Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

Lin Ye looked horrified.

Such power...

It's so scary!

Crimson Dragon City is the capital of the Eastern Dragon Clan. It is said that the city walls are built with extraordinary materials such as dragon blood and black iron, making them indestructible.

Unexpectedly, the eleventh-tier ferocious beast summoned by Sima Qing was so easily smashed through!

But how could it be?

Sima Qing's soul should not have recovered yet. His soul essence suffered such severe damage; logically, his soul power should have greatly diminished, and his ability to enhance summoned creatures should have been significantly reduced. How could he still bestow such powerful abilities upon summoning the undead...?

"Heh..." Sima Qing slowly straightened up, looking at the dust-covered ruins of the city wall, and stood up with satisfaction.

Sure enough, the Zheng, Fei, and Gu Diao he summoned this time were much closer in strength to their ancient power than when he summoned them in the Evil Nether City last time!

Sima Qing's lips curled into a slight smile. However, before he could enjoy his triumph for long, a sharp pain shot through his very soul, instantly spreading throughout his entire body.

"Well--!!!!"

He groaned, his left hand suddenly clenching tightly at his chest, his knuckles turning white from the force, digging deeply into his robes. Large beads of cold sweat instantly seeped out and rolled down his forehead, and his body trembled uncontrollably.

It seems that even with the "Blood Soul Sacred Stone" as a medium, and with his current half-damaged soul attempting to control three eleventh-tier demon gods simultaneously, the burden remains terrifyingly heavy, and the backlash is so fierce and swift...

"Chairman, are you alright?" Zhiling immediately stepped forward.

"...It's nothing." Sima Qing squeezed out two words through gritted teeth, forcibly circulating his soul power to temporarily suppress the soul-tearing pain.

After catching his breath, he expressionlessly reached into his robes again and took out a strange crystal that was entirely crimson and contained a hazy, blood-red light.

"Click."

With a soft crack, the crystal was easily crushed in his palm.

hum-

The shattered crystal did not turn into powder, but instantly vaporized into an incomparably pure crimson soul energy that exuded a mixture of sacred and ferocious aura. As if it were alive, it quickly drilled into his mouth, nose, and pores all over his body, merging into his limbs, bones, and the depths of his soul!

'Blood Soul Sacred Stone?!'

As a player, Lin Ye immediately recognized the thing.

That's a god-level game item!

Each Blood Soul Holy Stone is formed from a drop of the essence blood of a legendary ancient holy beast, plus a wisp of the essence soul power!

Legendary ancient sacred beasts must be at least among the Four Sacred Beasts, or beings of the level of the Phoenix, Qilin, or Bai Ze...

Using a Blood Soul Holy Stone can significantly enhance all of the user's attributes and abilities in a short period of time, instantly restore all states, and greatly increase the strength and capacity of the soul!

No wonder the chairman's body emitted such a dense and terrifying crimson soul power when he summoned the undead, and the summoned ferocious beasts and undead also had a surge in power. It turns out that it was all thanks to the effect of this Blood Soul Holy Stone.

However, each Blood Soul Stone is extremely precious. In the previous game, players only had a way to obtain Blood Soul Stones after unlocking the God Realm chapter dungeon.

Why would a chairman of the board have this position?

'Could it be that he redeemed it from the system shop...?'

Lin Ye quickly dismissed this conjecture.

No, that's impossible...

Even if players have points and want to exchange for Blood Soul Stones, they still have to wait until the God Realm dungeon chapter is opened.

How did the chairman obtain the game items for the next version?

As the immense energy of the second Blood Soul Holy Stone was rapidly absorbed, Sima Qing's pale face visibly regained its rosy hue, and the chaotic aura around him became calm and powerful again. The soul-tearing pain seemed to be temporarily suppressed.

He slowly raised his head, squinted, and looked at the ruins of the city wall with a huge gap in it, as well as the panicked scene inside the city that could be vaguely seen within. His cold eyes showed no emotion.

"Let's go." He uttered only one word before taking the lead, stepping over the rubble and twisted metal, and walking indifferently into Crimson Dragon City.

Seeing this, Su You, Hei Jian, Zhu Yu, Lin Ye, and the others exchanged glances and followed suit.

Not far away, on a mountain ridge overlooking part of Red Dragon City.

On the canopy of a towering ancient tree, a tall figure stands on its thick horizontal branches.

Tyrannosaurus Rex Wilba casually rested one hand on the rough bark of a tree, gazing at the rising dust and the three enormous, ferocious shadows standing beside the ruins in the direction of Crimson Dragon City, and said leisurely, "Heh... It's finally begun."

"Crackling... gurgling..."

A strange sound, like the surging of viscous liquid or the shaping of soft clay, rang out from the surface of the thick tree trunk beside him.

A section of the tree trunk appeared to have melted, oozing a strange, milky-white, semi-transparent, and constantly wriggling substance.

The mass of matter rapidly coalesced and stretched, transforming in the blink of an eye into a creature with blurred outlines, no fixed shape, seemingly sculpted from white clay or resin. It had no clear features, only a slight undulation in the area that should have been its head.

"That Blood Soul Sacred Stone, and those Heavenly Dao Prophecy Stones, you sold them to Sima Qing, didn't you?" A voice that was neither male nor female came from the white rubber ball.

“Yeah, right.” Tyrannosaurus Rex Wilbara grinned. “He offered a hefty price.”

“You really don’t care about old friendships,” the rubber man said. “Ye Ge was your boss in your past life, yet you sold something so important to his rival.”

"Well, there's nothing I can do about that," said Tyrannosaurus Rex Willba. "After all, I'm a businessman, hehehe..."