I'm a proper student; I only take nine kinds of potions every day.

Chapter 228 The Deadly Dollar, The Death of Klaus (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Upon hearing this, Ivan instantly understood the reason.

Those rune arrays we just saw were made up of this skeletal armor.

This level-three magical artifact has two forms; the regular form can be used for many years.

However, once the second form of the skeletal armor is activated, it will be rendered unusable after one use!

"Die!!!"

Klaus roared, and the instant he threw a punch, Ivan felt his opponent cross forty meters and arrive in front of him.

bump!

Ivan reacted quickly, punching his opponent and sending a terrifying shockwave spreading outwards.

At the same time, Klaus's four-meter-long tail suddenly swept out, but was caught by Ivan's left wing claw.

Immediately afterwards, Ivan's right wing claw, carrying terrifying power, smashed towards Klaus's head.

Klaus stomped his foot, and a bone shield rose directly from the ground.

Although the powerful fist shattered the shield, the slight delay gave Klaus a chance to react.

Then Klaus let out a sharp shriek.

Then, on a patch of pale white ground mixed with black ash, one mound after another suddenly appeared.

Within these mounds, thousands of ghouls covered in a brass-like texture burst forth from the earth and surged forth.

The ghouls' brass skin was covered in runes, and putrid fluid seeped from beneath it.

Eerie green flames burned in the hollow eye sockets, surging in swarms and forming a volcanic brass wave.

At the same time, a large number of skeletal structures appeared on the ground and, under Klaus's control, crashed towards this side!

"I've been preparing here for eight years!"

"This underground holds countless secret weapons of mine!!!"

Klaus roared as he launched a frenzied attack on Ivan.

While defending himself, Ivan casually swung his enormous winged claws, smashing a large number of people to death.

[You have been cursed by the dead—the curse has been resisted!]

[You have been cursed by the undead—the purification potion is working!]

[You have been cursed by the dead—the curse has been resisted!]

You are under a necromancy curse; you cannot leave this area!

Meanwhile, the ghouls around him, though unable to harm Ivan, were covered in undead curses.

Although Ivan could kill a whole group with one punch, the curses of the dead on him fixed him in place.

Ivan can only move freely if he destroys the source.

Although the curse resistance on the Nine Dragons Tyrant and the fast-acting purification potion he was injected with could resist most undead curses, there were simply too many of them.

Even if only one out of ten curses takes effect, it still caused some trouble for Evan's movement.

At this moment, there were more than a thousand bronze-colored ghouls all around!

What troubled Evan even more was that these ghouls had also consumed the Dark Wind Potion that he knew about before.

When it moves, it can transform into a wisp of yin wind, immune to physical attacks.

At this moment, Klaus, piloting the skeletal mech, launched a frenzied attack on Ivan.

"It's clear that this is all the tricks he has up his sleeve!"

Ivan was constantly attacked, but his body was able to heal quickly.

"His attacks can't hurt me; he's just stalling for my transformation time!"

"In that case, I should also unleash my ultimate trump card!"

Then Ivan suddenly roared.

That boundless, bestial power instantly stunned the ghouls around it, who had little intelligence.

Immediately afterwards, Ivan opened his dragon mouth, spewing out a large amount of black dragon breath, which completely corroded the source of the curse, the remains of the ghouls.

However, as soon as this batch ended, a new wave of ghouls surged in.

Klaus laughed loudly: "It's no use! I can feel how tired you are!"

That triumphant and confident demeanor was like that of a victorious king.

Evan grinned, his large claws on his back now striking left and right.

After smashing several ghouls to pieces with a single punch, he turned and elbowed two more ghouls, shattering their heads into pieces.

Klaus gave Evan no chance to react and continued his frenzied attack.

Splat!

The next instant, as Ivan caught Klaus's fist with one hand and grabbed his tail with the other.

With the power of the Holy Son amplified, Klaus's other fist finally managed to pierce through Ivan's chest with great difficulty.

