148: Destruction

"Who knows how that thing's brain grew, oh, no, that thing doesn't have a brain at all. It actually naively believed that merely by its push and the threat of world destruction, it could make the creatures in the secret realm unite as one.

Heh, just from the patterns on the ground, I've seen no less than a hundred modifications and additions. Each one, although forced to jointly advance this matter, didn't hold back on various methods.

However, that thing's luck was also terrible. First, it had problems itself, then when it encountered you, it clearly had better ways to deal with it or even seek your help, but it chose one of the worst options.

This time, it finally went all out, and after much effort, it managed to pressure the creatures in the secret realm to jointly complete the formation of the method. Before it could even check and discover something was amiss, it fell into a deep slumber due to the backlash and wear and tear caused by doing so, allowing the various small manipulations in the setup to continue to ferment.

Even more unfortunately, the group of guys who set up this method, whether due to other existences interfering or simply good luck, under their various modifications and small actions, this method actually didn't encounter any problems. Instead, it operated very smoothly.

However, the scope of the method's effect directly expanded from the original secret realm creatures to the entire secret realm, and its effect also changed from the original 'sacrificing all beings to nourish heaven and earth' to gestation.

The blood-colored patterns you see, besides absorbing the 'sacrifices' that have already been offered, are still rapidly absorbing all vitality in this secret realm, attempting to drain the entire world and gestate the egg in the core of the secret realm.

Currently, the remaining vitality in the secret realm is less than one percent of what it was before the method was activated, and the secret realm creatures are almost all dead. Those that are still alive have lost most of their power, despairingly awaiting death.

Tsk, if I wasn't certain that I had no other actions besides inputting that method, I would have thought this situation was caused by me. What a beautiful method, doing nothing but starting it, then watching the secret realm and its creatures court death themselves.

When the time is ripe, come out and harvest a wave: vitality, origin, flesh essence, and even resentful souls, everything is there. And incidentally, you can also gain an excellent material gestated by an entire secret realm, without having to bear too much karma. This is too good.

Listening to Kui Fang's description, Xu Yan fell into silence.

It wasn't out of pity for the Eerie Secret Realm or its creatures; mainly, in Kui Fang's description, this secret realm was almost completely drained. So, was there still a need for the Shadowlight Realm to absorb the remaining scraps, and were those remaining things still worth Xu Yan's waiting during this time?

Thinking this, Xu Yan informed Kui Fang of his thoughts.

In response, Kui Fang was silent for a moment, then looked at Xu Yan with an expression that said, 'You lucky brat,' and spoke:

"Tsk, you really are lucky, kid. Mo Yi's original plan was only for you to tear off a piece of fat from this secret realm, but who would have thought this secret realm would court death to such an extent, giving you the opportunity to take down the entire secret realm directly.

To be honest, if I hadn't promised Mo Yi, and if I wasn't unsure if I could withstand that guy's retaliation, I would have even been tempted by such a rare material and wanted to add it to my collection. But now, it can only benefit you.

However, the souls of an entire secret realm of creatures, especially high-quality souls produced in a secret realm primarily of the phantom/Ghost Spirit attribute, plus the resentment of all beings from death and the destruction of the secret realm, and the residual thoughts of the secret realm – this trip wasn't without any gains.

Wait, the remaining bits of this secret realm will probably be absorbed completely in a few days. Then I'll help you directly extract that thing gestated after absorbing this secret realm.

After absorbing the resentment and karma attached to it, you can then choose whether to continue investing resources to gestate it or break it apart to enhance the secret realm in your shadow.

But, you shouldn't have thoughts like 'the method is too cruel, sacrificing endless beings, I'm unwilling to use it,' right?

Regarding Kui Fang's question, Xu Yan shook his head and said, "As long as it's not done in Huaguo, in other circumstances, my moral sense isn't that strong. While I wouldn't actively seek out or create such things, I also wouldn't refuse to use such resources."

Kui Fang nodded in satisfaction at Xu Yan's answer, then with a casual wave, a long banner was summoned. It effortlessly penetrated the secret realm's barrier below and entered it, hovering above the secret realm's sky.

As the long banner danced on its own, souls of varying strengths flew from all directions of the secret realm towards the banner, then merged into it.

Seeing this scene, Xu Yan knew that the long banner below should be one of the signature equipment of demonic cultivators in various novels, the Myriad Souls Banner (Human Emperor Flag).

For the next period, the two sat on the bone throne, quietly watching the Myriad Souls Banner collect various souls and resentments from the secret realm.

As the Myriad Souls Banner finished absorbing, this Eerie Secret Realm, like a candle in the wind, met its end.

The originally intact secret realm barrier began to show cracks, like a prelude to breaking glass, and then at a certain moment, it completely shattered.

After losing the protection of the secret realm barrier, a terrifying spatial storm directly swept through the entire secret realm, instantly tearing the land within the secret realm to shreds. Countless rocks, buildings, and remains of creatures were completely reduced to dust in this spatial storm; everything in the secret realm vanished in an instant.

With a loud bang, the entire secret realm completely collapsed, turning into nothingness, leaving only a blood-colored giant egg, about to face the ravages of the spatial storm.

Just as the spatial storm was about to destroy the blood-colored giant egg, just as it had torn apart the entire secret realm, Kui Fang raised his hand and grabbed into the void. The blood-colored giant egg instantly disappeared from its original spot and appeared before the two of them.

Looking at the blood-colored giant egg pulsating like a heart before them, Kui Fang once again summoned the Myriad Souls Banner. After absorbing the useless and harmful (to Xu Yan) but good material (for Kui Fang) attached to the blood-colored giant egg, he handed it to Xu Yan.

After Xu Yan put away the significantly shrunken blood-colored giant egg, their mission was perfectly accomplished. Under Kui Fang's control, the bone throne flickered several times, then broke through space and returned to the Third Academy.