Chapter 398 Ghosts and Beasts
Luo Zhidao, whose cultivation skills were sealed by martial arts techniques, had a look of confusion written all over his face.
No, buddy...you only said that you would use me as cannon fodder, you never said that you would use me as a token of your loyalty!
Xia Lin said none of this mattered.
I brought you along so that you can play a role. Now, haven't you fulfilled your role?
Even though poor Luo Zhidao's cultivation was sealed, he kept giving Qin Tai cold looks, not knowing that these two had already clung to his thighs. Who would want to play the "forbearance, dormancy, and outbreak" game with you, Luo Zhidao?
The demons on the prismatic spaceship were also confused.
After hesitating for a moment, the demon reached out and took Luo Zhidao. After pinching his tendons and bones to test Luo Zhidao's physical strength, his face changed immediately.
The hostility is gone, replaced by kindness.
"I feel your sincerity."
Then he must be able to feel it...
The strength of this demon is not weak. He is roughly at the level of the Black Domain villain who died suddenly from the deteriorating demonic breath when he entered the venue. With the blessing of the deteriorating demonic breath, he is only slightly stronger than that man.
This strength is not as good as any one in Xia Lin's cannon fodder team, and is far worse than Luo Zhidao.
And Luo Zhidao was just caught by Xia Lin again.
With such a huge disparity in strength, Xia Lin's sincerity is beyond doubt.
"I wonder where you guys want to go?"
The demons tentatively asked Xia Lin and others about their goals and objectives.
In the absence of information, Xia Lin couldn't make up anything, so he just pointed to the northeast direction where Wuxin was and said vaguely.
"We want to go there... You know my friends, it's just a premonition that there seems to be something I need over there."
This statement was quite false, but the demons suddenly realized it.
He sneered: "You are quite powerful and have a keen intuition. You have realized that that is the only Garden of Eden in the universe."
As he said this, he walked out of the spaceship and made a gesture of invitation to Xia Lin and others.
"Come on board. I have to go back to the Demon Palace to report, so I'll give you a ride."
The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously.
Xia Lin paused, feeling a chill in his heart.
…
The universe is so vast that there are many people with the same name.
There are no taboos for Liuzhu, and he does not care about the offense of other people or things with their names.
——This can be seen from the names such as Black Star and Pillar of Eternity.
Therefore, it is normal to name a place or building after the Demon Palace, and there is nothing strange about it.
Xia Lin did not miss this detail.
The spacecraft turned around and headed northeast.
Thick smoke billowed out of the prismatic corners, continuously releasing deteriorating demonic pollution.
——The burnt smell that I smelled when I first entered the venue came from here.
Xia Lin sat in the co-pilot seat, next to the demon.
"Nicholas."
He took the initiative to extend his hand, and the demon switched the spacecraft to autopilot mode, turned around and held Xia Lin's hand.
"Leilei."
When their eyes met, Xia Lin's eyes were filled with blood, dyeing his pupils a deep scarlet.
Lei Lei's eyes were dazed for a moment, then he calmed down again, but he had fallen into a hypnotic state.
With overwhelming combat power, Xia Lin has too many ways to get information out of Lei Lei's mouth, and this method is the most covert, least troublesome, and most efficient one.
Lei Lei turned his head again and looked out of the porthole.
Then he spoke slowly, and his low voice echoed throughout the control room and was heard by Xia Lin, Qin Tai, and Leng Mo.
"Time, the 82nd Era of Destruction."
"It has been more than 800,000 years since the war between the Demon Emperor and the Immortal Emperor began."
"The horn of the decisive battle has already sounded, but the balance of victory and defeat has not yet tipped."
"Immortal Emperor, you have taken away our homeland. This blood feud can only be paid with blood."
"The Demon Emperor used the power of balance to destroy the Immortal Emperor's plan, but as long as the Immortal Emperor is alive, the Demon Emperor will never be at peace."
A muffled voice suddenly sounded behind him.
"This is... the old universe..."
Leng Mo trembled as he said this, but Xia Lin just nodded slightly and uttered four words: "The old days are back."
