[Congratulations, you have become the third player to break through to the Xuan level, and you have received 100 points of luck as a reward.]
The third breakthrough to the Xuan level only granted 100 points of luck, which was half as much as the first breakthrough.
Even so, the three character breakthroughs had brought him a total of 450 points of luck.
After deducting the 100 points he had recently spent in the Divine Ruin Land, he still had over 350 points of usable luck.
[Congratulations, your realm has been upgraded to the Xuan level, and your talent for predicting the future has been enhanced, with an additional 3 uses per day.]
The number of predictions had increased again, reaching 66 times.
However, even though his realm had broken through, his bloodline had not calmed down.
The demonic energy that had already invaded his bloodline and the demonic energy from the Magic Spirit Grass both erupted simultaneously, causing his Giant Ant God Bloodline to become agitated.
Fortunately, now that the four bloodlines had merged, the one remaining in his body belonged to Wang Nan, which couldn't create conflicts between bloodlines. Otherwise, he might have lost control due to bloodline conflicts.
But even so, the agitated bloodline still had a significant impact on him under the influence of the demonic energy.
The most obvious manifestation was that he couldn't use the power of his bloodline at this moment!
The Giant Ant God Bloodline was completely out of his control!
"Raise the bloodline! Continuing to enhance the bloodline might be useful!"
Without much thought, he looked at the panel's demonic power and chose to upgrade.
8 points of demonic power were consumed, and the Giant Ant God Demonic Meridian was upgraded to Entry-level.
As the demonic power was consumed, Su Nan felt relieved as the agitated bloodline calmed down significantly.
"It works!"
Without hesitation, he continued to upgrade.
At the Spirit level, it required 20 points of demonic power to upgrade from Entry-level to Great Perfection.
But now, it required 40 points!
In total, he spent 160 points of demonic power. The Giant Ant God Bloodline reached Great Perfection, and the number of predictions increased by another three times, reaching 69 times!
At this point, the bloodline was completely calm under the influence of the demonic energy.
However, Su Nan had a feeling that this calmness was only temporary. If he continued to merge bloodlines, it would inevitably erupt again.
By that time, it might not be something that a single Magic Spirit Grass could resolve!
"I must find a way to deal with this demonic energy as soon as possible," Su Nan thought urgently.
Looking at his demonic power, he had 321 points left. He had only 1 point left at this moment!
It happened at the moment of his breakthrough.
The regional chat erupted.
"Wang Nan broke through!"
"Wang Nan, the great god, has finally broken through to the Xuan level!"
"Great Perfection! Wang Nan, the great god, broke through to Great Perfection. I told you, Wang Nan, the great god, hasn't been unable to break through, but he's been preparing to reclaim the first place!"
"Your big brother is still your big brother. Wang Nan, the great god, is truly the long-standing number one on the leaderboard, and no one can take his place!"
As the long-standing number one on the leaderboard, Wang Nan had been under a lot of scrutiny because of his delayed breakthrough. Many people were speculating about the reasons behind it.
Now that Wang Nan had not only broken through but also reclaimed the first place, many of his supporters were ecstatic.
"He finally broke through, I wonder if this time will be like what those old guys guessed, and the third closed beta will start?"
The members of the Destiny Society received the news almost immediately.
This time, they didn't have a grim expression due to Wang Nan's increased strength; instead, they looked forward to it.
"I hope what those old guys guessed is true. Once the third closed beta starts, we won't have to be so restricted like we are now."
"Tomorrow, when the game refreshes, if the conditions are met, there will definitely be an announcement. By then, everything will be revealed."
At the same time.
In Dajing City, inside an inconspicuous three-story building, a dozen or so men and women had a slightly serious expression when they saw Su Nan's breakthrough.
Few people knew that this was the headquarters of the Night Patrol.
"Wang Nan has also broken through. If we calculate the time, the third closed beta should be starting."
"This closed beta will definitely bring unprecedented changes. The members of the Destiny Society will undoubtedly use the power left in the Demon and Monster World by the Tian Clan. By then, that Wang Nan will be in danger."
"That bracelet must not fall into the hands of the Destiny Society. Even if it's still in Wang Nan's possession, it's more advantageous for us than in the hands of the Destiny Society."
"Find someone to contact Wang Nan as soon as possible and find a way to make him hide temporarily."
...
With his bloodline now calm, Su Nan finally relaxed. He felt the immense power within him and even had the illusion that he could defeat a King-level Demon with a single punch.
