Alone and Infinite

But how could Li Xia possibly take it out? He definitely wanted to keep something like that for his own use.

Misfortune may just be another chance for good fortune to return!

Moreover, there was an orange glow emanating from Hel's body.

Li Xia stepped forward, squinted at him for a while, and suddenly reached out and probed into the hollow of Hel's chest.

They took out something that emitted a mesmerizing orange glow, like a gemstone.

The orange light that filled the sky gradually subsided, finally converging on the gemstone.

A notification from the Hall of Light popped up at the opportune moment.

[Executioner, you have obtained the Star God Core (Small)]

Star God Core?

[Star God Core]

[Quality: Orange (Tier 3)]

【Origin: Void, Primal World】

[Type: Rare Material/Valuable Item]

[Evaluation: An extremely rare core, a precious material that can only be formed within the body of a 'Star God']

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1. Monthly pass 2. Recommendation vote

I'll be back tomorrow, so I need to explain the backstory of this dungeon to make it complete.

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 the 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.