Chapter 344: Chapter 337: The Final "Great Prophecy Technique
Hm?
As someone who had also mastered this ancient language, Shi Ming could clearly parse its meaning.
"Unceasing Water... None of you will escape death."
’Unceasing Water... the number two treasure on the List of Marvels. It’s suspected to be one of the causes of the world’s flooding oceans. And based on the Abyss Lord’s words, the Unceasing Water seems to be more complex than it appears.’
The Abyss Lord’s dying whisper was not a warning.
It was a curse, a threat.
In his draconic form, Shi Ming didn’t hesitate for a second. The power of the Arm of Judgment surged through his fourth dragon head, delivering a fated death to the Abyss Lord.
He didn’t fear curses, nor did he fear threats.
Everyone dies eventually.
But his enemies would always die before him!
Shi Ming threw out the Sealed Prison, which enveloped the Abyss Lord’s several-hundred-meter-long remains. The starlike Pure Dome Crystal had already been fully charged. Black chains and threads spread out like a net, binding the powerless corpse of the Abyss Lord and beginning the sealing process.
Sealing the Abyss Lord’s corpse would prevent its corrupting source from leaking out, but absorbing its power would still take several days.
But right now, there was another creature to deal with.
The Three-Eyed Golden Crow.
This was Shi Ming’s main objective for this trip.
His eighteen dragon eyes gazed down into the sea. His brutal glare seemed to pierce through a thousand meters of ocean, landing on the trembling form of the Three-Eyed Golden Crow.
The Great Prophecy Technique had just been fulfilled.
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The Golden Crow’s body trembled ceaselessly under the immense pressure, but its thoughts remained clear. Aided by warnings from its Great Prophecy Technique, it had long been devising various plans to avoid death when this final moment arrived.
Escape was now impossible.
The giant dragon’s gaze was already locked onto it. Fleeing under the watch of such a powerful being was a fool’s errand.
There was only one way to survive.
Surrender.
But the Three-Eyed Golden Crow was terrified.
’Surrender?’
’If the other party truly was a giant dragon, it might need vassals and perhaps accept its surrender. But humans never needed sea beasts as subordinates. More often than not, they would bathe in a sea beast’s blood to cruelly seize its skill source. The last time it encountered this human, it had nearly died at his hands.’
’Today, its chances of survival were slim.’
Before it could speak, a ferocious and brutal voice echoed in its mind.
It was Shi Ming’s voice, projected via Spiritual Power—a technique he had learned from Ah Jian. He suppressed his murderous urges, his voice detached and cold.
"Two choices."
"Submit, or die."
’Killing the Three-Eyed Golden Crow to obtain its skill source and evolve his Eye of the World was the most straightforward option. However, after some consideration and a reminder from his Eye of the World, Shi Ming realized he only needed the skill source for the Great Prophecy Technique. A living Three-Eyed Golden Crow, even one with only the Great Sun Wheel left, would still be a decent asset.’
And most importantly—
’The Three-Eyed Golden Crow had possessed the Great Prophecy Technique for many years; the prophecies it had glimpsed over time were bound to hold some secrets. In most cases, prophecies revealed by fate could not be spoken of, but there were always ways to circumvent that rule.’
’A Three-Eyed Golden Crow bound by a contract would be loyal from the bottom of its heart.’
’Its value alive was greater than its value dead.’
The Golden Crow groveled on a decaying, crystallized coral branch on the seabed.
"Great... dragon, I am willing to submit."
Shi Ming shrank his body.
He reverted to his three-headed form.
The Three-Eyed Golden Crow obediently left its nest and surfaced. It didn’t even activate its Golden Sun-like aura, appearing just like a common, pitch-black crow.
Its eyes darted about.
Inside, it was celebrating.
’It never expected things to be resolved so easily. This powerful human actually needed its power. Could it be that he, like the Abyss Lord, needed an air conditioner to regulate the temperature? Or perhaps he had other goals and needs?’
’As long as I can survive, it’s all good.’
’What’s the difference whose lackey I am?’
Shi Ming’s gaze swept over it, sending a chill through the Three-Eyed Golden Crow’s very soul.
It had a faint feeling, deep down, that this human was probably far more brutal than the Abyss Lord.
’Things probably aren’t that simple.’
"Mas...ter."
Hearing this, Ah Jian, who was perched on Shi Ming’s shoulder, snorted.
’A bird whose rank wasn’t even a rounding error compared to its own was getting off easy by acknowledging a master so readily. Once the master had it fully subdued, Ah Jian would make sure it knew who the strongest combatant under the master’s command was.’
The Three-Eyed Golden Crow had barely finished speaking when Shi Ming tossed out a Contract Core.
This was a Contract Core he had recreated over the past few days using a method from the Divine Revelation Stele. He had also upgraded it three consecutive times with his Infinite Brain. Since he wasn’t short on upgrade materials, concocting a Contract Core capable of controlling an S-rank sea beast wasn’t difficult.
A Contract Core could only be implanted if the sea beast did not resist.
Either when it was on the verge of death, or when it accepted willingly.
"I have two conditions."
"First, merge with this Contract Core and form a contract with me. Second, I need the skill source for the Great Prophecy Technique from your eye and heart. Accept these two conditions, and you can live."
"If you don’t accept, I’ll still give you the chance to fight."
Shi Ming looked down at the Golden Crow.
Ah Jian split into countless clones, all awaiting their master’s command.
The Three-Eyed Golden Crow stared at the Contract Core before it.
For a moment, it was furious. ’Even the Abyss Lord hadn’t made such an outrageous demand!’
The skill source for the Great Prophecy Technique was located in its third eye and its heart. Although it could be separated through self-mutilation, doing so would be like giving up half its life. Moreover, being bound to another through a Contract Core meant it would lose all freedom from then on.
It hesitated.
It had no doubt that the moment it uttered a refusal, it would die instantly, without the slightest chance of escape.
The brutal human before it seemed to be losing his patience.
Its third eye blinked.
It brought a new revelation about the future.
A final revelation.
It was a vision: the human before it, the one who could transform into a Nine-headed Giant Dragon, stood upon a great ship darker than the night sky, sailing toward a truly endless Star Sea. The Three-Eyed Golden Crow was perched on the ship’s ornate eaves, its eyes reflecting countless brilliant stars, the galaxy glittering behind them.
Its spiritual sense stirred, and the vision vanished, returning it to reality.
The human stood before it. The Abyss Lord’s body was already tightly bound by chains and black threads. Even a once-invincible Holy Hall-tier Sea Beast could not attain true eternity.
The Twelve-winged Black Insect looked at it with contempt.
As if to say, ’This is your honor.’
The Three-Eyed Golden Crow nodded.
It flew up slightly, took the Contract Core in its beak, and swallowed it.
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