Chapter 2: Ten Years of Collection
The ‘Element of Earth’ had long since fused with the ‘Pulse of the Land’, and had also partially merged with the ‘Gravity Space’. Now, fusing these three profound mysteries into one was simply a matter of natural progression. Linley naturally wouldn’t set off immediately.
The Amethyst Mountains were as tranquil as ever.
In this tranquility, Linley’s comprehension of the Laws of the Earth gradually improved. The progress of fusing the three profound mysteries steadily advanced, and time silently slipped away. In the blink of an eye, a hundred and twenty years had passed.
On the rocky ground, Linley sat cross-legged, a layer of dust covering his body. Suddenly, a stream of air swirled around his body, and all the dust was expelled.
“Still a bit off. The three profound mysteries are almost fused.” Linley opened his eyes and sighed softly, stopping his training. “Bottlenecks are the hardest to break. Stuck at the final hurdle, no one knows how long it will take. When fusing profound mysteries, one is the point of alignment, the other is the final bottleneck. The time required is simply impossible to determine.”
Even so, Linley was in a good mood.
The three profound mysteries were only a hair’s breadth away from complete fusion. His strength was now nearly five or six times greater than when he had only fused two.
“Back then, when escorting Salomon’s treasure, I got trapped in that desert ancient castle. Now, I’ll create a Blackstone Prison!” Linley smiled, and with a thought—
With Linley at the center, within a hundred-meter radius, the divine power of the earth surged, and many earth elements gathered. Instantly, a completely sealed black prison formed. Within this prison, there was not a single ray of light; nothing else could be seen.
At the same time, the gravity within this prison was extremely strong!
It was several times stronger than the gravitational pull of the Gravity Space Linley had used when he had only fused two profound mysteries.
“Hmph, even if an upper-tier god came in, I’m afraid they wouldn’t be able to run very fast.” Linley was very confident. “Their speed would plummet, while my speed remains completely unaffected. I could easily kill an upper-tier god!”
Blackstone Prison!
Combining the three profound mysteries of ‘Pulse of the Land’, ‘Gravity Space’, and ‘Element of Earth’, and using the mysterious treasure ‘Blackstone’ as its core, this prison was formed.
Within this prison, those trapped inside were subjected to a terrifying gravitational pull, and their souls were also affected. Their strength was reduced to less than ten percent. Here, Linley could finish them off.
“It’s a pity. The three profound mysteries haven’t reached perfection yet.” Linley thought to himself.
Linley knew that given the difficulty of cultivating the Laws, it would take who knows how many years to reach the point of fusing four. What he had now comprehended was his current reliance for traveling through the Infernal Realm.
“According to my deductions, the Asuras of the Infernal Realm should have fused five profound mysteries. As for Seven Star Fiends, most have fused four profound mysteries, with a very few fusing five. Fusing three generally makes one a Six Star Fiend.” Linley speculated.
Ordinary upper-tier gods were all Four Star Fiends. Fusing two generally allowed one to become a Five Star Fiend.
Of course, this wasn’t absolute. It was just a general situation.
“Although I’m one step away from fully fusing three, my ‘Blackstone Prison’ is even more effective than fusing four profound mysteries.” Linley was well aware. The reason it was so strong was mainly due to this unique method of application.
The unique method of using the Gravity Space, which belonged to that purple beast.
With the cooperation of the geomagnetic force, the gravitational pull actually increased over a hundred times beyond its original limit! With the assistance of the ‘Blackstone’, this move was so powerful that any ordinary upper-tier god who encountered it would be finished.
Under normal circumstances, an upper-tier god could easily kill a mid-tier god, relying on their ‘Divine Domain’ and the superiority of their soul essence.
But…
In terms of the soul, Linley had a soul-defense Sovereign artifact. As for the restraint of the Divine Domain, Linley’s ‘Gravity Space’ restraint might be even more exaggerated. Ordinary upper-tier gods who encountered Linley were indeed unlucky. Actually, it was only natural.
