Chapter 908 (2/2)
There was a white-robed man standing behind the purple-robed man, and he wore a horrified look on his face. ”Have humans already become this powerful?”
Zang Xin replied in an indifferent voice, ”Indeed. Do you still think that there's no point in the protection that you received from the Tang Sect during all these past years? In this current world, there are close to 10 demiG.o.d beings like me. I don't need to call for much reinforcements; all I need is to call upon two of my colleagues, and even your Dragon Masters won't be able to stop us. After all, they've already lost their true bodies. When that time comes, disaster will strike the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well. It clearly hasn't been easy for all of you to cultivate to this point, and you're all quite useful to the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well as you can help nurture more spirit items. As such, I'll give you one final chance; I want eight 100,000-year-old spirit items, and nothing less than that.”
The purple-robed man already had a completely defeated expression on his face, and he sighed, ”Please withdraw your power, Amorous Douluo; we're open to negotiation.”
A faint smile appeared on Zang Xin's face beneath his visor, and he withdrew his almighty sword intent as he landed on the ground, but he made no effort to remove his suit of four-word battle armor. The gargantuan sword in the air descended from above before transforming into a silver longsword that hovered behind him.
This was the Amorous Sword, the weapon that the Amorous Douluo had used to stamp his authority on the entire continent!
The heartless one denies his innermost feelings, while the amorous swordsman wields the heartless sword. This saying had been coined to describe the two most powerful beings in the Tang Sect.
The Heartless Douluo very rarely engaged in slaughter, whereas the Amorous Douluo was the complete opposite. Back in his youth, when he was still an agent in the Battle Hall, he had slain countless evil-doers with his sword. His power had been the sole factor that had allowed him to become the vice-palace master, but it was also due to his tendency to be completely vicious and heartless toward his enemies that he wasn't able to become the palace master, and had to settle for vice-palace master. In terms of powers alone, he wasn't actually inferior to the Heartless Douluo.
Gu Yue had already returned to Tang Wulin's side at this point, and she was appraising Zang Xin's spectacular suit of four-word battle armor with intrigue and curiosity in her eyes.
The purple-robed man that was the Beautiful Silk Tulip heaved a faint sigh. ”You win, Amorous Douluo. Aside from the six of us, there are 16 types of spirit items that are over 100,000 years of age here in the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well. However, you should know that even though we've restrained them so that they've been unable to attain high levels of intelligence, they're all true plant system soul beasts, and they'll react when their lives are threatened. Hence, the people that you've brought here will have to be able to tame them. Their combat prowess will be slightly superior to that of normal 10,000-year-old soul beasts, but they're still far weaker than normal 100,000-year-old soul beasts.”
Zang Xin nodded in response. The Beautiful Silk Tulip was telling the truth; even though the six Great Beasts had restrained all of the other plants here from becoming true 100,000-year-old soul beasts, they still possessed power of that caliber.
Tang Wulin asked in a curious manner, ”Why wouldn't you allow them to attain intelligence? Won't that only bolster the overall strength of the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well?”
The purple-robed man replied in a cold voice, ”Do you think we don't want that to happen? We'd love to allow them to attain intelligence, but we can't. All of the plants here enjoy accelerated growth due to the presence of the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, and it only takes us 10,000 years to attain the power of a 100,000-year-old soul beast. We'll naturally be fine during the first 10,000 years, but as soon as we attain power equivalent to that of a 100,000-year-old soul beast, we have to endure heavenly tribulations as well. ”Plants like us are far more fragile than normal soul beasts, and it's extremely difficult for us to withstand heavenly tribulations. During the initial several tens of thousands of years following the birth of this place, almost all of the plants that attained power equivalent to 100,000-year-old soul beasts here were instantly killed. Great Beasts like us only began to emerge through sheer luck, but such occurrences are extremely rare.
”If 100 100,000-year-old soul beasts were to appear here, it would already be considered very fortunate if one of them could transcend their heavenly tribulation, and I'm the only one who has managed to survive a second heavenly tribulation. Even so, I'm completely certain that there's no way I'll be able to survive a third heavenly tribulation. As such, we'd rather restrict the plants here so they don't attain high levels of intelligence. Without intelligence, they wouldn't evoke jealousy from the heavens, and heavenly tribulations will still befall them, but those heavenly tribulations would be a lot milder.
”With our a.s.sistance, they can live for a long time, and six Great Beasts is the most that we've ever had in the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well at the same time. It's hard to say how many will remain after another 10,000 years.”
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