# Chapter 36: Coincidence and Plan
A hazy, pale blue light shone down from above. The Goddess of Fortune opened her eyes, her golden-red pupils showing brief confusion before she recalled the scene before she had lost consciousness. She immediately looked down at herself, confirming that all her limbs were still attached before letting out a long sigh of relief.
Only then did the Goddess of Fortune have the presence of mind to examine her surroundings. The scene before her was dim, the rock walls blackened, thick and cold, with a style that carried a dark, epic quality.
The Goddess of Fortune stood up. The next moment, a pale blue text prompt appeared before her eyes, reading: [To leave the Nightmare Domain, you must advance forward until you push open the deepest Nightmare Door...]
This wasn't all. The Goddess of Fortune discovered that her current body within this nightmare world had been verified and detailed with specific data.
**「Goddess of Fortune」Level: 1**
- **Strength:** 0.45 (Corresponds to strength-based weapons, melee attack power, etc.)
- **Speed:** 0.52 (Corresponds to speed, dodge agility, technique weapon attack power, vital point attack power, etc.)
- **Constitution:** 0.34 (Corresponds to health points, stamina, equipment load capacity, etc.)
- **Spirit:** 0.67 (Corresponds to spells, nightmare miracles, body energy bar length and recovery speed, etc.)
**Basic Ability·Weapon Use (Passive):** You can use any weapon you pick up, but your proficiency is average, only allowing you to grasp the basic usage methods of said weapon (e.g., slashing, shooting). Additionally, this ability does not allow you to use equipment with 「Equipment Requirements」 higher than your body attributes.
**Basic Ability·Spell/Nightmare Miracle Talent (Passive):** You have three skill slots that can record spells or nightmare miracles. When you defeat an Elite-level or stronger enemy, you have a chance to obtain their 「Cruel Soul.」 Submit this 「Cruel Soul」 to the Old Bishop at the Grand Cathedral to learn the corresponding spell or nightmare miracle.
**Basic Ability·Armor Wearing (Passive):** You can wear various types of armor and are assumed to have mastered the corresponding armor proficiency.
**Basic Ability·Nightmare Essence Absorption (Passive):** After defeating an enemy, you will gain a varying amount of Nightmare Essence (quantity determined by the enemy's situation). When you accumulate enough Nightmare Essence, you can go to the Grand Cathedral to find the Whisperer and use your current Nightmare Essence to enhance your body attributes.
**Personal Exclusive Ability·Ultimate Fortune (Passive):** ???. **Initial Equipment:** Nightmare Pointer.
Seeing these prompts and information, the Goddess of Fortune was stunned. However, as she flipped through to the end, she was drawn to a mark—it was the mark of the Void Tree. Furthermore, the reason she had been drawn into this nightmare world was that, in the real world, she had encountered treatment from a certain Blade Grandmaster. She had nearly died, and between life and death, she triggered this fortuitous event.
Or rather, this was actually a trial, just with a longer process. Even if the Goddess of Fortune had smooth sailing, she would need to fight through this Nightmare City for nearly ten days, from the entrance all the way to the deepest part, defeat the final boss, and then push open the Nightmare Door to leave this Nightmare Realm.
As a trial, there were naturally rewards. If the Goddess of Fortune completed this trial, her soul injury would be completely healed.
Seeing the trial reward, the Void Tree's mark, and the completely real environment around her that felt nothing like a dream's illusion, the Goddess of Fortune's heart stirred. She desperately wanted the soul injury that had plagued her for years to be healed.
The Goddess of Fortune had played all kinds of games. She felt that her current situation was just like playing a game, except it was one hundred percent real experience. She had already tried punching the dark city wall stone—it really hurt. The damp, cold sensation of the wall stone constantly reminded her that nightmare had nothing to do with dreams. Nightmare was a special material world existing in another mode.
