Chapter 122. The Last Skill...

Time passed day by day, and the next three months or so went by.

The contaminated beasts/contaminated entities seem endless, constantly emerging from the deeply contaminated zone. No matter how many are eliminated, new ones will always take their place.

Lin Xiaoxiao and several other gods have been in the Black Abyss, assisting the resistance army in clearing out the army of polluted beasts, and have searched for Nu Enluo and the Creation Organization in the deepest polluted areas many times, but unfortunately they have not found them.

The city's higher-ups in Heiyuan were also aware of Lin Xiaoxiao and her group's existence.

If they encounter a wild god they can't defeat, or a large number of polluted beasts/polluted entities, they will contact them for help.

Meanwhile, the sky over the Dragon Kingdom was like a shattered glass dome, gradually increasing in size at an extremely slow pace, with occasional pieces falling down.

The spot where it fell was empty and pitch black, with some distorted spatial turbulence vaguely visible, making it look particularly terrifying and dangerous.

Having just finished the battle, Lin Xiaoxiao returned to the temporarily designated residential area and voluntarily dispelled the lightsaber in her hand.

As soon as I entered the tent, I saw a little girl who was 1.3 meters tall, holding a small basin with a little water and a towel in it, looking at me expectantly.

She took the towel handed to her by Zhuo Mai, who was standing to the side, wiped her face quickly, then revealed a faint smile, reached out and ruffled the little girl's fluffy short hair, and then bent down and pinched the little girl's dark face.

The little girl's name is Zhuo Mai. She was found by Lin Xiaoxiao and Xiao Weizhi seven days ago in a small town outside Mona City on their way back from the contaminated area.

When they found her, the little girl's mother, father, and aunt were all dead, their bones gnawed away by the corrupted beasts, leaving only a few bits of flesh and blood.

The little girl was hidden by her parents in a cellar with the entrance sealed off, covered with a lot of furniture.

If it weren't for Xiao Weizhi's keen hearing, which allowed him to hear Zhuo Mai's intermittent sobs, the little girl might have starved to death in that sealed-off cellar.

After bringing the girl back, Lin Xiaoxiao originally intended to arrange for her to go to a relief station.

However, having just returned to Mona City, they were then attacked by the Contaminated Beings, so they had no choice but to turn around and assist in cleaning up the Contaminated Beings.

When I returned a few days later and contacted the relief station again, they apologized profusely, saying, "We can no longer accommodate anyone else. We are very sorry."

After discussing this with Xiao's father, Lin Xiaoxiao sent the little girl to live with Xiao's army. Fortunately, Xiao's army also had the habit of accepting war orphans.

Due to the current tense situation, there is no time to send Zhuoma back to the right district. For the time being, the little girl will have to live with them behind the war zone.

At this moment, Xiao Weizhi, dressed in black metal armor and covered in purplish-black bloodstains, walked into the tent with a cold expression.

The moment Zhuo Mai saw Xiao Weizhi, she was like a mouse seeing a big cat. She lowered her head, shrank back several steps, and hid to the side.

Lin Xiaoxiao took the towel, turned to Zhuo Mai standing to the side and smiled gently: "Little Zhuo Mai, would you like to go out first? Your uncle and aunt have something to talk about."

Zhuo Mai pursed her lips, holding the small basin of water, and thought to herself, "Not auntie, but older sister." After nodding, she took the basin and went straight out.

Then she gestured for him to bend down and wiped his face: "You look so gloomy, did you quarrel with your dad again?"

Some time ago, the Xiao family father and son met again under the city wall. Compared to the father's ecstatic joy, Xiao Weizhi appeared quite indifferent.

Fortunately, after spending some time together, Xiao Weizhi's language skills and some of his former habits have gradually returned, although he sometimes inexplicably and cleverly quarrels with his father.

Xiao Weizhi obediently bent down, letting Lin Xiaoxiao wipe away the bloodstains that had accidentally gotten on his face as she withdrew her hand.

He reached out and pressed her hand down onto his face, his voice hoarse: "Yes, the old man wants me to take over the Xiao family army."

