Alone and Infinite.

Chapter 585 A great harvest
The city of tears has once again fallen silent.

There were no more roars, no more strange sounds and shouts from battle, no more clashing of weapons. Even the gentle breeze, seemingly coming from nowhere, slowed its pace as it passed through the streets and alleys, only stirring up faint sobs among the broken walls and ruins.

The incessant rain once again enveloped the entire city, perhaps because the howling winds had swept away a significant amount of water from Yehu Lake.

The rain became dense, and the drizzling rain washed away the bloodstains, diluting the dark red blood, which then gradually faded until only a light red remained.

Water droplets dripping from the top of the city wall, dripping onto the scattered brick and stone fragments, became the only sound in the city, yet it only made the surrounding silence seem more like a graveyard.

Li Xia found a pleasing pebble to sit on, but removed the defense of the Divine Enemy Armor, letting the fine raindrops fall on him, wetting his black hair, strands hanging down in front of his eyes, finally condensing into a small crystal water droplet at the end of his hair, exuding the fragrance of grass and trees.

His injury wasn't serious, but he was more exhausted from being on edge.

The battle may have only lasted a few minutes, but it consumed an astonishing amount of energy.

This kind of pressure is completely different from fighting monsters in the original world. The apostles are more cunning and treacherous. They know what methods the apostles have and what kind of strange abilities they possess.

Furthermore, both Mord's team and Alabos are hunters who specialize in dealing with apostles. They even studied Li Xia in great detail and gathered intelligence through various means.

Li Xia was certain that if he hadn't unleashed his full strength the moment the battle began and quickly crushed Yalabos, the fight would have dragged on for more than ten minutes before he gradually found himself at a disadvantage.

Furthermore, it would be difficult for the three little ones to hold out until then. If any one of them were to die, the Apocalypse Quartet would instantly expand their advantage into an unstoppable crushing force, ultimately leading to their own defeat.

Therefore, the entire battle was not one where Li Xia easily crushed Mord and Yarapos in just a few minutes.

Rather, his winning window is only these few minutes.

However, Li Xia seized the opportunity.

Li Xia scanned the entire battlefield through her hanging hair.

The streets were torn to shreds by the aftershocks of the battle.

The once wide, smooth, transparent, slimy surface had dried and hardened, causing large areas to crack. The cracks spread like a spider web, and the gaps were filled with charred fragments of insect tubes and dark red scabs, resembling an unhealed wound on the earth.

Half of the buildings on both sides collapsed, and the inverted giant honeycomb-shaped structures were smashed to pieces. Hexagonal nest chambers were scattered all over the ground, and half-detached silvery-white insect silk mixed with dust was entangled on the broken walls. The giant insect shells that served as "city walls" were also damaged in many places. The mother-of-pearl-like iridescence was dimmed due to the shattering. Many fragments of the insect shells fell off and pressed on the building ruins below. The spiral patterns on the surface were stained with blood and gleamed eerily in the rain and moisture.

The entire city was deathly silent. Even the crazed insects that had been awakened from their slumber by the battle were all wiped out by Li Xia's Kamui Conqueror's Haki attack.

"Boss! Boss! A bumper harvest!"

Aowu flew over excitedly and handed several bloody keys to Li Xia.

"Ok?"

Li Xia took the keys and immediately noticed their unusual nature.

The Bloody Key is an ancient key that is entirely scarlet and has a bloody smell, but this one is not only a size larger, but its color is also darker, giving it the appearance of blood that has dried and turned black.

Not only that, even the description of the Bloody Key has changed.

[Punishment - Bloodstained Key]

Grade: No grade

[Type: Special Item]

[Effect: Allows four draws, with a guaranteed high-value item at least once]

[Summary: Only through punishment can the majesty of the hall be upheld.]

All six bloody keys were like this.

Li Xia raised an eyebrow. The meaning of the Hall of Light was very clear: He was very satisfied with him killing those guild dogs.

They even defined their retaliatory actions as punishment, which was practically saying: killing more people would be beneficial.

Upon seeing the prompt from the Hall of Light, Li Xia took out a blood-red metal card.

[Special Disciplinary Authority]

Grade: No grade

[Type: Permission-related items]

[Effect: Can lock onto the target's location, invade the world and hunt down the target without cost, and is considered a counterattack, allowing the acquisition of the Bloody Key normally.]

Current targets: Time Scavenger, Hell Echo

[Effective Time: Valid within Tier 4]

[Synopsis: Kill, scream, and wail!]

