"The truth I've been seeking might be hidden in the scarlet light pillar that appeared before… The full picture of the Power of Elephant God… The reasons why all the Elephantmen in this Elephant God Secret Realm are asleep, decaying…"

Lu Yuan's eyes flickered as thoughts surfaced in his mind.

But soon, he refocused, turning his attention back to himself.

He didn't know how long his slaughter had lasted.

Checking his status now, although he had an inkling, he was still reeling from the tremendous growth he experienced.

[Elephant God.Ming King (Extraordinary)]: 98%!

Only the final two percent remained until the next stage of evolution.

The blood sphere within him, originally the size of two fists, had swelled to nearly the size of a human head.

Heaven knows how much Flesh and Blood Essence of Ancient Evil God creatures he had absorbed.

His five viscera and six bowels were glowing, and thunderous sounds rumbled between his flesh and bones, as if mysterious patterns were about to emerge.

Reflected on his attributes panel—

[Strength: 28 (Break the Limit 1)]

[Agility: 28 (Break the Limit 1)]

[Physique: 29 (Break the Limit 1)]

[Intelligence: 31 (Break the Limit 2)]

His Strength increased by 1 point, Agility by 2 points, Physique by 1 point, and even his Intelligence inexplicably rose by 1 point.

Is it because of the Sea of Blood and Demon Mountain dream?

Lu Yuan didn't know. He only knew that he was very close to having all four of his Basic Attributes break the limit for the second time.

Closer than he had anticipated.

Because... his [Martial Arts Master (Extraordinary)] profession had already been promoted to Lv. 7!

A straight increase of three levels.

The accumulated attribute points and skill points had both reached a massive total of 5. Even the profession's basic skills on the panel—

[Grandmaster Domain] and [Grandmaster Universe Qi]—were all upgraded to Lv. 4!

The [Grandmaster Dharma], which he had spent two skill points to upgrade before, had instead become the lowest-level one.

My trump card was outclassed without even being played… Lu Yuan grumbled, but his heart was filled with joy.

He could already see the first Core Skill of [Martial Arts Master (Extraordinary)] manifesting, ready to be unlocked with skill points at any time.

Two skill points to level up once?

Lu Yuan blinked, not too surprised.

After investing two skill points, a new skill immediately appeared before him—

[Three Flowers]!

「…」

CRACK—

The silver-white ultra-alloy long knife let out a mournful cry as it buckled under the unbearable burden, snapping in two.

Yin Muqing, spitting blood like a kite with a severed string, stumbled backward continuously, her feet seeming to tread on air.

Her face was ashen, revealing deep shock and horror.

Too terrifying! The power of that Evil God artifact!

Yin Muqing's eyes were glued to the terrifying giant axe held high by a three-headed, six-armed Elephantman figure in the distance.

On the grayish-white, bone-like body of the axe, a scarlet, blood-like orb rolled, continuously emitting a soul-shaking, horrifying power.

A single encounter.

Just one single encounter.

She wasn't even bearing the brunt of that axe light, as she was standing relatively far away. Yet, her battle knife shattered, the two Star Caves within her dimmed, and her entire body showed signs of cracking.

Yin Muqing looked at the other two on the field.

The two Supernova Members from the Egersis side were in a similarly terrible state.

Among the three of them, the strongest, Xilin—nicknamed Beast and ranked sixty-sixth on the Supernova list—currently had four brilliant points of light rapidly circling his body. This was a sign of his Star Cave power being pushed to its absolute limit.

He had been at the very front, directly facing that scarlet axe light.

He had likely unleashed his full power immediately upon confrontation, revealing all his trump cards.

Third-order Spiritual Power. This guy has indeed opened four Star Caves…

Even so, Xilin's expression was extremely grim. A massive gash on his lower abdomen had nearly sliced him in two, and he was continuously vomiting blood.

This isn't an opponent the three of us can handle. We need at least fourth-order combat power, or a top-ranked expert who has comprehended a trace of the Life Star Chart's power to deal with this…

A flicker of hesitation crossed Yin Muqing's eyes, and a clear intention to retreat began to form on her face.

The Evil God artifact was in the Secret Realm; it wouldn't grow legs and run away.

Since Havel's people couldn't get it either, it would be better to return quickly and gather stronger forces.

Everyone misjudged this. There's actually a hidden artifact in this sub-legendary level Elephant God Secret Realm. If we can get our hands on it, the reward might be even greater than the highly mobilized Ash Mountain expedition.

As Yin Muqing rapidly considered her options, her gaze inadvertently swept across the distance. She suddenly noticed Koyle, the other Supernova Member from Havel's side, already helping the heavily injured Xilin up, seemingly also planning to retreat.

However, at this very moment, the Elephantman King who had just unleashed that terrifying axe suddenly roared and began to actively pursue them, wielding its giant axe.

The fifteen-meter-tall, three-headed, six-armed Elephantman King, like a colossal mountain, moved with terrifying speed. Each step it took made the ground BOOM, as if the entire black desert was quaking and shaking.

The expressions of Yin Muqing and the other two changed drastically. Without any further hesitation, they turned and fled.

The Elephantman King itself was already formidable, at least at the high-tier of the third order, and it also wielded that terrifying Evil God artifact.

The three of them didn't dare to pause for even a moment, fearing that the slightest delay would result in them being cleaved in two by the pursuing blood-red axe light in the next second.

One pursued, three fled, rapidly rushing towards the edge of the black desert.

Yin Muqing had already pushed her speed to the absolute limit, desperately drawing upon the power of the two Star Caves within her.

