Alone and Infinite.

Chapter 330 Return!

As expected, what came out of Hel's body was material.

After all, Hel had nothing left besides its core.

"Take it back and show it to that old man, Madaro. Maybe he'll be pleasantly surprised."

Li Xia put away the core. Apart from the fate-level equipment like the Misfortune, this orange Star God Core was the highest-grade item he had obtained so far.

Even the Holy Grail of Schumell is only a pale orange color.

However, there's an orange treasure chest to open back in the space, which might contain something even more powerful.

"Boss, what do we do next? Are we just going to leave it at that?"

The "woof" also carries an unreal, dreamlike quality, a state often experienced when one has just escaped from an extremely dangerous life-or-death situation.

Looking up, I saw two enormous eyes slowly closing. Apart from using the Star Lock in battle, this colossal star god made no other moves.

"Let me see"

Li Xia opened the panel, and the special mission had reached the third stage.

[Special Mission: We are Children from the Stars]

[Task Difficulty: S+]

Task content:

1. Return the Heart of Stone to the ancestral home of the Stone People in Tianbi Mountain (Completed)

2. Defeat the first Primarch of the Celestial Avatar, Hel (Completed)
3. Perform the Stone Festival to awaken the remaining soul of the star god Helstos (in progress)
[Task period: 10 days]

[Task Reward: Individual guilds will receive an additional tier boost (maximum SS; guilds already at SS tier will receive an additional SS tier guild skill slot)]

[Mission Brief: The Stone Men will not perish; the child from the stars will be reborn in the flames to exact revenge on the invaders and betrayers!]

Stone Sacrifice?
Li Xia glanced at the process, which was extremely simple.

"There's also a sacrificial ceremony."

Looking back at Hel lying in the giant crater, Li Xia hoisted the black charcoal onto his shoulder and soared into the sky, flying towards the crater.

Since Hel's death, the powerful gravitational force that had suppressed the entire Tianbi Mountain, preventing flight, has vanished without a trace.

"Boss, the lava here seems to be receding!"

As soon as he stepped onto the summit, Aowu immediately noticed something amiss. The lava that was originally only a few dozen meters away from the platform in the crater had now slid down to more than a hundred meters away.

And it continues to slide downwards at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Yes, the volcanoes here were very likely forcibly drawn from the earth's veins by the Star God using his own power."

Li Xia glanced at the lava; a volcano over 8,000 meters high was indeed very unusual.

"It must be for healing purposes; both the Star God's true form and his avatar are in a state of frenzy and severe injury."

As he spoke, he took a few steps forward, looking at the still intact stone statue and the Stone Heart he held in his hands.

Whether it was instinct or something else, even in battle, the Star God still intentionally or unintentionally avoided the stone statue.

Even in his madness, he wouldn't want to hurt this extremely rough stone statue.

"Hey, could you add some simple background music to the song that the stone man sang in the village before?"

Li Xia suddenly asked, "This is too easy for a musical cat who is proficient in several musical instruments."

The kitten nodded immediately.

"These are the lyrics for Stone Festival. I posted them in the team channel. Awoo, you sing them."

The Stone Festival is ridiculously simple; it's just singing, songs that the stone people used to sing.

“Woooooooooooooooooooo!”

With all its might, the black charcoal horn blew the stone horn that hadn't been sounded for a thousand years, while the shadow clone beat the stone drum.

"Boom-thump-thump-"

The little dragon danced on the mountaintop, chanting ancient songs:

"The fingerprints on the rock paintings are still warm."

Moss gnaws at the stone bed that guards the night.

Your vine bag is filled with stardust and morning dew.

The Stone Heart in the statue's hand suddenly lit up again, and a beam of light shot into the sky from the Stone Heart.

Li Xia stood atop the mountain, his eyes suddenly widening as he looked down in shock.

Suddenly, starlight began to twinkle in the deserted village of stone men.

It stood out conspicuously in the dim world where the Star God had his eyes closed.

These flames spread from afar, as if the whole world had come back to life!

"Wild fruit pits gnawed by mountain spirits"

"It sprouted into a monument between your fingers"

"Every scar is a mark of God."

