491: The evil god is truly a living fossil.

"No, no, no," Jin Mingjie shook his head and said, "What I mean is, I suspect we've discovered the core of the Evil God, or rather, his heart."

"A heart?" Wu Xian looked around, "Does that guy even have something like a heart?"

"Naturally, it's not a heart in the ordinary sense," Jin Mingjie said with a shake of his head and a smile, "The Evil God is clearly trying to integrate his out-of-control power. Since he needs to integrate it, there must be a starting point. And this place is the core where his power gathers and condenses. It's just that it's very well protected, and it's not easy to get there."

Wu Xian realized, "How did you discover it?"

"I was almost captured and taken inside," Jin Mingjie said with a calm smile, "Unfortunately, before I could sneak in, the Evil God sensed something was wrong."

From this, it was clear that Jin Mingjie had indeed been captured on purpose.

"What's the situation over there?" Wu Xian hurriedly inquired.

"It's similar to here, another world of flesh and blood, but it has already constructed an evil Law framework similar to a Domain," Jin Mingjie said, "There are even some special flesh and blood creatures there."

"Flesh and blood creatures?" Wu Xian was startled.

"That's right, just flesh and blood creatures, neither human nor ghost," Jin Mingjie added, "Compared to humans, they are more like creatures from another world, possessing a certain level of intelligence and a power core similar to that of a great demon from another world."

Upon hearing this, Wu Xian was secretly shocked, and even the God of Wealth was stunned by this news.

Because the Flesh and Blood Demon God had already begun to attempt "creation."

Although it was more like an Early Stage attempt, it was already quite impressive.

"You just said that an evil Law framework similar to a Domain was constructed there?" Wu Xian asked abruptly, "Isn't that an Evil Realm?"

"That's right."

"Can we still find our way there?" Wu Xian asked expectantly.

To put it simply, that core location was the Evil Realm constructed by the Evil God, which was the power that had infiltrated Yaoyang City.

"Of course," Jin Mingjie nodded, "I joined forces with you all this time to gather experts from all sides and strike inside together. If we can completely eradicate it, it will undoubtedly be a great thing that benefits all the people."

After receiving a positive reply, Wu Xian no longer hesitated and immediately explained the situation to the various groups.

In his view, Mayor Chen Shilong was very likely in the core of the Evil Realm as well.

Consequently, the various teams began to head towards the direction of the Evil Realm's core under Jin Mingjie's guidance.

The Parasite Elders in the rear also began to control various Parasites to coordinate the action.

Endless Corpse Beetles, under the control of the Corpse Ancestor Jiang Chen, dug and cleared the path in front.

Jin Mingjie took it all in and clicked his tongue, "Compared to my sacred scarabs, Brother Wu's Corpse Beetles seem more suitable for clearing the way here."

"Sacred scarabs?" Wu Xian was slightly surprised.

He had just been wondering what Jin Mingjie relied on to move through the Flesh and Blood Abyss.

One had to know that most of the space in the Flesh and Blood Abyss was occupied by endless flesh and blood, and there were no clear passages between each flesh and blood void.

He had forgotten about the sacred scarabs from Egyptian mythology.

Although the prototype of the sacred scarab was the dung beetle, in Egyptian mythology, it was inherently associated with various aspects of death and mummies.

In essence, it could also be seen as a creature similar to the Corpse Ancestor's kin, the Corpse Beetles.

It was even a bit more noble than the Corpse Beetles; after all, in Egypt, sacred scarabs were beings that officially had a "status."

Of course, for the Corpse Ancestor Jiang Chen and his kin, the Corpse Beetles, they didn't care about that so-called status or position.

They were inherently a domineering and Heaven-Defying existence.

Subsequently, Jin Mingjie also released his swarm of sacred scarabs, which mixed and interacted with the swarm of Corpse Beetles to dig through the endless flesh and blood together.

With the cooperation of both sides, the efficiency of the digging was significantly improved.

The various parties were amazed to see this situation, and from time to time, they would chat and try to get close to Jin Mingjie, clearly having thoughts of recruiting him.

Unfortunately, Jin Mingjie was quite aloof and not very willing to engage with the various groups, only managing to have a back-and-forth conversation with Wu Xian.

Regarding this, the various parties were secretly helpless.

Only Zhao Qinghe's side had a rather twisted mindset.

He had been frustrated to death after having the ancient scroll remnant snatched away before, and now, seeing Jin Mingjie walk so closely with Wu Xian, he inevitably branded Jin Mingjie as an enemy.

"We must find a way to eradicate this person," Zhao Qinghe secretly communicated with a branch Elder.

"That might not be good, right?" the branch Elder said gravely.

"So what if he is a person called by a True God? Without background and time, he is still nothing to fear," Zhao Qinghe secretly sneered, "If we really wait for him to grow up, it will be too late. It just so happens that this person hasn't joined any side yet, so there won't be any resistance if we make a move."

