The moment they entered the mist, Su Bai saw The time Demon in front of him clearly.

Although it exuded a strong aura of time and darkness, it really looked like that cute Pokémon.

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"Hasi, hasi!"

The Time Demon let out a weird cry and floated over their heads, enveloping them with its special breath.

"Thank you."

Dick quickly took out a time attribute monster crystal nucleus and handed it over, and Su Bai did the same.

"Hasi!"

After taking the crystal nuclei from them, the devil looked very satisfied and praised them for being sensible. "Very good! I'll cover for you."

"We just need to follow it forward. The Time Demons here all have territories. If you bribe them, we can pass through easily," said Dick.

"I see. Don't you think that it looks like the Gengar in Pokémon?" he asked.

"Haha! The first time I saw it, I thought the same, too. I heard that someone had found a way to contract one; unfortunately, he couldn't take it out." The man laughed.

Su Bai nodded and said nothing.

With the Time Demon's breath isolating them, the fog of time was not very dangerous to travel through. There were only some time acceleration or deceleration effects, which were relatively safe.

Ah Bai, I sent another message to Ultimate Invincible, but he has yet to respond to me, the elf said telepathically again.

1314, trace the direction of the electromagnetic wave and see where it's being transmitted, he asked telepathically.

I've actually already checked it before. The electromagnetic wave is heading toward the central part of Rome.

The ethereal mechanical sound of Planet Eye sounded in Su Bai's mind.

"Okay, I see." Su Bai looked up at the city, which was already within sight.

It seemed like Ultimate Invincible should not be this certain Time Demon in the fog of time.

However, it was very likely to exist in the city. This made sense when he thought about it. A mobile phone would not exist in this monster wilderness where there was no trace of civilization.

It probably existed only in that city ahead.

The fog of time gradually dispersed as the walls of Rome appeared before their group.

"Is there any danger ahead?" he looked at Dick and asked.

"Do you see this green moat? If you walk past here, your life will be lost quickly, and you can't pass quickly; you can only walk slowly. The faster you run, the more terrifying the loss of life will be, and it'll increase exponentially," explained the middle-aged man.

"I see. Thank you." Su Bai glanced at both sides.

He found that they were not the only ones who had come here; six others were at the sides, but he did not recognize them.

They were all Westerners and seemed like they had indeed been operating here for a long time. They had likely figured out the relevant routes, or else they would not have been so fast.

Of course, he did not rule out the possibility that some of these people had changed their appearance just like him.

However, he could not be bothered finding out, for he was already almost in the Vatican. He must go back with something.

"Let's go over and take a look. Follow my speed; we must not be too fast," Dick said when they finally left the fog of time.

"Okay." Su Bai nodded and walked behind Dick toward the bridge in front.

This was a beautifully built, gray-white stone arch bridge.

After seeing Dick stepping on it first, Su Bai did not hesitate to follow.

Once he stepped on it, he clearly felt an invisible breath. The green leaf in his hand turned into a withered yellow color in the blink of an eye.

At the same time, he himself felt time passing quickly, three or four times faster than normal.

"Huh? Where's Dick?" Su Bai suddenly looked up. The man had disappeared mysteriously during the period he was feeling stunned.

"Howl!" I didn't see how he disappeared, either! The elf widened its eyes.

"Mewl~" I didn't even feel his disappearance! Mewling Fox also shook its head.

"Roar!" He really has ill intentions! I'll beat him up the next time I see him, Little Tyrant roared fiercely.

Su Bai frowned, wondering if the man had already designed this a long time ago, or if there was some kind of abnormality in the bridge.

It was not easy to say what kind of situation this was. He should already be cut off from others now.

"Let's move forward at this speed and see the situation." He merely urged his pets.

He did not dare to speed up, for the time passing by too fast was really unstoppable.

Ah Bai, I feel that the acceleration of time here has a good effect on me. It's allowing the law and strength in my body to settle quickly; even my rate of strength accumulation has accelerated.

The elf flew up and looked at him.

"Roar!" Actually, I feel that way, too."

Little Tyrant nodded its head a well.

"Then you can quickly circle around me; speed up the flow of time on your body and grasp the speed yourself."

Su Bai looked at them, having no objection to this.

His pets were still too young compared to their long lifespan.

As an analogy to human age, his pets could be considered to be babies around two or three months old.

Even if they continued to advance and evolve, with their bodies becoming stronger, they had not experienced the passage of time and would still appear weak in some places.

Originally, this situation could only be accumulated over a long time, but in this weird world, they found a shortcut.

