73: Chapter 73

Chapter 73

The "True Longinus" leaned against the window.

Its shaft had already reverted from its "Balance Breaker" state. However, the spear was still heavily damaged; its surface was dull, and several fine cracks had appeared. It looked like it would need some serious repairs.

Suddenly, the person on the bed snapped his eyes open.

Cao Cao's eyes were bloodshot, and the fierce, murderous aura on his face had yet to fade. "Awake?"

Cao Cao froze and looked toward the source of the voice. Upon seeing Luo Yu, he remained silent for a long while, his eyes filled only with desolation.

Luo Yu pulled up a chair and sat by the bedside. "What's with that expression? You look like you've lost your soul. That's not like the Cao Cao I know."

In his memory, Cao Cao was the Saint Emperor who, with nothing but a mortal body, had forcefully dominated all manners of gods and demons.

But now, this person looked ashen-faced and dim-eyed.

Cao Cao remained silent for a long time before squeezing a few words out of his throat, his voice as raspy as if it had been rubbed with sandpaper. "The Hero Faction... I am the only one left."

Luo Yu was not too surprised.

With Cao Cao injured to this extent, it would be strange if the Hero Faction were still unscathed.

However, looking across the Three Realms, the factions capable of pushing the Hero Faction and Cao Cao to this point could be counted on one hand.

Not to mention, once the "True Longinus" in his hand activated its "Balance Breaker", his combat power would soar directly to the Super Devil level, firmly standing in the second sequence.

Azazel had said that the design blueprints for that thing were originally based on a "King-Class Longinus" — unfortunately, it lacked the final polish, leaving it stuck as a semi-finished product.

The most likely possibility remained the superficial reason: Cao Cao and the Hero Faction had foolishly provoked the Beast Emperor 666.

However, Luo Yu didn't think Cao Cao was stupid enough to do that.

He was mentally filtering through the factions that might have attacked Cao Cao when, in the next second, the words that tumbled out of Cao Cao's mouth caused him to freeze completely.

Luo Yu even suspected he had misheard.

With his current strength, the probability of auditory hallucinations was so low it could be ignored. "Cao Cao, is what you just said true?!"

He had heard it clearly.

Cao Cao was not the type to spout nonsense at a time like this.

Cao Cao nodded heavily, his eyes not wavering in the slightest. "Wait..."

A buzzing sensation exploded in Luo Yu's head.

It was just like the expression Sona and the others had when he told them that "a god had fallen" — now it was his turn.

He needed to catch his breath. "The Eastern Mount Sumeru suddenly closed its borders a while ago; this was rumored throughout the Three Realms. But due to Indra's pressure, no one dared to investigate what had happened."

"You mean to say —"

"The moment Mount Sumeru closed its borders was the beginning of the slaughter. During this time, aside from you, Indra, Jade Dragon, the First Sun Wukong... they are all gone."

"...!"

This news was enough to shake the Three Realms.

Mount Sumeru was one of the top-ranked factions among the mainstream pantheons of the Three Realms.

Under the leadership of that warmonger Indra, its comprehensive strength far exceeded major factions like the Greek Pantheon and the Norse Pantheon, ranking only below the Hindu Pantheon.

Such a behemoth had been wiped out just like that, without a sound.

Not a whisper of news had leaked out.

The more Luo Yu thought about it, the more his back chilled.

It was simply bone-chilling.

He truly couldn't imagine who else in the Three Realms could have such ability, to make the entire Mount Sumeru disappear completely without a single disturbance.

This was on a completely different level from when the Four Great Emperors joined forces to destroy the Underworld.

Unless... Luo Yu stared at Cao Cao, his voice sinking: "Did the Beast Emperor break its seal?"

If it were the Beast Emperor, that would make sense. He knew very well just how terrifying the Beast Emperor was.

If the Beast Emperor really had broken free and attacked Mount Sumeru while it was still in lockdown, wiping the entire mountain from the Three Realms in a short time and returning everything to silence was indeed not impossible.

But Cao Cao shook his head. "This was indeed done by the Beast Emperor, but its main body did not break through the seal of that God."

Cao Cao's expression was serious as he continued: "When that God fought the Beast Emperor back then, He cut off a portion of its flesh."

Luo Yu remembered this. In the memory fragments left by Michael, it was clear: the Beast Emperor had several heads, and that God had severed them one by one with a single sword. But that thing was simply an immortal monster; the heads would grow back shortly after falling off.

At the time, no one had paid much attention to that severed flesh.

Now it seemed that the disaster at Mount Sumeru was inseparable from that flesh the Beast Emperor had left behind in the Three Realms.

As expected —

"The Beast Emperor's immortality is countless times stronger than that of the Dragon Kings and Heavenly Dragons, and its flesh constantly regenerates. Among the pantheons that cleaned up the battlefield back then were Mount Sumeru and the Norse Pantheon. They collected this flesh and sealed it together."

"And the place where it was sealed was Mount Sumeru."

Cao Cao paused. "The Beast Emperor's flesh sealed beneath Mount Sumeru slowly condensed into a clone of the Beast Emperor over the long years. The reason your master sealed the entire Mount Sumeru before was to gather the power of the whole mountain to reinforce the seal."

Indra's temper was the same as Cao Cao's; he was stubborn his whole life and would never ask others for help.

After hearing this, Luo Yu couldn't help but sigh. "The Beast Emperor is truly a monster through and through."

Just a bit of scrap flesh could stir up such a huge mess. "So you're saying Mount Sumeru didn't completely suppress that clone of the Beast Emperor 666, let it slip away, and that's what caused this catastrophe."

