rats four or five times in a short period of time, they would fall into a state of severe poisoning. It not only posed a great threat to their life, but also caused damage to their soul, which was very troublesome.

This is also why the people in the royal city despise cleaning the sewers.

And this monster has already been bitten by hundreds of plague rats. If it were a person, he would have died long ago. But the Abyssal Demon is still struggling madly, countless tentacles wriggling like boiling water, like hundreds of giant octopuses boiling in a pot of boiling water.

But it is too poisoned. The plague killed its tentacles, killed the eggs on its body, destroyed its body, and caused heavy damage to its soul.

Finally, Rode fired a shot, and the Abyssal Demon trembled all over, fell to the ground, and a big hole was opened in the twisted black flesh of its soul.

Rode, who had been waiting for this moment, rushed up like lightning.

A sickle appeared in his right hand, and the light gas surged, directly inserted into its soul.

Boom.

As if a muffled sound coming from the void, Rode broke the thread of its soul.

A silent wail sounded in the air, countless black dust rose from the huge octopus, and the dense black mist could not stop this victorious ritual.

A huge black gas pierced through Rode's body.

[Soul of the Abyssal Demon]

[Soul without Spirit +990]

Good.

Rode finally smiled.

This is a powerful soul, even stronger than the soul of the [Distorted Behemoth] he obtained before.

He harvested two powerful souls in one trip. With a few more trips, [Righteous Execution] will be completed immediately.

Maybe he can even encounter a special soul that can ignite the stars.

With my various means and trump cards, invasion is not a problem at all.

Rode couldn't help but open his hands, as if bathing in the soaring black dust.

Everything about the monster collapsed with the disappearance of its soul. This twisted darkness must exist in this world as a carrier.

"The Arrival of Heaven"

But life doesn't have to be like this.

Someone once said that art is a rare miracle, chaos is just common sand, and life is the most precious artwork born in infinite chaos. The beliefs and emotions of life are the most dazzling gems on this artwork.

Rode agrees with this point.

Disgusting, deformed, and twisted monsters should just die.

Isn't it wonderful to have gentle and lovely girls?

Hehe.

Of course, all of this is based on being alive, and only strong people can survive.

Hmph, I won't die.

The black dust quickly dissipated.

Rode found a lump of ashes from the thick gray dust. It should be the ashes of this monster.

The ashes of the monster contain residual power and have certain value. The ashes of powerful monsters are more expensive and can be used to make various spiritual items, and some can even be made into potions.

This piece of ashes can be sold.

Unfortunately, [Soul Ashes] can only be used to make weaker monster spirits. Rode tried it once, and powerful monsters like the Abyssal Demon cannot be made.

There should be more advanced formulas.

Rode thought.

Just don't know where to find them.

However, powerful souls are very precious and cannot even satisfy the needs of the stars. It is unlikely to be used to make [Soul Ashes].

The remaining tree people and plague rats approached Rode. They were already covered in wounds, and the black mist also had a certain erosion effect on them, but they quickly disintegrated and dissipated.

After this battle, Rode used up all his inventory and consumed a lot of supplies.

Rode felt a little worried.

He originally wanted to find a few reliable teammates to help him deal with the monsters, but unexpectedly, his teammates couldn't hold on and forced him to use his trump cards.

Next time, he must find stronger ones.

Rode sighed and took off the signal flare from his waist, inputted spiritual energy, and gently threw it.

The signal flare rose into the sky, burst into a strong red light, penetrated the black mist, and shone far away.

This is a necessary item for going out on missions, used for communication, marking locations, preventing getting lost, etc. According to the different flickering of the light, it can also convey some short messages, such as "help", "reinforcement", "escape", "danger", etc.

Sure enough, not long after, he heard the howling of the Iron Wolf.

"Brother Rode! Hold on, we're here to save you."

In just a moment, the huge figure of the Green Giant came into view.

"Brother Rode! Hold on... uh, where's the monster? Did you get rid of it?"

