Chapter 1801: Sovereign Xuan Attacked
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Early in the morning, after breakfast, Lin Huang walked over to the nearby market for a stroll.
He did not need to buy anything. He merely wanted to kill time, since he would be entering a mysterious territory tomorrow.
It was rare for him to have a day to himself, so he figured that he would walk around the market to see if he could find anything that would surprise him.
The morning went by as he strolled around, but he did not even purchase one thing. There was nothing that interested him at all.
After all, with his current level of ability, anything that could pique his interest had to be an exotic treasure at the very least.
When it was almost 12 noon, he walked into a restaurant that was rather crowded despite not being hungry. He ordered a couple of their signature dishes.
Food served at crowded restaurants would usually be palatable at least.
Lin Huang thought he would try them out since he was already here.
Very soon, the restaurant waiter served the first dish.
It was savory egg custard.
It was not a chicken egg, but rather an egg from a local bird in the Feister Star Zone called the Vivid Feather.
Such birds were similar in size to pigeons. They had beautiful, colorful feathers on their bodies, especially on their tails.
As they were pleasant to look at and could not fly very high, many people in the Feister Star Zone kept them as pets.
Such birds laid eggs too, but there would usually only be one egg each week.
Therefore, this savory egg custard was expensive.
Although Lin Huang knew that it was a local specialty dish, it was his first time eating it.
He raised his brows as he scooped it up and put it in his mouth.
The dish's texture felt like pudding. It was even more chewy than he thought, but it was delicious. It even whet his appetite a little bit.
After multiple scoops, he finished the dish.
Lin Huang thought that the savory egg custard would taste even better if Fatty had made it. Such an ingredient was considered outstanding among the food ingredients that regular people were familiar with.
He was even considering whether to get a batch of these eggs for Fatty.
As he was considering this, the waiter served the second dish.
It was a steak, fresh from the pan.
The recipe was similar to beefsteak. It looked similar to beefsteak too, but it was bigger and had a richer fragrance.
Lin Huang glanced at the dish's introduction on the menu.
It was an Eastern Eight Zone's specialty—Grass Hog.
This hog's size was similar to that of rhinoceroses on Earth. They were herbivores that could be found in large numbers in many of the almost uninhabited grass-field planets in the Eastern Eight Zone.
Their annual yield was high, and so were the sales numbers.
Lin Huang had tried this dish before. However, different chefs would definitely cook the same steak differently.
Looking at the color of the steak, which was pan-fried, and the fragrance wafting out, he cut a slice eagerly.
He suddenly frowned slightly after putting it into his mouth.
He lifted his head to look at the sky above the restaurant as he chewed on that piece of steak slowly.
At that moment, the ground suddenly shook.
Someone outside the restaurant screamed immediately, "Earthquake!"
However, Lin Huang knew that it was not an earthquake, but rather that someone had attacked Sovereign Xuan, causing the entire Dongxuan City to be shake violently.
"This steak is wasted now…" Lin Huang sighed softly helplessly and disappeared from where he was the next second.
Xuan Palace in Dongxuan City was completely protected by a layer of shielding.
To everyone below heavenly dao-level, Xuan Palace looked the same as always.
However, Lin Huang's Divine Telekinesis penetrated the layer of shielding and observed the situation within.
A black-robed spear cultivator in a fiend mask was fighting against the white-robed Sovereign Xuan.
A person in a fox mask stood not far away. He did not attack.
Sovereign Xuan specialized in both light and fire elements. His movement speed and attacks were extremely powerful.
However, that fiend-face had powerful close combat capabilities. His speed was no slower than Sovereign Xuan's.
Moreover, the size of Xuan Palace was limited. Sovereign Xuan tried his best to dodge and attempt to put some distance between them, but he could not get rid of his opponent in the end.
Apart from that, he would have to spare his attention to guard that man in fox mask that had yet to attack at all times.
He knew that the other person was not just watching, but instead waiting for him to reveal his flaws.
He did not know what abilities the man in the fox mask possessed, but he was sure that the person would not hesitate to join the fight as soon as he revealed any flaws.
Lin Huang who was hiding, and watching the battle unfold, could see the battle situation even clearer.
Sovereign Xuan was not hurt yet, but it was only a matter of time before he would be defeated.
The reason being was that everyone knew what the three Royal's Sovereigns were specialized in. Therefore, the ambushers they arranged should have extremely powerful abilities that targeted their opponents' weaknesses.
The two of them sealing Xuan Palace had already limited Sovereign Xuan's mobility significantly.
Sovereign Xuan was an Element Master. He was expert at medium-range attacks.
However, he could only maneuver in a small, confined range now.
Meanwhile, that spear cultivator had rather subtle movement skills. He was clearly specialized in high-speed movement skills. His speed in moving in a small range was not inferior to Sovereign Xuan.
Not only that, he was a spear cultivator. As soon as he approached Sovereign Xuan, one hit might be all it took for Sovereign Xuan to be injured severely.
Regarding the fox-face that had yet to attack, Lin Huang could guess that he had definitely mastered control-type abilities.
The reason being was that only control-type abilities would complement the abilities of that spear cultivator and ensure a sure-kill situation.
He had yet to attack until now in order to appear more intimidating. On the other hand, it was also to prevent his techniques from being exposed, which would give Sovereign Xuan the opportunity to take precautions against him.
Lin Huang knew that the fox-face was waiting for the chance to attack.
It would be a sure-kill situation as soon as he attacked.
Lin Huang thought that Sovereign Xuan basically did not have the chance to turn the tables around in this battle.
He had been plotted against comprehensively even before the battle began.
Lin Huang frowned slightly as he stared at the unfolding battle.
The Black Abyss definitely did not only target Sovereign Xuan alone in launching their attack. The other heavenly dao-level powerhouses of Royal, or the non-spy heavenly dao-level powerhouse of Royal, were definitely being attacked right now as well.
When he saw the news of Infinite being attacked earlier, he had predicted that the Black Abyss would attack Royal next. Never had he thought he would be around to witness it.
He might be able to save Sovereign Xuan, but he likely would not make it in time to save the others even if he rushed over to the other two battlefields.
When Lin Huang was briefly distracted, fox-face finally attacked.
He seized the moment after Sovereign Xuan had just completed his teleportation. His eyes beneath the mask lit up with a blue glow suddenly.
Sovereign Xuan fell into a daze and, at that moment, his body froze too.
The fiend that had been working in-sync with fox-face approached without hesitation. He thrust the spear between Sovereign Xuan's brows…
The tip of the spear was less than three centimeters away from Sovereign Xuan when something happened. Sovereign Xuan seemed to be pulled by a great force and retreated frantically.
At the same time, the fiend felt as if his spear had hit something hard. He could not pierce through the obstacle.
The blue glow in fox-face's eyes, who was standing not far away, faded away instantly.. He saw a man in white robe slowly consolidating before the tip of the spear. The white-robed man was using a finger to stop the fiend's sure-kill spear attack…
Chapter 1802: These Two Are My Lootc
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The pupils under the fiend mask shrunk when he saw the masked white-robed man appear in front of him without any warning.
He knew very well how powerful his spear attack was. It represented his full force that was superimposed with seven million Dao seals.
Not only that, the spear in his hand was a supreme-grade exotic treasure. It was a weapon that was only second to a supreme treasure.
However, such a spear attack had been stopped by that man's finger so easily.
The fiend felt his scalp turn numb when he saw that.
The reason being was that it was impossible for even a heavenly dao-level rank-9 powerhouse to do something like that.
It only took a second for him to come to the conclusion that this person was a half-step Dominator!
The person who came to the same conclusion as him was the man in the fox mask who was watching the battle from not far away.
As the fiend's long-time partner, he understood his partner's ability very well.
He also knew that the spear attack was the fiend's most powerful killing technique.
He was so shocked that his ocular skill was canceled automatically when he saw Lin Huang use his finger to stop the fiend's attack.
He made up his mind instantly. He said to the fiend through voice transmission, "Retreat!"
The reason why he chose to retreat without hesitation was because an unforeseen event that they had not seen coming had occurred. The mission of killing Sovereign Xuan had become something that was almost impossible. On the other hand, he was also terrified of Lin Huang's ability. He knew very well that if the two of them did not leave right away, they might not be able to do so later.
A half-step dominator-level powerhouse was not an existence that heavenly dao-level powerhouses could fight evenly with.
"Since you're already here, what's the rush?" Clearly, Lin Huang had heard fox-face's voice transmission.
He flicked the finger that stopped the tip of the spear.
The fiend only felt a great force spreading out from the tip of the spear. The next second, the spear left his hand entirely, and the bones in his right hand that had been holding it were crushed. From his palm to his shoulder, his entire arm distorted instantly, like a towel that had been squeezed dry.
Before he even had time to feel the pain, the fiend shot out spiraling as a result of the terrifying force of that finger flick.