When Cao Cao reached this point, a bone-chilling cold leaked from his eyes. He gritted his teeth, his voice sounding as if it were squeezed through the gaps. "We had clearly reinforced the seal on the Beast Emperor 666 clone until it was seamless, but right at the final step, a mysterious dark shadow broke into Mount Sumeru, directly tore open the seal, and let that monster loose."

"A dark shadow?"

To be able to sneak into Mount Sumeru at such a critical moment, tamper with things right under the noses of Indra and his people, and easily tear open the seal, one must definitely possess Super Devil-level strength.

Moreover, this person was likely no worse than Indra, perhaps even stronger.

Looking across the entire Three Realms, there were not many Super Devils above Indra.

If one were to ask who was so obsessed with the Beast Emperor 666, only one person jumped into Luo Yu's mind. "The God of Destruction, Shiva."

Flames of hatred burned in Cao Cao's eyes as he nodded heavily. "When that guy was breaking the seal and fighting my master, he didn't use his signature Power of Destruction. But some attack habits cannot be hidden. Moreover, the reason I could unleash the "Balance Breaker" within the "True Longinus" was because the resentment of the God of Death inside it sensed his aura and resonated with me."

A mystery in Luo Yu's heart was finally solved.

The only ones who could make the remnant resentment of that God of Death within the "True Longinus" resonate with Cao Cao were the six Super Devils who had ambushed and killed the God in ancient times.

Hades, God of the Underworld had already fallen, leaving five. The Hindu Pantheon occupied three of those seats, and the other two simply could not support that level of combat power.

To covet the power of the Beast Emperor 666, Shiva had actually gone this insane, destroying the entire Mount Sumeru.

Just thinking about it made him feel cold.

Perhaps — he had done it on purpose from the start. The relationship between Indra and the Hindu Pantheon had always been very tense, almost to the point of being hostile.

Shiva had simply used the blade of the Beast Emperor 666 to completely remove this thorn in his side, once and for all.

This "lingering trouble" actually included Cao Cao. It was just that Shiva probably hadn't expected Cao Cao to be able to escape alive. "Before my master died, while sending me out, he sealed the entire Mount Sumeru. He used the whole mountain as a seal to trap the Beast Emperor 666 inside."

When Cao Cao finished speaking, his tone was full of pain.

He usually acted like a slacker toward Indra, doing whatever he wanted, but in the end, he had come out of Mount Sumeru.

Indra was the mentor who had pulled him step by step from a weakling to who he was today. This point was the same as the relationship between Luo Yu and Ddraig.

"Then what do you plan to do next?" Luo Yu asked.

Luo Yu knew very well what Cao Cao wanted.

But the problem was, even if he used the "Balance Breaker" of the "True Longinus", wanting to storm the Hindu Pantheon and wipe out Indra and those guys from Mount Sumeru was simply unrealistic.

Let alone him alone, even if all the Four Great Emperors went, they wouldn't necessarily be a match for the Hindu Pantheon.

The "Boosted Gear" activating its limit Heavenly Dragon form could indeed hold off the God of Destruction Shiva; that was no problem.

But below Shiva, there were two more Super Devils at the level of Supreme Gods, whose strength was second only to Shiva.

As for whether those two had reached the third sequence of Super Devils, no one could say for sure. After all, it had been too long since they had seen them take action.

Back when they ambushed a certain god, Shiva was the main force; although those two had also taken action, one couldn't gauge their depth at all.

"I'm going to Heaven." Cao Cao's tone was firm, without a shred of hesitation.

Luo Yu was not surprised at all.

Cao Cao wanted to borrow the power of Heaven, which was just right; both sides had the same goal.

Michael and the others had always wanted to settle accounts with Shiva and his group, to avenge the ambush on the God in ancient times. And what Cao Cao wanted to do was exactly on that same line.

"Tomorrow, I will personally take you to Heaven. Rest for now." After Luo Yu finished speaking, he raised his hand and cast a sleep Arcane Magic spell on Cao Cao's forehead.

Cao Cao did not dodge, slowly closing his eyes and falling into a deep sleep.

He knew well what state his body was in; he truly needed a good sleep.

——

Luo Yu walked out of the room and saw Sona standing at the door, her face showing a hint of worry.

He reassured her with a few words, then his tone became serious. "Sona, you cannot tell anyone about today's events, not even your sister Serafall."

"I will inform Tsubaki and the others." Sona nodded in agreement.

To be able to make Luo Yu show such an expression, the matter must definitely be significant.

Luo Yu sighed inwardly. The angels' revenge plan had dragged all four of them into it.

Besides Kuroka, Vali also had Sun Wukong by his side. Sun Wukong was from Mount Sumeru, so it was impossible for Vali not to be dragged in.

Although Ophis was also there, neither Cao Cao nor Luo Yu had mentioned this to her, nor had they even considered asking Ophis to help with the revenge.

The four of them had gathered together because of Ophis's power. But unlike the Old Satan Faction, they were simply attracted to Ophis, not wanting to use her power to cause chaos.

Whether it was revenge or doing other things, it had to be accomplished by their own will. Letting Ophis do it for them would have no meaning.

Half a year later.

The next day.

The eighth level of the Heaven's temple. "That guy Shiva is truly afraid that the world won't be in chaos. Is the Beast Emperor something he can covet?"

It was not just Michael in the great hall; Dulio Gesualdo was also there, his tone full of anger.

Michael's expression was also not good. The Beast Emperor was a forbidden object sealed by God Himself; Shiva had actually dared to set his sights on it and had indirectly destroyed Mount Sumeru.