"This Butterfly Bewitchment secret technique was a gift from her!"

Immediately, Knox honestly and obediently spilled everything about his experience of accidentally encountering Petra.

After listening, Alex narrowed his eyes slightly, a trace of coldness flowing through his gaze.

"Outer Realm Demoness? A bit interesting."

In the original novel, the Outer Realms was the instance right before Knox ascended to the Immortal Realm, after he had become the supreme powerhouse of the Azure Origin Continent.

The Outer Realms, a plane located between the Azure Origin Continent and the Immortal Realm, was the resting place of the Demonic Race.

For a long time, the Immortal Realm, the Mortal Realm, and the Underworld stood together as the Three Realms of the world.

The billions of living beings of the ten thousand races, no matter how strong, could not possibly jump outside the Three Realms.

Only the Outer Realms was the fourth world that transcended beyond them.

In the original novel, Knox only entered the Outer Realms instance when he reached the peak of the Supreme Realm.

How was it that right now, when he was still merely at the Nascent Soul Realm, he already had connections with an Outer Realm Demoness?

Alex pondered for a moment, a guess flashing through his heart, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. "So that’s how it is..."

It was definitely because the Luck on Knox’s body had already been chipped away by 60%. His Protagonist Halo was unwilling to let its host be slowly eaten clean and abandoned by Luck just like that.

Therefore, it deliberately exerted its power, causing fateful encounters that should have been obtained in the mid-to-late stages to descend upon Knox early.

Although this Protagonist Halo once again made Alex feel it was rogue and unfair, to him this was undoubtedly fantastic news.

Because this meant the Protagonist Halo was getting desperate, forced to use this method of overdrawing future fateful encounters to extend Knox’s life.

As long as he continued to pursue and strike hard, he would inevitably strip away all of his Luck completely.

Thinking of this, murderous intent burst forth from Alex’s eyes, and a chilling savage sneer curled at the corners of his mouth.

"Heh, I didn’t expect this Outer Realm Demoness would actually dare to meddle in the affairs of our Azure Origin Continent. It seems I absolutely must take charge of this matter."

"Knox, let me ask you: do you want to live, or do you want to die?"

Knox hurriedly said. "Saint Lord Alex, I want to live! I beg Saint Lord Alex to show mercy and spare my life!"

"If you want to live, it’s easy." Alex smiled in satisfaction.

"As long as you find a way to lead this seat to that Outer Realm Demoness named Petra, I will spare you from death. How about it?"

Knox froze, saying awkwardly. "Saint Lord Alex, back then I only had a single brief encounter with that Outer Realm Demoness. When we parted ways, she didn’t tell me how to contact her either. How am I supposed to find her?"

"I don’t care about that." Alex laughed lightly.

"No matter what method you use, you must help me find that Petra. Otherwise, you must die."

As he spoke, Alex grabbed through the empty air, strangling Knox’s throat and hoisting him up like a little chick.

Alex didn’t even use his energy, terrified that he might accidentally crush Knox to death like a fly, causing himself to suffer the backlash of Luck.

However, just the aura and coercive pressure radiating from his body alone made Knox’s face pale, suffocating him to the point where even breathing was difficult.

"Okay, I’ll help! Saint Lord Alex, rest assured, no matter what methods I use, I will definitely find that Petra and assist Saint Lord Alex in killing her..."

However, before Knox’s voice even fell, a vortex as pitch-black as ink suddenly condensed in mid-air.

The next second, a beautiful, graceful silhouette materialized from within the vortex. It was exactly Petra.

At this very moment, Petra was wearing a black gauze skirt and a black bamboo hat. Her fair, exquisite skin and long, slender legs were completely exposed to the open air. Her entire being brimmed with temperament, entirely and utterly a peerless queen capable of bewitching all living beings.

It was just that her beautiful face was currently chillingly cold and seething with murderous intent, her two eyes staring fixedly at Knox, almost spitting fire.

Alex loosened his grip, casually tossing Knox onto the ground. He smiled with deep interest. "You are that Outer Realm Demoness, Petra?"

"Exactly." Petra nodded.

"Your Excellency must be the Saint Lord of the Hale family, His Highness Alex."

"Correct." Alex smiled faintly.

"Seeing that Demoness Petra is a straightforward person, I will speak frankly. This Butterfly Bewitchment you gave Knox brought great trouble to me and nearly caused a major disaster. I was just planning to go find you, but I didn’t expect you to actually show yourself. Speak, how do you say this matter should be resolved?"

Petra glared at Knox, saying coldly. "Little brat, when I saw you jump off a cliff to commit suicide, I originally thought you were a pitiful person, which is why I lent you a hand. I didn’t expect that when your plan failed, you would directly sell me out just to save your own life. I was truly blind to have gifted a fateful encounter like the Butterfly Bewitchment to you."

With that said, Petra looked at Alex. "Saint Lord Alex, we people of the Origin Sect have always dared to act and dared to take responsibility."

"The cause I planted bore fruit that brought trouble and distress to Saint Lord Alex. Therefore, today, I have specially come to apologize and make amends."

Hearing these words, Alex sneered coldly in his heart.

Dared to act and dared to take responsibility?

For this phrase to come out of Petra’s mouth was truly laughable.

In the original novel, the Outer Realm Demonic Race never cared about morality and justice, never cared about saving face, and furthermore didn’t believe in the Heavenly Dao, treating the Human Race’s cycle of karma and causality as a joke worthy of disdain.