Chapter 406 Hope
Demon Realm.
Ice Palace floated high in the sky. Emperor Roc brought Demon Sage Nine Abyss here. Lady Blackmoon and Imperial Lord Starquix stood side by side as they coldly glared at Nine Abyss In particular, Starquix’s aura was weak; his unstable aura spread out in all directions, affecting Nine Abyss.
“I’m useless. I failed to kill Meng Chuan,” said Nine Abyss as he knelt in horror.
His rationality told him that the three Imperial Lords would not kill him to prevent so that the other demon sages wouldn’t be disheartened. However, he was afraid of what would happen when things didn’t go as expected! He knew how important this matter was to the Imperial Lords.
“You are a demon sage that has cultivated for many years. Furthermore, you have a Tribulation treasure. However, you couldn’t even kill a Regis G.o.dfiend?” said Lady Blackmoon with a sneer. “His strength is not inferior to that of a Creation Supremacy. He also has a Tribulation treasure,” explained Nine Abyss immediately. “Furthermore, his Essence Soul mystic technique is extremely powerful. It can transform into a black awl that easily pierced my Essence Soul. I lost 10% of my Essence Soul Origins as a result. I’m afraid it will take me 100 years to recover completely. With my Essence Soul heavily injured, my strength suffered greatly. That’s why I couldn’t do anything to him.”
It was very difficult to recover one’s Essence Soul Origins. For example, Meng Chuan had the Essence Soul Star legacy. It allowed the Essence Soul to self-cultivate; it also granted the Essence Soul an astonis.h.i.+ng recovery speed. Meng Chuan only needed two years to recover from the Essence Soul damage that Nine Abyss had suffered.
In those two years, his strength would be in a “damaged” state. This was very dangerous.
For those that didn’t have the Essence Soul Star legacy, one would take decades to recover from the shattering of their Magic Awl. The Magic Awl deserved its name as a forbidden technique. If Meng Chuan had used 30% of his Essence Soul Origins to cultivate the Magic Awl, he would pay ten times the price for shattering it.
“Black awl?” Blackmoon, Starquix, and Roc exchanged looks.
“Magic Awl.” Blackmoon said softly, “It’s been a long time since I’ve heard of the Magic Awl mystic technique. Another G.o.dfiend from the Archean Eon Realm has mastered this mystic technique.”
The Magic Awl mystic technique was once the most famous killer move of Archean Eon Realm’s G.o.dfiends that traveled the River of s.p.a.cetime. Unlike the Essence Soul Star legacy —which suffered restrictions from the River of s.p.a.cetime’s laws-quite a few cultivators practised the Magic Awl Forbidden Spell. The Essence Soul Star legacy had an extremely high threshold. The Magic Awl Forbidden Spell didn’t suffer those restrictions. Most of the human world’s G.o.dfiends-who traveled the River of s.p.a.cetime-cultivate this Essence Soul mystic technique.
Unfortunately, no one could cultivate it to perfection. Thus, n.o.body could make a copy of the technique manual. There was only one copy of the technique manual in the entire human world. The original copy was left in the Heart Sea Palace. It was something Ancestral Master Archean Eon had obtained by chance.
This terrifying forbidden technique was perfected by Essence Tribulation Eminences.
For juniors like Meng Chuan, although they knew how to use it, they didn’t understand the profundities behind it. They only knew how to construct the Essence Soul weapon and carve the runic patterns according to the manual’s description. As for why these runic patterns were constructed in such a manner? They didn’t know. Only when they truly comprehended it could their attainments in this mystic technique match that of the creator. Only then could they make a copy of the technique manual.
However, this forbidden spell had been obtained by Ancestral Master Eon Sea by chance. Excluding the Essence Soul Star legacy, it was the strongest mystic technique. It was suspected to be created by an Essence Soul Seventh Tribulation Eminence. At the very least, it was created by an Essence Soul Sixth Tribulation Eminence. Thus, it was very difficult for human descendants to cultivate it to perfection.
