Chapter 121
Compared to the eighth level of Purgatory, Ye Bai did not expect the ninth level to be like this. All scenes that could be called an environment no longer existed. There was no scorching magma, no Purgatory creatures running around, no Purgatory-specific creations, and even no 'ground' to serve as a foothold.
Because Kraken was so powerful, even though it seemed to have passed through the space crack before Ye Bai, it actually arrived here later.
If Kraken had arrived a little later, Ye Bai might have died in a funny way, killed by the environment, which would have been his first death in the Ten Thousand Worlds.
The only thing left in this space was the huge 'sun' below, which constituted the entire space. This was obviously not a normal situation.
No one knew what had happened to the ninth layer of Purgatory, and the only 'sun' left in this space could only be the core of Purgatory, so naturally there was no other possibility.
As for the human figure that can still exist on it...
Ye Bai narrowed his eyes slightly, ignoring the overly strong light projected from the Purgatory Core behind him, and carefully distinguished the appearance of the figure.
At this distance, one could only see a strong and tall body, with most of the face covered by messy red hair. Two slightly curved long horns extended from between the red hair. This unique feature indicated that the other party was a high-level demon.
In addition to the curly red hair, there was another feature that quickly caught Ye Bai's attention.
This feature was so obvious and abrupt that Ye Bai noticed it immediately even though he was at a relatively close distance.
There was an obvious scar that had not yet healed where the figure's collarbone connected to the chest. The scar was not filled with flesh and blood, but a strange emerald green.
Wanjie is not a first-person shooter game, and the blood of normal NPCs is certainly not green, not to mention that this is a holographic version of Wanjie in the interstellar era.
Ye Bai even saw that above the unusual emerald green wound, there was a branch with green leaves hanging on it.
This scene was unusual in itself, especially since the branch appeared in the ninth layer of space where even the magma land did not exist, and appeared next to the core of purgatory containing the terrifying power of chaotic flames, but it was not burned to ashes.
The paper man's voice echoed from the scroll in Ye Bai's hand: "That's what I said I was looking for in Purgatory. It's part of the 'key' and also a branch of the Tree of Life."
A branch of the Tree of Life? The High Elves' greatest treasure?
The importance of the Tree of Life to the High Elves is equivalent to the core of Purgatory. Compared with the chaotic creatures of Purgatory, the Tree of Life is a symbiotic relationship that is worshipped and protected by the High Elves. Breaking off a branch of the Tree of Life is not something that ordinary elves are qualified to do.
Ye Bai was stunned for a moment, and then he felt that all the information he had obtained before was connected at this moment.
It is reasonable for an object of the same level as the Tree of Life to remain intact under the core of Purgatory. At the same time, Ye Bai still remembered that the paper man had mentioned before that Purgatory had invaded the Emerald Forest where the elves lived. After that, the Emerald Forest was closed, and the elves were no longer seen. The surface was also deserted, with only a Purgatory portal left over from the war standing.
The elves are one of the top tribes in the divine world, and it is impossible for them to be completely defenseless in the face of the invasion of Purgatory.
Ye Bai stared at the 'wound' on the figure's body that was filled with life force. After the war, Purgatory returned, but he did not return empty-handed, but also left behind a counterattack from the elves.
In this way, the identity of that figure is almost revealed—
The king of the Purgatory clan, the Purgatory Demon God who has been silent here for who knows how long, a true hundred-level god!
However... Ye Bai's eyes flashed. Judging from the current situation, the other party seemed to be in some kind of sleep or seal. Could he take the opportunity to remove the branch of the Tree of Life? But after removing it, would it wake up the other party instead?
Just as many thoughts flashed through Ye Bai's mind, suddenly, the high-level demon, which was estimated to be more than two meters tall, moved.
In the distorted light and shadow caused by the core of Purgatory, the ancient Purgatory Demon raised his head.
His red hair curled, revealing half of his handsome face that was filled with evil. The outlines of his eyes were filled with the same light as the core of Purgatory behind him.
The Infernal Devil has awakened!
At the same time, a demonic voice uttered from the other party's mouth resounded throughout the space:
"Kedar... a mere snake demon, yet you want to devour me? Are you qualified?"
Uh... Kedar?
Ye Bai, who originally felt his heart in his throat, suddenly choked at this moment.
What did he say about Kedar? Wasn't Kedar already in the Kraken's stomach... No, with the Kraken's digestive power, to be precise, the Serpent Demon Lord no longer existed.
What's wrong with the Infernal Devil? How could he mistake someone for someone else when the difference is so huge? Is this deity's eyesight not very good?
As soon as he had this complaint in his mind, Ye Bai realized the power of the 'eyes' of the Purgatory Demon God.
