Chapter 735 - The Highlord’s Weapon (2/2)

“Is this the other reason you were staying here? You want to get the spear, don’t you? You should know where it is now, then.” Lin Li posed the question that he was the most concerned about while trying to suppress the shock and bewilderment within him.

“Although I used to always wield the spear, I was only allowed to use it during battles. It was usually controlled by Osric himself. When he died, the contract was terminated; hence, it was even more impossible for him to give that spear to me. Otherwise, do you think I’d really have been defeated by you like this? I opened the Gates of the Abyss and released the Fire Demons on the 66th floor of the abyss also because I wanted them to help me find the spear,” the Fire Demon King answered helplessly.

“Okay then. As Osric’s most trusted servant, you know what you can do to avoid suffering in this Eternal Furnace.” Although Lin Li was disappointed to hear the Fire Demon King’s answer, he had also expected it. The debris of the stars Nothingness was an artifact-level treasure, and the Fire Demon King was not Osric’s son, anyway. How could he have obtained this extremely valuable relic? Since the whereabouts of the debris of the stars was still unknown, Lin Li had no choice but to retreat and ask the Fire Demon King about the Eternal Furnace which he had been living in for over a thousand years.

In a self-deprecating manner, the Fire Demon King said, “I was the most trusted servant, and the trust between us was also built on the soul contract. In this eternal furnace, I was both Osric’s servant and prisoner. Do you think he’d let me know more? The only thing I can tell you is that Osric’s coffin was originally designed to be placed in the center of the Eternal Furnace, on the top of the minaret floor.”

“Really, is that all? Are you sure you haven’t missed anything? In that case, I have to tell you that I’m very dissatisfied with this answer. Why don’t I start the Celestial Purification Fire and then go inside while you wait for me to come back out safely to stop it for you. Of course, if I can’t come back, you’ll have to wait for someone else to enter and help you.” Lin Li then extended his hand towards the mageweath, and got ready to activate the mageweath again.

“Wait a minute, I remember something that Osric said before his death.” The Fire Demon King was a little confused; he could not figure out who the demon between them was.

However, the Fire Demon King soon got the answer. Lin Li didn’t stop the mageweath at all. Instead, he reactivated it and caused the Fire Demon King to yell and wail in a shrill voice. The Demon Lord finally understood that he was far from being a demon compared to Lin Li.

After a full minute, Lin Li finally stopped the Mageweath again, and turned to say to the Fire Demon King, “If you haven’t had enough thrill yet, we can continue.”

“Enough! Enough! Osric once said before his death that anyone who interrupted his sleep would be buried under the Stars of Fury. I don’t know what this sentence means, but it should be referring to a very powerful trap.” The Fire Demon King immediately said what he knew, not daring to hesitate for a moment. However, after saying those words, he didn’t get an answer from Lin Li for a long time. He began to tense up again for fear that Lin Li would use the d.a.m.ned Holy Fire to torture him again.

Overwhelmed with fear and worry, the Fire Demon King felt like he was waiting for the final judgment, but Lin Li was filled with shock because he felt that he had heard Osric’s last words somewhere before.

Yes, Lin Li still remembered the Well of the Sun from the Endless World. When he was speaking to the spirit of a High Elf back then, the latter once told him, “Buried under the Stars of Fury.”

It was the Stars of Fury! Lin Li finally understood that the Stars of Fury was actually in the hands of Osric. The Stars of Fury could take any form, and it was no wonder that it could turn Nothingness into a spear. A powerhouse of the Sanctuary-realm could exert the limit of the debris of the stars to the fullest; it was really not a myth.

From the moment that he obtained the first debris of the stars piece, Holy Light, Lin Li had been thinking about the whereabouts of the Stars of Fury. Even an ordinary spear would be able to exert extremely strong power because of the debris of the stars and Stars of Fury. Lin Li had been suspecting that it was hidden somewhere because he was sure that its whereabouts definitely wouldn’t be unknown otherwise.

In the Seven-Realm Spiral of the Sky Castle, Lin Li only saw a replica of the Stars of Fury. At that time, he thought that the real Stars of Fury might have been taken away from Anril by the Immortal King. To his surprise, he found some news about the Stars of Fury now that he was in Osric’s mausoleum searching for Nothingness. It was definitely a big surprise for Lin Li. If he could really get the Stars of Fury, he would definitely be on par with powerhouses of the Sanctuary-realm.

However, Lin Li also knew that it was not an easy task to get Stars of Fury at this juncture. Back when he was in the Seven-Realm Spiral, the debris of the stars, Thunderbolt, was only manipulated by a replica, yet the power it exerted was already difficult to handle. Even if Lin Li had four pieces of the debris of the stars and had reached level-23, he still felt confused. Perhaps the only thing he could do was pray for Nothingness and Stars of Fury to be placed in separate places.

Lin Li calmed himself down and again asked the Fire Demon King a few questions. Unfortunately, the Fire Demon King, who was known as Osric’s most trusted servant, knew very little about the Eternal Furnace. In fact, he could not even compare to Lin Li, an outsider.

The conversation between Lin Li and the Fire Demon King was done through mental strength. Hence, no one knew what the two of them said to each other. The only thing they could hear was the shrill sounds let out by the Fire Demon King.

[1] As in before they became undead.