376 An Unforeseen Turn of Events! (1/2)

There was no need to overthink the matter. Wang Baole knew why he could understand what was being said. He was practicing the Dark Art!

Wang Baole was at the new city zone's command center, and there were people all around him. The Dark Fire inside his body had stirred suddenly and summoned chills inside the command center.

The sudden chill startled Li Yi and everyone else. They were about to investigate its source when the sealed Divine Armament Catacombs suddenly rumbled. A shocking chill erupted from the catacombs suddenly. The giant face appeared again, pressed against the seal. It seemed different from its previous appearances. It seemed to be howling. It howled the same few words repetitively.

”Dark Child!

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The unexpected and sudden eruption drew the attention of everyone instantly. The sudden chill didn't affect only the Divine Armament Zone. It spread outward with the appearance of the giant face and led Li Yi and the others into instinctively concluding that it was the source of the earlier chill!

They didn't give the matter further thought. Alarm and terror flashed across their faces, and Wang Baole grew stern as well. He immediately formed a series of hand seals and sealed the catacombs shut. He intensified the defenses as well. The layers of array formations interwove with one another rapidly. The hordes of numerous beasts that had surged out alongside the sudden appearance of the giant face shrieked in agony as they were sliced into pieces.

It took a long moment before the giant receded. The area around the sealed catacombs descended into silence once more. The people in the command center released a sigh of relief. They continued to monitor the situation for a while longer before scattering off.

Wang Baole hadn't spoken a single word throughout the entire ordeal. He headed straight back to his residence, then he started heaving. There were shock and alarm in his eyes. He knew why he could understand what the other creature was saying, and had known that there was some sort of connection between the Dark Art and the Divine Armament Catacombs, but he had still been shocked and alarmed when he had been called a Dark Child.

That's a form of address. Are all cultivators of the Dark Art called a Dark Child? Wang Baole began to grow uneasy. He took out the mask hastily and went in search for Little Missy to answer his doubts. However, Little Missy seemed to have vanished without a trace. He didn't know why that had happened. It didn't matter how many times he called out for her; she didn't reply or show herself.

Wang Baole's anxiety grew. However, he could sense his cultivation of the Dark Art growing significantly just by releasing his mosquitoes into the sealed catacombs. His three Dark Fires burned fierce and strong. He could imagine the speed at which his cultivation would grow if he stepped inside the catacombs personally. It would be so swift it was unimaginable.

Based on the typical rate of progression, I'll need a year or so to progress to the perfected Foundation Establishment realm, regardless of my natural talents and proficiency. That's still a secondary concern. The main concern is progressing from the perfected Foundation Establishment realm to the Core Formation realm. That would be a giant leap… Wang Baole's eyes were bright. He was no longer an inexperienced beginner in the ways of cultivation. He had read up on plenty of materials and information on breaking through the Foundation Establishment realm.

Wang Baole knew very well that every political force in the Federation had Core Formation realm cultivators. From the perspective of the entire cultivator population, a Core Formation realm cultivator stood at the pinnacle. Regardless whether one kept their Core Formation realm cultivation a secret or made it public, there were likely about a few hundred of such cultivators in the entire population.

Most were at the early-stage of the Core Formation realm. The number of mid-stage and late-stage Core Formation realm cultivators tapered off sharply. As for those at the perfected stage of the Core Formation realm… they numbered less than ten across the entire Federation.

Compared to the Core Formation realm cultivators, the number of perfected Foundation Establishment realm cultivators in each political force was significantly higher. There were multiple scores more. However, most of them had reached their limits. It was simply too difficult to achieve another breakthrough in their cultivation.

This was why Wang Baole had been agitated to find out the effects the Divine Armament Catacombs had on the Dark Art. He didn't act recklessly though. Wang Baole knew that as the mayor of the New Mars Region, he held partial control over the native array formation as well as the seal over the Divine Armament Catacombs. He could enter the catacombs anytime to practice.

He had the right to do so. However… the dangers within the sealed Divine Armament Catacombs were unpredictable. Wang Baole's eyes flashed. He shoved down his strong desires and decided to wait for a while longer, until things had stabilized and gotten safer inside. It wouldn't be too late for him then.

He weighed the pros and cons of the matter. Time passed steadily, day after day. The construction of the new city zone continued, and Li Yi became more brazen as she carried out her secret plans. She started to believe that if she were able to modify the defenses of the Divine Armament Catacombs, it would display a greater effect.

This wasn't something she could interfere with, though. The seal and defense of the Divine Armament Catacombs fell fully under the jurisdiction of Wang Baole. Even Kong Dao would find it difficult to interfere.

The six-month mark approached. The waves of beasts escaping from the Divine Armament Catacombs shrank after repeated exterminations, and the array formation grew stronger, forming an endless cycle.

Kong Dao and his party of military cultivators still suffered casualties in the repeated exploration of the catacombs. However, they had also brought back firsthand information that deepened the overall knowledge about the Divine Armament Catacombs. Wang Baole sent the information back to the Martian Colony Governor for analysis and evaluation.