The three clans of the seventh level were now united, displaying various expressions on their faces. Since the moment the demon emperor disappeared, they found themselves entangled in a desperate fight against countless electric beasts. Surrounded, they fought for their own survival, but suddenly, they all felt a change in the laws. Immediately, all the beasts ran together in a single direction.
Currently, only the purest electric laws fell upon their bodies, and they couldn’t perceive any danger from a great distance. The advisors leading the clans were confused. After an hour, the level of the laws increased significantly.
The skies darkened, and an infinite and deadly electric power emerged as an omen of the end times. On the ground, it wasn’t just the intensity of the laws that increased; they became more and more pure. The demons’ eyes widened, without any hesitation, only greed and desire for power.
’I gave them a chance to escape and even attracted the beasts to save them. What happens now is not my concern,’ Alm mentally said to Bruno, noticing the demons who chose to stay. They had previously emitted all the signs of danger and alert.
Two hours passed, and the laws multiplied again. Suddenly, the clans of the seventh level heard a muffled explosion to the south and turned alarmed. It was the sixth-level clans that also chose to stay, and some perished. All the advisors of the seventh level felt the bloodline in the air and understood what had happened, but something sinister seemed to arise in their minds.
In the center of this realm, the whale observed the cultivators of the two clans he trained. They were trembling, but somehow, they stood firm under the falling rays from the skies. The whale nodded in satisfaction and watched the people in the distance.
He divided the realm into sectors, taking into account each individual’s cultivation. The weaker members received fewer rays, being able to adapt slowly and move towards the center as they improved. Ruri was extremely close to the exit; she wanted to train her body and cultivate. Perhaps Alm and Bruno had made all this effort for her, but they didn’t think too much about it.
In the next hour, he began using demon bones and injecting Qi into everyone. It didn’t take long for muffled sounds to echo as everyone’s cultivations explosively soared.
However, when another hour passed, Alm and Bruno furrowed their brows. Something was wrong. Calirer hadn’t advanced any levels, and all the advisors who reached the sixth level of the Elemental Condensation Realm, like her, seemed to freeze at the same stage.
They carefully examined everyone and noticed something peculiar. They approached Calirer and felt the Yin rune she cultivated in her body.
’All the Qi we injected... nothing is sticking,’ Bruno thought, intrigued, and then asked.
"What is the maximum cultivation of the main demon clans?"
Calirer searched her memories. Although she never had direct contact with them, information about the main clans was always disclosed. "I believe the leader and all members of them must be at the sixth level of the Elemental Condensation Realm."
The whale snorted. ’Herbs created only to feed the formation shouldn’t be too strong to avoid causing trouble,’ Alm sarcastically said. ’A cultivation limiter is normal for slaves; why wouldn’t demons have one?’
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’We can deal with this later. If we force it now, the emperor will find out. Damn, our plan has been ruined. Now, if all the main demons have this limit...’ Bruno delved deep into his thoughts.
Alm chuckled dryly and said, ’Definitely a sinister and admirable job. It doesn’t reveal that they are actually slaves. Divide them into clans to instill self-hatred and prevent them from uniting. They are born in an environment that encourages them to compete for resources and fight for their positions in the abyss. They are true cattle kept entertained in their internal squabbles. He even created hunting grounds that are the realms.’
Bruno sighed mentally. ’It’s truly a good method to continuously feed the demonic diagrams. Then, they will be compelled to develop their bloodlines and other aspects to differentiate themselves... clever!’
Bruno spoke calmly. "Calirer, you mentioned earlier that, to decide which clans enter the realm of ashes, a grand ceremony is held, and everything is decided based on the outcome. There are always two competitions, one for the youths under a hundred years old and another for those above three hundred years." (Chapter 173)
Calirer nodded, understanding where he was going, and replied, "The young generation competes in a fair fight in the same realm, so you can participate. Those over three hundred years old fight with their bloodlines, and our small clan could participate, but... at the same time, it was almost impossible to meet the minimum."
She felt Goku’s strange gaze and, thinking about what she had told him in the past, continued hastily.
"The former clan leader was the purest half-demon born within the clan in centuries. He has participated in the ceremony several times and managed to pass in some of them; always in the last place, of course. But the overall results of the clan never allowed him to enter. I didn’t lie to you at that time. I thought that if you participated in the young generation, we would certainly enter this time."
