189: God? Instant Kill

In the Xiling Ruins, as the Black Dragon Man's angry roar echoed throughout the entire area, Ye Xiao saw all the dragon soul flowers on the ground bloom at that moment.

From the center of the flowers, streaks of dark blue light shot out, instantly coalescing in the sky into an energy body that was neither fully human nor fully beast.

Immediately after, various strange runes continuously solidified on the surface of the dark blue energy body, and the Black Dragon Man's face also emerged from the energy body at that moment.

Seeing this scene, Ye Xiao's expression involuntarily grew a bit more solemn.

This situation in front of him, how was it somewhat similar to the Xiling Rune Beast from before?

It seemed to confirm Ye Xiao's inner thoughts.

When the Black Dragon Man's form solidified, the pair of cold eyes on its bluish face reopened.

Its unfocused pupils looked down.

At this moment, the Black Dragon Man seemed like a different person; its voice was no longer filled with anger, but rather extremely indifferent, devoid of any emotion.

"Human, I am Erich, the Windwalker of the Xiling Clan. You have destroyed my Xiling Clan's three-thousand-year plan. Today, only by sacrificing your life to the Ancestral God can the Ancestral God's wrath be appeased."

Before Ye Xiao could speak, Milad, who was behind him, looked at Erich's continuously growing body in the sky and swallowed nervously, "Windwalker, one of the six Spirit Envoys under the Xiling Ancestral God."

Ye Xiao asked in confusion, "You know him?"

Milad showed a smile uglier than crying, "According to ancient records, the Xiling Ancient Clan was once the overlord of the Eternal World. Besides their supreme god, the Ancestral God, the entire Eternal World was actually controlled by the six Spirit Envoys under its command, and the Windwalker was one of those six Spirit Envoys."

"Legend has it that these six Spirit Envoys were all incredibly powerful, capable of destroying a region with a mere flick of their hands. No matter who their opponent was, they were unstoppable and inescapable."

At this moment, Erich, who had already condensed into a dark blue form, heard Milad's words, his voice still flat, "I didn't expect that after three thousand years, there are still ants who remember my name. Since that is the case, I will forgive your sin of blasphemy and grant you, this ant, a swift end."

Milad: "..."

On the other hand, Ye Xiao, hearing Milad's explanation, his eyes flickered twice. Although somewhat surprised, he was not as shocked as Milad.

At the same time, he worried that a delay might lead to complications, so he naturally had no intention of continuing to waste time with Erich.

The blood in his body had already silently begun to boil while Erich was speaking.

In a breath, Ye Xiao's entire body surface glowed with an irregular reddish hue.

Immediately after, a black-purple light emanated from his body, enveloping his entire form.

At this moment, a phantom appeared behind him.

Milad, behind him, saw it clearly; it was distinctly a black dragon.

Just then, the black dragon phantom raised its head and let out a silent roar, and the light on Ye Xiao's body intensified.

Erich saw Ye Xiao's transformation. Although still expressionless, his massive body began to move.

He saw his two large hands, formed of energy, draw a strange mark.

Judgment: Wind's Fury!

Intense wind elements rapidly gathered at this moment, their explosive aura even tearing the surrounding air, emitting bursts of sharp whistling sounds.

Immediately after, Erich pushed his hands forward, and the violent energy instantly transformed into a giant Sword of Judgment, cleaving towards Ye Xiao.

Just as the Sword of Judgment was less than a meter from Ye Xiao's head, a tangible dragon's roar erupted from the black-purple orb of light.

In an instant, the incredibly heavy and sharp energy abruptly froze.

And as the dragon's roar intensified, the solidified Sword of Judgment suddenly disintegrated, turning into fragments that fell to the ground.

At the same time, a pitch-black figure burst forth from the orb of light.

In a blink of an eye, it rushed towards Erich.

It was none other than Ye Xiao.

However, at this moment, Ye Xiao had completely transformed. His entire body was covered in black scales, and a pair of huge black wings had grown on his back at some unknown point.

His arms and legs had also become incredibly thick, looking no different from Little Gold's.

But what was most startling was Ye Xiao's eyes, filled with a violent, crimson glow.

Dragon God Descent!

Upon hearing Milad's words, Ye Xiao didn't hesitate for a moment, immediately activating the new skill he had just acquired.

The principle that even a lion uses its full strength to catch a rabbit always guided his combat; he didn't want any unforeseen consequences to arise from his own laxity.

And Erich, looking at Ye Xiao in front of him, for the first time showed a subtle change in expression.

But before he could react, Ye Xiao, who had arrived in front of Erich, suddenly spread his massive wings behind him.

Black Dragon's Wrath!

