Killing the Donkey After It Grinds the Mill, Reporting the System

The system did not respond to Styx immediately.

Styx began to wonder to himself.

In novels from his past life, every system could talk to its host.

Could his be some shoddy version? One that could not speak?

Just as Styx was baffled, the mechanical voice sounded again.

"Ding! The host's request has been received. Supplementary rewards are now being issued: one Exotic Beast Egg and the High-Grade Connate Spiritual Treasure, Twelve Sea Stabilizing Divine Pearls."

There really was more?

Styx was delighted. He had merely said it casually, yet the system had actually given him something!

Never mind the quality of the rewards.

Getting them was good enough. He was not picky; the more Spiritual Treasures and Spirit Roots, the better!

Just as Styx was about to speak again and continue extorting the system, it beat him to it.

"Host, do not push your luck. Once you complete future tasks, the system will naturally distribute the remaining rewards."

Still unwilling to give up, Styx asked, "Are you sure you will not give me any more?"

The system replied, "I am sure!"

Styx sounded rather regretful. "All right."

He had been thinking that if he could squeeze enough benefits out of it, he might spare the system's life.

But this system was so tactless...

Without the slightest hesitation, Styx shouted, "Heavenly Dao above! A strange thing has invaded the Primordial Wilderness! Come quickly!"

"??? What the hell?"

The system was utterly shocked.

It seemed never to have expected Styx to do something as shameless as killing the donkey after it had ground the mill.

He had just collected the Novice Gift Pack from it, only to turn around and sell it out to the Heavenly Dao.

The system's mechanical voice abruptly shifted into that of a somewhat rough male voice.

Just as I thought.

The legendary system was definitely being controlled by someone behind the scenes.

Soon after Styx reported the system to the Heavenly Dao, the Eye of the Heavenly Dao descended.

The Eye of the Heavenly Dao was without question the most terrifying existence Styx had ever seen.

Cold and emotionless!

Those words suited it, yet somehow did not.

Simply put, the eye exuded a tranquil indifference toward all things.

Yet deep within that calm, something seemed to be faintly concealed.

Styx could not make it out.

Though it was only a single eye, it was incomparably vast. Styx's body before it was as tiny as an ant.

Styx could not describe how he felt before the Eye of the Heavenly Dao.

He only felt that, once the Eye of the Heavenly Dao descended, everything about him had been seen through.

Even his past life was no exception.

Though Styx could sense no malice toward him from that probing force, being completely seen through still felt awful.

Even standing before the Eye of the Heavenly Dao, Styx felt boundless pressure bearing down upon him.

Before long, however, golden light descended from elsewhere and shone upon Styx.

The arrival of that power covered the Heavenly Dao's power.

Styx even felt that it had intimidated the Heavenly Dao.

Only then did the Eye of the Heavenly Dao withdraw the probing force it had cast upon Styx.

Styx breathed a sigh of relief, but he was also left with greater doubts.

That golden power seemed to have come from the depths of the Blood Sea?

What was down there that could intimidate the Heavenly Dao itself?

Styx temporarily buried the matter in his heart.

After all, he was still weak. The depths of the Blood Sea were exceptionally dangerous to him.

The system had no time to worry about anything else. It transformed directly into a streak of Spiritual Light and prepared to flee from the Blood Sea.

Watching the enormous Eye of the Heavenly Dao within the Blood Sea, Styx crossed his arms and enjoyed the show.

The system's immediate escape proved that it feared the Heavenly Dao. It was definitely not like the systems in novels from his past life, utterly transcendent beyond the Great Dao.

But on second thought, that made sense.

If it truly possessed an existence completely transcendent beyond the Great Dao, why would it need to descend into a tiny Primordial Wilderness to seek out a host?

The Spiritual Light formed by the system was swift. In only a few breaths, it was about to escape the Blood Sea.

But the Heavenly Dao was clearly no pushover.

The Eye of the Heavenly Dao shot out a burst of Blazing Flames, blocking the system's path.