"Roar~" Let's give it a try~

The dino took the initiative and then turned around to him quickly.

"Roar!" It's really useful!

"Howl~" It's truly useful. I feel a certain change in my body~

"The time flow right now has exceeded a thousand times the outside world, and it is still increasing," Planet Eye reported.

Su Bai nodded. Dick had not lied to him at this point. Once he increased his pace, the speed of time passing would indeed increase exponentially.

He opened his contract book and released the Starry Omnivore Kraken again.

"Onom?"

The kraken looked at Su Bai with its big eyes, seemingly waiting for him to feed it.

"There's nothing to eat; just follow Purple Jade and go in circles around me. I'll give you some delicious food in a while."

"Onom~"

The Starry Omnivore Kraken became excited, be it from the anticipation of food or from spinning in circles. It flicked its tail and circled in place like an electric fan on number 3 speed and ten times the speed of the others. The speed of time passing surpassed the outside world by ten thousand times.

One day was equivalent to ten thousand days outside.

Su Bai wanted to stop his pets, but upon thinking about their long lifespan of tens of thousands of years, he reckoned that it would not be bad for his pets to consume more.

It was equivalent to letting it quickly change from a baby to a toddler.

Although his pets' bodies had entered maturity period, they were still in their infancy in terms of longevity.

Little Blood Dragon also joined the pets running around in circles.

As time passed slowly, Su Bai gradually discovered the problem. He could not cross this bridge no matter how long he walked.

The surrounding scenery was exactly the same as if there was no end to the bridge.

"Scratch, scratch…"

Just when he was about to think of a way out, a sound like scorched rice being smashed reached his ears. Su Bai found that there were cracks in the surrounding space, where the original strong breath of time was passing quickly.

"Onom~"

Starry Omnivore Kraken suddenly sprinted, and the edge of this space completely shattered, the falling pieces getting swallowed by it.

Su Bai looked around and found that he had already arrived at the other side of the bridge and had reached the city.

He did not expect to get rid of parts of this realm in this way; this was really a blind cat encountering a dead mouse.

He turned his head to look at his pets. The lifespan of Little Tyrant, Purple Jade, and Mewling Fox had increased by fifty to sixty years on average, while the life of Little Blood Dragon and Starry Omnivore Kraken had increased by more than five to six hundred years.

These were all real as could be seen from the pet interface. It seemed like the space earlier had been a trap. There was a high probability that Dick had wanted to trap him inside.

However, it was a blessing in disguise. After so much time, the aura around his pets had become thicker and more stable.

"Howl~" Ah Bai, I feel like I will soon have a breakthrough and reach the high-level emperor. This feeling is so wonderful!

"Roar~" I feel the same way~ Little Tyrant also said.

Same for me! I've gained a lot from that experience. The passage of time has made my body more mature. Little Blood Dragon agreed as well.

"Onom!"

In the passage of more than one hundred years, the Starry Omnivore Kraken had digested all the law of nothingness, which was entangled with it, and was at an extremely delicate point at this moment.

Of course, although they had all consumed so much lifespan at once, it was still very small for them. Compared to their more than ten-thousand-year lifespan, the consumption of a hundred years was nearly insignificant.

Mewling Fox had experienced the biggest change; having successfully integrated the power of the Demon Crystal, its aura was rapidly increasing even at this time.

A huge spiritual vortex appeared in the sky and formed a funnel-shaped container, which continually poured dark power into its body.

The dark aura in this world was very rich, so Su Bai did not need to feed it catalytic potions. Its aura quickly rose under the influx of dark power.

Previously, after using a potion made with a Dark Wolf Heart Fruit to completely dissolve the Demon Crystal in its body, the fox was already not too far away from breaking through.

It was just the right time right now, and its breakthrough was as it should be.

As its aura climbed steadily, it suddenly grew stronger. A huge Nine-tailed Magic Fox's phantom appeared between heaven and earth. Some people and existences in the nearby cities were shocked by this terrifying aura.

"Huh? What's that?"

Dick, who had been exploring in the city, looked at the Nine-tailed Magic Fox's phantom with a hint of shock.

"It's terrifying and ancient; what kind of monster is breaking through?"

He suddenly felt an ill premonition. Could this be related to Bell? Had he really broken free from that Hidden Realm?

"Dick, don't look; speed up your exploration. This place is getting more and more dangerous. Let's find the inheritance and leave as soon as possible." Next to him, a companion from the Baker group glanced at him and said this.

"Exactly, that aura is very ancient and terrifying, but it has only just reached the emperor grade. There's nothing to worry about for the time being; it's still more important to explore."

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On Su Bai's side.