Lin Xiaoxiao placed her hand on his slightly rough face and gently stroked it: "You didn't agree?"

Xiao Weizhi held Lin Xiaoxiao in his palm and gently kissed her: "Yes, I didn't agree. I am your protector and I will not leave you."

Mentioning the Divine Protector, Lin Xiaoxiao's eyes darkened for a few seconds before returning to normal. She smiled gently and assured him, "Weizhi, I will definitely find a way to help you recover."

Xiao Weizhi bent down slightly, pulled Lin Xiaoxiao into his arms, tilted his head and slowly approached, gently kissing the corner of her lips, then lightly pecking at them repeatedly, and finally greedily sucking on her red lips with his thin lips.

The tent flap was once again criticized, and Xingyan teased with a smile, "Hey, hey, hey, I don't like dog food, so don't show off your love in front of me, okay?"

Lin Xiaoxiao's face flushed red. She pushed Xiao Weizhi away, coughed awkwardly twice, and asked in a slightly unnatural tone, "What is it?"

Xingyan rubbed two fingers together, snapped them, and set up an isolation and protective barrier inside the tent. He said softly, "Yuan Tai sent a letter saying that he has found traces of Nu Enluo. He is now following the group of people and should be able to find Nu Enluo's hiding place."

Two and a half months ago, Yuan Tai left the Lucky Army and ventured into the heavily polluted area alone.

As the agent of the God of Darkness, he was like a fish in water in the Abyss.

They can almost always hide in the darkness, their figures completely concealed.

Lin Xiaoxiao's brows furrowed slightly: "First, we must ensure our own safety. It's okay if we can't find you right away; we'll find you eventually."

Xingyan nodded: "Yes, that's what I told him too, and he said he understood."

The two exchanged a few words before being called away by the resistance army's logistics personnel who had come seeking help.

This was all because another large wave of polluted beasts had arrived, and the frontline defense forces could not withstand it and came to ask for help.

Lin Xiaoxiao and the others fought for seven consecutive days, barely managing to clear away most of the pollution that had swarmed in, and the remaining resistance force was able to withstand it before they returned to their tents to rest.

Lin Xiaoxiao had just finished washing up and hadn't even had time to dry her hair.

Kagome contacted me immediately, her tone unusually anxious: "The Cracks in the Sky are increasing in the City of Divine Favor, the Dragon Kingdom, and other secret realms. We can already clearly see the spatial turbulence inside."

As agents of the gods, they naturally knew that once the sky shattered completely, it would be equivalent to the destruction of the protective barrier of the secret realm.

This means that all creatures in the secret realm will be swept into the spatial turbulence; those who are unlucky will be strangled to death, while those who are lucky may live a little longer.

Lin Xiaoxiao's expression was very serious. They had held many meetings about this issue, but they still couldn't reach a conclusion.

After a long silence, she said in a hoarse voice, "Prepare to reverse the teleportation technique and send all the creatures in the secret realm to the Black Abyss. Whether they survive or not will depend on their own abilities."

[Reverse Teleportation Arcane (Divine Level): Requires five or more divine agents to borrow divine power and jointly input divine energy into a special magic circle. Once activated, it can transfer all creatures in the secret realm to a designated location.]

This secret method has been an alternative ever since it emerged from the black rift.

After all, the pollution in the Black Abyss is too severe now. Some weak children, professionals, and monsters may be assimilated into polluted bodies the moment they land.

Upon hearing this, Kagome fell silent. After a long while, she slowly spoke, "Okay, I'll make preparations here in advance, as for the Dragon Kingdom."

Lin Xiaoxiao replied, "Have Cangshu go and inform them."

Kagome took a deep breath: "Alright, I'll prepare the magic circle to activate the secret technique within half a month. When that time comes, have Xingyan and Ina come back."

Mishu needs to guard his base in Blackcol City. The original Tai people are deep in the contaminated zone. Lin Xiaoxiao and Xiao Weizhi are guarding Mona City. It's okay for Xingyan and Ina to leave for a while.

With the addition of Kagome, Zhong Sang, Cang Shu, and Tian Mi'er, the six of them should be able to use all their energy to activate the reverse teleportation technique and send most of the creatures in the secret realm out.