“Even without the Essence Soul mystic technique, his strength is comparable to a top Creation realm expert,” said Nine Abyss. “Furthermore, his body is extremely powerful. He received one direct attack from me, but his body managed to withstand it. Also, his wife, Liu Qiyue… Her arrows were extremely dangerous when she cast Phoenix’s Nirvana…” Emperor Roc waved his hand. “Alright, you may leave.”
Nine Abyss was delighted.
“It will be as previously said,” said Lady Blackmoon. “The Eye of the Dark Realm will be yours to use until you reach the end of your lifespan. If you wish to leave the Demon Realm and enter the outer realm… you will have to return the Eye of the Dark Realm first.”
“I understand,” said Nine Abyss excitedly.
“Take your leave,” said Blackmoon.
“I’ll take my leave.” Nine Abyss immediately flew away. Although the Tribulation treasure was the least he could receive because he failed the a.s.sa.s.sination, Nine Abyss was rather satisfied with his gains.
“What a good-for-nothing.” Imperial Lord Starquix watched Nine Abyss leave and couldn’t help but shake his head.
“In order to make the demon sages willing to work for us, we have to bear with it,” said Emperor Roc. “This Meng Chuan’s body and Essence Soul are extremely powerful. His strength is comparable to a top Creation realm expert. Apart from his crude techniques, he has no weaknesses. He even knows the Magic Awl mystic technique!”
“There’s nothing we can do to him across a world,” said Lady Blackmoon. “With him around, us demons won’t be able to use our numbers advantage. Now, we can only rely on the World Gap and the World Entrances. As long as we can send large groups of fifth Firmament demon monarchs into the human world through the World Gap, we will regain our advantage. We might even be able to force the humans to admit defeat.”
“Yes, there are a total of nine Creation realm humans. Most of them are guarding super-large city pa.s.ses and their sects. They won’t dare to move easily. Our fifth Firmament demon monarchs are enough to take down the cities and kill Regis G.o.dfiends,” said Imperial Lord Starquix with a nod. Although the demon cultivation system was weaker than the G.o.dfiend cultivation system, the demons were numerous. Therefore, the best among them were especially powerful. For example, some fifth Firmament demon monarchs couldn’t even do a thing to King True Martial. These fifth Firmament demon monarchs yearned to enter the human world so that they could obtain lots of credits and be bestowed treasures by the Imperial Lords.
“As long as we send them in, we will have the advantage,” said Emperor Roc. “However, it’s very difficult to send them in. First, we need to find a connection point with the human world. We need to find multiple connection points as backups. This requires one to have the ability to see the River of s.p.a.cetime. “Second, break through the human’s world membrane in a short period of time and quickly enter the World Gap. We must not be intercepted by human experts. After that, we’ll head to the World Gap and find the corresponding connection points.” They needed to determine the connection points between the human world and the World Gap. Only then could the two places be connected.
Emperor Roc said, “We still have to be careful of the humans laying an ambush. If we aren’t careful, the fifth Firmament demon monarchs will be wiped out the moment they enter the human world.”
If dozens of fifth Firmament demon monarchs were to enter the human world and ended up facing Supremacy Qin Wu, it would be a nightmare.
“It’s very difficult. Just a single mistake during the entire process will result in complete failure,” said Emperor Roc. “Once we reach the World Gap, we will have the advantage in strength,” said Lady Blackmoon. “I think there’s a 50% chance of this plan succeeding. If we fail again, we will have to place our bets on the World Entrances.”
As time pa.s.sed, more World Entrances would appear. Maybe a World Entrance that could accommodate demon sages would appear. “Perhaps a World Entrance that allows demon sages to enter will never appear,” said Emperor Roc. “We can’t place our hopes on luck. Our greatest hope is still the World Gap.” “Prepare well,” said Imperial Lord Starquix. “If we fail again, we will probably have to wait centuries. We might never have a chance of succeeding ever again.” Emperor Roc and Lady Blackmoon nodded.