Mystical Journey

"Fusion methods of the Cthulhu’s Origin?"

God Cloud’s mind relaxed; as long as his opponent still had demands, this would be easy.

A puzzled expression was currently plastered on Aixi’s face while she was being propped up by God Cloud with one hand. Even though a large amount of black symbols were crawling up her back slowly, she felt nothing, but even so, pain seemed apparent in her eyes.

Looking at Garen, who was not far away, her mouth moved to speak but no sound came out. Even her right to speak was being controlled by God Cloud.

Lowering her head, Aixi stopped moving. Regarding God Cloud’s minor movements, she was no longer worried. She was just being held, gently, by him, while both her eyes were half shut.

"You want to fuse the Cthulhu’s Origin?"

God Cloud did not notice Aixi’s current expression because he was glaring at the man opposite him instead.

Black Swamp Palace Master Garen Trejons. He had a breakthrough not long ago and entered lower Form 5, but his battle skills rivaled peak Form 5 in reality. He had slaughtered countless Cthulhuism Society bases consecutively and defeat many Cthulhu alliances, before finally disappearing suddenly. No one had expected him to suddenly appear here.

"To hand it over or not, that is your own choice." Black Poison Mist permeated out from below Garen’s feet continuously, surrounding a range of more than hundreds of meters around him, enveloping around God Cloud and the woman tightly as well.

Within the black mist, black chains began floating out of midair in the surroundings of the two people. It resisted the corrosion of the Poison Mist.

God Cloud’s eyes flashed; the current situation between him and his enemy was undesirable.

"I can give you the methods, but who can assure me that you won’t make another move after I give it to you?"

"This will depend on your luck." Garen laughed, he had noticed Aixi a long time ago, but she was always exiting the Obscuro professionals’ base, and thus he had no opportunities, and could only keep following closely behind her and wait for his chance.

He never expected that Aixi would leave the base alone this time, and when he found out that the person she was meeting was actually God Cloud, Garen prepared to retreat quietly, but never thought that God Cloud would make a move first.

When he grasped the key moment when the two Marshalls would be at their weakest, Garen appeared instantly.

Both of the Marshalls would surely have Crystal Derivators, but with professionals of their level, Totems that were controlled by something like that would only be useful to delay time. The true determinant of victory or defeat depended on one’s own strength.

"Alright, I can give the Origin fusion method to you. But this method requires a longer time to be explained verbally…" God Cloud hesitated slightly, opening his mouth suddenly.

"It doesn’t matter, we have more than enough time." Garen’s mouth stretched into a smile, exposing his pearly white teeth, but strangely enough, his current teeth had become slightly sharper, and resembled a saw, unlike human teeth.

"For plotting against President Hellgate’s blood-related younger sister, the West Continent military department Marshall, your future days will not be good, God Cloud… Do you want to consider leaving Obscuro Society to join my Black Swamp Palace instead?"

"You don’t have to worry about that anymore." Aixi opened her mouth suddenly. White light flashed throughout her whole body before she escaped from God Cloud’s arms at once and stood on his side quietly. It was obvious that God Cloud had given up his control of her, allowing her to escape.

"Big Brother God Cloud did not do anything to me, your eyes have fooled you."

Garen’s expression remained unchanged, he was now sure that Aixi was the historical Marshall that had broke through using the Cthulhu’s Origin, but at this moment it was obvious that she had not broken through yet, and did not need to be feared. Meanwhile God Cloud had had a burden removed from him, and could relax during this battle. Victory and defeat would be harder to determine now. However, it was fortunate that the Tactics from earlier had left a large impact on his remaining strength.

A somber expression flashed past God Cloud’s face, but he opened his mouth calmly, before he started to explain the methods and conditions of absorbing the Cthulhu’s Origin.

