Chapter 19: The Convergence of Desires
Fang Ping’an looked toward the direction the sound came from, but there was only darkness, and he couldn’t see anything.
“Roar!!!”
The sound rang out again, getting closer to him. It sounded like some kind of monster.
Fang Ping’an’s face turned serious, and all the spiritual power within him surged. His body was covered in tiny golden lights. If the monster attacked with extreme speed, he could immediately react and defend himself with his spiritual power.
The problem was that it was pitch black all around, and he couldn’t leave this place.In the darkness, who knows what kind of monsters there might be. If there are even more powerful monsters out there, it would be disastrous to leave this place.
However, his position hasn’t changed for now. He is standing at the entrance of Tianyuan Village. If things get really bad, he can still enter the village.
“Roar!!!”
The sound grew closer, and not only that, Fang Ping’an also heard heavy footsteps, as if a giant was walking. The ground trembled slightly. What could it be?
After a few seconds, the monster finally stepped into the light.
Fang Ping’an only took a glance and felt a chill down his spine. He was shocked.
In front of him, the monster stood at a towering five meters tall. Its body was made up of densely packed human corpse remnants – arms, legs, decaying heads – tightly intertwined to form a terrifying sight that instilled fear with just a glance.
And its head, resembling that of some kind of monster, had sharp teeth around its mouth, huge eyeballs, and sunken nostrils.
Extremely bizarre.
After stepping into the light, the monster continued to move forward, setting its sights on Fang Ping’an. It lifted its massive foot and stomped down slowly, but each step covered a meter, and it would soon be near Fang Ping’an.
Without hesitation, Fang Ping’an quickly unleashed a burst of spiritual power, striking the monster’s massive body.
The two collided, but only a short leg fell off the monster’s body, making no impact on its gigantic figure.
“No way, it’s so tough!”
Fang Ping’an was stunned. However, the distance was too far for the spiritual power to cause any damage, so the result was expected.
The monster was about to reach him, and the stench of rotting limbs and arms on its body forced Fang Ping’an to use his spiritual power to cover his nose.
Fang Ping’an continued to stand his ground and attack the monster with his spiritual power, but the effects were minimal.
Seeing the monster’s arm swinging towards him, he immediately lowered his head to dodge the heavy blow.
After getting back into position, Fang Ping’an started to analyze calmly.
The opponent’s body was strong and highly defensive, but not very fast. It also seemed to lack intelligence, attacking only by instinct and waving its arms.
The two massive arms had great strength, and being hit by them could result in instant death.
Attacking while dodging the monster’s assaults, Fang Ping’an appeared to be handling it with ease. However, he was walking on a thin line. One misstep would mean death.
Under the threat of death, he had to focus all his attention on the battle, as his spirit and spiritual power were continuously depleted.
“This won’t work. Its body is too tough. I have to find its weak point.”Fang Ping’an thought quickly, most organisms have two fatal weak points, the head and the heart, and as long as either one is destroyed, they will die immediately.
However, it is impossible to determine whether this monster has a heart.
Its body is made up entirely of severed limbs, and its internal condition is unknown. Meanwhile, its defensive capabilities are too strong, and it would consume a lot of spiritual energy to attack its heart.
The best approach is to attack the head.
Fang Ping’an couldn’t be sure if the head, which is completely inconsistent with the body, is its weak point.
But in order to kill it, he can only choose one.
After determining the target, Fang Ping’an continuously attacked the head. When his spiritual energy hit the head, the monster seemed increasingly enraged and its movements became faster.
It became increasingly difficult for Fang Ping’an to evade, and he thought to himself, “This won’t work. I have to take some risks.”
He enveloped his legs with spiritual energy, leaped directly and landed on the monster’s neck, and then unleashed a burst of spiritual energy with his fists, smashing down heavily towards the head.
“Roar!”
The monster let out a miserable cry and its two hands quickly struck its own head, creating a whistling sound.
The speed was so fast that Fang Ping’an couldn’t dodge in time, so he could only rely on his spiritual energy to defend.
“Bang!”
The moment of impact sent him flying, his body shattered and in extreme pain. Thankfully, thanks to the system, his life was immediately restored. He somersaulted and landed steadily on the ground, but he was still grinding his teeth, his expression contorted.
It was just too painful!
At this point, the monster seemed to go mad, waving its hands indiscriminately and continuously howling, with half of its head caved in.
Fang Ping’an watched coldly, judging that the monster was in a frenzy before death.
Sure enough, a few minutes later, the monster’s movements became slower and slower, until it completely stopped moving, and with a loud thud, it crashed straight to the ground, lifeless.
Seeing the opponent’s death, Fang Ping’an let out a long sigh of relief, collapsed on the ground, and started to rest. This battle was extremely physically and mentally exhausting, and he had given it his all.
He could only blame his low attack power, coupled with the opponent’s lack of intelligence, making it impossible to break through its defenses.
“Congratulations on completing the hidden mission, exterminating the Desire Agglomeration Entity.”
Upon hearing this, Fang Ping’an raised an eyebrow. It turned out to be another hidden mission.
[Hidden Mission: Desire Agglomeration Entity]
[Mission Brief: This is a monster born from desire, lacking rationality and driven only by a thirst for killing. They can smell the scent of living humans and fulfill the will of death, becoming the most ferocious hunters and serving as tools to cleanse desire.]【Mission Completed】
【Mission Rewards: Reincarnation Points x200, Cultivation Points x3, Martial Arts Points x1】
“Not bad, it’s worth my effort to kill it.”
Fang Ping’an didn’t expect to have unexpected gains.
The reason he didn’t want to escape and only wanted to kill this monster was because he was afraid that there were even scarier creatures in the darkness. The unknown was the most terrifying and the source of fear.
He immediately used all the rewards from this mission.
His cultivation level had just reached the mid-stage of Qi cultivation, and the martial arts points were added to “Spiritual Power Manifestation” to enhance his own attack power and long-range abilities.
Fang Ping’an used spiritual power manifestation to transform his spiritual power into a flying knife and threw it towards the monster’s corpse. As soon as it hit, a large wound immediately appeared on its body. This damage was several times stronger than using spiritual power directly. It was equivalent to using spiritual power up close, but as a long-range attack.
“Finally, I don’t have to use close combat. It was a bit dangerous just now when I jumped onto the monster’s head.”
After contemplating for a moment, Fang Ping’an got up and approached the monster’s corpse.
“It looks so ugly, yet it had the audacity to go out.”
He looked at the monster’s corpse and couldn’t help but shake his head in disbelief. The more he looked, the uglier it became. The haphazardly assembled body, the mismatched head, he wondered who created it. There was no sense of aesthetics at all.
On top of the wreckage, there were also many coarse cloth robes that were exactly the same as the fabric of that little girl from Tianyuan Village.
“Maybe it’s people from other villages who were killed and turned into monsters. However, this world is indeed very bizarre. The pitch-black night where you can’t see your own fingers, the hideous amalgamation of bodies, and the monsters hidden in the darkness of Tianyuan Village.”
Fang Ping’an looked around, unable to see anything, yet it felt like there were countless monsters lurking around, sending shivers down his spine.
“Roar!!” “Roar!!” “Roar!!”…
“Oh my god! There really are monsters!”
