Chapter 92: The Evil Ghost Mask That Can Alter Rules!
That was it! It was low on health!
He suddenly remembered what Wan Feipeng had said... Aside from the one Demon King he had killed, there had been another Demon King that he had nearly beaten to death!
And it just so happened to be this very one that had come to seek revenge!
At that moment, Ye Ze could barely suppress the curve of his lips.
This Demon King was being far too courteous, wasn’t it?
It had already managed to escape while on the brink of death, yet it still remembered to come back personally and deliver itself to him?
How was he supposed to refuse that?
“You’re not still thinking about how to escape, are you?”
Demon King Evil Ghost had originally intended to toy with Ye Ze a little before throwing this tortured genius’s body at the gates of Linyuan City to deal a savage blow to human morale...
But at that moment, for some inexplicable reason, it felt a trace of fear.
Ye Ze shook his head. “No. I was wondering whether you’d drop a few more pieces of Legendary equipment.”
As he spoke, he revealed an exceptionally radiant smile.
“Mantis...”
In an instant, two dark-violet lights blazed like twin supernovas.
Darkness, void, destruction...engulfed Demon King Evil Ghost in an instant.
At that moment, Demon King Evil Ghost finally understood where that inexplicable fear had come from.
“A power of termination that nearly reaches the level of laws!” Its voice trembled as its body began to fade away. “Why would a weakling like you possess such a power!?”
It felt as though it had finally understood how Mirage had died...But that was also its final thought.
Void Killing Eyes swept across it with a single glance, and Demon King Evil Ghost’s body vanished in an instant!
On the ground, it left behind three pieces of Legendary equipment glowing with golden light...and a mask.
“Wonderful!”
If Demon King Evil Ghost had had even 15% more HP, Ye Ze would not have hesitated for even a moment. He would have run immediately.
But since it happened to be the one Wan Feipeng had beaten to low health not long ago, things became much simpler!
And because of that, although Ye Ze only got the EXP for finishing off a low-health target, it was still absurdly generous:
【Killed low-health Demon King - Evil Ghost, EXP +50000 (+100%)!】
【Ding! Your level has risen to: Level 21!】
【Talent — You have gained one ‘Infinite Golden Traits’ draw.】
Another massive wave of EXP!
Otherwise, if he had only dealt with the hidden Dungeon boss, the EXP definitely would not have been enough for a level-up.
But it also left Ye Ze somewhat puzzled.
“Even for a level-70 Demon King, isn’t that a bit too much EXP?”
He had gotten fifty thousand EXP just for finishing off a low-health target, which was almost on par with the amount he had received for personally carrying the kill on Mirage.
But there were simply too few people who had ever killed a Demon King, and there was no specific textbook information on how much EXP they gave.
For the moment, Ye Ze set that question aside and looked over the items it had dropped...
Three Legendary items—two three-stars and one four-star—but all of them were level 70.
At this point, Ye Ze already had five pieces of high-level Legendary equipment he could not use yet, but he planned to save up seven pieces before using Equipment Shredder.
After all, Legendary equipment could go as high as eight stars, so trying to synthesize something above Legendary was still quite difficult.
Aside from that, Ye Ze turned his attention to the mask dropped by Demon King Evil Ghost.
The mask was silver-gray in color, with two long horns extending from either side. Its appearance resembled a true evil ghost, savage and eerie, leaving only the eyes and mouth exposed.
【Evil Ghost Mask (Origin Fragment)】
Effect: By consuming Source Power, it can alter the rules of independent spaces such as Dungeons and Secret Realms to a certain extent, or break through their restrictions.
Current Source Power: 1250
(Source Power recovers by 10 points per day. Other recovery methods unknown.)
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“So this is actually an item!”
That genuinely surprised Ye Ze. He had originally thought that, like Mirage’s Origin Fragment, it was merely a fragment and nothing more.
“No wonder a level-70 Demon King was able to enter a third-rank Dungeon...”
“So Evil Ghost had this kind of ability!”
The power to alter Dungeon rules and break through restrictions... that was a law-type power!
Powers of Laws were usually the rarest kind.
For example, Liu Anran’s Spatial Lock could forbid all movement within an entire area of space, to the point that even a Demon King could be restrained by it. That was the Power of Laws!
Most hidden classes possessed some degree of the Power of Laws.
And Chu He’s painting scrolls, which could recreate whatever he painted, were the same.
That was where the true strength of hidden classes lay. Through advancement, the weak fragment of the Power of Laws they wielded at low rank could gradually grow stronger.
And now, Ye Ze had come into contact with the Power of Laws as well!
“Could this be what an Origin Fragment does...?”