At this moment, Ivan was bound by dozens of chains and completely unable to move.

The two were now at an impasse.

Klaus's voice was filled with shock and greed: "Such a strong and tough body—"

"Haha! He's going to be mine soon!"

"Is there anything else you'd like to say?"

Ivan grinned: "Gold asked me to give you his regards."

While the two were talking, a fat orange cat climbed up from behind Ivan at some point.

"It's just a cat!" Klaus scoffed.

He knew that Evan had an orange cat.

But the next second, Klaus suddenly let out a piercing scream.

"Ah!"

Because at that moment, Golden had more than a dozen hundred-dollar bills in its mouth!

"You! You~!!"

Upon seeing the US dollars, Klaus was suddenly gripped by indescribable terror.

This is the secret that Ivan learned from the memories of the ghoul wizard Pru using the Silver Key.

As punishment for betraying gold, Klaus is now terrified of the dollar!

He didn't manifest himself just now because Sap was alive and shared the body of that lord-level factory owner.

But now Sap is dead!

That weakness is all too obvious!

At this time, Klaus was relying on the power of the Holy Son.

But his status remained that of a master, and his weaknesses were not overcome.

Upon seeing the large amount of US dollars, Klaus was gripped by an uncontrollable and intense panic.

Then the enormous body began to tremble, and its attacks became powerless.

"Money! Money! Tear these money up!"

"Damn it! How did you know this secret!?"

"Damn it! Even that rebellious son Sap didn't know this secret!"

At this moment, Klaus's voice was on the verge of collapse.

Amidst the extreme fear, there was also confusion and anger that he couldn't understand no matter how hard he tried.

Unfortunately, no matter how much he roars and gets angry, he can't change his current weakness.

Evan could tell that Klaus's voice had lost its strength and was trembling as he spoke.

The massive skeletal mech was also retreating uncontrollably.

The modified ghouls attacking Ivan from all sides are not machines and have some self-awareness.

There is usually a 1-2 second delay after hearing the command, during which time the attack is still carried out instinctively.

It was at this moment that Ivan took the initiative to activate the automatic counterattack that he had been suppressing.

In an instant, hundreds of fog-like phlegm particles automatically reversed their trajectory.

The ghouls in the vicinity were instantly transformed into a group of robots that appeared to be completely out of order, standing there in a daze.

Seizing the opportunity, Ivan opened his mouth and spat out a large amount of black poisonous blood towards the ghoul remains that were cursing him in the distance.

As the remains were completely corroded by the poisonous blood, the chains binding him also came off.

Immediately afterward, the Fog Brain Plague automatically activated its full counterattack, and all the ghouls that were attacking Evan were frozen in place.

Ivan seized the opportunity, grabbing Klaus's trembling skeletal mech with his wings on either side, and then leaped into the air.

Having escaped those cannon fodder ghouls that die at the slightest touch and have deathrattle effects, Evan began his counterattack.

"die!"

Two enormous wing-like claws held Klaus firmly in place, while Ivan launched a devastating attack on Klaus's mech with his hands.

Bang bang bang!

That fist, carrying terrifying power, can deliver dozens of punches in an instant.

Amidst a flurry of bone fragments and scales, the skeletal armor on Klaus's body was rapidly stripped away.

At the same time, Ivan continued to spew out poisonous blood, corroding the various structures inside the skeletal mech.

In less than two seconds, the mecha formed by this level-three magical artifact was dismantled by Ivan with his bare hands!

Then Ivan grabbed Klaus's head, which was trembling with fear of the dollar, and pulled it up with his hand.

Two enormous wings and claws grabbed the giant egg and lifted it high into the air.

He then turned around and kicked the fragile, corroded skeletal mech to pieces.

At this moment, with the complete separation of Klaus from the Bone Saint, the aura on Klaus's body weakened instantly.

"No! No! Don't! Don't kill me—" Klaus pleaded, his voice trembling.

Ivan's face was cold, but his heart was filled with sighs.