"I seemed to have used too much strength…" Considering that the man was at heavenly dao-level rank-7 and had mastered seven million Dao seals, Lin Huang used eight million Dao seals in this attack. He even suppressed his attack speed.
However, he forgot that his physical body strength was already at half-step dominator-level as well. With such strength, even though he only used eight million Dao seals in his attack, the force of the attack had far surpassed the full force of a heavenly dao-level rank-9 powerhouse.
"Fortunately, he didn't die instantly." Lin Huang could sense that the man's Odyl and Divine Power had almost been drained completely by his attack. He fell unconscious immediately, but still had vitality left.
He did not wish to kill him just yet.
After all, there were many things that he wanted to ask him.
If he killed him accidentally and tried to retrieve his memories, there was a high chance that it would trigger the Abyssal energy in his head, which would destroy all of the useful information.
The man in the fox mask did not hesitate at all and turned around to escape when he saw the fiend being thrown out like that with a simple flick of a finger.
He did not seem to plan to save his partner at all. Instead, he hoped that this white-robed man that appeared out of nowhere would focus on the fiend for a little while longer so that he could run away.
However, just as he moved, he sensed an intense threat coming from his back.
He turned his head slightly and saw a red electric arc in his peripheral vision, traveling at a speed that was ten million times faster than him. The instant he glimpsed the red gleam, he felt a chill on his back.
The very next second, he felt that red gleam penetrate his chest.
"It didn't hit my heart…" The man in the fox mask was secretly elated. However, he soon realized that the Odyl and Divine Power in his body had been drained. He looked terrible now.
The man had left him alive on purpose…
Sensing the pain coming from his chest, fox-face felt weak and fell to the ground.
He had defeated two heavenly dao-level powerhouses from the Black Abyss with two attacks.
The entire battle took less than one second.
Sovereign Xuan, who witnessed the entire thing, was dumbfounded.
He only snapped back to his senses when he saw fox-face falling to the ground. He went forward and cupped his hands at Lin Huang immediately. "Thanks for saving me, senior!"
Lin Huang merely glanced at him before appearing next to fox-face in a flash.
His Divine Telekinesis threads were spread out. They removed the two rings on his hands and the mask on his face directly.
The face of an androgynous handsome man could be seen under the mask. His face was very small, and the shape of his face actually looked a little bit like a fox.
It was not that Lin Huang wanted to see what he really looked like. After all, he would not recognize him even after seeing his face. He removed his mask simply because the mask was transformed from a Soul Weapon, which was an exotic treasure.
After removing the mask, Lin Huang did not leave right away. Instead, he stretched out his hand toward the man's brow.
"Save your effort. You won't be able to retrieve any useful information…" The man's expression suddenly changed drastically, as he began to speak, "You…"
The reason being was that he saw that Lin Huang was not trying to read his memory at all. Instead, he was dragging his Kingdom out by force.
"Stop it…" The man panicked.
If he lost his Kingdom, heavenly dao-level aside, even maintaining his major dao-level ability might be a problem.
Lin Huang ignored him completely. It merely took a moment for him to remove the man's Kingdom from his body.
Fox-face, whose Odyl had been drained, did not have the strength to resist at all. He could only watch as his Kingdom left his body.
Without his Kingdom, he instantly felt his combat strength plummeting.
Within a few breaths of time, his combat strength dropped out of heavenly dao-level's baseline and into major dao-level.
After dropping to major dao-level, although the rate at which his combat strength was dropping had slowed down significantly, it was still falling.
"My years of cultivation are all gone…" The man lifted his head in an attempt to scream at Lin Huang, but he was long gone.
After retrieving fox-face's Kingdom, he appeared before the unconscious fiend in a flash.
After using Divine Telekinesis threads to remove the storage ring on his finger and the mask on his face, he did the same thing as before, and began to remove the Kingdom from his body by force.
Sensing something wrong, the fiend woke up gradually.
However, by the time he opened his eyes, he saw that the white-robed man before him had retrieved his Kingdom.
"You…" Right after saying a word, anger and rage rushed through his body and he ended up fainting again.
Sovereign Xuan cupped his hands again when he saw Lin Huang walking toward him after retrieving the two Kingdoms. "Senior…"
"Don't let these two kill themselves. Bring them to the union meeting alive as soon as you can to see if you can get any information out of them. Don't use God's soul techniques to read their memories. Their heads contain high-grade Abyssal energy that, when triggered, will wipe away their memories directly and even contaminate the person who retrieved the memories."
"Give me your contact number. I'll contact you a week from now. Give me a copy of the information if you find anything useful. Also, these two are my spoils. After you guys are done with the interrogation, return them to me." Lin Huang did not use voice transmission when he said that.
Fox-face looked extremely terrible when he heard those words.
Sovereign Xuan took out a piece of paper right after hearing that. He wrote down his contact number and handed it over to Lin Huang.
Lin Huang glanced at it. "Zhao Xuan…"
It was only now that he found out Sovereign Xuan's real name.
"May I know how to address you, senior?" Sovereign Xuan asked immediately.
"Do I look like I want to expose my identity?" Lin Huang pointed at the golden mask that he was wearing.
Sovereign Xuan was stunned when he heard that. He dared not ask further.
"From now on, you're the only heavenly dao-level powerhouse in Royal remaining. You should consider whether you should continue managing Royal or leave."
Sovereign Xuan was stunned once again when he heard that. However, he instantly realized that he was not the only target of the attack this time. His expression dimmed significantly at the thought that two of his colleagues might have died in battle.
When he lifted his eyes after that brief distraction, that white-robed man was long gone.
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Chapter 1803: I'm Too Late as I Thought
The reason why Lin Huang left the two Black Abyss members to Zhao Xuan of Royal was because he did not have a method to interrogate them.
If he read their memories, it would trigger the Abyssal energy in their heads.
The outcome would be the same if he hypnotized them. The reason being was that hypnosis' nature was also a psychic technique.
They could only interrogate those two, getting them to voluntarily reveal the information in order to avoid triggering the Abyssal energy in their heads.
Regarding techniques of that nature, Lin Huang was definitely not as well-versed as the professionals.
Secondly, he left the two behind intentionally; he had also left an imprint on their bodies.
He figured that there was a high chance that the Black Abyss would send heavenly dao-level powerhouses to rescue the two of them.
After all, the Black Abyss did not know that he had removed the Kingdoms in their bodies and that their combat strength had plummeted. To the Black Abyss, they would lose two heavenly dao-level powerhouses with powerful abilities if they left them alone.
If someone from the Black Abyss came to their rescue, he could hunt more Black Abyss members.
However, it would definitely not be Lin Huang's Primordium who would stop them at that point, but his mirror clone.
The mirror clone was the clone Lin Huang had made using the Mirror Dao seal.
The mirror clone had the exact same level of ability as Lin Huang's Primordium. Apart from the Goldfingers, the clone had almost perfectly copied his abilities, including his Kingdom and Dao seals.
Leaving the clone behind would be sufficient to handle the Black Abyss' rescue operation.
Meanwhile, Lin Huang was still going forward with his original plan, which was to enter the heavenly dao-level mystic territory in Southern 61 Zone.
A heavenly dao-level mystic territory was rare.
If not for the unusually frequent appearance of mystic territories during recent years, the entire universe might not even see a single heavenly dao-level mystic territory opening in millions of years in the past.
Since it was rare that he got the opportunity to enter a heavenly dao-level mystic territory, it was only natural that Lin Huang was unwilling to pass it by.
After all, a clone would be enough to handle things in the universe.
After leaving Xuan Palace, Lin Huang headed straight to Yuan City in the Eastern Eight Zone.
Yuan City was Sovereign Yuan's Kingdom projection, who was one of Royal's three Sovereigns.
Although Lin Huang knew that it would be definitely too late for him to go over now, he still held onto a little hope as he made his way to Yuan City.
However, he confirmed that he was indeed too late as soon as he arrived at Yuan City.
The reason being was that… the entire Yuan City was gone.
Although the planets where Yuan City's people lived were not greatly affected, Sovereign Yuan's Kingdom projection was gone.
Lin Huang scanned the area with Divine Telekinesis and did not find Sovereign Yuan and the remaining heavenly dao-level powerhouse's auras.
He only saw that Yuan Palace, which was covered with a layer of shielding, had completely collapsed.
Clearly, an intense battle had taken place here.
Lin Huang merely took a glance and did not examine the traces carefully. He headed straight to his next destination—Tian Capital.
Tian Capital was Nangong Tian's Kingdom projection, who was one of Royal's three Sovereigns.
He went to Tian Capital last because it was the furthest from Dongxuan City.
Nangong Tian had the most powerful abilities among the three Sovereigns. He was also one of Royal's founders. Lin Huang had previously sensed that he had mastered close to nine million Dao seals.
