Chapter 492: Sacrifice

The Steel Jungle stands tall, blocking the path of the Keeper of Secrets.

Countless insect chirps overlap, forming ancient murmurs and gibberish:

"Praise be to you! Mother of Nature!"

"You are the master of vitality, the protector of forests and Animals, the Dominator of the Steel Jungle..."

"You are the favored of Fate, the darling of the void..."

From within the jungle that could cause even an Immortal to collapse, a lady with a curvaceous figure and two faces with four arms slowly walks out.

—"Mother of Nature!"

Just then, a small "accident" occurred!

At this moment, a soft, beautiful voice drifted over:

Around the Keeper of Secrets, layers of History Mist emerged, within which flashed fleeting images of the ancient wilderness, the era of many lords, the Fabri Dynasty, the darkness and chaos, and the rise of steam...

It is the Mother of Night!

If She were to intervene, She could completely block the Raven!

The Raven's eyes rolled, and its voice became gentle: "You are right, my lady, this is a matter between those two existences, they should be able to resolve it themselves..."

Although She attracted the gazes of the Lord of Buried Bones and the Underworld Moon, the Mother of Night still descended upon this place!

Her four arms are currently paired against one another, beginning to entangle and wrestle, as if suffering from schizophrenia.

All sorts of terrifying desires are surging; beneath the Night Curtain, the hideous things are already famished and impatient!

The Age-Keeper—the Mother of Night!

Aaron's actions in the Mortal World can only be considered half a success.

The Raven spread its wings, seemingly wanting to take action.

However, the Mother of Nature is not intending to fight the Keeper of Secrets to the death; as long as She can delay the time slightly to let Motula ascend smoothly, that is enough.

Although Her state is not quite normal, this time She actually obeyed Aaron's command to come and block the Keeper of Secrets!

Snap!

Countless steel thorns with a metallic luster spread across the void, sweeping toward the Keeper of Secrets.

Her figure suddenly expanded, and countless vines surged from beneath Her skirt, connecting with the entire jungle as one.

It is merely the ascension of a Hidden Existence; other Age-Keepers do not care about this, and under Her persuasion, most remained neutral.

The ascension of the Tenth Primordial Quality is inherently very dangerous; once interfered with, failure is almost inevitable!

Just then, a behemoth appeared before the Keeper of Secrets.

That phantom of History Retrospection which should have dissipated seemed to have received some kind of replenishment, suddenly becoming solid.

He ignored these defenses, his eyes seemingly seeing a blurred region; in an area covered by history, a lake is boiling, and Motula is ascending!

The Keeper of Secrets curled his lips and reached out his palm.

"Respected Lord of Night, is this your will?"

But the Mother of Night merely appeared, and everything was destroyed!

The best-case scenario is still Motula in the midst of ascension facing the Keeper of Secrets!

It is a terrifying giant over twenty meters tall, with only one eye on its honest-looking head, and its entire body covered in long hair.

The Raven's eyes became deep, as if countless doors were layered within them.

The Mother of Nature, who ascends to 【Secrecy】 by balancing 【Pupa】 and 【Red】, possesses terrifying life Vitality.

Clearly, Lin had long since been corrupted by the Mother of Night.

—History Retrospection!

The Keeper of Secrets waved his hand casually, and this Ritual failed immediately!

Not only that, he continued to take a step forward, and the massive head of the Gumon giant split into pieces; that single eyeball fell to the ground, rolled a few times, and aimed toward the direction of the lake.

The jungle that had originally blocked the Keeper of Secrets also revealed a gap, like a stone path in a dense forest, allowing the Keeper of Secrets to pass through with ease.

The leader of the Gumon giants!

Mythical Creature!

The Mother of Nature's four arms danced wildly, and dense bloodshot veins appeared on Her body!

"Lin!" Her mature and beautiful eyes let out a painful sound.

Her survival ability is second to none among the many Hidden Existences; when giving up on attacking and actively delaying, holding back an Age-Keeper is not a problem at all!

The Raven watched this scene, a dark luster flashing in its bean-sized eyes.

But just then, its pitch-black head suddenly turned nimbly, looking toward the firmament of this Spirit World region!

A piece of dark night had, at some unknown time, already shrouded this sky!

Even wisps of mist followed the vines into the jungle, causing the Steel Jungle to begin to rust and be corroded...

A large number of steel thorns decayed and snapped as soon as they approached the mist, as if they had experienced the scouring of a long period of time.

The Keeper of Secrets arrived before the cobalt-blue History Mist.

This was Motula's final arrangement; with the particularity of 【Mystery】, Age-Keepers of other aspects would inevitably be blocked for a considerable amount of time.

The Mother of Night said nothing, only watching the scene below calmly.

But for an Age-Keeper of 【Mystery】, this kind of defense is a joke!

The Keeper of Secrets did not stop his pace, stepping into the cobalt-blue mist in one stride.

Wisps of gray-white mist were about to spread to that hidden area, interfering with Motula's ascension.

At this moment, merely exerting a slight influence caused the Mother of Nature to fall into internal strife.

On the lake-green dress of the "Mother of Natural Sciences," one beetle after another, as if carved from jade, emerged, dense and numerous, filling the air.

In the jungle, countless branches stabbed at each other, and foul-smelling blood flowed from the wounds.

Sharp, large mouths grew on the surface of a large number of vines, devouring the emerald beetles in the air.

That is the misfortune of suddenly facing the end of the world!

That is the pain and struggle of human nature in a desperate situation!

That is the dawn of hope glimpsed in the apocalypse!

"This is a struggle for the aspect of 'Mystery'; none of us should interfere."

It howled, and the hair on its body transformed into wriggling long worms, each small worm connected to a unique history, seemingly recounting the mournful songs of survivors of an ancient civilization.

For the Gumon giant race, their hope, their sustenance, their Lord, their everything, is Motula!

Bang!

Bang bang!

It roared, and a flash of Scarlet Light suddenly flickered across its single eye.

Countless histories in the surroundings were backtracking, revealing a somewhat illusory figure.

In front of a "God of the Age," a Hidden Existence is ultimately no match.

For a Mythical Creature to face a God of the Age, the gap is even more terrifying than a child facing a giant!

Almost in the instant that two patches of History Mist entangled, the body of this Gumon giant leader exploded piece by piece.

Suddenly!

If the "Keeper of Secrets" could be held back a little longer, there would be a high chance of success!

The "Raven" and the "Mother of Natural Sciences" had originally done everything they could to the best of their ability.

At the location it stared at, the flow of time suddenly accelerated!

That lake continuously collapsed and curled inward... condensing into the figure of an old man wearing a cobalt blue robe.

His twisted cheeks looked toward the Gumon leader in history, and his one gray and one white eye rippled with wisps of blood color.

Motula's ascension was successful!

At this moment, He is already a true "Hidden Existence"!

(End of this chapter)