Ch. 2381..2390
The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 2381
The Mystic Maiden and Pigsy froze at once. But they soon understood that something must have happened between Alex and the female corpse in red without their knowledge.
Commander Red’s beautiful eyes burst with silver light once again.
This time, she did not bring Alex to the mental world again. Instead, she seemed to be looking closely at Alex, scanning him. Alex felt as though he had been stripped naked. Not only his body but his mental domain was thoroughly scanned.
“This is…”
Alex did not understand it, but he did not resist either. The person before him was a pioneer of ancient times, an ancestor who sacrificed herself to create a future for humankind. So, he believed that she would not hurt him.
He simply let go of his mind and fully accepted her scanning.
A few seconds later, the lady in red retracted the silver light in her eyes and smiled as she said, “So… It’s you.”
‘What? What?!’
Alex was puzzled. “What about me? Senior Commander Red, do you know me? But both of us are three millennia apart.”
The lady in red smiled and did not say anything further. Instead, she asked, “Have Grand Emperor Rowan and the Phoenix Empress returned?”
Alex shook his head. “No, I haven’t heard about that.”
After a pause, he asked, “Senior Commander Red, are you still alive?”
The lady in red shook her head. “I forged the sword’s heart with my life. Now I’m just a mass of fixation!”
Then, Alex communicated with the lady in red. He told her that he had met the great Genbu, but the great Genbu had fought with the Undead Queen, Juvia, in the depths of Misty Swamp and at the end of the Dead Zone. Eventually, it had turned into a force field to guard the exit, but it could only last for three years.
The lady in red lamented, saying that some sudden changes must have happened to Grand Emperor Rowan and the Phoenix Empress in the Abyss. Otherwise, there would not have been radio silence after three millennia regarding them.
Alex asked her, “What exactly is the Abyss? Why did the Undying Clan want to attack that place?”
The lady in red told him that the Abyss was in the depths of the cosmic sea of stars, a lair where stars were born. There were supreme existences over there, and the Undying Clan was the vanguard army sent by the Abyss. As for the rest, she could not understand them more thoroughly because she had never gone to the Abyss, and the group of people who had gone there never returned.
Finally, Alex asked again about the relationship between the Olympian Army and Olympus.
It was because the sacred golden mountain had appeared on the other side of the ancient force field.
The lady in red was furious after hearing it. “The Olympian Army comprised of those treacherous mongrels of Olympus. The last battle in Atlantis was so tragic because the Olympian Army had betrayed the Alliance and massacred the Alliance Army in return. Those were something inferior to a pack of dogs or a drift of pigs! Alex Rockefeller, the advent of Olympus’ sacred mountain is definitely bad news. There’s a great secret on the land protected by the ancient force field. Especially in America, various sacred mountains are waiting to be resurrected. This is a great plan set since ancient times. You must stop the Olympian Army. Otherwise, the entire earth would be destroyed because of the Olympian Army, and the revival of the universe would no longer be possible.”
Never did Alex expect that the situation would be serious. He solemnly nodded.
The earth was his home. America was his home. His family and friends were there, so he would never stay out of the affair.
“Good brat!”
However, Alex was now in a difficult situation, too, so he told the lady in red that.
The lady in red smiled. “Two people from the Peacock Tribe. It’s fine. If you can walk to this place, you have deep research on spell formations. Take this thing, and you’ll be able to handle them with ease!”
Eventually, she said, “Brat, get strong as soon as possible. Time is running out. You must never be soft in dealing with the Olympian Army. Try to get the opportunity in America’s sanctuary. Even if it’s destroyed, you can never let the Olympian Army obtain it!”
After saying that, she handed a chunk of sword heart to Alex.
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“This… Is the sword heart that you’ve forged with your life?”
Alex was shocked as this thing was equivalent to the soul of the Seventy two Heavenly Immortal-slaying Formation. How important it was.
The lady in red shook her head. “Not really. This is just a small portion of the sword heart!”
Alex also shook his head. “Senior, this is the sword heart that you’ve forged with your life. It’s also the soul of the spell formation here. I can’t take it away. You’re going to guard this place eternally. If I take away this, the strength of this spell formation will decline, and it will affect you too.”
Commander Red said with a smile, “You’ve passed my test, so this originally belongs to you. Don’t worry. Nothing will happen here. Instead, the Olympian Army on America’s side will be a disaster. You take this chunk of sword heart. It contains a small Heavenly Immortal-slaying Formation that can have miraculous effects. There are some insights of my research on spell formations inside. Check it out when you’re free.”
Then, the two people talked for a long while.