When he made it to Tian Capital, just like Yuan City, it was gone.
Meanwhile, the Tian Palace that Nangong Tian resided in was damaged even worse than Yuan Palace. Almost the entire ground had been upended by all sorts of attacks. Not even one inch of the ground remained untouched.
It seemed like the attack Nangong Tian encountered was even more terrifying than the attack Sovereign Yuan had been through.
Lin Huang scanned his surroundings with his Divine Telekinesis. He did not find anything as well.
There was no sign of Nangong Tian, nor were there any other heavenly dao-level powerhouses left behind.
"I was too late as I expected…"
Although Lin Huang had seen this coming, he thought that it was quite a pity.
Saving people was his second priority in rushing here. His main objective was actually to kill the Black Abyss' heavenly dao-level powerhouses.
If he could stop the three attacks, he would have obtained at least six heavenly dao-level Kingdoms, or even more.
After scanning through Tian Palace with Divine Telekinesis, Lin Huang returned to the Feister Star Zone without looking thoroughly.
He did not have the time to investigate the exact situation of the two battlefields.
He knew that the Grade-SSS Union in the Eastern Eight Zone would definitely investigate it. At that point, he would just read the investigation report. There was no need for him to waste his time on it.
When he returned to the Feister Star Zone, the tremors in Dongxuan City had subsided completely.
However, the people were discussing it.
Many even guessed that Sovereign Xuan had been attacked.
Lin Huang clicked into a couple of information platforms on his communication ring. The reports of Tian Capital and Yuan City being destroyed were flooding in.
He speculated that topics related to Royal being attacked would be trending on all of the information platforms in the Eastern Eight Zone within half an hour.
Perhaps it would not be limited to the Eastern Eight Zone. Even the other zones might see the news as well.
However, the news of Sovereign Xuan surviving would definitely be revealed soon as well.
The Black Abyss would probably quickly find out that their ambush mission here had not been successful.
The reality was just as Lin Huang expected. The people from the Black Abyss only found out that the ambush targeting Sovereign Xuan had failed when they read the news on the internet.
The Black Abyss members usually would not convene after the mission was completed, nor would they provide feedback on the situation.
All they usually needed to do was submit a simple report on the outcome of the mission within 24 hours of the mission being completed.
They would communicate issues immediately if something happened during the mission. However, such a situation hardly occurred.
This time, the fiend and fox-face were defeated by Lin Huang too quickly. They did not have time to communicate anything. Not only that, Lin Huang removed their communication rings, so they could not communicate with others anyway.
Given that they had prepared adequately beforehand for the Black Abyss' ambush mission this time, and that the arrangements were perfect, the mission should have encountered no difficulties. Theoretically, the success rate of the ambush was 100%. There was hardly any chance of failure.
It caused the remaining members to assume that the fiend and fox-face had completed the mission to ambush Sovereign Xuan successfully.
They only found out that something had gone wrong when they read news on the internet that only Tian Capital and Yuan City were destroyed, and that there was no news of Dongxuan City being destroyed at all. There was only news discussing the earthquake in Dongxuan City.
A few of them attempted to contact the fiend and fox-face but failed. Only then did they confirm that their mission had failed.
The people from the Black Abyss were rather confused about the failure of the mission. However, they did not head over to Dongxuan City rashly. Instead, they began to use their numerous spies to gather intelligence.
Within half a day, the Black Abyss had finally heard news from their spies.
The fiend and fox-face had been captured alive!
The person who did it was a mysterious white-robed man whose level of ability was suspected to be at half-step dominator-level!
They were completely shocked when they heard the two pieces of news. They held a meeting among the higher-ups without delay.
Meanwhile, the culprit, Lin Huang, headed over to Southern 61 Zone early the next day after resting for a day.
He left a mirror clone behind to guard the Feister Star Zone in Dongxuan City..
Chapter 1804: He Might Die
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Lin Huang hid himself outside the mystic territory in Southern 61 Zone.
Nobody noticed him with the Soul Weapon shielding his aura.
He briefly observed the mystic territory that was covered in gray fog for a little bit, after which he could already tell that it was most definitely a heavenly dao-level mystic territory.
The reason being was that, even though the fog had yet to fade, the aura coming from the mystic territory through the gray fog was more powerful than any mystic territory he had seen in the past.
After looking away from the gray foggy area, Lin Huang began to observe the exploration teams from the Southern 61 Zone this time.
At this moment, there was still plenty of time before the mystic territory opened. The exploration teams had yet to fully gather.
Lin Huang noticed that all of the organizations did not bring any Lords with them this time.
He fell into a slight daze, but instantly understood the reason behind this arrangement.
After all, a heavenly dao-level mystic territory was too dangerous. Lords might be even weaker than the smallest of monsters in there. They were not qualified to participate in this exploration.
As there were no Lords, the number of exploration teams from the Southern 61 Zone this time had been reduced.
Among the 14 teams that had arrived at the moment, there were three organizations with guardian heavenly dao-level powerhouses. Each of them had sent two heavenly dao-level powerhouses.
The three organizations were clearly grade-SSS organizations from the Southern 61 Zone.
Lin Huang even did his homework yesterday. There were a total of five grade-SSS organizations in the Southern 61 Zone. The other two most likely had yet to arrive.
He found the information from the documents he had gathered in the Eastern Eight Zone. He roughly recognized the three grade-SSS organizations, and the few heavenly dao-level powerhouses among them, who had arrived.
Apart from heavenly dao-level powerhouses, the three grade-SSS organizations deployed the same number of major dao-level and minor dao-level powerhouses.
They had 30 major dao-level powerhouses and 200 minor dao-level powerhouses.
Although no Lords were participating, one could see how important this exploration was for these grade-SSS organizations from the Southern 61 Zone.
Apart from the three grade-SSS organizations, the remaining 11 teams were from grade-SS and grade-S organizations.
The differences between the two were quite obvious.
The grade-SS organizations each had three major dao-level powerhouses in charge. They had 50 minor dao-level team members.
Meanwhile, the grade-S organizations only had two minor dao-level powerhouses in each team.
When it was close to nine in the morning, the rest of the exploration teams finally arrived one after the other.
As expected, none of the five grade-SSS organizations from the Southern 61 Zone were absent.
The five grade-SSS organizations had a total of ten heavenly dao-level powerhouses.
Among them, the most powerful one was a bald man. He was a powerhouse at heavenly dao-level rank-9.
His ability could be considered to be outstanding in the entire universe.
Among those ten people, the weakest one was at heavenly dao-level rank-5.
Including the five grade-SSS organizations, there were a total of 71 exploration teams.
There were 18 grade-SS organizations, while the remaining were grade-S organizations. There were a total of 48 of them.
This time, all of the explorers who participated were at dao-level.
The total number came up to 2,210 people.
This number was actually pretty low. However, compared to the exploration teams in the Eastern 23 Zone that Lin Huang had entered, their overall ability was at least onefold more powerful.
At 9:20 am, the gray fog that was covering the mystic territory finally faded completely.
The many organizations from the Southern 61 Zone did not stir up a commotion. Instead, they headed toward the mystic territory in an orderly manner.
The first teams to enter were from the grade-SSS organizations, followed by the grade-SS organizations and, finally, the grade-S organizations last.
When almost everyone had entered the mystic territory, Lin Huang disguised his aura and sneaked inside.
His sneaky entry was also very successful.
He sensed the teleportation activating, and soon found himself inside a brand new world.
After taking a brief look around, he could not help but furrow his brow.
"Is this the Abyss?"
Although Lin Huang could clearly sense the aura of the Abyss in the few mystic territories he entered into, this one gave off the exact same feeling as the Abyss.
He spread out his Divine Telekinesis after a moment of hesitation.
However, he suppressed it to the strength of a limit heavenly dao-level powerhouse.
He frowned even more after the scan.
As he thought, all of the monsters on the entire level of this mystic territory were Abyssal creatures.
Not only that, his Divine Telekinesis scanning could reach the borders of this level of the mystic territory. There seemed to be something more beyond the border, but it appeared to be blocked by something.
He also found the entrance to the next level, from which he sensed more powerful auras.
The structure of the entire mystic territory was exactly the same as the Abyss. It was like a miniature version of it.
Lin Huang could not help but recall what White Brow had said once—Mystic territories were just bubbles in Aza's dreams. Even the Abyss was just a dream to Aza.
He shook his head to get rid of the errant thoughts.
Lin Huang headed straight to the entrance to the next level.
Almost all of the monsters where he was currently at were at minor dao-level.
It matched his disguised combat strength.
Nevertheless, he did not plan to waste any time here.
This was a heavenly dao-level mystic territory. The value of killing heavenly dao-level Abyssal monsters would be countless times higher than killing minor dao-level monsters.
Initially, his goal of entering this mystic territory was to kill heavenly dao-level monsters.
