“You… what have you done!”

Augustus roared in disbelief, his face twisted in shock.

The playful cat-and-mouse expression was gone, replaced by an amplified dread and fear of death.

These blood offerings were the foundation of his life. Without them, he couldn't suppress his own mutation.

Even if he didn't die, he would eventually turn into a monster.

What caused his loss of composure was that he couldn't sense them at all anymore.

How could this be?

Even if they were hidden in a sub-space like a storage ring, he could still absorb them in this other-dimensional space.

That was the most important reason he had been so confident all along.

In this space, he ruled everything.

But now, they had completely disappeared!

Suren wasn't about to explain to an enemy that the "Little Void Realm" was an independent plane.

Originally, after saving the person, he could have teleported out immediately.

The law level of this other-dimensional space was indeed high. Suren couldn't escape based on his current understanding of the laws of space.

But he had a large piece of the [Shattered Plane Crystal Source] in his hand.

This was a top-tier space treasure at the plane level.

As long as he was willing to consume it, almost any special space in this plane couldn't trap him.

This was also Suren's most important confidence to dare to act in the expert-filled Lingdun.

With this crystal, unless the enemy's strength was so strong that he didn't even have time to cast a teleportation spell and was instantly killed,

otherwise, no one could stop him from leaving!

…

But now, looking at the frustrated Augustus, Suren wasn't in a hurry to leave.

A seriously injured old monster, this was a rare opportunity.

With Kama successfully rescued and his own life-saving means, now was the time to consider the possibility of obtaining the [Lilith's Vampire Ring].

Since he was already in the game, the more chaotic the situation, the more exciting it would be.

Moreover, the Rodriguez family was a backbone of the "Giant Hermit Society". It was rare to encounter a lone high-level member, and killing him might yield more information.

He had probed with a few strikes earlier, and this guy could indeed recover infinitely.

But now that your nourishment is cut off, let's see if you die or not?

Sure enough, at the same time as dozens of girls were taken into the Little Void Realm, the entire flesh and blood space suddenly became restless.

Those blood vessels were like thirsty leeches, searching for targets everywhere. When they couldn't find any, they became frantic.

Suren's left eye shone with brilliance, taking everything into view.

He could see that Augustus's previously suppressed state of mutation had now worsened!

Even if he ignored him, this guy would gradually turn into a monster.

"Damn it! What exactly did you do!"

Augustus was dumbfounded by Suren's move.

He was already extremely surprised that someone could enter.

But he never expected that in this other-dimensional space, someone could steal his blood food?

He now needed to continuously absorb the essence and blood of young girls to ensure that he didn't continue to mutate.

He had finally stabilized his injuries after absorbing it all night, and now dozens of life-saving blood food were taken away, immediately plunging Augustus into a fatal crisis.

Moreover, the situation outside was unclear, but someone had come in, and the gangsters he raised were probably already in trouble.

I'm afraid it would be difficult to have fresh blood food sent in again.

Suren's actions had already posed a fatal threat to him.

At this moment, Augustus no longer held any fluke hopes, and didn't bother to ask for information. He knew that only by killing the person in front of him could he possibly retrieve his blood food.

In an instant, he charged towards Suren.

…

"What speed!"

Suren's eyes narrowed.

After all, this Augustus was a genuine Rank 6.

Moreover, he was the kind of old Rank 6 who didn't know how many years he had lived, so his strength was naturally powerful.

Moreover, at the same time as this old monster had the intention to kill, Suren suddenly felt a powerful suction force appearing out of thin air in the surrounding air.

This suction force was like a water pump, rapidly drawing the dark spiritual power out of his body.

Especially the flesh and blood ground he was stepping on, the rate of spiritual power loss was like the exaggerated consumption of condensing a Rank 6 spell!

In the instant he noticed the abnormality, before Suren had time to think about it, Augustus had already rushed in front of him.

The two exchanged blows with fists and feet, each strike hitting flesh, and in the blink of an eye, they were engaged in a fierce hand-to-hand battle.

However, when they exchanged blows, Suren realized that the problem was even bigger!

As soon as their fists and feet touched, there was an even stronger suction force in Augustus's body.

That strange power, like a magnet attracting iron, not only made it difficult for Suren to escape, but also caused his spiritual power to leak out like a dam breaking.

"Energy Absorption?"

Suren instantly thought that this was the ability of the secondary awakened [B-010- Glutton].

This talent could devour all energy for its own use.

Moreover, this was different from the secondary awakened [Glutton] talent that Suren had learned about before.

