In an era where everyone is cultivating immortality, the system wants me to become a demon?

Chapter 434 Copying the Ability of the Boundless Calamity Venerable: Shadow of the Abyss! (3K views, please subscribe!)

The instant the Holy Law Heavenly Lord issued the divine decree, a heavy rumble echoed from the path Su Yuan had taken, as if a heavy door had been slammed shut.

"Oh dear, they didn't escape."

"The ancient relics from the past reacted quite quickly."

Upon realizing that the passage ahead was completely blocked, An Xingran stopped and playfully stuck out her tongue.

Just then, a man-eating tree twisted its countless willow-like branches and lashed out at An Xingran and Su Yuan like a whip.

Fortunately, before these branches could get close, they were affected by some force related to the cycle of life and death, and quickly withered and died.

With the power of the Reincarnation Heavenly Lord, An Xingran pulled Su Yuan along as they wandered among the man-eating demon trees.

Hiding is not a solution, and the Heavenly Lord of Corruption has also made his move.

With a single move, the entire landmass of the Immortal Realm was swallowed up by some kind of seven-colored substance.

The various colored lights made Su Yuan's eyes hurt.

Upon closer inspection, he discovered that these substances were not actually seven-colored; their essence was black mud, which Su Yuan was very familiar with.

Simply put, it's... a multicolored black.

Judging from the special effects, this black mud is definitely a ProMax version of the black mud created by Su Yuan. Anyone who gets even a little bit on it will definitely become a slave to the Corruption Lord.

This further reduced An Xingran's living space.

Not to mention that the Holy Law Emperor continues to promulgate one law after another:

"Running and jumping around recklessly is forbidden in the Immortal Realm."

After the law was promulgated, An Xingran's legs were immediately attacked by an invisible force, like pork leg meat on a chopping board, being finely sliced ​​into minced meat by an invisible knife.

Without legs, you can't run or jump, right?
"Stealing other people's belongings is forbidden in the Immortal Realm."

As the law was promulgated, the baby face that belonged to the Heavenly Lord of Reincarnation gradually peeled away from An Xingran's face, and it seemed that she would soon be unable to mobilize the power of the Heavenly Lord of Reincarnation.

At that point, the situation will only become more precarious.

"Damn it, letting Junior Sister An take on three at once is really not going to work. Looks like I have to come out of retirement."

Su Yuan thought to himself, then, forcing himself to endure the pain, he went all in on the Yuan Sect's luck points that he had finally managed to raise to 6,500!
With 6,500 luck points added to her body, An Xingran, who had been in grave danger, suddenly became much more composed as she carried Su Yuan around. It was as if the man-eating demon tree and the colorful black mud were deliberately avoiding her.

Even the Holy Law Emperor, who was promulgating the laws, bit his tongue while speaking and was in so much pain that he couldn't speak for a long time.

If we disregard the fact that the Holy Law Lord in front of us is a stand-in, then the way he sticks out his pink tongue and keeps making hissing noises is quite cute.

However, this smooth sailing lasted only a few seconds before the situation became critical again.

Six thousand five hundred points of luck is still too little for a battle between Nascent Soul cultivators.

Su Yuan's mind raced, and he suddenly said to An Xingran:

“Junior An, say that you voluntarily join the Yuan Cult founded by Su Yuan.”

"Huh? Does this count as me being forced to do this voluntarily?"

An Xingran bit her lower lip, looking like she was being forced by her teacher to fill out an opinion form.

"hurry up!"

"I, An Xingran, wasn't entirely willing, but ultimately I joined the Yuan Cult founded by Su Yuan of my own volition!"

As soon as the 18-year-old high school girl with long, straight black hair finished speaking, the sect's luck points on the system panel in front of Su Yuan instantly surged.

In the blink of an eye, it skyrocketed from zero to... 100,000 points!

Even as the treasure of the sect, the Moon-Slaying Pearl can only suppress up to 10,000 points of luck; any excess luck can only be allowed to dissipate.

Get rich!
And then... it's time to pay up to avoid further trouble!
Without hesitation, Su Yuan added 90,000 points of luck to himself, leaving only 10,000 points as a reserve.

Keeping this stockpile is partly to prevent the Yuan Cult from suddenly collapsing.

On the other hand, it is to prevent oneself from getting into trouble after the effect of luck ends.

There is no such thing as a free lunch. An Xingran brought 100,000 points of luck to the Yuan Sect, so the Yuan Sect must also bear the consequences of her actions.

Simply put, without An Xingran joining, the Yuan Sect could maintain stability with only one or two thousand points of luck, but after An Xingran joined, the minimum amount of luck required to maintain stability was ten thousand.

But we can't worry about that now. If we're really forced into a corner, we'll have to use these 10,000 points of inventory.

With the addition of 90,000 Luck Points, the Holy Law Council made frequent mistakes, giving An Xingran a great chance to breathe.

"Oh? I can't believe I can actually take on three people at once! I'm amazing!"

An Xingran looked delighted and said with great enthusiasm.

"You're so great, what are you talking about? I'm the one who's been carrying the burden behind the scenes, okay?"

Su Yuan was speechless with frustration.

However, he understood that relying solely on 96,500 points of luck wouldn't last long; he had to find a way to break through the blocked exit to the Immortal Realm.

There is currently only one way to do this.

