Atte stared intently at the Iron Crocodile: "Are you sure that Gangxin only had the strength of a Level 3 Enhanced Elite at that time?"

"I'm sure, at first, he was only Level 2," the Iron Crocodile said naturally, "There were many media reports about it."

"This Awakener in front of us is also codenamed Gangxin..."

Atte said softly.

The Iron Crocodile instead widened his eyes: "What the heck, Marshal Fu Lei is Gangxin? Impossible, it must be the same name, Gangxin was Level 3, there's no way he reached Level 5 so quickly!"

"It's possible..." Blue Spirit said softly, "The Enhanced Hero Profession should be an SS Difficulty transfer task! And each increase in task difficulty level greatly boosts the experience points provided, the experience points of an SS Difficulty task are worth at least five S-level tasks!"

Upon hearing Blue Spirit's explanation, the Iron Crocodile suddenly didn't know what to say.

He thought he was quite diligent. After the college entrance exams, he didn't relax all summer, working hard on tasks to raise his level to Enhanced Elite Level 5.

He thought he was qualified to compete with Gangxin, which is why he talked about his opponent in a relatively relaxed manner.

But when he truly encountered Gangxin and discovered that the opponent's strength had transformed dramatically, to the point where he couldn't even see the opponent's shadow, the shock in the Iron Crocodile's mind and the setback in his fighting spirit were indescribable.

As a result, the Iron Crocodile's speed slowed considerably in battle.

"You needn't be envious either, he appears to fight effortlessly, but his consumption surely isn't low. Killing the Blood Ring Leader so flamboyantly will surely attract even stronger foes!" Blue Spirit raised her hand and threw a playing card, knocking away a Dead Plague lunging at the Iron Crocodile.

"Indeed, it's Emperor Gustav, he finally made his move!" Atte shouted loudly.

...

The army of Blood Ring Mutants, a golden chariot roared forward.

This golden chariot was pulled by four large, burly fierce lions, each several times larger than the biggest lion in an Earth zoo, with blood-red glows flickering in their triangular eyes.

These four fierce lions, like the mutated giant wolf ridden by General Ralph, were mutated beasts.

They not only bore the duty of pulling the emperor's chariot, but were also majestic escorts with formidable combat power!

The chariot sped directly toward Bai Pu, along the way devouring Mutants whose Blood Ring Curse Seals had been erased, unable to dodge, swallowed whole by the fierce lions.

Gustav's direct action did not surprise Bai Pu. This emperor, known as the Northern Fierce Lion, was famous for going to the battlefield personally, fighting at the front line.

Especially given that Gustav himself is a powerful Qualified person, his strength surpassing even Duke William! Such a powerful force wouldn't be in life-threatening danger unless besieged by an army for prolonged periods; the battlefield to him is no different from a garden.

Marshal Horn didn't come along; he stayed with the central army, commanding the troops in lieu of Gustav. The main pressure of the Blood Ring Army wasn't Bai Pu's Swedish Rebel Army, but rather the Divine Luo Expeditionary Army led by Duke William, a United Legion formed by hundreds of states.

Emperor Gustav decided to personally deal with Bai Pu, partly due to Sven's death, but more importantly, because Bai Pu demonstrated the ability to erase Blood Ring Curse Seals, the foundation of the entire Blood Ring Empire, which cannot be compromised!

Bai Pu focused on Gustav, using [Nine Chapters] for detection, only to waste Spiritual Power, receiving mostly question marks in the result.

It wasn't that Bai Pu's strength was vastly inferior to Gustav's, but there was a significant gap between Bronze Level detection skills and Lords!

Suddenly, a transparent data frame appeared before Bai Pu.

[Gustav Adolf (Level 6 Lord)]

[Species: Humanoid Species/Human Race]

[Profession: Blood Ring Emperor]

[Attributes: Power 90, Agility 60, Endurance 130, Spirit 40]

[Skill 1: Blood Ring Command: Domain Skill, uses the power to command all things to dominate the battlefield. Increases all attributes of allies within a large area to varying degrees and decreases all attributes of enemies to varying degrees, with increase and decrease percentages at 10% of own attributes]

[Skill 2: Majesty of the Great Emperor: Gains 2000 extra Life Value and 20 points of Fixed Damage Reduction. Continuous damage reduction is at 33%.]

[Skill 3~8: Blood Ring Battle Banner, War Spear Attack, Exciting Horn, Blood Rage, Fighting Qi Slash, ???]

Such detailed information could only come from one source.

Qin had quietly arrived!

She didn't join the battlefield but quietly appeared on the dome of Linköping Cathedral, casting [Soul Enlightenment] towards Gustav from afar!

Then, through the spiritual connection between the Source Blood Apostle and Bai Pu, she shared the information with Bai Pu.

This was a silent declaration.

Although Qin couldn't fight alongside Bai Pu to slay Emperor Gustav, she subtly made her choice to completely sever ties with Gustav!

With the Lord's strong perception, Gustav naturally realized someone was spying on him. He looked far off towards the dome of the cathedral, exchanging a look with the graceful figure of Qin shrouded in a black cloak.

Gustav's eyes were as cold as the glaciation of the North Sea.

Qin's gaze was calm, like a deep pool.

The two didn't exchange any words, yet it seemed a thousand words were spoken.

Gustav gently raised his hand, and the four Blood Ring Fierce Lions pulling the chariot immediately stopped.

This position was subtle, just at a distance where Bai Pu's [Blood River Territory] couldn't reach, and where the Primordial Heart's fluctuations couldn't affect!

Gustav wasn't foolish; knowing Bai Pu had the power to erase Blood Ring Curse Seals, he naturally wouldn't let the four fierce lions enter the Primordial Heart's fluctuation zone.

The gaze of the Blood Ring Emperor turned to Bai Pu.

"You took my daughter away," Gustav said coldly.

"Correction, 'rescued',"

Bai Pu said calmly, "I don't think there's anything wrong with rescuing an innocent girl from her ambitious father. Especially when her ambitious father treated her like a prisoner, making her live in a dark dungeon with no daylight!"

"Shut up! Everything I've done is to make Sweden great again!"

Gustav yelled harshly, "As Christina grows older, the Flesh and Blood Plague in her body grows stronger. Even I can hardly bear its effect anymore! My arrangements are for the stability of the Blood Ring Empire!"

"Sounds reasonable. But can you explain why your Royal Alchemy Academy wasn't researching how to help Christina rid herself of the Plague Mother's influence, but instead engrossed in studying various mutant plague viruses? Don't try to lie, as this was a direct order you gave, as personally recounted by Mr. Harvey, the Dean!"

Bai Pu's question left Gustav temporarily speechless. He glared at Bai Pu with a hateful gaze and coldly said, "No need for any more nonsense, kill you, reclaim my daughter, reclaim my empire, and everything will return to order!"

With a rumbling sound, a massive Blood Ring expanded outward with Emperor Gustav at its center!

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