True Solution of the Sword Dao

A strange voice suddenly interjected.

"So, what do you plan to acquire amidst this chaos?"

In front of Lin Fei, on the stretch of sandy ground.

A mound of yellow sand rose, forming a human shape.

The figure had no facial features, it was merely a shape that stood opposite Lin Fei. The voice was issuing from it.

"Although I don’t know why you’re so certain that breaking the seal will bring forth chaos, what is it that you’re looking for from me now?" the figure continued.

Lin Fei calmly gazed at him.

"Don’t tell me your Dark Alliance hasn’t made any preparations to correspond with this?" Lin Fei addressed the figure known as Shaliye, one of the monarchs of the Dark Alliance who had been conversing with Lin Fei from afar through a spell. Since their last meeting, the two had been in frequent contact and had grown quite familiar with one another.

Lin Fei occasionally exchanged special magical artifacts with him, and in turn, Shaliye would acquire some rare materials from Lin Fei, after all, some materials supplied by the Golden World and the Demon Realm were extremely precious and rare. They were useless to Lin Fei, but to mages, they were important experiment subjects.

There were also times when Shaliye requested Lin Fei’s cooperation in capturing some special experimental subjects which he couldn’t handle personally. The two parties had a rather pleasant cooperation, and their relationship had gradually grown closer.

"Preparations have been made, but so long as you from the Golden World continue to seal Elisa’s Gate, isn’t that somewhat inconsistent with our initial agreement?" Shaliye’s tone carried a hint of dissatisfaction.

"That’s something you should discuss with Griffin. He is the leading councilor of all of us." Lin Fei’s expression remained unchanged. Jokingly, the secrets of the Demon Realm were naturally to be delayed as long as possible. If the outside world learned the secrets too early, the situation for the Golden World would definitely become very passive.

"I hope you won’t break your promise. The other monarchs are already dissatisfied with you," Shaliye spoke gravely. "Let’s get to the point, what do you want from me?"

Lin Fei smiled slightly.

"When it comes to arranging arrays, I am far behind you. So, I hope you can help me set up some long-distance teleportation formations, the same specifications as last time," he referred to the last set of teleportation formations he had set up for the trial of the Extinction Holy Hall’s manor of specters, which connected a building in Ping City to a small island at sea and delivered very stable performance. It was also obtained from Shaliye.

The Dark Alliance, superficially a gathering place for all dark creatures, was in fact a colossal force led by the magic side, essentially a union of several magical forces.

Magic, or sorcery, as it’s termed, naturally stands in opposition to the Holy See, which upholds sanctity.

During the medieval period, the magical side had erupted into numerous wars with the Holy See. Countless wizards, witches, and archmages met grisly ends at the hands of the Holy See’s Inquisition. The hatred between the two sides has remained indelible to this day.

However, both sides have divine-level powerhouses pressing on their ranks, so they have not reached the most ferocious stage of all-out conflict. They have merely been somewhat restrained in their actions toward each other now.

The heresy forces used to be just splinter factions from the Temple of the Gods, developed much later than the Holy See, yet have been able to contend with the Holy See. Without the support of other forces behind the scenes, it would be hard to justify.

Shaliye was silent for a moment.

"The teleportation formation is no problem, but the kind of thing you’re talking about, even within our own ranks, is not allowed to be sold externally. I would be taking a great risk," he said.

"It doesn’t matter, everything has its price, as long as you can bring it out," Lin Fei thought with a surge of excitement.

Shaliye fell silent once more, for a long while.

Then he spoke again, "Nothing else is worth taking such a big risk for me, I need a promise from you for one unreserved act of assistance. How about that?"

Lin Fei’s expression shifted subtly.

"If it’s a certain death situation I will not agree."

"That is certain."

"Then it’s a deal."

Shaliye nodded.

He extended his hand, and a stream of sand separated directly from his body, forming a tendril that twisted a few times in the air and spat out a black scroll.

The scroll floated in the air, emitting a faint black glow, bound in the middle by a golden thread.

Shaliye pointed at the scroll.

In the midst of the black glow, the scroll slowly unrolled, revealing a pitch-darkness within; at the very center, a vast blood-red maw with razor-sharp teeth gnashed together as though chewing on some food.

"This is the Spirit Realm Oath Scroll, a backstabber will be likewise forsaken by all elemental energies and suffer from the ever-present oppression from the Spirit Realm. It takes only the agreement signed by both of us to take effect," Shaliye explained.

Lin Fei nodded, extending his index finger, from which a strand of blood flew out, condensing into a red blood bead before him.

Shaliye also condensed a blood bead.

Both nodded slightly at the same time and their blood beads simultaneously flew towards the scroll.

The large maw on the scroll swallowed the blood beads from both sides, let out a satisfied belch, and vanished, revealing the obscured scroll surface beneath.

Shaliye pointed at the scroll again.

Lines of florid script emerged on the surface; this was the Magic Writing Technique, which could transcribe the thoughts of the caster into tangible words.

