The King of Black Fog

Just as Li Changzhou hesitated—

[Player 'No Taboos' detected, two missions accepted simultaneously]

"..."

"Did you also receive a side mission prompt?" Yang Qinglan asked.

"Yes."

"Which one did you choose?"

"I chose both."

"I almost forgot your 'background'," Yang Qinglan nodded, unfazed, and then said, "What do you plan to do?"

These people in front of her all had her "undercover agents" among them, so she could naturally hear what the blind man said.

"First, kill the rest of them. Whether he's up to something or not, this will keep him in check." As soon as Li Changzhou's words fell, dozens of barely visible black lines were instantly pulled out from the black box imprisoning the Black Flame Dragon and others.

Except for the Black Flame Dragon, the child, the Ice Sword lady, and the mummy, they were instantly killed.

The Black Flame Dragon was strangled by the black lines like a sausage, covered in bloody stripes.

"Roar!"

He opened his mouth and roared, bathed in dragon flames. The black lines, lacking thickness, instantly became transparent and disappeared.

The Black Flame Dragon picked up the Ice Sword from the ground and swung it toward the surroundings.

A gray-white ring of cold air spread out.

He continued to swing several times, each strike spreading a ring of cold air.

Whoosh!

The black spear aimed at the Black Flame Dragon's mouth, originally fast as lightning, suddenly slowed down after passing through the ring of cold air, crawling frame by frame in mid-air.

"Hmm?" Li Changzhou's interest was piqued.

"Ice qi? Or space?" Yang Qinglan also noticed the scene.

"What's with that sword?" Li Changzhou asked the blind man.

"Master!" the blind man replied, "'Great Power - Extreme Cold Ice Sword' can cleave 'Extreme Cold Ice Ring,' which slows everything down at the cost of 'anything approaching the slowed target will also be slowed.'

"What about the dragon?"

"'Great Power - Black Flame Dragon,' can transform into the Black Flame Dragon. The dragon scales are harder than ice, eyes can see in the dark, and the dragon flames can melt ice. The cost is 'the more you transform into the Black Flame Dragon, the holder will gradually become a dragon, eventually unable to revert to human form.'

Before Li Changzhou could ask, the blind man continued:

"Master, I can see the future. In one thousand two hundred breaths, you will obtain 'Great Power - Life and Death Separation', 'Great Power - Perception of Everything'. I saw you gradually shrink the black box and cut off the airflow, and the Black Flame Dragon will die in two thousand six hundred breaths.'

Before he finished speaking, the black box began to shrink. Despite its slow speed, the Black Flame Dragon was already doomed.

Meanwhile, a black hand grasped the 'Breathtaking Green Light' that appeared after the child's death, and the intact 'human skin' after the mummy's death retreated frame by frame.

—The blind man accurately 'guessed' Li Changzhou's every move.

Before he could speak, the blind man spoke again:

"You will ask me, 'If you can see the future, why not fight back or continue to escape?' The answer is, under your and your companion's 'Great Power', all the future paths I can see lead to death... except surrendering to you."

"Surrendering to me means survival?" Li Changzhou smiled.

Seeing the future was no longer considered a miraculous ability to him at this point.

"No, you will kill me, but I saw a way to live—Master, 'Great Power - Life and Death Separation', 'Great Power - Perception of Everything' have strong side effects. If you want to understand them, please give me a promise."

A promise...

Yang Qinglan glanced at Li Changzhou.

Li Changzhou said, "Not enough."

"I also know information about 'Great Power - Never Sleep Again', which allows control over all the ice corpses in the abyss."

After he said this, the blind man remained silent, knowing the opposite party would promise him a commitment after ten breaths.

One, two, three...

He counted to ten in his mind.

"If you can do what you said, I can promise to try to ensure your safety and take you out of the abyss."

The blind man finally exhaled the breath held in his heart, closed his increasingly vivid golden eyes with difficulty, and once again felt a long-lost sense of security.

One thousand one hundred ninety-nine breaths later, two black hands moved out of the 'Extreme Cold Ice Ring', hovering in front of Li Changzhou at the one thousand two hundredth breath.

One black hand held 'Life and Death Separation', while the other carried 'Perception of Everything' (human skin).

Behind Li Changzhou and Yang Qinglan, two more black hands were thoughtfully holding kerosene lamps to illuminate for them.

After the Black Flame Dragon's death, a small Black Flame Dragon made of blue flames hovered in the air.

"Help... me... I... give... you... strength..." The small Black Flame Dragon struggled in the Extreme Cold Ice Ring.

Beneath the small Black Flame Dragon, the 'Extreme Cold Ice Sword' gradually fell, flickering with a chilling gleam in the blue firelight of the small Black Flame Dragon.

The 'Extreme Cold Ice Ring' cleaved by the 'Extreme Cold Ice Sword' still existed after its holder died. Fortunately, this 'Great Power' is area damage and does not lock onto a target.

The black spear hit can recover its original speed as long as it leaves the area spread by the 'Extreme Cold Ice Ring'.

Even so, this 'Great Power' exceeded Li Changzhou's imagination.

If he were to take this sword to Jupiter, with a bit of time, he could potentially stop Jupiter's 'Hydrogen Transformation.'

But considering that slowing Jupiter could affect the stability of the entire Solar System, it's more prudent to use it against the Jupiter storm attacking Earth post 'Hydrogen Transformation.'

In any case, another method of dealing with Jupiter's 'Hydrogen Transformation' became available—provided the power of the 'Extreme Cold Ice Sword' is truly 'great.'

"So, what are the side effects of 'Life and Death Separation' and 'Perception of Everything'?"