Alone and Infinite.

Chapter 178 Final Reward!
The enormous body seemed to have lost all its power, and remained quietly in place.

Li Xia was in the same situation; when he managed to pull his arm out of his eye socket with great difficulty, it was already charred black.

Wisps of blue smoke kept rising from his arm.

The full power of the Hole Wave couldn't penetrate Dragon Strike General's skin, so it was all locked inside his body.

While it caused it a lot of damage, it also turned its internal organs into a 'barbecue oven'.

"Meow?"

Hei Tan, feeling dizzy, pulled out his head, sat on the ground, and looked at the towering Dragon Strike General, just like a human looking at a Gundam.

"We should have won." Awoo flew around and landed next to Li Xia: "But... Your Highness, there doesn't seem to be a kill notification!"

Li Xia held the pipe against his charred finger, where a faint dark red tinge still lingered.

Soon, wisps of smoke began to rise from the pipe. Bilbo's pipe was probably not very effective in battle.

However, it can provide a decent recovery effect after the battle, saving at least one bottle of ordinary recovery potion.

"We won, but we were just exhausted."

Li Xia looked up at the monster in front of her.

"It's not dead yet!"

Even at this point, Dragon Strike still has more than 20% health remaining.

Since becoming an apostle, this is the first time that an enemy has brought Li Xia such strong pressure and a sense of crisis.

This is still a damaged Dragon Strike General; it truly lives up to its name as a 'General'.

The observer, wearing a glider, hurriedly landed on the ground and stumbled across the uneven surface.

"Comrade! Comrade!"

She immediately noticed Li Xia's charred right hand, hurriedly opened her backpack, and frantically searched for medicine.

"Need not--"

Li Xia exhaled smoke; his health was almost fully restored.

However, his right hand was completely burned, and the injury could only be repaired when he returned to the temple.

Our time to stay is almost up.

Looking up at the tall Dragon Strike General, Li Xia stood up and pointed to the back of his head.

The silence of night remains.

"Awoo, together with Black Charcoal, cut down along that side. If I'm not mistaken, there should be something there."

When Night Silence pierced that spot for the first time, Dragon Strike's reaction was not quite right.

Every subsequent attack on that spot would elicit a significant reaction from the Dragon Strike.

They even used the [Extinction Ray] twice.

Deprived of energy, Dragon Strike lowered its head and stood quietly in place, letting the three figures do their work.

The Hunter's Guild's specially made skinning knives are extremely sharp, but very fragile and unusable in combat.

But cutting is not a problem.

The observer carefully cut down along the wound where Ye Ji had pierced, and blood mixed with something resembling oil flowed down like a spring.

In no time, the flesh was peeled away, revealing a silver metallic structure.

"Your Highness, this metal plate cannot be opened."

The three figures tried for a while, but ultimately gave up in despair.

Li Xia floated to the side, stared for a while, and suddenly reached in and grabbed the edge of the metal plate.

Take a deep breath and pull outwards with force.

The immense force caused the metal plate to creak and groan.

After a brief stalemate, a piercing cracking sound rang out, and Long Ji's massive body began to tremble without warning.

Aowu and Heitan were startled and grabbed the observer, ready to run away.

Fortunately, the dragon strike only trembled once and did not make any further moves.

"It should be similar to how a dead frog or fish can still move; it's a nerve reflex."

Li Xia mentioned it briefly, then continued to pull on the sturdy metal plate.

'Crunch—crunch'

The strange metallic sound grew louder and louder until it was finally opened.

Four heads couldn't resist crowding closer. Li Xia stared blankly at what was inside, then suddenly laughed.

Below the metal plate—

It was a person, a woman with a full head of white hair.

With her back to him, her entire body was swallowed up by the Dragon Slayer's flesh.

Countless blood vessels and nerve-like structures connect to her body.

His clothes had long been corroded away by the flesh and blood of the Dragon Slayer.

Only a thin chain hung around her neck.

"A person? How can there be a person?!"

The observer muttered to himself, his gaze fixed on the white-haired woman.

Finally, I saw those pointed ears, completely different from those of normal humans.

"Friend, friend, it's a dragon-man!"

Her breathing quickened, and she pointed to the pointed ears, whispering.

The Dragonkin are a race with a very long history, long lifespan, and extremely high intelligence.

However, their reproductive capacity is low, so they are rarely seen.

However, there is something very interesting: many of the high-ranking members of the Hunter's Guild are dragon people.

“Hmm—” Li Xia nodded: “If I’m not mistaken, she should be that legendary investigator, Tissna.”

The observer suddenly froze, his eyes slowly widening.

Because Li Xia had already grabbed the woman's neck and was pulling her outwards forcefully.

There's nothing we can do; the temple instructed us to do it this way.

Long Jijiang's body began to tremble uncontrollably again after the woman's upper body was pulled out.

Finally, as if it had lost all its strength, it collapsed heavily to its knees and crawled onto the ground.

The woman trembled twice, and slowly opened her eyes.

Those eyes, unique to the dragon race, were filled with utter bewilderment.

She looked at Li Xia, as if the memory of the battle was still lingering in her mind.

Instinctively, he crouched down, his left eye blinking rapidly, as if he were about to unleash a "Destruction Ray".

Li Xia raised his left hand without hesitation, unleashing the Great Memory Recovery Technique!
"Snapped!"

The crisp sound made the observer stare in disbelief at Tissna, whose face bore a red mark, and her eyes cleared considerably.

He opened his mouth and said with difficulty:

"Ah—uh—mm—"

She seemed to have not spoken for over fifty years; she spoke in a strange, distorted tone that no one could understand.

As Li Xia raised his left hand again, Tissna's voice suddenly returned to normal.

Although it still had a strange accent and was unclear, even a bit stuttering, at least it was understandable.

Hello everyone

"You! You're Tissna?!"

The observer, as if meeting an idol, suppressed his excitement and asked in a low voice.

The dragon woman was stunned for a moment, her eyes flashing with confusion and nostalgia. It seemed like she hadn't heard this name in a very long time, and she didn't react for a while.

After a long while, she finally nodded:
"I am Ti Tissna, Hunter Hunter Guild, New World Expedition Special Advance Team."

The observer cheered and was about to ask something when he suddenly remembered that his partner might need more questions, so he quickly took a step back.

I couldn't wait to pull out my notebook, ready to record this conversation that would be 'historic'.

Li Xia remained silent for a moment, looking at the prompt given by the Hall of Light on the panel:

[Please claim the final reward: Dragon Strike General's Life Core]

He asked directly:
Where is the life core of the Dragon Strike General?

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It's already the eleventh day of the lunar year, and life is gradually returning to normal. I'm starting to resume updates, and I'll make up for the chapter I owe first.

I did the math: the two updates from the helmsman, plus five updates from last month's monthly votes, make a total of seven updates short!
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