In this situation, there was no need to wait for the next competition; the final victor could be determined in this match alone.

It seemed that regardless of the initial rules of the Mysterious Realm, the ultimate victory condition was always survival of the fittest.

Bats kept landing and transforming into human shapes. Apart from muscular men, some of them turned into slender, long-legged girls.

But although these transformed vampires were quite a sight, they were bad news for the survivors.

After all, if a handsome man or beautiful woman threw themselves at you asking for neither money nor status, they surely wanted something else—your blood.

The fact was that these vampires’ individual combat strength wasn’t that formidable, but their overwhelming numbers were another story.

Just like swarms of ordinary bats covering the sky on their outings, the sheer quantity of vampires in their bat form before transforming was also enough to drive one to despair.

At this moment, Zachary was like a character in a novel who, upon encountering a tiger in the forest, didn’t hope to outrun the tiger but just needed to outpace his companions. This kept Zachary in the safe zone.

Under Zachary’s ’leadership’, many of the vampires who had changed into human form found their nearby targets, while those still in bat form continued to chase after Zachary.

With Divine Sense as a scouting tool, Zachary hardly ever got lost, and he could quickly locate the areas where other survivors were hiding.

Whether they were predators or hiders, most were stunned into momentary shock at the sight of Zachary’s crazed dashing, and that brief hesitation wasted their precious time to react.

As Zachary moved, the number of survivors left alive in the manor dwindled further; Zachary looked back at the growing number of casual clothes behind him and took out his last Shock Bomb. Without looking back, he pulled the pin and threw it into the air.

Following a loud explosion, many of the vampires in bat form trailing behind Zachary were instantly killed by the shockwave.

Facing the seemingly endless sea of bats, Zachary felt hopeless.

Zachary had thought about hiding in an enclosed space to block the vampire attacks.

However, from his observations during the chase, he noticed that despite the numerous rooms in the castle, none of them were completely sealed.

If Zachary hid in a room, he would have fallen into a trap with no escape.

That’s why he had not chosen to hide in a room.

Zachary didn’t know how long he had been running. His Cultivation Level was suppressed, so his physical strength had greatly reduced as well.

At this point, it was purely his willpower that drove his exhausted body forward.

His last Shock Bomb had been used just moments ago when a bat had neared him, employed to stop the flying bats from getting closer.

Realizing that his physical strength was nearly depleted and with no options left, Zachary found an L-shaped corner to curl up and make his final stand.

After depleting his handgun and rifle ammunition, Zachary once again wielded his entrenching shovel, swinging it desperately to fend off the attackers.

At this point, Zachary himself was shaken. He had held out until now, so why hadn’t he heard the announcement that all other survivors had been eliminated? It didn’t make sense. Zachary couldn’t figure out why this was happening.

Just when Zachary felt the entrenching shovel in his hand as heavy as a thousand pounds, the shovel suddenly changed.

For some reason, the shovel began emitting a faint glow, and under Zachary’s observation, it slowly shrank until it was the size of a coin, eventually turning into a gemstone.

When the entrenching shovel fully vanished, Zachary was left holding a red crystal in his hand.

As soon as the crystal appeared, the clear stone resembled a transparent glaze gem.

But as the crystal materialized in his hand, it began to absorb the energy of the Mysterious Realm, as if attempting to suck the entire realm into the stone.

As the crystal absorbed energy faster and faster, it wasn’t long before the stone had devoured the realm and turned into a purple-red blood hue.

Clutching the red crystal, the Jade Ship in Zachary’s Sea of Consciousness relentlessly conveyed its longing to him. Its goal was simple: to devour the crystal in his hand.

Just as Zachary was about to let his Companion Spiritual Treasure consume the crystal, he suddenly heard someone shouting from afar, "Big bro, don’t be rash, I’ve got something I want to discuss with you."

Hearing the voice, Zachary looked in the direction it came from and saw Chester approaching in a speedboat.

Seeing Chester approach proactively, Zachary instantly understood his purpose for coming. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Zachary, fearing that he might be persuaded by the other, immediately sent the crystal into his Sea of Consciousness.

Upon seeing another evolutionary energy baryte entering the Sea of Consciousness, the Companion Spiritual Treasure joyfully absorbed the energy from the crystal, attempting another evolution.

Chester arrived beside Zachary just as he was Sword Controlling over the water, and couldn’t help but envy him. After all, being strong might be a temporary thing, but being handsome was lifelong.