NOVEL NEXT Chapter 469: The Kidnapped Grandpa
"Are things going smoothly? How are you feeling?"
Upon seeing Tao Yu and Sharon emerge, Klein asked with some concern. Your journey continues at My Virtual Library Empire
"If I study it properly, this evil spirit is a treasure trove, an old thing from two thousand years ago. It should know a lot of secrets and could be a great source of gold coins."
Tao Yu's tone of anticipation made Klein speechless with frustration. Who was asking about that? I'm worried about your physical condition, and you're considering how to fleece it?
However, following Tao Yu's line of thought, Klein's eyes also brightened slightly. It seemed to make sense.
If the fellow isn't afraid of this evil spirit and can guarantee complete control, it really seems like what he said.
"But although I can trap this thing, it seems I don't have many good ways to deal with it…"
Tao Yu also felt a bit troubled at this moment. Either kill the entity or leave it here; there's no suitable middle ground.
Mostly, it relied on threats or negotiations by mouth.
If not for its own doing, based on its current performance, it really is quite troublesome.
"Shall we leave this place first?"
Klein looked around as if hesitating whether or not to report something to the church.
"Yes, let's leave. Let's tell the employer there was a collapse inside and persuade him to block the exit."
Tao Yu felt that he wasn't deceiving the other party—there really had been a collapse inside...
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Back at home, Tao Yu finally calmed down enough to attempt communicating with the trapped wretch.
"It should be worth a try now."
After incorporating the knowledge of this world, Tao Yu hesitated for a while before attempting a simple trial.
Based on his understanding, he took out some materials of corresponding properties, sensing their uses and attributes, and tried to piece together some things. Then, he drew the Spiritual Wall for the ritual, closed his eyes, and began to meditate.
As a wisp of Ao smoke rose with the burning candle, Tao Yu felt his spirituality indefinitely descending as if falling into the bottomless Abyss, then casting itself onto the Visualization Diagram of a figure with Innate Sanctity but a Third-Eye marked by the Demonic Species.
Tao Yu's Meditation Technique had always been centered on himself as a deity!
At this moment, the evil spirit was actually grasped in the palm of that divine image, unable to escape due to the bondage of Divinity.
If Tao Yu wished, he could reach out at any time and crush the evil spirit in his palm, but that was the only action he could take...
Tao Yu didn't know how the other party felt, but they seemed to be somewhat impatient.
"You've waited two thousand years, you're too restless…"
Tao Yu shook his head...
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Meanwhile, from the perspective of the evil spirit.
In an exceedingly Underworld-like pitch-black environment, it seemed that indescribable things might emerge at any moment to drag the trapped one away.
No matter what was attempted or how hard one struggled, the trapped evil spirit felt it was all meaningless.
There was no passage of time, no direction; it seemed like absolute nothingness, endless darkness.
This kind of oppression and silence, near enough to make someone explode on the spot.
Even the loneliness endured for two thousand years under the ground was bearable, but after entering this strange place for only a short while, it caused the evil spirit to become quite irritable.
At that moment, the evil spirit, seemingly formed by the convergence of three angels, began cursing each other to combat the deadly silence.
"Medici! Look at what you've done!"
"This is an Outer God!"
"Damn it, you should never have been in control."
"..."
The chaos of cursing and yelling seemed to be enjoyed without end.
"Are you done cursing?"
From what was originally a void, suddenly a majestic and divine voice coming from all directions rendered Soren Ai Medici, this amalgamated evil spirit, with a sense of total powerlessness!
It felt as though life and death were under the others' dominion.
With just a thought, the three could be completely erased from this world!
This made Medici feel an incredible sense of disbelief.
He was a true relic who had experienced multiple eras; even before the Ancient Sun God became a being of the past, he had followed and witnessed the Sun God's fall, living through the Era of the Gods.
Even as one of the three pillars, the Ancient Sun God had never given him such a sensation!
What is this?
How could there be an Outer God that surpasses the pillars?
Tao Yu didn't know why, after he asked the other party a question, they just started to space out and didn't exchange insults anymore.
Then, he weighed his palm as if he wanted to snap them back to reality.
But in the eyes of the combined evil spirits, it felt as if amidst the boundless void, a gaze from an immeasurable height had fallen upon them, sending chills down their spines.
At that moment, the original bickering stopped temporarily, and the other two angelic evil spirits who were initially blaming Medici now played dead on the spot and hid inside Medici's body again.
It made the War Angel, who had once been the King of Angels and the strongest and most ancient among the three, also feel somewhat helpless now.
"You were so enthusiastic about cursing before, and now you're hiding? In critical moments, don't you still rely on me?"
Although Medici cursed under his breath, he still proactively gave a response,
"I do not know what being you are, but indeed your standing is the only one I have ever seen in my life; embodying you was my offense."
As someone who finds it uncomfortable not to retort and can still preserve his mouth even after being incinerated, it was truly rare for Medici, who now carried the mantle of the Hunter Path, to utter even a slight word of submission.
However, Tao Yu did not know Medici's character and just felt that Medici seemed rather awkward even in conceding.
Upon hearing the other's words, and feeling a sufficient sense of control over the situation, Tao Yu lightly spoke after a moment of contemplation,
"Oh, I was just visiting this world for fun, and then you disrupted my plan, which makes things a bit difficult for me."
The brutal honesty was just that, but when Medici heard it, it was enough for him to conjure up a multitude of wild guesses!
Coming to this world just for fun? Surely an Outer God!
Only it is not known how it crossed the barriers, nor how much power it brought along.
"I am a bit curious about this world; judging by your appearance, you seem to have some understanding. Could you tell me what those things surrounding this planet are? And what are your Divine Spirits?"
Medici was somewhat bewildered by Tao Yu's subsequent inquiries.
Outer Gods shouldn't be unfamiliar with these, right?
The Source has even been brought here? Could it be that you've come for the Source?
That the other party was aware of the cosmic situation and knew about those covetous entities outside did not surprise Medici.
What he found strange was why this Outer God didn't know even the basics!
"You do not know?"
Medici began to doubt because this was quite abnormal.
However, his words also immediately enlightened Tao Yu with some information; perhaps the situation outside was not a secret to the strong beings who had reached a certain height in this world!
That's right, knowing this information would lead to contamination, therefore it was likely the strong beings who could withstand such contamination.
Higher sequence, or perhaps angels...
Tao Yu pondered briefly, but due to the scant information he knew, it was challenging to smooth things over in a direct and immediate conversation.
Facing someone who could maintain their sanity after being sealed underground for two thousand years, and who had previously been an unknown high-ranking entity, Tao Yu didn't think he could win against them in terms of intelligence and reaction speed when at an informational disadvantage.
"I indeed am not aware; it's just that I saw some things upon entering that piqued my curiosity."
On the other hand, Medici also felt that discussing Outer Gods in this place and not getting contaminated was bizarre?!
Then he had a certain epiphany.
Some kind of Source had emerged!
The other party was either contaminated by a portion of the Source, or the Source itself had taken on a sentient form!
Origin Fortress? Or something else?
This made Medici feel troubled.
Because of his high sequence, he had once been subtly influenced by the Source corresponding to his sequence.
If it were so, then being confined by a higher standing made sense, especially since he no longer possessed any extraordinary characteristics...
Tao Yu didn't know what the other was thinking, but presumably, they had also conjectured something reasonable.
He could sense emotionally that the panic in the other's heart seemed to have diminished somewhat, probably because they felt they had a better grasp on him.
"Just because I don't know the specifics outside, he can deduce all this? It seems that this planet might also harbor some incomprehensible entities..."