Chapter 836: Slave Ring (1/2)

Gravis was really surprised about the assassin's willingness to hand over his Avatar. While Gravis held the daggers, the assassin had no connection to his Avatar anymore, making him nearly helpless. If Gravis summoned these daggers into his Spirit Space, the Avatar would be overwhelmed by Gravis' Spirit.

This meant that Gravis could destroy the Avatar with a mere thought.

There was absolutely no way to recover from that.

”Why did you hand over your Avatar?” Gravis asked.

”Because I can't win,” the assassin said helplessly. ”I'm only good at assassinations, not in a direct conflict. All my Laws and powers revolve around assassination. Any Immortal King on my level can easily kill me in a direct confrontation.”

Gravis frowned as he scratched his chin. ”Then how did your Will-Aura become so powerful?” Gravis asked.

The assassin's Will-Aura was one level above his Realm. How could an assassin train their Will-Aura without fighting someone directly?

”By targeting risky targets,” he said. ”For tempering, I am targeting Cultivators that can kill me easily when they survive my first strike. This, in itself, is incredibly dangerous. We didn't directly fight, but my life has been in mortal danger all this time.”

'That could actually work,' Gravis thought. 'The feeling of danger is the important thing.'

”So, that's why you targeted me?” Gravis asked.

The assassin nodded. ”You have so many secrets and know so many Laws. Assassinating you is almost impossible. However, if I managed to succeed, my Will-Aura would become much stronger.”

Gravis sighed. ”Tempering and Cultivation, huh?” he uttered.

Gravis had thought that the assassin was contracted by someone. It had also been possible that he had been after his secrets and wealth.

However, it was nothing but tempering.

This made Gravis hate the assassin less, but he had still attempted to kill Gravis, and Gravis wouldn't let something like that go.

Several seconds passed in which Gravis was just thinking.

What was there to think about?

Just kill the assassin!

However, Gravis had some plans.

What about the time Gravis went to the Core Regions? Would he just go there without any plan and look around?

No, this wasn't like Gravis. Gravis was a planning person, and he already had a plan, a plan that would give Gravis a ton of resources and plenty of opponents.

”What's your name?” Gravis asked.

”Siral,” the assassin said.

Gravis nodded. ”Are you willing to give up your freedom for survival?” Gravis asked.

Siral's eyes widened. Gravis would not kill him?

However, Siral wasn't sure if he was willing to serve for eternity. What was the difference between serving and death?

Gravis noticed the complex expression of Siral and nodded. If he had immediately accepted, Gravis would have lost some respect for him. The fact that he hesitated meant that Siral valued his freedom enough that it even competed with his own life.

”It won't be forever,” Gravis said. ”I want to create my own, shall we say, gathering of beings. I need someone that can deal with some troublesome people.”

Siral's eyes shone when he heard that it wouldn't be forever, but his expression became ugly again when he heard the second part. Gravis' targets probably wouldn't be dangerous opponents for Siral. This meant that Siral would target weaker Cultivators that wouldn't give him tempering.

”Then there is no difference between life and death,” Siral said with a sigh. ”Bad things happen to people that attack weaker ones. I would simply trade this death for another one.”

Gravis' eyes shone a bit. 'So, the Cultivators in this world know that Karmic Luck exists but don't know what it is or how it works. Interesting.'

”No, you won't,” Gravis said.

Whooop!

Something appeared in Gravis' hand. ”Because I have this,” he said.

When Siral saw the ring, his breathing halted. ”A Slave Ring!” he said.

”Oh?” Gravis uttered. This was his Life Ring, and Gravis was quite surprised that Siral noticed what it was. However, it had the name Slave Ring in this world, apparently.

”Why would you own something like that?” Siral said with a grimace. ”If anyone sees this Slave Ring, you will be hunted down by all the Peak Sects!”

Gravis' eyes widened. Life Rings were illegal!?

For the first time, Gravis became relieved when he thought about Liran's and Surem's death. They had seen the Life Ring. However, they obviously hadn't known what it was. Otherwise, they wouldn't have willingly entered his Life Ring.

It was true that the Life Ring could be used to implant a Slave Seal on someone, but Gravis had only used that function twice in his life, once with the Common Mushroom and once with Morus.

However, why were they illegal?

”Why are Slave Rings illegal?” Gravis asked.

Siral was surprised that Gravis owned one but didn't know why it was bad to own one. ”Because you can bring beasts right into our territory.”

That was quite a good reason, but Gravis didn't fully believe it. This reason was probably what the Peak Sects told the masses, but it was probably not the actual reason.

In the highest world, a Life Ring that was able to enslave anyone below the Star God Realm might be a somewhat expensive tool, but in this higher world, it was probably an ancestral treasure.

What did it need to create such a powerful Life Ring?