Chapter 95: Entering the Eternal Tower, Electrolux's Surprise

"It truly is a coincidence." Ye Ling smiled.

Strictly speaking, "coincidence" wasn't wrong, but this so-called coincidence could also be called a "conspiracy" he had meticulously designed himself.

"Let's go. Since you are very familiar with this person, I will have to leave the rest to you," Ye Ling said with a smile.

"You brat always give me a strange feeling," Yue Ming Canghai grumbled, but he still honestly led the way.

There was no help for it; Ye Ling was his boss, and he was confident that Electrolux would not truly attack them—at most, they would return empty-handed. However, Electrolux's inheritance was worth everyone nodding in agreement. They all followed the Moon Bright Vast Sea Spiritual Stove and moved forward with him. It was very dark here, so dark one could not see one's own fingers, and there were not many resources or elemental energies to utilize.

They walked for hundreds of meters or even further, yet they still could not see a glimmer of light. The only thing that could give them some peace of mind now...

... was the light from the Moon Bright Vast Sea Spiritual Stove and Ye Ling, who was constantly releasing Light Element. This cave was thousands of meters deep. Walking along, they were accompanied by one shrill whistle after another, growing louder and louder, making them feel unbearable pain. No wonder those of the Demon Race never dared to enter.

Only Ye Ling was relatively calm. After all, this was just the stage where the whistling had just appeared; when they reached the point later where even those of the Eighth Rank found it hard to enter, that would be the truly difficult part.

They walked arduously for about half an hour.

The grayish-white light in front caught their attention, allowing them to let out a long breath and avoid being made miserable to the point of death; it was indeed quite uncomfortable in this place.

With one turn, everything within was revealed before everyone's eyes.

Before them was an extremely open space; a massive, cone-shaped cavern was presented completely there. The stone walls of the cavern were as smooth as mirrors, reflecting a faint gray light.

And in the very center, there stood a seven-story tower, over a hundred meters tall, with an ancient style, four sides, and eight directions, radiating a dense, grayish-white, necromantic brilliance, filled with deathly silence and terrifying Spiritual Power fluctuations.

Seeing this, Ye Ling smiled slightly.

We have arrived.

They had arrived. The true destination and mission of this trip: the Eternal Tower! "How terrifying, what a magnificent pagoda..." Li Xin muttered. Li Xin kept muttering, feeling very spirited and shocked; that terrifying pressure even gave her a feeling of wanting to submit directly.

This is too much? Looking at those grayish-white gases, Wang Yuanyuan was stunned: "That... that seems to be, souls, oh no, that is the undead!"

"Senior, did you mention this senior's name earlier?"

Yue Ming Canghai nodded and said: "Yes, he is known as the Necromancer Saint, Electrolux!"

Hearing this, Wang Yuanyuan's heart skipped a beat. Yes, she finally remembered this name: "Necromancer Saint, Electrolux?!"

"It is him," the Moon Bright Vast Sea Spiritual Stove nodded.

Wang Yuanyuan: "!!!"

The other two reacted: "!!!"

They remembered. Electrolux—wasn't this name the destroyer of the Glorious Era?

Regarding their emotions, Yue Ming Canghai sighed: "About this matter, I actually have some grievances against him, but anyone placed in his position would have done the same thing."

"At that time, it was indeed the fault of the Glorious Church, to be able to force a Child of Light to such an extent..."

And Long Lingxi said in surprise: "But I didn't expect that he would also be a generation of Guangming Shen's Favored One. That kind of Undead Mage, representing death and filth, would actually be a purely bright existence at the very beginning."

Hearing this, Ye Ling rubbed Long Lingxi's little head and said: "Regardless of innate nature, what determines a person's true character is their experiences."

Hearing this, Long Lingxi seemed to understand but not quite, only she was also a bit curious.

Just now, after Yue Ming Canghai said such a thing, whether it was her, Li Xin, or Wang Yuanyuan, all three were genuinely surprised from the bottom of their hearts.

But Ye Ling was very calm. Long Lingxi did not believe Ye Ling did not know this history; could it be that he had long known that Electrolux was also a Child of Light and the truth behind the scenes?

That couldn't be very likely, right?

However, Ye Ling did not give Long Lingxi the opportunity to ask this question, but instead slowly raised his head to look at the Eternal Tower, a touch of caution deliberately appearing in his eyes: "The undead around here are a bit troublesome. Senior Canghai, how do you think we should go in?"

"If you were to come yourselves, it would indeed be a bit troublesome, but with me here, everything is easy to handle..."

"Speak like a human."

"I am not a human, how am I supposed to speak like one?"

