C1937 Learning and Practicing
The Dark Tower loomed ominously before Yu Yuan as his remnant soul reached out, attempting to secure the otherworldly artifact. His plan was to use the Dragon Slaying Stage to obliterate it. Once destroyed, the stage would stabilize into a "Starway," allowing a multitude of experts from Stellar Oblivion to pass through effortlessly, without requiring his participation in battle. This would demonstrate to Reid, Cardo, Ballo, and the invading Beast Gods the formidable might of the Wasteland.
Despite the numerous Beast Gods, their individual power was not as overwhelming as one might expect. Yu Yuan hoped that this display would bolster the confidence of his allies. Moreover, with the Dark Tower in ruins, he could utilize the teleportation capabilities of the Dragon Slaying Stage to rescue Yu Ying and the members of both Forgeroses and the Skyreach Consortium.
Each time Yu Yuan's thoughts neared the Dark Tower, they seemed to be preemptively sensed and eradicated by the silver lightning beneath it. The Dark Tower was no longer stationary; it flickered in and out of existence, elusive and unpredictable. It was as if the tower, infused with an elusive vital energy, had gained sentience, allowing it to evade impending threats.
With a whoosh, Yu Yuan, standing upon the Dragon Slaying Stage, transformed into a streak of golden arc light, surging toward the Dark Tower. The once-still tower now darted about Aihoyari, employing teleportation to evade capture, vanishing and reappearing at will.
Each time Yu Yuan attempted to use the Dragon Slaying Stage to forge a Starway and unveil the intricacies of space, the Dark Tower would burst forth, thwarting his efforts with its superior spatial control. It was both elusive and meticulous in its movements.
Yu Yuan's inability to detect the auras of the two furthest Beast Gods was due to the Hawk God's summoning of the tower, which seemed to dull the keenness of his vital energy. He recognized the tower's exceptional nature.
Suddenly, his eyes dimmed, a pale white glimmer coalescing within. He witnessed the slow dissipation of the beast souls from the dark red dogs, victims of the Lizard's fury. As these souls faded, their fragmented memories dissolved into nothingness.
The pack brought by the Dark Hound consisted of alien beasts from the Wasteland, each carrying memories of that world. These memories held value as long as the beast souls hadn't fully dissipated.
At that time, Yu Yuan's Lunar Spirit was immersed in the depths of the Wraithlands, absorbing all that remained from the Root of the Lunar Meridian. Despite the distance, the Lunar Spirit was able to communicate with his dominant soul.
Thus, he invoked the "Shadow Spirit Art, unraveling the thread."
On the Dragon Slaying Stage, Yu Yuan employed a mystique derived from the Root of the Lunar Meridian. Using the remnant soul of his dominant soul, he began to extract the lingering memories from the dark hounds.
To enhance efficiency, he focused his thoughts on the term "Dark Tower," enabling him to specifically search for related fragments.
He disregarded the vast, irrelevant memories within the residual souls of the dark hounds.
Hiss! Hiss!
Tiny "threads" of memory, tugged by the three words he concentrated on, were pulled from the beast souls on the brink of extinction, transforming into scattered glimmers of memory.
These glimmers swiftly coalesced into a complete picture within Yu Yuan's mind.
The Dark Tower was not a rare treasure refined by the Hawk God Soderis; it was the creation of the formidable King of the Monsters, and there was not just one but six!
The King of the Monsters had crafted six Dark Towers and entrusted them to his vanguard. The function of the Dark Tower was straightforward: its mere presence in an Astral Domain would disrupt all spatial travel within the Star River. Starways, space rifts, and extensive teleportation would all be constrained by the Dark Tower.
Beast Gods were equipped with a Dark Tower to ensure an untroubled conquest of an Astral Domain, preventing other mighty beings from the Star River clans from using the Starway or hidden void passages to come to the battlefield.
The Dark Tower was meticulously forged by the King of the Monsters for the sole purpose of invading other worlds.
Moreover, through the residual memories of the dark hounds, Yu Yuan uncovered a crucial piece of information regarding the Dark Tower. The Beast Gods of the Wasteland, along with the King of the Monsters, referred to the world they intended to invade as the Origin Realm. They named their own world the Wasteland, while the world they sought to conquer was known as the Origin Realm.
In this world, there existed the Primal Soul, Primal Blood, and Primal Vitality.
The mightiest land within the Dark Star Domain was known as the Primal Blood Continent, while the Everlands boasted the Euwrea Continent.
