"How can it be so strong?"
After the monster broke through to B-rank, it suddenly began to split on its own.
"Water Dragon"
The Heavy Water in Ding Yao's hand began to change shape, condensing into a massive water dragon.
"Thunder Burst"
The lightning in Lin Yuan's hand directly joined with the Water Dragon.
The combination of water and lightning caused thunder to rumble within the Water Dragon, emitting roars.
This was their unique combo skill.
The Water Dragon coiled around the group of monsters, continuously exploding.
Shattered remains were blasted everywhere.
"Brother Lin, did we succeed?" Ding Yao asked, looking at the scattered corpses on the ground.
"It doesn't seem so," Lin Yuan noticed something strange.
The broken corpses suddenly began to coalesce together.
Without splitting again.
They directly formed a giant 70-foot tall humanoid!
It had ten arms and twenty eyes swirling around its body.
Energy detection: A+ rank!
"How is this possible?"
"The more we kill it, the stronger it gets. What kind of monster is this?" Ding Yao couldn't help but exclaim.
This was the first time they had encountered such a monster that seemed impossible to kill!
"ROAR!"
The monster swung a fist down.
"Dodge!"
Lin Yuan grabbed Ding Yao and quickly evaded.
The monster's speed kept increasing.
Tentacles extended from its abdomen.
They constantly reached out to entangle Lin Yuan!
The two found themselves in a difficult battle.
.....
Suddenly, a tentacle wrapped around Ding Yao, about to pull her into its stomach to devour her.
At that moment, a red giant descended from the sky.
With one sword strike, it completely severed the tentacle.
Lin Yuan caught Ding Yao in his arms, his heart pounding from the close call.
If not for the red giant's sword, Ding Yao would have been in grave danger.
Seeing its tentacle cut off, the monster swung a fist at the red giant.
That earth-shattering punch didn't cause the slightest damage.
Instead, the red giant swung its sword at the monster again.
It pierced straight through the monster's chest.
"You can't kill me," the monster let out a low growl, showing it had intelligence.
Suddenly, the giant's sword emitted a red light.
Lin Yuan noticed that the sword hilt was shaped like a gourd.
As the red light swirled, the monster was directly sucked into the sword hilt.
After the monster completely vanished, the red giant's form began to disappear.
"How is this possible?" Ding Yao saw that inside was a man wearing a bamboo hat.
So it was him controlling the red giant earlier?
Seeing the man about to leave, Lin Yuan stepped forward and said,
"Thank you for your assistance, sir."
The man just waved his hand casually and walked towards an ancient well.
Ding Yao noticed a red ring on the man's finger.
The man stood at the cave entrance for a long while, then said,
"He has already escaped. You can go back and report your mission."
"May I ask, sir, who was he? Could you tell us?" Lin Yuan didn't want to pry, but they needed information for their report.
"It should be that snake monster."
The man only dropped this sentence before walking into the darkness.
Lin Yuan clearly saw him cough deeply.
"Has my body become so weak? It seems the plan needs to be moved up," the man muttered to himself, looking at the blood on his hand.
He quickly vanished into the darkness.
"Ding! Observation task completed!"
Lin Feng was still in awe. Those moves were so cool and flashy!
"Is this the fear of being dominated by a giant?"
With a simple gesture, he had sealed and absorbed that unkillable monster.
This skill was truly impressive... what if he could obtain it?
Then he could activate a giant form and take out evil ghosts with one slash!
"But why did the system want me to watch this battle?" Lin Feng was still puzzled. Based on his understanding of the system, it shouldn't let him freeload.
"Draw" Lin Feng remembered he still had a chance to draw a prize for watching the movie.
"Start"
"Stop"
"Congratulations, host. You've obtained one bottle of Strength Potion, permanently increasing your strength attribute!"
"Not bad at all! This was worth watching."
Lin Feng took the red Strength Potion and drank it in one gulp!
Feeling a surge of immense power, he punched the nearby mountainside.
"BOOM!"
The mountain instantly cracked with countless fissures.
Boulders came tumbling down.
"This powerful?" Lin Feng exclaimed, then quickly vanished from the scene!
.......
The next day
"Lin Feng, why did you change your profile picture?"
Lin Feng received a message from Ye Chuyin.
"Sister Ye, how's this photo? Not bad, right?" Lin Feng sent a big smiley face.
"What do you mean 'not bad'? People might think it's a couple's photo," Ye Chuyin thought to herself.
But she didn't say it out loud.
She was aware of their relationship.
Still, Shallow wearing that short skirt and black stockings did look good on camera.
Could this be Lin Feng's type?
Just then,
Ye Chuyin's phone received an internal assistance notice.
She glanced at the contents
"They want me to stay in Jiangnan to help investigate the snake?"
"Since it's official business, I'll stay for now," she said to herself.
She did have special feelings for Lin Feng.
They had known each other online for four years, and apart from identity issues, they talked about almost everything.
It was Lin Feng who had kept her company through many long nights.
Plus, after seeing him in person, she was attracted by his unique aura.
She felt her heart flutter...
At 24, she had never dated before, and she did long for a taste of romance.
.......
After that giant incident, Lin Feng inquired with the system.
That man's eye power was indeed extraordinary.
The System Mall also sold it, but only the basic version.
Upgrading to the giant-summoning version had harsh requirements.
One had to kill a loved one. Hearing this condition,
Lin Feng instantly gave up on the idea.
How could he possibly kill Shallow? He wouldn't even consider it.
She was his only family in this world.
Even if they weren't blood-related........
Night fell
Lin Feng picked up his scythe and got to work again.
He had set himself a small goal: buy a new house within a year.
"That girl?"
While patrolling for targets, Lin Feng suddenly saw the figure of that little girl.
It was the ghost he had encountered on the second floor of the hotpot restaurant.
She was running away, and Lin Feng saw a large C-rank evil ghost chasing her.
"Little girl, you can't escape. Be a good girl and let me devour you," the evil ghost seemed to be tiring of the chase.
It reached out its long arm and grabbed the girl.
Opening its bloody maw, it was about to swallow her in one gulp!
Suddenly, a crimson crescent flew through the air, decapitating the C-rank evil ghost.
It completely dissolved into green wisps and vanished.
The little girl looked on in shock as a skull-masked figure appeared before her.
"Don't be afraid, I mean no harm," Lin Feng said gently.
This girl was just an ordinary ghost. According to the system, she likely had unfinished business.
That's why she couldn't enter reincarnation yet.
"Do you have any unfulfilled wishes?" Lin Feng asked.
It wasn't that he had a savior complex, but seeing the look in this little girl's eyes reminded him of Shallow's past. She must have looked just as pitiful back then.
"I want to go home... but many people are blocking me..." the girl said haltingly.
"Ding: Hidden task triggered: Escort Ling Xiaoyao home. Reward: One mysterious draw!"
"Even this can trigger a task?" Lin Feng was surprised.
He had always thought only ghost-catching missions were available.
"Host, besides regular tasks, there are naturally many hidden tasks..."
"Don't be afraid, I'll take you home..." Lin Feng looked at the little girl and said kindly.
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(Important explanation in chapter comments: Skip if uninterested, introduction to elements)