As soon as the sword was released, its nearly broken blade pulsed with spatial power; to be able to use that here, it had to be unmatched power. Alm and Bruno squinted their eyes and saw space distort slightly. Without hesitation, the spatial rune on their armor gleamed, and they swallowed the weapon.
’Why the hell are you trying to escape?’
Alm and Bruno asked, but the sword didn’t respond. Within the inventory, the blade vibrated and the two saw the cracks pulsing, about to burst. Alm and Bruno snorted; immediately, the dominating power flowed, and the runes of the inventory merged. The two dominating techniques that could even deal with the queen’s will sealed all the power of the sword.
They felt the soul inside it tremble, stunned. But the sword shone even brighter, resilient, and they felt the laws of the inventory begin to split. Could it really escape from the inventory? The two thought in shock.
’I came on behalf of the Devil God, stop for a chat, idiot,’ roared Alm furiously in the inventory. Immediately, that spatial power froze.
’Who are you? He never...’
The female voice sounded dryly, but was interrupted when two souls appeared in front of her, making her swallow hard. She was just a mortal and couldn’t sense their divine soul. She only tried to flee after feeling the evil armor and infinite karma coming from the two who wore it. But now seeing them, she felt an unbelievable level of power in those souls.
’Do you understand now? We are missionaries, using this armor as a temporary body to fulfill a mission from Heaven’s Will,’ Bruno explained gently.
’You... how can you possess two souls, and they are completely opposite?’ she asked, doubtful.
’We are one, divided by matters you shouldn’t meddle in,’ Alm cut in sharply. ’I just need your soul in the core to deliver to him. If you try anything funny, I’ll destroy the entire weapon; let’s see you escape then.’
She trembled, feeling the malicious intent coming from him. Then she took a deep breath and calmed herself. Even if it was a lie, she felt they could really destroy this weapon.
She sighed, then asked painfully, ’Is his will... still guarding the place?’
’Yes, he asked us to take it away from here. Well, that’s just secondary; we need to find something else first,’ Bruno said, trying to be kind.
She knew the Devil God had already died, but she spent all this time with only his will, worried about her. He then explained they were searching for a primordial seed that existed in this place.
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’I didn’t see anything like that in my time on the surface. But if it’s something really good that emerged here, I’ve seen some beasts digging and taking away things that surfaced,’ she replied softly.
Alm and Bruno reflected. This place was quite unique; the laws forced everything to become almost mortal, unable to use Qi or cultivation. At the same time, the land was bathed in the blood of countless powerful cultivators and even immortals. Many peculiar things must arise over millennia. If the queen’s people kept this place for many uses, they would know about it and guard everything.
She didn’t know exactly where they had taken it. But when they asked in which direction the beasts she saw had taken things, she simply pointed to that gigantic mountain.
’There are many weapons around the mountain that we didn’t take; we couldn’t waste too much time. Always some emerge from underground; one of them might have seen the place,’ Alm reflected, and Bruno agreed.
Inside the inventory, they nodded. That Fey who remained within the core saw dozens of terrifying things move towards them. She recognized some; they were things from people who died in the battle she participated in. She belatedly remembered they had broken the chains of the sword and asked stunned.
’How did you get that ore?’
’Hm? I stole... I mean, I found it by luck inside the mountain,’ Bruno replied lightly.
She fell silent and thoughtful, imagining how crazy he was to invade the center of that place, steal things, and return.
Meanwhile, Alm and Bruno asked the weapon spirits if they had seen anything similar. All were ancient and powerful weapons; the spirits were intelligent and could communicate like living people. However, they were unsuccessful—none of them had seen anything.
"Let’s go," Bruno turned to Liumi, who was patiently waiting.
On the way, they explained the situation to Liumi. The soul inside the sword heard everything and realized belatedly that the succubus was also possessed by the spirit of the spear on her back. After a while, she felt something coming from the succubus and widened her eyes, speaking inside the inventory.
