Reaper of the Martial World

Chapter Book 7: 242: Peng (2)

Book 7: Chapter 242: Peng (2)

Dyon watched Titus disappear. He kept hearing about this Ancient Battlefield, but he had no idea what it was.

The first time he heard about it was when he met the celestial beasts for the first time. Back then, according to them, both the celestial ape and turtle clans had apparently come back from hiding within the Ancient Battlefield.

Considering all the odd places he had heard of this battlefield, he couldn’t help but be confused.

“The Ancient Battlefield is a place where the beginning of time meets the end of time.” Madeleine suddenly spoke, seemingly reading Dyon’s mind. “The Masters of our Sects would have normally come personally to something as important as the opening of the Golden Flame Mystical World, but only our Vice Masters came because of an important meeting taking place in the Star Clan quadrants.”

Dyon’s eyes contracted.

“I know what you’re thinking.” Madeleine said with a sigh. “But, I purposely didn’t tell you so that you wouldn’t do anything foolish like going there to put on a show. It’s very difficult to fool those old monsters. Although no one above the middle dao realm should waste their time at such an event, there’ll be plenty of experts at or just below this strength. All of them have already lived several ten thousand years at the least.

“If I had known about Amphorae’s strength and your meeting her beforehand, I would have. But, by the time I knew, we had already entered the mystical world.”

Dyon shook his head. “There’s no point in harping on it. Knowing Amphorae, as long as she hears about the existence of this gathering, she will go even without my saying anything. She’ll do us justice. The middle dao experts who can match her strength shouldn’t exceed my finger count.”

BOOM!

The loud bang of something exploding caught Dyon off guard. He had been focusing on recovering his mental energy while suppressing the flame sprite, so he almost missed it when Little Rain’s chain cage broke apart.

However, the scene he saw was incredulous.

Little Rain, a small illusory image of his toddler self, was wrapping his small lips around a struggling bulb of light.

“Isn’t this cannibalism…” Dyon muttered to himself. To make matters worse, Little Rain was making such a silly face with his own visage. Dyon found it hard not to be embarrassed under Madeleine’s giggling.

Dyon’s eyes widened. With a thought, he shot forward, catching Little Rain before he fell out of the air. The little guy had fallen into such a peaceful sleep, completely forgetting that falling into the den of beasts below would be the end of him.

Dyon shook his head, watching what amounted to himself sleeping. He couldn’t help but admit Little Rain did look adorable right now. Other than the ball of red light that rested within his stomach, he looked no different that a normal child. He even became less illusory and more corporeal.

“What happened?” Dyon couldn’t help but ask the hamster twins in confusion.

“It seems that Little Rain has a rare characteristic among Sprites. He’s able to devour those of his species to gain new attributes. Once he wakes up, he’ll be the first dual attribute sprite in quite a long time.” Little Yin said in surprise.

“This won’t affect him, will it?” Dyon felt slightly uncomfortable despite the fact this should have been great news. What other Empire could boast having the support of a dual attribute sprite? Well, for all Dyon knew, many of them could, but at the very least, this was a good and rare thing.

However, maybe it was Dyon’s mortal realm thoughts speaking through the loudest, but he found the idea of devouring those of your own race for the sake of gaining strength a little too… evil.

In one arm, he held the little boy to his chest, and in the other, he held Little Rain’s broad sword turned surfboard. It was likely because this small boy shared his face, but he didn’t want Little Rain to go down a demented path even if it benefited him.

“There’s nothing to worry about.” Little Yang said in a rare moment of sympathy. “Beasts eat other beasts for the sake of gaining strength, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’ve gone down an evil path. Just consider it to be a difference in culture. Since Little Rain has decided to take your face, he’s already chosen to model himself after you. He’ll take your values as his own for the most part, these are just his basic instincts.”

Dyon released a deep breath. After allowing Little Rain to rest within his inner world, he turned a serious gaze toward the 13-key-hole door, unable to decide whether he should enter or wait for the mystical world to eject them.

Soon, he turned resolute. What was the point of all of this if he didn’t press forward?

“You need to be careful, Dyon.” Little Yin said, slightly worried. “There can only be one reason this Lord Creator spent so many years scheming in this small world.”

“You know something?” Dyon guessed.

“I wasn’t sure before, but now I am. The sovereign flame has only occurred naturally a single time in the history of all that has existed. No matter what, there has always been only a single sovereign flame core. Although there are numerous so-called ‘Sovereign Sparks’ that are sold at astronomical prices, there is only one sovereign core, a core that has disappeared for trillions of years.

“In all likelihood, this Lord Creator has invested trillions of years into forming a new core after the original was shattered… It’s impossible that such an individual wouldn’t have fail safes.”