More than a month after leaving the Land of Floating Specters, Chen Rui finally returned to Dark Moon. This time, he brought someone back with him—Vixierna, who had become his servant.
Faced with the choice between life and death, freedom and becoming a puppet, Vixierna, a demigod-level powerhouse, ultimately made the most correct choice.
Never mind anything else—even if he had not killed her and had simply patted his backside and left, being trapped in that hellish place for the rest of her life was more than she could bear. Sometimes, loneliness was even more terrifying than death.
This "Leconin" could wield all seven divine artifacts, including the God-Devouring Mask, the Sword of the Fallen Angel, and the Fury King Armor. Perhaps he was some god reincarnated. Besides, circumstances were stronger than people. If she refused to submit, she would either die or become a puppet. She could only bow her head.
Just after Vixierna gritted her teeth and signed the Master-Servant Contract, Chen Rui unleashed the long-prepared True Crimson Annihilation into an empty stretch of the nearby island. Clearly, this was a display of power. Seeing the terrifying sight of everything being wiped out, Vixierna could not help shuddering, secretly rejoicing at her luck. If that move had been used on her, she definitely would not have been able to withstand it, even at her peak.
Compared with the humiliation of submission, the "benefits" that followed left Vixierna astonished and even overjoyed.
First, that miraculous Star Rank Enhancement refined her foundational power anew, like casting away the dross and retaining the essence. At her current level, she naturally understood the benefits of such "refinement." The higher a cultivator rose, the harder it became to break through. Taking Vixierna's current mid-demigod stage as an example, every tiny step forward required