’Is this succubus a hero? How... that’s impossible! The malicious power of heroes prevents them from being dominated. We tried everything against them in the past.’
’You ask too much,’ Alm retorted dryly.
They returned to the vicinity of the mountain and began collecting what was around it. There were hundreds of weapons, but if they took everything, they would certainly attract attention at some point. They were playing with luck, but they had no choice. There shouldn’t be more than one of these seeds; if the creatures of that place collected treasures, they surely took it. They needed to know where it was.
They tried to gather one treasure per region, choosing randomly. After almost a month, finally a suit of colorful feathered armor saw something. They breathed deeply; the item spirit said they took something to a specific area near the mountain. The search area was now narrowed down.
They slowly gathered a dozen things, piecing together fragmentary information from some. Putting together the pieces of the puzzle, they roughly understood where it was located.
’Hey, can your weapon manipulate spatial laws, right?’ Alm asked the sword that had been silent all along. A simple ’yes’ sounded dryly, and he continued, ’There must be an underground entrance somewhere. We can’t use laws or QI, as you must know. If you use your spatial power to feel the ground, you can tell where the gap in the formation and the entrance is.’
’The blade is almost destroyed. If I use the laws again, it will explode and I will lose control. This could trigger enemies,’ she said emotionlessly.
’Just rebuild the blade?’ Bruno asked lightly.
She sarcastically scoffed. ’Just rebuild? This is the ancestral sword of my clan. It was made as a gift from the Forge God, who fused various unique metals he found in other universes. Not even the Forge God himself could...’
’Okay, okay, got it. Just stay quiet,’ Alm cut her off impatiently.
In the next moment, the soul swallowed hard as a terrifying power illuminated inside the inventory. Only then did she notice a small bud lighting up in the background. A terrifying law covered the entire inventory.
’Law... law of chaos? How...’ She murmured but froze as she felt the entire blade being swallowed by the laws. Then...
Crack...
The entire blade turned into microparticles in a second. She widened her eyes; now it was just a rounded immortal core floating. As she was about to speak, she suddenly saw a small bright point, like a tiny star, emerging.
She was completely astonished as she felt the spatial laws. It was the metal of the blade, emerging... and reconstructing itself as if grains of sand were magically coming together.
It took nearly a whole day. Until that soul inside the immortal core saw the blade of her sword completely rebuilt before her, utterly incredulous. The full spatial power of the blade was intact. As she remained speechless, a force floated around the immortal core; then it was moved to the center of the blade, and within a few minutes, the core was perfectly repositioned.
She no longer knew what to be shocked about. Repositioning an immortal core? Rebuilding the sword? Laws of Chaos?
’There, it should be perfect now,’ Bruno spoke calmly, breathing a sigh of relief. They usually failed on the first attempt to use a new material; that’s why they never tried so hard and were so careful when using chaotic refinement. They had to take a risk, but luckily succeeded on the first try.
’How is this possible... the Forge God himself said it was something impossible to replicate or repair...’ She murmured, feeling the body of the sword completely restored. ’You... surpassed...’
’Stop wasting my time,’ Alm said dryly. ’I have many people waiting for me, I need to return as soon as possible. Yes, I surpassed the Forge God in some aspects, but fuck it. I’m saving you, and I rebuilt your sword; give me a little help now.’
She turned to that dark and nefarious soul, then looked into his surprised eyes and saw something she could hardly believe. He had people waiting for him? The two souls possessed such strong karma and a bloody aura that from the first second she saw them, she felt endless repulsion. The armor was just a simple ornament compared to them. That’s why she tried to escape even before hearing them. But... now she felt that soul really emanating a desperate will to leave.
’I will help,’ she said seriously.
Alm and Bruno scoffed together. It was hard to be judged so quickly, but they didn’t care; they were really far from being good people.
The sword came out of the inventory, and Bruno held it gently as they resumed their search. No one could use IQ or cultivation there, but the blade had its own spatial laws and could subtly use them.
