RNP Chapter 97 The Gaze from the City Lord's Mansion
Chapter 97 The Gaze from the City Lord's Mansion
Perseus remained rooted to the spot.
The red-haired, red-eyed youth exuded a strange aura that resonated with the chaotic time around him. Sensing the aura belonging to the laws of time, King Jinyang turned to look at him.
"You've crossed the threshold of the Time Law? Your talent is quite impressive."
The other realm lords were startled by what they heard. They were about to speak when they were scared away by a glance from King Jinyang. They could only secretly look at Perseus and think to themselves that this guy was really lucky.
Those with insight know that this is by no means a coincidence.
"The Time Demon Butterfly should be on his shoulder."
Not far away, Meng Sui looked at Perseus with great interest, his arms crossed, his invisible spiritual power withdrawing instantly without disturbing his comprehension, while confirming his guess.
"He also seems to be a beast tamer."
"This is the first time I've seen a beast tamer actively merge with a beast, acquire corresponding perceptions, and choose the Time Demon Butterfly as their beast tamer... However, the Time Demon Butterfly's innate secret technique is extremely special. In such an environment, the difficulty of learning the laws of time will indeed be reduced considerably."
"But isn't he a realm lord recognized by the laws of fire?" a realm lord asked.
"No one stipulates that if a lower-level law is cultivated using the Law of Fire, then the higher-level law must be the Law of Space."
King Jin Yang's sharp golden eyes flashed.
He stared intently at Perseus, diverting a sliver of his mental energy to sense the surging flames within the latter's body. It took him some effort to confirm that his previous perception was correct.
"Such a profound understanding of the laws of fire!"
It's not that it's high, it's that it has completely understood everything.
As the only person present who knew Perseus's "intelligence," Xinglan blushed with embarrassment.
But clearly, now is not the time.
Since he had decided to cultivate a good relationship with this Fire Cloud Clan genius, he couldn't reveal everything to outsiders.
Therefore, after much deliberation, Xinglan swallowed her words and let the other realm lords discuss it and look at Perseus as if he were a monster.
Soon, the familiar jolts returned.
As the disordered time gradually calmed down, without any guidance, Perseus slowly opened his eyes and let out a long breath.
"Why are you all looking at me like that?"
"Before coming here, I had already grasped the basics of the laws of time. This is just a verification process, and the gains aren't as significant as I had imagined..."
"Oh, I see—"
One of the realm lords laughed and said, "I knew it hadn't been long since we entered the initial universe. It's such a short distance, there's no way we could have made any big breakthroughs."
Meng Sui gave him a half-smile, but said nothing more.
Perseus knew perfectly well that he was lying.
The previous time disorder, though seemingly brief, actually connected the insights gained over the past six months, refining numerous inspirations to leave only the most essential parts... Now he has mastered one of the simplest essences of time, taking an extremely solid step in his cultivation.
"You are very strong."
Meng Sui walked over from the side, his eyes focused, with a hint of fighting spirit.
If before he looked down on everyone around him, now he was more serious, more serious when facing geniuses of the same level.
"I thought someone with your background would join one of the five major powers directly."
"The battle of geniuses is over, the battle of the strong is still a long way off, and the promotion of realm lords through internal assessments also takes time, so I've come to Chaos City to stay for a while."
Dreamfire extended his hand to Perseus, "I am Dreamfire."
"Perseus." Perseus shook Mengsui's hand.
The two figures stood facing each other, each sensing a threat from the other. However, since awakening the "Three Lives of the Same Origin," it had become difficult for any powerful being in the primordial universe to threaten Perseus's life.
At most, it would just destroy a body.
Perseus's gaze sharpened for a moment, then quickly returned to calm, like a bottomless pool, emanating a faint chill.
Meng Sui, however, continued to smile gently.
He and Perseus seemed to be standing in a separate picture frame, where no one around them could disturb anything within that frame.
This continued for a while.
After a relatively smooth journey, the spaceship finally came to rest above an ancient city, and the tightly closed hatch suddenly opened outwards with a hiss.
"Everyone, leave the spaceship."
"The black-clad envoys from Chaos City will take you to the City Lord's Mansion. You will have one chance to comprehend the Chaos Stele. Whether you comprehend it immediately or wait until later, this should be the fastest comprehending opportunity for most of you."
Soon everyone present left the spaceship.
They watched the F-class spaceship return along the same route until the target became a black dot in their sight before turning their heads to look in the direction of Chaos City.
At the edge of their line of sight, an envoy dressed in a black robe flew swiftly towards them, eventually stopping in front of them and glancing at the world lords present.
"Follow me, all of you."
……
The black-robed messenger's introduction to Chaos City followed the same old three steps.
Chaos Beast, Tiantai Stone Carvings, and Chaos Stele.
Chaos Beasts can cause the soul of a Realm Lord to undergo premature transformation, granting it some immortal characteristics and accelerating its comprehension of the laws.
The stone carvings on Tiantai are relics left by our predecessors.
The final Chaos Monument is humanity's most important treasure, with each one representing a path leading directly to the pinnacle.
And then everyone entered Chaos City.
Deep within the City Lord's Mansion, amidst the chaotic ruins piled high with countless corpses, a figure slowly raised his head, looking at these younger generations who had entered the Chaos City, just as he had done countless times before.
"what?"
His blood-red, murderous eyes blinked, ignoring the soul that showed no abnormality and Perseus's nearly thousand-fold higher life gene level. Instead, he stared at the Time Demon Butterfly, which had swelled to the height of a person, pausing for a few seconds longer than when he looked at the others.
"interesting."
"When Time Demon Butterflies are replicated, whether it is the original or a clone, their genes are fixed. The original is conceived with 1x the normal genes, while the clone has 0.1x the genes... It is surprising that some Time Demon Butterflies can reach 100x the genes, which does not quite match the information summarized by various races."
Of course, the Lord of Chaos City didn't care much about this.
A special life form with a hundred times the genetic diversity may seem extremely precious, but in reality, it's only considered average to above average in the universe.
At best, this little butterfly in front of us is more eye-catching.
However, if the genes cannot be further improved and there is only a hundredfold increase in genes, then even if the size of the Time Demon Butterfly increases during this time, it is not a good choice for possession.
Clearly, the Lord of Chaos City misunderstood Perseus's purpose in cultivating the Time Demon Butterfly.
When it was first born, the Time Demon Butterfly was only at the Cosmic level. It was only through Perseus's continuous feeding that it was cultivated to the Domain Lord level before arriving in Chaos City.
Right now, the latter is still feeding the life crystal core.
Seeing how much he cared about 'beast taming,' the Chaos City Lord immediately connected it to the idea of possession—
Of course, it's understandable that he thinks that way.
A special life form with a hundred times the genetic potential and a mastery of the laws of time.
Given the possibility of understanding the lower-level laws and having ample time to comprehend the higher-level laws, this is probably the most suitable choice for most geniuses.
Unfortunately, the hundredfold gene strength weakens at the Venerable level.
The stronger the Time Demon Butterfly's time talent, the more difficult it will be for it to comprehend the laws of space in the future. At that time, since the Perseus gene that possessed the Time Demon Butterfly is not outstanding and is blocked in terms of laws, breaking through to the Venerable level will probably be the limit of this path.
"It's better to preserve the original body than to do that."
The Lord of Chaos City chuckled and shook his head. "An 800-fold increase in life gene level is not weak even in the universe. Moreover, there is a discrepancy in the aura emanating from this kid, so his true physique is definitely not what it appears to be."
"Isn't it much better to cultivate step by step using the synesthesia of beast taming than to take a 'shortcut' by possessing another body?"