abnabooks Chapter 778 - 318: The Sleeping Ancient Creature_3
Chapter 778 - 318: The Sleeping Ancient Creature_3
"May you all proceed without any mishaps, and may all your wishes come true. Buyi takes his leave now."
"Rock-paper-scissors? What a laughable form of competition."
Ye Aobai didn’t care about the departure of his clansmen and let out a cold huff, clearly displeased:
"If this gets out, not to mention our clansmen will be laughing their heads off, even Xi En would mock me."
"What’s the matter, are you scared?"
Ye Buchun stretched a grin, his mouth missing two front teeth, looking particularly ferocious.
"Scared? Not of your big head!"
Ye Aobai straightened his back, finally free from the paralyzing effects of the upper body lightning affliction, and said furiously:
"I, the king, am unafraid and welcome death. Whether it’s one round for the win, or best of three, you say the word!"
"I like best of five!"
Ye Buchun clenched his fist, ready to strike.
His predatory gaze was a perfect display of his ferocity.
"Fine, fine, fine, I’ll go along with you!"
Ye Aobai subconsciously lifted his sleeve, realized he wasn’t wearing a shirt, huffed, twisted his arms, and rotated his wrists, readying himself for a last stand.
...
"Big tadpole, wake up, wake up!"
"Oh dear, even Jue has fallen asleep. You can’t sleep; come on, get up!"
A faint pushing force was felt beside his ear.
Then, a warm, moving creature sat on his forehead, vigorously pulling at his eyelids.
Ye Hanjun gradually came to, his cloudy consciousness blank for a few seconds before memories flooded his mind like a tide.
"What’s happened to me...?"
"I don’t know!"
An excited GuaGua, seeing him awaken, joyfully shared:
"We fell from up there. We fell for such a long time and finally hit the ground!"
"I thought I was going to be smashed to death, but luckily Little Black Hat was there. It was a close call, but he saved me. Except for the big guy who had a pretty rough landing, the rest of us are okay!"
Following the direction of GuaGua’s finger, Ye Hanjun noticed the ’big guy’ referred to the Giant Shield Demon Image.
The Giant Shield Demon Image, which previously only had a notch on its shield, now was covered with a dense network of cracks, ready to disintegrate at any moment.
"Such serious damage..."
Ye Hanjun frowned.
"I’m sorry."
Huazhu bowed her head:
"When we landed, to give priority to protecting you and the others, it was really impossible to take care of the Giant Shield Demon Image due to its massive size."
"I’m not blaming you."
Ye Hanjun raised his hand to stop Huazhu’s apology:
"Perhaps it was destined to last only this long. It would likely have fallen after one or two more large-scale battles. After its fall, an empty slot in the Heart’s Slave would appear."
"Hey, Human Master, come look over here."
Goose Immortal, standing a few hundred meters away, was stretching his neck, seemingly looking at something.
Ye Hanjun stood up, first confirming he was no longer in a state of dominance.
The ancient zither corresponding to Absolute String now floated to his left, seemingly suffering from backlash after a sudden skill interrupt, listless and in a state of light sleep for recovery.
"Talent Identification."
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[Race Name]: Demonic Remnant Echo
[Chaos Seal]: "Prison"
[Main Study]: Deduction Tao/Killing Tao/Melody Tao
[Hierarchy]: Heaven and Earth Stage · Great Completion
[Chaos Spirit Pattern]: 28888 patterns "Bright Lake Chant", 29500 patterns "Reckless", 29990 patterns "Great Cold", 30000 patterns "General’s Resentment", 30001 patterns "Heaven’s Fury"
[Core Personality]: "Striving for Perfection"
[Current Status]: Unified with Demonic Essence (Permanent)/Listless (Mild)/Injured (Moderate)/...
[Contractual Relationship]: Stable
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"The bloodline of Absolute String... it’s truly indescribably bizarre."
Ye Hanjun sighed, recalling what he witnessed while dominating, his heart filled with a multitude of emotions.
Reflecting on the time at the Clock of the Era, Absolute String was still approaching a Small Achievement in Heaven and Earth, yet it never formally advanced.
During the brief years at the Tomb of Asura, it was always comprehending skills, it never popped its head out.
Unexpectedly, on the day of its success, not only did it break through the Small Achievement in Heaven and Earth with ease, but it also triggered a fantastical leveling up mechanism, leaping straight to Great Completion in Heaven and Earth.
Within all this, whether it was the accumulation of its past experiences that was profound enough, or due to the comprehension of the Unique and Unmatched Technique, which led to a bloodline enhancement incomprehensible to outsiders, he did not know.
The one thing Ye Hanjun could be sure of was that Absolute String had regained its peak combat prowess.
At the Annihilation Rank, it used [General’s Resentment] as its trump card. Once the guqin strings vibrated and Quyin resonated, even Fly Moon had to retreat a good distance.
As it ascended to the Heaven and Earth Stage, Fly Moon retained its Unique and Unmatched Technique, but Absolute String was weakened, its combat power significantly reduced.
Now, with its astonishing comprehension abilities, after mastering one extreme skill, it looked to the Annihilation Cannon for reference and grasped "Heaven’s Fury."
Heaven’s Fury, terrifying to all living creatures.
Under the Dominant State, a single blow severely injured the nightmare falcon, simultaneously suppressing other evils and ghostly entities, such a dreamlike experience truly existed in Ye Hanjun’s memory, deeply rooted and irreplaceable.
"Rest well now."
Ye Hanjun retracted Absolute String and sent it into the Contract Space to recuperate.
Afterward, he walked towards Goose Immortal, and when he came to stand beside it, his regained calm face shocked Goose Immortal to the point of staring agape.
In the darkness beyond, the landscape was jutting with bizarre rocks.
There were pentagonal altars shrouded in dust, emitting a hazy luster.
Ye Hanjun exhausted all efforts to peer inside, passing through layers of seals, and finally saw that the altars were not empty; each contained oddly shaped little beasts lying inside. They did not breathe, nor did they rot, neither alive nor dead, their state was mysteriously eerie.
"One, two, three, four, five..."
"There are still twenty-six of the most sacred lineages under seals in Soul Calming Mountain?!"
Ye Hanjun took a deep breath, his emotions stirred, unable to calm down.
It turned out what the Ye Clan saw - the little monkey lord, the scorpion demon, the alcohol fiend, the nightmare falcon - was just the tip of the iceberg in Soul Calming Mountain.
In this dark, directionless cave, so many ancient creatures were sleeping, patiently waiting for the chance to awaken.
"The four sacred lineages just now were all guarded by pure holy blood."
"If these twenty-six here are also treated this way, the opportunities associated with this secret sanctuary would be absurdly immense."
Always fearless, Goose Immortal muttered enviously,
"The nightmare falcon that just fell was of the Feather Clan, making it a distant relative of this great Immortal."
"There are several more here with wings, regardless of whether they are of the Feather Clan or not, if I could set them free, I could amass a bunch of subordinates with superior bloodlines, the foundation of the future Holy Nest is all here!"
"Big Iron Goose, you forget the pain once your wounds have healed!"
GuaGua suddenly pointed at Goose Immortal, lecturing in a childish voice,
"Just now when the big tadpole fainted, you ignored Little Black Hat’s warnings and rushed toward the altar on your own."
"And what happened? The Guardian Array Pattern hidden around the altar nearly turned you into roast goose. If it weren’t for this Gua saving you, you’d be cool now. How could you still think of taking advantage of them?"