Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 851 Ethnicity
Crash——!!

The pitch-black rain surged upwards from the earth, which was soaked by the energy of the abyss, and pounded against the barrier formed by the protective energy, splashing water everywhere.

The dim afterglow of the setting sun spilled down from the dark red sky, casting long shadows of the massive stone throne standing at the edge of the earth and the three figures descending from the black warship.

"Heh, I should have known. You who come from that faction, how could you... cough cough! How could you possibly give up the thrill of killing for the sake of your own kind?"

A violent cough, tinged with mockery, rang out and spread throughout the world under the influence of abyssal energy.

Beneath the throne, a tall, four-armed creature with double pupils stared intently at the three figures standing on the dark water, its hands clenching unconsciously, its weak expression revealing undisguised hostility.

Meanwhile, the black-haired youth, whose body still emanated strong spatial and temporal fluctuations, made no response. He simply moved forward step by step with utter calmness. With each step, the dark pressure emanating from him intensified, as if he were vying with the abyssal energy around him for control of the world around him.

"You disdain to answer? Heh, well, for you guys who make killing your own kind and other races a daily occurrence, being outmaneuvered by someone like me who's already past his prime is already a great disgrace."

It sneered, its dark red vertical pupils fixed on the black-haired youth, trying to find a flaw in his expression, but the result was predictably fruitless.

Haha, that's true. If the other side were really so easily swayed, how could they have been so decisive as to make a decision in less than a few minutes and fight their way here from a place like the Abyss Hole?

"It seems..." "Three o'clock."

A cold and authoritative voice suddenly fell, interrupting its words. On the land swallowed by the dark river, the black-haired youth stood in mid-air, his gaze coldly fixed on it on the stone seat, and spoke in a chilling voice:

"First, you talk too much nonsense."

Domain: All things lead to the same destination!

The pitch-black color, accompanied by the cold words, surged upwards from the earth, frantically peeling away the free mana and soul energy in the surrounding environment that should have been eroded and occupied by the energy of the abyss, causing its gaze to change slightly, instantly realizing that the other party's silence just now was likely to be accumulating some kind of power.

“Human, you…!”

"Secondly, my people are not so weak as to be easily defeated by such a predicament."

Endless Law - Devouring Annihilation.

An energy blast, woven from black and white, shot into the sky, instantly traversing a distance of over a hundred kilometers. Accompanied by a sound carrying the pressure of the soul, it slammed into the semi-transparent, pitch-black barrier that had appeared out of nowhere in front of the stone seat. Its pupils instinctively contracted violently for a moment, and then...

boom!
A violent burst of black and white energy, seemingly intent on annihilating everything, collided with the abyssal energy possessing a retrograde nature, causing the entire world to tremble violently. The black-haired youth's final words, amidst the chilling pressure of his soul, resounded throughout the battlefield:

"Third, those abyssal insects who take devouring their own kind for granted are not qualified to discuss the concept of slaughter in front of me!!"

Endless Law - Star Devourer.

boom--! !

A massive black and white beam of light, several times faster than the previous Devouring Bomb, shot into the sky, perfectly filling the gap before the Devouring Bomb's power was exhausted. It collided with the abyssal energy barrier that had been squeezed in front of it, turning the entire world black and white with a deafening roar.

After hearing what the black-haired youth had said, it suddenly raised its head, its blood-red pupils, full of cracks, filled with a furious gaze that seemed to be burning.

Devouring one's own kind? It's only natural?

"Humanity!!!"

A heavy, tearing sound of flesh ripping apart echoed from before the stone seat. It gritted its teeth, enduring the excruciating pain of its body, which had long since become one with the stone, being torn apart, and growled, "Those laughable beasts who only know how to satisfy their instincts are not worthy to be compared to my kind!!"

"I am Gamo, the last survivor of the Monakor tribe, a subject of your persecuted king, and an avenger who wields the butcher's knife against you invaders who have violated our homeland!"

Boom! ! !
A massive crack spread across the earth, from which a torrent of abyssal energy surged forth, converging upon it with heavy thuds.

"I am a dead man! A surviving soul! Humans, since you keep calling us insects, then let me show you who... is the insect before our resolve!!"

That's right, from the moment it accepted the curse, it was nothing more than a corpse that still retained consciousness.

