Apocalypse: Master of Soul Beasts

Standing beside a certain freezer in District 3, Wen Yu stared fixedly at the ground.

Outsiders simply couldn’t discern what was special about this palm-sized patch of ground, and the “outsiders” here even included Philip.

But Wen Yu knew.

This area was covered with a certain kind of exceedingly intricate Creation Energy, akin to a lock, firmly sealing a secret hidden beneath.

Wen Yu believed that what lay within was the fundamental reason why the Demon Lord had invited him to the Demon Palace!

However, this lock was indeed not so easily broken.

Wen Yu stared at the ground for a long time before finally determining that with his current mastery of the Soul Abiogenetic Creation Skill, he had no means to tackle it.

Just as Wen Yu was about to give up, he suddenly seemed to come to a realization. He took out the manual given to him by Philip and began to carefully examine it.

Before long, Wen Yu found the method to pick the lock in the Demon Lord’s notes.

Complicated, cumbersome…

But following instructions to the letter was something Wen Yu was naturally unlikely to err in.

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The complex Creation Energy surged out and then swiftly entered the ground of the freezer.

Originally, according to the regular procedure, this patch of ground would have been activated by Wen Yu, and a Little Stone Man of sorts would pop out, but quite evidently, just as Wen Yu suspected, this was a lock.

And the Creation Energy released by Wen Yu was the key to unlock it!

Even with Wen Yu’s strength, he had to proceed cautiously, with painstaking precision. About thirty minutes later, as the Creation Energy within the lock was entirely dispelled by Wen Yu, there came a crisp sound of “snap,” and a door, only 2 meters high, suddenly appeared on one wall of District 3.

In the Demon Realm, doors 2 meters high are indeed rather rare…

Wen Yu slowly rose and walked to the door, peering inside.

He saw about a hundred freezers of varying sizes arranged in two neat rows at either end of the narrow corridor, with no other objects in the entire space.

First, Wen Yu made a simple estimation of the internal environment and found that some extremely sophisticated space-folding technique was used here. This space did not overlap with the outside world, thus it couldn’t appear externally, which was why it eluded discovery by the park staff and even Philip.

After briefly exploring the intel, Wen Yu confirmed that there were no surveillance facilities or dangers here and proceeded to step inside.

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District 4…

Let’s temporarily name this place District 4.

The air here felt somewhat oppressive, perhaps sealed for too many years. Wen Yu adapted to District 4’s air environment for a moment, then proceeded directly to the first freezer.

An image appeared: a resolute-faced male corpse over three meters tall, with four arms, three eyes, dark skin, appearing overall in line with human beauty standards.

On his body, particularly the neck, shoulders, elbows, and legs, were clearly noticeable lacerations—these wounds were clean cuts, likely made by some sharp blade without resistance.

The entire body was divided into eight parts…

Seeing this, Wen Yu suddenly seemed to think of something.

He then looked downward, noticing a string of characters carved on the coffin.

“Augus, Sequence Number 1 of Mil’s Big World, failed assassination of the Dominator, enraged the Dominator, body divided into eight parts, later recovered and placed here by me.”

“May the name of the Dominator be immortalized forever…”

The Dominator, Augus.

The first Heaven’s Pride Sequence, and also the first warrior to roar defiantly at the Dominator.

The cause of death was exactly as Wen Yu’s sources indicated.

At this thought, Wen Yu immediately moved to the cold coffin directly across from Augus, which contained a youthful male body, handsome and nearly human in appearance.

“Lin Haotian, Sequence Number 1 of the Wuhua Grotto Heavens, the chosen one, at that time, the best candidate to hunt the Dominator with a nearly thirty percent success rate! Yet coerced, turned traitor, and brought to the Demon Palace, where he was slain by me. Moved by Lin Haotian’s misfortunes, his body was placed here for remembrance.”

Again, the information was consistent!

Seeing this, Wen Yu quickly hurried to other cold coffins.

“Heart Lock…”

“Ray Aarno…”

“Gullierde…”

“Tangrang…”

“Phare…”

Name after name entered Wen Yu’s eyes, along with accounts of their lives, each read through by Wen Yu. Finally, after inspecting the last cold coffin, Wen Yu took a deep breath.

He finally understood the true significance of why the Demon Lord brought him here.

It was to reveal to him the truth between the Demon Lord and the Dominator…

The very truth that Wen Yu and Lin Haifeng had speculated about…

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Now it seemed, this move by the Demon Lord was naturally meaningless to the Demon Lord himself.

But this was merely because the Demon Lord did not anticipate the presence of Lin Haifeng, that cheat, on Earth. Nevertheless, in contrast, Wen Yu was quite certain of the validity of his and Lin Haifeng’s deductions.

The Demon Lord’s intentions might have been futile, but that didn’t mean all of this had lost its significance to Wen Yu. At this moment, as Wen Yu gazed at the array of cold coffins, his lips gradually curled into a smile until he burst into wild laughter!

This was a gift…

A colossal present specially given to Wen Yu by the Demon Lord!

You could call it a bribe, or a bet, but the name was of no concern. What mattered was that Wen Yu comprehended deeply what he could gain here!

It signified an invincible power!

Of course, after being transformed into Soul Puppets, these Heaven’s Pride Sequence Ones might not display their former prowess, but even if only part of their power could be utilized, it would be enough to catch the attention of both the Dominator and the Demon Lord!

But this raised another question…

Why did the Demon Lord entrust such a thing to him?

After a moment, Wen Yu thought of a possibility.

The Demon Lord wished to use Wen Yu’s hands to conduct one final counter-hunt on the Dominator—and these were the superweapons the Demon Lord had furnished for Wen Yu!

With eons of accumulation, each time the Demon Lord obliterated a Heaven’s Pride Sequence One sent by the Dominator, the bodies were collected, yet never transformed into Soul Puppets via the Soul Abiogenetic Creation Skill—purposely reserved as the super trump card for one last gambit.

He did not wish to live in prolonged agony. Even at such an imbalance of power, the Demon Lord still desired to end his old nemesis.

And now, all of this came to fruition for Wen Yu…

As to whether it would succeed? Best if it did, but if not, it’s not like he’d be the one perishing, right?

Of course, that’s just speculation. How the Demon Lord thinks does not lie within Wen Yu’s concern, but this grand package, Wen Yu accepted with conviction!

As to whether these individuals would be used to finish off the Dominator or the Demon Lord?

Only fate would know…