Mission Begins

The earth suddenly trembled a few times, and a sense of danger suddenly engulfed Li Wei.

With a terrifying roar, a gigantic monster suddenly charged out of the Jungle to Li Wei's left. Li Wei reacted with lightning speed, a bolt of lightning shooting from his palm, but at that moment, the Main God suddenly shouted, "Stop!"

With a soft 'buzz,' everything around fell silent.

Li Wei was horrified to find that he felt as if he had been instantly immersed in molten steel, and his body had come to a standstill uncontrollably.

The monster that suddenly appeared also had a gaping maw and stopped less than half a meter away from Li Wei. Under Li Wei's vision, even the traces of saliva splattering on the monster's teeth were clearly visible.

"What on earth is going on?" Li Wei realized that it wasn't just himself and the monster that had stopped; everything around them had come to a standstill.

The leaves that were swaying in the wind, the flying insects, and even the lightning in his hand all froze eerily, the scene stretching out infinitely in an instant, like a scene from a photograph.

"Hehe, this is one of my abilities, Time Binding. Now you should know what I mean by breaking free from the constraints of rules, right?" The Main God's voice was full of mockery.

Li Wei understood perfectly well.

The Main God stopped not himself, nor the monster, but time itself in the mission world, freezing in an instant.

Is this the power of the Main God?

Indeed, this ability completely surpassed all the power Li Wei had ever known. With just this one ability, he could be invincible in battle against an enemy.

Imagine this: no matter how strong the enemy, if you stop time, they become easy prey, utterly defenseless. You can then simply use a knife to gently slit their neck and achieve a perfect victory.

Li Wei was well aware of the Main God's intentions, and at this point, Li Wei had no choice but to agree. After all, if the Main God alone released the monster's 'Time Binding,' then he would truly become a piece of meat in the monster's mouth.

"Very good." Without Li Wei needing to speak, the Main God had already read Li Wei's thoughts and released Li Wei from the Time Binding on his own.

Li Wei suddenly realized that he could move again, but everything around him remained frozen.

"So, we're allies now. Since you want me to improve my combat power, why don't you just raise my strength to S9? Wouldn't that save a lot of trouble?" After looking around, Li Wei began to ask for benefits.

"That involves a different set of rules, directly boosting your combat power, which I cannot do," the Main God's voice was filled with helplessness.

Li Wei seemed to see someone, shaking his head and waving his hand.

"So, as your ally, where does my combat strength stand among your 132 Destroyer?"

The answer from the "bottom-ranked" Main God left Li Wei somewhat devastated.

"One last question: Is the Main God the only one that exists?" Li Wei asked in a deep voice.

After a long wait, the Main God finally said, "No."

"Understood. I'll do as you say and reach S9 as soon as possible. Of course, I have one more request. If you can do it, please help me fulfill it. This will allow me to increase my combat power faster."

An hour later, the voice of the Main God fell silent, and Li Wei quickly summoned his Black Paper. He selected the section on his abilities, and a list of information immediately appeared before Li Wei eyes.

"The Eye of Perception, Shifting Forms and Changing Positions, Stacking Technique... these abilities have indeed returned, haha, it seems this Main God is truly all-powerful. However, if the Main God is already so powerful, then what kind of beings are those Destroyer it speaks of that threaten its existence?"

Restoring his former abilities was Li Wei's request to the Main God. Of course, in exchange, Li Wei also became one of the Main God's subordinate Destroyer.

"Forget it, I can't get involved in these matters for now. Improving my own combat strength is the priority."

Surpassing S9 is a goal that's still too far off for Li Wei, whose current combat strength is only at the level of 1. Therefore, it's better to focus on the tasks at hand.

As required by the Main God, the first step is to gather all the necessary items to learn the 'Devour' skill. According to the Main God, the 'Devour' ability is undoubtedly the Destroyer's most powerful ability. Only by mastering the Devour ability can one break through further after reaching S3 level. This is also the biggest difference between the Destroyer and ordinary Guardian (Reincarnators).

"Ding, the Time Binding will be lifted in three seconds..."

Suddenly, a voice rang out, interrupting Li Wei's thoughts. Li Wei suddenly remembered that time was still frozen around him, and if he remembered correctly, there was a huge monster next to him.

Three seconds passed, and Li Wei turned his head and saw the enormous monster.

Almost instantly, Li Wei dodged to the side, and the monster missed its target. Perhaps due to excessive inertia, it crashed headfirst into a rock. To Li Wei's disbelief, the monster shattered the boulder, then shook its head and turned around again.

"What is this thing?" Li Wei looked at the monster, his heart pounding.

