Chapter 154 – The Last Blessing (Part ②)

Volume 2: Battlefield Between Two Worlds

As the Ruler's hand moved slowly, the pile of corpses that had been heaped together was gradually brushed aside.

Meanwhile, the Ruler's explanation continued.

"These Mutant Beasts are different from you. You humans can use the Exchange Pillars and enter Treasure Lands, but the Mutant Beasts cannot!"

"The reason they can evolve is because they draw power from your Mother Planet!"

"The Divine Beast Species, one could say, are born from the Will of the Earth, created specifically to protect this planet."

"They are the true lifeforms recognized by this world! They are the Agents of this world!"

"In fact, when it comes down to it, my goal is the same as the Earth's: we both want to defeat the Demon Race."

The Ruler paused slightly when mentioning the Demon Race.

"You know there are many races in this world. Although you humans are the Overlords of this planet, I have no reason to feel obligated to choose you as my Agents, do I?"

"The reason I chose you is that the Human Race is naturally precocious, possesses a powerful capacity for learning, and has a sophisticated social system. However, this leads to a problem."

"What problem?"

Wen Yu found himself inadvertently drawn in by the Ruler's words.

The Ruler gave Wen Yu a cryptic smile.

"It means that your Human Race's desires are stronger than those of any other race!"

"To you, desire is the driving force for progress or advancement. But to me, desire makes you much easier to-control!"

Control. It was a word that sat uncomfortably in the ear.

"Just like this!"

With a wave of the Ruler's hand toward Wen Yu, a beam of white light swept rapidly over him, and then…

Wen Yu's Physical Attributes plummeted, dropping further and further until he was reduced to the level of Ordinary People!

Wen Yu's heart jolted violently!

"Do you want your power back?" the Ruler asked, his voice dripping with temptation.

Wen Yu remained silent for a moment before slowly nodding.

"But you must understand, if I return this power to you, you will never be able to escape my control. Knowing that, do you still want it?"

After a long pause, Wen Yu nodded once more.

"See? Easy to control. Of course, I won't force you to do this or that without reason. After all, in my eyes, beasts are more powerful when they are wild! They grow faster that way!"

Then, the Ruler waved his hand at Wen Yu again.

A massive surge of power flooded Wen Yu's body, making him feel even stronger than before!

"Consider this an extra reward-raising your Physical Attributes to Peak Level 3. No need to thank me! Oh, and your Little Soul Beast as well. Speaking of which, the Soul Master Class is quite a powerful one."

With another wave of the Ruler's hand, the Little Soul Beast's Physical Attributes skyrocketed. In just a few seconds, both Wen Yu and the Little Soul Beast had reached the strength of Peak Level 3!

Despite this, there wasn't a hint of joy in Wen Yu's heart.

Because no matter how strong he became, he was still under someone else's thumb!

"Don't be unhappy. You should consider that without me, you might have had to follow a different path of Enhancement. For instance, living like a beast, eating raw meat and drinking blood?"

"Who knows!"

Wen Yu let out a cold snort at the Ruler's words.

"So, I suppose I should thank you then?"

"If it makes you happy."

"Anyway, our story isn't finished yet."

The Ruler paused briefly before continuing.

"We were just saying that human desire is stronger than that of beasts. That is both a strength and a weakness."

"And as for its weakness… it's this!"

As the outer layers of the corpse pile were peeled away one by one, Little Dragon's body was finally exposed underneath.

Most of the scales across its body had been torn away, leaving patches of muscle a bloody mess. However, for Little Dragon, these injuries were merely superficial!

…

"What just happened was quite interesting."

As Wen Yu looked at Little Dragon, whose eyes were closed as it lay as still as if it were asleep, the Ruler's voice rang out once more.

"The strength of this Divine Beast Species is great-extraordinarily great! At the very least, with the strength you possessed just now, you would have been absolutely unable to defeat him."

"No, even now it would be a struggle. In fact, at this point in time, no human other than Sequence 1 can defeat him!"

"However, within the Battlefield Between Two World, he chose to give up. He could not bring himself to strike the comrades who had just fought alongside him. He even abandoned the defense he took such pride in, completely exposing his weaknesses to the eyes of the surrounding creatures! Perhaps in his eyes, those humans and Mutant Beasts were all friends, were they not?"

The Ruler looked at Wen Yu with a half-smile and continued.

"But he wasn't the only one who thought that way!"

"The Mutant Beasts who died around him didn't actually intend to harm him; they were trying to protect him. They first tore away this Divine Beast Species' scales, then immediately bled themselves out, using their own corpses to cover the Divine Beast Species beneath them. Amidst the fluttering scales and rivers of blood, it was difficult for any creature on the outside to realize that this Divine Beast Species hadn't actually sustained much damage!"

"Then, a Level 3 Mutant Beast activated an ability!"

"Last Blessing (Rank B, Active Ability): Sacrifice one's own life to bless an individual. The target of the blessing cannot exceed the level of the Host! Once the blessing takes effect, the target enters a state of suspended animation for one day. During this process, they will not be disturbed by the outside world, nor will they emit any life fluctuations. After the state ends, all injuries on the body will be fully recovered! If struck by an external force, the blessing will negate the damage and the blessed creature will wake up; the extent of recovery depends on the duration of the suspended animation!"

"'Please, live on with my love!'"

"A pretty trashy ability, right?"

"However, the fundamental purpose of this ability was to prevent this Divine Beast Species from sensing the intentions of his friends-his subjects!"

"At least half of the Mutant Beasts chose to protect him. They threw themselves one after another onto this mountain of corpses to reinforce its defenses! Or they stubbornly fought against the 'selfish' Mutant Beasts and humans nearby!"

"You can imagine that if I weren't here, you would have eventually checked this corpse pile and discovered that this Divine Beast Species wasn't dead. However, the moment you launched an attack, he would have fully awakened!"

"When he saw that you were the only creature left, and when he realized the intentions of the Mutant Beasts who died for him… do you think he would still choose to let you kill him?"

"At that point, no matter what happened, he would have survived!"

Wen Yu remained silent, merely staring quietly at the cold corpses of the Mutant Beasts and the peacefully sleeping Little Dragon.

"That is why your human race has too many desires, which leads to you having too many schemes!"

"Nowadays, very few of you understand what it means to give, what it means to sacrifice, or what it means to protect!"

"You people… are not pure enough."