I can find treasures in my dreams.

A desolate wasteland of suffering.

Just as the Demon Saint had a premonition of danger.

It made a decisive decision to sever the supernatural link between the blood mist eyeball and the middle-aged white man.

Unfortunately it's too late.

The grayish-white mist suddenly dissipated.

The Holy Son saw a skull burning with gray flames, with two dark green lights flickering in its eye sockets.

According to its senses, the skull's power wasn't particularly strong, yet it gave it an extremely eerie feeling.

Especially the dark green light spots, just by looking at them, create the illusion that one's soul is about to be ignited.

It hadn't felt this way in a long time since it ascended to the status of a Venerable One.

It knew perfectly well that the skull must represent a very high level of supernatural power.

"You lowly ant, do you even deserve to look at me?"

A loud, disdainful voice echoed in the Holy Son's mind.

next moment.

The illusion became a real feeling.

"Ah~"

It immediately felt a sharp pain in its eyes and instantly lost its visual function.

The eyeballs were truly ignited.

This is not just physical pain, but pain that penetrates to the very soul, causing the soul to temporarily lose its perception of the outside world.

at the same time.

The Holy Son was still filled with horror.

I am a mid-level Venerable, yet I am regarded as a "lowly ant" by the skull. What level of power is this?

Its intuition told it that it was probably not at the demigod level.

But it is a far more terrifying level—the Ancient Gods.

The Holy Son activated a high-grade magical artifact for self-defense at top speed.

"Oh!"

Its little finger exploded into a bloody mist.

A blood pool, half illusory and half real, appeared out of thin air before my eyes.

The surface of the blood pool was like a mirror, and the image of the Holy Son immediately appeared in it.

next second.

A strange scene appeared.

The image within the blood pool miraculously transformed into the real Holy Son.

The holy son outside the blood pool turned into an illusory shadow.

This is clearly a powerful damage transfer technique.

The Holy Son was in the pool of blood when his vision returned, and the dual pain in his body and soul subsided.

Observing through the blood-red mirror, it saw the shadow's eyeballs burning like flames, and felt a sense of shame and anger at being fooled.

Damn enemy!
How dare you deceive me!

Since the damage can be transferred by the blood pool, it means that this is definitely not the power of the ancient god, so it was tricked by the enemy.

After a while.

The shadow disappeared.

The dark green flames then went out.

With a thought, the Holy Son separated his body from the blood pool.

The instant it came out.

Green flames shot out from both eyeballs, and the excruciating pain that pierced the soul returned once again.

"Ah~"

It let out an uncontrollable scream.

After half an hour.

The Holy Son was gripped by immense fear.

It unleashed more than a dozen secret techniques, including four types of blood sacrifices, and consumed tens of thousands of sacrifices, yet its eyeballs continued to burn.

The only good news is that the soul's perception has returned, which means it won't grow into a true blind person.

But this is not due to any secret method.

Instead, a portion of the curse power cast by the skull disappeared.

Enduring immense pain and frustration, the Holy Son made a decision—to abandon the pursuit of the enemy.

Because the enemy possesses terrifying power, continuing the investigation could lead to a very high risk of death.

But abandoning the investigation doesn't mean doing nothing.

*
Azure Star.

The Commonwealth of Carmenia.

The middle-aged white man embraced his young wife Sarah, concluding a pleasant post-dinner activity.

This was something he often fantasized about when he was young.

After they got married, his wife didn't like this approach and repeatedly rejected him. He thought he would never have the chance to achieve it in his lifetime.

Who knew that demons had invaded the Federation, and he had seized great power, even able to decide the life and death of ordinary people, thus fulfilling his youthful wish.

The middle-aged white man muttered to himself, "The demon kingdom isn't so bad after all!"

He reached out and patted his young wife on the back: "Sarah, get up."

Sarah obediently stood up, fine beads of sweat clinging to her fair neck.

She gazed at her husband with a pleading look, about to speak, when she suddenly noticed a look of pain on his face.

The middle-aged white man's skin quickly turned red, and within a single breath, it became blood red.

"Ouch~ It hurts so much~" The middle-aged white man stretched out a hand to his wife, seemingly seeking her help.

Sarah's first reaction was to quickly take two steps back.

This subconscious action indicates that she and her husband had a physical intimacy, but never truly established a psychological intimacy.

Sarah then realized that her husband was her support, and if something happened to him, her life would probably be very difficult.

She hesitated for a moment, then called out, "Alice, Ashley, come quick!"

The voice just fell.

Something terrible happened.

"Ah~"

The middle-aged white man let out an unprecedentedly loud wail as his skin melted like liquid, revealing bright red muscles underneath.

Sarah was so frightened that she fainted and fell straight to the ground with a dull thud.

The middle-aged white man's muscles continued to melt, followed by pale yellow fat, until only his internal organs and bones remained unchanged.

He did not die immediately; he fainted from the pain, only to be awakened by the pain again, repeating this cycle several times.

