"Viscount Ao Keli, I am Baron Ola! I’ve discovered that someone wants to betray you!!"

Baron Ola silently approached Viscount Ao Keli, channeling the Power of a Void Demon to condense his voice into a thin thread that shot directly into the viscount’s ear.

"Who?!"

Viscount Ao Keli’s heart stirred as he replied via voice transmission.

Baron Ola’s hand shot out as fast as lightning, his fingers clawed and wreathed in a terrifying layer of Blood Flame as he viciously thrust them toward Viscount Ao Keli’s chest.

"Baron Ola, you dare try to assassinate me? You’re seeking death!!"

Viscount Ao Keli possessed an astonishingly sharp Spiritual Sense. The instant Baron Ola moved, fury flashed in his eyes, and he met the baron’s attack with a clawed backhand of his own.

BANG!

With a terrifying CRACK, Viscount Ao Keli’s claw crushed Baron Ola’s right hand, and the viscount’s terrifying Blood Flame instantly set the baron ablaze.

"Baron Ola, how dare you betray the City Lord! You’re seeking death!"

With a furious roar, Baron Alaric, the Vice City Lord of Blood Wood City, lunged forward and viciously struck at Viscount Ao Keli with his claw.

Caught completely off guard, Viscount Ao Keli was struck in the side by Alaric’s claw. He spat out a mouthful of blood as a chunk of flesh was torn from his abdomen.

"Baron Alaric, you dare betray me!! Die!!"

A vicious light flashed in Viscount Ao Keli’s eyes. With a furious roar, he slammed a clawed backhand into Baron Alaric’s chest. The single blow sent the baron flying and tore a gaping, bloody hole through him.

Ripples shimmered in the void as the Steel Beast emerged. Wielding a blade as swift as lightning, it unleashed a flurry of Spiritual Ghost Thunder slashes, madly hacking at Viscount Ao Keli.

Alarms screamed in Viscount Ao Keli’s mind. He retreated explosively and threw out a claw attack, sending a blast of Blood Flame to intercept the Spiritual Ghost Thunder blade light.

The blade light cleaved through the blast of Blood Flame and continued onward, slicing a gash deep enough to show bone on Viscount Ao Keli’s body. Arcs of Thunder Light danced across the wound, wracking him with excruciating pain and forcing him to channel the Power of a Void Demon to resist its corrosive effects.

Hassina also leaped from the void. With a single slash of her sword, she unleashed a torrent of Overlord Dragon Sword Qi that tore through space as it hurtled toward Viscount Ao Keli.

BANG!

Viscount Ao Keli parried with a swing of his claw, but a terrifyingly immense force slammed into him, sending him flying toward the Void Demon Nobles of Blood Wood City.

"Protect the City Lord!!"

The dozen or so Void Demon Nobles from Blood Wood City charged out, suddenly erupting with power. One after another, terrifying Blood Flame Blades slashed out, viciously hacking into Viscount Ao Keli.

The Grandmaster Level Viscount Ao Keli was instantly covered in blade wounds, and the churning Blood Flame sent him flying directly in front of the Steel Beast.

An incredibly sharp steel spear shot from the Steel Beast’s right claw, piercing through Viscount Ao Keli’s body and pinning him to it. Berserk Spiritual Ghost Thunder erupted from the spear and blasted into the viscount’s body, making him shriek in agony as his Void Demon Energy collapsed.

Hassina seized the opportunity, stepping forward and swiftly lopping off Viscount Ao Keli’s limbs with a swing of her sword.

"You all betrayed me. Why?"

Viscount Ao Keli’s eyes, practically spraying blood, stared daggers at the fourteen Void Demon Nobles from Blood Wood City. He simply could not fathom why all of them would betray him.

"It’s simple! They’re all my people!! And starting today, so are you!"

Shu Feng smiled faintly as he revealed himself. He walked over to Viscount Ao Keli, placed a hand on him, and sent the heavily injured viscount into the Energy Evolution Tower.

Countless tubes extended, spraying out a viscous fluid that began to transform Viscount Ao Keli’s body.

Viscount Ao Keli was a Grandmaster Level powerhouse and an expert of the Blood Demon Race, with speed being his greatest strength. In a direct confrontation, even if Shu Feng had played all his trump cards, he could at best have defeated the viscount, but killing or subduing him would have been nearly impossible.

By relying on sneak attacks and treachery, Shu Feng finally managed to suppress and subdue Viscount Ao Keli, a Grandmaster Level Blood Demon, adding another powerful trump card to his arsenal.

Grandmaster Level experts were considered top-tier powerhouses even in the Qianyuan Republic; Shui Lingyan herself was only at this level.

With Viscount Ao Keli subdued, Blood Wood City immediately fell into Shu Feng’s hands.

With the help of the fifteen Blood Demon Clan nobles, Shu Feng "reformed" every Blood Demon Clan expert in Blood Wood City. Only then did he head to Viscount Ao Keli’s Treasure Vault with peace of mind to take stock of his spoils.

"Source Energy detected. Do you wish to refine it?"

As Shu Feng rummaged through Viscount Ao Keli’s Treasure Vault, he found a black dagger, and a prompt sounded.

’Source Energy?’

Shu Feng’s eyes lit up. He picked up the black dagger and tried infusing it with Spiritual Power and Badge Power, but the dagger showed no reaction whatsoever.

’Might as well dissolve it!’

Shu Feng tossed the black dagger directly into the Resource Dissolving Pool.

"Source Energy +5,500!"

Luna, dressed in a lace-trimmed maid outfit and following behind Shu Feng, suddenly had her gaze land on a round, silver Treasure Pearl inside the vault. As if possessed, she started walking toward it.

Hassina’s brows knitted together as she shouted sharply, "Luna, what do you think you’re doing?"

Just then, the round, silver Treasure Pearl flew up, transformed into a ray of silver light, and shot into Luna.

"Master, save me!!"

Luna cried out in alarm as her clothes burst into pieces. A Silver Battle Armor enveloped her, covering her ample chest, buttocks, hands, and legs, but exposing large patches of her snow-white skin.

Luna fainted. A silver ring on her forehead began to glow, revealing an incredibly mysterious Curse Seal as a silver light shone down upon her body.

Shu Feng frowned slightly, and with a wave of his hand, brought Luna back into the Energy Evolution Tower.

Shu Feng commanded, "Scan her. I want to know what’s happening."

Luna, the Rabbit-man girl, had a fiery, sexy figure. Her rabbit ears were very pleasant to the touch, and she was quite beautiful. Shu Feng held her in some regard.

An eye constructed from countless mysterious runes, resembling an eyeball, materialized and looked toward Luna.

A blue light swept over Luna’s body.

A line of information appeared from the Central Analyzer: "Luna is receiving the Hero’s inheritance of the Rabbitman Race. The silver armor is the race’s ancestral Secret Treasure, the ’Rabbitman’s Hope.’ It is a Secret Treasure forged in the past by the Legendary Forger Maiti at the request of the Rabbitman Race Hero, Apollana. Only members of the Rabbitman Race can use it."