After all, a heavenly dao-level monster carcass was worth thousands of times more than major dao-level monsters, let alone minor dao-level monsters.
Very soon, Lin Huang appeared at the entrance to the next level.
He went straight in without hesitation.
After passing through the entrance, he appeared at the level where major dao-level monsters were congregated.
As he expected, the internal structure of the mystic territory was almost exactly the same as the real Abyss. It was just that it gave off the feeling that it was many times smaller.
Lin Huang did not stay on the major dao-level level either.
He found the entrance to the next level quickly and stepped into it again.
After passing through the entrance of the Abyss, he appeared within the new level directly.
On this level, the sky had almost dimmed completely.
Not only was there no moon, there were not even stars.
There was an eerie, faint red glow on the clouds in the sky. The entire world was dark-red.
Lin Huang spread out his Divine Telekinesis again.
Of course, he was very careful.
When he spread out his Divine Telekinesis, he used his Soul Weapon to superimpose a layer of shielding.
After the scan, Lin Huang's expression suddenly changed.
The reason being was that he found out that there was a small area that his Divine Telekinesis could not penetrate.
This was not a shield technique to prevent someone from probing.
It was an area of close to a hundred kilometers, in which his Divine Telekinesis seemed to be devoured by something as soon as it entered its vicinity.
The feeling was like a black hole devouring light.
Lin Huang instantly had his guard up when he sensed that strange feeling.
Initially, he thought this mystic territory would not contain anything that could threaten him.
However, it seemed that he had been too naive.
This mysterious area was very dangerous.
Driven by curiosity, he tried probing with his Divine Telekinesis again a few times. After figuring out the perimeter of the area roughly, he decisively chose to give up.
His instinct told him that he might die if he entered that area!
Chapter 1805: Rank-7—Omniscience
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
After entering the level in the mystic territory, Lin Huang very soon locked onto his first hunting target with Divine Telekinesis.
The distribution of Abyssal monsters on this level was unusually sparse. There would basically only be one monster every one million kilometers or so.
Therefore, Lin Huang was not picky about his target. He straightforwardly chose the one that was closest to him.
It was a heavenly dao-level Abyssal monster with tentacles, which looked similar to a jellyfish.
Its body was semi transparent and it floated 10,000 meters in the sky.
Its length was around some 30 meters, but its tentacles could stretch out hundreds of kilometers away.
The tens of tentacles had countless tiny colorless thread-like tentacles growing out of them as well. They spread throughout the entire sky, covering a radius of hundreds of kilometers.
It was like an invisible, giant web set up in the sky, capturing all of the living creatures that trespassed into that area.
It hid its aura extremely well. Were it not for the fact that the strength of Lin Huang's Divine Telekinesis surpassed it, he might really have overlooked its existence.
Though its aura was hidden, he guessed that this jellyfish monster should have combat strength at heavenly dao-level rank-8. It had surpassed most of the heavenly dao-level explorers from the Southern 61 Zone.
Given that those thread-like tentacles contained Abyssal energy that would contaminate its targets, if any explorers accidentally invaded its territory, there was a high chance that they would die.
To others, it was undoubtedly a dangerous predator.
However, Lin Huang was smirking to himself. "I should be able to sell a heavenly dao-level rank-8 monster at a good price…"
As soon as he was done speaking, he appeared outside the web that the jellyfish monster had set up almost instantly.
The semi-transparent monster noticed Lin Huang immediately.
It seemed to have an excellent sense of danger. It instinctively sensed a great threat coming from Lin Huang and, almost without hesitation, it recalled its thread-like tentacles directly and tore through space with a tentacle in an attempt to escape.
Lin Huang could not help but feel stunned when he saw this. "This guy is running away just like that?"
Nevertheless, a couple of God Weapon flying daggers shot forth from his sleeves the next moment.
Without waiting for the jellyfish monster to enter the spatial rift, the blood-colored electric arcs penetrated its body.
In this attack, Lin Huang used ten million Dao seals. However, with the critical hit effect superimposed from the Critical Hit Hammer, the jellyfish monster did not possess the strength to resist it at all.
A large amount of Odyl attacked it, draining it of all the Odyl in its body instantly.
It caused the monster, which only required one particle in its body to regenerate itself, to lose its ability to do so. Lin Huang killed it right away.
"I think you can train this guy. Do you want to consolidate a complete Monster Card?"
Xiao Hei's notification suddenly popped out before his eyes.
It was the first time Xiao Hei had taken the initiative to consolidate a Monster Card.
Lin Huang merely thought about it for a moment before nodding in agreement. "Sure."
A moment later, Xiao Hei's notification came again.
"Congratulations, host. You've obtained a complete Monster Card, Abyssal King Jellyfish (Omniscience) x1"
At the same time, a black-bordered card was consolidated in front of Lin Huang.
"Omniscience?!" He raised his brows.
The level above Pure Spirit rank-6 was Omniscience rank-7. Lin Huang had seen that in some of the documents in the universe.
However, it was rare to find an Omniscience monster.
According to the recordings, an Omniscience monster would be at least minor dao-level when they were born. There were many that were born at major dao-level. There were even a small number of them born at heavenly dao-level.
It was as if they had done a great job in their past lives in order to be reincarnated as omniscience monsters right away.
Therefore, the level was called Omniscience.
Not only that, an Omniscience monster, no matter if they were born at minor dao-level or major dao-level, would elevate to heavenly dao-level when they grew to adulthood. The Kingdoms in their bodies would become full automatically, and the Heavenly Dao would be consolidated.
Lin Huang looked at the card's information as soon as he obtained the Monster Card.
"Monster Card: Not named yet"
"Rarity: Omniscience"
"Monster Name: Abyssal King Jellyfish"
"Type of Monster: Abyssal Jellyfish (Pure Blood)"
"Combat Level: Heavenly Dao-level Rank-8"
"Major: God's soul, Divine Telekinesis…"
"Major Skills: Power of A King, Divine Puppetry, Illusory Dream…"
"Minor Skills: Death Telepathy, Cell Immortality…"
"Summon Authority: Activated"
"Card Remarks: Please spare no efforts in cultivating this!"
"Power of A King, Divine Puppetry, Death Telepathy…" Lin Huang was a little envious when he saw those few skills.
Power of A King was an innate deterrence ability that very few monsters possessed. It was similar to Dragon Power, but more powerful. Power of A King was like a sword cultivator and saber cultivator's sword force and saber force. They could be superimposed on attacks.
Divine Puppetry was a puppet control-type secret skill. This skill of the Abyssal King Jellyfish could basically suppress all entities that possessed a weaker God's soul than itself.
In reality, Lin Huang had obtained a similar ability from Bloody and Grimace.
However, the Abyssal King Jellyfish's puppetry ability was undoubtedly even more powerful.
Meanwhile, Illusory Dream was an illusion-type toxin ability.
The Abyssal King Jellyfish's skill was performed using the threads on its tentacles, which contained the Illusory Dream toxin.
As soon as one was touched by the threads on its tentacles, they would fall into an illusion completely and not be able to get out of it.
The longer they were tied up by the threads on the tentacles, the deeper the level of toxin's contamination, resulting in them being drawn even deeper into the illusion.
Therefore, it was almost impossible for any living thing to escape once they were captured by the giant web it set up.
Among all of the skills, the one Lin Huang cared about the most was the minor skill Death Telepathy.
This skill not only warned its user of danger, but could even predict the scene of them dying beforehand.
However, this would only happen under the premise that the entity that would cause the death was within their sensing range.
This was the reason why Lin Huang could kill this Abyssal King Jellyfish, because he was only sensed by the monster the second before he attacked.
It would have run away earlier if it had sensed his existence beforehand.
"No wonder that guy ran away immediately." Lin Huang finally understood why the monster did not fight at all and chose to run away like that after reading the detailed description of the skill.
It was because it saw the scene of itself being killed and knew that there was no way it could turn the tables on the situation at all.
Among all of the skills that the Abyssal King Jellyfish possessed, Lin Huang undoubtedly desired this skill the most.
With this skill in hand, he could definitely avoid many unknown risks.
Although his current level of ability was very powerful, he did not think that he was truly invincible yet.
There were so many dominator-level powerhouses outside the universe.
Any one of them might be able to kill him easily.
Fortunately, since Xiao Hei's authorization had been completely released, Lin Huang inherited all of the abilities of his imperial monsters. As long as he wanted, he could use any of their skills.
He tapped open his personal skill slot and soon saw the skills possessed by the Abyssal King Jellyfish. They were included in his personal skill slot now, including the Death Telepathy that he desired most.
He was pretty satisfied to have obtained the Abyssal King Jellyfish's Monster Card this time.
Chapter 1806: Are You Going to Speak?
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
After putting away the carcass, Lin Huang said to Xiao Hei directly, "If we encounter Omniscience monsters or monsters of even higher grade later, convert all of them into Monster Cards directly."
