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At this moment, Xiao Xiao, who was smiling, did not tell Old Man An. An where he had really made a mistake: In order to persuade Xiao Xiao to join, the old man had given him a day to understand City of Rest and how all these things worked.

But he shouldn't have brought an insightful person with him around his city.

What kind of behavior is it when someone who already possesses amazing observational skills is given excellent conditions for observation?

It was also during this process that Xiao Xiao became increasingly familiar with the true use of the Unquenched Heart.

The ability of Unquenched Heart is parasitism, allowing it to connect with the City Will, or rather, the ocean of spiritual power, to reach a deeper level.

However, not every city will allow him to parasitize like Black Gate City, or even deliberately guide him as if afraid he won't learn.

Any normal city will rebel.

This is also the awkward part of the Unquenched Heart.

The tiny mosquito, clinging to the body of a colossal creature to suck blood, must remain extremely discreet. Even while sucking blood, it cannot be too ferocious or impatient, lest the colossal creature discover it and slap it to death.

However, besides possessing Unquenched Heart, Xiao Xiao also has the ability of an observer. This ability allows him to gain a deep and comprehensive understanding of the city's dynamics and its unique spiritual ocean. After thoroughly understanding the city, he can then look for suitable opportunities to strike... Of course, speaking of this, we must thank Old Man An. Without his enthusiastic guidance and introduction, how could Xiao Xiao have so easily broadened his horizons to the entire City of Rest learned so much about it?

Perhaps in Old Man An's eyes, he didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

After all, he only gave Xiao Xiao a superficial understanding of some things. The only time Xiao Xiao truly saw City of Rest was when he returned to the hotel.

That glance lasted less than three seconds before he stopped himself from looking at it.

But he didn't know that those three seconds would be enough.

Entering a state of Mind Burst, Xiao Xiao used those three seconds to turn his gaze to every aspect of City of Rest that he had previously wanted to understand, as well as areas where his understanding was insufficient.

In just those three seconds, his understanding of City of Rest may have surpassed that of most of its knights.

After understanding it, they begin to parasitize it.

The Unquenched Heart, like the tendrils of that heart, begins to slowly seep into the city and take control of it.

In this process, Xiao Xiao and the Mysterious Source of City of Rest are actually in opposing positions.

The Shepherds had previously explained this theory to Xiao Xiao: Mysterious Source cannot actually represent the city; they are merely parasites of the city.

The city itself is a spiritual ocean, and the Mysterious Source is nothing more than the largest creature in this ocean. They live in this ocean, pollute it, distort it, and reap what they want here.

It is precisely because it regards this ocean as its own territory that it drives away other Mysterious Source, sending them into the Mist Sea to fend for themselves.

Now, another person has arrived in this ocean, vying with this Mysterious Source for control of it.

That's exactly what Xiao Xiao is doing now.

"I must admit, Old Man An did a pretty good job..."

Xiao Xiao looked at Old Man An with genuine respect and admiration. He had done something similar in Night's End City before, except that time he used his analytical abilities from a realistic perspective and the False Light of Dante Organization to stir up trouble in that ocean, causing all sorts of big events to force the Mysterious Source of that ocean to reveal itself. Afterwards, he did indeed meet the master of that ocean, receive the Unquenched Heart from him, and then obediently leave...

This time was different. Old Man An and his group actually built an iron barrel around this ocean, so that they couldn't even stir up the water if they wanted to.

Normally, if someone wanted to parasitize a behemoth like City of Rest, they wouldn't even have a starting point, and if they did, they would be quickly discovered, or even suffer a backlash.

Fortunately, I was careful and arranged for the Hell Legion to come with me from the beginning.

When they started causing trouble and chaos, the ocean became murky, and they drilled all sorts of holes in it, making it easier for their Unquenched Heart to parasitize it.

Nowadays, the Mysterious Source in this sea is so busy dealing with them that it's easy to overlook its own silent yet ubiquitous parasitic ability.

That's the gist of it. Xiao Xiao's reluctance to explain it to Old Man An wasn't just to annoy him.

Because that's the truth.

Xiao Xiao only saw the Mysterious Source of City of Rest as a parasite on this spiritual ocean, a hegemon that could be challenged. But Old Man An and the others believed it was God, and that it itself represented this ocean.