"Star trails etched with the migration patterns of different groups"

From the village to the mountaintop, on the path once carved out by the stone men, the fire pits that had long since cooled have now been reignited with flames on the platforms every short distance along the way.

One after another, the points of light meandered upwards from the foot of the mountain!
Thus, the entire mountain appeared as if a luminous ribbon was wrapped around it.

"Ah—Eya—Woo-wei—"

"The enemy's blood and bones flowed into streams, meandering through the cracks in the rock paintings."

We'll call you home with the campfire.

"Buzz buzz buzz"

The Star God, who had just closed his eyes, opened them again through a thin slit, desperately trying to open them wide.

The Star God let out a tremendous roar, and the entire mountain shook.

Li Xia looked up and saw that there were actually twinkling stars in the deep darkness.

He was stunned for a moment before he realized that Tianbi Mountain had opened!
It reveals the real starry sky!

A pale white flame suddenly rose around Li Xia's body; it was his true qi boiling!
He was like a shooting star, flying towards the boundless night sky.

The wind whistled in my ears, the sky drew ever closer, and the stars seemed within reach!

A giant head in the night sky raised its head and, like him, looked up at the vast starry sky.

Li Xia took out a firework tube and pulled the trigger without hesitation, pointing it towards Tianbi City.

"call out!"

A striking beam of light shot out from his palm!
Countless people were drawn to the meteor-like burst of light and couldn't help but look up at the sky.

The one-eyed creature, now only half a body, has lost its only eye.

Countless arrows pierced his body, yet he seemed to see a ray of light in the sky.

His expression became serene, his lips flared weakly, as if silently singing a lullaby.

The one-legged man was tied to the prison van, looking like a dead man, but the Griggans wouldn't let him die.

The mud extracted from these powerful stone figures is a rare delicacy.

His silent eyes reflected the starry sky until that streak of light came into view.

One-Leg suddenly burst into laughter. He laughed so happily that he sang as if no one else was around, despite the angry stares of the Griggans around him.

The painter could no longer paint or draw. Realizing he had been tricked, the Imperial Wings Corbis, enraged, cut off his limbs.

He was humiliated by being framed in a picture, carried by several old stone slaves, as a gift to the King of Grigg.

Kobis also hoped to use this most important sage of the Stone Clan as credit to escape punishment for his failure to retrieve the sacred artifact. "It's a shooting star!"

The stone figure carrying the picture frame suddenly stopped, letting the Griggan's thorny whip lash its body, and stared blankly at the starry sky.

A smile appeared on the painter's pale face.

"so good"

The old stonemason would never see the light he had hoped for again; his body was now huddled together with the rough stone statues.

Just like he muttered while making the stone statue:

"You've all left, why leave me all alone?"

But around this pile of stone statues, the stone figures who had been forced by King Grigg to come and watch the resistance suffer the same fate were met with this shooting star.

To the astonishment of the Griggs court, the stone men ceased kneeling and raised their heads to look at the shooting star.

The subtle sounds slowly emerged, eventually merging together, as if the entire Tianbi City was singing.

These stone figures, hand in hand, watched as a huge head suddenly sprouted from Tianbi Mountain, and their singing gradually merged with the howling sounds from within the mountain.

It's like a dirge, or a whisper:
"Stars fall on your empty stone bed"

"The children of the tribe are counting light-years."

"Wait until the wildfires once again set the sky ablaze."

You will raise a new dawn from the ashes.

"We are children of the stars."

The Star God seemed to finally regain his senses for a moment, and he roared angrily to the sky.

Invisible ripples spread from his mouth.

The stone figures suddenly lit up, and they closed their eyes with peaceful smiles on their faces.

Li Xia saw countless points of light appear on the ground, and then these points of light soared into the sky like swallows returning to their nests.

Flying towards the location of the Star God, it was as if a magnificent meteor shower was truly falling from the sky!
"Boss—this is—"

After finishing its song, Aowu flew to Li Xia's side, while Heitan stood at its feet. They watched the magnificent meteor shower unfold before them.

