At the same time as He Ao’s move, dazzling electric light lit up the surrounding space in an instant. The electric light surged like a wandering dragon through this empty central area, as if it connected electrodes, moving from one eyeball to another. In the blink of an eye, the blood-red eyeballs around He Ao were linked into a single entity by the shining electric light. The eyeballs suddenly froze, and the fine electric light spread all over their bodies. Their movements halted at this moment. At this point, without hesitation, He Ao raised his hand and threw out the Shadowless Sword that had long been in his palm. The dazzling sword light streaked across the surrounding dim shadows in an instant, piercing through a blood-red eyeball. Immediately after, the sword light sharply turned, rushing towards a nearby eyeball. This was a strategy He Ao had discussed with Li Cheng on the road along the channel. How to fight if facing such a large number of eyeballs again. Ultimately, the conclusion reached was that Li Cheng would first use the power of Andaville’s Spear to control the whole field, achieving mass control, and then He Ao would harvest using the Shadowless Sword. In a flash, these streams of sword light pierced through several eyeballs consecutively. Some eyeballs on the edge reacted, with their flesh twisting and writhing, and the spherical surface faintly showed some kind of twisted limbs trying to ’stretch’. But before they could stretch, the sharp sword light pierced through their bodies, forever ending their actions. And those eyeballs whose bodies were pierced began to decay and disappear rapidly, to the point where their remains turned to ash before they could even fall to the ground. This was He Ao directly sacrificing these eyeballs to the ’Maid Doll’. Accompanied by the slaughter and sacrifice, streams of power were constantly traversing time and space, descending upon him. He Ao looked down at the ’K’ symbol quickly drawn with blood in his palm. With the City of Rong Guang as a signal amplifier, the ’Sacrifice’ and ’Grace’ abilities of the Maid Doll were no longer limited. However, correspondingly, this sacrifice-grace mechanism also requires a certain ritual direction, no longer like when the Maid Doll was nearby, and could work directly. Of course, for He Ao’s main body, it can still work directly, no matter where He Ao is, his main body can be directly ’sacrificed’ and ’graced’ through the Maid Doll, but if the distance is too far, all the energy might be expended in the process. As for Hao Yi’s clone here, perhaps due to the lack of close connection through mysticism, still requires a certain ’ritual direction’. The requirements are not high though; simply drawing a ’K’ symbol on oneself suffices. He Ao never expected that after entering this research facility, he would never encounter these peculiar eyeballs again, so he has always been preparing for this. Li Cheng guarding the edge was also preparing for this moment, laying out the ’traps’ in advance. The eyeballs coming to ’ambush’ were originally prepared by He Ao as ’sacrifices’ for himself. Though He Ao originally thought the stone gate would have some effect, it ultimately had no effect at all, which surprised him a bit. But this also makes sense. After all, the power of the array on the stone gate was already very weak. These eyeballs loitering here and not attacking the stone gate to enter this space was initially unreasonable. This space having another ’entrance’ makes things more reasonable instead. At least it proves that this core experimental area is relatively ’peaceful’ and does not harbor a terrifying presence that could intimidate these eyeballs. He Ao and Li Cheng only need to deal with these eyeballs, without worrying about another tricky enemy. Of course, playing the game of driving the tiger to swallow the wolf doesn’t work either. Having only one enemy means they must take care of this enemy. Amid contemplations, He Ao arrived at the edge of the shadow area beneath the stone egg. At this moment, with his cooperation with Li Cheng, more than 80% of the eyeballs in the shadows had been killed by him. A continuous stream of ’Grace’ was gathering in his body. Actually, He Ao also wanted to sacrifice those small mobs he killed earlier, but he sensed a suspicious tracking presence behind. So he used these small mob corpses as bait and ’fishing,’ step by step leading out the Great Octopus eyeball. And the blood and flesh of the Great Octopus eyeball that Li Cheng tore apart at last were ultimately sacrificed by He Ao, granting