Chapter 353: Capable Of Change

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While thinking to himself in a pessimistic way, Azmodeus retracted his hand, narrowly escaping the tender caresses of Ru Ling. Though she was obviously disappointed and a little vexed that he did this, he had no room to care—not anymore.

Tens of thousands of years ago, Azmodeus might have given her a chance. He just might've allowed yet another woman to camp the area outside his lonesome heart, but that time was no more.

Though change was hard to come by in a person, he could see and admit that he had definitely changed...

Azmodeus may have a number of screws loose, and he may be crazy, goofy, emotionless, and insane at times. But in the end, things had changed.

Then again, when it came to women, his personality would forever remain the same. Cold and distant, detached and aloof. Women would, of course, occasionally see these traits as attractive. But with time, they would grow tired of being ignored, and eventually, they would forget about the target of their affection altogether.

If Azmodeus were to live among different organisms for the rest of the Path to Infinity, then there was no room for 'mistakes'. He refused to allow himself to be the man that he was with Nao Long, Yang Hua, and the other girls.

This time around, he had to be different; he had to do differently. It was no longer a matter of it being an option. He just had to do it.

In a way, Azmodeus was like a cracked eggshell. The stuff on the inside was holding him together, but only just barely. If something significant were to set him off, then it was unknown just what he would become... what would become of him when the outer shell shatters...

Preferring not to think about this topic any further, Azmodeus politely nodded his head at Ru Ling before making his way toward the testing simulation rooms.

It was better that way...

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After a few minutes of killing the simulated Golden Immortal Realm beasts, Azmodeus successfully passed the virtual test, and he did so with completely average results. It was better this way, as he had no clue just who could be watching from afar.

Though, if he were being honest, he highly doubted that any bigshots would have any interest in a mere Golden Immortal...

'Now that I am in this strength bracket, I am able to better recall the approximate strength of those Royal Guardsmen. And at the very minimum, they are one to two realms above the Golden Immortal Realm. With such foes as my goals to defeat, I have no room to grow complacent. Doing so would only work to quicken my death.'

When Azmodeus was locked in and in full-on grind mode, he didn't seem to be capable of veering his thoughts in a direction that wasn't oh-so-serious.

However, when the actual grind was happening, he turned into more of a child. While wearing a maniacal grin and laughing like a crazy person, he was the picture-perfect example of a bipolar person.

Then again, this warped personality wasn't exactly one of his making. Rather, it was a side effect of the Infinite Evolution System getting rid of the emotion limiters that had been with him for what felt like an eternity.

Now that he had time to think about it, there was something odd about the system just up and taking away his emotion limiters. After all, it didn't seem like that was previously possible...

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