This is what the Temple of Light gave him after granting him permission. Just looking at it, Li Xia could almost feel the Temple of Light jumping up in front of him, pointing into the distance and shouting:

"See those disobedient apostles over there? Get them!"

Has the Temple of Light really fallen to this state?

Looking at this card, Li Xia sensed the weakness and loss of control within the Temple of Light!

He even placed his hopes for punishment on apostles like himself!
Instead of using His authority to deliver a thunderous blow to the two guilds, there is no other explanation but weakening them.

So what exactly happened to the Temple of Light?
Li Xia thoughtfully put away the card in his hand, deciding that after leaving this world, he would subtly inquire about it from Shen Guang.

Shenguang will definitely be able to tell what I want to ask; it just depends on whether he's willing to tell me.

"Boss! There's something else here!"

Awoo's figure grew taller and taller as it charged over with Black Charcoal and Awoo, while the little knight stood curiously to the side watching.

"Here you go, this is good stuff!"

Li Xia took the parchment-like object, but after just one glance at the panel, he couldn't help but be startled.

It’s indeed a good thing!

[Talent Stripping Scroll]

Grade: No grade

[Type: Permission-related items]

[Number of uses: 1/1]

[Valid for: Current World Time]

[Effect: After defeating an Apostle, a specified talent can be stripped away and converted into a Talent Mark. Using the mark grants the talent.]

[Note: This mark may override your original talent; please use it with caution.]

[Note: This scroll will always drop upon death.]

[Summary: Nobility is the epitaph of the noble, baseness is the passport of the base; this scroll has long been soaked with the tears of the apostles.]

Items that can strip away talents!
What else could Li Xia say besides marveling at how amazing the Time Scavenger was, that he could even create something like this?
But now that it's theirs, the Time Scavengers might as well rename themselves the Time Transport Team.

Wait a minute, Li Xia suddenly frowned, looking thoughtfully at the scroll in his hand, and the more he looked at it, the more something seemed off.

Could it be that this thing is intended to strip away my talent?
He looked at his talent. No, someone wants this thing?
Although it is a destiny-level talent, without misfortune, it cannot form combat power. In the face of absolute strength difference, no amount of luck is useful. Just like Jie Zi has the blessing of the world, his luck can soar to the limit of his current level in a short period of time, which is still absolute luck.

What is the use?

Isn't it just that when it's time to die, you still have to die?

Like Kazan, whose strength, allies, and luck were all impeccable, yet he still died.
The belief in luck is like a gambler's belief that they will eventually win back their fortune.

Even if they gain a temporary advantage, there will always come a moment when they'll give it all back, with interest. "Boss, the garbage collector wouldn't..."

Aowu, also resting its chin on its hand, stared thoughtfully at the scroll in Li Xia's hand, finally realizing what it meant.

"No way, are they out of their minds? This talent is something no normal person could use!"

"Maybe."

Li Xia could only guess:

"Do they think my talent is related to luck?"

Yes, it is indeed related to luck, but it's not quite the same as a normal lucky talent.
"Let's go see if it works."

Li Xia first approached the two Apocalyptic duo who had died together. Faced with death and famine, both of them were melee-type apostles.

Yes, he died peacefully.

He tried to aim the scroll at the two corpses.

[Talent that can be peeled off: Explosive Body (A- Rank)]

[Talent that can be stripped away: Multiple Bloodlines (Rank A)]

Li Xia didn't even bother to look at the specific attributes, and turned to leave. A mere A-level talent wasn't worth spending a scroll on.

The three little ones, however, took a look at the details of the talent with great interest.

The Death Knight's talents are relatively simple, mainly consisting of increased physical strength and self-healing ability, with additional bonuses to flesh-based skills, though still far inferior to the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts.

On the contrary, Famine's talent is quite interesting. The reason for its multiple bloodlines is that Famine's bloodline is very mixed and also exhibits excellent dominant characteristics.

Therefore, his talent is that he can use a variety of bloodline items. Each time he uses a bloodline item, the bonuses of all bloodlines and the power of skills will decrease by 15%.

He smacked his lips and suddenly realized what was happening.

Isn't that just a bastard?

The old man, a true dragon of pure blood, immediately lost interest and left with a disdainful look.

Next up are the other two of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

War: [Talent that can be stripped away: Arrow of the Wind (A- Rank)]

Plague: [Talent that can be stripped away: Water Elemental Affinity (B+ Rank)]

"Boss, I know this."

