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Chapter 459 Death Game
Damn it, Death was already difficult enough to deal with.

Now that the old silver coin has merged with the soul of Death, it has become even more difficult to deal with.

"I still don't understand how you managed to hide the whereabouts of Thunder Totoro back then."

"And how did you manage to free Thunder Totoro from the death curse?"

"It made me go through so much trouble to find Thunder Totoro."

Death looked aloof and superior.

"To be honest, it's tiring for me to look at you with your head held so high."

"Sky-Devouring Pelican, use spatial cutting."

"Netherworld Hell Wolf, attack, Hellfire!"

The Netherworld Hell Wolf leaped out from Ye Bai's shadow and entered the spatial rift in one fell swoop.

The next second, a spatial rift opened behind Death, and hellfire burst forth from it.

"Hellfire is nothing but a trick I've seen before. It's just child's play."

Death extended its white bone claws, blocking the hellfire.

Black flames scorched the bone claws, making a crackling sound.

Death was immediately quite surprised.

"That's not right. I've become one with Death now. Death is an eighth-tier pet beast. How could it not even withstand the fires of hell?"

Just as Death was stunned, Big Grey had already raised Thor's Axe and swung it fiercely in the direction where Death was.

A sound of something cutting through the air rang out.

Endless lightning surged toward Death.

"Thunder Totoro, I'm the one who created you! How dare you attack me?!"

Death was furious at this moment.

It raised its black scythe high and swung it at Thunder Totoro.

A black light blade shot out and collided with the lightning blade.

"Oh no, this is Thunder Island. Thunder Totoro has a natural advantage here."

Death suddenly realized something.

"Thunder Totoro, you're disobedient! How dare you lay a hand on me!"

"But even so, what does it matter?"

“You have the ability to fight me, but your companions do not.”

“I could easily take it out on your companions.”

"Right, pet master?"

Death raised its scythe high and used Void Flash to appear next to Ye Bai in the next second.

Just as the scythe was raised high and about to strike Ye Bai, the Northern Star Wolf Blade automatically protected him.

With two sharp clangs, two nicks appeared on Death's scythe.

"How is this going?"

"A Horcrux is even sharper than a scythe?"

Death felt his brain wasn't working properly anymore.

In fact, the fact that the leader of the Grim Reapers' soul merged with that of the Grim Reaper also brought about side effects.

Death's intelligence has declined significantly.

He lost the ability to think.

"Thanks, Beichen Tianlang Blade."

Ye Bai instantly donned his armor, protecting himself.

He now held an ancient bronze sword.

"All demons and monsters, flee before me!"

The roar of a dragon emanated from the ancient bronze sword.

Countless dragon-slaying blades shot out from it, swirling in the air and forming a storm of sword blades.

"Ancient bronze sword, a storm of blades."

The endless blades merged together, forming a massive hurricane.

Like dragons emerging from the sea, they pounced on death.

The Grim Reaper quickly used Hollowfication, turning his body into a cloud of smoke.

But as the Thousand Dragon Slash swords pierced through the air, the smoke grew thinner and thinner.

Screams followed.

"So, this is the power of the Myriad Dragons Slash."

"Form a sword formation."

Under the command of the ancient bronze sword, the Myriad Dragon Slashes plunged into the rocks.

Streaks of lightning shot into the sky and disappeared into the Myriad Dragons Slash.

An invisible constraint binds Death, preventing it from becoming ethereal.

"Death, just surrender."

"This is Thunder Island, surrounded by light-attribute skills. Your abilities have been weakened by at least 30%."

"After entering the magic circle, your strength was suppressed by 30% due to the suppression of the lightning attribute magic circle."

"This is still Big Grey's home turf, you can't win no matter how you fight."

Ye Bai crossed his arms and said coldly.

"Humph."

Death snorted coldly and said nothing more.

However, it vaguely felt that it had overestimated itself.

"If I die here, then it's all over."

"But you only get one chance."

Death understood that he was undergoing a deep fusion, and once the fusion was complete, his soul would no longer be a human soul.

This deviated from his original intention.

Whether he fled or not, he would die, so Death decided to strike with all his might.