This is not only an accurate description of the current situation, but also the name of a skill that Junyou once possessed.
Based on the experience of the Junyou incident in the past, the true appearance of the dark world is connected.
Qin Tai wanted to say something, but Xia Lin reached out, put his index finger to his lips, and signaled Qin Tai to shut up.
Lei Lei's voice continued to sound.
"At the beginning of the era of destruction, after the first balance, the Immortal Emperor used his great magical power to reshape the earth, retaining some of the remaining souls of the immortals and refining the planet into the immortal souls to serve as a shelter and barrier."
"In the same year, the Immortal Emperor occupied the Lori Star Cluster and used the Heavenly Dao Equation to pollute the will of the universe and tamper with the Heavenly Dao rules: the human race will prosper forever, and people will be born with spiritual roots. This laid the foundation for all races to be inferior, and only the human race is superior. The prosperity of the Immortal Dao began from then on."
"Thirty years later, the Immortal Dao League was established. In the same year, the Demon Emperor sneaked into the Lori Star Cluster and contaminated the Immortal Dao League headquarters with the first version of the deteriorating demonic aura. He then blew the horn of decisive battle and launched the first battle between immortals and demons. In this battle, the Lori Star Cluster was destroyed, and only the Immortal Emperor survived."
"Twenty years later, the Demon Emperor used the Soul Creation Technique to activate the will of the universe and distorted the laws of heaven set by the Immortal Emperor: those who possess spiritual roots will be punished by heaven and will not live past adulthood."
"In the same year, the Immortal Emperor used bloodline spells to kill all the divine beasts in the universe, and used the remains of the divine beasts in the world to refine the Celestial Corpse Demon Dragon."
"Ten years later, in the center of the cosmic lake, where the activated cosmic will was located, the second battle between immortals and demons broke out. In this battle, the Zenith Corpse Demon Dragon died, and the activated cosmic will was destroyed. The basic rules of the universe began to collapse."
"Eighteen years later, the Immortal Emperor took over the Heaven's place, incarnated the will of the universe, and modified the rules of the universe: all newborns of the myriad races in the universe regarded the Immortal Emperor as their Heavenly Father and offered their loyalty to him."
"Twenty years later, the Demon Emperor used a large-scale matter activation technique to activate all things in the universe, and the first cosmic war between man and matter began."
"Thirty-five years later..."
"At the beginning of the second era of the Era of Destruction, the third war between immortals and demons broke out..."
Lei Lei's voice continued to ring out.
The entire story of the Era of Destruction slowly unfolded before Xia Lin and the other two.
However, the three did not feel any joy in clearing up the fog of history... they just felt a chill deep in their bones.
Xia Lin finally understood what the King of Kings meant by "no bottom line".
——Any material... not people, but material, has become a weapon in the hands of the two.
——Poor cosmic will, in front of two high-ranking beings, was like a toy, destroyed, reshaped, destroyed again, and reshaped again. The Soul Creation Technique activated the cosmic will and turned it into a weapon. The Immortal Emperor replaced the heaven with his body and became the cosmic will. The Demon Emperor rejected the Immortal Emperor's technique of replacing heaven with a human by making his dream come true. The Immortal Emperor modified the long river of time with the Heavenly Dao Equation and retrieved the cosmic will from the past.
——Space, time, dimension. Flesh, life, soul. In front of these two, they were like plasticine, being molded into various shapes. They didn't care about the life and death of all races in the universe, until the entire old universe was riddled with holes.
"Now……"
Lei Lei's voice sounded again.
"The universe has collapsed, and the remaining population is nearly ten million. Some are hiding in the Demon Palace, as the demons, protected by the Demon Emperor. Some are hiding in the Earth inside the Immortal Emperor, as the immortals, protected by the Immortal Emperor. The scattered survivors, such as you, are struggling to survive in various parts of the silent universe and can be ignored."
"There are 1,865 planets left in the universe, all of which are dead and do not have the foundation to nurture life."
The Creator of Heaven and the Demon Emperor destroyed everything in the old universe.
