746: Ancestor

In the world of Dream Flower, Sam had countless endings.

Some killed Chen Du, some captured Chen Du alive, some were killed by Chen Du, and so on... And these endings were precisely the countless Reincarnations Chen Du created for the sake of one answer after another.

In these countless Reincarnations, Chen Du also learned a lot of top-tier information about this world.

Firstly, the ultimate resource Senluo Mask was actually stolen by the Azure Sky Civilization from the Giant Civilization!

This was also why the Giant Civilization later declined, and why the Azure Sky Civilization rose.

However, according to Chen Du's information, the Giant Civilization might also possess the ultimate resource dawn tree. What kind of Physique is this, that it has so many treasures?

However, it was not the mask Sam wore on his face.

The one on his face was a derivative, not the real thing.

Although it was only a derivative, it was still extremely powerful. It could store life energy in advance through slaughter, and subsequently, any ability that required the expenditure of lifespan could be paid from within, preventing harm to himself.

This was also why the surrounding life energy was black when Sam ignited the Life Ignition Cord, because those were dead life energies.

It could be simply understood as not fresh enough.

As for why he didn't use other abilities later, it was because Sam was relatively afraid of death, so he hadn't mastered such overdraft-type abilities.

This could be seen from the ability he used when he arrived.

"Void Realm Wormhole" was the ability he mastered. His hurried arrival earlier wasn't because he had locked onto Chen Du's location, but because he had predicted that Chen Du would leave after condensing the Star Mark.

They just happened to run into each other.

And the true Senluo Mask was controlled by the Old Ancestor of the Azure Sky Civilization!

That's right, it was an Old Ancestor, not a leader.

Old Ancestors were precisely the fundamental reason why these Overlord-level Civilizations became Overlords.

Because their Rank was greater than or equal to Rank 36!

But the Old Ancestor here did not refer to a single person.

Unfortunately, Sam knew too little about these Old Ancestors. What he could confirm now was only that the Old Ancestors' Rank was greater than or equal to Rank 36, but the number was unknown, though it wasn't 1.

As for why they could exceed Rank 35, this point was the same as what Chen Du knew: they indeed survived after the Rank 35 Seal appeared.

The other two Overlord-level Civilizations were similar. This was also why the strength of these three Overlord-level Civilizations was not as good as the former Overlord-level Civilizations.

Compared to strength, they were more like lucky ones; their actual strength was only considered tall among that batch at the time.

Additionally, regarding the Rank 35 limitation, the answer here was somewhat different from what Yao Wangjing said.

Yao Wangjing said this was the work of the Star Core Beast, while Sam said the source of this limitation was the Nine Forbidden Zones!

However, due to the True Eye, Chen Du knew that the Star Core Beast itself had a close relationship with the Nine Forbidden Zones, so both were probably correct.

It was just different answers from different perspectives or at different times.

As for the specific reason, Chen Du did not know.

From the known information, the Star Core Beast itself belonged to the Blood Sea World. Did it Seal itself?

But he himself died.

This question had no answer even within the Overlord-level Civilizations. They only knew it was related to the Nine Forbidden Zones, so there had always been Great Civilization aliens exploring it, just not that deeply.

Currently, within the Azure Sky Civilization, the only one who could directly connect with the Old Ancestor was the current leader, 'Boraz'!

The current leader, Boraz, was also the only person in the entire Azure Sky Civilization, besides the Old Ancestor, who could use the true Senluo Mask.

However, basically only Boraz could use it.

According to Sam's description, the Rank 35 Seal had a great impact on the Old Ancestors, but it wasn't that they couldn't come out as Chen Du thought; they could come out, but it would be better not to.

As for what this 'better' referred to, that was an answer only the current leader knew.

So, the Senluo Mask could be understood as the Azure Sky Civilization leader's strongest method.

This ultimate resource was different from the eternal heart Chen Du possessed; it was not bound to anyone.

As long as you mastered the method, anyone could use it.

However, only the current leader knew this method, after all, this ultimate resource was Unique, and without the Old Ancestor coming out, the leader was a symbol.

As for those derivatives, the Old Ancestor created them through some unknown means, and even the current leader didn't know the method.

But fortunately, Sam knew the abilities of the Senluo Mask.

Its abilities were somewhat similar to the derivatives, but much more powerful. Sam didn't know the specific details, only the general idea.

The true Senluo Mask also allowed the user to use life-overdrafting abilities without any personal cost, but this cost still had to be borne by someone.

And the one who bore the cost was the opponent!

The Senluo Mask could allow you to overdraft the opponent's life while attacking the opponent!

Although he didn't know the specific details, Chen Du roughly judged that this ultimate resource was countered by himself!

If one could freely overdraft an opponent's life, theoretically it should be invincible. Even against aliens with infinite lifespans, one could forcibly deduct a percentage by igniting the Life Ignition Cord.

But Nimble Cats Grace could shatter the mechanism of igniting the Life Ignition Cord, which prevented the possibility of Chen Du's life energy being drained.

However, this counter was also relative. Even if igniting didn't kill himself, the opponent could still unleash powerful, life-overdrafting ultimate moves without cost, which was still very formidable.

In addition, many questions that were neither important nor unimportant, but had no answers, were also resolved.

For example, Tombstone No. 3 earlier was indeed the First Generation Black Dragon King. It was said that he suddenly disappeared and never reappeared afterward.

Chen Du could easily deduce that he should have died at the hands of Mountain and Sea King from Tombstone No. 2, or at the hands of the Scarlet Fish, and then Mountain and Sea King won.

As for the Black Dragon King in the world stabilizing pearl, he was the Second Generation, and also the last generation.

Another example: indeed, no alien Martial Skill level had reached Fourth Rank, so no one even had a name for the Fourth Rank. The previous First Rank Basic, Second Rank Advanced, and Third Rank Ascension were all named after someone achieved them.

According to the records of the Azure Sky Civilization, the highest record for Martial Skill level came from the Black Dragon Civilization, a former Overlord-level Civilization, created by the Second Generation Black Dragon King, reaching 87% Ascension.

This 87% Ascension was his ultimate record left at Rank 39.9. As for the Starry Sky Warrior stage, there was almost no information about the Second Generation Black Dragon King as a Starry Sky Warrior.

Of course, that doesn't mean it's false.

Rather, the Second Generation Black Dragon King died shortly after advancing to Starry Sky Warrior.

There was a bit of a blank in the process.

During that period, the Black Dragon Civilization, Sky Phoenix Civilization, Qilin Civilization, and Shan Hai Civilization were dealing with external invaders, which were Energy Lifeforms.

And at that time, the Azure Sky Civilization was still in the period of being massacred by the Giant Civilization.

However, although this information was blank, Sam mentioned a crucial detail.

That was the time point when the Second Generation Black Dragon King died: after the war with the Energy Lifeforms, and before the Horn War.

This meant that at that time, the Energy Lifeforms had already been defeated and Sealed, and the Black Dragon King had already become a Starry Sky Warrior.

And during that period, the Annihilation Egg God had already been defeated. Who else could kill the Second Generation Black Dragon King, who was a Starry Sky Warrior?