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After confirming that Shute had truly left this time, Anvis turned his attention back to researching the Desire Beast.

It was hard to say whether this was fortunate or regrettable. Although the pale red mist within the cup continued to emerge without end, the Desire Beast born from Keen's body ultimately stopped at the Sixth Rank.

Once its mutation reached a certain critical point, a bizarre collapse began to emerge from deep within the Desire Beast, spreading from the inside out.

Before Anvis, the enormous, twisted abomination exploded like a firework, scattering flesh and blood across the ground.

"Did it collapse because its existence could not withstand excessively powerful Desire Power? Was the original test subject simply too weak?"

After dismissing the Magic Shield that had blocked the splattered flesh and debris, Anvis stared at the pieces of meat still faintly wriggling across the floor and fell into thought.

There was no shortage of stronger test subjects here. The Lord of Dragon Shadow City was still unconscious. With his Seventh Rank strength, he should be able to endure the mutation for longer.

At first, Anvis had considered controlling the Lord of Dragon Shadow City, then using Dragon Shadow City as a base to follow this trail and gradually uncover more lawless regions capable of providing him with Desire Power.

However, after his unexpected contact with this mysterious cult, the city lord had gained a more meaningful use.

The Lord of Dragon Shadow City himself probably would not mind too much. Though his outer body had mutated, his consciousness remained immersed in a beautiful dream of endless desires.

As long as he was not dead, no matter how mad or twisted his desires were, they could be fulfilled in that dream—though such fulfillment was based on the recipient's own perception.

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