There's a skeleton dungeon connected to my basement.

Chapter 80: The Beast in the Heart and Successful Ascension

With the end of the countdown, the sky became completely dark. Without the guidance of the God Game, Xiao Yang roughly knew where his challenge was.

There is still an hour until New Year's Eve.

A deafening tiger roar came from the forest behind Xiao Yang's house, and the prompt of the God Game popped up at this time.

[Defeat the tiger, the test is completed]

Walking out of the house, Xiao Yang raised his head. From afar, he saw a pair of eyes appearing in the darkness, a pair of superior and indifferent eyes.

Xiao Yang was looking at it, and it was also looking at Xiao Yang.

The tiger is a fierce tiger.

This time the assessment focused on what Xiao Yang was best at, combat.

As a new player, he hasn't had time to learn much in this short period of time, but combat is not one of them.

Drawing out his weapon and slashing is what he is best at now.

The opponent was a mountain lion, a tiger, a powerful beast that was not human, but Xiao Yang was not bad either. He raised his head and put on his helmet. The red light effect of the dragon slayer's helmet made him look more ferocious at this moment.

After thinking about it, maybe a poisonous sword would be more suitable to deal with such an inhuman beast, but in the end Xiao Yang's choice was still the justice consolation. This black short stick was really easy for Xiao Yang to use.

Holding a short stick and taking off the shield behind him, he did not leave the battlefield in the more open area at the foot of the mountain, but walked straight into the forest with the short stick in his hand.

It has been a long time since I entered the bamboo forest in the back mountain. The fallen bamboo leaves piled up in a thick layer on the ground, and it felt light and fluttery when I stepped on them.

Climbing up at great speed until reaching the top of the mountain, a piece of hard rock with most of it exposed from the ground appeared on the top of the hill, and on it, a huge, colorful tiger was perched.

This tiger was surprisingly large. Just standing there, it seemed to occupy all the sights in front of it. It was high up, looking down at Xiao Yang.

His eyes were not like those of a wild animal, they were indifferent, cold, dangerous, and had a hint of divinity.

But this was not enough to scare Xiao Yang. Even when facing the giant mountain dragon that looked like a living hill, Xiao Yang did not flinch, let alone facing this gorgeous tiger.

It can't overwhelm Xiao Yang.

Facing the gaze of the tiger, Xiao Yang stepped forward with his shield raised. The tiger looked down at Xiao Yang, and Xiao Yang was also looking at the tiger.

Not only was he staring, but with every step he took, Xiao Yang's eyes became more and more dangerous and sharper.

"He'll kill the tiger!"

The look in his eyes was indifferent, cold, and dangerous. This was not the look of the tiger looking down at Xiao Yang, but Xiao Yang's own look at present. As he took step after step, Xiao Yang's expression gradually became close to and even similar to that of the tiger.

Until the end, that bit of divinity appeared in Xiao Yang's expression, and he began to become less than human.

Such a change completely enraged the mountain lion perched on the rocks. With a deafening roar, it suddenly pounced towards Xiao Yang.

Xiao Yang didn't hesitate and let out a similar shrill roar towards the tiger.

Xiao Yang was knocked down, and both sides rolled into the bamboo forest and started a crazy fight. With a ferocious face, Xiao Yang kept waving the stick of justice in his hand at the huge tiger, one stick after another, using all his skills in turn.

Hitting, stabbing, pushing, torture, beheading, surging blood, roaring, secondary dragon flame.

But for some reason, Xiao Yang found that he could not defeat this huge tiger. The ferocious head was just stuck in front of Xiao Yang, outside the dragon slayer's helmet, with drool flowing, a fishy smell, heavy breathing, and an exaggerated bloody mouth.

No matter how Xiao Yang waved the Justice Consolation in his hand, the tiger seemed indifferent to Xiao Yang's attack. It got closer and closer, and its scarlet eyes were fixed in front of Xiao Yang.

The secondary dragon flame burning on Xiao Yang ignited the winter bamboo forest. Starting from this battlefield, the forest began to burn. The flames, the blazing flames, were gradually engulfing everything. After another struggle, Xiao Yang pushed the ferocious tiger away with a roar.

He was breathing heavily due to exhaustion, and his eyes were tinged with bloodshot.

His spirit was constantly slipping, and everything in front of him was changing. Xiao Yang didn't notice that his breathing was becoming rougher and louder, more and more like the roar of a tiger.

The tiger in front of him that was fighting with him began to break apart, shrouded in shadows, and grew tentacles and pale arms.

The faint murmur echoed in Xiao Yang's ears.

"Isn't it good to embrace the power and embrace the truest self?"

"Come here, come here, throw yourself into my arms, chase power, turn into a beast, this is you."

In a trance, these words became clearer and louder in Xiao Yang's ears. Xiao Yang raised his hand. Now, he finally discovered the terrible truth.

His hand had unknowingly turned into a thick claw.

"No! It shouldn't be like this!"

Xiao Yang subconsciously wanted to refute.

But it wasn't just his hands, his voice also turned into a hoarse roar.

His ascension seemed to be invaded by some terrifying creatures lurking in the shadows, and things suddenly went wrong.

Things are getting worse and will get worse.

Fortunately, there was something that could save him. A golden flame suddenly lit up in front of Xiao Yang, and in a trance, the illusion in front of him began to shatter.

There was no fire, no wild beasts, no strange shadows or whispers, only a messy bamboo forest and the silent night.

Suddenly, a bunch of fireworks were shot into the sky and exploded, and colorful flames lit up in the dark night.

This bunch of fireworks seemed to be a signal. As it rose, sparse fireworks were continuously raised into the sky from the small town at the foot of the mountain.

Xiao Yang's restless heart gradually calmed down in the fireworks.

After twelve o'clock, it is already New Year's Eve.

The strange whisper still wanted to make one last effort.

“Embrace the power!”

But now Xiao Yang has his own answer to those misleading words.

"Even if I embrace power, I will not turn into a beast!"

Amidst the resolute answer, the prompt for the God Game popped up, even seeming a little too impatient.

[Life, strength, defense, agility, spirit break the limit, obtain special attributes, physique, the player upgrades successfully]

[I noticed the evil spirit's interference and started to expel it. I succeeded in expelling it.]

[Congratulations to the player for his rank upgrade. Current rank: Elite]

(End of this chapter)