Chapter 277: Mastermind Of Chaos

With eyes shut tight, Lee could feel the overwhelming presence of the Tubian. The demon woman standing in his vicinity made him alert, but the realisation that he is unable to do anything hit him a second later.

'System, how many Essence is needed to increase one stat point of a Tubian?'

The query Lee Shen asked was replied with a panel.

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The Essence to stat point conversion is not fixed. Larger the stat, larger will be the conversion rate. Since the Tubians are not naturally able to increase their stat, the Essence usage may increase tremendously.

The Will of the Dimension insists the host find the answers on your own.

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Lee Shen was not able to obtain a precise answer but did acquire a mould to create the correct answer.

'So I need to inject them with Essence until one of their stat points rises by one point.'

Now, Lee Shen was completely aware of how to defeat the Tubians. But, there was a problem.

'The amount of Essence is the problem.'

Indeed, the amount of Essence needed to increase by one stat point was unknown to him and had a possibility of surpassing millions. With his current reserve, Lee could only hope to pull it off.

It was then that Lee observed something.

'System, are Hudson and D unable to see the screen?'

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Yes. To be precise, only those who trigger the hidden criteria could only communicate with the panel.

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While conversing with the embedded information, Lee was gradually starting to sense the surroundings. After almost half an hour, the veil over his senses was lifted to great extent.

'Map.'

After summoning the location panel, Lee was startled in the inside.

'Underwater?'

The Map clearly showed his position to be underwater. Furthermore, the panel displayed the depth at which he and the demonic woman were at.

The Life imbued Mana had healed his forearm bone which broke earlier. Now that he did not feel the force over his eyelids, Lee slowly raised the curtain over his windows.

[This Tubian is a serious threat.]

What D and Hudson anticipated to see was an air bubble. But they ended up witnessing dry land under the sea!

Lee couldn't help but open his eyes wide as he swept his eyes left and right. The land was indeed dry.

Glancing above, he was able to see an enormous envelope of water. It was as if supported by gigantic, yet invisible pillars.

'Hudson?'

[I can confirm that we are indeed underwater.]

[Just what is this bitch's actual extent of power?]

After observing the surroundings, Lee Shen finally saw the demonic woman sitting on a rock a little away from him. Unlike Lee, who was lying on the seabed with his limbs bound tight, she had a pleasant smile on her face upon seeing his expressions.

"Don't struggle. You will not break free from my grasp."

The women in her late 20s had an alluring figure. Her curvaceous body coupled with the seductive smile on her face was enough to shake a man's resolve.

But not that of Lee.

Instead of showing off his indomitable courage, he chose to display the fright of a helpless lamb.

"W-Where am I? Who are you?"

Though the trembling was not up to Lee Shen's expectation, it was adequate when considering his non-verbal expression. His face exhibited paleness and fright.

"You can consider me as a goddess. I am a very powerful being. Be thankful that I am pleased with you."

The expressions and micro-expressions conveyed the fact that Lee was thoroughly frightened. But in actuality, Lee was laughing at this boasting bitch.

[All skills and functions are back on track. We are ready to act.]

'Is she still on guard?'

[No.]

'Open her stat screen and ready the Essence reserve.'

[What are you up to?]

'Wait and see.'

When Lee Shen felt that his legs are no more bound by an invisible force, he stood up after some struggle. Yet the force pulling his arms to the back was unwavering.

"You are a demon, aren't you? Are you the reason for the recent unrest in the city?"

Lee displayed the standard behaviour of a human. To them, the race of demon was sinister and crooked. The races once waged wars so intense that they ended up waking up the Kraken!

"Since you are not going to see the light of the day anymore, I shall be honest with you.

Yes, I am the reason for all the unrest that had happened in recent days!"

The demon accepted the responsibility of the recent chaos without any prelude or hesitance. There was an air of arrogance around her which made Lee Shen uncomfortable for real.

"Are you going to kill me?"

Lee asked in a trembling tone as he could feel his hands slowly loosening up. He continued to shake and free his forelimbs from the invisible binding.

The expanse of dry seabed where both the demon and Lee Shen stood was in the Surface Zone. The soil under their feet was saturated with sand and fragments of rocks. Above them was ocean forming suspended by an unknown power.

Contrary to the darkness outside, there was ample illumination in the inside of the air bubble!

As soon as his limbs were free, Lee released his Essence reserve at a very slow rate.

When he attained a battle stance with his fists raised to guard, the demon was amused. She disappeared from her spot and reappeared right in front of him within a blink!

Her firm grip took hold of his wrists and the demon began to savour the Essence that was leaking from him.

When Lee Shen tried to liberate himself, the demon chuckled at this vain attempt.

"Why- why are you doing this to me?"

The fright was much evident in his voice and the demon seemed to be pleased. She loosened her grip to not break his bones. But it still held Lee in place.

"Do you know how precious you are?"