47: I would do anything for you without hesitation!

A white and holy light flickered intermittently.

Although the reward had arrived, it had not yet taken shape.

So slow.

Looking at the first-place reward on the leaderboard still gestating, Lu Chen was dissatisfied.

He withdrew his gaze.

He looked at the System panel.

With over twenty thousand Blood Demons killed, the attribute points gained would certainly not be few.

[Name]: Lu Chen

[Race]: Skeleton Lord

[Rank]: Tier 2, Stage 4

[Strength]: 131,125

[agility]: 107,339

[Physique]: 126,663

[spirit]: 10,106

[racial value]: 61,000 / 50,000

[vitality]: 300,101

[Racial Talents]: Bone Blade, Undead Pressure, Mark of the Commander, Bone Shield

[Talents: Spirit Pattern, Armor Piercing...]

[Skills: Backstab, Heart-Shattering Claw, Multi-Slash... Blazing Critical Strike]

[Exclusive Talent]: Infinite Gold Entry (Current Gold Entries: 3)

[Entry Bank]: Infinite Plunder, Ultimate Evolution, Longevity Without Bound

Strength, agility, and Physique had all surpassed the hundred-thousand-point mark.

Even spirit had broken ten thousand!

However, his Realm had only increased by two stages.

The demigods secret treasure was a special Secret Realm to begin with.

Blood Demons were also Secret Realm monsters, but the spiritual energy they provided was far lower than those in ordinary Secret Realms.

Furthermore, this spiritual energy could only be absorbed by the killer.

His racial value had only increased by fifty thousand.

An average of 2.5 racial value per Blood Demon was far too lackluster.

vitality had increased by three hundred thousand.

An average of 15 vitality per Blood Demon.

For Blood Demons ranging from Tier 3 to Tier 4, their value was truly low.

But...

Considering that when each Blood Demon died, they didn't even leave behind a single piece of Materials and their corpses rotted instantly.

It made sense.

Blood Demons were merely monsters with hollow combat power.

His racial value was also considered capped.

Looking at Ning Xiwei, whose face was full of anticipation for the reward to take shape.

Lu Chen's heart stirred.

He would evolve a bit later.

After all, in the demigods secret treasure, it was always better to be more cautious... "Huff... Huff..."

Xiu Xiu panted heavily, stopping her forbidden technique.

She stared at her name on the leaderboard.

Third place!

"Dammit, dammit!"

Urgh—

Xiu Xiu spat out blood and fell to the ground, her eyes vacant.

Seeing Xiu Xiu looking haggard, her body hunched, her face full of wrinkles, and her hair completely white—looking exactly like a shriveled little old lady.

Princess's heart ached.

"Xiu Xiu."

Princess took Xiu Xiu into her arms, gently patting her back.

"Silly child!"

Then, from Xiu Xiu's bosom, she felt for the Life-Saving Pills that belonged to her.

She poured all the Life-Saving Pills out of the porcelain bottle.

"Xiu Xiu, open your mouth."

Xiu Xiu tightly closed her lips, unwilling to waste the Life-Saving Pills.

A pair of lifeless eyes met Princess's haggard face.

Suddenly.

A light ignited in those deathly still eyes.

"I can go find the first-place winner to exchange for a life-saving treasure!"

At this moment.

The light in her hand took shape.

It was a jade pendant-type treasure.

With a slight perception, Xiu Xiu knew that this jade pendant treasure had the effect of protecting the spirit.

"Princess, let's go, we're going to find the first-place winner."

Pulling Princess along, Xiu Xiu quickly reached Lu Chen's group of three.

They looked at each other.

"It's formed!"

Sun Feifei exclaimed.

Lu Chen also looked over.

The holy radiance in Ning Xiwei's hand dissipated, revealing a cluster of golden-green energy that emitted a dense aura of life.

"Ah, is it a healing-type treasure?"

Sun Feifei glanced at it, somewhat disappointed.

No matter how pure the life aura of this golden-green energy was, it was not as pure as Lu Chen's life energy.

Ning Xiwei was also somewhat disappointed.

The aura emitted by this cluster of golden-green energy, though startling, was far inferior in quality to the life energy Lu Chen had poured into her body.

However.

