542: Chapter 542 The Demon Comes

Just as Nie Ning was preparing to go upstairs to rest, one foot stepped onto the stairs, but he froze in place.

Nie Ning frowned slightly, and with a flip of his hand, a small box appeared in his palm.

Looking at the glowing runes on the box, Nie Ning's eyes flickered, seemingly hesitating over whether to open it.

This box was none other than the one used to seal the demon bead back then!

To Nie Ning, there was no essential difference between them and the demons; after all, they too had invaded Lata World without any warning.

But this was the survival code of the Transcendent World; discussing who was right or wrong would only appear hypocritical.

"This guy isn't here to cause trouble, is he?"

Nie Ning couldn't help but mutter softly.

After all, the Abyss was not a good place; its living environment was far harsher than the Wizard World.

Desperate mountains and treacherous waters produce unruly people; those demons were naturally not easy to fool, and most creatures that dared to break in were devoured whole.

In worse cases, even the worlds behind them would find it hard to escape disaster.

After a moment of thought, Nie Ning turned around, returned to the cultivation room, and activated the villa's restrictions.

After everything was prepared, Nie Ning was about to open the box, but after thinking about it, he felt it wasn't a good idea and immediately separated a clone that looked just like him.

Elemental Blood Spirit Avatar!

Compared to Nie Ning's main body, the avatar had a richer aura of life and carried strong mental fluctuations, while its hair turned a strange, eerie green.

This was because this avatar was primarily composed of life attributes and soul attributes.

Although the avatar looked very useful, it would strip away Nie Ning's talents, so Nie Ning rarely used it.

After all, without his talents, the strength of his main body would inevitably be weakened, which was not worth the cost.

At most, he could only separate his life attributes and soul-type attributes; otherwise, he wouldn't even be able to cast elemental fusion spells.

...

Nie Ning nodded at his avatar, and then his main body turned and left the cultivation room.

He took out the box again.

As the seal was broken, a cyan bead floated out, followed immediately by the phantom of a three-meter-tall green-skinned monster.

The green-skinned monster lowered its head and looked at Nie Ning with blood-red eyes; with just a glance, it saw that the current Nie Ning was not his main body.

"Friend, this isn't right, is it? Why is there only a clone here? Are you afraid that I'll eat you?"

"And these restrictions around us—do you have some issue with me?"

The green-skinned demon's voice was rough, carrying a hint of displeasure in its tone.

Nie Ning smiled slightly: "You're overthinking it. This is to protect you; after all, there are quite a few powerful individuals around. If you don't believe me, I'll open the restrictions right now."

As he said this, Nie Ning made a move to open the restrictions.

"No, no, I specifically came to visit you this time. I don't really want anyone disturbing us."

The green-skinned demon hurriedly stopped him.

If this were before, he would definitely have checked what kind of trick Nie Ning was playing.

But ever since he went to the Abyss last time and learned about the situation in this world, he felt that sometimes there was no need to be so serious.

"Then why didn't you come in your main body? Otherwise, we could have sat down for a drink and exchanged pleasantries."

Nie Ning looked at the green-skinned demon and said with a smile.

But to the green-skinned demon, these words sounded like Nie Ning wanted to make trouble for his main body.

After all, he had heard that these wizards were skilled at backstabbing, and they loved studying lifeforms from other worlds like them.

"I've been quite busy at home lately, so we'll have to wait until I have time."

Nie Ning nodded and spoke calmly: "I wonder what business brings you to me this time?"

Neither of them were simple lads, so it was naturally impossible for the other party to have come just to reminisce.

Besides, he had tricked the other party last time, and he didn't know if the other party had gone to the Abyss, but Nie Ning had reason to suspect that the other party just wanted to come and take revenge on him.

"It's not a big deal; I just wanted to ask, brother, if you still have that thing you gave me last time."

The green-skinned demon asked, staring straight at Nie Ning without beating around the bush.

Nie Ning raised an eyebrow slightly.

The thing he gave?

Could it be the Mirror Pupil?

But that shouldn't be right; so much time had passed, which was enough for the Mirror Pupil to reveal its flaws. Hadn't the other party discovered the flaws of the Mirror Pupil?

Or was it that the demon's constitution was different, allowing it to be immune to the flaws of the Mirror Pupil?

"I'm really sorry, but that thing is extremely precious. I believe you can feel it too; those from last time were my last stock."

Nie Ning shrugged and said helplessly, pretending as if he really didn't have any left.

But for Nie Ning, while there were indeed not many Amivika-improved versions left, he still had a considerable stock of the Mirror Pupil he had crafted himself.

However, it was obviously not the time to say that; it would violate the code of conduct of a cunning merchant.

The green-skinned demon narrowed his eyes: "Friend, are you treating me like an outsider? I can trade item for item; I won't take advantage of you."

"That's not it; talking about money hurts our friendship. If you need them, I still have two here; I can even give them to you."

As he spoke, Nie Ning took out two Mirror Pupils from his spatial ring and handed them over.

The green-skinned demon looked at the Mirror Pupils floating in front of him, then looked at the troubled-looking Nie Ning, and naturally understood that Nie Ning wouldn't make a move until he saw the benefit.

But that trip to the Abyss last time had caused him heavy losses.

It was one thing that he hadn't asked Nie Ning for compensation, but now he simply couldn't produce many precious items for trade.

"Friend, stop holding back. If you have any needs, just tell me, and I will do my best to satisfy them."

The green-skinned demon suppressed his smile and said with a calm expression.

Nie Ning rubbed his chin, not answering directly.

According to what Pope Eugene said last time, the other party's strength was quite formidable, likely at least a ninth-rank existence.

But looking at the other party, he seemed a bit poor.

"You're making this very difficult for me. I believe you should also be aware of the value of the Mirror Pupil; it's not something that can be crafted simply."

Nie Ning looked troubled and glanced up at the green-skinned demon: "Besides, with your strength, you shouldn't need to use the Mirror Pupil anymore, right?"

"That thing is poisonous; I don't use it."

The green-skinned demon cast a sidelong glance at Nie Ning and said in a flat tone.

He wasn't a fool; he had naturally long since seen that there was a problem with what Nie Ning had given him.

He was afraid that this kid hadn't had good intentions from the moment he gave the items.

However, just because he didn't use it didn't mean the Mirror Pupil was useless.

If used to cultivate subordinates, as long as he could still control them, it was enough; after all, high-rank consumables required time to cultivate.

With Nie Ning's Mirror Pupil, it was enough for him to pull together a high-rank team in a short time.

Nie Ning raised an eyebrow.

'This guy really did discover the flaws of the Mirror Pupil!'

However, since he still didn't know the other party's purpose, he naturally couldn't just give away such precious items casually.