CHAPTER 737: CHAPTER 603 WE HUMANS!

Wu Xiaode’s gaze swept coldly over all "people."

A "woman" half-lying on the ground caught his attention—

The woman’s lower body was on the ground, writhing back and forth, obviously accustomed to floating in a special environment.

But now it had become a "human."

Although it was a woman, it did not seem at all accustomed to being one.

Among the many mysterious monsters, there were quite a few that had adapted to human bodies, and many had not yet fully adapted.

—This one did not seem to have gotten used to being a woman.

That being said, when the notions of "love, dreams, world peace" and Shen Feixue’s "Mother of Chaos" patched things up, what criteria did they use to assign genders to the monsters?

I don’t know.

Now is not the time to think about this.

In any case—

Let’s start with fighting this monster who’s uncomfortable with a human female body.

With a thought from Wu Xiaode, "Infinite Appraisal" immediately locked onto the target!

"You want to kill me, and I certainly want to kill you as well," he said.

He vanished from where he stood, shooting through numerous Taoist Skills and countless people like an afterimage, slamming directly into the woman.

But the woman didn’t get knocked away.

Its body possessed some kind of invisible substance, like the tentacles of an octopus, drilling holes into the ground and firmly securing its form.

Wu Xiaode knew something was wrong and tried to escape with the momentum.

"Running?"

The opponent reached out with both arms and tightly embraced him.

"Watch me eat you," the woman said viciously, baring her teeth at Wu Xiaode.

Wu Xiaode thrust his sword forward.

The woman’s body was unexpectedly agile—

Or rather, it twisted its body lightly with the aid of the transparent tentacles!

It actually dodged the Desert Sword, opening its mouth again and biting towards Wu Xiaode’s throat, right along the edge of the sword!

A sense of dread filled Wu Xiaode’s heart, followed by a surge of ferocity.

Forget it, I don’t care whether you’re pretending or not—

Wu Xiaode simply moved forward towards the opponent’s mouth, giving up his neck.

The opponent bit down on his chest!

A stream of dark green toxin was injected into his chest through the fangs.

"Heeheehee, you will become a part of me... I will take direct control of your soul and body!" the woman laughed as she let go.

A blood bar above Wu Xiaode’s head not only dropped by one square but also turned green.

But the next instant—

The blood bar snapped back violently, ejecting all the green and even restoring full health.

With a soft "pfft,"

a sound came through.

A long sword pierced the woman’s body from behind, going right through and pinning both her and Wu Xiaode together.

The creature was slightly stunned.

—It had clearly dodged that sword just now.

It had even accounted for the countless back-ups the opponent had, fully capable of defending against them.

But this kid was unafraid of death—

He impaled both himself and her with a single thrust!

However, it was not a big deal.

Having already seen through the workings of the blood bar, it knew it couldn’t turn the opponent into a puppet in one attempt; multiple bites were required to activate the Mysterious Skill to completely turn this kid into—

The monster’s thoughts suddenly broke off.

It was because it felt an unprecedented agony.

"Aaaaaaah!"

It let out an incomprehensible shriek, its body convulsing non-stop as if enduring some kind of excruciating pain.

Desert Sword!

The sword was already filled with the power of thunder tribulation, relentlessly striking both it and Wu Xiaode.

The creature began to roll its eyes and froth at the mouth, its convulsions becoming more insane under the assault of lightning, even exuding the aroma of cooked flesh.

Wu Xiaode’s brows furrowed slightly.

Back in the day, to make those high and mighty ones feel the pain of the mortal world, he had tempered himself and suffered through heavenly tribulations.

And now he was getting used to it!

He raised his fist and swung with all his might—

Boom.

It struck the opponent’s face squarely!

The woman’s nose crumpled, blood spurting from her nostrils and mouth as her head jerked sharply to one side.

It instinctively felt trouble.

All the tentacles on the ground flicked like lightning.

But it was so disoriented from being hit, it forgot it was impaled together with Wu Xiaode by a sword—

The result was that the two of them, along with the sword, leaped into midair.

"Running?"

This time it was Wu Xiaode who uttered the word.

He did one thing—

Clasched his fist again.

And struck again!

Boom boom boom boom boom boom!

With every relentless punch, thunder constantly flashed, ruthlessly striking the woman.

Every punch, every two punches, took away one of her health squares!

Wu Xiaode used the way of "Heaven’s Will" to forcibly find a method to control the fight!

Not to be outdone, the woman fought back vigorously after being struck a few times.

—She was also trying her utmost to kill Wu Xiaode!

The two of them fought dozens of rounds in midair, impaled by a sword, each attacking the other.

The blood kept dropping!

Suddenly, a hysterical scream erupted.

—The woman finally couldn’t hold on!

The next moment.

A figure plummeted straight down from mid-air, crashing into the earth, creating a crater upon impact.

Wu Xiaode dove down into the crater.

The figure was sent flying by his punch, crashing onto the concrete outside in a face-plant.

Only a sliver of health was left above her head.

Wu Xiaode leaped out of the crater, looking at her as she lay on the ground, coughing up blood.

He extended his hand.

An Illusionary hand lifted the woman from the ground.

"All living beings die like this, have you experienced the agony therein?" Wu Xiaode softly asked.

With a flash of his long knife.

The health bar emptied out immediately!

The woman’s form was split in two.

One part was held aloft by the Illusionary hand, the other part crashed to the ground, spilling countless drops of crimson blood.

There was silence all around.

