Chapter 866 - 420: Dark Abyss (Part 2)
Andasu said, "The master now has one arm, but this is a cup of tea placed on a tray."
Yes, if it was just handing over the teacup, it would be fine, but to make it more convenient for everyone, Xiaoniu placed the teacup and teaspoon on a tray to pass to everyone.
This led to Li Ang being completely unable to operate while holding the tray.
ALulu immediately realized her mistake and was about to speak in a hurry.
"Pfft." Li Ang couldn’t help but laugh first, followed by Zoe laughing heartily, and even those who didn’t find it amusing, like Andasu and the others, relaxed their tense faces.
This is considered some sort of hellish joke. He rarely managed to keep it together in such situations, and didn’t expect it to be the same when it happened to him.
He walked a couple of steps, placed the tray on the stone table, then picked up the teacup and said to Xiaoniu, "It’s okay, it’s actually been like this since yesterday. Everyone’s not used to it yet."
After reassuring Xiaoniu, he roughly outlined his prosthetic crafting plan and then allowed Livi to continue her previous topic since she was in quite a hurry but held back to not disturb everyone’s meal.
"What were you about to say?"
Livi turned serious: "Inanna snuck out, which is not great."
"Sneaked out? What do you mean?"
Livi explained that she had just asked Farina to use the deputy’s connection to summon Agni.
The Fire Dragon took a while before the magic power communication became clear. Livi promptly mentioned seeing a Demon Curse on Inanna.
"I know she has a profound connection with the Earth, the entire Earth is spreading with a bloody curse that she also has to spend power to eliminate, but now it seems deep enough to influence her persona transformation, is she really okay?"
Faced with a question from the Sea Serpent Ancestor, the Fire Dragon took a while to explain clearly.
The Six Dragons had certainly noticed Inanna’s condition. Compared to Akuya, who was simply weakened due to Water Element escaping into the stars, her weakening is more complex.
If not for the Primordial Being creating the Bloody Red Land, even if the lower area couldn’t sustain life, as long as the Earth Element existed, she wouldn’t be so weak.
It’s precisely the curse isolating the Earth that caused this.
The Six Dragons knew her curse was deepening, so generally, the one currently awakening to serve as the Divine Realm overseer had to keep an eye on Inanna.
"Inanna ran away... because of Farina’s mortal leader? I won’t ask about that for now, but why did Thanatos disappear? I’ll contact him again." Agni said.
There is a secret technique among Dragon Gods that involves influencing World Law to transmit information into the Six Dragons Divine Realm. Still, Agni took a while, and only after Li Ang demonstrated the domain and the young girls delivered their meal did he receive a response from the Dark Dragon.
"I understand the situation and will come to find you immediately." Livi said.
"What did the Dark Dragon say?" Li Ang asked.
According to the Dragon Gods, they didn’t want Inanna running out of the Divine Realm; however, she sensed Li Ang and rushed over. Originally, the Dark Dragon God Thanatos, who was guarding the Divine Realm, failed to intercept her.
"Thanatos is the most tedious and stubborn old dragon. If he were there, he wouldn’t have let the bloody-cursed Inanna leave the Divine Realm." Livi replied.
"The crucial issue you mentioned isn’t Inanna but the problem with Thanatos?" Li Ang suddenly realized that Inanna wasn’t the primary problem.
"Whether it’s a ’problem’ is still uncertain, but he did identify some changes and temporarily left the Divine Realm, thinking that the long-stable Inanna wouldn’t suddenly run away because of a mortal, assuming leaving for a while would be fine."
Livi said, "He went to the Dark Abyss."
"What’s that place?"
Just like the Creation Library, Creation Wedge, and other terms before, this was new to Li Ang, and he saw Farina also looked confused, not to mention the others.
"The place where the shadows of the world converge?" Meimei actually understood this name.
"You know?" Li Ang looked towards the savior young girl from the Otherworld.
"I only know there’s such a place, it’s a realm mortals cannot reach, the gathering place of the world’s Dark Element."
