Oh, I thought this thing wasn't afraid of Death.
It seems the Red-Eyed Treasure Carp is different from Shuisheng Village and ordinary Magikarp Derivatives; this thing actually knows how to flee.
Activating Deathmatch requires the opponent's health to be greater than 80% and no one else present. The current conditions are naturally not met, so Qin Jie couldn't care less. Seeing the Red-Eyed Treasure Carp directly ramming the Shuisheng Village villagers blocking his way to clear a path, Qin Jie immediately gave chase.
The other villagers still wanted to pester Qin Jie, but at this point, Qin Jie was already seeing Red Eyes from killing. He directly carved out a bloody path. These cloth-clad Corpse-Man villagers, no matter how unafraid of Death they were, couldn't withstand Qin Jie's slashes. After their bodies were severed, even the Magikarp Derivatives inside them were pulled out and killed alongside them.
Just like harvesting a rice field, Qin Jie actually cut down all the enemies in his way and then quickly pursued the frantically fleeing Red-Eyed Treasure Carp.
"Bang! Bang! Crash!"
The Red-Eyed Treasure Carp's massive, mountain-of-flesh-like body allowed him to move through Shuisheng Village as if on flat ground. Numerous houses and tombstones were knocked down and trampled by it, but missing a leg made movement inconvenient after all.
Upon realizing Qin Jie was pursuing him, the Red-Eyed Treasure Carpdesperately tried to squeeze into a nearby ditch. As long as he could get into the water, he could utilize his innate talent as a fish, and then Qin Jie naturally wouldn't be able to catch him.
But perhaps because he had eaten too many sacrifices, the Red-Eyed Treasure Carp was now stuck in the ditch, his body struggling comically, yet he couldn't free himself no matter what.
A greatsword wasn't effective in this environment. Qin Jie switched the devouring abyss to a han sword, then leaped down directly onto the Red-Eyed Treasure Carp's back, and plunged his sword in.
This sword directly opened a bloody hole on the Red-Eyed Treasure Carp's back. Sensing Qin Jie standing on him, the Red-Eyed Treasure Carp tried to shake his body again, but for some reason, he realized in horror that he couldn't move at all.
This was natural, because Qin Jie had already severed his spine. At this point, the Red-Eyed Treasure Carp had lost control of most of his body, and his mouth suddenly opened and closed.
"Don't—don't kill me—, please—."
Although it was very difficult, he actually spoke human words. Listening to the voice, it seemed to be a male, about forty years old, with a rather deep and somewhat strange voice. It seemed that a fish's body was ultimately not suitable for speaking human language.
This surprised Qin Jie a little, but it didn't stop him from making a few more bloody holes in the Red-Eyed Treasure Carp's body. After all, having fought to this extent, not killing the opponent felt a bit unreasonable.
Because a fish's body structure is different from a human's, Qin Jiewasn't sure where its vital organs were. Coupled with the opponent's rather hard skull, Qin Jie couldn't directly pierce the brain, so he could only choose this method of continuously making holes to let the opponent bleed to Death.
A large amount of blood gushed out from the Red-Eyed Treasure Carp's body, as if Qin Jie had opened several bloody fountains on the opponent's body. A large amount of blood directly polluted the river beneath the Red-Eyed Treasure Carp, staining the Source Waterworshipped by the Shuisheng Village villagers with large patches of crimson.
During this time, the Red-Eyed Treasure Carp never gave up begging for mercy. His speech gradually became more fluent, and he had a clear crying tone.
"I am also human; they forced me to become a fish. I don't want to be like this. Don't kill me, I don't want to die, please! I can grant you eternal life. I can let the nobles in heaven bestow upon you the Water of eternal life. No, don't kill me—"
But very quickly, these small blood fountains stopped gushing blood, and the Red-Eyed Treasure Carp also fell silent.
He still died.
[Killed Red-Eyed Treasure Carp.]
[Red-Eyed Treasure Carp is an elite enemy in this world, gaining 5.6% World Source.]
[Obtained Diary Fragment · 2]
A blue treasure chest appeared on the Red-Eyed Treasure Carp's corpse. Qin Jie picked it up, then jumped off the Red-Eyed Treasure Carp's body and onto the riverbank.
Coincidentally, just after Qin Jie left, perhaps because the blood in its body had been drained, the Red-Eyed Treasure Carp's originally stuck body began to slide down. Then, with a splash, the Red-Eyed Treasure Carp fell into the river and was carried away by the current.
He finally reached the river he wanted to reach, at the cost of his life.
His muscles ached, clearly, the high-intensity battle had pushed Qin Jie's body to its limit. He had to find a place to rest.
Shouts came from afar again. At this time, the Shuisheng Villagevillagers were already rushing this way. Qin Jie estimated that he had probably killed about one-third of the Shuisheng Village villagers in this single encounter. The remaining number was not something Qin Jiecould deal with all at once.
If he continued fighting, he would probably be drowned alive by a human wave tactic.
Thinking of this, Qin Jie could only pray that the damn wishing statuewouldn't mess with him again. Then he activated Shadow of Concealment, controlled the Sword Shadow to run in another direction, and he himself seized the opportunity to escape Shuisheng Village and return to the dilapidated temple.
Fortunately, the wishing statue did not interfere with his escape this time, so Qin Jie left Shuisheng Village rather smoothly. After he rested, next time he should be able to directly fight his way through the entire Shuisheng Village and then reach the Palanquin Stone Cave.
Dragging his tired body, Qin Jie returned to the dilapidated temple outside the village. But what he didn't expect was that at this moment, there was a monk cleaning the temple.
The monk looked very old, appearing to be about seventy years old, thin and gaunt, with dirty clothes, but he was cleaning extremely diligently.
How strange.
Qin Jie was momentarily puzzled. After all, the last time he came, this temple had never been cleaned, with a thick layer of dust. But now there was an old monk cleaning, which was truly strange.
[Insight]
Name: Matsushita Ze
Health: 43%
Mana: 90 / 90
Strength: 3
Agility: 3
Stamina: 5
Intelligence: 9
Charm: 6
Luck: 4
Skill 1, Cultivator: Intelligence + 3, Willpower + 5
Skill 2, Monk: Can purify weak vengeful spirits.
Skill 3, ???
--- Very weak, and there's no mention of him being possessed. Just an ordinary monk, and in very poor physical condition.
But for some reason, even though there was a large difference in agility between them, Qin Jie couldn't get the complete information about the other party.
"Such sincere prayers."
The voice of the wishing statue echoed in Qin Jie's mind again. He somewhat suspected whether this detection result had been interfered with by the wishing statue.
Upon seeing Qin Jie walking towards him, the monk coughed twice, then clasped his hands together and bowed to Qin Jie in a Buddhist salute.
"I apologize, benefactor. I originally wanted to clean the temple while you were away, but this old man is truly old and frail, and my movements were a bit slow."
"I am a monk here. Previously, Shuisheng Village massacred any religious forces other than the Source Water faith. I was lucky enough to escape that massacre and have lived until now."
"Please wait a moment. I will finish cleaning immediately. At the very least, I cannot let you live in a dirty environment."
Facing Qin Jie, who was covered in blood, the old monk remained unfazed, simply continuing to clean slowly.
Although Qin Jie was not very keen on religion on weekdays, he wasn't particularly against it either. His recovery speed was very fast; as long as he stayed in this dilapidated temple for a while, he would recover. Therefore, he found cleaning a bit troublesome.
"Thank you, old man, but I don't care much about the living environment."