602: Mission accomplished

Chapter 602: Mission Accomplished

The Ground shattered, and the Giant Body Demon raised its head, its massive single eye staring intently at Ye Zian.

“No, Thrace is standing right behind you, and you’re not even bothering with him? What’s going on? Were all the ones I killed earlier your subordinates? Have you already maxed out your aggro?” After Ye Zian dodged the Giant Body Demon’s attack, he turned his head and saw Thrace smiling, arms crossed, standing less than three meters diagonally behind the Giant Body Demon.

Yet, the Giant Body Demon didn’t even glance at him; it continued to stare at Ye Zian, then suddenly charged at him again.

“You’re not even going to pretend not to bully the weak and fear the strong?!”

Ye Zian quickly started running, circling the Giant Body Demon.

Its body was enormous, but its agility wasn’t bad.

Twisting its thick and massive body, the Giant Body Demon’s hand, as large as a water vat, slammed down fiercely towards Ye Zian.

Boom!!!

The large hand smashed The Ground.

Ye Zian dove and rolled away, dodging the Giant Body Demon’s attack.

He quickly reloaded, and as the Giant Body Demon launched another attack, he suddenly raised the “Incinerating Howl” in his hand, aiming it at the Giant Body Demon, and pulled the trigger.

Boom!!!

Flames erupted from the muzzle.

Specialized incendiary rounds, accompanied by the surging flames, struck the charging Giant Body Demon.

The terrifying high temperature and powerful impact tore and burned the flesh on its body.

A bloody hole appeared in the Giant Body Demon’s chest.

The high temperature left a scorched mark on its body.

“Roar!” The Giant Body Demon was knocked back several steps by the powerful force, then fell backward onto The Ground.

Its massive body crashed down.

However, this shot did not kill it.

Ye Zian immediately charged towards the Giant Body Demon, and after holstering his gun, he suddenly drew the “Flowing Flame” from his back.

“Haaah!” Seizing the opportunity while the Giant Body Demon was down, Ye Zian leaped fiercely, the “Flowing Flame” spun, its tip pointing downwards, then he plunged it down with all his might.

Pfft!

The “Flowing Flame” blade plunged into the Giant Body Demon’s body.

Ye Zian gripped the hilt with both hands.

Then, he suddenly twisted it with one hand.

Buzz!

The blade of “Flowing Flame” instantly turned red-hot!

Buzz! Buzz!

Ye Zian quickly twisted it several times, maxing it out.

The blade of “Flowing Flame” turned orange-red, and the terrifying high temperature directly melted the Giant Body Demon’s flesh.

He suddenly lifted the “Flowing Flame.”

Like cutting tofu, he sliced the Giant Body Demon’s upper body vertically from its chest to its forehead, directly from bottom to top.

Pfft~ The Giant Body Demon instantly exploded, turning into black mist and dissipating.

“Whew~ It’s dealt with…” Ye Zian let out a soft sigh of relief.

Finishing the BOSS counts as done, right? There won’t be more, will there?

As soon as Ye Zian thought of this, he couldn’t help but nervously turn his head to look at the gap cocoon.

But he always felt a bit strange.

“Congratulations! You have successfully completed the mission!” Thrace walked over, clapping his hands, and said to Ye Zian with a smile.

“I always feel a bit strange?” Ye Zian scratched his head and told Thrace about his feelings.

“What’s strange? Do you feel like the world is brighter?” Thrace pondered for a moment, then asked Ye Zian.

“Mm-hmm! Yes, yes, that’s it,” Ye Zian immediately felt that his words were correct and nodded repeatedly in response.

“You fool, that’s because when the first Scarecrow appeared, it actually triggered a ‘mechanism,’ and you also entered the Inner World. However, due to the gap cocoon, you were at the boundary between reality and the Inner World, so you hadn’t fully entered the Inner World.

Therefore, the feeling wasn’t very obvious, but if you observed carefully, you would find that ‘reality’ had already been coated with a blood-colored filter, and the sky had become even darker.

Perhaps you didn’t notice it because of the battle.

But now that you’ve finished, it’s considered ‘resolved.’

The world has returned more to reality, so you feel it’s much brighter; that’s where the difference in feeling lies.”

Thrace explained to Ye Zian with a smile where the strange situation was.

“Ah! So that’s how it is!” Ye Zian said with a sudden realization after hearing Thrace’s words.

“Of course, it’s not completely over yet. Go, destroy that gap cocoon, and you’ll be done,” Thrace gestured towards the gap cocoon over there and said to Ye Zian.

“Okay!” Ye Zian nodded, walked a few steps, then remembered something and turned to Thrace, asking, “Is there anything I need to pay attention to when destroying it? Or what do I need to use to destroy it?”

“Nothing, just smash it,” Thrace shook his head slightly and said, “But it will explode, remember to stay far away when it expands.”

“Okay!” Ye Zian nodded, then just as he was about to walk over, he remembered something else: “Hey! That’s not right, Boss, couldn’t we have just shot the gap cocoon from the beginning and been done with it? Why fight all those monsters!”

“Do you think you’re the only smart one?” Thrace couldn’t help but laugh when he heard Ye Zian’s words.

This kind of question had been asked by countless new Exorcists before.

But, why has it always been this mode for hundreds or thousands of years?

It’s impossible that there were no “pioneers,” but since they couldn’t do it, and the situation remains this way,

Either it’s simply impossible, or doing so would lead to greater consequences, or this is the most stable and safest way.

In short, there must have been a lesson learned through blood and tears to finally form such a process.

Ye Zian walked over and suddenly slashed down with his sword.

Puff!

He felt as if he had struck extremely tough cowhide, or perhaps had slashed at un-cuttable water.

The sensation was extremely peculiar.

But the next moment, he saw that the gap cocoon seemed to begin expanding.

He kept Thrace’s words in mind and immediately turned and ran.

Having run out more than ten meters, Ye Zian found a moment to turn his head and look.

The gap cocoon expanded rapidly, then suddenly burst open.

Boom!!!

A blood-colored mist instantly enveloped that area.

Crack~ Crack~

Ye Zian seemed to hear the sound of a mirror shattering.

Then, with a “clang.”

The world before his eyes suddenly became “transparent,” as if a filter had been applied, and the entire world became brighter.

It was like changing from a gray, dark tone to a bright tone, with the saturation also maxed out.

“Is that it? Is it solved?” Ye Zian asked Thrace, stunned.

“Of course! What else did you expect? I told you I’d give you a simple mission,” Thrace shrugged and said, “Missions are all different, there are many situations. This one is relatively simple. In game terms, it’s a simple monster-killing, boss-fighting, just-get-it-done kind of easy mission.

The difficulty isn’t even high.”

“I see…” Ye Zian scratched his head, not expecting his first mission to end like this.

But this was a good thing! At least he had a good start!