Super gene

by Stayrr

The future unfolded on a magnificent scale into the Interstellar Age. Humanity finally solved the space warp technology, but when humanity transported themselves into the other end, they discovered that place neither had a past nor future, nor was there any land under the starry skies… The mysterious sanctuary was actually a world filled with countless tyrannical unusual organism

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Chapter 2253 The Hope to Break What Binds

Ghost Bone's will had been destroyed by the black crystal armor. The Ghost Bone power was now left inside Han Sen's body, and although Han Sen could not make much use of it, his power was the same as that restrictive power. That provided him a new possibility.

Han Sen needed to find a way in which he could break the restrictions, and by doing so, perhaps be able to escape that place.

But with Fox Queen there, she would not allow him to go and try various methods willy-nilly. If it came to a fight, Han Sen would not be able to defeat her. So, he had to find a way in which he could pretend to be nice and then break the restrictions.

"These trappings are something that not even I am able to break. What makes you think you can do it?" Fox Queen rolled her eyes at Han Sen. "But it is good that you can stay here. At least there will be someone here that can talk to me, and possibly prevent boredom settling in again."

"That sounds good. But no matter how pretty you are, it'll be boring after a while. I don't have the mood or want to stay with you explicitly," Han Sen thought to himself.

"Um… you cannot say that. Ghost Bone changed my body to a Ghost Bone body. But I can still make use of a Ghost Bone power. I think the restrictions that trap this place are associated with the Ghost Bone powers. It would not be impossible to break," Han Sen said.

Fox Queen looked rather bored now. "The restrictions here aren't solely of Ghost Bone powers. Even if Ghost Bone was reborn, he would not be able to unlock them because he wasn't deified. That is especially true of you. Just stay with me here, and things will be fine."

After that, Fox Queen returned to the palace. Han Sen followed her back to the palace, too.

It looked like the Fox Queen was not putting much stock in the prospect of escaping, and neither was she in much of a mood to talk about it. Han Sen could only examine and analyze the restrictions of the palace alone.

Han Sen was not going to look at Fox Queen's restrictions just yet. Right now, he was examining the restrictions in the walls. If he was able to break them, Little Star could take him out of there.

Using Dongxuan Aura to observe the restrictions in the wall, he noticed they were perfect. The substance chains were bound tight, and they had a strange formation. Even if he was to use Super Spank, Han Sen's power would not be sufficient enough to break the chains.

If that was in the past, Han Sen would have no possible way of doing this.

But now he had a Ghost Bone body. And on top of that, he had the Ghost Bone power of a deified being. It was not impossible.

If Fox Queen was able to break one of the lines and let him slip through before, Han Sen thought he could make a way out himself.

Han Sen used the Purple-Eye Butterfly to check out the entire palace. He was trying to see how the palace was built and in what manner.

The restrictions were not added separately. They were wound and built into the core of the construct itself. The stone of the palace was a part of the restrictions. Even Fox Queen herself was a part of that restriction. Unless the whole palace's restriction was wiped out, Fox Queen would never be able to leave. He wanted to break the palace's entire restriction, but by doing so, he would be challenging Fox Queen's own power. That was why she was not hoping to escape.

General Ghost Bone was smart. He himself came up with the palace's design, and then went ahead to build it.

"The restrictions here are quite amazing, but it was all made through the Ghost Bone Technique. Now that I have a Ghost Bone body, if I can identify a flaw in the construct I might be able to escape, even if destroying the entire trappings will be difficult." Han Sen continued his analysis of the palace.

Suddenly, Han Sen's heart jumped. In that palace that was full of restrictions, he did indeed manage to find a very small flaw.

That should not have even been called a flaw. It was just a loose substance, but to Han Sen it was a veritable hope.

Where Han Sen found it was near the fish statue near the pond. That was where he first entered the place from.

"If I have guessed correctly here, there is a flaw. And that is because Fox Queen kept using her power to force that precise spot open so the little beast can go in and out in the effort to lure other creatures here. Although Fox Queen's power was unable to break the restriction entirely, after a long period of getting ripped a bit, the substance chain there loosened." Now, Han Sen had a way in which he could escape.

On Planet Ice Blue, a group of people were hiking deep into the mountains. If Han Sen saw this, he would be quite surprised. And that was because all of Ice Blue Base's big characters were there.

Mister White, Crime, Ice Blue Knights, a few King class Ice Blue Knights, Inspector Edward, and others. That team was the backbone of the Ice Blue Knights.

"Mister White, with the amazing powers you have, not even you are able to deduce where Han Sen might have gotten to?" The Ice Blue Knight next to Edward coldly said.

"Mister White would not lie," Crime madly responded.

Mister White waved his hand to stop Crime from speaking any further. He coldly said, "My powers would not lead me astray, and all I can do is guess where he is right now. The only possibility of me not learning where he is, is because some strong power prevents me. All I can suggest, is that we prepare to fight. And in that case, I suspect a big fight will ensue when we do find him."

"We will listen to all you tell us," Ice Blue Knight King quietly said.

Edward stopped the Ice Blue Knight from talking. They followed Mister White and continued their onwards march.

The group of people were far in the mountains. Mister White kept leading them all, all the while calculating something.

"Why do you keep walking around and around? Come and talk to me." Fox Queen was staring at Han Sen while she lay down on a jade bed speaking to him.

"I am looking for a way in which we can break the restrictions binding this place, so that we can leave." Han Sen knew he would not be able to hide it from her, and so he told her straight.

Fox Queen, when hearing him, did not believe Han Sen could break the restrictions there.

"A night of fun is priceless. Stop wasting time and show some care to the people around you." Fox Queen's voice was layered in seduction, and she was like an enticing devil.

"Do the rest of the Ghost Bone Masks have half-deified powers?" Han Sen looked at the Ghost Bone Masks in the side hall.

Fox Queen smiled. "Of course not. This is just where General Ghost Bone used to live. When he was here, they did have power. But now that his power inside your body, those masks are useless now."

Han Sen had thought of a way in which he could leave, but he was still too weak. He could not punch through the restriction that had loosened, and so, he had to find a different way to accomplish that.

Han Sen grabbed a mask, and indeed, there was no power. It was, however, very sturdy.

"Can you open White Bone Big Hell for me to have a look?" Han Sen asked.

Since the Ghost Bone Masks were useless, Han Sen turned his mind to the blood kirin. If he was able to enlist its help, it would be far easier for them to leave.

"Why would you want to go in there?" Fox Queen asked Han Sen.

"I want to see if I can tame it. If I gain its power, I might be able to break the trappings." Han Sen was honest, as that was exactly what he was thinking.

"Ah, okay. That is good thinking. Alright, you go do that." Fox Queen threw the black bone key that hung around her neck at Han Sen.

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Chapter 2254 Breakthrough

Han Sen was a Duke and he wanted to tame that blood kirin. Fox Queen thought that was a ridiculous notion.

The blood kirin was as exemplary as a King could be. It might not lose a fight against a half-deified being, even. And on top of that, it was the fostered son of White Bone Big Hell. That was its home turf, and that could see it buffed by belonging there.

It was lucky that Han Sen was able to make use of that shield of his to stay alive, but Fox Queen thought it was an absolute joke that he wanted to try and tame the blood kirin.

But since she had nothing else to do, it might have at least helped to stave off boredom for a little while.

After Han Sen entered White Bone Big Hell again, he headed for the lotus-like mountaintop. If he did not have what it took to tame the blood kirin, he'd instead resort to practicing Blood-Pulse Sutra, and at least bring it up to the rank of Duke. Then, he could use Jadeskin and Super Spank in the hopes that would be enough to break that chunk of the palace's trappings.

Fox Queen was standing in front of the hellish skeletal gate. She was watching Han Sen's movement. Han Sen had a Ghost Bone body, and in the blood kirin's eye, that made him a perfect bevy of nutrients. Something interesting was sure to happen if the blood kirin sensed his coming.

Just like Fox Queen thought, Han Sen was fifty miles away from the lotus peak when a roar sounded from his destination.

A moment later, the blood kirin came down from the lotus mountaintop with its red cloud. Its bloody eyes were staring right at Han Sen. Then, the creature leapt towards him with the sounding of a strange cry.

Han Sen saw a red gust coming towards him like a bolt of lightning. That scary power came right before him, and he could not teleport. So, he summoned the gold Demon Bug King Bai Sema.

Katcha!

The blood kirin's talons were carrying a red light, and they came down on the gold Demon Bug King Bai Sema. It left a few hefty scratch marks on its surface. It almost broke the Bai Sema completely, which gave Han Sen a bit of a shock.

Without saying a word, Han Sen turned around and ran. The blood kirin was stronger than Han Sen had believed it to be. Although it was King class, it was there in White Bone Big Hell. It was likely most half-deified beings would be unable to defeat it.

Fox Queen watched Han Sen making use of his gold shield in his hasty retreat. She laughed. "So, you still want to try and tame it, do you?"

Han Sen saw that the blood kirin seemed to be afraid of Fox Queen, and thus, it quit its pursuit. He felt a great deal of relief. He put away the gold Demon Bug King Bai Sema and said, "Let me think of a better way."

Fox Queen laughed. She returned to the palace, while Han Sen sat in front of the hellish skeletal gate. He thought about how he might deal with the blood kirin.

That blood kirin was roaring at Han Sen from a great distance away. Its blood power was booming far and wide, while the crimson clouds grew deeper and darker in the skies. The downpour began to increase in volume.

Han Sen sat there in the blood rain. He stared at the blood kirin and frowned. He used Purple-Eye Butterflies four pupils for examination, and in his eyes, the four images started to spin.

The blood kirin was very much like Ghost Bone. They were both born in White Bone Big Hell, but the blood kirin was not one of the Bone. Its powers were completely different to those of General Ghost Bone.

The Bone and their blood powers were different. It was impossible to use General Ghost Bone's power to tame the beast, and if he tried to do that, it would end up consumed.

Han Sen could not think of a better way to accomplish that which he wished to. He sat on the peak and started to practice the Blood-Pulse Sutra. If he was unable to tame the blood kirin, then he would have to take that up to Duke in order to break the trappings of the palace.

Han Sen's body had so much deified Ghost Bone power still in it. Han Sen used Blood-Pulse Sutra to refine it slowly, so he could extend the practice of Blood-Pulse Sutra.

Deified powers were very thick. Just a little power would enable Han Sen to practice all day. It made the Blood-Pulse Sutra swiftly improve, as well. It made Han Sen believe that General Ghost Bone was almost a good person.

Fox Queen went to visit Han Sen a number of times in an attempt to seduce him, but Han Sen never said a word to her. It made her feel as bored as ever, and her visits reduced in frequency.

Fox Queen liked it when people were clean. A place like White Bone Big Hell was not somewhere she was fond of.

Han Sen was sitting atop the peak practicing Blood-Pulse Sutra. Whenever that blood kirin came out to absorb the blood bone air, it would roar at Han Sen. But it was also scared of something. It would never attempt to go near the hellish skeletal gate. Again, it would just roar at Han Sen and that was it.

After a long amount of time went by, the blood kirin would occasionally take to coming a bit closer to watch. It had at the very least stopped roaring at Han Sen.

With the deified power's help, the Blood-Pulse Sutra's growth came quickly. When Han Sen studied the Blood-Pulse Sutra, the Blood-Pulse power was all over him. The blood would start to melt like the sea, and the Ghost Bone body would even have a layer of "bloodlight.

"I wonder what element it is, when Blood-Pulse Sutra becomes Duke. It cannot be an element to make babies." Han Sen thought about the Blood-Pulse Sutra's possible element and he felt strangely.

He thought Blood-Pulse Sutra's element would be more suitable for a woman. A big man should not have been learning a technique that was designed for making babies. That made no sense.

But the Blood-Pulse Sutra did have many benefits. It always made Han Sen want to stay and not give up.

After almost a month went by, Han Sen had already managed to absorb five percent of the Ghost Bone power. And it was around that time when Han Sen's Blood-Pulse Sutra started to break through to the Duke class.

"I hope when Blood-Pulse Sutra reached Duke class it will have an element in which I can fight with," Han Sen thought to himself.

Han Sen ran the Blood-Pulse Sutra again, and then, a red air appeared everywhere. It made Han Sen's cheeks look very rosy in color. That red color eventually covered him all, and had him looked like a red statue.

That blood kirin somehow inched its way atop the peak. It stared at Han Sen practicing the Blood-Pulse Sutra, and the look inside its bloody eyes was a very strange one.

The blood kirin usually appeared after the rainy blood had subsided, but the blood rain had not begun right now. It was not yet active. And with it there, staring at Han Sen, it was difficult to determine what it wanted.

Han Sen had not noticed, and this was his most important moment in breaking through with the Blood-Pulse Sutra. He did not have the time to concern himself with something else.

The blood kirin was scared of Fox Queen, and that is why it did not wish to get close to the hellish skeletal gate. But today, it was behaving differently. It may have still been a little hesitant to, but it walked around the peak while staring at the blood-air-looking Han Sen. It gritted its teeth and then walked towards the mountain where the hellish skeletal gate was.

The blood kirin used to be cruel, but now, it was approaching the white bone as if it was sneaking. It headed towards the peak, without the intent of alerting Han Sen.

Han Sen's body became a blood crystal. It was the important moment now, which would see him become a Duke. The Ghost Bone power kept getting refined, and it was turning into a strong blood power. It made his body's blood power get stronger. It was like an endless tsunami striking the end.

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Chapter 2255 Blood-Pulse Level Up

Although he was leveling up, the blood kirin was still being very careful in its approach. Even so, Han Sen was able to detect its coming. Consequentally, Han Sen looked cold. He wondered whether or not he should summon the Demon Bug King Bai Sema and holler for Fox Queen.

The reason for Han Sen leveling up there, instead of the palace, was because he did not actually want Fox Queen to see him ascend in rank.

He did not think the blood kirin would dare get so close, due to the current time not being the usual time it would emerge from the lotus mountaintop. So right now, it was likely not a dangerous time.

But the blood kirin had indeed emerged, and it had bravely made the climb there.

Observing it be all sneaky, though, Han Sen chose not to do anything. He remained still in his inspection of it.

The blood kirin was being more careful the closer to the peak it got. It looked terrified.

When it was only a few hundred meters away, the blood kirin took cover behind a rock. It peeked at Han Sen, but it did not come any closer.

Han Sen kept up the process of leveling up to Duke, all the while watching that blood kirin. If it did something, he really would have to call for Fox Queen and make use of his Demon Bug King Bai Sema.

But all the blood kirin did was watch. It kept looking Han Sen's way, but it did not approach.

Han Sen believed it was too afraid, and so, he kept his focus on the leveling up process.

The blood inside him was boiling and his heart thumped like thunder. It was like a machine. His heartbeat was throbbing like a drum.

When the heart pumped, it made the blood inside him spin. The temperature of his blood rose.

Seeing it reach a critical point, Han Sen did not have the time to watch the blood kirin. So, he summoned his Demon Bug King Bai Sema to commit to the final push.

Han Sen was like a bloodman. The blood seeped out of his skin, spreading all over. It hardened to create layers of blood crystals.

That was not because something awry had happened with Han Sen's leveling up process. The blood that was coming out was like the skin of a snake. It was him releasing his old blood, to be replaced by a newer blood that possessed a strange power. When the blood was exchanged, that power inside him increased.

The body was wrapped up in that old blood, and it made Han Sen look like a bloodstone. He sat where he was, unmoving. His body was drowning in an ecstatic feeling.

Leveling up his Blood-Pulse Sutra to the rank of Duke was a smooth and prolonged process. It was not a sudden change. The blood, from being Marquise, became Duke. And eventually, the leveling up process was over. And Han Sen was now Duke again.

Han Sen came out from an empty mind. His face felt wet. He opened his eyes and he was shocked. He saw a red tongue lick his face. The blood kirin was there.

"How did it come inside… the Demon Bug King Bai Sema did not work…" Han Sen was shocked, and so he stumbled back. But that kirin followed him. It remained next to him, as Han Sen's speed was slower than it.

The blood kirin did not release any power, though. Again, it just licked Han Sen with its tongue. Han Sen was terrified, and he realized the blood kirin was licking his old blood.

Han Sen stood where he was, afraid of inciting the blood kirin's wrath. It was so close, and if it was made angry, then Han Sen would have no chance of escaping. He would have to make use of his super god spirit mode.

Luckily, the kirin did not have ire. It only wished to lick Han Sen. It licked away the old blood that was around his body, and it looked as if it was enjoying it. It was as if it was eating an ice cream.

"This guy likes blood. It's not going to finish drinking my old blood and then develop a hankering for my new blood, is it?" Han Sen thought to himself, as he eyed the Demon Bug King Bai Sema.

The Demon Bug King Bai Sema was not broken, but Han Sen expected that. If the Demon Bug King Bai Sema had been attacked, Han Sen would have noticed. It would not have just allowed the blood kirin to rush right in.

Now, the Demon Bug King Bai Sema was in perfect condition, and yet, the blood kirin was inside it. That confused Han Sen.

Ever since Han Sen possessed the Demon Bug King Bai Sema, he had never before encountered an opposing power that could breach the item's shield without actually breaking through. Not even Little Star's Starsea Travel could work against it.

While Han Sen was thinking about this, the blood kirin finished licking up all his old blood. It then stared at Han Sen while it licked its lips.

"Eating all my old blood, and then wanting some fresh blood, too, huh?" Han Sen gathered his strength and readied himself for a fight.

But all the blood kirin did was look at him. Eventually, it turned around and returned to the lotus mountain.

Han Sen froze and thought to himself, "What is wrong with that guy?"

After the blood rain was gone, Han Sen did not see the blood kirin appear again. That made Han Sen think it to be very strange. It was no longer absorbing blood and bone airs.

"Did my old blood fill it up?" Han Sen wondered.

Over the next few days, Han Sen did not see the blood kirin again. But he did not care much for its absence.

Even with the Blood-Pulse Sutra becoming Duke, Han Sen did not think he would be able to defeat the blood kirin in combat whilst in White Bone Big Hell. And Han Sen had yet to figure out how the blood kirin had managed to get through his Demon Bug King Bai Sema.

After Han Sen investigated the Duke class Blood-Pulse Sutra, he wanted to learn what element it was associated with. And he wanted to know if his dual-element ability could bypass its restrictions.

After opening the Blood-Pulse Sutra's element, Han Sen's fitness was greatly increased. It was not as effective as Jadeskin, but it was not all bad.

Aside from that, there was nothing else special about it. And that factoid depressed Han Sen a little. He felt that the Blood-Pulse Sutra possessed a strange power, but he could not make use of it because he did not know how to make use of it.

It was like a human's organ. Humans now knew where they were and what they did, but before technology had been developed, they did not know what they did.

"This power will not only be available for the children, will it?" Han Sen felt depressed, and so he decided to ask the members of Blood Legion and learn more about what Blood-Pulse Sutra. It would be a waste to reserve it only for the act of making babies.

Jadeskin and Blood-Pulse Sutra's two elements were both quite strong. Han Sen calculated he had a chance to break the restrictions.

But to ensure it would work, Han Sen decided to help Little Angel become Duke first. With Little Angel's power, it should go swimmingly.

Han Sen's body was imbued with a lot of Ghost Bone power, and if he was to give some to Little Angel, it would be far easier for her to become Duke. But while Han Sen was in the midst of doing that, he realized Little Angel went against the Ghost Bone power. She was unable to absorb it.

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Chapter 2256 Life is Shor

Han Sen had just remembered that Little Angel was associated with a holy element. Ghost Bone powers seemed to be afraid of light or something like that, as those two powers did not connect. There was nothing too unusual about Little Angel being unable to absorb that stuff.

"In that case, there is only one thing to try. Dongxuan Sutra and The Story of Genes are difficult to level up, and even with the Ghost Bone powers here, bringing them up to Duke won't be something that can be achieved in a short amount of time.

Han Sen was thinking about how he might be able to break the trappings of the palace and get out. It was then that the blood kirin came running out the mountain.

Han Sen did not realize it, at first, as it always used to keep running out. It was something that Han Sen had gotten used to. But now that he took a look, he was given a shock.

That blood kirin's body was demonstrating some new changes this time. It was the size of a bull previously, but it was smaller now. Now it was the size of an adult lion.

Its scales were like jade. Its colors that were previously dark red were now bright red. The horns on its head were also transparent now, too.

As Han Sen was looking at the blood kirin, he thought something about the guy had changed. He couldn't tell what had changed, though.

Amidst Han Sen's confusion, that blood kirin came running to the foothills of that mountain. It looked up at Han Sen, and in its mouth, it was holding something.

Han Sen looked closer, and he noticed it was a red vine. The vine was holding a fruit on it. It was similar to a pear and it was around the size of a fist. The body of the fruit was red, but you could see its core in its center.

The blood kirin tossed the vine and shouted at Han Sen. It used its legs to nudge the vine towards Han Sen. What it was doing was obvious.

Han Sen was shocked, and so he thought, "Is this guy feeling grateful about being allowed to drink my blood? Is he giving me this pear as some form of payment?"

Seeing Han Sen not make a move, the blood kirin shouted at Han Sen again. And once more, it pushed the vine forward. Then, it took a step back and shouted at Han Sen. It was as if it was telling Han Sen that there was no need for him to be afraid.

Han Sen was not afraid. He walked down the mountain and picked up the vine.

The blood kirin, when he saw him pick up the vine, turned around and ran back towards the lotus mountain.

Han Sen could feel the blood pear possess a strong lifeforce. It was certainly not something common, but his body had a lot of Ghost Bone power inside it already. It would be a waste to consume more nutrients before the former had been refined.

Han Sen let Bao'er out, and he decided to give her the pear. Bao'er looked very happy receiving it, and she picked the pear off of the vine.

But strangely, when the pear left the vine, the blood vine became blood. It just vaporized.

Seeing Bao'er bite into the pear, the juice went everywhere. The sweetness that permeated the air smelled so good. And that lifeforce was bursting out everywhere.

"I do not know what kind of fruit that is. Pears should grow on a tree, but that was growing on a vine. It should be a different species," Han Sen thought to himself.

Bao'er ate the pear, but there were no changes to her. She was still the same as usual. When she grew to her form of around a five or a six year old child, her growth had come to a standstill. She had not continued to grow.

That made Han Sen wonder whether or not Bao'er would require an extra gourd if she was to grow up further.

Han Sen returned Bao'er to Destiny's Tower, even though she was not fond of the place.

Han Sen returned to the palace. He wanted to investigate the weakness of the trappings, and gauge whether or not he was strong enough to break it yet.

If what he tried did not work, then Fox Queen would grow suspicious. That would mean he would be unable to escape there.

"I do not know what you men think of all day long. Is practicing more fun than playing with a pretty woman?" Fox Queen's body was spread out across the jade bed. Her eyes were staring at Han Sen in a seductive manner.

The entire time he had been there, Fox Queen had used all manners of tricks to try and seduce Han Sen. It was fun, but Han Sen never acted on anything. That just annoyed her.

She was a deified fox. She had a talent when it came to luring others, and countless amounts of deified men had been forced to kneel beneath her skirt. Han Sen did not do anything with her, though, and that was something of an insult.

So, Fox Queen used all her skill to deliberately seduce Han Sen. But even so, nothing she tried worked. That surprised Fox Queen.

If a deified man would manage to not fall for her charms, then that was okay and rather expected. But Han Sen was only a Duke. It was very surprising that he did not do anything, and it altered her perception of him.

"It is no wonder he was able to destroy Ghost Bone's will. He is remarkably talented. His will must be as strong as a deified elite for sure." Fox Queen started to admire Han Sen.

But that did not mean she would stop trying to seduce Han Sen. Being imprisoned for so long was a very boring and lonely thing. She had just found a toy to play with, so she was not going to give it up so easily.

Fox Queen was not someone who did not have any patience. So, she had been watching Han Sen with the determination to find out what sort of woman Han Sen liked.

But sadly, what made Fox Queen so upset was that Han Sen was not a picky man. Fox Queen tried to approach Han Sen with every type of woman, and she was easily seen through. Han Sen admired her, but it was a different type of admiration.

That is what made Fox Queen feel so strange. With her experience, she knew those type of men were the easiest to seduce. But Han Sen could withstand her seductive ways and it was rather confusing.

Fox Queen was not going to give up, though. And that was mainly due to the fact it was so boring otherwise. And she wanted her deified pride back. So, Fox Queen prepared Han Sen a large meal.

Han Sen looked around and saw the mouth of the fish statue, where the water was coming out from. That seemed to the most likely way of exiting. If Han Sen did not look at there, Fox Queen would not have grown suspicious.

Han Sen kept looking, though, and he said, "Have you not heard of that old saying?"

