Invitation

"No wonder it was the Endless Abyss, no wonder it was that chaotic, absurd source of endless entertainment. Every new stunt it pulled shook the multiverse."

Fighting itself, eating itself—even in the Abyss, that holy land of absurd antics, this counted as an unparalleled masterpiece.

Especially since the one behind it was the Snake King, an Abyss Lord who was unusually un-Abyss-like. That made it all the more entertaining.

The clone had rebelled the moment it became independent. To some extent, the Abyss Will—or perhaps the local World's Will—had likely had enough of this irritating Abyss BOSS.

".This resurrection was even slower than the last one."

"Not only that, her upper limit of power has been cut down significantly again."

"She is only one step away from falling completely below Rule-level. One more time. Kill her one more time."

The intelligence returned far faster than expected. When the Beast King ran into trouble, the hunters lurking in the shadows began to stir.

The longer this dragged on, the more unfavorable it became for this fallen lord. It was likely not just human hunters who coveted an Abyss Lord fallen from her pedestal.

In fact, other Floor Lords were already rushing down. Naturally, they were not coming to pledge loyalty to the Snake King.

Perhaps this was what it meant to face the world's headwind. When everyone wanted you dead, nothing would go smoothly.

"Keep going."

After a brief discussion, Lu PingAn's group split up again. One group continued searching for and hunting down the now-confirmed-to-be-few Snake Sheddings, while the other, led by Kun Ba, ensured the Snake King's repeated deaths.

Even now, Lu PingAn still held to his bottom line—do not confront a Rule-level opponent head-on.

From the larger perspective, the mission was already more than halfway complete. The Snake