75: Chapter 75

He had to get ahead of Shiva, find the location where Beast Emperor 666 was sealed, move it, or simply block Shiva's path.

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Luo Yu rushed desperately through the Dimensional Gap, and after nearly an hour, he finally stopped. "We're here."

He stared at the scene before him, his heart sinking.

The absurdly magnificent Nine-Layered Heaven, the shimmering jade towers, the angels flying across the sky, the believers kneeling in prayer...

This sight was exactly the same as the scene he had seen in Michael's memories.

It was the "Eternal Paradise" cast by that deity.

However, the pressure radiating from this thing made even Luo Yu feel a chill down his spine.

From the highest level of the Nine-Layered Heaven, black malevolent energy constantly spread outwards, as if it wanted to completely devour this Eternal Paradise.

But every time it reached the lower levels, whether it was the believers, the angels, or the entire Heaven itself, a blinding sacred light would burst forth, clearing away those black mists completely.

"Beast Emperor 666 is sealed on the ninth level. For thousands of years, the Eternal Paradise has never stopped for a moment, constantly fighting against the Beast Emperor 666 that wants to break free from the seal..."

In Michael's memory, his impression of the Eternal Paradise cast by that deity was merely a superficial visual image, far less shocking than seeing it with his own eyes.

Moreover, the entire Eternal Paradise was almost like the Heaven, possessing a complete Heaven System and defensive mechanisms.

Right now, let alone moving it, even if Shiva came to break the seal, Luo Yu felt he wouldn't know where to start.

He thought over various feasible methods in his mind, but each one he came up with was immediately dismissed by himself.

He realized that he had thought too simply before. Trying to move this deity's Eternal Paradise was as difficult as moving the entire Heaven of the Three Realms.

"Is there really no way at all?"

Luo Yu frowned, slowly approached the incomparably magnificent Eternal Paradise, reached out, and lightly touched its surface, which had completely solidified.

Just at this moment—

"This..."

His heart jolted violently; he was surprised to find that he could control this Eternal Paradise—he could actually control it.

He even 'saw' the Beast Emperor 666 sealed on the ninth level. He had a hallucination that as long as he had a thought, all the angels inside could pour out to kill enemies for him, or even release the Beast Emperor 666.

Perhaps, this wasn't a hallucination at all.

Luo Yu closed his eyes and projected his consciousness into it.

After a few breaths—

With a loud "Boom."

The massive Eternal Paradise actually moved within the Dimensional Gap. That powerful force crushed all the colorful energy bodies in the surroundings.

It wasn't over yet.

The entire Eternal Paradise was still shrinking bit by bit. It wasn't being compressed by physical force, but rather a compression on a spatial level.

The Boosted Gear on Luo Yu's left hand manifested. Shockingly, the entire Eternal Paradise was slowly stuffed into the Boosted Gear, entering the domain inside the Boosted Gear.

As such a massive Eternal Paradise disappeared, even the Dimensional Gap, which was as still as stagnant water, stirred with ripples. Countless colorful energy bodies deviated from their original trajectories and began to collide with each other.

After quite a while, it slowly calmed down. "Partner, what on earth is this..."

Inside the Boosted Gear, Ddraig was full of question marks, completely bewildered.

He didn't understand it at all.

That was clearly the "Eternal Paradise" cast by the God of Destruction himself, so how did Luo Yu just snatch it away with a wave of his hand and stuff it directly into the Boosted Gear?

"Eternal Paradise..."

Luo Yu slowly opened his eyes, muttering these four words, completely ignoring him.

At this moment, Luo Yu suddenly realized one thing.

This "Eternal Paradise" contained far more things than he had dug up.

Back in the Heaven, Michael had told him that this divine technique had a special rule—it would only appear to the next holder after the previous one had died. It was just like those Sacred Gears that continuously inhabited humans, one link after another.

But looking at it now, the trick behind this was probably not as simple as what Michael had said. "If I'm not mistaken..."

Luo Yu's mind raced. "As long as one is a holder of the top-tier divine technique 'Eternal Paradise', one can absolutely control all 'Eternal Paradise's that have been released. Not just the ones they cast themselves, but even those cast by previous holders..."

This was the only answer that made sense.

Why he could directly snatch away the "Eternal Paradise" cast by the God of Destruction.

However, there was still a knot in Luo Yu's heart that hadn't been untied.

Why didn't he have this sense of control over the Heaven?

Wasn't the Heaven also created by the God of Destruction using "Eternal Paradise"?

There must be some hidden truth in this that he didn't know about.

Put that aside for now.

Luo Yu suppressed the thought; right now, it was more important to leave the Dimensional Gap quickly.

If he delayed any longer and happened to run into the God of Destruction Shiva who also came looking for "Beast Emperor 666", that would be troublesome.

He had snatched the initiative this time; most likely, Shiva had been injured by Indra at Mount Sumeru before and was currently holed up in the Hindu Pantheon healing, which allowed him to exploit this loophole.

After all, Shiva had to hide his identity and didn't dare to go all out, being hesitant and cautious, so it wasn't surprising that he was injured by that martial god Indra. Not to mention that the First Generation and Jade Dragon might have also been involved.