The branch Elder naturally understood this logic, "But as of now, we might not be this person's match."

"No rush," Zhao Qinghe secretly smiled, "Aren't the clan Elders coming soon? No matter how powerful he is, can he withstand the clan Elders and the black scroll Your Highnesses?"

Hmph!

Wu Xian's status was special at the moment, so he really couldn't be touched.

But you, a young city lord from a small place, dare to act arrogant in front of me? If that's not asking for death, what is?

So what if you are a person called by a True God?

If he could be killed, perhaps there might be a chance to take that Will of a True God for himself.

Thinking of this, Zhao Qinghe had already started to feel a bit excited and expectant.

In his eyes, Jin Mingjie was like a child holding a large piece of gold walking down the street; not robbing him would be doing himself a disservice.

...

The various teams, led by the swarm of Corpse Beetles and the swarm of sacred scarabs, successfully entered another world of flesh and blood.

Compared to the previous world of flesh and blood, this one was even more massive and vast.

"The old rule: first, destroy those connective tissues."

Wu Xian sneered and directed the various parties to begin their actions.

The various parties quickly dispersed and used their own methods to destroy the connective tissues.

At the same time, the various Parasites that had infiltrated began to exert their power, rapidly breeding and spreading, destroying and disintegrating the power of the Flesh and Blood Demon God as much as possible.

And as the various parties destroyed the connective tissues, the flesh and blood monsters and scroll Puppets hidden in this world of flesh and blood gradually emerged.

They attacked the various teams in swarms.

After all, destroying these connective tissues was like cutting the umbilical cord of their growth and development.

And the Flesh and Blood Demon God was clearly closely monitoring their movements; the entire world of flesh and blood was writhing violently, as if it were the impotent rage of the Flesh and Blood Demon God.

For a time, a chaotic battle broke out all over the world of flesh and blood.

Although the flesh and blood monsters here were clearly stronger, for the experts of the various parties, except for those scroll Puppets with a higher degree of development, the other flesh and blood monsters were just cannon fodder.

"Corpse Ancestor, be careful," Wu Xian couldn't help but remind the Corpse Ancestor, "The Evil God will definitely not let this go."

"This Corpse Ancestor naturally knows," the Corpse Ancestor responded indifferently, her eyes filled with Killing Intent, "I only fear that he won't dare to come."

For the Corpse Ancestor, the scroll Puppets possessed by the Evil God were huge nutrient packs.

The more power of the Evil God she devoured, the faster her growth progress would be.

Wu Xian smiled dumbly and didn't say anything more.

At least from what he could see, the Evil God was simply unable to contend with or deal with the Corpse Ancestor Jiang Chen.

"How is it? Still haven't found it?" Wu Xian turned to look at Xiao Dizi beside him.

"It feels closer and closer," Xiao Dizi responded, "The aura is also a bit clearer than before; it's likely in the core of the Evil Realm."

"Is it really so?"

Wu Xian took a deep breath, urgently wanting to find Mayor Chen and rescue him.

For them now, whether Chen Shilong had colluded with the Evil God was no longer important.

What was important was the huge contribution Chen Shilong had made to Yaoyang City, and even the entire human world.

The various groups slaughtered various flesh and blood monsters along the way, and under Jin Mingjie's guidance, approached the direction of the Evil Realm's core.

During this time, more and more ancient scroll Puppets emerged.

Many were ancient scrolls that had never been heard of or seen before.

This also, to a certain extent, aroused the interest of the various teams; after all, those were lost scrolls just waiting to be picked up!

Moreover, most of these lost ancient scrolls were lost before the establishment of the Divine Domain, belonging to pure public Domain, and could be used as soon as they were picked up.

They could even incorporate the long-lost divine scroll copyright imprints back into their respective Divine Domain systems.

For a time, the various teams felt a bit crazed with killing, and they were all fighting harder than the others.

Of course, not all of these ancient scrolls were valuable; mediocre scrolls still made up the majority, but there was no lack of some high-quality lost scrolls.

"Elder, look quickly, that... that scroll Puppet seems to be a type of scroll mentioned in our Dojo's ancient texts!"

"Good heavens, is it really?"

"Hahaha, I didn't expect this long-lost scroll to have a day to see the light of day again. This is truly Heaven blessing our Divine Beast Dojo!"

"Uncle, Uncle, that scroll seems to be one from our Family's Legacy system, right?"

"It looks a bit like it. Hurry, hurry, don't let the other Dojos snatch it!"

At this moment, the various groups were like people who had broken into an ancient treasure trove, incredibly excited.

Especially those Scions of Noble Families who discovered their own lost scrolls, they kept exclaiming that their ancestors were blessing them.

For example, Zhao Qinghe and that branch Elder.

In just a short while, they had found no less than three scroll Puppets from their Zhao Family's Legacy system.

Although their level wasn't high, according to their Family's ancient records, they were all extremely excellent scrolls, only failing to grow because of their fall and loss back then.

