"According to the previous premonition, the Divine Soul Baptism can enhance the power of the Divine Soul."
"The exact principles behind it are still unknown, but based on the current situation, this Divine Soul Baptism is most likely forcibly enhancing the Divine Soul with the help of the Demon Sacrifice."
"And from the current perspective, this kind of enhancement probably has significant drawbacks, not just benefits on the surface."
Suzann's mind raced as he quickly analyzed the situation.
The premonition continued.
"Twelve hours later, a young man approached your main body and questioned why there was a demonic aura on you."
"You know that the other party may be a demon from the Black Demon Lake, so you directly reveal his identity and tell him that you did indeed obtain a demonic soldier, but that demonic soldier has been taken by another demon."
"Being exposed, the young man was surprised, but he didn't believe your words and chose to attack and capture you."
"...Three minutes later, you died."
As he thought, the premonition ended with his death at the hands of the Demon Consciousness.
"Indeed! It really is the Demon Consciousness from the Black Demon Lake!"
Suzann's expression turned serious.
If there was a choice, he would prefer the other party to be an ordinary demon rather than the Demon Consciousness from the Black Demon Lake.
The Demon Consciousness from the Black Demon Lake undoubtedly had ancient origins, and such entities were known to possess many mysterious abilities, making them much more formidable than ordinary demons.
"The Demon Consciousness is at the mid-King level, and with my current strength, I'm no match for it."
"I can't stay in this royal city; I need to leave as soon as possible."
Until he had a means to deal with the Demon Consciousness, he couldn't afford to encounter it. Once they crossed paths, the Demon Consciousness would likely cling to him, and that would be troublesome.
Looking at the information related to the Divine Soul Baptism, he felt helpless.
If possible, he didn't want to undergo the Divine Soul Baptism by the Demon Sacrifice.
There were too many unknowns involved! Unfortunately, he didn't have enough premonition chances now. Otherwise, he might have been able to see the final consequences of accepting the Divine Soul Baptism.
However, not undergoing the baptism meant that the mission couldn't proceed, and he wouldn't gain control of the Great Xuan Royal Family or the several Divine Sacrifices.
The pros and cons of this decision could only be weighed by him.
"If only there was a way to undergo the baptism without affecting my own Divine Soul."
Suzann thought.
But how was that possible?
Unless he could obtain a divine technique similar to the external avatar, allowing him to condense a second Divine Soul.
"A second Divine Soul?"
Suddenly, he remembered something and couldn't help but look at the lake in his Divine Soul where the offerings' wishes were gathered.
Under the lake, a stone lay quietly.
It was the spiritual object he had obtained from the Cave Immortal's cave in the Hongshan County, the Divine Essence Stone!
"The Divine Essence Stone can condense a second Divine Soul, can't it?"
"If I can condense a Divine Soul with the Divine Essence Stone and place it in my avatar, can I deceive the Demon Sacrifice?"
Suzann suddenly had an idea.
However, he immediately shook his head.
While the idea was good, there was no way to implement it.
Calculating the time, the Divine Essence Stone had been inside his Divine Soul for twelve days, almost thirteen days. According to the information given to him in the game, the Divine Essence Stone only needed to gestate in the Divine Soul for fourteen days to condense a Divine Soul.
This meant that if he could obtain tomorrow or the day after, the Divine Essence Stone could condense a second Divine Soul.
But time was running out; there was only an hour left until the Divine Soul Baptism began.
"There's no other way; I'll have to take it step by step."
"Even if something goes wrong, it's just a temporary loss of the avatar."
If the avatar had problems, it could be condensed again. Suzann decided to take the risk.
With a thought, he controlled the avatar to prepare to go to the royal city.
Of course, before that, he had to complete today's mission.
The families that were trying to capture his avatar hadn't given up due to his actions yesterday. On the contrary, they had sent more warriors to capture him.
Now, apart from the Five Great Families, six out of the Ten Great Families had already taken action.
In the eyes of the public, Suzann's avatar, disguised as an outsider, had become a hot commodity. Some families even had conflicts over him and engaged in fights.
This time, Suzann didn't make a big fuss and changed his appearance frequently. Quietly and without a sound, he dealt with the warriors sent by the families corresponding to his missions.
More than ten minutes later, apart from the "Explore the Great Xuan Royal Palace" mission, the missions for all three characters were completed, and another 150 demon power points were added to his account.
His demon power was now back to 176 points.
