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Mythical Era: I Evolved Into A Stellar-Level Beast-Chapter 1857 - 687: Three True Names, A Blink of a Century
Chapter 1857: Chapter 687: Three True Names, A Blink of a Century
In the Chaos Sea, six figures exuding the oppressive aura of the Primary Fourth Heavenly Realm stood towering.
Enveloped by hazy strength concealing the secrets of heaven around them, they restrained their aura, making it impossible for anyone to see clearly who the other was or which race they came from.
At this moment, the atmosphere among the six was somewhat tense, with five figures watching silently the one who had first spoken.
Hahahahaha... Suddenly, one of the five figures burst into laughter, and then the white light covering him dissipated, revealing a figure towering a hundred thousand kilometers tall.
Like an Obsidian-cast figure, it stretched across like a Divine Mountain, and in its cheeks, black flames danced within four pairs of slender white eyes.
Under the gaze of those four pairs of eyes burning with flames, one of the strongmen from the different races spoke, his voice tinged with surprise.
"Alquest, it’s actually you."
The other three different races’ strongmen were also somewhat surprised.
Unexpectedly, the first to openly show hostility towards the Human Race was not the Gloomy Heaven War God Clan, which had the most significant conflict with the Human Race. This means...
Under the gaze of the four different races’ strongmen, the first who spoke let his gaze turn cold, as the black mist shrouding him gradually dispersed.
He and Alquest were of the same party, revealing his identity naturally as the concealment dissipated.
But what once again silenced the four strongmen of the different races was that this strongman was not the anticipated Purple Mane King Wolf Dragon, bearing a grudge against the Human Race, but the ’neutral’ Eternal Heavenly God of the Golden Clan.
Atop his true body measuring a hundred and fifty thousand kilometers, golden flames leaped, burning through Chaos, their light dispelling the chaotic airflow of countless kilometers around, forming a pure golden world.
Standing within the eternal golden world, the Seventh Eternal Heavenly God, Siegmund, slowly spoke, his voice cold: "My lords, Alquest and I have already revealed our true bodies, isn’t it about time you show yours?"
"Being here implies that you’ve already communicated through the will within your clans, there’s no need to continue hiding."
Upon hearing this, one of the different races’ strongmen spoke, his voice hoarse and deep.
"Siegmund, you are right, but unless it’s certain that Darren Callum is ’Henry’, and before we suppress him, none of us will show our faces."
The other three strongmen of the different races nodded slightly; while they didn’t say anything, their stance was clear.
Suddenly, silence descended upon the scene again.
Siegmund and Alquest exchanged glances, their brows slightly furrowed, as they didn’t expect these few beings and their respective peak civilizations to be so careful.
What these different races actually feared was not Human retaliation or misidentifying Darren Callum as Henry and mistakenly killing him.
What they truly feared was that Darren Callum was indeed Henry.
The very first Human Race strongman who disappeared for ten thousand years, who faced the Sixth Heavenly Realm with just his True Emperor realm strength, and who, upon entering the Sixth Heavenly Realm, slew a Primordial being of the same realm.
If that human was Henry who has broken through to the Seventh Heaven Realm and returned, and they fail to annihilate him during his ’recovery period’, then they would face a horrific retaliation.
Given that human’s terrifying combat strength, he could extinguish a peak civilization all by himself once he returns to his peak.
If that happens, only if the surrounding peak races join forces could anyone stand against him.
The reason why these civilizations are willing to take the risk against Henry who is so powerful is because no one desires the emergence of an invincible king in the Ancient Battlefield, eternally submissive to the Human Race.
After a moment of silence, the Golden Dragon Man within the golden radiance spoke once again, his voice detached: "This is the sincerity you demanded, to prove that particular human is ’Henry’."
As he spoke, Siegmund spread his hand, several thousand kilometers wide, and a golden world slowly opened within his palm.
A flow of time within the golden world mirrored, reflecting an imposing grey Arena, with two figures emanating the aura of Titan Peak standing in it.
They were none other than Jack Clark’s battle against Nashigyas of the Golden Clan.
And behind Jack Clark, who showed his Three-faced, Eight-armed Demon God True Body, layers of Space-Time shattered, like transparent glass fragments frozen in the air.
