Chapter 1246

This destructive power... it's incredible...

After glancing at the Kroke Kingdom, which was heading toward destruction in the painting, Li Ang squinted and looked into the distance at the palace's metal outer walls, which were burned a deep red and could collapse at any moment, unable to help but weigh Prince Andre's level in his heart.

Although it mainly relied on the pre-painted scroll of anomalous objects and also borrowed the erosive effect of world fragments, Prince Andre, who could completely incinerate a city, was already no worse than some Zodiac Directors in terms of pure destructive power alone; besides...

After sizing up Prince Andre's soul—which, even on the verge of collapse, remained astonishingly strong, at least at the level of sixty points of contamination—Li Ang couldn't help but smack his lips, feeling a faint sense of envy in his heart.

If he hadn't devoured all his teammates from the Scorpio Branch, his own level would only be at the twelve or thirteen-point level; while that was decent compared to an average rookie cleaner, it was still quite a bit behind these big shots who started at sixty points.

And this state, obtained by devouring teammates, could not last forever; after this mission ended, he would have to return their souls, and by then, he would be back to being a rookie again.

Hmm... it seems that after returning from this trip, it would be best to ask the Director if there is any way to quickly increase his contamination value.

After all, he had now offended the King-Slaying Society, and the contamination values of the opponents he would encounter in the future would certainly not be low; he couldn't just slaughter his teammates to devour their souls every time he found his contamination value insufficient, could he?

"How are you still alive?!"

Just as Li Ang began to let his mind wander, pondering how to increase his contamination value as quickly as possible, a familiar voice suddenly rang out from Prince Andre's mouth.

The snake-scale patterns climbed upward again, and with the help of Prince Andre's right eye, the White Snake saw the Kroke Kingdom being incinerated before it, as well as the three-colored blood beads between the siblings' brows that had dissipated by half; a flash of realization immediately crossed the White Snake's eyes, and then it roared in shock:

"You actually used this method to escape the constraints? Are you two crazy?!!!"

I don't like hearing you say that.

After hearing the White Snake's evaluation of the method he had proposed, Li Ang couldn't help but squint his eyes, then immediately swung the 【Silver Dagger of Severing】 and slashed toward Prince Andre's right cheek.

In any case, the wounds caused by the 【Silver Dagger of Severing】 could be restored, so regardless of whether it was useful or not, he would slash it first!

"Stop! You don't... damn it!"

Facing Li Ang's attack, the snake-scale patterns on Prince Andre's face suddenly fell off, condensing into a nearly transparent half-body white snake that bit onto the blade of the 【Silver Dagger of Severing】, forcing the words it was halfway through saying back into its stomach.

Crazy! They are absolutely crazy!

Struggling to move its fangs outward to avoid the sharp edge of the 【Silver Dagger of Severing】, the White Snake watched Prince Andre, who ignored its interference and still gritted his teeth while holding the paintbrush, depicting the sun stroke by stroke; the White Snake no longer possessed its previous calm and indifference, and it was so anxious in its heart that it almost burned up.

Fortunately, it hadn't left directly just now, but had been greedy for a moment, preparing to return to collect the damaged world fragments after the souls of the Black Owl and Snow Owl were annihilated; if it hadn't been greedy that one time, not only would the Black Owl and Snow Owl have been able to escape the constraints, but even the Kroke Kingdom would have been destroyed directly!

The royal bloodline needed to be severed, but the thirteen kingdoms representing humanity's seven evils and six virtues absolutely could not disappear along with it!

During the previous incident where the Ophiuchus eroded the country, the East Calewin Kingdom, one of the six virtues, had already been wiped out by that woman from the Virgo Branch; if the Kroke Kingdom were destroyed this time as well, gathering the Essence of Man would be... damn bastard!

Watching Li Ang, who directly let go of the 【Silver Dagger of Severing】, grab its snake neck with both hands and violently pull it away from Andre's body, the White Snake, anxious as if on fire, immediately spat out the 【Silver Dagger of Severing】 in its mouth and bit directly onto Li Ang's wrist.

