Chapter 516 - Impoverished Paper Man

*Boom!*

"Heh, something like this won't get in my way. You're the last one." Xero crushed an intangible black creature. He didn't even give his opponent a chance to scream in pain or anything, only a quick release.

"Hmm..." Xero just brushed off the curse energy that came as if it was just ordinary air. He was no longer worried about curse energy because his body had evolved into a superior one.

After that, he looked around the room. He just went into the sealing chamber to blow off some steam.

"I think I'm on the fifth floor right now. Or maybe I'm lost in this maze? Why that firefly didn't tell me all the walls in this maze are made of that fvcking troublesome sky stone?" Xero grumbled as he walked away.

He just kicked the wall with extra strength to make his own way in the direction he wanted. Unfortunately, after an hour of exploring, he really felt lost somewhere. The big hole that went straight to the deepest floor couldn't be found anywhere.

"So, this feels like getting lost, huh... Anyway-" Xero scratched his head while looking left and right. He felt stupid for getting lost.

Therefore, he gathered a ball of pitch-black energy in his hand to create a hole in the floor.

"Hehe, there's no getting lost if I can create my own path. Supreme Release, destroy everything!" Xero smirked, then he put his palm on the floor.

*Swoosh!*

The pitch-black energy ball spun like an expanding ball of destruction. It slowly crushed the floor until a hole was created. The floor below could be seen, but Xero frowned a moment after.

It was a pity. The hole was still too small for the big Evil God to enter.

1"It's kind of weird. Why is the floor down there so dark? It's just like an empty room with nothing, including a way out." Xero stroked his chin while analyzing the empty room below through the hole.

He then brought his face closer to the hole as if prostrating himself to take a peek at what might be waiting for him down there.

*Rumble!* *Rumble!*

The floor shook slightly, and Xero's footing suddenly collapsed. He immediately stabilized himself in midair, but the scenery around him suddenly turned into a completely different place from what he had seen before.

"Where am I now, hmm? Was that a dimensional leap or something? Who could possibly dare to teleport me to this place?" Xero looked around. He was now inside a large circular room like an arena with no way out.

Torches and blue crystals lit up the arena from the sky stone walls with countless sharp edges. It was as if there were millions of stone daggers stuck there.

"It's not their doing, is it?" Xero muttered under his breath as he remembered Nell and her new group.

*Bzzt* *Bzzt* *Tick* *Tick* *Cling*

A series of strange sounds suddenly sounded out of nowhere, but that didn't make the Evil God flinch at all. He just hovered in the air and waited for what might happen in front of him.

Yet, a surge of terrifying aura suddenly appeared from the ceiling. Xero immediately looked up with vigilance.

"That's a lie, right? Why is this giant creature even here?" Xero widened his eyes in surprise. He felt as if he couldn't believe what was in front of his eyes.

"Weakling, how dare you oversteep your boundary!" A deep sound that shook the ground and walls echoed throughout the arena.

Then, a white gigantic yet long half-human monster with giant scythe hands slithered down through the sharp wall.

*Bam*

The gigantic monster landed on the floor and created several cracks there. However, all kinds of damage were immediately repaired.

"A half-man giant monster with arms of mantis, but with the lower half of centipede and the tail of scorpion. A head like a devil but scales like a dragon. There's no mistaking it, you are one of the most troublesome Emperor-level curse-bearing monsters." Xero smiled sarcastically and put his hand on his forehead.

"It's been five years since the last creature. Now is the time for you to fill my stomach! Ghaa!" The gigantic monster swung his scythe hand with incredible speed.

"Whoops, what a pretty lively welcome after a hundred thousand years or so you've been sealed here, Gashag." Xero emerged from the black fog with a grin.

*Pssh*

A burst of purple smoke shot out from between the gigantic monster's centipede's legs.

"Gashag?" Despite feeling a little flustered, Gashag showered his opponent with a barrage of attacks.

"Hehe, this is going to be interesting and challenging. Let's try out my new skills and abilities for real." Xero couldn't hide his enthusiasm for an exciting battle. He then curved her fingers for a hand claw and counterattacked the gigantic monster.