Each of these fragments revealed an incomplete image, some of Jack Clark’s military campaigns against the Purgatory Demon Race, some with him standing with hands behind his back, overlooking the Earth from the sky.
These fragments eventually formed a circle, with a quietly spinning grey light orb at its center.
This light orb was the blank embryonic Primordial Rule that Jack Clark had obtained at the end of the Road to Becoming a God, the legacy left by Henry.
Behind the light orb, a faintly discernible towering figure stood, left hand held behind, right hand forming a seal.
Although it was only a shadow, the moment they saw that blurred figure, the four strongmen of the different races felt an invisible, domineering, and invincible pressure that reigned over Heaven and Earth.
Instantly, the few different races’ strongmen cried out.
"Henry!"
"It really is him!"
"He didn’t perish in that forbidden land, he truly broke through and returned!!"
Shocked beyond measure, the surrounding mist enveloping these strongmen trembled slightly, and the imposing aura on their bodies flashed momentarily.
"My fellows, now it is certain without a doubt," Siegmund said with a faint smile on his face.
He had risked injury to invade the Ancient Dueling Arena, not only to peek at Jack Clark’s moment in time but also to snatch a thread of his aura from that time.
With the aid of this once-present aura of Jack Clark, the Golden Clan had spent a tremendous amount of resources painful even for True Emperors to conjure, secretly enlisting a strong man to retrospect the past.
This retrospection involved not just time but also a touch of Destiny, revealing many traces of Jack Clark’s past presence.
Most importantly, it confirmed the traces of ’Henry’ on him, which shocked the other Eternal Heavenly Gods since Siegmund was proven right.
Only then was there the secret collaboration with the Youtian Clan and the spreading of the message to neighboring civilizations, including the plot to convey news about ’Henry’ by using spies within other peak civilizations to the primordial beings and arranging this meeting.
The Purple Mane King Wolf Dragon Clan’s unexpected refusal to form an alliance and their absence here took the Golden Clan and the Gloomy Heaven Clan by surprise.
Previously, Alquest and another Eternal Heavenly God had visited the Purple Mane King Wolf Dragon Clan but returned empty-handed as well.
As for the cosmic bounty placed in that distant Great Thousand Worlds, it originated from the Gloomy Heaven Clan and the Golden Clan.
A different race’s strong man slowly exhaled, setting off a world-ending hurricane, his voice laced with a trace of dread and murderous intent: "This Darren Callum must die."
Another different race’s entity, surrounded by swirling black mist, nodded: "According to the fragments of destiny, he seems to be in some sort of reincarnation state, or perhaps a coordinate that leads his True Body back."
"As long as we eradicate him, even if we cannot fully cause Henry to fall, it will be enough to prevent his return from that hopeless place."
Speaking of which, the different race’s strong man looked towards the giant that resembled the Obsidian Mountain Range: "Speak, Alquest, what is your plan?"
Flames burned in Alquest’s eyes, cold light flickering in his cross pupils: "It’s simple, first lure that human out of the First Layer of the Chaos Cosmos."
"The plan to lure the snake out of its hole is already underway, and as soon as the time is right, we can draw Darren Callum out."
"By then, every race needs to deploy a True Emperor, or even stronger warriors, to descend at the same time and strike with the force of Thunder, giving the Human Race no time to react."
"Furthermore, should the assault be exposed, warriors from each race must intervene to obstruct the six Human True Emperors and deny them any chance of rescue."
This plan is indeed straightforward, but executing it is extremely challenging.
For example, how to draw Jack Clark out from his ’Closed-door Cultivation in the Chaos Emperor City’ and from that layer of the Chaos Cosmos?
Moreover, the True Emperor-level strong men of the neighboring Peak Civilizations have specific numbers, and most of them are engaged in standoffs deep in the Ancient Battlefield.
Thus, the moment the six True Bodies of the True Emperors move and converge in a direction, they will instantly alert the Human Race, possibly even revealing their assassination plan for Darren Callum.
In that event, other strong men from their races interfering with the Human True Emperors would immediately become exposed.
As a consequence, all of their efforts to conceal their auras now seem laughable, prompting a moment of doubt in the eyes of several different race strong men.
This is a conspiracy without a solution.