"Haha, you've really annoyed me."

"I originally wanted to take away Thunder Totoro's soul, but you've trapped me here instead."

“I have changed my mind. I will harvest your soul and merge it with mine, so that you will feel the burning pain of hellfire at all times.”

"I'm very curious, what exactly is your identity?"

"As far as I know, Thunder Island is not a place that ordinary people can climb up to."

Ye Bai smiled and said, "More than one person has said this, but none of them have succeeded. You can try it too."

"As for my identity, you don't need to know. I don't talk to people who are about to die."

Upon hearing this, Death felt a surge of anger.

A large amount of black energy emanated from its body, gradually forming a soul fire in mid-air.

"My body contains the souls I have collected, including even the remnants of gods."

"You've heard of the death game, right?"

"I will start this death game at the cost of my soul."

"I will choose three powerful souls to fight."

"For every game lost, the loser will have a part of their soul harvested by the Grim Reaper."

"After three rounds, the loser will lose everything."

"Whether you are willing to fight me or not, when I unleash the Black Mist Domain, the game of death is about to begin."

Ye Bai was speechless. Did you think you were some nameless pharaoh, or did you even know about the death game?

But losing by pawning one's soul is quite interesting.

As the black mist gradually spread, Ye Bai felt his soul emerge from his body.

"Come on, let's duel."

A phantom statue of the Grim Reaper stands tall in mid-air, and suddenly a scale appears in its hand.

Three more illusory flames of soul landed on either side of the scales.

A six-pointed star barrier appeared beneath Ye Bai's feet.

My God, Ohagan's barrier has appeared?
"Haha, after you lose all three rounds, your body will be sealed in the barrier, and I will put you in the fires of hell to wail for the rest of your life." Ye Bai was speechless. Just now he said he would devour him, but this Grim Reaper's words were full of lies. He didn't know which one was true.

What's that saying again? If you can't resist, then enjoy it.

"I want to know the rules of the game."

"As the initiator of this death game, you should know the rules of the game."

Ye Bai asked Death.

"Indeed, according to the rules, I should tell you the rules of the game."

"Actually, you're so smart, even if I don't say it, you can guess it."

"Once the game of death begins, it cannot be paused."

"I will extract the souls of all the beasts I have defeated, while you will extract the soul of your pet."

“These were all randomly selected, and I can’t tamper with them.”

"We will compete under the witness of the contract. The winner will automatically receive the soul of the beast, or choose to receive a soul that does not belong to that beast."

"The match will be decided in three rounds."

"Everything is random."

"You know Xi'an Azi now, right?"

At this moment, Ye Bai had another question: "I would like to ask, if you lose all three rounds, what will you do with all those souls floating in the air?"

Death sneered, "I will not lose, so don't jinx it."

Ye Bai was somewhat speechless: "Then let me rephrase the question. What would happen if these souls you've been manipulating lost control?"

Death immediately replied, "These souls will either return to heaven or be possessed by other beasts."

"However, on Thunder Island, their souls are easily struck by violent lightning, which then tears them into fragments."

"However, you won't have that chance."

"The death game has officially begun."

Ye Bai felt the black energy circulating within his body.

The black energy gradually formed chains, binding Ye Bai.

"Don't do anything rash, I'm fine."

Ye Bai's pets all wanted to rush over to protect him, but Ye Bai stopped them.

He was afraid of breaking the rules of the death game.

"Haha, I almost succeeded. As soon as your pet beast charged over, it would have violated the taboo of the death game."

"What a pity, I missed the chance to rise to the top in one step."

"Come out, the Wheel of Destiny."

The giant turntable was spinning wildly, and soon it pointed to the name of a strange beast.

The Manticore.

A massive scorpion-tailed lion king, its entire body radiating light blue flames, appeared.

It has a pair of large bat wings on its back, strong and powerful limbs, and a hook-shaped tail.

Name: Manticore

[Gender: Male]

【Attribute: Dark/Poison】

[Characteristic: Highly Toxin: Produces a terrifyingly potent poison within the body.]