Lin Xiaoxiao nodded: "Mm."

After hanging up, she sat down on a chair, removed the prosthetic leg from her right leg, and placed it into a box that had been pre-filled with energy stones and life water to nurture it.

Ignoring his wet hair, he leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes wearily, and fell into deep thought.

She's now close to the peak of demigod power, so it's time for her to retrieve her last skill, [Nurture Your Exclusive Spirit].

Otherwise, after half a month, when all the secret realms have disappeared, this skill will also disappear along with those secret realms in the spatial turbulence.

Xiao Weizhi slowly walked in from outside the tent, picked up a dry towel from the side, stood behind Lin Xiaoxiao's chair, and bent down to gently dry her hair.

After a moment, Lin Xiaoxiao asked in a hoarse voice, "Weizhi, come with me to a secret realm tomorrow. I left something there."

Xiao Weizhi continued drying her hair without stopping, and said gently, "Okay."

After resting for a few hours, Lin Xiaoxiao found Xingyan, who was busy cleaning up the polluted beast herd.

First, she mentioned the [Reverse Teleportation Technique] that would be available in half a month, requiring her and Ina to return to the City of the Gods to assist Kagome in activating this technique.

Then it was explained that they would have to leave for a few days to find something in the secret realm, and during this time the two of them would have to hold off the polluted beast tide in Mona City.

After giving her instructions, Lin Xiaoxiao and Xiao Weizhi quietly left the Black Abyss.

The two people and two cats (Black Cat, Sicily, and the other four guardians were left in Mona City by Lin Xiaoxiao) headed towards the C-level secret realm full of dazzling gems.

After spending half a day teleporting back and forth, Lin Xiaoxiao, carrying the shrunken Sicily kitten, and Xiao Weizhi, carrying the slightly agitated black cat, successfully arrived at this unexplored C-level secret realm.

Xiao Weizhi, with a cold face, pinched the black cat by the scruff of its neck, which had tried to jump down several times, and said in a deep voice, "Don't move."

Nestled in Lin Xiaoxiao's arms, Sicily lifted her eyelids and quietly squinted.

The black cat, which had been struggling, instantly nestled obediently in Xiao Weizhi's arms and stopped moving, though its constantly wagging tail revealed its reluctance.

Lin Xiaoxiao chuckled and beckoned Xiao Weizhi to follow: "Let's go, let's hurry up and get it so we can leave as soon as possible."

After saying that, she picked up Sicily and turned to walk towards the north of the secret realm.

This secret realm is not large, only 11,080 square kilometers, about the size of a small town. It is a special type of secret realm that has not been discovered by professionals.

The road beneath our feet is paved with colorful gems that shimmer with a special fire; the flowers, plants and trees beside us also seem to be carved from various precious gems, and the mountains in the distance are also small gem mountains made of piled gems.

If it weren't for those black cracks in the sky and those dark gaps,

Any gem enthusiast who enters this fairytale-like wonderland filled with gems will surely linger and be reluctant to leave.

After walking a few hundred meters, they were intercepted by a group of crystal-clear gemstone monsters.

These monsters were covered in gems from head to toe, even their eyes were single pieces of gems that shimmered with other colors.

On their heads, there is a small glow, which is the soul of this kind of monster. As long as the soul is still there, no matter how badly injured they are, they can recover by devouring gems.

Lin Xiaoxiao chuckled and snapped her fingers, and golden energy blades materialized in mid-air.

Three seconds later, it flew towards the gem monsters one after another. In the short time it took to meet them, the thousands of monsters in front of it were turned into a pile of rubble.

[Congratulations Lin Xiaoxiao, you have defeated a level 33 Ruby Monster and gained 9243 experience points.]

...

Lin Xiaoxiao's smile faded as she saw that her name was the only one listed in the kill notification.

She pursed her lips and said softly, "Weizhi, let's go."

After walking for more than two hours, they successfully reached the top of the highest peak in this secret place, where there is a small lake covering an area of ​​about one acre.

