135: Chapter 135 Mission Settlement

As the roars inside the Mahavira Hall gradually subsided, the black mist began to disperse.

A deformed monster, appearing as if stitched together from countless body organs, appeared before everyone's eyes.

Its head was a grayish-white human face.

However, its entire body was a bloody mess, looking more like a giant ball of flesh. Its intestines trailed outside, wrapped around it at least three times, appearing incredibly slick and greasy, with the flesh within writhing incessantly.

A tentacle over three meters long extended from the left side, covered in densely packed holes that kept contracting, with a yellow-green, stool-like paste constantly being squeezed out from them.

On the right side was an arm as thick as an oil drum, with a giant palm that spanned about two meters when spread. It constantly grabbed the paste squeezed from the left tentacle and stuffed it into its mouth.

No limbs could be seen beneath this giant ball of flesh, and its movement speed wasn't fast, but as the thing moved out of the Mahavira Hall, an incredibly foul, sky-filling stench swept over them.

Many survivors couldn't help but vomit, and a few were even so overwhelmed by the stench that they began foaming at the mouth.

Qin Shaowu rolled his eyes and shouted, "Damn, I can't take it! Brother Zheng, weren't you excited? Hurry up and kill it!"

"Brother Zheng, it's time for your performance!" Chu Xuan also found it hard to endure. The monster's strength was still unknown, but in terms of pure disgust, even the Great Buddha was far inferior.

"I... what the hell!!" Tang Zheng pinched his nose. "Brother Xuan, why don't you go instead?"

"Brother Zheng, there's no need to be modest with me on this one. Just activate your talent and take it out. I estimate it's worth at least 100 spirituality value. Finish it quickly."

Chu Xuan handed the short sword in his hand to Tang Zheng. The latter took the sword with an expression like he was constipated, and as light surged across his body, he instantly charged out.

Amidst a flurry of blade light, the giant ball of flesh was quickly chopped into countless pieces of shredded meat, but immediately after, an even denser stench assailed their nostrils.

Everyone's faces changed as they all retreated.

Chu Xuan finally understood; this monster wasn't particularly strong, it had purely come out to disgust people.

Tang Zheng timed it perfectly, returning exactly after five seconds. His body was splattered with quite a bit of flesh and blood, and his entire person smelled foul.

"Killed it, let's go! *Blegh*..."

The light on Tang Zheng's body faded, and he knelt on the ground, vomiting violently.

Seeing this, Chu Xuan turned off the music on his phone. Since it wasn't needed for the moment, he didn't plan to immediately reveal that background music could enhance the other party's talent.

He would keep that card hidden for now and tell Tang Zheng privately later. Right then, a System notification appeared.

[Detected that the Dark Rift in this location has closed. Beginning mission settlement.]

[Settling...]

Seeing this mission notification appear, Chu Xuan felt greatly relieved. The sky was no longer as pitch black as before but was now a murky gray; it seemed dawn would arrive earlier than it had in the dream.

"Shaowu, you can ditch the woven bag. Carry Tang Zheng on your back, we need to go, let's leave here first!"

The smell here was truly torturous. Chu Xuan directed everyone to leave the temple and head down the mountain. As for the remaining handguns, they would be left here for the Night Watchers to handle later.

On the way down, Tang Zheng vomited on Qin Shaowu's back for a while before recovering enough to walk on his own.

By the time they reached the foot of the mountain, although they had recovered from the stench, Tang Zheng and Qin Shaowu's bodies still reeked. Everyone else kept a wide distance from the two of them.

"Brother Zheng, you did that on purpose, didn't you?" Qin Shaowu said with a face full of disgust, constantly wiping his neck and back. "Why did you have to vomit on my neck?"

"I swear, Brother Zheng, you were definitely doing it on purpose!" Qin Shaowu shouted, frantically wiping his neck and back. "You even vomited on my neck!"

Tang Zheng retorted breathlessly, "You can't even handle this? You have no idea what kind of agony I just went through."

It wasn't until they reached a stream at the foot of the mountain that the two of them jumped in together to wash their bodies.

"It's basically safe here. Everyone can leave once it's light out," Chu Xuan instructed. Then, he sat alone on a rock in a relatively secluded spot to check the System settlement notifications.

[Settlement complete.]

[Mission 1: Prevent humans coming to this location from having their bodies occupied by Strange Creaturess. Minimum requirement: 15 individuals. (18/0/18)]

You went through great efforts and finally completed 18 slots. Among them, 4 were shot and killed by you, granting an extra 20 points of spirituality value. 14 survived under your protection, granting an extra 140 points of spirituality value.]

[Mission 2: Liberate the lost villagers. Minimum requirement: 30 individuals. (81/0/135)]

You endured hardships and passed through many obstacles. A total of 81 lost villagers were liberated because of you, granting an extra 162 points of spirituality value.]

[Mission 3: Help the Great Buddha find his true self. (Completed)]

Fearing neither life nor death, you helped the Great Buddha find his true self and aided in his liberation, granting an extra 50 points of spirituality value.]

[Mission: Save Despair, completed.]

[Mission Rating: S]

[Mission rewards have been generated. Distribution will begin once The Gloom in this area has completely dissipated.]

Chu Xuan's eyes flickered slightly.

An S-rank rating... this made him look forward to the rating rewards quite a bit.

However, what he hadn't expected was that these three missions not only gave extra spirituality value rewards, but in the first mission—also involving preventing humans from being occupied by Strange Creaturess—the reward for protecting humans and keeping them alive was actually double the reward for killing them.

This was truly a case of unintended positive consequences.

[Total extra spirituality value reward: 372 points. It has been distributed to you.]

[Your spirituality value +372]

[Current spirituality value: 857]

[Your spirituality value has exceeded the limit. The excess portion will be lost in 10 minutes.]

With his spirituality value reaching the limit again, Chu Xuan checked his personal panel to see if there were any other places where he could spend it.

Among them, the four basic attributes could not be increased for the time being.

He had already saved up 30 attribute points, which had also reached the limit.

As for skill points, he had just topped them up to 20 before leveling up. Now that he had reached Level 3, he could top up another 10.

Thinking of this, Chu Xuan immediately consumed 100 points of spirituality value to exchange for 10 skill points.

[Current skill points: 30]

[Current spirituality value: 757]

"My friend, after repeatedly acquiring large amounts of spirituality value, even exceeding the limit several times, you haven't even thought about increasing your Charm attribute. I'm truly moved."

The Phantom Demon's voice drifted over faintly, echoing in Chu Xuan's ears. Its tone was filled with amusement, like an old friend's undisguised praise and admiration.

Is it starting...

Chu Xuan's gaze narrowed slightly. He had known for a long time that the Phantom Demon would come to test him, and he was prepared for it.

Now that the matters in Yinshan Village were about to be concluded, the other party indeed couldn't hold back any longer.