Chapter 189 – Legacy of the Ancient Gods (part 3)
Knowing that someone had easily broken through what he thought was a perfect barrier, left the Sky Demon Magician shocked.
After thinking quickly, a brave expression appeared on his face. He reached into the tunnel with his hand and pulled out a third of the ice crystal. His left hand slapped the tunnel, causing it to instantly disappear, leaving no trace.
The Sky Demon Wizard felt his heart bleed. If only he had a few more hours, he could shrink the ice crystal enough to fit into the tunnel, but now he could only remove a third of it.
Once an ice crystal splits, much of what’s inside is lost. Furthermore, there’s only one chance to retrieve the ice crystal. It can’t be removed piece by piece.
After picking up the ice crystal, he wasted no time in moving it towards his face to press it against his forehead. However, before the crystal could reach its target, a cold voice stopped him and said, “If you dare move, I will devour you and increase my knowledge!”
The Sky Demon Witch’s right arm trembled. She was very familiar with that voice. No wonder the restriction was so easily broken. This person was one of the ten generals who owned the Blood Sea. In terms of cultivation, he was already beyond comprehension for the people of the Suzaku Star System.
It would be accurate to say that this person was an ancient cultivator, and was only alive today due to some special circumstances.
“This subordinate, Great Master Duo Mu…”
The Sky Demon Witch forced a smile. She didn’t dare move her right hand. Even if she could begin absorbing the ice crystals, it would take time to completely absorb them, and if the person in front of her wanted to kill her, it would only take a second.
A few seconds later, a purple-haired man wearing red clothes slowly floated in from the direction the first person had come from. He was about the same height as a normal person. He hadn’t transformed into a demon like Hunchback Meng and Sky Devil Magician, but instead retained his normal appearance.
Her appearance was ordinary, but her aura was very special. People who saw her felt nervous.
The first thing the middle-aged man saw wasn’t the Sky Demon Witch, but the empty space. He had a suspicion in his heart. He sensed fluctuations in spiritual energy in that location.
However, this was outside the Ancient God Qi Sea, so it was natural for there to be fluctuations in spiritual energy. After taking another look, he scanned the area again before finally fixing his gaze on the Sky Demon Witch.
Wang Lin’s heart was gripped by terror. He felt as if the person had seen a heaven-defying bead that had entered his heart. This was the first time he had felt such a sensation.
That person could detect the heaven-defying bead. This truly shocked him. He took a deep breath and blinked a few times.
Under that person’s gaze, the Sky Demon Witch felt as if they could see through her, but since she had been able to live in the Blood Sea until now, she had her own way of dealing with things. The moment that person appeared, a strange spiritual energy began to slowly circulate within her body. Soon, the feeling of being seen through began to slowly disappear.
The middle-aged man’s gaze scanned the Sky Demon Witch until it landed on the ice crystal in her right hand. He stretched out his hand, and the ice crystal flew out of the Sky Demon Witch’s hand and landed in it.
Although the Sky Demon Witch’s heart was bleeding, there was no dissatisfaction visible on the surface. Even the depths of her heart were completely enveloped by a strange spiritual energy.
“What is this?” The middle-aged man’s voice was flat, but it carried an indescribable authority. He glanced at the ice crystal, but couldn’t see anything special about it.
The Sky Demon Witch quickly said respectfully, “Lord Dou Mu, this ice crystal is made from the cultivation of my disciple, the Six Desires Demon Lord. The reason I accepted him as a disciple was to use his cultivation to help raise my own disciple. If you like it, consider it a gift from your subordinate.”
The middle-aged man stared at the Sky Demon Witch, then picked up the ice crystal with his two fingers and said flatly, “Really?” As he spoke, he used a little force. It caused the ice crystal to shatter into pieces and dissipate into the surroundings.
The Sky Demon Witch was completely stunned for a moment. She stared at the disappearing ice crystal fragments, speechless.
The middle-aged man sneered, “This thing is so fragile, and you think it is a treasure!?”
The Sky Demon Witch laughed bitterly as she shook her head. Her entire body seemed to have aged suddenly. She couldn’t utter a single word.
The middle-aged man said, “Come with me to find the Soul Eater!” Then the middle-aged man reached out and grabbed him. The Sky Demon Sorcerer felt a powerful force from all sides restraining him as the middle-aged man quickly flew away, dragging him along.
After the ice crystal shattered, tiny crystal fragments began to dissipate into the surroundings. Wang Lin stared at the disappearing crystal fragments. He wanted to pick them up several times to study them, but he held back.
