The remnants of the Poison Fiend trio were quickly devoured!

Blazing Fire never wasted anything.

Since the corpses of these three had not been damaged, they were to be handed over to the Operations Headquarters for ease of accounting… after all, they were high-risk criminals, few in number.

However, the extraordinary source material remaining on these three was unimportant.

What the headquarters truly needed was just the "heads"; the source material within the shells was the most useless thing to others, and it would naturally dissipate with time.

And the most important thing, Gu Shen, had already cut off.

What remained was his to do with as he pleased.

Of course, he wouldn't return the snuff bottle that he'd scavenged from Poison Fiend.

The quality of this sealed item was quite good. Although it was old, it could withstand a concentrated drop of Pluto's "mental toxin."

This was a terrifying, large-scale weapon with formidable destructive power.

It would be wasted in the hands of others.

For his own use, it was just right.

Having done all this, Gu Shen checked the state of his spiritual sea.

Continuously killing four fourth-level practitioners had consumed a lot of his spirit and source material.

The former was fine.

After entering the second stage of the Breathing Technique, his mental strength had become unusually abundant.

Normally, one Breathing Technique was enough for most extraordinary individuals before reaching the fourth level.

If it was a top-tier method like the Spring Breathing left by Mr. Gu Changzhi, it could even support an extraordinary individual until the end of the fourth level—

But most extraordinary individuals had no hope of advancing to the title level.

Fourth level practitioners were already rare.

"The source material within the Pure Land… the consumption is a bit serious."

Gu Shen clenched his fist, feeling the state of the spiritual world within his cranial sea.

After the Pure Land crossed into the "Great Cold Season," Tie Wu and Hong Zhong slowed down their farming speed… In the dead of winter, the seeds in the Pure Land hardly grew. They had never seen such a situation, with seasons reversing and time turning backward.

Fortunately, though, the Spring Wilderness had cultivated many trees.

The two began to cut down trees, build wooden houses, and erect dwellings… Although this was a virtual spiritual world, many rules were real.

This world had sunrise and sunset, the movement of stars.

The Pure Land wanted to truly become a Pure Land.

A mere wilderness was not enough.

The "Four Seasons Wilderness" left by Mr. Gu Changzhi was hope, but only hope.

"Resisting Yuan Zhong's Kiri, consumed almost half of my source material reserves."

Gu Shen silently calculated, "I should be able to kill the top ten high-level criminals in the Snow Cage, and I won't need to spend too much source material."

The scale of his spiritual sea was now about the level of the eleventh layer of the Deep Sea.

Of course, the eleventh layer had its strong and weak.

It was already an exaggeration that Gu Shen, a third-level extraordinary individual, could even touch the edge.

To fight beyond his level, he needed to have "trump cards."

The complete Pure Land domain was Gu Shen's greatest trump card at the moment.

Once the Pure Land domain was released, the intent of annihilation would sweep across—those high-level criminals ranked in the top ten on the Snow Cage list would immediately pay a bloody price if they were careless.

However… after this battle, his strength could no longer be hidden.

Probably all of the Tundra would know that he had continuously killed four fourth-level practitioners in one day.

If those criminals were on guard from the start, the Pure Land's surprise attack would not have the miraculous effect.

Tang Ran, Poison Fiend, Silver Eyes… the most important reason they died so quickly was their carelessness.

Who could have imagined that Gu Shen, a mere third-level practitioner, could be so fierce?

"After this fight, my source material reserves are no longer enough. It's a pity… time was limited at the Divine Shrine Mountain before."

Gu Shen felt a little regret.

In the past, he had used most of his source material to refine the Fire of Vitality.

In his view, advancing to the fourth level was the most important thing.

This arrangement was not a problem.

Because extraordinary source material was a scarce commodity, most extraordinary individuals would be stuck at this level for a long time, three to five years at the shortest, and decades at the longest… It wasn't because they didn't work hard, but because this level required a lot of accumulation.

If Gu Shen wanted to advance, he needed to refine a large amount of the Fire of Vitality.

He was currently only at the eighth layer. When he broke through to the ninth layer next time, his spiritual sea would usher in another boost… If he wanted to become a fourth-level practitioner, the Fire of Vitality he needed would be an astronomical figure.

In this case, it was difficult to take care of the Pure Land's source material reserves.

"No matter what, absorbing the source material from these people can be considered to have made up for some of the losses," Gu Shen comforted himself.

Poison Fiend and these three fourth-level practitioners, plus Tang Ran from before.

The remaining source material on these four guys allowed Gu Shen to roughly make up for one-third of the consumption when fighting against Kiri.

"Although the Heavenly Sheath allowed some of the source material on them to be lost."

"But…"

"The strength of Poison Fiend and the others is simply not in the same class as Yuan Zhong."

The top ten of the Snow Cage list was a watershed.

Those who entered the top ten were called "super criminals." These guys were extremely dangerous figures who, with a little bit of luck, might one day achieve a title.

Take Yuan Zhong, who was ranked sixth, for example.

If he was willing, he could actually completely stifle the Poison Fiend trio with his own strength.