"What old saying?" Fox Queen toned her voice with a sultry drawl.

"Life is precious, and love is even more valuable. If we died for freedom, both of them would be lost. Now that I do not have freedom, how can I think of anything else?" Han Sen sighed.

"You are such a wood. Have you not heard of the saying, 'Life is short', and so you should have as much fun as you can?" Fox Queen spoke with a lustful voice.

"I have…" Han Sen looked at Fox Queen, but the look he saw froze him. Fox Queen's big, black and white eyes were extremely attractive. It looked as if there was a power inside them. They made Han Sen lose his focus, and he suddenly found himself attracted to her via the eyes.

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Chapter 2257 Stunning Soul-Taking Eye

The Stunning Soul-Taking Eye was the highest-class geno art that the Foxes possessed, and learning the skill required the talents of a Fox's eyes.

A thousand different people could be polled on a single subject, and they would most likely give a thousand different responses. Everyone's interests, opinions, and desires were unique. So, it was all very possible for certain people to fall in love with people that others would deem to be ugly. For both men and women, love-at-first-sight was a very important concept.

When a Fox made use of the Stunning Soul-Taking Eye, it would allow the Fox to capture the desires of their target. They would look perfect in the eyes of their prey, like a dream come true.

So, no matter what Fox Queen did, her target would believe her to be absolutely perfect. Every movement was soul-snaring, too alluring to be denied or escaped from.

The amazing thing was that the skill wouldn't deprive the target of their will. The target simply became captivated by the woman they saw. It was the woman of the target's dreams, after all.

Han Sen stared at Fox Queen in surprise. Today, Fox Queen was looking exceptionally beautiful. But at the same time, she looked the same as she always did. Her eyes had just become intoxicating, and her beauty was making it difficult to breathe.

"Today, you look remarkably special." As Han Sen looked at Fox Queen, his expression softened.

"What would you say is remarkably special?" Fox Queen smiled.

Han Sen smiled back, his cheeks coloring slightly as he did so. His eyes brightened.

"Very beautiful," Han Sen managed to say, after a moment of thought. He couldn't think of an adequate way to describe the beauty of Fox Queen right now, and so that was all he could fumble out.

"Was I not beautiful prior to this?" Fox Queen spoke evilly.

"You were always pretty, but today you look extra beautiful. There is something different…" As Han Sen spoke, he looked very nervous.

It was like he had been thrust back to his days of first love. The first time he spoke to the girl he had a crush on. It was a feeling that made his heart pound. It was so strong, like his heart was actually trying to leap out of his chest.

"Do you like how I look right now?" Fox Queen asked, as she stared right at Han Sen.

"I like it." Han Sen gulped.

"Then why are you still standing there?" Fox Queen turned her body to lay on her side, and as she did, she loosened her robe. She revealed her soft shoulders and delicate legs.

"I… I…" Han Sen's face was extremely red. He didn't know where to place his eyes or his hands.

Fox Queen took deep, satisfied breaths, and she thought to herself, "No matter how strong your will is, beneath my Stunning Soul-Taking Eye, you won't even be able to resist the temptation to suck my toes."

Han Sen seemed as shy as a nervous virgin, and Fox Queen stood up and walked before him. She raised his hands and brought them up to brush the soft skin of her face. She rubbed her face against Han Sen's hands, and stared at the man lasciviously.

Although Fox Queen did not say anything out loud, her eyes spoke on her behalf.

If Han Sen's face got any redder, it was going to start bleeding. He mustered the courage to hold her stunning face with two hands. He nibbled his lips. It looked as if he greatly desired to kiss her, but he did not dare to.

Fox Queen closed her eyes and raised her pretty face, like a princess waiting for her prince. That pretty face now seemed to suggest that Han Sen could do anything he wished to.

Feeling Han Sen's deep breathing and hot body, Fox Queen felt as cocky as she did disappointed. She had beaten Han Sen so quickly, and the interest she had in him seemed to evaporate.

Fox Queen was thinking of new ways in which she could play with him when he fell fully under her spell. She wanted to see what ways she could make him suffer for her.

"Maybe I'll tie him up when he loses control. That would be an interesting sight," Fox Queen thought, but Han Sen's lips were yet to come up to hers.

Pang!

Fox Queen heard a loud noise. And then, Han Sen's presence just disappeared from right in front of her. She was so shocked that she had no idea what had just happened.

And then, she understood. She opened her eyes and peered at the fish statue. The bindings of the palace were weakened there, and Han Sen and Little Star had slipped right through that tiny gap.

"He ran… he ran… I can't believe he actually ran…" Fox Queen stood where she was, completely frozen in place. She couldn't believe Han Sen had actually fled.

Fox Queen hadn't believed that Han Sen had even a tiny chance of breaking through the walls of the palace, and the way that Han Sen had shrugged off her Stunning Soul-Taking Eye was inconceivable.

When she realized what had just happened, her face darkened with fury. She had just been manipulated. A deified Fox had just been played by a Duke.

Fox Queen wanted to take her anger out on him, but she was unable to: Han Sen had already fled. Even swearing revenge would be utterly pointless, since she still had no way of escaping her cage.

Han Sen combined himself with Little Angel, and after summoning the powers of Jadeskin and the Blood-Pulse Sutra, he used Super Spank to strike the mouth of the fish.

The loosened restriction was widened more and more. He mounted Little Star and escaped the palace right through its mouth. He moved fast, and he didn't dare to slow down.

It was his best chance to escape. Fox Queen believed him to be under her spell, so she couldn't react in time to prevent him from leaving.

And just as Han Sen thought, it played out all too smoothly. He almost struggled to believe it had worked out so well.

"I left! It is great to have a beautiful woman with you, but I could not stay there forever." Han Sen rode Little Star and traveled through the stone. He felt so happy that he started to sing songs. He thought to himself, "I am so talented. I could totally have become an actor. If I ever plan to make a movie, Little Li would have to work for an additional fifty years to become worthy of my film."

Han Sen allowed Little Star to follow the metal pipe out. He would return to the underground cave system before thinking about what to do next.

Quickly, Little Star took Han Sen back to the underground river. Little Star deactivated its Starsea Travel ability, and its body regained its corporeal form. Han Sen continued to sit comfortably on its back as it swam toward the surface of the river.

Little Star brought Han Sen out of the underground river with a splash, and they floated along the surface.

Han Sen sighed. He looked around, and he froze.

Ice Blue Knight King, Crime, Mister White, Edward, and others were standing on the shore not too far away. Their mouths hung open as they stared at Han Sen, who was still dripping with water. They all looked at each other for three seconds.

It was very quiet, and there was only the sound of the river water to be heard. It was like time was standing still.

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Chapter 2258 Back to the Stone Hall

"Sh*t! Why are they here?" Han Sen reacted immediately, directing Little Star to dive back into the dark river.

Before Little Star escaped beneath the dark waters, Han Sen felt a frightening wash of power come for him. Within one second, the river was vaporized into nothing.

Han Sen summoned his Demon Bug King Bai Sema to block that frightening attack, but the shield was damaged so much that it cracked. It was on the precipice of shattering completely.

Fortunately, Edward didn't really want to kill Han Sen until they knew if he was carrying the relic. If they killed him right where he was, and he didn't have the relic on him, there was a chance they'd never find it. If they had simply wanted him dead, then the Demon Bug King Bai Sema wouldn't have been able to survive their attack. It would have broken.

Even so, the Demon Bug King Bai Sema could no longer be used. So, Han Sen put it back in his Sea of Soul.

After Han Sen blocked the initial attack, Little Star ran into the stone to try to escape.

But that stone wasn't enough to stop Edward. A scary power enveloped him, and the rocks were torn asunder in a path that extended a thousand meters ahead. Crime ran forward as well, waving his fists.

Han Sen guided Little Star onto a different route. It looked like their pursuers had enough power to accomplish anything. The underground rocks were like bubbles to them. One punch could cleave a thousand-meter trench through the stone. Wherever Han Sen went, they could catch up with him quickly.

It was like they had placed a tracking device on Han Sen. Even though he and Little Star were keeping ahead of them, he could never truly shake their hot-heeled pursuit.

"Han Sen, this matter doesn't concern you! Give me the item, and you can be allowed to live," Mister White said.

"The item is mine. Why do I have to give it to you?" Han Sen asked as he continued his flight. The stone plate was not theirs by any right, so Han Sen had no plans of returning it to them—not in the least.

"You don't have the option of keeping the item. If you want to live, you have to give it up. Do you want to live? Or do you want to die because of it?" Ice Blue Knight King said.

"I want to live, but I also want the item," Han Sen said.

Because Edward wasn't willing to send a lethal strike after Han Sen, the rocks were still shielding him adequately. So, Han Sen could evade capture for the time being.

But he couldn't keep running like that forever. Han Sen gritted his teeth and let Little Star take him back to the palace.

Fox Queen was so angry. She was still grinding her teeth when she suddenly heard a loud noise. She turned to see Han Sen and Little Star bursting back out of the fish's mouth.

Han Sen looked at Fox Queen, who was just gazing back at him. He smiled awkwardly, "Pretty lady, I have been thinking… I miss you so much, I couldn't help but return."

When Fox Queen saw him, a frown crossed her face. It was as if she was trying to hear something, but she eventually squinted and smiled back at Han Sen. "It looks like you have offended many people. They are already right outside the palace. And they are certainly quite strong."

"Uh, those are not of any importance. You can feel free to ignore those guys. They cannot break through the restrictions of this place, anyway. Pretty lady, should we carry on with our kissing game?" Han Sen said with a cough.

"I don't want to play it now. I want to play something more exciting." Fox Queen waved her hand, and invisible cords of power lashed around Han Sen and Little Star. She hung them from one of the high beams of the palace, upside-down.

Fox Queen gripped a whip and approached the hanging Han Sen and Little Star. She stroked Han Sen's cheek and smiled. "You gave me a big surprise earlier. How should I repay you?"

After that, Fox Queen raised her little whip. Han Sen hastily pled, "Don't do it, Pretty Lady! We should talk."

"I only want to do this. I don't want to talk!" Fox Queen's pretty face looked cold.

She used to be so strong in the geno universe. She had been known as a powerful negotiator, and even negotiating with deified elites didn't put her at a disadvantage. She absolute hated Han Sen, and she now wanted to teach him a lesson more than ever.

As they spoke, Fox Queen raised the whip in her hands. She wanted to give him a deep lesson to vent some of her frustration.

"Pretty Lady! Let us strike a bargain. I will help you escape this place, and then there will be no reason for a grudge between us," Han Sen quickly said.

Fox Queen was shocked. She would have rolled her eyes if Han Sen had made this offer before, but he had just proven his ability to escape the palace. Now, she was starting to believe him.

"Are you playing games with me again?" Fox Queen smiled, but her eyes looked frighteningly cold.

"If I lie to you, Big Sister, I will go straight down to hell," Han Sen frantically swore.

Fox Queen smiled, and she brushed Han Sen's cheek and said, "Such a good brother, always happy to give me surprises. How could I possibly let you die?"

After that, Fox Queen's smile turned cruel. The whip in her hand straightened like a spike. And then, Fox Queen used it to stab.

The spiky whip pierced through Han Sen's pants, almost catching the family jewels as it went through. It slammed into the wall behind Han Sen, and the lower half of his body turned to ice.

"If you lie to me again, I am going to make a eunuch out of you." Fox Queen grunted coldly, then returned to the jade bed. She settled herself and looked at Han Sen. "Tell me, how are you going to help me escape?"

"What is this place?" Edward looked at the wall in wonder.

They had chased Han Sen deeper and deeper into the planet, clearing away the rocks as they went. But once they reached that point, they were unable to break the stone anymore.

Even Ice Blue Knight King's power could only trigger small puffs of black air. The stone wall could not be damaged.

Edward began destroying all the stone that he could still break, and they quickly realized that it was an underground stone palace. Even their combined powers couldn't harm it.

"I believe that Han Sen is hiding inside this stone palace. That is why my power is unable to tell us where he is," Mister White said, as he stared at the stone palace.

"Mister White, is there a way we can gain access to the stone palace?" Edward asked politely.

"I'm not very good with things like this. You would have a better chance of breaking through than I would." Mister White shook his head.

"I don't know who constructed this stone palace, but even our own power isn't enough to break through its perimeter. One thing is for sure, though: whoever built it must have been a deified elite," Ice Blue Knight King said.

"Opening the palace with brute force is impossible. If we dig up the entire stone palace, we might be able to find an entrance, though," Edward quietly said.

They had no choice. If they were to find an entrance, they had to dig up the entire palace.

Han Sen had only come in and out of the palace via the waterway. He didn't know where the main entrance was, either.

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Chapter 2259 The Secret of Sacred's Leader

"General Ghost Bone was too devious. He integrated your body into the prison's structure. If I fully broke down the walls of the palace, I would have to destroy your body as well. Breaking the restrictions would kill you." Han Sen looked at Fox Queen seriously.

"Keep going." Fox Queen, hearing Han Sen say this, believed him even more.

If her powers truly were woven into the palace, then they would have to be very careful as they attempted to escape. A single wrong move could have devastating consequences for her.

"Pretty Big Sister, can we talk more… freely?" Han Sen asked, nodding to the cords that bound him.

Fox Queen huffed and released the power binding Han Sen. He was a free man again.

Little Star was still hanging upside down with wide eyes. It looked like the creature was going to cry.

"Um, if Little Star did something wrong, I will correct him. Please let him go, Pretty Big Sister," Han Sen quickly said.

Fox Queen rolled her eyes at Han Sen, but she still complied and brought Little Star down.

When Little Star was free, he ran behind Han Sen and refused to reveal himself. He was obviously scared of Fox Queen.

Han Sen sighed and went on to say, "Breaking out of here without injuring you will be difficult. Even a deified elite might not be able to break the restrictions without bringing you an ounce of harm."

"Skip to the chase," Fox Queen said in annoyance.

Han Sen smiled and said, "Fortunately, I am good with matters that require such skills. I'm confident that I can take you out of this place safely. But I am just a Duke, and I am weak. The entire process will be rather complicated, and it cannot be done in any short amount of time."

When Fox Queen remained silent, Han Sen coughed and said, "But if you are willing to cooperate with me, I believe the process can be sped up."

"What are you asking me to do?" Fox Queen gazed at Han Sen with absolute mistrust.

"You are a part of this prison, so you can control a smidgen of it, can't you? We should start from the section you are able to control. We can use that weakness to pull you away from the core. If we succeed in separating you from the main structure, then even your power will be able to break the restrictions," Han Sen said.

"Sure," Fox Queen said.

"But there is one thing I need to ask you," Han Sen added.

Fox Queen knew what he wanted, and so she told him directly, "If you can free me, I will help you get rid of those guys hounding you outside."

"Thank you so much, Sister." Han Sen looked happy, but he didn't actually have much confidence in the plan.

Han Sen had asked Fox Queen to continue stretching the loosened section of their prison to stall her. It also allowed Han Sen to understand the palace on a deeper level.

Han Sen gave Fox Queen a steady supply of work to keep her occupied, but taking her out of the prison really wouldn't be easy. He focused less on the efficacy of the plan, and more on keeping her distracted.

Now that Han Sen was temporarily safe, he thought about how he might escape. He was surrounded by terrifying enemies. If he was a King class elite, perhaps he could fight his way out. But for now, he could only hold on.

"The stone plate connects with the Sacred Leader's relic. Perhaps it will come in useful when I seek to rescue Littleflower. I can't let Edward get his hands on it." Han Sen made his mind up, deciding to go after the Sacred Leader's relic no matter what it took.

But right now, he couldn't get out. And he had no idea where the monument was supposed to be. It wouldn't be easy to claim the Sacred Leader's relic, that was for sure.

"Pretty Big Sister, why did Ghost Bone erect this palace here? Is there a reason why this place was chosen?" Han Sen was hoping to glean some information about where the holy monument might lay.

Fox Queen was General Ghost Bone's wife, so there was a chance she knew a thing or two.

Fox Queen shrugged. "I know he made a big mistake, and Sacred Leader sent him here to explore. I don't know anything else."

"That means you think there was some contention between them?" Han Sen could hear Fox Queen's concern behind her words.

Fox Queen had been locked away for so long, and her boredom had grown to immense proportions. She seemed to like having someone to talk to, so she went on to say, "General Ghost Bone looked murderous, but he was incredibly loyal to Sacred Leader. He was practically his right-hand man. How could he make a mistake that would force him to come to this sort of place? Something else must have been happening behind the scenes, but General Ghost Bone was a quiet man. He never really told me what he was doing here."

Han Sen couldn't tell if Fox Queen really was clueless or if she was just pretending to be. He thought for a moment, then said, "I found a place called Ghost Bone Town out in a desert. Is that where he lived?"

Fox Queen frowned. "After General Ghost Bone came to live here, he didn't build homes anywhere else. Why would there be a Ghost Bone Town? Tell me what the place looked like."

Han Sen told her about the town he had discovered, but he didn't say anything about how it was in disarray.

When Fox Queen heard Han Sen's description, the expression on her face morphed through a variety of emotions. After a while, she said, "I see… I see…"

"What are you thinking?" Han Sen asked.

Fox Queen smiled. "If I am guessing things correctly, the town you found was actually a haven for the Sacred Leader. Ghost Bone Town was just an outpost. No wonder he was there."

"What is that place?" Han Sen was so happy. He was finally getting to the meat of these mysteries.

Fox Queen considered his question. "You told me that Sacred was destroyed a long time ago, so talking about it shouldn't matter anymore. If the Sacred Leader was still around, I would not dare speak."

After a lengthy pause, she went on to say, "The Sacred Leader led the Sacred. He beat every being that came against him, and he almost became the king of the entire geno universe. But every creature has a lifespan, and that law even applied to someone as powerful as the Sacred Leader. No one is able to fight time, and death finds us all one day. That powerful man didn't want to die like everyone else, though. And so, he sought to live forever."

"In the pursuit of immortality, Sacred Leader conducted many tests. I know there were at least a hundred of them." Fox Queen seemed to be struggling to remember. "I was Ghost Bone's wife, and Ghost Bone was the Sacred Leader's most trusted right hand. I learned a bit about all this from Ghost Bone, and although I was told little, I could tell that the leader was ambitious. He sent people to the disaster on Planet Yuanli, the strange thing in Buried Dragon Valley, the holy spirits in the sanctuaries, and the demi-god's space. They were searching for the key to immortality all because of Sacred Leader."

"The holy spirits in the sanctuaries? What are those?" Han Sen's heart almost leaped out of his chest, but he forced himself to look merely curious.

"I don't know much of the details, as it's only something I heard Ghost Bone say. In Sacred, there is a strange xenogeneic space they called the sanctuaries. The leader tried to research the undying spirits there," Fox Queen said after some thought.

"Spirits?" Han Sen thought, his heart trembling.

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Chapter 2260 Haven

"If the sanctuaries that Fox Queen mentioned are the sanctuaries that I came from, then the undying spirits she mentioned might be the spirits that I'm familiar with. Only the spirits in the sanctuaries are capable of living forever. If they are killed, they can always respawn at their spirit stone. As long as the spirit stone remains intact, they can live forever." Han Sen believed those spirits were the spirits that the Sacred Leader had researched.

When Han Sen considered this research, he thought of two distinct possibilities. One possibility was that the Sacred Leader was merely researching their means of living forever. The other was that the spirits were actually products of that research, created by the Sacred Leader himself.

Regardless of which explanation was true, the Sacred Leader's research ultimately failed. Otherwise, he would not have died.

Xie Qing King was one of the spirits that Han Sen had known longest. In the sanctuaries, he could never die.

Han Sen had once asked Xie Qing King about this, and he was told that when the spirit entered the Alliance's universe, he became disconnected from the spirit stone. Xie Qing King believed that if he died now, he could never come back.

Han Sen wanted to ask Fox Queen more about the sanctuaries, but that was all she knew. She had learned most of what she knew by overhearing General Ghost Bone's musings.

Han Sen regretted having killed General Ghost Bone so easily. If he had been able to speak further with the ancient elite, there was the chance that the man might have answered many of Han Sen's questions.

But the black crystal's power was beyond Han Sen's control. General Ghost Bone had acted rashly, and at the end of the day, Han Sen wasn't the one to blame.

They lapsed into silence for a while before Fox Queen said, "I would guess that the Ghost Bone Town you saw was the haven of the Sacred Leader. The place was probably named Ghost Bone Town to disguise its true purpose."

"What is a haven, exactly?" Han Sen had heard the term mentioned many times, but he was unclear about what it actually meant.

Fox Queen replied slowly, "The idea is a little complicated, as it can be used for many different situations. Simply put, the Sacred Leader found a way in which he might live forever. But he hadn't developed it enough to be usable. It was something that would require some time."

"But I didn't see anything special in that town except for a broken pool," Han Sen said.

Fox Queen smiled and said, "It was a secret project. Do you really think it would be so easy to find? The town was probably just some a facade or entranceway to the real haven. There might have been an item there that would allow you to access the haven. You might have to search the place more thoroughly."

"What Fox Queen said doesn't match up with what General Ghost Bone told me. He said that the holy monument lies someplace else," Han Sen thought. Then he asked, "But I saw General Ghost Bone's statue there, and it was merely guarding the gate. There was another statue inside. Was that the Sacred Leader?"

Han Sen described the human emperor statue once, and then he waited for Fox Queen's answer.

Fox Queen shook her head. "To be honest with you, I never saw the Sacred Leader. I'm afraid that not even all of the top ten generals were permitted to see what the Sacred Leader actually looked like."

"How is that possible?" Han Sen looked at Fox Queen in disbelief.

"It's not that strange, really. The Sacred Leader was always clad in armor that hid his face. No one even knew if the Sacred Leader was a man or a woman. All I know is that his shape wasn't too different from yours or mine. But that was just the shape that could be discerned through his armor, after all. With his strength, it wouldn't have been difficult for him to change his body or even reshape his genes," Fox Queen said.

There was little more that Fox Queen could tell him. Although she wanted to continue the conversation, she didn't actually know very much. She could only relay the offhand comments and casual references that she remembered from her time with General Ghost Bone.

Han Sen examined the chains that held Fox Queen. When he needed a break, he went to White Bone Hell to practice. He used The Story of Genes to refine the Ghost Bone power.

Han Sen put off practicing his Dongxuan Sutra for the moment, as The Story of Genes required non-native power, and that was what he currently had.

The blood kirin, when it noticed Han Sen's return, immediately emerged from the lotus mountain. It grabbed another one of those blood pears and came running over to Han Sen.

Han Sen tried to get closer to the blood kirin, as it didn't seem hostile at all. It made Han Sen feel rather joyful. "Maybe I really can tame this thing. If I had this King class fighter on my side, perhaps I could square-off against enemies like Edward."

Han Sen tried to touch the blood kirin, and when he did, the blood kirin didn't shy away. Still, it was a very withdrawn creature, and getting close to it was difficult.

At the same time, Edward and the others finally found the door of the palace. They were unable to open it, however, so they were still stuck outside.

"Why is there a palace here? Did the Sacred Leader leave it behind?" asked a King class Ice Blue Knight.

"Look at the architecture of this place. I don't think it belonged to the Sacred Leader. If I'm not mistaken, this place's style is reminiscent of General Ghost Bone's handiwork," Mister White said.

"Regardless of who built this palace, we must find a way to get it open. We cannot go to the monument without the relic that Han Sen took." Edward looked at Mister White. "Mister White, you are very good when it comes to unraveling restrictions. Do you have a way to open the palace's gate?"

"This palace's walls are profoundly special. I have never encountered anything like this before. Breaking it might take a few decades, perhaps even a century!" Mister White exclaimed.

"That would take too long. Is there a faster way?" Ice Blue Knight King asked.

Mister White rubbed his chin in thought. "The best way to get inside would be to force open a small section of the construct. If we combine all our power, then that might work. But first, we will have to make some preparations. And for that, I will require everyone's cooperation."

"I will listen to whatever it is you have to tell us." Edward and Ice Blue Knight King nodded.

"I need some things that aren't currently available in the base, so I will have to go elsewhere to fetch them. It will probably take me about a month. In the meantime, I would like you guys to stay on guard here," Mister White said.

Mister White then took Crime with him and left. Ice Blue Knight King and Edward remained close to the palace, in case Han Sen ducked out and tried to escape.

As Han Sen spoke casually with Fox Queen, he kept his focus on the structure of the prison itself. Almost unexpectedly, he found a way in which he could save Fox Queen, too.

But Han Sen didn't really want to save Fox Queen. It would only bring him harm. Who knew if she would wish to attack Han Sen the moment she got free?