"Screech."

Two large and two small, four sharp snake fangs easily broke through Li Ang's clothes, but they couldn't break through Li Ang's skin and flesh no matter what, instead emitting a harsh noise like a knife scraping against glass.

It's actually this hard?!

It had originally thought that with one bite, even if it couldn't bite off Li Ang's arm, it could at least make him loosen his grip slightly.

However, when the fangs, which were enough to easily break through a divine body, landed on Li Ang's mortal body, they didn't even cut a scratch; the White Snake's brain went blank for a moment, and then it was wiped out by Li Ang, who caught the falling 【Silver Dagger of Severing】 and used a backhand slash to cut the snake's neck.

I was already guarding against you! Li Ang, who had already been tricked once by a "returning horse spear," naturally wouldn't fail to guard against the White Snake's reappearance; he had been drinking the whole time Andre was changing the painting, and the 【Immortal in Wine】 had never been interrupted.

Grabbing the severed snake head and using his knife to brush-brush-slash it into seventeen or eighteen pieces, Li Ang looked at the snake-scale patterns on Andre, which had faded significantly, and asked:

"How is it? Can you still hold on?"

"A bit difficult... but I should still be able to..."

After panting slightly, Prince Andre gritted his teeth and said:

"You can cut the snake scales that have left my soul, but it's best not to touch the ones on my soul; that will weaken my soul along with them, and it might make me... damn it! Stop!"

A large number of snake-scale patterns faded from Prince Andre's limbs, climbed all the way up his neck, and completely occupied his face; the White Snake controlled Prince Andre's face and roared at Li Ang with eyes about to split:

"Stop! You can't do this!"

Hmm?

From the White Snake's extremely agitated attitude, Li Ang faintly tasted something, and his eyes couldn't help but narrow subconsciously.

This guy's attitude seemed a bit strange; the source of the anger it displayed didn't seem to be that the Kroke royal bloodline was being preserved, but rather that the Kroke Kingdom itself was about to be destroyed?

Not noticing the flash of suspicion in Li Ang's eyes, the White Snake, having calmed down slightly, took a deep breath and then solemnly promised Prince Andre:

"Black Owl! Don't you just want to go to the 【City of Regret】 and see your parents one more time?

If you are willing to stop now and ensure the Kroke Kingdom's... ensure the Kroke Kingdom's bloodline is severed, and kill this puppet made using your sister's soul, I guarantee I will cancel your blood oath immediately and send you to see them right away!"

Hearing "Andre's" words, Prince Andre's right hand, which was painting the sun, suddenly paused slightly.

Seeing that his persuasion had an effect, the White Snake couldn't help but be overjoyed and immediately continued to strike while the iron was hot:

"Yes! As long as you stop, I will definitely keep my word!

It's not just seeing them once; we also have our people among the Lords of the Dead Realm. Even if you want to live with your deceased parents and clansmen in the City of Regret forever, we can make your wish come true..."

"Slap!"

Watching Li Ang, who had withdrawn his hand without a word after finishing the slap, the somewhat dazed White Snake couldn't help but subconsciously reach out its left hand and cover its burning face.

"You slapped me..."

"No."

The snake scales on the left cheek faded, and Prince Andre twitched the corners of his mouth, smiling very reluctantly.

"He slapped me."

"?"

Without explaining to the White Snake, Prince Andre, who had regained half of his face, silently picked up the paintbrush saturated with paint and added a stroke of blazing sunlight to the painting.

"Black Owl!"

Seeing that he had started painting again, the White Snake couldn't help but roar angrily again:

"You need to think clearly! If you refuse me now, even if your soul can survive my torture, I can make it so you never reach the City of Regret in this lifetime!"

Prince Andre was silent for a moment upon hearing this, then used the half of his face that belonged to him to answer calmly:

"It's fine if I don't go."

(End of chapter)