Knight Asylum

Those fluorescent lights seemed to be guiding something as they flowed towards the depths of the darkness. Qiao was sure that as long as he followed the lights, he would be able to find something.

Reid followed behind Qiao, with his right hand on the fruit knife of the Zhan Ji driver, but he did not press it down immediately.

He didn't know what Qiao saw, but the Firefly Undead Beast was most likely in a stable state now. If he used the power of the Golden Fruit, it might cause some resonance and cause the Firefly Undead Beast to go berserk.

"Closer—"

Qiao slowed down her pace and raised her hand to block Reid. In her view, all the lights were converging towards one place, but through Reid's reaction, Qiao was sure that she was the only one who saw the fluorescent light.

“The fireflies are right here.”

"It seems that's the case. Leave it to me—"

Red clapped his hands, took a few steps forward, thought for a moment, and raised his voice.

"Hey - need help?"

The deep darkness trembled, the charred wood debris collapsed, and the Firefly Undead Beast stood up. When it saw Red, it subconsciously stretched out its hand in Red's direction.

"bright--"

But when he saw the Shenghong Lock on Reid's belt, he suddenly trembled, took a few steps back holding his head, and wailed while holding his head.

"So hot! So hot!"

Reid was stunned, and immediately pulled out the Shenghong Lock and threw it in Qiao's direction.

Qiao was surprised that Red would do this. When the lock seed was about to fall, he reacted and caught it in panic.

"Will it still be hot like this?"

Reid stretched out his hand in the direction of the Firefly Undead Beast and walked towards it very slowly.

"bright--"

The Firefly Undead Beast gradually calmed down, and even raised its hand like Red did, tremblingly moving towards Red's fingers, with a soft fluorescent light appearing on its tail.

Qiao held his breath, afraid that any noise would disrupt his current balance.

A light gradually appeared in Reid's eyes.

feasible!

But just as Red's finger was about to touch the Firefly Undead Beast, the brightness of the fluorescence of the Firefly Undead Beast's tail suddenly increased, followed by fierce flames and high temperatures.

"Varied?!"

Reid, who didn't feel any killing intent or hostility, was stunned and had no time to dodge, and his right hand was engulfed in flames on the spot.

The unimaginable pain almost pierced Red's nerves. His knees went weak and he fell to the ground on one knee.

But Reid held back his screams, biting his lips hard, pressing his burned right arm with his left hand until blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, and then he forced the sound down.

The Firefly Undead Beast took a step back and looked down at his burning arm. After a brief pause, he held his head and cried out, "It's so hot - so hot -"

Qiao finally reacted, and hurried forward, pressing down the Shenghong lock with his right hand.

"Qiao-wait!"

Red was startled when he heard the sound and wanted to speak out to stop it, but the pain from the burns made his body extremely slow. When Red spoke, Qiao had already slammed the Shenghong Lock onto the Zhan Ji Driver.

The moment Qiao and Red looked at each other, he understood Red's thoughts, but when he saw Red's burnt and immobile right arm, Qiao did not hesitate and pressed the fruit knife on the Zhan Ji driver, activating the power of Sheng Hong Lock.

The crack connecting to the Helheim Forest opened, and colorful fruit armor fell from it, colliding with each other in mid-air. The scattered fragments fell one by one and spliced ​​onto Red's body.

The armor on his right arm opened and closed again the moment it was assembled. Under the stimulation of powerful vitality, the burns at the level of nerve trauma began to regenerate themselves. During this process, the golden fruit hidden in Reid's wrist gradually became solid, and dense roots burst out from the armor, reconstructing new armor at the position of his right wrist.

Undead beasts cannot coexist, and fighting each other is their instinct, and the false, golden fruit that wants to be the only real one further intensifies this fighting instinct.

Under the stimulation of the golden fruit, the flames on the Firefly Undead Beast began to converge, and its originally stable form began to evolve again.

Seeing that the Firefly Undead Beast was about to explode again, Red had no choice but to raise his right hand and punch the ground.

The impact brought by the powerful wrist force penetrated the ground, and a hurricane rose from it. The Firefly Undead Beast, which had not yet completed its evolution, was rushed into the sky on the spot.

In the starless night, the eyes of the firefly undead beasts reflected the streets decorated with colorful lights.

"bright……"

The Firefly Undead Beast subconsciously reached out towards the street, but the hurricane raised by Reid blew it deeper into the forest park, and it was eventually swallowed up by the charcoal wreckage.

Red covered his arm and gasped for breath, the five fingers of his right hand shaking uncontrollably.

His injuries had been healed by the power of the Helheim Forest, but the pain still lingered in his body, gnawing at his spirit.

Red shook his head vigorously and raised his legs to walk towards the direction where the Firefly Undead Beast fell, but before he took a few steps, Sagara walked out of the darkness, with his hands behind his back, and his eyes stayed on Red's right arm.

"It was really dangerous - you almost lost your arm."

Chapter 1116 I will bear this taboo

"Go away——"

Reid narrowed his eyes slowly, clenched his fingers tightly, and forcibly stopped the physiological trembling caused by the pain.

"If you plan to take away that guy's golden fruit, I don't intend to stop you, but you... don't seem to be planning to do that," Sagara glanced at Qiao behind Reid and let out a sigh of helplessness.

"Give up, this is meaningless."

"There is no such thing as ..."

Before Reid could retort, Sagara simply interrupted.

"Well, there are meaningless things in this world. Fifty-two undead beasts are fighting for the golden fruit. The winner will get the right to reproduce his own race and civilization on the earth. But... from the beginning, for the undead beasts below category J, this is a meaningless thing."

