Chapter 862: The Location of The Eighth Ruin

"Wuwu wuwu…"

The miniature Sea God let out a miserable scream. Countless tiny tentacles waved frantically, tightly wrapping around Mr. Duan's walking stick in an attempt to pull it out.

It stared at Mr. Duan with eyes full of pain and incomprehension, letting out a pleading low whine.

But no matter how the miniature Sea God begged for mercy and struggled, Mr. Duan remained unmoved.

He held the walking stick in one hand, looking down condescendingly at the monster.

"Stop struggling."

Mr. Duan's tone was calm.

"You were originally just a vessel I created; now, it is merely returning things to their rightful owner."

As his voice fell, the pigeon-blood ruby on the walking stick erupted with scarlet light. A devouring force surged along the walking stick into the miniature Sea God's body.

"Hiss hiss hiss—"

The miniature Sea God's screams grew weaker and weaker.

Visibly to the naked eye, its plump flesh began to rapidly wither, and the majestic Origin power within its body was being continuously extracted and absorbed by Mr. Duan.

The Red-haired Strongman and the others wanted to step forward to stop him, but the aura emanating from Mr. Duan pressed down on their shoulders like a high mountain, nailing them firmly in place, unable to move.

They could only watch this scene happen with wide eyes.

Until the miniature Sea God's body completely withered and flattened, finally turning into a lifeless husk that slumped limply against the ground.

"Snap."

Mr. Duan pulled out his walking stick.

The unsupported husk turned into flying ash, and blown by the wind, completely dissipated.

Mr. Duan closed his eyes and took a deep breath. The surrounding space slightly distorted due to the surging power within his body, and an oppressive might swept out in all directions.

The flowers, plants, and trees in the courtyard instantly withered under the oppressive might, and the pool of koi fish also turned belly up.

A few seconds later, he reined in his aura and opened his eyes again.

After finishing all this, Mr. Duan leisurely took out a pristine white handkerchief and wiped the bottom end of his walking stick.

He turned his head and looked at Elder Mo in the pavilion.

"Since you do not welcome me, I shall take my leave."

Mr. Duan smiled slightly and casually discarded the soiled handkerchief into the wind.

Elder Mo stared at him intently, his face full of astonishment.

He had originally thought that after Mr. Duan absorbed the Sea God's Origin, he would conveniently wipe out their remaining souls along the way.

"Are you not planning to kill me?" Elder Mo couldn't help speaking up, his voice carrying vigilance and incomprehension.

The Red-haired Strongman and the others also held their breath, staring fixedly at Mr. Duan.

Mr. Duan stopped in his tracks and turned around.

He looked at Elder Mo as if he had heard some joke.

"Kill you?"

Mr. Duan chuckled and asked in return.

"Elder Mo, have you misunderstood something?"

Leaning on his walking stick, he stepped up into the Void Realm step by step, as if there were invisible stairs beneath his feet.

"If I wanted to kill you, why would I go to such great lengths to let you resurrect in this state?"

Mr. Duan looked down from above, his tone unfathomable.

"I merely wanted to see an old friend."

"It's as simple as that."

Having said that, Mr. Duan didn't stay any longer.

He turned around, his figure gradually turning illusory, melting into the surrounding air.

"I hope that the next time we meet, you can change your mind."

His final whisper echoed through the Void Realm.

Afterwards, his figure completely dissipated. Leaving only Elder Mo and the others standing in that courtyard that had appeared out of thin air, facing the dead silence all around, unable to snap out of it for a long time.

Abyss Dragon Xiao Hei broke through the gloomy clouds, speeding through the high altitude of the Atlantic Ocean.

The violent wind was blocked outside by the dragon-might barrier, emitting a muffled roar.

Zhou Huai sat cross-legged on the wide dragon's back. The dark red abyssal blood battle armor had already receded, but the lingering oppressive might from slaying the Quasi-God Level monster still remained.

Suddenly, Zhou Huai raised an eyebrow, letting out a very light "Eh."

Not far away, Tsubaki was closing her eyes and resting.

Hearing the commotion, she opened her eyes and looked at Zhou Huai.

