As soon as Sam saw what was inside this transparent barrier. A blue-colored heart which looked like a human heart beating under the transparent barrier, pumping a blue-colored liquid into the surrounding soil.

This is extremely similar to the Sesh's heart he found when he went to find the meteorite sand island and then it also reminded him of that large pillar competition ground and then the guardian.

​​

To this day, he doesn't know if Sesh's heart placed under the sea which created a poison zone in the sea was related to the guardian. But he sure as hell knew that both hearts are related.

As soon as he saw this, he got the many answers he needed. The mutation might have been caused by the blue liquid that was circulating and if his guess was right, it is demon blood and it affected the entire ecosystem and mutated every living being, and this guy whoever that made this possible might just be a person who is interested in experimenting with different species.

The Azure blood demons and their internal conflict due to jealousy are just a means to an end for him.

If Sam's guess is right, there is no such thing as the special weapon or special power that the demons get from here.

That guy who planted this pumping heart just wants to see how long this whole setup would survive and how mutation it could cause and how much change would happen to the species. And Sam came to this conclusion by the decreasing energy in the blood circulation.

Even though the energy difference is not exactly visible and it can even be considered negligible, Sam is using the observation ability and that ability works because it can even detect the things that are on a negligible level.

The energy in the blood is of limited supply and as Sam extended the range of his observation ability, he got some new information.

The whole setup didn't start with the current blood amount. The setup was started by at least fifty times the current amount of blood. Because there are some cavities made in the earth to contain the blood and most of them are empty right now.

There are some containers with full blood which is being slowly emptied and joining the rest of the blood circulating and being pumped by the heart.

Sam must say he was impressed by this. The amount of work and thought process put behind this, the person who made this is nowhere stupid. He is a genius in formations and a niche science. Something regarding the blood and hearts of the beasts and other creatures. It is so niche that Sam doesn't even know what to call it and how to describe it. But it is something complicated and intelligent.

But the one problem is that this is also horrific and terrible. At least a few thousand people were dead for research and it was covered up with the lie and a rationalization for the remaining half of the same family that produced that few thousand sacrifices, that these sacrifices created a life-saving weapon.

But all that served was them being part of some kind of experiment that doesn't serve any purpose other than satisfying the curiosity of a perverse genius.

After examining it, the rest of the team members who saw everything going under felt extremely shocked. Particularly after Sam explained it.

Sark had a blank look on his face.

"What is with that look?" Sam asked him in confusion. Why would an enemy to the Azure blood demons be so shocked when he found out their trump card is a farce.

Sam would have been delighted.

"That was my hostage."

Sark said in a low voice. His mood which was already gloomy seemed to have hit an all-time low.

"What did you say?" Saber Monarch asked in an even confused tone. And suddenly Sam and Gran had thought and exchanged a glance.

"You were thinking of using this 'invincible weapon' as a hostage to escape with your wife in the worst case scenario. And for that to happen you must have something or you believe you have something on you that could help you hold this thing hostage.

Your wife seemed to have given you a gift before everything happened. What is it?"

Sam asked as he dissected the situation.

Sark became silent.

Sam looked at him and said with a smile.

"I am changing the deal. You have to give me that object for the deal to be active."

Sark looked at him in frustration.

"Can you keep your word for a second? You are changing deal just like that?"

"Well, before you had leverage and now you don't. You are in a worse situation than before and you are the one that planned to scheme against me. And to think that even a clown-like you who spills everything when he was drunk and couldn't even fake a smile but still wants to scheme against me is already infuriating. Just be grateful that I am not cornering you with all I have.

And the only reason I am even giving you a chance is the baby inside your wife. Because it is unfair for the children to suffer for the incompetence and irresponsibility of the stupid parents like you."

"Watch what you say, Sam," Sark replied coldly.

"What? You are offended because I called you irresponsible and incompetent? Do you know any person who has a mindset of a responsible parent does? Keep his genitals in control so that a baby wouldn't be brought into the middle of chaos. Particularly chaos you cannot control."

Sam became incredibly frustrated and yelled the last sentence.

The whole team was surprised by his outrage.

This is not something Sam would do for any other issue. He looked at Sark after taking a deep breath and said.

"I know you think you are somewhat admirable and have a moral high ground because you are fighting for your wife and the unborn child. But I call that bullshit. Love is not some stupid feeling you get out of nowhere.

And a person of your ability, who doesn't have any backing any sure method that could save both of your assessments should have thought twice before going for a commitment.

Even if you did, you should have controlled your penis and shouldn't have made her pregnant. Because you didn't know how you will fucking figure a way out of this shitty situation.

Now, I am even having second thoughts on offering you a job. And you know what. Fuck it. There is no job. Try to get out of the situation on your own and live the life of a refuge in the same planet you call home and make your child live a life with no connection to society or anything else. That if you don't get him killed after they find out your wife has that child in her stomach."

He then turned towards the large pit he made and let Raiju out.

When Raiju came out, he smelled the blue blood and felt extremely hungry. His eyes were laced with greed.

"How much closer this would make us for the next breakthrough?"

Sam asked and Raiju replied through the mental connection.

From the looks of it, if Yanwu consumed all the solar fragments that are left and Raiju consumed all the blood and the heart that was left here along with a bunch of Azure Blood demons, they would be able to reach the Peak of the Initial stage directly.

The only downside is the time take for the digestion of the energy.

The body of the demon that Raiju ate is still being converted to energy.

It is taking a long time.

By the time Sam finally broke through to the Peak stage, the rest of the players he had would be catching up to the middle stage and some even late stage.

The lead would be maintained. But when he looked at his subordinates, he felt like the lead is not enough.

He thought for a moment and decided to make a plan for the consumption.

"I will store the blood and the heart for later for faster consumption. If you take it as they were, they would be taking a long time to digest. If we catch a few more demons while we are here you can eat them.

If you take the blood and heart now, you would be stuck for over a year before our breakthrough and you wouldn't be on top of your condition for fights.

I want the breakthrough in three months the latest by which the first phase of the families should be over."

While he is talking to himself and Raiju, Sark interrupted.

"I will take your deal. Whatever you want. I will do it. Save my wife and daughter."

Sam and the team changed their focus on him instantly.

"I said I don't have a deal for you anymore. The only reason I am still standing is to take this shit away. And by the way, I forgot to mention, the Azure Blood demons already knew you are here. So, get ready to take their wrath."