Alex had learned many secrets from her and had a more intuitive and concrete understanding of ancient times. That was really an age full of heroes and passion.
At the same time, he had also heard more about the Olympian Army’s despicability.
Now that that race had made a comeback and unexpectedly descended on the other end of the ancient force field, the Wasteland would be in big trouble. So, he wished dearly that he could run back right away.
After the conversation between the lady in red and Alex ended, she lay on the bed again, motionless. She did not even breathe.
This still seemed a little strange.
Alex touched the sword heart in his hand. It was cool and smooth upon touch. It seemed to be weightless, but there were bursts of energy fluctuations. He sensed it with his mental strength, but the sword heart gradually vanished in his palm and turned into a blast of energy, surprisingly rushing into his eyes right away.
‘The small Heavenly Immortal-slaying Formation!’
As silver light flickered in Alex’s eyes, he read the information on the sword heart. A mass of insights and the knowledge base of spell formations had also entered his sea of consciousness.
Alex turned around and looked at the Mystic Maiden of the Nine Heavens and the old pig, only to discover that both were snoring loudly in their sleep on the ground. He thought that the mental burst of the lady in red earlier must have knocked them out right away.
However…
Alex woke up the Mystic Maiden and thought, ‘You’ re the Mystic Maiden of the Nine Heavens, a goddess. But you were instantly knocked out by someone who passed away three millennia ago. How embarrassing.’
“What’s wrong? What just happened? Little Minion, did you do something to me?”
The Mystic Maiden, who looked panic-stricken, seemed like a mortal woman at this moment.
Alex waved his hand. “No.”
The Mystic Maiden replied, “I don’t believe it. You’re a habitual offender.”
Alex was helpless. “Fine! I just slept with you and did everything I could, so just wait till you can nourish the fetus in peace!”
The Mystic Maiden of the Nine Heavens was instantly petrified, but soon she knew that Alex was lying. Whether he had forced himself on her, she still could know it by experience.
Just then, they heard Dolores’ voice coming from outside. She yelled nearby, telling Alex and Pigsy to get out. Otherwise, she would destroy the stone house.
Alex exhaled and said, “They went to great lengths to hunt us till we were helpless. It’s time to fight back. Those two chickens really deserve to die.”
The Mystic Maiden’s beautiful eyes gleamed. “What benefits did the female corpse in red give you?”
Alex replied, “You’ll know later.”
After finished speaking, he walked out gallantly right away. In fact, Dolores and Sam could not get into the stone house at all because that was the crux of the entire spell formation. If it weren’t for the Mystic Maiden, Alex would not have been able to get here with his level of spell formation alone. The two peacocks were not as good as Alex in studying spell formations, so it would be even more difficult.
They were able to chase till here was all because Dolores had done something to Alex. She was only able to find all the way here with that wisp of aura.
When Alex saw Dolores and Sam’s current looks, he could not help laughing. They looked wretched and were covered in blood. Half of Sam’s face was ruined, collapsed, as if something had smashed it. She looked horrid.
“I’m here! Are you guys not dead yet?!” Alex asked mockingly with a smile.
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“This… Is the sword heart that you’ve forged with your life?”
Alex was shocked as this thing was equivalent to the soul of the Seventy two Heavenly Immortal-slaying Formation. How important it was.
The lady in red shook her head. “Not really. This is just a small portion of the sword heart!”
Alex also shook his head. “Senior, this is the sword heart that you’ve forged with your life. It’s also the soul of the spell formation here. I can’t take it away. You’re going to guard this place eternally. If I take away this, the strength of this spell formation will decline, and it will affect you too.”
Commander Red said with a smile, “You’ve passed my test, so this originally belongs to you. Don’t worry. Nothing will happen here. Instead, the Olympian Army on America’s side will be a disaster. You take this chunk of sword heart. It contains a small Heavenly Immortal-slaying Formation that can have miraculous effects. There are some insights of my research on spell formations inside. Check it out when you’re free.”
Then, the two people talked for a long while.
Alex had learned many secrets from her and had a more intuitive and concrete understanding of ancient times. That was really an age full of heroes and passion.
At the same time, he had also heard more about the Olympian Army’s despicability.
Now that that race had made a comeback and unexpectedly descended on the other end of the ancient force field, the Wasteland would be in big trouble. So, he wished dearly that he could run back right away.
After the conversation between the lady in red and Alex ended, she lay on the bed again, motionless. She did not even breathe.
This still seemed a little strange.
Alex touched the sword heart in his hand. It was cool and smooth upon touch. It seemed to be weightless, but there were bursts of energy fluctuations. He sensed it with his mental strength, but the sword heart gradually vanished in his palm and turned into a blast of energy, surprisingly rushing into his eyes right away.