In that case, instead of figuring out how to survive against these monstrous humans, the best thing it could do in the end was to use their intrusion into its territory to keep them here forever...

"Really? Well, thank you very much then?"

"!!!"

The cold words fell, causing Kama, who had risen from his throne and was actively absorbing the highly polluted abyssal energy around him, to suddenly shrink in the pupils. A strong sense of foreboding rose in his mind, and the next instant—

Dark Slash - God Annihilation!

boom--! ! !
Like a jet-black slash that plunges the entire world into darkness, it burst forth with a deafening roar, cleaving the abyssal energy barrier blocking Kama's path and the earth itself, striking his flesh with tremendous force. Kama coughed up a mouthful of blood that rapidly turned deathly gray, and crashed onto the stone seat behind him with a deafening thud. Then…

"Since you're so eager for revenge, then do everything you can to keep struggling."

A cold whisper, like a whisper, rang in Gamo's ear, jolting it awake from its dazed state, which had been blasted into a state of unconsciousness by the slash of the one who had been killed. Then, right in front of it was the black-haired youth with eyes as deep as an abyss, the other's hand that had pierced its heart, and... wisps of black smoke emanating from its wound.

"Human... what... did you... do..."

"It's nothing, it's just that a seed was planted inside you."

puff!
A tearing sound of flesh and blood rang out. The black-haired youth abruptly withdrew his hand, and the wings on his back and the pulse-like flight techniques that appeared on his body erupted simultaneously, instantly disappearing from the spot and completely exposing what was at the site of Gamo's rapidly healing wound:

Seed of the Netherworld.

Pfft!
An unusually clear heartbeat rang out, and for a moment, the whole world seemed to freeze, and then...

break out.

"Uhhhhhhhhhh-!!"

An incomparably deep, pitch-black light erupted from the chest of the four-armed, double-pupiled Avenger, causing him to let out a series of blood-curdling screams. Simultaneously, his entire body began rapidly turning into a lifeless, deathly gray, centered on his heart. But the next second—

Backtracking.

Buzz—!! A massive amount of abyssal energy, tainted with retrograde corruption, surged from all around, frantically replenishing the retrograde properties within the opponent's body that had been depleted by the Netherworld's corruption. This caused its grayish-white body to rapidly regain its vitality, but at the cost…

"Ugh... Ahh ...

A heavy, even more painful roar erupted from the throat of the towering Abyssman. His features were contorted in agony, and his body convulsed and twisted wildly, clearly enduring unimaginable pain.

"Damn, Captain Hei, weren't you a bit too ruthless?"

"It was its own actions that triggered anomalies with conceptual-level contamination in order to invade the astral plane. I didn't extract its soul and refine it into tools, which is already out of consideration for its usefulness."

As the cold, authoritative voice fell, Xin Lailai, who emerged from the subspace filled with abyssal energy on the battlefield, coldly stared at Gamo, who was nailed to the stone seat and howling in pain. There was not a trace of sympathy in her eyes, only a pure killing intent that was so cold it sent chills down one's spine.

pity?

Do not make jokes!
Given the inherent danger of retrograde nature, if they hadn't relentlessly pushed themselves to accelerate their expedition after encountering the slug whale, repeatedly plunging into abyssal worlds at near-limit levels, the consequences of Kama's plan succeeding would have been truly unimaginable.

Even now, despite the immense pressure they faced, and the fact that the entire Blackthorn Legion was temporarily exhausted and an entire Blackthorn warship was completely destroyed, the other top-tier contractors were still facing enormous risks that were practically certain death.

It could be said that if he didn't need to use the other person as a host to gather the retrospective properties of this world, he would have rushed over and torn the other person to pieces the moment he saw them, letting them experience the despair of their soul being burned to ashes under the Heavenly Heart Soul Flame, while also extracting their memories with the Soul Devouring Mark.

"Get ready. Given its condition, it will probably be devoured by the anomalous characteristics soon and become a complete abyssal creature. Yamu and I will clear the way, Deathbringer, you will use Death to kill it along with the anomalous characteristics. Fabu can cover us when the opportunity arises."

In mid-air, Xin Lailai looked at Gamo, whose roar was gradually fading, and spoke coldly. The Death Bearer and Yamu behind her nodded slightly and looked in the direction of Gamo with Xin Lailai. The boundary lightning and death energy on their bodies began to quickly converge towards the blade.

