Chapter 314: Could he still come in and chop me?
“Hoo— Hoo— Hoo—”
In the hall of the territory’s graveyard, the black-haired young girl had removed the hood from her head, revealing an ugly face with half white decaying flesh. Her small mouth was breathing continuously, as if she had experienced something incredibly terrifying.
No wonder, the experience just now was too dangerous for Kazumi.
The young girl, who knew her own abilities well, merely observed from the edge of the battlefield between Masashi Sakuraba and Shun Muto from afar. After all, she knew that if her energy were to be involved in this top-level battle between Associations and Organizations, she would probably be melted into nothingness in an instant.
Until… she saw Riku lying on the ground, injured and recovering.
Marx pointed out in “Das Kapital”: With 300% profit, capital dares to commit any crime, even to risk the gallows.
And for someone like Kazumi, who built her fortune on corpses, a heavily injured and fallen absolute powerhouse would likely yield a profit rate far exceeding three times.
Shun Muto and Masashi Sakuraba were currently fighting to the death, and to protect Riku, Shun Muto had basically dragged their battlefield away to a position where the energy fluctuations would not reach him.
This further created an excellent hunting environment for Kazumi. At this distance, with Masashi Sakuraba’s restraint, even an top-tier powerhouse like Shun Muto couldn’t possibly provide support.
Riku’s injuries were definitely inflicted by Masashi Sakuraba, and he was saved by Shun Muto. Facing such a half-crippled powerhouse, not to mention her previous encounter where she was also half-crippled by him and wanted revenge,
Just the opportunity to perfectly pick up a fallen foe was something Kazumi absolutely could not miss.
Even if she sacrificed an Ice Frost Bone Dragon with this level of corpse material, Kazumi wouldn’t feel too surprised.
Using the earth-burrowing ability of the [Black Coffin], Kazumi quickly approached Riku.
Perhaps it was because he was paying attention to the distant, grand battle, or perhaps it was the decrease in his perception ability due to severe injuries, but it was only when Kazumi approached Riku that he barely reacted to the impending attack.
And in such a situation, Kazumi naturally wouldn’t give the opponent a chance to react. Little Black struck from within her body, directly piercing his chest, and then threw him into the Black Coffin like trash.
Originally, the situation had developed quite perfectly. Taking advantage of the fact that the two were unable to divide their attention, she had sneakily acquired the heavily injured Riku. As long as she successfully sacrificed him, her high-end combat power would basically increase by a large margin, and it would also avoid the predicament of having to release Little Black for battle, leaving her true form unprotected.
In the next moment, Kazumi’s flying head saw her headless corpse falling to the ground with gravity bursting forth…
It can only be said that it was fortunate that she had successfully bound the secondary utilization Spiritual Artifact [Substitute Doll] before this mission. This item also gave her a timely life-saving boost, otherwise, she wouldn’t even know how she died.
Death is the greatest catalyst for human potential. The young girl could guarantee that the speed of her energy circulation during that moment of summoning the Black Coffin to escape was definitely the fastest in her entire life.
And now she also felt as if she had broken through some kind of limit between life and death, and her overall energy flow had become smoother.
“Hoo, in any case, the fact that I’m not dead is good. Although I took such a big risk, the reward is worth it.”
“Even exchanging the [Substitute Doll] for the corpse of a top-tier hero would be absolutely worthwhile.”
Kazumi patted her slightly meager chest, finally feeling a little relieved.
If there was any place in this unfamiliar world that could make her feel safe, besides her bedroom, it would be within her territory.
She reached out and dispersed the image of someone’s chest inexplicably appearing in her mind, and the young girl crouched down to examine the high-quality corpse she had exchanged for “a life.”
As it turned out, she received some good news. She didn’t know if it was due to the powerful life force of the Psychic Hero, or if it was the environmental effect of the territory’s [Ice Sky Curtain] that froze his wounds.
The person on the ground, whom Kazumi regarded as a corpse, actually still had a few traces of life aura.
This made Kazumi overjoyed. After all, capturing him alive would yield the greatest profit; the prize pools for live sacrifices and dead sacrifices were not the same.
However, the situation at the time did not allow Kazumi to foolishly keep him alive. In this way, it actually helped the young girl greatly. At this moment, Kazumi seemed to see the [Destroyer], [Harbinger of Doom], and [Horseman of Apocalypse] waving to her.
“Freeze this corpse with your abilities, and then have someone deliver it to the Dark Altar for sacrifice.”
“Also, Lei, report to me on the current situation of the territory.”
She gave instructions to the Governor waiting beside her, but Kazumi did not let him leave. Instead, she further inquired with Lei about the territory’s situation.
Summoning extreme ice to freeze Riku’s body, Lei summoned two Ghouls to move the ice block away, then turned his head. The Soul Fire in his mind burned as he replied.
“Reporting to the Lord, due to the influx of a large amount of death aura from异种, the entire territory’s operating system is temporarily paralyzed. However, the agitation of all Undead Creatures has been pacified. I have consumed a large amount of death aura and invested it in the research of territory technology. The remaining excess energy has been banished to the Ghoul Plains to the west.”
“It is predicted that the territory’s death energy cycle will recover within two days and be greatly strengthened… However, Lord, this strange and unfamiliar异种 energy, I am worried…”
It was truly worthy of being Lei. This diligent Lich Governor, in her absence, had come up with the most appropriate solutions to all the changes in the territory, resolving all issues before presenting the final problem for her decision.
Being a leader is truly great.
“Hmm, this is not a big problem. You just keep an eye on it.”
Regarding the异种 aura in the energy, Kazumi also knew that it was Masashi Sakuraba’s target, the residual energy of the Demon Snake.
Although the death energy she inhaled should have been filtered by the Snake Ring, she still couldn’t help but inhale a little, after all, the absorption base was so large.
After briefly warning Lei, Kazumi felt that this thing wouldn’t be able to cause much trouble. After all, he was a creature from the [Underworld], and furthermore, it was just residual energy. As long as she was careful, it shouldn’t cause any harm to the territory.
Looking at Lei, who had finished listening to her instructions for handling the work, the young girl curiously touched her chin. The different textures on both sides of her chin felt very strange.
But Kazumi now felt a slight sense of unease. However, there weren’t many problems in her territory right now, and the influx of异种 death aura was also under control.
But, why did she feel a little uneasy?
For no reason, she thought of the scene her flying head had seen last. This made Kazumi unable to help but chuckle to herself.
Come on, this is her territory. No matter how powerful Shun Muto was, he was just a swordsman without any special abilities.
Although his power was immense, he had no other abilities besides swordsmanship.
He couldn’t possibly chop his way from outside into her territory, right?
She chuckled.
…….
At the same time, somewhere in the Ghoul Plains, a rough spatial rift violently opened above.
Then, a bare-chested swordsman with a cigarette in his mouth walked out of it…
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