‘The small Heavenly Immortal-slaying Formation!’
As silver light flickered in Alex’s eyes, he read the information on the sword heart. A mass of insights and the knowledge base of spell formations had also entered his sea of consciousness.
Alex turned around and looked at the Mystic Maiden of the Nine Heavens and the old pig, only to discover that both were snoring loudly in their sleep on the ground. He thought that the mental burst of the lady in red earlier must have knocked them out right away.
However…
Alex woke up the Mystic Maiden and thought, ‘You’ re the Mystic Maiden of the Nine Heavens, a goddess. But you were instantly knocked out by someone who passed away three millennia ago. How embarrassing.’
“What’s wrong? What just happened? Little Minion, did you do something to me?”
The Mystic Maiden, who looked panic-stricken, seemed like a mortal woman at this moment.
Alex waved his hand. “No.”
The Mystic Maiden replied, “I don’t believe it. You’re a habitual offender.”
Alex was helpless. “Fine! I just slept with you and did everything I could, so just wait till you can nourish the fetus in peace!”
The Mystic Maiden of the Nine Heavens was instantly petrified, but soon she knew that Alex was lying. Whether he had forced himself on her, she still could know it by experience.
Just then, they heard Dolores’ voice coming from outside. She yelled nearby, telling Alex and Pigsy to get out. Otherwise, she would destroy the stone house.
Alex exhaled and said, “They went to great lengths to hunt us till we were helpless. It’s time to fight back. Those two chickens really deserve to die.”
The Mystic Maiden’s beautiful eyes gleamed. “What benefits did the female corpse in red give you?”
Alex replied, “You’ll know later.”
After finished speaking, he walked out gallantly right away. In fact, Dolores and Sam could not get into the stone house at all because that was the crux of the entire spell formation. If it weren’t for the Mystic Maiden, Alex would not have been able to get here with his level of spell formation alone. The two peacocks were not as good as Alex in studying spell formations, so it would be even more difficult.
They were able to chase till here was all because Dolores had done something to Alex. She was only able to find all the way here with that wisp of aura.
When Alex saw Dolores and Sam’s current looks, he could not help laughing. They looked wretched and were covered in blood. Half of Sam’s face was ruined, collapsed, as if something had smashed it. She looked horrid.
“I’m here! Are you guys not dead yet?!” Alex asked mockingly with a smile.
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Of course, all of this depended on the chunk of sword heart that the lady in red had given him. This was originally a part of the whole sword heart, the condensation of the life and fixation of the lady in red. Both of them had a connection beyond imagination.
After the sword heart was planted in Alex, he could enter and exit the Seventy two Heavenly Immortal-slaying Formation and mobilize the spell formation at will.
At this moment, he acted as the formation.
Roar!
A hundred beasts resonated. The two old peacocks were stunned and cursed inwardly. When they faced ten or so ferocious beasts earlier, they were surrounded by perils and nearly lost their lives. But now, a hundred of them showed up at once…
Dolores took out a great treasure without saying anything. It was a cauldron that emanated radiance. She placed herself inside it and did not come out no matter how the undead demon beasts attacked it.
Boom!
As Alex mobilized the spell formation, a thunderbolt as thick as a child’s arm struck, hitting the treasure cauldron. However, the treasure cauldron radiated a burst of skyglow as mysterious symbols appeared.
There was even chanting of a beautiful voice, showing a picture scroll of the world to block the lightning strike. However, Sam did not have such a capability. It was beaten wildly by the demon beasts right away. Its body was too huge. After the spell formation suppressed it and dragged it down, it was beaten until the bones in its entire body were broken, and its body was soft as if it were a lump of mud.
“Stop beating me! I surrender!” Sam said.
Alex walked over and dragged out its hundred meter tall body. It was soft like super gluten.
After all, the existence of this formation was used to kill the Supremes of the Undying Clan back then. Even the Heavenly Kings and Divine Monarchs could not stand it, let alone this guy who was just at Immortalization.
Sam said, “Hey, did you hear me? I’ve surrendered. Let me go out right now, and I’ll assume the incident today never happened. Otherwise, you’re going to pay for this.”
Alex smirked. “Tell me, how am I going to pay for this?”
Sam said, “We’re from the ancient divine tribe of the Peacock Mountains. Our tribe is full of masters, and all of them are existences that have surpassed Immortalization. If you don’t let me go today, the people of the Peacock Mountains will fight you to their last breaths. They will go to great lengths to hunt you down.”
Alex looked at it. ‘Oh, that’s it.’
