Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 974 The Shattered Royal Code

"Disperse, you're an eyesore. It's disappointing that a mere king from the past has slaughtered you all like this." Xia Shou waved his hand in annoyance and walked towards the ground without looking back.

Charles I and Lily of the Blue exchanged a glance. Lily of the Blue asked him with her eyes whether they should follow, since sometimes when the emperor tells you to get lost, he doesn't really mean it.

Charles I shook his head slightly, extinguishing Blue Lily's idea: "This lord will not play courtly riddles with us. It is best to interpret his words directly."

"Well, at least we survived. I never imagined we were so weak, and in the end, we were still protected by the legacy of Duke Rosa," another elder remarked, and everyone nodded in agreement.

……

Back on the surface of Twilight City, night still hung overhead, and the stars filled the sky. The coachman who had brought them there was drinking in the carriage. Just as Summer Guard was about to get back in the carriage, Shiana, dragging several half-dead cripples, also came up from the entrance of the underground city.

"You did it, Mr. Summer Guardian," Shiana said with considerable emotion, her tone now filled with respect.

"Well, I guess I was just lucky." Xia Shou chuckled wryly. "Also, Miss Xianna, you can just call me Xia Shou."

Then, Xia Shou noticed the disabled people that Xi Anna was dragging: "These people received intelligence from other places and came here to spy?"

“Well, take the few we capture alive back. If you had lost, we wouldn’t have needed to take them back, since the whole world would know the final result anyway.” Ciana tossed the people onto the roof of the car one by one like chicks, secured them with ropes, and said while sitting on the roof, “I’ll stay here. Let’s go back together.”

"Oh," Xia Shou replied, jumping into the carriage, with Su Weiyu following closely behind.

The coachman exchanged a few words with Sianna on the roof of the carriage, and then the carriage bumped along and set off.

Xia Shou sat in the swaying carriage, feeling empty inside. It was as if a sandbag that was full of stones had been suddenly emptied, and all the burdens were gone. This sudden sense of relaxation made him wonder if something important had been accidentally thrown away with the trash.

With the King of Rift dead, things should be much easier now. All we need to do is kill the Heart of the King of Rift and deal with Vilo, the beloved dog of the First King of Rift, and these matters will be settled, right?
The traitor's plot failed, and the King of Rift, who was supposed to sign his name, was killed. The former Ten Thousand Year Calendar probably can't be promoted to acting ruler either, right? After all, the former Ten Thousand Year Calendar only succeeded in being promoted to acting ruler on the timeline where the King of Rift successfully signed his name.

Oh, speaking of which, even now, Alice's past hasn't been fully investigated.

However, now that the most important people have been dealt with, and we know that Alice's key clues are in the Scar Age, the investigation can proceed slowly.

Suddenly, a line of text appeared before Xia Shou's eyes.

You have obtained [The Shattered Royal Authority]

【The Collapse of the Royal Code】

[Introduction: Every king has his own crown, but not every king can regard the crown as part of his own head.]

A crown is both a shackle and a qualification to exercise power.

If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight.

There was a king who had never removed his crown since he became king. The only time he took off his crown, intending to crown the next king, he was refused.

Thus, in the instant his shackles were removed, he gained the right to give up, gained freedom, and became a mortal again.

...Those who are rejected cannot become kings. [Effect: The opened domain transcends the constraints of time.]

(Because of the damage to the royal character, there are also more despicable or more noble uses.)

[Another use: Embed the opened realm into any history you desire and have ever reached. Depending on the history you choose, this character trait will determine your eligibility to be king, and this second use will then be fixed.]

The price: Those who wish to wear the crown must bear its weight. Those who are refused can never be kings.

Xia Shou was taken aback.

Although he ate Sprite's body, he probably hasn't digested it that quickly!
Xia Shou sensed the situation in the shadows and found that Sprite's corpse was indeed not yet digested.

However, judging from the description of this power, it was perhaps the first to be digested because it was abandoned by Sprite.

Moreover, Xia Shou discovered that this power was quite peculiar.

It is not classified as a skill, so it does not generate buoyancy in the Origin Sea, nor does it increase gravity. However, it is not a forbidden object either. It is hard to say what it should be classified as. It is a very novel thing.

Xia Shou thought for a moment, and his eyes lit up.

"This is outrageous! There really is such a thing?!" Xia Shou exclaimed in shock.

"Hmm? What's so outrageous?" Su Weiyu immediately became interested as well.

Xia Shou waved his hand: "I'll tell you later, I need to look into it first."

Although the description of the effect of this shattered royal grid is very simple, a little extra thought will reveal that its power is simply outrageously strong!
Xia Shou hadn't quite grasped the significance of the first, normal usage, but the second usage, which allowed him to embed the domain he had opened into any historical location he had ever visited, already possessed immeasurable tactical value.

For example, if he could expand his domain, he could directly embed it into the Blood Dynasty of the 16th century, thus enabling him to directly use the skills he acquired from devouring the Blood Dynasty!

These skills, which could not be brought to the present world, could only be used in the original era. But with this [Cracked Royal Authority], expanding the domain is equivalent to expanding a small blood dynasty!

Unfortunately... the incantation for the Invisibility Technique and the Night and Fire Scepter were destroyed due to the traitor's sabotage. Otherwise, once he opens his domain, he can directly use the Invisibility Technique plus the Bloodfire Forbidden Sense to serve him. Just thinking about it makes him invincible.

However, this tactical approach is feasible. Since the approach is feasible, this force has great potential in the future!
As expected of the strongest Rift King since the First Rift King, he is indeed different from ordinary people, Xia Shou thought to himself.

So next, let the shadowy figure focus its power on digesting Sprite's remains. Sprite is a figure who has broken free from the cycle of history, and the power drawn from his remains can still be used in the present world. The other half of the EX-level monster's corpse is an aggregate formed by the fusion of the vampire nobles of the Blood Dynasty, belonging only to the Blood Dynasty.

In terms of increasing combat power, devouring Sprite first is definitely a wise move.

"The most pressing crisis has been resolved; now we need to deal with the Heart of the Rending King," Xia Shou sighed.

Xia Shou recalled that, if he remembered correctly, there were several good reasons why Xiao Gao made killing Sprite his top priority ten years later.

(End of this chapter)