"Do you want the Pseudo-Omniscience ones as well?"
Xiao Hei asked immediately.
Lin Huang hesitated for a second before shaking his head. "Forget the Pseudo-Omniscience ones. I'm sure there are many monsters on this level that are at Pseudo-Omniscience. I'm staying here for a month. By then, I probably would have killed hundreds of them. How would I even have enough resources to train them… Also, Pseudo-Omniscience is only half a rank higher than Pure Spirit. I'd rather spend the resources on Bai and the rest."
In reality, there was a split-second moment when he thought that he would just build a heavenly dao-level army directly. After all, the monsters on this level of the mystic territory, no matter whether they were Pseudo-Omniscience or Pure Spirit, had combat strength that was at heavenly dao-level. He could use them directly when they were consolidated into Monster Cards.
However, after thinking it through, if he really did that, Bai and the rest that he had trained might be put aside completely.
After all, the value of those heavenly dao-level monsters would definitely be higher if he gave them the resources, but he had trained Bai and the rest. Not only that, they were his buddies who had accompanied him throughout his journey.
Therefore, without hesitation, Lin Huang got rid of the thought of training Pseudo-Omniscience monsters.
Compared to training new heavenly dao-level monsters, he would rather use the resources on his old buddies.
In the meantime, he would not reject legitimate Omniscience monsters.
After all, monsters of that level were considered to be at the top in the universe. He could use them directly. Even if he was in the infinite universe, they would still be considered to have relatively good combat strength.
Looking at the new Monster Card in his palm, Lin Huang fell silent momentarily before crushing it directly to summon it.
The jellyfish monster consolidated in front of him.
The jellyfish monster which had become his imperial monster obediently hid its aura before him.
Lin Huang took a good look at it and only spoke after thinking to himself for a moment. "You look a little like a cloud. I'll call you Bloop then."
The Abyssal King Jellyfish had no gender. The name Bloop was more feminine, but
quite suitable for it.
The jellyfish monster seemed to be very happy when it heard its name. It kept nodding and even released a sound that sounded like "bloop" repeatedly.
Lin Huang pointed between its brows after giving it a name.
"These are some inheritances on Divine Telekinesis and God's soul cultivation that I sorted out before. Take a look at them when you have the time. There are many things that you might not be able to use directly, but you can learn them first. Especially the psychic cultivation method Seamless, study it properly. It will have many benefits in elevating your level of ability."
When one had reached Lin Huang's level, one could understand the cultivation method's theory simply by taking a glance at it. To Lin Huang, the splitting of telekinetic threads in Seamless was actually something basic. However, the idea behind this method was amazing and could be used continuously.
Bloop specialized in Divine Telekinesis and God's soul. Learning the cultivation method would definitely provide it with many benefits.
Bloop was stunned at first when it received the inheritances. It then began to look at them.
Lin Huang returned it back to its card form directly before waiting for it to finish reading.
It could continue to study while in card form.
Lin Huang's Divine Telekinesis very soon locked onto the second target. He then went ahead.
The reason why he did not get Bloop to join the battle was because, to him, hunting solo was more efficient.
He needed less than a second to end a battle. However, if he got Bloop to fight, it might take hours to finish.
Moreover, he was only planning to stay for a month inside this mystic territory. To him, time was a precious resource throughout this one month.
Lin Huang's second target was an Abyssal Saberfiend.
This Abyssal Saberfiend was already at heavenly dao-level rank-9. Its overall level of ability was even more powerful than Bloop, plus it had powerful close combat ability.
When Lin Huang encountered it, he could not help but put away his God Weapon flying daggers and used his battle sword instead.
To be honest, when he saw this human-form monster, he had a fleeting eagerness to make it his.
However, considering that it was only at Pseudo-Omniscience, he gave up that thought decisively.
Later on, he killed the third, fourth monster…
As he hunted more monsters, he realized that Pseudo-Omniscience monsters comprised over 90% of this level of the mystic territory.
Less than 10% of them were at Pure Spirit, and their combat strength was lower than heavenly dao-level rank-3.
Meanwhile, there were even fewer legitimate Omniscience monsters.
Throughout the day, Lin Huang killed over a hundred heavenly dao-level monsters on this level. Bloop was the only one that was at Omniscience.
…
As Lin Huang was busy hunting in the mystic territory, it had become chaotic back in the Eastern Eight Zone.
Zhao Xuan from Royal had been staying inside Xuan Palace. Not only did he refuse to see anyone, he rejected all calls.
On the internet, many rumors were being circulated about the incident of Royal being attacked. There were many discussions, but Royal did not come out to clarify any of the information.
Some said that Zhao Xuan had been attacked and injured severely, and that he was dying.
Some said Zhao Xuan was already a half-step dominator-level powerhouse from the beginning. The reason why Dongxuan City was alright was because he killed the ambushers from the Black Abyss on his own.
Some said that the reason Dongxuan City was secure was because a half-step dominator-level powerhouse secretly stepped in. The half-step dominator-level powerhouse was living in Dongxuan City in seclusion.
There was a lot of news, and nobody knew which news was real or fake.
There were 20 to 30 versions of each rumor on the internet on the topic of Zhao Xuan staying inside Xuan Palace.
Meanwhile, Zhao Xuan had not stepped outside Xuan Palace for a few days since the attack.
Deep within Xuan Palace, an exotic treasure tied two people on two stone pillars.
They were the two ambushers from the Black Abyss previously.
However, at the moment, their combat strength had deteriorated to the threshold of major dao-level, and was still falling gradually.
It would only take a few days for their combat strength to drop to minor dao-level.
The two of them were stripped naked. It was extremely humiliating.
There were burn marks all over their bodies. There was almost no flesh that had not been burnt.
"Infinite's Mountain Master Zang Kong, and one of Deep Space's founders Elder Wu Ning. I can't believe that the two of you are the Black Abyss' spies. What I can't believe even more is that you guys ended up in my hands." Zhao Xuan squinted. "I specialize in light and fire. I've mastered over 300,000 types of Dao seals in these two elements. I've only used less than 1,000 types throughout these three days. Spill the information you don't want to experience more pain."
"Just kill us right now if you dare!" Wu Ning, who looked ugly, shrieked with all of his might.
"It's simple if you want to die. I'll give you a quick death as soon as you spill what you know," Zhao Xuan said while his finger closed in on Wu Ning's forehead. He smiled. The blue flame on the tip of his finger seemed unstable.
Even if the flame only touched him a little bit, Wu Ning could feel an unusual amount of burning pain coming from his God's soul.
"I'll make you guys suffer more than the day before if you don't spill the information." Zhao Xuan pressed his finger on Wu Ning's forehead as soon as he was done speaking. Sizzling noises came from the spot where the blue flame touched Wu Ning's skin.
At the same time, Wu Ning shrieked in devastation while his body trembled intensely.
However, Zhao Xuan removed his finger despite the burn having only lasted a moment. The reason being was that he sensed that the Odyl in Wu Ning had been drained again.
His God's soul would collapse directly if such a torture continued.
At that moment, Wu Ning had lost consciousness. He was drooling, and he even lost control of his bowels. There was urine and feces all over the ground.
Nevertheless, Zhao Xuan seemed to have gotten used to the situation. He turned his head to look at the androgynous Zang Kong, who was also tied on a stone pillar while smiling.
"Are you going to speak?"
Chapter 1807: Take Care of My Loot
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
In a star zone that was not a heavenly dao-level projection in the Eastern Eight Zone, a man in a silver mask sat on a couch in a luxurious hotel.
In the living room across him were video projections of a few people in masks sitting upright.
"Is there news from Royal?" Silver-face asked in a deep voice.
"No, I don't know what that Zhao Xuan is doing. He has been staying inside Xuan Palace these days. Not only is he rejecting any visitors, he has blocked all calls. Nobody can contact him at all." The man in an inexperienced youth's mask was clearly a little impatient judging from his tone.
"Can we confirm which pieces of information on the internet are true?" Silver-face glanced at the people present and asked.
"We can't. We're guessing that there is a lot of information that Zhao Xuan got people to spread on the internet as a distraction, and the authenticity of the information online is questionable," the man in the inexperienced youth's mask answered.
"I think that there is a high chance of that one piece of news about a half-step dominator-level powerhouse being true." At that moment, a man wearing a mask with a child's face suddenly spoke, "Perhaps only a half-step dominator-level powerhouse would be able to capture the two of them alive."
Child-face spoke and suddenly turned his head to look at the man in a golden robe and white mask next to him.
The remaining people also looked at him.
"I only know that Royal definitely doesn't have any half-step dominator-level ancestors guarding them." The white-mask continued, "As for whether Zhao Xuan is hiding his ability, I'm not too sure about it either."
