The entire world plunged into a deep red darkness, enveloping the vision and senses of everyone as if they were immersed in a true purgatory of flames. Powerful thunderous roars echoed incessantly, accompanied by laws of fire rising, forming an ever-expanding wave of fire and lava. This fiery storm covered the skies and spread in all directions.
Anguished cries and moans of pain echoed among the demons running in despair. In the first few minutes in the realm of flames, a third of them had already succumbed, regardless of the level of the clan to which they belonged.
At a safe distance from there, out of the sight of the afflicted demons, thousands of half-demons and half-wyverns, already in their human forms, gathered in a large circle. Above them floated two demonic diagrams, radiating like resplendent stars; and everyone from the clan was calm and secure under their protection.
The diagrams pulsed and shone, absorbing all the mortal laws around. Under these diagrams, the two leaders trembled with closed eyes in concentration while both clans clenched their fists in excitement.
Far away, amidst a sea of lava where there was no sign of solid ground in sight, twenty giants that were already as large as mountains were still emerging from within the lava. Their forms were entirely composed of lava, and when they stopped growing, they reached about thirty-three meters in height. With humanoid silhouettes on the head, in the central place where there should have been eyes, a golden mark shone intensely, clearly one of the exclusive treasures of these abyssal realms.
After a few minutes, the turmoil subsided. In the center of this hellfire, the abyssal golems roared thunderously, fixing their eyes on the group. All were perfectly healthy... or almost. Almin and Loeus displayed contorted faces, and their bodies showed slight burns, but their auras shone to the maximum.
The Whale behind them waved in satisfaction. Seconds later, the twenty golems opened their immense mouths, launching dozens of giant fireballs towards the group. Everyone remained motionless, allowing the fireballs to fall upon them.
Puff, puff, puff, puff...
Almin roared, and his Qi, along with thousands of fire runes, spread over several meters, covering the entire group. Soon, the fireballs exploded successively. The force of the flames was released violently, but upon touching the Qi and runes, they became like stones sinking to the bottom of the sea, disappearing without making any sound.
The mark of the demonic diagram on Almin’s fist shone intensely, and he spit out a lot of blood frantically. Loeus, by his side, with trembling eyes, activated all his Yang power, and his mark illuminated equally, helping to alleviate the burden. Soon, Almin stabilized, but both of them had contorted faces in agony as if they were in their last breaths.
’We successfully reversed its function perfectly; it was a success,’ Alm commented emotionlessly.
After studying the diagram, they gained some certainties. The mark created by the demonic diagram on all clan members connected them to the diagram and, at the same time, functioned as a smaller-scale collector tattoo.
Instead of converting any type of laws into the purest Qi, like Yin and Yang tattoos, the mark absorbed the raw laws from the treasures on the surface. Quietly, it also took energy from everyone who received the clan mark, accumulating everything within the diagram.
When the demonic diagram is filled with energy, it overflows slightly, providing benefits to everyone in the clan who is connected to it. This is probably just a minimal remnant. However, when it is not fed and becomes empty, it extracts even more from all clan members, drastically reducing their cultivations, and a portion of life force is also sucked away.
Where all the accumulated energy goes and what its function is still a mystery. However, since it was the demonic emperor himself who gifted all thirty-two clans with the diagram, he must have some plan in mind.
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With knowledge of the true Yin and Yang collector rune, Alm and Bruno managed to create the method of transferring fire laws directly to the diagram using the mark. But this was not perfect and could only transfer a maximum of ninety-nine percent.
’With Almin using his fire resistance to create the shield and Loeus using his Yang power to lessen the ferocity, they manage to block most of these fire laws. Almin is taking all the damage, but with his cultivation, it’s not lethal.’
Bruno commented contentedly, also feeling that all the clans were safe away from there. Calirer and Runula were taught to better use their demonic diagrams and had equal success. However, this was only possible because they were far away, and those were just simple remnants. Almin and Loeus were truly testing the method.