Livi continued, "Indeed, it corresponds with the Star Realm, maintaining the light-dark balance of the world in the Realm of Dark Convergence."
"Is the Star Realm the gathering place for the Light Element?" Li Ang asked in surprise.
"Yes, we’ll talk about why these two places exist later. In short, the Abyss’s anomaly represents an undesirable phenomenon."
"How so?"
"Li Ang, how much do you know about the Dark Element?"
"The Sky Knights don’t know much about it. There’s even debate whether light and dark can serve as ’elements.’ Scholars define the Dark Element as the ’remnant of things after annihilation.’"
Li Ang said, "Before Andasu, I’d never met anyone who could harness the Dark Element in person, only Demons, all very powerful. For example, the Eternal Coiling from the World Destruction Six Punishments."
The White Wolf wagged its tail.
"That scholar’s definition is close to reality. Light and dark are powers possessed by the Creation Dragon God, representing dual polar powers of creation and destruction. Figuratively, they form His double edge, while Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind that make up the world resemble His own body."
Livi slowly explained the ancient dragon’s secrets of the world.
"Beyond Nebis’s two major dimensions, in those dimensions not belonging to Nebis, light and dark are the main elements. In Nebis, they were pushed away by the Creator’s power, placed in the sky and deep underground. Now, the Earth descends, enveloped in red, thus the Abyss no longer lies underground but also floats, yet lower than all Sky Islands.
"All remnants after annihilation fall downward and are attracted by the Abyss, converging.
"The Abyss’s capacity to contain remnants is limited. If the production of remnants suddenly increases, then the Dark Abyss will show anomalies."
Once Livi finished, Li Ang immediately understood her meaning: "So, Thanatos’s journey implies some significant destructions happening somewhere in Nebis?"
He suddenly paused: "Could it be related to my having Anna smash Lupus Island?"
"Ah," Dorothy quipped, "our leader is really shooting himself in the foot, or accidentally succeeding? Anyway, Inanna’s so beautiful, having a child with her wouldn’t be a loss."
Livi slapped the table, startling the half-elf, and even Othella listening quietly jumped.
Regarding the dragon’s sovereignty, her reaction was even bigger than the problematic girls.
"Just Lupus Island isn’t enough; ever since creation, the Abyss has been collecting remnants, not causing anomalies from just a Sky Island." Livi said, feeling grumpy.
Meimei looked helplessly, as if saying, "How come everyone’s competing over Li Ang?" and asked, "Just a Sky Island isn’t enough, what caused it?"
"I don’t know, which is why Thanatos is taking it so seriously."
Livi calmed her expression and seriously told Li Ang, "Therefore, we must hurry. Whether it’s enhancing strength, helping me recover, or supporting the Great Spirit, we must accelerate."
"Alright. That was the plan."
Li Ang said, "This may involve the Empire, and once I resolve my personal problems, our main focus will be dealing with the Empire; also, we must pay attention to the Abyss."
"And Inanna, as her curse drives her to extremes, I need to recover my power quickly, awaken Gorasis, so I can stop her, ahhh." Livi shouted, clenching her fists.
The Earth Dragon’s curse...
Li Ang touched his severed arm; he hadn’t resolved his own issues, and the proud lady’s curse stemmed from the entire descending land, for the moment having no strategy for combat.
Hopefully, this trip to the Sanctuary of All Spirits will provide some clue.
Li Ang pondered another angle.
"Come to think of it, the Abyss and Star Realm, in relation to the Six Dragons of Light and Dark, are like the Great Spirit in relation to the other four dragons?"
"Hehe, Li Ang truly deserves the praise. That’s precisely the case."
No wonder, in various contexts before, the power of the Light and Dark Dragons among the Six Dragons remained consistently strong.
"So, the Star Realm is the whole starry sky we see, and where’s the Abyss?" Zoe asked, "When we look down usually, it’s all red; there’s no black."
"With Nebis, let me see Akuya’s skill, although most of it is in that desperate wind wall place. There’s a small part you can reach. Huh, why is the Tower of the Abyss still there?"