Lu Yuan didn't know.

Even if he did, there was nothing he could do.

He couldn't even pull out the Feather of Hundred-Eyed Dark Crow from inside his body and throw it away. He could only passively accept this "gift."

Compared to the high and mighty Ancient Evil Gods, he was currently not even on the level of an ant, with no right to resist.

The only good news was—

So far, all the Evil God Power Lu Yuan had used was implemented through his class panel.

These powers did not affect him, nor did they take root in his spirit or body.

In other words, Lu Yuan was not a believer of any of the Ancient Evil Gods. He was just a plain, simple... freeloader.

"The Feather of Hundred-Eyed Dark Crow will probably be consumed after unlocking the Legendary Level panel; it's not really a big issue..."

Lu Yuan's mood settled down again.

He continued to review the inherited memories he obtained from the axe, mainly the scenes when the Elephant God's Will invaded and devoured the entire Elephantman kingdom.

He couldn't know what instructions the Elephantman King received from the Elephant God's Will, but from the two instances of the Elephant God's Will descending, he could see that the Elephant God seemed... impatient?!

It was in a hurry to reap this world, desperately needing to devour the power contributed by faith and sacrifices.

"Looking at the development trend of the Elephantman tribe at that time, although the Elephantman tribe had almost completely conquered this land, the peak of Elephantman civilization was far from reached."

"It was still in a rising period and could become even more prosperous."

"The fruits on this tree were not mature yet."

"What made the Elephant God harvest prematurely...."

"A critical moment of breakthrough in power?"

"Or an imminent, enormous crisis?"

Lu Yuan attempted to deduce the real cause of the extinction of the Elephantman tribe by putting himself in their shoes.

His gaze unconsciously swept across the stone platform in front of him, wondering if he could find some clues from it.

The next second, he suddenly froze, looking at his empty palm with a blank expression.

Gone.

The grey-white axe he had just held in his hand had somehow disappeared without a trace.

"Damn it."

Lu Yuan was dumbfounded. How could such a big axe disappear all of a sudden?

"Even if it suddenly shattered when I accepted the inheritance, it should have left some fragments or something behind."

Not believing his eyes, Lu Yuan searched around and finally, on the palm of his right arm that had held the axe, he found a crimson mark of the Elephant God.

He tried to touch the mark with his Spiritual Power.

The next second, a powerful force surged from his palm, and blood light gathered.

The missing grey-white axe reappeared in his hand.

Suspicion immediately turned into surprise.

Lu Yuan tested it a few more times and found that this axe could only be summoned for use when he activated his Ming King's body. Normally, the mark in the palm of his hand would hide and disappear.

"This is quite convenient."

Previously, Lu Yuan was wondering how to take the giant axe out of the Secret Realm once this exploration was over.

After all, the giant axe was a weapon made for the Six-Armed Elephantman King. The Elephantman King was fifteen meters tall, and this axe was at least seven or eight meters long, almost the size of a truck. There was no place to hide it, let alone carry it.

Now, all these problems were easily resolved.

"It's good that it can't be lost. I can take my time with the mysterious blood on the axe."

Lu Yuan thought to himself, wielding the huge axe and slashing it forcefully forward.

The air in front of him was cut by a crimson blood line, rippling wave after wave.

This was the first time he had tried to use the axe after obtaining it. The power seemed not weak, but compared to the power it exerted when it was in the hands of the Elephantman King, it was far from enough.

"I need to stimulate the power of the mysterious blood on the axe..."

Lu Yuan pondered, and his liquid Spiritual Power slowly covered the great axe's body, bit by bit, seeping into the mysterious blood.

As soon as his Spiritual Power touched the blood...

BUZZ—

A silent, boundless sea of blood suddenly emerged in Lu Yuan's mind, with black Demon Mountains standing tall in the sea of blood, and countless flesh and corpses drifting within...

The world in front of him was also occupied by pure crimson, and a raging killing desire engulfed every cell in Lu Yuan.

"Kill!"

