Sudden Death

As the Simulation Scenario replayed, when A'da first blasted apart the Demon Eater's crown of the head, flesh, blood, and bone fragments had intertwined at the wound. But after entering the eerie Gray Decay World, her injuries recovered at a drastically slower rate.

He Zhao watched it over and over. After comparing the footage, he observed that her terrifying regenerative ability had been slowed by at least more than tenfold.

"Outside Aberrations that intrude will be suppressed by the Eerie World. If I accept the Heart Blood inside it, will I also face intense suppression?"

He pondered it for a while and decided it was a good idea.

Even if it failed, it was only 11 Simulation Coins.

Besides, on the trip there and back, he could at least earn the guaranteed reward for killing the Demon Eater.

[Life After Life, Endless Joy!]

[.]

[Have a pleasant game!]

"Zhao'er."

After the familiar line came something like a cutscene from a AAA game. Following the strategy he had worked out before, He Zhao successfully used Pig Woman's blade to kill the Demon Eater, dug out its heart, and hid it in a residence somewhere in the Spirit Realm.

It was the name Ruthless He Zhao had given the Gray Decay World himself, named after his Spiritual Vision talent.

"Pfft—"

He smeared the blood from the entire Demon Eater Heart over his body, then without hesitation gave himself a stab.

"It really hurts!"

The scorching-hot Heart Blood of the Aberration flowed swiftly through the sharp dagger and into his own heart.

That bursting sensation from before was gone. In the unseen darkness, the Demon Eater's Heart Blood seemed to have been subjected to powerful suppression.

"It worked!"

He Zhao was overjoyed. Never in his wildest dreams had he expected that, apart from the savage Pig Woman, the Spirit Realm possessed such an enormous use.

"Doesn't that mean I can mass-produce Secret Blood Warriors? The kind that doesn't need Golden Powder or the Jade Dagger to weaken them!"

Before he could continue letting his imagination run wild, the window outside the residence was filled by a huge, familiar eyeball.

"Pig Woman!"

Damn it, how had he forgotten that she had a pig's snout?

And the olfactory cells of pigs numbered hundreds of times those of humans.

"Roar—"

"Rumble!!"

After a thunderous crash, Pig Woman smashed through the wall of the residence and thrust half her body inside.

He Zhao?

At the critical moment of converting the Demon Eater's Heart Blood, moving even a finger was harder than ascending to heaven. He could only watch helplessly as Pig Woman stared with her two enormous eyes and swallowed him whole in one bite.

"Crunch! Crunch!"

[Congratulations, you survived for 3 hours. Forgive me for being unable to evaluate you!]

[Grade: G.]

[Enemies killed: Demon Eater (1).]

[Reward: 2 Simulation Coins (rating), 50 Simulation Coins (Demon Eater).]

[My Wallet: 460 Simulation Coins.]

[Would you like to replay your simulated life?]

The Simulator was already too lazy to mock him, making Ruthless He Zhao flush with shame.

Too miserable!

Pig Woman inflicted physical torment on him, and after he came out, he suffered a mental blow from the Simulator. Who could possibly be more miserable than me?

"No, that thing's sense of smell is too sensitive. I need to think of a way." Forget about shaking off Pig Woman for now—her nose was no decoration. Unless He Zhao could completely isolate his own scent.

As for taking a single dump long enough to become a Secret Blood Warrior, he had no detailed data or theory to support it. Who knew how long the conversion would last?

The information on Hetu Dao contained only Blood Bear's experimental records. With the suppression of Golden Powder and the Jade Dagger, it took at least one shichen, and as many as five.

For the Demon Eater, it would only take longer, never less.

"Sigh, I have to kill with a borrowed knife again."

His progress was stuck at a critical point, and He Zhao felt truly awful.

"Thick skin and tough flesh, powerful explosive force, immense strength. Even the incomparably sturdy buildings of the Spirit Realm were as fragile as straw beneath her impacts. Her recovery is unknown. Her only weakness is her clumsy body and turtle-like speed."