The Shapeshifting Foxes weren't the nicest of races, and she only spoke to Han Sen so much because she had been trapped there for so long and become profoundly bored. Who knew what she would do when she had her freedom?

Han Sen knew that the beautiful Shapeshifting Foxes had arranged the downfall of entire races. More than a few species had become extinct because of them. That was another reason why Han Sen didn't want to talk to Fox Queen too much.

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Chapter 2261 Blood Kirin's Movemen

Han Sen spent another two weeks in the White Bone Hell. The blood kirin came down from its mountain to absorb blood bone air every day, and during such times, Han Sen got to interact with it very closely.

The blood kirin had initially seemed like a cruel beast, but it wasn't showing any animosity toward Han Sen now, which made him curious. The most probable cause for the blood kirin's change in behavior, he figured, was the blood kirin having tasted his blood.

That had only transpired once, though. The blood kirin had consumed Han Sen's old blood as he leveled up, but he had no plans to feed the beast with his blood again.

The Blood-Pulse Sutra had become Duke, and Han Sen continued to fuse his blood with the Blood Scorpion Jade Drum. His connection with the Drum progressed by leaps and bounds. Now, he was able to use the Blood Scorpion Jade Drum without Bao'er's help. That made things quite a bit easier.

That day, after the blood kirin absorbed more of the blood bone air, it roared at Han Sen. Then, it turned around and returned to the lotus mountain. When it saw that Han Sen wasn't following, the beast turned around and roared at him again.

Han Sen realized the blood kirin was inviting him to the lotus mountain. Han Sen followed after the creature without hesitation. If he was being invited to enter the blood kirin's lair, it might signify that the blood kirin was growing more comfortable with him.

He followed the blood kirin to the lotus mountaintop. Most of the blood rain had drained off of the peak, but some of the runoff had collected into a small pond. Vines lay in tangles around the pond, and Han Sen spotted blood pears hanging off of them.

The blood kirin jumped into the blood pond and made a grunting noise at Han Sen, inviting him to enter.

Han Sen hesitated this time, but he still followed the blood kirin in. Based on his experience with his other pets, he had learned that showering with a pet was a great way to strengthen his bond with them.

Han Sen was planning to begin scrubbing the blood kirin's scales, but the blood kirin did something instead. It put its head in the water and dived in deep.

Han Sen stared after the creature in surprise. It was obvious now that the blood kirin hadn't just invited him in for a simple shower. He quickly used his Dongxuan Aura to follow the blood kirin.

Upon seeing Han Sen trailing along behind, the blood kirin dived in deeper.

The blood pond was only a thousand meters deep.

They both reached the bottom fairly quickly, where the blood kirin disappeared into a tunnel that had been dug through the white bones.

Han Sen continued to follow the creature. He was curious, not knowing exactly what the blood kirin wanted.

The blood kirin led the way. It followed the white bone tunnel and soon splashed out of the blood water.

As his head broke the surface of the blood water, Han Sen noticed that they had emerged into a giant white bone cave. Before him lay the corpse of a giant, black xenogeneic.

The black kirin was as big as a mountain. However, its head had been sundered, and its belly had been split open. It had been dead for many years, and while the body might not have rotted, the air had dried it into a husk.

"This must be the blood kirin's mother. It doesn't look very much like the blood kirin, though. Perhaps the blood bone air it has absorbed has simply changed its genes dramatically," Han Sen thought to himself.

The blood kirin leaped onto the mountain-sized body of the black kirin. It then grunted at Han Sen, as if it was asking him to join it.

Han Sen flew in the air, but he didn't dare set his feet upon the back of the black kirin. Although the blood kirin had called him up, stepping on its mother's corpse didn't seem like an appropriate thing to do.

When Han Sen saw the corpse from above, he noticed something glinting in the black flesh. There was a weapon embedded in the black kirin's back.

He couldn't get a good look at the weapon, as only the handle was protruding from the body. The rest of it was lodged deep within the corpse of the black kirin.

Fox Queen had said that the blood kirin belonged to a no-name race, but seeing that black kirin, Han Sen didn't think that was true.

The other creatures had all turned into bones. Some of the bones had decayed into little more than dust, but that black kirin's body was still mostly complete. This point alone made it seem like something special.

And the curious xenogeneic still had a weapon lodged inside it. It certainly added to the dead creature's mystique.

Han Sen carefully examined what he could see of the weapon. The handle was only two feet long, which was definitely too small for a greatsword. But for a smaller sword, the handle would probably have been too long.

The handle gleamed silver, and there was a weird symbol engraved across it. Han Sen was unsure what the symbol meant, but he hypothesized that it could be a meaningless adornment.

All he knew for certain was that the weapon hadn't belonged to General Ghost Bone. The weapon lacked the aura and presence that General Ghost Bone carried with him.

The blood kirin made some barking noises at Han Sen.

Han Sen frowned, unsure what the blood kirin wanted.

The blood kirin, seeing Han Sen's lack of understanding, tried to grasp the weapon with its claws. But when it touched the silver handle, silver lightning arced around the handle and into the blood kirin. With a blinding flash, the blood kirin's body was electrified and blasted down onto the ground.

Han Sen was frozen. The blood kirin was a force to be reckoned with. It was a powerful half-deified xenogeneic, the son of White Bone Big Hell. If it had been tossed back so simply, then the power of the weapon must have been unimaginable.

The blood kirin picked itself up off the ground. It didn't look particularly injured, but its legs moved a little shakily from the shock it had just received.

The blood kirin leaped back atop the black kirin. Then it made that barking noise as Han Sen again.

Now Han Sen knew what it was suggesting. "You want me to help you remove that weapon?"

The blood kirin nodded. It then made more encouraging noises to Han Sen.

Han Sen didn't have a good feeling about this. Despite its power, the blood kirin had just been sorely electrified by the lodged armament. Han Sen was just a Duke, so there was a chance that the electricity might kill him.

Han Sen gritted his teeth and approached the weapon embedded in the black kirin's back. He wasn't confident in his ability to pull the weapon out, but if he didn't at least try, then all the time he had spent building a relationship with the blood kirin would go to waste.

"Even if it doesn't work, I have to give it a shot. Getting shocked is better than making the blood kirin mad," Han Sen thought to himself. He summoned his King class Galaxy Lobster armor.

Han Sen didn't want to be killed by lightning that not even the blood kirin could withstand.

Landing on the black kirin's back, Han Sen gazed at the silver handle. Then, he looked back at the blood kirin. The blood kirin looked very excited. Han Sen took a deep breath and slowly reached for the silver handle.

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Chapter 2262 The Power of Science

Han Sen's fingers brushed the silver handle, and before he moved to grip it completely, silver lightning leaped out at his fingers.

A vibration moved through Han Sen's body, and then he felt as if he had lost control of his own consciousness. There was a sharp cracking noise, and Han Sen was sent rocketing away. His flight ended when he crashed into a white bone wall.

Fortunately, Han Sen was wearing his King class Galaxy Lobster armor, so the hit didn't hurt too much. But his entire body ached, as if cramps were twisting him from the top of his head down to his toes. He convulsed slightly on the ground.

"Well, that was scary. The lightning might not have done too much damage, but the soreness afterward is pretty terrifying!"' Han Sen mustered every ounce of his strength to get up. He crawled across the ground as white bubbles frothed from his mouth. He pulled himself into a sitting position, but he still felt extremely weak. He wasn't able to stand up just yet, so he sat very still as his head spun.

The blood kirin leaped off of the black kirin's back. It circled Han Sen, making a low keening sound. It was as if it was saying, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine. What kind of lightning is that, though? It is so weird. My King class armor did nothing to repel it." Han Sen understood now why the lightning had been able to hurt the blood kirin, despite the beast 's strength. That lightning bypassed all forms of defense and zapped right into a person's body.

The blood kirin was unable to answer his question, but Han Sen could tell that the creature was disappointed. It was sad that Han Sen was unable to pull out the weapon.

"Don't worry; I will find a way to pull it out." Han Sen thought this was still a good opportunity. He looked into the blood kirin's face, and he knew that the creature would be incredibly happy if Han Sen managed to retrieve the weapon. Perhaps he could even tame it at that point.

Thinking of how cool it would look to ride the blood kirin, Han Sen thought he should give it another try.

The blood kirin didn't seem particularly excited by the prospect of another attempt, though. It clearly didn't believe Han Sen had what it took to remove the weapon from the corpse.

Han Sen wasn't confident, either, truthfully. But if he was being attacked with lightning, perhaps he could wrap the handle with some sort of insulating material before pulling the weapon out.

Han Sen pulled a bunch of insulated gloves from Destiny's Tower. He put on several layers of gloves to make sure he wouldn't get shocked. Then, he flew back onto the black kirin's back. He looked back at the blood kirin and thought, "Although you are a King class xenogeneic that might one day become deified, you're still so dumb. You don't know anything about a little thing called science, do you? Well, big brother will show you how humans make use of their intelligence to solve problems such as this. Get ready to be amazed and compelled to obedience by the power of your big brother San Mu!"

After that, Han Sen reached out and grabbed the silver handle. Based on his first experience, Han Sen knew that the lightning was scary, but it wouldn't be powerful enough to kill him. That reassurance made Han Sen feel a lot safer.

Han Sen confidently wrapped his hands around the silver handle and tried to pull it out. Then, silver lightning was discharged.

The insulating gloves did not work. The lightning wreathed his entire body before blasting him away. He crashed into a big bone wall, his armored body cracking its surface. Many extra bones were shaken down on top of him.

Now Han Sen could only think, "F*cking science. I actually thought science would apply to this world. I am too naive. This is madness! My brain hurts."

Because Han Sen had gripped the handle more firmly, the shock of the electricity was magnified. It took Han Sen half an hour to regain full consciousness, and he didn't try to move as he recovered. When he started feeling better, he lifted his head to look around. He realized that the blood kirin had actually dragged him away from the white bones.

Luckily, the blood kirin wasn't hostile towards him. He had been inside the blood kirin's mouth, but despite that, the creature hadn't injured him in any way.

"Well, sh*t. How did that even happen?" Han Sen thought gloomily. He rested a little bit more, as his body was on the precipice of a complete recovery.

The blood kirin looked at Han Sen as if he was a naughty child. That gaze of disdain made Han Sen feel embarrassed.

"I can't pull a weapon out of a dead body? I won't accept that!" Han Sen stood up and stared at the handle with rage. When he thought back to the ache that had suffused his entire body, though, he gave up on the idea of trying to grab it again.

"Hmph. I couldn't make it work, but at least I'm not alone. I have help, so what is there to be afraid of?" Han Sen thought. Then, he released Bao'er from Destiny's Tower.

"Bao'er, do you see that weapon sticking out of the kirin's back? It is protected by very powerful lightning, and so I cannot take it out. Do you think you can take it out for me?" Han Sen smiled at Bao'er as he spoke.

Bao'er's eyes opened wide when she looked at the weapon. She thought for a moment, then shook her head. "No."

"No way! You cannot pull it out, either?" Han Sen was surprised. This was the first time he had heard Bao'er admit so plainly that she couldn't do something.

Bao'er blinked and said, "There's something wrong with that weapon. Its soul is very messy. It would not be very nice to touch it. I would be electrified if I went up to it."

Han Sen's heart sank. Not even Bao'er could take the weapon. There really was no hope for pulling it out.

But then Bao'er went on. "You can let Little Silver try. He is attuned with lightning, so he might have a way to do it."

"How did I forget Little Silver!" Han Sen slapped himself on the head. The lightning must have rattled his brain and made him forget Little Silver for a bit.

Han Sen quickly summoned Little Silver. As soon as Little Silver appeared, he hugged the fox tightly to his chest. Then he flew up to the black kirin's back.

"Little Silver, that weapon has lightning power. I cannot move it, though. Do you think you can pull it out?" Han Sen asked, pointing at the silver handle.

Little Silver leaped down from Han Sen's arms. It walked elegantly around the silver handle, its silver eyes peering keenly at the metal.

Suddenly, Little Silver stopped. Its body crackled with silver lightning. That lightning spread fast, and the fox's body began to swell and transform. Ten tails of lightning rose behind the fox, swaying like the heads of a hydra.

The next second, that ethereal, lightning form of a fox opened its mouth. It grabbed the silver handle and tried to pull it out of the black kirin.

The silver handle fired its own lightning in response to the fox, and the bolts of power collided in a display of eye-searing brilliance. It seemed as if the two powers were exploding when they touched each other.

The lightning didn't send Little Silver flying like it had Han Sen and the blood kirin. The fox held onto the handle firmly, and slowly, it began to pull the handle up and away from the back of the black kirin.

Within that storm of silver lightning, Little Silver slowly pulled at the handle, and the weapon slowly began to slide into sight. Han Sen could see triangles across the weapon, and there was a strange symbol within every triangle. Lightning arced and jumped around the symbols.

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Chapter 2263 Thunder God Spike

As the sword-like weapon was slowly removed, the mysterious symbols on its surface began to leap and dance like mad. It looked as if countless fairies of silver thunder were dancing across it.

The silver lightning still crackled out of the sword. It was like there was a silver dragon now flying around the cavern.

Because the lightning was too strong, Han Sen had to fall back and away from the black kirin's corpse. Even the blood kirin itself stumbled back.

The blood kirin was looking very excited. It kept retreating, but its eyes never left the black kirin's body.

Little Silver's lightning was growing to frightening strength. The hilt of the sword was firmly in the grip of its maw. It forced the sword completely out of the black kirin's body.

The sword was only one and a half meters long, but its shape was very strange. The blade was split into three sections, and each of its points was sharp. It looked like an army spear.

As he watched the lightning springing from the blade, Han Sen could immediately tell that the weapon was profoundly special. It might have been a deified weapon.

Dong! Dong!

Little Silver leaped off of the black kirin's back. It loosened its grip on the handle and let the silver sword clatter to the ground. Then Little Silver let its powerful lightning fox form dissipate.

Although Little Silver didn't seem to be injured, it did look exhausted.

Han Sen quickly picked up Little Silver and offered him one of the blood pears. Little Silver shook his head at the fruit and lay down on Han Sen's chest instead. It closed its eyes, looking very, very tired.

Upon seeing the silver sword come free of the dead creature, the blood kirin leaped towards the black kirin's corpse with exuberant joy.

"What a sweet creature. All it wanted was for its mother to rest in peace. It's rare that I get to see something this touching." Han Sen sighed.

The next second, Han Sen's eyes opened wide. The blood kirin ran over to the black kirin's body and used its teeth to rip off a chunk. The blood kirin tore into the corpse, eating ravenously.

The blood kirin used its claws to tear the body apart, and viscera and gore flew everywhere as it feasted.

Han Sen froze for a while, his face growing a little pale. His initial assumpted seemed to have been very wrong. He didn't know anymore if the black kirin was indeed the blood kirin's mother. If it was, the blood kirin really was a monster.

But that sort of made sense. The blood kirin was born from a dead body. It had spent its life consuming the White Bone Hell's blood bone air. Its very existence had come from death and cruelty. Eating the corpse of its own mother to gain strength wasn't out of the realm of possibility.

It was still an incredibly heartless act, though.

Han Sen was planning to put Bao'er and Little Silver back inside Destiny's Tower. If the blood kirin went mad after consuming the black kirin, they would have to run.

Before he could grab her, Bao'er ran over to the silver sword. She reached her hand out to grab it before Han Sen could shout a warning.

When Bao'er's came down upon it, the blade no longer released that silver lightning. Bao'er dragged the sword back over to Han Sen.

"Dad! This sword is awesome. We should take it with us." Bao'er held the sword out to Han Sen as she spoke.

Han Sen didn't dare take the sword, though. Just because Bao'er hadn't been electrified, that didn't guarantee that Han Sen wouldn't get shocked.

"Don't be afraid, Dad! It is fine now. The blade isn't dangerous anymore." Bao'er winked.

"Pfft, why would Dad be afraid? I'm not scared; I'm just cautious. This is the behavior of a mature man." Han Sen blushed. He reached out to take the silver sword.

Just as Bao'er had told him, the sword didn't crackle with lightning when he touched it. It really did behave like an ordinary weapon now.

"Weird. Why has the sword become normal after leaving the black kirin's body?" Han Sen looked at the blood kirin still gorging on the black kirin. He then thought of something. "Maybe the black kirin's body triggered the power of the sword? Maybe that is why it remained active. The electricity kept the blood kirin from eating the black kirin. It had to have the sword removed first."

Han Sen didn't know if his guesses were correct, but it didn't matter anymore. Han Sen went to check out the sword. The symbols of thunder across it were delightful to see. They made the sword look absolutely beautiful. It didn't even look like a weapon; it looked like an art-piece wrought in silver.

After witnessing its power, Han Sen agreed with Bao'er. He couldn't tell what level it was, but he was fairly sure that it had to be a deified weapon.

When he looked at the blade more closely, he noticed that a few words were engraved on the back of the sword. He was able to read them. It was of the common language in the geno universe, and it said, "Thunder God Spike."

"I think that must be its real name." Han Sen raised the weapon carefully in front of him. He tried to put his own power into the Thunder God Spike, in order to trigger the weapon's power. Unfortunately, he could not get it to work.

No matter what power or skill he used, nothing could trigger the lightning of the Thunder God Spike.

Han Sen decided to use the Dongxuan Sutra to simulate Little Silver's lightning power, then he focused that power on the Thunder God Spike. The lightning symbols of the Thunder God Spike began to move. They were like silver snakes running up and down the blade.

But Han Sen's Dongxuan Sutra was merely Marquise class, so the lightning power he could simulate wouldn't be that strong. Only a small amount of the Thunder God Spike's power was summoned, but even so, it was already very strong. It was stronger than if Han Sen used all of his power with Jadeskin.

"This thing is definitely a deified weapon!" Han Sen felt so happy. The Thunder God Spike didn't hurt him when he activated it, either. That meant he could use the weapon in combat.

Han Sen put the Thunder God Spike into Destiny's Tower, and thankfully, it didn't resist like the Jade Drum had. The Jade Drum was a living creature, but the Thunder God Spike was just a weapon.

Han Sen was very lucky to have found the weapon, but it would be dangerous for him to carry a deified treasure in plain view. Unless it was direly necessary, Han Sen planned to keep the weapon hidden from anyone who might want to steal it.

Han Sen put Bao'er and Little Silver back into Destiny's Tower. The blood kirin was still eating the black kirin's body. It was a small creature, but its stomach was large. The black kirin's body was like a mountain, but a big chunk of it had already disappeared.

The blood kirin ate its fill and grunted in satisfaction. Then it moved back and made a rumbling noise to get Han Sen's attention. It tossed its head at the black kirin's body, as if it was inviting Han Sen to eat.

"It's fine. You can eat it." Han Sen shook his head. His body was already filled with unprocessed Ghost Bone power, so it didn't matter what he ate right now.

But the blood kirin's invitation was still reassuring. The beast didn't seem like it was ever going to be hostile to him.

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Chapter 2264 Forced Entry

When the blood kirin saw that Han Sen wasn't eating anything, it turned around to continue consuming the corpse by itself. It looked as if it wasn't going to stop until every last morsel of the black kirin had been consumed.

Han Sen had no interest in watching the beast eat, so he decided to leave the cave. He leaped into the blood water and swam back the way he had come. The cave had no other exits, so he had to leave via the same blood pond.

After he crawled out of the pond, Han Sen picked a few blood pears to give to Little Silver. The fox had retrieved the Thunder God Spike for him, but in doing so, it had been injured.

Both the fox and the weapon were of the lightning element, but the Thunder God Spike was clearly far more powerful than Little Silver. If Little Silver's Lightning Fox Body hadn't possessed full immunity to lightning, then the little creature might not have been able to pull the Thunder God Spike out.

"Now that I've helped the blood kirin, it won't mind if I take more blood pears and give them to Little Silver, right? I'm sure the blood kirin wouldn't care," Han Sen thought to himself as he collected the fruit. He lobbed them into Destiny's Tower for Little Silver. But when he glanced inside the tower, he found Little Silver curled up to rest. Its tail was wrapped around the Thunder God Spike, and the Thunder God Spike was crackling as silver lightning arced around it. The bolts would occasionally jump to touch Little Silver's fur, but the fox didn't seem to mind. It just continued to rest.

Han Sen used his Purple-Eye Butterfly to get a better look. When the Thunder God Spike's lightning landed on Little Silver, the small fox was absorbing its power. The lightning blended into Little Silver's powers, slowly changing them as the fox rested.

Han Sen walked over and gently set one of the blood pears beside Little Silver. Then, he exited the tower and left the lotus mountain.

When he made it down from the lotus mountain, he found Fox Queen standing directly in front of the hellish skeletal gate. She was looking at him.

Fox Queen's eyebrows rose as Han Sen approached.

Her chains wouldn't let her move far from the gate. Otherwise, she would have explored the distant mountain range for herself long ago.

"You killed the blood kirin?" Fox Queen asked in a disturbed tone of voice.

Han Sen shook his head. "No. I can't defeat a foe like that. But I've been here for a while, and we've gotten to know each other a bit. It hasn't been hostile to me at all."

Fox Queen looked at Han Sen with a veiled expression. She thought Han Sen's explanation had to be utter nonsense.

The blood kirin was a beast of particular savagery, and it had been locked up in White Bone Hell all its life. If it ever escaped the White Bone Hell, few would survive an encounter with it. That thing was a King class demon.

If the blood kirin had grown comfortable with Han Sen simply because he had spent time with it, she wondered why the same had not occurred between the monster and herself. She had spent far more time with it, and she had even watched it grow up. Yet, there wasn't even a faint semblance of closeness between her and the beast.

"Who are you?" Fox Queen stared at Han Sen. She had found his behavior suspicious for a long time, and it made her wary of him. Perhaps Han Sen really had been taken by General Ghost Bone, and he had just been pretending ever since.

"I told you; I am a member of the Ice Blue Knights." Han Sen said, a little reproachfully.

Fox Queen started to respond, but all of a sudden, her face changed. "Someone forced open the palace's door."

"No way!" Han Sen was shocked. That palace had been built by General Ghost Bone. Not even a deified elite should have been able to open it. And there was no way Edward or the others could have gotten through the entrance.

"They have only breached the first line. They are coming in via the primary entrance. Huh. It seems that they have a death wish." Fox Queen narrowed her eyes and walked back through the hellish skeletal gate.

Han Sen felt sick. He didn't think Edward and the others would make it inside, but now they had. Han Sen's identity would soon be exposed.

Realizing this, Han Sen quickly followed Fox Queen. But he then rushed out of the side hall ahead of her.

Just as Fox Queen had said, there was an opening in the gate of the main hall. Edward and the others were now coming in.

"Han Sen, where are you going to run this time?" shouted a King class Ice Blue Knight. Then, he ran at Han Sen.

"Shut up! This isn't a place that you can just smash your way into!" Han Sen shouted as he quickly retreated. He fell back to Fox Queen, who had just appeared. Ice Blue Knight King's power was headed for Fox Queen.

Fox Queen's face drew into a smile, but her eyes glimmered with the fire of murder. She didn't even have to move her hand as a cord of power shot out of her and wrapped around the Ice Blue Knight.

"Careful!" Ice Blue Knight King shouted. He moved to help the King class Ice Blue Knight, but it was too late.

The cord of power tightened, and the Ice Blue Knight's body was torn apart. It was horrifying to watch. The warrior was murdered before he even had a chance to defend himself.

Han Sen's scalp felt numb. A King class elite had been oh-so-easily killed. The demonstration of Fox Queen's power confirmed Han Sen's belief that she was deified. It was fortunate she had wanted to keep Han Sen with her instead of killing him. Han Sen would have been very dead if things had turned out differently.

The faces of the other intruders turned white. They turned to leave the palace, but the opening they created to enter had already disappeared. And that was because of Fox Queen.

Edward and the others attacked the palace's gate, but their efforts were futile.

"Didn't you know? You can't just come and go from this palace as you please." Fox Queen's cords of power began to move again, heading for Edward and all the others.

Edward, Ice Blue Knight King, and Crime managed to block the attacks, but the other King class elites were all captured.

"Deified powers are scary!" Han Sen's scalp felt numb. It seemed like Fox Queen was no longer being hampered by the palace. She was able to use her full deified powers without limit or restriction.

Han Sen looked closer and realized what was going on. Edward and the others had managed to break the restrictions of the palace. Their actions had triggered the prison's defense systems, allowing Fox Queen to use her full powers to annihilate the invaders. Now that Fox Queen had all her deified power back, she was a totally different being than she had been when Han Sen met her.

"I'm so sorry! We accidentally wandered into this place. We meant you no harm. Please forgive us…" Before Edward could finish his apology, a cord of power wrapped around him.