The city gate tunnel was somewhat dim. Behind her was a thick, metallic gate, firmly closed and even sealed shut, as if something terrifying existed outside. Inside the gate tunnel, the Goddess of Fortune looked at the burning campfire. She found that as long as she was near this fire, she felt warm and comfortable. Her health points and body energy, i.e., mana points, were slowly recovering. She immediately understood—rest point and respawn point.
Seeing there was a respawn point, the Goddess of Fortune felt reassured. Dressed in plain gray civilian clothes, she walked toward the exit of the gate tunnel. Just as she reached the end of the tunnel, she spotted an arm-length short sword and a set of leather armor.
Seeing this, a smile appeared on the Goddess of Fortune's face. Getting weapons and armor right at the start—this was definitely treatment reserved for a hack-and-slash game. She equipped the weapon, put on the leather armor, and came to the end of the gate tunnel, peering outside to find the next minor enemies to level up on.
Exiting the gate tunnel led to a main street about a dozen meters wide. The stone slabs on the street were weathered and pale. Dense clusters of buildings lined both sides of the main street. Due to severe collapse of the houses, the street sides resembled messy retaining walls, forcing one to only follow the main street forward.
The Goddess of Fortune didn't act rashly. About several dozen meters ahead, in the center of the main street, a carriage lay overturned. The metal carriage body was covered in large patches of dried bloodstains.
A man with disheveled gray-white hair, wearing a tattered cloak, with black cloth strips wrapped around various parts of his body, sat on the overturned carriage. His head hung down, his right arm dangling naturally, black liquid dripping from his fingertips into a black puddle below.
The black puddle wasn't large, only about a square meter in area, but the black liquid it contained seemed endless.
Looking around, the street showed many dried bone fragments. It seemed other nightmare beings had wandered here, and their fates were predictable.
Crack, crack~
Joint sounds echoed, like gears that hadn't moved in a long time being re-meshed. This former Imperial Guard Captain, who had once repelled five waves of extreme dark beast tides, was now awakening. Although his life flame had long been extinguished, the power of darkness had twisted and spawned his soul.
Clang~!
A great sword flew out from the black puddle. This great sword was about 1.5 meters long, with a square blade body, as if forged from black rock iron. One side was the blade edge, the other a hammer. The entire sword's 1.5-meter length gave the guard over 40 centimeters.
「ROAR!!」
The Imperial Guard Captain threw his head back and roared, his gray-white, dry, disheveled hair flying. From his aura, appearance, and weapon, everything indicated this was a boss-level existence.
A dozen meters away, the Goddess of Fortune, facing off against the Imperial Guard Captain, gulped. She looked at the short sword in her hand and the leather armor on her body, suddenly realizing this didn't seem like a hack-and-slash game.
The Goddess of Fortune's current situation was: "Dear explorer, here are your weapons and armor. Good, you're now fully familiar with Nightmare City, a mature explorer. See that Imperial Guard Captain over there? Go defeat him. You can do it."
The Goddess of Fortune took a deep breath. Before becoming a deity of the Fortune system, she had been quite brave. Taking another deep breath, gripping the short sword tightly, she stepped forward toward the Imperial Guard Captain.
A few seconds later, in front of the campfire at the gate tunnel.
The freshly respawned Goddess of Fortune sat there, the light gone from her eyes. After a moment, she hugged her knees, staring blankly at the campfire before her.
「Kukulin Bai Ye, I'm not done with you!」
Her shout echoed. At that moment, on the city wall above, the irritable little spirit Diagu yawned, took out his flask, and chugged several mouthfuls. Working for Su Xiao, how could there be a shortage of alcohol?
The Goddess of Fortune falling into her current predicament—Su Xiao was definitely the mastermind behind it. He could confirm that treating the Goddess of Fortune wouldn't yield any reward, which conflicted with his subsequent plans.
