Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 889 The Way of Appearance

"What's wrong?" Su Weiyu noticed that Xia Shou had suddenly stopped moving.

"I'm researching the effects of the Seven-Forked Fragment carrying skills."

Xia Shou tried replacing the Future Prefab with the original fragment and putting the other skills on that fragment, and found that it was easy to put them on.

But when he tried to place the prefabricated future onto the other fragments, he found that he couldn't put it on!
"Strange, is it the size of a fragment?"

This shouldn't be the case, because the fragment he obtained from Moonburnt Village wasn't very large either.

Xia Shou recalled the hint he received when he obtained the brand fragment in Yue Zhuo Village. The description at the time was "[The Brand Fragment of the First Branch]".

That door leads directly to the Blood Dynasty.

Could it be that tree branch fragments from near-cycle histories have an added "weight" bonus when transporting extraordinary power from similar cycle histories?
Or perhaps... the fragments that the mysterious subordinate sent him were problematic in themselves?
However, this possibility is also unlikely. The fact that the shadow showed up after eating it indicates that it was not a counterfeit item. Moreover, the minister did not say anything about the fragment he gave him, which proves that it should be usable.

If it were a fake fragment, the minister would have already come to question it, unless he hadn't used it yet.

Xia Shou then thought of Glenn Doyle's manuscript.

Glenn Doyle's manuscript mentions the differences between the fragments: the seven-pronged fragments vary in size, including small fragments, large fragments, small pieces, and large pieces. Then, even better than pieces are the shimmering fragments and the brilliant fragments.

It's unclear how the exact size was determined; the description of the shadowy figure doesn't mention it, so perhaps further analysis of the manuscript is needed.

However, considering the current situation, the most likely explanation is the first one: the fragment's ability to bear supernatural power is related to its position on the history tree. The closer the fragment is to the location of the cyclical history, the more weight it can bear.

This can be verified through experiments later, but for now, it's most important to take action.

Shangguan Yan sent them here to prepare, mainly to prepare for battle, and to regard this place as the most futuristic present world.

They have already sent people to negotiate with Spreadt.

If the negotiations go smoothly, the defense line from the past will be used for the battle in the present world. However, the possibility of unsuccessful negotiations cannot be ruled out. Therefore, the 16th century, which is very close to the present world, will be the last line of defense for the Bureau of Control.

Once an agreement is reached, neither side will usually back out, because it involves deceiving residents of other eras. If the Bureau of Control goes back on its word, it's like shooting itself in the foot, while if Sprite goes back on her word, it means she'll create more competitors and completely lose the trust of people from other eras.

So if an agreement can be reached, that place will basically become the final battleground.

Before he set off, the minister called him aside and asked him how much power he could exert in the Blood Dynasty. He then told him about the Night and Fire Scepter.

Because of his relationship with Rosa, the Night and Fire Scepter is at least reasonable, and as for the other powers he obtained through the Shadow Devouring, he can attribute them to the special effects of the scepter when questioned by the Control Bureau.

Of course, this is the worst-case scenario, where one is forced to reveal all of their trump cards in the Blood Dynasty to the Control Bureau.

If circumstances allowed, Xia Shou still wanted to be a behind-the-scenes king in this dynasty, letting Charles I rule and manage the era in the open as king.

This situation is most advantageous to him, allowing him to secretly extract resources from this history without being overly exploited by the control bureau.

The minister's reply was: "I'll figure something out; you should make thorough preparations first."

Now, he's here to make preparations.

The first thing to do is to go see Charlie and tell him about the Rift King's plan to invade "this world," so that he can become an ally in resisting the Rift King.

What needs to be considered is how to meet again. Although Xia Shou is confident that he has mentally subdued that ambitious madman, it has been so long since he's given him a good talking-to, and there's no guarantee that the guy won't have some other ideas stirring up inside him. Therefore, the way he makes his entrance is very important.

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"Oh, it's delicious." The gray-haired man said with a smile. His eerie tone, coupled with the deep, knife-like nasolabial folds on both sides of his nose, made him look sinister and cruel.

He laughed intermittently, licking the blood flowing from the young woman's neck, his eyes filled with madness and excitement.

However, his attention was not on the woman. The young woman was in his arms, covering her mouth and silently weeping, not daring to make a sound, just so as not to disturb the man's reading.

He sat in the chair, holding the woman in one arm and flipping through a book with the other, as if the woman in his arms was a delicious snack while he read.

He is now the true ruler of this country, no longer a false king. Although he is not the strongest, there are still some powerful young men and elders among the noble families, but they dare not resist his rule at all.

The reason is simple: the cautionary tale of the Red Thorn precedes us.

Everyone feared him... or more accurately, they feared the demon behind him who had inherited Rosa's power, the devil who had turned the entire capital city into a paper sculpture.

But Charles I had always suspected that the man was dead.

Although Xia Shou instructed him to take control of the royal family and entrust him with everything, seemingly intending to handle everything perfectly, the power that ultimately turned the entire city into paper could never have been his.

Even he was certain of this.

And indeed, that person never showed up again after that; perhaps he really is dead.

Despite this suspicion, he still dared not do anything outrageous. On the one hand, Xia Shou "could not die." Whether Xia Shou was dead or not, he could not die!
Because his current rule is essentially built on the fear that his opponents have instilled in other families, and this fear is the root of his rule.

Therefore, even though he never saw the other person again after that, he still created the illusion that the person would often return in order to maintain his own rule.

It must be said that fear is truly the best weapon. Just as the missing Grand Duke Rosa can make everyone tremble like a swarm of rats, Xia Shou, who has just demonstrated the power of blood and fire, is the new devil.

Even though this demon is far less terrifying than Rosa, he is closer to the present, making the fear fresher and still emanating a chilling aura.

Of course, Charlie himself was not entirely loyal. He was always testing whether the lord was still observing him in secret, so he would sometimes make trivial oversteppings in politics.

These tests have become more frequent recently, but he has never received any response, no one has ever given him a warning, and there hasn't even been a messenger.

This outcome made him slowly realize that perhaps—Xia Shouzhen was really dead.

If this is true, then it is both a good thing and a bad thing.

The good thing is that the collar around his neck is really gone, but the bad thing is that he doesn't have any real power of his own, and his fangs aren't sharp yet.

And now, what he's doing is sharpening his fangs.

He didn't aspire to acquire true power; even borrowing it would be enough... the invisible Bloodhounds... Now that the Redthorn family had been destroyed, he could freely peruse the contents of the Rosa Library.

This is his chance!

(End of this chapter)