Augustus, this old guy who didn't know how long he had lived, had developed a special use for this talent.

Now, the entire other-dimensional space was for his use.

It was like a huge "stomach", absorbing all the different kinds of energy inside.

In other words, as long as Suren was trapped here, he would be sucked dry and die sooner or later.

"No wonder he was so confident in hiding in Parrot Street to heal his wounds, so that's how it is. In this space, he can't die, but people will continue to have their body energy absorbed. With this home-field advantage, even a Rank 7 professional without restraining methods would probably have to die on the spot."

Suren suddenly understood.

Normally speaking,

Augustus was hiding in this other-dimensional space,

not to mention whether anyone could find him,

even if they could find him, coming in would probably be the same as sending themselves to their deaths as nourishment.

…

In the flash of a thought, Augustus had already fought more than a dozen rounds.

Each time they made contact, a large chunk of dark spiritual power was sucked out of Suren's body.

With this kind of energy consumption, if an ordinary Rank 5 professional came, their spiritual power would be sucked dry in just a few rounds.

Unfortunately, Suren had the epic implant [Isaac's Alchemical Heart].

He had a steady supply of dark spiritual power, so he wasn't afraid of this kind of energy consumption at all.

It's just that Suren couldn't think of a way to kill Augustus for a while.

So they kept fighting.

No matter if it was the Black Scythe, Haki, or any other means, even if it could inflict heavy damage on this old monster, he could recover in an instant.

Suren's attack was like slashing water with a sharp knife, useless except for futility.

The only way he could think of to kill this guy was to drop enough bombs to blow up the entire space.

But this method was obviously out of consideration.

Not to mention how much was enough, if it was really blown up, this other-dimensional space, and the vampire ring, etc., might also disappear at the same time.

…

The fierce battle continued, and both sides were testing each other.

Augustus obviously also noticed the abnormality.

This other-dimensional space had no external energy to exchange, relying entirely on its own spiritual power reserves.

So under normal circumstances, after being sucked so much energy, even a Rank 7 professional should show signs of spiritual power depletion. But why didn't this guy in front of him show any abnormalities, and instead became more and more vigorous as he fought?

Originally, he was already invincible in this other-dimensional space, and Augustus felt that he could slowly test out the other party's background.

But now, he was anxious to get back those blood food, and had no intention of getting entangled with Suren for a long time.

Just then, in an instant of entanglement, he deliberately took a scythe strike, and his body was split in two. But at this moment, a dagger radiating an eerie red light suddenly "grew" out of his palm!

Suren knew something was wrong when he saw it, but the old monster's move was extremely tricky, and he had been planning this strike, so it was too late to dodge.

As the blade swept past, the dark golden runes on Suren's skin flickered.

But a strange scene happened.

In an instant, time seemed to slow down tenfold.

Although Suren tried his best to avoid it, he could only watch as the dagger's edge brushed against the skin of his arm.

Then… it actually cut out a deep bloodstain!

Even the bones with hidden runes had a scratch on them.

"How is this possible!"

Seeing this, Suren was greatly shocked.

The [Rune Vajra] surrounded by Haki had extremely strong defense. Before, it hadn't even been cut off when facing the Rank 7 puppet grandmaster Aubrey, but now it was like a piece of paper, easily cut with a wound?

Suren never expected such a result.

His current skin, flesh, and bones were all engraved with the [Himmelva's Sea God Runes], and his physical strength had reached the point where he could withstand artillery shells, but he was easily broken by a dagger?

The key was that the other party was only a Rank 6 professional, an ordinary basic attack!

In an instant, Suren knew that the dagger was strange.

After identifying it, it was indeed extraordinary!

[Sigurd's Dragonslayer Dagger]

Quality: Fallen Demon Weapon

Description: Indestructible, unbreakable;

Cursed characteristics: Devouring the essence and blood of higher creatures to feed the dagger can increase its sharpness; Continuous killing and absorption of the essence and blood of creatures will activate the Dragonslaying Runes, temporarily increasing a 'Sharpness' effect; The higher the quality of the devoured essence and blood, the greater the sharpness increase, with no upper limit; The special effect comes with armor-breaking, magic-breaking, and energy barrier-breaking, forced bleeding effect; It needs to be fed every day, otherwise the sharpness increase will gradually dissipate until it returns to mediocrity;

Details: This is a cursed dagger that has killed more than one god-level dragon. The ancient dwarves used 'Godfall Iron', which even the gods feared, to forge the dagger body, and engraved the 'Dragonslaying Runes', which were known as forbidden. A magical item left over from the ancient dwarven civilization, its sharpness will make even mythical dragons tremble; After billions of years of dust, this magic weapon has lost its sharpness to kill gods and demons, but because it has returned to mediocrity and has not been watched by the gods, it has survived in this plane where the laws are broken; Only by drinking divine blood can it restore its glory.

