Chapter 748 - 104: The Drawback of Wisdom
Every race has its own pride. Demons have it, and so do humans.
Thus, humans do not allow their bodies to be gnawed on by insects and rats after death. They choose cremation or some measures to prevent such things.
At this moment, Su Changxing was like the insects and rats wanting to gnaw on the demon’s body after death. Naturally, the demon was not willing, thinking that even in death, it shouldn’t be so cheaply exploited by Su Changxing.
The giant purple heart suddenly sped up its beating, producing a sound like a beating drum, buzzing in the ears, overshadowing the continuously chanted Buddhist scripture.
Su Changxing felt his own heartbeat accelerating along with the drumbeats, faster and faster. The flow of blood throughout his body also increased speed, four or five times faster than usual, with red and swollen welts appearing on his skin.
Boom~
His chest at the heart’s location burst with blood, exploding under such rapid beating.
Kneeling on the ground, gasping for air, his forehead drenched in cold sweat and blood, he stared intensely at the giant purple heart, his eyes bloodshot, as if they were about to pop out.
This can’t go on.
This demon probably intends to go down with him.
When a human wants to go down with an ant, the ant is certainly unlucky, at least finding it nearly impossible to avoid being killed.
He was prepared to toss the demon’s body into the Pocket Galaxy at the final moment, when the demon was ready to go down with him — not too soon or too late.
If too soon, the demon would have too much remaining strength after entering the Pocket Galaxy, and he might not be able to suppress it.
If too late, it would indeed be too late, as the demon would definitely have the ability to go down with him.
After all, a dead camel is still bigger than a horse, and he’s merely an ant; a camel only needs to casually bend its neck to crush the ant.
Su Changxing’s heart, with its rupture, was still beating quickly, synced with the demon’s heartbeat.
He meticulously felt this rhythm, which was a kind of ritual-like power, bridging their life forces together.
The ritual’s manifestation was entirely different from the rituals he had seen before, not using runes but instead the sound of heartbeat and the waves generated by bone collisions.
This was a purely natural ritual, or it could be said that it was an intrinsic ability of the demon, which it could accomplish without thinking about the ritual’s composition.
Su Changxing’s mind entered a state of ethereal clarity. His body fell into complete slumber, inhibiting pain, while his consciousness remained extraordinarily clear, his thoughts surging at a terrifying pace, a million times faster.
In this state, he could even use his mental power to predict events that could occur a few seconds later.
At a certain point, he suddenly opened his eyes, simultaneously expanding three domains: Dusk, Chains, and Blizzard.
This, of course, wasn’t to restrain the demon, but the demon’s body was too large to fit directly into the Pocket Galaxy.
He could only encapsulate it completely with the domains, then drag it into the Pocket Galaxy like a bag.
This could also be considered a kind of rule coverage. He used the domains to entirely cover the demon’s body, then shrank the whole domain’s size and sent it into the Pocket Galaxy.
The domain itself could be infinitely large or infinitely small, which was related to the caster’s capability.
At the moment the demon’s body was thrown into the Pocket Galaxy, his heart abruptly exploded in half, with purple blood shooting a kilometer into the sky, a spectacular sight from afar.
Thousands of data streams were already prepared, immediately slicing and separating the remaining half of the heart from the body.
"Where is this place? What are you trying to do?"
The demon, in disarray, did not expect Su Changxing to throw him into such a space, which appeared vast and boundless, like an independent world.
A moment later, the clever demon came to a realization: "I knew it, I knew it, you despicable half god, you’re trying to steal my body in such a manner."
"Just wait to face Karis’s unlimited wrath!"
"Despicable half god!"
"Death won’t make me yield!"
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Ever since entering the Pocket Galaxy, the demon had been talking incessantly, as if his personality had drastically changed from a quiet handsome man to a chatterbox.
Unlike his hands and feet, his main body surprisingly did not opt to resist but continued a barrage of insults, allowing Su Changxing to carve him at will, as if resigned to fate.
Sometimes, wisdom isn’t necessarily a good thing, Su Changxing murmured to himself, feeling that this demon had already concluded that he possessed sufficient power, thus was too lazy to resist.
But in reality, this wasn’t the case. Even though in the Pocket Galaxy, he possessed immense control power, in the face of such a high-level demon, he really might not have any means.
Seeing the situation, Su Changxing ignored the demon’s insults, methodically proceeding with dissecting its body.
