Great, we're doomed now!

This thing might not increase maximum strength, but rather expand the breadth of skills... This made Ye Shou ponder for a long time—

Then I bought them all.

The Way of the Stars!

The Path of Darkness!

The Holy Sword of Light!

[Debts not being repaid!]

[Organized Crime]!

[A Real Man in Five Seconds!]

Not enough points? No problem. I'll use points to get the remaining affixes for free for a month. As for the important ones mentioned above, I'll just buy them with Destiny Coins. That way, I'll have the entire affix deck in my hands!

One hundred and thirty coins of destiny, all thrown in at once, without hesitation!

What is money? I've spent so many years grinding in dungeons, recruiting so many people, and putting in so much effort, all for this day!

All-in is an art, and Destiny Coins should be spent wisely. You can't let the Arcane stats suffer!

Damn it! I have everything I need now!

I ask you, who the hell can stop this power?!

-

"It wasn't as big a commotion as I expected."

Ye Shou was still a little dazed even after he walked out of the circular corridor. He had just made the biggest investment of his life, but his body did not have any violent reaction as expected.

If there is anything special about him, it is the pervasive dark aura that permeates this era. It flows towards Ye Shou as if drawn by a magnetic field, and the area within several meters around him is affected wherever he goes.

If we were to compare it to the surface of water, then behind Ye Shou would be long, slowly spreading ripples...

Interestingly, Ye Shou did not clearly sense where the wisps of dark power were gathering within his body. Instead, he could vaguely sense another "space," just like his personal space, which was also connected to his soul.

It seemed that some unseen singularity existed within his body, and all the dark energy absorbed from the outside world inexplicably disappeared into it... Ye Shou was like looking at flowers through fog, and he couldn't quite feel it clearly yet.

This feeling of being bound by something is really uncomfortable...

However, Ye Shou also noticed a very strange phenomenon:

When absorbing external energy, the ripple energy that was constantly flowing within his body showed no rejection reaction whatsoever!

If the ripples are released outside the body, they will still clash with the dark atmosphere in the air, creating a violent electrical discharge.

But within his body, these two flowed independently, each following its own fixed path. Even when they intersected, they would automatically separate, as if they were from different dimensions.

Is this an effect of "all attributes", or a hidden effect that the Light and Dark attributes already possess?

"When light shines on an object, a shadow appears... If we use this analogy, am I the 'object,' and are light and shadow separated by me, interdependent yet never intersecting?"

Ye Shou felt that this phenomenon must have a great mystery, but he could not understand its true meaning for the time being.

The principle itself is quite simple; every Chinese person can easily draw a Tai Chi symbol... but comprehending the principles of Yin and Yang is another matter entirely.

"Ok?"

Ye Shou looked up and saw a towering crystal tower appearing 500 meters away. From this spot, one had to look up to see its full appearance.

As expected of a masterpiece of an ancient civilization, its structure cannot be analyzed using modern architectural methods. There are no visible traces of splicing, as if it were carved directly from a single giant piece of natural crystal.

and……

What terrifying power!

Ye Shou now finally understood why Daram said he had no chance of success—

The Prism Tower has long been corrupted by darkness!

Ye Shou could only sense an extremely powerful dark force in front of him. What he saw was just an illusion; the darkness that devoured everything was the real thing... It was like looking directly at a god; even from afar, there was immense pressure!

It also involuntarily aroused a desire in him... as if millions of people were whispering in his ear that as long as he abandoned his weak heart, he could dominate the world with a single hand.

But he only momentarily lost his focus, and his eyes immediately regained their clarity. When he looked at the tower again, he was completely indifferent.

The description of the "Path of Darkness" clearly indicates that it's an entry that doesn't discriminate; as long as you dare to unleash its potential, its growth rate will definitely be faster than the "Path of Stars."

However, although the Path of Darkness is a single dark attribute, most dark forces in the world are far from being "pure"!

Greed, despair, jealousy, hatred—a mixture of negative emotions—this is the norm for dark forces!

This thing is just like necromancy. In theory, spirit communication is a legitimate magical skill, but everyone knows that it is easy to become corrupted because this profession is naturally close to negative things and it is too easy to fall into depravity.

It was indeed very tempting—Ye Shou smiled with relief.

He had considered the challenges this entry would face from the beginning, and he made this choice because he was truly aware of them.

Before he could freely switch between light and darkness, he had to maintain a balance between light and darkness within his body—this was the principle he set!

...Although it was not easy to do in the dark and ancient times.

For example, the tower in front of him probably contains more power than any monster he has ever seen before, but it has also absorbed the despair of countless people. If Ye Shou were to open his mind and absorb it without any regard for the consequences, he would be driven insane before he could purify it!

"Tsk!"

Ye Shou looked down at the "flint" he had obtained from Dalam, hesitated for a moment, and then continued toward the tower.

Regardless of the outcome, since we've come this far, we should at least give it a try. As a seasoned gamer, would I turn around and leave just because I see the BOSS room door is closed?