His stomach suddenly emanated a burst of thunder like sound. He was too hungry.
The Mystic Maiden said that cultivating the Old Cow’s Breathing Technique would make him hungry, and he could only relieve it by consuming flesh. However, the flesh was divided into the good and the bad ones. The meat of the pigs and cows raised by ordinary people were ineffective, but he needed demon beasts. Therefore, it would be better if the cultivation levels of the demon beasts were more profound.
“Did you just say that you’re from the ancient divine tribe? Are the ancient mythical creatures also a kind of demon?” As Alex looked at Sam, his gaze became bizarre, and his mouth even watered, as if a delicious roasted chicken had appeared before him.
“That’s right! Even in the world of ancient mythical creatures, we, the Peacock Tribe, are of a top-class race!” Sam did not know Alex’s thoughts. Otherwise, it would not say that.
As a result, after speaking, it saw Alex salivating, and he looked as if he saw some delicious food. Then, it saw Alex taking out a great sword.
It was the Sword of the Universe.
It had a sense of foreboding. “W-what are you trying to do?”
Alex wiped off his saliva and said, “I don’t wish to suffer consequences from your Peacock Tribe. But, I’m famished now, so I need to eat some chicken wings first.”
Whoosh!
He lifted the great sword and severed Sam’s wing abruptly, making a large amount of blood splatter. Sam yelled in pain, and its entire body could not help trembling.
It was extremely resentful, but it was deeply regretful deep down. She had volunteered to follow Dolores out here. It thought that it would be able to reap some benefits, but it never expected that a human brat would capture it. Now, its wing was severed, and it was about to be eaten.
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Of course, all of this depended on the chunk of sword heart that the lady in red had given him. This was originally a part of the whole sword heart, the condensation of the life and fixation of the lady in red. Both of them had a connection beyond imagination.
After the sword heart was planted in Alex, he could enter and exit the Seventy two Heavenly Immortal-slaying Formation and mobilize the spell formation at will.
At this moment, he acted as the formation.
Roar!
A hundred beasts resonated. The two old peacocks were stunned and cursed inwardly. When they faced ten or so ferocious beasts earlier, they were surrounded by perils and nearly lost their lives. But now, a hundred of them showed up at once…
Dolores took out a great treasure without saying anything. It was a cauldron that emanated radiance. She placed herself inside it and did not come out no matter how the undead demon beasts attacked it.
Boom!
As Alex mobilized the spell formation, a thunderbolt as thick as a child’s arm struck, hitting the treasure cauldron. However, the treasure cauldron radiated a burst of skyglow as mysterious symbols appeared.
There was even chanting of a beautiful voice, showing a picture scroll of the world to block the lightning strike. However, Sam did not have such a capability. It was beaten wildly by the demon beasts right away. Its body was too huge. After the spell formation suppressed it and dragged it down, it was beaten until the bones in its entire body were broken, and its body was soft as if it were a lump of mud.
“Stop beating me! I surrender!” Sam said.
Alex walked over and dragged out its hundred meter tall body. It was soft like super gluten.
After all, the existence of this formation was used to kill the Supremes of the Undying Clan back then. Even the Heavenly Kings and Divine Monarchs could not stand it, let alone this guy who was just at Immortalization.
Sam said, “Hey, did you hear me? I’ve surrendered. Let me go out right now, and I’ll assume the incident today never happened. Otherwise, you’re going to pay for this.”
Alex smirked. “Tell me, how am I going to pay for this?”
Sam said, “We’re from the ancient divine tribe of the Peacock Mountains. Our tribe is full of masters, and all of them are existences that have surpassed Immortalization. If you don’t let me go today, the people of the Peacock Mountains will fight you to their last breaths. They will go to great lengths to hunt you down.”
Alex looked at it. ‘Oh, that’s it.’
His stomach suddenly emanated a burst of thunder like sound. He was too hungry.
The Mystic Maiden said that cultivating the Old Cow’s Breathing Technique would make him hungry, and he could only relieve it by consuming flesh. However, the flesh was divided into the good and the bad ones. The meat of the pigs and cows raised by ordinary people were ineffective, but he needed demon beasts. Therefore, it would be better if the cultivation levels of the demon beasts were more profound.
“Did you just say that you’re from the ancient divine tribe? Are the ancient mythical creatures also a kind of demon?” As Alex looked at Sam, his gaze became bizarre, and his mouth even watered, as if a delicious roasted chicken had appeared before him.
“That’s right! Even in the world of ancient mythical creatures, we, the Peacock Tribe, are of a top-class race!” Sam did not know Alex’s thoughts. Otherwise, it would not say that.