With the Eye of Perception, Li Wei saw all the information about the monster.

"Monster, Pink Rathian, Rathian..."

Fire Dragon?

Li Wei was taken aback, a sense of foreboding rising in his heart. Looking at the Pink Rathian again, he saw that it had raised its body high, and then bursts of heat waves and black smoke, like burning sulfur, were billowing from its mouth.

"Not good!" Just as Li Wei dodged, a fireball spewed out of the Pink Rathian's mouth.

Almost instantly, a burst of flames erupted where Li Wei had just stood, lifting the soil more than ten meters into the air, and Li Wei was blown to the side by the powerful gust of wind.

With his combat strength restored, Li Wei flipped over and landed steadily, just as the second fireball from the Pink Rathian arrived.

"Too fast! This isn't Fire Dragon, it's a cannon! Even a B-level expert would have a hard time withstanding this kind of attack power!" Li Wei gathered all his true energy and unleashed a 'Shockwave Fist' that slammed into the air.

With a 'crack', the sound of air shattering rang out, and the fireball exploded less than three meters away from Li Wei. The powerful air pressure tore the bark off several large trees around them, and some trees with thinner branches broke into several pieces.

As the smoke cleared, Li Wei felt his arm was slightly numb from the shock.

This Pink Rathian's combat power definitely surpasses that of a B-rank monster, so how difficult is this mission world?

'Roar'

The Pink Rathian charged again. This time, Li Wei could see clearly that its scales were extremely thick, and its shell was cherry red. With each step this massive monster took, the ground trembled violently.

"No matter how powerful you are, you're still just a wild beast." After a brief period of adjustment, Li Wei already knew how to fight this monster.

Upon seeing the Pink Rathian rushing towards him, Li Wei's body suddenly vanished, thanks to the Shifting Forms and Changing Positions ability.

Reappearing, Li Wei was already behind the Pink Rathian. He threw a punch, combining his lightning true energy with the 'Shockwave Fist', creating an exceptionally terrifying effect.

'Click'

This time, the air seemed to be mirrored, as Li Wei smashed a long crack in it, and the Pink Rathian's huge tail was right in the middle of this crack.

A flash of blood-red light appeared, and the Pink Rathian's massive tail was instantly severed in two. The severed tail flew high into the air before crashing heavily to the ground.

The Pink Rathian was no longer as ferocious as before; the pain of its severed tail caused it to raise its head and let out a deafening roar.

The terrifying sound waves seemed capable of tearing the air apart. Caught off Li Wei felt dizzy and disoriented. When Li Wei recovered, he saw that the Pink Rathian had already flapped its wings and flown into the sky, escaping for good.

"Forget it, it's safer to stay where we are until a mission is issued," Li Wei muttered to himself, looking at the black dot in the sky.

Li Wei glanced at the severed tail on the ground and walked over.

"The severed tail of the Pink Rathian can be harvested 3 times, yielding random items..."

Li Wei tried, but as expected, he couldn't put the severed tail into his storage space. Helpless, he had no choice but to walk back and forth.

As Li Wei touched the severed tail, a virtual image appeared. It displayed only a virtual panel; after clicking on it, he saw the message "Item Harvesting..."

"Obtained the Pink Rathian Scale..."

"Obtained the Pink Rathian Shell..."

"Obtained the Pink Rathian Spike..."

After three harvests, the enormous severed tail disappeared without a trace. In Li Wei's storage space, the three newly harvested items appeared: scales, carapace, and thorns.

A moment later, Li Wei's Black Paper popped out, and Li Wei knew that a mission was about to be issued.

"Quest: Autumn of Hunting, Quest Background: Monster Hunter World... This is a world where hunters and monsters coexist. In this season most suitable for hunting, please head to the nearest village meeting place and receive your quest from the bartender. Remember, only the strongest hunters can survive the hunting season."

"Task difficulty: Level; Task time limit: three days. Failure to reach the village meeting place within three days will result in mission failure, penalty: annihilation."

Li Wei took the Black Paper, inwardly cursing the ruthless Main God. Although he wanted to train himself to become a strong person, the punishment for failing the mission was too severe.

However, getting to the village meeting place within three days shouldn't be too difficult.

Li Wei opened the mission map and found a small green dot, which marked a village in a friendly state. It was only a little over a hundred kilometers away.

In this mission world, Li Wei's abilities were not suppressed. In other words, even at the peak of Li Wei's combat power, the mission's difficulty rating was still Level 1, which is enough to illustrate the difficulty of this mission.

Taking out a flight card, Li Wei leaped into the air and headed towards the nearest village.