My Avatar is Becoming the Ultimate BOSS-Chapter 707 - 383: Kindred Spirits, Hatred and Affection, Homecoming

In the next instant, the Chess Player's Number Three Contracted Demon—"Furious Demon" appeared before Xia Pingzhou.

It was a skeleton humanoid shackled to a silver cross, slowly raising its head. Its hollow eye sockets stared at the sea with Xia Pingzhou.

[The abilities of the Tier Three Contracted Demon "Furious Demon" are as follows—within 30 seconds, the Furious Demon can take on either a "Shield" or "Sword" form, for the Chess Player's use, or your Chess Species' use.]

[Note 1: When facing an attack that exceeds the shield's limit, the Furious Demon's "Shield" form can sacrifice itself to help block the attack.]

[Note 2: The "Sword" form of the Furious Demon can enhance the user's strength.]

A series of introduction panels popped up before Xia Pingzhou.

"Why did you suddenly summon me in the middle of the night... what's the purpose?" the Furious Demon hoarsely asked. Each word it spoke caused a "click-clack" sound from its skull jaw.

Xia Pingzhou didn't answer his question but instead gazed casually at the isolated island on the horizon, asking,

"What do you think, between the Year Beast Monarch and Lake Hunting, who would win?"

"The Year Beast's odds are very low, to put it bluntly... it has no chance of winning. Anyone with eyes can see that this batch of Lake Hunting is far superior to the last. Just Lin Xingshi alone is enough to challenge the Zodiac Team and the Monarch," the Furious Demon said slowly.

"Then why does the Year Beast Monarch fly into the fire?"

"Because it wants to reclaim land from humans instead of hiding in the deep mountains. The Monarch also knows it's aging; if it doesn't try now, it will never have the chance... Demons, like humans, succumb to their desires," the Furious Demon said. "Even though I said the Monarch has no chance, if the Child of the Year Beast joins, the outcome might be different."

It paused: "Moreover... considering your brigade's involvement, many forces will get involved in this battle, complicating the situation beyond my predictions."

Xia Pingzhou remained silent.

He thought, if the Furious Demon knew the Child of the Year Beast was actually one of his own machines, its jaw might drop.

Unfortunately, the Furious Demon, unlike the Queen Giant, couldn't share thoughts with Xia Pingzhou, so it didn't understand Xia Pingzhou's true intentions.

Xia Pingzhou's goal was to eliminate one member of Lake Hunting while preserving the other three to use against Salvation Society, ultimately having the #4 Unit end the battle.

If he couldn't complete the task of killing one from Lake Hunting, he wouldn't receive the machine graduation reward.

It was a significant sum, and to breach the defenses of those mythical-level children in the Salvation Society, he had to push each machine to its suppressant limit in a short time to compete with them.

And as for the task of "killing Jack the Ripper," it went without saying.

If the mission wasn't completed, Unit #2 would automatically destroy itself at the deadline, a loss he couldn't afford.

With just 8 days left until the mission deadline, he planned to settle things with Yanmo Lin after completing all main tasks, then officially leave the White Crow Travel Brigade.

After that, he intended to compile all the strands so far and lead them to Iceland, giving both the Mentor and Salvation Society a big surprise.

Xia Pingzhou took a long breath facing the undulating sea, then raised his hand to summon the Queen Giant.

The Queen Giant dropped the two daggers of varying sizes from her hand, her elegant diamond body standing still. Her eyes lowered as the daggers sank into the sand.

"Sword form."

Xia Pingzhou ordered the Furious Demon.

"Tch, it's annoying to be commanded by a human..."

The Furious Demon grumbled, yet its body fused into the silver cross, and the large suspended cross slowly transformed into a sword hilt.

Immediately, a white bone blade forged from the Furious Demon's bones extended from the sword hilt. The twelve-foot bone sword sliced through the night sky, agitating the air; sand and stones on the beach subtly floated upward in the delicate force field.

Xia Pingzhou raised his eyebrows; it was his first time witnessing the Furious Demon's sword form.

Previously, he had only seen the Furious Demon's shield form, which was as sturdy as a turtle shell. Xia Pingzhou had the Queen's Statue attack it for half a day without breaking its defense.

The Queen's Statue silently received the cross-shaped silver hilt, gripping the elongated and sharp bone sword. The faint force field in the air suddenly vanished.

As if at that moment, the invisible force and momentum concentrated entirely on the Queen's palm, causing the air to return to a gathered state.

The Queen Giant used both hands to hold the sword form of the Furious Demon high. At this moment, the momentum on the sword body suddenly surged, expanding the bone sword to over a hundred times.

In an instant, she swung down the pale sword. The night moon lost its color, as if the moonlight was swallowed by the sword; waves surged mightily, and a swath of blue and white filled Xia Pingzhou's sight. What should have been deafening was eerily silent to human ears, as if the sword had devoured the sound.

Moments later, Xia Pingzhou raised his gaze to the sea split into two before him, as if a deep chasm had appeared in the ocean.

After all, it was a catastrophe-level demon; if it didn't produce such results, he would have been disappointed.

He slowly retracted his gaze, retrieving the Queen Giant and Furious Demon into the black and white circular path.

"Now... the final preparations are complete," Xia Pingzhou softly said, slowly turning around.

He lifted his head, looking at the vast Hai Fan Mountain. At the top of the cliff, he saw the silhouette of a demon emerging, a solitary, towering figure. Moments later, as the high and dignified moon broke through the clouds, illuminating the cliff, Xia Pingzhou saw clearly, it was a purple-red lion with a tuft of bewitching flame on its head.

It was his #4 Unit, Little Nian Beast.

The two stared at each other from afar, one above, one below.

"So from others' perspective, does the Year Beast look like this?" Xia Pingzhou murmured to himself, "Quite mighty."

After a while, the chasm at sea suddenly returned to normal, but the shadows on the cliff and beach had vanished.

The world was once again enveloped by the silent night; the lighthouse by the shore illuminated the desolate sea, with a half moon and its reflection forming a complete circle on the horizon.