"But the battle between immortals and demons has not yet been decided."
Xia Lin's mouth twitched and he rubbed his forehead unconsciously.
He used to not understand why the King of Kings would say that the personal grudge between the Demon Emperor and the Creator was the greatest natural disaster in the main universe, even surpassing the uncontrollable original dark side.
Now he understands.
——When personal hatred evolves to a point where there is no bottom line, when the Six Pillars no longer hold back and go all out, they certainly cannot do anything to each other, but they can easily destroy any existence below them in rank.
These are two time bombs, and the King of Kings has erected a barrier between them to maintain a fragile balance.
Even the King of Kings cannot take sides.
Two on two, it's a delicate balance.
Three to two, the balance was broken.
Once the balance is broken, unless the advantaged party can eliminate the other party in a short period of time, in the fight between trapped beasts, the Lord of Heaven or the Demon Emperor of Soul, who are far stronger than in the old days, are entirely possible and capable of carrying out the operation of reducing all things to ruins and perishing together.
"But if you think about it this way, training a new pillar doesn't seem to solve this problem..."
As soon as this thought came to mind, Xia Lin suppressed it himself.
Maybe it is possible.
The Six Pillars would not have failed to think of this problem, but they still placed their hopes of breaking the deadlock on the "unknown", which proves that they believe that the emergence of the new pillar can solve this problem.
Xia Lin does not think that his vision is higher than Liu Zhu's, nor does he think that he is smarter than Liu Zhu.
A soft murmur suddenly sounded.
After Lei Lei finished telling the history of the past, he broke free from the hypnotic state and woke up.
He wiped his mouth, turned to Xia Lin and said with an apologetic smile: "I accidentally fell asleep."
Xia Lin smiled and nodded. After confirming again that his hypnosis had not left any traces, he raised his head and looked forward.
There was no need for Xia Lin to say more, Lei Lei had already spoken.
"Oh, I've had a good sleep. Look, we've arrived at the Demon Palace."
In front of him, the dark, majestic but dilapidated Demon Palace came into view.
Four words to describe the state of the Demon Palace: battle-scarred.
Most of the 1998th floor of the Demon Palace has collapsed. Vast energy gushed out from the depths of the Demon Palace, like glue, maintaining the integrity of the Demon Palace.
Xia Lin's gaze was directed towards another light source further away.
The colorful light was like boiling wolf smoke, pouring straight into the sky. Its momentum was even more noticeable and eye-catching than the Demon Palace.
And in the depths of the light, one can vaguely see a magnificent giant whose size is no less than that of the Demon Palace!
"That is..."
Hearing Xia Lin's question, Lei Lei grinned.
"Just an old thief."
It is the Creator of Heaven.
But the distance between the two sides is too close...
After thinking about it, Xia Lin sighed and shook his head.
Because at the current time point, the old universe has collapsed beyond recognition, and the venue itself is not very large, so both the Demon Emperor and the Immortal Emperor can easily lock onto each other's position.
Up to now, the old universe has become a limited area of death fighting arena.
The two warring parties had no external forces to utilize or rely on.
"Beast fight."
These two words suddenly appeared in Xia Lin's mind.
One cage, two beasts.
In a limited space, rely on your teeth and claws as weapons to determine the final winner.
It is difficult to estimate who will be the winner of this beast fight.
After all, in the past timeline, the battle between these two was not decided, and was interrupted by the intervention of a third party.
"So, do you want to go? Go to the Demon Palace? To participate in this battle where the protagonist cannot die but the supporting characters will die?"
Qin Tai whispered this question.
Xia Lin broke two tracking cards into pieces and located Wu Xin and Donald respectively.
The tracking card gave clear feedback: Wuxin was with the Lord of Heaven, and Donald was in the Demon Palace.
So he nodded.
"Yes."
It took less than a minute for the words to finish.
This prismatic vanguard ship has already entered the Demon Palace through the crack in the palace.
…
Xia Lin doesn't have much information about the dark world.
Because the person he was searching the soul of was not Nicholas - this man was a level twelfth under the original dark side, and Xia Lin would be crazy to take things out of his brain.