Awoo immediately came up and explained in a low voice:

"The talent for war is quite normal, but the talent for plague is a bit tricky. Although it is only B+ level, it is quite sought after in the hall."

Because elemental affinity, such as fire elemental affinity, lightning elemental affinity, wood elemental affinity, etc., is B+ grade, as long as you have this talent, the effect of learning related skills and spells will be increased by at least 30%-50%, which is considered a very top-tier talent.

Therefore, even if it's only B+ grade, guilds will fight over it as soon as it appears.

He's considered a candidate for Grand Mage.

The reason it's called a Grand Mage instead of a higher level is because mages also need to study, a lot of studying. Even though the temple can improve everyone's aptitude, some things will not change.

If you can't learn it well, you can't learn it well.

However, Alabos's demonic talent gave Li Xia a pleasant surprise.

[Talent that can be stripped away: Soul Devouring (S-rank)]

Effect: After killing an enemy, you will devour a small amount of souls to enhance your own soul strength. If you have soul-devouring skills, the corresponding skill effects will be enhanced.

Note: Consuming the souls of enemies will impure and impure your own soul.

To be honest, Li Xia was very envious of this talent.

As the name suggests, soul strength is the same as physical strength, except that one measures the physical strength in the real world, while the other measures the strength of the soul.

A higher soul strength not only allows one to defend against soul-type attacks, but also has other wonderful uses; however, it is difficult for lower-level players to access information on this topic.

Furthermore, soul strength is even rarer than physical strength. As long as you are willing to spend money, you can always find something to improve and enhance your physical strength.

However, the rarity of soul strength is like that of time-space currency; it has a price but no market, and its appearance will cause a frenzy.

Li Xia once saw a piece of jewelry with +1 Soul Strength at Tier 3, which was immediately sold for over 200,000.

It only has that one attribute!

It is said that a powerful lone wolf apostle discovered a mysterious location that requires a certain level of soul strength to enter. He collected materials everywhere and was just a little short of being able to get in.

only.
Li Xia looked at the talent's description: "Devouring the souls of enemies will make one's own soul impure and mixed with other souls."

驳杂
While pondering, he walked up to Maud, who was standing at the end.

The moment the notification popped up, Li Xia's attention, which was still pondering the question of whether a soul was pure or not, was immediately drawn to it.

[Talent that can be stripped away: Electromagnetic Control (SS-rank)]

Talent Effect: Grants super control over electromagnetism within a half-meter radius around the body; the strength of this control increases with rank.

"Fuck, fuck!"

Awoo almost popped his eyes out:

"With such incredible talent, how come Mord isn't a core seed of the Time Scavengers?"

Li Xia also took a breath, feeling extremely controlled. It was a pity the distance was only half a meter; it would have been better if the range were larger.

From this perspective, talent is far inferior to the laws of nature.

After Aowu used the fragment of the secondary gravity law, it also formed something similar to a talent, but how far and wide was Aowu's?

It can even take shortcuts and create meteorite impacts on its own. Although it takes a shortcut by marking the meteorite and then using gravity to pull it when it falls a certain distance away, this also shows that the Law of Roar has a very wide range of control.

"Boss, just peel this off! You can use it directly!"

"Awoo said excitedly, 'If the talent is really replaced, wouldn't I immediately gain luck points?'"
What would I use this for?

Li Xia shook her head, resolutely rejecting the idea:
"Think about it carefully, what use would I have for this? It would also interrupt my output system."

Aowu had thought of the same thing. For example, replacing the talent would grant him luck points. But besides benefiting from the luck points and allowing it to eat nine full meals in three days, would anyone else benefit from them?
Without his talent, he couldn't even unleash the golden bullet of destiny to kill.

The old gods are no longer a threat; from now on, I can only drool over them. Moreover, electromagnetic control looks pretty good and is a perfect fit for my personal system.

But the key is that many monsters are immune to electromagnetic fields. For example, the Star God Avatar we fought before was made entirely of stone, so even the strongest electromagnetic field was useless against it.

Moreover, even with such strong talent, Mord was still killed by himself after he changed his weapon.
"However, I think we should definitely choose this one, but not for me."

This scroll will be useless once it leaves this world. If it must be used, then it should be removed.

Li Xia rubbed the top of his charcoal-black, fluffy head:
"Perfect for the kitten!"

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1. Monthly pass 2. Recommendation vote

I completed 8,000 today, but due to time constraints, I couldn't complete the remaining 2,000. I'll try again tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)