Fang Xiu waited right where he was.
He had no intention of leaving just yet.
He had even come up with an excuse.
If the people from the Awakening Hall didn’t show up, Fang Xiu would just say he got lost.
He had already discussed this with Ye Fan.
Besides, Ye Fan still had plenty of time left, so it was perfectly reasonable for him to remain here.
As for Fang Xiu, it all depended on what the people from the Awakening Hall had to say.
"Brother Fang, do you think the people from the Awakening Hall will come?"
Ye Fan looked around and asked with some curiosity.
The cameras in their badges were all broken now.
Could the people from the Awakening Hall really find them here?
Besides, they didn’t even know Fang Xiu and his companion’s exact location.
Even if they did, this place was at least a day’s journey from the exit.
Even escorting them would take a full day.
Wouldn’t that be equivalent to Fang Xiu spending an extra day in here?
"Has anyone ever stayed in here past their allotted time before?" Fang Xiu asked, looking at Ye Fan.
Ye Fan shook his head. "No."
"No one got greedy and wanted to stay a little longer?"
Fang Xiu found it hard to believe that every single Awakened was so self-disciplined.
"I think someone didn’t come out before, but a few days later, news would arrive that the person had died in an accident," Ye Fan said after a moment of thought.
Because he was about to enter this Special Gate World, Ye Fan had read through a lot of related materials.
After all, he had received the notice a month ago.
It wasn’t a last-minute decision.
Unlike Fang Xiu, he’d had plenty of time to prepare.
Fang Xiu had arrived in a hurry and didn’t know anything.
"Really an accidental death?"
Fang Xiu suddenly latched onto a key point.
’What if it wasn’t an accident, but a punishment?’
"They were all confirmed to be accidents, and there were detailed autopsy reports. There are few enough Awakened as it is; they wouldn’t just kill someone for breaking a rule."
Ye Fan knew what Fang Xiu was thinking and explained with a smile.
Ye Fan had a great deal of faith in the Awakening Hall.
Besides, every time an Awakened died, especially accidentally, there would be an autopsy report.
This was particularly true for deaths inside a Special Gate World like this one.
"That’s not the same. Those who don’t follow the rules are hard to manage. An Awakened like that is likely to cause trouble in other matters down the line. It’s better to just get rid of them now!"
Fang Xiu’s understanding was different from Ye Fan’s.
People who are hard to manage, people who might cause problems in the future—just eliminate them directly.
For the Awakening Hall, this wouldn’t be difficult at all.
"It... it wouldn’t go that far, would it?"
Ye Fan was a little stunned.
After all, what Fang Xiu described wasn’t entirely impossible.
"I think what Fang Xiu said is absolutely right!"
Just then, a voice sounded out next to the two of them.
"Who’s there?"
Ye Fan was immediately on alert.
But Fang Xiu remained casually seated. "Space System? No wonder you became Vice Hall Master at just Level 35. So it’s because of this special Talent."
Fang Xiu wasn’t surprised by the sudden female voice at all.
He knew the person who had appeared was Li Mu.
He could tell just from her voice.
"Vice... Vice Hall Master?"
Ye Fan was bewildered.
But just then, a figure appeared before them.
It startled Ye Fan.
"You’re not surprised at all, are you?"
Li Mu smiled. "But I didn’t become Vice Hall Master just because of my Talent. My methods played a part, too!"
"I can see that!"
Fang Xiu nodded slightly.
Li Mu just stared at him, taking in his attitude.
And Fang Xiu stared right back.
The tense, confrontational atmosphere made Ye Fan hold his breath.
"Do you think it would take me long to kill you?" Li Mu said coolly, looking at Fang Xiu.
"Sacrifice is just a Skill!" Fang Xiu looked at Li Mu and said with a smile.
Hearing this, Li Mu hesitated for a moment before nodding helplessly. "My Space System abilities may be strong, but if you set your sights on me, it might not be enough!"
Li Mu had encountered other Sacrificial Masters before.
They weren’t very effective.
Because they were all cowards who clung to life and didn’t dare use Sacrifice casually.
Moreover, given their Talents, activating Sacrifice required a long and tedious incantation.
Some even needed the assistance of an Array.
But according to the data, Fang Xiu didn’t need any of that to use Sacrifice.
This was evident from when he sacrificed a Demon Crystal during his Awakening.
Fang Xiu’s Sacrifice wasn’t that complicated.
Just as Fang Xiu said, it was merely a Skill.
So, if Fang Xiu were to target her, escaping would probably be very difficult.
After all, he was an SSS Level Sacrificial Master.
"Your Space abilities aren’t bad either. At Level 35, you should have three Skills. That Space Wormhole just now was one of them, right?" Fang Xiu said, looking at Li Mu.
Hearing this, she nodded slightly. "That's right!"
"Since you were able to find us, your second Skill must be Space Positioning?" Fang Xiu spoke again.
Li Mu was slightly surprised when she heard this.
She hadn’t expected Fang Xiu to have figured out her Skills the moment he confirmed she was a Space System user.