The agreement was quickly automatically written out. At the moment of completion, the scroll suddenly lit up with a dark glow, rolled itself up, and the golden thread automatically retied itself.

Hisss!!

After a soft sound,

The scroll dissolved into countless black specks and disappeared into the air.

"The agreement is established," Shaliye stated calmly, "While the agreement does not impose much restriction on you or me, I presume no one wishes to be forsaken by most of the elemental powers without reason, so this agreement still holds a certain binding force. This is the highest-level agreement I can think of."

Lin Fei nodded.

"Where is the item?" He had clearly seen the content of the agreement just now, and it would only commence once the item was in hand.

"In two days, it will be delivered to the hands of your subordinates at your branch. Pay attention to the receipt."

"Then, see you later."

"Yeah."

Both of them slowly disappeared at the same time, as if becoming invisible.

The entire desert returned to its original state, as if nothing had ever happened.

Only in front of the giant hand on the sandy surface, there remained more than a dozen small ice cubes, exuding a faint chill under the sunlight.

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Three days later...

Extinction Holy Hall

Crack!!

A scarlet blaze sparked, causing the red glow in the large hall to flicker momentarily.

Lin Fei sat aloft in the great hall, toying with a small hexagram disc in his hand.

The hexagram disc was bronze-colored, with a fierce blood-red eyeball pattern in the center. Each of the six corners was tipped with a faint silver light. With just a slight shake, it could draw out streaks of bright silver lines.

Lin Fei held it in his palm, feeling its chilling coldness. Moreover, the magic disk was very heavy; if an ordinary person were to hold it, their arm would likely fracture instantly. It was impossible for them to lift it.

"A Teleportation Summoning Matrix solidified with a sixth-level summoning magic from another world. I hope it won’t disappoint me," Lin Fei murmured, gently tossing the hexagram into the air.

The metal hexagram, originally the size of a palm, began to enlarge rapidly once it left Lin Fei’s hand.

It soon grew to several meters in diameter and landed flat in the open space in the center of the hall.

Once again, Lin Fei materialized a fist-sized red crystal stone in his hand.

This was a Fire Attribute Spider-Pattern Stone obtained from the Inner World, generally used to power massive war machinery, such as Energy Stone Cannons or long-distance Beam Cannons. It was a resource for siege warfare. This was also part of the resources that the Golden Robe had spent a great deal of time and effort obtaining in the Inner World.

Lin Fei again tossed out the red crystal stone.

The crystal stone automatically fell to the center of the array, hovering above the crimson eyeball, starting to emit a faint red light and rotating incessantly.

Afterwards, Lin Fei simply waited in silence.

As time elapsed, the red crystal stone gradually became smaller.

It seemed that as the red light was released, the stone’s energy was being consumed.

Half an hour later, the entire red crystal stone completely vanished in mid-air.

The eyeball of the array below turned so red it seemed as if it would drip blood. It looked eerily bizarre.

Lin Fei’s hand then produced a silver-colored magic disk, bound by several black metal chains, and he lightly tossed it into the air.

The magic disk flew out and hovered above the previous one, with the chains clanking open, completely sealing the two disks together, forming a several meters wide cage of chains.

With a hiss, streaks of blue flames ignited along the chains. The fire sealed the gaps between the chains entirely.

"Begin the summoning," Lin Fei commanded indifferently.

No sooner had the words left his mouth than the red eyeball in the center of the array blinked suddenly, as if it had come to life.

Huffing sounds gradually started to emanate, growing louder and resembling the sound of wind. A strange scent of blood slowly spread throughout the great hall.

Lin Fei’s gaze became solemn as he produced a small vial containing drops of blood.

With a pop, he pulled out the stopper and quickly turned it upside down.

The blood inside rolled out like beads, then turned into a red line, shooting straight into the center of the array and entering the blue flames.

Boom!!

The blue flames suddenly surged.

"Drawing with Monster Clan’s refined blood, the creature summoned from another world should be of decent quality, right?" Lin Fei said softly, carefully observing the array in the center of the hall.

This Summoning Solidification Matrix was specially acquired to maximize the utilization of Extinction Holy Hall’s abilities.

Extinction Holy Hall had the function of collecting powerful creature genetic samples and producing projections. It could effectively summon various powerful species with different attributes and abilities.

As long as there was sufficient spatial energy, Lin Fei could use this advantage to continuously summon powerful creatures and employ their projections to build his expendable army.

Although he now had countless Monster Clan powerhouses, firstly, the Monster Clan could not be exposed for the time being, as there was no way to hide their eerie appearance. This problem persisted even for him; he had no solution for his own demonized appearance, let alone for other lower-level Monster Clan members.

Secondly, even if they could leave the Demon Realm, Lin Fei had no intention of using these Monster Clan members, who could provide a constant supply of demonic power, as his army. Wouldn’t it be better to use the projections from the Sword Canon Space to build an army without any attrition? (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes and Monthly Tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)