Possessing the ‘Blackstone’ and the ‘Soul-Defense Sovereign Artifact’, and being one step away from fusing three profound mysteries.
Although his divine power as a mid-tier god was slightly inferior, the first three aspects were too strong. Ordinary upper-tier gods were no match for him.
“Linley, you’re finally ready to set off.” Olivier had been waiting for this day for a long time.
“Sorry.” Linley said with a smile.
Then Linley looked at Delia and Bebe beside him. “Everyone, get ready!” As he spoke, a yellow light swirled around Linley’s body, and then a spherical yellow light shield with a radius of ten meters appeared. Linley and the other three floated within the shield.
Gravity Space didn’t have to be a plane; a sphere was also possible, but this was something Linley had only succeeded in after centuries of research.
“Let’s go!”
Within Linley’s Gravity Space, the gravitational pull was easily neutralized. Linley and the other three immediately rose into the air and flew straight upward.
“When we came, the gravitational pull was so strong. Now that we’re leaving, I can’t feel it at all.” Olivier couldn’t help but glance at Linley and sigh. “Linley, among the experts from the Yulan Continent in the Infernal Realm, there are probably very few as powerful as you.”
Olivier had to admire Linley.
Ahead, white mist swirled. Linley and the other three continued flying upward.
“We’ve already left the gravitational zone.” Linley had been controlling the spherical Gravity Space, so he naturally knew the changes in the external gravitational pull. “Soon, we’ll probably enter that chaotic wind zone.” Linley reminded everyone.
Delia and Olivier were both very cautious, as neither of them had strong soul defenses.
“Whoosh!” “Whoosh!”
The wind sound rang out again. Bebe frowned, while Delia and Olivier felt a sudden dizziness in their heads.
Linley immediately controlled the ‘Blackstone’, and his soul power spread out from the ‘Blackstone’, filling the entire spherical Gravity Space.
“Just as I thought.” A smile appeared on Linley’s face. He could now easily sense the principle behind the soul-dizzying effect of the wind sound. It wasn’t actually wind; it was a strange ripple of soul power. Even if one blocked their ears, it could still enter the soul sea.
Linley isolated the strange wind sound, and Delia and the other two felt much better.
“We’ll definitely be able to get out.” Olivier was extremely excited. Seeing that Linley could block out the strange wind sound, he was completely certain. This chaotic wind zone was something even powerful upper-tier gods found difficult to deal with.
In the chaotic zone, Linley and his group were completely unaffected, so they could naturally proceed straight ahead.
A moment later—
“I can see the outside!” Bebe exclaimed in surprise.
“I see it too.” Linley immediately dispersed the Gravity Space.
Not far from Linley, some people were standing in mid-air, apparently waiting for amethysts to fly out.
“Ah, two amethysts!” Someone in the distance shouted excitedly.
“Haha, I didn’t expect you to get two amethysts in just half a month. Let’s go, let’s go, we’ll celebrate properly.” Some conversations came from afar.
Linley and the others exchanged smiles. These conversations were so familiar. They were the most common ones heard in the Misty Sea.
They had finally come out!
“We’re really out.” Bebe’s face was full of joy.
“Hey, the four of you, be careful. Don’t go too deep into the Misty Sea. I saw you four seemed to be going quite deep just now. You must be careful.” A flying mid-tier god warned Linley’s group. “If you exceed the safe range and get trapped, you’ll never come out.”
“We know.” Linley replied with a smile.
Of course, they knew the danger. After all, they had been trapped in there themselves.
“Let’s go.” Filled with joy, Linley and the others flew out of the edge of the Misty Sea.
“Linley, when we go out, each of us will pay three amethysts. Don’t hand over the emblem tokens.” Delia sent a divine-sense message.
“Why?” Bebe asked.
Linley was also a bit puzzled, but he immediately understood. Delia explained via divine-sense, “I’m worried that after every mist tide, the emblem tokens of the eighteen families might change. If we show the emblem tokens, they might know that we entered before the last mist tide and suspect that we came out of the Amethyst Mountains. If we’re discovered, it would be terrible.”