The results of the appraisal flashed in Suren's eyes.

Demon weapon?

What… what quality weapon is this?

Suren knew that the Rodriguez family had good treasures, but he didn't expect that Augustus actually had an ancient magic weapon in his hand.

The effect of this dagger was very simple and rude, that was sharpness, the sharpness that could break everything!

Sure enough, none of these top old aristocratic families were simple.

In the instant he identified it, Suren endured the severe pain of the wound and suddenly pulled away.

Teleporting to dodge, opening the distance, but Augustus's figure appeared behind him again.

In this other-dimensional space, the old monster could sense any energy fluctuations. So he predicted Suren's landing position in advance, and the scarlet dagger stabbed again.

Suren couldn't avoid it, so he could only raise his hand and pull out a gargoyle to block in front of him.

But as the red light swept past, with a "唰" sound, the indestructible gargoyle was actually cut off an arm!

"What a sharp dagger!"

Suren's eyelids twitched.

Even the gargoyle was cut off with one strike. If it was a flesh and blood body, the ending would probably be the same.

He glanced at the wound on his arm, his eyes full of solemnity.

This dagger was not only sharp, but also had a "forced bleeding" effect.

At this moment, blood was gushing out of the wound non-stop. If he didn't deal with it, he could bleed to death.

Fortunately, he was a doctor and a puppeteer himself. Threads quietly emerged from the wound, sewing up the broken nerves, blood vessels, and flesh tissues.

Although there was no sign of healing, at least the blood didn't flow so badly.

At this moment, Suren knew that this Augustus was indeed not so easy to kill.

…

However, the [Sigurd's Dragonslayer Dagger] was just a melee weapon after all, and couldn't send out any remote attack methods such as sword energy.

After testing a few moves, Suren gradually adapted to the rhythm of the battle, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

If it was like his Black Scythe, able to kill from a distance, this dagger would really be unsolvable.

In that case, he could only choose to avoid its edge for now.

After fighting for so long, Suren still hadn't found a way to kill Augustus, and instead was forced to become more and more embarrassed.

This guy could appear anywhere in the other-dimensional space, couldn't be killed, couldn't be avoided, and seemed to be planning to wear him down to death.

Wear him down?

With the [Isaac's Alchemical Heart], Suren naturally couldn't be worn down to death.

But Suren also had the same thought, waiting for Augustus to be worn down to death.

Because this guy was already seriously injured and was still mutating.

However, Suren felt that even if he dragged Augustus into a monster, it would not improve his situation.

Probably it would be even worse.

After all, after mutation, the combat power is usually stronger than in human form.

In this other-dimensional space, Suren couldn't kill Augustus, and couldn't kill him after mutation either.

Moreover, if he dragged it on any longer, he didn't know what the situation outside would be.

If he went out at that time, there would be a group of Rank 7 and 8 professionals surrounding and killing him. No matter how strong Suren was, he would have to die on the spot.

…

The two sides exchanged blows for dozens of rounds, and neither could do anything to the other.

Still unable to find any flaws, Suren had already developed the intention to retreat.

He felt that if he really couldn't win, he should withdraw first and look for opportunities next time.

The more he wanted to retreat, the calmer his thoughts became, like a high-speed machine observing everything around him, wanting to find the last bit of opportunity.

His peripheral vision keenly scanned everything around him, and he really found an abnormality.

That was that one piece of flesh had changed from red to black.

Suren immediately realized something and thought, "Is this because he absorbed too much dark spiritual power and couldn't digest it in time?"

Capturing this abnormality, he instantly thought of a way to break the situation!

The secondary awakened [B-010- Glutton] was indeed very strong, able to devour all energy for its own use.

But this talent also had a hidden shortcoming, that was that the amount of absorption was limited by the professional's own strength.

Although Augustus was very strong, he was just a Rank 6 professional after all.

Even after mutation, the energy that the body itself could accommodate was limited.

It was absolutely impossible to accommodate the almost endless dark spiritual power of an [Isaac's Alchemical Heart]!

In the previous battle, Suren had already absorbed the dark spiritual power of several Rank 6 professionals, and Augustus had shown signs of "indigestion".

This also confirmed the feasibility of Suren's plan.

