"In the depths of Liudong Temple, in the main hall.
Su Xiao lay motionless on the ground, seemingly asleep, next to the body of the orphan of resentment, Xiusi.
"It seems... luck is on my side this time."
Su Xiao sat up and glanced at Xiusi's body. In terms of strength comparison, Xiusi was much stronger than him, but ultimately, he won. There were reasons for his own strength, as well as Xiusi's unfamiliarity with his own abilities.
Su Xiao speculated that Xiusi had just evolved into this state. His attacks were monotonous, and he didn't seem to use heavy weapons regularly. Moreover, he was not familiar with using skills.
If Su Xiao had the attributes and skills of Xiusi, he would never charge at the enemy but choose to fight a prolonged battle. With the soul-corroding aura, no one could outlast Xiusi.
Su Xiao breathed a sigh of relief. Now that Xiusi was dead, the danger level inside Liudong Temple had significantly decreased. As long as a large group of resentful creatures didn't surround him, he could leave Liudong Temple without any problems.
Su Xiao didn't plan to leave Liudong Temple like this. He still remembered a hint from the previous reincarnation paradise.
[Talent awakening task completion assessment in progress. The hunter's actions within five hours after killing will determine the final completion percentage of the talent awakening task, currently at 34%.]
From this hint, Su Xiao's actions within five hours after completing the task would determine the completion percentage of the talent awakening task.
The importance of completion percentage was self-evident. The higher the completion percentage, the stronger Su Xiao would become after his talent awakening.
Talent levels ranged from E to SSS, and the completion percentage of the talent awakening task determined the level of Su Xiao's talent after awakening.
As far as Su Xiao knew, the highest level of talent awakening for the first time was S, while achieving SSS required a second awakening.
Regarding the second awakening, Su Xiao only knew one piece of information: it couldn't be achieved simply by completing tasks or collecting items. It required luck and strength.
With the current 34% completion, it would be good if Su Xiao's talent ability could reach level B after awakening, and S-level was out of the question.
"I need to continue."
Su Xiao stood up, walked to Xiusi's body, and pulled out the Dragon Slashing Flash from his body. As for the Dawn Roar inside Xiusi's eye socket, this gun had already fired.
With Boss Resentful Orphan Xiusi defeated by Su Xiao, not to mention the resentful creatures currently in Liudong Temple, he searched the room for a while. Finally, he found the node of the barrier beneath the pool.
The energy of the Steel Shadow attached to the Dragon Flash and the Dragon Flash pierced through the magical node of the barrier, causing the barriers around the room to disappear.
Not only did the barriers around the room disappear, but the several layers of barriers that had appeared earlier also disappeared, leaving only the outermost barrier that concealed Liudong Temple. This barrier should have its own independent source of magical power.
Just as Su Xiao was about to leave the main hall and charge through Liudong Temple, he felt a sharp pain in his chest.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
Su Xiao coughed up several mouthfuls of blood in a row. His injuries were more severe than he had imagined and couldn't be suppressed with just a few bottles of No. 1 potion.
Realising this, Su Xiao's eyes showed some unwillingness. Did he have to give up like this?
He obviously couldn't charge through Liudong Temple because of his current physical condition. Su Xiao's body was indeed strong, but it had its limits, and these limits couldn't be ignored by simply roaring, "I want to save something."
Not to mention charging through Liudong Temple, in his current state, it was unknown whether he could handle more than a dozen resentful creatures at once.
After thinking for a moment, Su Xiao pushed open the main hall door and jumped over the wall surrounding the main hall.
As soon as he landed, many rat-like creatures resembling hedgehogs spotted Su Xiao.
"Squeak~"
Hundreds of resentful rats simultaneously emitted screeches. These resentful rats were basically without combat power; they were only responsible for early warning.
Su Xiao swung his sword and killed a few of the approaching resentful rats, then quickly rushed down the mountain. Five minutes later, he arrived at the mountainside.
"In this case... the completion percentage should be quite high."
Su Xiao murmured and then focused his mind. After about thirty seconds, he remotely detonated a bomb left inside Liudong Temple. A dazzling light appeared in the distance silently.
In the Liudong Temple area, a fireball with a diameter of one kilometre began to burn, as if the sun had fallen and crashed into Liudong Temple, turning soil, steel, concrete, and everything into gas.
Boom!
A buzzing sound rang in the ears, and the air pressure blew against him. Su Xiao's left hand, wrapped in a crimson armguard, was placed in front of him.
The sun was blooming, burning everything to ashes!
The high temperature that rushed from the mountaintop made Su Xiao take two steps back involuntarily. He had previously left the only Sun God Apollo in the main hall, and now it had detonated.
[Sun God Apollo]
Quality: Purple
Type: Consumable
Effect: Can consume one mana point to activate at any time (explosion range is two kilometres, increases to four kilometres when activated by the creator), causing 6,000 points of actual burning damage within 1,000 meters and an additional 2,000 points of fire burning damage afterwards.
Hint: Detonating Sun God Apollo takes 30 seconds.
Rating: 143
Introduction: The majesty of the sun, not to be challenged!
...
Apollo's explosion continued. The strength of this bomb lay not in its explosive power but in the detonation effect it produced.
[You killed a Resentful Servant]
[You obtained 0.2% of the World Source, now totalling 43.0%.]
[You gained 9 points of the Cathedral Church Merit.]
...
[You killed a Resentful Servant]
[You obtained 0.1% of the World Source, now totalling 43.1%.]
[You gained 9 points of the Cathedral Church Merit.]
...
Killing notifications kept appearing. In an instant, Su Xiao saw at least a hundred notifications of kills. Whether the Cathedral Church's Merit was valuable remained to be seen, but the speed at which the World Source increased made Su Xiao overjoyed.
After two seconds of Apollo's flames burning, the kill notifications stopped appearing. Su Xiao's World Source had already reached an astonishing 61.4%, the most he had ever obtained in a derivative world.
This made Su Xiao curious and worried about what would happen when the World Source reached 100%. Shaking his head, with his current strength, he was unlikely to obtain 100% of the World Source.
Moreover, Liudong Temple was in a hidden area; otherwise, there wouldn't be so much World Source here.
[You killed the Resentful Servant Leader]
[You obtained 4.1% of the World Source, now totalling 65.2%.]
[You gained 100 points of the Cathedral Church Merit.]
...
As Apollo's flames gradually extinguished, Liudong Temple had already disappeared. This area had become a forbidden zone for living creatures, and Apollo's explosion had levelled it!
The mountaintop where Liudong Temple once stood was a blazing red, and the rocks there had turned into magma due to the high temperature. The air above was distorted; even halfway down the mountain, Su Xiao could feel the terrifying heat.
Although the effect was unique, Su Xiao couldn't help but feel a bit heartache. The cost of the Sun God Apollo was simply too high.
Since the talent awakening task was closely related to Liudong Temple, Su Xiao decided to level Liudong Temple. This should significantly increase the completion percentage of the task.
But that wasn't all. Su Xiao took out an item dropped by Resentful Orphan Xiusi earlier, the "Book of Atonement (Task Item)."