It was clear that Xilin and Koyle, not far away, were doing the same; the radiance emanating from their bodies was almost overflowing.

As Yin Muqing gritted her teeth and fled desperately, she suddenly received a series of urgent communication signals in her mind.

She tapped it open. The voice from the signal was intermittent due to the strong Evil Energy Fluctuations in the surroundings.

"Mistress… be careful…"

"Extremely powerful… Six-Armed Elephant Man… approaching… your location…"

A Six-Armed Elephant Man… is approaching me?

Yin Muqing irritably cut off the signal.

Do I even need you to remind me? The Elephantman King is right on my tail!

Wait!

Yin Muqing's expression suddenly froze as a realization struck her.

Her Flying Bear subordinate wasn't warning her about the Elephantman King currently chasing her, but another Six-Armed Elephant Man!

There's a second three-headed, six-armed Elephantman King in this Elephant God Secret Realm!

Instantly, a series of images from the stone carvings she had previously collected from the Stone Pestle flashed through Yin Muqing's mind—

The contention between the old and new Elephantman Kings… Two three-headed, six-armed Elephantmen battling… The Elephant God's commendation…

In the next breath, an immense and terrifying aura had already appeared within Yin Muqing's spiritual perception.

Following that, a colossal figure with three heads and six arms, its body as dark as a Demon Mountain and covered in blood-red lines, materialized in her vision. It was hurtling towards them like an oversized black meteor.

Its terrifying presence stirred up roiling waves of sand and dust and numerous hurricane-like tornadoes wherever it passed.

Before Yin Muqing and the other two could react, they felt the Elephantman King chasing them suddenly let out an earth-shattering roar, as if provoked.

Then, an aura, more than ten times more terrifying than when the Elephantman King had attacked them earlier, erupted from behind the three of them.

Enveloped by this killing intent, Yin Muqing and her companions felt a chill shoot up from their tailbones to the crowns of their heads; their very marrow seemed to freeze.

They instinctively halted, then saw a crimson axe light, tens of meters long and almost solidified, whistle past right between them.

The moment this axe light brushed past them, their thoughts seemed to stagnate.

The fierce wind stirred by the axe light whipped their hair wildly, yet they could hear no sound in the world around them. Time seemed to stretch infinitely at this moment.

Yin Muqing watched, wide-eyed, as the terrifying axe light—capable of cleaving through her as easily as a hot knife through butter—zoomed forward. Finally, with a deafening BOOM, it violently collided with the second three-headed, six-armed Elephantman charging from the opposite direction.

Everything in her vision was consumed by pure, scarlet light.

In a daze, Yin Muqing thought she heard someone whisper in a low, hoarse voice.

"Three Flowers."

「…」

"Uh..."

The Flying Bear Generals who had followed Yin Muqing's footsteps deep into the black plain stared blankly at the surging crimson light before them, which seemed like an exploding sea of blood.

They momentarily forgot how to think, their minds filled with nothing but the profound shock caused by the scene.

Among the crowd, a man with an iceberg-like demeanor was repeatedly checking a flashing light point on his communicator's positioning map, then looking at the incomparably shocking scene before him. His face gradually filled with utter astonishment, confusion, and disbelief.

Lu... Lu Yuan's position... How can it show him right in front of me?

「…」

A ripple of crimson light spread rapidly.

Then came an invisible shockwave, visible to the naked eye.

This was followed by the plain collapsing outward in concentric rings.

After several rounds of aftershocks dissipated, the scene became clear.

On the vast black plain, an area with a diameter of at least tens of kilometers, the originally hard, flat ground had vanished. In its place was a dense sea of black sand.

To be precise, it was a gigantic sandpit.

The entire sandpit sank tens of meters deep, shaped like a funnel, deepening progressively from the outer edges toward the center.

The terrifying aftershocks continued to spread outward along the ground, causing it to vibrate constantly. However, the dense black fog that had once enveloped the black plain was completely swept away.

Yin Muqing, her two Supernova Members, the Yellow Bear Flying Bear Generals, and Havel's Egersis Organization—everyone strained to see what was happening at the very center of the sandpit.

WHOOSH—

WHOOSH—

Long, deep breaths stirred the air, creating a howling gale above the sandpit.

Everyone's gaze gradually shifted downward, eventually fixing on a particular spot.

Then, they all fell into a momentary daze.

At the very bottom of the sandpit, two figures stood motionless.

One figure was the Elephantman King.

The Elephantman King gripped its giant axe with all six arms, its muscles bulging and taut. Its three red eyes were wide open, and its ferocious expression showed its intent to bring the axe down with all its might.

However, the giant axe in its hands remained stubbornly stuck in place, unmoving.

An Elephantman of similar build, also possessing three heads and six arms, stood before it. This one, however, had a large, alluring, flower-like tattoo emblazoned on its chest.

This Elephantman was currently using its own six arms to clamp the Elephantman King's axe tightly between its palms.

Roughly half of the giant axe had sunk into the juncture of this Elephantman's head and left shoulder, near the neck. Dark red blood flowed down, dripping onto the pale surface of the axe.

Yet, the Elephantman, half-kneeling on the ground, seemed to feel no pain at all. Instead, it was smiling.

Everyone was stunned, still not having recovered from the scene before them, when they seemed to hear someone speak softly across the desolate plain.

"You've had your turn… Now, it's mine."

Then…

The Elephantman with the flower on its chest…

Slowly, bit by bit, began to rise, pushing against the Elephantman King's giant axe.

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