The Green Giant looked around, as if afraid that the monster would suddenly jump out.

Big Worm and Sweet Tea rushed to his front and frantically felt around his body.

"Are you injured?"

"Are there any discomforts?""Quick, take a sip of the Spirit Tree Dew first, we'll check you over when we get back."

Rode was forced to take a sip of the Spirit Tree Dew, and said helplessly, "I'm not injured, the monster is dead, look at the ashes on the ground."

"What?"

The three of them exclaimed in unison.

"Dead? How did it die? Did any guardian come? We just sent out our distress signal."

Rode casually said, "The monster was severely injured by you guys, I dragged it around for a while, and it just died on its own."

The ability to summon the spirit of the monster sounded very ominous, it was better not to mention it.

The Iron Wolves trio found it hard to believe.

The monster had indeed suffered significant damage before it left, but it didn't seem fatal, and in the environment of the black fog, the monster would be strengthened and healed, how could it be dragged to death?

But the ashes were right in front of them, and the monster's ashes were in their hands, leaving them no choice but to believe.

The big bug finally showed a smile on his honest face: "I told you, brother Rode runs fast, he must be safe and sound."

"Shut your stinking mouth!"

Iron Wolf snapped at him.

"Every time you say we're going to win, something strange happens. If anything happens to Rode, I'll tear your mouth off."

Big Bug retorted discontentedly, "That's just your superstitious nonsense, isn't brother Rode standing right in front of us?"

Sweet Tea played peacemaker, gently saying, "Regardless, the mission is finally completed, and we've also eliminated an extra demon, which is a long-term mission of the Military Combat Department, with a lot of rewards. We've gained a lot this time, let's hurry up and finish the mission and go back."

Iron Wolf nodded, collected some of the ashes, and then returned to Green Grass Town.

Upon hearing the news of their successful return, Rode and his team received a warm welcome from Green Grass Town.

The mayor of Green Grass Town personally held a party for them, with at least a tenth of the townspeople attending. The huge square was full of celebrating people, the church's fire priest personally lit a bonfire for them, countless men and women danced around the soaring flames, the air was filled with the aroma of roast meat and honey.

The mayor of Green Grass Town told them that this was the biggest attack on the town in a year.

The four severely injured guards have not yet woken up, and the townspeople are very scared. No one wants to break the peaceful days and return to a life of fear and anxiety.

So, they were so happy to hear that they had successfully eliminated the threat.

Rode indeed felt their enthusiasm. At the party, everyone was invited by beautiful women or handsome men, including Sweet Tea who seemed no longer young.

What made Rode unhappy was that he was invited by both beautiful women and handsome men.

Of course, none of them accepted. After eating the local specialty of Green Grass Town, the Green Grass Honey Roast, they bid farewell to the mayor.

Although the people were reluctant to let them go, they understood.

After presenting them with many local specialties of Green Grass, they were sent out of the town.

The four of them finally returned to the royal city, back to Ado's Hunter Branch, by rickshaw.

But to complete the mission, they still had to go through a series of complicated procedures.

For such high-star missions, the confirmation process is more complicated, unlike the sewer, where you only need to submit a few images with hunter marks.

While the Iron Wolves trio were busy, Rode sat in the tavern waiting.

He chose a corner, tucked his hands into his sleeves, made a gesture, and entered the Dreamland.

At a glance, Rode saw two huge souls floating on the Soul Altar.

【Soul of the Deformed Beast】

【Powerful Soul】

【The Deformed Beast is a pure creature of darkness, its only instinct is to devour and grow.】

——

【Soul of the Abyss Demon】

【Powerful Soul】

【The Abyss Demon is an abnormal monster born from the characteristics of the Abyss, but the shattered Abyss has greatly weakened its power.】

——

The description of the Abyss Demon's soul was interesting, perhaps he could verify it later.

Without much hesitation, Rode threw the two souls into the 【Justice Execution】 one after another.