The whale nodded in understanding. Mentally, Bruno became excited. ’So, all we need to do is raise their cultivations to the limit and train them rigorously in other aspects. In the end, we’ll save resources to use. PERFECT!’
After that, Alm and Bruno pushed the electrical laws even further. They spared no effort for everyone to reach the maximum limit. After days passed, their cultivation naturally stopped rising as they lacked understanding.
That’s when Alm had an interesting and sinister idea. Bruno didn’t need to hear what he wanted and immediately tried to cut him off. But in a few minutes, they felt something different coming from a point in the realm.
’Come on, it was about time.’ Alm said, laughing in a wicked manner.
They moved silently and smelled the scent of black blood in the air. When they got closer, they saw only the Yin of death permeating and blending with the electrical laws, dissipating.
’Sons of...’ Bruno spat.
Ahead of them, there were only the remains of all the members of the three sixth-level clans. It wasn’t the laws that killed them; after they split into sectors, they should have been able to escape. The one who ruthlessly killed them was a bit distant.
’It was obvious that the advisors from the bigger clans would do something like this. This place has become a divine training ground for them. Since they had a similar level, letting them cultivate peacefully was a risk. The demon emperor did a good job of creating hatred among the clans; now, the diagram received a magnificent surge of life force and souls.’ Alm said, laughing.
’I thought of being kind and letting them train, but they don’t deserve my kindness. Screw them, they’ll serve a greater purpose.’ Bruno spoke dryly. At that moment, he seemed to embody his villainous self that he thought he had left behind. Alm just laughed even more sinisterly.
***
CRASH!
A sinuous black lightning snaked through the skies like a malevolent and ominous dragon. Below, everything seemed to freeze, and all the demons, feeling a malevolent presence, raised their gazes in fear.
An infinite killing intent descended upon the world like a macabre shroud. Instantly, everyone turned their bodies and gazes to the same place, witnessing a round, shadowy figure approaching slowly, holding a gigantic bone club and a twisted smile on its face.
CRASH!
In the heavens, the purest annihilating lightning condensed to the extreme, causing the realm to tremble in response. The thin threads of lightning that fell upon them turned black, and in an instant, endless electric currents invaded their bodies. The demons felt their cores and Qi being dispersed by this overwhelming power.
But as the steps drew near, the demons turned with even more fear and despair, a deadly malice cruelly attacking their minds.
"Your lives will be taken slowly. I hope you enjoy the experience," the shadowy figure spoke with a smile, approaching slowly. The sound of its steps echoed like a macabre drum, and the promise of sadism hung in the air.
***
After the dirty work was done, Calirer and Runula handed over the demonic diagrams to the whale. They manipulated it directly; now, Alm and Bruno had some knowledge about this diagram and a certainty. Its main sustenance wasn’t the treasures of the realm. At least in the lower realms, treasures were just a variation of abyssal crystals.
The clans and their members fed the diagram with their three life powers, slowly and stealthily, to the point that most lived and died without realizing what they had lost. Thus, they forcibly extracted the life force from those demons and fused it with mental and spiritual power. An exorbitant amount of it.
Ruri had already passed out on the whale’s back; all her mental power was used. In seconds, the two diagrams lit up in vibrant colors. This was the best kind of food, and it greatly benefited those with demon blood.
From that day on, the level of understanding of the members of the two clans exploded overnight as if by magic. When someone stopped at a certain level, the whale would just say a few words, and they immediately understood and advanced. They were receiving a luxurious treatment that not even the number one clan had access to.
Thus, everything happened extremely quickly and efficiently. The whale flooded them with Qi, using all the realm’s treasures, and they advanced levels practically every day. Only those who reached the limit of the sixth level of the Elemental Condensation Realm were stagnant. Then, they trained their bodies under the lightning.
A month later, the diagrams began to fade. However, they were no longer of much use.
Thousands of half-demons and half-wyverns now roared with their imposing Qi. From the older to the younger, all emanated a powerful and suffocating presence, be it physically, in their cultivations, or in their bloodlines.
Everyone emerged from the realm of lightning with piercing looks. From that day on, an army of thousands of cultivators at the sixth level of the Elemental Condensation Realm emerged as if they had sprouted from the void.
A round and chubby void.