Apocalypse: Master of Soul Beasts

As time ticked away, half an hour later, the four objects in the container had fused into a complete fragment of the Demon Realm’s Core. Only then did Tang Haofei take out the finished product and placed it in front of Wang Luo.

”Place this on your forehead.”

”My lord...”

”No more nonsense. Think about your wife and kids, your parents. Either do it and live, or die, OK?”

Wang Luo was silent for a moment, and finally, he gritted his teeth and took the crystal from Tang Haofei’s hand with a trembling grip.

As Wang Luo slowly placed the crystal on his forehead, the moment they touched, the crystal instantly melted and dissipated into Wang Luo’s forehead. In the next second, a powerful Origin Energy surged from his forehead throughout his entire body. Under this force, Wang Luo’s species innate talent unexpectedly increased significantly within a short time. By the time everything was over, Wang Luo’s species innate talent had reached over 10 points!

Divine beast type... no, it should be a demon spawn.

The crystal on his forehead, which had already turned into an energy flow, surfaced once more. At the same time, in Tang Haofei’s eyes, Wang Luo’s aura instantly transformed, becoming a neither-human-nor-demon hybrid...

”This is...”

Old Tang narrowed his eyes and finally sighed after a moment.

”Race conversion, turned from a human to a demon tribe.”

The principle behind this is really not worth mentioning. Even Tang Haofei, after observing this process, could see the clue.

However, sometimes simplicity means efficacy.

This is not a deceptive tactic but a genuine way to break free from the Dominator’s control!

”What am I...”

”A demon tribe, or rather, a Demon Hybrid.”

Tang Haofei casually echoed, while new thoughts emerged in his mind.

Concerning the side effects of this matter...

”Follow me.”

After saying that, Tang Haofei stood up and led Wang Luo to the nearby Exchange Stone Pillar.

...

Professionists can use the Exchange Stone Pillar, demons cannot.

Professionists can enter treasure land, demons cannot either.

As for items and such, whether they can still be used after the conversion, it depends on subsequent tests.

But after observing Wang Luo’s transformation, Tang Haofei suddenly understood something.

Why Wen Yu didn’t enter the Heavenly Palace to hunt him down...

He can’t enter the treasure land!

Quite a simple deduction, isn’t it?

Then this brought up another problem.

If, if Tang Haofei were to convert while in the treasure land, would he be ”expelled” from the treasure land, or even unable to leave it again?

Thinking of this, he turned back to look at Wang Luo, only to see Wang Luo touching the Exchange Stone Pillar in bewilderment, but unable to find the familiar exchange list.

”No, you won’t be expelled from the treasure land. As for whether you can leave the treasure land...”

Tang Haofei may not be very clever, but with sufficient known conditions, he could make some simple deductions.

Nonetheless, this matter still requires an experiment.

”Alright, you can’t use the Exchange Stone Pillar anymore... follow me.”

Saying this, Tang Haofei saw Wang Luo looking at him in complete bewilderment but doing nothing. Realizing that Wang Luo was confused by the sudden shock, he ignored what Wang Luo thought and just grabbed Wang Luo and took off, flying up. Moments later, the two of them arrived at the exit of the treasure land.

”Go out, come back in, it’s done, gives you an Esoteric Level skill scroll. If you can’t come in, remember to notify me with the communicator, and then wait for me outside. I’ll find you as soon as I’m out.”

After saying all that, Tang Haofei pushed Wang Luo out with a backhand.

As Wang Luo touched the silver vortex at the treasure land’s exit, his figure disappeared in an instant.

He could indeed get out, and according to Tang Haofei’s understanding, this might be a small discrepancy in authority due to being a Human-Demon Hybrid.

About three minutes later, Tang Haofei’s communicator rang.

”My lord... it’s over... I’m done, I’m supposed to be a treasure land Hunter. How can I survive if I can’t enter the treasure land? My lord, I have old...”

”Alright, alright...”

At this moment, Tang Haofei’s tone instead became gentle — this Wang Luo had indeed helped him quite a lot.

So, he simply brushed it off.

”You go find some living outside first, and once I get out and take care of Wen Yu, I’ll appoint you as the Supreme Commander of the three armies, yeah, just like that.”

”Snap...”

The communicator was swiftly crushed by Tang Haofei.

...

Back at the Shinto Court Ruins, Tang Haofei held three different crystals, pondering the pros and cons of this matter carefully.

”Can’t use the Exchange Stone Pillar... Hmm, for a regular professionist, not being able to use the Exchange Stone Pillar is life-threatening, but for me, it’s not important...”

Just like Wang Luo, with Wang Luo’s strength, without the Exchange Stone Pillar, his life is pretty much ruined.

But Tang Haofei is different, he was in a situation similar to Wen Yu’s before.

”Can’t enter the treasure land... that’s a bit troublesome. If my battle with Wen Yu fails, the treasure land would be the last way out. Once I convert my race, that retreat is gone too...”

This was Tang Haofei’s concern.

But actually, this problem isn’t really that big of a problem.

”As long as I stay longer in the Heavenly Palace to guarantee a 100% chance of defeating Wen Yu, whether I can enter the treasure land again doesn’t seem that important. Compared to Wen Yu, the Dominator is certainly more troublesome!”

Tang Haofei didn’t know the Dominator’s objectives, but for Tang Haofei at this moment, having someone around who could strip him of his powers anytime felt...

Very bad!

Choosing the lesser of two evils, Tang Haofei already had his answer.

He placed three crystals into the container one after another, then cut his wrist and let his blood drip inside.

As the blood gradually submerged the three crystals, the fusion began once more. Moments later, when the crystal fusion was complete, Tang Haofei finally took out the crystal.

The black fragment of the Demon Realm’s Core appeared deep and alluring under the dim light.

He sat there for half a day, and finally, he placed the crystal on his forehead.

As the black light flickered, everything fell silent.

...

When Wang Luo reported his encounter with Tang Haofei back to Yanjing, Wen Yu already knew the result of this matter was decided.

Normal professionists would not consider breaking away from the Dominator’s control as a grand opportunity — because they don’t want to lose the convenience of the Exchange Stone Pillar or the opportunities of the treasure land. The Dominator wouldn’t use its control authority to threaten these professionists of no distinct value either.

But for the apex individuals of this world, breaking free from the Dominator’s grasp is an imperative thing!

Wen Yu and Tang Haofei are very much alike, consequently, what choice Tang Haofei would make, Wen Yu was fully aware of.

He gave Tang Haofei’s information a simple scan and then set the matter aside, instead picking up another document on the desk.

This was the speech Wen Yu was going to deliver today at the Central Square of Yanjing.

Titled ”The Rise and Fall of Earth, Everyman’s Duty”...