Chapter 166: It Turns Out to Be a Human?!

After a brief search, these three Rule-tier monsters certainly did not disappoint Song Qi.
Not only did they drop three Epic-tier pieces of equipment, but one of them was even a treasure that Song Qi could directly use!

[Treasure: Thunder-Binding Spider Silk]
[Quality: Epic]
[Applicable Level: None]
[Required Attributes: None]
[Applicable Class: None]
[Strength: +100]
[Agility: +100]
[Physique: +300]
[Spirit: +100]
[Effect 1: Designate an area of no more than 1,000 square meters. All entities within this area whose level is lower than the wearer will be indiscriminately bound in place. Duration: 1 to 1,800 seconds. Cooldown: 24 hours.]
[Effect 2: Designate a target and summon spider silk to bind them for 5 seconds. Cooldown: 3 hours.]
[Description: Silk glands extracted from the belly of a level 100 spider monster, possessing the near-infinite ability to produce high-quality spider silk. Rather than for combat, this ability is perhaps better suited for opening a factory.]

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"An Epic-tier treasure. If taken out and sold, it would definitely cause a sensation in human society!"
"The effect is also quite good, belonging to the category of unreasonable, hard-control treasures."
"Unfortunately, it doesn't offer much help to me at present."
Song Qi shook his head.

His current opponents were basically entities that had mastered Rules.
The effects of these equipment pieces mostly failed to work against Rule-tier defensive skills.
Therefore, for now, this treasure could only be regarded as a temporary prop used to complete quests.

Song Qi brought up the panel.
[Main Quest: Slay ten wild monsters of at least level 90 or above! (4/10)]
[Optional Quest 3: Equip five items of at least Epic quality. (4/5)]

"Just one last Epic-tier piece of equipment is missing."
"Or slaying six level 90 monsters would also work."
"Additionally..."

Song Qi's gaze shifted downward.
[World Origin: 4]

"The three Rule-tier monsters gave me 4 points of Origin."
"The snake-woman gave two points, which means the World Origin is not a fixed one point."
"Rather, it is distributed according to a certain ratio, with one point of Origin merely being the baseline."
"As for the skills to be Rulified..."

Song Qi looked at his skill bar.
Among the remaining skills, he had already decided which ones needed to be Rulified:
[Soul Protection], [Song of Life], [Qimen Dunjia: Tianchong], and [Blessing of Life].

[Soul Protection] was a passive skill that could only defend against soul-type attacks.
Rulifying it was primarily just to be safe.
[Song of Life] was meant to enhance its healing capabilities.
As for [Tianchong] and [Blessing of Life], it was purely because spending 1 point of Origin on them offered better cost-effectiveness compared to other skills that weren't yet Rulified.

Only after all his skills were completely Rulified would Song Qi consider continuing to pour Origin into already Rulified skills.

Without further hesitation, Song Qi directly tapped the plus sign behind the skill...

Hum! ~

He once again entered that profound and abstruse state.
Everything in the entire world transformed into entities outlined by lines.
Only an illusory World Origin hung high in the sky.

...

A dozen minutes later...

"Hoo~~"
"Still failed."

Song Qi sighed.
He had originally wanted to use the system's help to see if he could independently perceive the existence of the World Origin.
Unfortunately, all four attempts were used up, yet there was still no progress.

He couldn't help but begin to doubt himself.
"Could my talent really be that poor?"
"That shouldn't be the case!"
"I clearly remember that when I was training under City Lord Fu, the talent I displayed was definitely among the top tier!"
"Yet... why am I so mediocre now?"
"Is my comprehension and perception insufficient?"
"Or perhaps..."

Song Qi looked at his own hands.
"Does the current me lack some unspeakable opportunity?"

After deep contemplation for a long time, still without the slightest clue, he finally stood up.
Since this path led to a dead end, he could only continue hunting monsters.

"Never mind, Optional Quest 3 only has one last equipment piece left."
"It will be completed soon enough."

Song Qi glanced at the three huge corpses and thought for a moment.
"Forget it, I'll bury you all."
"After all, you did drop an Epic-tier piece of equipment for me; leaving your corpses out in the wilderness would be a bit ungracious."

With that, he raised his hand in a gesture, summoning dozens of terracotta warriors who quickly dug a large pit and covered the three corpses within it.

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A dozen minutes after Song Qi left...
That golden-haired man traversed countless mountains and rivers, carrying a blazing sun as he arrived.
When he reached the place where Song Qi and the others had fought, the man seemed to sense something and stopped.

"Strange, the signal cut off here."
"Where are third brother and the others?"

He circled in the air a few times, then suddenly sensing something, he pointed a finger!
Boom!
Three massive monster corpses were exposed.
They were precisely those three deceased "gods."

The moment he saw the corpses...
A look of deep sorrow surfaced in the golden-haired man's eyes. He slowly closed his eyes, took several deep breaths, and then opened them again.

However, upon looking at the corpses once more...
BOOM!!!!!!!!
He could no longer control the tyranny within his heart!

The original composure and detachment vanished completely!
His palms clenched so hard they turned pale!
Even his voice began to tremble!

"No matter who you are!"
"No matter how powerful your background is!"
"I, Bo Qiong, will definitely make you pay the price!!!"
"I will grind your bones to dust!"
"I will slaughter you, your friends and family, and even your entire clan down to the last person!!!"

Boom!
A golden-yellow flame of the utmost heat erupted from around his body!
Hundreds of square kilometers of the entire earth were ignited simultaneously!
The flames soared a hundred meters high!
Countless monsters wailed within them, quickly turning into ashes!

A humanoid monster of at least level 90 flew out from underground, screaming miserably!
With its strength, it was enough to dominate a region even on the Third Continent.
Yet even such an entity failed to last three seconds in the golden-haired man's flames!

The blazing fire lasted for more than half an hour, only extinguishing when the golden-haired man finally regained a modicum of calm.
As the fire died down, the three corpses were likewise burned away cleanly.
However, a single snake scale remained gleaming on the ground, unburned.

"Hmm?"
"Is this a message left for me by third sister?"

The golden-haired man, Bo Qiong, gently beckoned with his right hand, drawing the scale into his palm.
The moment he made contact...
Bo Qiong felt a scene suddenly and vividly emerge in his mind.
It was the scene of Song Qi confronting his third sister and the others!
Following that, it displayed the subsequent battle scene and the direction the opponent had left in.

"A human?!!!!"
"It's actually a human????!"

In an instant, Bo Qiong understood everything!
"A human from another continent!"
"He killed my beloved family and friends!"

He instantly flew into an extreme rage!
"Hahahaha.... Good! Very good!"
"Humans!?"
"I didn't actively invade you, yet you dare come and hunt my brothers and sisters?!!"
"Very well!!!"

Consumed by blazing fury, Bo Qiong looked in the direction where Song Qi had departed.
"Since that's the case..."
"Then you shall be the first sacrifice to my banner!"

Boom!
A round of the sun materialized, and Bo Qiong's figure instantly vanished from the spot.