746 The Divine Eye Royalty! (1/2)

Everything happened too quickly. The eye that the Eternal Star had transformed into exuded a sudden, incredible suction force on the battleship, drawing it towards the Eternal Star. As the battleship headed for the Eternal Star, Wang Baole finally recovered from his initial shock. He decided to abandon his original plan and suppress his desire to leave right now.

He remembered that the Demonic Eye Art he had chosen to practice was a killing art. It had been one of the cultivation techniques that he had found in the Dark Sect during his Dark Dream.

The cultivation technique had been incomplete and could only be mastered until the Nascent Soul realm level. The Dark Sect wouldn't have valued such a divine power. After all, the sect had a vast collection of cultivation techniques. However, the Demonic Eye Art's mysterious and demonic nature had differentiated it from the rest. The Dark Sect eventually modified the Demonic Eye Art, which showed how unique and powerful the Demonic Eye Art was!

Wang Baole remembered reading the footnotes written by a powerful Dark Sect cultivator in the records of the Demonic Eye Art. He had lamented about the fact that their records stopped at the Nascent Soul realm!

The Divine Eye civilization and the Demonic Eye Art must share some kind of close connection. Maybe… I'll be able to find the missing records for the cultivation technique here? Wang Baole's eyes shone with an intense light. The battleship was approaching the Eternal Star, and the temperature was rising. A wisp of gray Qi burst out of the eye that was the Eternal Star and enveloped the battleship, passing through its hull and encircling every cultivator on board.

Wang Baole's head began to buzz. He had no time to study the gray Qi that was encircling his body. The battleship began to shake violently in the next moment. It charged ahead, at an indescribably fast speed, and entered the Eternal Star. Then… it vanished!

Both the battleship and the cultivators on board disappeared!

Time passed, perhaps eons, perhaps a mere moment. Wang Baole awoke to waves of acute agony rippling through his body. His eyes were lined with blood, and his breathing was heavy and uneven.

He wasn't the only one in pain. Everyone on the battleship, including the Grand Supreme Elder, was shaking. Many had even fallen to the floor due to the extreme agony they were experiencing. There were also dozens of cultivators who appeared unable to withstand whatever just happened. Perhaps something unexpected had occurred during the process, but their bodies exploded suddenly, blood and flesh splattering on the walls and floor of the battleship!

The Grand Supreme Elder seemed to release a sigh of relief then. His raspy voice entered everyone's ears!

”Fellow cultivators, please do not blame me. The Holy Crest Sect has reached a point where we have to place everything we've got on a single bet. I've mortgaged the entire sect and its assets in exchange for an opportunity to activate one of the two mystic techniques that belong to the Divine Eye royal family… the Eye of Ten Thousand Demons!”

Doubt and suspicion colored everyone's faces when they heard what the Grand Supreme Elder had said. Cultivators at lower cultivation realms looked pale, the terror on their faces clear for all to see. The looks on the Nascent Soul realm elders' faces were dark as well. They stared at the world outside the battleship, solemnity coloring their eyes. Then, they looked at one another. Finally, the elder with the longest length of service in the sect spoke.

”Grand Supreme Elder, this is an extremely important matter. You should've told us earlier that you were going to do this…”

Wang Baole narrowed his eyes. As he tried to catch his breath, he lifted his head and stared at the cosmos through the battleship's windows. He wasn't bothered by the Grand Supreme Elder's mortgaging of the sect and its assets. There were three things that caught his attention. The first was the royal family, the second, the two powerful mystic techniques, and the third… the Eye of Ten Thousand Demons!

So, the royal family… Wang Baole fell into contemplation. His eyes flashed when he studied the cosmos again. He could no longer see the Divine Eye civilization and its Eternal Star. What he saw might be an Eternal Star as well, but it was significantly smaller. It gave off a dim light, as if it were on the way to being extinguished!

This… was no longer the Divine Eye civilization!

Teleportation across star systems? Wang Baole suddenly understood what the Grand Supreme Elder had meant when he had spoken about activating the Eye of Ten Thousand Demons. It was to perform advanced teleportation!

Wang Baole continued his musing, retracting his gaze and, instead, studying the gray mist surrounding his body. The mist hadn't disappeared after the teleportation, it continued to encircle everyone on board the battleship. However, it was so faint that no one would notice it if they didn't pay attention.

Wang Baole had noticed it, but only because the Demonic Eye Art inside his body had activated and given off waves of hunger that spoke of its desire to consume the gray mist.

Perhaps it was because they were now miles away from the Divine Eye civilization, but Wang Baole could finally suppress the Demonic Eye Art's hunger. He thought about the Eternal Star's mysterious transformation into an eye. He still had no idea what had actually happened after that. As a result, Wang Baole decided to play it safe and not act rashly. He turned and looked at the Grand Supreme Elder, who was being questioned by the elders.

The Grand Supreme Elder took a deep breath, and a fierce glint flashed in his eyes.