"It was really a close call. Once again, I narrowly won by a single move."

Xu Lang looked at the black book in his hand, a smile appearing in his eyes.

[Annals of Years · Annalist of Years]

[Type: Sequence Object]

[Sequence Level: B-24]

[Introduction: The inheritance artifact of the Annalist of Years]

[Sequence Employment Conditions: Annals of Years · Annalist of Years (Satisfied), Power of Years X1 (Unsatisfied), Corona Pupil (Unsatisfied)]

[Nightmare Eye · Annals of Years: A magical artifact for writing history. Even as a non-sequence object, it possesses wondrous magic, capable of rewriting fate to a certain extent... This Sequence Object is the sole Sequence Object for the Annalist of Years Sequence.]

"A sole Sequence Object, no need to worry about someone snatching it away. Really good..."

Xu Lang happily stored away the Annals of Years.

To be honest, mischievous thoughts were stirring in his heart again.

What would happen if he went to the Blood Mist World to upgrade the Annals of Years?

Using Nightmare Coins to upgrade a Sequence Object!

Just thinking about it felt thrilling!

After this battle, Xu Lang was now extremely interested in Sequence power.

The reason he was so strong, able to crush and slaughter the ten Factory Heads with overwhelming force, was largely thanks to the Scarlet Shepherd.

Each gravestone represented a special ability.

In a pure attribute value contest, he might not necessarily surpass those Factory Heads.

It was the combination of Epic-grade equipment, Mythical-grade skills, and a top-tier B-grade Sequence that formed the capital for his invincible dominance.

Due to his personality, he either didn't act, but once he did, it was complete suppression and absolute rule.

He himself also enjoyed this.

Occasionally, he wanted to seek some excitement, engage in a life-or-death battle, and let his hot blood flow.

This was a biological instinct, hard to control.

Usually at times like these, he would find Cao Yaxuan and the others for a couple of rounds to cool down.

"In this unfathomably deep Blood Mist World, I am still too weak. Can't afford to be reckless!" 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

"Using Nightmare Coins to reinforce a Sequence Object... if there are side effects, the Sequence Object gets tainted. Not reliable. Better to peacefully gather all the employment conditions and proceed with Sequence Fusion."

"A B-24 Sequence is qualified to fuse with the Scarlet Shepherd. Might even create an A-grade Sequence!"

Feeling his thoughts were somewhat unsettled, Xu Lang quickly shook his head, dispelling the mischievous ideas in his mind.

Just as Xu Lang was about to withdraw and find Cao Yaxuan and the others to calm his mood, the entire Gluttony Purgatory suddenly began to tremble.

The scorched earth cracked, and a bottomless abyss instantly appeared upon the land.

Xu Lang seemed to sense something, murmuring, "The second layer of Purgatory is about to be born!"

The tale creatures formed from the Twilight Building players, the charred corpses, were all sucked in, including the corpses of Siren Ouli, the Rama Demon Bird, and the Waira.

"Dammit, is Second Brother coming out to compete with me for food?!" The Gluttony Demon crossed his arms, looking very displeased.

Suddenly, he covered his mouth and began to vomit.

The Factory Head corpses he had secretly eaten earlier were vomited out, all being sucked into the abyss.

This was the will of the Demon Box World at work. The will of the Demon Box World superseded that of the Purgatory Layer Lord, and Xu Lang's will superseded that of the Demon Box World.

Tale creatures inherently possess their own will, though it's completely different from human will, more like a collective of negative energy.

At this moment, the Demon Box World's will to ascend was incredibly intense.

"This is insufficient kinetic energy." Xu Lang looked at the black abyss that remained unsealed for a long time, his eyebrows raising. He suddenly lifted his hand and summoned the gravestones of Siren Ouli and the others.

These gravestones appeared out of thin air, crashing down into the abyss with a thunderous roar.

The corpses of Siren Ouli and the others would be transformed into tale creatures, and in their complete forms, they were undoubtedly stronger.

Rumble~

The earth began to mend itself.