He planned to later fleece 「Dawnlight City.」 Under these circumstances, the Goddess of Fortune needed to remain asleep until Su Xiao's current world progress ended for it to be safe. When she woke up, the first thing the Goddess of Fortune would do certainly wouldn't be to find Su Xiao and repay the favor of healing her soul injury.
It wasn't that the Goddess of Fortune was ungrateful. After the soul anesthesia, Su Xiao used the excuse of starting treatment to have City Lord Xia Eryin leave the secret chamber. During the subsequent treatment, due to the nature of the 「Solar Treatment Secret Art,」 the Goddess of Fortune woke up once midway. The result went without saying.
Helping the Goddess of Fortune with treatment naturally couldn't result in a loss. So he sent her to the most notoriously deceptive nightmare instance in history: 「Nightmare Instance·Golden King City.」
Entering this nightmare instance, everyone started at the same point. Thinking this nightmare instance was just that simple? Not at all. There were many instances with this characteristic. The most deceptive aspect of 「Nightmare Instance·Golden King City」 was that after defeating the final boss, Golden Heavenly God, there was a small chance of obtaining the 「Golden Crown.」
The 「Golden Crown」 was the core of this nightmare instance. As long as someone obtained this treasure, the nightmare instance would immediately dissolve. A more intuitive metaphor was that a large mass of nightmare wrapped around this crown, forming the nightmare instance. As long as the 「Golden Crown」 remained, even if the instance was cleared by contractors, it would reset under the Void Tree's certification.
There were Absolute Strong-level experts who specialized in farming nightmare instances, and quite a few at that. Without means to raise the 「All Potential Upper Limit Rank,」 a contractor's common limit was Absolute Strong-level with body attributes of 450-480 points. Once stuck at this level, such Absolute Strong contractors would have very long intervals between entering mission worlds.
Among all channels to raise the 「All Potential Upper Limit Rank,」 farming nightmare instances to accumulate Soul Coins and buy 「Elemental Source Matter」 had the lowest threshold.
As for why farm nightmare instances instead of going to Transcendent Realms or high-tier worlds like Blazing Sun Star—those were too dangerous. In contrast, nightmare instances, unless one was particularly unlucky to encounter nightmare beings with Abyss characteristics or Void anomalous existences.
Regarding 「Nightmare Instance·Golden King City,」 the generally accepted conclusion was that the probability of clearing this nightmare instance and obtaining the 「Golden Crown」 didn't exceed 0.0001%—one in a million.
The current situation was different. Su Xiao had tricked the Goddess of Fortune into 「Nightmare Instance·Golden King City.」 One in a million drop rate? Don't joke. Even if it were one in ten million, the Goddess of Fortune would definitely be that lucky one. The problem now wasn't whether the 「Golden Crown」 could drop, but whether the Goddess of Fortune could clear the instance.
The 「Golden Crown」 wasn't equipment. Its only use was to be sold to one's affiliated Paradise. Selling the 「Golden Crown」 to Reincarnation Paradise would yield 100 Golden Skill Points.
Treating the Goddess of Fortune's soul injury wasn't simple. It took Su Xiao three full days. However, these three days were spent treating in the morning and meditating in the afternoon. His condition had gradually adjusted to its peak.
Now, at Dawnlight City's 5th District, Walking Street.
Su Xiao stopped in front of a small shop. This was a noodle shop. Although it was past noon, there were still quite a few diners. More wonderfully, over half the diners in the small shop had varied attire, none being natives of this world.
After sitting down, a woman brought several glasses of water without asking what he wanted to eat. This small shop only served one type of meat soup noodles. The Goddess of Fortune had specifically marked this shop—it had been established since the First Era, originally in Blazing Sun City, later moved to Dawnlight City to avoid conflicts. The shop owner was a long-lived species. It was rare to see such a peaceful-tempered long-lived species.
Before long, a steaming bowl of meat soup noodles was served. The broth was bright, the aroma unique and comfortable. The side dishes were simple but thoughtful—half a soft-boiled egg felt very down-to-earth. By the time he came to his senses, he had already set down the empty bowl.
