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Chapter 3:

Author: Sebastian
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The woman whose chest he had touched was looking at him as if looking at a dead fish.

How could this be...?

Where was the embarrassment? The anger? The craziness that usually followed being molested? How could her sweet and demure voice when he touched her earlier now melt his heart?

"Ah-ah-ah-ah!"

He was extremely surprised by her sudden scream. He turned around in bewilderment, and the handsome man inside the labor camp looked like he wanted to kill him, glaring with bloodshot eyes and shouting, "Let go! Let go! You despicable scoundrel! I will kill you! I will kill you!"

His frantic and mad yelling left the man in the red robe blinking a few times, turning to ask someone, "What's going on?"

Alpha Levi, still calm, pulled the yamen back in place, "Are you steady?"

"Uh, um... Wait! Aren't you angry?" The person who had been molested a moment ago still wore a more flirtatious smile than when he had been molested earlier...

"Why should I be angry?" He pushed the man in the red robe away, "Get out of the way, and I need to set up the formation."

The man in the red robe sat back against the labor camp, glancing surreptitiously at Levi, "She is always so calm and decisive. How can she be like that?"

Arista still resented him and retorted, "As if you know him well!"

Her words did not reach the ears of the person in question. The man in the red robe continued to marvel, "...She reminds me of a woman I once knew. Unlike other women, she doesn't pretend or act. She's firm, composed, courageous, and seems to foresee everything. Even more majestic than a man..."

"But the important thing is, there's no woman in that body now!" Arista slapped her forehead, frustrated. The person in that body used to be a woman who pretended to be weak, afraid, and cried quickly! So... please don't look at that body with those eyes...

"Hey, Silver Hair." The man in the red robe turned to look at Arista and smirked teasingly, "No matter what kind of demon you are, I will win this woman who is important to you."

Arista widened her eyes in disbelief and asked the heavens, "Are you sure?"

"It's done." Levi called out, "Come here, stand in this spot."

The man in the red robe stepped over, "Every sentence you say is straightforward and straightforward, hitting people right in the heart!"

Arista felt exhausted hearing that.

Levi didn't say anything when the man in the red robe stepped onto the formation. He quickly bit his index finger, used his blood as ink, and drew several runes in the four main directions of the tower. With each rune completed, the light in the Tunderman Tower dimmed a little more. When the last four runes were drawn in the four main directions, the entire tower was left with only the faint light of the jadeite on its peak.

He stood in the center and drew the final large rune.

Inside the labor camp, Arista looked at her own fingers, feeling an ache in her heart.

The man in the red robe leaned back against the labor camp, glancing at Levi thoughtfully, "She always speaks in concise and decisive words, which strikes right into people's hearts!"

Arista heard that and felt her heart ache with weariness.

Levi remained silent as they waited for the man in the red robe to step onto the formation. Suddenly, he grabbed his arm and cut, drawing a hole in his wrist. The fresh blood flowed onto the rune, and the previously calm Tunderman Tower suddenly had a few light gusts of wind.

The hair of all three individuals was gently swaying. The man in the red robe was surprised, looking at Levi, "This formation..."

Alpha Levi laughed, his eyes filled with arrogance, "A small Tunderman Tower is nothing to me. I only rely on the power of this formation to seal the three packs."

The man in the red robe remained silent. Arista was also stunned to hear Levi say that. He seemed to be able to easily break the ancient artifact as if it were just a toy... She suddenly felt that nothing could restrain Levi from doing whatever he pleased. Even without his Alpha body, he acted recklessly, making people afraid.

The man in the red robe seemed to be wary of Levi. He kept silent and just watched him without saying a word.

At this moment, the light outside the Tunderman Tower began to shift. As Levi had said, the shadows of the four main directions tilted towards the wall opposite Arista, revealing a gap in the Tunderman Tower.

The man in the red robe was still in shock, and Levi raised an eyebrow, "Don't want to go out?"

As if awakened by this question, the man in the red robe blinked, stopping the spell in his hand. A red flame struck the wall opposite, and a loud "boom" echoed as the Tunderman Tower shook violently. Arista stumbled, quickly grabbing a firm handrail in front of her and looking up to find four streams of blood-red light emanating from the directions where Levi had drawn runes earlier. With the increasingly intense shaking of the Tunderman Tower, the color of the blood-red light became even brighter, as if it wanted to dye the entire tower red.

The man in the red robe turned to look, utterly terrified, and he hesitated, "This is a Demon Matrix!"

Levi sneered, revealing a wicked smile, "Why, only now did you realize? Beta Chris."

Chris shivered, "How do you know me... Who are you exactly?"

At that moment, the jadeite on top of the Tunderman Tower seemed unable to withstand the pressure, cracking and rattling. Then, the entire tower collapsed, and Arista found her steel barrier being bent.

Levi didn't bother to answer Chris's question and urged, "Do it again." He seemed to have lost his patience and wanted to leave this place as soon as possible.