The golems attacked furiously, sometimes with fireballs, sometimes with blows from their bodies, but nothing happened to the stationary group. Only the smell of burnt blood coming from Almin and Loeus permeated the air. They could block it, but a part of that power still lingered in their bodies.
Soon, the Whale felt a piercing gaze in his direction, his vision moved and found Langrum’s contorted face. There was only despair and fury in those eyes, even though she had no injuries.
The Whale snorted and spoke, "It may not seem like it, but both are benefiting greatly from this. High-level fire laws are penetrating their bodies, along with a lot of Qi. This suffering is nothing compared to the fruits they have reaped."
Several minutes passed, and when Loeus staggered almost fainting, Bruno waved to Langrum. She already had a sinister expression on her face.
Whoooosh!!
A wave of power exploded in all directions, sweeping away all the fire laws, and the golems took steps back, surprised. Soon, they saw a black sword rising into the sky, black energy emanating from the blade seeming to devour the world - it was the Manifestation of Will.
Slash!
A cut from the blade suddenly appeared in the air and advanced, splitting the skies and the mountain of lava and fire. The Whale jumped quickly, with Ruri holding on his back, and at the moment when a golem was completely split in two, a small golden sphere appeared in the center of the place where its head would be.
The golden sphere immediately trembled, and the two parts of the golem began to come together in the next second. All the lava on the ground began to gather, restoring the golem. Its firepower was invincible against demons, and its regeneration power was infinite. However, before the magma could cover the sphere, it was grabbed and disappeared as if it had entered the void.
The entire mountain of lava and fire fell into the sea, merging again and creating intense disturbances. In the next second, the black sword slashed again furiously.
With each swing of the sword, a golem was easily split as if it were unstoppable. In a few seconds, all were killed. And when the last strike of the black blade descended, the green woman fell unconscious. The power of the new Manifestation of Will was immense, but the consumption of Qi and Yin was equally abnormal.
The Whale collected the last golden sphere and ran quickly, then held the unconscious woman in his arms as she fell from the sky. They pondered, realizing that using this technique was simple for them; they could simply burn the abyss crystals without much thought. However, for others, this technique represented a suicidal exchange.
’Using this can easily cut and penetrate defenses, but all Qi is consumed in a few seconds. There’s only victory or death, leaving no possibility of return. We created something flawed,’ Alm said as they approached Loeus and handed over the unconscious woman.
’Not exactly. We’re no longer alone, and all those who learned this technique won’t be either. With people providing support and serving as a shield, this is the moment when this technique can shine, showing its potential,’ Bruno replied lightly.
Alm snorted but seemed to understand the logic and agreed. Suddenly, a muffled sound reverberated, and the Whale looked at Loeus, waving in satisfaction. He advanced to the second level of the Foundation Establishment Realm. With this divine-level bloody training in these few days, he will easily break through levels.
They felt the slight tremor coming from Ruri and comforted her, saying that her time was coming. Ruri’s body wasn’t too far from achieving the necessary maturity to be able to advance normally in cultivation. Then, they spoke lightly to the two ahead, who were breathing heavily.
"Great, now you’ve seen the method. Almin and Loeus must block until they create an opening, and then Langrum finishes the enemy. But you’ll only win if you collect the golden spheres from the golems," the Whale said lightly to the two. "So, Almin, stop being a coward. Your injuries aren’t severe enough to kill you; just ignore them and move. You must find a way to keep up with Langrum and collect the spheres, or everyone will die."
The Whale finished and took steps away. "There’s no other golem nearby, and this should give you a few minutes. Langrum will wake up quickly. Stay here and consume pills until you recover. Then, hunt down everything you find, repeating the same process. I have other plans."
The two widened their tense eyes. They could take risks, confident that the Whale could save them at any moment, but now they were alone.
"If you rely on me, you will eventually die a painful death. You must be strong on your own. If you fail, you will die here, better than suffering in the future. Ruri and I have things to do. Goodbye."