Grand Ancestral Bloodlines

Chapter 2160 Don't Mind

Chapter 2160  Don't Mind

Ryu walked through the skies, lost in thought as he entered the next region.
He shook his head slowly… truly nothing of interest at all.
Maybe he had peaked a little too early, but there was no Young Mistress Nightly equivalent here. It was such a shame. Though he was still a little fatigued, he was actually already looking forward to the next battle.
Though there weren't any geniuses of Young Mistress Nightly caliber, there were many of the Dragonling's caliber, and even several above.
It seemed that the talent pool was starting to become sharper and more refined, and yet there was still such a long distance left remaining to go.
'Hm, there are some interesting candidates.'
Ryu smiled lightly and vanished. When he appeared again, he stood before a young man riding a white tiger. He looked like he had just stepped out of some primitive world, and his eyes had a certain level of brightness and curiosity to him that made him feel like a toddler at heart.
He couldn't even react before Ryu grasped his throat.
Technically speaking, because of his battle with Nightly, Ryu was actually quite late to enter this region. As a result, there were a large number who had accumulated a decent amount of Fate already, and he could sense that a nearby Ruin was being quickly cleared by someone.
Yet… he didn't seem to be in much of a rush, and neither did the battle take very long at all.
The young man found himself and his beast half crippled before they were tossed into his Inner World.
This Title Stele was well and truly like an enormous shopping district to Ryu. There was such a large number of accumulated talents here, and they were all of the perfect level, not so low that they would be useless, and not of such high cultivation that he was unable to mold them to fit his vision.
This was perfect.
He had been worried before about how he would accumulate an army as large as his wife's—a feat that must have taken countless millions of years. But here he was with a fast track.
Of course, it would be a while until he could stack up to Ailsa. That was especially so if he considered the difficulty of helping those like Young Mistress Nightly to improve.
If even he had to spend more than a decade on her alone, one could imagine how much trouble he would have as he accumulated more of her caliber—because make no mistake about it, he would certainly be doing exactly that.
However, he didn't allow this to perturb him.
As far as Ryu was concerned, when he became true Lord, his mind would take another enormous leap forward. By then, something that took a decade before might not take more than a year.
Plus, there was one other thing to consider…
Time distortion.
Ryu's Spacetime Soul Nature allowed him to do the impossible: comprehend while in a time warp.
Normally, the laws of the world became too distorted to do this even when the time dilation was especially slow and minimal.
However, Ryu had gained the ability to see through these distortions long ago. Of course, the more difficult the problem he was facing, the less time dilation he could use. But he could still cut the time he would need for Nightly by half.
For a simpler path like the tiger-riding youth just now, he could distort time so much that probably just a few seconds would be enough. This was the gap between a genius and a true prodigy.
However, he needed more. He needed to be stronger.
As intoxicating as that victory was, he wanted more of it, and he wanted it in larger quantities. Plus… he had promised his wife to wipe out the Ruin Master Guild. That was going to take some doing.
By the time Ryu cleared out the whole region of those he found interesting—killing those that weren't—the person clearing the Ruin was just about done.
It was into this situation that Ryu casually strolled in. A young man sat before a matrix of runes, beads of sweat falling down his face.
It only took a moment for Ryu to realize that this young man's life was actually on the line right now. One wrong move and his life would be wiped out.
It was quite the sinister set of runes. Or more accurately, it felt a lot more like a Visualization.
'Interesting…'
Ryu hadn't seen a Visualization appear outside of Sacrum. This could be considered the first time.
Though, this wasn't exactly the same. There were some hints and differences here and there, mostly in the method of construction used.
Visualizations in Sacrum were more of a communication and communion with the Heavens, listening to the laws, pulling them from the surroundings, and then building around them.
But this Visualization method was far more sinister—though all of that was relative. It didn't commune with the Heavens, it commanded the heavens, forcing it into submission and twisting the laws into shapes and sizes it wasn't meant to have.
This was the far more unnatural form of Visualization.
The soul was usually the bridge between the Heavens and a person. It, of course, had to be remembered that the Spiritual Foundation was just one of the Incorporeal Souls. However, it wasn't the only method through which communication with the Heavens was possible.
This wasn't what was important now, though. What was important was the fact that the soul was meant to be in a symbiotic relationship with the Heavens, so it was unnatural for it to use this form of oppressive Visualization.
Ryu had thought of this method in the past. In fact, one of the many techniques his Dao Heart and Perfect Blackbody Soul managed to think of was related to this method of rune manipulation.
But in the end, he didn't pursue it. He wasn't very interested in it at all.
The juice wasn't worth the squeeze.
His comprehension was so high, so why wouldn't he just use the laws of the world directly instead of trying to twist them into something they weren't?
However, this method had some merits. At the very least, in this application, it could create a great deal of danger for a man who was foolish enough to attach his soul to something that he didn't quite comprehend.
But then again… maybe that was the boldness of a genius.
'Ruin Master Guild, huh? Is this a genius of yours?'
Ryu crossed his arms, chuckling lightly.
'Pathetic.'
He wasn't surprised that members of the Ruin Master Guild had appeared here. But it went to show just how sinister the organization was. Even their own geniuses weren't aware of the truth of these Ruins and were attempting to clear them much the same.
'Oh, would you look at that. He made a breakthrough.'
Ryu chuckled again. The young man showed the grit of a true genius and made a sudden breakthrough in his comprehension. Now, his momentum was steamrolling and he was just a few minutes away from breaking the Visualization array before them.
It was then that Ryu slowly raised a finger.
CHI.
The Visualization array shattered and the young man was sent flying backward. Ryu casually caught him out of the air, and with a wave of his hand, the situation in the Ruin reversed, all of the Fate surging toward him once again only to be tossed into his Inner World.
"WHO!?"
The young man immediately lashed out with a powerful attack. The momentum was quite imposing, but it was hard for the young man to muster up much energy when he had basically just drained himself so completely and wholly.
Ryu easily blocked it with a palm, illusory Divine Chains stretching out of him and wrapping the young man up.
Normally, Ryu would have already tossed him into his Inner World, but he hadn't been paying enough attention to this young man's Dao Heart to see if it was worth it just yet, and he also didn't have much desire for his abilities.
Ryu wanted fighters, and a Ruin Master by trade didn't exactly fit that bill.
So instead, Ryu just pressed a palm to his forehead. The young man felt his soul shudder before it was suddenly ripped out of him.
Ryu weaved through the Fate in the young man's mind, piecing together memories.
It was easy for even low-level Sects and Clans to protect the memories of their descendants, let alone a power on the level of the Ruin Master Guild.
However, obscuring the Fate adjacently related to memories was a completely different matter. Such a thing might not have a solution at all… unless, of course, one had a Fate Soul Nature master set the seal themselves.
But how could such a caliber of warrior be so free? And even if they were, what were the odds that their Fate control was also beyond Ryu's?
Slim to none.
'Interesting, so that's the situation. Hm… I came here to prove the size of my fist, but I wouldn't mind showing some Ruin Master who stands at the top amongst them as well…'