Chapter 451: Chapter 452: The Corrosion of the Slaughter Law!
The other side.
As a familiar sensation of temporal and spatial shift brought a slight dizziness, Aster Grant and several beastbonds found themselves in an entirely different world.
The sky here was an oppressive dark red, the earth desolate.
The air was thick with the scent of blood and demonic qi.
Returning to this world once more, Aster felt something new.
With keen perception, he detected something different from the last time.
He bent down, grasping a handful of earth mixed with dark red sand in his hand.
He sensed it carefully.
"Indeed different..." Aster felt a chill in his heart.
This place was definitely not a typical sanctum or ectospace.
The spatial barriers and laws of a sanctum are usually rather weak and simple.
But here, the stability of space and the perfection and complexity of the laws were nearly on par with Azurea!
This also meant...
It was a complete, independent, rule-perfect small world!
He opened his hand, letting the earth slip through his fingers, blown away by the foul-scented wind.
Even though the earth was tainted with demonic qi, the fundamental laws forming the world... were all healthy and stable.
"A complete world..."
This thought appeared in his mind, making his soul quiver slightly.
"If... if Veridia could gain recognition from this world, could she also like me..."
"Congeal a divine position belonging to this world?"
But before he could ponder the feasibility of this idea, Lazuli’s cold voice interrupted him.
She pointed in a direction, her expression solemn:
"Master, I have probed; in that direction, the traces of battle are the heaviest."
"There are remnants of the Demon Clan littered along the way, the aura is fresh, Veridia likely went that way."
Aster collected his thoughts and looked in the direction Lazuli pointed.
Indeed, on the distant ground, were scattered limbs of demon beasts, their blood staining the earth into a filthy dark purple.
More crucially, he clearly sensed on those remnants...
Familiar fluctuations of the Law of Power!
"It’s Veridia, no doubt! Pursue!"
Having identified Veridia’s tracks, Aster hesitated no longer, immediately ordering pursuit along the trail.
The further they delved, the more horrendous the scene became along the way.
The demon beast corpses increased in number, and their levels grew higher.
From the initial Commander Level and Monarch Level, then appeared Low-tier Totem Level Demon Clan remnants.
The ferocity of the battle was beyond imagination, the ground riddled with pits and cracks, clearly having gone through multiple fierce battles.
And Aster’s brows furrowed tighter.
Aside from Veridia’s Law of Power, he began to feel another increasingly intense, increasingly violent aura.
A pure, cold Slaughter Law born solely for destruction!
This law’s aura intertwined with Veridia’s power.
Feeling this, Aster was filled with a strong ominous premonition.
The Slaughter Law was powerful, but it easily backfired on the mind.
Especially when fighting in such a demonic qi-filled environment for extended periods, a moment of carelessness...
Would lead to being consumed by the desire to slaughter, becoming a monster interested only in destruction.
In his mind, the weakening Beast Taming Contract link with Veridia also confirmed this.
Thinking this, Aster urged once more:
"Faster!"
Everyone increased their speed again, racing rapidly towards the central region of this world!
...
Meanwhile.
In the center of this world.
The battle here had reached a fever pitch.
"You are unworthy... of being called the Ghost Race!"
Veridia’s voice was already somewhat hoarse, her green eyes faintly tinged with an abnormal blood-red.
Her palm had been dyed dark red by the blood of the Ghost Race.
Her own blood and the Corrupted Ghost Clan’s blood mixed almost as one.
And her opponents, were now down to only a few dozen Totem Level Corrupted Ghost Clan.
Seeing Veridia’s status, the strongest among the Ghost Race kept tempting:
"Submit to us! Join us in embracing the Demon Clan!"
"You will have greater power, and you will also have us, your blood-related kin."
Veridia gritted her teeth.
In the relentless battle, she was nearing her limit.
Yet she stubbornly used sheer willpower to forcefully suppress the raging desire to slaughter in her mind.
She could foresee that once she succumbed to this desire to slaughter, she would lose herself.
Thus, even in such a perilous fight, she still diverted a part of her mind to suppress this desire to slaughter.
But...
"Bang!!"
Another Ghost Race member turned into blood mist under her fist.
This blood mist transformed into pure demonic qi and the Slaughter Law, some absorbed by her surrounding Slaughter Law, some dispersing into the air.
Thus, in the constant slaughter.
The Slaughter Law swirling around her grew ever thicker, almost forming a tangible blood-colored armor.
Her combat strength steadily increased amidst the carnage, and even her talent subtly edged towards the Origin Level.
But conversely, her gaze occasionally showed brief signs of dissolution and violence, requiring considerable effort to restore clarity.
And as the battle grew fiercer, in a shadowy spot.
A pair of mocking eyes silently watched everything below.
This was a tall, thin man with pale skin, adorned in a luxurious black bone armor.
He was the leader of all Demon Clan in this world.
Left by the Demon God to suppress this world.
His aura was obscure and profound, evidently reaching the Peak of Totem Ninth Tier!
Watching Veridia struggling amidst the Corrupted Ghost Clan’s siege, her eyes shifting between clarity and blood-red, his mouth curved into a satisfied smile.
"Tsk tsk... What a perfect slaughter embryo, what a resilient soul."
"Kill, slaughter to your heart’s content! As you kill these traitors, you will also be continually eroded by the Slaughter Law..."
"When you finish slaughtering them, and the Slaughter Law reaches its peak, that will be the moment your mental defenses are the weakest."
He seemed to already foresee Veridia’s display when she was consumed by the Slaughter Law.
He had been suppressing all high-level Demon Clan, forbidding them from taking action against this Ghost Clan.
His purpose was to take advantage when this Ghost Clan was devoured by the Slaughter Law and convert her into a Demon Clan.
To this end, he even actively ordered the Demon Clan and Corrupted Ghost Clan to send themselves to death.
Though the effect...
Was indeed quite satisfactory!
This was a Ghost Race skilled in both laws!
If she were converted, she’d become one of the sharpest weapons of war for the Demon Clan!
"Make those below work harder!"
Considering this, he ordered once more:
"Tell them if they help me in successfully converting this Ghost Race..."
"They will have done an honorable service for the Demon Abyss, and I can request merit for them from the Demon God."
"But if they fail..."
"Hmph, trash without even this much value doesn’t deserve to exist."
Receiving the order, a Demon Clan member immediately conveyed it.
And the attack of the Corrupted Ghost Clan below became suddenly more frenzied and cost-no-object!
Not only does dying at Veridia’s hands enhance the erosion of the Slaughter Law, letting Veridia feel the pressure of death similarly works.
They cared not about their own injuries or deaths, only to leave more scars on Veridia!
Veridia’s pressure sharply increased, her body instantly bore several deep wounds, spilling blood staining her garments.
She grunted, the blood-red in her eyes deepening, her punches gaining a touch of uncontrollable frenzy.
Witnessing this scene, the figure in the shadows grinned more broadly.
This Ghost Race was about to reach her limit!
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