At this point, Chris obediently retreated a step, standing outside the rune, not intending to go out or listen to Levi's orders. Levi narrowed his eyes and heard a panicked cry from the other side, "Great Demon, Lord! Help me!"

Chris, hearing that, was even more shocked, "You're from the Dead Land Pack!"

Levi didn't reply to him but turned to look at Arista. Then, Arista realized she was currently using Alpha Levi's body. Even though she didn't possess infinite power like Levi, she was still an immortal body. No matter how much the Tunderman Tower collapsed, it couldn't crush her. Arista stabilized her mind, reached out, and grabbed a large wooden beam falling in front of her. Her nails could easily dig a deep hole into the wood. Arista bravely used all five fingers to scratch forward, and the wooden beam in front of her instantly split into several pieces.

This was the pillar within the ancient artifact.

Arista was amazed that the Tunderman Tower collapsed again, but the iron barrier outside was forced into the labor camp, and she saw a dark figure flying towards her, thrusting straight into her chest.

Then, the significant iron barrier slammed into her chest, causing her to bend.

It could even bend the iron barrier...

This Alpha Levi's body was indeed more powerful than the ancient artifact! Before Arista could marvel any further, suddenly, a loud noise rang out, and the jadeite on top of the Tunderman Tower crashed down. The Tunderman Tower continued shaking, but now Arista wasn't afraid. She stood firm amidst the falling debris, looking at the collapsing Tunderman Tower with a calm heart.

Outside was the familiar air of the Red Moon Pack, and Arista couldn't help but smirk. The sunlight of the Red Moon Pack shone on her face, and she felt delighted.

After the dust settled, Arista suddenly remembered a critical issue.

Now that she had left the Tunderman Tower, the Great Demon Lord would surely take back his body. Thinking of what the Great Demon Lord had done and his words to her inside the tower, Arista suddenly realized that she might not have much time left to live.

Amidst the rumbling noises of the collapse, the Great Demon Lord crawled out from the inside. Covered in dust, his face was disheveled.

Indeed, her body was in a terrible state, and she knew it well. Being able to crawl out peacefully from this collapsed tower was already quite an achievement. Levi turned to look at her, "You cut off several strands of hair and kept crying and wailing earlier. Why didn't you protect me?"

Arista swallowed hard.

At this moment, a red figure quickly darted out of the debris and disappeared into the horizon. Levi looked in that direction, coldly laughing, "Quite fast at running." But he didn't hurry to chase after. Instead, he dusted off the dirt on himself and walked towards Arista. "Little wolf, give back my body."

Arista swallowed another gulp of saliva, "There's a problem..."

"Speak."

"After switching bodies... you can't kill me."

Alpha Levi fell silent momentarily before bursting into laughter, still incredibly sinister, "Alright, I won't kill you."

But the words "bluff" were so evident on Alpha Levi's face that Arista could see it at a glance. She wanted to cry, "Then let's not switch back! I don't want to switch back ever again in my life!"

Levi sneered, "You don't get to decide that."

He reached out to grab Arista, but she was scared and kept retreating backward. Levi frowned and ordered, "Stand still."

Arista trembled as she looked at him, "My master said that Ma Clan members must make an oath to Alpha Levi. If they break the oath, they will be punished. You make the oath, promise not to kill me, and I will obediently switch bodies back."

Alpha Levi smirked coldly, "Did your master tell you that all Ma Clan members swear to Alpha Levi?"

Arista's face turned pale; her master had never mentioned that. It seemed she was in trouble now. There was no way to control this demon anymore; making him swear to himself wouldn't be helpful at all!

Seeing Arista terrified and on the verge of tears, Levi hesitated momentarily, then finally gave in, rubbing his forehead as if he had a headache, "Fine, come over here, and after you switch back, I'll spare your life, alright?"

Arista shook her head frantically, "No, no, no... You have to guarantee it."

He narrowed his eyes and came forward, "I said I won't kill you so that I won't kill you."

"Just saying it doesn't mean anything! Don't come near me!" Arista kept retreating, but suddenly a thought popped into her head - At this moment, she was the real Great Demon Lord! Alpha Levi's body was under her control, and she was powerful. She just had to prevent Levi from touching her body...

Before Arista could finish her thoughts, the Great Demon Lord grabbed her hand and pulled her closer. She saw her face enlarged in front of her, with sharp, white teeth...

She couldn't let him bite her!

Arista struggled, trying to push him away, and her strength was so great that it made a loud "crack" sound. Levi exclaimed, "Hey!" as he was thrown away like a broken kite, falling on the debris of the Tunderman Tower.

Then he stopped breathing.

Arista, after slapping him, hugged her chest and sat on the ground, trembling in fear, "I still want to see my master. I don't want to die."

She trembled for a while, and the silence around her was as quiet as a piece of paper, filled with a chilling atmosphere.

Now Arista opened her eyes and peeked at her body lying on the ground like a discarded, torn doll. Her hair was disheveled, her face covered in blood, and her limbs contorted into an unrecognizable shape.

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