“A Hell Archduke killing a Hell Archduke?”
Chen Xu was completely confused by Alifa's words.
Seeing this, Alifa began to explain.
“The Mother of Hell is a merciful mother, but only to those seven Hell Demon Kings and the Hell Archdukes who have performed distinguished service by invading multiple worlds.
“At the same time, the Mother of Hell is a brutal mother. Those Hell Archdukes who are of no value or perform poorly will be placed into Hell's Promotion Game, becoming fodder for their successors.
“The holy light that was fired at Mogli earlier was a blessing divine technique, and it was branded upon him with my station as an Angel Priest.”
Saying this, Alifa pushed the secret tome in his hand toward Chen Xu, showing him the three characters of 'Mogli' on the page with a sense of pride.
“Haha, a Holy Light Blessing? Lord Alifa, Heaven's imagination is truly something. It's not inferior to those mages who study truth.
“I imagine that Hell Archduke won't have a moment of peace. With holy light embedded in his heart, even the demon blood in his body will likely carry the essence of holy light.”
Alifa's method of using a blessing as a means of attack certainly expanded Chen Xu's horizons.
A blessing for one creature could very well be a fatal curse for another.
Having gained Chen Xu's approval, Alifa continued.
“Besides interfering with Mogli's recovery, the most important point of this blessing is tracking.”
Alifa flipped through the secret tome. Holy light energy overflowed, forming a map upon which a fast-moving dot of light appeared.
“As long as he is tracked, Mogli can no longer enter the Starry Sky Battlefield. Otherwise, what awaits him will be countless homing holy light spells.
“And if he wants to remove the blessing, Mogli will have to crawl back to Hell and rely on Hell's corruption power to slowly wear down the holy light.
“But as for that behavior... hehe, it depends on whether the Mother of Hell shows Mogli any mercy.”
“Promotion Game?”
Alifa's mockery reminded Chen Xu of the term he had just mentioned.
Alifa nodded.
“The Holy Light Blessing also contains a greeting from the Lord of Heaven. As soon as Mogli enters Hell, it will automatically trigger and be sent directly to the Mother of Hell.
“We have succeeded with this scheme over a dozen times. Half of those Hell Archdukes were torn to shreds by the Hell Demon Kings on the Mother of Hell's orders, and the other half became prizes in the Promotion Game.
“Only one has ever escaped punishment.”
“He is an eternal-tier, and the Mother of Hell would just kill him like that? That seems too wasteful.”
That was an eternal-tier existence. Even in the Land of the Undead, there were only a hundred. In the myriad worlds, they were honored guests wherever they went, yet Hell would just kill them.
“Hell's strength lies in the Mother of Hell and the seven Hell Demon Kings.
“A Hell Archduke is merely a bit better than an ordinary demon, barely enough to catch her eye.
“Mythic-tier demons are everywhere. If one Hell Archduke is gone, another can be artificially produced immediately; it only wastes a bit of Dao rhyme at most.”
Alifa's words once again refreshed Chen Xu's impression of Hell.
While he, the Lord of the Undead, was still having a headache over cultivating mythic-tier subordinates, the Mother of Hell could already produce eternal-tier Hell Archdukes.
He just didn't know how many the Mother of Hell produced in one litter. If it was one at a time, it was manageable, but if she birthed seven or eight at once, how could anyone fight that?
Perhaps seeing the worry in Chen Xu's expression, Alifa continued.
“Lord Chen Xu, there is no need to worry. The Mother of Hell is not a merciful existence; on the contrary, she is extremely selfish and greedy. Producing an eternal-tier consumes her own Dao rhyme, an act she extremely detests.
“Only when a certain Starry Sky Battlefield is desperately lacking an eternal-tier to oversee it will she reluctantly produce one. At all other times, the Promotion Game is used to select a new Hell Archduke to reduce the consumption of Dao rhyme.”
After saying this, Alifa put away his secret tome, preparing to return to the Outerworld Battlefield.
This excursion had already driven away the Hell Archduke stationed here. It was time to annihilate the demons in this star system and completely sever Hell's claws.
Thus, after a brief farewell to Chen Xu, Alifa opened a Heaven's Gate and departed.
After Alifa left, Chen Xu opened the spatial gate to the Undead Divine Court and returned.