It is different from the time of the White Star.

At that time, because they needed to consider the survival of the White Star itself, they had to allow the Corpse of the Filthy God Realm to be resurrected time and time again to wear down the filthy power in the other party's body.

But this time, without needing to consider the survival of the world or the survival of the enemy, all they had to do was gather the abnormal characteristics as much as possible, and then have the Deathbringers use the combination of Netherworld Death and Angel Potion to drag everything into death.

Buzz, rumble—! !

On the battlefield, time ticked by. As massive amounts of abyssal energy converged, the once-dark sea covering the land dried up, leaving behind rugged ravines. The torrential black rain that had been surging upwards into the sky also subsided. Finally…

Pfft! !

An unusually loud heartbeat rang out, and Kamana's chest, which had been barely breathing, suddenly heaved violently. At the same time, dark red cracks, emitting sparks and ash, began to spread across his body.

Seeing this, Xin Lailai's eyes suddenly lit up, and she spoke through the communication channel:

"Attention, they should be here soon! Newly born abyssal creatures will likely inherit some of the host's emotions, so don't stray too far from me then..."

"So... this is what it feels like to be completely reduced to a beast?"

Before Xin Lailai could finish speaking, a slightly hoarse murmur suddenly rang in the ears of the three of them, causing Xin Lailai's pupils to shrink slightly. She quickly looked at the figure on the stone seat who was slowly raising his head, and a very solemn look flashed in his dark pupils.

He actually... still retains consciousness?

No, that's not right. According to the information detected by the Eye of Truth, with only a little over seventy points of willpower, it's impossible for the other party to maintain their own consciousness during this transformation process.

—Especially when the other party is merely a survivor of an Abyss race, rather than a descendant of the Abyss race.

Abyss race.

Unlike the Abyss races and creatures who are born from the Abyss and whose ultimate goal is to return to the Abyss, the Abyss races share the same origin: they both come from the Astral Plane.

The only difference is that the other party, born in the Abyss Era of the Astral Plane, is more inclined towards the Abyss side in terms of life form, rather than the elemental side, which is more inclined towards the elemental side, unlike them who were born in the Elemental Era.

This is why the war between the two races in the history of the astral plane has never ended, because their origins from the beginning destined that there was no possibility of them coexisting.

Of course, these are not the main points right now.

The real key point is that if the Kama are truly a pure abyssal race, then someone originating from the astral plane and with a relatively low willpower level could not possibly retain their rationality during the transformation into an abyssal creature originating from the abyss, unless—

"You...you're not a pure-blooded Abyss race, are you?"

As the cold words fell, the entire battlefield fell silent for a moment. Several seconds passed before Kama's hoarse sneer rang out:

"Heh, a human being, yet he knows quite a bit about us."

"However, perhaps it is precisely because of this, as you said, that I was able to take this step smoothly."

On the stone seat, Kama, whose emotions had suddenly become unusually stable, raised his head, pulled his limbs off the stone seat, and stared at Xin Lailai in front of him with his magma-like pupils before slowly standing up.

"Heh, thinking about it carefully, it's really quite ironic. A half-human, half-human hybrid of the Abyss race and the Abyss people, became the person the Abyss people protected until the very end, and in the end, he even had to rely on the power of the race they despised the most to stand up again."

“Perhaps it’s just as you said, humans, we really aren’t that noble.” The four-armed Avenger walked step by step down the stone steps to the ground, looked up at the black-haired youth in mid-air, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath.

"but……"

"For me, who witnessed how they were slaughtered by you, how they could only watch the Astral Barrier die in despair—"

"This...is the sole reason for my existence!!"

boom! ! !
A dense, jet-black crystal, comparable to the core within the Abyss Hole, burst forth and collided with the jet-black heavy sword that instantly struck him, producing a tremendous sound.

"Come on, human, let me see... just how far you're capable of doing, given that look you gave me!"

"I am Gamo, the last survivor of the Monakor tribe, a subject of your persecuted king, a vengeful one who wields the butcher's knife against you invaders who have violated our homeland, and also—"

"A descendant of the sinful race, the heir to the blood of pride, Gamo Lucifer!!!"

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(End of this chapter)