Night White walked on the snow-covered streets dressed in thin black clothes. Even in the cold weather, the busy streets were no less lively than in spring, summer, and autumn.

Pedestrians flowed continuously on the street, perhaps because the Lunar New Year was approaching. There were many street vendors shouting and bargaining, creating a constant hustle and bustle.

During the past three months, Night White had been cultivating. Currently, his strength was too weak, and with Chaos still not awakened, once he was targeted, his death would be certain.

Although Night White possessed the Dark Lock, which should awaken Chaos, it still hadn't awakened for some reason. After all, as long as Chaos was present, Night White's life was guaranteed to some extent.

"I should awaken the new element first. It's not convincing that even though I've Forbidden Spells for all three elements, I haven't awakened the new element," Night White thought to himself.

In fact, Night White had planned to awaken the new element after spending the Lunar New Year with his grandmother. Unexpectedly, he had inexplicably become the killer of his grandmother. Lilia tortured him to make him confess the method and motivation of the crime, but he didn't do it in the first place. How could he confess the method and motivation?

Night White had been with Lilia for three years, and he had accepted her as his mother. Did she really not believe in his character? Then why did she embrace him? Not only did it change his gender, but it also changed his life.

If the embrace wasn't from himself, perhaps he would be living a comfortable campus life right now, instead of living in fear like this.

"Lilia, I will settle the score for my arm sooner or later," Night White clenched his fist at the thought.

Soon, Night White arrived at the Awakening Hall and saw his wanted poster (Iris) on the reward notice. His heart couldn't help but tremble.

"Why is the wanted poster posted here?"

"A reward of ten million Bella! Ten copies of Starry Sea Shadows, a hundred kilograms of Rank 9 Beast Blood, and a hundred Magic Energy Fruits," Night White silently read.

"Lilia really spared no expense to have myself wanted," Night White thought to himself.

Magic Energy Fruits could instantly replenish a high-level mage's magic energy, but the effect decreased by half with each increase in magic level.

Beast Blood could strengthen the body of a Shape Technique Mage, who, although also a mage, could be considered a melee mage. There were many humans who practiced Shape Technique for quick progress.

Although their mage's cultivation would stop at a high level, their Shape Techniques were divided into ranks: Forging, Coagulating, Casting, Scorching, Obscuring, Melting Wounds, and Temper Extinction. Each stage had four small levels: Elementary, Intermediate, High, and Perfect.

Night White's Shape Technique rank corresponded to Casting Primary, which could be considered decent. As Night White was a member of the Blood Clan, his lifespan was relatively longer than that of humans, so it was only a matter of time for his magic and Shape Technique to grow.

Night White lined up to enter the Awakening Chamber. However, this time he didn't have the privilege of an S-rank adventurer, nor did he qualify to enter the VIP Awakening Chamber for awakening.

"Chances are I won't have this privilege in the future. Mei Weisi probably wishes to tear me apart," Night White thought to himself.

An hour later, Night White entered the Awakening Chamber.

"Hurry up and awaken, don't dawdle. There are still many people waiting behind you," an impatient middle-aged woman urged.

Night White stepped forward and placed his hand on the Awakening Stone. After a moment, Night White entered the Consciousness Space, where everything was pitch black and nothing could be seen.

Suddenly, eight red lights appeared ahead. These lights were not dazzling, but emitted an extremely dangerous aura, making Night White hesitant to make any move because the lights didn't show any intention of attacking.

Night White held his breath and slowly approached, finally discovering a spider staring at him. The spider gradually shrank and turned into a red glow that entered Night White's brow.

"Ah..." Night White felt a piercing pain in his brain and couldn't help but scream out.Night White sat on the ground, holding his head in his hands. Beads of sweat the size of peas appeared on his forehead, and his face was pale. Veins popped out on his forehead, showing signs of extreme pain.

The middle-aged woman saw that it was pitch black inside the Awakening Stone, and a spider emitted eight red lights. She murmured, "Curse element."

"Security, take him out. Whether he lives or dies is his own problem," the middle-aged woman said coldly.

"Yes," the security guard next to her replied, then helped Night White up.

"My head hurts so much, what's happening?" Severe pain surged through Night White's brain, as if it was about to split open.

Night White endured the pain and was supported by the security guard as he walked out.

"Ah... it hurts... so painful..." Night White couldn't help but cry out, and cold sweat on his forehead became more and more dense.