As a result, after speaking, it saw Alex salivating, and he looked as if he saw some delicious food. Then, it saw Alex taking out a great sword.
It was the Sword of the Universe.
It had a sense of foreboding. “W-what are you trying to do?”
Alex wiped off his saliva and said, “I don’t wish to suffer consequences from your Peacock Tribe. But, I’m famished now, so I need to eat some chicken wings first.”
Whoosh!
He lifted the great sword and severed Sam’s wing abruptly, making a large amount of blood splatter. Sam yelled in pain, and its entire body could not help trembling.
It was extremely resentful, but it was deeply regretful deep down. She had volunteered to follow Dolores out here. It thought that it would be able to reap some benefits, but it never expected that a human brat would capture it. Now, its wing was severed, and it was about to be eaten.
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Hearing this, Dolores was so angry that she could explode. Yet her great Golden powers were useless within this god-forsaken formation. Moreover, her strongest mystical tool, the Sacred Cauldron, could only protect her from the Undead beast’s attacks.
Apart from this, there was diving lightning of Kalpa within this formation, striking her over and over again. It appeared that the cauldron was going to break at any minute. If this were to continue, she knew that she would actually die here.
Just then, Pigsy told Alex that there was a mystical tool within its earring. It was a Spatial vase filled with water that was enough to fill a pond. The water was not just any ordinary water either. It had concentrated spiritual energy since it had been connected to the underground dragon veins before. Although it was nothing compared to Molten Jade Liquid, it was suitable to cook an old hen.
Alex rummaged through the earring and managed to find a turquoise vase.
The space within this vase was surprisingly large. More importantly, Alex could sense ancient holy energy lingering around the vase.
“This vase is related to Buddhism! Where did you get it?” Alex exclaimed. The vase looked familiar as if he had seen it somewhere.
He then slapped himself on the forehead lightly. When Ksitigarbha handed his legacy to him, it included a number of flashbacks pertaining to certain historical events. One of the goddesses was holding this very vase.
‘So… That goddess is… The Goddess of Mercy?’
‘This is… The Cleansing Vase?!’
It was completely different from the ones portrayed in movies. Those were mere props, after all, a completely normal vase. The one he was currently holding was absolutely different from that. Not only was it a beautiful shade of turquoise, but it was also brimming with holy energy.
There were even small and mysterious sacred talismans and symbols carved all over it.
“I found it in the corner of an ancient warzone,” replied Pigsy. “What? Don’t tell me you want it.”
Alex nodded. “It’s mine now.”
“I’ll beat you up, you bast*rd!”
Boom!
Alex snapped his fingers, and a bolt of lightning struck right next to Pigsy. It was so terrifying that Pigsy almost peed its pants.
Alex chuckled. “See that? I don’t mind if you want to become roast pork. I’d like to think that pork is tastier than peacock anyway.”
Such an outcome left Pigsy was extremely dissatisfied, but there was nothing it could do.
After that, he poured the water within the vase into Dolores’ cauldron. With a loud splash, he submerged her underwater as she continued to scream and yell angrily.
Alex laughed and took out an Elixir Fire to heat up the cauldron from below. “Be smart, old hen. Take off your clothes and show your true form, will you? I really won’t be able to eat you if you still look human.”
Dolores felt as if she was going insane, especially since she could feel the rising water temperature. She couldn’t help but panic, despite being the sacred nun of Peacock Mount. She was also an ancient divine beast, her ancestor being Peacock Heavenly King as well. Unable to accept that she was in such a mess.
She shrieked once again,
“Arghhh!”
“I’m going to kill you!”
Dolores knew that she couldn’t afford to waste any more time, or she’d really be cooked alive.
Since Alex’s Elixir Fire had the element of lightning, the fire was quite strong. The water within the cauldron started boiling as well.
Boom!
Dolores intended to knock the cauldron over. With a single slam, she had managed to make the pot wobble back and forth as if it was going to tip over at any moment.
Alex immediately ordered the Undead beast to secure the cauldron. When it was at its limit, he simply used the Chaos tree to hold the cauldron in place.
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“Ahhh!”
Boom, boom, boom!
Dolores started banging on the cauldron over and over again. She finally realized that she was in danger, and with the Chaos tree, Alex managed to take complete control over her cauldron. Now that he had taken over, she was completely trapped.
On the other hand, Alex surprisingly found out that the cauldron was an alchemical furnace without a lid. However, it was made out of rare materials, so it would be considered a unique mystical tool that was basically priceless.
“Heavenly Immortal-slaying Formation; Seal!” Alex roared as he formed a talisman in his hands, sealing the cauldron completely with the sword heart.
With this, Dolores was out of luck.