It took nearly fifteen days of searching until Fey quickly spoke up: ’I found it! There’s an entrance down here.’
Alm and Bruno breathed deeply. They were close to the mountain, so it should be a tunnel leading to a secret area. If it was an entrance, then it should be a gap in the formation. They felt no danger, so without wasting time, they began digging with Liumi’s help.
It was the entrance to an underground tunnel. They entered and closed the entrance, using the divine soul to manipulate the earth. It was a waste of soul power, but they had no IQ to use.
They moved quickly without feeling any danger. That place shouldn’t be busy, and the enemies would never expect anyone to find the entrance. After going deep for several minutes, they found an open underground area, not very large.
Everything was stored in holes in the wall without much distinction. There wasn’t much, and most of the holes were empty. They found some red metals radiating a bloody pressure. These were ores formed with the blood and bodies of cultivators who died there.
Then, halfway through the inspection, they saw a small yellowish point resembling a corn kernel. Immediately, they felt a subtle connection to it; it was the same feeling coming from the laws of chaos. They had no doubts—they had found the strange seed.
There was no defense or anything guarding these items. Probably, this seed and everything there were considered small and unimportant, randomly found. Alm and Bruno were sure that this seed probably wasn’t something complete, just a fragment of the true primordial seed.
’The mission said we’re to produce fruits with this seed... we should have enough to complete the seed,’ Bruno reflected.
They put the seed in the inventory and moved quickly, not wasting the chance to take everything. After a few minutes, they reached the end of the cave. Both instinctively felt something that made them look up. It was the same feeling that had made them see that egg.
’By my calculations, we were probably directly under that egg,’ Alm said emotionlessly. ’We can’t take that and risk ourselves for no reason. If it were something truly important, the mission would be to take the egg, not the seed. We need to get back soon.’
Bruno took a deep breath and agreed. It had already been nearly eight months; that sealed world of the Shadow God sect branch must be frozen and inaccessible. Those outside must have noticed by now, and if they delay any longer, the sect itself might move to investigate, if they haven’t already.
Without delay, they returned to the surface. Fey’s sword was at Liumi’s waist. Bruno thought it best that way; she seemed like she wouldn’t flee anymore, and being a pure Yang bloodline Fey, unlike those who lived on the Gloom planet, she would never feel comfortable around them, carrying the weight of the lives they had taken.
With both objectives fulfilled and many gains made, they carefully made their way back to the entrance of the Devil’s Mountain. It took a week of cautious travel; during this time, Liumi talked a lot with Fey. She didn’t dare speak of her master, but she told Fey about how they met, their relationship, and how everyone around him trusted him.
Fey couldn’t believe it. But... he clearly was a missionary, capable of surpassing even a God. He was also extremely crazy, clever, and insane enough to enter that place, steal what he wanted, and return unnoticed.
On the eighth day, when they were a day away from reaching the entrance, Alm and Bruno heard the sound of metal clashing. Another idiot had triggered the alarm... until...
SCREEEEEEEEEE!
Then, in the next moment, the sound of a sharp and piercing scream, resonating with majesty and unique singularity, reverberated throughout the area.
’Haven’t we heard that before?’ Alm reflected, stunned.
It was the sound of an extremely pure and primordial bloodline... which they had heard before, and it seemed to be in an equally desperate situation. (Chapter 361)
A strange feeling made them stop in their tracks and turn towards the sound. They took a deep breath and moved towards the battle. It took several minutes; then, the sounds ceased, but they felt the Yin of death in the air and hastened their steps.
When they arrived, they saw a bloody scene. There were a dozen fallen and dead demons and beasts. In the center of it all, they saw two figures covered in black blood, leaning on each other with vacant eyes.
One was a small figure that looked like a child, a male dark elf. Beside him, a majestic figure with black feathers was radiating its flaming bloodline; it was a dark phoenix.
’What the hell are Yanson and Lirelia doing here?’ Bruno spat, bewildered.