79: Chapter 79

Previously, when he was at the high stage of the Super Devil class, each Origin Gold Pattern he severed required a one-to-one ratio of energy crystals, not to mention that these gold patterns had now mutated.

It was just like cultivation; the higher the realm, the harder it was to break through the bottleneck.

The principle was the same.

Since he was testing it, there was naturally no reason to give up halfway.

Luo Yu didn't stop, swallowing energy crystals one after another.

He wanted to see exactly how many crystals it would burn to sever one Origin Gold Pattern while crossing the threshold from Super Devil to Super Devil.

Two, three, four...

The energy from a full eight energy crystals exploded, twisting into a giant dragon in the dark space, and slammed fiercely into the Origin Gold Pattern that had just taken a hit.

The impact from the dragon came in waves, and the black runes on the surface of the gold pattern began to dim, slowly fading until they disappeared completely.

The dragon's energy was also exhausted.

"It takes ten to sever one gold pattern," Luo Yu murmured.

Now, with the black runes washed away, the Origin Gold Pattern in the dark space felt similar to the ones he had severed at the peak of the Maou-Class.

He swallowed another energy crystal.

Sure enough, the dragon formed from the crystal bit through the gold pattern, and dissipated along with it.

"This is trouble. Even if I emptied out several major pantheons, I doubt it would be enough for me to advance to Super Devil."

A bitter smile tugged at the corners of Luo Yu's mouth.

The consumption for one Origin Gold Pattern had increased tenfold.

And that wasn't even counting how many new gold patterns would appear on his body when breaking through to Super Devil.

Just calculating based on the tenfold increase made him gasp.

When he broke through to Super Devil, he had severed one thousand Origin Gold Patterns.

Ten times that would be ten thousand.

Calculating based on the current cost of ten energy crystals per gold pattern, that would be nearly one hundred thousand in total.

Just as Luo Yu said, even turning several mainstream pantheons upside down wouldn't be enough; it was far from enough.

The Three Factions might have been able to scrape it together in their prime.

But with the Underworld, Grigori, and Heaven as they were now, if the three of them sold everything they had to scrape together ten thousand energy crystals, Luo Yu would be lucky.

Heaven might be slightly better off, as the Creator God had left them with quite a foundation.

But even if they converted all those old assets into energy crystals, it would still be far from the amount Luo Yu needed.

Not to mention—Luo Yu had an even worse suspicion in his heart.

What if the base number of Origin Gold Patterns to be severed increased by a hundredfold?

It wasn't impossible, and it wasn't just him overthinking.

Luo Yu was very clear about this.

Previously, when breaking through a small stage at the Devil King level, only ten Origin Gold Patterns needed to be severed.

By the time he reached the Super Devil level, the number of gold patterns increased ridiculously, jumping straight to over a thousand.

Calculating that out, it would be in the millions.

"If it really comes to that, the entire Three Realms probably couldn't scrape together that many energy crystals.

Even converting all other high-energy resources into crystals wouldn't be enough."

Luo Yu frowned.

Discovering the Origin Gold Pattern had indeed pointed him toward a path to the heavens.

But the resources required for this path were terrifying.

Even pouring in the entire world's assets might not be enough to pile up a Super Devil.

Perhaps this was the price to be paid for taking a shortcut.

Luo Yu understood that this matter was not that simple.

The breakthrough brought about by severing the Origin Gold Patterns was not just a simple increase in cultivation; it was a comprehensive improvement on all levels of his being.

Body, soul, bloodline... everything was getting stronger.

For instance, the Dragon King bloodline within Luo Yu was now concentrated to the extreme.

It was only a thin veil away from the Heavenly Dragon bloodline of the Red Dragon Emperor Ddraig from back in the day.

An elevation in bloodline level was a great fortune that could be sought but not found.

It couldn't be achieved just by piling up energy crystals.

His Origin Dragon Soul was also growing stronger.

Although it was still a bit short of the peak for advancement, Luo Yu had a feeling that once the Origin Dragon Soul truly advanced, his immortality trait might be able to go toe-to-toe with the Beast Emperor.

"Could it be that I really have to ask Ophis or the True Red Dragon God Emperor for help?"

Luo Yu began to calculate the worst-case scenario.

He had never borrowed Ophis's snakes to sever the Origin Gold Patterns before because he was afraid of exposing this secret.

It was enough for him and Ddraig to know; he didn't want a third person involved.

In his eyes, the importance of the Origin Gold Patterns was even higher than his identity as a transmigrator.

It must not be easily exposed.

As for whether Ophis and the True Red Dragon God Emperor could help, he had no idea.

But these two, after all, were the only two existences above the Super Devil level in the world.

If even they couldn't handle it, he might be completely stuck in this world for the rest of his life.

Of course, there was still hope if he just kept grinding away in silence, but it would be time-consuming.

"Wait..." A thought suddenly flashed through Luo Yu's mind.

There was something he had actually forgotten.

Wasn't there a Beast Emperor still sealed inside the Boosted Gear?

Although that guy wasn't as strong as Ophis or the True Red Dragon God Emperor, it was still an existence above the Super Devil level, a ruthless character in the same tier as them.

Luo Yu stared at that power, his mind filled with thoughts.

"If I swallowed it directly and used its power to help me sever the Origin Gold Patterns..."

But he immediately shook his head.

No.

If he really swallowed it in one go, just the burst of malevolent energy alone would kill him before he could even guide the power into the dark space to sever the gold patterns.

Jade Dragon was a living example.

The Origin Dragon Soul simply couldn't withstand the power of the Beast Emperor.

