blogombal Chapter 85, Relics
Chapter 85, Relics
A virtual world of demons.
"Shadow Blade Marquis? He's become the Shadow Blade King? Interesting, let's go take a look."
"Bluewood is calling for help? It's already at the peak of the Marquis level and it's still asking for help? We're not going, going is tantamount to suicide."
"Wasn't Shadow Blade Marquis at the peak of the Marquis title a thousand years ago? He became a King so quickly. He must be a genius among humans. Killing him should bring us even more military merit."
"It's just a title, I'm not interested. Let's see who's free to go."
"..."
The demon race's virtual world is very rudimentary, only allowing for simple voice communication. Even if they kill a powerful member of the opposing faction, they still need to leave behind combat videos and information about the corpse. It's far inferior to the real-time detection capabilities of the human virtual universe, and even to the virtual world of the mechanical race.
Therefore, these powerful demons would not rush to help if the message was vague. After all, for a peak Marquis to ask for help, the enemy's strength must be at least high-level King, or even peak King!
No one would be foolish enough to create an enemy who is at least of the rank of king.
……
Inside a cave on the continent of Luoyin.
The Tail Remnant Clan's Marquis, a newly ascended Immortal, his face filled with despair, watched helplessly as, with time frozen, the Shadow Blade Marquis raised his long blade and slashed down.
Then consciousness went dark.
"Master, you have earned 10 billion military merits."
"Humans!!"
"Bang!"
The immortal divine power trembled, and the time freeze was broken. Just as Lan Mu, the peak Marquis of the Tail Remnant Clan, had taken control of his body, before he could even burn his divine body, the time freeze returned!
The blade flashed once more!
Combat isn't turn-based; you can't just attack me and then wait for me to attack you. With a heaven-defying move like time stop, Ye Muxuan could directly suppress Lan Mu to death.
Despite his intentional control over the power, the four strikes still annihilated the Tail Remnant Clan's peak-level immortal body, reducing it to only 32%, and its consciousness plunged into darkness. Ye Muxuan's world power swept over, collecting the spoils and the peak-level immortal into his world ring, before disappearing completely, leaving behind an empty cave.
"Master, you have earned one trillion military merits."
……
On the Luoyin Continent, marquises gather in great numbers. The Shadow Blade Marquis was originally inconspicuous here. Moreover, because the information dissemination methods of the two factions were really bad, only when some powerful figures sent out messages before their deaths would the powerful figures of their own faction know that the Shadow Blade Marquis had come to the Luoyin Continent.
Even if they knew, the presence or absence of one more or less Shadow Blade Marquis wouldn't make much difference to the Luo Yin Continent. Even the powerful figures in the demon race, who hadn't encountered Shadow Blade Marquis that time, didn't believe he posed any threat. If they were unlucky enough to encounter a King-level expert, they might have perished.
Even if he possesses the combat power of a king, so what? Which king in the outer battlefield didn't earn his title through real battles?
However, as time went by, rumors gradually spread throughout the Luoyin Continent that Shadow Blade Marquis had become Shadow Blade King. Although this could not be confirmed, in most cases, he was regarded as a low-level King, or rather, barely a King.
……
On the southeastern edge of the Luoyin Continent, deep within a mountain range stretching for tens of millions of kilometers, stand towering boulders. A man clad in black armor sits atop a grayish-brown stone pillar tens of kilometers high and thousands of meters in diameter, his palm resting on the rough platform of the boulder. At a certain moment, ten times the power of a Realm Lord erupts from his palm.
Apart from a little dust being kicked up, the boulder on the platform that had taken a solid hit didn't even show a crack or a mark.
"Whoosh." A figure suddenly appeared in mid-air.
Ye Muxuan stood up and looked up. "They're here."
"Shadow Blade, you seem quite leisurely." The figure that appeared in mid-air was King Mingze of the "Fine Rain Clan," a vassal clan of the Hong Alliance, whose strength was at the initial level of a King.
"The path of cultivation can't be all about killing; we need to relax occasionally." Ye Muxuan looked at King Mingze and said, "What's so important that you wanted to see me? Why didn't you say it in the virtual universe?"
King Mingze is handsome and looks like an ordinary human, but he has nothing to do with humans. He is an energy-type life form, so naturally he has no gender. According to the information Ye Muxuan found, the entire "Fine Rain Clan" only has four Venerables, one of whom is quite powerful and can be considered a cosmic overlord, while the other three are currently only beginner Venerables.
"I've come to find you because I have good news." King Mingze landed on top of the boulder, his feet firmly planted on the ground. "I discovered a site at Yunxuan Lake. According to the probe's results, it was left at least tens of billions of years ago. I estimate it's related to that battle back then."
"Back then?" Ye Muxuan suddenly raised an eyebrow. "Are you talking about the battle before the four top clans opened up the extraterritorial battlefield?"
Hundreds of billions of years ago, a Venerable of the Demon Race ventured into this newly formed secret realm and discovered a treasure. Later, the news somehow leaked out, attracting Venerables from various races to the realm, ultimately resulting in a chaotic battle among them. The outcome of the battle is debated, but the consensus is that the treasure was ultimately stolen by the "Giant Keng Venerable" of the Mechanical Race.
The supercontinent that was nurtured in the secret realm was also shattered in that battle, and its core part became the present-day Luoyin Continent millions of years later.
Then the four major clans opened up the outer battlefields, and a group of Venerables joined forces to sweep through the entire secret realm, which eventually formed the Ninth Battlefield.
"Yes, it's the legendary battle where the 'Giant Keng Venerable' of the Mechanical Race finally obtained the secret treasure." King Mingze looked at Ye Muxuan and said, "I checked the records of that battle in the virtual universe. Seven Venerables entered the universe that time, and five of them left. One of them, the 'Strange Goose Venerable' of the Northern Frontier Alliance, perished here. A large part of the set of treasures he used was taken by the Demon Race Venerables, and the remaining part was never found. It should be lost in this secret realm."
"Oh?" Ye Muxuan's mind stirred, and a wisp of his consciousness connected to the virtual universe, immediately searching within it. Sure enough, the "Venerable Qiyan" was killed in the melee by two Venerables from the demon and human races. The set of treasures it used consisted of 91 parts. After the battle, 53 parts fell into the hands of the demon race, 31 parts fell into the hands of the human race, and the last 7 parts disappeared.
Later, this secret realm became an extraterritorial battlefield after the four top clans swept through it. Over hundreds of millions of years, some lucky powerhouses have accidentally obtained parts of it. To this day, three parts have still not been found.
A complete set of powerful treasures is extremely valuable, generally comparable to a supreme treasure. Each component might even be a powerful treasure in itself. And even the most ordinary powerful treasure is enough to make a peak-level King-level cultivator risk their life for it.
"If it's true, why are you looking for me?" Ye Muxuan's consciousness entered the virtual universe to search for information at an extremely fast speed. In reality, standing atop the giant stone pillar, Ye Muxuan looked at King Mingze and asked, "You've already confirmed the location of the ruins; you can go in yourself."