Of course, in close-range combat, relying on her powerful explosive force, Pig Woman's speed would leap forward by a great margin.

"Was there really anything in the Ruined Town of the Spirit Realm that could defeat her?"

He Zhao thought carefully, finding Pig Woman increasingly terrifying.

"No matter what, I have to try. It would have been one thing if I hadn't found a way to become a Secret Blood Warrior. But now that I have, I'm being held back by an Aberration's harassment. This is too hard for me!"

[Life After Life, Endless Joy!]

[.]

[Have a pleasant game!]

In the Spirit Realm, He Zhao wandered aimlessly with the Demon Eater's heart tucked into his clothes.

At first, he had still possessed some confidence. All things generated and restrained one another; surely a single Pig Woman could not sit at the top of the food chain.

But after several shichen passed, he had not found the slightest trace of any living creature.

"Everything lurking in the Ruined Town was probably hunted down by Pig Woman. Otherwise, this little amount of flesh on me would only be enough to fill the gaps between her teeth. She wouldn't be chasing me so relentlessly."

"Oink oink!!"

Hearing the pig cries behind him, He Zhao covered his forehead and inwardly cursed his fate.

Because he had roamed all over town searching for Pig Woman's opponent, more than half of the already dilapidated town had now been crushed to pieces.

"Her terrifying stamina should be added to her advantages in defense, strength, and explosive force." He ran and rested intermittently, appearing completely at ease. Pig Woman, meanwhile, had not slacked off for a moment, following behind him the entire time, yet she showed not the slightest hint of fatigue.

"Could it be that I need to leave the town?"

He Zhao gazed at the gloomy lands beyond town, deeply hesitant.

A mere town already harbored such horrifying Aberrations. If he went into the wilderness, who knew what even more vicious things might be there?

"Just you wait!"

He turned and shot a resentful glare at the unrelenting Pig Woman, deciding to thoroughly explore the entire town.

The instant he took a step forward, his entire body felt as if it had been struck by lightning.

"Thud!"

He Zhao collapsed to the ground, the strength draining rapidly from his whole body.

If not for the Death Resistance talent, he would likely have closed his eyes forever just then.

"Wh... what... is... going... on?"

"My... my heart... it feels like... something... pierced... through it..."

The moment he took that step, his heart was pierced by an invisible force.

"Oink oink?"

Pig Woman's eyes blazed with ferocious light as she looked at the prey sprawled on the ground.

Then she strode toward He Zhao.

"Am... am I... going to... be eaten... again?"

As his words fell, a thunderous boom rang out, and Pig Woman collapsed to the ground.

"Oink oink."

The creature that stood at the very top of the town's food chain let out weak cries of agony.

"What the hell... what... what is going on?"

There were no clues whatsoever. The deaths had come utterly out of the blue.

The Sixth Sense from the Hundred Battles Elite title had issued no warning when he took that step.

The moment his foot hit the ground, the clouds of death abruptly condensed into form.

Then, before He Zhao could take any remedial action, his heart was directly pierced through.

With an ordinary fatal wound, he could still bounce around like nothing had happened. He dared not claim much, but he would at least have enough time to dance a tap routine.

But after his heart was pierced, his vitality seemed to be drawn away by an invisible force, leaving He Zhao unable even to crawl.

"There must be something wrong beneath my feet."

Touch the ground, and die.

"Spiritual Vision!"

A vast amount of Spirit Power gathered in his eyes, and the dilapidated Spirit Realm swiftly became different in his vision.

Dense, chaotic Blood-Colored Footprints filled his entire field of view.

Inside the residence ahead, a dim black shadow held its right hand suspended over its left chest.

"Next time, I won't fall for it."

With the full-bodied vigor of a final flash before death, He Zhao swallowed his last breath.

Pig Woman?

She had died far earlier than he had.

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