Su Xiao had no interest in interacting with this long-lived species. He was just tasting the food. After paying and leaving, he was about to walk out of the noodle shop when a youth brushed past him.
Su Xiao walked along the walking street. The Baha on his shoulder had already disappeared. He checked the time—it was time to return to Twilight City. His luck on this trip to 「Dawnlight City」 was unexpectedly good. Not only had he received over thirty side quests, but the appearance of that youth just now also allowed a commission quest to be completed.
[Commission Quest (Single Ring).]
Difficulty Level: Lv.5 ~ Lv.95
Quest Brief: Find a suitable inheritor of soul secret arts for the Soul King. After finding the right candidate, you can use the Soul Greatsword to go to the 「Soul King Hall.」 The Soul King's soul body will subsequently sleep and wait within the 「Soul King Hall.」
Quest Time Limit: Must be completed before the Soul King's soul body completely dissipates.
Quest Reward: ???
Quest Penalty: None.
Over 80 points of soul strength. If this youth hadn't encountered some fortuitous event, he was a soul-type genius. Strangely, this youth seemed to have trained using some method, resulting in mild to moderate injuries all over his body.
At 9 PM that night, Fire Wine Town, over a hundred kilometers east of Dawnlight City.
This location was near the sea, and it served as a smuggling transfer station between Dawnlight City, Twilight City, and Spirit Crown City. Twilight City and Spirit Crown City were evil faction forces. Warmlight City naturally wouldn't trade with them, not out of stubbornness, but because the risks outweighed the potential benefits.
Since there was profit, related trade would inevitably derive. Fire Wine Town was such a smuggling gathering place. At this moment, in a civilian house in Fire Wine Town, the lights were off, but the basement was brightly lit by high-power fluorescent lamps.
In the empty, dozen-square-meter basement, the youth Ailiyesi wore only sleep pants, blindfolded, gagged, and bound with his hands behind his back to a wooden chair. From the tear stains on his face, it was clear he had cried once on the way.
Actually, this wasn't shameful. Put yourself in his shoes: after a day of training, Ailiyesi climbed into bed exhausted at 8 PM. Although he felt that what his mentor taught didn't seem very suitable for him, this was an opportunity he had earned by paying 300 horn coins monthly.
At 8:30 PM, Ailiyesi tiredly climbed into bed. Just as he was about to fall asleep, he felt a large hand grip his shoulder and push him. Opening his eyes, he saw a three-meter-tall minotaur standing by the bed. The muscles weren't exaggerated, but they looked like they were cast from gold and iron. The minotaur's pupils faintly glowed red as it stared at him. In that second, Ailiyesi thought about needing to wash his sheets tomorrow.
Being scared into wetting himself by Amu wasn't shameful. Just as Ailiyesi was about to scream for help, Amu gave him a big slap, knocking him unconscious. Amu then unfolded the sack Baha had given it, stuffed Ailiyesi inside, and carried him away.
Halfway, Amu sensed Ailiyesi's aura growing weaker. This simple-minded creature also realized that slap had been a bit too hard. So it took out a recovery potion, got a bottle of water, mixed in less than one-tenth of a drop, and fed it to Ailiyesi. The effect was remarkable. Ailiyesi woke up a few seconds later, tried to shout, and got another big slap from Amu.
Call Amu smart—it nearly beat the kid to death twice. Call it dumb—it knew not to directly give Ailiyesi the potion from its storage space. The overly strong medicinal effect would have killed Ailiyesi.
When Su Xiao walked into the basement and saw Ailiyesi on the wooden chair, he turned to look at Bubu Wang.
「Woof~」
Bubu Wang's eyes darted away, meaning that after dinner, it felt gastrointestinal discomfort and had Baha go in its stead.
