When "God" Decides To Start Over

The King of the Void Realm instinctively nodded and grunted in agreement.

Then he realized it seemed a little beneath his status to do so, but if he refused to drink, he worried he wouldn't know how to bring it up later.

"Human... as long as you agree to brew the True Illusion for me, I can let you leave the Void Realm." The King of the Void Realm's tone noticeably softened.

"I actually think this place is quite nice, planning to stay a while and take a good look around," Li Xiu said.

"Once you finish making the drink for me, you can freely roam the Void Realm." The King of the Void Realm quickly added.

"Is that so, but I was just frightened, and my mind is a bit muddled. What if I make the wrong drink for you?" Li Xiu sighed.

For a moment, the King of the Void Realm wanted to kill Li Xiu, but could only swallow his pride, fearing that if Li Xiu really made a mistake in the concoction, even just adding a drop of some other liquor, it would be fatal.

He didn't know how to mix drinks and wasn't someone who could distinguish all the flavors by smell.

He could smell salvation because when the Dark Knight King drank it back in the day, its supernal spirit aroma spread throughout Black Death City after becoming a Super Spirit.

"What will it take for you to agree to make the drink for me?" the King of the Void Realm asked helplessly.

"Come on, you want someone to work, you must pay them, right? And I was just scared out of my wits, shouldn't I get some compensation?" Li Xiu, not planning to ever return to the Void Realm, thought he should get whatever he could.

Next time he could come back as a king to completely sweep across the Void Realm.

The King of the Void Realm already understood Li Xiu's point. Although quite frustrated, he had no choice but to lower his head.

"Wait here a moment." The King of the Void Realm stood still for a while until a giant demon spirit approached from afar, holding something in its mouth.

It stopped in front of Li Xiu, placed the object by his side, then twisted its massive body and left.

"This is your payment and compensation for mixing the drink for me." The King of the Void Realm proclaimed.

Li Xiu looked closely; the object the demon spirit delivered was a green bone, more than a foot long, like carved emerald, only one segment visible, unknown how long the entire bone was.

The bone had a slight curve, appearing similar to a rib, but it wasn't clear which demon spirit it came from.

"Just one bone?" Li Xiu was a little dissatisfied.

"This is a Spirit Bone from a Super Spirit, containing terrifying energy. If it weren't incompatible with my attributes, I wouldn't have given it to you." The King of the Void Realm snorted coldly.

Upon hearing it was Super Spirit material, Li Xiu quickly picked it up, thinking this might be useful for creating Demon Armor.

"Alright, since you're so poor that you only have this one bone, I'll reluctantly accept it." Seeing the King of the Void Realm's unpleasant expression, Li Xiu added, "Don't you want to drink the True Illusion? Come on, I'll personally brew it for you."

Li Qingyi and Bai Ying wandered around Black Death City and exited through the canyon gate, roamed around outside, and saw no demon spirit, only decomposing demon spirit corpses everywhere, feeling greatly disappointed.

"The demon spirits in Black Death City are too weak, how come they've all been slaughtered?" Bai Ying said speechlessly.

"That's reasonable, with the Hero Trial Ground already open to the public, who knows how many Trial Takers have been here, long knowing everything about this place. Unlike other Lands of Trial, barely anyone's been there, with plenty of demon spirits left to kill," Li Qingyi explained.

"Why did you think to reveal the secrets of the Trial Takers? If every Land of Trial gets crowded, it'll be troublesome for us to hunt demon spirits." Bai Ying sighed.

Li Qingyi remained silent, knowing such matters couldn't be clarified in just a few words, nor did Bai Ying necessarily want to hear more.

The two decided not to proceed further and headed back into the city, preparing to leave Black Death City.

But when they reached the crossroads, they saw Li Xiu returning from outside the city gates, accompanied by a demon spirit resembling a large white snake.

"Why aren't you outside checking out Black Death City?" Bai Ying asked with a smile.

"Finished looking," Li Xiu replied.

"This demon spirit of yours looks a bit weird, how come it only has one eye?" Bai Ying examined the King of the Void Realm.

She assumed it was a demon spirit summoned by Li Xiu, completely unaware it was wild.

In the Void Realm, the King of the Void Realm was arrogant and domineering; how could he tolerate this? He lifted his head to look at Bai Ying, his eyes glinting with a strange light.

Boom!

Li Qingyi, without anyone knowing when, stood in front of Bai Ying, holding up a shield to block the gaze attack from the King of the Void Mirror.

The shield now bore a fist-sized dent.

Bai Ying's face turned pale, fully aware of the shield's strength in Li Qingyi's hands, something even regular S-Class Demon Spirits struggled to scratch.

Yet this bizarre-looking demon spirit, with just a glance, made such a large dent in the shield; if that gaze fell on her, despite her Parasitic Contract's protective clothing, she'd likely suffer severe injury.

So suddenly resorting to murder over just a few words, Bai Ying was about to erupt in fury, but Li Qingyi restrained her.

Li Qingyi cautiously scrutinized the King of the Void Realm before asking, "Isn't that your demon spirit?"

"No, sorry, I overlooked it just now; luckily, you're alright." Li Xiu glared at the King of the Void Realm: "Little Void, if you randomly attack again, you might as well go back by yourself."

The King of the Void Realm, too lazy to argue with Li Xiu, stopped attacking Bai Ying and turned to focus on the direction of the Nether House.

"I'm really sorry, do you need compensation?" Li Xiu asked, gazing at the shield in Li Qingyi's hands.

The shield clearly was Li Qingyi's Symbiotic Contract, managing to withstand Little Void's gaze, at least A-Class, possibly even S-Class.

Being this young and already at such a high level implied an exceptional background, one not easily achieved at this age through solitary efforts.

Of course, Li Xiu's offer for compensation was due to the situation being his fault, not the opponent's background.

It was he who brought back the King of the Void Realm, so how could he let it kill people indiscriminately here?

"Fortunately, nothing happened, so no need for compensation." Li Qingyi found Li Xiu's attitude acceptable and, as it wasn't intentional on his part, didn't hold it against him.

"How about this, as an apology, let me buy you two a drink?" Li Xiu, acknowledging his mistake, planned to mix a Demon Spirit Wine for them.

During this time, Li Xiu thoroughly researched those recipes, confident that if the other party was indeed an A-Class or S-Class Trial Taker, he could ensure they'd benefit rather than perish from drinking the Demon Spirit Wine.