Not long after, the last of the intruders were bound by Fox Queen's cords. None of them could fight back.

When Fox Queen turned back to Han Sen, he quickly said, "Big Sis, you are so good! You are so intelligent, beautiful, and powerful!"

"I think I heard them refer to you by the name of Han Sen." Fox Queen stared at Han Sen and gave him a predatory smile.

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Chapter 2265 Figh

"Please don't tell me Han Sen is your fake name," Fox Queen said, smiling at Han Sen.

"My name is Han Sen. San Mu is just a nickname. Only close family and my bestest friends call me by that name," Han Sen said shyly.

Fox Queen rolled her eyes, but she wasn't going to push the subject any further. She looked back at Edward and the others and asked, "And who are you people, exactly?"

Ice Blue Knight King told her, "We are Ice Blue Knights of the Extreme King. Please do not misunderstand our intent, for we are only here to apprehend the criminal traitor known as Han Sen. We didn't mean to offend you!"

"What did he do to incite your wrath?" Fox Queen asked with curiosity. "This is quite the hunting party you've assembled."

Ice Blue Knight King and Edward frowned. They had told her they were Extreme King deliberately, knowing that the name was feared all across the universe.

But when they looked at Fox Queen's face, they saw no hint of fear or trepidation. Their attempted name-drop had failed quite spectacularly.

The Shapeshifting Foxes weren't one of the top races, and even a deified fox should have been afraid of the Extreme King. However, Fox Queen seemed entirely unperturbed.

What they didn't know was that the Extreme King only rose to prominence after Fox Queen had been incarcerated in the palace. Their name meant little to her, as they were a minor race back in her heyday.

"He is a traitor in the Ice Blue Knights. It was difficult for us to locate him. Being the slithering, tricky little snake that he is, he managed to escape. He eluded us for a while, but we traced him all the way to this place. It was never our intention to offend you," Edward went on to say. His face was straining under the weight of his forced sincerity.

Han Sen and Fox Queen had only exchanged a few words in front of Edward, but he could tell that the relationship between them wasn't very warm. So, he didn't mention the relic he sought.

Han Sen had to be keeping the relic somewhere on his person. That meant they had a chance. If Edward mentioned the relic, and it was claimed by a deified being, they stood no chance of reclaiming it.

Fox Queen's face looked like stone. She held a cord of power and used it like a whip to lash Edward, who was still hanging in the air upside-down. His face was gashed as the whip tore so deeply into his flesh that it exposed the bone of his skull. Blood began to dribble through his hair.

Everyone was shocked. Fox Queen did not say a word as she continued the whipping. A short time later, Edward was covered in open wounds and dripping blood.

"I was lying to people before your great-grandmother was even born. And you think you can deceive me? Do you want to die?" Fox Queen's gaze was hard as she looked at the blood-soaked Edward. "Let me ask you again: why are you chasing him?"

"He stole something very important from us! That is why we have been chasing him," Edward said.

"And what is this thing?" Fox Queen frowned, but she stopped hitting Edward.

"We don't know what it is!" As Fox Queen started to move her hand, he immediately said, "We discovered an ancient city in the desert. Han Sen snuck in and stole an item from that city, although we're not sure what it was. If you would like to know what he stole, then you will have to ask him."

Fox Queen looked carefully at Edward and the others, then she turned to Han Sen. With a smile, she said, "My good brother San Mu, it looks like you've already retrieved the item from that city you mentioned. Very good."

"I did take something from that old city." Han Sen nodded.

"Where is it?" Fox Queen's eyes looked sharp. Even to her, any item that had belonged to the Sacred Leader would be quite tempting.

Han Sen smiled. He had no intention of revealing the stone plate to anyone. He merely said, "Sister, which you would prefer: this item or your freedom?"

"I am very greedy. I want freedom and the item." Fox Queen's cord of power suddenly moved. It was headed for Han Sen.

Han Sen shot off to the side hall, wanting to race right into the hellish skeletal gate.

As soon as Han Sen appeared in the side hall, Fox Queen's cord of power was already on him. But suddenly, a bird's nest appeared in Han Sen's hand. Inside it, there was a red egg.

The cord of power could bind a half-deified elite easily, but when it touched the bird's nest, it snapped like dry twine.

As the attack dissipated, Han Sen flapped his wings and escaped through a slither-of-a-gap between the substance chains coming for him. Then he leaped straight through the hellish skeletal gate.

Fox Queen was shocked. When she entered the White Bone Hell after him, Han Sen was already gone. She had limited power and mobility in that place, so she could only stand atop the skeleton mountain and glower after Han Sen. She couldn't chase him any further.

"Han Sen, do you want to grow old and die inside the White Bone Hell?" Fox Queen squinted as she looked around.

"There are worse ways to die than in the company of a pretty lady like you." Han Sen stood far away atop a distant peak and smiled at Fox Queen.

Fox Queen didn't say another word. She returned to the palace.

Back inside the palace, Fox Queen looked at Edward and the others. She waved her hand, tossing everyone other than Mister White through the hellish skeletal gate.

"Bring Han Sen and the item back to me, or die here," Fox Queen commanded. Edward and the others were then tossed into the hellish skeletal gate.

As the others shakily stood up and began moving off into the White Bone Hell, Fox Queen turned back to Mister White. "You know how to break the restrictions of this place?"

"I know a little." Mister White nodded.

"Breaking the front gate… That was no easy task." Fox Queen raised her lips in a slight smile.

When Han Sen saw Edward and the others fly into the White Bone Hell face first, he knew exactly what was going on. He immediately retreated to the blood kirin's lotus mountain.

Edward and the others stared mutely at the white bone world around them. They were just as stunned as Han Sen had been when he first entered that place.

Crime concentrated as he activated a special power. In a few seconds, he detected Han Sen sneaking his way over to the lotus mountains. "He's over there!"

"Let's go!" Ice Blue Knight King barked the command, and they all took off in pursuit of Han Sen.

The White Bone Hell was so large that it would be difficult to find Han Sen again if he got too far away from them.

And because of Fox Queen's implied threat, they now had even more motivation for retrieving that relic.

Ice Blue Knight King was the fastest of the bunch, so he arrived at the lotus mountain first. Just as he was about to enter, however, he suddenly felt a blood air rise from the lotus mountaintop.

He had been sprinting forward at full speed, and his momentum kept him from changing direction quickly. He gathered up his strength and sent a wave of deep blue power against the tide of red.

Boom!

The blood air ripped straight through Ice Blue Knight King's deep blue power. The attack tore through the armor on his chest without even slowing down, and blood began to spurt from his chest with unnatural speed. It was as if some power was sucking the blood out of him.

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Chapter 2266 Beating a Half-Deified

Han Sen stood on the lotus mountain, watching with great delight as the blood kirin entered the fray. Han Sen guessed that the creature had finished consuming the black kirin, because it was now half-deified. On top of that, it was still inside the White Bone Hell. The ferocity of its attack sent Edward and Ice Blue Knight King reeling back.

After mere seconds had passed, the blood kirin had already torn two King class Ice Blue Knights to shreds. Joy sparked in Han Sen's chest as he saw the wretchedly wild face of the creature.

"You guys hold off this beast! I will go after Han Sen," Edward shouted. He rushed across the battlefield, headed for the lotus mountain with the intent of catching Han Sen once and for all.

The blood kirin was in a killing frenzy, and it paid no attention to guarding its flanks. It pressed the attack against Ice Blue Knight King without sparing a glance at Edward.

Han Sen felt depressed. "This thing's intelligence needs to be increased."

Although Fox Queen had whipped Edward and injured him badly in the process, his half-deified body wasn't to be underestimated. He circled the battle and arrived in front of Han Sen in moments. Han Sen knew that trying to outrun the man with simple speed would be impossible.

Han Sen slapped the Blood Scorpion Jade Drum at his waist, sending a burst of scary sonic power toward Edward's forehead. The power flew out like a barrage of toxic needles.

Edward grunted dismissively, and his whole body turned to a golden color. The Blood Scorpion's toxic needles struck the gold body and failed to puncture it.

Edward's golden form shone like a sun, showering the entire lotus mountain in golden light. Han Sen suddenly felt incredibly heavy, as if he was now shouldering the weight of a mountain. He couldn't move much at all.

Han Sen knew that he was struggling under the power of that special gold godlight.

After Dukes became Kings, their elemental prowess increased dramatically. They could use their powers to blanket the land around them, laying claim to a large area. Edward's power was a heavy burden of suppression. It was a little similar to Ice Blue Knight King's deep blue power.

Edward didn't hesitate. He reached out to grab the currently-suppressed Han Sen.

Han Sen tried to fight it off, but the King class suppression of the area was far too strong to compete with. Plus, Edward was half-deified. Although Han Sen's elemental prowess was very good for his level, it didn't have enough raw strength to counter this attack. He couldn't beat the suppressing force that was coming down on him.

Edward's hand had almost reached Han Sen's neck when suddenly, Han Sen's hand lifted a small bird's nest. In his other hand, he raised a big army spear and thrust it toward Edward's chest.

Edward was shocked. He hadn't expected Han Sen to brush off his King class area-of-effect technique. They were too close together for Edward to block Han Sen's, but Edward didn't hesitate. He ignored Han Sen's strike and continued reaching out to grab his prey by the throat.

Han Sen was just a Duke. Even if his weapon was deified, it wouldn't do too much damage to Edward's half-deified body. If he was able to catch Han Sen at the same time, Edward had no qualm with accepting the strike.

At the moment Edward's fingers closed around Han Sen's neck, the Thunder God Spike was plunged into Edward's armor.

The armor stopped the Thunder God Spike dead, with only an inch of the weapon's tip embedding itself in Edward's breastplate.

But the Thunder God Spike's silver lightning completely ignored the defense offered by that armor. When it discharged, it sent a current of electricity directly into Edward's body. Edward shook as the power ran through him, and his electrified body was sent flying away.

Dong!

Han Sen struck the Blood Scorpion Jade Drum again. Edward was still being ravaged by the silver lightning, and he couldn't gather his wits fast enough to summon power and repel the sonic attack. That sonic force was driven right into his forehead.

"Argh!" Even for a half-deified elite, hearing the Blood Scorpion Jade Drum felt like being stabbed in the head. Edward couldn't help but let out a shrill cry.

Han Sen put the bird's nest on his head as he continued to pound the drum. He had no intention of remaining idle, though. He teleported directly in front of Edward and used his Thunder God Spike to strike at Edward once more.

Half-deified warriors deserved their reputation, and despite the dizziness and fierce pain, Edward tried to gather up power to block Han Sen's next attack.

The Thunder God Spike's power wasn't very destructive, but the lightning energy it released could bypass any form of defense. The lightning surged into every single cell of Edward's body. Edward shook under the force.

But Han Sen didn't have enough strength to use more than a tiny fraction of the Thunder God Spike's true power. Edward had only been numbed a little. If the Thunder God Spike was used by someone half-deified, a single hit would have left Edward shaking non-stop for an entire day.

The Blood Scorpion Jade Drum's sonic power swept into Edward in a continuous stream, but Edward was holding strong against the numbness induced by the lightning. He raised his shield again, and the sonic attacks began bouncing off of him.

"I'm too weak! If I was stronger, the silver lightning would have kept Edward from gathering enough power to resist," Han Sen thought to himself. He kept moving, though. Instead of thrusting with his Thunder God Spike, he resorted to beating Edward with it like some rod.

All that electricity had Edward shaking on the ground like he was experiencing a seizure. He was like a normal person being struck by a stun rod.

Ice Blue Knight King and the others, who were still in the midst of combat with the blood kirin, were frozen. The half-deified Edward was curled on the ground as Han Sen beat the pulp out of him. It was difficult to imagine.

They knew the extent of Edward's strength, and a Duke should have had no hope of repelling the golden godlight.

Han Sen didn't seem hindered at all as he pounded Edward. Edward's defenses couldn't withstand the lightning power emitted by the rod, and the man screamed continually and frothed at the mouth. It was too frightening to watch.

"What, you won't treat me with respect unless I unleash my power?" Han Sen kept hitting Edward, wondering how he might kill the man.

The lightning could bypass an opponent's defenses, but it couldn't actually kill anyone. And Han Sen couldn't do the job himself. He was too weak to break the man's armor, so he couldn't kill Edward with his strength alone.

"The blood kirin!" Han Sen thought. Then, he beckoned for the monster.

The blood kirin was still chasing the others, but Ice Blue Knight King and his group didn't dare to engage the beast. They were keeping it busy by baiting it back and forth.

The blood kirin's intelligence was low. They lured it left and right, to and fro, and it hadn't managed to kill any of them.

At the sound of Han Sen's voice, though, the beast turned to look at him. When it saw Han Sen slamming his fists into Edward, a light came into its eyes. It ran over, chomped down on Edward's head, and katcha! The armor was destroyed. Edward's head was bitten off.

Severed arteries in the man's neck sprayed blood all over the blood kirin. It swallowed the head in a single gulp. The sight made Ice Blue Knight King and the others shiver in fear and anger.

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Chapter 2267 My Opponent Isn"t a Studen

Han Sen jumped onto the blood kirin's back. Then, the blood kirin roared and flew towards Ice Blue Knight King and the others.

"Ignore those other guys and kill him first," Han Sen instructed, thrusting his Thunder God Spike toward Ice Blue Knight King.

Instead of answering, the blood kirin simply kept roaring as it headed for Han Sen's target.

"Charge!" Ice Blue Knight King called to the Ice Blue Knights as he swept his greatsword at the blood kirin.

The blood kirin paid no mind to the other Knights, though. The Knights had previously exploited the blood kirin's stupidity to land a few blows, but now that the creature was following Han Sen's commands, they found themselves having to give the creature an even wider berth.

"Han Sen, if you keep this up, you will never be allowed back into the Ice Blue Knights!" Ice Blue Knight King shouted, watching an Ice Blue Knight get torn to shreds by the blood kirin.

"I've already quit the Ice Blue Knights. Do you really think I plan to return after all this? When you guys decided to fight with me, you should have said your prayers and readied yourselves for death!" Han Sen shot back.

Ice Blue Knight King did not speak again. He had treated Han Sen as Yisha's student. He thought of Han Sen as a junior, and he had never thought he would have to take the young man as an enemy.

Even though Han Sen had betrayed the Knights, Ice Blue Knight King only wanted to teach him a lesson as a senior Knight. He wanted to grab Han Sen, take the slate, then haul Han Sen back to his rightful place in the Knights.

It was only now that Ice Blue Knight King realized he had been wrong about Han Sen since the beginning. He never considered Han Sen as an equal, and it never crossed his mind that Han Sen would see him as an opponent. Or a competitor.

Han Sen wasn't a junior who required protection or could be ordered around. Han Sen was a mighty elite who had exactly what it took to survive and thrive in that cruel world. He was holding his own despite the many powerful enemies that wanted him dead.

Ice Blue Knight King's realization might have come too late. If he had considered Han Sen as a real threat in the beginning, he wouldn't have given Han Sen any chance to escape the base. He would have taken Han Sen down as soon as possible, and he wouldn't have chased after Han Sen alone when he first made his escape.

The blood kirin chased the group back to the hellish skeletal gate, killing everyone but Ice Blue Knight King, Crime, and one other Ice Blue Knight along the way.

Han Sen and the blood kirin didn't dare draw too close to the gate, though. Han Sen allowed the three survivors to escape. Then, he went back to the lotus mountain where the blood kirin lived.

"I was foolish. I should have treated him like a genuine opponent." Ice Blue Knight King stared at Han Sen, who was riding away atop the blood kirin. His face was expressionless, showing no hint of anger or sadness.

From that moment on, Ice Blue Knight King was going to treat Han Sen like a genuine opponent. To go against a strong opponent, though, he'd need more than the few students he had.

Crime looked grim. "Is that guy really Yisha's student? He seems scarier than Yisha. I fear we may have underestimated him."

"You cannot blame us for that. Who would have assumed that a Marquise could pose such a threat?" asked the other Ice Blue Knight, whose name was Harder.

Harder was feeling rather conflicted at that moment. He and Edward had been very close, so he knew just how terrifying the man had been.

Although Edward was just a hybrid Extreme King and his attack power wasn't too strong when compared to the rest, his powers of observation and his movements were splendid.

Harder again envisioned Edward lying helpless under Han Sen's attack, and the Ice Blue Knight struggled to find words to describe what that horrible sight had done to him.

Although Han Sen was just a Duke, no one dared treat him as a Duke anymore.

Fox Queen met Ice Blue Knight King and the other two at the gate. She frowned and said, "Where are the others?"

Ice Blue Knight King told her what had happened. He spoke plainly and without exaggeration, describing Han Sen and the blood kirin's power. And he did not hide the fact that his group had well and truly failed.

"Interesting. Very interesting. The blood kirin became half-deified that quickly? And Han Sen was riding it in battle?" Fox Queen squinted her eyes.

She didn't blame Ice Blue Knight King. After a moment, she said, "You guys can stay here to aid Mister White in breaking the restrictions of this place. When I break the chains binding me here, I can go and take him down myself."

Back in the blood kirin's valley, Han Sen allowed Bao'er and the others to leave Destiny's Tower and relax for a bit. He also wanted to discuss their game plan for the coming conflict.

Han Sen had used the blood kirin's power to defeat Ice Blue Knight King and the others for the time being, but he didn't think they were safe yet. And that made him even more worried.

Edward and the others had been able to find the palace and bend the restrictions to gain entry. That meant one of them understood the structure of the palace, at least to some degree.

Fox Queen hadn't sent Mister White after them, and that was probably because Mister White knew the most about the palace's composition. If he was able to break Fox Queen's restrictions, then Han Sen would be in big trouble.

Han Sen stood no chance of defeating an unhampered deified elite, even if he had all sorts of deified items to use against her. And now, Han Sen was stuck in the White Bone Hell. The palace was his only means of escape. Unless he wanted to stay there forever, he would have to leave through the skeletal gate.

"But the blood kirin is only half-deified. If I could make it deified, it would be easy to ride it out and slaughter whatever got in our way," Han Sen thought to himself.

Han Sen's team talked for half the day, but they didn't come up with anything that seemed really promising. Han Sen decided to focus his efforts on absorbing all the Ghost Bone power he could. He hoped to get The Story of Genes to Duke class. The more power he had, the better his chances of survival would become.

"Even if Fox Queen really does manage to escape, she won't kill me if she can't find what she wants. That means I might still have a chance." As Han Sen rested, he fidgeted with the stone plate. He kept thinking about how things might play out.

The blood kirin and Han Sen were very comfortable with each other by this point, but only Han Sen could get close to the beast. The creature's presence was too menacing. It looked at everyone else like slabs of meat. The blood kirin looked likely to jump forward and gobble them up at any second.

Han Sen kept practicing with The Story of Genes. A month went by, and The Story of Genes was progressing quite well. It was still a long way away from becoming Duke, though.

Suddenly, the whole of White Bone Hell began to shake, and Han Sen heard Fox Queen's voice coming through the hellish skeletal gate. "My good little brother! Your big sister is coming to find you."

Fox Queen stood in front of the gate, and the metal shackles were still visible on her neck, arms, and ankles. The metal chains that connected to the shackles, however, were gone.

Mister White, Ice Blue Knight King, Crime, and Harder stood behind Fox Queen. It was like they were now her people.

Fox Queen's aura spread across the White Bone Hell, searching for Han Sen. But suddenly, two shadows appeared from the mountains. It was Han Sen and the blood kirin. That surprised her. She had expected Han Sen to try to escape, not come looking for her.

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Chapter 2268 Holy Monumen

"My good little brother, are you really that naive? Surely you don't think that the blood kirin's power is sufficient to challenge someone like me?" Fox Queen smiled at Han Sen and the blood kirin as she stood before the mountain.

"Big sis, you're far too suspicious. Have you forgotten about the close bond between us? Why would I ever want to attack my big sister? When I realized that you'd been freed, I wanted to come and celebrate the occasion with you. I just thought I would bring along the blood kirin," Han Sen said.

"If you've come here to celebrate with your big sister, you should have brought her a gift, isn't that correct? Otherwise, your big sister would be made rather angry," Fox Queen said, maintaining her smarmy smile.

Han Sen knew what gift Fox Queen was referring to. He moved without hesitation, pulling out the item and holding it up. "Of course, this is your big day! As a little brother, I want to give you the best gift I can."

Fox Queen looked at the item in Han Sen's hand, and then she looked at Mister White and asked, "What do you guys think of the gift my little brother is offering?"

"We have no idea. Only Edward knew what the item was," Mister White confessed, looking slightly ill.

Fox Queen held out her hand, and Han Sen placed the item in her palm. Fox Queen looked at the crystal tablet carefully, but there did not appear to be anything special about it.

"Is this really the item you retrieved from Ghost Bone Town?" Fox Queen directed a piercing stare at Han Sen.

"The one and only," Han Sen assured her.

Fox Queen gave Mister White the stone tablet. "Mister White, what do you make of it?"

After a brief moment of thought, Mister White said, "I don't know what exactly is special about this item, but I can tell you that it is very old. It must be truly ancient, in fact. Its age alone makes it interesting."

Mister White was making it clear to Fox Queen that he didn't know if the tablet was the same item that Han Sen had taken from Ghost Bone Town. It was too old to be a forgery, though.

Han Sen thought to himself, "Of course it is old. I went back to the Alliance and took it from a crystallizer ruin."

Fox Queen smiled and looked at Han Sen. "Since you've been so nice to your big sister, come and walk alongside me."

"Of course, my big sister." Han Sen smiled.

Fox Queen found it suspicious that Han Sen would give up his prize so easily, and she couldn't be certain if the tablet was genuine. She had to take Han Sen with her to the holy monument. Then, they could find out whether or not it was the real deal.

Fox Queen cast a spell, and one of her cords of power tethered Han Sen and the blood kirin to her. She smiled and said, "Please don't blame me for this precaution. You have been misbehaving recently, my little brother, so I'm afraid I have no choice."

"Oh, I'm so sorry that I've made you worry, big sister." Han Sen smiled coldly.

"What was that bird's nest that I saw you use earlier?" Fox Queen looked Han Sen over, but she saw no sign of the bird's nest. The item had melted her cord of power, which made quite an impression on her.

"I hid it someplace in the White Bone Hell. If you can find it, I can give it to you as a gift." Han Sen smiled.

Fox Queen wasn't in the mood to look. She couldn't find the bird's nest when she searched Han Sen's body, but that was fine by her. Hiding the nest in the White Bone Hell was like lobbing it into her personal warehouse. She would have plenty of time to seek it out later.

Fox Queen led Han Sen and the others out of the White Bone Hell and locked the hellish skeletal gate behind them. Then she ripped down the palace's gate, and the group left the palace.

"It has been so long since I've had the chance to breathe fresh air." Fox Queen stood under the sky, looking out at the stars as she spoke.

Han Sen and Mister White stood together, but they didn't speak. Mister White and Ice Blue Knight King weren't in any better of a situation than Han Sen.

Fox Queen's temperament changed with the wind, and there was no telling who she might be ready to kill one hour from then.

"Let's go! We will head for the holy monument. Let's see what the Sacred Leader chose to leave behind," Fox Queen said, looking at Mister White.

"Crime, you lead the way," Mister White ordered.

"Sir…" Crime said, his face pale.

"What are you thinking? Right now, surviving is our priority." Mister White gave a wry smile.

"Mister White, you are very smart. Don't worry, though; I do not like killing. Once I have collected the legacy items of the Sacred Leader, you will all be allowed to return home safe and sound." Fox Queen smiled.

Ice Blue Knight King and the others were too smart to believe Fox Queen's promise to them, but they were in no position to gainsay her decisions. They had to do as Fox Queen told them.

Even if they didn't tell Fox Queen the monument's location, she would find it at some point anyway. Withholding the information would only delay the inevitable.

Harder and Ice Blue Knight King both looked at Mister White. It had taken them a second to realize that Mister White was the only one who knew where the monument was.

Harder thought quickly as he walked. Amidst the people there, he was the only one who knew that Han Sen had stolen a stone tablet from Ghost Bone Town. The crystal stone that Han Sen had presented to Fox Queen wasn't the same item he had taken.

"Han Sen has guts, I'll give him that. He has actually dared to present a fake relic to Fox Queen. It is fake, though; they are sure to find that out once we reach the holy monument. And when that happens, I wonder what he is planning to do. Has he found a way to escape?" Harder looked at Han Sen. If Han Sen behaved strangely, Harder would notice.

Han Sen's chances of running away didn't seem very good. Fox Queen had a cord of power tied around him and the blood kirin, and she was being very careful to keep an eye on him. There was no way he could escape.