After the time it takes a stick of incense to burn, the middle-aged man suddenly reappeared. He frowned as he surveyed the area once more, before disappearing into the distance.
Previously, when he scanned the ice crystal, he only detected a small amount of spiritual energy. The reason he destroyed it was because he suspected there was more spiritual energy around that point.
The Soul Devourer might be there. The fluctuations he sensed here were very strange.
After another incense stick’s worth of time passed, Wang Lin let out a sigh. Although he didn’t know what the ice crystal was, considering how much effort the Sky Demon Witch had spent to obtain it, it couldn’t possibly be as ordinary as the middle-aged man had said.
Unfortunately, the ice crystal had already been shattered by the middle-aged man. Wang Lin really wanted to see what the crystal was made of.
He sighed. He wasn’t in a hurry to leave the Heaven-defying Beads because the middle-aged man was too powerful. Perhaps he had left some traps around the area.
But at that moment, the spot where the ice crystal had shattered suddenly began to glow. These were the few remaining crystal fragments. The crystal fragments grew in number, before finally condensing back into ice crystals.
Soon, a golden circle appeared in the sky. It appeared to have a thin film covering it. Spiderweb-like cracks were growing in the film as the suction force grew stronger, drawing the ice crystals toward it.
A thought flashed through Wang Lin’s mind. He gritted his teeth. Without hesitation, he left the space within the Heaven-Defying Bead. An illusory figure appeared, and as the figure became more real, it reached out and grabbed the ice crystal.
At this moment, the illusory figure became real. It was Wang Lin!
After grabbing the ice crystal, he didn’t stop, but flew away rapidly. Along the way, he didn’t try to conserve energy, but used almost all of his spiritual energy to fly as fast as possible.
After flying for an hour, he finally slowed down a bit. He glanced back before finally looking at the ice crystal in his hand. His face showed a hesitant expression. He didn’t know what this was. As he flew, he tried to put it in his storage bag, but this thing was truly strange. It wouldn’t fit inside his storage bag.
Wang Lin’s face revealed a bold expression. The Sky Demon Witch placed so much importance on this ice crystal, it was definitely not normal. He suddenly remembered the Sky Demon Witch’s move and placed the ice crystal on his forehead.
As soon as the ice crystal touched Wang Lin’s forehead, with a slight force, it entered Wang Lin’s body. Wang Lin didn’t feel any changes. His spiritual energy didn’t increase, and his soul remained the same.
Wang Lin felt doubt in his heart. It seemed like the ice crystal had just disappeared. He scanned his body, but couldn’t find any trace of it.
He frowned. Did the Sky Demon Wizard really spend all that effort, and even kill his disciple, to get this? Was the middle-aged man right when he said that this was trash?
Wang Lin frowned. Just as his body was about to move toward the Sea of Knowledge, his head began to ache.
The pain was very mild. It disappeared as quickly as it appeared. But moments after the pain subsided, a stronger pain appeared. This cycle repeated itself rapidly. What started as a mild pain turned into a severe one.
All of this happened too quickly. Wang Lin had only moved a few feet before he screamed in pain as his body trembled. The pain came in quick succession, each time more intense than the previous. He immediately touched his brow, trying to enter the Heaven-Defying Bead space to meditate, but he discovered that a strange spiritual energy suddenly appeared in his brain, preventing him from entering the Heaven-Defying Bead space.
Wang Lin’s face looked weak. He immediately sat cross-legged and began meditating. He soon realized that his own Knowledge Sea was surrounded by a blue light. The pain was emanating from there. No matter how strong Wang Lin’s mind was, he couldn’t block this pain; he could only endure it.
After a while, a blue circle slowly flew out from Wang Lin’s head. From that blue circle emerged countless tentacles. The tentacles simply hung there. As time passed, more and more tentacles appeared, and they grew longer and longer.
Finally, all the tentacles began to move. They began to rapidly rotate around Wang Lin. As more and more tentacles began to rotate around him, a giant, oval-shaped object like a cocoon appeared in the sky.
Meanwhile, a blue light emerged from the cocoon-like object. As the blue light appeared, numerous ripples spread in the nearby space. As the ripples intensified, a suction force appeared and pulled the giant cocoon into it.
In the blink of an eye, the cocoon disappeared into the sky. Everything returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.
Not long after, a demonic cultivator appeared at the scene. His face looked extremely old, and he seemed to be filled with hostility. After he appeared, he scanned the area, then casually grabbed the air, causing countless cracks to appear where he grabbed.
The demonic cultivator didn’t stop. He continued to reach out with his right hand to examine the cracks in space one by one. After finding nothing, he finally turned and disappeared.