"Say something I can understand."

"Let me and your Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul together amplify Yating. Although these undead have existed for a long time, to put it plainly, they are just some mindless undead."

"With the descent of God's Favored Light, wouldn't they have to obediently retreat?"

Hearing this, Ye Ling did not hesitate and shouted: "Cangyue Angel, Martial Soul, activate!"

Having said that, a dazzling brilliance erupted from his body. The twenty-meter-tall Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, which had already been upgraded, was attached to him. Powerful Light Spiritual Power erupted continuously at this moment, and instantly, the light filled the entire room.

Even the Cangyue Angel, which belonged to the fusion of the two Wisdom Spiritual Stoves, was somewhat overshadowed.

Looking at Ye Ling like this, the others didn't feel much, but the adoration in Long Lingxi's eyes spoke for itself; she admired this senior brother of hers more and more.

Although they both had the Guangming Shen-Favored Physique, she was clearly inferior to this senior brother, and she didn't know when she would have a chance to surpass him. As for his little sister's thoughts, Ye Ling was not very clear; he just took a step forward.

The first step: the light changed, but those undead did not make any move, not even attacking the "enemy."

The second step: those undead had the initial thought of retreating, though they did not retreat.

The third step: those undead were either burned and returned to the Eternal Tower or fled completely; even if they wanted to charge and obliterate Ye Ling, they had no chance. "Let's go." Seeing this, Ye Ling was certain, and he turned his head to look.

The four of them moved extremely fast, quickly arriving before the great gate. The gate in front was three meters high, grayish-white, without any gorgeous carvings or patterns. On the threshold above the gate, there was a plaque made of something unknown.

On it were five ancient characters.

It was inscribed with the five large characters: 【Eternal Slumber】.

This stone slab alone would be enough to rival Epic-grade equipment, right?

Pushing the gate, the four of them entered instantly. After entering, Ye Ling also turned off his trump card at the first moment.

Instantly, the light dissipated, leaving only everything in this place.

"Sure enough, my strength is still too weak right now. Even without using skills, just summoning it is uncomfortable. In just less than half a minute, seventy percent of my Spiritual Power has dissipated," Ye Ling grumbled.

"It's alright, at least we got in. Those undead just now were truly terrifying; I almost thought I was going to be swallowed by them," Li Xin patted her soft chest with lingering fear, clearly having been quite frightened.

"It's a pity, if Cai'er were here, letting her purify the souls outside would have been much more comfortable."

"Cai'er? This name sounds like a girl's name," Li Xin caught the keyword at once.

"The Samsara Saintess of the Assassin Temple. I'll introduce you another day," Ye Ling laughed happily.

"... Another God-Favored One. Counting Sister Ying Er, the Soul Saintess, I have already met four God-Favored Ones..." Li Xin grumbled.

Wang Yuanyuan, who was to the side, couldn't even speak. No, she had originally thought that as a Giant Spirit God Descendant, she should belong to the ranks of the geniuses of the current age.

But God-Favored Ones? Four of them? I don't understand! Are these God-Favored Ones being sold wholesale?

However, complaints aside, they looked toward the surroundings at the first opportunity.

The first floor of the Eternal Tower was a spacious hall, Fourth Rank in gray-white. A total of forty-eight giant pillars supported a dome nearly ten zhang high; all the gray-white presented a faint distortion, and those forty-eight giant pillars stood proudly on both sides of the hall.

They could not see anything inside at all.

Just as they intended to explore, a voice suddenly came from the surroundings—old and warm, yet inexplicably carrying a hint of dominance:

"To be able to enter the Eternal Slumber where I sleep, you must be an excellent Undead Mage, right?"

Everyone: "."

This opening line is truly old, and besides, we really don't have a single Undead Mage. As for Yue Ming Canghai, she stepped forward and said: "Long time no see, Electrolux."

"You should still be alive. This time, I have brought you a chance for atonement, which is a Child of Light just like you."

The voice was not loud, but it caused the entire Eternal Tower to tremble.

It seemed to have sensed something.

The voice that had been narrating some useless words had already dissipated, replaced by a long, deathly silence.

After a long while, the voice gradually emerged, only more world-weary:

"Yue Ming... Canghai." The voice was very world-weary, but no one heard that at the very end, there was a tiny "Senior..."

But after this voice appeared, it was replaced by deathly silence; one could even clearly hear their own breathing.

"Senior Canghai... you have lived for so long, do you have a grudge against this senior?"

"After hearing your voice, he didn't even want to speak."

Li Xin's voice trembled slightly.

Yue Ming Canghai: "."

