From the end of the world

Chapter 380: Conspiracy to Assassinate the Lord of the Divine Seal 4
The mortal who accidentally picked up the divine seal, relying on his special status and the power that came from it, pretends to be a mastermind in front of a group of powerful people in the strange world - even in front of the Great Impermanence, making others mistakenly believe that he is a great being who has awakened from the slumber of death.

This plot reminds me of some fantasy novels I have read on the Internet before.

In fact, when I explained the existence of the Lord of the Divine Seal to Zhu Shi before, she also raised the same doubt to me. However, in the absence of relevant clues and evidence, it was hard for me to believe that such a plot would actually happen in front of me. Now, I seem to have to re-examine this possibility.

"…Divination is essentially just a prediction of the future. There is no such thing as 100% accurate divination."

Yuchi spoke slowly.

It seemed that because it involved the divination of the Gua Tianshi, his tone was not particularly confident, but he continued as if he was carefully considering his words: "You just said that the result of the divination is that the Lord of the Divine Seal 'might' be just a mortal... In other words, the Lord of the Divine Seal may actually be a truly mysterious existence, right?"

"And... there is another possibility." I added, "Even if the Lord of the Divine Seal is really a mortal, the time when he obtained the Divine Seal in the 'Forbidden Land of Living Beings' is unknown. Maybe it happened hundreds, thousands... or even tens of thousands of years ago.

“Assuming that he was a person who obtained the divine seal in ancient times, then he might have been the one who used the power of the divine seal to split the strange world and the common sense world.

"A person who has existed for such a long time... Even if he was a mortal at the beginning, we can't look at him like that now, right?"

Even the old boxing god who was known as the most powerful Wuchang in Luoshan had a long and powerless mortal period. And although I can now call myself the Great Wuchang, before I was fourteen, I was just an ordinary student who was just a little eccentric and had no supernatural powers.

The Lord of the Divine Seal was a mortal when he picked up the Divine Seal, which only meant that he had a great opportunity that shook the world. And super strong people who rose up by unexpected opportunities should not be uncommon in Luoshan's history.

Perhaps the current Lord of the Divine Seal also has a level that matches his status.

"Of course I can think of what you can think of." Shen Zhao said as a matter of course, "It's just that I am different from you in one aspect, that is, I can use my magic power and perception in the virtual world.

"Do you remember the first thing he did after waking up? When he woke up, he used his power to transfer the seven of us to the corresponding rock seats, and manipulated the gray mist to restrict our movements. While he was showing his power, I also used my perception to observe his manipulation of the gray mist.

"That was an extremely superficial manipulation method with many loopholes. Even a novice who has no experience in mana manipulation would be as unfamiliar as him. In my opinion, that is simply the level of a mortal who has accidentally obtained a powerful magic weapon not long ago and has not had time to properly adapt to its powerful magic."

In other words, the owners of the Divine Seal are probably not ancient mortals from long ago, but ordinary people who accidentally obtained the Divine Seal in modern times.

In ancient times, there were others who made a wish to the divine seal and separated the world of common sense and the world of mystery.

If the ancient wisher was the "first-generation Lord of the Divine Seal", then the one who is now competing for the fragments with us can perhaps be defined as the "second-generation Lord of the Divine Seal".

Of course, if Shen Zhao’s conclusion is wrong, then it is very likely that there is no such thing as the first and second generations, and there is only one Master of the Divine Seal from beginning to end.

"After realizing this, I immediately launched a surprise attack on him..."

Shenzhao paused for a moment, and I continued: "But you failed."

"Yes." Shen Zhao had no choice but to admit, "After all, the Divine Seal is a divine tool beyond my knowledge. Even if his level of power control is many dimensions lower than mine, his power is enough to make up for the gap, and even allow him to show miracles that he could not have shown at his level. Although I was very unwilling, I lost that conflict.

"But I continued to observe him for a while, observing how he used the power of the Divine Seal, and finally confirmed one thing."

I asked, "What's the matter?"

"Just like there is a connection between us Void Realm Apostles and the Divine Seal Fragments, through which we can unleash the power of the Divine Seal Fragments; the Divine Seal Master also has a connection with the Divine Seal, through which he can unleash the mysterious power of the Divine Seal." Shen Zhao said, "In other words, the current Divine Seal Master is essentially just an oversized Void Realm Apostle.

“Needless to say, the Lord of the Divine Seal in its complete state is likely to be far more capable than this, and may use the power of the Divine Seal to achieve everything he can imagine. However, the Divine Seal is not in its complete state now, so the power he can exert has huge flaws.