Different perceptions meant that even Old Man An could not understand Xiao Xiao's current way of confronting City of Rest.

"So, you already had ill intentions when we invited you here?"

Although Old Man An could not understand it, he could still grasp the crux of the matter.

The second high train from Black Gate City brought something to City of Rest that caused chaos in City of Rest.

This only shows that Chairman Xiao had decided to deal with City of Rest from the very beginning.

Faced with his questioning, Xiao Xiao could only helplessly reply, "Do you think City of Rest has good intentions?"

Actually, I'm not an unreasonable person. If City of Rest had just behaved itself, accepted the information card, and let me leave...

So it's highly likely that this Hell Legion that came on a trip really was just here for a short visit, and then they'll obediently go back.

But since you're looking for trouble...

... Why should we be so polite?

"You guys are simply overestimating yourselves!"

Meeting Xiao Xiao's mocking gaze, Old Man An was already furious, his eyebrows and eyes contorted in anger.

He suddenly raised the glass ball above his head, and a massive amount of spiritual power poured into it, causing the snow inside to fall like a blizzard.

Even the space around Xiao Xiao began to be forcibly switched to the scene inside the glass ball, as if layers of color were forcibly covering the original pattern on the canvas.

Faced with his fury, Xiao Xiao only sneered, "You're really too stubborn."

At this moment, his parasitism on City of Rest is less than 10%, but even if it is only 1%, he is still at the same level as City of Rest. How could this glass ball possibly contain him?

A fish in an ocean cannot swallow the ocean itself.

The level of this senior from City of Rest is too low. He didn't even understand that it was precisely because he wanted to completely put himself and Ruan Ruan into the glass ball that this S-class item failed. If he had only wanted to put Ruan Ruan in, he might have succeeded.

"President, imprisonment is ineffective; we have no choice but to kill him!"

But at that very moment, while Old Man An was still subconsciously struggling with the glass ball, the little knight who had been silently serving him suddenly realized the key point.

Old Man An was actually using an elegant and dignified method. When facing the other party's leader, he only wanted to imprison him without bloodshed. It was like two generals having a meeting, where one side suddenly snapped their fingers, a group of men entered, pointed guns at the other side, and escorted them into prison. This was much more dignified than each side calling in a group of men to open fire. However, this dignified method was ineffective against Xiao Xiao at this moment. Only a bloody confrontation could affect him.

The young knight realized this and, while shouting a warning, leaped over the round table.

A sharp dagger appeared in his hand without his knowledge. He lunged forward toward Xiao Xiao's neck and slashed down viciously.

Across the round table, Old Man An's face was already showing signs of great anger.

"How could such a simple method possibly kill this madman from Black Gate City?"

"Besides, my men acted without my permission before I even spoke; that's far too unruly..."

"..."

"Holy crap..."

Facing the sudden glint of cold light, Xiao Xiao's eyebrows actually twitched slightly, and he subconsciously wanted to back away to avoid it, but he forced himself to hold back.

Because he had already seen that when Ruan Ruan saw the other party attacking, she roared, jumped onto the table, and slammed the metal wrench in her hand hard on the other party's head.

To be honest, at this moment, this is really the only way to hurt myself.

In truth, my current strength is not yet great enough; I only possess the high-level power of Unquenched Heart.

The ability of the Insightful cannot be used directly to fight against it, and his own special elements are still affected by the City of Rest, making them unusable.

The most crucial point is that the method he used to deal with Mister Du is ineffective in City of Rest because the real-world rulers in City of Rest do not recognize the Black Forest and therefore refuse to cooperate with Black Forest.

Since he couldn't include his location in the territory of Black Gate City, he naturally couldn't make a wish.

Therefore, theoretically, that last strike was quite dangerous, because Xiao Xiao could only dodge backwards, and might have ended up in a rather embarrassing situation.

With just a flash like that, the opponent will realize their weakness, which is quite troublesome.

Fortunately, Ruan Ruan acted in time, so he was happy to sit there leisurely, seemingly not even blinking at the little knight's sudden attack, completely ignoring it.

