Hmm?
The moment Karn struck, Evil Peter couldn't help but let out a soft sound of surprise.
Because Evil Peter shared memories with Peter's original body.
Evil Peter saw at a glance that this Inheritor before him was extraordinary.
The strength displayed by this weirdo wearing a vintage hood was actually a large step above the Deimos that the original body had previously fought?
How could this be?
According to the memories of Deimos read by the original body...
Wasn't this hooded guy exiled for hundreds of years by that old fogey Solus because he was too much of a useless loser, causing his own mother's death during a sneak attack on the Master Weaver?
How could this guy's current abilities be so much stronger than that fellow Deimos?
Evil Peter was not the type to keep his thoughts to himself. Seeing that Karn's abilities were actually stronger than Deimos', he didn't hesitate at all and asked directly:
"Hey, hey, how are you so much stronger than your useless brother? Aren't you the most pathetic individual in your family?"
Perhaps because he had been hunting alone for too long and was somewhat overly repressed, Karn actually responded directly to Peter's near-mocking question:
"I was indeed once the weakest in the family, but in these hundreds of years of exile by my father, I have fought time and again for the sake of atonement, engaging in life-and-death struggles with opponents. I have long since been reborn through this process!
As long as Father is willing to let me return to the family, I will surely make him see me in a new light."
Karn's voice was incredibly firm, but in Evil Peter's ears, it made him unconsciously roll his eyes hard:
"I've found that your understanding seems to have some issues. I just complimented you casually, and you actually took it seriously?"
"Do you really think your meager skills can threaten me?"
As Evil Peter spoke, he suddenly ramped up the intensity against Karn.
With his current combat level, even without activating the Dual God Resonance, just using the symbiote suit and various elemental power enhancements was enough to easily crush an opponent of Karn's level.
And so, as Peter slightly increased the combat intensity, Karn immediately broke into a sweat.
Not only was he suppressed and forced into a steady retreat by Evil Peter, but numerous wounds also appeared on his body.
His performance at this time made Peter feel even more puzzled. After knocking Karn back once again, Evil Peter couldn't help but mock him once more:
"Hey, hey, I'm saying, are you really this cowardly?"
"Can't you guys be resurrected infinitely through the factory in the castle? Why are you acting so much more cowardly than that Deimos I blew up before? You've been timid and hesitant throughout the whole fight."
His intention was merely to mock the opponent.
But what he didn't expect was that as soon as he said this, Karn's movements suddenly froze, and he even stood stunned on the spot:
"What resurrection? What starting over? What are you talking about?"
Hmm?
Karn's reaction left Evil Peter, Otto Parker, and the others in the back dumbfounded.
As a member of the Inheritor Family, this guy... actually didn't know what resurrection was?
In this eerie silence, Evil Peter suddenly shuddered, followed by a much calmer voice coming from his mouth.
"You don't know about the Clone Factory?"
The madness in Evil Peter's eyes faded, replaced by an absolute confidence and calm.
That's right, it was Peter himself, located in the third space, temporarily taking over control of this body.
From Karn's bewildered reaction, he sensed an unusual scent, a key that might be able to turn the entire tide of the battle.
"Clone... factory? What is that?" Karn's eyes became even more confused; he completely didn't understand what the other party was saying.
Peter looked at him and spoke slowly:
"Your father, your siblings—every one of them can be reborn infinitely after death through underground clones and Memory Crystals. Do you not know about this?"
"..." Karn fell silent, the massive amount of information leaving his brain blank.
"That's impossible!"
After a long while, Karn couldn't help but argue back:
"I... I committed an unpardonable crime. I caused our mother's death, so I was punished by Father. Punished to never return to the family, to have to fight until the day I die..."
Karn realized a logical flaw!
If Father and the others had the ability to resurrect, why didn't they resurrect Mother?
Furthermore, if all of them could start over after death, then what did his past hundreds of years of atonement amount to?
Seeing Karn's look of questioning his own life, Peter, Otto Parker, and the others behind couldn't help but show expressions of pity.
They vaguely guessed the truth of the matter in their hearts.
The Karn before them seemed to be a poor soul who had been PUA'd by his entire family for hundreds of years.
The people he thought were family had never treated him as true family. They hadn't even bothered to prepare a single clone backup for him—they truly hoped this brother would die outside forever!
And this... wasn't it the key for them to secure victory in one fell swoop?
"Don't believe it?" Peter suddenly put away his long blade and stepped aside, clearing the path leading into the factory.
"If you don't believe it, you're more than welcome to go in and see for yourself. See if your good brother Jennix has already 'come back to life' now."
Karn hesitated.
Reason told him this might be an enemy trap.
But looking at Peter's calm eyes that didn't show a hint of a ripple, a certain belief in his heart began to waver wildly.
He knew he was no match for Peter. If the other party wanted to kill him, it would be as easy as turning over a hand; there was no need to use such a lie to deceive him.
In the end, he still lowered the harpoon in his hand and, step by step, walked toward that factory door leading to hell.
His intention might have just been to stall for some time for his father's arrival, or perhaps to refute Peter's attempt to sow discord.
But when he truly walked into the Clone Factory and saw those rows of amber-colored culture dishes soaking the clones of all his brothers and sisters...
When he saw that Jennix, who had just been beheaded by him, struggling to crawl out of a culture dish naked, with a bloody hole where a Memory Crystal had just been inserted into his head...
Karn's World completely collapsed.
"You... you saw?"
On the other side, the newly reborn Jennix saw Karn at the door and saw him walking side-by-side with Peter and the others.
This made him instantly reach a conclusion:
This damned piece of trash had indeed betrayed them!
Karn looked at Jennix in disbelief, his agitated voice trembling:
"You can all be resurrected time and again... why did you make me stay outside and fight until the day I die to atone in this way?"
At this moment, a sliver of wishful thinking still remained in his heart.
He hoped to hear from Jennix's mouth that all of this was just to temper him.
That when he truly faced the day of his death, they would resurrect him and make him realize that his family still loved him.
But Jennix's words completely shattered his heart:
"Do you really think Father didn't let you come home because he wanted you to atone? Don't be naive!"
"No one cares about your little bit of nonsense! The reason we ostracized you is actually because of the prophecy!"
"The prophecy says that a traitor exists among us, a traitor who makes all our efforts go to waste!"
"My dear brother Karn, you piece of trash really did exactly what was in the prophecy!"