Lu Yuan's eyes turned crimson, and his body was filled with a thick, bloody mist and killing intent. His six arms held the axe, and he slashed it fiercely forward!

RUMBLE—

It was as if a blood-colored thunderbolt fell on the vast black desert, and a flash of crimson axe light shot out, sweeping forward.

Wherever it passed, the desert under the axe light collapsed rapidly downward; countless sand and stones were ground to dust, forming a sky-high sand wave in front of the axe light, with wild winds raging...

It was a scene of terrifying destruction!

When all the commotion subsided.

In front of Lu Yuan was a fan-shaped sand surface that had been shaved down by more than ten meters, stretching out for more than ten kilometers.

At the end of the desert, a towering wall of sand, nearly one hundred meters high, still stood...

Lu Yuan stared blankly at the destruction caused by his axe. Despite having personally experienced the power of the axe before, his mind was still shaken.

"It's even more terrifying than the two slashes the Elephantman King struck me with. Is it because my Spiritual Power is strong that I've extracted more power from the mysterious blood?"

Lu Yuan looked down at the great axe and saw that the mysterious blood on it was dull and no longer animated.

It was obvious that the previous strike had consumed too much of the mysterious blood's power. The axe had entered a "cooldown period," and a similar blow could not be performed again for a short time.

"It seems that this move can only be used as a trump card in the future. Otherwise, if the mysterious blood is consumed, I might completely lose a Legendary Level material..."

Lu Yuan mused, "But it seems that this blood can be replenished with other fresh blood. I'll try it when I have a chance in the future. If it works, I won't be afraid of consumption."

"But I must be careful not to become like the Elephantman King, indulging in killing, losing self-consciousness, and eventually becoming a puppet controlled by the giant axe...."

Now, whenever Lu Yuan closed his eyes, a vision of the Sea of Blood and Demon Mountain involuntarily appeared in his mind.

As well as that feeling of being controlled by a pure desire to kill.

"Powerful, wonderful... but it's also horrifying."

"Only when I can dominate the Demon Mountain and overlook the Sea of Blood can I truly control this power...."

Lu Yuan slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, then withdrew from the state of the Ming King's body.

He checked the panel. There was nothing much to say about the [Elephant God. Ming King Stance (Supernatural)]; Lu Yuan was mainly looking at the [Martial Arts Master (Supernatural)] panel.

The Martial Arts Master had already leveled up to lv7 earlier. After defeating the Elephantman King and that Supernova of ordinary strength, a reckless hothead who kept trying to force his way into the battle, his class experience had skyrocketed again, and he was once again not far from the next level.

Lu Yuan currently had 5 attribute points and 3 skill points left.

"After I go back this time, my strength can be upgraded again...."

Lu Yuan thought, and his gaze inadvertently swept to the remaining several class panels.

Then, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the [Student] and [Ancient Languages Expert] panels had finally completely merged.

"And the new profession after the merger... was quite a surprise to him."

「 」

In the vast emptiness of the black plain, the Yellow Bear and the Egersis exploration teams were silently sprinting.

Despite almost every member of the team having their collectors displaying a near-full state, reflecting the rich final harvest of this exploration, the atmosphere of both teams was still quite oppressive; nobody spoke.

It was a collective aftereffect. They were still deeply immersed in the profound shock, not yet having recovered.

Yin Muqing's lips were tightly pursed at this moment, her face expressionless.

Seemingly unaffected on the outside, in reality, as soon as she closed her eyes even slightly, the fearsome figure—cold, domineering, majestic, like an immortal Demon Mountain—sprang into her mind.

Yin Muqing looked to the side and saw that Koyle and Xilin were in much the same state.

Xilin in particular.

This genius, who was considered a national treasure of Atesdan and had just advanced to the Fourth Rank with a good chance of breaking into the top forty of the Supernova leaderboard, still looked completely dispirited.

Gone were his usual arrogance and high spirits.

Yin Muqing didn't know what terrible things he had been through in the huge black tornado.

But she could see that the blow Xilin had received was immense, truly immense.