him some ’Grace’, which amplified this clone. Although the Great Octopus didn’t have any Talent Sequences, its B-level life force was present, and under some special assistance, it even enhanced it, plus it also ’ate’ the small mobs He Ao killed earlier, thus He Ao gained quite a bit after sacrificing the Great Octopus. However, the amplification from that was far less than the current amplification He Ao was getting. The eyeballs He Ao killed at this moment could almost provide ’Grace’ akin to the Great Octopus individually. This shows that each of them is a powerful B-level monster. In this situation, if they gathered to attack together, He Ao’s clone could be compromised here instantly. Then they could turn to deal with Li Cheng next. ’Kill the weak first, break them one by one.’ This was likely their original plan. But they didn’t expect Li Cheng to have already set up the power of Andaville’s Spear around. He Ao while watching the round platform was also baiting them himself. Though they didn’t come through the main entrance, making a sudden appearance, catching He Ao off guard, Li Cheng was reliable enough, the angel-tier thunder briefly paralyzed these powerful eyeballs, leaving them as lambs bound on the chopping board, ready to be slaughtered. With strength growing within, He Ao became faster. Quickly, the once dense, as many as dozens of eyeballs now remained only three. These three were far from He Ao and Li Cheng, clearly set as a last resort against He Ao’s escape. Also due to the distance, the amount of thunder falling on them from Li Cheng wasn’t sufficient, causing them not to remain paralyzed for long. At this moment, their internal flesh was already writhing out, tearing cracks one after another on the eye’s ’skin’. Through those cracks, one could vaguely see entirely different twisting, writhing flesh. He Ao gazed at the three eyeballs, and the sword light of the Shadowless Sword didn’t halt at all, rushing towards them like a stream of light. If initially relying only on this C-level clone’s strength, even with the main body’s soul descended, facing monsters of such calibre three at once, he’d have to be cautious. But now he had sacrificed so many ’eyeballs’, abundant power was filling his body. The nearest eyeball to him writhed, a limb akin to a mantis forelimb had already torn the eyeball’s exterior, emerging from within, stretching its limb, lightly flexing it, causing a sudden sonic boom in the void. At that moment, He Ao reached right in front of the eyeball. At this instant, another chainsaw-like limb within the eyeball was slowly protruding. The massive eyeball squirmed and morphed, with even larger limbs seemingly stretching out within it. He Ao gazed at the slowly evolving eyeball and raised the Shadowless Sword in his hand. The invisible sword light swept across the eyeball like a gentle breeze, slicing through its body and flesh. Its sturdy forelimbs, like tender green willow leaves in spring, were gently cut, shattered, and scattered. The eyeball and the creature inside hadn’t even time to wail before they decayed in mid-air, turning into smoke and dust. Yet He Ao did not pause his stride; after wielding his sword, he did not look back but charged straight for the next eyeball. Just then, accompanied by a tremendous roar, a terrifying pressure spread from the top of the giant space above the sky. The space above the firmament twisted and squirmed as if some colossal entity was slowly squeezing into this space from behind. At this moment, the once solid space was like a thin silk curtain, easily twisted and wrinkled. The heavy mountain walls, the vast machines, along with the pervasive blue glow throughout the space, all wrinkled together with the space. He Ao stood beneath the giant blue stone egg, seemingly unaffected by the terrifying pressure or the deafening roar, gripping the Shadowless Sword tightly as he looked toward the second eyeball ahead. At this moment, the upper half of the eyeball had already been torn apart, with a limb resembling that of a giant soft-bodied animal extending from it. Just that half-extended limb covered dozens of meters of space, flowing onto the ground like a stream of flesh and blood, moving to engulf He Ao’s body. From such close proximity, He Ao saw the distinct form of the soft flesh and blood. Dense cracks spread over the packed flesh, with each gap revealing sharp fangs as they opened and closed with the flesh’s squirming. Those cracks were all mouths. In the instant He Ao observed these cracks, the flesh that had already spread to either side