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Published: March 2, 2025
“Are you kidding me?” Facing the deal proposed by the spirit of the demon lord, Wen Yu almost burst out laughing.
One clone for the life of the cyclops…
Putting aside whether it was worth it, just the idea of adhering to the enemy's terms was foolish enough.
However…
“That's right, I am just messing with you!”
On the other end, the spirit of the demon lord's tone suddenly calmed down.
He didn't hide his malicious intent to toy with Wen Yu…
Wen Yu, on the other hand, remained silent while once again activating the soul connection, trying to communicate, even pulling back his second soul—the cyclops.
But it was all in vain.
The cyclops had lost its connection with Wen Yu, and the soul realm space showed no reaction—things had developed to this extent over ten minutes ago, and now, Wen Yu didn't even know whether the cyclops was dead or alive!
Until the spirit of the demon lord spoke up again.
“The profession of soul master… is quite rare, really quite rare.”
“But I've lived for far too long, so long that I’ve existed since the emergence of the occupational system. I’ve hidden behind humans, coldly observing the destruction of one world after another, witnessing the birth of one strong individual after another.”
“I remember that your soul armament is the Heartbeat and the Frenzied Song, right?”
Faced with the spirit of the demon lord's inquiry, Wen Yu remained silent.
“This is a relic left behind by a soul master of Sequence One from a certain world. Of course, let’s not mention the strength of these two weapons and the power of that Sequence One. I say this just to illustrate a fact.”
“There have been many soul masters, both strong and weak. You, as the strongest on Earth, and having seen so many soul masters, you can't possibly think I don’t have ways to deal with you, can you?”
Deal with you…
From the moment the Demon Realm Flower bloomed, the spirit of the demon lord's fundamental purpose was to eliminate Wen Yu—the swords and guns were already drawn, and it was no surprise for the spirit of the demon lord to come after the cyclops…
“Also, Wen Yu, now I really want to ask you—are you truly ready to face me, and even our determination?”
At this moment, the spirit of the demon lord's tone was calm and indifferent, as if he was chatting casually with Wen Yu, simply sharing his “philosophy of life.”
And Wen Yu remained silent.
“Wen Yu, you've lived too smoothly, really too smoothly… Since the beginning of the apocalypse, you've always sailed through smoothly. Although you've faced minor calamities, you haven't encountered any major life-and-death crises. Look at your spirit pets—from the cyclops to Star, to Faceless, and to Victor. Except for Faceless, the strength of the remaining three spirit pets has completely fallen out of sync with you. On one hand, this shows your rapid growth in strength, but on the other hand, it proves that you've lived far too smoothly…”
“Even smoothly enough that your first spirit pet could accompany you for a long time.”
“Ha ha ha ha…”
The spirit of the demon lord chuckled.
“This just won’t do…”
“Now, let me give you a lesson.”
“Remember my words!”
“Clearly wanting to take away someone else's life, yet not being prepared for death…”
“And without the awareness of death, how can one wield the knife?”
“Facing me, facing us, facing the demonic clan I lead, you can only have the awareness of death to have the right to pull the trigger!”
“If you want to win, you must bear the cost!!”
“Remember, the cyclops is just the beginning…”
As soon as he finished speaking, the spirit of the demon lord abruptly cut off the connection.
And Wen Yu was left pale, a bad premonition gradually rising in his heart.
…
Seventeen minutes earlier.
“Where do you think you’re running?”
On the ground, the corpse of the first clone that was devoured by the cyclops was still warm, and the other clone responsible for intercepting the cyclops immediately fled in panic upon seeing this. The cyclops let out a roar, quickly observed the other battle situations, and then pursued after it.