*Boom!*

The power of the Evil God clashed with Emperor-level gigantic accursed monster.

It was a situation where Xero was required to fight using only brute force. He was aware of it. All kinds of magic were rendered completely useless in front of that gigantic monster and those purple smokes.

Meanwhile, Elysia and the others had just been teleported to a strange room. That room looked a lot like a laboratory but in the stone age era. Everything was just unique stone objects and things encased within the particular colorful barriers.

"Wow, where are we now? Why are there only so many machines and tools made of stone here?" Sylvia looked left and right with a silly smile. She wanted to see this and that to test a few things out of her curiosity.

"No, Sylvi. Please don't touch anything. These magic tools might turn us to stone or something. We'd better be safe and keep our behavior in check." Elysia held Sylvia's hand before this devil girl caused trouble to everyone.

"Oou... I know that, Ely. I don't want us to turn to stone, hum." Sylvia pouted and took two steps back, so she was right next to her friend.

"Hm, some mechanisms may have dangers and other unexpected things if a third party dares to touch his belongings without permission. This is the Sky God's mini laboratory as well as this maze's core room. Please don't touch anything just yet." Rhea nodded as she walked closer.

"Hehe, as expected of you." A calm and peaceful voice sounded out of nowhere, and it seemed to come from all over the room.

"Oops." Elena covered her mouth and blinked innocently. She had just picked up a unique item that caught her eye the most by having her hand enter the ethereal form for a moment to bypass the barrier.

"Eh?" Rhea and everyone else, including Elysia and the mysterious voice, were dumbfounded to see that, though for a different reason.

The Goddess of Light retrieved an item from within the mysterious barrier with ease? Despite just being warned not to touch anything!?

"How, how did you get that thing out of there!?" A neatly folded paper in the form of a flat human in blue armor popped out of thin air and exclaimed in surprise.

"What do you mean? This is a room full of treasures, including the hidden room over there. What I did was just take one of the rewards from inside a cheap barrier like this. After going through all the hardships of this annoying maze... These treasures are something we deserve to receive for making it to this room, yes?" Elena pointed at a wall and walked closer to Elysia. She simply took Elysia's Space Bag and put the eye-catching item in it.

After that, she then took several other items as if she was a professional treasure hoarder. She plundered all the treasures right in front of the rightful owner. She simply treated all those dangerous barriers as if they weren't there.

"T-treasure room, you say!? Who said this is something you guys deserve to receive for successfully completing my maze? You didn't complete anything, and you just looted everything like a thief." The paper man shouted as if he did not accept that conclusion in the slightest.

"Isn't that right? We just defeated a final boss, and of course, a treasure room is the one waiting for us, right?" Elena tilted her head slightly and looked at Elysia with a smile.

Elysia just absentmindedly nodded as if she didn't understand anymore what to do.

However, the devil girl immediately nodded repeatedly by raising her hand up. "Yes, yes, that's right. Treasure room! Is it hidden over there too? Let's take some as gifts to take home, Ely. Today we've been through a lot of obstacles and challenges, so it's time to loot them all!"

Sylvia then pulled Elysia's hand toward a wall that the Goddess of Light had pointed at earlier.

As Sylvia and Elysia approached the wall, a door could be seen there. The latter tried to open it, but she couldn't open it.

"Well... We just need to shift this and this, right?" Elysia shifted two secret keys and slid the stone door aside.

"Hehe, you are very reliable for this kind of thing, Ely. Is it because your shining eyes can see all truth?" Sylvia laughed with pride as if she had just accomplished something significant.

*Sparkle* *Sparkle*

The gleam of the treasures and precious materials dazzled everyone's eyes for a glance. Elysia covered her eyes a little, but her hand was suddenly pulled by someone to enter inside.

"Treasure! This is the one I've been waiting for the most. We're rich, we're rich, Ely!" Sylvia jumped up and down like a child who had just discovered a new world.

"..." The paper man couldn't help but gape at the sight of the two girls entering the resource room. He hadn't yet introduced himself or talked about anything vital.... Yet, he was immediately impoverished in just this one meeting.