Although he had activated the limit of the Boosted Gear's Heavenly Dragon form and wasn't afraid of Shiva, thinking about killing or sealing the opponent was out of the question.

If he were to fight this guy again now, he would have to reveal all his trump cards and wouldn't gain any advantage at all.

What's more troublesome is that once he knows "Beast Emperor 666" is in my hands, he might go crazy and do something extreme.

Luo Yu wasn't afraid of facing him, but if it affected Sona and the others, that would be bad.

With a shift in thought, he was just about to use the coordinates he had left behind to escape from the Dimensional Gap.

Just at this moment—

A ridiculously huge red dragon shadow suddenly darted out from the depths of the Dimensional Gap.

Its size was, at the very least, over ten thousand zhang.

Those dragon species in the Three Realms that were a few hundred zhang long were nothing compared to this guy. Although being big didn't mean being strong, when it reached a certain size, anyone who saw it would feel a chill in their heart.

"Great Red..."

Luo Yu's expression instantly sank.

He truly hadn't expected his luck to be this good, to actually run into the True Red Dragon God Emperor, Great Red, a ceiling-level existence in this world, within the Dimensional Gap.

He remembered Vali mentioning before that he had chased the tracks of the True Red Dragon God Emperor in the Dimensional Gap, but no matter how he searched, it was like looking for a needle in a haystack, and he hadn't even caught a single hair. That dragon, which forever flew in the gap, had never been truly caught by anyone; at most, they had only glimpsed that red shadow from afar at the edge of the gap.

"Do I count as lucky? I'm not sure..."

Luo Yu twitched his mouth and shook his head helplessly.

The True Red Dragon God Emperor, which that guy Vali couldn't find despite all his efforts, had actually been encountered by him.

He wasn't worried that the other party would attack him. This guy, the True Red Dragon God Emperor, seemed to have his mind set on flying in the Dimensional Gap and didn't care about anything else. Those who accidentally entered the gap and encountered it would at most see a special piece of scenery; he had never heard of anyone being attacked by it.

Of course, Ophis was the exception—as long as she stepped into the Dimensional Gap, she would be expelled.

Luo Yu planned to wait for the True Red Dragon God Emperor to fly past him before leaving.

But the next moment—a chill ran down his spine.

The dragon actually stopped beside him.

The dragon head, as big as a mountain, slowly lowered and stared at him. In front of it, Luo Yu was practically like an ant.

Immediately after, the Dimensional Gap suddenly exploded with changes.

The surrounding space, scenes like oil paintings, crazily flowed and evolved.

After a few breaths, a scene that Luo Yu was all too familiar with appeared before him—

Familiar streets. Familiar houses. Everything was familiar.

This was none other than Kuoh Town.

He was standing in the middle of a wide street, but there wasn't a single person around. He couldn't even hear the chirping of birds or the buzzing of insects; it was as dead silent as an empty city, quiet enough to make one's heart hair-raising.

"I heard that the True Red Dragon God Emperor controls dreams and can freely dive into the deepest desires in people's hearts. Seeing it today, it really has some skills."

There wasn't a hint of panic on Luo Yu's face; instead, he looked around with great interest, speaking slowly.

"You are calmer than I expected, much stronger than that ancestor of yours."

A crisp voice, like the chirping of a bird, rang out.

Standing in front of Luo Yu was a girl with long red hair. Her skin was fair and tender, her facial features were exquisitely flawless, and her legs were long and straight. This girl was wearing the Kuoh Academy uniform and looked like an ordinary high school girl, but the temperament emanating from her bones was so noble that no one dared to look down on her.

"I suddenly pulled you over, yet you don't seem very surprised. Did you guess it beforehand, or did you figure it out on the spot?"

This red-haired beauty was the True Red Dragon God Emperor; this was how she looked when she transformed into human form. Compared to Ophis, her emotions were clearly much richer, which might be related to her power of controlling dreams.

"I can't say I knew beforehand. You drift around in the Dimensional Gap, and no one can pinpoint your location. I just guessed a little bit. This is our second meeting, right? The last time was in the Underworld."

The True Red Dragon God Emperor dragging him into this dream space certainly wasn't for the sake of that Beast Emperor 666 business. That thing was a cataclysm for the Three Realms, but in her eyes, it was at most worth a glance and wouldn't be taken to heart at all. She wouldn't stop her flight just because Beast Emperor 666 disappeared.

"Your brain turns fast, on par with that ancestor of yours."

Hearing that the True Red Dragon God Emperor knew his cheap ancestor, Luo Yu didn't feel surprised at all. Some things could be understood with a little bit of thinking.

"At the end of the day—"

Luo Yu stared at her, his tone suddenly becoming certain. "That golden coordinate in the Underworld that interested you, you placed it, right? Or rather, you created it?"

The coordinate he was referring to was the golden mark he had obtained from Oliver in the Underworld.

Although he hadn't studied that thing much during this time, he knew it clearly in his heart. The only one in this world who could create that kind of golden coordinate was the True Red Dragon God Emperor who forever flew in the Dimensional Gap.

Moreover, given her identity as a World Guardian, creating such a coordinate wasn't something unbelievable.

"Actually, I was quite puzzled at first."

Luo Yu looked at the stunningly beautiful face before him and said with a smile, "Your appearance has actually connected all the dots."