Chapter 120: Sleeping for a Thousand Years

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After successfully resolving the Ghost Tyrant, Lv Cheng left the battlefield with the Monarch-level Essence and Undead Crystal that had dropped.

As a High-level Mage, he had already outputted far beyond his limits; if he kept fighting, that would be the truly strange thing.

Moreover, his goal had been achieved; as a Councilor, he had shown his face as needed, and he had obtained the Ghost Tyrant's Essence. Next, it was time to rest.

Nei Cheng Qu.

To avoid arousing suspicion, Lv Cheng stopped the recovery brought by the dog and horse, making his Fire Element, Space Element, and Summoning Element Star Rivers all appear withered. Plus, having fought the Ghost Tyrant for so long, he didn't have much Psychic Magic Energy left either, having used it for defense.

Now, only a single Shadow Element Star River remained.

Inside the hotel room.

"I wonder how much of a boost this thing will give me." Lv Cheng swallowed the Ghost Tyrant Essence he had just obtained.

An Undead Monarch's Essence is even more powerful than a typical demon's soul because the death energy is too heavy. Not to mention in this land of the undead, even if you successfully kill an Undead Monarch, its soul will slip away rapidly; unless a Super Level Necromancer is present, it is impossible to capture a Monarch's Essence.

But he was a Demon, and he had learned quite a bit of Black Magic regarding souls from Tso Lan, so even a Monarch-level Essence was just a baby in his hands.

Although he had already devoured one Monarch soul before, he could feel that it was far from enough, because he wasn't absorbing the whole thing, only the purest part of the soul energy; otherwise, he would grow crooked.

Not knowing how long he had slept, Lv Cheng finally opened his eyes.

"How come it still feels like it's not enough..."

Even though he had already absorbed two Monarch-level Essences, his soul was still at the Commander-level.

The Ancient King's Emperor Level soul carried terrifying soul energy. If his own strength were insufficient, while he wouldn't necessarily be devoured by that thing in return, it would certainly bring some troublesome side effects.

"Tso Lan, what's the situation?" Lv Cheng opened the Dimensional Summoning gate and pulled Tso Lan over.

"Why do I feel like my soul hasn't changed at all?"

"No change?" Tso Lan was stunned and observed Lv Cheng's soul.

"Isn't this the normal state of growth?"

"Normal?" Lv Cheng frowned slightly.

"In my current state, can I devour an Emperor Level soul?"

"What kind of daydream are you having?" Tso Lan looked at him as if he were an idiot.

"……"

The corner of Lv Cheng's eye twitched. "Then you guys previously..."

"Did you misunderstand the meaning?" Tso Lan looked strange.

"What we said before was that you need to devour Monarch souls first to adapt to this kind of change."

"The change I spoke of doesn't mean you can directly devour an Emperor Level soul. That thing is too dangerous, your soul is still too weak right now, and you aren't a pure Demon, so you could be corrupted by that thing."

"Souls of different levels don't just differ in quantity; more importantly, there is a difference in quality. Devouring a Monarch soul only increases your resistance to such powerful souls so you won't be influenced by them, but that doesn't mean you can swallow that thing in one go."

"That's why Shendu and the others only helped you get an Orthodox Monarch soul before; it's not that they couldn't get a higher-level one, but that you could only handle that much."

"And these past few months, haven't you noticed that the souls you've eaten have barely been absorbed?"

Lv Cheng looked strange. "You mean, I have indigestion?"

"Something like that." Tso Lan was somewhat helpless.

"You need to understand one thing: just because you can rely on a higher-level soul to forcibly devour these souls stronger than you, it doesn't mean you can absorb them directly. This takes time."

"And the reason you could directly devour a Monarch soul without being backlashed is because the soul gap between you wasn't that large. But an Emperor Level soul, even the weakest one, is not something a Monarch can compare to. The gap is too big, let alone the fact that you aren't even a Monarch yet."

"Right now, too much soul energy is clogging your body, and your absorption speed is actually slowing down to prevent the unclean parts from flowing in during the chaos. You didn't forget... why did you swallow so much again?"

Tso Lan was dumbfounded.

The Monarch soul he had devoured earlier hadn't even been fully digested, yet he had swallowed a large amount of messy soul energy, and had even swallowed another Monarch soul just now.

"I..." Lv Cheng looked embarrassed.

"I just, you know, wanted to eat a bit more to grow my body..."

"……" Tso Lan.

"I have to remind you again: if you accidentally overeat, you will fall into a deep sleep."

"And it's one thing to eat, but to eat this much? Do you want to sleep for a few decades?"

The corner of Lv Cheng's eye twitched. "Decades? Is it that exaggerated?"

"Exaggerated?" Tso Lan was speechless.

"What do you think soul growth is? This is very dangerous!"

"If you were to directly devour the next Emperor Level soul in your current state, you would sleep for at least a thousand years!"

"You... wait, such an important matter, Shendu didn't tell you?"

"……" Lv Cheng.

"……" Tso Lan.

"You shouldn't have let your guard down against that old thing."

Tso Lan shook his head.

"Although you and Shendu share the same fate, there are plenty of ways to satisfy his interests without harming you."

If Lv Cheng hadn't suddenly thought to ask him this time, that thousand-year slumber would have been inevitable.

This evolutionary sleep does no harm to Lv Cheng himself; in fact, it is a protective mechanism. Therefore, while Lv Cheng is in a deep sleep, that Saint Warrior will not wake up either.

In other words, Shendu could rule the human world alone for at least a thousand years!

He could do whatever he wanted without worrying about when that Saint Warrior might suddenly pop out.

And even if Lv Cheng woke up after a thousand years, there would be nothing he could do about Shendu.

Beat him up? And then what?

Life goes on as usual.

As expected, this Lv Cheng, who is suppressing his Righteous Qi, must have had his brain given to Shendu.

"I suggest you stop suppressing it; in this state, you really have no brain," Daolong said.

In the state of suppressing Righteous Qi, Lv Cheng can perfectly control Demon Qi, and by relying on the connection with Shendu, he can manipulate Dark Energy at will with almost no restrictions.

But likewise, the shortcomings of this Demon state are also very obvious.

Arrogant! Conceited! Looking down on everyone!

Most importantly, his brain isn't very good!

If it were Lv Cheng in his normal state, it would be impossible for him to only notice the abnormality at this point.

"But if I don't suppress it, my mind will be very chaotic," Lv Cheng said.

He also knows what the shortcomings of this state are; if a Saint Warrior must be clear about everything, then in this state, he almost doesn't think at all, doing whatever makes him happy, acting on every whim, and he has no way to control it.

One second he thinks about using his brain, the next second, to hell with it!

To put it directly, a Saint Warrior is led by a super brain, but because he considers too much, he simply does nothing.

And the Demon state is led by super strength; thinking? Not needed!

How dare anyone in this world go against my will?

(End of this chapter)