King of Creation Chapter 2018 - 2003: The Opportunity of the War Soul Blood Flag
Previously on King of Creation...
A flash of blood light surged out from behind Ye Zhen’s head, unfurling in the wind, transforming into a blood-red banner that, with just a glance, could ignite one’s battle intent.
Since the War Soul Blood Flag was the controlling treasure within the Demon Soul Realm, Ye Zhen felt that the White Bone Gate in this Demon Soul Realm was likely related to the War Soul Blood Flag.
Perhaps, with the War Soul Blood Flag, Ye Zhen could open the White Bone Gate and enter the world behind it.
At the moment the War Soul Blood Flag appeared above the White Bone Gate, Ye Zhen faintly heard a mysterious cheering sound.
That cheering seemed to come from the War Soul Blood Flag, or perhaps from the White Bone Gate.
In the next moment, a surge of overwhelming battle intent, like a tidal wave, arose from the White Bone Gate.
The overwhelming battle intent, filled with fierce battle intent, killing intent, and evil qi, forced Ye Zhen, the Demon Marshal’s avatar, Hei Er, Hei Qi, and Hei Jiu to retreat step by step.
Ye Zhen only felt a great force crashing toward his chest, retreating straight back a thousand meters before the pressure slightly eased.
As for the Demon Marshal’s avatar, Hei Er, and the others, they were pushed ten miles away by that force before they could stabilize themselves.
Meanwhile, the overwhelming battle intent, like a flood, flowed directly into the suspended War Soul Blood Flag in the sky. The flag flashed with a gleam, and instinctively began frantically absorbing the overwhelming battle intent emanating from the White Bone Gate.
The War Soul Blood Flag, originally of high-grade suppressing device level, began to escalate once more.
In no time, the aura surged dramatically after consuming the overwhelming battle intent of the White Bone Gate, emanating a more magnificent, astonishing aura than before.
Supreme Suppression Artifact!
In less than half an hour, the grade of the War Soul Blood Flag unexpectedly improved again, reaching the level of a Supreme Suppression Artifact.
If activated, it could at least double the combat power of the soldiers under its banner.
Of course, this only applies to soldiers below the Realm King Realm.
The effect of the War Soul Blood Flag is somewhat peculiar; the higher the cultivation of the subject it blesses, the smaller the improvement, while the lower the cultivation, the greater the enhancement.
For someone like Ye Zhen, with a Seventh-Stage Realm King’s cultivation, the War Soul Blood Flag’s blessing results in a limited power increase, about 20 to 30% at best.
However, if it were a Divine Communication Realm elite, their combat power under the War Soul Blood Flag’s blessing would at least double, and that’s without considering the transformation into a Supreme Suppression Artifact.
Of course, if the War Soul Blood Flag were to bless Ye Zhen or the Demon Marshal’s avatar without sparing any loss, not hesitating to lower its grade, it could still greatly enhance their power.
What delighted Ye Zhen was that the overwhelming battle intent from the White Bone Gate continued to flow, and the War Soul Blood Flag kept absorbing it incessantly, its aura continuously intensifying.
"Could the War Soul Blood Flag be upgraded to an Acquired Spirit Treasure today?"
"Is the War Soul Blood Flag’s fateful opportunity here?"
Ye Zhen was full of anticipation; if the War Soul Blood Flag could break through and upgrade to an Acquired Spirit Treasure, not only would its power exponentially increase,
it might also acquire a divine power secret technique.
Especially since such divine power secret techniques carried by Acquired Spirit Treasures, even if auxiliary, are incredibly valuable.
In an instant, Ye Zhen was quite expectant.
However, before fifteen minutes had passed, Ye Zhen’s expectation was dashed.
The overwhelming battle intent from the White Bone Gate continued unabated, and the War Soul Blood Flag, which had been ceaselessly absorbing, suddenly drew a dense amount of blood light inwards, emitting a content burp in Ye Zhen’s Primordial Spirit as if it had eaten its fill, and tried to stop absorbing the battle intent from the White Bone Gate.
Ye Zhen became anxious.
Accepting that the War Soul Blood Flag couldn’t seize this opportunity to advance to an Acquired Spirit Treasure, Ye Zhen relented. After all, breaking through to an Acquired Spirit Treasure isn’t easy.
But such a golden opportunity shouldn’t be wasted.
"Hei Er, come over here!"
At Ye Zhen’s command, despite the difficulty, Hei Er, Hei Qi, and Hei Jiu advanced through the fearsome, palpable overwhelming battle intent towards Ye Zhen.
"Expand!"
With a low shout, the War Soul Blood Flag hanging above the White Bone Gate burst with a blaze of blood light, instantly expanding into a gigantic blood flag spanning one mile.
The blood-red light, containing boundless battle intent, evil qi, and killing qi, directly projected onto the struggling Hei Er, Hei Qi, and Hei Jiu, causing their cultivation auras to rapidly increase.
In almost an instant, Hei Er’s cultivation broke through to the Fifth Stage of Realm King Realm, and his advance towards Ye Zhen accelerated by several degrees.
Utilizing its own power to infuse the Demon Souls, enhancing their strength, constituted a consumption for the War Soul Blood Flag.
Just like a bucket full of water, once a portion of water is removed, it creates space to replenish it.
Almost simultaneously, the War Soul Blood Flag began to spontaneously absorb the substantial, tangible overwhelming battle intent from the White Bone Gate again.
This delighted Ye Zhen; his judgment was accurate.
Moreover, from his current perception, for every breath the War Soul Blood Flag absorbed the overwhelming battle intent from the White Bone Gate, it was significantly less than before.
"Order your elites to swiftly advance to this valley. Get as close as possible to whatever intensity they can withstand," Ye Zhen decisively commanded.
