Theodore's eyes, filled with greedy malice, felt almost tangible, making Chen Luo extremely uncomfortable.
This monster wasn't seeking a fight; its gaze seemed to want to devour him immediately!
Speed! Exaggerated to the point where the air couldn't even clear out of the way.
A terrifying black shadow, wielding a long sword, slashed down!
Chen Luo's Ruohuo Blade, in a desperate haste, was raised sharply, blocking the sword aimed at his head at the last possible moment.
The terrifying impact was frantically redirected by Chen Luo towards the sky, while mere leaked residual waves carved a terrifying sword mark hundreds of meters deep into the earth!
Seeing Chen Luo block his sneak attack, Theodore's greedy gaze intensified:
"Mortal! Do you know how rare power is in all the myriad worlds?!"
"Except for those monsters born noble, any race wanting to break through the limits of life must pay countless years and sacrifices!"
"Do you know how long it took me to gain my current strength?"
As he spoke, the monster's attacks did not cease for a moment.
In an instant, the long sword in its hand unleashed ten thousand strikes!
The air, the atmosphere, and even the distant imperial capital would be utterly shattered before this terrifying assault!
But none of that happened!
A long saber, flowing with golden flames, began a furious counter-assault with a speed no less than the bone-white sword!
The power of Qi and Blood surged, condensing enough might to cleave mountains into every clash of blade and sword!
The demonic patterns in his eyes and the Eagle Eye technique flashed wildly, making everything in the world seem to have stopped.
And in this frozen world, only the blades in the hands of the two were as fast as lightning!!
Hearing Theodore's question, Chen Luo, who had too many questions about the game, didn't mind extracting some information:
"What's so hard about acquiring power! In the game, don't you just level up to increase your level and strength?!"
Upon hearing Chen Luo's words, a trace of extreme jealousy flashed in Theodore's eyes:
"Yes, during the game, those recognized as players can become stronger simply by leveling up!"
"It took me thirty thousand years, burying countless of my own kind, to reach my current realm."
"And you, simply by having player status, and for reasons I don't know, have reached this realm in just half a month!"
Theodore's voice was no longer low, but filled with suppressed jealousy and greed.
His eyes now wished to devour Chen Luo completely.
And the malevolent black glow on his knight's longsword grew even more intense!
"But have you never considered how unreasonable such a thing is?"
The knight's longsword once again collided fiercely with the Ruohuo Saber.
The slight leakage of energy caused the ground to continuously collapse.
The shallow earth could no longer support their battle, and the two, along with the collapsing ground, fell downwards.
If the earth cannot support, then tread upon the air.
The two who stepped into the void, their combat no longer planar.
From all directions, above and below.
The flowing saber and the slashing sword engaged furiously.
The residual waves of their attacks continuously pounded the fragile earth below.
The earth shattered, and the descent seemed endless!
A massive, bottomless pit appeared on the surface of the earth,
And the battling parties had vanished from the ground.
...
Beneath the pit, amidst the endless descent,
Theodore's voice, now maddened, roared wildly in the dark underground:
"It's all the game's might! It sacrifices Origin to allow so-called players to break through their inherent status!"
"This is an absolute anomaly in all the myriad worlds!"
"You are transgressors!! And when the true high-ranking beings discovered this anomaly! They utilized the game! Allowing our myriad races a chance to advance further!"
As Theodore's frenzied words continued, information that seemed to be the game's fundamental secret was continuously revealed.
But Theodore failed to notice that after he spoke these things,
The ominous black glow on the bone-white sword became even more mournful.
The endless curses of the sacrificed undead even affected Theodore himself.
Under the boundless resentment, Theodore's appearance became increasingly grotesque, and his attacks grew more terrifying.
Chen Luo silently endured Theodore's onslaught, the mana in his mind constantly recovering, only to be instantly converted into Qi and Blood as energy.
The racial foundation skill "Qi and Blood Martial Arts" followed the principles of Qi and Blood, converting energy into Qi and Blood points during its operation.
And through this conversion, Chen Luo's strength began to increase again!
[Qi and Blood Martial Arts operating!]
[Mana consumed! Qi and Blood value increasing!!]
Having truly unleashed his full power and facing a formidable enemy, Chen Luo continuously adapted and grew stronger under pressure!
For a time, the frenzied Theodore and the ever-strengthening Chen Luo became evenly matched in this endless descent.
Influenced by some inexplicable power, and with all attacks proving ineffective, Theodore, now even more enraged, roared:
"Origin!! Everything is for Origin!!"
"You transgressors! Since the game has not chosen us! Then we shall destroy you!!!"
"Hahaha!! So this is how the game can be played!! By killing players, we too can gain power!!"
"Game! Game! Game!!! The world you choose will fall into ruin!"
"Because the entire world!! Is our hunting ground!!!!"
The frenzied Theodore no longer possessed the hidden cunning and slyness from before; he was now like a madman!
He roared bizarrely, and even the language he spoke was no longer the familiar Great Yan language, but a cacophony of whispers from various voices and existences.
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[King of the Undead - Theodore (Tier 2 Abyss Grade)]
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Chen Luo frowned, looking at Theodore, whose appearance was becoming increasingly bizarre.
Upon his originally dark and sleek armor, strange and inexplicable heads began to appear, these heads hissed curses and even began to bite themselves.
And in Theodore's words, all reason had completely vanished.
Chen Luo didn't understand what was happening to Theodore, but he could sense that the monster's power seemed to be expanding endlessly!!
Boom!!!
The thick crust of the earth was completely breached by the residual waves of their battle,
The endless descent finally seemed to reach its end.
The darkness deep within the earth dissipated,
The crimson glow of flames illuminated the battling parties,
Terrifying heat emanated from below.
This world was too fragile for Abyss-grade existences.
But, fortunately, this world was vast enough!
Bang!!
As blade and sword clashed fiercely once more, the resulting power caused both sides, attacking with all their might, to simultaneously lose their ability to stay afloat.
The two figures plunged directly into the fiery ocean below.
Here, it was a world of magma!