He became the White-Haired Evil God after wearing the Seven Curses Rings.

Xie Bai glanced at the somewhat lost in thought, Geroster, and casually tossed out a remark.

"When the Dome Academy hosts the League tournament, remember to come and watch. I'll be waiting for you there."

Having said that, she left the place, leaving Gabriel alone, bewildered in the wind.

……

Assassination Association.

In a secluded space, the leader of the assassination association sat at his desk, pondering a countermeasure.

"The fate of the first assassin, Dark Snake Eyes, is unknown; the second, Press, is confirmed dead; and the other killers and assassins also died in previous missions related to Dark Snake Eyes..."

He pushed the intelligence files aside and took out a purple file.

"Currently, it seems that only this person remains who can participate in that league event—the potential assassin who was just removed from the roster a little over a month ago..."

"Cecilia?"

"Yes, if we can recall them, the league can then arrange for their pieces..."

and many more?

The assassination leader suddenly turned his head.

A petite, white-haired loli suddenly stood in front of him.

"Who are you?! What are you doing here...?"

Before he could finish speaking, the other person held a sickle to his neck.

"Looks like you're the leader of the Assassination Association. Hmm... you seem to be a bit short-handed right now. How about this, if you're willing to submit to me, I'll bring Cecilia back to take over your Assassination Association, what do you say?"

Faced with her request, the assassination leader instinctively retorted.

"How is this possible? How can you even bring yourself to let a recently returned, exiled assassin take over the Assassination Association..."

The blade drew just a fraction closer to his neck.

"Oh? You seem rather reluctant. Are you reluctant to be with Cecilia, or with me?"

……

Not long after, Xie Bai officially returned to the Dome Academy.

Just now, in a very short time, she searched out all the hidden forces within the Eastern Alliance territory.

Including but not limited to, the Assassination Association, which gathers the world's top experts; the Rose Merchant Guild, which controls half of the Alliance's wealth; and the Gray Chessboard, which manipulates politics in various territories...

Xie Bai subdued them all at once.

If there are any who stubbornly refuse to obey, she has no choice but to use physical means to replace them with someone who listens to her.

Apart from the Wheel of Fate, which is still lurking in the shadows, Xie Bai has basically taken over the entire Eastern Conference.

If nothing unexpected happens, as long as Xie Bai establishes his own branch of the Wheel of Destiny here, he can directly declare the unification of the Eastern Alliance and then go on to reclaim other areas of the Western Continent.

"Speaking of which, are Gami and the others still climbing the tower with Julius?"

With that in mind, Xie Bai arrived at the first floor of the domed tower.

Just as she was about to locate the two little ones and get ready to go up to them, a voice rang out from the side.

"Um... junior, are you here to climb the tower too?"

Xie Bai turned around and looked around after hearing the sound.

I didn't see anyone for a moment.

Finally, two meters away on the floor, they found a student lying on the ground.

"Let me give you a piece of advice, senior: don't bother climbing the tower lately. There are three incredibly crazy people climbing it like crazy, one of them has even climbed thousands of floors, it's terrifying! Now even the teachers can't beat the monsters on the first floor!"

As he spoke, the student pointed to the "corpse" lying face down to the side.

"Hey, this is my teacher. He hasn't woken up yet."

Faced with the student lying on the ground offering advice, Xie Bai nodded and smiled gently.

"Okay, thanks for reminding me, senior."

After saying that, she watched the trial monsters gradually retreat and casually tossed out the Ritual Burial.

"Whoosh—!"

In an instant, the five-meter-tall trial monster was chopped into pieces by Li Zang.

After watching Xie Bai easily kill the trial monster and leave the first floor, the student blinked.

"what?"

……

The 9999th floor of the domed tower.

After conquering the previous 9998 floors, Julius finally arrived here.

We are now just one step away from reaching the summit.

The two little ones were sitting on Julius's shoulders, helping him read the rules.

"There is only one trial monster here. It will transform into the one that the challenger finds most difficult and replicate at least 80% of its strength."

"Brother Hei Tan, what do you think is the most difficult thing to exist in your heart?"

Julius thought carefully for a moment when faced with the two children's questions.

"About this..."

Before he could even speak, the trial monster in the distance began to change its posture.

After twisting and turning several times, the trial monster grew smaller and smaller, and then conjured a scythe...

"Splat!"

The trial monster shattered.

It was shattered and there were fragments all over the ground.

Clearly, the being it was about to transform into had far exceeded the limits of the dome tower.

Left with no other choice, the dome tower had to urgently kill the trial monsters.

Faced with this situation, Jamie was somewhat at a loss.

"Does this mean we've passed?"

"Hmm, it seems not yet."

Little Jamie pointed to the last rule and said:

"If the challenger's most difficult inner existence cannot be manifested, then the second most difficult existence will be manifested instead."

At this moment, the debris in the distance began to gather again, forming a dark figure.

"The cult leader?"

Julius stared at the figure before him, momentarily stunned.

"Can even the cult leader be replicated from the domed tower...?"

Sensing Julius retreating, the two little ones asked in confusion.

"What's wrong? Can't you beat them?"

"That shouldn't be the case. The aura emanating from the other party is not as strong as yours, not to mention that the greatsword in your hand is an angel's weapon."

Julius shook his head.

"No, it's not a matter of strength. It's that I can't bring myself to kill the cult leader."

The two little ones were stunned.

"Huh? Why?"

"It's just an illusion, it can't be that serious, can it?"

In response to the two children's questions, Julius explained.

"When I was very young, my small country was razed to the ground by the artillery fire of the Audu Empire because it fought desperately. That's when my home was gone."

He paused for a moment as he spoke.

"Later, the cult leader pulled me out of the ruins when I was three years old and took me in, taking care of me since I had nowhere to go. He also taught me some of my principles of conduct."

Hearing this, the two children felt somewhat embarrassed.

"Oh, I see... What should we do then? We finally made it this far."

"Just one last step... By the way, can we help you with this?"

"this……"

Just as Julius hesitated, a blur flashed before his eyes.

"Whoosh—!"

Before they could react, the trial monster in the distance was chopped to pieces by a scythe, turning into a puddle of mud that sank into the ground.

After the sickle circled around, it was caught by a white-haired loli.

"How are you? Are you alright?"

Upon seeing that the person who arrived was Xie Bai, the two little ones immediately jumped off Julius's back.

"Sister Xiaobai!"

"You're finally back!"

As they spoke, the two little ones surrounded Xie Bai.

"Loosen up a bit, don't hug so tightly..."

After pushing the two little ones apart, Xie Bai looked at Julius not far away.

"Hmm...you don't mind if I kill that morphing monster, do you?"

When Xie Bai asked him a question, Julius shook his head.

"No. It's just that I feel a little regretful that I couldn't bring myself to do it... It's just an illusion."

As he spoke, he raised his head.

"What if one day, due to some unavoidable circumstance, I have to face the cult leader in person...?"

……