"You've been working with him for so many years. Didn't you sense anything wrong?" Child-face continued asking.
"The three of us took care of different things. We'd basically only contact each other through video calls when something happened. We would only meet in-person if we encountered something that required us to gather and work together. It's been close to 10,000 years since we've seen each other," white-face explained, "Therefore, it's possible that he had secretly elevated to rank-9 and past that to dominator-level."
"Now the problem is, regardless of whether it was Zhao Xuan or someone else, the person who attacked Zang Kong and Wu Ning is most probably a half-step dominator-level powerhouse. Also, this person might still be in Dongxuan City."
"Zhao Xuan isn't showing himself on purpose, and the fact that he's not clarifying any rumors proves that he wants the news to continue developing. Even if our spies have been rooted out entirely, it's impossible that we wouldn't be able to find any news on the internet. He knows that and is waiting for us to rescue them. This is an overt plot!"
"It also proves that he has someone or something powerful backing him up!" The man in an inexperienced youth's mask said with certainty.
The man in the silver mask fell silent momentarily. "Since that's the case, I'll go with you guys. If there's really a half-step dominator-level powerhouse guarding Dongxuan City, I'll buy you guys some time. However, it's impossible for me to fight that person. I can only stall him for you guys for ten minutes at most. If the commotion is too great, we might attract the guardian."
"Ten minutes is enough. All of the heavenly dao-level powerhouses of the organizations in the Eastern Eight Zone are under our watch. None of them have headed to Dongxuan City. Apart from Zhao Xuan, there are no other heavenly dao-level powerhouses in Royal."
"If Zhao Xuan is at half-step dominator-level, as long as Lord Blackguard can stall him, we can enter right away and locate Zang Kong and Wu Ning. If Zhao Xuan isn't at half-step dominator-level, as long as Lord Blackguard can stall that half-step Dominator, we only need one to two people at most to keep Zhao Xuan busy. The rest won't need much time to locate the two of them. As long as Zhao Xuan is hiding them in Dongxuan City, we'll find their exact coordinates simply by scanning with Divine Telekinesis after entering Dongxuan City."
White-face sounded sure.
"What if Zhao Xuan hides the two of them in his Kingdom?" Child-face asked in a teasing tone.
"Then we'll kill him!" White-face gave that answer without hesitation at all.
"You're such a cruel man." Child-face's teasing tone was even heavier now.
"Alright, stop the nonsense. To be safe, apart from me, at least three people among us should participate in the mission this time." Silver-face glanced at the people present.
"Count me in." Child-face was the first to respond. "I haven't been to Royal's headquarters yet."
Swollen-face glanced at the remaining people before speaking, "Count me in too."
Child-face turned to look at white-face as soon as he heard that, "Didn't you say you would kill Zhao Xuan just now? What? You can't bear to do so now?"
White face merely glanced at child-face before nodding. "I'll go too."
"Three people should be enough. I'll stay here and continue monitoring the organizations' movements. I'll inform you guys if there's anything," the man in an inexperienced youth's mask said.
"Alright then." Silver-face nodded lightly. "The three of you will gather at my hotel and we'll head to Dongxuan City together. We'll rescue the two of them today."
After the discussion ended, silver-face turned off the communication device and waited for the three of them to arrive patiently.
…
Deep in Xuan Palace in Dongxuan City, devastating shrieks echoed throughout the entire palace.
Zhao Xuan's punishments were getting more and more cruel, tormenting Zang Kong and Wu Ning to the extent that they wanted nothing more than to die.
However, they did not reveal anything useful.
Zhao Xuan frowned deeply. He was getting pissed these past few days. The reason being was that he realized that this was not because his interrogation techniques were not cruel enough, but rather because Zang Kong and Wu Ning believed in that Aza from the Black Abyss too much.
In reality, the two's combat strength had dropped to minor dao-level. They could not handle his heavenly dao-level techniques. They had collapsed from his torture from the beginning, and they had revealed everything personal about themselves. However, Zhao Xuan could not get them to reveal anything about the Black Abyss at all.
Now he regretted a little bit that he had tortured them until they had collapsed.
Zhao Xuan flung his sleeves in disgust when he looked at the two of them who would shiver and even pee their pants from a mere glare of his. He slowly walked over to his throne. "Maybe I should get a psychic to fix their heads before interrogating them again?"
Just as Zhao Xuan was thinking what to do next, he suddenly raised his brows and lifted his head to look into the sky.
"So they've finally come after holding back for so many days?"
Almost at the same time, a figure quickly consolidated inside Xuan Palace.
However, that figure exuded no aura at all.
If he did not appear within Zhao Xuan's field of vision directly, he might not have sensed his arrival.
Feeling shocked, he cupped his hands immediately. "Senior."
The person who came was Lin Huang's mirror clone. He was dressed just like how Lin Huang was earlier. He was wearing a white robe and a golden mask on his face.
Apart from not being able to use the Goldfingers in Lin Huang's body, the mirror clone was almost identical to him. He even replicated his God Weapons.
After all, God Weapons were a part of Lin Huang's body.
Moreover, he had exactly the same Kingdom and number of Dao seals that Lin Huang had mastered.
Naturally, Zhao Xuan could not tell the difference.
The mirror clone nodded slightly at him, and then said casually, "There are four people here. One half-step Dominator, and three people who have a similar level of ability as you."
Zhao Xuan's expression changed slightly when he heard that. He had been confident because he knew that Lin Huang would come. Never had he thought that the Black Abyss would send a half-step dominator-level powerhouse as well.
"Then… should we hide for now?" Zhao Xuan hesitated for a second before asking.
"No need." Lin Huang's clone glanced at Zhao Xuan. Naturally, he knew what he was thinking at the moment.. He said in a calm tone, "Just take care of my two spoils."
Chapter 1808: Not Even One Minute
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Almost at the same time Lin Huang's clone was done speaking, four figures appeared in Xuan Palace's courtyard fearlessly.
"Seems like only Zhao Xuan's aura is present." White-face stared at the closed palace doors and said softly, "And he's at heavenly dao-level rank-6."
Child-face and swollen-face seemed to have also sensed the same thing from their probing.
Silver-face was the only one who sounded serious. "No, there's one more guy that you guys failed to sense…"
Before he was even done speaking, the palace doors suddenly opened. The moment the doors were opened, countless blood-colored electric arcs shot forth frantically like water gushing from a broken dam.
The three heavenly dao-level powerhouses did not manage to see what those blood-colored electric arcs were at all, but they sensed the terrifying power within them. Any one of those blood-colored electric arcs could kill the three of them instantly.
They would not be able to defend themselves, much less escape.
In addition, from just a glance, they could see that there were hundreds of millions of electric arcs.
Fortunately, all of the blood-colored electric arcs ignored the three of them and attacked the man in the silver mask. They felt relieved.
The half-step Dominator from the Black Abyss looked rather terrible under the silver mask.
Perhaps the person was not bothered with the three of them but, because the person did not kill those three heavenly dao-level powerhouses by his side, all of the pressure was on him.
He could sense clearly that the power contained within each of those flying daggers was no weaker than his entire full force attack; there were hundreds of millions of such flying daggers.
If he were to fight head on, the Odyl in his body would definitely be drained instantly.
As he tried his best to dodge, he was waving his saber around to defend himself against the flying dagger attacks that he could not dodge.
However, Lin Huang's flying daggers were controlled by Divine Telekinesis. Under his control, the flying daggers could change their attack trajectories as he wished.
Within ten seconds, there were tens of wounds on silver-face's body.
Although they were just surface wounds, they drained him of a massive amount of his Odyl.
Silver-face quickly realized that it would only be a matter of time before he would die from being drained if this went on. He merely hesitated for a second before causing his Kingdom to descend directly.
A Dominator's Kingdom was collided and integrated from the ten full worlds in a heavenly dao-level powerhouse's body.
In reality, a half-step Dominator's Kingdom was somewhat similar.
It was just that a half-step Dominator's Kingdom was a Kingdom whose integration had failed.
From a certain perspective, it could be considered as a broken Dominator's Kingdom that possessed an incomplete internal structure.
Whether one was comparing the strength, size or the authority of the Kingdom, it was far from a legitimate dominator-level Kingdom.
Therefore, a half-step Dominator would usually be unwilling to have their Kingdom descend.
Silver-face did so as his last resort. After all, he had promised the three of them that he would stall the opponent for ten minutes.
Inside the palace, Lin Huang raised his brows lightly under the mask when he saw silver-face's Kingdom descend and cover the entire Dongxuan City.
That was it?!
From his scanning with Divine Telekinesis, he sensed clearly that the strength of the man's Kingdom was less than one-tenth of his.
After his Kingdom descended, silver-face clearly looked more confident now.
The reason being was that there were endless saber gleams hidden in his Kingdom.
The ink-black saber gleams collided with those blood-colored electric arcs accurately.
