469: The Devil's Targeting the Truth

The Crazy God breaking free stirred up the entire Battlefield of the Gods.

The aura of Venerables emerged endlessly.

Some Venerables, even embracing the idea that even a small mosquito is still meat, had already begun hunting.

“The Black Wing Clan dares to make a move? Good, then we have a just cause.”

The first thing Lin Ye did after ending his seclusion was to ask Vega about what had happened during his retreat.

“Master, the Black Wing Clan is a small matter. In recent years, our Bafang City has attacked several times, greatly weakening their power. What’s more troublesome now is that the Sacrifice Lord’s legacy has been recognized,” Vega said.

His words were a bit bitter; who knew how difficult his life had been these past years?

Of course, so as not to disturb his great Master, he naturally wouldn't wake him for such “small matters.”

Although these years had been quite tough.

Most of the mysterious shops in Hell had been destroyed, but the mysterious shops on the Battlefield of the Gods remained intact due to profit reasons.

After all, they were too useful, and with the Sacrifice Formation spreading, it even extended to other regions.

Now, it's circulating even in Great Worlds like the Dragon Realm.

After learning about the recent situation, Lin Ye asked,

“Which Demons have made a move?”

“Currently, not many Demons have made a move. Everyone’s focus is still mainly on the Battlefield of the Gods, primarily led by existences like the Third Demon, Vassago,” Vega said.

“The Demons led by Vassago are mostly skilled in prophecy. After the Sacrifice Lord appeared, Vassago’s lineage prophesied that Sacrifice Power would be very detrimental to the Demon race. So, they specifically targeted it. How exactly it is detrimental, many of their own people don’t even know,” Vega added.

Speaking of this, he was also a bit angry. Damn it, who did their lineage provoke?

Is Sacrifice Power evil? Not necessarily.

This pseudo-creation power is neutral and balanced, without any alignment bias.

How can it be called evil?

But Lin Ye, who had a deep understanding of creation power, understood what was happening.

“Actually, it’s not that Sacrifice Power is evil, but that it causes too much damage to the Demon race,” Lin Ye said.

“Oh? Master, why is that? When the Sacrifice Lord existed, the power of the Demon race surged. After all, having Sacrifice Power to perfect realms and acquire hard-to-get materials greatly boosted their strength,” Vega asked, puzzled.

Logically, this should be an excellent ability to enhance the Demons' strength.

“Do you know the essence of Sacrifice Power?” Lin Ye asked.

“No,” Vega said, a bit embarrassed.

To be honest, even though he had been using Sacrifice Power until now, he still hadn't figured out its essence.

It just promoted various transmissions, completely unlike other abilities that required self-comprehension.

Lin Ye shook his head. This Vega.

Of course, it wasn't his fault; perhaps the Sacrifice Lord himself didn't even know.

As he delved deeper into his research, he increasingly felt that this ability didn't seem to have been created by the Sacrifice Lord.

How could a Small Demons possess such an ability?

It was more like an experimental work by a higher-level existence.

They turned their research on chaos into a legacy, letting it spread, while the creator themselves recorded the changes in the guinea pigs after gaining power.

To deepen their research on chaos.

“Sacrifice Power is an imitator of chaotic energy, capable of transforming all energy or matter into other energy or matter, but the loss involved is too great,” Lin Ye said.

Vega nodded, “Then, that means there’s no loss to Hell, after all, they exchange things from Demons for things that Demons can use.”

Lin Ye, however, shook his head and said, “No, there is a loss. For example, ten units of resources might only yield four or five units in exchange. While in the short term, exchanging common goods for scarce resources is very cost-effective, in the long term, it’s a huge loss.”

“Think about it, if Sacrifice Power spreads throughout Hell, and transactions become more frequent, then the daily losses to Hell would be unimaginable. In the long run, the Demon Realm would inevitably weaken.”

Vega understood. No wonder they targeted the Sacrifice Lord.

Although the Abyss continuously converted demonic energy, no matter how much was converted, it couldn't withstand the Demons' unrestrained trading.

By then, with such a rapid means of increasing power, would any Demon still honestly cultivate to improve?

Obtaining resources could quickly be converted into strength. The more they plundered, the stronger they became; the stronger they became, the more they plundered. Like a snowball, the strong would remain strong, and the weak would remain weak.

Hell would no longer see the birth of new strong individuals. Those few at the top would convert all usable resources into materials for their own cultivation.

Some might ask, wouldn't that be very beneficial to Hell? Aren't peak powerhouses formidable?

No, there isn't much benefit.

Once one became a Demon Venerable, those resources would be very difficult to use for further self-improvement.

To achieve a qualitative change, one could only do so by comprehending True Word Skills, which Sacrifice Power could not enhance.

Simply piling up resources to improve one's small world resulted in too low a conversion rate.

Moreover, even if your small world was invincible and you were unmatched in one-on-one combat, other worlds would be thriving. Venerables, leading their subordinates, would condense battle souls and unleash combined spellcasting and other abilities, still beating you senseless.

If the world wasn't prosperous enough and there weren't enough Demons, it would be greatly detrimental to the development of Hell's resources.

Without people, how could such a vast territory be managed? Without people, how could countless resources be developed?

You might say, just keep the weaker ones, let them develop resources.

No, resource development also has thresholds.

Sovereign-level ore veins can produce materials for crafting divine artifacts. But ore veins don't just produce resources for you to pick up.

They must first be mined. Only Sovereign-level beings can mine them; below Sovereign, they can't even break the ore vein's rock skin.

Once mined, they also need artisans for smelting, extraction, crafting, refining, inscribing, and so on.

That's why Vassago’s lineage had to stop it, had to strike it down.

This was pulling up Hell's roots.

As a lineage of far-sighted seers, they naturally had to stop it.

Otherwise, if Hell's strength weakened, it would probably be destroyed by the Heavenly Realm sooner or later.

Once the Heavenly Realm occupied the Abyss, they probably wouldn't give Hell a chance to rise again, and would try every means to destroy the Abyss.

“Master, then am I not in great danger now?”

Vega panicked. Damn it, was it really that significant?

Then wouldn't he be in great danger?

“No, Hell won’t move against you now,” Lin Ye said.

“Why is that?” Vega asked, puzzled.

Lin Ye had explained so many dangers of Sacrifice Power, so why did he say he was safe now?

“Spreading Sacrifice Power throughout the myriad worlds is something Hell is happy to see happen. For them, the myriad worlds still don’t know the damage of Sacrifice Power, so they naturally won’t intervene to stop it, which will greatly weaken their strength. And they know that by stopping and preventing it in advance, it is a disguised way of increasing Hell’s own strength.”

Lin Ye explained.

If Hell wanted to act, the moment they discovered Vega, they would have gathered a few Venerables and eliminated him, without giving him a chance.

Not stopping him now naturally implies an intention to divert disaster to the east.