Xia Lin’s source of information is just an eleventh-level villain in the Black Domain.
This guy has had experience in the dark world, but he has an unclear understanding of the dark world's existence mode, and he doesn't even understand the world view.
The appearance of Lei Lei made up for Xia Lin's shortcomings in this aspect, but he was unable to support Xia Lin in making any proper plans and careful arrangements.
“Take it one step at a time.”
Xia Lin said this in the private chat among the three people, and then added more.
"But one thing is clear, the remnants of the Immortal Emperor and the Demon Emperor are the core of the current situation, and even involve the birth of the universe bug."
That level 11 villain has such a memory in his mind.
——The entire dark world flashed white light, a roar sounded, and the cosmic bug was born.
He was confused and knew the facts but not the reasons, but Xia Lin could make such a judgment now.
——The point where the cosmic bug appears is the moment when the war between immortals and demons breaks out!
“That makes sense.”
In the afterimages of the past woven by the original dark side, the battle between immortals and demons began. The collision of powerful forces led to the destruction of the old universe.
This can be described as the nightmare of the original dark side. When the nightmare reappeared, the original dark side was stimulated, and its power escaped uncontrollably, conflicting with the current main universe rules, thus creating a cosmic bug.
The logic is very complete and self-consistent.
"It's just that it's a bit too reasonable..."
Xia Lin said this as he got off the flying boat.
Now that he has understood the true nature of the dark world, Xia Lin naturally has different feelings.
This entire dark world is what the original dark side thinks and desires in his heart, and it can be regarded as the dream of the original dark side.
But dreams are generally chaotic and illogical, and this is too logical...
I shook my head and stopped thinking about this question: because there are so many reasonable possibilities that can answer this question.
For example, the essence of this place is not a dream.
For example, the power of the six pillars is extraordinary, and even dreams are different from others.
There are too many reasonable answers to filter out the truth, so there is no point in thinking too much.
Just then, the reminder tone of "You have been locked by the tracking card" rang in my ears.
Xia Lin raised his head and looked forward.
Then I saw a tall demon, leading four younger brothers with different appearances and races, walking towards me from a distance.
From a distance away, the tall demon was already waving his arms enthusiastically.
“Here, here!”
It's Donald.
The tracking card used by Xia Lin reminded Donald that Xia Lin had also arrived in the dark world.
Originally, Donald didn't want to involve Xia Lin in this incident - this guy has a good character and doesn't like to trouble others.
This is also the reason why Donald said to Xia Lin at that time: The secret cannot be revealed.
But Ying's self-willed decision disrupted Donald's plan. Given the current situation, it's not a good idea to talk about anything else, and the cooperation is the end of the matter.
As the two sides approached each other, Xia Lin discovered that Donald had a medal hanging on his chest.
There are three bars on the medal, two more than the one bar on Lei Lei's.
This made Lei Lei stand at attention and salute: "Private Lei Lei, greetings, sir!"
Donald simply returned the gift, then looked at Luo Zhidao which was held in Lei Lei's hand.
"Give me this."
Donald took the Luo Zhidao and stuffed it into Xin Zhan's hand. He then said, "These people are my friends. Private, your mission is completed. Leave the rest to me."
Lei Lei: “Yes, sir.”
Turn around and walk away.
Only after Lei Lei walked away did Xia Lin burst out laughing.
"Okay brother, you're doing pretty well."
Donald laughed innocently.
"It's just taking advantage of the race."
…
Donald is from the ancient demon clan, and the ancient demon clan is the dragon demon among the demon clan.
Status comes from strength.
Whether it was their innate racial values, their body structure, or their genetic fighting instincts, the ancient demons were the most powerful among the demons. They were the divine beasts among the demons.
Therefore, as long as their acquired development is not too distorted, every ancient demon is a strong one and can obtain a status that matches their strength.
Even Donald, an outsider, was given the rank of private first class because of his innate racial identity.
Xia Lin couldn't help but sigh: "I thought you were related to the Demon Emperor of this year."
