That human took a deep breath. In the next second, the Karmic Domain faded. The entire massive army, composed of countless life forms, fell unconscious to the ground. They had just mastered the terrifying power of their heroes; they couldn’t disperse it yet. This power didn’t work against the direct power of the hero, only able to erase the queen’s basic domain or mental controls of cultivators... at least for now.
It was the heroes themselves who activated the power within everyone, using it to seal the prison, freeing them. Alm and Bruno somehow won this battle, but victory was still far off.
’We have at most 30 seconds before the portal stabilizes... how do we make this tree generate the Genesis Fruit?’ Bruno thought as quickly as he could.
’How can something have the power to spread life throughout the universe?’ Alm reflected coldly. ’We know the maximum power a mortal can achieve; we’ve also ascended the steps to the immortal realms. Something capable of generating life is only possible with the power of heavenly laws...’
’The laws that govern everything must allow something like that, or it’s impossible,’ Bruno agreed. ’The queen currently dominates much of the laws in all universes. How are we going to achieve something like this?’
The two worked frantically. Ten seconds passed, and the spatial channel was stabilizing rapidly. Until a recent memory flashed through both their minds, causing them to jump in sync.
They were words from a small Fey named Mistie: ’The celestial order was equally shocking and unique in history. The current heroes will soon depart; but no new favored ones will be born in this generation. The celestial divinity will grant all Empyreans born within less than two hundred years the opportunity to advance in ranks. And in five thousand years, all those who reach the Supreme level will vie to become heroes.’ (Chapter 557)
’That... yes! The queen is manipulating celestial laws to create powerful heroes,’ Bruno quickly spoke. ’To do this is only possible with a similar power... as if she’s spreading seeds for Empyreans to harvest and ascend.’
Twenty seconds...
Alm glanced up quickly in one direction; they didn’t have time to reflect on whether this was plausible or not. This tree would only bear fruit if they delivered a power on the level of celestial laws to it. Where could they find something like that? In the heroes themselves, obviously.
"Liumi, come back," Alm quickly said, and the spatial rune glowed in his inventory.
There was no hesitation in her. The spear and sword at the succubus’s waist entered the inventory directly. In the next second, Alm and Bruno grabbed the succubus’s body. And in an instant, a haunting Yin power gleamed in their eyes.
A succubus naturally possessed a terrifying life force; after all, that was her primary source of power she sucked from others. This succubus, in particular, had cultivation at the peak of the divine realm, and naturally, her life force was a thousand times greater than normal. Even though Liumi had burned a lot, she had no experience or technique to burn even a third of it.
Alm and Bruno didn’t plan to kill this succubus because they needed her. But now, she was a treasure to them; after all, they were experts in the grim art of refining life in exchange for power. In the next second, that beautiful female body shriveled as if it turned into a mummy, then everything turned to dust.
The heroine’s soul that was kept alive was released to reincarnate. That human took a deep breath, feeling that nefarious power again that they had used so much. They quickly felt the suppression of the world, but it was so much that with only 20% it was already enough.
"Come to me..." Alm spoke like the villainous harbinger of death and destruction.
A wave of dense Yin power spread like dark tendrils. All the fallen enemies lying unconscious on the ground were engulfed... then a wave of death Yin flowed.
The human took a step... then arrived beside that winged and demonic figure. Alm and Bruno scoffed; obviously, they didn’t kill him. He was placed in the inventory.
It took three seconds. Then that human seemed like the reincarnation of death, and his entire existence was covered by a powerful and dark karmic aura. The villain they thought they had left behind opened his eyes again, and with just his will, thousands died in seconds.
Suppression fell upon that human like a celestial hammer. But even with only 20% of his power, it was still an abnormal force impossible to contain. Alm snorted and shot up into the sky at incredible speed.
’Their souls will reincarnate and won’t be used again. We couldn’t help them, and if we left them here, they’d be enslaved again. It was the best for them...’ Bruno muttered, trying to come to terms with it.
Indeed, it was impossible to put everyone in the inventory, as that place didn’t accommodate life properly. If too many living things entered it, no one would survive more than a few seconds. Their deaths were a true liberation. If they had enough karma, with the connection now created between them, they could reincarnate in their domains and live well.
In two seconds, that human, whom any other figure would describe as a sinister demon, reached the central mountain of the place.
Without any hesitation, they went straight into it through a random hole. Then, upon reaching the abyss, the human’s eyes pulsed with explosive and terrifying power.
**BOOM!**
The entire mountain violently exploded, and the earth spread in all directions. At that exact moment, a dozen figures in golden robes passed through the portal with cold, piercing gazes.
On their foreheads, a radiant golden rune was fully lit like a star. And unsurprisingly, the laws of the place had no effect on them; they were at their perfect cultivation.
Immediately, they all turned in one direction and took a step, causing time and space to distort.
Within the great crater where the mountain once stood, two divine souls floated gently. Alm and Bruno took a deep breath, focusing on the rune in their inventory connected to their souls.
Inside that mini world, they saw the leaves of the chaos tree tremble. The entire existence of that tree seemed covered in a grayish, mystical aura.
Until... among its branches, 18 small, multicolored fruits slowly grew...
The queen and the heroes created this place with the intention of using the Empyreans and heroes they considered disposable. The entire place was a trap for the top cultivators of the underworld and universes to enter in search of treasures and be captured.
As for the heroes, they were chosen to be slaughtered in this place to become something more useful. That succubus was someone considered useless and was given the glorious mission to have her soul refined and her body used forever in this place. In the end, Alm and Bruno saved her.
But now, all the empty bodies that held the power of their runes were used for another purpose. Everything was destroyed, and automatically, the blessings and celestial power that the queen had given them were magically absorbed by the now chaos tree. Alm and Bruno didn’t even see or feel the movement, but the results were before them.
[Congratulations, Main Quest completed.]
’Damn it... it was close...’ Bruno and Alm muttered in unison.
As soon as they spoke, they found themselves surrounded by a dozen golden figures with furious eyes. They stared at the two souls with a mixture of shock and anger.
"MISSIONARY! HOW DARE YOU!" one of them roared.
Alm and Bruno just laughed sarcastically. "Fuck you, bastard. One day, I’ll come back to burn everything related to that bitch." Alm spoke dryly, radiating a presence that suffocated all the heroes around.
When their minds assimilated those words, it was when the world froze. Infinite spatial runes covered everything around them; Heaven’s Will was sending them back.
Alm and Bruno still had time to watch attentively; the heroes’ eyes trembled subtly... they felt their entire existence freeze, but they were still conscious and saw everything unfold.
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"Send my regards to her; tell her to prepare herself, soon I’ll start sending more elaborate gifts." Bruno spoke, laughing sinisterly and looking at the heroes who watched everything with extreme dread.
Thus, their consciousness faded away.