After a while, as he adapted to the changes in his body, Su Nan stood up and approached the middle-aged demon.
"Young man, how dare you ambush me? Do you know who I am?" The middle-aged demon glared at Su Nan fiercely, his face contorted with malevolence.
"Do you even realize your situation?" Su Nan looked at the middle-aged demon strangely, suspecting that his mind had been affected by the demonic energy.
"If I guess correctly, you are a member of the Demon God Palace, right?" Su Nan asked.
The middle-aged demon was momentarily stunned, clearly not expecting Su Nan to know his identity. But then, he became furious. "You know who I am, and yet you dared to ambush me? Do you not fear the retaliation of the Demon God Palace?"
Su Nan sneered, "I not only know that you are from the Demon God Palace, but I also know that there are four other demons in this city besides you."
"Among them, one is at the mid-level King stage, and you received a summons from that King-level demon to go to their base for a meeting."
Su Nan revealed the information he had obtained.
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged demon completely lost his composure. "How... how did you know?"
He couldn't fathom how Su Nan knew so much.
Su Nan looked at the Grand Princess and said, "Your Highness, please extract his memories."
The Grand Princess nodded and was about to take action.
Seeing this, the middle-aged demon finally felt fear and struggled to escape, roaring, "I cannot be killed. If you release me immediately, I might spare your lives. Otherwise, no one can save you!"
Even at this moment, the middle-aged demon was still trying to threaten Su Nan.
"You are truly a fool influenced by the demonic energy," Su Nan shook his head pityingly as he watched the middle-aged demon.
Without further ado, he had the Grand Princess forcibly extract the memories from the middle-aged demon.
As the Grand Princess took action, her powerful spiritual force invaded the demon's mind.
Although the middle-aged demon sensed the danger and the demonic energy surged within his body in a desperate attempt to defend, it was futile against the intangible and formless spiritual force.
With a miserable scream from the middle-aged demon, the Grand Princess's spiritual force forcibly began to invade his consciousness.
After a moment, the Grand Princess withdrew her spiritual force.
The middle-aged demon's eyes were vacant, but he was not dead.
"Forcefully extracting memories cannot obtain all memories; only a general idea can be obtained, and much information is lost in the process. I did not find out what the demons were preparing to discuss, and it's possible that the demons themselves do not know."
Su Nan nodded, unsurprised.
In his previous death prediction, he had not obtained specific details about what the demons were going to discuss, so it was normal not to have received that information now.
Looking at the middle-aged demon again, Su Nan couldn't help but comment, "Truly a demon, this guy's vitality is incredibly tenacious!"
Even after forcibly extracting his memories, the demon had not died. Su Nan couldn't achieve that level of resilience.
Moreover, the severed limbs on the demon's body were rapidly regenerating, showing signs of complete limb regeneration!
Even with the power to control recovery, Su Nan didn't dare to say that his recovery speed could surpass that of the demon under the current circumstances.
Observing the middle-aged demon, Su Nan waved his hand, and a flame danced in his palm.
It was the Flame Spirit Essence.
"I don't believe that even if I turn you into ashes, you can still recover!"
The Flame Spirit Essence danced, and with a thought, it landed on the middle-aged demon.
Intense flames instantly enveloped the middle-aged demon, who screamed in agony, struggling to extinguish the flames on his body.
However, the more he struggled, the more vigorously the flames burned.
At this moment, Su Nan suddenly realized that the Flame Spirit Essence could burn using the demon's energy as fuel, not his own power.
He could see that the demon's body's surging demonic energy was being consumed, becoming the fuel for the flames.
Although the speed was not fast, the demonic energy was being genuinely depleted.
"The Flame Spirit Essence can actually use demonic energy as fuel?" Su Nan's eyes brightened.
This was the first time he had used the Flame Spirit Essence against a demon. After swallowing the so-called Great Sun Lotus Fire, the Flame Spirit Essence gained the ability to burn with the power of the enemy's bloodline.
However, this ability had not been effectively utilized in subsequent battles.
During his battles with monsters, Su Nan had always used the power of fire under the influence of the Flame Spirit Essence, combining it with his racial talents.
He had never solely used the Flame Spirit Essence to kill monsters.
The only time he had used the Flame Spirit Essence alone was when dealing with the Paper Puppet Demon initially.
"According to the information from the previous prediction, the Great Sun Lotus Fire seemed to only burn bloodlines, using bloodline power as fuel. It didn't have the ability to burn demonic energy like this."