Under the enhancement of Dragon God Descent, Ye Xiao's combat power at this moment had doubled, and the power of Black Dragon's Wrath also reached its maximum value.

700,000 special damage per second!

Sure enough, the moment Dragon's Wrath was unleashed, Erich's massive energy body began to show uncontrollable tremors.

And his originally high and mighty face, looking down on all beings, also became incredibly twisted with pain at this moment.

"You... an ant... how could you inherit the power of the Black Dragon..."

Unfortunately, Erich didn't even finish his sentence. Under the impact of Dragon's Wrath, his body began to collapse.

This continued for a moment, until the last wisp of wind completely dissipated.

Erich was gone without a trace.

At this point, Ye Xiao slowly descended from mid-air to the ground, simultaneously dispelling the Dragon God Descent from his body and returning to his original human form.

He wasn't worried that Erich would reappear.

Because the kill message that popped up on his panel couldn't be faked.

And after killing Erich, Ye Xiao's face didn't show too much excitement.

Because he had already estimated Erich's strength.

Perhaps Erich was indeed as strong as the legends claimed, but that was three thousand years ago.

If it were truly as Milad said, then Ye Xiao wouldn't be standing here alive; he should have died as soon as he entered the third area.

And he still dared to call himself a god?

Even if he was, he was an outdated god.

Since bringing Milad into these Xiling Ruins, Ye Xiao's combat power had undergone earth-shattering changes.

Especially after just fusing with the Black Dragon's body.

Dragons, they are a species comparable to gods.

If he possessed such strength and still couldn't kill an outdated "god," then he might as well find a block of tofu and bash his head in.

Of course, what gave Ye Xiao the most confidence was naturally the special damage of the Black Dragon's Wrath skill.

Erich's form was similar to the Xiling Rune Beast from before, both belonging to that visible but intangible type.

If he hadn't obtained Black Dragon's Wrath before, Ye Xiao probably wouldn't have been able to do anything to Erich.

But with Black Dragon's Wrath, it was different.

Therefore, at the very beginning of the battle, Ye Xiao chose to directly activate Dragon God Descent and then unleash Black Dragon's Wrath.

Now that the battle was over, it proved how correct Ye Xiao's choice was.

And with the information of Erich's defeat popping up, Ye Xiao also noticed that his quest progress had finally changed.

This sight also made Ye Xiao breathe a sigh of relief.

Finally, it was over!

After killing Erich, the massive amount of experience provided directly boosted Ye Xiao's level to 90.

This was something Ye Xiao hadn't expected; such a terrifying sea of experience far exceeded that of the Nether Rock Serpent before.

But the Nether Rock Serpent was already a Level 300 monster, and it was well known that the stronger the monster, the richer the experience it provided upon defeat.

Calculated this way, Erich's strength must have been dozens of times greater than the Nether Rock Serpent.

If that were the case, with Ye Xiao's current strength, setting aside whether he could defeat him, even if he did, it wouldn't have been so easy, yet the fact was Erich was instantly killed by Ye Xiao.

Regarding this, Ye Xiao had his own speculation.

This should be the credit of Black Dragon's Wrath. In previous battles, Ye Xiao had already discovered that whether it was Erich in black dragon form or in pure energy form, although he had eyes, he had no vision.

This made Ye Xiao think of some species that also lack vision; often, the hearing of such species is exceptionally developed.

Thus, the damage that Dragon's Wrath could inflict on such species with developed hearing was clearly far higher than under normal circumstances.

Of course, the most important point was still the special damage of Dragon's Wrath. Although not explicitly described, Ye Xiao understood after learning it that this special damage was actually a type of true damage.

It just happened to deal true damage to energy bodies, and Erich happened to be in an energy body form.

In fact, it wasn't a coincidence. Perhaps the Black Dragon's Dragon's Wrath was naturally a bane to the Xiling Clan, which is why the Xiling Clan cooperated with the Black Dragon thousands of years ago, and why they spent three thousand years trying to fuse with the Black Dragon's body after its death.

After all, if they had a physical body, special damage like Dragon's Wrath would not be able to inflict fatal harm on them.

Of course, all of this was just Ye Xiao's conjecture; Ye Xiao didn't know the true situation.

He only knew that after killing Erich, not only did his level return to 90, but his quest progress also changed.

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[Quest Progress: You have thwarted the conspiracy of the surviving Xiling Clan Windwalker Erich and successfully defeated Erich's remnant soul. Please obtain the black dragon scale and hand it over to Boxi.]

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After closing the quest panel, Ye Xiao finally walked forward.

As all the dragon soul flowers were absorbed by Erich's remnant soul, the entire third area's appearance was completely revealed before Ye Xiao.