[Level: Peak Seventh Tier]

【Skill: Scorpion Tail Sting (Proficient): The scorpion's tail, which is like a dagger, can spray out a poisonous stinger the size of a thumb. Once the opponent is stung by the stinger, they will immediately enter a state of severe poisoning.

Venomous Claws (Proficient): The claws are highly venomous; if they touch an opponent, the opponent will quickly become poisoned.

Bloodsucking (Skilled): By using its sharp teeth to pierce the neck of its prey and suck blood, it can restore the prey's strength and heal its wounds.

Digging (skilled): It uses sharp pincers to dig holes and hide underground. Its tail can be disguised as a blooming flower.

Flying (Skilled): Wings resembling bat wings grow from its back, allowing it to fly through the air and attack enemies.

Lion's Intimidation (Skilled): Emits a soul-shaking aura to intimidate the opponent, causing a certain degree of stun.

Lion Totem: Creates a lion totem with a lion image on it, enhancing the courage of nearby pets. Combined with the Fearless talent, it forms Lion's Fearlessness, greatly increasing the combat power of all pets enveloped in its aura.
Lion's Roar (Mastery): A deafening roar is emitted from the mouth, intimidating the enemy.

Majesty (Mastery): Uses the ferocious aura of a lion's head to intimidate enemies, with a certain probability of causing them to cower in fear.

[Evolution Route 1: Manticore King, defeat six Manticore Kings to complete the final evolution]

[Comment: The Manticore, stripped of its soul, is still manipulated by the game of death even after being given new life in the game of death.]

Ye Bai didn't know what to do next.

Death coughed a few times: "You should do what I did and shout out the Wheel of Fate."

"It will randomly select a pet that is roughly the same strength as the Manticore."

Ye Bai frowned. If he were asked to shout out "The Great Wheel of Destiny" like a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur), he would feel like he was going to die on the spot.

"Don't waste any more time, the death game is about to start in thirty seconds."

"Once it begins, you won't have time to make a choice; the God of Contracts will decide randomly."

Death said rather impatiently.

Ok.

Ye Bai could only grit his teeth and shout "The Wheel of Fate!"

The wheel of destiny begins to spin.

Finally, regarding the name of the Sunflower Fairy.

"It turned out to be the Sunflower Fairy. This round is interesting."

Among Ye Bai's generals, Sunflower Fairy's combat power is also among the top.

Her strength is no less than that of the Ever-Changing Butterfly; it's just that the Sunflower Fairy doesn't like fighting.

The Sunflower Fairy flew out of the pet space.

"This tiny sprite, a single sting from the Manticore would be enough to annihilate its soul."

"I'm really lucky this time."

"You've underestimated the Sunflower Fairy," Ye Bai sneered.

Since that's the case, I'll show you what real strength is.

"Sunflower Fairy, shining with holy light."

A blinding light burst forth from the Sunflower Fairy's body, spreading directly across the entire arena.

The manticore's eyes were suddenly exposed to a bright light and it was unable to open them.

Once the Manticore was able to open its eyes, a giant vine clone appeared.

"How did so many clones suddenly appear? You're cheating! Cheating!"

Death appeared quite angry.

"Cheating?"

"This is all under the witness of the God of Contracts, how could there be any cheating?"

"What are you thinking, Death? Have you lost your mind?"

Ye Bai coldly mocked Death.

"Hmph, if you won't let me have an easy time, I won't let you have an easy time either."

"Go forth, Manticore, Venomous Claw!"

The manticore's forepaws were strong and powerful, and venom seeped from them.

It slammed its hand forward with a sudden, heavy blow, leaving a deep gash in the vine.

"Manticore, find the location of that Pokémon and kill it!"

Death has issued a new order.

He needs to win three consecutive games to obtain Ye Bai's soul.

Furthermore, Death manipulated the rules, secretly altering the order in which the pets appeared.

That Thunder Totoro will definitely appear, and its soul will be harvested on the spot.

"Human, I just want to see how annoyed you are."

"To be honest, I still quite liked your defiant expression just now."

"Unfortunately, how can an elf possibly contend with the Manticore?"

(End of this chapter)