Monsters Die When Killed

However, the structure of the Five Spirits Colorful Feathers was too fine and complex, making it difficult to shape and repair. Even when converted into the Five Spirits Colored Scales, this characteristic couldn’t be hidden. Although this Extraordinary Organ was sturdy, repairing and regenerating it was difficult, making it unsuitable for daily use, especially as a defensive body material.

Therefore, Su Zhou simply chose to downgrade it, removing the Five Spirits Colored Scales’ ability to freely convert multiple types of Spiritual Power. This restricted it to converting only one fixed type, like a processor with crippled performance. This way, he had extra room to reinforce the scales’ structure and significantly speed up their regeneration.

’It’s a shame, though. The conversion speed of the Dragon Scales still has an upper limit. If it’s exceeded, they’ll explode. If it were the original Five Spirits Colored Scales, they could block even the Spiritual Power torrent of an Extraordinary High-tier expert. But this downgraded version of the Dragon Scales struggles just to block the full-power attack of an Extraordinary Early Stage Magical Beast.’

In truth, Su Zhou was still somewhat dissatisfied with the scales’ Defense Power. However, the fact that they could explode had its advantages. It meant the grayish-white Dragon Scales could function like reactive armor. If they truly couldn’t block an attack, they could at least self-destruct to reduce the damage he would take.

If things got really bad, Su Zhou could also jettison the overloaded scales and use them as exploding scale bombs to attack his opponent.

—’Though it sounds a bit similar to the abilities of a certain "world police," on second thought, Su Zhou himself is a "justice police." Since they’re both police, it’s normal for there to be similarities.’

BUZZ BUZZ?

At this moment, the Moth Demon Beast that had previously attacked to help Su Zhou with his test let out a soft sound, as if cautiously questioning him. The young man, having successfully completed his test, smiled and waved at it. "Alright, I’m leaving now. I won’t bother you any longer."

With that, he used his Wind-assisted Mist Armor to command a Gale and left the cliff ledge, leaving the Moth Demon Beast behind. It flapped its wings as if a great weight had been lifted, then collapsed weakly to the ground.

And just as Su Zhou was preparing to find a place on the seventh level of the Maze to continue his Cultivation, he received a message from Elias.

’Is that so? The enemy is coming? I knew the Water God’s followers couldn’t possibly remain quiet for so long. So they’ve been splitting up and attacking other cities this whole time.’

Su Zhou nodded slightly. This explained the recent period of peace. Still, to be cautious, he asked, "Are you sure the merchant caravan member who brought the message isn’t a spy?"

"He’s not." Elias’s voice came from the other side of the Communication Spiritual Artifact. The young man explained earnestly, "We tested him using the method you left behind and found no non-human signs. He’s not a Fishman, but a pure human."

"I see. In that case, we need to prepare to repel the enemy’s assault."

Although Su Zhou felt they couldn’t completely trust the merchant’s word even if he wasn’t a spy, the news that the Water God’s followers were rampaging across the world was not something that could be easily faked. Its authenticity could be easily verified, so there was no need for the messenger to lie about it.

During the time Su Zhou had been training his abilities in the Underground Maze, Elias had not been wasting time either.

Using the known information about the "Water God," the young man leveraged his status as the Duke of Naisel City to gather all related legends and news.

Admittedly, most of it consisted of baseless theories and fabricated information from heretical sects meant to deceive the ignorant masses. However, in some truly ancient Classics, related information was vaguely described.

—The most ancient Deity was the wind born from fire.

The Gale howled, and the world swayed precariously in the air.

—The next Deity was the water condensed from the wind.

The rains fell, and the world drifted along with the waves.

—The current Deity is the Earth converged from the water.

The hard rock rose, and thus the world’s form was fixed.

This creation ballad, left behind by an ancient Barbarian Race from before the end of the world, did not directly praise the name of the "Water God." However, it did describe in detail the strange elemental transitions, such as "wind from fire," "water from wind," and "Earth from water." All of this perfectly matched the information he now had on the Earth God and the Water God.

Of course, it also seemed to vaguely imply that, besides the Water God, a Wind God might have also revived—but there was no news of it yet.

In order to find this creation ballad, Elias had spent a great deal of time combing through the various Classics stored by the Naisel family. He had even spent three or four consecutive days and nights searching without sleep. Even Su Zhou was surprised by this effort and couldn’t help but ask why.

"Was that really necessary?"

Su Zhou had asked, puzzled at the time, "Don’t you often joke about it yourself? The world is about to end—so why go to such lengths to find this kind of information? Elias, you know as well as I do that no matter what the enemy’s origins are, we just need to defeat them."

"It’s different, Mr. Su Zhou."

And at that time, Elias had replied calmly, "To fight the Water God, perhaps we don’t need to know Its origins. But if we want to find the truth of the turning of Eras, to find a way to avert the apocalypse, we need to find its Source. The fact that the Water God’s followers still exist today proves that such a viable method does exist."

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