Chapter 712: Chapter 348: Unsatiated Evil Beast

"Rams..."

Xiaomo and Farina both called out the name of this former ally, who was once with them night and day.

Since the moment they couldn’t stand the atmosphere at The Soul Apex and left, they were no longer comrades. Little did they expect that their next meeting would be under such circumstances.

"Can’t keep up? Or is it possible you’re just not worthy?"

Xiaomo tossed a dagger, speaking bluntly, "After Li Ang left, all the flaws were revealed. Even if the Fellowship of Fortunate Stars is unreliable, its ranking is still above your dirt-poor emperor’s group."

Upon hearing this, Rams’ eye twitched. The three of them all knew that such mockery was very effective against him.

Li Ang glanced at the corpse of the old factory director’s daughter on the floor, "To achieve your goals, you’re capable of doing anything, enduring anything, and that’s something I indeed can’t keep up with."

Rams shamelessly said, "I really agree with this old man’s thoughts. Although he’s a waste, his caution as an old fox was there. Unfortunately, the weakness was his last blood relative. If it weren’t for her, I wouldn’t have known this city was hiding such an ancient ship."

Farina frowned at Rams’ doll face, "Since when did you become so narcissistic? Moreover, wearing such disguises that noble ladies like?"

"Ah, this? This is what I looked like when I was young. Not letting me use it? As for being very likable, you don’t need to remind me."

Rams brushed his palm over his face; his youthful doll face rapidly aged. His overall appearance didn’t change much but took on a sinister quality. Without the falsely worn smile, it was no longer the "sunny and positive" face that once gained the trust of The Soul Apex members.

"Balbanus, the leader of the Banquet of the Gods, was all geared up to measure his strength against yours, only to find the chance never came," Farina said with a light laugh.

Rams grinned.

He was angry. Li Ang glanced at Xiaomo and Farina out of the corner of his eye; they were doing the same.

Such words could strike directly at what Rams cared most about, but he would never admit it and would, in the next moment, adopt a dismissive attitude.

"Oh? Ranking? Achievements? Those are things of the past."

Rams spread his hands, "What can the old methods of the Guild bring? Only upon reaching first place personally did I realize that before benefits, what you receive is a heap of meaningless restrictions. So, I’ve chosen a new alliance, one that will bring new changes to this world."

"The Empire, is it?" Xiaomo sneered.

"Exactly, if you had been this smart before, I might have kept you, Morales."

"You really have no idea how foolish you are!" Meimei yelled immediately upon hearing this.

This young girl, formerly a savior who fought against the various dark forces of the Empire, now looked at Rams with disdain.

"Oh?" Rams didn’t even glance at Meimei, "Li Ang, I’m really surprised. While raising the woman you picked up, when did you create a side account? I suggest you don’t let her point fingers at her seniors."

Before Li Ang could respond, Meimei had already swung her sword, and the splash of the water blade immediately shattered the room’s tables and bookshelves, scattering pages everywhere.

But faster than Meimei was Meluna, whose Celestial Fury pulled out a Frost Blade imbued with tearing dimensional thunder, hacking toward Rams’ face amidst the oscillation of thunder and icy magic power.

Their attacks were blocked by a suddenly rising Crystal Wall. The light wall spread out from Rams, forming a force field. Meluna’s several slashes didn’t shatter it, and she sidestepped the expansion of the force field.

The force field light wall brushed past Meluna and stamped itself into the wall, directly reducing the wall and the bricks behind it to dust. But instead of disappearing, they swiftly returned to revolve around Rams.

Such high-tier defensive capability was not Rams’ own ability. To block Meluna’s slashes, it was already a concept-level defense. The power source was the Crystal Cage at his waist, indicating it was a defensive Treasure Artifact.

"This is an artifact that reflects stronger attacks back more strongly. It can only be pierced with frequent, ordinary attacks," Li Ang reminded.

"Well, that’s my specialty!"

Xiaomo approached at high speed, making his dual short blades dance in a disorderly fashion, continuously striking the force field wall with a loud clang, quickly weakening its power.

Rams beckoned, and a shadow suddenly appeared behind him, rushing toward Morales. The magic power within was so dense that it stirred a storm in the room, and the emerging scarlet mist rapidly corroded the surrounding objects.

The young man with animal ears stomped with one foot, quickly entangling large swathes of shadow around the red weapon and Rams, attempting to suppress this power, but the shadow was all swallowed in one bite by the giant beast’s phantom emerging from the red mist.

The giant beast resembled a tiger, but its whole body was an exposed skeleton. The face looked like a skull after flesh was corroded, with protrusions and bone spurs making it seem as if it wore a bony mask. Its roar seemed to impact the soul level, reverberating endlessly around everyone.

It could devour the shadows controlled by Morales’ talent ability; these shadows did not entirely reside in the Material Dimension, indicating this Evil Beast could also touch this level.

After consuming the shadows, the Evil Beast growled deeply, as if its greed was insatiable.

Farina squinted her eyes, "This thing is the pseudo-god worshiped by the Sub-human King."

"It really suits you, doesn’t it? A wolf that’s never full," said Xiaomo.

"Yes, so how about it? The heap of magic power-infused alien skeletons we collected—after consulting various priests and artisans—finally completed this set of perfect equipment for controlling the Alien God," Rams said proudly.