The initial pervasive flying dagger attack had been completely suppressed now.
It was to the point that there were more saber gleams charging into the palace, targeting Lin Huang.
Lin Huang smirked mockingly. The next second, his Kingdom descended too. Not only that, it began to expand continuously.
The moment Lin Huang's Kingdom descended, silver-face sensed something wrong. He had a drastic change of expression under his mask.
Naturally, he clearly sensed that Lin Huang's Kingdom was much more powerful than his own.
There was a moment he suspected the man to be a legitimate Dominator.
However, that thought was dismissed instantly. The reason being was that the strength of his flying dagger attack had displayed his real ability.
If he was at dominator-level, it was completely unnecessary for him to trick him like that.
Perhaps his Kingdom was powerful because the degree of integration within his Kingdom was higher.
Jealousy flashed through his mind. 'So what if the degree of integration is higher? Aren't you being defeated now?!'
However, that thought soon faded as soon as Lin Huang's Kingdom started expanding at a high speed.
"This can't go on. My Kingdom will collapse!" Silver-face instantly understood Lin Huang's intentions.
At that moment, Lin Huang's mocking voice traveled into silver-face's ears clearly.
"How much of your combat strength do you think you will retain when your Kingdom is destroyed?"
Silver-face's expressions were constantly changing under the mask. He merely hesitated for a second before recalling his Kingdom quickly.
At the same time, he said to Lin Huang through voice transmission, "I don't want to make you an enemy. I only want to take back the two people that you've captured."
"They're my spoils. Also, do you really think that I'd release the tigers back into the mountain?" Lin Huang scoffed.
"Their level of ability isn't a threat to you at all." Silver-face continued to attempt to communicate with Lin Huang. He knew that he could not fight him.
"They're not a threat now, but what if they're lucky and elevate to dominator-level in the future?" Although Lin Huang said that, he was secretly thinking that it made complete sense that they were no longer a threat. They had lost their Kingdoms. They would have to start from true god-level if they were to cultivate again.
However, these people from the Black Abyss clearly did not know that he had crippled the two captives.
If they knew, they would definitely have regretted their trip here.
The reason being was that the two people who had lost their Kingdoms were not worth saving at all.
"How can it be so easy to elevate to dominator-level? You're just like me. We're both at half-step dominator-level. You should know how difficult it is to get here. The two of them don't have the necessary talent and potential." Silver-face still wanted to argue his case. "If that won't work, name your price. We can pay a ransom."
He was just saying on the surface, as he secretly thought that such an arrangement would only be temporary. After they saved their men, they would get more people when they returned to headquarters. It would only be a matter of time before Lin Huang had to return everything he took from them.
"Alright, stop your nonsense. I won't release them." Naturally, Lin Huang knew what kind of trick he was trying to pull.
It was impossible that people from the Black Abyss would place themselves at a disadvantage. It was always temporary when they surrendered.
They were begging now, and they would take revenge later.
Moreover, he had taken the two's Kingdoms. He could not give them back even if he wanted to.
"Not only will I not release them, but I think you guys should stay too."
Lin Huang attacked suddenly, The God Weapon flying daggers shot forth from his sleeves frantically again.
The flying daggers' attack was tens of times faster, and the power of the attack was increased by tens of times as well.
The reason for this was because he superimposed one million Dao seals from his Kingdom in this attack.
The attack pierced through silver-face's chest. It drained all of the Odyl in his body instantly.
Lin Huang even avoided piercing his vital parts in this attack.
To prevent him from only pretending to have his Odyl drained, Lin Huang pierced other flying daggers in the non-vital parts of his body continuously.
After doing that tens of times, silver-face lost his strength and passed out directly.
Lin Huang used a Divine Telekinesis thread to pick up the body and dragged him into Xuan Palace directly.
The three heavenly dao-level powerhouses from the Black Abyss were dumbstruck when they saw that.
Initially, they thought they would head into Xuan Palace to save their men while silver-face stalled Lin Huang.
Never had they imagined that silver-face, who had promised to stall Lin Huang for ten minutes, could not even hold on for a minute before being captured alive.
Chapter 1809: I Can Get You Anything You Want
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The three of them looked at each other.
They definitely could not escape even if they tried. The powerhouse who had captured silver-mask still had his Kingdom here, which covered the entire Dongxuan City.
If they fought back, they would definitely be seeking death.
Even the half-step Dominator who came from the headquarters could not hold on for even one minute and had been captured alive. Even if the three of them were to work together, they probably would not be able to escape the conclusion of being killed instantly.
Just as they were wondering what to do, a voice suddenly echoed from the depths of Xuan Palace, "I almost forgot about the three of you."
As soon as they heard that voice, they felt a thread crawling up their ankles. It tied them up within the blink of an eye.
They knew that it was futile to struggle. Not only that, they could not even get out given their level of ability. They could only watch themselves being dragged into the Xuan Palace.
The three heavenly dao-level powerhouses from the Black Abyss had not expected before coming here that this would be the way in which they would enter Xuan Palace.
After being dragged deep into the palace, they finally saw the attacker's appearance.
It was a man in a white robe who had a golden mask on his face.
If they had not seen this person with their own eyes, they would not have noticed that there was a person standing there at all.
That frightened them even more.
Very soon, they noticed that silver-face was currently being tied up by five chains on his limbs and neck. His body was floating in front of that white-robed man. He looked like he was performing a backstroke.
Lin Huang merely glanced at the three of them before turning his attention once again to the unconscious silver-face.
He pressed his hand to silver-face's forehead and inserted his terrifying Divine Telekinesis into his head. It transformed into large hands and began to pull his Kingdom out of his body.
Although silver-face had fainted, his consciousness was awakened instantly from the impact of what Lin Huang was doing.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the masked Lin Huang attempting to remove his Kingdom. He immediately struggled frantically.
However, it was futile no matter how much he struggled.
The Divine Power and Odyl in his body had been drained completely, and even his God's soul energy was close to exhaustion. Given the fact that the chains Lin Huang had tied him down with were made using God Weapon flying daggers, he probably would not have been able to get out even at his peak condition, let alone now.
He soon realized his fate. He began to attempt to persuade Lin Huang after calming down a little bit.
"Um… Senior, I can get you many Kingdoms if you want. If you let me go, I can get you three Kingdoms at least… No, I can get you five half-step dominator-level Kingdoms.
"If you take my Kingdom now, it's no different from killing the chicken to get the eggs. Moreover, the Black Abyss headquarters will target you for revenge…"
"If people from the Black Abyss' headquarters dare to come, I'll capture them alive as well. I'd like to see exactly how many half-step Dominators there are in the Black Abyss." Lin Huang was not affected at all by the man's words as he continued to pull his Kingdom out.
"That's not what I meant. I know that your ability is outstanding, senior. You're definitely stronger than other half-step Dominators…" Silver-face became a little angry seeing that Lin Huang was not convinced. He was also a little panicky. "What do you want exactly? As long as you're willing to let me go, I can definitely get you anything you want!"
Lin Huang slowed down after hearing that. He said to silver-face, "I want all of the names of the Black Abyss spies in the Eastern Eight Zone. I want the coordinates of the Black Abyss' branch in the Eastern Eight Zone, as well as the headquarters. As long as you can tell me that information, I'll let you go."
"Um…" Silver-face looked troubled instantly.
Naturally, he could not spill those things. In reality, he did not plan to fulfill his previous promise either. He had only said those words to be released.
"Didn't you say that you could get me anything you want?" Lin Huang was clearly mocking him. "You can't even fulfill my small request?"
"I really can't do that…" Silver-face rejected Lin Huang decisively. As one of the Black Abyss' founders, he knew the consequences of betraying the Black Abyss very well.
"Oh, really?" Lin Huang stared at silver-face for a moment, and then turned his head to speak to Zhao Xuan, who had almost zero sense of presence, "Show the two of them to him."
Without any hesitation, Zhao Xuan released Zang Kong and Wu Ning out of his Kingdom.
They were naked and in a daze while drooling.
Their auras had deteriorated to minor dao-level.
They hid immediately when they saw Zhao Xuan. They squatted behind the stone pillars in the palace and shook in terror.
Silver-face was stunned at first when he saw them, after which he then felt a chill run through his entire body.
He screamed at the three people in rage, "Didn't you guys confirm the conditions of the captives at all before asking headquarters to save them?!"
He was furious. He could not believe that he was put in this situation for these two pieces of trash.
The three people clearly had fear in their eyes when they looked at Lin Huang now.
They thought that it was Lin Huang who made Zang Kong and Wu Ning like that.
Lin Huang glanced at the three of them before speaking, "As long as you guys are willing to tell me about the Black Abyss, you won't end up like these two."