of him suddenly contracted inward, clamping around him like folding palms. The sharp mouths suddenly opened wide, biting toward He Ao’s body, ripping at his flesh. At that moment, He Ao lifted the Shadowless Sword in his hand. The invisible sword light, like the shadow itself, effortlessly pierced through the open sharp mouths, then sliced through the twisted flesh, abruptly severing the extended flesh. Yet He Ao’s movements did not pause. He raised his head, observing the half-body of the monster still within the eyeball, and in a flash, he was before the creature. The twisted space in the sky became even more densely wrinkled, as if the colossal entity behind the sky was about to squeeze into this space. The terrifying pressure, covering the entire space, intensified at this moment. The changing pressure whipped up fierce winds in this serene space, toppling and scattering the surrounding instruments. But the whirlwind was not the purpose of the pressure; instead, it seemed to form a vortex, gathering at the edge of the stone egg’s shadow, converging around He Ao. He Ao, already reaching the penultimate eyeball, felt the horrifying pressure loom over his chest, as if a mountain pressed against him, rendering him immobile. That terrifying presence behind the space was hindering him from killing the eyeball monster before him. He Ao quietly observed the half-torn eyeball ahead, focusing on the creature inside that was quickly unfurling its lower body, and took a step forward, raising the Shadowless Sword. The terrible pressure pressed his chest to collapse inward, his face flushed red, and blood trickled from his lips. But the sword light in his hand never faltered or hesitated, cutting down, directly severing the creature’s body. As the eyeball and flesh turned to ash, He Ao turned and proceeded toward the final eyeball. By now, the eyeball was completely shredded, but the creature within was no longer a twisted giant. It had four legs, resembling a horse in its lower body and a human in its upper, with four arms and the head of a wolf, standing over ten meters tall. This creature wielded different weapons in its four arms, looking at He Ao, it raised the weapons high, shining a cold, sharp light, charging at He Ao. In an instant, it crossed nearly a hundred meters, arriving before He Ao. He Ao observed its movements, slightly tightening his grip on the sword hilt. Even with the terrifying pressure concentrated on He Ao, hindering his actions, the movements of this half-person creature were still too slow. He Ao lifted the Shadowless Sword, its light like winds rippling in the void, like light passing through the deep space. Even if he wielded his sword slower than the half-person creature, his sword light still reached the creature’s neck a step earlier. And at that moment, a thunderous roar echoed in the sky. A gigantic eyeball squeezed out from the wrinkled space behind it, followed by chains of eyeballs slowly emerging from the space behind it. It gazed across the entire space like a majestic king, its gaze landing on He Ao below. In an instant, a fierce pollution detonated in He Ao’s mind. Accompanying it was a sense of ’submission’ spreading from his innermost being. It was as if he was facing a king who ruled over everything, an inviolable sovereign, a divine being’s spokesperson. He had to kneel on the ground, devoutly bow to this sovereign, accepting this ruler’s dominion. Thoughts spread across his mind, urging him to kneel, to bow his body, and express his submission. His gaze landed on the half-person creature ahead. At this moment, this creature seemed no longer so frightening but transformed into a dignified knight, a retainer of the king, a symbol of the king’s will. In He Ao’s eyes, the creature raised the weapons in its limbs high. If the king wants you dead, you have no choice but to suffer the fate. He Ao gripped the Shadowless Sword in his hand. A voice within him spoke. His thoughts, his flesh, seemed to be restraining him. Yet He Ao’s movements did not halt. Before the voice had fully dissipated, the invisible sword light already severed the creature’s body. As the half-person creature disintegrated into dust in the air, He Ao raised his head to look at the giant eyeball in the sky. In many instances before, the ’King’ engaged with He Ao through projections or extensions of power. A face-to-face meeting of the true form, this was a first. He slightly curled his lips, revealing a polite smile. A courteous smile for a first meeting. Vast, surging lightning arrays suddenly unfolded behind him.