That is to have An Xingran tear off the mask of the Holy Law Heavenly Lord and use the other party's ability to break the blockade.

But... is it really possible to do this?

An Xingran, go and kill Saint Law Heavenly Lord?
Sigh, if only we had targeted the Holy Law Emperor from the beginning, the battle would have been much more interesting... We suffered from a lack of intelligence.

But there's no point in offering these hindsight analyses now; the most important thing right now is to break the deadlock. After a brainstorming session, Su Yuan decided to claim the reward for the "catching the mole" mission he had just completed.

Then, by copying one of the abilities of the Boundless Calamity Venerable, it might be possible to create an ability that can restrain the Holy Law Heavenly Lord.

Wuliang Laodeng, as the only known being above the Nascent Soul stage, don't disappoint me!

Su Yuan shouted in his mind, brought up the system interface, and selected to claim the reward.

[Task Reward: Randomly copy the abilities of the Boundless Calamity Venerable *1 (Already Claimed)]

[Congratulations, host, on acquiring the ability from the Boundless Calamity Venerable: Shadow of the Abyss]

[Shadow of the Abyss (Rule-Level) (Shadow): Within the area of ​​your control, you can create a certain number of shadows. These shadows can copy all the abilities and memories of their corresponding targets. The duration of their effect is related to the user's cultivation level.]

[After killing the target, the Shadow of the Abyss can permanently replace the target, acting independently without user control, surviving, and even training and becoming stronger.]

[Please note: Once a Shadow of the Abyss is sealed or killed, the corresponding target will become immune to Shadows of the Abyss, preventing the creation of new Shadows of the Abyss.]

As the introduction to the new abilities appeared on the system panel, Su Yuan's mind was also filled with an extremely vast and complex amount of knowledge.

This knowledge was clearly not the whole picture of the "Shadow of the Abyss," and Su Yuan could clearly feel that some strange authority had entered his body.

That authority does not belong to the Primordial Chaos Dao or any other Dao.

If you really have to put it in terms of power, this is the power of the Shadow of the Abyss itself. It copied the authority of the Boundless Calamity Venerable and then merged into Su Yuan's body.

"Rule-level? A new level has appeared, but what does this 'shadow' mean?"

Su Yuan frowned, trying hard to digest the knowledge in his mind.

Soon, he understood the meaning of "shadow" from the knowledge he had gained.

The Abyss Shadow Divine Power is unique. The reason why he and the Boundless Calamity Venerable can share this power is because his power is a 'shadow'.

And the shadow must have a time limit, which is twenty years.

If he cannot replace the original body within twenty years, this ability will disappear from Su Yuan's body.

"If the abilities of the Boundless Calamity Venerable can be replicated in the future, it will probably not be the complete form, but rather a 'shadow' with a limited lifespan."

"Heh, this damn system is really finding ways to make me fight against the Boundless Tribulation Venerable."

Su Yuan gave a bitter smile to himself.

Is the ability "Shadow of the Abyss" powerful?

Of course it's strong, it's strong to the point of being a supermodel, the kind of strong that comes from drawing a human rights card.

After all, Su Yuan's current crisis was ultimately caused by the Abyss Shadow divine power; he had definitely hit the jackpot.

"However, the dog system seems to have overlooked one thing..."

"Damn it, the Abyss Shadow ability doesn't seem to be of any help to my current situation."

"The only help I received was that I learned there was something wrong with the substitute of the Corruption Lord."

Since the Abyss Shadow of the Corruption Lord has been sealed, theoretically, he cannot be replaced by a new shadow.

This shows that the corrupting Heavenly Lord of the Holy Law Governing Council is a complete fraud, and the real corrupting Heavenly Lord is still hiding somewhere.

But what's the point of knowing this information?
They're pretending to be corrupt, but they're actually becoming gods!

We can't let him create shadows of deities like the Holy Law Heavenly Lord, and let those shadows fight each other.

Su Yuan would be very willing to do this if he could, but it is clear that his cultivation level does not allow it.

The same ability can have drastically different effects when used by people of different cultivation levels.

At most, Su Yuan can only replicate the shadows of some Golden Core cultivators; he can't affect the current situation at all.

Just then, a ding-dong sound rang in Su Yuan's ears.

The main storyline, "Who is the strongest is the Demon Lord," has been updated!

[Mission: Eliminate the Traitor (In Progress)]

[Upon discovering the mole, the host must not hesitate to eliminate them swiftly, or they will bring disaster!]

[Mission Progress: Killed the traitor (0/4)]

[Task Reward: Randomly copy the ability of the Boundless Tribulation Venerable *1]

Upon seeing the newly displayed task details, Su Yuan almost laughed out of anger.

So, after I exceeded the task requirements, it was just so you could make the next task even more difficult for me?

And after we caught the mole, was it that I didn't want to get rid of them?
It's clearly impossible!
I'd be grateful if the mole didn't kill me.

The dog system is a real dog!
While Su Yuan was internally ranting and raving, he also kept a part of his mind on observing the situation outside.

Clearly, as time went on, the fortune brought by 96,500 points of luck began to fade little by little.

Fortunately, the power of luck is strong.

Just as the situation was getting mired in a quagmire, a voice that sounded exactly like that of the Holy Law Heavenly Lord suddenly came from outside the Immortal Realm.

"All decrees issued by the Holy Law Emperor within the previous hour are invalid!"

(End of this chapter)