The Escape Badge and Mona's Return

Moss Hut Shelter.

A flash of red light, and a figure fell to the floor.

Pfft—

Xiao Wu spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed.

Fighting to stay conscious, he activated the [Truce Token] before he blacked out, entering the Truce Period.

Then he could hold on no longer and passed out.

He had no idea how much time passed.

At last, Xiao Wu slowly opened his eyes and regained consciousness.

His experiences in the Invasion War flashed through his mind.

He checked his condition. Even though he had expected the worst, he still ground his teeth in hatred.

"Damn you, Yu Yuan..."

Xiao Wu had grown terribly thin. His once aristocratic bearing was gone; he was hunched and haggard as a mummy, with sparse hair, bulging eyes, and exposed fangs. He looked like a demon.

That was all because he had burned the blood in his body. That much was manageable.

The real problem was that he had lost more Primordial Blood than expected. It was the price of using the Blood-Colored Badge to force his way out of the Invasion War.

He had also used up the Blood Crystal Xiao Xi had given him while fighting the Werewolf. In this Invasion War, Xiao Wu had lost everything.

Every trump card he had worked so hard to accumulate was gone, along with his entire reserve of resources. He was back to square one.

With no time to dwell on it, Xiao Wu staggered to his feet and made his way to the Hideout's storage area. He took out a bottle of fluorescent liquid and gulped it down.

As the liquid entered his body, his mummy-like frame rapidly filled out, like dried mushrooms soaking up water.

After finishing the bottle, he was still far from his former condition, but