"Hahaha, ancestors above, my Zhao Family shall rise—!"

Zhao Qinghe couldn't help but look up and laugh.

He turned his head to glance in the direction of Brother Wu and Jin Mingjie; the confidence that had been crushed by Wu Xian before was once again bolstered.

Once he repaired these few high-quality lost Family scrolls, he would definitely be able to suppress all the heroes and become the most dazzling new star of this era.

Not only Zhao Qinghe, but the other Prodigies from the noble families also began to feel heroic and spirited.

Only the Mechanical Dojo side was still relatively calm.

On one hand, there were very few ancient Mechanical Scrolls among this ancient scroll heritage.

On the other hand, their Mechanical school had always been relatively weak from ancient times to the present, and it was only after the God of Mechanical Creation descended that they began to truly rise.

To put it simply, for Mechanical Scrolls, new ones were better than old ones.

So even if they could find some ancient Mechanical Scroll remnants, it wouldn't mean much to them.

"The Flesh and Blood Demon God is truly a living fossil~!"

Watching the various groups looking like they had been injected with adrenaline, the Elders of the Mechanical Dojo couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"It's just some lost ancient scrolls, is it really worth getting so worked up?" Sister Tiao pursed her lips in annoyance, expressing her confusion.

Wu Xian, who was beside her, also expressed that he couldn't really understand it.

"Sister Tiao and Brother Xian might not know," the leading Mechanical Elder explained, "Other systems are different from our Mechanical school; many excellent scrolls were buried in that terrifying era. If it weren't for the descent of the God of Mechanical Creation, these ancient Mechanical Scrolls would still be of great value to us."

"Many excellent scrolls were buried in that era?" Wu Xian was surprised.

"That's right," the Mechanical Elder nodded, "According to the research and verification of many scholars, the Era of Mutation was the golden age of scroll development, with a large number of high-quality and powerful scrolls emerging. But many fell and were buried in that era, lost completely. Furthermore, that era had not yet developed [Divine Domains], so it was impossible to preserve the legacies of those excellent scrolls. The top legacies in the various Divine Domains today are just survivors of that era."

Wu Xian became more confused the more he listened, "Wasn't that era supposed to be the exploration stage of Extraordinary Scrolls? How did it become a golden age?"

"It is said that in that era, the fluctuations of different dimensions and the order of heaven and earth were completely different from today, and seemed to be more suitable for the growth and exploration of Scroll Masters," the Mechanical Elder recounted, "And according to the inferences of some authoritative scholars, the few decades of scroll development in that time could almost compare to more than three hundred years of development in later generations. In other words, it was only after more than three hundred years of development in the new era of later generations that they could barely recover to the prosperity of that era."

Wu Xian listened, dumbfounded.

Just like on Blue Star in his previous life, the era of real technological explosion was exactly the era of World War I and World War II.

Additionally, when the disaster of the different dimensions first erupted, the situation in the various different-dimensional worlds was also completely different from today.

Perhaps in that era, it was indeed easier for Scroll Masters to grow and develop.

Similar to the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought in China in his previous life?

It's just that most of the former glory was buried in the disaster of the different dimensions, completely lost and broken.

So much so that the world today doesn't have much understanding of that period, and only the major Dojos and noble families still retain some incomplete data and ancient books.

Looking at it this way, the current Flesh and Blood Demon God really does have a bit of a "living fossil" feel.

A thousand years later, letting these excellent scrolls that were buried in that era reappear in the world.

"The Evil God has made quite a contribution~!" Wu Xian couldn't help but joke.

"From this perspective, indeed," the Mechanical Elder nodded dumbly, "Although it's not a good thing, this ability of the Flesh and Blood Demon God can indeed be considered to have preserved the sparks of civilization of the golden age for humanity."

Just as they were talking, a shocking aura suddenly came from the direction of the Dengfeng Dojo team.

Immediately afterwards, a fair-skinned, beautiful six-winged angel Puppet with three pairs of blood-colored wings broke through the earth from the depths of the flesh and blood land, its development level on par with the previous Queen of the Underworld, and it faintly exuded the power fluctuations of a black scroll.

For a time, the various parties that sensed the movement were instantly unsettled.

"An ancient angel scroll? And it's a six-winged archangel!"

"Why are the wings blood-colored? Is it a mutation caused by flesh and blood power?"

The Dengfeng Dojo side's eyes lit up, naturally wanting to take this angel remnant.

But the Shendu Dojo side had already rushed over without hesitation, each of them with a shocked expression, their eyes full of disbelief.

"Heavens, it's actually Your Highness Gabriel!"

"What Gabriel? When did you Shendu Dojo have such a black scroll?"

"Don't just think it's yours whenever you see an angel scroll," Elder Bai said snappishly, "Our Dengfeng Dojo also has Your Highness the Angel of Justice, okay? In my opinion, this is clearly my Family's Your Excellency the Angel of Justice!"