196: Han Huohuo in a trance

Han Huohuo skipped the meaningless chapters and slowly flipped through the rest.

“April 15th, I found an Abyss in the Ice Field of the extreme north. I placed a time-space shard there, opening a crack in the Abyss. But I made a mistake; the crack wasn't the Abyss. All that spewed out was Black Fire, and some strange creatures appeared. Unfortunately, I wasted a shard, but I had to leave. Those strange creatures were a bit powerful; they had intelligence and even knew how to protect the shard.”

Han Huohuo's heart stirred; he had found information about another time-space shard, right in the extreme north Ice Field.

“July 15th, I finally reached the Elf Sea. Those Star Beasts were truly troublesome, and there were too many of them. After much difficulty, I got rid of them and found another Abyss.

I saw red, chaotic energy. I am certain this Abyss rift must connect to Chaos. Ancient records state that only Chaos can change the fundamental rules of this world. As long as Chaos enters this world, the crystal's Black Fire will be extinguished. If the Black Fire is not extinguished, we foreign Lords will inevitably perish due to the crystal's decay!”

“I placed the shard in the Abyss rift. I saw the Abyss, and the moment I saw it, I knew I was wrong!

I was wrong, completely wrong. The Chaos Abyss is not a power we can utilize; it will destroy everything. I can't imagine it; the Abyss is too terrifying. I couldn't even withstand a glance from the monsters within; my whole body was melting. I'm finished. The monsters of the Arctic Ice Field are as ridiculous as infants compared to the Chaos monsters. This is not a way out. I'm sorry, I'm done for… I'm probably going to become part of the Abyss!”

The last words were scrawled and distorted, seemingly written after suffering severe injuries.

The diary content was not extensive.

But after reading it, Han Huohuo gave a wry smile. To solve the crystal problem, this was another Lord who traveled all over, only to find it was a false hope in the end, ultimately perishing.

Han Huohuo had seen the Abyss, so he knew what Nigen had seen in the end.

To hope for the Abyss to save the crystal problem, he wondered how this guy came up with that idea. The only purpose of the Abyss is to destroy the world.

If the whole world was destroyed, what good would solving the crystal problem do? Presumably, Nigen also understood this truth in the end.

He checked the three treasures; they looked very ordinary.

【Bone Breastplate】: Knowledge increases by three points.

【Black Demon Sword】: Strength increases by three points.

【Undead Shield】: Defense increases by three points.

These were three very ordinary treasures, without a single highlight. Han Huohuo was a bit puzzled. Since Nigen had entered the League of Heroes and could even escape Star Beasts and kill his way to Boli Reef, it indicated he was most likely a Five-Rotation Hero.

How could he have a bunch of crappy treasures on him? That didn't make sense!

A thought stirred in his mind: Could these be components of a combined treasure? Perhaps he was missing another treasure?

He had two chaos coins in his hand. He opened the Chaos shop and searched.

The Time-Space Eye on his forehead began to spin, and then he saw a treasure glowing inside.

【Skull Crown】: Knowledge increases by three points.

This was another particularly ordinary treasure. Such common treasures could be exchanged for just one chaos coin.

chaos coin -1

Han Huohuo exchanged for the Skull Crown.

As expected, the system prompt immediately appeared.

【The System has detected that you possess all the treasure components for the Cursed Armor. Do you wish to combine them into the Divine Treasure, Cursed Armor?】

“Confirm!”

A black light flashed, the four treasures disappeared, and a terrifying battle armor with a ferocious appearance appeared in Han Huohuo's hand. The armor was black with white edges, and its colors held the simplicity and ferocity of ancient primeval beasts.

【Cursed Armor】: Strength increases by 3 points, Defense increases by 3 points, Knowledge increases by 6 points. When combat begins, it automatically casts Slow, Evil Curse Possession, Weakness, and Impending Doom.

The four curse-type magic spells were: reducing movement ability, reducing attack, reducing damage, and reducing luck.

In terms of attributes alone, this armor was even inferior to his own Golden Silk Armor, but it could automatically cast four curse magic spells during combat, equivalent to carrying a curse aura. This was too powerful, directly weakening all of the enemy's strength.

No wonder it was called the Cursed Armor.

Han Huohuo took off his Golden Silk Armor and put on the Cursed Armor, looking much more imposing. Then he casually gave the Golden Silk Armor to Hua Mulan.

Han Huohuo felt very good about himself; everything seemed normal, his thoughts were normal, and his behavior was not abnormal.

He could do anything.

But in the eyes of others, he was strange. When Han Huohuo wasn't doing anything, he would just stand there motionless, lost in thought.

Mu Jiu had already arrived, pulling his hand with concern.

Han Huohuo frowned. He, on the contrary, felt that Mu Jiu's expression was off: “You don't seem very happy. Has something happened?”

Mu Jiu didn't explain: “Let's go. Maybe you're too tired. I'll take you back to Tongtian City.”

Han Huohuo nodded: “Okay!”

Mu Jiu held Han Huohuo's hand and led him away.

Jingwei, Hua Mulan, Han Xin, and Zheng He, the four of them did not return with their Lord. They immediately formulated a new strategy for the Elf Sea.

The Chaos Rift at Boli Reef had noticeably shrunk, and the small Chaos monsters emerging now were insignificant, completely crushable by Sunset City's massive fleet.

The biggest problem now was the population of the Elf Sea; the Elves' population was too small. Even if they occupied more islands, there wouldn wouldn't be enough Elves to guard them.

The few of them discussed a strategy to gradually expand the Elf Territory, ultimately gaining complete control of Boli Reef, making it a true Elf Territory.

Han Xin reminded: “Don't forget to collect chaos coins for the Lord; it seems the Lord needs them very much.”

Jingwei frowned: “Just now on the island, there were chaos coins everywhere, but the Lord didn't even look at them. I wonder what's going on.”

Han Xin smiled: “You don't understand the Lord then. He definitely prioritizes completing tasks.”

Hua Mulan pouted: “Even after completing the task, the Lord didn't even glance at the chaos coins scattered everywhere.”

Zheng He suddenly interjected from the side: “Did you notice that after the Lord completed the task, he seemed to be in a daze?”

Jingwei was a bit worried: “In our Elven legends, neither humans nor Elves can gaze into the Abyss. Those who gaze into the Abyss are ill-fated. I stopped the Lord from peeking into the Abyss in time, but I don't know if he saw it or if he was affected.”

“The Abyss? What's that?”

“A forbidden place to gaze upon!”

The Heroes all fell silent, recalling the Lord's abnormality. Clearly, the Lord had been affected by the Abyss, and they didn't know how serious the problem was.

Han Huohuo completed the task and saw chaos coins all over the ground, yet he didn't pick up a single one. This was so unlike him.

A rabbit could run past him, and he'd pluck all its fur, yet with so many treasures scattered around, he could ignore them?