The whale prepared itself mentally. Alm and Bruno planned a deep and irrecoverable blow against the Shadow God branch. The Demoness leading them was just a pawn of a branch and could only beg for minimal help from the main sect. So, she had to handle everything on her own.
Since the sealed world restricted cultivation and she couldn’t directly attack the Yinblood sect, the logical solution was to send the most powerful firepower available. The best cultivators and Empyreans who could enter would be given the task, while an endless army of demons invaded the place to collect all the treasures and justify the risks.
How could they win against such a large and relatively strong army? They couldn’t. But they could count on external power; the heavens and celestial laws were always a helpful and cruel hand in these situations. With everyone going through the divine realm tribulation, the demons would be cornered and defeated. After that, the branch would receive such a heavy blow that they would be forced to give Alm and Bruno time to cultivate and deal with them later.
But...
The moment the whale felt the tremor in the ground, the two of them squinted their eyes. They felt a very familiar sensation, a dark and cold breeze passing through their minds... a sense of certain death.
’Shit, things can never be simple,’ Bruno said dryly. Still with the system message screen in his view, he just accepted to see what the side quest was.
[Flee from the Conquerors.]
[Reward 01: +50 Upgrade Points]
[Reward 02: Access to the main mission]
’Conquerors... are Empyreans above the basic and True level,’ Alm analyzed coldly. ’Ruri and Corin are theoretically considered True Empyreans after fully completing their manifestations, even though they’ve fused them with their Daos. We have no idea about the powers of a conqueror.’
Bruno took a deep breath, and their minds worked quickly. ’The Heaven’s Will knows our intentions. If it sent an important side quest telling us to flee, there’s no possibility of our plan working.’
’It’s impossible to leave this sealed world before the seven days are up, and we’ve been here for just under two days. There’s no way to escape in this enclosed area,’ Alm reflected. ’But... if the given mission is to flee, there must be an unknown way out. We have to fight and resist until we find it.’
They thought for less than ten seconds, then immediately the whale turned to the heart of the earth, where the will of the immortal golem still was. They didn’t need to use their souls to invade; that will clearly felt the whale’s fluctuations and realized they were in a desperate situation, so it spoke in their minds.
’Sorry, I am just a remnant of will. I can’t help you any further.’
The whale responded quickly, ’I have to flee this place, but I don’t know how yet. Give me everything quickly, or I won’t have time to help the golems here.’
The immortal golem understood. In a moment of despair, it could simply not care, but it wanted to fulfill the agreement. A yellow, glowing sphere appeared in front of the whale, within which they felt there was a space like a spatial ring.
They didn’t have time to examine it and simply placed it in the inventory; it should be all the gifts they received. The next second, the voice sounded.
’I will use everything I have left. We say our final goodbyes here. I will give you my mark; with it, you can command all my children in this world. In the future, when you use it, you can feel where all the golems are on a planet, for example.’
The whale nodded, and the golden heart of the earth pulsed thunderously. It vibrated and seemed to turn into golden sand. All that sand seemed to merge with each other and shrink in size. It took five seconds, and only a yellow rune remained.
The next second, the runic mark moved forward and disappeared into the whale’s body. It contained the purest and most exalted bloodline of the Immortal Golem, created personally so the whale could assist other golems.
After that, the existence vanished, and the will of the Immortal Golem ceased to exist in the world. The whale had no time to waste and immediately activated the mark. Its words resonated with all the golems in this sealed world: "Return immediately."
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The whale quickly rose from the underground; they needed to find an exit, but they would likely have to fight and buy time. Ruri and all the others saw the whale emerge and swiftly moved to follow. They awaited its leadership, not acting without its command. With it there, no one had any doubts or fears, not even the youngest in the group.
After the whale’s orders to the golems, those giants protecting the place returned and ceased fighting. When the group reached the surface, they saw the invaders on the horizon... and were surprised.
It was nothing like the whale had predicted. There weren’t millions of demons, just seven figures. They approached slowly, and they quickly realized that not all of them were demons.
The hierarchy was clear as day: in the center, a demon almost five meters tall radiating an aura of death stood out. He had two sharp, large horns, a pair of black wings, a tail, and a sinister look; a classic demon, but the pressure he exuded was unbelievable.
Surrounding this demon were six female figures. Two were demonesses with very similar features to the leader, likely of the same race. There were also two humans; one with golden hair and good looks, and the other with black hair and a claw mark scar on her face.
There was also a woman with a simple human appearance, but with a fluctuation of a demonic beast, indicating that it was just a metamorphosis. Lastly, a strangely muscular dark elf with a black saber on her back.
There were no Soul Eater demons. All seven were at the ninth level of the Body Destruction Realm, the same as most of the group. But they caused an instinctive sense of danger in everyone, something they had never felt before in the divine world, not even when they saw someone one or two realms above. No one doubted that these seven were definitely not from that branch. Something unpredictable had happened.
The seven saw the whale and the group, and a dark smile appeared on their faces. The invaders stopped in the sky, and only the demon leader stepped forward and locked eyes with the whale.
"Are you the half-human who destroyed that branch?" He spoke without emotion and glanced at Ruri beside him. "Are you the second sinner?"
"Who are you? Why do you want to know?" The whale replied slowly and lazily.
The demon focused on him, and his lips curled sinisterly. "My name is Dem Zarn. I was entrusted by the Shadow God sect with the task of resolving this irrelevant conflict."
Everyone in the group froze. He mentioned Shadow God... the fourth largest sect in the universe, and the one that completely dominated the galaxy where they lived. The sect itself had moved? Why?
But the whale responded lightly. "Hm... so you’re one of their heroic disciples. Why did they bother sending you?"
Dem Zarn narrowed his eyes. Very few people knew about the heroic disciples. They were created by all the sects in the universe just a few months ago. "You’re well informed. Yes, and like me, there are several others in the sect. All must prove themselves to be valued, receiving missions where only elders would be sent to earn merits."
Everyone took a deep breath. The whale had already briefly explained this to them. If he was a heroic disciple of the powerful Shadow God, it meant he was a rare genius in the entire universe. The pressure he exerted on them was not for nothing; he could definitely kill them.
"My cultivation is the second lowest among the heroic disciples; that’s why they sent me for this small matter. Well... now that you understand, let’s finish this quickly. You two, kill yourselves quickly; I promise I will take your souls, and you will be imprisoned and tortured for a hundred thousand years. After that, you will be released to reincarnate."
That demon finished without any emotion, but a deadly aura flowed around him, seeming to distort reality.
"With just you? I hope your arrogance matches your abilities; usually, people like you die in the same chapter they appear in," the whale spoke without any emotion. "Or are you now going to tell me that I don’t know the difference between heaven and earth? Or that I have eyes but cannot see Mount Tai?"
Dem Zarn and his companions looked at the whale dryly, a bit confused, but understood his intentions and the ridicule in his words.
"I see no point in exchanging useless words. I like to kill immediately, but I don’t want to spoil these women." Dem Zarn spoke coldly, then snorted. "Anyway, go. Kill the men; you only need to kill that small human woman. The others seem good for me to test them."
"Yes, my lord." The six women responded in unison and moved.
The whale smiled intensely. He doesn’t like exchanging useless words, but he likes to act like a Young Master. Great, all they needed was time to find an exit. This idiot likes to pose and won’t act before them. He knows who the leader is, and to maintain his pose, he will only attack the other leader.