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"I am a collector, I like to collect all things precious." It stared into Chen Guan's eyes: "I want the most precious thing you have. If you give it to me, I will let you use the teleportation array."

Chen Guan met the collector's gaze and asked in return, "What do you think is the most valuable thing about Baal's contractors?"

The collector's smile froze; he had already guessed what Chen Guan wanted to say.

Instead of retreating, Chen Guan stepped forward, his gaze fixed directly on the collector's pure black eyes.

"I'll answer for you: it's the contract itself."

He raised his right hand again, palm facing the collector's handsome face.

Are you sure you want to save this?

"I think it's rare enough, precious enough, to meet your requirements, or do you feel there's something superior to Baal?"

The collector stared at Chen Guan's palm; the dark red patterns on it were releasing an aura that stirred his soul.

The smile he had carefully maintained on his face froze, then gradually disappeared, and he broke out in a cold sweat.

This is a life-or-death question. Not taking it is tantamount to admitting that there is something in the world that is superior to Baal, but taking it is even more suicidal.

Although it is common knowledge that Baal was sealed away, who would dare to gamble on how many tricks the Demon Lord had up his sleeve? Baal was always up to his own tricks to assert his presence.

He was merely the lord of the tenth floor; no matter how precious his collection was, it couldn't compare to his own life.

"Interesting humans." The collector forced a smile again, but this time it carried a hint of awe.

It stepped aside, bowed gracefully, and made way for the stone platform: "You win. This collection is too hot to handle; I cannot afford it."

It walked to the edge of the stone platform, gently tapped it with its cane, and the patterns on the stone platform were instantly filled with red light.

"I'll take you two directly to the fortieth floor." The collector looked at them and added, "The owner of that station is no ordinary person. Good luck to you both."

Chen Guan stepped onto the stone platform, with Guan Jinyue following closely behind.

A red light flashes, indicating the teleportation has ended.

He looked up and saw that the purple sky was cloudless, with only countless points of light slowly twinkling.

This bizarre scene made the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end instantly.

"This is the fortieth floor," Baal's voice rang out. "Asmodeus's territory."

"Is there anything I should be aware of regarding Asmodeus?" Chen Guan asked in his mind.

For some reason, human records are rather vague about some powerful demons.

"Let me introduce Him first. He is one of the Four Pillars of the Supreme Being." Baal's voice echoed in my mind, unusually devoid of any teasing tone.

"The four strongest beings in the Demon Realm, besides Lord Baal, are these three."

"Asmodeus is the most formidable of the three," Baal's voice deepened. "Not because he is the strongest, but because he is the most intelligent."

"His territory has no guards, because it doesn't need them. His eyes are everywhere. As for his subjects... you probably won't even encounter them."

The moment the words left his mouth, the world before Chen Guan's eyes changed.

The smooth, mirror-like obsidian floor stretched to the horizon, but right where his gaze fell, space began to distort like ripples on water.

A huge crystal prism was squeezed out of the void, followed by a second, and a third.

Countless prisms floated in mid-air, refracting the purple light of the sky and cutting the entire space into bizarre fragments.

An endless, moving labyrinth made of countless crystals.

Clearly, this is the path Asmodeus has prepared for them.

"Let's go."

Chen Guan said something to Guan Jinyue beside him and stepped inside first.

They had only taken three steps when the accident happened.

Click.

A crisp cracking sound came from beneath my feet.

A spiderweb-like crack spread out from beneath the coffin's feet, engulfing the entire obsidian ground in the blink of an eye.

The spot where they stood instantly crumbled, turning into countless fragments that fell into the darkness.

A strong sense of weightlessness washed over them, and the two of them plummeted into the endless darkness below.

Chen Guan stirred his mind slightly, trying to mobilize the gray energy to stabilize his body, but the energy within his body remained frozen and motionless.

The laws governing space here have been completely sealed off by an even more powerful force.

A flash of silver light appeared on the back of Guan Jinyue's hand beside her, clearly indicating that her proud spatial abilities had also been forcibly suppressed.

The fall lasted for more than ten seconds, and with two muffled thuds, they crashed onto the hard, cold crystal ground.

"hiss……"

Chen Guan grimaced in pain, but quickly got up and looked around, finding himself in a magnificent hall.

The colossal pillars supporting the dome are made entirely of pure crystal, and at the far end of the hall stands a throne carved from a single piece of amethyst.

A figure leaned against the throne.

The figure wore a pure white silk robe, and her long purple hair cascaded down like a waterfall, trailing all the way to the ground.

His face was a blend of ultimate beauty, yet blurred the boundaries of gender. One hand elegantly supported his chin, while the other casually toyed with a crystal ball.

His gaze fell upon them, and in his purple-gold eyes, it seemed as if a river of stars flowed, seeing through everything about them.

"No need to be nervous." An incredibly gentle voice echoed in the hall: "I'm just... a little curious."

A gaze swept over Chen Guan's body.

The pressure from this gaze disregarded the insulating membrane, grinding directly onto the bones in the coffin, causing them to groan under the unbearable weight.

The power within him completely spiraled out of control, pouring out wildly like a punctured balloon.

Asmodeus's aura in the surrounding air was that of a predator, greedily devouring everything in his path.

Chen Guan gritted his teeth, trying to rebuild the defenses, but it was all in vain.

Click.

He heard a cracking sound coming from inside his body; it was the sound of bones breaking.

The protective membrane on his body shattered instantly, and the malevolent air of the demon realm, along with Asmodeus's oppressive aura, rushed in.

Chen Guan's body shook violently, and everything in front of him was distorted and blurred.

Just as my body was about to fall, a tearing pain shot through my right palm.

The black mark on his palm lit up on its own without his permission; it was an instinctive act of resistance before his body was on the verge of death.

Black lines emerged from the palm, climbing wildly along the wrist, forearm, and upper arm, transforming the entire arm into a demon in the blink of an eye.

Black scales replaced his skin, his nails became sharp as blades, and a scorching power surged from his right arm into his body.

This domineering force forcibly expelled all the foreign energy that had invaded the body.

Chen Guan regained his breath and managed to stand up.

But he soon discovered that the trouble had only just begun.

The demonic power also activated another suppressed supernatural ability within him.

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Fury, regret, storm.

These out-of-control emotional forces were completely unleashed with the demonic rampage.

An invisible spiritual shockwave swept across the entire hall, centered on the coffin.

The once tranquil hall instantly erupted in chaos, and Asmodeus, on his throne, paused for the first time in his elegant pose of resting his chin on his hand.