As the other party's gaze turned towards him, Ye Bai felt that the Kraken that was wrapping him was exerting force again, wrapping him into more tentacles.
"hiss……"
The next moment, Ye Bai heard a faint burning sound coming from the tentacles of the Kraken next to him.
Kraken now also has the defense of a hundred-level god, but he was still injured. After all, he is the God of Purgatory. Even though he seems to be injured, a visual attack can cause terrible damage, which is completely beyond Ye Bai's ability to withstand.
Immediately afterwards, Ye Bai heard the familiar sound of crashing waves again. The power of this sound was the legendary magic Sky-Tide.
With the advent of this legendary magic, a lot of the heat in this space was dispelled, and Ye Bai even clearly felt the temperature around him drop.
"Breath of the Deep Sea, Are You...Kraken?!"
The demon language from below shook the entire space. The awakened Purgatory Demon seemed to know Kraken, and his tone contained astonishment and surprise.
After hearing the second sentence from the God of Purgatory, Ye Bai was stunned again. Although the God of Purgatory had awakened, his condition seemed a little strange.
Because a strong person of this level has too many ways to perceive the identity, the probability of misjudging someone is too low. It is not even a problem of poor eyesight, but rather a comprehensive lack of perception.
Kraken let go of Ye Bai at this time, and a green bubble-like light shield enveloped her, allowing her to float in the air as if she were in the sea.
The body of the giant red octopus 'dived' with the tide that seemed illusory yet contained real impact, and rushed towards the Purgatory Demon below or the Purgatory Core behind him without hesitation.
"Eat fireball!"
Kraken shouted excitedly, and dozens of tentacles danced together. Ye Bai could see that she looked very relaxed at this moment.
Ye Bai in the light shield couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, looking thoughtful. After the battle with Kedar, she originally thought that facing the unknown strength of the Purgatory Demon, the next battle would definitely be a difficult and fierce one. Even before entering here, Kraken seemed to have the same idea as her.
But everything seems to have changed just now.
Just after Kraken endured an attack from the "eyes" of the Infernal God, she seemed to no longer be afraid of him, and became very confident, even having enough energy to protect Ye Bai.
"boom!!"
Accompanied by overwhelming tides, the Kraken quickly approached the core of Purgatory and eventually collided with the 'sun' that continuously emitted light and heat to the outside world.
The space without any other matter emitted circles of spatial vibrations like ripples on water.
Ye Bai, who was protected by the green light shield, was pushed back more than ten meters by the shock.
"deep sea!"
Ye Bai heard a call from Kraken.
The call was ethereal and grand. In addition to Kraken's clear and childish voice, it seemed to be mixed with the voices of countless men and women, young and old.
“Wow…”
With this call, Ye Bai realized that the entire space had changed at this moment.
From the first drop of water, to the first stream of water, and then to the first surge... In the blink of an eye, in this space that had originally lost all environmental factors, a large amount of sea water began to surge out in response to this call, quickly filling the entire space.
Deep sea, come!
Ye Bai was completely submerged in the sea water in the bubble. Only the core of the purgatory opposite was emitting endless light and heat, steaming the endless deep sea, forming a stalemate where water and fire could not coexist.
Ye Bai quickly exerted his own internal strength, pushing the bubble-like green light shield on the outside, and swam towards the direction where the Kraken and the core of Purgatory collided below.
It took a while for Ye Bai to reach the "sea surface" and see the scene clearly.
A blank area formed between the core of Purgatory and the sea water. In this blank area, the Kraken had separated its tentacles, revealing its mouth, swallowing the light and heat emitted by the "fireball".
When Ye Bai got closer, he discovered that the Infernal Devil, who was supposed to be his opponent, was wrapped in light bands composed of blue-black magic characters. Those light bands formed strong shackles that completely bound him.
Ye Bai, who had already learned the ancient dragon language, deep sea language, and demon language, could even recognize some of the magic words on the light band and automatically translated them in her eyes.
Ye Bai tried hard to identify it and made out some phrases.
Symbiosis, bondage, rebels...
These light bands do not look like magic circles or props. From the effect, they seem to be chains composed of a curse.
The magic circle is constructed with magic words, and the source of power comes from the additional power core provided. Only the curse is released by combining the cursed object with a certain power source.
Seeing this, Ye Bai held the scroll and asked the paper man, "What impression do you have?"
Aren’t paper people cursed to become two-dimensional?
"No." The paper figure shook his head. "All I can see is that this is a powerful curse. It exploits the connection between the Infernal Core and the creatures of Purgatory, binding them to the Infernal Lord. They now have an even closer symbiotic relationship. You could say the Infernal Core is the Infernal Lord."
That is to say, at this time, the Kraken is devouring the power of the Purgatory Core, which is equivalent to devouring the power of the Purgatory Demon.
