Apocalypse: Become stronger by absorbing flames at the start; my name is the Flame Emperor.

"ah--"

Stung by the pain in his soul, Huang Hun couldn't help but scream.

It hurts so much!

He sensed something amiss in his soul and was about to instinctively resist and struggle when he heard the system's voice: [Do not resist!]

So he had no choice but to endure the excruciating pain and cooperate with the black energy to take root and merge.

Fortunately, the whole process was over quickly.

With everything completed, the black energy felt a sense of relief. If it weren't for the immense energy expenditure, and given that it was currently only in a remnant soul state, it wouldn't have needed the other party's consent to forcibly bind itself.

The next moment, an ancient ring appeared from the black mist.

[Sigh, the stock is running low. Hopefully, this host won't have any more accidents.]

He used the contents of the ring as a reward for the host; otherwise, how could he have fooled anyone?

Unfortunately, after going through one host after another, his stockpile has been almost depleted. If this continues, he will have nothing left to fool his hosts.

[Congratulations, host! Binding successful!]

"System, what are the requirements for exchanging for a Tier 3 crystal core?" Huang Hun asked impatiently.

Upon hearing this, the black qi's lips twitched.

Sure enough, they're all guys who want something for nothing.

This is only the beginning, and they're already thinking about getting rewards from themselves.

However, he patiently explained, "Host, you need to obtain 9999 emotion points to unlock this. The reward for unlocking is a Tier 3 crystal core."

We have to give this guy something sweet, otherwise he probably won't put in the effort to create negative emotions.

"A third-order crystal core!"

Even at dusk, breathing became heavier.

But isn't 9999 emotion points too much?

"Let's give it a try." As soon as he thought of it, he stood up from the tree branch.

"President, what's wrong? Did you discover something?" A subordinate immediately spoke up beside him.

"It's nothing, I just suddenly had an epiphany, and I feel like my talent is about to advance to SS level." Huang Hun said in a pretentious manner.

Everyone was shocked by these words.

"Really? Guild Master, you're really going to have SS-level talent?"

"Right nowadays, the highest talent level is probably only S-rank?"

"At that time, even the strongest S-rank experts will be nothing but trash in front of the guild leader."

The surrounding underlings showered them with compliments, their various expressions of surprise transforming into wisps of barely visible black mist that surged toward dusk.

"Shock is ultimately not as strong as despair, death, or resentment, but even a small mosquito is still meat, so let's take it slow."

As the black energy system absorbed the negative energy from the surroundings, he felt slightly more energetic.

"System, why didn't I hear any shock notification?" Twilight asked in his mind.

The black energy was startled and hurriedly spoke in a mechanical voice.

[Shock level from Wang Lu +121]

[Shock level from Yang Qi +666]

[Shock level from lightning +999]

……

A series of mechanical sounds echoed in Huang Hun's mind.

"As expected, the system may be late, but it will never be absent. It must have just malfunctioned."

Huang Hun grew increasingly excited and hurriedly asked, "System, how many emotion points do I have now?"

Just now, all forty-odd underlings around me were shocked, with almost all of them having between 500 and 1,000 points, which is at least 20,000 emotional points, right?

But why does Wang Lu only have a shock value of 121?

Could this guy be hiding his true strength? He wasn't even that surprised by the SS-level talent?

As dusk fell, he felt something was amiss.

Could this vice president be plotting something, pretending to be weak while secretly planning a rebellion?

Thinking of this, Huang Hun gave Wang Lu a cold glance, his eyes filled with murderous intent.

"..."

Wang Lu, the vice president standing beside him, sensed the killing intent and was stunned.

What did the president mean just now? Why did he seem to have murderous intent towards me?

[Host, your current emotional value is 23562.] the system said casually.

All those emotional values ​​he mentioned before were just made up; the actual amount was up to him to decide.

"System, your emotion value has exceeded 9999. Give me a reward quickly."

"..."

A dark line appeared on the face of the man with the dark aura. Then, he took out a third-tier crystal core from the ancient ring and threw it out.

"It really is a Tier 3 crystal core!"

Huang Hun trembled as he looked at the item that had suddenly appeared in his hand.

He's made it big; he's really going to become the strongest person in the world.

"..."

The black energy curled its lip. "Once I've recovered enough, I won't need a host anymore. I'll use you as a sacrificial offering."

"System, what are the requirements for exchanging for a Tier 3 crystal core again?"

[Host, the 9999 emotion points you just received only unlocked the exchange shop. To exchange for a Tier 3 crystal core, each core requires 50,000 emotion points, and to exchange for a Tier 4 crystal core, 200,000 emotion points are needed.]

"5, not much..." Huang Hun muttered to himself, then his eyes lit up.

He immediately addressed his underlings, saying, "In a few days, I'll lead you to destroy Eternal Day and the Temple."

After saying this, he waited expectantly for the system notification.

Such awesome and domineering words should be enough to make the underlings go crazy and shocked, right?

However, after waiting for a long time without any system notification, he was about to ask when he heard a "ding".

"It's finally here!" Huang Hun exclaimed excitedly.

【Ding! 】

System: [Shock level from Wang Lu +1]

dusk:????

He suddenly looked at Wang Lu beside him again, only to see that the guy's mouth was wide open. He must have been very shocked. How could it only be 1 o'clock?

[Shock level from Hua Zi +1]

[Shock level from Yang Qi +1]

[Shock level from lightning +1]

……

Huang Hun was completely dumbfounded. What was going on? How come he only had 1 point of shock value left?

[Host, you need to take concrete actions to shock others. If you just brag, people will only think you're an idiot.]

The black aura cursed mercilessly.

This bastard, are you trying to exploit me here? You think you can get something out of me just by talking? Dream on.

"Oh, I see!"

Huang Hun smiled sheepishly, realizing that the system's words made sense.

If you could gain "shock points" just by bragging, that would be ridiculous.

Just then, a figure appeared in everyone's sight, and everyone became alert. It was a woman in a red motorcycle outfit, looking dashing and heroic.

Hunhun squinted and looked over.

"Black Rose's captain, Chen, please take your seat?"

"What a pity, it's not the Thunder Team."

Huang Hun frowned as he looked at the lone woman in front of him.

His original target was the Thunder Team. As a fellow lightning-talented individual, he had long wanted to fight against Divine Punishment.

"What? You seem a little disappointed to see it's me?"

Chen Jing'er looked at the people in front of her and a smile appeared on her lips.

This is good; eliminating some people in advance will prevent them from causing trouble during the final battle with the temple.

The temple wanted to eliminate Yu Ge's allies ahead of time, but weren't they doing the same thing?

As for who is scheming against whom, that depends on who is stronger.

"Chen, get in. My target isn't you, it's the Thunder Team. If you know what's good for you, leave now, otherwise—"

As he spoke, a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

"That's brilliant! You actually want to choose your opponent?" Chen Jing'er laughed.

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