Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 965 Unfulfilled Fantasy

For Spright, that arena was a game with no winners, where two people were simultaneously roasted over a fire until one burned to death, and only then could the other, with a mutilated and delirious body covered in charred marks, be removed from the table.

He sits at the gambling table as a king, offering up his crown, dignity, majesty, desire, and pride—everything that defines a king. Finally, after burning his opponents to death, he steps off the gambling table like an ordinary mortal.

What good would winning do?

All that's left are titles that don't live up to their name.

It resembles a corpse, but is nothing but an empty shell.

Just imagining what it would be like to end up in that situation filled Spreadt with disgust.

Because of this enormous risk, he resolved never to use that domain, even if it meant his death.

but……

He had fantasized more than once that perhaps someone could surpass him in that field and burn him to ashes at that gambling table.

Both are endings, but rather than dying in battle with all one's might, sacrificing one's entire life's pursuits and desires as the King of Rift, and everything else one is attached to, allows the other to witness the fleeting moment after a king has burned everything away.

It's like burning palaces, gold, concubines, ministers, and everything else to the ground—a mad, ultimate destruction.

Rather than the unfortunate end of everything that was not accomplished due to the death of the physical body, it is better to let everything one possesses come to an end one by one, ultimately leading to the complete end of life itself.

This is the most perfect and thorough destruction.

Only then can he truly feel satisfied.

Everything he possesses will be burned away by his domain, Sprite, and then transformed into an indelible scar, branded onto the opponent sitting at the same gambling table as him.

To condense all that a king has into a scar to carry for life—what an honor! If someone is qualified to bear this scar called "Sprite," then who can say that she is not worthy of being a king?
A person who can bear the weight of another king, even if she gives up everything and becomes incomplete, has no right to insult her.

Those were not scars, but the crown of ascension.

A king,

With all of my own,
To crown another person as king above king.

...This ending lingered in Spreadt's mind for many years, like a tragic ending to a hero's romance, holding a fatal allure for many warriors throughout history.

Even as a king, he could not escape the allure of such a coronation.

The temptation was so great that when he could have been killed directly by the other party, he chose to activate his domain.

Because he saw in the other person a raging fire that could consume him completely.

He was certain that this woman would never let him fall from the gambling table in an ugly and mediocre way, but would instead give him a magnificent and unparalleled ending.

But... he lost.

Sprite frowned, her expression indescribably complex.

A king should not show such emotions, but the moment he left the domain alive, he had already lost his kingly dignity.

What is she so fixated on?
In this entire duel, she didn't play a single card from beginning to end... defense, attack... not even once, not a single one.

She would rather die than burn away even the slightest bit of her desire.

How greedy!

Even a miser who wouldn't spend a single copper coin on his deathbed, wanting to take all his wealth to the grave, couldn't compare to this woman. Just then, Shangguan Yan, who was lying on the ground, suddenly disappeared, and Xia Shou took his place.

Xia Shou was still wearing a mask, but his liquid body had returned to normal.

After being healed by Idrissus, the curse ritual left on him by the traitor was transferred, and the stability of his spirit origin returned to normal.

When Xia Shou used [Three-Person Waltz] to switch places with Shangguan Yan, he breathed a sigh of relief, because being hit and instantly killed could only exchange positions with living beings, which meant that the minister was not dead... at least not completely dead at the moment of the exchange.

"She's still alive! I'll take her away first!" Su Weiyu's voice came from behind the strangely shaped mirror in the distance. Then, Su Weiyu was seen carrying Shangguan Yan, who was covered in blood, and rushing out.

Sprite glanced at Su Weiyu who was speeding away, but didn't pay any attention to her. She quickly turned her gaze back to Xia Shou in front of her.

That gaze wasn't filled with much emotion, but it brought Xia Shou an unprecedented sense of oppression.

The Scepter of Night and Fire was destroyed, and the spell of the Invisibility spell failed.

He no longer seems to have the strength to challenge Sprite.

But... it's not like we can't fight.

Actually, Xia Shou didn't quite understand why he could fight Sprite, but the death line under his feet indicated that he could indeed go toe-to-toe with him.

Why didn't he gain a significant advantage over Spree when he lost the scepter and the intangible form?
Could it be that the minister's battle just now caused Sprite some serious damage?
But it doesn't look like that on the surface. Even after entering the domain once, Sprite was completely unharmed, as if she hadn't lost anything.

However, this was not something he needed to care about. It would be better if his suicide mission had given him such a hint, but even without it, he would still have gone for it.

As for Sprite's fighting strategy, perhaps we really can only adopt what Sienna suggested: exhaust the opponent's magical power.

Xia Shou threw a punch directly at Sprite, whose arm was sliced ​​into several pieces the instant it was thrown, but this did not stop Xia Shou from continuing to push his fist out.

Dismemberment would render ordinary people unable to fight, but with the mask on, Xia Shou's body would not be affected in any way, and he could completely withstand Sprite's ordinary slashes with his Blood Demon body!

And... you can even use flames to attack your opponent!

The superpower borrowed from Jiang Wengao came into play at this moment. Half of Xia Shou's body instantly transformed into flames, and the fist made of flames slammed hard into Sprite's face. The flesh and blood immediately sizzled as they burned.

The burn immediately turned into a scar, which Spread casually ripped off like a sticker and threw at Xia Shou.

At this moment, Xia Shou, who had completely transformed into an elemental being, directly evaded the attack from the scar. The burn that had already occurred bypassed Xia Shou's flame form and directly burned the houses in the far distance to ashes.

Having dodged Sprite's Scar attack for the first time, Xia Shou's confidence soared.

There is a play!

Ultimately, Sprite only has a few attack methods: endless slashes and special causal scar attacks.

Aside from that, the only troublesome thing is the opponent's defense.

It has the ability to transform any damage received into a special "scar sticker," as well as the ability to directly cut off the opponent's intention to attack.

He can now use the pocket watch to maintain a bit of his aggression, and he can also use Xiao Gao's [Abnormal Burning Fire] to enter an elemental state. His completely fiery body can attack, and he can also exploit loopholes to avoid the opponent's burning attacks. He is simply perfect!

It's fair to say that neither side can do anything about the other right now.

The key to victory or defeat lies solely in the utilization of one's remaining magical power!

(End of this chapter)