Gem Fruit

After such a long battle, Lin had actually realized that the two people she was fighting were both a cut above her in strength. However, because they were fighting inside this palace, they were restricted and unable to fully unleash their power.

Conversely, she did not have such limitations. From the start of the battle until now, she had been fighting with all her might, completely unconcerned about her surroundings.

Therefore, she was not suppressed even after all the people who had signed the contract were dead, which allowed her to maintain a certain level of resistance.

Usually, when she sustained minor injuries, Lin would choose to bear them herself. Only when the wounds became severe enough to affect her combat performance would she divert a portion of the damage to Chen Qiang, letting him shoulder the burden for her.

After all, she knew that the person Chen Qiang was facing was much stronger than the two in front of her. If he were careless, he might fail, so she tried her best to endure the damage herself to avoid affecting his fight.

After another dozen minutes of engagement, the floor of the palace could no longer withstand their battle and suddenly collapsed, shifting their battlefield from the ground floor to the basement.

Moreover, after coming down, perhaps because the palace had been damaged by their fighting, these two might face some miserable punishment once the battle ended.

Upon reaching the basement, the two opponents completely cast off their restraints and their attacks became much more vicious. The look in their eyes toward Lin shifted from the initial mockery to pure anger.

This sudden change in the rhythm of the battle nearly overwhelmed Lin, and the wounds on her body began to multiply rapidly.

"Bang!"

Just as Lin was about to be struck by a fist that had grown in size due to a moment of carelessness, a black hand in the shape of a claw appeared before her, blocking the opponent's punch.

On the other side, the battle between Chen Qiang and Toby had reached a white-hot stage.

As their fight began, the entire plaza of the slave market had become part of their battlefield. After such a long struggle, the entire square had become riddled with craters, no longer resembling its previously level state.

At this moment, Chen Qiang had once again been dyed into a blood-man by his own gore, looking quite miserable.

Of course, his opponent, Toby, was no better off. The fancy gem-encrusted suit he had worn earlier had been shredded by Chen Qiang and torn off by Toby himself, discarded to the side. His muscular frame was now covered in knife wounds of various sizes.

"Hehe! So much for the so-called Underground Emperor. If this continues, you're going to die!"

As Chen Qiang's voice fell, he transformed into a Blood Tiger once again and charged toward his opponent.

"Poison Gem!"

"Going to lose? Who said only you can recover from your wounds!"

Hearing Chen Qiang's words, Toby produced a deep green gem in his hand that exploded as Chen Qiang approached, forcing him back. Toby then spoke with great disdain.

As he finished speaking, another green gem appeared in his hand. However, this gem was completely different from the deep green ones used before; this one was significantly brighter and contained a dense aura of life.

Without hesitation, he crushed the gem in his hand, and a powerful surge of life energy erupted, rapidly enveloping his entire body. Under the infusion of this life energy, the wounds on his body healed in the blink of an eye.

"The Undying Chen Qiang, I have to admit, you are indeed strong. But have you forgotten one thing? This is my city. Fighting in my city, I have been invincible from the very beginning!"

Looking at Chen Qiang, who was watching him with a solemn expression from afar, Toby smiled. Light appeared in his hand again, but the gem that appeared this time was not any color seen in the previous battle.

It was a black gem that had never appeared before.

"Not good!"

The moment the black gem appeared, an intense sense of crisis emerged. Chen Qiang immediately realized something was wrong and slashed forward. A violent gust of wind appeared, blowing away the green poison around Toby, while Chen Qiang followed closely behind, quickly lunging toward Toby and striking straight at his chest.

However, before Chen Qiang's blade could land, Toby crushed the black gem in his hand ahead of time.

"Great Dark Night Descent!"

As the gem was crushed, the entire city suddenly went dark. All the yellow gems that had been shining brightly above the cavern dimmed at the same time, causing the entire city to become pitch black, unable to see one's own fingers.

At the same time, taking advantage of Chen Qiang's eyes failing to adjust to the dimming of the gems on the ceiling, a circle of black light enveloped both him and Chen Qiang.

"Gem Space!"

After the black light swallowed both him and Chen Qiang, the light in the city returned, but Chen Qiang and Toby, who had been in the plaza, had disappeared, leaving only a giant black gem resting in the square.

Everything changed too quickly. Before Chen Qiang could react, he had already been swallowed. Consumed by the darkness, Chen Qiang's world went completely black; even if he placed his hand in front of his eyes, he could not see his own fingers.

"Blade slashes the flesh, heart slashes the soul! With blood as eyes, pierce through the mist!"

Although everything was very eerie, Chen Qiang did not panic too much. Even though his eyes could not see here, his senses remained, and he could clearly feel a powerful person watching him from ahead. Without hesitation, he wiped his blood-stained hand across his eyes, spreading the crimson glow over them.

As the blood-red light appeared in his eyes, the scene in the space returned, though it was now stained with the color of blood, looking quite bizarre.

It was only after his vision was restored that Chen Qiang realized where he was.

He saw that he and Toby were currently inside a gem. In particular, all sorts of gems of various sizes and colors were rotating around Chen Qiang; if he moved even slightly, he would bump into them.

"So what if you can see? In my Gem Space, I am God. No one here can defy my will!"

Toby, who had been standing to the side preparing to enjoy Chen Qiang's panicked performance, had not expected Chen Qiang to recover so quickly after the initial confusion of entering, even using that eerie blood-red light to restore his vision. Although he was surprised by the strength of Chen Qiang's ability, he still had confidence in his own power.

"Deprive!"