Mewling Fox's aura did not stop rising at the emperor grade, and it once again absorbed a large amount of dark power into its body. Its snowy-white body had completely turned into the color of darkness, and nine tails, which grew out of its back, burst with infinite darkness. The fox then continuously exuded deep and ancient darkness.

Coupled with the black aura wrapped around its body, the fox looked like an ancient king that had come out of the underworld.

As a large amount of dark aura was absorbed by the fox, its aura directly broke through the low-level emperor grade and then completely stabilized at the mid-level emperor grade.

As the dark aura around its body gradually congealed, its body turned snowy-white again with hints of black aura. This dark aura could not be eliminated.

"Mewl~" Ah Bai, I've integrated 30% of the Demon Crystal's power, and my body can be considered to be a junior dark demon.

The fox went to Su Bai happily.

"Haha! It's really a blessing in disguise!"

He caressed his pet's head. It was normal for Mewling Fox to break through. What actually gave him a pleasant surprise was it breaking through by two levels at once.

He took a look at its stats and found the data belonging to the Thousand-face Fox about the same and with no major changes.

However, the one belonging to the Nine-tailed Magic Fox had changed.

[Name|Race]: Nine-tailed Magic Fox (Second Form)|Monster

[Gender]: Female

[Level]: Middle-level emperor

[Attribute]: Dark

[Features|Passive]: Dark Domain, Dark Shadow, Black Armor, Lord of the Elements

The Black Territory Demon's spirit body (Junior form. The highest incarnation of the dark attribute. A complete body can achieve absolute control of all the laws of the darkness and use these to do everything that can be done. At present, the laws of the darkness can be used for short-distance teleportation, erosion, invasion, et cetera.)

[Skills]: Devilish Warp, Dark Minions, Shadow Clone, Dark Erosion, Dark Grip

Perception Shield (A consummate skill with an absolute hit rate; it can block the opponent's perception for one second after being hit and can cooperate with the other form of perceptual loss by using it together with Dream Kill and other skills.)

Melanism (A consummate skill. The fox can accept darkness to erode itself, becoming completely blackened. Its strength can be increased by at least thrice and it will be considered immortal against opponents before this skill.)

[Restrained]: Restrain all spiritual attacks

[Weakness]: Law of light, pure physical attack

[Evolutionary direction]: None. The Nine-tailed Magic Fox is its final form; its body will transform into the most compatible dark-domain demon with the continuous transformation of the Demon Crystal.

[Introduction]: This is the second attribute obtained through the fusion of magic crystals. It has great potential. In theory, the fox can reach the peak of the immortal grade and has the opportunity to break through to the eternal grade.

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Looking at the data panel, Su Bai exclaimed at the big improvement. Not only had his fox come to possess the most important Dark Territory Demon's spirit body, but it had also awakened two very powerful consummate skills.

Perception Shield was not an unfamiliar skill to him. When he encountered Xiao Yulong in the Abyss Star Territory before, the strongest consummate skill of his high-level sovereign Dark Night Dragon had been Perception Shield.

It was also the Perception Shield skill that had allowed them to escape the pursuit of Dragon King Amethyst.

Mewling Fox, which had advanced to the mid-level emperor grade, showed the power of its talent.

This Perception Shield could be said to have a terrifying effect once paired with Lost Perception and Illusion.

After being hit by the skill, all perceptions of the outside world would be lost. At that time, it would be particularly easy for one to lose perception and to fall into an illusion. Afterward, it could easily be hit with Dream Kill.

It could be considered the perfect killing chain move.

Melanism was purely a means of strengthening oneself. As the saying went, melanism improved strength by three times, and whitening weakened strength by seven points. The melanism of the fox was determined by the amount of dark power; if it was similar to what was present in this environment, the melanism could easily enhance it as much as five or six times.

In general, Su Bai was very satisfied with the fox's upgrade this time.

He happily rubbed and praised the fox. After all, it had always been the one who was dragged down by its level; now, it was finally catching up and coming to the second echelon of the same level as the elf.

On the other hand, Little Tyrant, Starry Omnivore Kraken, and Planet Eye were still in the third echelon.

"I'll give you some supplementary food when we get back," he caressed it and said.

"Mewl~" Okay. Thank you, Ah Bai~ Mewling Fox mewled happily, having finally gotten rid of its status as a weakling.

"Roar?" Where are we going next? The dino patted his leg and looked up. It did not care that it was in the last echelon now. Anyway, the ten Krakens were still in the fourth echelon.

"We'll go and find your Sister Jade's friend," replied Su Bai after thinking about it.