Su Xiao looked at Baha. Baha shrank its neck and chuckled, saying, 「Well, I also had gastrointestinal discomfort, so I asked Amu to help.」
Su Xiao wasn't surprised by this. Back in the exclusive room, it was the same: he ordered Beini, Beini ordered Bubu Wang, Bubu Wang ordered Baha, Baha ordered Amu. Honest Amu would always moo in resistance before obediently running errands.
Su Xiao sat down and had Amu untie the youth's ropes and blindfold. Just after being freed, Ailiyesi said with a crying tone, 「I... I have no money. Please let me go.」
Ailiyesi thought this was a kidnapping. Seeing this, Baha said, 「Kid, don't be afraid. We're not bad people. We called you here to give you a great opportunity.」
「?」 Ailiyesi was bewildered.
「Kid, see this soul sword? In a moment, it will pierce your torso and heart. Then you can go to the 「Soul King Hall」 and meet your mentor, the Soul King. As for your current mentor, he can't teach you much—he's half a fraud.」
After Baha finished speaking, it had Amu pick up the nearby 【Soul Sword】. Seeing this, Ailiyesi's eyes nearly burst. Just as he was trying to figure out whether to shout "Wait" or "Help"—
Pfft~!
The sword pierced Ailiyesi's chest. The next second, he disappeared, heading to the 「Soul King Hall.」
[You have completed the Commission Quest.]
[You have received the quest reward: Soul Grace (World-Class Equipment).]
**【Soul Grace】**
**Origin:** Soul Holy Temple
**Quality:** World-Class
**Category:** Ring
**Durability:** 150/150 points
**Equipment Requirements:** True Charm Attribute 350 points, Soul Strength 200 points or above
**Equipment Effect:** Perfect Soul (Core·Passive) — After wearing this equipment, each point of the wearer's Soul Strength increases True Charm Attribute by 1 point.
**Note:** This equipment can increase True Charm Attribute by up to 300 points.
**Description:** A powerful soul is the essence of charm.
**Rating:** 6000 points (World-Class equipment rating ranges from 10 to 6000 points).
Seeing this equipment's attributes, Su Xiao fell silent for a moment. This was an exceptionally strong piece of garbage equipment. Its strength lay in the fact that if he wore it, it could increase his True Charm Attribute by 300 points. For a single piece of equipment to have such an increase was already absurd to the extreme.
As for why it was garbage equipment—with his -27 Charm Attribute, it wasn't something that could be corrected by merely increasing Charm Attribute. The Charm Attribute disguised by 「Silver Moon Blade」 couldn't benefit from this increase; that was a disguise, not genuine Charm Attribute.
The good news was that he could sell this thing. If he encountered a soul-summoning buyer, even if they had to sell everything, they would buy this item. This was a divine artifact for soul summoners.
A dull thud sounded as the Law-Destroying Teleportation Array lit up beneath his feet. Su Xiao, Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baha disappeared, reappearing in the temporary residence in Twilight City.
Pushing open the secret chamber door, the inner hall's lights were on. Su Xiao sat down on a single sofa. Without even needing to perceive, he could detect the assassins lying in ambush outside the residence.
No wonder the old noble Augustus, that sly old fox, had sent Luciwa to Sacred Heart City in advance. On the surface, it was to have Luciwa deal with those madmen from the Gods' Cult. In reality, it was the opposite—using those madmen to tie up Luciwa. Because if Luciwa were here, he wouldn't allow the hunting group under his command to besiege Su Xiao.
The hunting group was, after all, a force of the Monarch faction. As Luciwa's superior, the old noble Augustus could naturally mobilize the hunting group. However, one thing was certain: none of the hunting group's core members had come this time. These were all Luciwa's confidants. Barring accidents, those dozen or so major leaders were being detained at the Vanguard Fortress to prevent them from informing Luciwa, who was far away in Sacred Heart City.
