At that instant.
He felt a flicker of fear arise within the powerful force he had just obtained!
It was the instinctive fear of an inferior being toward a superior one!
How was that possible?
This cripple?
Han Yuchen raised his head and met Xue Beng's gaze.
At that moment, the [Star Atlas] in his mind was frantically flooding his vision with messages.
[Warning! High-density Shadow Energy detected!] [Source: Xue Beng and his attendant knights.] [Attribute analysis: Solonsen Origin Fragment derivative—Shadow Parasitism.] [Current status: Corruption level 30% (host's mind has been twisted).]
Han Yuchen's heart sank.
This was even more serious than he had expected.
Back in Heaven Dou City, Xue Beng had only carried a faint stench.
Now, he was practically a walking source of pollution.
It seemed that in his pursuit of power, the Fourth Prince had completely sold himself to the devil.
"Your Highness, the Fourth Prince."
Han Yuchen's voice was soft, even somewhat weak.
He pulled Ma Hongjun behind him and stood in front.
"This is the Promotion Tournament venue. Your Majesty is watching from up there."
"If you really want to fight, we can meet in the ring."
"Bullying a commoner... that wouldn't sound very good if word got out, would it?"
Xue Beng's face twitched several times. Once again, he felt that he had lost the argument to Han Yuchen.
Black energy churned in his eyes, as though he were struggling.
Solonsen's thirst for slaughter was battling against his reason.
In the end, reason prevailed.
After all, Xue Ye was watching from the distant platform.
"Fine."
"Very well."
Xue Beng took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed that killing intent.
He looked at Han Yuchen with the venomous gaze of someone looking at a corpse.
"Han