"Why wait until Darren Callum leaves the Chaos Emperor City? Why can’t we curse assassinate him now?" one different race strong man questioned.
"I recall that the first Domain Lord of the Gloomy Heaven Clan is proficient in nightmarish curses and causality. With his peerless cultivation reached the Sixth Heavenly Realm a thousand years ago, cursing Darren Callum who is merely a half step into the Primordial would not be a problem, right?"
"Of course, given Darren Callum’s background as Henry, the curse assassination will require significant expenditure. We will not be stingy with this, willing to share the cost."
"This suggestion is good, safe, and efficient, and the Human Race can’t defend against it."
"It just so happens that our clan’s treasure vault has recently acquired a Chaotic Supreme Treasure, containing power that can enhance the effectiveness of the curse assassination side’s strength. We’re willing to take it out."
Obviously, even now, these different race strong men still do not wish to expose themselves or their backing clans.
Black Flames danced in Alquest’s eyes, his voice indifferent: "We’ve already considered this point and have attempted it, but unfortunately, it failed."
This issue was already contemplated by the strong men of the Golden Clan and the Gloomy Heaven Clan the moment they confirmed Jack Clark’s identity.
At that time, the first domain lord of the Gloomy Heaven Clan made his move, using the Ziqi Liuli Mirror, which had been refined for hundreds of thousands of years, to shine across Heaven and Earth, penetrating Space-Time in an effort to lock onto Jack Clark’s true name.
However, the Sixth Heavenly Realm strong man, despite suffering tremendous loss to break through the obfuscating power of the Reincarnation Divine Domain True Emperor, discovered yet another hazy force concealing Jack Clark.
In this situation, a Fourth Heavenly Realm and a Fifth Heavenly Realm strong man from the Gloomy Heaven Clan joined forces, burning a source of Chaos that pained even an original True Emperor, and finally shattered that layer of obscurity.
To their shock, they found the Ziqi Liuli Mirror reflected three true names.
Despite repeated verifications by the Ziqi Liuli Mirror, the three names ’Cang,’ ’Tian,’ and ’Di’ all appeared incredibly authentic, and even after burning another artifact comparable to a Chaotic Supreme Treasure, they could not discern which was real.
Unable to determine which of the three true names was real, the Ziqi Liuli Mirror could not lock onto the ’essential’ existence of Jack Clark, preventing the power of the nightmare curse from assassinating him.
Confronted with this outcome, the two exhausted clans were naturally not reconciled. The strongest being of the Gloomy Heaven Clan attempted to curse assassinate the true name Cang.
And the result was a heavy injury, as a terrifying force from the depths of the mythical world, across the invisible remote Space-Time, rebounded and inflicted a heavy wound.
Clearly, this was Henry’s contingency for himself, a precaution against being assassinated by illusory forces.
Faced with this result, the two clans ultimately had no choice but to revert to their initial plan—to wait for the bait from the Primordial Third Heavenly Boundary that took the bounty in the Chaos Emperor City to act and lure Jack Clark out of that layer of Chaos Cosmos.
And then, to rally the forces of all the races for a direct suppression.
After Alquest finished explaining, the strong men of the different races appeared somewhat solemn, finding it unexpectedly logical for someone of that man’s strength to be well-prepared for a return in such a manner.
"It seems we can only wait, though there are still some details to discuss..."
Following this, several towering figures discussed with Alquest and his companion for a while before dispersing silently under their watchful eyes.
Those who descended here were projections of their will embedded within their Rule bodies, seemingly matching the Primordial in surface power but dissolving upon touch, leaving no trace behind.
Despite their caution, they ultimately stepped right into their own elaborate scheming.
Thinking of this, Alquest and Siegmund exchanged a glance, both revealing a faint satisfaction in their eyes.
Under the pressure from Henry, the initial alliance among the Peak Civilizations has begun to take shape. What follows is to promote the conflict between the alliance and the Human Race, ultimately bringing those beings down completely.
By then, the joint force of the six Peak Civilizations will be powerful enough to inflict serious damage on the Human Race in the Ancient Battlefield, perhaps even to obliterate the six Human Divine Domains.
And even if they fail to kill Darren Callum this time, and Henry ultimately revives and returns, the combined forces of the six peak races will still be able to contend face-to-face, without being oppressed by the Human Race.
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