Ren Kougyoku, attempting to use the livestream feature: "..."
The originally heavy atmosphere vanished, replaced by an even more stifling one.
Lightning Dragon Slayer: "Hiss! Disgusting! What the hell do you think about all day?!"
Katarina: "I beg to differ. The group chat is now shared in our minds. By your logic, wouldn't my thoughts also be your thoughts?"
Lightning Dragon Slayer: "Fuck off!"
Katarina: "You got it."
Inside the labyrinth.
Ling Yuan, who had entered the livestream, was speechless as he looked at Katarina's messages.
This girl really had something seriously wrong with her brain.
Inside the labyrinth.
As long as you could fly, and as long as your destructive power was strong enough, nothing was a problem.
Meanwhile, Judal kept studying Ling Yuan.
In his eyes, Ling Yuan was completely abnormal. Hongyan needed his continuous supply of energy just to maintain Full Body Magic Armor.
How did Ling Yuan manage to throw out ultimate moves like they cost nothing?
"We're here."
At last.
After passing through countless obstacles, they arrived before the labyrinth's gate.
Without hesitation, Ling Yuan pushed it open.
The gate opened.
Before Ren Kougyoku and the group members' shocked eyes, the surrounding scenery instantly changed into a vast sky.
Bird-like labyrinth creatures flew freely through the air.
Before them stood an altar, upon which the Demon God's Metal Vessel was enshrined.
As though sensing Ling Yuan and the others' arrival.
A mass of blue gas flew out from the Metal Vessel, then transformed into an enormous Demon God.
Katarina: "So huge! And so beautiful!"
Lightning Dragon Slayer: "A giant like the old man..."
Akame: "Blue skin. Non-human species."
Everyone stared in shock at Phoenix, the Demon God who was huge in every possible sense.
Phoenix was a female Demon God with a hint of sorrow between her brows. She possessed an exceptionally beautiful appearance; even little Kougyoku seemed somewhat inferior beside her.
"Are you the ones brought by a MAGI?" Phoenix glanced at Judal before her gaze fell upon Ling Yuan and the other two.
"I am the Demon God of Compassion and Mediation. Who wishes to become my king?"
Phoenix's voice was extraordinarily gentle, like a soft breeze.
It seemed capable of soothing one's heart.
"It's me."
Ling Yuan stepped forward.
Hongyan and Judal said nothing, clearly giving their tacit approval.
"Then please take care of me, my king."
At that moment, Phoenix understood. She transformed into light and flew into the Blazing Key in Ling Yuan's hand.
Bzzzt—
The next moment, an orange-red octagram was engraved upon it.
"Ding! Rules from another world detected. Converging them into system rules!"
As the system's voice fell, Ling Yuan froze.
What did that mean?
But the system quickly answered him.
"Ding! Master, the Demon Gods of this world are the chiefs of seventy-two races. They evolved after absorbing the magic within the divine staffs bestowed by Il Ilah, the Creator God of the world of Al-Thamen." "Its use is closely connected to Rukh, and its essence is bound by this world." "To break this limitation, the system has severed Phoenix's connection to this world for you."
With that explanation, Ling Yuan understood.
This had completely bound Phoenix to him, freeing her from the constraints of the MAGI system.
Even if all the labyrinth towers were completely destroyed, he would not lose Phoenix's power.
A Demon God entirely independent of the Rukh system, belonging to him alone!
However, before Ling Yuan could celebrate for long, the system's voice came again.
"Additionally, a reminder for Master: this labyrinth tower has lost the power of its Metal Vessel and is currently collapsing. Please leave immediately."
Ling Yuan: "?"
Bang!
As if to emphasize the warning, a small pebble fell from the sky.
The next second, an octagram teleportation magic array unfolded beneath everyone's feet.
Inside the Sacred Palace.
Ugo, who had been keeping Aladdin company, suddenly changed expression.