With Crime leading, they quickly traveled through the mountains and entered a primal forest. Many xenogeneics wandered across their path, but Ice Blue Knight King and Crime were able to cut them all down quickly. None of their foes were too strong.

They walked through the primal forest for four days. Eventually, Mister White pointed forward and spoke. "Here it is!"

Everyone looked where Mister White was pointing. They all looked shocked, and even Han Sen furrowed his eyebrows in suspicion.

"This is the holy monument?" Fox Queen frowned at the sight.

Mister White was indicating an old tree. The tree was very thick; it would require four people holding hands to encircle it. But other than that, it looked quite ordinary. Not to mention the fact that it was dead. There was not a single leaf on it, and many of its branches were broken. It stood alone in a small clearing in the forest.

In a primal forest like the one they were standing in, such trees must have been a dime a dozen. Mister White told them it was a holy monument, but the unimpressive sight before them made it difficult to believe his claim.

Han Sen used his Dongxuan Aura to scan the tree, and he could discern nothing special about it.

"The Sacred Leader didn't want to put his treasure somewhere obvious. If you look a little closer, though, you are sure to see the truth of this amazing old tree," Mister White said quietly.

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Chapter 2269 Fruit Tree

Fox Queen move closer to get a better look at the tree, but she soon started to frown. "Is there something inside the tree? Is the holy monument inside the tree?"

Mister White stepped forward in alarm. "Please do not touch it!"

"Why?" Fox Queen and Han Sen both looked at Mister White.

Mister White said, "This tree is very sturdy, and it has been infused with a special magnetic force that repels all xenogeneics. Inside the trunk, however, is a Shatter Space Crystal."

"Shatter Space Crystal?" One of Fox Queen's eyebrows rose.

"Yes," Mister White confirmed gravely.

Han Sen asked, "What is a Shatter Space Crystal?"

"It is a material that is used to construct teleportation devices," Harder explained. "Using one of those crystals in a device will greatly extend the device's range. It is the best-known material to use when crafting teleportation devices."

"That means there is a teleportation device inside that tree? We can use it to visit the holy monument?" Han Sen asked, starting to catch on.

"That's the theory," Mister White nodded. "But you must open the tree to gain access to the teleporter that is located inside it."

"With our big sister's power, tearing down the tree to reveal the crystal should be easy, shouldn't it?" Han Sen questioned.

"It's not that simple," Fox Queen replied in a distracted tone. "Shatter Space Crystals are unparalleled in their use for teleportation technology, but they are also very fragile. And the tree and the Shatter Space Crystal have been integrated very carefully. They are one with each other. If we use force to bring down the tree, the Shatter Space Crystal on the inside will be broken. That would completely ruin the device on the inside."

"It fortunate that you have the key, then. You simply need to use the key to open the tree's door," Mister White said.

Han Sen felt worry descend on him. He hadn't known that the stone tablet would be the key required to open that device. The piece of crystal he had given Fox Queen was little more than the makeshift paperweight. It was going to be impossible for her to gain access to that device.

"How do we use it?" Fox Queen looked at the brick in her hands, then back at Mister White.

"If our theory is correct, then there must be a keyhole." Mister White looked hesitant as he spoke.

"But there is no hole in the tree's surface that is this big." Fox Queen looked at Han Sen, the suspicion clearly visible in her eyes. She already thought that Han Sen had given her a fake.

"I really did take that item from Ghost Bone Town. Keep looking; you should be able to use it." Han Sen pretended to observe the tree, feigning innocence.

"Over there!" Han Sen suddenly pointed to the crown of the tall tree, looking very excited.

Fox Queen and the others looked at where Han Sen was pointing, but they couldn't see anything special.

As the others were distracted, Han Sen leaped back onto the blood kirin. A bird's nest appeared in his hand, and he held the nest out to protect himself from Fox Queen's attacks.

The blood kirin roared and streaked toward the tree.

Fox Queen was the quickest to react. She threw her hands forward, sending countless cords of power chasing after Han Sen.

Han Sen put his hand into the concave part of the bird's nest, and suddenly it began to grow larger. It became a giant shield that stopped the pursuing cords of power.

As the blood kirin arrived at the old tree, Han Sen brought out the real stone plate. He shoved it into a moon-shaped indent in the surface of the tree, and the stone plate slotted into it perfectly.

Katcha-cha!

The old tree suddenly broke open to reveal a large frame contained within the trunk. A shining orb of twisted space hung in the center of the frame, filled with spiraling, fractallic patterns. It was so bright that it was barely visible through the light.

The blood kirin carried Han Sen into the orb. Space seemed to fold around them for an instant, and then they vanished.

Fox Queen leaped after them. The dimensions of space were twisted, and she too disappeared with Han Sen.

Ice Blue Knight King gritted his teeth and ran inside, as well. Mister White, Crime, and Harder also decided to follow. They didn't want to give up on claiming the Sacred Leader's legacy here, after everything they had been through.

Han Sen set the bird's nest atop his head. When the space around him untwisted and deposited him back in reality, he found himself standing in a palace. The stone tablet was back in his hands. He quickly activated his Purple-Eye Butterfly and looked around.

He was standing in a jade stone palace. There were many strange statues around him, fashioned in the images of animals, gods, and demons of all kinds.

The walls and the ceiling were covered in strange paintings. They didn't look like drawings or precise script, but they did seem to be symbols of some kind. Behind Han Sen, the teleporter began to shift again.

"Run!" Han Sen shouted. It appeared as if someone else was coming. He nudged the blood kirin, urging it to hurry toward the palace gate.

The palace gate was open, and a white light was shining through it. It seemed like the light had been placed there intentionally to block any view of what lay beyond, and not even Han Sen's Purple-Eye Butterfly could pierce that veil.

Han Sen was so desperate to get away from Fox Queen that he ignored the possibility of encountering traps. He and the blood kirin raced through the light.

The blood kirin carried Han Sen through the palace's front gate, and both of them felt space twisting in the same manner it had with the teleporter. When Han Sen's vision returned, he found himself inside another palace. He was standing before its teleporter.

It was different from the first palace, though. This palace didn't have half as many statues or paintings. In the middle of the palace, however, there was a fruit tree.

The fruit tree only stood about two meters high. Its body was like a plum tree, but it was wrought of twisted black steel. The branches seemed crooked and crudely made.

The leaves on the tree were silver, and the fruit hung like egg-sized silver sycees.

Han Sen counted eight silver sycees on the tree. They were all of the same size, and they all looked silver-white. At the bottom of each sycee was a unique pattern that appeared to have been branded into it.

"Silver treasures?" Han Sen had a closer look. Words were woven into the pattern.

"Is this tree manmade?" Han Sen looked at the teleporter behind him. The teleporter remained silent and inactive, which made Han Sen feel uneasy.

With Fox Queen's speed, she should have caught up with him by now. How was it possible that she was not there yet?

"When I traveled through the palace gate, did the light there send me someplace else?" Han Sen thought to himself. Aside from that, he couldn't think of another reason why Fox Queen wouldn't have caught up with him.

He was happy about this turn of events regardless of the reason, though. Without her on his heels, he felt a lot safer. Han Sen decided to look at the silver treasure again.

He hesitated for a moment, then put on his Galactic Lobster armor. He walked directly to the tree and pulled out his knife to cut down one of the silver treasures.

The Ghost Teeth Knife shrieked across the steel surface of the tree. Instead of severing the twig, the knife had only left a light mark upon it. The mark did produce some blood-like sap, though.

"This tree is alive!" Han Sen looked rather surprised. The sap welled with energy.

Han Sen used his Purple-Eye Butterfly to observe the silver treasure fruit tree. He quickly confirmed that it really was a living tree. It had been there for many years, growing from a small sapling to what it was now.

With the Purple-Eye Butterfly, Han Sen was able to observe a timeline that spanned a billion years.

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Chapter 2270 Silver Sycee

The steel twig was unexpectedly tough. It took Han Sen a long while to cut through it so he could claim the silver fruit for himself.

When he finally sawed through the twig, the silver fruit dropped from the tree. Han Sen reached out his hand to grab it. But the moment the silver sycee touched his hand, Han Sen's eyes widened.

His face twisted, and his muscles trembled and shook. His blood surged through his veins like lightning, and his entire body turned to ice jade. He roared. He struggled to raise the hand that was holding the silver sycee, his other hand clutching his waist as if he was about to have a hernia.

Han Sen summoned all the power he could. His hair flew around like mad, and green veins bulged across his head.

Patong!

The silver sycee continued to fall to the ground, taking Han Sen's hand with it. Han Sen had to half-kneel on the ground.

"What kind of fruit is this? It is so heavy! If I swallowed this, it would tear straight through my stomach!" Han Sen stared at the fruit in disbelief. He wanted to get his hand out from under it, but it was pinning his hand down. He pulled away with all his might, but the fruit wouldn't budge.

Han Sen took out his knife and hacked away at the silver fruit. The loud shrieking noise of metal on metal assaulted his ears, but the sycee remained completely undamaged. The fruit was harder than the tree it had come from.

After a moment of thought, Han Sen decided to dig into the ground instead. The floor of the palace was also incredibly hard, though. Han Sen's cuts only left light scrape marks behind.

The blood kirin used its own claws to help dig through the stone near Han Sen's hand. The creature actually managed to leave a few proper scratch marks, but whenever it pulled its claws away, the scratch marks would disappear.

The blood kirin kept digging, but the floor continued to miraculously recover. Han Sen's hand remained motionless under the silver sycee.

"Grab that fruit and lift it away!" Han Sen barked to the blood kirin when he realized that digging into the floor was a futile endeavor.

The blood kirin, upon hearing Han Sen, locked its jaws around the silver sycee. It yanked upward with all of its might, but the silver sycee remained still.

"What… what is this thing…" Han Sen was frozen. It was just a fruit, but not even a half-deified being could move it. The sycee didn't even twitch.

Even more strangely, Han Sen's hand hadn't been crushed. The sycee was keeping him pinned in place, but if the fruit was really as heavy as it seemed, his hand should have been crushed and broken.

In truth, his hand was only suffering a bit of pressure. It definitely hadn't been injured.

Just as Han Sen was about to use Purple-Eye Butterfly to take a look at the fruit, the teleporter rippled with movement. Someone was coming.

Han Sen looked over as Mister White and Crime emerged. Their presence made him frown.

Although Crime was King class instead of half-deified, Han Sen had witnessed his talents in battle. He was no worse than the half-deified Edward, by Han Sen's estimation.

"Han Sen, what are you doing?" Mister White looked at Han Sen with interest.

The blood kirin interrupted his question with a roar. Then, it leaped towards Mister White and Crime. Its claws wielded a blood air as they slashed as Mister White like blades.

Mister White stepped forward like he was teleporting. He appeared right beside the blood kirin and pressed a hand against the creature's head.

Mister White's hand flashed with a strange symbol. That symbol sank into the scaled forehead of the blood kirin like a brand.

Boom!

The blood kirin's body suddenly became heavier, and the increased weight almost took the creature to its knees.

The symbol glowed gently from the creature's forehead, and the blood kirin seemed to struggle against the encumbrance.

The blood kirin roared and jumped towards Mister White again, but this time, it was far slower. Mister White moved with eerie grace, and every step looked like he was teleporting. His power was similar to Huangfu Jing's. He was far stronger than her, of course.

The blood kirin continued to chase Mister White, all the while roaring in rage. It was angry at being tricked, and even more furious that it was unable to bring harm to Mister White. Mister White had played it for a fool.

"The blood kirin's intelligence really is quite low." Han Sen sighed. The beast had plenty of brawn, but it was severely lacking in the brains department.

Mister White lured the blood kirin to a side hall, and Han Sen could do nothing to stop him. Meanwhile, Crime headed for the pinned-down Han Sen. He looked at Han Sen and said, "We have no grudge with you. Give me the stone plate, and we will leave. We will pretend we did not see you."

"Come and get it, if you have what it takes," Han Sen replied flatly.

"You are strong, but regrettably, the fruit seems to be holding you in place quite easily. You can't escape as you are right now. How do you expect to fight me?" Crime drew his knife.

They had paid the price of underestimating Han Sen before, but now, Crime considered him to be an equal opponent. Crime and Mister White were not going to underestimate him anymore because he was a Duke. Even though Han Sen's hand was held firmly in place, which left him unable to run, Crime was still going to use all his power when he attacked.

Crime's knife was very creepy, although it was only one foot long. It was made of black metal, and the blade was shorter than the handle. It looked like the blade had been broken.

A ring protruded from the base of the handle, and a chain was attached firmly to the ring. The other end of the chain connected to Crime's strong arm.

As Crime slashed toward him, Han Sen didn't speak. He simply tapped the bird's nest on his head, and it widened to shield Han Sen's entire body.

The bird's nest caught Crime's strike and reflected it in complete silence. No sound was heard, and the nest remained perfectly intact.

Crime was surprised. He gathered up all his power and slashed a few more times. Nothing he tried seemed to work, though.

Han Sen wasn't worried that Crime would break the bird's nest. Even Fox Queen hadn't been able to damage that thing. There was no way Crime could do what she could not.

It was a shame the bird's nest couldn't be used offensively. However, he was currently more frustrated by his inability to get the fruit off of his hand.

Han Sen tried a few different powers, but nothing seemed to work. Aside from using his super god spirit body, he didn't seem to have many options.

Suddenly, Mister White's voice came from the side hall. "Han Sen, if things continue like this, none of us will benefit. Why don't we try to cooperate?"

"What do you suggest?" Han Sen asked after a moment.

"Make this blood kirin stop, firstly. At least then we might be able to talk," Mister White said.

"Okay." Han Sen called the blood kirin back to his side. Mister White also removed the mark he had placed upon the creature's forehead.

"How about this: I'll help you escape, and in return, you'll give me the stone plate," Mister White said while looking at Han Sen.

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Chapter 2271 Taking the Silver Sycee

"No, I will figure out how to get out of this by myself," Han Sen said coldly.

Mister White shook his head and smiled. "That is no ordinary fruit, as you should be able to feel. It has you locked in place with no hope of escape. Even the strength of the blood kirin wasn't enough to free you."

"You know about this thing?" Han Sen frowned.

Mister White looked at the fruit tree and said, "This tree is known as the Silver Treasure Fruit Tree. It is one of the three treasure fruit trees. It is a deified plant xenogeneic. The legends say that all three treasure fruit trees are located in the Sacred Leader's own gardens, and those three are the only ones in existence. I cannot believe that we're standing right in front of one of them."

After pausing, Mister White went on to say, "The three treasure fruit trees I've been talking about are the Bronze Treasure Fruit Tree, the Silver Treasure Fruit Tree, and the Gold Treasure Fruit Tree. They each have their own unique powers. The only one that matters right now is this one: the Silver Treasure Fruit Tree. As you can see, it has silver sycees that are capable of suppressing one's soul. They exert force directly on the soul, bypassing the body completely. Because your soul is being locked down, it doesn't matter if you use every ounce of strength you possess; your body will not be able to throw off the suppression. This does not just apply to someone like you, either. And that doesn't just apply to people of your power level, either. Even a deified being couldn't free themselves from that suppression."

After saying all this, Mister White smiled. "Of course, this effect only activates once the silver fruit has been touched. A deified elite would have the sense not to make physical contact with them."

"This thing cannot be eaten?" Han Sen felt depressed. If he had known all of this sooner, he wouldn't have gone and picked up the silver fruit with his bare hands.

"Eaten?" Mister White looked as if he was going to burst out laughing. "Unless you want your soul to be locked down forever, why would you ever think about eating one of those?"

Crime laughed, too. "You want to eat the silver fruit? I'm afraid I have to tell you that you are the only person in the entire universe who would think like that."

"Then what do the other fruits do? The bronze and gold ones," Han Sen asked.

Han Sen didn't ask out of idle curiosity. If they had found the Silver Treasure Fruit Tree in this palace, then the others might be nearby.

"That doesn't matter. What matters is that you are currently suppressed by the silver sycee. Without my help, you will be stuck here forever. The palaces here are all connected in one way or another. It is only a matter of time before Fox Queen finds you. Do you think she'll let you leave this place alive?" Mister White chuckled. "Give me the stone plate, and we can explore this place together. I am only after one additional item. I will gladly share the rest."

Realizing that he wouldn't be able to pry any more information about the bronze and gold fruits out of Mister White, Han Sen had to ask, "Then what do you want?"

"I can't tell you that. I will need first pick after we find the items. It will not be a great loss to you, and it is better than Fox Queen finding you and killing you. Isn't that right?" Mister White said.

"If that's your offer, then you guys can leave. There is no need for us to cooperate," Han Sen said firmly.

Mister White frowned and said, "Do you really think Fox Queen will spare you? The Shapeshifting Foxes are known to be capricious. She might have been nice to you at one point in time, but that won't stop her from killing you now."

"I know that, but I have my own plans. There is no need for you two to worry about it," Han Sen replied confidently.

Crime wished to say something, but Mister White stopped him. Mister White looked at Han Sen and said, "I am good when it comes to restriction and prediction skills. I can help you avoid many risks, and I can also find the Sacred Leader's treasure quickly. Even if you aren't afraid of Fox Queen, being stuck here won't do you any good. You will have no choice but to sit there and watch Fox Queen treat herself to all the spoils."

"We can cooperate, but I must have the stone plate. I'll offer you the same deal but in reverse. I get to choose what I want first." Han Sen smiled.

Mister White went silent and smiled. "Okay. I will accept your terms."

Han Sen was shocked. He didn't expect Mister White to agree so quickly. Crime was shocked, as well, and he said, "Mister White! How could you?"

"It's okay. Without the stone plate, we cannot access the real treasure, anyway." Mister White waved his hand.

"If you guys wish to cooperate, can you tell me how to get rid of this silver fruit?" Han Sen asked, looking at Mister White.

"It is not difficult. The silver fruit has the power to suppress souls. If it cannot feel your soul, then its suppressing power will be lifted. I have a geno art that can seal a soul. I will need to seal your soul so that the fruit cannot feel you. If we do this, you will be free from it," Mister White said.

"I see. The more I struggle, the harder it becomes to get out," Han Sen realized.

"If you understand, then we should not waste any more time. We need to get to the treasure before Fox Queen does. I will use the sealing soul technique to get you out of here," Mister White said as he began walking forward to Han Sen.

"Hang on." Han Sen held up a hand. The blood kirin slid in front of Han Sen and presented its teeth to Mister White.

"Don't worry; I'm not that treacherous! If I said we will cooperate, I won't betray my own words and do something bad to you," Mister White said.

"Mister White, you worry too much. I trust you, but I don't actually need your help." Han Sen suddenly stood up. He lifted his hand easily, picking up the sycee and holding it before his eyes.

Mister White and Crime looked at Han Sen in shock, finding it difficult to believe their eyes. Han Sen was ignoring the silver sycee's soul-suppressing power completely. They found that hard to believe.

Han Sen didn't know exactly what the silver sycee did, but learning that the fruit suppressed a person's soul had changed things. Avoiding the soul-suppressing effects of the silver sycee was actually quite easy for Han Sen.

The Sea of Soul was different from the will of most ordinary creatures. If a creature lost their will, it would be as if they were dead. Their control over their body would be lost.

Han Sen would be effected similarly if his Sea of Soul shut down. But ordinary people only had one soul. Han Sen's Sea of Soul, however, had many spirits and beast souls.

Han Sen reduced his soul and let a beast soul power rise to the surface. The silver sycee then suppressed the beast soul instead of Han Sen. His soul immediately became light and buoyant.

"We said half and half; are you interested in the silver sycees?" Han Sen asked casually, playing with the silver sycee as he spoke.

"I could have sealed your soul to free you, but your body would have shut down. I cannot touch the silver fruit myself." Mister White shook his head.

"If you don't want these, then I will take them with me," Han Sen stated happily. He swung his knife to cut down the other seven silver fruits.

With the help of the blood kirin, he cut down the other seven sycees with ease. He pocketed all of them.

Mister White and Crime were still frowning in consternation, which made it clear that they didn't understand how Han Sen had done what he had. They looked at each other, realizing that they were equally confused. They grew even more suspicious of Han Sen.

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Chapter 2272 Statue

Creatures in the geno universe only had one soul, but Han Sen's Sea of Soul held many beast souls. Since each silver sycee could only freeze one soul at a time, Han Sen used eight beast souls to neutralize the sycees.

Han Sen played with a silver sycee in his hand and stroked the blood kirin's head. He looked at Mister White and said, "Which way should we head now?"

Mister White went silent for a moment. "I don't know what these palaces are made of, but not even Fox Queen could force one open. We have to travel around the palaces using their installed teleporters. Each palace seems to possess four teleporters. The front gate and each of the side halls have a teleporter. The back hall has one, too. That means every palace has four exits. What we don't know is how many palaces there are. I think there might be a way to find the right path to the leader's hidden stash, though."

"Well, you're very good when it comes to calculations and restrictions, Mister White. You must have the answer." Han Sen smiled.

"I have a few ideas, but I cannot be certain my assumptions are correct. We can give them a try, however," Mister White said, then he turned to the back hall.

Crime followed Mister White, and Han Sen and the kirin brought up the rear. Just as Mister White had explained, the place was practically a maze. Han Sen wasn't very good with these sorts of puzzles, and it would have been very difficult for Han Sen to find the Sacred Leader's treasure by himself.

If he walked around aimlessly, he would probably never find the treasure. And if he bumped into Fox Queen, that one encounter could be the end of him.

Mister White teleported out via the back hall. When Han Sen stepped out of the teleporter on the other side, he found himself in a big hall. The hall was just like the one Han Sen had come from. There were many statues and paintings there.

Mister White made a calculation, and he went to the side hall's teleporter.

Han Sen wondered just how many palaces there were. This maze was far too complicated for him to navigate by himself. Mister White made a calculation every single time they reached a new palace. It took them four hours to move through one hundred palaces, and they still hadn't reached the end.

"How long is it going to take for us to reach the treasure?" Han Sen couldn't help but ask.

Crime snorted in annoyance and said, "Do you think calculating the right route is easy? If it wasn't for Mister White leading us down the correct road, we would be teleporting into the wrong palaces and exposing ourselves to a great deal of danger. It wouldn't simply be a long trip, at that point. We would struggle to survive whatever trials those other palaces threw at us."

"I wasn't complaining. I was just wondering how long it will take for us to get to where the treasure is hidden," Han Sen said in exasperation.

Mister White laughed and said, "If I'm guessing correctly, we'll be reaching the first checkpoint soon."

"What does that mean?" Han Sen asked. This was the first he'd heard about a checkpoint.

After thinking briefly, Mister White said, "Even with us going down the correct road, there will be a few defensive systems that we'll have to bypass. For a treasure like this, there will be multiple protective measures in place. Our path is correct, yes, but we must also open the many locked doors to gain entry. I estimate that there will be four to seven of them. I don't know exactly what form these 'checkpoints' will take, of course. The defensive systems will be a touch more threatening than actual locked doors. We have to tread carefully."

After saying all that, Mister White returned his focus to the path ahead. Han Sen followed the man silently.

After going through another three palaces, Mister White arrived at a palace's main gate. It was there that he told Han Sen, "If I'm correct, the next palace will be the first checkpoint of this maze. You are going to have to be a little bit more careful."

After that, Mister White traveled through the light. Crime followed him, as well.

The bird's nest was still sitting on Han Sen's head, and he also summoned the gold Demon Bug King Bai Sema before walking through the light.

Just like before, Han Sen appeared in a palace after teleporting. This palace looked far different from the other hundred palaces they had visited, though.

This palace was circular, and the roof was shaped like a shield. A giant statue stood at the center of the hall, looking like some massive god that was clad in protective armor. Its head almost touched the roof above. Even though it was just a statue, the mere sight of it was terrifying. Looking at it made the observer want to submit to this deific figure, as if he was the center of the entire universe.

"Is this a statue of the Sacred Leader?" Han Sen wondered, as he observed the statue.

Fox Queen had told him that the Sacred Leader always wore armor, and no one knew for sure whether it was a man or a woman.

Mister White and Crime had stepped out of the teleporter, but they did not go forward. When Han Sen and the blood kirin caught up with them, Mister White said, "Although it looks safe, we still need to exercise caution. The correct exit here is the front gate. We will have to walk past the statue."

Mister White stepped towards the statue, but Crime quickly ran in front of him. "I will ensure the path is safe for you first."

Han Sen really admired Crime. There were not many people left in that day and age that could remain so loyal and committed.

Han Sen followed Mister White, while Crime led the way from ahead. As they approached the statue, the statue's eyes suddenly lit up.

The eyes gleamed like lanterns, showering the entire statue with light. Han Sen's group was suddenly standing in a spotlight.