The security guard took Night White out of the awakening room and placed him on a chair before leaving. He thought to himself, "I hope you can make it, young man."

Night White's voice attracted the attention of many people, and at this time, a boy was planning to escape.

Suddenly, a hand grabbed the back collar of the boy's clothes and angrily said, "Tong Tong, dare you try to escape. Awakening magic only takes a moment, and it's not painful!"

"Just look at that big brother, his head is about to explode. I don't want to awaken any magic," the boy said with a mournful face, pointing at Night White.

The boy cried and made a fuss, but couldn't escape the fate of awakening magic. In the end, he was forcefully taken into the awakening room by his mother.

Inside the awakening room, the boy cried like a pig being slaughtered.

Outside the awakening room, everyone burst into laughter.

The middle-aged woman was also speechless. She didn't know what had traumatised this child. The first awakening of magic was usually a joyful experience, but this child resisted it so much.

Tong Tong's mother forcefully grabbed the boy's hand and placed it on the Awakening Stone.

The stone emitted a purple light and Tong Tong's mother was overjoyed. "It's lightning element! Lightning element!"

"Awakening is complete! Next!" the middle-aged woman said with a smile on her face.

Upon hearing the word "complete", Tong Tong's mother quickly let go of the boy and left the awakening room, a proud smile on her face.

"Tong Tong, go home and practice well. Don't waste your talent for lightning element. Apply to the best magic academy next September," the woman said softly to the boy.

"Yes," Tong Tong obediently nodded.

"Mom, it didn't hurt at all during awakening. Why did that big brother show so much pain?" Tong Tong asked puzzled.

"Only the curse element would be like that. The awakening of the curse element is extremely painful. A slight mistake can result in being cursed, even having one's soul scattered," Tong Tong's mother said with a serious expression, and her eyes filled with deep fear.

"Curse element?" Tong Tong asked, looking puzzled.

Tong Tong's mother sighed deeply and didn't want to talk about it anymore.

After a while, Night White wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and secretly felt relieved.

"Good thing I made it through. Otherwise, I would have become a corpse."

That's how the curse element worked. During awakening, one had to endure the backlash of the curse. If one could hold on, they would gain the power of the curse. If not, they would die, without exception.

Among those who awakened the curse element, only four layers of mages could withstand the backlash. The curse element must require sacrificing one's life to gain power.

All dark magic had certain inherent dangers.

Night White slowly got up and asked a staff member, "What did the person in this wanted notice do? Why is the reward so generous?"

Night White's question surprised the staff member. She didn't expect Night White to be unaware of this matter.

"This wanted notice has been issued for three months. The entire White Stork's mages... no, the entire human world... no, every country has this person's wanted notice," the female staff member explained.

"This... is it that serious?" Night White pretended to be surprised.

"I've been in seclusion for the past three months, so I haven't paid much attention to what's happening outside," Night White explained."Oh, I see! Her specific charges are unclear.

Her name is Iris, a vampire with red pupils and pointed ears. She has a severed right arm and possesses male abilities without the corresponding male characteristics." The female staff member gave a knowing expression.

She continued, "The specific appearance as a male is unclear. However, her abilities consist of two Forbidden Spells, namely Fire and Dark Shadow System. Her fire abilities have black and red colors and can penetrate any defensive magic. The high-level mastery is in summoning, and she can summon a giant python with a maximum length of about fifteen meters, which can speak."

This person on the wanted list is quite a catch, and everyone wants to capture her, considering the reward is quite generous.

"I understand, thank you," Night White nodded and said.

After expressing gratitude, Night White hastily left the awakening hall.

"Damn!" Night White couldn't help but curse.

Years of education would not make Night White use such filthy language, but this time Lilia's actions seemed to want to make the whole world hunt her down.

Recently, she had exposed all her abilities to the public. Everyone knew about it.

All her abilities were exposed to the public eye, and if one wasn't foolish, they could guess her identity.

It had to be said that Lilia's move was ruthless. With this, there was nowhere for Night White to hide.

Unless she had evidence to prove her innocence, but she didn't possess such a thing. How could she possibly prove it? It was simply walking into a trap.

After contemplating for a moment, Night White thought of a good place.

"The ruler of the Sun-Moon Empire is Qizhou, and he will protect himself."

Then Night White disappeared into the shadows, intending to pack up and prepare to escape.