It was precisely because he controlled the overall situation that Yuan Zhong chose to set a trap—

The winner takes all!

If everything went according to Yuan Zhong's script, then the ending tonight would be very simple:

Kiri would reap the camp and also kill three followers along the way.

After the curse of the Heavenly Sheath fragment was shared, Yuan Zhong could easily complete the "fragment extraction." Without any effort, he could take these items as a certificate of merit, visit Han Dang, and then join the temporary camp sheltered by the two titled powerhouses.

"If I rely solely on the Pure Land, I'm afraid it will still be difficult to fight against super criminals ranked in the top ten."

Gu Shen calmed down.

In fact, he also had other trump cards.

Meng Xiao's Blessed Robe was a very good sealed item, but… this item was really not suitable to be taken out during "suppression missions," although the enforcers were all carefully selected by Nagano.

But the matter of the Northern Continent's soldiers was still vivid in his mind.

The Brightness Church's infiltration was too serious.

The matter of the Blessed Child had just passed less than a year ago, and currently this robe could only be hidden in the Pure Land to collect dust.

The Iron Armor was a good item for attack and killing, perfectly matched with the Iron Throne.

Combined with the two-piece fate set.

These few sealed items were completely enough. They could allow Gu Shen to not lose to any opponent in same-level extraordinary battles… But if he wanted to cross the border, they were still a little short.

They could not be considered "trump cards" at the moment.

"My biggest trump card… is sealed in Miracle Silver."

Finally, Gu Shen thought of the silver ruler.

Perhaps because he had used Pluto's authority, a nihilistic summons rang in his spiritual sea, as if there was a mysterious force pulling him to take out the ruler.

Was this Pluto's obsession with his "artifact"?

Gu Shen smiled self-deprecatingly.

If he could use the Ruler of Truth—

Then killing Yuan Zhong would not be a problem at all.

This thing was mainly for "cross-border combat." As long as the host could afford the price, it could support all kinds of duels that could be called "miracles"! The more powerful the extraordinary individual, the more the ruler could unleash incredible power!

It had been almost a year.

In the Northern Continent, he had completely sealed the devil.

If he wasn't mistaken, the devil actually had "freedom" in the long years of the past.

Although the ruler had always been in A-009's hands, it could see what was happening outside.

It could sense, think, and listen.

But after Gu Shen used the Miracle Silver, all the devil's interaction with the outside world was completely blocked… This was the power of "God." The remnant soul in the Ruler of Truth could not compete with the real "God" before it grew itself through the transaction.

"So… do you want to come out?"

Gu Shen took out the black box.

He touched the ruler through the "surface" of Miracle Silver and opened his mouth in a low voice without any expression.

Gu Shen knew.

The devil could not hear what he said outside.

Therefore, it was impossible for him to get any response.

It was just that his "battle" with the devil had just begun. This was a long torment, or more accurately… a mutual torment.

He would use the Ruler of Truth sooner or later.

Sealing it like this was just an expedient measure.

Sooner or later, he would use this ruler… and on that day, the devil on the throne must submit to him.

As for the future.

The submission of such a creature as the devil was meaningless. Gu Shen would definitely eradicate it.

He had made an oath in the River of the Underworld.

"I will expel you from the ruler at any cost. I will imprison you in eternal darkness, so that you will suffer the pain of hell, the suffering of soul refining, and you will not be able to transcend for generations to come, and you will not be able to break away."

Gu Shen had always been a person who kept his promises.

He gently tapped the black box.

"The time to use the truth is coming soon… I have to think of a way."

……

……

The sky was dark, without sun or moon, let alone light.

The whole world was shrouded in darkness. When the whole world was infinitely dark, the man sitting on the throne was like a faint ray of light.

He propped his elbow with one hand, held his lower jaw, and lowered his head slightly.

This posture was like thinking, and also like sleeping for a long time.

In such a posture, the man on the throne maintained it for a long time, a long time…

There were no other creatures in this world, only him.

The boundless sense of loneliness surged.

At this time, the throne was not a symbol of honor.

The throne was just a stubborn stone that was washed back and forth by the dark tide.

And the devil was like a grain of sand in the sea tide.

He did not choose to go to sleep.

On the contrary, his consciousness was awake every second. He soberly endured this torment and calmly waited for the day when the sky would welcome the light again.

Gu Shen sealed himself.

It was also equivalent to sealing the Ruler of Truth.

As long as you have this ruler, no one can never use it… Gu Shen sealed the ruler, which is equivalent to sealing one of his arms.

This was the reason why the devil had been keeping awake.

He was waiting for the "day of reunion" between himself and Gu Shen—

Today, this world seemed a little different.

Very slight tremors came from outside.

The devil on the throne raised his head, and a faint ray of light flashed in his eyes, but it disappeared immediately.

The darkness was not broken.

The seal of Miracle Silver was still there.

But he knew that this was not an illusion.

The "slight tremor" from the outside really happened!

"Heh…"

The devil on the throne smiled calmly.

He knew that all the loneliness and darkness in this world had an end…

This day was not too far away.