But while the light was bright, it didn't seem to be destructive.

"Hello children, welcome to my treasury," the statue boomed. Han Sen jumped slightly.

"Don't be afraid. This statue is only an extension of my will. It is not really me." The statue then went on to say, "If you've made it this far, then that means I am already dead. The items here are now useless for me. I can give them to you, but first, you must pass a test. Only those that successfully pass the test will be allowed to claim my treasures. Anyone who fails, even if they are a deified being, will not be permitted to take so much as a single grain of sand."

"What test?" Crime asked.

The statue's voice was robotic. There were no emotional fluctuations in its tone, and it was impossible to guess its gender. It said, "This test is very simple. If you can break this, you will pass the test."

After that, the statue moved. It reached out its hand and bent lower. It put an item in front of the group, then returned to its original position.

The statue's eyes started to dim, and its appearance reverted to that of an ordinary statue.

Han Sen looked at the item the statue had placed in front of them; it was a forty-centimeter-long rock. It didn't really look special in any way, and it was made from green stone.

Crime tried talking to the statue again, but the statue didn't respond to his questions.

"Stop asking. It only has preprogrammed responses. Now that he is gone, there is nothing special about the statue," Mister White said.

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Chapter 2273 Secret of a Stone

Crime approached the statue from the side, but it gave no reaction. So, Crime walked in front of the main hall's gate. Nothing weird happened there, either.

"Mister White, if it isn't affecting us, should we just ignore it?" Han Sen looked at the stone.

Mister White shook his head. "The Sacred Leader left this item here on purpose. Maybe we will require it later on, and it could be difficult to come back to get it. And Fox Queen might take it if we leave it here."

"You are right, but isn't it possible that the Sacred Leader is trying to play us? There might actually be a trap inside the stone," Han Sen said.

Mister White was momentarily silent. "That's possible, but I still think we should try. If the Sacred Leader wants to trick us, we might have to spring the trap in order to find the treasure."

"Let me give it a try," Crime said. He gathered up a surge of black light within his knife and swung it at the stone.

Dong!

A strike that could split space came down on the stone. It made a loud clanging sound, but the stone wasn't damaged. And there wasn't even a mark left behind.

Crime's face became grim. The black light rose around his body and turned into a dark fire. His body looked as if it was wholly shielded by demons. The disturbing light danced around the hall.

The dark light surrounded Han Sen, and he could not see or feel anything. It was like he was stuck in absolute darkness.

Han Sen was shocked. He expanded the bird's nest to shield himself and the blood kirin, in case Crime was preparing to attack them.

"Crime's area of effect ability can muffle all seven senses. It kind of resembles my Dongxuan Aura." While Han Sen was thinking, the darkness dissipated.

Crime hadn't tried to attack them. When the room brightened again, he was standing beside the rock, looking defeated. He shook his head to Mister White. He had tried his best, but he had been unable to break the stone.

"Mister White, would you like to give it a try?" Crime offered politely.

"No thanks. If not even your power was able to leave a mark on it, then this stone isn't something that can be opened by brute force," Mister White said, then walked over to the stone to examine it.

Han Sen put away his bird's nest. He walked closer to the stone and used his Purple-Eye Butterfly to check the stone out.

The history of the stone began to scroll back in Han Sen's vision, and after a minute or two, Han Sen jumped in surprise.

The stone had originally been a bucket of viscous liquid, like cement. A demon-like creature was thrown into the liquid.

No matter how much the demon struggled, it was unable to get out. The demon and that liquid were dumped into a mold. The liquid hardened over time until it became the stone in front of them.

Han Sen raised his eyebrow at the stone.

Mister White looked at it for a while and frowned. "This stone seems to have a will of its own. A very scary will, at that. Perhaps that will is the key to breaking the stone open."

"Mister White, what do you propose to do?" Crime asked.

Mister White thought and said, "Let me use my soul sealing technique. I'll see if I am able to seal the will that's inside this thing."

After that, Mister White lowered his hand onto the stone, a strange symbol glowing on his palm. The symbol pressed against the stone, and the quiet stone was suddenly shaking like mad. A demonic, roaring noise came from it. It was terrifying.

Under the glow of the symbol's light, the green stone started to bleed. The stone turned red.

Pat!

The symbol that Mister White had branded onto the stone cracked and shattered, and then the stone returned to normal again.

Mister White was pale and trembling. Crime immediately moved over to put a hand on his shoulder and ask, "Sir, are you okay!"

"I am fine." Mister White shook his head. "The will inside that stone is so strong that not even my soul sealing technique worked. I'm afraid that this will belongs to a deified being."

Upon hearing those words, Han Sen smiled and asked, "Mister White, if I am able to break this stone, can I have whatever is inside?"

"We are cooperating, so we will have to share, of course," Crime said coldly.

Mister White, however, seemed to have thought of something. He smiled. "If Han Sen can open it, then it would be a waste to leave it here. If you can open it, then the item inside is all yours. If it is useful, I hope you will use it to help us when the time demands it."

"Of course." Han Sen walked in front of the stone. He pulled out a silver sycee and placed it on the stone. Then he stepped back. Han Sen used his mind to self-destruct the beast soul he had linked to the sycee.

After the beast soul was destroyed, the silver sycee's suppressing power was directed into the stone, instead. The stone started to shake again, and a scary roaring noise came from it. Drops of blood appeared on its surface.

The silver sycee was vibrating as well, but it did not fall off the top of the stone where Han Sen had placed it.

"It looks like the leader left the Silver Treasure Fruit Tree in the palace earlier on purpose. It was not a random placement; it was put there so that this stone could be broken. It is fortunate Han Sen brought the silver sycees with him. Otherwise, we'd have had no hope of opening this stone," Mister White said.

While they were talking, cracks began to spread across the stone's surface. The raging noises of its interior became even worse.

Pang!

Suddenly, the stone exploded. Chunks of red rock flew in every direction. When the dust had settled, Han Sen walked over to the site of the explosion and picked up an item.

It was a green crystal orb. There seemed to be smoke inside it, and the cloudy mass swirled with a magical allure. Han Sen could even see words flashing within the murk.

"What is it?" Crime asked Han Sen, who was still holding the orb.

Han Sen grinned and put the orb in his pocket. "Didn't Mister White say that the contents of the stone would be mine?"

Crime grunted and turned away from Han Sen. Mister White smiled graciously. "Well, now you have it. Let's get moving."

Han Sen doubted that Mister White and Crime would keep their promises. They had come there prepared, and they were going to betray Han Sen. He was very firm in his suspicions, so he had to claim as many rewards as he could for as long as he was able to.

Han Sen followed behind Mister White, examining the orb as he went.

The orb was very misty, and the cloudiness almost hid the words inside it. When Han Sen looked closely, he was given a surprise. The content of the text was similar to the Blood-Pulse Sutra.

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Chapter 2274 Blood-Pulse Plunder

Han Sen was shocked. Ghost Bone Town had a statue of the Human Emperor, and now he had found a geno art that had a connection to the Blood-Pulse Sutra. What was the relationship between the Human Emperor, the Sacred Leader, and Blood Legion?

Han Sen couldn't figure it out, but reading the geno art inside that red and misty orb made Han Sen happy.

Since Han Sen had begun practicing the Blood-Pulse Sutra, he had thought that it had little utility in the arts of combat. The most useful aspect of the geno art was the mere fact that he could pass on his stronger genes to his descendants.

But as he looked over the geno art inside that orb, Han Sen could see another branch of possibilities shooting off from the Blood-Pulse Sutra.

The geno art inside the orb was of the same type as Blood-Pulse Sutra, but it wasn't identical. It was like a comparison between a flower and the individual leaves on the stem. They might have grown together, but they were different from each other.

If the Blood-Pulse Sutra was the flower, the geno art inside the orb was a leaf.

The duty of the flower was to bear fruit. The leaf, however, was for breathing.

The metaphor might sound beautiful and gentle, but the geno art was actually very cruel. The geno art inside of the orb could steal the blood of other creatures. The skill could plunder the Blood-Pulse of an opponent to provide nutrition for the user. The opponent would lose their own Blood-Pulse power and end up as a dull creature, sapped of vitality.

But to Han Sen, that savagery was merely a part of life; the geno art functioned on the same rules of natural selection that governed the sanctuary. In the sanctuary, life was about plundering what other creatures offered in order to make oneself stronger.

The geno art was obviously a more direct approach to that goal. Han Sen thought of Dragon Eight, whom he had once fought. If Han Sen wanted the man's Gold Dragon Body, he would only have to use this new geno art to steal the Dragon's Blood-Pulse. By doing that, Han Sen would steal the Gold Dragon Body for himself. It was a very simple process.

If that geno art went public in the universe, Han Sen would be an enemy in the eyes of all. No race would allow their Blood-Pulse to be stolen by another.

Han Sen memorized the geno art, which was called Blood-Pulse Plunder. He swore to himself that he would never allow anyone else to learn of the geno art's existence. If anyone learned that he possessed such a dangerous skill, no one would come near him.

Because Han Sen had the Blood-Pulse Sutra as a base, he didn't need to practice Blood-Pulse Plunder. He could use it immediately, although his lack of experience with the skill would keep him from being very adept with it at first. Both of the skills were the same at their core.

Pat!

Han Sen memorized all of Blood-Pulse Plunder, searing it into his memory. Then, he crushed the green orb in his hands. Keeping it with him would be dangerous. It was best to destroy it now and not leave any evidence behind.

But when the green orb was crushed, the blood smoke ran into the tips of Han Sen's fingers. The smoke sank through his skin until it reached his blood vessels and blood.

Han Sen tried to stop it, but nothing seemed to work. The Blood-Pulse Sutra's power and the blood mist were one and the same. They melted together immediately, and they refused to separate.

Blood-Pulse Plunder started to run. The process was so smooth that Han Sen felt as if he had already practiced it a million times.

"Whoever left this item behind was a very scary person. He seems to have known that the person who found the orb would destroy it. The red mist was prepared to aid a learner with the practice of Blood-Pulse Plunder. Even if the person that found the orb hadn't learned the Blood-Pulse Sutra, this would allow them to understand Blood-Pulse Plunder very quickly." Han Sen was shocked. Whoever designed the orb had clearly understood psychology quite well. After all those eons had passed, the person had still anticipated what Han Sen was going to do.

"But that means whoever prepared the orb didn't expect the person who collected the orb to know of the Blood-Pulse Sutra already. In that case, this must not be an item that Blood Legion prepared for their own people. Maybe the Sacred Leader actually has nothing to do with Blood Legion, and he just acquired this through random happenstance?" Han Sen continued to think to himself.

Mister White and Crime were still leading the way. Han Sen had the blood kirin follow behind him.

Han Sen had been following Mister White for a very long time now, and no danger seemed to cross their path. They walked through another one hundred palaces, and then, they arrived at a checkpoint.

But this time, what they saw at the checkpoint froze them in place.

There was a big hole in the middle of the circular palace. If that checkpoint was the same as the first one, there ought to have been a giant statue in its place. Mister White's eyes widened.

"It looks like someone got here before us and decided to destroy the hall," Mister White said.

He rushed down to examine the hole, and Han Sen and Crime followed. They stood near him and looked down into the darkness. What they saw seemed to imply that it was a natural cavern formation.

Pieces of floor and broken statue lay at the bottom of the cave. It was just as they thought: a statue had stood there, but it had been destroyed.

"Let me go down and take a closer look." Han Sen was curious. He didn't know who might have come there first and made such a mess.

Han Sen went down to check out the cave carefully. He discovered that the cave had another three paths, which all led different directions.

Crime and Mister White ventured down, as well. Mister White looked at the pile of rubble that once formed the statue. "The statue has been broken, and whatever gift it had for us is gone. I cannot be sure who took it, though. The broken statue can no longer speak, either, so whatever message it had is lost to us."

"What do we do now? Should we stick with the plan, or check out where these tunnels might lead?" Han Sen stared down one of the stone tunnels.

Suddenly, the sound of an explosion erupted from the cave.

The cave began to shake as if there was a thunderstorm raging. It felt like their eardrums were going to break.

"Going into the caves is too risky. We should stick with the plan we have already established. If someone ventured this way before us, they would have to come back, even if they got the Sacred Leader's treasure. We can still stand a chance." Mister White didn't look too cheery. He flew out of the cave.

Han Sen used his Purple-Eye Butterfly to examine the broken statue. He was unable to learn anything. He then looked down the tunnel that seemed to be experiencing a thunderstorm. Hearing more thunder, Han Sen decided to go back with Mister White.

Perhaps it was because someone had already been there, but Mister White calculated the next route much faster. It seemed as if he wanted to catch up with whoever was ahead of them.

Over the next few palaces, Han Sen and the others were able to confirm that someone had come there before them.

But Mister White quickly discovered that the mystery man didn't seem to know the proper route. He had tried every single door of light, and he had made many mistakes. He had entered into some dangerous palaces before returning and taking the correct routes.

"This guy doesn't know the proper way to the treasure, but he keeps trying and trying. He has made it an impressive distance into this maze. That means the person is very strong, and he has been here for a very long time," Mister White said with a frown.

"That should be impossible! Before we entered the portal in that tree, the door was locked. Without Han Sen's stone plate, how did he manage to gain access?" Crime asked with suspicion.

Mister White merely shook his head. He didn't know. Han Sen didn't say anything, either, and he just followed Mister White. Reaching the third checkpoint took them an hour less than it had taken them to reach the second checkpoint.

Han Sen carefully entered the third checkpoint and stopped dead. His eyes opened wide, and he almost screamed.

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Chapter 2275 Thirteen Bridges

The third checkpoint was completely different from the two prior checkpoints they had visited. Although it was a palace, too, it was much larger than the others. The floor of the palace wasn't covered in stone, but water. It was a large lake, with many bridges running across it.

The jade bridges were in the shape of a crescent moon, and there were thirteen of them. They spanned the entirety of the palace, and each one seemed to connect to a separate teleporter on the opposite side of the lake.

Each of the thirteen bridges was made of a different type of jade.

Stone statues stood along the railings of each bridge. Some of the statues seemed to depict devils, whereas others seemed to depict angels. Some were in the shape of vicious beasts, and others looked like gentle creatures.

Han Sen was now looking out across a purple jade bridge. Its railings had a line of evil-looking stone statues, but that wasn't why Han Sen was observing it.

Han Sen was looking at the highest point of the purple bridge, where there was a ten-meter-tall statue that looked like a devil. It was squatting in the middle of the bridge with its wings folded. The devil's eyes were looking down, as if they were scanning the area below for something to eat.

Purple-and-blackish nails adorned its fingers, and they were long and sharp like talons. A woman was clutched in its hand, and the woman was quite familiar to Han Sen.

"Yisha!" Han Sen almost screamed out.

The purple devil's stone hand gripped Yisha firmly. Although her body was covered by its fingers, her face was clearly visible. She was very pale, and blood dripped from her mouth. It looked as if she was in a coma, and her hair had turned bone white.

Han Sen recognized her even so, and he was certain of her identity. She was in horrible shape, but her face still looked exactly the same as he remembered it. She was still that almighty queen. No one else could ever look like she did.

"Why is Yisha here? I thought she had been swallowed by Under Overbearing." Han Sen's heart jumped as he thought of something. "Is this the palace that sits on Under Overbearing's back?"

Thinking of this possibility, Han Sen's heart started to pound like mad. "No wonder the Sacred Leader wasn't afraid of people stealing his treasure. He invested a lot to secure his possessions."

"My Queen!" Han Sen shouted to Yisha from across the bridge, hoping to wake her up. He could tell that she wasn't dead.

Han Sen imbued his voice with a sonic wave, but the call prompted no reaction from her.

"Stop shouting. Even if a deified elite was shouting at her, she wouldn't be able to hear the call," Mister White said.

"Ah. I see." Han Sen looked at Mister White and bowed.

Mister White pointed at the jade bridge and said, "These thirteen bridges contain thirteen different powers. Stepping onto a bridge locks you onto it. This must be the other test that was left behind by the Sacred Leader. We are going to have to choose the right bridge if we are to go through this safely."

"What is the power of that bridge?" Han Sen pointed at Yisha's purple jade bridge.

"If I'm not mistaken, then the devil statues on the bridge are the legendary Hell Ghosts. The statue at the center must be Hell Ghost King. It represents hell power," Mister White said, looking at the bridge carefully.

"Is hell power a death element power?" Han Sen asked.

Mister White shook his head. "Hell is where the dead go, according to the legends, but hell is not actually associated with the death element. It is another branch of space and time. You can understand it this way: hell is another dimension that exists separately from our world. The axis of space and time is different there than in our world. So, hell power comes from that difference in dimensional structure. It is not about death or darkness."

"Then how do we save her?" Han Sen asked.

Mister White pursed his lips. "Aside from forcing our way through, I cannot think of a way we can. Space and time are very mysterious elements that are extremely difficult to control. The legends say that the Sacred Leader mastered space and time powers. Knife was unlucky to select the jade bridge that is aligned with those energies."

Han Sen frowned. If Yisha had failed to force her way across the jade bridge, then that meant it would be even more difficult for him.

After all, most of Han Sen's geno arts were Marquise. His fighting power wasn't as strong as Yisha's half-deified abilities.

Han Sen looked at Yisha in the grip of the devil's hand, and when he looked closer, he saw that the devil's nails were actually digging into Yisha's flesh. Ever so slowly, Yisha continued to bleed. The blood ran across the statue's nails, and the tips of those nails were dyed red.

If that continued, Yisha wouldn't have much time left before she bled to death.

The power of the hell bridge blocked Han Sen's connection with Yisha, so he could not determine her lifeforce. But he could see clearly that she didn't have much time left.

Mister White examined the thirteen jade bridges and then came back. He made a number of calculations. Han Sen thought he must have been trying to pick the jade bridge they could all cross safely.

But quickly, Mister White's face started to look gloomy. "These thirteen bridges are dead ends. They all have a scary power guarding them, so none of them can be crossed safely. Did the Sacred Leader not plan on letting anyone leave this place alive?"

"No! There must be a way!" Mister White started to sweat. His fingers flashed with a symbol as he continued to make his calculations.

Han Sen's eyes kept drifting over to the purple jade bridge. The Purple-Eye Butterfly in his right eye spun, analyzing the structure of the purple jade bridge.

Han Sen knew that Yisha was very brave and sometimes arrogant, but she was never stupid. There was no way she would have decided to take the most difficult path.

Han Sen thought Yisha selected the hell bridge for a specific purpose. He just didn't know why she had failed.

The Purple-Eye Butterfly's four-flower purple pupil kept spinning, but not much could be gleaned. The purple jade bridge was wrapped up in some sort of power. Han Sen could see a very complicated substance chain around it, woven like a bird's nest. Han Sen couldn't understand this. He couldn't tell what sort of power it was.

"This is it! If we walk this bridge, we can make it through alive." Mister White suddenly pointed at a jade bridge triumphantly.

Han Sen looked at where Mister White was pointing. He was indicating a jade bridge that was pitch-black like ink. The bridge featured some crow-like bird statues. A giant bird statue stood in the middle of the bridge on a stone pillar, coldly overlooking the entire bridge.

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Chapter 2276 Hell Bridges

Mister White explained, "That bird is called the Death Crow. It leads the living through the cycle of death. It might seem like a dead-end, but it is certainly a road we will be able to survive. This is the only bridge, out of the thirteen of them, that can lead us safely to the other side. Going through life and death, yin and yang, the Sacred Leader was a very unique individual. If I hadn't researched the Sacred Leader's life and learned that he was reborn nine times, I would have never have assumed that this was the correct path to take."

"You are very smart, Mister White. Even the Sacred Leader's secrets are known to you," murmured a woman's voice. Han Sen and Mister White both jerked in surprise.

They turned around and saw Fox Queen approaching from behind. She had caught up to them very quickly.

Mister White's face looked glum. Clearly, he had never imagined that Fox Queen would catch up with them so quickly. If she didn't possess Mister White's skill at calculating the correct path, it shouldn't have been possible for her to simply guess the correct way each and every time. There was no way she should have been able to follow them.

Suddenly, Mister White seemed to understand something. He looked down at his own body.

Fox Queen laughed. "You don't need to look. I left a spray on you, a specific scent that only a Shapeshifting Fox could follow."

Fox Queen then ignored Mister White, who was now looking green in the face. She stared at Han Sen. "Good brother, we meet again! Did you miss your big sister? I sure missed you!"

Han Sen was gripping the bird's nest tightly as he started to step away. He was next to the hell bridge. He smiled at her. "I missed you, big sister, but I would have been happy never seeing your face again."

Fox Queen smiled and said, "In that case, you must be disappointed. But since we're both already here, shouldn't you do something nice for your big sister who cares so much about you?"

"You want this, you mean?" Han Sen pulled out the stone plate. He held it comfortably in one hand.

Fox Queen's eyes brightened, and she smiled. "Little brother! You really do understand your big sister so very much. You are so cute! I really didn't want to brutally murder you. If you give it to your big sister, how about I keep you alive?"

"Sure, but if you want it, you will have to chase me. If you catch me, I will give it to you," Han Sen said, then he stepped onto the hell bridge with the blood kirin.

The muscles in Fox Queen's face tensed, but it was too late to stop Han Sen now. She flashed forward to the bridge, but she didn't have the guts to step on it.

Mister White was shocked, and he shouted, "Come back! You cannot go across the hell bridge!"

Mister White knew he was wasting his breath, though. The hell bridge meant hell power, and just like he had explained, it was a force from a different dimension.

The moment Han Sen had stepped onto the bridge, he had entered a new dimension. No matter how loudly Mister White shouted, he knew Han Sen couldn't see or hear him anymore.

"Mister White, is there any way we can walk this bridge?" Fox Queen was staring at Han Sen and the blood kirin.

"Even deified elites might die there. Do you really think he can pull through?" Mister White had a wry smile.

"What a shame." Fox Queen looked at Han Sen and sighed. She didn't know if she was feeling remorse over the loss of Han Sen himself or the stone plate she coveted.

"Mister White, you can go on ahead," Fox Queen sad distractedly, gesturing dismissively at him.

Mister White felt glum. He looked at Crime, then at the black bridge of life and death.

Fox Queen watched Han Sen for a while longer, then stepped onto the life and death bridge.

When Han Sen had stepped onto the hell bridge, his vision changed almost immediately. He had been able to see the end of the bridge clearly, but once he set foot on it, things changed.

The bridge stretched on and on without an end in sight. Aside from the bridge and the lake, nothing else occupied his vision.

Han Sen couldn't see the other twelve bridges or any of the teleporters. He couldn't see Fox Queen or Mister White. It was as if the bridge was residing in a plane of existence, all on its own.

Furthermore, the Hell Ghost statues on the bridge came alive, and they all looked like real devils. They hunched atop the rails, and their purple eyes glared at Han Sen as if they were going to swallow him alive.

Their bodies were wreathed in purple fire, and there were so many of them that the whole bridge was wreathed in a chain of purple flames. It was an unsettling sight.

Han Sen held up the bird's nest as he went along. He looked as far down the bridge as he could, but he couldn't see the grand Hell Ghost statue and Yisha in the middle anymore.

Han Sen gritted his teeth. He clutched the bird's nest tight and moved forward with the blood kirin.

Han Sen believed Yisha must have had a reason for selecting the hell bridge. Plus, Fox Queen was there. That meant Han Sen didn't really have a choice in the matter. Walking across another bridge with her on his heels might have been more dangerous.

Han Sen moved slowly down the bridge, holding the bird's nest defensively. The Hell Ghosts atop the rail continued to stare at him, their eyes following him as he walked. They leered at Han Sen and the blood kirin.

Perhaps they were scared of Han Sen's bird's nest, and that was why they had decided not to follow. They simply stared at the pair.

Han Sen walked along the bridge for a while, but he soon started to feel poorly.

Han Sen had the bird's nest protecting his body, but he noticed that something ominous was still happening to him.

"The bird's nest is unable to block the hell bridge's power?" Han Sen looked down at his body, and also the body of the blood kirin. He frowned.

He and the blood kirin were dyed purple. The further he walked, the deeper the color became across his skin.

The blood kirin had previously looked red, but not even it could block the dyeing effect of that purple color.

Although Han Sen couldn't tell how the purple air might affect their bodies, it obviously wasn't something that boded well.

Han Sen stopped. He used his Blood-Pulse Sutra and his Jadeskin, but he couldn't remove the purple air from his skin. And although they had stopped, the purple air continued to grow stronger.

Han Sen summoned his gold Demon Bug King Bai Sema, but that proved to be useless, too. The purple air was still able to penetrate the gold Demon Bug King Bai Sema and dye him and the blood kirin.