Besides the hunting group, all the elites of the City Guard, all the elites of the Military Police Corps, all the elites of the Public Security department, and the strongmen of the old nobles had all been mobilized this time. This was nearly half of Twilight City's strength, all deployed to besiege Su Xiao.
Facing such a faction, Su Xiao took out a communication device and dialed Augustus. A few seconds later, the connection went through. Both sides remained silent.
「The siege lineup I prepared—Black Bersa is commanding on-site. She told me using this lineup against you was too exaggerated. I don't think so. Against you, even if I mobilized more warriors, I would still feel vaguely uneasy.」
「That said, this situation now is the result we both anticipated. Farewell, Bai Ye.」
「I found a greatsword in the Dark Moon Nightmare.」
Hearing Su Xiao's words, even though the person on the other end was a scheming old fox, he couldn't help but pause in his breathing.
「Oh? Let me hear the name of this greatsword?」
「The Sun King's Blazing Sun Greatsword.」
After these words, the communicator was silent for a few more seconds before the voice spoke again: 「Bai Ye, I wish you a good dream tonight.」
「Oh.」
Su Xiao hung up the communication. Less than half a minute later, the hunting group, City Guard elites, Military Police Corps elites, and old noble strongmen who were about to charge forward all stopped. Among the retreating crowd, the Finance Minister Black Bersa, shrouded by the night, had an unpleasant expression.
In the inner hall, Su Xiao meditated for an hour before being interrupted by a knock. A middle-aged man with a face crisscrossed with scars, dressed in black, walked in. Without a word, he picked up a sword case and placed down a sealed 「Secret Approval,」 which was the quest item for 「Side Quest: Noble Leader.」
The middle-aged man in black turned and left. After he was gone, Su Xiao picked up the communication device beside him. This time, he only dialed briefly. Although it didn't connect, he knew the other party would come soon.
Why did the old noble Augustus value the 【Blazing Sun Greatsword】 so much? Was this old fellow truly loyal to the Blazing Sun Monarch? Not really. To outsiders, Augustus indeed appeared to be deathly loyal to the Monarch faction. In reality, what this old fellow truly cared about was the old noble faction.
As long as the 【Blazing Sun Greatsword】 was presented to the Blazing Sun Monarch, the old noble faction would subsequently suppress Black Bersa's newly risen powerful faction. No one understood better than Augustus that, beneath the old guards formed by the Sun Warriors, all the legions of Twilight City's inner and outer cities were vulnerable.
「This is the third promise.」
Xiao, dressed in gray-white feather robes, appeared. She had agreed to do three things for Su Xiao. The first was to kill the Dark Bishop Berheva. The second was to kill the Gods' Cult high-ranking members. Now came the third.
Xiao had actually arrived long ago. She still hadn't obtained the secret medicine to treat 「Nikaya Spore Plant Pregnancy Genetic Syndrome,」 the only way to save her daughter.
Having witnessed the siege just now, Xiao had already guessed who the third target was: Finance Minister Black Bersa. The two sides had reached the point of tearing apart all pretense. This person had to be eliminated quickly.
「Go kill Augustus for me. Don't do it tonight. Wait until he presents the Blazing Sun Greatsword in the central district and is on his way back.」
Hearing these words, Xiao's eyes showed suspicion. But then she realized how ruthless this move was. After tonight, Twilight City's high-ranking members would all know that the Law Destroyer Kukulin Bai Ye had brought back the 【Blazing Sun Greatsword】 and, under unknown conditions, handed it over to the old noble Augustus.
No matter how one looked at it, Su Xiao and Augustus were in a cooperative relationship. Moreover, the assassination that hadn't yet occurred was led by Black Bersa, with Augustus always hiding in the shadows. So the current situation was definitely an alliance between Su Xiao and Augustus against Black Bersa.