He breathed his last when the pain reached a critical point that caused his heart to stop.

Hundreds of kilometers away.

White Rock, the federal capital.

Yang Fan witnessed the middle-aged white man's ordeal from afar and couldn't help but click his tongue a few times: "How pitiful!"

This was naturally the Son's revenge.

This vicious secret technique is called the "Blood-Dissolving Curse," and it's not particularly advanced; any knight could cast it.

From this small detail, he instantly deduced one thing—the Holy Son was afraid.

The fact that the Holy Son only dared to retaliate against the middle-aged man's body but not his soul indicates that he was severely misled, to the point that he developed a deep psychological trauma.

Yang Fan's lips curved slightly: "It seems that the power of the ancient god's curse is much greater than I expected."

He wields the Ancient God's Netherflame and can manipulate minute amounts of the Ancient God's Curse.

Just now, he had hidden a bit of the source of the ancient god's curse (the Nether Spring) within the middle-aged man's soul.

The method is simple: envelop the ancient god's curse in ghostly flames.

When the Holy Son thought he had found a clue and was overjoyed, the ancient god's curse was then revealed to him.

Although with the Venerable One's strength, this extremely small curse is unlikely to kill the Holy Son, it can definitely cause him a lot of trouble.

Yang Fan stared at the middle-aged white man's corpse, a strange feeling stirring within him.

With the strength of a mid-level knight, to fight against a mid-level Venerable and frighten him into not daring to descend again, there are probably not many knights in the entire Primordial World who could do that.
at this time.

A glimmer of starlight suddenly appeared.

Wen Zehan, the controller of the satellite constellations, rang out: "Mr. Ghost, we have received an urgent message. Eduardo, the master of the Azure Palace, has contacted Great Xia through the Tower of Babel network."

"Mr. Eduardo expressed his willingness to surrender to Great Xia and the Pioneer Alliance in the name of the Federation leader, to help Great Xia end this war, and to completely drive the demons out of Azure Star."

Yang Fan was uncharacteristically stunned for a moment.

He instantly realized that Eduardo must have been greatly stimulated during the Advent ceremony, and finally had a change of heart and decided to do something to save hundreds of millions of federal civilians.

He never expected that this battle against the Demon Saint would yield such an unexpected gain.

Wen Zehan then asked, "Do you think Great Xia should agree to Eduardo's request?"

Yang Fan nodded without hesitation and said, "Of course I agree."

He paused for a moment and said, "This is indeed the perfect opportunity to end the Azik War. Even if Great Xia cannot completely eliminate the Gameni, it can still dismember them into several countries. At that time, the threat of demons to the Azure Civilization will be greatly reduced."

Wen Zehan agreed, "That's absolutely right!"

Yang Fan smiled again and said, "If I'm not mistaken, Eduardo must be very troubled about how to leave the Federation, right?"

Wen Zehan said with admiration, "Yes, Eduardo is surrounded by people from the demon faction, so he dares not act rashly. He hopes to get your help to go to a certain country in Nan Jingzhou as soon as possible."

Yang Fan said calmly, "Leave this problem to me. You can have Atinna's base prepare two live pigs."

Wen Zehan was stunned.

What does helping Eduardo leave the Galleni have to do with the two live pigs?

But he didn't press further, simply replying, "Understood!"

*
Thirty kilometers away from the altar of descent.

At this time, the altar had completely collapsed. The altar was located more than 200 meters underground. The reason for this depth was to avoid the detection of the Great Xia's advanced technology.

Those who have not yet escaped have almost zero chance of survival.

Including Eduardo, fewer than two hundred people managed to evacuate the altar in time, more than 80% of whom were the outer guards.

The Federation previously established a supply depot here to transport supplies and offerings to the altar.

Now that Eduardo has escaped from the altar, he is temporarily staying at the transit station.

As the leader of the Federation, he unceremoniously occupied the best suite in the transit station.

He also cited his injury and need for rest as reasons for closing his doors to visitors and refusing any visits.

"Om~"

The phone vibrated.

News has arrived from the Great Xia.

Ordinary citizens in the federal government are prohibited from using electronic devices such as cell phones, but almost everyone in the upper echelons of the federal government uses them, and nobody cares.

Honestly, this kind of behavior is really speechless.

Ordinary people have limited access to confidential information, so they have no chance to leak secrets.

The federal government possesses a wealth of secrets, yet it fails to prohibit them, thus leaking a large number of secrets to Great Xia.

Eduardo quickly picked it up and glanced at it, then paused in surprise.

Zhang Hehua changed her clothes and asked from the side, "What's wrong?"

Eduardo looked completely bewildered: "The Great Xia side replied that the Great Xia Ghost will help us leave, and the message tells us to go to the bathroom now and fill the bathtub with water."

Zhang Hehua was stunned.

Fill the bathtub with water? Is Da Xia sure he's not joking? (End of Chapter)