Chapter 2158 - 3: We Admit Defeat (Ten Thousand Words)_4

Chapter 2158: Chapter 3: We Admit Defeat (Ten Thousand Words)_4

Seeing Zhao Xing’s somewhat impatient look, Venerable Yu Mu could only quickly say: "Besides the Black Abyss in the Black Sky Wilderness being openly acknowledged, there should be similar altars in various Deserted Domains."

"In the past two years, many geniuses of Origin Realm and Tao Domain Realm have appeared across the Xuanling Star Domain. I analyzed their experiences and found they all share a similar trait—after entering a certain Deserted Domain, they suddenly experienced rapid growth."

"Since this data comes from the vassals controlled by my Carlos family or territories of the foreign Demon Race, this speculation is known only to me."

Zhao Xing carefully watched Venerable Yu Mu, and then pulled out a mirror, reflecting the other in it.

"Senior, is what he says true?"

"There is a certain degree of truth." The Eight-direction Divine Mirror Spirit nodded.

"The perspective of the God Realm differs; if they only focus on high-end power, they may view the Transmission Building incidents as a short-term, intense accident."

"Suppose the Evil God left a time-space altar not to bewitch the Emperor or Demigods, but rather those with adequate talent in the Origin Realm or Tao Domain Realm, intending to fight a war of attrition?"

"If the altar in the Black Sky Wilderness is an open decoy, assuming all is well after removing it, it would be easy to overlook some details."

Zhao Xing pondered: "In that case, Venerable Yu Mu indeed provided me with useful intelligence."

"This achievement shouldn’t be understated. Was Venerable Yu Mu unable to report it in time?"

The Eight-direction Divine Mirror Spirit said: "I believe it’s not that he didn’t have time to report, but rather this guy wants to try it himself, having the inclination to be a time-space agent."

"Don’t kill him yet, take him back for interrogation. I feel there’s more information to be uncovered, which will aid your plan."

Zhao Xing nodded, grabbed Venerable Yu Mu, and began using the Desire Dream Method, immersing him in an endless Illusion Realm.

"Yan Wushen advised me not to torture him out of hatred, to prevent resentment from clouding my soul and affecting my Daoist heart."

"Now, I torment him for the safety of the entire Xuanling Star Domain, not for pleasure."

Zhao Xing’s soul was very calm as he began returning to the Imperial Territory, while in the Desire Dream Realm, he split a thought to observe Venerable Yu Mu’s repeated experiences.

A person’s soul in a dream is most vulnerable, where any secret might be divulged. Also, the soul won’t collapse, though some methods of extracting information can easily lead to the collapse of a True Spirit.

Zhao Xing used the Desire Dream Method to torment Venerable Yu Mu for a long time, yet found that he consistently refused to disclose secrets.

His True Spirit was near collapse, yet remained uncontrolled.

Zhao Xing was puzzled as he observed hundreds of reincarnations before discovering the reason.

"It’s easy to kill Venerable Yu Mu, but interrogating him is even harder than dealing with Fu Mengzhen."

"Because he received the blessing of the Free God, he can be killed but not possessed or enslaved.

"Facing death or maintaining the independence of the soul, this is the protection a God of Soul in the Empire gave to Venerable Yu Mu."

"The Desire Dream Method is good, but it can’t interrogate Venerable Yu Mu. It seems I’ll have to take him back first to remove this layer of protection." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

"However, this also works well as a means to attack the Carlos family in the second stage."

...

Zhao Xing took Venerable Yu Mu and returned directly to the Primordial Realm.

The seventy-fifth year before the end of the second era of the Desolate Domain, the news of Venerable Zhaibing and Venerable Yu Mu, one dead and one injured, spread like wildfire.

It immediately caused a huge uproar.

"What? The Carlos family, two Demigods, one dead and one injured? Who did it?"

"I heard it was Zhao Xing."

"How is that possible? When did Zhao Xing become a Demigod?"

"How is it impossible? The brilliance of Minister of Agriculture Law is something you laymen can’t understand. In the eyes of the Minister of Agriculture, he’s always been a demigod-like figure."

"Now that the Ancient Star Path was sold, it seems normal for Minister of Agriculture Zhao to have this kind of power, doesn’t it?"

"But these were Demigods of the Carlos family! They were that strong? It’s been only 2000 years, how could he have progressed so much?"

"The Carlos family is really unlucky, always pushing people around, and this time they hit a steel plate."

"Oh? The Carlos family, huh? How unfortunate, tell me more."

"It’s a long story. Back when Minister of Agriculture Zhao was developing the Ancient Star Path, these two ambushed him, causing significant delays in the development progress..."

"..."

The rumors spread, shocking more than half of the Xuanling Star Domain.

Since the Desolate Domain Era, with the war against the Demon Race and the expansion war with the Heavenly Moisture Star Domain, the number of Demigods who died in both epochs combined was less than twenty.

But now, a single death caused an immediate sensation.

The Carlos family, especially the three elder brothers of Venerable Zhaibing, were extremely angry.

"This is intolerable! Zhao Xing actually killed Zhaibing’er? Not even giving a chance for reincarnation?" A man with fiery red skin and a black moon mark on his forehead slammed the table.

"Yes, big brother, we must retaliate, or the reputation of the Carlos family will be completely wiped out!" Another figure, identical to the man with the black moon, stood up angrily.

"Yiping, Yile, sit down first." Sitting at the head, a green-robed man stroking his zither strings said calmly.

He is the first son of the Carlos Priest, Fu Jin.

"What you want to do, I’ve wanted to do three hours ago," Fu Jin said calmly, "But as soon as I wanted to act, I was warned by the Heart God General, ’Qi Luo.’"