Communicating with this demon would actually expose a flaw. Once it realizes the truth of the situation, it would be troublesome.
The demon’s body is extremely complex, a hundred times more so than arms and legs, with various inexplicable structures and organs that don’t look like organs, along with a multitude of demons or what could be called undeveloped demons attached to its body.
The body of such a being is, in itself, like a small world, albeit extremely distorted from a human perspective.
Then, he discovered that the demon’s body possessed a highly polluting nature, especially after being dissected, when this pollution continued to expand uncontrollably.
To prevent other things from being polluted by the demon, Su Changxing had to move the demon’s body to an open ground.
All around was desert, with a few stationary reptiles on the ground, unmoving under the blue sheen.
As the demon’s body was completely divided into thousands of pieces, its voice grew smaller until it disappeared.
Yet the demon still did not die. It was alive, maintaining a vigorous life force.
Su Changxing felt somewhat helpless. To prevent any unexpected events, he further divided the demon’s body into even smaller parts.
However, at this point, there was no need for him to control manually; the remaining work could be left to the data stream.
Su Changxing wobbled up from the ground, took a deep breath, and looked around. The demon’s body had been entirely thrown into the Pocket Galaxy, leaving only ruins and the corpses of Rune Warriors scattered everywhere.
Afterward, he threw the Rune Warriors’ corpses one by one into the Pocket Galaxy, not because they were of any use to him, but to prevent Eric from retrieving them to create new Rune Warriors.
Each Rune Warrior is extremely expensive to produce. Across the Empire, only Maelon has the capability to manufacture so many Rune Warriors.
Maelon is the Technology City and the center of wealth for the entire Empire.
"Technology is the primary productive force," this saying is absolutely correct, which is why Eric is naturally the wealthiest person in the Empire.
Su Changxing felt that while it was true Eric was not greedy for power, whether he was not greedy for wealth was still open to discussion.
For someone who inherently possesses immense wealth to claim not to love money is inherently untrustworthy.
Words often carry deceit; only the logic of actions can somewhat truly reflect a person’s essence.
Su Changxing gazed in the direction of East City, where no more Rune Warriors came, "Are there no more forces? Or are they afraid?"
There must still be some Rune Warriors in East City, and Eric would not foolishly deploy all the Rune Warriors.
The combination of Rune Warriors and the domain formed by that moon is just perfect.
In the domain of the moon.
All creatures’ movements become sluggish, while for some reason, the Rune Warriors are unaffected, significantly increasing their combat effectiveness.
According to Kasmin, Eric is a scientist without a shred of power in his hands. If that’s truly the case, it should be easy to handle; once Eric himself is resolved, the problem with the Rune Warriors naturally gets resolved.
Su Changxing dragged his weary body back, initially never expecting such a cumbersome ordeal, nearly costing him everything.
"The methods of the Divine Spirits are indeed unpredictable. In the future, I must be cautious; in other worlds, if encountering anything related to Divine Spirits, just bypass it."
He was quite conflicted in his heart, feeling that his actions and thoughts often did not align.
Because many times he felt once he reached that position, there was no reason to retreat, and being indecisive would only make the problem worse.
Like before, if he had hesitated in front of the Black Dog Gang’s building, he wouldn’t have been able to seize Karis’s Ratman Statue.
And what actions Karis would take next would be unknown, and the demon staying inside the building would also be a huge danger.
Not far ahead, he saw Kasmin running out from the ruins again.
"Thankfully, you’re okay, I was worried sick. I saw many Rune, Rune Warriors over in East City," Kasmin came forward and said with a smile after seeing Su Changxing looking clean and tidy.
Su Changxing sighed and said somewhat helplessly, "What are you worried about? Didn’t I tell you to leave here directly?"
"Of course, I’m worried you might die. If you die, then how can I restore the Empire?"
"If I really died or left, would you give up?" Su Changxing asked in return.
Kasmin replied with a matter-of-fact tone, "What are you saying? Of course, I won’t give up, it’s just that my hope of success wouldn’t be as high. I really wouldn’t know how to deal with these Divine Spirits. But now it seems you’re quite skilled at it."
"You seem quite optimistic." Su Changxing looked at Kasmin’s earnest expression and smiled knowingly: "I’ve already thought of a way to seize Maelon, but the specific plan needs further discussion, you need to see if it’s suitable."
Kasmin showed a look of surprise on her face: "Really?"
"Of course, when have I ever lied to you?"
"Haven’t you always been lying to me?"