The aura of a Demon God had disappeared?!
Because Aladdin had not yet left, Ugo had not become so bored that he went mad. Thus, he had not yet altered Il Ilah's sequence and become a god.
But that was nothing. With Ugo's intelligence, locating the Demon God tower and intercepting it should have been easy.
But the most terrifying thing was... he could not do it?!
In the end, he could only watch helplessly as Ling Yuan and the others left Al-Thamen through the Teleportation Array.
But when he saw Ling Yuan and the others, he unexpectedly discovered something else.
"Black MAGI..."
Outside the labyrinth tower.
The labyrinth had vanished, replaced by a massive crater.
Apart from Ling Yuan and the others, the surrounding area was filled with countless treasures.
Those who conquered a labyrinth would become "King's Vessels" who obtained the Demon God's Power.
A King's Vessel was someone capable of becoming a king. The treasures in these labyrinths existed so that the chosen King's Vessels would have enough funds to establish a nation.
"Ding! Master, someone has been detected spying on this place."
"Block him."
Ling Yuan was not surprised. Instead, he spoke calmly.
There were only two people in this world who could notice him now. One was the old shut-in Ugo in the Sacred Palace, and the other was Alba, who had taken over Ren Gyokuen's body.
Inside the Sacred Palace.
Ugo, who had been spying, suddenly changed expression.
"How is that possible? How could a human detect the existence of the Sacred Palace?!"
But no matter how he manipulated it, Rukh seemed to have malfunctioned and could no longer bring him any information.
"The flow of Rukh has changed..."
"You've already obtained Phoenix's power. Tell me! Tell me everything about this world!" Hongyan said impatiently.
"Don't rush. I'll send you something." Ling Yuan stretched out his hand and lightly sliced through the air.
An invisible thread connected to Ren Kouen.
Ding! Group Owner Ling Yuan invites you to join the Super Dimensional Group Chat. Do you accept?
Ren Kouen frowned.
It had appeared directly in his mind. Some kind of mental magic?
Accept.
But he did not care about such things. To gain the knowledge he wanted, even if he had to destroy his own body, he would not so much as furrow his brow.
Ding! First Prince has joined the group chat.
Maple: "New friends should tap the group chat avatar first. If there's anything you don't understand afterward, just ask @Katarina."
Katarina: "Why me?"
Maple: "Sorry, I got too absorbed in gaming and haven't finished my homework. If I don't do it, I'll have to stand in the hallway as punishment tomorrow."
Katarina: "...@Maple, go do it. I understand that feeling."
Katarina deeply sympathized with her.
This was what life was like for poor students.
Being isekai'd was better. After being transported, you did not have to do homework anymore.
Ling Yuan: "@Katarina, I don't know what you're thinking, but Maple is a top student. She ranks first in her grade in English."
Katarina: "???"
Katarina: "@Maple, damn it! Give me back my sympathy! Why are you even doing homework? Are top students this hardworking really going to leave anyone else in your class alive? Die!"
Maple: "EMMM"
Lightning Dragon Slayer: "Jealous?"
Akame: "Salty?"
Ling Yuan: "Lamenting the unfairness of fate?"
Katarina: "Aaaah, shut up! All of you, shut up!"
The Monkey King was losing it.
Elsewhere.
"Ha ha ha ha ha!"
After Maple's reminder, Ren Kouen absorbed the group chat's information and could not help throwing back his head in laughter.
Judal silently took a step back. Had Ren Kouen gone insane?
At that moment, Ren Kouen had no time to care about Judal. His face was filled with joy.
"Interesting! So interesting!"
For someone with such an intense thirst for knowledge.
Not only had he learned of other worlds, he could even speak with people from those worlds and learn about them.
This was simply wonderful to him!
This chat group might as well have been tailor-made for him!
"Uh..."
Kougyoku shrank fearfully behind Ling Yuan. Brother Hongyan looked so scary right now.
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