Moreover, because of the curse on the Infernal Lord himself, and perhaps also due to some damage from the branches of the Tree of Life, his perception was weakened to the point that he mistook someone for someone else and couldn't even offer any more resistance. The look he just gave was probably his only way of attacking.
No wonder Kraken did not retreat but advanced after being attacked. It turned out that he saw the weakness of the Infernal Devil earlier and took action immediately.
Thinking of this, Ye Bai suddenly remembered the situation when the God of Purgatory mistook Kraken for Kedar at the beginning, and his expression became very strange.
The nature of the snake demon is greed and devouring. Kedar is the lord of the eighth level of Purgatory, so it is not difficult for him to find the entrance to the ninth level of Purgatory.
Purgatory creatures are inherently chaotic and unruly, and require absolute power to suppress.
If the snake demon entered this level and found an injured and immobile Purgatory Demon, there is no need to say what it would think.
Combining the words just revealed by the God of Purgatory, Ye Bai could completely imagine the entire growth process of Kedar.
It makes sense that there is no substance in this layer of purgatory space. All the substances contaminated with the aura of the purgatory core were eaten by Kedar and became nutrients for the eight-headed snake demon. However, because the nature of the purgatory core is too high and has a natural suppressive force, the snake demon cannot devour it.
After encountering the Kraken, Kedar felt that the opportunity had come, so he wanted to devour the demigod-level Kraken at all costs, advance to the Infernal Hydra, and then devour the bound Infernal Devil on the ninth level in one fell swoop to become the new King of Purgatory.
And now, Kedar's plan has failed, but the Devourer has been replaced by Kraken, the sea god of higher nature... The impression of this Purgatory Demon in front of him, who looks domineering in appearance, suddenly changed in Ye Bai's eyes.
Ye Bai couldn't help but even look at it with a hint of pity - isn't this just a large battery?
He encountered the snake demon first and then the sea god and the devil of purgatory. It was so miserable!
"Kraken!"
At this time, the God of Purgatory spoke again. At this distance, Ye Bai could clearly see that his face was filled with anger and disbelief.
"How could you possibly be here? Did... you come here?"
Across the water, Ye Bai saw with her own eyes that this '...' came out of the mouth of the Purgatory Demon. He said a name, but the magical thing was that Ye Bai could not hear any sound. Even his lip shape was so vague that she could not make any guesses or judgments about any syllables. She was completely 'blocked'.
Oh my god! Will holographic games also have mosaics?
As a cold joke emerged in Ye Bai's mind, he heard the Purgatory Demon continue: "Have you forgotten who your master is? You actually listened to the words of that traitor!"
Ye Bai was stunned when he heard this. It was confirmed that the Kraken's previous owner was the God King, so who was the traitor that the Infernal Devil was talking about? The Kraken himself said that he was placed here by the God King, so why did the Infernal Devil say that the Kraken listened to the traitor?
And speaking of "betrayal", Ye Bai saw the title of "rebel" on the pile of chains that bound the Purgatory Demon. The curse can be formed, which means that the rebel refers to the Purgatory Demon and it is completely consistent. What is the connection between them?
Compared with what Ye Bai had learned before, these words of the God of Purgatory seemed contradictory and confusing, but at this moment, logically speaking, the God of Purgatory had no need to lie.
Also, who was the blurred name he was referring to? Could it be Wuming, who was currently in Ye Bai's scroll?
Ye Bai started brainstorming because the words of the Infernal God seemed to contain rich information, but the person he was actually communicating with was the Kraken.
Ye Bai, who had countless feeding experiences, already knew very well that when eating, the Kraken was 100% devoted and would not be distracted at all. But now the Kraken was in a state of eating without stopping at all, and the questioning of the Purgatory Demon did not receive any response.
Even the Kraken's status information at this time has become a stable "eating".
The core of Purgatory is constantly generating power, and the Kraken is constantly devouring power. The sea water no longer shakes, and this space is no longer filled with unbridled chaotic energy, but gradually reaches a balance.
The 'endless hunger' problem that had been giving Ye Bai a headache was suddenly solved, but she was far from happy at this moment. Wasn't this situation just another form of seal?
But Kraken also said that this was her responsibility as the king of the deep sea.
Fortunately, the Infernal Devil, who would have been a huge threat, is in a bad condition, while Kraken is in an advantageous position and safe and sound. In the future, Ye Bai may be able to find a better way to solve this problem, but she is currently helpless.
After not getting a response from Kraken, the Infernal Devil angrily accused him and then stopped talking and fell silent.
Ye Bai set his sights on the wound of the Purgatory Demon God, the biggest target of the main quest—
Now that we are here and have encountered the Infernal Lord in a weak and bound state, shouldn’t we seize the opportunity to get that thing?
