Even at noon, the Annihilation Star gave off a dusky air. Thick gray clouds hung in the sky as if they would never disperse.
Sparse stone forests of varying heights dotted the plain. Near the Lord Train, embers fluttered through the air as Su Xiao faced a tall figure dozens of meters away, draped in tattered beast hide and crowned with antlers.
The figure's entire body was covered in pale golden fur. The fur was slightly long, with tassel-like tufts around the elbows and other places. His chin bore a casually trimmed beard, and a gray-white bone mask covered his face. Elk antlers grew from his head, while a black metal staff over three meters long and as thick as a goose egg rested across his back. Dense abyssal energy spread from it. It was an abyss weapon.
Yes, this was the Astral Realm's flat-headed brother, the combat ceiling of the friendly-system deities who took life and death lightly and fought anyone who refused to submit—the pinnacle of the Absolute Apex, the Deer God.
The Deer God's pupils were golden. This was the result of long-term absorption of Golden Power in its primordial state. Among the known powerhouses, only he dared to directly absorb Golden Power in its primordial state.
Golden Power sounded unfamiliar, but Golden Skill Points were anything but. Golden Skill Points were transformed from Golden Power in its primordial state.
In other words, Golden Skill Points were actually weakened "Golden Power in its primordial state." Paradise had not deliberately weakened it; rather, anyone who added points with it would die. In that case, Golden Skill Points could hardly be called a reward.
Unweakened "Golden Power in its primordial state" was dangerous, but possessed the might to continually break through its limits.
The Deer God merely stood there,