Chapter 156 Assault on Ivory Rock City (1/2)
Lu Tianzi and Elder Diansheng subconsciously took a glance at each other.
”Let's leave quietly,” Elder Diansheng's voice sounded out in Lu Tianzi's head, and the youngster responded with a silent nod.
Even as they were leaving the scene, the two of them took the utmost care not to let the two guards discover their presence.
It did not take long for Lu Tianzi and Elder Diansheng to rejoin the others at the common areas. But even after taking their seats, the conversation that they had just overheard continued to linger stubbornly in their minds.
Elder Diansheng closed his eyes, deeply pondering over what the guards had mentioned.
General Nanbai Zhaoyu had successfully cultivated a mid ranked beast core to the state of a high ranked beast core?
Could that really be the case?
At this moment, Lu Tianzi's voice suddenly sounded out in his head.
”Elder Diansheng, what exactly is a high ranked beast core?” Lu Tianzi asked.
Lu Tianzi had already spent quite some time living among the demons, yet he had never heard anyone mentioning anything about a high ranked beast core. Lu Tianzi had a good guess in his mind; however, and was only looking for some form of confirmation.
Turning to look at the youngster seated beside him, Elder Diansheng let out a gentle smile before answering. ”High ranked beast cores refer to beast cores that originated from beasts that possess strength at the level of an Overlord realm martial artist.”
”Overlord realm…” Lu Tianzi swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
He had thought as much. But still, at his current level, Lu Tianzi truly had no way of understanding just how powerful an Overlord realm martial artist was.
”That's right,” Elder Diansheng nodded. ”An existence at the Origin Core realm is said to have purified the Essence core, allowing the display of its true latent potential. However, an existence at the Overlord realm has gone one step further, completely reconstructing the Essence core. The newly reconstructed Essence core would then be incorporated with comprehensions of the world laws. Even though some mid ranked beast cores might possess remnant laws, those are nothing in comparison to the comprehensions of a true Overlord realm existence. If used properly, high ranked beast cores could easily allow an Origin Core realm martial artist to break through any small boundary!”
”So that's how it is…” Lu Tianzi pondered for a moment before asking again. ”But if that is the case, would it really be possible to cultivate a mid ranked beast core to reach the state of a high ranked beast core?”
Hearing that, Elder Diansheng's expression immediately turned solemn.
”Nanlu Tianzi, you do understand the severity of what we have just heard, don't you?” Elder Diansheng cautioned. ”Do not speak of it to anyone else, not even to Inscription Master Nanbai. Otherwise, you might risk causing a rift among the various influences of Bluenight City!”
Lu Tianzi nodded in understanding.
Indeed, if the various influences realised that General Nanbai Zhaoyu had enlisted their help under the guise of eliminating a human settlement threat, only to be searching for a treasure that he had lost to the other party, there was no way that they would be happy about it.
Seeing that Lu Tianzi had understood, Elder Diansheng finally relaxed a little as he continued. ”As for your earlier question, it is extremely difficult to cultivate a mid ranked beast core to reach the state of a high ranked beast core, but it is still theoretically possible. There are multiple ways to do so; however, all these methords would require an astronomically huge investment, making them practically infeasible to carry out. Otherwise, even I would have done so by now!”
At this point, Lu Tianzi was astonished!
However, it was not because of Elder Diansheng's explanation, but more because of his expression while doing the explanation.
While Elder Diansheng was speaking, Lu Tianzi had clearly seen a strange light flash across his eyes, giving away the greed that had formed in his heart.
There was no mistaking it.
Elder Diansheng must have been tempted by the prospect of obtaining the high ranked beast core as well!
Was that why Elder Diansheng told him not to spread the word?
So that Elder Diansheng would have fewer competitors when trying to vie for the high ranked beast core in the upcoming operation?
Lu Tianzi mused in his heart. If that was so, then he could only feel sorry for Elder Diansheng.
After all, the high ranked beast core was already in his hands!
Indeed, it was just as Lu Tianzi guessed.
Even someone as composed as Elder Diansheng had started to feel the temptation of this treasure stir up the greed within him, slowly grinding away at his self-control.
If he were to obtain something like a high ranked beast core, there was no doubt that he would be able to at least break through to the next boundary!
Of course, this was based on the premise that the two guards from before truly knew what they were saying. There was always the off chance that they were just rambling on mindlessly to pass their time while on duty.
Still, as long as there was even the slightest chance of it being the truth, Elder Diansheng would not take this news lightly.
Since that was the case, Elder Diansheng had no choice but to create his own opportunities during the battle. After all, if the human leader truly managed to obtain something like that, it was almost certain that he would keep it in his possession.
Come to think of it, this would also explain why General Nanbai Zhaoyu seemed to be going all out to prevent the human leader from escaping. That was the only way he could be certain that the cultivated beast core would remain within the human settlement.
Now, he just had to be the first person to get to that human leader!
As long as he could secretly stow away the human leader's spatial ring before anyone else arrived, he could simply feign ignorance about the high ranked beast core. At that time, even if General Nanbai Zhaoyu was suspicious of him, he would be completely helpless!
After all, having hidden the existence of the high ranked beast core from everyone else, General Nanbai Zhaoyu could not possibly request to search him, could he?
Unfortunately, every Origin Core realm martial artist had already been given a specific role in this operation, and his role just happened to be charging into the human settlement alongside General Nanbai Zhaoyu!
Damn it, how did he end up with such a shitty role?
If he had to stick with General Nanbai Zhaoyu throughout the operation, then he might as well just give up on the high ranked beast core right now!
No, wait a minute…
Elder Diansheng's eyes lit up before looking at Lu Tianzi expectantly.
”Elder Diansheng…?” seeing the sudden change in the Elder, Lu Tianzi could not help but ask in hesitation.
”Nanlu Tianzi,” Elder Diansheng flashed the kindest of smiles. ”I have to ask a favour of you during the operation…”
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Two days later.
Atop the tall walls of Ivory Rock City, the guards watched on vigilantly as they kept their eyes on the numerous workers gathering resources nearby.