“I can take advantage of the opportunity to sever the connection between him and the divine seal, and turn him back to his original weak form, and then take his life.

“I have no grudge against him, but I am not interested in being subordinate to a mere mortal, nor do I want to contribute to his unknown wish to help him collect the fragments of the divine seal and become the master of the world.

"I want to let him know the price he will pay for daring to ride on my head and play tricks."

Maybe it's more than that.

This may just be my wild guess, maybe Shen Zhao is still interested in the throne of the Lord of the Divine Seal, and has the idea of ​​"taking his place". Although there is no strong causal relationship between "killing the Lord of the Divine Seal" and "getting the throne of the Lord of the Divine Seal", if you want to achieve the latter, it is necessary to achieve the former first.

"The Lord of the Divine Seal seems unfamiliar with the manipulation of power. It may not be because he is essentially a mortal, but it may be because he is telling the truth - he is indeed in a dormant state that is no different from death." I said, "In this abnormal state, it is reasonable that the accuracy of manipulating power is so low that it is like sleepwalking, right?" Shen Zhao said confidently: "I can still tell the difference between unfamiliarity caused by poor condition and unfamiliarity caused by lack of experience."

"Are you planning to take action against the Lord of the Seal at the next virtual realm gathering?" I asked.

"Of course. I'll do what I say." Shen Zhao said, "Don't worry, I won't ask you to participate next time. After all, you can't use your power in the virtual world, and if you act recklessly, you will hinder me.

"On the contrary, Yuchi can still help me. I need him to set up a formation for me in reality in advance, so that I can use the power of the God Seal fragments more efficiently and temporarily sever the connection between the Lord of the God Seal and the God Seal."

I think the only thing that can sever the connection between the Lord of the Divine Seal and the Divine Seal is the power of the Divine Seal fragments of the same origin.

Shen Zhao probably won't use the power of the fragment of the divine seal bound to himself, because there is a high possibility that there is a backdoor of the Lord of the Divine Seal in the binding relationship between us and the fragment of the divine seal.

If he wanted to use it, he would probably only use the power of the fragments of the ownerless divine seal.

Finally, I asked Shenzhao a question: "If you take action and find that he is truly the Lord of the Divine Seal, what will you do?"

"Then I will be convinced." Shen Zhao said uprightly, "It is not a disgrace for me to die at the hands of the true Lord of the Divine Seal."
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After the communication ended, Shenzhao removed the barrier covering the surroundings, and then his figure flashed and disappeared from the room.

Yuchi remained where he was, sitting on a stool, lost in thought with a complicated expression.

"Do you think Shenzhao can succeed?" I asked.

Yuchi seemed to be awakened, and then said helplessly: "This...I should be the one asking you.

"You, the Great Impermanence, can always rely on your instincts to grasp the truth of things. Even if what you do seems to be all upside down, you can always win in the end.

"...If you ask me, Shin Teru makes decisions too quickly. Oftentimes, he acts even faster than he thinks. If it were me, I would definitely be very cautious... But sometimes, only people like him can reap the fruits of victory that ordinary people like me cannot even imagine."

"Even you, who has reached the great perfection level, call yourself an ordinary person. I'm afraid that real ordinary people would be extremely sad and angry." I said.

"I am just an ordinary person..." Yuchi said absentmindedly, "But...how can the Lord of the Divine Seal be an ordinary person?"

Maybe he was worried about the knowledge he had gained.

He used the fragments of the Divine Seal to obtain the knowledge from the Divine Seal Master that would allow him to become stronger and kill the old Fist God. However, since the Divine Seal Master who granted the knowledge was a mortal, the value of this knowledge was questionable. If he bet his wish on this knowledge, then his vision was likely to be blurred.

"The knowledge you want should be summoned by the Lord of Divine Seal using the power of Divine Seal. Even if you don't trust the Lord of Divine Seal, you have to believe in the power of Divine Seal." I said.

Yuchi seemed to still be a little worried, and he forced a smile and said, "Thank you for your good words."

After saying that, he stood up on his knees and walked towards the door of the room.

"Well, I'll excuse myself first, then..."

He seemed to want to say "goodbye", but he only had time to utter the word "again" before I grabbed his shoulders and forced him to stay where he was.

"Did you forget something?" I asked.

"...What?" Yuchi laughed awkwardly.

I said seriously: "You haven't told me why you want to kill the old boxing god."

Although this incident seemed to be a sensitive old scar for Yuchi, the more he said this, the more curious I became.

While speaking, I stretched out my other hand and placed both hands on his shoulders at the same time.

"Tell me about it!" I said.

(End of this chapter)