"They... no, they don't even have a self. All they have is a vague animal nature. They are just random elements added to make this event more exciting."

"You should have seen a few low-level undead beasts. Do they look like creatures that can build tribes and civilizations?"

Red didn't answer.

"They are food prepared for the strong."

Sagara raised his hand and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Of course, I didn't think I could convince you with just these two sentences, so I just came to give you a reminder."

"Remind you of what?" Reid loosened his fingers.

"Undead beasts below category J are nothing more than wild beasts. They will attack humans instinctively. The power of the golden fruit promotes their evolution, allowing them to be called them."

Sagara's lips curled up.

"But before the false golden fruit in them becomes the only reality, this evolution is only temporary. Once the golden fruit is lost, they will turn back into ferocious beasts that are harmful to humans."

Qiao's breathing hitched as he understood what Xiangle meant.

"You seemed to think that the undead beast had not attacked anyone before and was safe. But unfortunately, that was just a coincidence. It just happened to be deep in the forest park, and your undead friend not only set up a warning circle, but also wandered around there. It sensed the breath of an undead beast of the same suit and higher status, and was instinctively afraid and did not dare to leave that circle."

"In fact, it has almost eaten all the animals in that area during this period."

Sagara paused and added faintly.

"The larvae of fireflies are very ferocious carnivorous insects."

"The golden fruit is a taboo. For low-level undead beasts, the biggest taboo is self. Once they start thinking, they will realize that their existence is meaningless. It would be fine if they act recklessly, but if they want to seek meaning--"

Before Sagara could finish his words, a vortex of flames rose up in the depths of the forest park.

"That's how it's going to turn out. It's terrible, isn't it?"

"If you take away the Golden Fruit, he will turn back into it and become an irrational beast. If you don't take away the Golden Fruit, he will continue to rage until he is killed by other competitors--"

Sagara exhaled and smiled at Red.

"How about you put an end to this contradictory tragedy? At least you will feel sad for his death, um - it's almost coming -"

The vortex of flames caused a small spot of light to appear in the dark world, as if a lost firefly was struggling to light up the darkness.

But it was only for a moment, and the firefly made the whole night restless, and the scorching heat left a straight fire mark on the charred earth.

"bright--"

The firefly undead beasts wrapped in flames seemed to be wailing and cheering at the same time, and the streets flashing with colorful lights stretched out their hands.

"I see, so you're looking for companions. But, unfortunately, undead beasts can never have companions," Sagara laughed and didn't urge him any further.

Because Sagara knew that there were only two options, and Red had no choice now.

What would happen if the current Firefly Undead Beasts were allowed to rush into the streets?

Red, who had just been burned by the flames, knew it better than anyone else.

Red had felt that kind of pain, so he would never watch it happen to someone else.

"Rui——"

Qiao was startled and subconsciously reached out his hand towards Red, but Red had already leaned forward and rushed towards the direction of the Firefly Undead Beast.

"Yes, that's right. This is an inevitable battle, a fate that has been determined. You are—"

Sagara turned around subconsciously, but his pupils shrank when his eyes passed by Qiao. He saw it.

Although it was extremely unreal and blurry, as if it would disappear at any time, he indeed saw it.

That is, the Daughter of Origin.

But why can't he see the shadow of the future?

"bright--"

At the moment when the Firefly Undead Beast was about to rush out of the ruins, Red came in front of the Firefly Undead Beast, turned around and kicked the Firefly Undead Beast in the waist. The pure physical force penetrated through it, and the Firefly Undead Beast was kicked back into the darkness like a poor insect caught in a storm.

"Taboo...?"

Reid landed on the ground and burst out with amazing strength again. He caught up with the Firefly Undead Beast that was knocked away at a faster speed and stretched out his right hand in the direction of the Firefly Undead Beast.

The Firefly Undead Beast raised its hand almost subconsciously, but the moment it was about to touch Reid's finger, it immediately pulled it away as if it was afraid of something.

"hot--"

"It's really hot. This is not the strength you should have now."

Reid chuckled, and stretched his right hand into the flames and grasped the right hand of the Firefly Undead Beast, pulling it hard as if he wanted to pull the Firefly Undead Beast out of the flames.

But the flames came from the Firefly Undead Beast itself. Not only did Red fail to pull the Firefly Undead Beast out of the flames, he himself was engulfed by the flames.

For the lower-level undead beasts, the taboo brought by the golden fruit is self.

If you take it off, the Firefly Undead will turn back into an irrational beast.

If you don't take it off, the Firefly Undead Beast will continue to rampage.

Two choices, but only one solution.

[The strong prey on the weak, it has always been this way]

Red raised his eyes slowly and punched through the body of the Firefly Undead Beast. He clenched his fingers and slowly pulled his arm out. As Red pulled his arm out little by little, the flames on the Firefly Undead Beast's body gradually dissipated.

"Red..."

Qiao stared blankly at Red who was holding up the illusory golden fruit, and a guess came to his mind.

"There are two options, indeed."

Red leaned over and bit off the golden fruit belonging to the Firefly Undead Beast.

This time it is not passive absorption, but active swallowing.

Sagara's eyes widened in surprise.

The Firefly Undead Beast stumbled back a step and looked down at his hands that were no longer burning.

"This taboo——"

Black lines gradually spread across the face beneath the mask.

"I memorized it, so think about it. It's your right now."

Chapter 1117: Fighting is an Active Choice

"This is really an unexpected result—"

After saying this, Sagara turned around and disappeared into the darkness.

For Xiangle, the process is not important, as long as the result is right.

Red absorbed another fake golden fruit, getting one step closer to the real thing.

This is the result that Sagara wanted, and that is enough.