Given the ghastly state of the upper levels of R'lyeh, and the fact that we previously encountered Darramb, with the tower completely reversed, it's highly likely that it has transformed from a signal tower of light into a beacon of darkness. Who knows what dangers might lurk ahead?

He was mentally prepared for the possibility that monsters or dark giants might block his path, so Ye Shou wouldn't be surprised.

However, when the guards actually appeared, Ye Shou couldn't help but be astonished—

An elder in a grey robe led priests in uniform as they emerged from a cemetery filled with dragon-tooth roadblocks (actually tombstones).

Both sides stopped, and Ye Shou and the elder exchanged a glance, their expressions intriguing:

How did you manage to alert them?

After much thought, it seems that only the large hole blasted out during the battle with Darram could be the cause—the golden fireworks were too conspicuous.

"How did you get ahead of me... It seems there's a secret passage. But I'm still a little curious, why did you come here specifically to wait for me?"

"Haven't you already given up resisting, only waiting for darkness to devour the world, and then you'll all evolve into a new kind of human?"

Ye Shou's tone was teasing; now that things had come to this point, he no longer cared about pretending.

"...It's a real pity. I felt a sense of familiarity with you the moment I saw you, and I thought you would join us and walk towards the future together."

The elder sighed sadly, as if he were genuinely sorry for Ye Shou: "You should have been very talented, why were you so bound by the past?"

The destroyed tribes can never be brought back, and the dead cannot be resurrected. Dwelling on the past will only cause more pain!

Give up, Alpha's Bayeri... turn back!

Ye Shou did not answer, but simply smiled and watched them quietly.

The elder frowned, threw down his cane, and his slightly hunched body gradually straightened up. To Ye Shou's astonishment, the seemingly frail old man "swelled up," his muscles bulging, stretching his gray robe to the point of almost tearing.

laugh!

Two large holes were torn open on its back, and a pair of fleshy wings with a wingspan of three or four meters popped out, covered with an unknown viscous liquid that dripped down like those of a newborn baby.

"Oh?" Ye Shou's voice rose two octaves.

"Isn't it beautiful...this evolved form of mine!"

The elder's skin was cracked and peeled off like lime, revealing wrinkled and scaly skin underneath. His hands were outstretched with large joints, like the claws of a raptor, and even his head had been transformed into the outline of a large lizard.

"Among adults, only I, an old man, have such good fortune!"

"Although I knew something was off about you guys a long time ago, I really misjudged you." Ye Shou shook his head. "It's troublesome that you can't be perceived with your mental power."

"Join the glorious evolution! It's not too late to turn back, Bayeri!"

For some reason, the elder felt an even stronger sense of kinship with Ye Shou after seeing him for the second time. It was almost like the affection one has for a family member. Even though they had literally broken off relations, he still couldn't suppress the urge to persuade Ye Shou to come over.

If Ye Shouken agreed, the elder felt he would be willing to kneel down and beg for Ye Shouken's forgiveness on the spot...

This emotion was incredible, completely without reason, but the elder had no doubts, just as he had when he received the revelation, choosing to believe his instincts!

He opened his arms to Ye Shou, lunging forward as if to embrace or seize him, his mouth wide open, revealing a mouth full of sharp teeth: "Accept me—"

puff!

A giant sword pierced through the elder's chest, rendering his body, which was more than ten times stronger than that of an ordinary person, useless as his heart was easily shattered.

"Um! You...for..."

The elder's eyes widened, blood foam bubbling from his mouth. Even now, he seemed incredulous, as if he hadn't seen Ye Shou's sword-wielding movements clearly and couldn't believe he had died like that.

He was clearly going to lead a new generation to serve the gods!

"Oh right, don't get me wrong, this has nothing to do with positions like light or darkness."

Ye Shou exerted a little force, and the cycle oscillation module of the power sword was activated. The fine nanocrystals on the blade emitted a faint blue light, and like a hot knife cutting butter, it "picked" the elder's body open from bottom to top. The ugly lizard head split open on both sides, and the corpse fell straight backward.

—Wow!

Ye Shoujiang splattered the blood on the ground.

He felt a dampness on his fingertips and instinctively rubbed them a couple of times before realizing that green blood had somehow slipped onto his hand.

"..."

Not too disgusting.

This wasn't the first time he'd killed someone since his debut, but to be honest, even with his extensive experience, he still felt some unease when he killed someone, even if that person was a corrupt and wicked politician with a long list of crimes.

But now he really doesn't have the urge to kill his own kind. Instead, he feels much more relaxed, as if some kind of shackle that has been binding him for a long time has been removed.

Perhaps, for Ye Shou, the "new humans" who have become like this are no longer his kind—this has nothing to do with genes, the ancient and the modern are not the same species.

"Titans don't interfere with humans... but I'm not a Titan, and you're not human either."

He decisively killed his opponent, but he was not worried about being corrupted by any negative emotions, because at this moment Ye Shou was absolutely certain that he was not bewitched or induced by any force to make this move.

It's just a normal person's love and hate coming from the bottom of their heart.

An utterly pure sense of disgust and murderous intent!

"Elder!"