Inside the Boosted Gear, Ddraig watched in trepidation.

He watched helplessly as Luo Yu talked to himself, getting more and more outrageous, and felt his heart go cold.

Is this kid crazy?

He's actually eyeing the Beast Emperor, wanting to swallow something like that to increase his strength?

Yes, this guy had done the same thing before, swallowing the natural enemy of dragon-kind, Dragon Eater Samael.

But could Samael be compared to the Beast Emperor?

That was simply not on the same level.

Besides, before swallowing the Dragon Eater, they had calculated for years before daring to make a move.

Luo Yu had no time to pay attention to Ddraig.

Millions of thoughts exploded in his mind simultaneously, constantly deducing various possibilities.

Maybe he could take it step by step.

First, open a small hole in the Eternal Paradise and guide the Beast Emperor's power out bit by bit.

That guy's power wasn't easy to control either.

Intuition told him that the Beast Emperor was the key to his breakthrough to the Super Devil level.

Luo Yu began to ponder how to tear a slit in the Eternal Paradise that the Creator God had thrown out.

He needed to prevent the Beast Emperor from breaking through the seal and escaping, while at the same time being able to guide its power out bit by bit.

With his current control over the Eternal Paradise, it wasn't impossible to achieve this, but he had to be extremely careful.

If he could really make use of the Beast Emperor's power to continue breaking through and advance to Super Devil, that would be killing two birds with one stone.

With this Eternal Paradise released by the Creator God, even if Michael sacrificed all of Heaven in the revenge war, this Eternal Paradise would be the perfect substitute.

Of course, the premise was to first completely eliminate the hidden danger of the Beast Emperor inside.

A smile curled the corners of Luo Yu's mouth.

If Shiva knew that the Beast Emperor he had painstakingly schemed for ended up becoming someone else's wedding dress, that guy would probably be furious.

Come to think of it, what he was about to do was quite similar to the goal that guy Shiva was pursuing.

Shiva wanted to borrow the Beast Emperor's power to break through the bottleneck and rush to that level above the Super Devil, to be on par with the Creator God.

And Tobio's goal wasn't that grand; he just wanted to use the Beast Emperor's power to break through to the Super Devil level.

Although the purposes were different, the process was the same: both required borrowing the power of the Beast Emperor.

Luo Yu was just preparing to continue researching the Eternal Paradise released by the Creator God when he suddenly felt a not-weak aura in Kuoh Town.

He stopped his movements, a trace of confusion appearing on his face, and glanced in that direction, muttering to himself.

"Why did Ikuse Tobio come to Kuoh Town?

Wasn't he training in the Three Realms?

When I saw Azazel last time, it seemed he hadn't returned to the Underworld yet."

Although he couldn't figure out why this guy suddenly appeared, since he was openly revealing his aura, he must want to see him.

Luo Yu casually opened an Arcane Magic portal in front of him and disappeared from the room.

Today happened to be a school day at Kuoh Academy, and Sona and the others were not at the villa, which saved him from having to explain anything.

In the forest on the outskirts of Kuoh Town.

A young man with black hair was leaning leisurely against a large tree with his eyes closed.

He was wearing a black trench coat, and he looked neat and sharp.

A huge black wolf was lying at his feet, its fur black and shiny, its limbs thick and powerful, resembling a large Tibetan Mastiff.

The wolf's eyes were blood-red, glowing with a ferocious light.

It was guarding the young man while vigilantly scanning its surroundings.

The fierce aura emanating from its body made the birds and insects in the forest not dare to make a single sound.

The entire forest was terrifyingly quiet.

Suddenly, the black wolf stood up abruptly and let out a low growl at the empty space in front of it.

The growl woke the young man who was resting with his eyes closed.

"Canis Lycaon."

The young man reached out to soothe the black wolf, which was ready to pounce.

He called it Canis Lycaon.

As if telling it that the person coming was not an enemy and there was no need to be nervous.

"Awoo..."

Canis Lycaon immediately calmed down and lay back down at his feet.

But its blood-red eyes were still fixed on the front.

"Ikuse Tobio, long time no see. Your strength has grown quite a bit again."

Luo Yu's figure appeared out of thin air, greeting the young man with a smile.

The young man smiled bitterly, looked at Luo Yu, and said, "Big Brother Luo Yu, please don't tease me.

I only just broke through to the Maou-Class not long ago, while you and Big Brother Vali and the others have already become Super Devil class existences.

Even those who haven't broken through yet are probably not far off."

"I could still hold a slight advantage before, but now, I've been left far behind in the dust by you four monsters."

"Don't be so modest. In terms of talent and potential, you aren't much worse than us.

The Super Devil barrier is just a matter of time."

Luo Yu seemed to genuinely admire the young man before him.

This young man was named Ikuse Tobio, Vali's foster brother, and the Sacred Gear he possessed was Canis Lycaon.

From the moment his Sacred Gear awakened, he was a natural at being able to use his Balance Breaker.

The black wolf at his feet was the physical form of Canis Lycaon.

Speaking of Balance Breaker—whether it was him or Cao Cao's group, they were far behind Ikuse Tobio in the initial stages.

After all, he was a natural Balance Breaker awakener; as soon as his Sacred Gear manifested, he could maintain the Balance Breaker state, with no need to struggle with development like they did.

If not for the fact that he was a step slower than the four of them in cultivation speed and struggled a bit with the deep development of the Balance Breaker, there would definitely be a spot for him among the so-called Four Great Emperors.

It might have even been renamed the Five Great Emperors long ago.

However, having said that—