Xiu Xiu's eyes were fixed on this golden-green energy.

She breathed greedily.

She struggled to widen her eyes, looked at Princess, and said,

"Princess, this cluster of incomparably pure life energy will definitely be able to cure you!"

She looked at Ning Xiwei, her fists clenching and releasing several times before she spoke,

"Hello, I want to use a spirit-protecting treasure to exchange for your life energy. I know my treasure is far less precious than your life energy, but I can compensate you. I still have pills..."

Xiu Xiu handed the jade pendant to Ning Xiwei and then fumbled for the pills.

"The jade pendant is enough."

Ning Xiwei took the jade pendant and placed the golden-green energy in Xiu Xiu's hand.

She looked at the little old lady with the crisp voice before her, and the incomparably haggard Ninth Princess whose hair was half-white.

Before entering the Bronze Gate.

How high-spirited they had been.

Now, they were this haggard.

Distress flickered in Ning Xiwei's eyes.

"I still have... ah, you're willing!"

Xiu Xiu took the holy golden-green energy, her eyes filled with immense surprise. She then turned to Princess and said excitedly,

"Princess, you're saved!"

"You're saved!"

"Here, Princess, use it quickly!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Xiu Xiu placed the golden-green energy into Princess's hand.

Her eyes were full of expectation and longing as she urged,

"Princess, use it quickly!"

"Okay."

Princess took the golden-green energy.

Similarly.

She didn't hesitate for a moment. The second she took the golden-green energy, she slammed it into Xiu Xiu's chest.

"Princess!"

Xiu Xiu cried out in shock.

In the blink of an eye, her Physique became plump to the naked eye.

The wrinkles on her face disappeared one by one.

Her head of white hair turned from white to black.

Pure vitality appeared on Xiu Xiu once again.

"Why!"

"Why, Princess! Why did you use the precious life energy on Xiu Xiu? Clearly, you need it more, Princess!"

Princess smiled and shook her head, saying softly,

"My injury is in my Soul. Life energy that heals the body is useless to me."

Suddenly.

The blood vessels all over Princess's body bulged, covered in dense, ancient, and malicious script.

"Look."

"It's a curse, a demon's curse."

"Even life energy has no solution."

"Time is up."

Princess's hair turned from black to completely white, and then from white to gray.

All the blood vessels in her body turned deep purple.

She was dying.

Yet she struggled to force a gentle smile at Xiu Xiu.

"This is good."

"I like small animals very much, but I didn't keep any by my side."

"When I die, they won't remember me, nor will they be sad for me. That's good."

"Xiu Xiu, this is your indenture contract."

"Take it."

With trembling hands, Princess took out the contract she had prepared long ago and handed it to Xiu Xiu.

"Xiu Xiu, you are free."

"With this contract, even after I die, the people of the Imperial Family won't be able to force you."

And.

Princess looked at the little fox by her feet.

"Take it away."

"Ya-yi~"

The Two-Tailed Spirit Fox rubbed against her calf.

"Princess, I don't want it, I don't want to leave you!"

Xiu Xiu hugged Princess tightly.

"Forget me."

"It's a good thing I prepared Xiu Xiu's contract in advance."

Princess smiled as if relieved.

Rip—

Xiu Xiu tore the contract into pieces.

"Xiu Xiu won't leave Princess!"

"Xiu Xiu!"

Seeing Xiu Xiu tear up her own contract with her own hands, the smile on Princess's face froze.

Two lines of clear tears rolled down.

"Xiu Xiu, why are you so silly!"

"What if the Imperial Family forces you?"

"What if Imperial Brother bullies you?"

"How will you live in the Imperial Family all by yourself?"

"Silly girl, silly girl..."

"I have no way to protect you now."

Princess, who thought she could accept death calmly, revealed intense unwillingness the moment Xiu Xiu tore the contract!

She was afraid that Xiu Xiu would be treated as a plaything by her Imperial Brother.

She was afraid that Xiu Xiu would become a sacrifice in the harem struggles.

She was afraid... How hateful!

She couldn't keep her eyes open!

Princess tried hard to widen her eyes, but she could no longer do it.

"Little Skeleton."

"Save her."

Ning Xiwei wept, her voice choking with sobs.