Chapter 48 - 48 48 Nobody Understands Barriers Better Than
Chapter 48 - 48 48 Nobody Understands Barriers Better Than
?Chapter 48: Chapter 48 Nobody Understands Barriers Better Than Me!_1 Chapter 48: Chapter 48 Nobody Understands Barriers Better Than Me!_1 When Tuck regained his senses, he found Hilor looking at him with a strange expression.
“Hehe… Sorry, I was thinking!”
Tuck laughed to cover his embarrassment.
“I’m curious, what were you thinking about just now?”
“Thinking about… what you just said.”
“What did I say?”
“The second level of the Demon King’s Tomb seems a bit odd.”
“Odd, is it?”
“Yes, that Demon King was clearly going to die in there, so why dig another hole inside to bury himself? Was he dissatisfied with not being buried deeply enough?”
“The Demon Sequence and its… ecology!”
Hilor’s words made Tuck genuinely start to think.
It was a while later that Tuck finally responded.
“The Demon King intended to use his own demon power to breed a blank inheritance of the Demon’s Sequence Tree on the second level, and thus give birth to a new Demon King?”
“Yes, so this time we enter, we’ll only explore the first layer and not disturb the second layer.”
“To prevent the possibility of a new Demon King truly existing inside!”
“After all… the very essence of the Demon Sequence is that of a Lord Level being.”
“If it’s a more powerful Demon King, it could even be at the level of Legendary Beings.”
“Even if it’s just a Second Rank or Third Rank Legendary creature, it would be enough to turn Ramore Tower upside down.”
“That’s not something we can afford to provoke.”
“It’s incredible that such powerful Demon Kings were sealed by those wizards back then; what an unimaginable group of people,” Tuck mused.
“Isn’t it precisely because of this that our world has fallen into decay?” Hilor said indifferently.
“Those wizards, they are crazier than anyone!”
“What?”
Tuck raised his eyebrows.
Looking at Hilor, who now appeared indifferent,
it was clear he didn’t wish to say anything further.
“There seems to be… quite a lot of hidden stories here!”
“Could it be that someone from that group ascended to become a Legendary Wizard? The kind that can’t even be mentioned?”
With his mind refocused, Tuck turned his thoughts back to the Demon King’s Tomb.
If it were just a simple tomb of the Demon King.
Then there would be no need for Tuck to go inside.
But now.
All the good stuff was apparently hidden by the dead Demon King on the second layer.
It didn’t matter whether he could take the items or not.
The main thing was, Tuck had to go there.
Even if it was just to touch the doorframe leading to the second layer, that would be enough.
Lost in thought, Tuck asked, “Then how much longer before we can go in?”
“At least more than a month, possibly even longer.”
“A month?”
Tuck calculated the dates; it would just coincide with the system’s ability to re-anchor and stably develop a new location.
“That’s manageable!” Tuck nodded.
“Since that’s been decided, let’s settle on that.”
Having discussed the main matter of his visit, Hilor relaxed a bit.
“There’s also the third matter of today.”
“Because of the matters surrounding the Demon King’s Tomb, many strong individuals from other city-states have visited Ramore Tower City-State.”
“The resources of a powerful Demon King’s Tomb, with just the crystals of the elite and leaders of the Transcendent creatures species, are already exceedingly exaggerated.”
“Not to mention the potential power of the Demon Sequence.”
“If there indeed exists a Demon’s Sequence Tree inside, and no new Demon King has been born.”
“Ramore Tower City-State could even surpass all but St. Land Transcendent City-State in the Dark Curtain Province.”
“Even without it, relying solely on the resources within, it would be a very rare and excellent opportunity for Ramore Tower City-State to strengthen ties with neighboring city-states and with St. Land.”
“As such… on the coldest day of The Ash Moon, Steam Tower will host a banquet.”
“By then, many Transcendent Geniuses from other city-states will be there, as well as some scions from Transcendent families with bloodline powers.”
“Of course, some geniuses from St. Land will come too.”
“Oh! By the way, you should have met them during your baptism, right?”
“I remember,” Tuck nodded.
Back then, two Transcendent Geniuses with high Talent followed behind Hilor.
“The banquet is extremely lavish; my brother even took the initiative to come to me, wanting to go for the free food and drinks.”