This Evil Ghost Mask was Demon King Evil Ghost’s Origin Fragment.
But compared to Mirage’s, Evil Ghost’s Origin Fragment felt a little too powerful.
When Ye Ze took out Mirage’s fragment, he could distinctly feel it:
Mirage’s Origin Fragment was as faint as fireflies, while Evil Ghost’s Origin Fragment shone like starlight!
Wait...
Thinking back to how different the EXP from the two Demon Kings had been, Ye Ze suddenly thought of something:
“Could the amount of EXP a Demon King gives be determined by the strength of its Origin Fragment?”
The more he thought about it, the more sense it made.
After all, the strength of those two Demon Kings had also been directly tied to the strength of their Origin Fragments.
Mirage’s Origin Fragment currently seemed incapable of doing anything at all.
But the Evil Ghost Mask could actually alter the rules of a Dungeon or Secret Realm!
With Mirage’s fragment in one hand and the Evil Ghost Mask in the other, a prompt suddenly appeared:
【Evil Ghost Mask — Absorbing ‘Origin Fragment - Mirage’ can restore 10000 Source Power!】
“What!?”
“It can absorb other Origin Fragments to restore Source Power too?”
But after thinking about it, that was only natural. Source Power was, after all, the power of origin. Although this was also Ye Ze’s first time seeing it, it clearly shared the same root as Origin Fragments.
It only recovered ten points per day...but absorbing a fragment would give ten thousand points at once!
Even so, Ye Ze ultimately did not give up Mirage’s fragment.
He chose to keep it.
Looking at Mirage’s fragment—that crystal shard like a small piece broken from a jewel—he always had the feeling that he might still be able to find other fragments of Mirage.
Even now, he still did not know exactly what an Origin Fragment was, or why it was something Demon Kings dropped...
But once his strength grew high enough, he would understand eventually!
Holding the Evil Ghost Mask, Ye Ze thought for a moment and decided to test it first.
“It seems the rule changes to a Dungeon are decided by me.”
“In that case... let’s try resetting the Dungeon immediately!”
The moment the words left his mouth, the Evil Ghost Mask suddenly emitted a ghostly glow.
【Resetting ‘Demon Ant Nest - Hell Difficulty’ Dungeon requires 60 Source Power. Confirm?】
“Hm... that’s six days’ worth of Source Power.”
But Ye Ze still did not proceed. He was only testing it for now.
It was already clear that Source Power was indeed precious.
Just the fact that an ability like resetting a Dungeon only required sixty points was enough to show...
that as long as one had Source Power, one could do almost whatever one wanted inside a Dungeon or Secret Realm!
“There are still 1250 points left now.”
The corners of Ye Ze’s lips rose at once, and his mood immediately brightened.
Originally, that much Source Power would have taken four months to accumulate, but thanks to Demon King Evil Ghost, he now had it ready to use at once!
“What a good fellow...”
Ye Ze sighed from the bottom of his heart.
...
Outside the Dungeon, Wan Feipeng and countless Demon Suppression Army soldiers stood at the ready.
But just then, the vortex at the Dungeon entrance, which had previously been pitch-black, suddenly returned to normal...
“Hm!?”
“The Fiend barrier is gone? The Dungeon’s back to normal!”
“City Lord Wan, it looks like that Demon King has left!”
When the soldiers of the Demon Suppression Army heard that, many of them felt confused, while others showed obvious relief.
Wan Feipeng, however, wore a face full of shock in place of the anger he had shown before.
“No. The Demon King is dead.”
Because just now, he had received EXP for killing a Demon King!
That meant that the Demon King he had beaten to low health not long ago had been killed by someone else!
Who had done it?
That had been a level-70 combat-type Demon King. Even if every single person inside the Dungeon attacked together, they would not have been able to shave off even 1% of its HP...
Wan Feipeng’s expression immediately turned strange.
“Hiss...”
“Surely it couldn’t be...?”
Even as he was thinking that, a figure emerged from the Dungeon entrance.
It was Ye Ze, draped in a black robe.
Before the Demon Suppression Army soldiers could step forward and ask what had happened, Wan Feipeng had already rushed up impatiently, seized Ye Ze by the shoulders with both hands, and stared at him with eyes as wide as brass bells.
“You... killed another Demon King!?”
At those words, everyone’s expressions became exceptionally colorful.
Ye Ze nodded. “I just killed it while I was at it.”
“???”
Everyone was instantly dumbfounded, and even Wan Feipeng was stunned...
That was a whole Demon King! What did he mean, he had just killed it while he was at it!?
Yet no one could possibly imagine that this time, Ye Ze was not exaggerating in the slightest...
It really had only been something he did along the way.