Chapter 862: The Location of the Eighth Ruins
"Waaaaah..."
The miniature sea god let out a shrill scream. Countless tiny tentacles lashed out wildly, clinging tightly to Mr. Duan's cane in an attempt to pull it out.
It stared at Mr. Duan with eyes full of pain and confusion, and let out a pleading whimper.
No matter how much the mini Poseidon begged and struggled, Mr. Duan remained unmoved.
He held his cane in one hand, looking down at the monster from his elevated position.
"Stop struggling."
Mr. Duan spoke in a calm tone.
"You were originally a vessel I created; now, you are simply returning to your rightful owner."
As soon as he finished speaking, the pigeon-blood ruby on the staff burst forth with a scarlet light. A devouring force surged into the miniature sea god's body along the staff.
"Hiss hiss hiss—"
The screams of the miniature sea god grew weaker and weaker.
Visibly, its plump flesh began to shrink rapidly, and the immense primordial power within its body was being continuously drawn away and absorbed by Mr. Duan.
The red-haired burly man and the others tried to step forward to stop him, but the aura emanating from Mr. Duan pressed down on their shoulders like a mountain, pinning them firmly to the spot, unable to move.
They could only watch helplessly as this unfolded.
Until the miniature sea god's body completely dried up and flattened, finally turning into a lifeless shell, lying helplessly on the ground.
"Smack."
Mr. Duan pulled out his cane.
The unsupported body turned to ashes and vanished completely when blown away by the wind.
Mr. Duan closed his eyes and took a deep breath. The surrounding space distorted slightly due to the surge of power within him, and a powerful aura swept outwards in all directions.
The flowers, plants, and trees in the courtyard withered instantly under the oppressive force, and the koi in the pond turned belly up.
A few seconds later, he calmed his breathing and reopened his eyes.
After doing all this, Mr. Duan slowly took out a clean white handkerchief and wiped the bottom of his cane.
He turned his head and looked at Old Master Mo in the pavilion.
"Since you don't welcome me, then I'll take my leave."
Mr. Duan smiled slightly and casually tossed the soiled handkerchief into the wind.
Old Master Mo stared intently at him, his face full of astonishment.
He had assumed that after Mr. Duan absorbed the Sea God's essence, he would conveniently erase these remnant souls as well.
"You're not planning to kill me?" Old Mo couldn't help but ask, his voice filled with wariness and confusion.
The red-haired burly man and the others held their breath, staring intently at Mr. Duan.
Mr. Duan stopped and turned around.
He looked at Old Master Mo as if he had heard a joke.
"Kill you?"
Mr. Duan chuckled and asked in return.
"Mr. Mo, are you perhaps misunderstanding something?"
He leaned on his cane and walked step by step into the void, as if there were invisible steps beneath his feet.
"Since I'm going to kill you, why would I go to all this trouble to revive you in this state?"
Mr. Duan looked down, his tone unreadable.
"I just wanted to see an old friend."
"It's that simple."
After saying that, Mr. Duan did not linger.
He turned around, his figure gradually becoming ethereal and merging into the surrounding air.
"I hope you'll change your mind when we meet again."
His last whisper echoed in the void.
Then, his figure vanished completely. Only Elder Mo and the others remained standing in the courtyard that had appeared out of nowhere, facing the deathly silence, unable to recover for a long time.
The abyssal dragon, Little Black, broke through the gloomy clouds and sped across the high Atlantic Ocean.
The gale was kept out by the Dragon's Might Barrier, emitting a muffled roar.
Zhou Huai sat cross-legged on the broad back of the dragon. His dark red Abyss Blood Armor had been removed, but the residual pressure from slaying the quasi-god-level monster still remained.
Suddenly, Zhou Huai raised an eyebrow and let out a very soft "Eh".
Chun, not far away, was resting with her eyes closed.
Hearing the noise, she opened her eyes and looked at Zhou Huai.
"What's wrong?",
She asked softly, her voice sounding somewhat faint in the wind.
"It's nothing." Zhou Huai shook his head, but a slight smile appeared on his lips.
Only he knew that the system notification sound that had just rang in his mind was nothing short of a celebration.
Just now, the system voice sounded out without warning—
【Settlement complete!】
【Congratulations, host, you have received a reward of 10,000,000,000 (billion) merit points!】
【Congratulations, host, you have received an extra rare drop: Guaranteed SSS-grade Pro Ball x1!】
Zhou Huai's breathing was slightly sluggish, but he quickly calmed down.
One billion merit points!
Plus a guaranteed SSS-level professional ball!
This is like a windfall.
Zhou Huai quickly began to make plans.
Poseidon clearly severed its tail to survive, leaving only an empty shell that was devoured by the Zerg, while its core essence had obviously escaped.
But now the system is indicating that Poseidon is completely dead.
The answer is obvious—the escaped sea god is dead.
At this critical juncture, who else but Mr. Duan, who has just escaped his predicament, could silently obliterate the essence of the Sea God?
He must have intercepted the core essence of the sea god and completely devoured it.
Interestingly, the judgment mechanism of the Heavenly Dao System seems to have a loophole.
The main body of the Sea God was severed by Zhou Huai and fed to the insect swarm; he was also the one who quelled the calamities of the present world. Therefore, when Mr. Duan crushed the last bit ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) of the Sea God's essence, the system directly attributed the kill to Zhou Huai, who had dealt 99% of the damage!
"Mr. Duan, Mr. Duan, the scheme you painstakingly set up has, in the end, turned you into my employee."
Zhou Huai sneered inwardly.
Although Mr. Duan may have absorbed the power of the Sea God, completed his higher-dimensional divine status, and become even more unfathomable in strength.
But I definitely won't lose out this time.
Gaining 1 billion merit points for free is enough to give all your clones a collective boost, not to mention the guaranteed SSS-level ball.
This means that he will have another top-tier clone with incredible combat power.
In this countdown that concerns the very survival of our world, every bit of strength we gain gives us more confidence to overturn the table.
However, Zhou Huai was not in a hurry to draw an SSS-level profession.
Mr. Duan is out of danger.
No one can fathom just how powerful this old madman has become.
He might catch up with us soon.
Before ensuring safety.
It's not the time to open blind boxes.
Moreover, we need to find a safe place that can shield us from spatial rules, and also create a tragic backstory for him, in order to maximize the efficiency of the clone.
Staying vigilant is the only truth that comes with longevity.
Just then, Chun, who had been holding the withered wooden cane and sensing with her eyes closed, suddenly opened her eyes.
"A message has arrived from Anubis—"
"Um?"
Zhou Huai raised an eyebrow at Chun.
Is this guy a human signal tower?
How come I receive all sorts of messages?
"What did he say about his old scheme? That he found the eighth ruin?"
Chun nodded.
"Found it!"
Zhou Huai's eyes narrowed, and he dropped his nonchalant demeanor.
According to the information revealed by Elder Mo and Anubis, the Eighth World was an extremely special era. It was an ancient battlefield where more than ten SSS-level powerhouses, with their peak stats at max level, attempted to join forces to kill Mr. Duan, but were completely wiped out by a world-destroying tribulation from the Heavenly Dao!
Mr. Duan considered that place taboo and sealed off the higher-dimensional coordinates in advance.
"How did Anubis uncover it?"
Chun shook her head: "I have no idea about the Grim Reaper's methods."
Where is that place?
“In the far north,” Chun replied.
"Beneath the glacial fault line in the far north—there lies an abyssal prison known as the 'Throne of Despair.' Mr. Duan not only sealed the space there but also erected a barrier using the remnants of the Heavenly Dao's laws of destruction."