I Bound Myself to a Destructive Witch

Meanwhile, at the moment when the Pope's Ember Stones appeared, Xia Feng vaguely understood some key points.

During the last auction phase, the Pope bought the 'Parasite', and its target of parasitism was none other than the 9th seat Black Spade Man!

What a mess! Xia Feng was exasperated and rubbed his forehead. This parasite thing is really unstoppable.

He parasitized Jin Shiyin, plucking his wool energetically, but he didn't anticipate the final hunter behind the scenes—the Pope parasitized him!

Truly a case of reaping the spoils, like a fisherman!

And Zong Yue was desperately trying to stop Jinyang Tian just now, not wanting him to kill him, probably because he formed an alliance with the Pope!

After all, the longer Xia Feng stays alive this round, the more Ember Stones he gets, which means the Pope might get more Ember Stones!

So, all the Ember Stone profits he obtained during the settlement phase just now were all 'parasite copied' by the Pope!

Thinking of this made Xia Feng almost lose his composure. Now, he truly understood what it felt like to be exploited.

He was always the one exploiting others, but today he himself was exploited!

Damn it!!

Of course, this isn't the main point. The main point is that Zong Yue is actually an ally of the Pope?

If this guess is correct.

Then Lady Mi, who has close ties with Zong Yue, is most likely also an ally of the Pope! The two must have reached some kind of exchange of interests.

The more he thought about it, the more uneasy Xia Feng felt, even feeling that something was off.

In the Sumeru Battle, it's common for pairs to form alliances, like Jin Shiyin and Jinyang Tian, or him and Huang Zhaoyue.

But a three-person alliance? What's the point of playing then, it's directly invincible.

[Since a player already has Ember Stones ＞900, the authority of the Sumeru Throne will now be revealed——]

There's no need for you to reveal it, we all know it's used to seize the God's Divinity.

Summer Feng actually didn't want to desperately obtain the Sumeru Throne, if not for the Heavenly Realm's Spiritual Energy.

But the next moment, as the authority information was announced, Xia Feng was stunned.

[Sumeru Throne]

[Heavenly God Level Divine Authority Relic (undergoing Divine Relics transformation)]

[Command the Sumeru Technique, seize the creation of heaven and earth, comprehend the divine abilities of all things. You may ascend the throne, seal the divinity of all things to seize the divinity of all realms, and affirm the path of the True God!]

"Hmm?"

Xia Feng leaned back tactically, drawn to the phrase about sealing the divinity of all things.

What is divinity?

Based on Xia Feng's shallow understanding of the Divine Realm, authority transformation equates to divinity.

A Spirit Master reaching the Wise Man Realm qualifies them to conduct authority transformation on their Dao Fruit or Spiritual Artifact, and this process is the birth of divinity.

Once authority transformation reaches 100%, one can affirm the path of the True God!

Of course, theoretically, just by holding darkness one could ascend towards divinity, but no one has ever affirmed the path of the True God at the holding darkness stage.

The human path to ascendancy has always been completing the five Dao Fruits of a Venerable, entering the Saint level with holding darkness, then entering Light Holding, only then having a chance to compete for the last glimmer of divinity's light.

Of course, the light of divinity itself isn't what matters.

What Xia Feng truly cares about is the Sumeru Throne's ability to temporarily lower and seal the authority transformation process!

He clearly remembers that the Black Moon Pope's S-class spiritual artifact, Returning Ruins Dream Expansion, has an authority transformation progress of 1.51%.

If Xia Feng wants to replicate an authority-transformed spiritual artifact, he can only replicate those with authority transformation progress ＜0.1%.

This is why, even though the Black Moon Pope's spiritual artifact is close by, he hasn't been able to obtain it.

He's extremely envious.

But surprisingly, the solution to this problem is right before him.

It's the Sumeru Throne!

Ridiculous, Yue Hongli, that fool, doesn't explain the intricate mechanism of the Sumeru Throne which is so important.

(That caused him to always think the Sumeru Throne was useless aside from the Heavenly Realm's Spiritual Energy.)

Now it seems, this Sumeru Throne.... he absolutely must get it!

(Otherwise he'd be letting down all his efforts these past months.)

[Auction phase begins——]

[Auction items for this round (2): Level 3·Realm Destruction, Level 3·Realm Destruction]

[Note: Each bid increase must be ≥10]

[Realm Destruction was unsold in the last round, starting price unchanged]

[Effect: You may designate any domain or realm within the Nine Domains and One Realm, causing all seat holders within that domain/realm to die and be eliminated!

Starting price: 200/each]

Two Realm Destruction cards?! Everyone was shocked.

As soon as the light information appeared on the central high platform, Tu Lin directly raised his placard without hesitation, muttering: "271."

He seized the advantage.

"...."

The scene fell silent.

In Xia Feng's view, the Realm Destruction card should sell for at least 400+.

But unfortunately, Lady Mi only has 271 Ember Stones, although the Pope and Xia Feng could outbid Tu Lin's price, the situation has already entered its heated phase.

Between the two, whoever spends a high price to buy this Realm Destruction card gives the other more time and opportunity.

Moreover, frankly speaking, this Realm Destruction card.... although it can potentially cause mass elimination, those with Level 3 Unbreakable could exempt once from damage, thus making it less useful.

This is why Xia Feng and the Pope didn't bid, leaving the card to Tu Lin.

The light stream on the central high platform flashed from 3 to 1, followed by a crisp sound, turning into the words 'sold'.

[Congratulations to the player at seat three for obtaining the 'Level 3 item card·Realm Destruction']

As for the second Realm Destruction card, again, without surprise, no one competed with Tu Lin.

He bought it again with 271 Ember Stones!

[Now entering the fourth minor phase——designate the Black King!]

[All players' speaking privileges have been activated——]

The dark space finally began to brighten gradually, letting them see the figures atop each high pillar.

"Hehe~" The Ghost Bride covered her mouth and laughed lightly, her lantern flickering, more than two hundred fiery red Ember Stones soared directly towards the Black Moon Pope.

"Old thing, the situation has already become clear, next it's up to you whether you can find that little mouse."

Speaking with exaggerated pomp, she tilted her pretty face slightly, seemingly glanced in Xia Feng's direction, "Need to remind you, our mysterious Black Spade count just now used some mysterious means, and in seconds he countered and killed Jinyang Tian, quite remarkable indeed."

The hooded Pope took the Ember Stones instantly.

The ranking information appeared changed.

First place·Seat 8: 1151 stones

Second place·Seat 9: 960 stones

Third place·Seat 1: 30 stones (Huang Zhaoyue)

Fourth place·Seat 3: 1 stone (Tu Lin)

Fifth place·Seats 5/6: 0 stones (Zong Yue, Lady Mi)

Seats 2, 4, 7 have been eliminated

[Notice, one player already has Ember Stones ＞1000]

"...."

Xia Feng rubbed his forehead in frustration, unbelievable, you really have allied!

He was puzzled about what Lady Mi and Zong Yue aimed for?

What could the Black Moon Pope offer to these two for helping him obtain the Sumeru Throne?

Is there something even more important than the Sumeru Throne for Lady Mi and Zong Yue?