The lake water exudes a strong sense of life, containing many fine gemstone powders that shimmer with a special brilliance even without sunlight.

Sicily and the black cat sat on the lakeside, curiously sticking out their tails and dipping them into the water, as if they wanted to fish or were just playing around.

Lin Xiaoxiao, along with Xiao Weizhi, turned directly into the leftmost cave, which was 4 meters high and 2 meters wide.

The cave was filled with tiny, toothless gem-like monsters, no bigger than a palm. They didn't bare their teeth at the two unfamiliar intruders; instead, they cuddled up to Lin Xiaoxiao and Xiao Weizhi's feet, looking incredibly cute and cuddly.

Lin Xiaoxiao gently pushed away the little gem monster that had stuck to her with her toes and headed straight for the innermost part of the cave.

At the very back of the cave is a colorless gemstone, 15 meters high and 19 meters wide, with faceted surfaces that shimmer with fire.

The gemstone was hanging at the very top of the cave, 1.6 meters above the ground, and many small, palm-sized gemstone spheres had grown on its surface.

With a cracking sound, two spheres shattered, and a small pink gem monster, slightly smaller than a palm, fell out of the spheres and lay motionless on the ground.

Lin Xiaoxiao bent down and walked directly from the giant colorless gemstone into the innermost stone chamber.

Ignoring the other exquisite gems, he pulled out an ordinary, head-sized brown stone from the far corner.

She breathed a sigh of relief. Sure enough, it was still there. In her previous life, when she was at the fourth reincarnation, she accidentally fell into this secret realm and went through countless hardships to regain the skill of nurturing her own spirit.

Immediately afterwards, she held the stone in both hands, a faint golden light emanating from them, and with a slight exertion, crushed the stone in her hands.

Actively use your own energy to touch the pale golden ball of light inside; a notification sound will play.

Congratulations on obtaining the Treasure Chest Merchant's exclusive skill: Nurturing Your Own Spirit (Pseudo-Divine Level)

[Nurturing a Personal Spirit (Pseudo-God Level): A personal spirit can be nurtured exclusively for the skill master using energy. These spirits can assist the skill master in completing basic daily tasks. As the personal spirit's level increases, it can develop other abilities...]

Immediately after acquiring this skill, Lin Xiaoxiao's physical abilities seemed to have a previously sealed secret forcefully unlocked, and the energy flow within her body accelerated even further.

She squeezed her left hand, and a faint golden lucky symbol could be seen on the back of her hand.

The moment the skill merged into Lin Xiaoxiao's body.

In some mysterious space, Lady Luck, who had been resting with one hand on her chin and her eyes closed, slowly opened her eyes and, as if sighing, softly uttered, "Finally, I've collected them all."

The God of Greed, trapped deep within the Abyss, twisted his massive body amidst the thick black mist, causing the chains binding him to clang loudly.

Golden runes and bolts of lightning flashed intermittently across the chains.

His tone was wildly excited: "The lucky darling has been gathered! She has gathered all the skills! Quick, quick, bring her back to me! I want to leave, leave!"

Not far away, black veins climbed up Nuenro's face, his hair had turned completely white, and he looked extremely thin and old, sitting weakly in this special chair.

He pulled out a handkerchief and covered his mouth, coughed a few times, spat out a few mouthfuls of black blood, and said in a hoarse voice, "No rush. The informant in Mona City replied that she has temporarily left and will return in half a month. At that time, we will launch the war directly."

From within the black mist, accompanied by the clanging of chains, the hoarse voice of the God of Greed rang out once more: "Alright, Nuenro, don't forget our deal."

Nuenro, now an old man, smiled gently and put away the handkerchief in his hand: "Of course."

Upon receiving the accurate reply, the black mist instantly thickened, accompanied by clanging sounds, and the God of Greed vanished from the spot.

Behind Nuenro's chair were seven enormous machines, each occupying more than twenty square meters. In the middle of each machine's cabin, there was a naked person.

In the very center of the cabin sat Ran Bai, Nu Enluo's most trusted subordinate.

As the machine started, wave after wave of energy was drawn from the bodies of the seven men and women and transferred to Nuenro, who was sitting in a special chair.

