Slaying

"What... what is this..."

Jack ran out of the cave, his mouth hanging open as he stared at the scene before him in disbelief.

The black stone mountain had actually begun shedding its skin. Rocks tumbled down as it transformed into the hideous head of a monster!

"Have we... been staying on the body of a monster for more than half a month?"

Jack felt a surge of absurdity and lingering fear. At the same time, he understood why those vengeful spirits had never dared approach.

The entire mountain was the body of a monster powerful beyond belief. What vengeful spirit would dare offend it?

But as soon as the thought crossed his mind, Jack suddenly realized that he could no longer move at all.

He looked down in astonishment and saw that his lower body had begun to melt, slowly seeping into the mountain.

"That being... hasn't even fully awakened yet! Just hearing a single word from him, just being affected by the aura around him, and I'm going to die...?"

Though the resentment of the Inner World had strengthened him enough to fight two opponents at once and kill two high-level Reincarnators, Jack now realized in horror that he was still nothing before a truly terrifying being.

Even its unconscious energy radiations could kill him!

Before long, Jack had been corroded until only his head remained.

Fortunately, he had already become a monster. Otherwise, he would have died long before reaching this state.

Even so, his consciousness gradually grew hazy.

"Am I going to die here...?"

Just as Jack was about to close his eyes, he suddenly saw the light of those dark red stars in the sky.

From the perspective of the Inner World, a new day began when the stars formed from the corpses of the