Chapter 241: Chapter 126: Cosmic Altar
In the distant ocean.
A Level 7 "Hurricane Mage" was being hunted down by a Level 7 Demon Creature.
The Hurricane Mage was exceptionally fast and had mastered numerous powerful spells of Witchcraft, even a few decent Forbidden Curses.
But on a small island, the Hurricane Mage ultimately failed to escape his pursuer.
The Demon Creature forcibly cut him down with its Blood Wings.
Then, the Demon cradled the Hurricane Mage’s remains and began to feast upon them.
"What delicious flesh and blood!"
As it devoured the succulent flesh, the Demon marveled at the sweetness of human meat.
At that moment, across a vast expanse of the surrounding sea, numerous High Level Demons were hunting down the scattered and fleeing Transcendents.
Zorn’s original plan was to let the three factions fight it out in a chaotic melee.
But this time, the Demons’ power was far greater than anticipated.
Even though Zorn had already killed quite a few Demons, when more of them rushed out from the tower, the two warring factions were still powerless to resist.
It wasn’t that they couldn’t have won if they had joined forces to fight the Demons.
But there was no way the two sides would ever team up.
Each hoped to run faster than the other, leaving their rival to cover the rear.
Thus, the ocean had become the stage for a massive, chaotic battle royale.
The Level 7 Demon, still feasting on the human corpse, suddenly sensed something. It had just been about to use "Demon Shadow" to escape.
BOOM!
To its horror, a torrent of Gang Qi materialized into a golden Giant Dragon’s claw and seized it on the spot.
The terrifying power bore down, interrupting its "Demon Shadow" escape technique in an instant.
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!
The astonishing force was so great that its demonic bones creaked and cracked under the pressure.
"This..."
The Demon’s eyes widened in fury as it let out a series of enraged roars.
GURGLE... GURGLE... GURGLE...
A terrifying suction, like an abyssal black hole, suppressed all the Level 7 Demon’s power. Even its thoughts were sealed tight.
Before long, the Level 7 Demon had been reduced to a pile of molten ash, trickling from the grasp of the Gang Qi dragon claw.
Sensing other Demons flying toward his location, Zorn considered for a moment, then immediately concealed his form and escaped into the depths of the Spirit Realm.
After shaking off the two or three Demons that had attempted to give chase, Zorn used his Spirit Body form to silently slip onto a nearby deserted island.
This deserted island looked like it had been purchased by some wealthy merchant.
It even had a few dilapidated, abandoned buildings on it.
After carefully observing his surroundings for a moment to confirm the island was indeed deserted, Zorn entered the Spirit Realm Layer Realm and then dove deeper.
The surface of the Spirit Realm Layer Realm was relatively safe, but its depths were another story.
Deep within the Spirit Realm Layer Realm, one would gradually permeate into the "Star Realm."
There was a chance that some terrifying entities roamed there.
This was especially true for the depths of a World’s Spirit Realm, where terrifying, bizarre, and dark creatures were almost certain to be found wandering.
So, one had to be careful.
Previously, when Zorn had touched the ancient gate in front of the Demon Lord, it had looked like he was trying to open it. But in reality, Zorn was secretly activating its hidden backdoors.
The "Cosmic Demon Pool Ancient Ruins" had one main gate and four secret ones.
The main gate, of course, was where the powerful Legendary Demon Lord’s lesser incarnation was stationed.
And right now, what Zorn was searching for was one of those four secret gates.
If that Demon Lord had known just how familiar Zorn was with the Ancient Ruins, he would have never let him get near the Ancient Ruins Gate.
Too bad!
He didn’t know.
Of course, even if the Demon Lord hadn’t let him get close, Zorn had other methods he could have used.
Zorn had many ways to approach the Cosmic Source Pool Ancient Ruins.
As he searched, information about the [Cosmic Demon Pool Ancient Ruins] surfaced in Zorn’s mind.
’The [Cosmic Demon Pool Ancient Ruins] has three layers in total.’
’In the deepest part of the third layer World is the ancient and mysterious [Cosmic Demon Pool].’
’You can make sacrifices to the [Cosmic Demon Pool] through the [Cosmic Altar].’
’This allows you to obtain something called "Cosmic Essence."’
’And this Cosmic Essence is the most crucial resource in the entire "Cosmic Demon Pool" system.’
’After a sacrifice, this "Cosmic Essence" is distributed via a furnace.’
’It is then fed back into the world region of the [Holy Relic World].’
’And all the Transcendents are the units that absorb this [Cosmic Essence].’
’In other words...’
’The entire World of [Holy Relic World] is the "Echoing Source Furnace" for "Cosmic Essence."’
’No matter the form of the sacrifice, as long as enough is offered, the [Cosmic Demon Pool] will respond.’
’You have to understand, those ancient nations have already reached the limits of the world.’
’To advance further, they need to make sacrifices to older, more secretive, and more wondrous entities to break their own limits and aim for greater heights.’
’And [Cosmic Essence] is the "key" to breaking their own Level caps.’
’Therefore, once the truth of the [Cosmic Demon Pool] is discovered, those powerful nations will bare their terrifying fangs to seize control of the [Holy Relic World].’
’The entire World will become their Flesh and Blood Ranch.’
’They’ll lock down a region and pour in offerings.’
’The "Cosmic Essence" fed back will merge with the humans in that locked-down region.’
’Then, with a swing of a scythe, they’ll reap all the humans and throw them into the furnace to be smelted.’