"Perhaps it was my appearance that evoked his past memories. After all, I taught him for a period of time, but when he sought his revenge, I did not intervene because of my mission as one of the Twelve Watchers."

"Now, it depends on what he thinks. If he doesn't want to speak, no one can force him, not even a god."

Yue Ming Canghai sighed.

And just at this moment, a gray-white light emerged.

It was a necklace; the necklace itself consisted of white, transparent gemstones the size of soybeans.

The gemstones emitted a faint white fluorescence, and the gentle aura of light gave one a warmth from the heart, as if a powerful Light-attribute expert was constantly channeling something there.

That dense Light Spiritual Power completely replenished the seventy percent of Spiritual Power Ye Ling had previously consumed.

There was a small pendant on the necklace, about the size of a thumb's fingernail, also white, in the shape of a tiny skull. In its eye sockets, golden flames pulsed; the viscous Light Element was spreading outward with it as the center.

"Eternal Melody!" Yue Ming Canghai exclaimed in surprise.

She looked directly at Ye Ling, intending to say something.

But she didn't expect Ye Ling to reach out and grasp it. The next moment, a light surged violently from the Eternal Melody, enveloping Ye Ling and instantly causing him to disappear from the spot, vanishing into thin air.

The Moon Bright Vast Sea Spiritual Stove was dumbfounded.

Because neither she nor Yating had dissipated along with Ye Ling.

Yating, who had just finished a Spiritual Stove fusion technique, was resting when she suddenly appeared, her little bottom hitting the ground hard, the pain bringing tears to her eyes.

"Master?" After the pain subsided, Yating flew up slowly, looking around in surprise, and asked: "Where is Master?"

"Good heavens." Li Xin was even more stunned: "Senior Canghai, do you think that Undead Mage will do something to my brother..."

Yue Ming Canghai was also stunned: "I don't know."

"According to my understanding, he shouldn't. But I don't know if Electrolux's mind has become twisted due to six thousand years of endless loneliness."

"Everything, it seems, can only depend on his own fortune."

Ye Ling woke up.

He sensed the state of his body.

"As expected of Electrolux; not only Yating, but even Senior Canghai, who is one of the Twelve Watchers, could be temporarily separated."

Ye Ling looked up.

Looking around, this hall was no longer gray-white, but golden. Terrifying Light Elements swirled here; there was nothing else besides Light Elements.

The dome was arched. Twelve golden pillars surrounded the area.

The entire floor of the hall was a huge golden hexagram. In the center of this hexagram sat a massive coffin.

This golden coffin was inlaid with various magnificent gemstones. Not a single one was below the Ninth Rank.

And in the middle of the golden coffin, there was a wisp of gray-white mist. Upon seeing Ye Ling, it immediately began to transform, taking human shape.

An old man with a world-weary face, wearing a magnificent black robe that looked lifelike; on that black robe, golden runes shone one after another. Outside the black robe was a large white cloak.

The hood of the cloak was pulled over his head. His right hand gripped a staff more than two meters longer than his height; the staff was composed of a mixture of black, white, and gold.

It seemed that Electrolux could indeed wake up at any time within the Eternal Tower.

"Junior Ye Ling, greets the Undead Mage Electrolux." Seeing this, Ye Ling smiled slightly, needing no further words.

Seeing Ye Ling's attitude, Electrolux was somewhat surprised: "Oh? Countless living beings have come before; whether they were other existences or Undead Mages, their first reaction upon seeing me was fear. You are strange; you actually have no fear at all."

"Are you not afraid of me?"

Ye Ling shook his head: "If you want to act, I have no power to resist. Whether I am afraid or not, the outcome is the same, so why be afraid?"

"Oh?" Electrolux smiled slightly: "Since I began my resurrection, you are the first person I've seen to be so calm. I actually appreciate that."

However, his tone shifted: "Then let me see what the Child of Light of this era is truly like!"

Having said that, he stretched out his hand. The Spiritual Power between heaven and earth emerged, moving with his hand to form a massive palm, which struck down instantly, slapping toward Ye Ling.

That great hand carried immense pressure as it struck toward Ye Ling, making it difficult for Ye Ling to even catch his breath.

"Is this? The power of the Ninth Rank Extreme?"

"Testing me? I don't want to lose my life here just yet."

Ye Ling shouted, and as he finished speaking, his Spiritual Power gathered, and the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul behind him gradually shimmered with light, condensing toward the front to block that giant hand of Electrolux.

At this moment, Electrolux was stunned for a second.

He realized that, as fellow Children of Light, he actually found this youth named Ye Ling before him somewhat unfathomable? (End of chapter)