"Black Gate City's reputation is indeed extraordinary..."

Watching Ruan Ruan engage in combat with the little knight, one wielding a metal wrench like a windmill, the other gripping a dagger in his other hand, each strike was exceptionally vicious and insidious, and it seemed unlikely that a victor could be determined in a short time.

Old Man An also sighed deeply, and suddenly raised his hand, causing the glass ball to roll directly to the ground, cracking in several places.

Xiao Xiao's heart sank as he looked at it. "S-rank..."

But Old Man An threw away the glass marble, not even bothering to glance at it, and for the first time, a hint of confusion seemed to appear in his eyes. "But I don't even understand..."

"With such a large difference in our scores, why is Black Gate City able to perform like this?"

"..."

"Because..."

Xiao Xiao paused for a moment, then looked at him and smiled, "Our former Old Chairman was quite impressive..."

"Since you are an old acquaintance of his, don't you know just how crazy the things he usually studies are?"

"..."

Kuang Juemin?

The stunned look on Old Man An's face suddenly eased considerably, as if he too felt that this now made sense...

It was impossible to describe the exhaustion on his face at that moment. Suddenly, he straightened up and gently raised his right hand. From the museum behind him, another black box flew into his hand. Old Man An looked up at Xiao Xiao, his gaze seemingly filled with resentment.

"But if we could drive him to his death, why can't you?"

"..."

Before the words had even faded, the black box had suddenly opened.

At this moment, even Xiao Xiao couldn't help but feel a little alarmed, suddenly sensing various strange and ferocious spiritual forces appearing around him.

He was an observer; without turning his head, he could see that three shadows draped in black robes had somehow materialized around him. Each shadow was over three meters tall and they formed a triangular shape around him. The one in front of him had appeared on the round table, half of its body embedded in it. Then, the three black shadows simultaneously and slowly reached out. Their hands, hidden beneath their robes, were withered and white, resembling three skeletal arms at first glance. They then viciously gripped Xiao Xiao's body.

Crackling sound...

But at that very moment, the Butcher in the black shadow behind Xiao Xiao suddenly made a sound, and the sound of the chainsaw was crazy and ear-piercing.

As the black shadows surged, the dark red serrated edges suddenly swept fiercely from left to right at the three shadowy figures, blurring their dim forms.

At this moment, Xiao Xiao's parasitism on this city finally exceeded 10%, which meant that Xiao Xiao had a certain degree of control over this ocean of spiritual power.

The Butcher's power was sealed by this ocean; once he gained control, he could untie it.

Of course, although the Butcher was untied in time, he successfully demonstrated his ferocity as a creature of hell, fighting the three shadowy figures.

But at this moment, Xiao Xiao's forehead was almost covered in cold sweat.

He could sense the dangerous aura emanating from the three dark figures that emerged from the box. They seemed to exist everywhere at the same time. When he was first captured by the three of them, he had several plans to dodge, but he couldn't escape any of them.

Those three dark figures seemed to be able to grab him no matter what space he was in, whether in the real world or the spiritual world.

That was fucking close...

In Old Man An's eyes, Xiao Xiao never looked at him directly from beginning to end. Whether he used the Miniature World Ball or mobilized the three Hell Catcher, Xiao Xiao just quietly held his wine glass and sat there.

The corners of her mouth are a self-mocking gesture.

But little did he know, Xiao Xiao's heart was pounding like a drum. "This is actually a do-or-die situation..."

"But I insisted on making it look like a game of crushing noobs..."

"But there's nothing I can do. This is the first time I've officially used the Unquenched Heart to fight against a city. I didn't know the progress would be this slow!"

"It's too difficult..."

"Who the hell can save me?"

"..."

In the distant Black Gate City, in a lonely and gloomy little building, Yang Jia was writing something when he suddenly frowned slightly. He felt that the Platinum Ring on his left ring finger was faintly emitting a kind of distress signal.

She stopped writing, looked at the Platinum Ring, and seemed lost in thought.

Actually, I updated it before midnight yesterday, with 7,000 words, but I don't know why it took so long to be reviewed, and I only updated it today.

However, my thinking was a bit limited today, so I'll just post 4,000 words for now and find a chance to finish later.