Han Sen looked at the egg that the little red bird had turned into. There was no purple air permeating it, and that made Han Sen feel a little relief.

If the little red bird's egg wasn't infected, then that meant there might be a way to deflect the force. It wasn't invulnerable.

Han Sen looked back and noticed that he could no longer see the way he had come. There was no end, and Han Sen gritted his teeth.

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Chapter 2277 One in a Billion Chance

The Hell Ghosts on both sides stared coldly at Han Sen and the blood kirin. They were like a crowd gathered to watch a funeral procession. It didn't seem as if they wished to do anything to stop the intruders, though.

As Han Sen continued to walk, he thought about his situation. "Those who are outside of this bridge can see what is actually going on, so the Hell Ghosts really are just statues. They only appear to be alive because I am on the bridge. It could be just a feeling or the adverse effect of some type of power that gives them the appearance of life. The Hell Ghosts aren't attacking us, but they might be configured to release power of some sort."

"If this line of thinking is correct, then how did Yisha end up in the clutches of that menacing statue? Does that mean there is one Hell Ghost statue that is actually a living being?" Han Sen wondered.

He and the blood kirin continued to walk across the bridge. The purple stain in their skin deepened as they went, but the way ahead of them was still clear. The purple jade bridge reached on without an end in sight.

That purple air didn't seem to be affecting their bodies, but it made Han Sen rather worried all the same.

"These purple airs might be part of a process to build up power. The more that is gathered, the stronger the inevitable explosion would be," Han Sen thought to himself.

Because the jade bridge's length had been extended by the distorted dimension, Han Sen rode the blood kirin as it sprinted at top speed for over a hundred hours. Only then did they finally see the middle of the bridge coming up.

Just as it had appeared on the outside, Yisha had been grabbed by a giant, evil Hell Ghost. The sight was quite different now that Han Sen was standing on the bridge, though. The giant Hell Ghost wasn't a statue in this place. It was an actual creature.

It had purple skin and wings, and its head had a pair of purple horns that looked like bull horns. Its body was like a wild monkey. It gripped Yisha tightly, and its eyes were shining with purple light.

"Queen!" Han Sen shouted at Yisha as he rode closer to her on the blood kirin.

When Han Sen had called to her from outside the bridge, Yisha had been unable to hear him. Now that they were in the same dimension, Han Sen thought he might be able to get her attention.

Yisha slowly started to open her eyes. She rolled her head over to look at Han Sen, but it was clearly a struggle in her weakened state.

As she saw Han Sen coming across the bridge, Yisha's expression became strange. She stared at him for a while, as if she was trying to determine whether Han Sen was real or just a delirious fantasy.

"My Queen, are you okay?" Han Sen shouted as he came toward her.

The statue that held Yisha didn't behave as if it had heard Han Sen. It just continued to hold Yisha as if it hadn't noticed Han Sen and the blood kirin.

"Why are you here?" Yisha whispered. Han Sen could tell that she could barely summon the strength to speak.

"It's a long story; we can talk about it later. But tell me: how can I help you?" Han Sen asked.

Yisha shook her head. "You should find a way to save yourself. Your body has collected a lot of that hellish air. If you don't leave, the Hell Ghost will soon see you. And when that happens, it will be too late for you to run. Get off of this hell bridge, and you might find a way to survive."

"You selected the hell bridge for a specific reason, yes?" Han Sen asked. It didn't look as if he intended to leave anytime soon.

"Do not waste time talking to me about this. Get lost!" Yisha scolded him with a frown.

"I'm not the only one here. There is a deified elite waiting for me, and she is my enemy. Even if I do make it out of here, I'm just going to end up dead," Han Sen said with a shrug.

Yisha looked surprised. She quietly said, "You are a magnet for trouble. Whatever, then. Since you are here, let's try something out. Maybe we can both live through this."

"My lady! You have a way to get out of here?" Han Sen asked.

Yisha smiled and said, "I selected the hell bridge so I could use the hell power to activate my Rebate elder blood. That way, I could become deified. But I failed. Since you are here, perhaps you can help me try again. The success rate is low, but it is certainly worth a try."

"How do I help?" Han Sen quickly asked.

Yisha took a deep breath and slowly said, "I told you before: our Rebate elder used to be a servant for an important person amongst the Extreme King. That man was called Hell King. He had a Hell God Body, and it possessed an intense hell power."

Yisha began coughing and had to take a deep breath before continuing her speech. "Because he treated our elder very nicely, Hell King put some of his Hell King blood into her body. So, that way, our elder could one day become deified and create Teeth power. It was all because of Hell King's blood."

"Regrettably, the Hell King blood I possess is too weak. The Rebate elder was given a powerful gift, but she didn't possess the blood naturally. When it was passed from child to child, it became weaker with every generation. After so many years have passed, the Hell King blood is so light that it might not even exist anymore. I wanted to use the hell power to activate the Hell King blood, but it proved to be too difficult. Either that, or the blood has vanished completely."

Yisha looked at Han Sen. "But now, even though this is a one in a billion chance, we have to take it. However, I have no power, and so I will have to make use of your power. If it doesn't work, you and I will die here together. If you don't want to take this risk, you should leave now while there is still time."

"How can I help you?" Han Sen repeated.

If Han Sen didn't save Yisha, it wouldn't matter if he made it to the other side of the hell bridge alive. Fox Queen would be waiting.

If he was able to help Yisha become deified, things might turn out differently. Yisha was his teacher. If he saved her, Yisha would probably help him get the Sacred Leader's legacy treasure.

And with a deified elite next to him, he would no longer have to fear Fox Queen.

Yisha sighed. She looked at the Hell Ghost that had grabbed her and told Han Sen, "This ghost statue is the key to this entire hell bridge. All the power of the hell bridge stems from this. If I can get its blood, perhaps then I can become deified…"

Yisha took a deep breath and went on to say, "It is not living, by the way. It is just a statue with hell blood. It is currently attracted by my power, and so most of its power is focused solely on me. You can use this opportunity to break its body and collect the hell blood. Help me become deified. The success rate is so low, though…"

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Chapter 2278 Unbreakable Statue

"Plus, I know that there is hell blood in the statue, but I don't know where it is concentrated. And since you are still so weak, I'm not even sure you can damage it. On top of that, even if I do get the hell blood, the success rate of activating my own hell blood is low. That is why I have told you it is a one in a billion chance. If you have a method of escape, I suggest you make use of it now." By the time Yisha finished speaking, her face had grown even paler.

Han Sen turned to face the statue, then he activated his Purple-Eye Butterfly.

If he wanted to live, he needed Yisha. He didn't want to watch her die, either. If there was a way to save her and resolve his own dire situation by extension, he wanted to try. It was killing two birds with one stone.

But as Yisha had said, it was a dangerous thing to attempt. If they failed, there was a very high chance he could die.

If Han Sen's strike didn't work, the ghost statue might attack him in return.

Fortunately, Han Sen had the bird's nest to defend himself. With a shield like that, he didn't have to be afraid.

Plus, he had the blood kirin. Even if his own power couldn't break the body of the ghost statue, the blood kirin's strength might be enough.

But before he could allow the blood kirin to attack, Han Sen first needed to locate the hell blood inside the ghost statue. And when he had located it, he had to ensure success in a single hit. He didn't know if he would be given a second chance.

The Purple-Eye Butterfly kept analyzing the ghost statue. Han Sen detected many mysterious substance chains wrapping around and through the statue. Those substance chains were very complex, and they were difficult to understand. But Han Sen didn't have to understand how the ghost statue was made; all he had to do was locate the point where the hell blood was stored.

Through the Dongxuan Aura and Purple-Eye Butterfly's combined analysis, Han Sen's eyes eventually brightened. "It's there!"

When Han Sen looked at the ghost statue's eyebrow, he noticed there was an extra tight substance chain. The purple substance was so thick that he could not detect a single seam.

"Blood Kirin, attack here!" Han Sen lifted his Thunder God Spike and took aim at the ghost statue's eyebrow.

The blood kirin was carrying Han Sen, and the beast glowed with red light. Blood air swirled around to cover its entire body. It loosed a thunderous roar before leaping up at the ghost statue's eyebrow.

Yisha was surprised as she watched her student. She was too weak to participate, and it was only now that she noticed the beast that Han Sen was riding. It was a scary half-deified being, she could tell. It wasn't an ordinary half-deified creature, either; it had to be at the very top of what was achievable in that class.

Yisha was surprised Han Sen was able to command such a powerful mount. The sight gave her a little bit of hope to cling to.

A xenogeneic that was almost as strong as her might be able to crack the ghost statue and retrieve the hell blood she required.

While Yisha was mulling this over, the blood kirin's claws were tearing through the fabric of space. The beast lashed out at the ghost statue's forehead, sending a vicious attack against the statue's brow.

But suddenly, the ghost statue shone with purple light. Before Han Sen and the blood kirin could react, the statue's other hand grabbed the blood kirin, just as it had Yisha. Its sharp nails dug into the blood kirin's flesh.

The blood kirin let out a horrendous screech. The statue's talons easily punched through the creature's tough scales, and they were digging in deep.

Han Sen was saved by the fact that the ghost statue's claws only went for the blood kirin. He tumbled to the surface of the bridge. Looking up at what had occurred, he was given a shock.

Without a doubt, the ghost statue's power was deified. Even the blood kirin couldn't fight it off. The powerful creature was in the statue's hand, and no matter how much the blood kirin tried to struggle, it could not pry itself free from the claws.

The blood kirin kept squirming in a bid to get free, but that only made the claws sink in deeper. Blood seeped out in greater and greater volume.

Yisha looked depressed. She had underestimated the statue's cunning. She thought she was pulling the attention and power of the ghost statue's power, but now, she realized that the ghost statue had more power than she initially assumed. The power it had used to attack the blood kirin was as great as anything she could unleash herself.

"Blood Kirin, don't move!" Han Sen shouted up at the blood kirin from where he stood on the bridge.

The blood kirin, upon hearing Han Sen's voice, stopped squirming and resigned itself to the pain it was already feeling. When the blood kirin stopped fighting the ghost statue, the powers of the ghost statue's claws seemed to lessen.

"D*mn it! Now I understand. It wasn't because Yisha and the blood kirin weren't strong enough. The thing attacked them because they have hell power already." Han Sen looked at his own purple body and the purple air.

The ghost statue wasn't a creature. Just as Yisha had said, it was indeed a statue. And inside its body was a pocket of hell blood. That was the source of its strength. While it did have a lot of power, it lacked intelligence. It didn't make plans or schemes; it did the job it was programmed to do.

It was the hell power inside Han Sen that would cause the statue to act. If Han Sen used his power, the hell power that was now inside his body would be triggered. And the ghost statue, in turn, would be prompted to make its move.

The events would play out like falling dominoes. Unless Han Sen could get rid of the hell power, not even a deified elite could block the ghost statue's attack.

Once enough hell power accumulated within Han Sen's body, the ghost statue would attack him even if he didn't act first.

Just as it had been for Yisha. When she walked across the bridge, she hadn't attacked the ghost statue, but the statue still grabbed her. That was why she was unable to evade it.

Han Sen and the blood kirin hadn't activated the ghost statue when they walked near it because of the bird's nest. Han Sen had thought that the bird's nest was ineffectual against the hell power, but it actually had gotten rid of some of it. That was why the hell power in Han Sen and the blood kirin hadn't triggered the ghost statue to attack the moment they walked up to it.

Han Sen suddenly felt a headache coming on. The problem was no longer getting the hell blood from the statue; it was the fact that he couldn't even hit the ghost statue. If Han Sen used a certain amount of power, then the hell blood that had accumulated in his body would be triggered. Then, the ghost statue would come after him. He wouldn't be able to escape if he was struck by it.

"Just go." Yisha was smart, and she understood the issue as well. She knew she couldn't escape her predicament. Once their bodies were infected by hell powers, all hope of defeating the ghost statue was lost. The same would be true even if a deified elite joined them.

Han Sen stared at the ghost statue and did not speak. He didn't want to simply leave. He hadn't saved Yisha yet, and now the blood kirin had been captured as well. There was no way Han Sen was going to throw in the towel and call it quits now.

Han Sen was holding the Thunder God Spike. The wings on his back flashed, and he teleported in front of the ghost statue. But the instant he got close enough to strike, the fist that was holding Yisha slammed into him.

Pang!

Han Sen used the bird's nest to protect himself, but he was still sent flying. He flew in a long arc that ended with a crunching impact with the hard surface of the bridge. Han Sen's body was like a meteor thudding into the earth. He might not have broken the bridge, but the same could not be said for his body. He coughed, and blood sprayed the ground in front of him.

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Chapter 2279 A Needle

Because Han Sen had used a fair amount of his own power, it activated the hell power in his body. The ghost statue came to life and flapped its wings. It rose above Han Sen, then dropped like a hawk, its feet outstretched to grab Han Sen.

There was no way he would be able to dodge. The ghost statue was drawn toward Han Sen's hell power like a magnet. When its feet came down, they were going to smash Han Sen into a pulp. The statue fell, and its claws closed around Han Sen.

Dong!

The ghost statue's claws grabbed the bird's nest and tried to crush it. They failed.

Hidden safely under the bird's nest, Han Sen felt a modicum of relief. If the bird's nest was able to withstand the attacks of the ghost statue, then that meant he had a chance to fight back.

Perhaps being under the cover of the bird's nest calmed Han Sen's hell power. Regardless of the reason, the ghost statue released the bird's nest and returned to its spot atop the pillar.

Han Sen spent a while thinking. He cast his Jadeskin power and threw a punch at the ghost statue.

Jadeskin's power might be perfect for this work. Perhaps using that power wouldn't trigger the hell power within Han Sen. Maybe he could avoid waking up the ghost statue.

But that line of thought soon proved to be naive. As soon as Han Sen teleported, he was sent flying again. Fortunately, he had the bird's nest to absorb some of the blow. With its help, he was able to avoid death once more.

But even so, Han Sen was still bleeding a lot by this point.

Teeth power… Suppress Evil… Turtle skill… Under the Sky knifeskill… Lone Bamboo's swordskills… Thunder power… Fire power… Ice power…

Han Sen used all the powers he could remember, but each one proved to be useless. No matter what power he summoned, the ghost statue would break it. Han Sen couldn't touch the horrid thing, and it kept tossing him aside like a toy. If it wasn't for the aid of the bird's nest, he would have been killed many times.

Even with the bird's nest for protection, his impacts with the bridge had injured him. His wounds might not have been as bad as they looked, but they did look very bad.

"Stop trying. Just go!" Yisha growled. She was feeling a complex mixture of emotions.

Han Sen had that bird's nest for protection, so he had some measure of protection from deified attacks. If there was a deified elite around, though, his ability to escape wasn't guaranteed. But Han Sen was taking so many risks in his attempts to free her that Yisha couldn't help but feel touched.

Yisha didn't believe she had treated Han Sen all that well. She had simply given him resources. And she had only taken him as a student because of a bet she had once struck with a psychic. It was only afterward that she realized that having Han Sen as a student wasn't all bad.

When she realized that she had a student who would fight for her in a situation as dire as this, it was difficult not to feel touched.

Yisha would never have considered that Han Sen might be doing this because he didn't want to lose an advantage. Her life being at stake was only a small part of it.

Han Sen wasn't going to lose Yisha and a half-deified blood kirin. That was why he kept trying and trying. He didn't want to lose so much.

Han Sen had the bird's nest, so he wasn't going to die easily. That's why he kept trying. But the results of his attacks were not encouraging. Han Sen tried every trick in the book, but none of his powers could overcome the ghost statue's power.

The ghost statue responded to hell power far too well. It was like cause and effect. If Han Sen had hell power, it meant he was going to get hit by the ghost statue. There was no other possible outcome.

In all his attacks, Han Sen hadn't touched the ghost statue's forehead once. Thinking about getting the hell blood out of the ghost statue's forehead was useless, because he couldn't.

As Han Sen kept trying and getting knocked back, even his armor was dyed red by the blood that spilled from him. Yisha's expression looked pained.

The ghost statue struck Han Sen again and sent him crashing down into the bridge once more. This time, though, he stayed hidden beneath the bird's nest for a while.

"Are you dead yet? If you're not, then get lost!" Yisha shouted angrily. But her eyes shimmered.

Han Sen didn't move. He was hiding under the bird's nest, thinking about how he might break the hell power, or the connection between it and the ghost statue.

"I have used all of my powers at least once, and even so, I haven't been able to land a hit. The only possibility remaining is to use my super god spirit body. By using my super god spirit body, I can remove the hell power and avoid being harmed by the ghost statue. But if I do that, then Yisha will know that I am Dollar. This is bad." Han Sen felt depressed.

After everything he had been through, though, seeing Yisha and the blood kirin get killed was the last thing he wanted. He needed to try this, even if it meant exposing his identity.

As Han Sen was thinking, Yisha shouted, "Han Sen, are you dead yet? Get out of here if you aren't!"

"My Queen, why would one like myself die so easily? You underestimate the fortitude of your students." Han Sen placed the bird's nest on his head like a hat as he spoke to Yisha.

His body and face were drenched in blood, and with the bird's nest on his head—although it was a very sober situation—it looked rather funny.

Yisha's lips were shaking, but after a brief while, they returned to a cold stare again. She looked at Han Sen, opened her lips, and sprayed spittle at him.

Drops of blood fell down on Han Sen like rain. Han Sen was surprised, and he wasn't quite sure what Yisha was doing.

Dong-ong!

Within that sprinkling of blood, something landed on the bridge in front of Han Sen.

Han Sen took a closer look. It was a red sewing needle. It was thinner than a hair, and it was around the length of a finger.

"What is this?" Han Sen picked it up. He thought that something about the sewing needle was very unusual.

It felt like it was made of bone rather than metal. It was very small, but it was hollow inside. It was more like a needle for injection than a sewing needle.

When Han Sen lifted the bone needle, he felt it summon power inside his body. His energy started to circulate.

Han Sen stared with wide eyes; the power that was running was Blood-Pulse Plunder, which he had learned not so long ago.

Yisha said quietly, "Most of the items I brought along with me were destroyed. This is a small item I managed to obtain from a broken statue. Take it as a souvenir and go."

Upon hearing that, Han Sen suddenly became very happy. "The statue you mentioned, is that the one in the ruined palace?"

"Stop wasting f*cking time! Get out now! Even if I die, you have to reclaim Planet Blade. Take care of my palace, because I don't want anyone to touch my stuff," Yisha snarled.

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Chapter 2280 Are You Afraid of Needles

"If you weren't there, what would be the point of me staying in that palace of yours?" Han Sen asked distractedly as he turned the needle over in his hands.

"That is my business, just do as you're told," Yisha said.

Han Sen smiled at Yisha. "I must apologize, my Queen. I am a guy who would rather have his freedom and be able to relax as he chooses. I'm not a fan of staying put and looking after something. You should really go and take care of your own palace."

Yisha returned his smile with a wry one of her own. "If I could return, I wouldn't be talking to you right now, would I?"

She started to say something more, but suddenly, Han Sen froze. He was staring at the ghost statue, and with a flick of his wrist, he tossed the needle toward it.

Yisha sighed. She had spent some time researching that bone needle. It was almost completely indestructible, but it had no power. She had been unable to feel any power residing at its tip. If she had been able to use the bone needle and any power it possessed to break the ghost statue, she wouldn't have been bound there when Han Sen found her.

But Yisha stared with a slack jaw as the bone needle sailed toward the statue, completely unimpeded. The ghost statue had knocked Han Sen to the ground countless times, but it didn't react to the bone needle at all. It merely watched the bone needle strike its forehead.

"This… How is this possible…?" Yisha's eyes were wide. She gazed at the strange scene with disbelief.

When the bone needle pierced the ghost statue's forehead, the needle lit up red. It shone brighter and brighter, and before long, the ghost statue started to shake. The noise of breaking rocks began to rumble around them.

Pang!

The next moment, the statue fell to pieces. The grip holding Yisha and the blood kirin was suddenly released. They fell to the bridge, the shattered remains of the statue's hands falling around them.

The blood kirin was injured, but it hadn't lost much strength. It gathered itself back up, and its signature red cloud swirled around it.

Yisha was close to death, and the blood in her body had almost run dry. She was very weak, and she didn't have the strength to react. She fell to the ground limply.

Han Sen caught her in his arms to prevent her from hitting the bridge. He smiled and said, "My Queen, it looks like you are going to have to tend to your palace after all."

The purple air across the entire jade bridge began to spread and thin. Giant rocks began to fall. Yisha was held in Han Sen's arms. As she looked up at Han Sen from below, her heart started to feel strange.

She had never seen a man from a lower angle. She was always the one up high. She had never felt like this before, and suddenly, she started to feel even weaker.

As the last pieces of the ghost statue fell, the purple air across the bridge began to evaporate. Han Sen, the blood kirin, and Yisha started to return to normal. The jade bridge that had seemed endless now looked as it previously had. They could see the other twelve jade bridges around them and the thirteen teleporters in front of them.

Fox Queen and the others, however, were gone. They must have traveled through the teleporter and left that palace.

Because the blood kirin was injured, Han Sen opted not to ride it. He was still holding Yisha as he strode across the jade bridge.

"You're not going to go through the teleporter?" Yisha asked weakly from where she was cradled against Han Sen's chest.

"Of course I will, but before that, I want to walk across the rest of the jade bridges," Han Sen said with a smile.

Han Sen wanted to walk the thirteen bridges for one simple reason: he wanted to get each statue's power.

After Yisha gave him the bone needle, he realized that the bone needle was a xenogeneic treasure that combined with Blood-Pulse Plunder. If he used Blood-Pulse Plunder by itself, he would need to beat the enemy first. He couldn't use Blood-Pulse Plunder to take away an opponent's blood pulse until the enemy didn't have enough power to fight back.

If Han Sen was squaring off against an extra-strong enemy, though, there was always the chance that he might not be able to beat them. During times like that, Blood-Pulse Plunder wouldn't be very useful.

But with this bone needle, things were different. Han Sen could imbue the bone needle with the powers of Blood-Pulse Plunder. After that, he only had to put the bone needle into an enemy's body, and the bone needle would plunder the enemy's blood pulse. Han Sen only needed to stick the needle into a foe.

That being said, the bone needle wasn't powerful on its own. Han Sen would have to use his own strength. But piercing a needle into an enemy was still far easier than trying to beat an opponent that had him bested.

The statues on the thirteen bridges were each prepared for the combination of Blood-Pulse Plunder and the bone needle. The bone needle could easily pierce the statues and take the hidden blood pulse power that resided within them. Han Sen would basically have to repeat what he did to the ghost statue. The bone needle had a concentration of power now, too.

It was just a drop, but it was a blood pulse hell power. It was a deified power.

There had to be something similar on the other twelve bridges. That was something Han Sen was most assuredly not going to miss out on.

Han Sen switched positions and carried Yisha on his back. He walked to another jade bridge, and just as he had expected, the first half was safe. When he approached a statue in the middle of the bridge, he used the bone needle to absorb the blood pulse power inside the statue. The statue then fell, and the bridge lost its protection. It became an ordinary jade bridge again.

Han Sen walked through the rest of the bridges and took the blood pulse power from the statues. Yisha's surprise was written plainly across her face, making it obvious that she had no clue why the bone needle was so powerful in Han Sen's hands.

Yisha had picked up the bone needle, but she had no idea that the needle had to be used in conjunction with Blood-Pulse Plunder. She didn't have Blood-Pulse Plunder, so aside from its sturdiness, the needle had no utility in her hands.

The second Sacred Leader statue had been destroyed for some reason, so Han Sen hadn't been able to retrieve the bone needle personally. Yet it landed in his hands anyway when Yisha volunteered it.

The Sacred Leader had blocked all the routes, but something had been left on each path for those that traversed it. The items were connected with each other in ways that Han Sen hadn't yet figured out. The Sacred Leader's full plans were still a mystery.

The Silver Sycees, Blood-Pulse Plunder, the bone needle, thirteen blood pulse powers—they were all very rare and valuable treasures. At this point, he could easily start a fight with a deified being.

The treasures were meant to be obtained through tests given by the Sacred Leader. No one had realized how scary the Sacred Leader's treasures could be.

"My Queen, are you afraid of needles?" Han Sen asked Yisha.

Yisha was shocked, and she did not know what he meant.

"I mean, are you afraid of being pricked with a needle?" Han Sen blinked and asked.

"Are you going to give me a shot?" Yisha looked at Han Sen.

Han Sen lifted his bone needle while he smiled at Yisha. "Close your eyes if you are afraid. The pain will be over in a second."

After that, Han Sen thrust his bone needle into Yisha's chest. A drop of hell blood came out, and it blended into Yisha's own blood.

