11: Moon Village 9

"Crack, crack."

The aggregate slowly split downwards from the part of the white brain that was pierced. The red crystal-like panel cracked inch by inch, and the piles of red brains inside the panel trembled continuously. The thin tubes connecting the white main brain to all the other brains snapped one by one.

Without the panel's shaping and the control of the meridians, the brains scattered like toppled dominoes.

"Now it's... treasure chest time." Shi Yan's mouth curved higher and higher, revealing several saw-like teeth on the side, resembling a shark's.

On the ground at Shi Yan's feet lay a multitude of red brains. Above where the white main brain had died, a fist-sized white rhomboid crystal floated, sparkling with a pure, brilliant white light.

At the very top of the white brain was also a round ring emitting a white glow. The ring was entirely snow-white, with a texture like the finest Hetian jade, about eight millimeters wide overall, and adorned with a splash of crimson at its center.

Shi Yan bent down and picked up the white jade ring with his right hand, which was enhanced by Blood Tattooed Transformation stacked with Primary Panel Enhancement.

The moment Shi Yan's finger touched the white jade ring, the system panel popped up.

"Moon God's Twelve Sacred Artifacts — Ring of the Moon (Blue)"

"Effect: Carrying it on your person will continuously restore stamina and injuries. Wearing it slightly increases blood-attribute abilities and skills."

"The system actually has this kind of appraisal function, and the Moon God's Twelve Sacred Artifacts... are there other sacred artifacts? Is this guy not the true Moon God?" Shi Yan was completely confused by these things, as this was only his first mission. Shi Yan thought for a moment and then dismissed his thoughts.

The white jade ring felt substantial in his hand. A faint warm current continuously spread throughout his body from his right palm. The areas touched by the white warm current became very comfortable.

"Not bad, it's a good item." Shi Yan smiled slightly and put the white jade ring on his left index finger. The size was unexpectedly just right, indicating it had an automatic resizing ability.

The moment Shi Yan put the white jade ring on his left hand, his already very thick right arm extended by another section. Its thickness and strength also greatly increased. Its defensive power had not yet been tested, but it had definitely improved.

Now, if Shi Yan stood upright, his right hand could touch the ground without bending over. One must know that Shi Yan currently had a height of 1.75 meters, and now his entire right arm was at least 1.5 meters long.

"It's really... becoming less and less like a human." Shi Yan smiled pleasurably. He greatly enjoyed this feeling of constantly getting stronger. As long as he could become stronger, it didn't matter if he stopped being human.

Shi Yan reached out and gently touched the white rhomboid crystal. A bone-chilling sensation spread throughout his body from the point of contact, followed immediately by an intense stinging pain from all over his body.

This change was unprecedentedly strong. If the pain during the previous head enhancement was level one, then the current pain was five times that. Shi Yan gritted his teeth and endured the intense pain without making a sound.

Fortunately, this intense pain came and went quickly. After the pain, a soul-deep feeling of comfort spread through him.

This improvement was different from all previous improvements. Shi Yan felt his body was much lighter, as if his previous life had always been accompanied by a layer of shackles, and now those shackles had been removed.

He mentally summoned the deep blue panel.

"Abilities: Elementary Head Transformation, Intermediate Blood Mark Control, Primary Panel Enhancement, Elementary Shadow Transformation, Moon Power (cannot be upgraded)."

Shi Yan's attention focused on Moon Power, and a piece of information entered his mind.

"All attributes are constantly doubled."

Shi Yan nodded with satisfaction. The effect was simple and brutal. The increase in all attributes was very powerful. The only pity was that it could not be upgraded, but perhaps there would be a solution in the future.

His ferocious right hand suddenly thrust forward, "Whoosh!" Accompanied by the sound of air being pierced, his right hand instantly disappeared from its original position. Because of its extreme speed, it felt as if his right hand could teleport.

"Not bad, speed has increased significantly again."

Shi Yan twisted his neck, then suddenly turned and flashed, instantly appearing beside Wang Yang. With a loud "Thud!", Shi Yan's Blood Tattooed Transformation right hand had already pierced through Wang Yang's head, and even the wall behind his head had a large hole punched through it.

"The increase in strength is also very good. Even a skull can be easily broken."

Shi Yan made a calm evaluation, then slowly pulled out his fist embedded in the wall.

Shi Yan's figure flashed again, instantly appearing beside Li Zhao. Li Zhao, who had been feigning death, was so scared he almost wet himself when he noticed this, and his muscles instantly tensed up.

"Don't, don't kill me..." Li Zhao said with difficulty.

"Oh? Give me a reason." Shi Yan slowly squatted down, his index finger, made extremely sharp by Blood Tattooed Transformation, gently resting on Li Zhao's neck.

Li Zhao felt the sharpness on his neck and, not daring to hesitate, immediately yelled with all his might.

"I... I still have three thousand slaughter points, I can give them all to you. Please spare me."

"slaughter points, huh... No interest."

He applied a slight force with his finger, lightly prying at Li Zhao's neck, and his entire head was pried up like a can of soda.

"Although I don't know what slaughter points are, I'm still more interested in you."

Shi Yan saying he had no interest was false, but compared to slaughter points, whose use he didn't know, Shi Yan was more interested in readily available skills.

Just as Shi Yan finished killing the two, the system panel suddenly popped up.

"Detected only one player remaining. The dungeon will end soon. Countdown to end: 10 minutes."

"So the dungeon ends directly if only one person is left? How cruel, no wonder it's called Slaughter Paradise." Shi Yan became even more excited after learning this. This way, he wouldn't have to think about how to complete missions in the future; he could just kill everyone at the beginning.

Two crystals slowly appeared on the two corpses.

The crystal floating above Wang Yang's corpse was deep dark red, while the crystal on Li Zhao's corpse was light gray.

Shi Yan looked at the two corpses and slowly shook his head. This was how the weak were; they could only be constantly dominated by the strong, eventually becoming nourishment for the strong to grow stronger.

Shi Yan touched the two crystals one by one, feeling that he had gained two new abilities.

He summoned the ability panel again, and the information inside had changed significantly.

Abilities: Elementary Head Transformation, Intermediate Blood Mark Control, Primary Panel Enhancement (Can be Synthesized), Elementary Shadow Transformation, Moon Power (Cannot be Upgraded), Elementary Pill Control Crafting, Elementary Petrification (Can be Synthesized)

Gold Points: 1

"Hmm? What is this Gold Point? And what does 'Can be Synthesized' mean, which appeared after the abilities?"

Shi Yan placed his gaze on the Gold Points section and the 'Can be Synthesized' section, and two pieces of information immediately entered Shi Yan's mind.

"Gold Points: Can arbitrarily upgrade one ability level."

"Abilities with overlapping attributes and functions can be synthesized to create more powerful abilities."