"What about the last one?" Li Mu asked, a little curious.
"You’re so confident you can kill me, and we aren’t exactly close. Space Wormhole is suited for long-distance travel. That means your last Skill must be one of the most common Space System Skills: Instant Teleportation."
After he finished, Fang Xiu stared at Li Mu again and asked, "Am I right?"
Li Mu raised her hand and clapped a few times. "Not bad. You really are clever!"
"Right. It’s about time. You should take us out of here!" Fang Xiu said after glancing at the time on his phone.
Hearing this, Li Mu didn’t say anything more and immediately activated her Skill.
In an instant, the three of them vanished from where they stood.
When they reappeared, they were already at the entrance of the Special Gate World.
"Can’t you pass through it directly?" Fang Xiu asked, looking at the Gate World in front of him.
That feeling of covering a day’s journey in just a few seconds was really something.
’Too bad I’m not a Space System user.’
’I wonder what the Main God of Space likes?’
’Otherwise, I would definitely go and make some more Sacrifices.’
’Who knows, maybe the Main God of Space would get happy and gift me a Skill?’
"Because this is another dimension," Li Mu explained briefly.
Fang Xiu nodded slightly and walked directly into the exit of the Gate World.
Meanwhile, Ye Fan still hadn’t recovered from the shock.
Just a moment ago, Fang Xiu and Li Mu were still talking.
How did they suddenly arrive at the exit in the blink of an eye?
"Mr. Ye Fan, we have a few things to confirm with you. Also, the camera on your badge needs to be repaired. So please exit first, and we will return it to you later."
Li Mu put on a professional smile and said to Ye Fan, who was standing to the side.
"Huh? Oh, okay, no problem!"
Ye Fan knew that the woman before him, Li Mu, was no ordinary person.
He certainly didn’t dare to act as casually as Fang Xiu.
’After all, Fang Xiu’s strength... seems to be on another level.’
’What’s going on?’
’Why does it feel like these people are all cut from a different cloth?’
Ye Fan, the number one in the whole city, was starting to have a crisis of faith.
Watching Ye Fan exit the Gate World, Li Mu also took a step forward and vanished on the spot.
"Get in the car!"
Li Mu said to Fang Xiu and Ye Fan.
"Not just teleporting there directly?" Fang Xiu said with a smile.
He had been the first one to leave just now, naturally because he had some matters to attend to.
Kajimi had been waiting outside the whole time.
The moment Fang Xiu came out, he found Kajimi and gave some instructions.
After all, this time, they were heading to the Awakening Hall.
Fang Xiu had no idea what would happen there.
That’s why Fang Xiu was the first to step out of the Gate World.
"Instant Teleportation has a cooldown, and it consumes a massive amount of energy. Taking a car is more convenient!"
Li Mu didn’t seem afraid of Fang Xiu learning about her Skill and Talent.
She directly told Fang Xiu some of the Skill’s drawbacks.
"Hm, that’s nice. My Sacrifice doesn’t need a cooldown!"
Fang Xiu wasn’t lying.
His Sacrifice Skill had no cooldown.
So if he saw something suitable, he could directly Sacrifice it to the Flower God, then Sacrifice to the Goddess of Life, and finally Sacrifice to the Evil Dragon Fafnir.
There wouldn’t be any problem.
"As expected of an SSS Level Talent. It's monstrously powerful!"
Li Mu muttered helplessly.
It was the first time she had seen an expert with such a Talent.
’A Skill with no cooldown time?’
’Doesn’t that mean he could continuously Sacrifice people as long as he wanted to?’
According to past investigations on the Sacrificial Master Profession, the things a Sacrificial Master could Sacrifice were determined by their own Level.
But Fang Xiu seemed to be a bit different from the others.
This was also a point worth noting.
Of course, if Fang Xiu knew what Li Mu was thinking, he would have scoffed and thought to himself, ’If I could just Sacrifice whatever I wanted, I would have done it long ago. Isn’t it because there are restrictions? If you Sacrifice recklessly, you get punished!’
Why only in his mind?
Because Fang Xiu would never let anyone else know this.
Regardless of whether they got answers from other Sacrificial Masters, or judged based on past experiences of failed Sacrifices, Fang Xiu, for his part, would never tell anyone himself, even if they might have already guessed.
However, Fang Xiu was naturally not foolish enough to use Sacrifice carelessly.
Even with enemies, he had to consider whether they were suitable for Sacrifice.
If they weren’t suitable, he would just have Kajimi kill them.
"Alright, we’re almost there!"
Li Mu said to Fang Xiu beside her, also ending their previous topic of conversation.
"To think there’s such a luxurious building in a place like this!"
Fang Xiu and Ye Fan were led through a forest.
But the moment they entered the forest, the forest they had seen from the outside vanished.
In its place were rows of towering skyscrapers.
"This is the location of the Awakening Hall’s headquarters. The forest outside is just a disguise."
Li Mu didn’t elaborate further.
Fang Xiu also understood that this kind of information was probably classified, so he didn’t ask any more questions.
But just then, an alarm suddenly blared outside!

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