"Could this be a new ability produced by the fusion of the Flame Spirit Essence and the Great Sun Fire?" Su Nan couldn't help but speculate.
No matter what, he needed to further develop this ability of the Flame Spirit Essence!
He had a premonition that he would have plenty of opportunities to deal with demonic energy in the future. Having a means to counteract it would be essential.
"What kind of flame is this?" The Grand Princess was amazed as she saw the demonic energy on the demon's body decreasing.
She had never heard of a flame that could burn demonic energy.
Perhaps it was because the Flame Spirit Essence was relatively weak that the demonic energy was not consumed quickly. Under normal circumstances, the middle-aged demon could have broken free from the Flame Spirit Essence and escaped.
But now, with his limbs severed and his consciousness severely traumatized by the Grand Princess's forced memory extraction, the demon could only struggle instinctively.
Su Nan watched quietly and thought deeply.
"Since the Flame Spirit Essence can burn demonic energy, can I use it to deal with the Devil's Thoughts?" Su Nan had a bold idea.
He had the Devil's Source Pearl with him, and inside the Devil's Source Pearl, a powerful Devil's Thought was recovering using the pearl's power.
Now, there was only half a month left until the Devil's Thought fully recovered, and he had to find a way to deal with it in the coming days.
"Perhaps I can give it a try."
"Unfortunately, the demonic energy in my body has already merged with my bloodline. Otherwise, I might be able to use the Flame Spirit Essence to attempt a solution."
The flames burned for several minutes until the middle-aged demon turned into ashes.
In the last moment before death, the middle-aged demon regained consciousness.
He didn't struggle; instead, he stared at Su Nan intently, as if trying to memorize his appearance.
The Grand Princess furrowed her brows with some concern. "It is said that demons cannot be completely killed. Even if their bodies die, their Devil's Thoughts will remain, and there may be..."
Su Nan remained calm. "It doesn't matter. We can kill him now, and we can still kill him in the future. There's no need to fear."
He thought back to the demon he had killed in the Heavenly Wolf Valley. The prophecy had told him that the demon would come after him again.
However, a month had passed since then, and he hadn't seen the Devil's Thought of that demon.
This indicated that even if demons could truly come back to life or were immortal, it was not as simple as coming back to life easily.
With his rapidly increasing strength, even if the Devil's Thought of that demon came back now, it wouldn't affect him much, let alone the fact that he had no idea where that Devil's Thought was at the moment.
"Do you think that I'm helpless against you just because you died?" Su Nan looked at the ashes of the middle-aged demon and scanned his own karma lines.
He wanted to find the karma lines related to the middle-aged demon.
Unlike the karma lines with others, perhaps due to the complete destruction of the middle-aged demon's body, these karma lines were very faint. They seemed to be on the verge of disappearing, but they were not completely gone. Instead, they had a tendency to gradually become clearer.
There was not just one of these faint karma lines, but three more!
They were the karma lines related to the demon he had killed in the Heavenly Wolf Valley, the Devil's Thought inside the Devil's Source Pearl, and the Devil's Thought in the ancient cave space.
"Interesting. I wonder what would happen if I used the Karma Catastrophe Technique on these Devil's Thoughts now?" Su Nan's gaze fell on his own luck.
Upon checking, he discovered that his Human Race Luck had surged. His total luck had exceeded 1,100 points, with over 700 points available.
"Human Race Luck increased by 500 points? This is definitely not just because of Wang Nan's breakthrough."
Previously, he had a total of 500 points of luck between his two Human Race characters. Wang Yang had also broken through to the Profound level, but it wouldn't make sense for him to suddenly receive 500 points of luck.
After some contemplation, Su Nan came up with a possible explanation:
"The Divine Weapon. This should be the reward for successfully escorting the Divine Weapon."
If the escort had failed, it would have resulted in a backlash on his Human Race Luck, but since it had succeeded, there was a reward.
"Let's try using 100 points of luck and see what happens."
Su Nan had no hesitation in using luck; it was an experiment for him.
If the Karma Catastrophe Technique could indeed affect Devil's
Thoughts, it would provide him with a new method to deal with them in the future.
With a thought, he rapidly consumed his Human Race Luck, and the notification messages appeared on the panel:
"You have consumed ten points of Human Race Luck to perform the Karma Catastrophe Technique on Kong He."
"You have consumed ten points of Human Race Luck to perform the Karma Catastrophe Technique on Kong He."
(End of this chapter)