As soon as these words came out, Donald sighed.
The two stood side by side and looked at the Heavenly Maker who pierced through the sky and the earth. Donald spoke slowly, "It's not related... Wuxin probably has a relationship with the Heavenly Maker these days, but my situation is different."
Donald had apparently also used the tracking card on Wuxin and locked onto Wuxin's location—right beside the Lord of Heavenly Dao.
Donald, who had received reminders and intelligence in advance, knew much more than Xia Lin.
He raised his hand and pointed at the center of the eyebrows of the Lord of Heaven.
Between the eyebrows of the Lord of Heaven, there is a "mole" that is slowly rotating and glowing faintly.
"That is Earth, the Demon Emperor's hometown, but it has been usurped by the Immortal Emperor."
"Later, the Immortal Emperor will refine it into his own immortal soul. Unless you kill the Immortal Emperor, you can't touch it at all."
"And the place where Wuxin is at the moment is right there...inside the body of the Immortal Emperor."
Xia Lin nodded in understanding, then grinned and said, "That is to say, we have to deal with the former Immortal Emperor first before we can deal with Wuxin..."
This is too difficult.
Donald grinned, "That's unnecessary... Wuxin can't stay in the body of the Immortal Emperor for his entire life. Anyway, let's talk about this later. The key point is that Wuxin is indeed the son of the Immortal Emperor. There is no doubt about that. Therefore, his blood relationship with the Immortal Emperor allows him to be protected by the Immortal Emperor in this first level of the re-enactment scene of the past."
The first floor... the past is reborn...
Donald said two terms that Xia Lin didn't understand for the time being, but Xia Lin didn't ask in a hurry, just listened to Donald continue.
"And I have no blood relationship with the Demon Emperor... The relationship between us is a little too distant."
Xia Lin nodded to show his understanding.
"This is only one reason... The second reason is that the Demon Emperor during this period cannot be contacted or communicated with."
"He has gone mad with killing..."
Before Xia Lin had time to savor the true meaning of this sentence, he suddenly heard a shrill alarm sounding throughout the Demon Palace.
At the same time as the alarm sounded, the Demon Palace was instantly covered by red light!
The bone-chilling cold instantly filled my bones.
Xia Lin was even controlled on the spot, unable to move at all except for thinking.
The dull sound of breathing rang out from the depths of the Demon Palace and was heard by everyone.
Like a wild beast.
And in the outside world, as if responding to the beast's breathing, the Immortal Emperor who was omnipotent slowly raised his head, and the corners of his mouth began to rise little by little.
A deep, heart-wrenching fear was suddenly awakened.
In stiffness, Xia Lin watched as the Immortal Emperor's mouth widened wider and wider, revealing a mouthful of jagged sharp teeth... until his eyes narrowed into slits, and that exaggerated smile covered half of his cheek like a circus clown!
How could he be an immortal?!
He is clearly an evil ghost who has long lost his sanity!
The perspective suddenly moves backwards.
However, the entire Demon Palace was instantly thrown to the border of the ruined old universe by the huge force.
The red light slowly faded and became softer, and the stiff body returned to the control of the will.
A voice suddenly sounded, like a declaration.
"The 38925th battle between immortals and demons has begun!"
Xia Lin ignored the announcer-like voice and just looked into the distance.
It was right where the Demon Palace originally stayed.
A shadow appeared out of nowhere.
The sound of stirring beasts roared from within the shadow's body. Along with the noisy beast roars, the shadow quickly condensed and eventually turned into an entity whose size was no less than that of the Lord of Heaven.
He has the same body shape and facial features as the Demon Emperor in the new universe, and looks relatively normal.
Just a suppressed and low explosive sound came out between his breaths, his eyes were like a dragon, a cat, and all kinds of beasts, the shape of his pupils kept changing, and his whole body exuded a ferocious aura like a wild beast.
After a brief confrontation, both of them laughed exaggeratedly.
Immortal Emperor: “Hehehe…”
Demon Emperor: “Hehehe…”
Then they collided with a loud bang.
(End of this chapter)
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