The space in the third area was not large; it looked more like an enclosed altar. The altar was covered with runes that Ye Xiao still didn't recognize.

Due to the winds caused by the previous battle, the dust covering these runes had been blown away, making them exceptionally clear now.

However, Ye Xiao wasn't interested in these runes.

Although he had fused with the Black Dragon's body, there was still no sign of the black dragon scale, so the quest was naturally not considered complete.

Ye Xiao was also unsure if he would be able to find the black dragon scale.

However, just as Ye Xiao was searching everywhere for traces of the black dragon scale, a series of intermittent sounds suddenly came from behind him.

"Cataclysm... Black Dragon... fusion..."

Ye Xiao turned around and found that Milad had, at some point, run to a stone wall covered in runes and was continuously stroking the runes on it.

The intermittent words he had just heard came from his mouth.

Looking at the beaming, unusually excited Milad, Ye Xiao suddenly remembered that this guy seemed to be an ancient ruins researcher, right?

He seemed to have quite a bit of research on the Xiling Clan.

It was just that Milad's various unreliable behaviors earlier had made Ye Xiao subconsciously overlook his identity.

After remembering Milad's identity, Ye Xiao's eyes darted around, and he immediately went to Milad's side.

"Were you just reading the symbols on it?"

Milad nodded, still staring intently at the runes on the wall.

Seeing this, Ye Xiao pressed on, "Are these the writings of the Xiling Clan?"

Milad still just nodded, continuously mumbling in a low voice.

And Ye Xiao, having received a positive answer, had a hint of expectation in his eyes, "Then help me see if there's any record about the black dragon scale."

However, Milad, whose research had been repeatedly interrupted by Ye Xiao, finally couldn't help but say angrily, "Don't disturb my research."

Ye Xiao's face darkened; this old man actually dared to talk back to him.

But on second thought, the only hope now rested with this old man. Before he got what he wanted, he endured it.

Next, the entire third area was only left with Milad's occasional excited mumbling.

Feeling utterly bored, Ye Xiao could only squat aside, idly staring into space, and casually checking his current stats.

No need to mention the attribute panel; he had seen it many times.

However, after reaching level 90, his Strength had once again surged by 1981 points, Constitution increased by 644 points, and Intelligence by 899 points.

And the most exaggerated was the Agility attribute. After putting all his free attribute points into Agility, his Agility directly increased by 3433 points, a total of 41 levels, averaging 89 Agility points per level.

If you include the other three attributes, it meant Ye Xiao gained 180 total attribute points for every level he gained.

And this was his increase before level 90.

After level 90, he would gain even more with the free attribute point bonuses from his third advancement.

Now, even if Ye Xiao did nothing, just relying on his attribute points, he already crushed many Professionals of the same level.

It was the kind of crushing that made people despair to the point of suffocation.

Naturally, Ye Xiao was quite satisfied with this.

Besides attributes, Ye Xiao checked his skill bar.

His total number of skills had now reached 2572.

This exaggerated number even astonished Ye Xiao himself.

Other people, let alone this number, probably couldn't even achieve one percent of Ye Xiao's skill count.

Of course, after obtaining the godforged ore from Boxi, and considering Remi's previous incident, Ye Xiao had reason to believe that there should be quite a few people in the Eternal World now trading godforged stone with NPCs.

Even if pure godforged stone couldn't ignore skill restrictions or additionally increase Intelligence like Ye Xiao's Talent, it still made Ye Xiao somewhat vigilant.

After all, Ye Xiao deeply understood the benefits of having many skills.

Ye Xiao pondered, not knowing how much time had passed.

Milad, completely immersed in the ancient sea of information, suddenly shouted, "I understand! I finally understand!"

Ye Xiao immediately snapped back to reality, looking at the frenzied Milad. After a moment of thought, he cautiously asked, "Master, what do you understand?"

Unusually, Milad wasn't angry this time. Instead, he turned around for the first time and burst out laughing at Ye Xiao.

"So that's how it is! I finally know the purpose of these Xiling Ruins, and I understand what Erich was doing here."

Hearing this, Ye Xiao also asked with great interest, "Then quickly tell me."

Milad rolled his eyes at Ye Xiao, then his old face blossomed into an extremely brilliant smile, "Kid! My knowledge is terrifyingly strong now. I advise you to show me some respect, or do you believe I won't tell you where the black dragon scale is?"

Heh!

Looking at the now smug Milad, Ye Xiao narrowed his eyes, not angry but smiling instead.

"My strength is also terrifyingly strong now. Do you believe I have a hundred ways to make you obediently confess? You, which one do you want to choose?"