If Augustus were assassinated, Black Bersa would be the prime suspect. No, the word "suspect" couldn't even be used anymore. All old nobles would be certain that this matter must have been done by Black Bersa! It could only have been done by Black Bersa! Even if the truth were otherwise, as long as the old nobles were smart enough, they would cling tightly to this point, using every means to kill Black Bersa.
The reason was that the old noble leader Augustus was dead. The old nobles wouldn't shed half a tear for this old fellow's death, nor grieve for even half a second. But the old noble faction was led by Augustus, and the newly risen powerful faction was led by Black Bersa. With this mutual threat and balance broken, the old nobles had to use every means to kill Black Bersa, to restore the broken balance.
Otherwise, once Black Bersa recovered her strength, she would definitely eradicate the old noble faction. In that case, with the Blazing Sun Monarch not intervening, Black Bersa would become the controller of Twilight City.
Once Augustus was assassinated, Black Bersa would inevitably be besieged by the old nobles. With the Great Library turning a blind eye and pretending nothing happened, Su Xiao would have much more freedom to do what he wanted in Twilight City—for example, settling the score with the nun.
Wind Sea Continent, Beast Clan Main City: Eternal Ring City.
Dark purple mist settled between the buildings. This once bustling city was now dead silent, eerily quiet enough to make one's hair stand on end.
At the central district of Eternal Ring City, the World Tree that once stood here was broken. The remaining several-thousand-meter-high stump burned with raging flames. Looking around, the entire central district of Eternal Ring City was filled with the corpses of the Beast Clan. Blood gushed from the drainage holes of the inner city walls. This scene was like crushing the heart of Eternal Ring City—no, crushing the heart of the entire Beast Clan.
The World Tree crackled as it burned. Below these raging flames was a Madam with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a spider's abdomen and legs. Her nearly five-meter height didn't destroy her beautiful body proportions. But don't be fooled by her temperament and stunning beauty. It was she who had massacred the Beast Clan of Wind Sea Continent. Under the Supreme Peak's poisonous mist, Eternal Ring City had become a dead zone.
「You're the new king of the Beast Clan? Too weak. I promised someone that if I truly returned to Wind Sea for revenge, I would spare your life. I kept that promise just now. But since you insist on seeking death, don't blame me. The new king of the Beast Clan...」
As the Spider Madam spoke, she was single-handedly gripping the new Beast Clan king's throat, suspending him in midair, and squeezing his neck until it cracked. She seemed to be talking to herself, or perhaps confiding to the world's consciousness:
「I too once risked my life to protect the Wind Sea Realm from Abyss invasion. Together with Waltz, I resolved the enormous Abyss vortex in the Crystal Forest, nearly dying. Together with the Wolf God, I sealed the Abyss invasion. And together with the Wanderer, I ventured deep into the Dark Domain, sealing one Abyss hole after another, nearly dying along the way.」
The Spider Madam recalled scenes from the past, a smile involuntarily appearing in her eyes. But the next second, her long hair flew, and her aura grew increasingly cruel and violent.
「But! You... and the Sea Clan, you dared to betray me!! Lock me in that damn library that should be burned to ashes! Like a spider trapped in a box! No one, no one can tame my will. Now, I've finally returned.」
After saying this, the Spider Madam's hand grew dark purple outer armor. With a crack, she crushed the new Beast Clan king's neck with one hand. As blood splattered, a beast-head ring was absorbed into her palm.
The Spider Madam gradually clenched her right hand, squeezing the beast king ring in her hand until it cracked. Almost simultaneously, a massive black vortex appeared in the sky above.
Crack, crack!
The beast king ring cracked in the Spider Madam's hand. Reaching its limit, it shattered with a bang.
Boom!!
The black vortex in the sky shattered. The entire ground of Eternal Ring City trembled. Threads of darkness spread out. After a brief silence, black tentacles burst through the ground. Each tentacle stretched to the sky. The historically strongest million-meter-class aberrant beast of Wind Sea Continent broke free from its seal.