"The Cthulhu’s Origin is evil and manic, most people should not even think of absorbing it, merely approaching it could cause someone to be bewitched by the strength of the Origin. Once the mind is completely immersed in it for eternity, they will be unable to free themselves. They must be of a high level, and their will must be extremely strong, before they are able to absorb it without being influenced completely. We at Obscuro and the Obscuro Society have been researching it carefully to find the easiest method of absorption, and although there is a certain amount of risk attached, the dangers have been reduced significantly. This method of absorbing the Origin has two conditions."

He paused. "First, the Cthulhu King’s will must be removed, and I’ve heard that you’ve already reached this step, so I won’t talk about that. Meanwhile, the second condition is that you need to use proper, fitting Ancient Endor Secret Techniques and adjust them."

"Adjust Ancient Endor Secret Techniques?" Garen raised his eyebrows slightly.

"That’s right, the Cthulhu’s Origin possesses a nature that is extremely violent and tempting. Without a method of adjustment, even if you were to get stronger, you would only destroy it and would not be able to absorb it for your own use," said God Cloud indifferently. "If that wasn’t the case, why do you think that Aixi would be the only one in Obscuro Society that would be able to absorb it?"

"Then Scylla and the others…"

"There will be certain short term benefits, but it will become a hurdle that will obstruct them in the future. The longer it drags on, the stronger this hindrance will become, causing them to deteriorate in the end." A mocking expression appeared on God Cloud’s face. He was truly shrewd, as he could remain calm even after Garen ridiculed him earlier, while being able to explain everything to him clearly.

"Then which Origins are to be used with which Secret Techniques?" Garen continued asking.

"The Secret Techniques that can be matched with the Origins have always been in the hands of the Cthulhu King, and Aixi had coincidentally found out that her own Secret Technique which the Love God's Origin hadn’t rejected too much. This was how she absorbed it. I heard that you obtained different types of Origins from the Cthulhu King, and to remove the Cthulhu King’s will, you almost had a full-on battle with him. Unfortunately, the Cthulhu King’s Secret Technique is the only way to match all of the various Cthulhu’s Origins, and if you want to absorb all of the Origins, the only method is for you to obtain the Cthulhu King’s Secret Techniques on your own," God Cloud sneered. "Don’t assume that this is a trick, there are many people that know about this method, and some people from the Hidden World school of thought are also aware of it, but no one has been able to reach this point."

Garen furrowed his eyebrows.

If all of this was true, this would be an overt plan, and it seemed that God Cloud had already correctly guessed that he could not afford not to confront the Cthulhu King.

Suddenly, he smiled faintly. He outstretched his right hand, while his index finger pointed upwards.

Hiss!

A shroud of black mist shaped like a snake was released from his fingertip. It twisted and coiled around, just like a living creature, it let out snake-like hissing noises.

"I know the methods already, but since I came all the way here, I should return what I owe you from the battle at Snowy Peak."

Before he finished speaking, Garen suddenly released the black snake on his head.

The black snake rushed out, and grew larger in midair, and suddenly transformed from the thickness of a finger into a terrifyingly large snake that had a diameter of a few meters. It opened its large mouth and rushed towards God Cloud.

Countless clouds of black Poison Mist rolled around as the black snake let out silent howls while charging directly towards God Cloud. The incomparably toxic corrosive smoke permeated throughout the surroundings as the sand on the beach was corroded into puddles of black water, while the nearby seawater turned black as well, and a rotten stench filled the air.

"Lock!!" God Cloud’s eyes widened as he placed both of his hands together quickly. Countless black chains burst out of the ground around him, forming a black cylinder, protecting him inside.

Pfoo!!

Throughout the whole beach, black chains burst out towards the sky like fountains in an extremely obtrusive manner.

The chain cylinder collided with the black snake while rays of black light burst out silently between them suddenly. Aixi stood wide-eyed on the sidelines, witnessing this peak Form 5 battle. Most Totem Users had never been given the chance to see something like this in their lifetimes.

The black light dispersed like a bomb that had exploded, and only remained for an instant before vanishing.

On the burnt yellow beach where explosion followed explosion, faint lights ignited from within and only a dull banging noise could be heard.