One hour later, just before the Divine Soul Baptism was scheduled to begin, the avatar finally arrived in the royal city at the fastest speed possible.
Using various transformations and the blood essence of the Fourth Prince, he successfully entered the royal palace.
The following events unfolded just as described in the premonition.
After entering the Grand Temple, under the supervision of several ancestors, the Divine Soul power of the Demon Sacrifice entered the avatar's body, initiating the Divine Soul Baptism.
"The Divine Soul Baptism has begun, and whether I can succeed or not will be up to fate."
Sighing, he was prepared for failure this time.
Fortunately, from the current perspective, it was not a problem for the avatar to hold on until tomorrow's premonition refresh.
After the refresh, he would have to figure out a way using the premonition.
...
"Brother Chen, are you leaving now?"
The Wang Family.
The heads of the Five Great Families were gathered once again, and they were all a bit surprised to hear that Suzann was leaving the royal city.
"Yes, I plan to go to the area near the Ancient God's Tomb first. You five families can head there the day after tomorrow."
The Demon Consciousness would appear in the royal city tomorrow, making it the best time to leave. The day after tomorrow, the misfortune that descended on him would also disappear, and according to the plan, he should explore the secrets of this world.
The heads of the Five Great Families exchanged glances. They found it strange why Suzann wanted to go ahead first but didn't say much.
The head of the Wang Family said, "Although the area near the Ancient God's Tomb is not as dangerous as inside the tomb, it should not be underestimated. Chen, please be careful."
Suzann suddenly thought of something and asked, "What exactly is inside the Ancient God's Tomb?"
After such a long time, apart from knowing that there might be a way to leave this world inside the tomb, he still knew nothing about the Ancient God's Tomb.
The head of the Wang Family said solemnly, "The Ancient God's Tomb is extremely, extremely dangerous.
Once you enter it, even a King-level powerhouse will have little chance of coming out, just like an ordinary person. Whether you can come out or not depends entirely on luck."
"The chance of a King-level powerhouse coming out is about the same as an ordinary person's?"
"Why is that?" Suzann was surprised.
This time, it was the head of the Wu Family who answered, "Because there is an extremely strange phenomenon inside. No matter the realm of the warrior who enters, they may return to places they've been to before and encounter people they've met before."
"Return to places they've been and encounter people they've met before?" Suzann was even more stunned and then realized, "Are those all illusions?"
If it was just a matter of returning to familiar places, it could be explained as teleportation, but encountering people they had met before was absurd. This could only be explained as illusions.
Chapter 292: The Mystery of the Ancient God's Tomb
"That's correct," nodded the head of the Wu family, continuing, "The illusions inside the Ancient God's Tomb are not ordinary illusions; they are incredibly lifelike. Many people, upon entering for the first time, believe they have returned to the past!"
"Once inside the illusion, you must escape as quickly as possible. If you stay in it for too long, you may never come out again."
"To escape the illusion, there's only one method: you must kill every person you recognize inside the illusion to leave!"
"What?" Suzann couldn't help but be shocked.
He instantly understood why the head of the Wang family had said that the probability of a King-level powerhouse leaving was similar to that of an ordinary person.
The stronger a person was, the stronger the individuals they had encountered. Ordinary people mostly encountered other ordinary people, putting both parties on the same level.
He suddenly had an idea and asked, "If that's the case, can't I just bring in someone stronger than me, whom I've never encountered before, to solve this problem?"
"It's not that simple," the head of the Wu family shook his head and said, "If you only encounter people you've seen before, it wouldn't be a problem. The issue is that the illusions in the Ancient God's Tomb are not just one layer; there are many layers."
"According to the speculations of ancient sages in the ancient texts, the illusions in the Ancient God's Tomb likely have nine layers. As you go deeper, you'll encounter not only people you recognize but even people you've heard of!"
"You must kill those you've heard of as well to escape the illusion."
"It is said that a patriarch of the Great Xuan Royal Family encountered a powerful entity that he had only read about in ancient texts while inside. He couldn't leave even after killing everyone he knew or had heard of. In the end, he had to fight desperately and severely wound the entity he had only read about in ancient texts to escape."
Hearing this, Suzann felt uneasy.
Even those he had heard of had to be killed?
This was absurd.
Due to his Ancient Demon Bloodline, he knew the names of many ancient creatures from the ancient era. If he encountered those creatures, how could he kill them?
Even if he didn't encounter any creatures, he had heard of some powerful ancient warriors, such as the Cave Immortal.
