Chapter 435: Taking What Each Needs

"Interesting, is this what you call 'stealing a chicken only to lose the rice'?"

The scene before his eyes shifted again and again; in the fragmented images, Wuye escaped the Capital, avoiding the collapse of the Great Array that brought destruction, yet he faced a situation where he was besieged by several old monsters simultaneously.

Even though this was merely a tiny remnant of Wuye's memory, Shen Yu could still feel the terror and despair he had felt at the time.

The voices that emerged in Wuye's heart were simply the means those old monsters used to bewitch people. They had chosen carefully, selecting Wuye from among so many others.

There were not many in the vast Capital who had the strength to come into contact with the State-Protecting Stone Bead and the ambition that was never satisfied, and Wuye was clearly the most suitable candidate among them.

The Great Array of the Capital was too powerful; even if they joined forces, it was difficult for them to infiltrate it. Even if they could infiltrate it, they could only play a very, very small role, the kind that wouldn't even cause a ripple.

The bewitchment Wuye received in his heart was little more than verbal suggestion. Their negative energy and the Mental Power that could influence one's judgment simply could not penetrate inside.

And the facts proved that they had chosen correctly; Wuye was exactly the person they had imagined, without the slightest deviation.

With just a tiny bit of suggestion, he made his choice directly, betraying his family and his country without hesitation, abandoning everyone in the Capital, all for a single possibility.

It was just a pity that without the State-Protecting Stone Bead as the heart of the array, the collapse of the Capital's Great Array actually caused the entire Capital to be wiped out. Countless experts inside, including tens of millions of ordinary people, were buried along with it.

So much blood-food had clearly been within reach, yet it had all vanished before their eyes; how could they be willing to accept that?

However, this showed just how powerful the array was; no wonder their several sieges had returned empty-handed, and they had even nearly broken their teeth.

But since there was no blood-food, obtaining this State-Protecting Stone Bead would also suffice.

No matter how one looked at it, the power of this State-Protecting Stone Bead was unimaginably strong; it might just allow them to easily take a step further.

Therefore, not long after Wuye had escaped, he was surrounded by several old monsters.

If it weren't for their mutual wariness, with no one daring to make the first move, Wuye might have been eaten until not even dregs remained long ago.

At that time, Wuye was like a little lamb surrounded by a pack of wolves, having no way to protect himself other than trembling in despair.

But it was unknown where Wuye found the courage; before these old monsters could act, he hardened his heart and swallowed the Stone Bead in one gulp.

Once the few old monsters saw this, they immediately refused to let it go and rushed up, intending to kill Wuye.

For an ant to dare to privately swallow something they had set their eyes on was simply courting death.

Subsequently, a terrifying power capable of destroying heaven and earth erupted on the spot; this was also the first time Wuye truly witnessed the power of the State-Protecting Stone Bead.

When those old monsters swarmed up, the Stone Bead that had entered his body suddenly erupted with extremely powerful force.

Terrifying power surged from the Stone Bead, directly tearing the rushing old monsters to shreds; the mighty force swept through everything, and the destructive power it caused was no less than the collapse of the Capital's array.

However, this eruption also left Wuye almost a cripple; there wasn't a single piece of good flesh left on his entire body, his meridians and bones were shattered into dregs, and even his internal organs were reduced to mere remnants.

Wuye lay limp on the spot; let alone leaving, even moving an inch was a luxury at that time.

Intense pain tortured him every moment; by all accounts, with such injuries, he should have been dead long ago.

Yet a peculiar power within the Stone Bead kept his life hanging by a thread; he was clearly living a life worse than death, but he simply could not die.

However, it was precisely this crippled state that allowed him to survive; no one cared about a useless cripple, and he didn't even have the qualifications to be looked at twice.

Finally, not knowing how much time had passed, Wuye grew back his flesh and blood and returned to normal.

With the cooperation of the Stone Bead, Wuye began to stir up trouble in the Great Contention Era, walking the path to the peak as if he were cheating.

Coupled with the fact that he had no sense of honor and did not understand what shame was, he could truly do anything base, and from then on, he successfully joined the ranks of those old monsters.

But unfortunately, while experiencing the second Great Contention Era, Wuye, who thought he could act recklessly because he possessed the Stone Bead, was suppressed here at the cost of his entire clan's sacrifice.

So it is said that one shouldn't be too arrogant; once one is arrogant, trouble easily follows, even if one is cheating.

From then on, the suppressed Wuye was never able to get out.

It wasn't that he hadn't thought of activating the power of the Stone Bead, relying on the power erupting from the Stone Bead to break through the shackles of the array.

But he simply did not want to experience that pain again, where almost all the flesh and blood on his body were worn away bit by bit.

If it were a pain that passed quickly after enduring for a while, that would be one thing, but that was a pain experienced over countless days and nights, a process so long that it made one want to just end it all.

Precisely because he had experienced it, he understood what kind of pain it was.

The pain of having one's entire skeleton crushed was not even one ten-thousandth of it, and during this process, one also had to endure the strange itch of flesh and blood beginning to grow; that bone-piercing itch, combined with the pain coming from all over his body, was a feeling that made one almost go insane.

He would rather endure the suppression and the loneliness than endure that kind of pain again.

He believed that he could escape; even without activating the power of the Stone Bead, he would eventually find a way to break the array on his own.

In the end, he was a child who had been spoiled; Wuye could not endure hardship or suffering, and meeting such an end was his own fault.

The fragmented images came to an abrupt end, and the Stone Bead landed on Shen Yu, emitting a hazy glow.

This light was very gentle; as it shone on the body, a warm current began to surge into his body, constantly nourishing his entire being.

This was a very peculiar power, seemingly a special existence that surpassed the Spirit Qi of the outside world.

After surging into his body, it could actually make the power within Shen Yu's body continuously become purer in a subtle way, even giving him the feeling that his cultivation was slowly undergoing a transformation.

Even his Spiritual Sea became deeper and deeper under the illumination of the Stone Bead's light. The surging seawater seemed endless.

The speed of this transformation was not fast, but for someone with keen perception like Shen Yu, it could be easily detected.

"Hoo!" Exhaling gently, Shen Yu put away the Stone Bead; he vaguely felt that this thing had great benefits for him, at least this feeling of power transformation could not be fake.

This point alone made him have to be cautious.

Suppressing the thousands of thoughts in his mind, Shen Yu turned his consciousness into the system and whispered, "System, sign in!"

"Sign-in successful, obtained Immobilization Technique!"

As a dim light flashed, a great deal of information appeared in his mind, and a peculiar and powerful skill was easily mastered by him.

Immobilization Technique: one can fix a person's form in a single thought, making them unable to move. As for the effect, it is related to the gap in strength between him and the other person.

The stronger he is, the better the effect naturally is; if the gap is large enough, fixing someone for three to five years or even a lifetime is not a problem.

However, likewise, when he is weaker than others, the larger the gap in strength, the smaller the influence of the Immobilization Technique naturally is.

If there is a gap as wide as a chasm that is difficult to bridge, then this skill would likely have almost no effect on the other person. Even if there were an effect, it would likely be negligible.

Shen Yu could already imagine that if he faced an expert with such a gap, if he relied on the Immobilization Technique, the other person would probably have already broken free before he could even start to act, and then they would strike back and slap him into dregs.

That scene made one shudder just thinking about it; it was better to be safe. Wuye's lesson was right before his eyes; one must keep their feet on the ground and not act recklessly.