"Children of the stars, they have gone home."

Long, long ago, there was a star wandering in the boundless universe, it went and went.

After walking for a very long time, and even starting to feel lonely, I discovered something different on a planet.

This planet is not as cold and desolate as the planets the stars have seen.

On the contrary, this planet is very lively, with beautiful oceans and lakes, and tiny people living on it.

The star hid and watched and watched, for a very long time.

Finally, unable to resist the urge to go down and take a look, it was just too big. In the end, Xingxing came up with a solution.

It made a very small person, just like the other little people.

Xingxing was worried that the people here might be afraid of him, but the always cheerful little people immediately accepted him.

The star felt immense joy here, and no longer wanted to wander, so it transformed its body into a small planet.

This way, even at night, they can reflect light onto these tiny people through their own bodies.

One day, an indescribable monster came from another universe and immediately set its sights on this place.

The monster is so terrifying that simply looking at it or touching it will corrupt and defile you.

Not only the little people, but even the animals changed. The little people were completely unable to resist these monsters and corruption.

The star was anxious and angry. He created many stone figures, which were difficult to corrupt, to help the little people fight against the monsters.

But Xingxing knew that the monster was the source of all this, and even though he was no match for it, Xingxing still bravely reclaimed his body and fought the monster.

They fought and fought, for a long time.

The star's body grew larger and smaller. One day, he looked back and found that all the little people had become corrupted, or rather, in order to resist corruption and survive in this polluted world, they had turned themselves into a kind of monster that was half plant and half human.

Some of the little people, unwilling to become such monsters, were determined to resist to the end and chose to give their souls to the stone men made from the stars.

From then on, people made of stone had hearts.

The world that the stars loved no longer exists; those stone figures with hearts are all that the stars cherish.

So the star carried the stone man on a journey through the universe until he could no longer fly.

The monsters also polluted the stars.

Fortunately, Xingxing found a brand new world; it was clean and a new world.

The star was too tired and wanted to rest, but it was afraid that the stone men would be hurt, so it curled up and used its body to forge the hardest shell.

If they can really get out, then let them break out of the shell!

Xingxing thought that, just like a little bird always has to hatch from its shell, leap off a cliff, and finally soar.

If the stone man really did walk out, that would be great.

With that thought in mind, Xingxing immersed her avatar in the lava, where the high temperature could suppress the corruption caused by the monster.

He's too tired and needs to rest.
After an unknown amount of time, Xingxing groggily woke up.

He sensed the avatar sleeping in the lava fighting, pleading for help.

The stars instinctively sealed off space in accordance with the incarnation's plea.

But not long after, Xingxing suddenly regained some clarity, because most of the pollution had gathered on her avatar.

Losing her incarnation actually lessened the mental torment Xingxing suffered.

But the stars heard the stone men's lamentations and their sorrowful songs.

The stars used their last strength to reach out their hands and take back the souls of those little people.

That was his child, everything that Xingxing cherished and valued.

I'll take you home!

"So the Griggans were slaughtering their own kind who fought to the very end, as well as the Star Gods who had helped them fight the Old Gods for many years?"

Aowu looked at the stunned Mimi and curled his lip in disdain.

"This this."

Mimi opened her mouth, her throat dry, but didn't know what to say.

"If you let me go back, I will make sure King Grigan treats the stone men well!"

He suddenly remembered something and pleaded.

"Too late! A leopard can't change its spots! We already know your true nature. How did you treat the stone man in the first place?"

The Griggans cannot change, nor will they give up their greed.

Aowu pointed at Mimi and said mockingly:
"You don't know you're wrong, it's because disaster is really coming, just wait for the judgment!"

Next, monsters that are more brutal, cunning, insidious, and vicious than you will arrive; they will be like ghosts and nightmares.

The entire population of Griggs will live in fear until the very end!

Xiao Long hung Mimi's head high on a bamboo pole, while the inscription next to it briefly recounted what had happened.

Then it flew happily towards Li Xia, who was standing on the mountaintop looking down.

"Boss, let's go home!"

(Third-Tier Original World: We Are Children of the Stars (The End))
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