"Lida?"

Kuro looked at her.

Lida gripped Kuro's cape tightly, her body trembling slightly, her head bowed, unable to look at the person in the center of the ring.

"Kuro, let's go back. I don't want to stay here anymore." Lida's voice trembled slightly.

Kuro paused for a moment, then looked down at her. "Your memories have returned?"

Lida nodded, gripping Kuro's cloak even tighter.

"The venison from Sister Kikyo helped me recover..."

These words made Kuro twitch his lips. He wanted to say he didn't believe that a meal could restore memories, but then he thought back to his past life, which he had almost forgotten for more than twenty years, and remembered a lot of it from that meal.

A world of idealism, that's really just idealism, you can't deny it.

"That's good. It's better to recover than not to recover. Leave the rest to me."

Kuro patted Lida's head to reassure her, then looked up at the people on the arena and said, "Hey, you, the Luo family's ancestor Luo Shen, right? For my sake, could you restore that bloodline curse for your descendants?"

"Oh, it's you, the one who made the call."

Luo Shen licked her lips. "You did a good job. Were you deliberately trying to cause me trouble?"

"That's none of my business. I was just ordered to check the Revolutionary Army here." Kuro shrugged.

"Well, that kind of thing doesn't matter..."

Whoosh!

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure vanished instantly, and the people on the six arenas froze, their faces turned pale, and they all collapsed.

"So fast!" Kro's pupils contracted, and he couldn't help but exclaim.

He couldn't see the speed at all.

In the center of the arena, the long-haired man reappeared, licking the blood from his fingers. "Although the quality isn't great, oh well, as long as it's finished..."

"This is astonishing! Did this newcomer from the Luo family defeat all the participants on the stage?! Sure enough, even he is dissatisfied with the quality of this martial arts tournament. Is he planning to abandon it?" Warner commented.

Luo Shen licked the blood off her fingers, then suddenly pointed at the platform, her smile widening: "You're very noisy, kid."

A burst of energy almost materialized, forming a black ray that shot straight toward the commentator on the high platform.

call!

Just then, a golden slash suddenly appeared and struck the black ray. With a 'bang,' it canceled out the black ray, creating a shockwave that rippled outwards, causing the two hosts on the platform to gasp and fall off the platform.

However, it wasn't smashed to the ground.

Kro appeared there, carrying one in each hand, and gently set them down.

"Not bad."

Luo Shen turned her head, stared at Kuro, and smiled: "Reminds me of an old friend. Hey, how's that blond loser who's always been stuck in the sky doing now?"

"Wow, you're a big fish after all..."

Kuro gripped Shusui tightly and said in a deep voice, "If you know Shiki, you were on the same ship before? But killing someone in front of the Navy, doesn't that mean you don't respect the World Government?"

Kuro didn't care that the person in the ring hadn't died, since they were all scoundrels anyway. But killing someone in front of him was unacceptable.

"Hehehe, that was a thrilling battle, a top-notch battle. I really want to experience it again."

Luo Shen stretched out her hand and looked down as if she were looking at something. "However, my body has aged. If I want to repeat that top-level battle, my body will not allow it. So, I will choose this place and use other methods to recreate the grandeur I want."

"You ruined my martial arts tournament, and I should thank you for that. The tournament has been getting more and more boring lately. That kid Lowe is always enduring and enduring and enduring, but your appearance has finally made him stop enduring and finally made it interesting."

Luo Shen raised her head, her tone somewhat relieved, "Ah... the bloodline is disappearing, but he doesn't understand that the Luo family's bloodline becomes stronger the more it disappears."

Kuro raised an eyebrow, watching Luo Shen talk to herself, and said, "Are you... crazy? What nonsense are you spouting?"

...

The battlefield, the rear camp of the Insect Kingdom.

Blood was everywhere, and the earth looked as if it had been hit by a meteorite, with craters everywhere. In those craters lay many white-haired people, who had long since become corpses, each one motionless.

On the battlefield, a man staggered to his feet. He stared at the corpse of the last white-haired man who had fallen in front of him, took a few breaths, and stood there in a daze.

"Gah!"

A crow flew in from a distance, cawed once, and landed on the ground.

"it's over?"

Lowe asked.

"Yes, most of the soldiers who were unwilling to join the revolution have been taken into custody. We also received news from Sabo that the king has been captured. It's just a bit strange, though, that when they arrived, the king was being held captive. So we captured him without much trouble."

As he spoke, the crow glanced at the corpses in the camp and said in a low voice, "Was it really necessary to go to such lengths?"

"You don't understand how terrifying the Goddess of the Luo River is."

Lowe shook his head, looking towards the location of the Town of Metamorphosis. "Our people are not his glory, but merely his sacrifices, sacrifices used to strengthen himself. Nurturing, constantly nurturing, using our lives to sustain his life..."

He lowered his head, and a scene inexplicably appeared in his mind.

"Take good care of your little sister, Lowe, you're a gentle child..."

An elderly couple with white hair smiled and spoke to Lowe, then spontaneously walked into the deep corridor and never came out again.

Luo Wei closed his eyes, clenched his fists, and gritted his teeth, saying, "I deliberately chose this time because every three years, the God of Luo has to sacrifice a member of the Luo family. Now that I have killed all the members of the Luo family, he can only die of old age!"

"The martial arts tournament is what ordinary people think is a grand event for the Insect Kingdom. You think we learn other people's martial arts based on our own talents? You're wrong. It's not like that at all. Because every martial arts tournament is also a time for us to compete to see who will be the sacrifice. The weakest one is the sacrifice."

“But now, that old fellow has been abandoned by the times. Without his people, he can no longer sustain his life. Now is the time for me to ascend to the throne!”

"Don't worry, once I become the King of Insects, I will repeal those laws that prohibit the exploitation of nature. My only goal is to become king. As for the subsequent governance, if your revolutionary army is not at ease, you can do it yourselves. I don't care."

Lowe picked up a cloak from the ground, completely ignoring the bloodstains on it, and put it on.

"Have the soldiers come with me, kill Luo Shen, and we'll completely control the Insect Kingdom!"

“There’s no need to go now. Lucilfer Kuro is currently confronting the Goddess of the Luo River. As long as we stall until time runs out, we can easily win,” the crow said.

"I want to deal with him myself. I won't be at ease until he dies in front of me," Lowe said calmly.