Xu Lang nodded with satisfaction. He had kept three more useful gravestones for himself.

They were Madame Eight Chi, the Four-Eyed Factory Director, and Mujina.

White Crow had no gravestone. He had been completely devoured by the Sequence, dying utterly.

Under the vast and mighty power of the Sequence, the very boundary of death itself became blurred, and the Grave Pasture naturally could not absorb him.

"Xu Lang, what the hell are you doing? My Gluttony Purgatory had just grown a little..." The Gluttony Demon looked at Xu Lang, very dissatisfied. Then something happened that made him utterly furious.

Without saying a word, Xu Lang directly vanished from the Gluttony Purgatory.

Cold violence again!

"Ahhh, Xu Lang! How dare you ignore me again! Once I gather all my body parts, I'll make you die without a burial place!"

The Gluttony Demon roared at the sky, the sound waves scattering the black clouds.

...

[Effect 6 (Ghost Domain · Endless Purgatory): The interior of the Tale Demon Box will automatically divide into "layers" and grant special permissions to the Layer Lords. Current layers: First Layer "Gluttony", Second Layer "Hundred Ghosts"]

[Effect 7 (Endless Purgatory · Gluttony): The first layer of Endless Purgatory. Layer Lord: Gluttony Demon. Layer Rule: Upon the scorched earth, hunger constantly accumulates. All targets suffering from hunger will have the moisture in their bodies burned dry by the fire of hunger.]

[Effect 8 (Endless Purgatory · Hundred Ghosts): The second layer of Endless Purgatory. Layer Lord: "Ghost King Assembly". Layer Rule: All living beings are forcibly transformed into soul bodies. Soul body strength is determined by soul strength.]

Under the black moon, above the black water, the space was one of extreme darkness.

This was the Hundred Ghosts Purgatory.

Xu Lang's gaze pierced through the boundless darkness, seeing the tale creatures living here.

The tales here were monotonous. Apart from the Factory Heads of the layer, there were only charred corpses, one after another.

[Nightmare Eye · Twilight Corpse Ghost: Twilight players transformed into corpse ghost tale creatures. They have no clear killing rules but harbor intense malice towards external soul bodies. Killing a Twilight Corpse Ghost inflicts percentage-based true damage upon oneself. This is the curse of Twilight.]

These corpse ghost tale creatures still looked humanoid, but they were actually formed from soul bodies.

Even Xu Lang right now vaguely appeared as a soul body.

This was the rule of the Endless Purgatory. Xu Lang didn't want to break the rule and cause it to be incomplete, so he could only follow local customs.

"We pay our respects to the World Master."

At that moment, the Hundred Ghosts Assembly came forward to pay homage.

Moreover, the Layer Lord here was the "Ghost King Assembly" composed of the Twilight Building Factory Heads, not a single entity.

They had now been completely transformed into tale creatures. They seemed to have consciousness, but in reality, their thinking was entirely that of orthodox tale creatures.

If Taleblade Building players saw so many tale creatures possessing human intelligence, they'd probably wet their pants on the spot.

Intelligent tale creatures are also called unsolvable tales. As long as they don't give an opportunity, there's simply no way to subdue them.

"Rise, all of you. In the future, if any outsiders come, just tear them to shreds directly." Xu Lang said with a smile.

These were all his good employees.

"Yes!"

The response from the Ghost King Assembly was somewhat stiff, still different from that of real living people.

It's worth mentioning that the corpses of the Four-Eyed Factory Director, Madame Eight Chi, and Mujina had also transformed into tale creatures, including the Four-Eyed Factory Director's rather decent sword, which had also become part of the tale.

Xu Ling wandered around here for a while before leaving.

"The Tale Demon Box is quite interesting. The matters at the dormitory building, Yaxuan and the others should be able to handle them. I won't go back for now. I'll go to the Pasture again to have some fun with Song Fei."

"I wonder what grade of tale creature the Tale Demon Box is."

"A tale creature that can infinitely produce other tale creatures... its rating probably won't be low."