When system cheat becomes rampant!

Jiang Shan's strength today was witnessed by all, not only was Xiao Houzi's archery astonishing, but even Jiang Shan became extremely formidable.

"My moonprint is fine."

Jiang Shan touched the moonprint on his arm and said solemnly.

In reality, he also felt it; ever since he woke up this morning, his whole state had become quite unusual, as if he had cast off a heavy burden, always feeling that something had returned to his body, experiencing rebirth.

Was it really because of the moonprint?

But his moonprint was still there.

Jiang Shan kept rubbing the moonprint on his arm with his fingers, remembering that in the past, he had a connection with the moonprint, and when he touched it, there would be some strange sensations. The moonprint felt like it was a part of his arm, even pinching it would cause pain.

But for some reason, no matter how he pinched it today, there was no sensation from the moonprint, as if that piece of flesh did not belong to him.

The more puzzled he was, the more he rubbed the moonprint, suddenly realizing something, his expression paused!

"What's wrong, Sixth Brother, are you feeling unwell?"

Jiang Chuan noticed Jiang Shan's face didn't look right.

"Nothing, I'll go take a look around first, you all rest here, in a quarter of an hour, we'll continue moving."

Jiang Shan stood up and hurriedly left the crowd, walking towards the other side of the valley. He walked until others couldn't see him, then stopped, rolled up his sleeve, and looked at his moonprint, utterly shocked!

The moonprint that should have accompanied him growing on his wrist had been forcibly torn off by him!

His moonprint actually fell off!

How is this possible?

Wasn't the moonprint fine yesterday?

For a moment, Jiang Shan's mind went blank!

He never knew the moonprint could fall off on its own!

Jiang Shan looked incredulously at the moonprint he had rubbed off, which now looked like a piece of dumpling skin, shriveled and wrinkled in his hand.

"This... this can't be! How could my moonprint fall off?"

Jiang Shan felt his mouth dry, he had always been a devout follower of the Moon God, viewing the moonprint as the supreme divine object, the source of his limitless power, and even whenever he went out hunting, he'd habitually say "Divine Lord bless," and only feel at ease after looking at the moonprint in his hand.

But, for some reason, his moonprint just fell off like that!

What he couldn't accept the most was the change in his state today!

Previously, when he fought desolate beasts, his strength always came from the moonprint, and to exert strength in his hands, feet, and every joint, he needed to draw from the moonprint. It always felt laborious and uncomfortable. But he had gotten used to it, thinking it was the moonprint that gave him his power, and that he should be grateful to the Divine Lord for the moonprint's help.

However, during his battle with the bone-winged horse in the Meridian Opening phase today, his whole body was filled with explosive power, as if his natural abilities were liberated. Fighting desolate beasts no longer required forcefully drawing power from the moonprint as before, but rather he used a different approach.

His strength was distributed throughout every corner of his body, genuinely belonging to him, ready to be summoned without needing to extract power bit by bit from the moonprint.

The falling of the moonprint allowed him to directly confront the bone-winged horse in the Meridian Opening phase without being at a disadvantage!

Could it be... could it really be that the moonprint was restraining him?

This thought appearing in Jiang Shan's mind truly frightened him!

"I'm actually doubting the Divine Lord!"

Jiang Shan felt like he had done something shameful, his heart racing uncontrollably, even wanting to slap himself.

Doubting the Divine Lord, that's a grave heresy!

But then he thought of Xiao Houzi, and of his son!

His son had undergone a complete transformation after being attacked by a desolate beast and having his moonprint removed, with extraordinary archery skills and incredible strength. Now he himself was experiencing a mutation, and analyzing the battle, it seemed the moonprint was actually taking away his innate power, leading to a sense of awkwardness in previous battles.

The moonprint was really holding him back!

The more Jiang Shan thought about it, the more shocked he became, the impact was just too great for him.

——

Jiang Shan returned with a peculiar expression, not knowing why his moonprint suddenly fell off, but also understanding what losing it meant. He again pasted the moonprint back on, desperately smoothing it out, tearing off a piece of Long Leaf Grass from the roadside to wrap around the moonprint on his wrist, and then letting down his sleeve, trying his best to act nonchalant.

But he was now restless.

This change was difficult for him to accept.

Xiang Beifei watched all of this, knowing the first step was complete, and Jiang Shan should now realize the changes the disappearance of the moonprint brought him. When he returned, he would deal with those elderly tribespeople deeply faithful to the Moon God.

Those elders, always claiming the moonprint was the Divine Lord's amulet, wanting to expel Xiang Beifei for losing it, what would their reaction be when finding their own moonprints missing?

But just then, Xiaohei's voice suddenly echoed in Xiang Beifei's mind: "Woof woof!"

"Did you find traces of the meat-winged monsters?" Xiang Beifei frowned.

"Woof woof!"

"Protect the others."

Xiang Beifei knitted his brows, simultaneously sensing a hint of an eerie aura, unmistakably from those meat-winged monsters.

This group was ready to act?

He lifted his head, looking towards the depths of the forest ahead.

——

The forest was lush, with towering peaks.

In this forest, you could see magnificent and beautiful peaks everywhere, standing upright like sheer cut blades, reaching heights of thousands of meters. Various exotic pine trees grew on the cliffs, these pines were incredibly resilient, taking root and thriving even in barren soils.

But experienced hunters always understood, these peaks were not to be visited, for the pines on these peaks were not ordinary. They appeared tranquil as they rooted on the cliffs daily, but once any birds landed to rest, they would be swallowed instantly.

These were man-eating pines.

At this moment, a group of sacred individuals stood among the pine woods on the peak, the pines, capable of devouring birds and beasts, seemed subdued by this divine white radiance, standing quietly like trees, not daring to make a move.

The meat-winged monsters of the Moon God Race!

At this moment, these meat-winged monsters appeared humanlike, with white feathers on their wings gently fluttering, peaceful and serene, like divine beings descending to earth, bringing nobility to the entire peak.

Leading them was a two-winged male, handsome in appearance, with an upright stature, no flaws could be found externally, and every action, every expression was so perfectly harmonious, inviolably sacred.

This two-winged male was named Kari, the divine envoy of Changpan Valley.

Behind him stood a group of young members of the Moon God Race, appearing about seventeen or eighteen years old, each exquisite and adorable, handsome boys and beautiful girls, with porcelain-white skin like crafted ceramics, each with a pair of not yet fully formed pure white small wings on their backs.

"The livestock from Changpan Valley have been released for the Meng Dong hunt." Kari spoke gently to these youths.

All the youths looked down towards the forest below, where humans, referred to by them as livestock, were hunting to store food.

"This is your coming-of-age ceremony, you need to choose suitable livestock as your first offering to the Yellow Springs. You must hone your killing skills and combat capabilities through confrontation with the livestock, I won't help you, no one will, everything is up to yourselves, either kill the livestock as offerings, or be killed by the livestock and become offerings yourselves!"

Kari wore a gentle smile, like a benevolent mentor teaching his students.

These were newly adult meat-winged monsters, and upon reaching adulthood, each needed to hunt a human for their offering, regarded as a fundamental test.

"Which fool among you can't even defeat such lowly livestock as humans? Even if these inferior livestock raced attacked together, they wouldn't be enough for me to kill." A haughty youth mocked.

This newly adult handsome youth was named Rock, among these novice meat-winged monsters, his strength was preeminent, already at the late Meridian Opening stage, and with plans to kill the strongest hunter among these humans today, using him as his first offering!