Bebe and Olivier suddenly understood.
Right. That was very possible.
“If we’re discovered, it would definitely be bad.” Linley could fully imagine it.
After all, getting amethysts in the Amethyst Mountains was far too easy. It was practically like stealing money.
Linley and the others immediately flew toward the periphery. Two black-robed men approached them. One of them glanced suspiciously at Delia, especially at the demon badge on her chest—it was an upper-tier god demon badge! An upper-tier god demon entering the Misty Sea to collect amethysts was a rare occurrence.
Linley’s heart tightened.
“The four of you, where are your tokens?” One of the black-robed men spoke.
“We didn’t buy tokens before entering.” Bebe replied.
“Oh.” The black-robed man responded naturally. “As usual, three amethysts per person. Four people means twelve amethysts.”
Delia immediately flipped her hand and took out five amethysts, saying, “I was a bit luckier, so I’ll pay five amethysts. What about you three? Bebe, you seemed to have the best luck this time, getting some good amethysts, right?”
“Oh, I’ll pay the other seven.” Bebe grinned and also took out seven amethysts.
Taking the twelve amethysts, the two black-robed men glanced suspiciously at Delia but finally nodded. “You can go.” Clearly, the black-robed men didn’t want any trouble.
Linley and the others immediately flew away with smiles. Behind them, the two black-robed men’s voices drifted over.
“That upper-tier god demon went in to collect amethysts too? Is she crazy?”
“Who knows? Maybe that woman reached the upper-tier god realm while collecting amethysts.”
“Yeah, possible. It’s only been a few hundred years since the mist tide ended. That skinny kid was pretty lucky, pulling out seven amethysts…”
After hearing a few words, Linley and the others flew far away. In the distance, they directly took out a metallic lifeform and entered it. The metallic lifeform immediately turned into a black streak of light, quickly disappearing into the eastern horizon.
Inside the metallic lifeform.
“Haha, we’re rich, we’re rich!” Bebe cheered excitedly.
“Rich, how?” Linley looked at Bebe with a smile.
“Boss, over a hundred years ago, didn’t you say you had a way to get us out of the Amethyst Mountains?”
“Yes. So what?” Linley looked at Bebe, puzzled.
“Since I knew we were leaving, I went crazy collecting those amethysts!” Bebe said smugly. “Boss, you don’t know. I couldn’t settle down to train, so I went to collect amethysts. Right next to an Amethyst Beast Cave, I could easily get millions of amethysts a day. I collected for a full ten years!”
“Millions of amethysts a day for ten years? How many is that?” Linley, Delia, and Olivier were all stunned.
“Tsk, tsk, can’t you do the math?” Bebe was extremely proud. “Amethysts are worthless in the Amethyst Mountains, but elsewhere, they’re worth a lot.”
Linley didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Actually, they all knew this. But Linley, Delia, and Olivier had only collected some amethysts in the early days. Later, everyone was immersed in training. Only Bebe, bored, would go collect so many amethysts. Ten years of collection—the amount was absolutely terrifying.
There were no more dangers along the way. Linley and the others continued forward. The Infernal Realm was indeed vast and boundless. From the Amethyst Mountains to Blue Maple City in Hongyang Prefecture, it took them over eight years.
“Blue Maple City is here!” Bebe cheered.
Everyone inside the metallic lifeform was overjoyed.
“Finally here!” Looking through the transparent metal at the beautiful, ancient Blue Maple City in the distance, Linley felt a surge of excitement. They had experienced several crises along the way before finally reaching their destination, Blue Maple City in Hongyang Prefecture. Once at Blue Maple City, he could begin his journey across the Stellar Mist Sea.
Crossing the Stellar Mist Sea would lead to the ‘Blood Peak Continent’ where his ancestors had lived.
I’m ashamed. Taking a leave on the third day of this month~~
I’m really ashamed. This is the third day I’ve taken leave this month, using up all three days of leave in the first half of the month.
But I’ve truly made up my mind to devote all my energy to the novel. Starting tomorrow, I’ll update daily.