220: Seize the Thunder Pool, Curse Mark

The possession ritual naturally could not be successfully activated.

The moment the Thunder God’s remnant soul left the Thunder God Statue, Fire Lord and the other two had already made their move.

The Thunder God’s method of survival was different from the Fire God’s; the Thunder God had never truly died.

He entered a state of dormancy through a special method, actively entering the Gods Graveyard to lie in wait.

For countless years, He had existed in the form of a remnant soul.

The Thunder Pool was a natural Dao field shaped by Him, and for countless years, countless prodigies cultivated within it, allowing the Thunder God’s remnant soul to continuously acquire insights into Thunder-type rules.

The current Thunder God already had the implication of being Foundation Level; as long as He chose to possess any Thunder-type being with His remnant soul, He would be able to break through to Foundation Level in a very short time, relying on the Thunder Pool.

If He hadn't had designs on Lin Chen, perhaps His plan truly could have succeeded, breaking through the Foundation Level threshold with the power of the myriad races’ prodigies.

However, He lost His mind and set His possession target on Lin Chen.

Thus, His outcome was also destined.

The nearly Foundation Level Thunder God’s remnant soul had no power to resist when facing Fire Lord and the two other true Foundation Level beings; even the statue He inhabited was suppressed along with Him.

“It seems our Human Race can add another Foundation Level.”

Weapon Saint casually dismantled the possession ritual set up by the Thunder God, and after thoroughly analyzing the Thunder God Statue, which was the only physical entity, he understood all of the Thunder God’s schemes.

It was precisely because of this that he said the Human Race would gain another Foundation Level.

“Within the clan, there are indeed a few Thunder-type main gods, but I wonder which one will be more fortunate and can use this Thunder God’s remnant soul and the Thunder Pool’s accumulation of countless years to break through to Foundation Level in one go.”

“This matter still requires consulting Lin Chen’s opinion; the Thunder God’s remnant soul was lured out by him, so we cannot let the child suffer a loss, and the deserved rewards must not be stingy.”

Fire Lord saw things very clearly; the origin of the incident lay with Lin Chen, so Lin Chen’s opinion was naturally important.

“That is as it should be.”

“Rewards must not be stingy; open the Human Race’s treasury access, and all the treasures within can be used, with the same authority as us.”

“That’s how it should be; although this child is not Foundation Level, he is more useful to the Human Race than us Foundation Level individuals, and more suitable to lead the Human Race’s development.”

Fire Lord and the other two, in just a few words, determined the rewards for Lin Chen.

There are fifty-two Foundation Level individuals in the Human Race; now, Lin Chen is the fifty-third Foundation Level; his cultivation has not reached Foundation Level, but his status needs to be given to the Foundation Level.

What kind of ability one possesses determines what kind of treatment one should enjoy.

The Human Race will not mistreat any meritorious official; those who have contributed can enjoy their deserved treatment in the Federation, and both spiritual and material rewards are abundant.

And this is also one of the reasons why the Human Race has been able to flourish; a united Human Race achieving the status of a super-large race is a matter of course.

Lin Chen watched the Thunder God Statue disappear before his eyes; he knew that Fire Lord and the other two had made their move, and at this moment, he only felt at ease.

Even if the Thunder God was full of schemes, He was no match for Lin Chen, who had Foundation Level protectors by his side.

Fire Lord and the other two, who had suppressed the Thunder God’s remnant soul, came before Lin Chen, and Lin Chen immediately asked.

“Elders, how should this Thunder Pool be put away? Leaving it here is too much of a waste; it’s best to move it back to the Federation for the use of our Human Race.”

Fire Lord and the other two greatly agreed with Lin Chen’s idea; this was the correct way of thinking.

Leaving good things outside was a waste; bringing them back to the clan was the right path.

The Thunder Pool was considered a natural environment, a place of inheritance formed by the power of the Gods Graveyard combined with the Thunder God’s power; it did not have the concept of an owner, so collecting it still had some difficulty.

However, as long as something truly exists, there must be a way to collect it; it’s just that the collection conditions are strict and cannot be achieved by ordinary people.