"What a pity, the Silver Key's memory-stealing effect can only be used once a week!"

"I wonder if the nine silver keys, when combined, can be used indefinitely?"

Thinking of this, Ivan opened his mouth, preparing to unleash his poisonous blood breath.

Upon seeing Ivan's wide-open mouth, Klaus immediately let out a scream.

"Don't kill me! I know many secrets!!"

At this moment, fearing that this brute might not realize his value, he loudly relayed the most crucial information to Evan.

"Aerjan Hearst!!! She's lying to you!!"

"Pris is her teacher! They just want to use you to save their queen!"

Upon hearing this, Ivan shut his mouth, raising an eyebrow: "Priss is Hearst's teacher? What nonsense are you talking about? He's just an expert, what right does he have to call himself an expert?!"

Klaus was afraid that Ivan might kill him without thinking, so he spoke urgently.

"Aldin Hearst possesses queenly blood from a previous generation, due to his mother!"

"A hundred years ago, before Cain's Castle was sealed away, Pris was merely the castle's archivist!"

"As a clerical worker, his main responsibility is to keep records and manage documents."

"His bloodline dictates that his potential is limited to expert level!"

"It was precisely for this reason that he barely managed to escape during the subsequent annihilation!"

"Then they ran to the New World and discovered Eldin Hearst!"

"Through the resonance of bloodlines, Priss imparted to young Eldin Hearst a great deal of bloodthirsty and extraordinary knowledge!"

"There are also some secrets about the Queen!"

"So, I became her teacher."

This string of words came out of Klaus's mouth without stopping, like a machine gun.

Ivan quickly processed this information and nodded.

Klaus breathed a sigh of relief: "So—"

quack!

Before Klaus could finish speaking, Ivan crushed his head with his claws.

"Why? I—I still have many secrets—"

Without any hesitation, Ivan spat out a mouthful of poisonous blood.

After the entire structure of his head had completely melted away, Ivan gave a cold laugh.

"Because you have too many secrets!"

"If you keep talking like that, I'm afraid I won't be able to bring myself to kill you!"

Throughout the entire battle, from the scheming against Sap to Klaus's control and reminders of Sap during the initial fight—

Or perhaps these numerous backup plans—

Ivan harbored deep apprehension towards this former lord-level financier, now a master-level ghoul.

Evan was very self-aware; he knew he could never outsmart this guy.

He also had no way of knowing how much of the secrets this guy was talking about were true and how much were false.

He even worried that this guy might use the extraordinary methods hidden in these secrets to silently parasitize his mind. Moreover, judging from what had just happened, this guy knew him very well.

He immediately revealed his long-held doubts and crucial secrets.

This ability to see into people's hearts, along with his cunning and calculating mind, made Ivan dare not let him live for even a second longer!

After all, your understanding of certain people, and your understanding of the world as a whole, is often calculated by combining various pieces of information.

If you hear too much about things that you don't know if they're true or false, you'll naturally develop very serious cognitive biases.

Even if you stuff him into a pile of US dollars, you still can't be sure if he'll develop some kind of special mutation or resistance.

He couldn't control the master's head.

And in the final battle just now, this guy learned too many of my secrets!

"You old bastard, you must die today!!"

After completely killing the three members of the family, Evan took a deep breath and looked around.

Looking down at the modified ghouls staring at him expectantly, Ivan was just about to kill them all when he suddenly heard an indescribable voice.

"They are not your problem."

The next instant, an indescribable grayish-white light emanated from the giant egg.

When the light faded, Evan discovered that the ghouls had completely lost their intelligence and had all become chaotic beasts in their minds.

They were like a pack of dogs, barking at each other.

The runes and copper-like structures on his body had completely disappeared.

"You are—" Evan asked tentatively.

That information—indistinguishable between men and women, young and old, and even unsure if it could be considered a voice—reappeared, directly surfacing in the depths of his consciousness.

"You're in such good shape; if you were a regular expert, you'd be crazy."

The Holy Son has awakened.

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