Alex laughed again. “How about now? Are you still going to threaten me, hmm? And you call yourself a divine peacock beast? Oh please, you’re just an edible old hen! Well, if you don’t want to be cooked alive, I could just make you into peacock pills. They’d definitely come out great.”
Pigsy protested. “Hey, what do you mean by making her into pills? I just want to eat some chicken. I heard these old hens are pretty nutritious and that they’re good for your kidneys.”
Two hours later, the sacred nun of Peacock Mountain passed away.
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In the end, Alex buried Dolores away since she didn’t show her true form. It was likely that she couldn’t do so as the cauldron was too small. She would be three times larger than Sam if she did, which would be impossible for the cauldron to hold.
Hence, he decided to… Leave her human form alone. He even went as far as to stop Pigsy from eating her, no matter how much it wanted to.
They could only find two spatial rings on Dolores and Sam’s corpses, but there were quite a few items in there. Hence, they still managed to profit out of this situation. The most valuable item was none other and the cauldron, as it was half an alchemical furnace. Although incomplete, it still managed to take the diving lightning hundreds of times. It was definitely an extraordinary treasure.
The Mystic Maiden had been standing before the concrete house this whole while, watching the battle outside.
As if she were taking a stroll in the garden, she walked over slowly and checked on Alex. “Looks like you took control over this super formation. Hmm… interesting. And that woman in a red dress on the bed. You wanted to smack her butt, yet she still chose you.”
Alex asked, “So you guys didn’t enter her mental world? Did you not see that shocking battle?”
Mystic Maiden and Pigsy both shook their heads in response.
Alex told them everything he knew. It wasn’t anything top secret, and it might affect the safety of the whole of America.
“The Olympian Army?”
“The awakening of the saintly grotuids of Mount Oro?” Mystic Maiden was unfamiliar with the Olympian Army. She hadn’t even heard about it before this, but after hearing that Mount Oro would be awakened, she expressed her intentions to go there as one might be given an amazing chance.
As for the treasure-hunting pig, Mystic Maiden would still drag it along, no matter how much it refused to go with her. With their sense of smell, they would easily take over half of the saintly grounds.
“But how do we even go to the Wasteland?” Pigsy asked. “We’d have to go through the Endless Sea from here. And that’s no joke! Even a Heavenly King might die there. It’d be a death wish if we nobodies tried to even take a single step in there.”
Alex narrowed his eyes. He just had to go back, no matter the consequence. That was because Cheryl told him that his father had gone back home.
However, his condition was worsening, and his life was in grave danger. Hence, he knew that he had to rush home, even if it would be hard.
In the end, he came up with an idea.
“There’s a lot of Undead beasts in this formation. Like, the ones that were killed during the battle in ancient times. Now, these corpses are being possessed by the spirits of the Einherjars who died in war.”
“Even now, these beasts still contain the Chi of the Undead, so they would be seen as one of them if they wandered about the Endless Sea. As long as we hide in the stomach of one of these beasts, we might just make it through in one piece.”
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Atlantis was a city of vast proportions, yet the Seventy two Heavenly Immortal-slaying Formation took up a third of the total area. The formation even had a world of its own.
Since Alex had a sword heart now, he was able to manipulate the formation as he pleased.
A small ray of silver light flowed within both his eyes. The superpower was once again used, X-ray vision. Previously, part of the silver rays was left within Alex’s eyes after the woman in a red dress made eye contact with him. It felt mysterious, filled with curious energy particles that had caused that incident.
However, it was different this time. A portion of the sword heart entered his body and merged with him, but the mysterious energy particles were then stored within his eyes. This made him really feel as if he had no limits.
Mystic Maiden immediately hugged her arms over her chest and yelled, “No peeking!”
Alex didn’t look at her and turned towards the depths of the Seventy two Heavenly Immortal-slaying Formation. He was trying to find an Undead beast that he could use.
Upon closer inspection, his eyes lit up as he started murmuring. “Oh, my stars… We hit the jackpot…”
On the other hand, there was a mysterious island with a large, majestic mountain in the Northern Ocean. It was Peacock Mountain. The air surrounding the mountain was filled with spiritual energy, as divine colorful clouds encircled the peak. This place just seemed ancient, along with divine birds flying across the sky, chirping loudly. It was as if the place had come out of a painting.
This was the territory of the ancient divine beasts, the Peacock tribe.
Although they had experienced the harshest conditions during ancient times, their tribe still continued to shine in power and strength. They were much more powerful than most clans, even stronger than the ones on the saintly grounds.
Hence, this was why they always acted very arrogant towards everyone else within the ancient boundary, as if they viewed themselves as the gods of this world.
