Chapter 978: 0576 Endgame (Part IV)

This destructive power... is remarkable...

After glancing at the Kingdom of Krolok on the canvas heading toward destruction, Li Ang narrowed his eyes and looked at the palace's metal outer walls, which were burned red and could collapse at any time. He couldn't help but weigh Prince Andre's level in his heart.

Although it mainly relied on the anomalous painting scroll drawn in advance and also borrowed the erosion effect of the World Fragment, Prince Andre, who could completely incinerate a city, was already no worse than some Zodiac Directors in terms of destructive power alone. Furthermore...

After sizing up Prince Andre's soul, which was on the verge of collapse but still had an astonishing intensity—at least at the level of 60 points of contamination—Li Ang couldn't help but smack his lips, feeling a faint envy in his heart.

If he hadn't eaten all his teammates from the Scorpio branch, his current level would only be at the 12-13 point level. While not bad compared to ordinary rookie cleanup agents, it was still quite a bit behind these big shots who started at 60 points.

And this state, obtained by eating teammates, could not be maintained forever. After this mission ended, he would have to return their souls, and by then, he would be back to being a rookie.

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

After all, he had now provoked the King-Slaying Society, and the contamination value of the opponents he would encounter in the future would certainly not be low. He couldn't just slaughter teammates and eat 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 up again. Using Prince Andre's right eye, White Snake saw the Kingdom of Krolok being incinerated in front of him, as well as the three-colored blood beads between the siblings' brows that had dissipated by half. A flash of realization immediately crossed White Snake's eyes, and then he shouted in shock:

"You actually used this method to evade the constraint? Are you two crazy?!!!"

I don't like hearing you say that.

After hearing White Snake's evaluation of the method he proposed, Li Ang narrowed his eyes and immediately swung the 【Silver Dagger of Cutting】, cutting toward Prince Andre's right cheek.

Anyway, the wounds caused by the 【Silver Dagger of Cutting】 could recover, so regardless of whether it was useful or not, he would cut 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, which bit the blade of the 【Silver Dagger of Cutting】. The words he was about to say were also stuffed back into his stomach.

Crazy! They are absolutely crazy!

Struggling to move its fangs outward to avoid the sharp edge of the 【Silver Dagger of Cutting】, White Snake looked at Prince Andre, who was ignoring its interference and still gritting his teeth while holding the paintbrush, drawing the sun stroke by stroke. White Snake no longer had its previous calm and indifference; it was so anxious that it almost burned up inside.

Fortunately, it hadn't left directly just now, but had been greedy for once, preparing to come back to collect the damaged World Fragment after Black Owl and Snow Owl's souls were annihilated. If it hadn't been greedy this time, not only would Black Owl and Snow Owl have escaped the constraint, but even the Kingdom of Krolok would have been destroyed directly!

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

Back when the Serpent-Bearer eroded the kingdom, the Kingdom of East Calewin, one of the six virtues, had already been destroyed by that woman from the Virgo branch. If the Kingdom of Krolok were destroyed again this time, gathering the Essence of Humanity would be... damn bastard!

Watching Li Ang, who had let go of the 【Silver Dagger of Cutting】 and was grabbing its snake neck with both hands, trying to pull it off Andre's body with force, White Snake, anxious and burning with impatience, immediately spat out the 【Silver Dagger of Cutting】 in its mouth and bit directly onto Li Ang's wrist.

"Clang."

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

Actually this hard?!

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

However, when the fangs, which could easily break through a divine body, landed on Li Ang's mortal body, they didn't even leave a scratch. White Snake's brain went blank for a moment, and then it was caught by Li Ang, who had retrieved the falling 【Silver Dagger of Cutting】, and had its snake neck cut off with a backhand strike.

I was already guarding against you!

Li Ang, who had already been pitted by a "surprise attack" once, naturally wouldn't fail to guard against White Snake's reappearance. He had been drinking the whole time Prince Andre was changing the painting; the 【Immortal in the Wine】 had never been interrupted.

Grabbing the severed snake head, he cut it into seventeen or eighteen pieces with his dagger. Looking at the snake-scale patterns on Andre that had faded quite a bit, Li Ang asked:

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

"A bit difficult... but it should be okay..."

After catching his breath slightly, Prince Andre gritted his teeth:

"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 it, 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 along his neck, and completely occupied his face. White Snake, controlling Prince Andre's face, roared at Li Ang with eyes about to split:

"Stop! You cannot do this!"

Hmm?

From 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 he displayed didn't seem to be that the Krolok royal bloodline was preserved, but more like it was because the Kingdom of Krolok itself was about to be destroyed?

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

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

If you are willing to stop now and ensure the... ensure the severance of the Krolok royal bloodline, and kill this puppet made with 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 drawing the sun, couldn't help but pause slightly.

Seeing that his persuasion had an effect, White Snake was overjoyed and immediately continued to strike while the iron was hot:

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

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

"Slap!"

Watching Li Ang, who had finished slapping and retracted his hand without a word, the somewhat bewildered White Snake couldn't help but subconsciously reach out its left hand to cover its burning face.

"You slapped my fa..."

"No."

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

"He slapped me."

"?"

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

"Black Owl!"

Seeing him start drawing again, White Snake roared angrily once more:

"You have 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 replied calmly with the half of his face that belonged to him:

"It's fine not to go." ===== CHAPTER 979 =====