But there's one thing we need to pay attention to... Ye Bai asked the paper man, "If I take the Branch of Life, will it increase the power of the Infernal Devil?"
If the power of the Purgatory Demon God were to explode and disrupt the current balance, it would be digging its own grave.
The paper figure pondered for a moment and gave a positive answer: "No, it will only restore more of His perception. The main thing limiting Him is the curse, and... the Kraken is also growing stronger."
Hearing this, Ye Bai glanced at the Kraken, which was approaching level 110, and nodded.
Then he pushed the light bubble to slowly surface, wanting to carefully approach the bound demon and take away the branch of life.
As a result, Ye Bai just surfaced——
"who?!"
A scorching gaze attack came.
When Ye Bai heard the sound of the light shield about to break, he quickly upgraded and rolled rapidly in the opposite direction. The bubble just emerged under this thrust and quickly disappeared underwater.
'-1387'
Not only that, a terrifying injury also emanated from Ye Bai's body.
The light shield had already protected Ye Bai from the burning damage, but what she suffered was soul damage, which was also reduced by the damage of the Crocodile King's wristbands.
The Kraken's underwater tentacles moved, blocking Ye Bai's sight of the Purgatory Demon's search, but while maintaining a balance with the Purgatory Core, this was all the extra work the Kraken could do.
"Who is it? Sneaking around there! Kraken, who are you protecting?"
From this sentence, Ye Bai really realized that the eyesight of the Purgatory Demon was not good. She only noticed her existence now. However, it might be because her level was too low and her body size was too small compared to the Kraken.
But this attempt also made Ye Bai understand that even under such extremely weakened conditions, the Infernal Devil was still equivalent to an extremely fast high-energy laser cannon. As long as the spear head was swept, it would inevitably be hit. If it was swept again, Ye Bai's health bar would not be able to hold on.
In this situation, it is undoubtedly unrealistic for Ye Bai to run over and grab the branch of life from the other person.
Long-range skills are useless. Given the status of the Infernal Lord, it might be difficult to just take the Branch of Life from him.
The situation was once again at a stalemate.
The mission props are right in front of me, and it’s really painful to miss them. It would be great if the branch of life could fly over.
Unfortunately, the paper man can only change the magic words. Even if there is elven language on the branch of life, it will not play any role. The most the paper man can do is to change the status of the props like the Codex of Death.
Wait... Glancing at the fishing rod in her backpack that had played such a huge role before, Ye Bai suddenly had another idea. She looked at the paper man:
"Can you change the attribute of the Branch of Life to fish?"
The paper figure was stunned: "But, but that's a branch, not a living thing..."
Ye Bai said, "Isn't the vitality of the Life Branch enough?"
The paper man paused, then took a deep breath and said, "You are truly a genius!"
The bubbles approached the water surface stealthily. Ye Bai did not show his head, but was stuck between the tentacles of the Kraken, casting his gaze on the green and lush branch of life that looked no different from an ordinary branch.
The next moment, the vein patterns on the solitary leaf on the Branch of Life, which were made up of the Elvish language, changed.
The Infernal Demon seemed to sense something and set his gaze on the branch on the wound.
Then, the god with poor eyesight suddenly widened his eyes, looking as if he had seen a ghost. He saw the leaves on the branches shaking twice as if they were living things.
The Infernal Devil blinked, and then the leaf shook twice again, like... a bouncing fish tail.
Beneath this outrageous scene, an even more outrageous scene occurred.
An inexplicable fishhook connected to the gravity of the Purgatory Core behind the Purgatory Demon and landed in front of the leaf.
The Infernal Devil looked in the direction of the fishhook and saw a fishing line connected to one end of the fishing rod, protruding from the sea surface behind the Kraken on the opposite side, forming a bizarre picture of reverse fishing from underwater.
And this 'fish'... the leaf on the branch of life bounced twice and stuck to the fishhook.
Although the Infernal Lord himself did not want to hold the elf's "gift", it did not mean that he wanted to let his enemy have his way. He released countless "killing gazes" on the fishing rod, but he could not destroy it, nor could he destroy the branch of life with a lot of vitality that was "hooked".
“Tear…”
The fishhook unwaveringly pulled the Branch of Life to the other side, and part of the branch stuck to the wound of the Lord of Purgatory. He kept struggling to stop it, but the curse was like tape that tied him tightly to the core of Purgatory.
“Bang!”
Finally, with a crisp sound, the branch of life broke away from the wound of the Purgatory Demon and flew quickly towards the sea.
The perception of the Purgatory Demon, which had been suppressed by the Tree of Life, was suddenly released, and he "saw" the instigator of all this.
The powerful divine being's gaze suddenly changed: "You are——!"
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