"I only have a quota for one person. It's a rare chance. I can give you guys three minutes to think about it." Lin Huang had his eyes on silver-face in front of him after he said that. "It's not too late for you to change your mind. You'll lose the opportunity entirely after I remove your Kingdom completely. You should know that the three of them will definitely spill even if you won't."
"Also, you've seen the state of the two. You don't want to be like them, do you?" When Lin Huang spoke to this point, Zhao Xuan cooperatively lit up the flame on his fingertip and turned his head to look at the two hiding behind the stone pillars.
They peed directly…
While they peed, they ran toward the other stone pillars that were further away on all fours.
Silver face gulped and only spoke helplessly, "It's not that I don't want to tell you, we signed a contract in the name of Aza when we joined the Black Abyss. If we revealed their secrets, our God's soul would be contaminated with Abyssal energy entirely, while the contract would wipe our consciousness, turning us into an Abyssal monster."
Lin Huang squinted slightly. As he was determining the authenticity of the man's statement, he soon recalled White Brow's act of revealing much information about the Black Abyss back then.
"You're lying! From what I know, White Brow from the Longevity Tribe revealed plenty of information about the Black Abyss. I found out about the existence of the Black Abyss in the Eastern Eight Zone from him."
At that moment, white-face who was tied up not far away spoke up, "White Brow was just a reserve member. He didn't need to sign the Abyssal contract. Even if he revealed anything, he only knew very little. He didn't even know where our branch coordinates in the Eastern Eight Zone were. Only official members have to sign the Abyssal contract. We only have seven official members in the Eastern Eight Zone. We all have heavenly dao-level combat strength…"
"Nangong Tian?!" Before white-face was done speaking, he was interrupted by Zhao Xuan, who had been standing at the side.
Zhao Xuan discovered the man's identity from his voice. He dashed forward in a flash and removed his mask.
Lin Huang recognized the face under the mask as well. He was one of the three Sovereigns from Royal who had been reportedly attacked earlier—Sovereign Tian!
Chapter 1810: I'll Give You Three Seconds
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Nangong Tian was one of Royal's earliest founders.
He had only been at minor dao-level when he participated in the founding of Royal.
Among the three founders, he was the only one who managed to elevate to heavenly dao-level, becoming the person who possessed the highest seniority in Royal.
He was even the one who promoted Sovereign Xuan, Zhao Xuan, to his position.
Since Zhao Xuan was promoted to be one of the three Sovereigns, they had taken charge of two different places and hardly saw each other. Despite that, he was utterly familiar with Nangong Tian's voice.
He recognized Nangong Tian's voice as soon as he spoke.
Initially, he thought that Nangong Tian had been killed during the Black Abyss' attack. Never had he imagined that this guy betrayed the very Royal that he founded and became a member of the Black Abyss.
Clearly, Tian Capital being attacked was merely a facade that he erected.
He pretended to be killed during the attack and removed himself from Royal.
Having his mask removed by Zhao Xuan, the expression on Nangong Tian's face was clearly uncomfortable.
He chose to escape because the Black Abyss had absolute confidence in killing the other two Royal's Sovereigns. He seized the opportunity to fake his death, so it would be impossible for his identity as a spy to be exposed.
He never imagined that a variable, Lin Huang, would appear and save Zhao Xuan.
Not only was he alive, but he had even captured the Black Abyss' two heavenly dao-level members, resulting in the current situation.
At that moment, he regretted participating in this mission. Initially, he had been quite unwilling to come. After all, he would have to face his old friend. However, as child-face had instigated conflict, to show his loyalty, he bit the bullet and came along. Even if he was recognized, it would have been difficult for Zhao Xuan to escape death, so it was nearly impossible for his identity to be exposed. He had never thought that things would develop to this state.
He spoke out because he knew that it was only a matter of time before his identity would be exposed.
The white-robed man or Zhao Xuan would remove their masks sooner or later. It was only a matter of time before their identities would be exposed.
He spoke in order to seek a lifeline.
After all, he and Zhao Xuan were old friends. He could even be considered half his teacher.
Their relationship might be a key factor for his survival.
Zhao Xuan was shaking from rage when he saw Nangong Tian's face under the mask.
"Nangong Tian, how can you face Royal?! How can you face the tens of millions of Royal members?! You founded Royal with your own two hands. Are you trying to destroy it yourself now?!"
Nangong Tian allowed Zhao Xuan to finish, before speaking slowly, "Royal would still be Royal without the three Sovereigns, only weaker."
"Really?! Have you ever thought how many people will leave without heavenly dao-level powerhouses acting as Royal's guardians, and how much of our territory will remain? Or even how many of the ancillary worlds and resources of all sorts will remain?!" Zhao Xuan continued asking.
"My identity might be exposed any time. I just wanted to fake my death and escape, I didn't think too much about it." Nangong Tian looked away. Clearly, he knew about those consequences, but he did not care for them at all.
"Didn't think too much about it?! What gives you the right to trick me and Li Yang? You don't mind killing the two of us just to escape?!" Zhao Xuan was red with rage.
"I'm sorry, I didn't have any other options…" Nangong Tian did not fight back, he only apologized. He lowered his stance now not because he was really repenting, but purely to ask for sympathy.
"You didn't have any other options?! You could've chosen not to join the Black Abyss from the beginning. Then none of this would have had to happen!" Zhao Xuan continued to roar.
"If I didn't join the Black Abyss, I might not have been able to break through to heavenly dao-level for the rest of my life. I might not even achieve half-step dominator-level!" Nangong Tian looked at his old friend in front of him. "I know my own talent and potential. I knew that I was at a dead end."
"Do you know the feeling of someone opening a brand new door to you? A door suddenly appeared on the wall of a dead end. After opening that door, you could go forward. Not only will you arrive at the place you desired, you could even go further."
"The Black Abyss showed me that door. They gave me the power to surpass the limits of my own talent and potential, breaking through heavenly dao-level and stepping into dominator-level… I saw a better future!"
Zhao Xuan had no idea how to respond to what Nangong Tian said at that moment. He stood where he was, stunned.
At that moment, Lin Huang finally spoke.
"You guys are just pathetic. You gave up the most precious things just for an illusory hope that might not even come true. You betrayed your family, people you love, your friends… just to hold onto that illusion."
"Even if the illusion does come true, is it worth it?! Even if you went beyond heavenly dao-level and stepped into dominator-level, so what? Could you surpass the limits of your talent and potential and go further?"
"Don't worry, I guarantee that that won't happen. There'll be a cap to breaking the limits of your talent and potential. Sooner or later, you'll arrive at your limits again, and meet the same dead end. Not only that, at that point, nobody will open the door for you."
"That Aza that you guys worship can't do that either. The reason for that is because He isn't infinitely powerful. He's only at dominator-level rank-4 or rank-5 at most. Also, He has reached his limit."
"No, an ant like you doesn't understand how powerful Aza is." Nangong Tian shook his head immediately to retort.
"There's no entity that's infinitely powerful. As long as they exist, there must be a limit. The Aza you guys worship is no exception." Lin Huang was very determined when he said those words.
However, his words were meaningless to the few people from Black Abyss.
Any living beings whose God's soul had been branded by Aza's clone were His slaves and fanatics by nature. They would not listen to the "heresies" of the outside world.
"Please come to your senses, Nangong Tian." Zhao Xuan could not bear to see Nangong Tian turn into one of Lin Huang's spoils. "If you're willing to remove yourself from the Black Abyss today and swear to cut ties with them and all of their members, I can try and beg senior for mercy to spare your life."
"Stop wasting your time." However, Lin Huang shook his head. "If I'm not mistaken, the Abyssal contract they signed is Aza's God's soul brand. Unless one's God's soul is more powerful than Aza's, nobody can remove that brand at all."
"Even if he left the Black Abyss on the surface, his God's soul would still worship Aza. Also, there are actually ways to remove the contract."
As expected, Nangong Tian looked a little uncomfortable when Lin Huang said that. Although he concealed that instantly, Lin Huang and Zhao Xuan sensed that.
Indeed, he planned to give his promise to save his life first.
About the contract, although it would work on ordinary people, just like what Lin Huang said, he had ways to remove the contract.
Nangong Tian's heart sank instantly when Lin Huang exposed his secret.
Although Lin Huang had been distracted as he spoke, he did not stop retrieving the Kingdom at all. Soon, he had almost retrieved silver-face's Kingdom entirely.
"I'll give you three seconds to tell me about the Black Abyss. You don't have to be straightforward about it, you can speak indirectly. After all, you're only betraying the Black Abyss, not Aza." Lin Huang grabbed onto the corner of silver-face's Kingdom between his brows. He could pull it out entirely just by exerting some force.
"Three!"
"I…"
"Two!"
"The outcome would be the same no matter how I choose to reveal it…"
"One!"
"I really can't…"
"Time's up!"
Lin Huang exerted force without mercy.. With his Divine Telekinesis, the man's Kingdom was pulled out completely by force.