If he wanted to survive, he had to get rid of Fox Queen. And unless another deified elite challenged her, it was unlikely Fox Queen could be defeated.

Even with Han Sen's deified blood pulse, his actual power wouldn't be deified. Yisha, however, was different. She was half a step away from being deified herself. Getting the hell blood pulse would give her a boost towards the lofty goal of becoming deified. This was their best chance of taking the Sacred Leader's treasure.

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Chapter 2281 Yisha Levels Up

The hell blood pulse blended into Yisha's body. Suddenly, a plume of purple air burst out of Yisha. It solidified into a purple substance chain and wrapped around her, loop upon loop.

Everything she had—her clothes, her accessories, her armor, and all sorts of other things—disintegrated into nothing but dust under the power of that substance chain. As the chain surrounded her, Yisha curled her long body into a ball, like a fetus in the womb.

Once Yisha was safely encased within the purple cocoon, all became quiet.

In a giant palace, Fox Queen, Mister White, and Crime were traveling forward. Fox Queen suddenly stopped. She looked around her and said, "Mister White, is this the correct path? Why have we been walking for so long, and yet we are still in the same palace?"

Mister White slowly said, "This must be the fourth checkpoint for the treasure. We have to travel through here to get to where the treasure is."

"How do we get through here, then?" Fox Queen asked Mister White.

"This palace seems to have a space power restriction. My powers are weak here, and so I am afraid I might not be able to break the restriction. Perhaps this is something you will have to do," Mister White said after a think.

"And how would I do something like that?" Fox Queen asked with a frown.

"Judging from the calculations I have made, we can start right there." Mister White pointed at a stone pillar as he spoke.

Fox Queen looked at the stone pillar and groaned. She didn't move.

Han Sen stared at Yisha with a look of surprise. The whole process had gone far better than he expected.

The hell blood pulse activated the Hell King blood she had inside her body. They fused with Yisha's already considerable strength. She had broken through and become deified with no trouble at all.

When she emerged from her cocoon and ascended, Yisha was wearing a set of purple armor. Her regal presence blanketed everything around them as if she was the queen of the entire universe.

"If you dare to tell anyone about what just happened, I will kill you." Yisha stared daggers at Han Sen as she spoke.

"My Queen, I didn't see anything." Han Sen blinked innocently. But deep inside, he was thinking to himself, "Women are weird. Moments ago, she was begging to be deified. And now, after becoming deified, she still isn't happy! Does she really care about a small and inconsequential detail like being naked? Her naked body is quite nice. Why is she so upset?"

Yisha only stared at Han Sen in response. She turned silently and looked to the thirteen teleporters. Then, she said, "Which teleporter do you think we should use?"

Clearly, Yisha wasn't very good when it came to this sort of maze. It seemed as if she had forced her way through the palaces by trial and error.

"I'm not very good at figuring out the path, either. If I was to guess, though, I would assume they went through the teleporter at the end of the life and death cycle bridge. But even if we select the right one this time, we won't know where to go next. We'd have to try every single one we come to." Han Sen stopped to think for a moment, and then resumed talking. "My Queen, how did you come this far in the first place?"

Yisha thought and said, "I was with the Ice Blue Knights. While I was exploring a planet with a group of knights, we accidentally woke up a deified xenogeneic called Under Overbearing. I was swallowed by it."

"At first, I thought I was dead. I had been swallowed, and I knew that its stomach could digest anything. Even deified creatures would melt in there. Just when I lost all hope, I found a seam that allowed me to escape the stomach. I wiggled through the crack and got out. After traversing many caves and passing by a shattered statue, I ended up entering a palace. It must have been one of the palaces on Under Overbearing's back."

"Wait a minute, are you saying that you aren't the one who destroyed the floor in one of the palaces? And you didn't break the Sacred Leader statue?" Han Sen asked Yisha with shock.

"Of course not! My power wasn't strong enough to destroy anything in the palace," Yisha said.

"If you didn't break the palace, then that means someone else entered the palaces before you did. That crack in Under Overbearing stomach might have also been his work," Han Sen mused quietly.

Yisha nodded. "It is certainly possible, and he might indeed be around here someplace."

"What makes you think that?" Han Sen asked curiously.

"The crack in the Under Overbearing's stomach couldn't have been there for very long. With how quickly the beast heals, the wound must have been made less than a week before. After a week, the damaged stomach would have healed completely," Yisha said slowly.

Han Sen frowned. "Then he might really still be in these palaces. But how could he leave no trace in the palace? If he was here, he would have left behind some indication of his presence. But aside from that one ruined palace, the rest of the trail was left by you, yes?"

Yisha nodded and said, "Yes. And while I was exploring, I didn't see any sign of someone else having entered."

"Plus, he broke the statue, but he didn't take the bone needle inside. That's just weird. Was he too careless to find out what it harbored? But then again, how could such a powerful elite be that careless? It doesn't really make any sense," Han Sen said.

Yisha sighed. "Maybe he just doesn't care about the items in this place?"

Han Sen was stunned by the suggestion, but as he considered the idea, it made sense. "That might indeed be possible! He must be a very powerful person to create a hole in Under Overbearing's stomach. Maybe his real target is the final treasure of the Sacred Leader. If that is the case, then that doesn't bode well for us."

Han Sen walked across the bridge of life and death. They arrived at the door of light and walked on through.

The teleporter deposited them into a palace, the same as usual. There was a main hall, two side halls, and a hall in the back. All in all, there were four different teleporters.

Han Sen looked around and spoke to Yisha. "I think they left via the back hall."

"How do you know that?" Yisha asked in surprise.

"I can see the auras left behind by their bodies," Han Sen explained simply. He was suspicious too, though.

The more powerful a person was, the less of a trail they would leave behind. And that trail didn't last forever. Mister White and the others had been gone for a long time by this point. Under ordinary circumstances, it should have been hard for Han Sen to detect the trace elements they had left behind.

In fact, Han Sen didn't see any traces of Fox Queen or Crime. But he could see molecules that Mister White had left lingering in the air. That didn't seem normal.

"Perhaps Mister White made his trail visible on purpose?" Han Sen guessed to himself. "But how could he know that Yisha and I would survive? Why is he leaving me clues? Or is this all just a trap?"

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Chapter 2282 The Place Where Treasure Lies

Han Sen and Yisha were unable to make the calculations to determine the correct path. But instead of marching ahead recklessly, they could follow the traces left behind by Mister White. In the end, that proved to be a very effective solution for navigating the palaces.

Han Sen, Yisha, and the blood kirin followed Mister White's tracks through each teleporter door. Han Sen was the guide. Thankfully, they didn't encounter any dangers along the way.

They went through a few palaces, and their journey remained uneventful. It was an entirely safe course to follow.

"What is Mister White planning?" Han Sen wondered. He didn't know why Mister White was taking this risk.

It didn't make sense for Mister White to believe that Han Sen had the strength to stand up to Fox Queen. It also didn't seem likely that Mister White would leave a trail behind just to cause Fox Queen trouble.

Using the evidence of Mister White's passage as a guide, Han Sen and Yisha made quick progress. It wasn't long before they arrived at the fourth checkpoint.

What they saw there made Han Sen and Yisha frown profusely. The hall was half-collapsed. Broken pillars and remnants of a destroyed ceiling lay strewn across the entire place.

Han Sen looked across the hall, but he found no hide nor hair of a Sacred Leader statue there. In fact, there was nothing of any remarkability there.

"It looks like Fox Queen managed to make it through this checkpoint," Han Sen said when he found nothing of interest in the palace.

"I wonder what the Sacred Leader left behind here. Whatever it was, Fox Queen must have made off with it." Han Sen frowned.

The Sacred Leader's items were all linked. If they were missing an item, they might run into a lot of trouble further down the line.

Han Sen and Yisha had no choice but to keep going. When they went through the next teleporter, though, what they saw gave them a shock.

They hadn't arrived at another palace. When they stepped out of the teleporter, they found themselves on the shore of an endless ocean.

Under Overbearing was as big as a planet. It wasn't really surprising to see an ocean on such an entity, but the sight still made Han Sen feel depressed.

Mister White and the others must have begun crossing the oceans, but the ocean wind had destroyed all traces of Mister White's trail.

"It's such a big ocean. I'm afraid it might be too difficult to locate Mister White and the others," Han Sen said sadly.

Yisha looked around. After a while of thought, she said, "This could be where the Sacred Leader hid his treasure. Perhaps they haven't even gone very far, but they're exploring someplace below the waves."

Han Sen had thought of this possibility, as well. If the treasure was in the water, finding Mister White and the others might be even harder.

"I guess we have no choice but to take a look," Han Sen said.

Yisha nodded and dipped into the sea. Her body unleashed a purple smoke, and when the smoke came into contact with the water, the water parted.

Han Sen and the blood kirin moved next to Yisha. They headed deep into the sea, surrounded by the sphere of dryness provided by Yisha.

Yisha's purple smoke kept the water about ten meters at bay.

After they started their dive, they descended deep into the ocean.

They walked a hundred miles beneath the sea, and in all that time, they didn't catch sight nor sound of any other creature. The ocean looked dead. It was like a long-dead sea that was no longer fit for any living thing.

Suddenly, a giant shadow moved in the water. Yisha stopped and stared at that giant shadow in the sea.

The shadow was approaching them quickly. Han Sen was given a proper fright when he saw what the thing was.

It was a giant xenogeneic that looked like a whale. Its body was pure white.

The white whale was more than a thousand meters long, and every move sent devastating shockwaves rolling through the sea. Many small vortexes popped up around it.

"Deified creature," Yisha said quietly.

"I didn't expect Under Overbearing's body to be the home of other deified creatures. I'm afraid that, aside from the Sacred Leader, no other being could do something like that." Han Sen had a wry smile.

The big white whale noticed the three of them. After all, there were no other creatures in that ocean, so their presence was rather noticeable.

That was especially true of Yisha and the blood kirin. One of them was a deified elite, and the other was full of blood air. It was difficult not to notice their presence.

When the big white whale was a thousand meters away from them, it suddenly opened its mouth and released a high-pitched sonic wave. At the same time, its mouth produced a strong force of suction. Many giant vortexes swirled to life within the water. They snared everything within range and pulled it all into the whale's belly.

Wisps of Yisha's purple air began to flow into that vortex, and their sphere of air suddenly started to feel the force of that suction. More and more of the purple air was pulled away through the water, taken in the direction of the creature's mouth.

Yisha frowned. She used her hand as a knife, and the purple air suddenly gathered up into a large swathe of knife air. She lifted her arms above her head and slashed towards the vortex.

The knife air became a roaring purple air demon. It was headed right for the giant white whale. It broke through the vortex that the big white whale had generated, but the demon-looking knife air didn't stop there. It continued on, going right for the white whale's head.

The big white whale showed no indication that it was going to dodge the incoming blow. In fact, its mouth widened even further. It looked like a gaping black hole. Its powers of suction increased, and it swallowed Yisha's demon knife air effortlessly.

Gudong!

The giant white whale swallowed the demonic knife air whole, then let out a satisfied burp. It then spat out some air and created loads of bubbles in the sea.

Han Sen was dumbfounded. Yisha had just become deified, and she was filled with hell power. She also had the Teeth knifeskills. Her talents were famous among many races, and her wrecking abilities were widely renowned. The big white whale, however, had swallowed her attack easily. The power that the giant white whale possessed was truly scary.

Yisha frowned. Purple substance chains rose from her body and began to align in mysterious patterns. They created a purple knife air around Yisha's body.

Yisha's entire body was now full of a knifemind. It felt to Han Sen as if she was a cruel knife herself, that she could wreck anything at any time.

Yisha raised the full extent of her power and prowess, but the giant white whale still didn't seem to be afraid. It opened its mouth, and the black hole power returned. It sucked everything nearby into its mouth. Sand and water came rolling in like they were being pulled into a bottomless pit.

Seeing the giant white whale open its mouth again, Yisha coldly shouted. Her arms swung at the big white whale.

The roaring demon headed for the big white whale once more, dispersing the sand and shattering the rocks as it went. It left a trail of devastation behind it.

The purple knife air and the big white whale's black hole collided with each other. The black hole was destroyed, and the purple knife air was shattered. The shockwave of the collision exploded the entire sea. Huge waves surged across its surface, and it was like the entire ocean had been turned upside down.

The two strikes were balanced, though; neither had the upper hand.

The next second, Yisha and Han Sen's eyes widened. The big white whale's mouth was still hanging open, and suddenly, something flew out of it. It wrapped around Yisha, Han Sen, and the blood kirin, then pulled them into the big white whale's belly.

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Chapter 2283 Bronze Bell

It was a big bronze bell that had covered Han Sen, Yisha, and the blood kirin. Yisha's purple substance chain became a knife air. She waved her hand to strike the surface of the bell, but it only made a loud, tolling noise. The bell showed no sign of damage.

"What is this bell? Why was it in the white whale's belly? Can xenogeneics make use of xenogeneic treasures?" Han Sen was shocked.

Dong!

The bronze bell landed on something, and then it stopped moving. Yisha continued to strike the bell with her knife air, but the bronze bell suddenly lifted away from them. It flew to the side, freeing them.

Yisha immediately surrounded Han Sen and the blood kirin with her power to protect them.

Based on the direction that the bell had moved after it covered them, they should have been standing inside the white whale, probably in its stomach. A deified xenogeneic's digestion system wasn't something an ordinary creature could hope to withstand. Even King class elites would dissolve quickly inside such a stomach.

But when Han Sen and Yisha looked around, they froze.

This was not a stomach. It was a control room of high-end technology. The tech around them equaled any that might be found in a classy battleship's control room.

The most unbelievable thing was that everything in the control room was transparent. They could see outside of the room, and the feelings that the sight elicited were difficult to explain.

Although it looked like a whale from the exterior, it was actually governed by machinery. Every piece of the whale's interior was made of crystal of various colors.

Humming generators, pounding pistons, and spinning every movement could be seen from where they were.

"What is this thing?" This time, Han Sen was really shocked.

The white whale had looked like a deified creature from the outside, but it was actually a technological marvel. It was hard to believe that such an amazing machine actually existed.

Yisha looked around in shock. Their eyes soon turned to a platform of that primary control room.

A man had been sitting in a chair behind the control platform. It was little more than a skeleton at this point, with a few white bones still wrapped in the clothes he had been wearing.

The man's clothes looked like a high-tech product, not some treasure armor. Judging from the style of the silver and black clothing, it was possible to determine that the skeleton had been a man.

After bringing Han Sen and the others into the room, the bronze bell had drastically reduced its size. It was now about the size of a man's fist, and it rested there in the main control room.

"Does this sort of technology exist anywhere else in the geno universe?" Han Sen looked at Yisha. He had no idea what race might have constructed this marvel of technology.

Yisha shook her head. "There are many technological wonders that have the destructive powers of a deified being, but not many can actually be used in combat. They take far too long to aim and fire, so they can't be used in actual deified fights. They are mostly useful for attacking planets, since planets cannot be moved. The Meka's bio armor is also technological in nature. They have very powerful weapons, but again, they are different from what we're seeing here."

Clearly, Yisha was just as clueless as Han Sen.

"This has to be another one of the Sacred Leader's creations. Sacred achieved a lot when it came to technology," Han Sen pondered aloud as he looked around.

Since the white whale's master appeared to be quite dead, how could the white whale continue to move without someone at the controls? And what had prompted the behemoth to swallow them?

Yisha walked toward the skeleton. She waved her hand, and one of her purple substance chains dissolved into a purple mist. The mist flowed over the skeleton and began to poke around it. She was looking for some lead or clue they could follow.

But before Yisha's purple air touched the skeleton, the bronze bell rose from its resting platform and covered up Yisha's purple air at once.

"Huh. This old bronze bell defends its master automatically. Is it a piece of technology, as well?" Han Sen looked at the old bronze bell in shock.

Suddenly, Han Sen and Yisha heard a boy's voice. "You are a technological product. Your entire family is a technological product."

"Who is that?" Han Sen and Yisha were shocked. They looked around them, but neither of them could sense any presences.

There was just that sole skeleton sitting on the primary control deck. It made Han Sen and Yisha feel very uncomfortable.

"No way! Have we encountered a ghost?" Han Sen muttered as he stared at the skeleton. He used his Dongxuan Aura to scan the skeleton multiple times, but there was no lifeforce. It couldn't have been any more dead, so there was no way that the voice was coming from it. Han Sen could only think that they must be talking to a ghost.

"You are a ghost. Your entire family is a ghost." The little boy's voice was heard again, and it sounded pretty mad.

This time, Han Sen and Yisha located the source of the voice. It came from the little bronze bell.

The bronze bell shook. Strange symbols glowed across it, and it opened shiny green eyes.

Below its eyes was a gap. It looked like a mouth that kept opening and closing.

Han Sen stared at the bronze bell that was shouting at him. The body of the bell seemed to be vibrating with rage.

"What is this thing?" Han Sen didn't know how to react. He hadn't displayed any signs of a lifeforce, so he thought it must be a xenogeneic treasure. But now that it was talking, it certainly seemed to possess all the traits and characteristics of a living creature.

"You are a thing. Your entire family is a thing." The bronze bell was becoming even angrier. It was jumping up and down as it shouted.

"Are you an AI? If you are, it seems like you are a very cheap one. You can only say the same thing over and over," Han Sen said, looking at the bronze bell with curiosity.

The bronze bell started to yell, "You are a…"

It trailed off halfway through its shout. If it continued, people really would believe it was an AI.

So, after its half shout, the bronze bell stopped and settled down a little. With a very cocky look, it said, "You stupid low life creature. Listen up! Your master's name is Big King Bell, but you guys can call me either Master or Big King."

After that, Big King Bell thought of something. It looked at Han Sen and said, "Your master is not some sort of AI."

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Chapter 2284 King

Han Sen looked at Yisha. They were confused. What was this thing? It was sort of like a treasure, but it wasn't a treasure. It was sort of like a creature, but it wasn't a creature.

The Jade Drum was a creature, but the Jade Drum was created naturally. It wasn't something that was man-made. Words were scrawled across the little bell's body, though, and that suggested it wasn't a natural being.

"Okay, Big King. Why did you snatch us and bring us here?" Han Sen asked the bell.

Big King Bell rolled its eyes and jumped. He said, "What do you mean by 'snatch'? I was saving you guys. Couldn't you tell? Don't talk big if you don't know sh*t, kid."

"You were saving us? How?" Han Sen looked at Big King Bell with confusion.

"Ugh, you guys don't understand anything! And yet here you come, waltzing into the Holy Spirit Sea. You must have a death wish. If it wasn't for me saving you guys, you two would have ended up like him. You know, with only bones left." The bell jumped up to land atop the skeleton's skull as it spoke.

"Who is he?" Han Sen asked with curiosity.

He had originally thought that the skeleton was Big King Bell's master, but now, that didn't seem to be the case.

"Ha! This piece of garbage? How do you expect me to remember who he was? He was just another pawn, like a background extra in this tale." Big King Bell proclaimed, lifting his lips in disdain.

Han Sen didn't believe the bell. There was no way that an unimportant person would have been in charge of controlling a technological marvel like the white whale. Even if the man hadn't been very powerful personally, he could have used the whale to hold his own against a deified being.

"How did he die?" Yisha asked Big King Bell.

Big King Bell rolled its eyes. "He thought that since he had this strange machine, he could cross the Holy Spirit Sea and take the Sacred Leader's treasure. He had no idea of the power of the Holy Spirit Sea. This thing didn't stand a chance of repelling the sea's power. Not in the least. He died before he even made it to Holy Spirit Town. Only his bones remained."

After that, Big King Bell jumped onto the control platform and cockily said, "But this thing was quite interesting, and so I decided to hold onto it as a keepsake."

Han Sen knew Big King Bell was talking about the white whale. He looked at the skeleton and told Yisha, "This guy must have dived a long time ago. He didn't get here recently."

"What? Another creature was here?" Big King Bell asked before Yisha could respond. He seemed startled as he stared at Han Sen.

"Yeah, there's a few of them." Han Sen looked at Big King Bell and asked, "You came here, too. What is so strange about that?"

"Ha, I was here…" Big King Bell trailed off as a thought crossed his mind. He stopped talking.

"Here what?" Han Sen asked.

"Huh." Big King Bell grunted and said, "That is none of your business. Don't you have the relic with you? How were so many other creatures able to reach this place? Or is Under Overbearing now so old that people are reaching the palace through his mouth?"

Han Sen was shocked that Big King Bell knew he possessed the relic. This bell seemed to know things that it shouldn't, so perhaps it was connected to the Sacred Leader's treasure somehow.

"Let's not waste our breath. Give me the relic, and when I open the holy town's treasury, you will receive what you are owed." Big King Bell hovered in the air before Han Sen as it spoke.

"You can have the relic, but I will have to see if you have what it takes." Han Sen smiled.

"I was born deified. I have beaten billions of people in this universe. I am the strongest in the sky or on the land. Even the Sacred Leader, when he met with me, would refer to me as Big King Brother. Are you honestly trying to compete with me?" Big King Bell looked at Han Sen with actual surprise. He hadn't expected Han Sen to be so ignorant.

"Big King Brother, even if you are so strong, you should demonstrate that strength. Otherwise, how am I honestly supposed to believe that you are as strong as you claim?" Han Sen put out his hands as he spoke.

"I pulled you guys in here on a whim. Wasn't that enough? Do I have to kill you idiots to show you how strong I am?" Big King Bell looked at Han Sen coldly as he slowly rose higher into the air. He looked as if he was going to kill Han Sen.

"Big King Brother, it was a powerful demonstration when you grabbed us. But that isn't enough to make us want to hand over the relic. Will you show me again? If you can convince us, I will give you the relic without argument." Han Sen smiled at Big King Bell.

He thought that the Big King Bell was quite interesting, and that was an impetus for Han Sen to trash talk it.

The bronze bell had shielded them as it pulled them inside. But that was because they hadn't been prepared for its sudden arrival. Yisha still hadn't shown off her true strength, so Han Sen wasn't worried about annoying the bell.

Big King Brother looked down on Han Sen with utter disdain. "Even a small fraction of my power would convince you to obey me, but I have way too many powerful geno arts. Let me think of a weaker one I can show you. Just in case my geno art is too strong, and I accidentally end up killing you all."

Big King Bell spun in the air twice, looking as if he had made a decision. He jumped onto the control platform and punched a few buttons. The white whale then rose to the surface and opened its mouth. The front of the control room looked out through the white whale's eyes, letting the operator see what was going on outside.

"Idiots! I am going to open your eyes to my power. I am going to show you the techniques of a real and invincible elite," Big King Bell said. His body began to glow green and spin as it grew bigger and bigger.

The bell turned onto its side, aiming its opening out the white whale's mouth. Then, they heard a loud chiming noise from the bell. A scary shockwave blasted out of the bell.

Boom!

The whole sea was cut in half by the bell's sonic blast. The waters were parted down to the seafloor and all the way to the opposite shore of the ocean.

"Oh, d*mn! This guy really does have a lot of power." Han Sen was frozen. Big King Bell's power really did seem to exceed that of Yisha and Fox Queen.

Yisha looked shaken, too. The power that Big King Bell released was truly magnificent.

Holy Spirit Sea wasn't just a vat of ordinary seawater, either. Yisha didn't think she could split that much of it.

"So, how about that? Do you guys believe me now? Give me the relic at once! Follow me, before I decide that I don't like you. If you do come, you guys will benefit greatly," Big King Bell said to Han Sen with a lot of pride.

While they were talking, three shadows appeared above the sea. It was Fox Queen, Mister White, and Crime.

When Fox Queen saw the big white whale, she shook her fox tail. An invisible cord of power lashed around the white whale, and she lifted it out of the sea.

Big King Bell quickly leaped atop the platform and hit the buttons on the panels. The white whale opened its mouth and created a black hole, then sent a force of suction towards Fox Queen.

But Fox Queen's hand tugged on the cord of power, binding the white whale's mouth. The white whale was unable to open its maw, and so the black hole died inside it.

Han Sen was waiting to see how Big King Bell disposed of Fox Queen. If she was killed, they'd lose a dangerous enemy.

But when Han Sen turned around, he saw Big King Bell pulling out a big bag seemingly out of nowhere. The bell was going to flee out of the whale via the backdoor.

"Big King Brother, aren't you going to kill her?" Han Sen asked with confusion.

"I am busy. I will let her live for now, but I will surely remember her. The next time I see her, I will blow some air at her to kill her," Big King Bell said firmly. Then he left through the backdoor with his big bag in tow.

Han Sen and Yisha were frozen. They weren't sure about how to react.

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