A loud "clang" sounded, and rows of ice crystal letters appeared in front of Wu Xiaode:

"You are the first to slay one of their own kind in front of countless mysterious lives."

"Wait a moment, and you shall receive a brand new title recognized by all Laws."

"Besides,"

"This species has endured human suffering it has never experienced before, which is why it hasn’t unleashed 100% of its power."

"The assessment of this species has only reached 17%."

"Once the assessment reaches 50%, you will receive the ’Fishing’ sequence reward."

Wu Xiaode only glanced at it briefly and, seeing the words "wait a moment," immediately paid it no more attention.

He waved his hand towards the crowd on one side.

Smack.

A light sound.

A brawny man with a burly figure caught his fist.

In an instant—

"Infinite Assessment" began again!

Wu Xiaode let out a long sigh of relief.

Fortunately, these monsters were all in shock and hadn’t attacked all at once.

In fact—

His true vulnerability was the moment right after killing the opponent, when "Infinite Assessment" ended.

During that instant, he was not protected by the Magic from the holy boss.

But fortunately, the Magic was effective again now.

The brawny man squinted his eyes, looking at Wu Xiaode.

"I have seen through your Magic. Now it’s your turn to die," he said.

He erupted with intense murderous intent.

Wu Xiaode smiled faintly upon hearing this but said nothing.

"What, killing one of our own kind was already a great stroke of luck for you. You think you can survive under my hands?"

The brawny man asked.

He casually threw a few punches, rotating his body with ease and agility.

"I have perfectly adapted to the human body, kid."

Wu Xiaode still shook his head upon hearing this.

But finally, he said:

"You don’t understand us humans."

Before his words had fallen, the other party had already charged at him, throwing a punch at his face.

Wu Xiaode didn’t dodge!

He charged towards the oncoming fist and also threw a punch.

The two met face to face.

The brawny man’s eyebrows twitched.

You’re not dodging?

Thud! Thud!

Two muffled sounds!

The brawny man’s head swung back, struck by lightning on the fist, a look of pain spreading across his face.

Wu Xiaode, utilizing the force from the other’s punch, spun in midair and threw another fierce fist!

Thud!

The fist smashed hard into the face, spewing a mouthful of blood from the nose and dislocating the jaw.

The other hand circled to the back of the neck.

—If it was a street brawl, Wu Xiaode would never use this move.

But the opponent was a monster.

He had no moral or conscientious burden!

His hand turned into a blur, striking forcefully at a certain spot on the back of the neck.

Crack!

The sound of bone shattering resounded.

The brawny man suddenly collapsed to the ground.

He tried desperately to roll over, to stand, to utilize various Magics.

But he could no longer control his hands, feet, or torso.

—His jaw had been dislocated, and he couldn’t utter a clear curse.

"What’s happening to me?"

The brawny man felt utterly baffled.

The opponent had clearly only landed a few punches, and his health bar had only dropped by two notches.

Why couldn’t he move at all?

What kind of Magic was this?

Wu Xiaode grabbed him, his gaze sweeping across the "people" in the room.

Yes.

The connection between the spine and the back of the head was not something to be messed with.

In the era of the law, one hit and your whole life is gone.

But this is the Pangu Era.

A sense of inexplicable sorrow surged in his heart, and he said:

"At the end of the day, there’s one thing you don’t understand."

He looked up at his health bar and soul power bar.

He had lost nearly half his health bar due to the woman’s earlier attack, and after the hard clash with the brawny man.

Finally, only half his health bar remained.

One-third of his soul power bar had also dropped.

So—

Now was not a good time to keep fighting.

Wu Xiaode dragged the brawny man’s neck, pulling him forward.

"Infinite Assessment" made him immune to other attacks—

So he planned to take a rest.

He kicked open the door to the bar, threw the brawny man in front of the counter, then he went behind the bar, found a bottle of strong liquor, opened the cap, and took a swig.

Splat!

He spat out the liquor mixed with blood.

After fighting two people, his body and face were covered in wounds and blood.

Luckily, there was still half a pack of cigarettes behind the counter.

This pack could be either Xiao Baihong’s or Zhao Junyu’s.

But they weren’t here now, so he could smoke first and just give them a whole carton when they returned.

Wu Xiaode took the lighter, lit a cigarette for himself, and under the gaze of all the "people," he comfortably took a puff, exhaling the lingering smoke.

Only then did he slowly continue:

"Humans are very fragile."

"So you must understand, you are very fragile now, too."

Complete silence.

The "people" recalled that one strike.

Even though not much health was lost, the brawny man couldn’t move anymore, lying on the ground struggling, unable to utter a single word.

Wu Xiaode, with a cigarette in his mouth, took another puff, looking like a hoodlum ready to start a fight in the street at any moment.

His gaze bore into all the "people," with a deep murderous intent on his face.

"Get used to this fragility slowly, the fear, pain, and helplessness it brings—all of that you’ll have to experience."

He went on, word by word:

"Only then will you understand how much humans suffer."

"Perhaps you’re clever enough to understand just how brave we are to be able to survive in this world."

The cigarette was really hard to smoke.

It had gotten damp over time, losing the original flavor of the tobacco.

Wu Xiaode extinguished the cigarette, picked up his glass to take a swig of the strong liquor, the murderous look in his eyes receding as he sat with a smirk:

"Don’t be in a hurry—just wait for me to rest a little longer."

"—As long as you dare to cause trouble in front of me, I will surely take you down."