He had been trying his best to control it before, afraid that giving the other party too much dark spiritual power would be detrimental to him.

But now, he no longer controlled it, and the dark spiritual power in his body poured out frantically!

Actively releasing energy was several times, even dozens of times faster than before!

You absorb, I'll let you absorb!

In the blink of an eye, Suren himself became a huge dark spiritual power vortex, and energy overflowed frantically.

Augustus also noticed the problem, and he immediately stopped actively absorbing.

But this space was his own body. Even if he didn't actively absorb it, he would passively absorb a part. After being injured, he seemed to be able to revive infinitely, but to restore his body, he also had to absorb energy.

Moreover, in a closed space, if he didn't absorb it, the energy would have no other way to vent.

It was like the food in the stomach. If someone kept stuffing new food into it, even if he didn't want to digest it, the food that swelled to his throat would suffocate him!

Gradually, the color of the flesh walls changed from scarlet to dark red, and locally it turned black, and some uncontrolled mutated fleshy tumors appeared.

The only result of the influx of excessive alien spiritual power into the body was mutation!

…

Suren saw that his plan worked, and a flash of joy flashed in his eyes.

He no longer fought Augustus head-on, but dodged while frantically releasing dark spiritual power.

Terror finally appeared on Augustus's face.

When he found that he couldn't kill the guy in front of him, and that this guy's energy couldn't be exhausted, he fell into despair from fear.

"Damn it, what are you doing!"

"Oh! No, don't! Let me go, I can pay billions in ransom for my life…"

"I am the ancestor of the Rodriguez family, I can give you everything you want…"

"…"

No matter how he begged, Suren had no intention of stopping at all, and continued to frantically pour in dark spiritual power.

Just like that,

the two of them spent half an hour,

Augustus, who was already seriously injured, finally couldn't hold on anymore.

The curse backlash brought by the vampire ring, and the "indigestion" of the massive amount of dark spiritual power in front of him, the superposition of multiple negative states, finally allowed this old monster who didn't know how many years he had lived to completely mutate into a monster after an unwilling roar.

The mutated Augustus no longer had the rationality to control energy absorption.

In his monster state, he absorbed everything frantically without reason.

Then, under Suren's continued act of pouring in dark energy, the energy balance in this monster's body was finally broken.

Several kinds of mixed forces clashed in the other-dimensional space.

"Boom!"

With a loud noise,

the flesh and blood of the entire space exploded, and the minced meat splashed everywhere, with terrifying power.

Suren foresaw the explosion in advance.

After the explosion subsided, he came out of a transparent puppet.

I have to say, this loot [Mechanical Stealth Puppet], which hasn't been warmed up yet, is really easy to use.

It withstood the power of the Rank 6 dark gold-level weird self-destruction unscathed.

Suren saw the "gray fog" floating on the flesh and blood, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

…

"Killed him…"

Suren raised his eyebrows, looking exhausted.

Pouring the monster to explode also consumed almost all of his dark spiritual power.

Fortunately, the alchemical heart has the automatic recovery ability of continuous laughter, and it will recover in a short time.

Suren exhaled a sigh of relief.

He didn't delay and quickly harvested the gray fog.

A large string of information poured into his mind.

[You have stripped the soul of 'Augustus Rodriguez']

[You have comprehended some Rank 6 'Calamity Laws' and 'Darkness Laws']

[You have obtained 'Century Experience in Devouring Spells' and comprehended a series of abilities such as [Devouring], [Alien Energy Absorption], and [Enhancement]]

[You know a lot of secret information about the Rodriguez family]

[You have obtained information: 'The spread of the Red Death is to prepare for the arrival of that Lord to the world…']

[You have obtained information: 'I have a safe deposit box in the London headquarters of the Royal Bank under the alias 'Williams', which contains a large number of high-level treasures…']

"…"

"An old monster who lived for more than one hundred and fifty years? The real behind-the-scenes controller of the Rodriguez family?"

Suren looked at the memories he had stripped and realized that he had poked a huge hole this time.

One of the six great senators of Luying, the Rodriguez family, had the person in power killed by him?

However, these were not what he needed to think about now.

Suren turned his gaze to the flesh and blood in front of him again.

Although disgusting, he had to rummage through it.

Looking for the [Lilith's Vampire Ring], and the magic weapon [Sigurd's Dragonslayer Dagger] just now, as well as storage rings…

Fortunately, there were puppets, so he didn't have to go into the mudslide-like rotten meat to find things himself.

Suren began the happy loot harvesting process.

ps. Makeup update