Chapter 334: Chapter 334
Right now, proving his Dao to become a Saint was already within Alex’s near-term plans.
To forcefully withstand the Heavenly Tribulation, he had made foolproof preparations.
Then, after becoming a Saint, in order to advance a step further, he would definitely stand in opposition to the Five Elements Venerables.
The best method to kill them was to obtain the Sun and Moon Five Elements Wheel, replicate Knox’s approach from the original novel, and utilize the mutually generative and restrictive characteristics of the Five Elements Venerables to break them down one by one.
"Good, Taryn, then you must prepare well." Sylra exhorted.
"Three days from now is the day the Elemental Trial begins. You absolutely must choose the element you are most adept at, prepare your various elemental cultivation techniques, and do your utmost to stand out!"
"Senior, rest assured." Alex smiled faintly, saying confidently.
"If I do not make a move, then let it be. But since I am making a move, I must inevitably take the championship and the Sun and Moon Five Elements Wheel together. If I cannot take it, I will directly offer my head!"
"Heh, good, you have ambition. Then this old man will wait and see!" Only then did Sylra feel at ease, turning and leaving leisurely.
Alex continued to drink his wine as if nothing had happened. Aya asked worriedly. "Junior Brother Taryn, are you confident?"
"I heard that every peak has an expert proficient in elements, possessing extraordinary talent in the Dao of Elements. Are you certain you have absolute confidence in defeating all of them?"
"Senior Sister Aya, rest assured." Alex smiled confidently.
"They are not the only geniuses with extraordinary talent in the Dao of Elements. This time, I will let them witness what a true genius is!"
"Oh?" Aya’s eyes instantly lit up.
"Then I wonder, which element are you adept at?"
"Me..." Alex narrowed his eyes and grinned.
"I am adept at every kind of element."
Aya instantly could not help but laugh. "Junior Brother Taryn, stop joking with me. Although I am not very proficient in elements, I also know that different elements are mutually generative and mutually restrictive. They reject each other."
"If someone in this world can master two elements, they would already be considered extraordinarily talented and would definitely become famous. How could someone who simultaneously masters every kind of element possibly exist!"
Alex smiled with interest. "That is true. If they did exist, it would definitely be a terrifying existence!"
At night, Alex returned to the woods as usual, lying on the large bluestone to look at the stars.
Suddenly, a familiar gust of cold wind blew past his ear, startling away the birds on the branches.
Alex frowned slightly. Without opening his eyes, he asked faintly. "Adrian, what is the matter?"
The next second, Adrian appeared and said excitedly. "Saint Lord, I have found some clues regarding the Nether Earth Ghost King’s Nether Earth Soul Chase technique!"
"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Alex instantly opened his eyes, did a carp kip-up to sit up, and urged hastily.
"Speak quickly!"
"Saint Lord, research on this technique began as early as eight thousand years ago." Adrian said in a deep voice.
"This secret art originally stemmed from a Gu-poison sorcery created by the Southern Shamans, who are now extinct. It could utilize various Gu insects to control the thoughts and actions of living people."
"The Nether Earth Ghost King added the power of ghost arts onto the foundation of this Gu-poison sorcery, transforming it into an extremely terrifying forbidden technique."
Alex revealed a look of suspicion. "What are its specific effects?"
"The Nether Earth Ghost King invented a material called Netherworld Soil. It resembles paper scraps, illusory and ethereal. He only needs to possess the genes of the deceased, and he can use the Netherworld Soil as a material to create a clone of that person."
"The clone possesses the cultivation and abilities the deceased had in life, but lacks memory and thought, and can only obey his manipulation."
"As long as he collects enough genes and produces enough Netherworld Soil, he can build an immortal, indestructible army of the dead that is absolutely loyal to him!"
Hearing Adrian’s words, the doubts in Alex’s heart were finally cleared.
He finally understood why the Nether Earth Ghost King could summon a group of immortal, indestructible, and fiercely powerful Giant Demons.
Moreover, although the Giant Demons in the Heavenly Flame Dynasty’s dungeon were all colossal behemoths, they looked different from each other with subtle variations.
Yet the five Giant Demons summoned by the Nether Earth Ghost King all looked exactly identical.
So it turned out that the five were, in reality, just one. And it was a Giant Demon that had already died an unknown number of years ago.
As for genes, they were actually not difficult to extract.
Alex himself could rely on his relationship with the Heavenly Flame Empress to obtain the fur and blood of a living Giant Demon for Lara to research.
With the Nether Earth Ghost King’s abilities, coupled with tens of thousands of years of existence, finding the corpse of a dead Giant Demon and extracting a trace of its genes was fundamentally not a difficult task.
"So that is how it is..." Alex stroked his chin, nodding thoughtfully, a smile of interest curling at his mouth.
"To actually be able to use the Gu-poison sorcery of the Southern Shamans, combined with the profound mysteries of ghost arts, to create such a malicious and immoral technique. This Nether Earth Ghost King is truly a talent."
"By the way, Adrian, do you know which Southern Shamans shaman created the Gu-poison sorcery that the Nether Earth Ghost King referenced?"
Adrian froze slightly, he thought carefully for a long time before saying somewhat uncertainly.
"If I remember correctly, it was a famous grand mage in the Southern Shamans back then. His Daoist name seemed to be something like Daoist Hundred Harms."
"Oh." Alex nodded with interest.
"A randomly created sorcery actually caused such massive chaos in later generations. That old shaman was indeed malicious and wicked enough."
"Saint Lord, what time is it? How do you still have the mood to joke?" Adrian’s face was full of wanting to cry but no tears appeared, he wondered anxiously.
"This secret technique created by the Nether Earth Ghost King is truly extremely dangerous."
