194: Chapter 194 The Power of Tracking

After completing the most important second awakening of the Enhancement Master, Fu Hao discussed with his companions and decided to leave the Inner World and return to The Original World in one week.

The remaining time for the Inner World was far more than a week, but for Fu Hao and his companions, the core hidden items they needed to obtain in the Inner World were either already in hand or about to be.

Furthermore, as more than half of the human realm had been invaded by monsters, NPCs and players were gradually falling into a desperate situation where escape was difficult. The players, who viewed Fu Hao and his party as their last hope, were also running out of patience, making a return as soon as possible necessary.

They intentionally set aside one week to make a final sprint to collect any missed hidden items while also trying to reset the cooldowns of core skills like Fates Luck.

Fu Hao announced his return and the monster subjugation plan to the audience in one week, then mounted Xiao Jin and flew high into the sky, taking in the full view of the Inner World's human realm.

Even if he could see the same scenery after returning to The Original World, his current state of mind might never be replicated—the memories of the Inner World were particularly special, even though most of them were times spent staying up late alone to collect hidden items.

"It's really time to go back."

Before, he had been buried in collecting hidden items, too exhausted to even take a break, but now Fu Hao could finally relax and enjoy the scenery of the Inner World. His other companions who still had things to do must have breathed a sigh of relief just like him.

If they hadn't found clues to eliminate the monsters in the Inner World, they would probably still be anxiously searching for hidden items. But after witnessing the overwhelming presence of the near-ten-thousand-strong Undead Dragon Legion, everyone's worries about the monsters had long since vanished.

"Now, all that's left is the Demon King's power."

There were still quite a few hidden items left, but if the hidden item collection event hadn't been held, there would have been almost nothing worth obtaining by now.

Thanks to the event collecting more high-quality clues than two years of public information, there were still hidden items worth getting. Many of them could be collected within a week, but Fu Hao was still preoccupied with the Demon King's powers that he hadn't yet fully gathered.

Setting aside the powers, killing a Demon King could also increase his stats by 20% thanks to the "First Hero" title. Although stat stacking was additive rather than multiplicative, and the marginal benefits would diminish after killing many, it was still extremely attractive compared to other hidden items.

But the problem was that the final boss, Patan, was monitoring his every move through the Demon King's powers.

When he didn't know, he would obediently absorb the powers to increase his stats; but knowing now, he couldn't help but feel that the Demon King's powers themselves were eerie. Although the game system had certified that the powers and stats would not be revoked after killing Patan, Patan's style of operation was truly unsettling.

"Should I absorb it or not..."

He was afraid he would regret it later if he absorbed it, but felt it was a waste if he didn't. After hesitating for a long time, Fu Hao decided to absorb it first—the most crucial reason being that this was the Inner World, and once he left in a week, he would never be able to come back.

The Demon Kings in The Original World had all died indirectly because he destroyed the life bonds of the Spirit-Forgeting Mage, making it impossible to obtain their Demon King powers and title stat bonuses. There were alternative ways to get stats, but the Demon King's powers were unique like the Dragon clan's powers, so he really couldn't leave them behind.

Since coming to the Inner World, Fu Hao no longer hesitated after making a decision, all due to the time pressure. Even after repeated consideration, as long as there was no concrete evidence that the Demon King's powers were toxic, he ultimately couldn't give them up—after all, the temptation of the Demon King's powers and stat bonuses was too great; it would be hard for anyone to easily let go.

Fortunately, after absorbing the power, the prompts that popped up were all favorable:

[Killed the 3rd Flame Demon King, Toigin.]

[Obtained passive skill "Flame Demon's Power".]

[Obtained "Soul of the Flame Demon King".]

[Obtained "Lava Crystal" × 51.]

["First Hero" title effect updated.]

[Obtained "Never-Extinguishing Flame" skill through "Vampirism (+10)" skill.]

"That's the hundredth one..."

In just three days, Fu Hao had wiped out all 100 Demon Kings in the Demon World. Back when he was staying in the Dragon Domain, the matter of him assassinating the Demon Kings of the Demon World had already been exposed.

The Demon Kings formed alliances and set traps to deal with him, preparing much more thoroughly than ever before, but in front of the Undead Dragon Legion, both the Demon Kings and the Demon armies were fragile and vulnerable.

No matter how strong a Demon King was, they were only Mythical Rank existences and could not compete with the Dragon clan, whose base was Transcendence Rank—even if Xiao Jin was forcibly evolved to Transcendence Rank and could barely fight, it was by no means a match for the Undead Dragons that had lived for thousands of years and had profound levels.

Fu Hao didn't even use the near-ten-thousand-strong Undead Dragon Legion; he only brought ten for convenience and completely razed the Demon World to the ground, uprooting the Demon King race. Since he had already taken all the Demon King powers, no new Demon Kings would ever be born in the Demon World again.

Although it was only an achievement in the Inner World, Fu Hao was still secretly proud of perfectly playing the role of a hero.

But he always felt like something was missing, frowning and thinking—there were no remaining Demon Kings on the Demon World map, and the only existence above Demon King level was Patan, but his Abyss Domain could not be breached even by the Undead Dragon Legion and all the hidden items, so he had long since given up on it.

What bothered him the most was that he hadn't received any reward after collecting all the Demon King powers.

Normally, for a single person to wipe out all the final boss-level Demon Kings, the system should grant an achievement or title; this was the consistent style of "otherworld".

After some thought, he remembered that the total number of Demon Kings was 101—he had been too focused on looking at the map and forgot that not all Demon Kings were necessarily in the Demon World.

"Transfer Demon King Bertold..."

Fu Hao spoke the name of the second Transfer Demon King. He had never killed this Demon King, nor had he even seen him. As the target he had originally wanted to hunt, now that all other Demon Kings had been annihilated, only he was left out; it was truly absurd to think about.

But Demon King Bertold's power was inherently special; even without holding a ritual to sacrifice the imperial army, he could freely travel to all parts of the world. If he were determined to hide, he could escape even if his opponent was a Transcendence Rank existence.

But now it was different. Among the six Dragon clan powers Fu Hao had obtained, there happened to be one prepared specifically for this situation: the "Tracking Power".

<Tracking Power>

Type: Active

Level: Unknown

Cooldown: 7 days

*Using traces of a living being or items held by them as a medium, you can lock onto the target's location and teleport to that spot at any time.

*Once a target is designated, you can track them permanently, regardless of the skill cooldown; changing targets will trigger the cooldown.

As long as this skill locks onto a target, it can teleport infinitely. Although it requires traces of the target to designate, there was no problem this time—although Demon King Bertold was not in Demon King Castle year-round, it was not that he had never lived there.

Sure enough, as soon as Fu Hao arrived at the ruins of Demon King Bertold's Demon King Castle, he found a clue:

[Traces of "The second Transfer Demon King, Demon King Bertold" discovered. Do you want to track using the Tracking Power? Designating a target will trigger the skill cooldown.]

The answer was naturally yes. After activating the Tracking Power, Fu Hao took the final step to collect all the Demon King powers and instantly teleported to Demon King Bertold's location.