The term 'Origin' was widely invoked across various enchanted regions of this realm.
Little did I realize that the Origin Realm referred to the starry expanse above us, the very name of our world.
Yu Yuan's expression darkened as he gazed upon Aihoyari, observing the nearby stars where alien beasts pursued members of the Silverscale Tribe.
"Origin Realm..."
Arthurs, emerging from the Abyss, had fashioned a phantasmal Origin Realm accessible to the souls of both worlds, proclaiming himself the Origin Deity. That's what it signified.
Arthurs, along with the Evil Gods of the Abyss, had long been aware that our world was known as the Origin Realm.
The extent of Arthurs' wild ambition was evident from his self-appointment as the Origin Deity while still in the Abyss.
"Bertain still reigns, yet you dare to claim the title of Origin Deity? It's no surprise that you met such a fate."
Yu Yuan mused silently.
He made several more attempts, but due to the presence of the Dark Tower, he was unable to activate the Dragon Slaying Stage to open a portal, preventing him from summoning others.
Even his real body couldn't lock onto the Dark Tower, crafted by the King of the Monsters, with his remnant soul and vital energy.
This was proving to be quite the conundrum.
The whereabouts and success of the other two Beast Gods in pursuit of Yu Ying and her companions were unknown, adding to Yu Yuan's growing impatience.
Then, a breakthrough!
Moments later, his eyes brightened.
With a sudden thrust, the Lizard's tail, as serpentine as a mountain range, transformed into a gleaming platinum sword, its metallic brilliance piercing the Hawk God Soderis, who had failed to evade in time.
Soderis's wing, as vast as a continent, was penetrated, leaving a gaping hole as the silver-gray feathers burst into oblivion.
Fear flickered in Soderis's icy gaze, a rare sight, as he was once again forced to flee the forbidden expanse wrought by the Lizard.
At that moment, the third leg of the Dark Hound was savagely ripped off by the Lizard.
He intended to devour the Dark Hound raw!
"The cosmic giant beasts of the Origin Realm truly are formidable..."
Soderis had fled the area that caused him discomfort and confusion, preventing him from staying calm. He needed to reflect on the situation.
His wing, recently pierced by the Lizard's tail, required time to heal.
With a splurch, a dazzling golden light stream pierced his other wing, creating an even larger, ghastly wound.
The blood of the Beast God and the blood-soaked Celestial Plume scattered in a beautiful cascade of luminous droplets.
In agony, Soderis glared at Yu Yuan, who had summoned a massive Divine Visage and was twisting the Dragon Slaying Stage with one hand, and bellowed furiously, "Did you just ambush me?"
"Ambush?" Yu Yuan's face was a mask of icy detachment as he countered, "You invaded our world, unleashing destruction and chaos. Isn't that an ambush? We were waiting for you in the Stellar Oblivion, and yet you chose to come here!"
"Can the deeds you've done in the Wasteland truly be considered righteous?"
Before Soderis could respond, the golden light stream that had pierced his wing began to seep with a chilling psionic power.
One of Soderis's wings was instantly transformed into a frigid expanse covered with a thick layer of ice.
Each feather turned translucent, crystallizing into Ice Shards.
"When you slaughtered the beings of the Origin Realm, surely you were prepared to face death yourself, weren't you?"
With one wing constrained by the frost power of the Dragon Slaying Stage and the other wing's wound slowly healing, the Hawk God's natural talent for soaring through the stars was severely hindered.
Yu Yuan, with his imposing Divine Visage, transformed the Dragon Slaying Stage into a golden longsword and aimed a strike at Soderis's Celestial Plume.
Although his real body was only in the Unbound Realm, he maintained a connection with both the Lunar Spirit and the Solar Spirit, and the Dragon Slaying Stage was among the finest Divine Artifacts in this realm.
Wielding the Divine Artifact, Yu Yuan, with his three interconnected forms, delivered a blow that shattered the Hawk God's defensive claw first.
Primal Blood gushed forth like a cascade.
"Your two other Beast God allies seem to be too distant. It's time you called them back immediately."
Yu Yuan didn't rush to deliver a second blow. Instead, he watched Soderis coldly as he flailed with his shattered bones, listening to his agonized howls. "In the Stellar Oblivion, I witnessed you using that eighth-level Abyssal Winged Lizard to coax the old Lizard forward," he said.
"Now, it's your turn."
His chosen method was to torment the Beast God of Aihoyari until it couldn't bear the pain any longer and called out for its companions.
He followed the example set before him to the letter.