The system stopped pretending. It directly took on Humanoid Form, then gritted its teeth and said to the Eye of the Heavenly Dao in the sky, "Heavenly Dao, are you truly determined to stop me?"

The Heavenly Dao did not answer. After all, it had not yet Harmonized with the Dao alongside Hongjun, so it could not split off a conscious incarnation like Heavenly Dao Hongjun in the future to converse with them.

But the Heavenly Dao's actions had already made its stance perfectly clear.

Its enormous eyeball unleashed all its pressure at once.

Terrifying power surged toward the Humanoid Form taken by the system.

Even Styx, who was standing to one side watching the show, found that power alarming.

Yet the figure formed by the system did not change expression. It directly brought forth a sinister black Spiritual Treasure, blocking all the Heavenly Dao's pressure outside.

A Connate Supreme Treasure!

Though Styx could not see exactly what that ominous black supreme treasure was, he could tell from its aura that it was definitely at the level of a Connate Supreme Treasure.

"Good heavens, it even has a Connate Supreme Treasure! I really should have kept extorting it!"

Seeing how unfazed the man remained, Styx guessed that he had quite a few trump cards.

As for the Spiritual Treasures and Spirit Roots he had given Styx, they were likely all things he did not care for.

But the man had no time to concern himself with Styx's thoughts.

He roared in anger.

"Heavenly Dao! First, you secretly aided that brat Hongjun and let him break my Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation. Now you are blocking me again. Are you truly determined to fight me to the death?"

The moment those words were spoken, two words surfaced in Styx's mind: Rahula!

No wonder he could casually hand Rahula's Twelfth Grade Extinguishing Black Lotus to him as a reward.

This system was Rahula himself!

Could it be that after Rahula lost the Dao-Devil War, he came to the Blood Sea?

Perhaps he had happened to lodge himself within Styx, seized his memories, learned of systems from the novels of his past life, and then planned to disguise himself as a system so Styx would lower his guard before replacing him at the right moment?

Styx could not help but feel somewhat alarmed.

Had he not been vigilant enough to report the system directly to the Heavenly Dao, Rahula might truly have succeeded.

Over there, Rahula was still resisting the pressure of the Heavenly Dao.

Meanwhile, Styx was secretly watching for an opportunity.

He dared scheme against him?

Then he could not blame Styx for stabbing him in the back!

Though Styx was not yet qualified to interfere in the battle between the Heavenly Dao and Rahula,

there was no problem with waiting for an opening and striking from the shadows.

The Heavenly Dao was, after all, the Heavenly Dao. Although Rahula had temporarily blocked its pressure,

the present Rahula was merely a Remnant Soul left behind after his defeat in the Dao-Devil War.

Naturally, his strength could not compare with Rahula at his peak.

The only reason he could block the Heavenly Dao's pressure now was the might of that Connate Supreme Treasure.

Seeing its pressure blocked, the Eye of the Heavenly Dao soon launched another attack!

Above the Blood Sea,

great swathes of dark clouds gathered.

Faintly, immense peals of thunder could be heard rumbling within them.

Styx's expression turned grave.

Heavenly Punishment Divine Lightning!

Though he knew the divine lightning was not aimed at him,

Styx still brought forth his two defensive natal Spiritual Treasures, the Profound Origin Water Control Flag and the Twelfth Grade Red Lotus of Karma Fire, to avoid being caught in the blast.

As for the Spiritual Treasure Rahula had rewarded him with,

he would pass.

Until Rahula was destroyed by the Heavenly Dao, Styx did not dare use it.

Rahula looked at the sky above the Blood Sea, which had already turned incomparably dark.

The divine lightning in the heavens had gathered its power, as though it could strike him dead the very next moment.

Rahula's expression also grew grim.

As a former Chaos Demon God and one of the current top existences in the Primordial Wilderness, he could naturally sense that the Heavenly Dao was going for the kill!

At the brink of life and death, Rahula snorted coldly.

"Since things have come to this, will you fellow Daoists still not come out and lend me a hand? If I die here, it will not benefit any of you!"

Styx was alarmed.

There were others here?