Nuenro closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair. A moment later, the machine stopped, and the wrinkles on his face disappeared. His gaunt face looked as if he had received hundreds of injections of collagen, becoming smooth and supple.

However, the blue veins on the lower half of his face did not subside; in fact, they increased significantly.

Yuan Tai, lurking in the dark corner, witnessed everything that happened. His eyes were wide open like copper bells, but he dared not move at all, for fear that Nu Enluo and the god of greed in front of him would discover his presence.

Nu Enlu pulled the needles off his body, stood up from the chair, straightened his disheveled clothes, and walked towards the corner where Yuan Tai was.

Just as Yuan Tai tensed up, Nu Enlu bowed slightly to Liu Duoxin, who was standing to the side wearing a black robe and whose face was covered with tumors due to contamination: "Miss Liu, it's been a long time. You don't seem to be in good condition. Do you need my help?"

Liu Duoxin glanced coldly at Nu Enluo, pulled on the chain in her hand, and turned to leave: "No need."

One end of the chain was attached to a humanoid creature whose body was covered in bluish-red tumors and whose limbs were crawling on the ground; it could no longer be considered human.

The man kept making "hehe" noises as he crawled, the sound seeming to be squeezed out of his throat.

After Liu Duoxin left, Nu Enlu chuckled twice and turned to leave.

Just as Yuan Tai breathed a sigh of relief, he planned to wait until Nu Enluo left before bringing back the information he had gathered to Lin Xiaoxiao and the others.

Nu Enlu suddenly stopped and chuckled, "I almost forgot, there's a little mouse hiding in the darkness. Perhaps I should ask you to come out? Mr. Yuan Tai."

Upon discovering that his whereabouts had been discovered, Yuan Taijian did not hesitate at all and immediately disappeared into the darkness, attempting to quickly infiltrate this place.

Nuenro snapped his fingers, and the gray-silver energy transformed into a giant fishing net, directly trapping and pulling Yuan Tai, who was lurking in the darkness.

He walked over to Yuan Tai, who was bound together in an energy net, and chuckled, "Just in time to be short of energy, so here you are."

Seeing Uehara Tai's questioning gaze, Nuonro continued, "Aren't you wondering why I can see through your disguise? This is the territory of the God of Greed. From the moment you appeared, He informed me of your existence, so don't be surprised."

Nu Enluo slowly squatted down, awkwardly pulled Yuan Tai up, grabbed his hair, and dragged him towards the empty machine, sighing, "It's a pity you came a few days late. If you had come two days earlier, I wouldn't have made a move on Ran Bai. What a pity."

He might be regretting the capable subordinate he had personally rendered useless; or he might be regretting...

Having obtained the last skill, Lin Xiaoxiao used the skill [Nurture Your Exclusive Spirit] on the colorless gem hanging in mid-air.

After being baptized by hundreds of millions of medium-sized faith powers, the huge colorless gemstone, washed by golden light, transformed into a tiny sprite 20 centimeters tall.

The little elf looks like it's carved from crystal, with long hair made of crystal pieces. It has no mouth and looks very cute.

[Has Lin Xiaoxiao, the agent of the Goddess of Fortune, extended a contract invitation to the special type of spirit—the Gem-Making Spirit?]

Two minutes later, the newborn elf, bewildered, agreed to the contract request:

[Gem Production Spirit Agreement Contract]

Congratulations on obtaining: Gem Production Sprite (Diamond Level)

[Gemstone Production Spirit (Diamond Level): Due to its low level, it can only condense lifeless gems. Once it reaches Legendary level, it can condense living gem beasts to command in battle...]

Having obtained what she wanted, Lin Xiaoxiao took Xiao Weizhi, Sicily, and Black Cat with her.

Without stopping, they left the C-level secret realm, moved to another location, and traveled to more than a dozen other secret realms to create more than a dozen unique spirits.

Ten days later, the two successfully returned to the Black Abyss.

Upon meeting Lin Xiaoxiao and Xiao Weizhi, Xingyan and Yina immediately handed over all matters and rushed back to the City of Divine Favor.