At the time, there was a large commotion roaring within this very mountain. One of their elders yelled in anguish. “Our sacred nun has fallen! This is a tragedy for our tribe!”
“Ah!”
“What? The sacred nun has fallen? Who was it? Who could possibly kill the scared nun?”
“Where did she even go?”
Everyone in the Peacock tribe was shocked, and they rushed off to inform the rest.
Some used communication devices to call for the others that had gone out. Since the fall of the scared mm was an extremely shocking event, everyone had to return to the mountains right that instant. All the peacock natives crowded within the halls of the tribe, all of them pale in the face.
Someone who knew about this spoke up. “The sacred nun found her son when he was hunted down. That’s why she brought some people along with her to take revenge. She brought Sam, Braelyn, and Ciaran.”
In just a few moments, someone rushed in as well. “Grand elder, Sam has fallen too! His Soul Stone has shattered!”
The elder on the throne wore a crown, and under it was extremely long grey hair. She also wore quite a few hair sticks to hold up some parts of her hair, as if she were a consort back in the old days.
That old woman was the grand elder of the Peacock tribe. She looked enraged and tremendously heartbroken.
That was because Dolores was her biological granddaughter, yet she died before her.
“Contact Braelyn and Ciaran now! Ask them about what happened.”
“And order the four guardians to bring the sacred nun’s body back!”
In mere minutes, they managed to contact Braelyn and Ciaran. The two were currently slaughtering countless humans within the Endless Sea. Many innocent passersby were killed off as well.
However, there were just way too many people who were watching by the shore. No matter how strong or powerful they were, they knew that they couldn’t possibly kill off all the witnesses. Indeed, some would still manage to flee the scene before they got to them. They sighed to themselves.
“The sacred nun’s reputation has been tarnished by that pig, and here we are committing mass murder! If word got out, our tribe’s reputation would surely be damaged. When she comes back, we’d have to face punishment,” Braelyn said.
“Let’s hope that the sacred nun has dealt with that pig and that brat. If she were in a bad mood, she might take it out on us! She won’t kill us, right?” Ciaran asked anxiously.
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Braelyn’s expression became grim. She remembered what the sacred nun had done in the past, so she wasn’t sure about that either. Suddenly, they received a call from the tribe.
Since this was a communication tool from ancient times, it wasn’t quite advanced technology. Despite this, it did have interesting functions, where one could make calls with it as if it were a phone.
However, the message they received was that… The sacred nun had fallen.
The two peacocks were shocked. Braelyn immediately reported everything that happened there to the Grand Elder in detail.
Upon hearing this, the Grand Elder thumped her chest and stomped her feet. “Ridiculous, utterly ridiculous! Doesn’t she know what the Endless Sea is? Even a Heavenly King could die in there! She… Why would she even dare to rush in like that?”
They thought they understood the entire situation, as no one believed that Dolores and Sam were killed by Alex.
“She must’ve been killed by the Undead beasts in the Endless Sea.”
“But how do we look for her body in there? We’d be dead meat for sure!”
The four guardians were starting to hesitate as well. They stood still with a frown, unwilling to retrieve the body.
In the end, the Grand Elder of Peacock Mountain decided that it was best to give up on Dolores’ corpse. However, she had to find out how her granddaughter died.
“Our tribe has a Spiritual Pearl!”
“Show me Dolores’ last moments! I have to see who killed her for myself! We Peacocks will seize the Endless Sea one day!”
After a short while, one of the Elders brought out a gem, the Spiritual Pearl. It was a colorful pearl that was the size of an infant’s head, brimming with glowing glory.
The Grand Elder, on the other hand, brought the Soul Stone connected to Dolores. Since there were still small fragments of her soul markings within, they were able to insert this marking into the pearl.
Just then, a disgusting scene appeared right in front of the tribe’s eyes. They saw a man and a pig eating barbeque together. The meat they were consuming was Sam’s body.
“Ahhh! This is just preposterous!”
One of the peacocks couldn’t bear watching this any longer. They started vomiting blood and collapsed to the ground. Another few were so enraged that they began throwing up blood as well.
‘The noble Peacock tribe, known as divine beasts, had ended up as someone’s meal! just how humiliating and insulting could this be?’
However, something even more ridiculous happened later on.
Since this flashback was from Dolores’ point of view, they saw that she was in a large pot of water. The water was boiling, meaning that the sacred nun was being cooked by someone.
They then saw a man and a pig, fanning the flames with each passing second. Moreover, several lightning bolts struck down, caused by the divine lightning of Kalpa.
