I Can Gain One Skill Point Per Second Chapter 1099: Betrayal and Despair

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Thousands of years ago, the Nuwa Spirit, an External Divine Artifact, was coveted by many. Unlike the Fu Xi Talisman, the Nuwa Spirit was ruthlessly bloodthirsty, devouring anyone who failed to subdue it. Lingming Ancient Buddha witnessed its horrific power firsthand and fled, later becoming Chief of the Ten Thousand Buddhas. Now, the Immortal King reveals he cannot subdue the Nuwa Spirit himself but has found a way to control it by implanting a heart-devouring insect in Lingming Ancient Buddha, forcing him to cooperate.

When a strong individual reaches a certain degree of power, they don’t need specialized medical personnel for diagnosis; merely relying on the operation of the Divine Power within themselves, they can discern what issue has arisen in their body.

During leisure time, when their body is in perfect condition, powerful Divine Beings repeatedly circulate the Divine Power throughout their body, ensuring it passes through all the meridians.

Through repeated and complete circulation, they firmly memorize the sequence of Divine Power’s operation, enabling these Divine Beings to construct a rough operational diagram of their body in their minds.

When there is no teammate with healing abilities around, they can perceive issues within themselves by gauging the fluidity of the Divine Power’s circulation throughout their body.

Circulating the Divine Power, the structural diagram of his body instantly manifests clearly in Lingming Ancient Buddha’s mind.

Through feedback from the Divine Power’s operation, he indeed discovered something akin to a black hole at the location of his heart chamber.

Why describe it as akin to a black hole? Because no matter how much Divine Power Lingming Ancient Buddha used to probe that location, the heart chamber behaved like a bottomless pit, rendering Divine Power and Taichu completely ineffective.

Terror and helplessness surged instantly into his heart.

Before this, he had scoffed at the so-called Heart-eating Gu, but now, it truly had pushed him to be utterly honest.

"You know my methods well; if you don’t want to experience the pain that makes life worse than death, then obediently follow my instructions and complete your tasks. Subduing the Nuwa Spirit will cost you a lot, but from then on, you will exist in another form in this world. Your Spirit Crossing Mountain faction, I will make them the primary faction under my Immortal King Palace."

The Immortal King’s hand rested on Lingming Ancient Buddha’s shoulder, as if soothing a confused child with a heartfelt demeanor.

"As for you, don’t entertain too many ideas. As the leader of the Spirit Crossing Mountain faction, you have the obligation to help them develop more smoothly, reach greater heights, and achieve a better future."

Initially, Lingming Ancient Buddha didn’t take the Immortal King’s words seriously, until he turned around and noticed a broadcasting Spirit Crystal glowing faintly, scanning over him repeatedly.

"Come, let me read it to you."

The Immortal King took out a device for receiving broadcasts and read the content displayed on the device word by word into Lingming Ancient Buddha’s ear.

"Look at this, what Lu Ji Ancient Buddha said; that your death, if it can truly bring about the prosperity of the Spirit Crossing Mountain faction, would actually be quite good. He said you’ve occupied this position for too long and are probably tired. See, your subordinates are actually quite considerate of you, aren’t they?"

"Dura Arhat, I recall this guy should be your confidant, right? Dura Arhat greatly agrees with Lu Ji’s view. He too feels it’s time for you to take a break, with so many burdens of Spirit Crossing Mountain weighing on you, it’s a bother to you. He doesn’t mind sharing these tasks with you."

"The implication might be they have the intent to replace you."

"Look again...."

The Immortal King kept reading the content from the broadcasting device, each word he read deeply pierced Lingming Ancient Buddha’s heart.

Originally, he thought after his Divine Power Level reached Level A, his mindset continuously improved, making it impossible for anything to shake his mentality.

Unexpectedly, the rhetoric of the Divine Beings under him fractured Lingming Ancient Buddha’s Dao heart on the spot.

Evidently, the Immortal King had already activated the broadcasting Spirit Crystal earlier, live streaming the scene in real time.

His once loyal subordinates, for an uncertain future, each heartlessly regarded him as a sacrificial lamb without hesitation.

Initially, Lingming Ancient Buddha appeared indifferent, but how could he truly have a heart of stone?

"Immortal King, you despicable fellow, you’ve won. No matter the perspective, you have won. I can’t think of any reason to resist you. Tell me what I should do."

The Immortal King smiled and helped the collapsed Lingming Ancient Buddha up.

"This matter, take it slow, I’ll guide you."

The act of killing a chicken to frighten the monkeys made many Upper-Rank Gods with thoughts be thoroughly honest and much more diligent when executing tasks.

Under the Immortal King’s arrangements, the Dark Rising Organization was suppressed quite miserably.

Initially when the defense line in the Desire Realm just collapsed, and the information system was just damaged, the Dark Rising members responsible for guarding the Desire Realm still thought Dark Rising merely faced temporary issues and soon someone would stand out to maintain organizational stability.

Who would have thought, things didn’t develop as imagined?

When the All Gods camped together and launched successive attacks, it was entirely beyond the capability of Dark Rising members to resist.

The Desire Realm was hard-won by Dark Rising from the hands of All Gods; if the Celestial Human Dao’s defense was lost, resistance could still continue in other realms.

At such times, the most taboo thing was wavering inner conviction.

Traced back to the source, all strong individuals from the Three Realms and Six Paths, regardless of whom they serve, seek to obtain as many benefits for themselves as possible.

Those who shout about fighting All Celestial Divine Beings to the death or presiding over justice merely seek their own justice.

When Lin Yi’s Heaven-piercing Mantra exposed the disgraceful acts of All Gods, everyone with a little strength in the Three Realms and Six Paths thought that if everyone in the Three Realms and Six Paths rebelled together, All Gods couldn’t endure.

With the slogan of justice, they seized the opportunity to seek benefits, hoping to receive more resources after the Three Realms and Six Paths changed leadership; with this goal as their starting point, the initial momentum was very strong.

But once encountering setbacks, the situation drastically changed.

Under the relentless pursuit of All Gods, the fatigue of the Dark Rising Organization gradually began to show.

Some individuals with weak will didn’t even bother to pretend, intending to defect and confess to the All Gods Camp, trying to redeem themselves.

Under the command of Dark Rising’s high-level members, such situations were rare.

However, without high-level leadership, Dark Rising members indeed committed acts of betrayal against the organization.

After resolving the threat from the Four Great Corpse Kings, the Seven Heroes started systematic withdrawal and dispatched dedicated teams to contact other members of the organization.

Ultimately, the Dragon Queen reestablished the Dark Rising Organization’s base in the Hell Dao realm of the Desire Realm, backed by the Color Realm Celestial Human Dao, allowing both offensive and defensive strategies.

In the temporarily rebuilt headquarters, in the conference room, Tremble was articulating eloquently.

Compared to a month ago, Tremble now bore a bit more arrogance on his face and several striking scars.

When first learning of Gongshu De’s demise, the Seven Heroes were melancholy for quite some time.

Even the reliable leader, Dragon Queen, entertained thoughts of disbanding Dark Rising and retiring.

These thoughts didn’t last too long and were soon dismissed.

Strong individuals of the Seven Heroes’ caliber, relying on their own powerful strength, the resources accumulated over the years, and some disguise strategies, could indeed survive within the Three Realms and Six Paths.