The Peerless Beauty Stuck With Me

Mayer stared intently at Atim, only in the last moments of his life did he understand a truth: Life isn't just about scraping by, it also involves the violation by others.

He should never have trusted anyone. How could Atim have climbed to the position of a Duke if he were foolish...

It was all an act by Atim...

Unfortunately, his understanding was now useless because he was about to die.

"Alright, stop glaring at me. Just die if you're going to die. Your glaring is pointless. It's just that in these times, it's all about brains. You weren't smart enough, so you deserved to be screwed over..." Atim huffed, then bent down to pick up the Tokens, one by one from the ground.

After picking up the last Token, Mayer finally breathed his last.

"Congratulations, Duke Atim!"

"Duke Atim, from now on, we three rely on your support."

All three of them were smiling and bowed their fists to Atim.

Atim also had a smile on his face: "Don't worry, what was agreed will of course be honored. It's about time to leave the secret realm."

With one hundred thousand points in hand, it was impossible for Atim not to be excited.

The legacy of our king!

Outside the secret realm, no one was happy for Atim, because they all knew, this was a trap set by Tang Rao.

Although the process of Tang Rao's instructions wasn't heard, through this series of events, many had already understood Tang Rao's intent.

He intentionally had Soros and Hades pretend to have a falling out, then had them toss the Tokens to Mayer, eventually inciting the deadly fight between Atim and Mayer.

It wasn't a particularly complicated strategy, but it was quite effective.

From five people down to four, with the strongest Mayer now dead, it would be much easier to handle the rest.

Sure enough, through the barrier, the crowd could see Tang Rao in the sky.

At that moment, Tang Rao, Soros, and Hades, riding the Dark Demon Leopard, were hundreds of meters above the ground, with all six eyes staring down at Atim and the others.

"Tang Rao, there's not much time left, shall we make a move?" Soros asked.

Soros was excited now, Tang Rao's plan had succeeded.

Mayer was dead, which left just Atim and the other three Dukes.

With two of the other Dukes being mid-Golden Core and one late-Golden Core, and with Atim who was also at late-Golden Core, it shouldn't be too difficult for the three of them to take action.

"No rush..." Tang Rao shook his head.

"No rush? There's only one hour left," said Soros.

Tang Rao glanced at Soros, "You've really lived your hundred-plus years in vain, it seems you still haven't thoroughly understood human nature."

The expression on Soros, Hades, and those outside the secret realm changed—what did Tang Rao mean by that? Could it be that there would be more fighting among Atim and the others?

...

"Alright, come here and make an oath to the Heavenly Dao, for such matters, an oath to the Heavenly Dao is more reliable." Atim beckoned to the three others.

Naturally, the three of them agreed. With an oath to the Heavenly Dao, they could be completely at ease.

"I, Atim, swear to the Heavenly Dao that I will treat you as my own brothers. Should I break this oath, I am willing to be obliterated by the Heavenly Dao!" Atim was the first to make the oath.

All three of them were happy and stepped forward, standing in front of Atim, raising their hands ready to make their oaths to the Heavenly Dao.

On the Dark Demon Leopard, Tang Rao's eyebrows slightly raised.

"Never trust your back to others," Tang Rao said indifferently.

But to Soros and Hades, his words were like thunder.

"Bang!" In the next moment, on the ground, Atim, who was behind the three, suddenly acted.

With two mighty punches, he struck directly at the hearts of two of them from behind.

Neither had time to scream before the formidable force shattered their chests, spewing a large mass of blood mixed with bones and innards.

Instant kill!

"You!" The remaining Duke reacted quickly, not even turning his head as he dashed forward.

Unfortunately for him, only at the intermediate level of Golden Core, he had barely taken three steps before Atim chased after him and, with a blast from both palms, killed him with a single blow.

"How could he dare!" Soros stood there, dumbfounded.

Just like Soros, the Blood Clan outside the secret realm were also incredibly astonished.

After all, Atim had just sworn an oath to the Heavenly Dao.

"What's there not to dare, he just said he would treat them as his brothers. Do brothers not kill each other? Patricide and filicide happen all the time, so what's more about brother killing brother?" Tang Rao sneered coldly. These ambiguous oaths to the Heavenly Dao were things he had seen plenty of in the Nine Realms of the Seventy-two Domains.

Hearing Tang Rao's words, everyone suddenly understood. So, there was a way to play it like this.

"Alright, it's about time, we should make our move." The next moment, Tang Rao commanded the Dark Demon Leopard to descend.

The three of them landed from the air, surrounding Atim from three different directions.

It was only at this moment that Atim realized that this was all a trap dug by Tang Rao.

The plan wasn't complicated, but he failed to see through it.

"I must say, you are truly formidable," Tang Rao said, giving Atim a thumbs-up, "Killing people without batting an eye, impressive indeed."

"You're no less formidable than I am, everything was in your plan step by step, right?" Atim didn't show a hint of panic, instead, he was eerily calm.

"I can't say everything was within the plan; there were some oversights," Tang Rao modestly replied.

"Here are the Tokens." Without further ado, Atim threw all the Tokens, including his own, to Tang Rao.

"Thank you." Tang Rao quickly checked the Tokens and, finding the count accurate, he spoke to Atim.

"Let's go now." Now that he had the Tokens, Tang Rao didn't want to waste more words.

Kill Atim?

Why kill him? There was no enmity...

Oh, speaking of which, he did steal his Tokens. But such matters are issues of capability. If you're skilled you win, if not, you lose—nothing unusual about it, not a reason for hatred.

"Aren't you afraid they'll do the same thing as me?" Atim suddenly asked.

Even then, Atim hadn't given up and was still looking to counter-trap Tang Rao.

Tang Rao glanced over at Soros and then at Hades.

"I am different from you; those who are by my side are either my brothers or those I can control. So, the problem you mentioned doesn't exist, but thanks for the heads-up," Tang Rao said with a smile.

Atim took a deep breath and finally closed his eyes to give up.

Compared to Tang Rao, he was indeed a step behind.

He cared too much for gains and was too easily blinded by them.

Truly bold of Tang Rao, to entrust all the Tokens to Hades and plan out such a scheme.

...

The three-day secret realm competition came to an end, and the realm began to close.

The participants were forcibly pulled out, appearing one after another behind the Kallenon family's hill.

The people who came out were almost all cursing Tang Rao, Soros, and Hades for their shamelessness.

However, no one responded to them.