Chapter 4221: Fatty Girl
Lin Moyu had gained complete control over both formations, knowing every detail by heart. With a little consideration, he instantly knew how to further enhance them. One after another, divine runes flew out, quickly forming a brand new array in mid air. Now, both the sky and the lake each hosted a formation; and in between, a new array bridged them.
The formation in the sky gradually descended, while the one in the lake slowly rose. As one ascended and the other descended, they made contact with the new formation at the midpoint. The three formations linked together, their power increasing dramatically as endless Great Dao energy was drawn in. From within the array, a giant made of pure Dao force stepped forth.
The battlefield transformed into a clash between two such giants, each letting out guttural roars and delivering heavy blows. Transcendent power beyond Eternity shot through the void, space itself warping and quaking as if it might shatter at any moment.
The battle was fierce; Lin Moyu manipulated his Dao giant as though he were fighting in person, suppressing his opponent. At the same time, he improved the formation further, making his Dao giant ever stronger. The lake surface sank, cracks appeared on the shore, and under a barrage of blows, the giant formed from the mountain shaped treasure began to split and fracture. Finally, after endless hammering, its body was smashed to pieces.
The mountain shaped treasure was revealed, and, like a startled bird, tried to flee with a shrill screech.
"Trying to escape?" Lin Moyu snorted, having his Dao giant reach out and firmly seize the treasure.
The mountain shaped treasure struggled madly in the giant's grasp, screeching in panic, but to no avail. With no path left, it tried to burrow into the Dao giant's body, attempting to gain control itself.
"Wishful thinking!" Lin Moyu sneered, unleashing the power of death to envelop the treasure in an instant. The force of death devours all given time, Lin Moyu could corrode even a treasure of this strength. Even if he couldn't destroy it entirely, the artifact spirit inside would be in for a very hard time.
The World Burning Fire joined the power of death, enveloping the mountain shaped treasure. World Burning Fire is particularly effective against artifact spirits Lin Moyu was confident it would be afraid.
He'd already sensed the artifact spirit within, and dealing with artifact spirits was old hat for him. Now that it was in his hands, no matter how wild it was, he could make it behave.
The Dao giant held the treasure tight, death's power wrapped around it, and the World Burning Fire seared the inside; soon, a wailing cry erupted from the artifact spirit.
"Stop, stop, you win, let me go!" The artifact spirit finally gave in, shouting in surrender.
Lin Moyu heard a crisp voice it sounded female and was sharp and forceful. He coldly ordered, "Absorb my blood essence. Acknowledge your master."
A drop of blood essence flew from him, landing on the treasure's core. For artifact spirits, absorbing the master's blood essence was an act of submission there was no getting around it.
Other artifact spirits he could subdue without such measures, but for this one, Lin Moyu could not be sure, so he forced it. No negotiation.
The spirit clearly did not want to submit, begging for mercy, but Lin Moyu ignored her if she didn't comply, he would not cease.
After a dozen minutes of relentless flames, the spirit finally caved, conceding within the World Burning Fire. She absorbed his blood essence, which then circulated through the treasure, inscribing Lin Moyu's soul imprint on it a basic level of refinement.
Information about the treasure entered Lin Moyu's mind: its name was "Domain Rivers and Mountains Order."
Once accepted, he released the treasure and murmured, "Come out."
His words were a command the spirit could only obey.
A large head poked out of the treasure, followed by the whole body an artifact spirit resembling a five or six year old girl, a bit chubby, with a cute, round face but a fierce look in her eyes. She didn't seem particularly happy about surrendering, but recognized her position and obediently said, "Fatty greets Master."
Lin Moyu asked, "Who gave you that name?"
Fatty shook her head. "I've known that name since I gained consciousness but who gave it to me, I don't know."
"You don't know who made you either?" Lin Moyu pressed.
She shook her head again. "Nope."
"Then do you know what you're supposed to do here?"
"I do! I've always known: if someone controls both heaven and earth formations, I come out and kill them." Fatty even balled her fists, trying to look formidable.
Lin Moyu, having controlled both arrays, triggered her emergence and she'd failed to kill him, instead being subdued and refined.
She looked more resentful than ever, yet couldn't fight her fate.
He pondered surely the one who set up this trial was the master of the Heavenly Void Palace. But what was the point? Was it just to test skill at formations? What benefit was there in that?
He asked, "Your body is called Domain Rivers and Mountains Order. What exactly can it do?"
Fatty replied, "I gather the power of all the mountains and rivers in the domain I can manifest a giant whose strength surpasses Eternity."
"In addition, I can suppress the domain's rivers and mountains, making them more stable and preventing collapse."
"...And I can absorb chaos force, refining it into the power of the domain, so the domain's strength increases."
Three abilities: combat, suppression, reinforcement.
Just from her explanation, Lin Moyu understood its worth. The Domain Rivers and Mountains Order was immensely strong if possessed by any Eternal, they'd nearly be invincible among their peers. That said, no Eternal could easily tame it; to merely avoid being suppressed would already be a feat.
"You've always been asleep beneath the lake?" Lin Moyu asked.
"Pretty much wake up if someone comes, sleep when no one does."
"Before me, did anyone else ever pass this way?"
Fatty answered, "There's one guy who came by often, always flying over from above he never triggered the array. Only one person ever triggered it, but he never tried to control it; he just walked through the maze. So, I didn't bother with him."
"So it really was like that." The one she referred to as always flying over was the steward; the one who activated the array and passed through the maze was the Kunlun Emperor. Lin Moyu hadn't expected he'd choose the same path as Kunlun Emperor. Sometimes, life is just that coincidental.
"Now that you're mine, come with me. I'll take you out of the Heavenly Void Palace, let you see the wider world."
Fatty didn't seem excited by the prospect, but asked, "Master, how do you plan to leave the palace?"
"Are there several ways?"
"One is through the side door. Something went wrong there it was supposed to be closed, but now it's open; the last guy left by that way, with help from a powerful treasure to bypass the mighty guardian."
"The other way is to the palace's core. If you crack the maze there, you can control the whole palace."
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