Dolores had used all the treasures on her to save herself, yet they were all blasted by the divine lightning. With Dolores’ powers, it was impossible to boil her alive. However, the main culprit was her own cauldron.
The cauldron was part of an alchemical stove, so Alex could control it using his Elixir Fire since he was a master alchemist. The stove had multiple formations formed from mysterious and odd talismans; hence he managed to restrict Dolores and seal her powers away.
That was how she was cooked alive,
“Ahh!!!”
The Grand Elder of Peacock Mountain was so mad that she vomited a mouthful of blood as well.
Everyone in the tribe was infuriated. They felt their hearts were being cut open, not to mention that they mostly vomited blood as well.
“We have to kill both that man and pig!”
At the time, Alex and Pigsy were standing in front of a golden tree, drooling lazily.
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What’s that tree?”
“I don’t know either, but I bet it’s an ancient tree. The fruit looks really tempting too. Heck, I’m already drooling just by smelling them! My stomach is rumbling too.”
Alex and Pigsy were stretching their necks, staring straight at the ripe fruit on the tree. The fruit looked like a golden pear, brimming with a divine glow.
Alex smiled. “I suddenly thought of a random legend, the one where Pigsy ate a ginseng fruit. I heard that ginseng fruit was similar to this pear. It was golden and shiny, but it looked like a small person. And it’s said that smelling it was enough to grant an extra three hundred and sixty more years to one’s life. Eating one would help prolong one’s life by forty seven thousand years.”
The pig widened its eyes. “Really?”
Alex replied, “Nah, I made it up.”
He then turned to Mystic Maiden, who was standing behind him. “Have you heard of the ginseng fruit?”
“Nope, but this is definitely not that,” Mystic Maiden replied.
Alex asked, “How are you so sure?”
Mystic Maiden lifted her chin and turned away arrogantly. “That’s because I know about this tree. It’s called the Steel Pear Tree, and the fruit is obviously called the Steel Pear. It’s basically a rare, divine tree, a prehistoric mutant.”
“Oh and, these pears are actually a good medium for you to train on your Old Cow’s Breathing Technique. You could even make your organs achieve the Invincible Steel stage.”
Upon hearing this, Alex immediately plucked one down and bit down without hesitation. It was very juicy and sweet, it was absolutely delicious.
“Mmh! It’s so sweet. Would you like one too?” Alex asked the Mystic Maiden.
She shook her head. “My current body is not pure enough, and it’s still in training. The quality of these things is not the same as Chaos energy. If I ate it, it would only harm me.”
Alex didn’t hold back and straight up ate three of the pears. Under the guidance of the Mystic Maiden, he ate a Stardew fruit as well. After consuming the fruit, he started working on his breathing techniques. Along with this training, his body started moving as well, practicing his punches on the ground.
The martial art was the Dragon-Tusk punch that he secretly learned from Anna. However, he had been making constant changes and refinements towards it. Hence, it was no longer the original version at this point.
His version was able to fill one’s punches with both a dragon and elephant’s power. Moreover, a phantom shadow of a dragon and elephant would appear behind them when used.
He felt that this martial art was quite powerful already. ‘If I showed this to the Colemans, they would definitely be surprised.’
“Looks like I have the potential to start a martial arts clan!” Alex was satisfied with his work yet was crushed the next second.
The Mystic Maiden burst out in laughter. “What kind of messy doggy crawl are you trying to do? Your dragon doesn’t even look like one, and there’s a puppy running around. Embarrassing.”
‘A puppy… Running around?’
Alex could feel his veins popping. “Are you blind? That’s an elephant. Look closely.”
“If you think so, then you haven’t really seen an actual elephant.” The Mystic Maiden said, “Oh well, I chose you to be my little minion. And you’d be damaging my reputation if you’re too weak. I’ll just have to show you what exactly is a dragon and an elephant.”
She pointed in between Alex’s eyebrows with her slender fingers since she didn’t want to show her techniques to anyone else. The Mystic Maiden gave Alex two images. One was a dragon while the other was an elephant.
The first image that Alex saw was the dragon. He was immediately intrigued by the image as soon as he laid eyes upon it, as if it was trying to absorb all his attention to it.
The dragon looked surreal. Alex even realized that it was alive upon closer inspection.
Alex had seen dragons before, he even had a Benares Dragon on him, who was a royalty in her bloodline. However, Neela was way too tame and gentle compared to this dragon in front of his eyes.
The dragon had an intense aura surrounding it as if nothing could ever compare to it. It was so immensely powerful that any human would feel weak in their knees just by looking at it. One’s heart and soul would quiver in fear, falling to the ground while feeling blinded by this entity.