“After you advance to the Second Rank, you will definitely have to go to St. Land, to a larger Transcendent ecological area, to adapt to the more vast world.”
“Now is a rare opportunity to get to know those geniuses.”
“If you want to attend, just go over when the time comes.”
Hilor placed a silver invitation on the table in front of Tuck.
“When the time comes, if I have the time, or shall I say, if the opportunity is right, I will attend.”
Tuck pondered for a moment before speaking.
“Oh? Is there something important?”
“Murder!”
Tuck stated succinctly.
“Murder?”
Hilor’s eyebrows furrowed slightly.
“Yes! And it’s a very important guy.”
“Need help?”
After thinking for a while, Tuck shook his head.
“Thanks, but I’ve already asked for a very powerful ally.”
“Then I wish you success in your murder mission,” Hilor said, standing up.
“I will!”
Looking at the invitation with silver patterns on the table, Tuck responded with certainty.
After seeing off Hilor,
Tuck returned to his room.
Picking up the silver invitation, he flipped through it briefly, then placed it inside the Transcendent bracelet.
“Phew…”
Tuck let out a sigh while sitting on the sofa.
After suppressing the myriad thoughts about the Demon King’s Tomb and the upcoming banquet he might or might not attend,
Tuck gradually steadied his mind.
Without a doubt,
this banquet was destined to be anything but peaceful.
If Tuck hadn’t meddled, perhaps it would’ve been a hunt by the Evil God Organization on Ramore Tower City-State.
But now, things were different.
Who the Hunter is and who the prey is, it’s hard to say.
“In any case, it’s most important to quickly enhance the stability of my ecology,”
“Only a strong and stable ecology can fend off corruption.”
“Like Taniru, that guy has purifying and redeeming Talent abilities, he can save himself even if contaminated.”
“As for me, I can only rely on my ecology to resist and expel it.”
“That A Grade Talent from the Dark Sun Evil God Organization likely has similar methods of corruption.”
Thinking of this, Tuck rubbed his temples.
“The faith pull from the ‘Iron-coupled wall’ of the Barrier World is indeed quite impressive,”
“I need to guide it, while also cutting off the pathways.”
“That way, I can absorb enough of the Iron-coupled wall’s ecology into my Wizard Sequence, enough to be powerful.”
“While maintaining the defensive effects of the barrier, I avoid producing faith towards the wall,”
“Not like Taniru, that guy respects no one but the wall!”
In the following days, the weather grew colder.
The Ash Moon unabashedly unleashed its greatest chill upon the world.
Tuck continued to practice his witchcraft,
and at the same time began to anchor and enhance his Wizard Sequence Ecology using the Iron-coupled wall.
Using rituals, Tuck gradually extracted the “Iron-coupled wall,” constantly integrating it into his wizard ecology.
Of course, Tuck could extract higher levels of barrier.
But, he was just beginning to build; Tuck needed to try step by step, verifying the feasibility before he could delve deeper.
Starting with the Iron-coupled wall was perfect.
Indeed, with every strand of Iron-coupled wall power extracted, Tuck meticulously cut off the pathways, absorbing the sourceless Iron-coupled wall.
Then, Tuck anchored the cut pathways onto the Undead Crows outside.
Arbitrarily cutting off the pathways, how could one be sure that the great barrier wouldn’t notice?
But anchoring the cut pathways onto those Undead Crows wasn’t an issue.
After all, who could stipulate that the Undead Crows couldn’t worship the Barrier World?
Not to mention, Tuck’s method proved to be quite effective.
As time passed,
Tuck’s Wizard ecology visibly stabilized and began to develop towards “solidity.”
The only problem was,
often among the group of Undead Crows that perched on the skeletal railings of Tuck’s floor,
most faced outwards,
but there were always a few who preferred facing inwards, towards the direction of the Undead Tower barrier.
These Crows were the ones Tuck had anchored with the wall barrier’s faith.
This power, able to twist wills through forced worship,
Combined with Taniru’s previous bizarre behavior,
made Tuck realize even more profoundly the strength and terror of the mysterious forces in the Transcendent World!
Facing those terrifying Evil Gods,
one more second could mean melting, one more glance could lead to an explosion, it was no exaggeration.