Chapter 506 - Appearance of the Poison Ring

Han Wu, having already guessed the woman’s identity, decided to kill her in one blow.

Activating Replicate, his body changed rapidly. Limbs belonging to beasts burst from his body as powerful energy radiated off him.

The Dark Goddess warily put some distance between them before daring to examine his new form more closely.

Han Wu had turned into a patchwork monster with the limbs of numerous Desolate Beasts hanging off him. His body shone with various energies and special skills. However, this wasn’t his sure-kill technique to take down the Dark Goddess.

Activating the initial form of Conversion Jurisdiction, he gathered the energies around him and converted them into Light Energy, becoming a human beacon. He had turned into the sole light source of this area.

The pure, powerful light forced the powerful Dark Goddess to retreat. She didn’t even dare to stare directly at it.

Before she could react, Han Wu charged toward her. With a powerful swing from a limb covered in Light Energy, he easily shattered her barrier.

The Dark Goddess was rendered immobile as he grabbed her. Backed into a corner, she finally revealed her true form. She shed her alluring mask for that of a gnarly beast, trying to curse him with Dark Energy all the while.

Her curses failed to land. The pure Light Energy emanating from Han Wu not only repelled her curses but also cleansed the soul of the Dark Goddess away. The body, on the other hand, remained unharmed as it wasn’t made from Dark Energy.

Han Wu had experience with turning the corpse of a God into a clone, but was hesitating because it was female. It felt weird to control using his soul.

At that moment, the Umbral Mouse woke up.

With the Dark Goddess cleansed, the Umbral Mouse no longer feared for its safety and had regained full control of its faculties.

Sensing some remaining life in the body, it asked sheepishly, “Master, what if I take this corpse instead?”

It wanted Han Wu to agree to its request so badly that it even called him master.

“What could you do with it?”

“With the Darkness Ego, I could turn it into my second body. I could then control the units that belong to this body, and use its talent to learn some offensive skills.”

𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Han Wu nodded in agreement. It was a better alternative to using a female body with his male soul. Thus, he gave the corpse to the Umbral Mouse.

The Umbral Mouse activated the Darkness Ego and placed its soul into the body. The body’s eyes flickered open to reveal wide, naive eyes. It was a far cry from the alluring presence of the Dark Goddess earlier.

“I did it! I finally have my own human body!” the Umbral Mouse exclaimed in joy.

Its original mouse body jumped into its human body’s embrace. “I knew it! A woman’s body is much softer and more pleasant. I like this so much.”

Han Wu laughed. Despite having lived for so long, the Umbral Mouse was like a child.

Once it had adapted to its new body, Han Wu ordered, “Mousey, I need you to help weed out the competition. I need to win no matter what. First, take your body and its units to find more shrines. Kill as many candidates as you can if you encounter them. Do you understand?”

“I do! I will complete the mission no matter what.” The Umbral Mouse’s human body bowed.

It then communicated with its new units and soon had them acting as its informants.

Han Wu had effectively sorted them into two teams. The Umbral Mouse and its units were responsible for awakening shrines and persuading the foreign Gods to join their team, while Han Wu and the eight Earthsunder life forms set out to defeat as many candidates as possible.

The two moved swiftly, and everything went swimmingly for the first three days. The Umbral Mouse’s geographical advantage allowed it to find shrines with ease. It quickly freed four of them before persuading them to join it in killing the other candidates.

Han Wu had also defeated several candidates. His points rose slowly, but not enough to match Crouching Dragon in first place.

Less than 200 candidates remained, with many more being defeated by the minute. As more candidates were defeated, something occurred in the Dueling Lands to further accelerate the pace of the ceremony.

Han Wu had just defeated a Divine Being when his units reported back. Poison gas had appeared along the edges of the Dueling Lands. This poison gas couldn’t be dispelled or removed, and all life forms poisoned would have their Life Energy heavily reduced.

There was only one way to avoid it: hide in the center of the Dueling Land.

They were shrinking the available land to increase the chances of encountering another candidate! It was the same mechanism as a game he had played in his previous life.

Fortunately, Han Wu had powerful units and didn’t fear anyone.

He and the other candidates gradually moved toward the center.

Fights grew increasingly intense as more candidates gathered. Some battles involved up to five candidates. Many had already gone mad and killed everything in sight, including their own units and teams.

Han Wu used his overwhelming force to obtain victory after victory. This strength inevitably became the focus of many, including a team of six Demigods.

The six were actually good friends outside of the Blood Coliseum and didn’t hesitate to work together to eliminate the other candidates.

They had promised to fight fair in the final fight to determine the winner and inheritor of the Blood Coliseum.

Unfortunately, while this plan seemed ideal on the surface, it wasn’t foolproof. It didn’t account for those stronger than the six of them combined, like Han Wu.