206: Completed gestation

The creatures were not given time to reflect on their past actions. The moment the influence of "Freedom" was lifted, all creatures present felt a mysterious power directly restricting them, preventing them from making any movement.

At the same time, the rules of the Arena directly appeared in their minds.

No methods are restricted in the Arena. A settlement will occur periodically. One creature with the fewest kills will be randomly selected and instantly annihilated, continuing until only one creature remains in the Arena.

All creatures in the Arena have only one mission: to survive.

Appearing alongside this in the minds of the creatures was an hourglass, its sand rapidly draining. When the sand runs out, the settlement begins.

The appearance of the rules and the hourglass caused the creatures present to skip emotions like remorse, hatred, or fear that typically follow the return of sanity, immediately transitioning to vigilance and killing intent toward the other creatures in the Arena.

The moment they felt the power restricting their movements vanish, a chaotic battle began.

One-on-one, one-against-many, alliances, schemes, backstabbing, kill-stealing... all sorts of actions were repeatedly played out in the Arena. And after the hourglass ran out, and one creature was instantly annihilated—not even having time to react—the fighting became even more fierce.

As time passed, the mutual slaughter and the periodic settlement annihilations caused the number of creatures in the Arena to dwindle until only one remained.

Looking at the creature that finally killed its opponent despite its severe injuries, Kui Fang, sitting on the bone throne, casually pointed a finger. Countless wisps of black-red energy, carrying the aura of sin and resentment, rose from the secret realm's earth and converged upon the last creature remaining in this secret realm.

The creature's originally riddled body began to rapidly recover and strengthen under the infusion of this black-red energy. However, feeling the changes in its body, the creature showed no joy; instead, it let out painful roars and even began to mutilate itself.

Xu Yan, who was outside the secret realm, watched Kui Fang's series of actions and couldn't help but feel emotional: these old seniors truly have clean and decisive methods.

Although he didn't know the exact methods used, what was clearly visible was that after this sequence of actions, all the Faith Power of the entire secret realm went to Xu Yan, while the sins of the secret realm's destruction and the resentment from the death of all beings were entirely borne by the creature below.

Furthermore, because the Secret Realm Consciousness was temporarily sealed and the creature below was the only one remaining, all the Destiny and Favor originally possessed by this secret realm, as well as those left behind after the death of its inhabitants, gathered upon it, constantly consuming its own strength to help it resist the encroachment of sin and resentment.

All benefits went to Xu Yan, and he bore none of the consequences. If that creature survived under the Destiny and Favor of the secret realm, then this being—which single-handedly bore all the Destiny, slaughter, and sin of the entire secret realm—would, in Kui Fang's eyes, have the value of being cultivated into a higher-level material.

This technique of getting away scot-free truly taught Xu Yan quite a lot.

However, Xu Yan didn't remain emotional for long. Information from Zhu Yan immediately diverted Xu Yan's attention from that creature back to the "Moon."

At this moment, the two light masses that were previously on the "Moon" had now transformed into two giant cocoons.

Just as Xu Yan shifted his gaze to look at them because of Zhu Yan's message, one golden and one black spider leg each cut an extremely tiny slit into the two giant cocoons.

Following this, two rays of light flew out, landing beside Zhu Yan and reforming into two figures, one golden and one black, both extremely similar to Zhu Yan. As for the two giant cocoons, apart from the tiny slit that was cut open, they sustained no further damage.

After solidifying their forms, the two faith puppet bodies approached the giant cocoons that had incubated them. Several spider legs moved together, quickly drawing out threads one by one.

Zhu Yan, who was nearby, was equally busy. While spinning silk from her abdomen, she used her spider legs to connect the threads drawn out by the two faith puppet bodies, rapidly interweaving and braiding them.

Soon, under the rapid movement of Zhu Yan's spider legs, two sets of clothing—one white with black patterns, and one white with gold patterns—formed in her hands. Their overall appearance was simple yet grand, and their size was perfectly suited to Xu Yan's figure.

After the two sets of clothing were completely finished, the remaining threads in the two giant cocoons directly transformed into the purest energy, which was entirely injected into the clothing, forming special Sun and Moon Patterns on the cuffs.

After completing all this, Zhu Yan then took the two faith puppet bodies and left the "Moon" together, transforming into streams of light, flying out of the secret realm, and returning to Xu Yan's side. The moment Zhu Yan and the others left, the "Sun and Moon" in the secret realm instantly turned into dust and dissipated.

As soon as she returned, Zhu Yan presented the two sets of clothing to Xu Yan as if offering a treasure.

Xu Yan was naturally extremely delighted to put the gift, meticulously prepared for him by his spirit beast from the secret realm, into his Storage Device. If Kui Fang hadn't been standing nearby, Xu Yan would have even wanted to try them on immediately.

However, even without putting them on, Xu Yan could sense that the two sets of clothing Zhu Yan gave him not only fit his figure perfectly but also had excellent functions.

Self-cleaning, illusionary transformation, dust-repellent, plus Monarch Rank defense. They also inherently allow him to activate the stored power within to form shields or be used for healing. The functions are few, but extremely practical.

After happily accepting the two sets of clothes, Xu Yan finally began checking the information regarding Zhu Yan and the two faith puppet bodies.

Regarding the two faith puppet bodies: they possessed Monarch Limit level, Sun and Moon attributes, various faith-related skills, and Domain Power that reached the second stage, plus a Sun and Moon Source so weak it could only passively strengthen skills and domain intensity rather than being actively used. Their overall combat strength was upper-middle tier among those at the Monarch Limit level.

As for Zhu Yan, her improvement was also massive: Monarch Rank Level 9, three-attribute second-stage Domain, peak Monarch Rank combat experience and techniques, all skills and domains known by the two faith puppet bodies, and the ability to absorb power from the two puppet bodies without loss at any time.

In addition, the Bizarre Treeseed, which was incubated when she previously absorbed the blood-colored giant egg formed by the Bizarre World, was successfully accommodated and nurtured. It provided Zhu Yan with a 20% increase in Domain intensity, pushing her further down the path of becoming a stat monster.

Furthermore, after the Bizarre Treeseed was fully incubated, Zhu Yan could incubate a new Life Seed, bringing her new enhancement effects.