So much so that his newly advanced Fourth Rank Spiritual Power was showing signs of disintegration.

Unbeknownst to everyone, both teams arrived at the entrance to the Secret Realm.

Yin Muqing halted her team and looked at the Egersis on the opposite side, just as Koyle was also looking at her.

As their gazes met, Yin Muqing saw a momentary flash of deep complexity on Koyle's face before he turned away, whispered a few words, and quickly left the Secret Realm with his entire team.

Yin Muqing sighed slightly in her heart, suppressing the tumultuous thoughts in her mind, and began to count her team members.

Due to the emergence of the Evil God's treasure, in some sense, this exploration of the Secret Realm had been quite smooth.

None of the Flying Bear Generals who accompanied her on this journey had suffered any casualties.

The only reckless youth, who had been captured and disappeared by an Ancient Evil God creature, had actually returned on his own.

Even Yin Muqing was surprised when she got this news.

She glanced instinctively at the young Flying Bear named Lu Yuan, who at this moment was being thanked by the Flying Bear he had "sacrificed his life to save."

However, his expression seemed a bit unnatural, probably because he'd just had a brush with death and gotten a good scare.

Yin Muqing couldn't help but find it funny.

For an instant, Yin Muqing suddenly felt a strange sense of familiarity and a subtle stirring of emotion from this young Flying Bear named Lu Yuan.

But she didn't dwell on it; she only thought it was because his resume and the strange experiences of this exploration had left a deep impression on her.

What she needed to do now was to return as soon as possible and report the incidents she experienced in this Elephant God Secret Realm in detail.

The Secret Realm that opened this time was quite valuable, and it was necessary to continue to increase the stakes and compete with Havel.

With these thoughts in mind, Yin Muqing quickly issued the order to retreat and hurriedly left the Secret Realm with her team.

「 」

"A third of what I got from this exploration is for you..."

Lu Yuan started to say it wasn't necessary, but the Flying Bear who spoke to him had already waved his hand, turned around, and walked away briskly, in a manner that brooked no refusal.

Lu Yuan looked at the man's rapidly departing figure, shaking his head helplessly.

After they handed over their collectors, the Yellow Bear Exploration Team at the Elephant God Secret Realm disbanded on the spot at the entrance of the Secret Realm.

Lu Yuan was wondering if he should call Xiao Rui or someone else to come pick him up with a Fly Shuttle when he turned around and met Han Xun's gaze.

"Do you want to go with me?"

Han Xun looked at him and asked in a calm voice, but his expression seemed a bit strange, with an indescribable oddness.

Several thoughts crossed Lu Yuan's mind, his eyes flickered a few times, and then he smiled and nodded in agreement.

"Alright."

「Ten minutes later, on Han Xun's private Fly Shuttle.」

Lu Yuan sat by the window, looking at the scenery speeding by underneath. A glass of orange juice was in front of him, and his posture was slightly relaxed.

At this time, Han Xun walked over and sat down in front of him.

"Han."

Lu Yuan smiled and greeted him, picked up the glass of orange juice in front of him, and was about to take a sip.

Just then, Han Xun, sitting opposite him, suddenly stared into his eyes and blurted out, "The mysterious Elephantman who killed the Elephantman King and defeated Xilin in the Secret Realm was you, wasn't it?"

The hand holding the orange juice froze, and Lu Yuan tensed up slightly.

But he resumed his normal demeanor in just an instant.

Lu Yuan put down the glass in his hand with a calm expression and was about to speak, but Han Xun had already shaken his head and said, "You don't need to explain; I already have a good idea.

Actually, when we were in the Lament Ruins, I had a hunch that you are the Modern Demon Blade.

But I didn't expect...."

Han Xun paused, looked at Lu Yuan with a complex expression, and sighed, "This Demon Blade of yours... is so powerful!"

"Uh...."

Lu Yuan was startled by these words.

"Demon Blade?!"

"What Demon Blade?"

He didn't quite understand what Han Xun meant.

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