After a hundred breaths, when the first Demon Soul at the Second Stage of the Realm King appeared laboriously in Ye Zhen’s sight, the War Soul Blood Flag emitted another ray of blood light, and the cultivation of that Demon Soul began to rise rapidly.
As more and more Demon Souls appeared within the range that could be empowered by the War Soul Blood Flag, the overwhelming battle intent emitted by the White Bone Gate was also becoming more abundant.
The significant enhancement of the cultivation of these Demon Souls under his command was indeed a great boon for Ye Zhen.
Although until now, Ye Zhen still did not know, Ye Zhen was still unclear why this situation had occurred.
However, there was no reason for not taking advantage of such benefits.
It was equivalent to using the force emitted by the White Bone Gate to enhance the cultivation of a group of Demon Souls under Ye Zhen’s command, and Ye Zhen made no investment at all, equivalent to picking it up for free.
With each breath, every instant, the cultivation of the Demon Souls under Ye Zhen’s command was swiftly rising.
In just fifteen minutes, Hei Er’s cultivation had already been enhanced to the peak of the Seventh Stage of the Realm King Realm, and both Hei Qi and Hei Jiu also improved to the Early Stage of the Seventh Stage of the Realm King Realm.
The cultivation of the other Demon Souls of the Realm King Realm who rushed over was also rapidly advancing, with the strongest reaching the peak of the Fifth Stage of the Realm King Realm, catching up in cultivation with the three corps leaders Hei Er, Hei Qi, and Hei Jiu.
Moreover, there were some War Souls of the Dark Palace Realm possessing immense perseverance, who could not stand and walk, but crawled arduously into the range blessed by the War Soul Blood Flag.
For these Demon Souls, Ye Zhen was unsparing, urging the War Soul Blood Flag to bestow more blood light upon them as much as possible.
In merely fifteen minutes, Ye Zhen had created in the Demon Soul Realm a number of Realm King Realm strong cultivators five times more than the current number in the Demon Soul Realm.
The number of Realm King Realm strong cultivators in the Demon Soul Realm exceeded five hundred.
In his excitement, Ye Zhen ordered once again, commanding Hei Er and the others to issue a military order to allow more Dark Palace Realm Demon Souls to find a way to approach here.
This chance to greatly enhance strength should not be missed; only heaven knows how long such improvement can continue.
Regrettably, just as Hei Er, Hei Qi, and Hei Jiu issued their exceptionally stringent military orders again, the tangible overwhelming battle intent emitted by the White Bone Gate suddenly dissipated.
The War Soul Blood Flag thereby lost the power it could absorb.
Ye Zhen’s expression changed, quickly urging the War Soul Blood Flag to project its energy towards the White Bone Gate, hoping to see if he could reactivate the overwhelming battle intent from the White Bone Gate.
But alas, no matter how Ye Zhen stimulated it, the White Bone Gate did not emit even the slightest hint of tangible overwhelming battle intent again.
Ye Zhen estimated the time—two hours!
From the time the War Soul Blood Flag appeared, beginning to spew that tangible overwhelming battle intent, precisely two hours.
Only two hours, yet the hidden elements in this, Ye Zhen could not fathom.
But Ye Zhen had to accept it.
However, the achievements of these two hours were undeniably remarkable.
At the moment the overwhelming battle intent disappeared, Hei Er’s cultivation stepped across the peak of the Seventh Stage of the Realm King Realm, breaking through to the Eighth Stage of the Realm King Realm.
This enhancement speed and method were simply more convenient than when Ye Zhen allowed Little Demon to transform spiritual power, a hundred times more convenient than ordinary martial artists improving cultivation.
However, the Demon Souls lacked a physical body, naturally constraining their combat power, and without the High Grade Suppressing Device gifted by Ye Zhen, Hei Er would struggle even against strong cultivators at the Middle Stage of the Realm King Realm, let alone opponents of the same level.
Besides, having over five hundred Realm King Realm Demon Souls was considered an unexpected delight.
"Tell them all to retreat."
The enhancement of the grade of the War Soul Blood Flag, and the convenient leverage of the White Bone Gate’s power to boost the strength of the group of Demon Souls under his command were merely a minor episode for Ye Zhen today.
What truly mattered was the opening of this White Bone Gate, and the potential inheritance of an Ancient Demon God that this White Bone Gate might conceal.
From the recent matter, Ye Zhen could basically confirm that the War Soul Blood Flag was related to this White Bone Gate, and the relationship was quite significant.
Nevertheless, the War Soul Blood Flag would definitely not be the key to unlocking this White Bone Gate.
In deep contemplation, Ye Zhen began to try various methods.
First, he used the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder to strike this White Bone Gate, testing brute force.
The Nine Heavens Divine Thunder indeed could destroy this White Bone Gate, but with one strike of the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder, only a palm-sized piece of white bone on this White Bone Gate could be melted away.
At this speed, Ye Zhen estimated that he might be able to blast open a gap in this White Bone Gate after releasing literally billions of Nine Heavens Divine Thunders.
Subsequently, Ye Zhen tried various methods.
He immersed his Divine Sense, used the Demon Marshal’s Avatar to activate his bloodline, trying resonance, secret technique imprinting, and so on.
He even thought of the simplest method of Blood Recognition by dropping his Essence Blood onto the White Bone Gate.
However, none of these methods worked without exception; they had no effect.
Just then, when Ye Zhen was somewhat discouraged, the leisurely voice of the Mirage Dragon Primordial Spirit Achou sounded in Ye Zhen’s mind.
"Lord Ye, as far as I know, almost all Ancient Demon Gods possess True Body entities!"