The figures of God Cloud and Garen violently crashed into one another repeatedly.

Both of them stuck close together, their four limbs a chaotic, overlapping flurry. The black chains and black Poison Mist in their surroundings intertwined with one another, while black melted liquid flowed downwards constantly.

Garen brought his palms together and brought them downwards, while all ten of his fingers were pressed against each other. He hit God Cloud’s arm with overwhelming violence from above, his whole body floating in midair, both of his eyes pitch-black, devilish slits.

God Cloud raised both of his arms to deflect the powerful hit from above, while the chains popped out from beside him periodically.

Boom!!

A large round pit split open beneath God Cloud’s feet, and a crater replaced what was a ten-meter diameter hemisphere of beach sand below.

"Wheel!!" A black hole appeared on God Cloud’s chest suddenly, and a ray of black light shot out of the hole, transforming into a slow rotating, complex round wheel.

The black wheel was filled with moving black chains and Tactic runes. Crisp wind noises could be heard in midair slowly, as if they were drifting over from a faraway place.

A similarly magnified black wheel appeared in the air beside Garen silently. A strong, locking attraction locked it in place, while everything inside the wheel, such as sand, sea water, and air, were all tightly held in place by the strong chain powers.

God Cloud had no intention of letting his guard down. He took a few steps backwards hastily, while the black wheel on his chest broke open, and a pitch-black arm stretched out of the black hole suddenly.

The five fingers on the hand all had sharp nails, while a ferocious face grew out of the palm. It appeared, it rushed towards Garen without pause, its claws pointed its target. A ripping noise could be heard at that moment, and five pitch-black cracks appeared. Apparently, it could even rip through thin air!

Within the black wheel, both of Garen’s eyes were devoid of pupils, leaving only darkness. The red marks on his forehead had disappeared completely long ago, and had slowly transformed into a narrow, black crack.

"Locked Wheel, huh?" He moved his body suddenly, while a crisp cracking noise could suddenly be heard throughout the air, as if porcelain had cracked or glass had broken.

"Black Water Traction!!"

Garen outstretched his right hand. Countless black snakes coiled around his arm, rushing towards the Pitch-black Demon Arm directly.

A crisp cracking noise rang across the beach.

The Pitch-black Demon Arm and Garen’s right arm collided against each other with crushing force, and at almost the exact same moment, both of them collapsed.

The Demon Arm broke into tiny pieces of flesh before turning into black light and disappearing, while a painful howl echoed out of the darkness.

Garen’s right arm broke off instantly as well, and turned into countless bloodied flesh pieces that flew everywhere, before instantly melting into the surrounding Poison Mist.

A bout of intense pain shot through his right arm, but Garen ignored it. The shadow of a dragon shrouded his face before a guttural roar rang out. His right leg rose into the sky, and countless tufts of black smoke amassed. His leg expanded and reached more than ten meters as a large column of black smoke appeared suddenly.

Bang!!

The two black figures separated at the same time, and flew towards opposite directions.

Blood flowed out of the bandages around God Cloud’s waist continuously, but soon stopped. His figure appeared half-kneeling on the ground, his expression unchanged while he took a deep breath before standing up.

On the opposite side of the sea, Garen’s figure had already gibbed into flesh chunks, and after the collision earlier, after he and God Cloud compared their physical strengths, he realized that ten points of Vitality could still allow anti-shock abilities to shatter his whole body.

The black Poison Mist quickly enveloped him into a mist ball, and in the blink of an eye, the mist had disappeared, and Garen’s healthy body had appeared once again.

His upper body was bare, while his lower body was covered by the Poison Mist. He was floating above the sea, as if he had not been injured at all.

"The Nine-Life Talent?" God Cloud raised his eyebrows slightly, he had just finished speaking, before the shadow of a black wheel appeared above his right shoulder in midair suddenly, it was only the size of a palm, but it emitted crisp, empty wind noises again in midair.

Bang!!

Garen’s body that he had just solidified suddenly exploded with a ‘bang’.