As soon as he returned, Chen Xu's ears were assaulted by a series of mournful cries.
At the same time, a deeply resentful gaze fell from above, locking onto Chen Xu.
Chen Xu looked up and met Kunpeng's aggrieved look.
Rubbing his forehead, Chen Xu knew he was in the wrong, but he didn't have time to soothe Kunpeng right now.
Turning his gaze, Chen Xu looked toward the Secret Treasure Palace in the Inverted Sea. Several months had passed, and the Secret Treasure Palace had accumulated another chance to open a blind box. He might as well use it as compensation for Kunpeng.
“Kunpeng.”
“Woo~”
Faced with Chen Xu's call, Kunpeng responded with a short hum.
“That palace in the Inverted Sea can open another blind box. Treat it as your reward for defeating Sindragosa this time.”
“Woo!”
Hearing this, Kunpeng suddenly became excited, but then its eyes shifted as if thinking of something.
With a flick of its tail, it leaped out of the Inverted Sea, revealing a hideous wound on its back while letting out another mournful cry.
“Woo~~~~~”
Chen Xu rubbed his eyes. This was bad; he had shot himself in the foot.
The teaching from the Whispering Tree had truly enlightened Kunpeng.
Left with no choice, Chen Xu had to make another promise.
“See for yourself, the next blind box will also be yours.”
“Woo woo woo!”
Only then did Kunpeng wag its tail frantically and dive into the sea to begin its great treasure-opening endeavor.
In an instant, Kunpeng shrank its body and entered the Secret Treasure Palace.
Chen Xu also teleported next to it, intending to see what this blind box would yield.
Kunpeng swam back and forth around the floating Secret Treasure Boxes, occasionally leaning in to try and sense the treasures inside through the barriers.
After swimming back and forth many times, Kunpeng finally selected a target, rushed over, and knocked the box off the great cauldron.
The other boxes vanished instantly. Kunpeng opened its mouth, bit the box, and with a bit of force, the box shattered into a pile of fragments.
Kunpeng was also quite environmentally and economically conscious; its devouring power activated, swallowing all the fragments and leaving only the treasure that had been inside.
It was a stone, entirely black, roughly the size of a human head, radiating an aura of dead silence.
Faced with such a strange object, Chen Xu didn't hesitate and used Appraisal.
【Appraisal successful. Obtained item: Dead Star Core.】
【Dead Star Core: The core of a star that died an unnatural death, containing strange Extinction Radiation.
It is recommended to store it properly to avoid the leakage of Extinction Radiation, which would cause widespread suffering.
(This is absolutely the most precious treasure in the world. If an ordinary person touches it, they will at best vomit blood and at worst die on the spot. Even a camera cannot record its beautiful visage. Treasures conceal their own brilliance! Treasures conceal their own brilliance indeed! — A mad collector)】
A star core? And a star core filled with Extinction Radiation at that.
Good heavens, to open such a dangerous thing. Those guys from the dragon race really dared to collect anything.
Just as Chen Xu wanted to carefully sense what this Extinction Radiation was, Kunpeng opened its huge mouth and swallowed the star core in one gulp.
The energy of the star core continuously released inside Kunpeng, steadily elevating its aura.
“Strange radiation, a star core... will it gain another astral behemoth form, or become Godzilla?”
Watching the surging energy inside Kunpeng, Chen Xu estimated that if luck was on their side, Kunpeng should be able to reach the threshold of the eternal-tier.
The final step would depend on Kunpeng's own savvy.
Chen Xu had not yet become the God of the Undead and could not directly bestow Dao rhyme. To break through to the eternal-tier, Kunpeng would have to rely on itself.
After watching for a while and confirming that Kunpeng was not affected by the Extinction Radiation, Chen Xu left the Undead Divine Court and returned to the Land of the Undead.
Just as he returned to his territory, Chen Xu saw a group of traveling merchants wearing Wanbao Pavilion attire walking out of the teleportation array.
However, these merchants were tattered and covered in wounds. Most importantly, Chen Xu could not detect a single piece of storage equipment on them.
Big Boss's voice then came from behind Chen Xu.
“Lord Chen Xu, this is bad! The goods of these merchants—your space fragments—have been robbed!”
“Robbed?!”
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