Moreover, there were many strong individuals he had met or heard of, including several King-level powerhouses.
The more he thought about it, the heavier his heart became. From the current situation, it seemed highly likely that he would not be able to escape the illusion if he entered it.
"Is there really no other way to leave the illusion without killing those people?" Suzann couldn't accept it and asked.
The five family heads exchanged glances, and the head of the Kong family pondered for a moment before saying, "Perhaps there is, but for now, we only know the method of killing everyone inside."
Legend has it that a hundred years ago, a man named Du Qiyuan seemed to have found a way to leave and returned to this world."
"Of course, whether this is true or not is unknown. Perhaps Du Qiyuan never really left and is still trapped in the illusion."
"Is there really another method?" Suzann's eyes lit up.
As long as there was a glimmer of hope, he had a chance to find it.
Perhaps others considered Du Qiyuan's departure a legend, but he knew that Du Qiyuan had indeed left this world.
After that, Suzann learned some information from the five family heads.
Half an hour later, he left the royal city.
The moonlight shone down.
In the dark night, a carriage sped along the road,
"Master, the Ancient God's Tomb is extremely dangerous. Are you really going inside?" Chen Ying looked worried.
Her father had gone missing outside the Ancient God's Tomb, and although she had always wanted to go there to search for him, she had never thought of entering the real Ancient God's Tomb.
"Don't worry, I won't go in unless I'm absolutely certain," Suzann said.
With the ability to foresee the future, he would not take unnecessary risks.
Without finding a way to break the illusion in the Ancient God's Tomb, he would not enter.
He looked at the number of remaining premonition opportunities on the panel.
There were still 6 premonition opportunities left.
"In the previous premonition, it was said that I would encounter the Demon Consciousness in the royal city tomorrow evening."
"But that doesn't mean that the Demon Consciousness will arrive in the royal city tomorrow evening. If it's already on its way to the royal city now, we might meet sooner than expected."
With a vigilant heart, he chose to use a premonition opportunity.
He couldn't afford to take any chances and risk inviting misfortune.
5 premonition opportunities were spent.
Two hours later, he did indeed encounter the Demon Consciousness.
[Two hours later, you and Chen Ying arrived in a small town called Hongxia Town. Unfortunately, you just happened to encounter the young man whose body was possessed by the Demon Consciousness, who had arrived in this town with a merchant caravan.]
[The young man has detected the presence of the demonic aura left on you by the Demon Soldier and wants to extract information related to the Demon Soldier from you.]
"Hongxia Town!"
Suzann breathed a sigh of relief. Knowing where he would encounter the Demon Consciousness made things easier.
He immediately told Chen Ying, "Let's change direction and avoid Hongxia Town."
"Master, if we change direction, we'll have to take a longer route," Chen Ying said.
"It's okay, as long as we avoid Hongxia Town," Suzann replied.
Chen Ying found it strange but had to change direction as instructed.
The rest of the journey went smoothly.
Two hours later, they arrived in another small town.
After finding an inn for Chen Ying to rest, Suzann logged out of the game.
In reality, it was now noon.
Suzann grabbed his phone and logged into the forum.
The recent abnormal behavior of sea creatures had attracted the attention of everyone. Even he, despite his abilities, needed to stay updated on the situation.
However, he was taken aback by what he saw on the forum today. Compared to yesterday, there were even more posts about the movements of sea creatures today. The top-ranking posts were all about the sea creatures' movements.
"At 1 a.m. today, satellites from various countries detected unusual movements of sea creatures not only in the Pacific Ocean but also in the Atlantic Ocean. A large number of sea creatures are converging towards Portugal and Spain, including two suspected King-level Great Demons."
"Not only in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, but around 8 a.m. this morning, sea creatures in the Arctic Ocean also began moving towards Russia. These sea creatures are clearly trying to prevent nuclear attacks and have spread out in all directions, not gathering in one place."
"According to the latest information, near our border with the neighboring country of Yue, a large number of sea creatures have already appeared on the border, and there is a high possibility that they will launch an attack on our country. The situation is urgent."
The global movement of sea creatures indicated that the second attack of the sea creatures on humanity was
imminent!
Compared to the previous attack, this time there were several times more sea creatures.
Moreover, unlike the previous attack, these sea creatures were all led by King-level Great Demons, indicating an organized and planned action.
"What must come will come. I wonder if humanity can survive this ordeal."