Chapter 575

This destructive power… it’s impressive…

After glancing at the painting where the Crocodile Kingdom was heading towards destruction, Leon squinted and gazed afar at the royal palace burning bright red, its metal exterior on the verge of collapsing. He couldn’t help but evaluate Prince Andre’s abilities in his mind.

Even though it mainly relied on the anomalous item painting prepared beforehand and also utilized the erosion effect of the world fragment, Prince Andre who could completely incinerate an entire city, speaking purely in terms of destructive power, was already on par with some Yellow Path Directors. Additionally…

Upon sizing up Andre’s soul, which remained astonishingly strong even on the brink of collapse—about sixty taint value units—Leon couldn’t help but smack his lips, feeling a hint of envy internally.

If he hadn’t consumed all his teammates from the Scorpio Division, his current level would only be around twelve to thirteen. Although this was decent compared to regular rookie Cleaners, it still fell far behind these big shots starting at sixty points.

And this state obtained by consuming teammates couldn’t last forever. After this mission ends, he’d have to return their souls, and then he’d go back to being a noob again.

Hmm… It seems that when I return, I should probably ask the Bureau Director if there’s any way for me to quickly increase my taint value.

After all, since I’ve pissed off the Execution King Assembly, the opponents I’ll face later definitely won’t have low taint values. I can’t keep killing my teammates and munching on their souls whenever my taint value runs out, right?

…

“How are you two still alive?!”

Just as Leon started drifting into thought, pondering how to quickly boost his taint value, a familiar voice suddenly rang out from Prince Andre’s mouth.

The snake scale patterns climbed once more, utilizing Andre’s right eye to see the Crocodile Kingdom being scorched before him, as well as the half-dissipated tricolor blood beads between the brows of the two siblings. The White Snake immediately flashed a look of realization, then shouted in shock:

“So you actually used this method to evade restrictions? Are you both insane?!?”

Your words really rub me the wrong way.

Having heard the White Snake’s critique of his plan, Leon couldn’t help but narrow his eyes slightly before instantly swinging the Silver Knife toward Andre’s right cheek.

Since wounds caused by the Silver Knife can heal, regardless of whether it’s effective or not, just slash first!

“Hold it! You shouldn’t… Damn it!”

Facing Leon’s attack, the snake scale patterns on Andre’s face abruptly peeled off, coalescing into a nearly transparent half-body White Snake that bit onto the blade of the Silver Knife, cutting off his own sentence mid-speech.

They’re crazy! Absolutely nuts!

Struggling to shift its fangs away from the sharp edge of the Silver Knife, upon seeing Andre ignoring its interference and continuing to paint the sun with gritted teeth, the White Snake lost all composure and calmness it had before. Its heart burned with urgency.

Fortunately, I didn’t leave right away earlier. Instead, I greedily waited until after the Black Owl and Snow Owl’s souls were annihilated, planning to come back and collect the damaged world fragment. If I hadn’t been greedy this time, not only would the Black Owl and Snow Owl have escaped the restriction, but the Crocodile Kingdom would have been directly destroyed too! The royal bloodline must be severed, but the thirteen kingdoms representing humanity’s seven vices and six virtues absolutely cannot vanish together! Last time, during the Snake Man’s Erosion Incident, the Eastern Karlevin Kingdom, one of the six virtues, was already wiped out by that woman from the Virgo Subdivision. If the Crocodile Kingdom is destroyed this time, gathering the essences of humanity will become… Damn scoundrel!

Watching Leon, who had let go of the Silver Knife and grabbed its neck with both hands, forcibly pulling it away from Andre, the anxious White Snake immediately spat out the Silver Knife and took a bite at Leon’s wrist.

“Hisss”

Two large and two small sharp snake fangs easily pierced through Leon’s clothing but failed to break his skin, instead producing an ear-piercing sound like a knife scraping against glass.

Is he this tough?!

Initially, it thought that one bite might not shatter Leon’s arm, but it could at least make him loosen his grip a little.

However, the venomous fangs that could effortlessly pierce divine bodies left not a single scratch on Leon’s human flesh. The White Snake’s mind went blank for a moment, then Leon caught the fallen Silver Knife and slashed backward in one fluid motion, cleanly severing the snake’s neck.

I was waiting for this all along!

Grabbing the severed snake head and swiftly chopping it into seventeen or eighteen pieces, Leon asked while observing the lessened snake scale patterns on Andre’s body:

“How about it? Can you hold on?”

“A bit tough… but I should be able to…”

Taking a slight breath, Prince Andre gritted his teeth and said:

“You can cut the scales that leave my soul, but don’t touch those on my soul. Doing so would weaken my soul as well, possibly causing me… Damn it! Stop it!”

A large amount of snake scale patterns retreated from Andre’s limbs, climbing up his neck and completely overtaking his face. The White Snake controlled Andre’s face, glaring fiercely at Leon and shouting:

“Stop! You can’t do this!”

Hm? Sensing something peculiar from the White Snake’s overly agitated attitude, Leon instinctively narrowed his eyes.

Its attitude seems a bit strange. The source of its anger doesn’t seem to be the preservation of the Crocodile Royal Family’s bloodline, but rather the destruction of the Crocodile Kingdom itself?

Not noticing the fleeting suspicion in Leon’s eyes, the slightly calmed-down White Snake took a deep breath and solemnly promised Andre: “Black Owl! Isn’t your wish to visit Regret City and see your parents one last time?

Without missing a single word inside 69 Book Bar!

If you stop now and ensure the… ensure the extinction of the Crocodile Kingdom’s bloodline, kill the doll made from your sister’s soul, I guarantee I’ll cancel your blood oath immediately and send you to them right away!”

Upon hearing “Andre’s” words, Prince Andre’s hand drawing the sun involuntarily paused for a moment.

Seeing that his persuasion worked, the White Snake couldn’t help but rejoice and immediately continued pressing on: “Yes! If you just stop, I will definitely keep my promise!

Not only that, we have people within the Deathscape Sovereign. Even if you want to live with your deceased parents and clan members in Repentance City forever, we can make it happen for you…”

“Slap!”

Staring at Leon who slapped it and then silently withdrew his hand, the somewhat dazed White Snake instinctively raised its left hand to cover its burning cheek.

“You slapped me ba…”

“No.”

The snake scales on the left side of Andre’s face faded, and he managed a strained smile.

“He slapped me.”

“?!”

Without explaining to the White Snake, Andre, having regained control of half his face, quietly picked up the brush soaked in paint and added another stroke of blazing sunlight to the canvas.

“Black Owl!”

Seeing him start painting again, the White Snake couldn’t help but angrily shout: “Think carefully! If you refuse me now, even if your soul can withstand my torment, I can ensure you’ll never reach Repentance City in this lifetime!”

After hearing this, Andre paused for a moment before calmly replying with his own half-face: “Fine not to go.”

(End of Chapter)