Full health is the kill threshold, no matter if you're a god or a demon!

Just moments ago he was an unfathomable Void Guardian, a level 999 powerhouse, and now he's openly soliciting bribes?!

"What are you standing there for?" the creature urged. "Is this your first time illegally crossing the border? Don't you know the rules?"

Liu Nian took a deep breath, trying to process this turning point.

"Um... I've been stripped naked, I don't have anything on me..." Liu Nian said honestly.

"Didn't bring it?" The creature's tone rose a few decibels. "Alright, alright, I'll let it slide the first time. Here's the deal: next time you come, bring me three level 299 legendary creatures, ten legendary skill books, and ten barrels of dragon blood wine! Got it?"

"Next time?"

"Of course! Do you dare say it's just this once, and you'll never come again?"

Liu Nian thought to himself, "Of course that's impossible."

However, since the other party was willing to let him go, Liu Nian naturally wouldn't refuse.

Moreover, this seems to be a way to make contact with the other party.

This is a level 999 expert! I'm sure I'll find this useful in the future!

"Alright! I'll bring it as soon as possible!" Liu Nian said.

"Hmm!" The Void Guardian nodded, but then suddenly changed his tone, "But the rules still apply—now that I've caught you, punishment is inevitable!"

Liu Nian tentatively asked, "What kind of punishment?"

The creature said, "Now you only have experience points and attribute points left. So tell me, how much will you be fined?"

Liu Nian thought to himself, "Is there any room for bargaining here?"

He asked cautiously, "Level 1?"

The creature's eyes instantly turned cold—

"Level 1?" the creature sneered. "Are you trying to fob us off like beggars? We, a dignified level 999 being, have chased you for ages, and you only give us level 1?"

Liu Nian: "...Then how much will you say?"

The creature extended two fingers—only then did Liu Nian notice that it actually had fingers.

Level 20.

"That's too ruthless!" Liu Nian blurted out.

"Then let's go for level 15, plus five extra level 299 legendary creatures!"

"Could we replace them all with legendary creatures?"

"That won't do! The punishment should be at least level 10!"

"How about I use my life points as collateral? 100 million per level!"

"Heh, are you kidding me?"

"Then how much will you say?"

"At least 150 million!"

"Deal!!" Liu Niansheng was afraid the other party would back out.

So after paying out 3000 million life points, the opponent symbolically deducted 1 level from him.

As for those few health points, Liu Nian easily recovered them...

But how will he bring his things in next time he comes in?

He asked the other party a question, and the Void Guardian casually tossed a grayish-white token in front of Liu Nian.

"The Leaf of the Spirit Realm," it said, "can be used to store things. Inanimate objects can be retrieved by consuming only a small amount of experience points. Living objects require consuming permanent attributes—health, attack, armor, etc.—you can choose!"

Liu Nian took the token; it felt cool to the touch, and then quickly merged into his body.

"Remember this," the creature instructed, "next time you come, bring everything you need. Otherwise—your level will be reset to zero! And your talents will be erased!"

Liu Nian's heart skipped a beat: "Definitely!"

Can talent be stripped away?

Very likely...

Because when that creature extracted his life points and experience points, it extracted them directly from his body!

The creature patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction—the touch was strange, like being touched by a cloud of mist.

"Alright, you can go back now!"

"Can't I turn around a little longer?"

"What are you spinning around for?! Don't think I don't know you're trying to use this opportunity to go to other worlds! Not this time! Next time, make sure you have everything you need!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Nian felt his body suddenly sink and begin to fall.

Dots of light flashed past him, one, two, ten, a hundred—

Then, he rammed into one of them.

When he opened his eyes again, he was back in the mist of that island.

Liu Nian was helpless.

They caught him and he was deported...

It feels a bit like being caught illegally crossing borders, being extorted for benefits, and then being deported back to your home country...

That makes sense. If anyone could use the power of the World Tree to travel between different worlds on their own, wouldn't that be chaos?

However, he did gain something from this trip... At least he learned a huge secret about the Boundary Tree, and although he was extorted, he made contact with these guys and made some connections. He might need them in the future...

Although he was forced to return in a sorry state, Liu Nian did not intend to go back to the Realm of Abyss with Devourer of the Sun. He needed to add a few local friends to provide coordinates for the Breakers. Otherwise, would he have to force his way in every time he came here?

He first activated the Boundary Breaker, returned to his original form, then teleported back again. After dropping a goblin coordinate locator into a crevice in the rocks, he said to the Sun Eater, "Let's go, let's go for a walk!"

The two rode the little fire dragon, left the misty island, and flew deeper into the realm of sin.

It was already past sunset, and the sky was covered with dark clouds, making the light terrifyingly dim. Only the occasional flash of lightning illuminated the blood-red sea.

"Looks like it's going to rain!" The eyes of the Sun Eater reflected a faint green light in the darkness.

"Then let's switch to the Giant!" Liu Nian put away the little fire dragon and summoned the Giant.

He wasn't afraid of getting wet in the rain or anything, but he suddenly remembered that the Megatron had the ability to detect echoes, which was much better than them riding dragons aimlessly around in the sky.

The two entered the giant's body, where the environment was much better than before.

As two outsiders, they had no map or any information about the place, so they could only randomly choose a direction to move forward.

There aren't many monsters in the ocean here, perhaps because the red seawater is poisonous.

The giant swimmer kept swimming in one direction, so the two of them simply took a nap inside its belly.

After sleeping for about three hours, the giant suddenly woke Liu Nian up.

The giant's voice was panicked. When Liu Nian opened his eyes, he realized that they had left the red sea area sometime during the day, and the surrounding seawater was now dark brown.

The behemoth was caught in a giant net!

"What happened? How did you end up walking into the net?" Liu Nian asked curiously.

This is a bit strange.

First of all, given its enormous size, it's incredible that it could even get caught in a net...

Secondly, the giant has powerful detection capabilities, so how could it not have detected the net here?

Moreover, this is in the middle of the ocean; where there are nets, there must be people and ships casting them.

So, the behemoth didn't even find the ship?

That's absolutely true!

The behemoth simply couldn't spot this ridiculously large ship!