"What is it?"

She asked softly, her voice sounding a bit ethereal in the wind.

"It's nothing." Zhou Huai shook his head, yet the corners of his mouth curled into an arc.

Only he himself knew that the System prompt that had just sounded in his mind was no different from a carnival.

Just a moment ago, the System's voice rang out without any warning—

[Settlement complete!]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the reward: 10,000,000,000 (ten billion) Karma points!]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining an extra rare drop: Guaranteed SSS-Rank Profession Orb × 1!]

Zhou Huai's breathing hitched slightly, and then he quickly calmed down.

Ten billion Karma points!

Plus a guaranteed SSS-Rank Profession Orb!

This was simply a pie falling from the sky.

Zhou Huai quickly calculated in his mind.

Just now, the Sea God had clearly broken its tail to survive, leaving only an empty shell devoured by the Zerg, and its core Origin had clearly escaped.

Yet now the System prompted that the Sea God had completely died.

The answer was self-evident—the escaped Sea God Origin was dead.

At this juncture, who else could silently annihilate the Sea God Origin besides the newly freed Mr. Duan?

Presumably, he had intercepted the Sea God's core Origin and completely devoured it.

Interestingly, the adjudication mechanism of the Heavenly Dao System seemed to have developed a loophole.

The Sea God's main torso had been severed by Zhou Huai and fed to the swarm, and the calamity of the current world had also been pacified by him. Therefore, when Mr. Duan pinched to death the Sea God's last bit of Origin, the System directly attributed the kill credit to Zhou Huai, who had dealt 99% of the damage!

"Mr. Duan, oh Mr. Duan, the trap you painstakingly laid out has in the end turned you into my laborer."

Zhou Huai sneered in his heart.

Although Mr. Duan might have absorbed the Sea God's power, completing his high-dimensional divine persona, his strength had become even more unfathomable.

But this wave for himself was definitely not a loss.

Getting ten billion Karma points for free was enough to usher in a collective strengthening wave for his subordinates and Clones, not to mention that guaranteed SSS-Rank Orb.

This meant that he would add yet another top-tier Clone with Heaven-Defying combat power.

In this countdown concerning the survival of the current world, every extra bit of power added an extra bit of confidence to overturn the table.

However, Zhou Huai was not in a hurry to draw the SSS-Rank profession.

Mr. Duan had broken free.

Exactly to what step this old madman's strength had reached now, no one could figure out.

It was quite possible he would soon catch up to him.

Before ensuring safety.

It was not the time to open blind boxes.

Furthermore, he needed to find a safe place capable of shielding spatial rules, and by the way, make up a tragic enough backstory for him to maximize the cost-effectiveness of the Clone.

Staying vigilant was the truth to living a long life.

Right at this moment, Tsubaki, who had been holding the withered wood walking stick and perceiving with closed eyes, abruptly opened her eyes.

"News has been passed over from Anubis—"

"Hmm?"

Zhou Huai looked at Tsubaki and raised an eyebrow.

Was this guy a humanoid signal tower?

How could she receive all kinds of news?

"What does that old schemer say? Has The Eighth Ruin been found?"

Tsubaki nodded.

"Found!"

Zhou Huai's eyes narrowed, putting away his casual demeanor.

According to the information revealed by Elder Mo and Anubis, The Eighth World was an extremely special era. That was an ancient battlefield where more than ten SSS-Rank Experts carrying max-level Peak data attempted to join forces to counter-kill Mr. Duan, only to be completely cleansed by the world-destroying Lightning Tribulation lowered by the Heavenly Dao!

Mr. Duan regarded that place as a taboo, sealing the high-dimensional coordinates in advance.

"What means did Anubis use to dig it out?"

Tsubaki shook her head: "The methods of the Death God, I certainly wouldn't know."

"Where is that place?"

"In the Far North," Tsubaki replied.

"Beneath the glacier fault of the Far North—there is an abyss cage known as the 'Throne of Despair'. Mr. Duan not only sealed the space there, but also set up a barrier using the residual destructive Law of the Heavenly Dao."