“Collecting the Thunder Pool is simple, but the three of us cannot make a move; it must be you.”

“Why is that?”

Lin Chen was puzzled, but after Weapon Saint’s explanation, he understood that the Gods Graveyard had certain restrictions on Foundation Level individuals, preventing them from acting freely, and only allowing them to act indirectly through their own prodigies’ connections.

Just like suppressing the Thunder God’s remnant soul and protecting their own prodigies, the amount of Foundation Level power used was not much, which was considered acting at the upper limit of the Gods Graveyard’s restrictions.

But if they wanted to directly act and seize the Thunder Pool, that would be overstepping the Gods Graveyard’s restrictions and would bring terrible consequences, triggering the Gods Graveyard’s targeting mechanism.

“This is the Spatial Orb I refined, specifically for cutting and containing various natural environments; it is very suitable for collecting the Thunder Pool.”

Weapon Saint Nangong Ming, before achieving Foundation Level, was the Human Race’s number one refining master.

At that time, the quality of the artifacts he could refine had already reached the semi-supreme treasure level.

After achieving Foundation Level, his refining skills improved greatly.

After spending a lot of time and materials, he could barely refine low-grade Dao Source Power supreme treasures that did not possess growth potential.

It’s just that so far, he hasn’t refined a single low-grade Dao Source Power supreme treasure yet; it’s still in the refining process, as supreme treasures take too long to form.

The Spatial Orb, a main god artifact, had a very simple function: to contain space and store items.

After Lin Chen simply refined the Spatial Orb, he actively activated it.

There was power left by Weapon Saint within the Spatial Orb, which could maximize its function, as if a main god was personally controlling the Spatial Orb.

This was an example of Foundation Level indirect action.

The Spatial Orb’s owner was Lin Chen, and it was also used by him first.

As for the residual power within the Spatial Orb, it did not belong to Lin Chen, which was not an issue.

As long as the power intensity did not exceed the main god level, it would not break through the Gods Graveyard’s restrictions.

This was essentially exploiting a bug.

The power of the Spatial Orb enveloped the entire Thunder Pool.

The next moment, the massive Thunder Pool disappeared without any warning, having been absorbed into the Spatial Orb.

The Thunder Pool, possessing infinite space, was quite difficult to collect; relying solely on the Spatial Orb, a main god artifact, was not enough to directly collect it.

Therefore, Weapon Saint still chose to act, personally controlling the Spatial Orb and mobilizing a bit of Dao Source Power to compress the Thunder Pool into the Spatial Orb, completing the collection process.

At this time, the myriad race beings still within the Thunder Pool were naturally kicked out of the Thunder Pool and returned to the Gods Graveyard environment.

Weapon Saint’s action clearly broke through the Gods Graveyard’s restrictions, and what followed was the activation of the Gods Graveyard’s targeting mechanism; the punishment for breaking the rules needed to be borne by Weapon Saint.

The Gods Graveyard began to tremble, and the power of divine fall became increasingly violent.

The countless beings exploring the Gods Graveyard were all affected, and many manifested inheritances flickered erratically.

At the same time, an invisible force began to condense, finally wrapping around Weapon Saint, leaving a mark on his body.

During this process, Weapon Saint Nangong Ming used various methods and could only weaken the invisible force, but he could not prevent the mark from attaching.

He could only let the mark form, at most making the mark’s trace relatively faint.

“You two, I’m leaving first; this curse mark is a bit terrifying.”

“While the curse mark is still shallow, let’s first use our own human luck to seal it; you quickly return to the ancestral court.”

Fire Lord and Other Shore Walker immediately mobilized their human luck, covering the curse mark on Weapon Saint’s body, forming a temporary seal.

Weapon Saint Nangong Ming did not waste a moment; he immediately turned and left the Gods Graveyard, not daring to stay longer.

As for the curse mark on his body, he could only return to the clan to clear it; he himself was powerless, and the human luck of the three of them could only curb the curse mark from continuing to spread.

The curse mark, this was the Gods Graveyard’s countermeasure against Foundation Level individuals, a curse that could only be broken by the power of luck.