Catastrophic necromancer

Chapter 3951: Origin Crystal

The claw marks were extremely deep, and Lin Moyu could almost imagine the scene from the past. That unknown creature’s claw had pierced deeply into the Redstone Emperor’s true body, leaving several huge holes, then raked across the surface, creating the visible claw marks. Now, with the surface claw marks cleared, only three massive holes remained. From this, Lin Moyu deduced that the creature’s claw had three talons.

He chose the smallest hole to enter. Though called a “hole,” its interior was over a million miles wide showing just how enormous the claw, and its owner, must have been. The Redstone Emperor’s true body might not even be as large. If such a being moved through worlds, it could destroy everything in its path even eternal beings would be forced to flee or risk serious injury.

Inside the hole, the runes grew denser and the origin aura stronger. Even the lingering energy here was enough to trouble an Emperor. At the deepest part, Lin Moyu saw many black shadows lying motionless, seemingly asleep. He studied them: they were cursed, filled with origin aura, and seemed to be condensations of some kind of power. This reminded him of Great Dao Desolate Beasts, whose bodies were also formed from the filth of the Great Dao these shadows seemed to share that trait.

The Redstone Emperor’s voice sounded: “These things are sleeping, but could awaken at any time. Be careful, Lin Dao Friend, I’ll help suppress them.”

Lin Moyu replied, “Let me try to clear them first.”

He tossed out a ball of World Burning Fire, which landed on one of the shadows and set it ablaze. The shadow instantly became a figure of fire, turned its blood red eye on Lin Moyu, and, with a piercing shriek, shot toward him like an arrow. Lin Moyu struck with his palm, forming a giant hand in the cave. Though he hadn’t entered that higher realm, as a Dao Lord his strike was still powerful.

Bang!

The shadow shook, shattered the palm, and kept coming. Lin Moyu wasn’t worried; several Elemental Liches appeared. The Sword Dao Lich turned into a sword and slashed the shadow was knocked back, but so was the Sword Dao Lich. The shadow circled and attacked again. The Reverse Dao Lich activated the Positive Negative Heavenly Dao, but it had no effect.

The Reverse Dao Lich exclaimed, “This thing isn’t affected by the Great Dao!”

That meant it was outside the Great Dao, even outside the world’s laws not a normal product of heaven and earth. Only the origin aura here allowed it to exist without being destroyed by the world itself. If it left, it would be annihilated instantly.

Since that was the case, Lin Moyu didn’t hold back. He directed all his companions to attack. The True Fire Lich’s flames had no effect these shadows had no true spirit, so the fire couldn’t burn them. The Blood Dao Lich’s powers couldn’t corrupt them either, as it only worked on beings within the world’s Great Dao. The Space Dao Lich tried to shred space, but the Redstone Emperor’s body made space too stable to have much effect.

Only the Sword Dao Lich could fight effectively. The Sword Dao was direct and unadorned no matter the opponent, it could cut through. The Sword Dao Lich went all out, suppressing the shadow, which was also being burned by the World Burning Fire. Its energy gradually weakened.

“The World Burning Fire really can refine anything let’s see what comes out,” Lin Moyu thought, marveling at its power.

The shadow weakened until it was reduced to ash, leaving behind a crystal. This crystal was smaller than a typical soul crystal and lacked any soul aura. Lin Moyu sensed it and found it contained origin aura similar, but not identical, to his own origin energy and the Great Dao’s origin energy.

“I’ll call this an Origin Crystal for now. No idea what it’s for, but I’ll keep it.”

There were many more shadows below, all of which could be refined into Origin Crystals. Not wanting to deal with them one by one, Lin Moyu summoned a vast army of undead servants to fill the cavern, led by the Sword Dao Lich. The World Burning Fire swept ahead, exploding among the shadows and turning the cavern into a sea of destruction. As the fire raged, the shadows awoke.

At that moment, an invisible force descended the Redstone Emperor was helping, suppressing the shadows so they couldn’t move freely and their power was greatly diminished. The Sword Dao Lich turned into a giant sword, then multiplied into tens of thousands, forming a sword formation that attacked the shadows.

The shadows’ single eyes glowed red as they clashed with the swords. Their fighting was primitive no skill, just brute force. Thousands of shadows and tens of thousands of swords collided, the Sword Dao Lich shouting as its blades tore through the void. The undead army watched, not intervening their role was to buy time. As long as they stalled, the World Burning Fire would refine the shadows; there was no need for them to attack.

Lin Moyu observed, thinking, “If just the lingering energy from a single attack can create shadows nearly as strong as a Great Dao Lord, how powerful was the original claw?”

He was sure the claw’s owner was stronger than an eternal being, but by how much, he couldn’t say. Was it a half step beyond, or something else entirely?

The shadows had little intelligence even as they were being refined, they kept fighting the Sword Dao Lich instead of attacking Lin Moyu. Their fate was sealed. After a while, the Sword Dao Lich had to retreat due to sheer numbers, but it was tough enough that the shadows couldn’t harm it, nor could it hurt them. Some shadows turned to attack the undead army, but were quickly surrounded and overwhelmed. Over time, the World Burning Fire refined the first shadow into an Origin Crystal, then a second, then a third…

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