Chapter 94: Return to the Frontlines
"Indeed, it possesses the ability to interfere with the Thread Of Destiny, you are right about that."
In the City of Eternal Truth, within the Council Hall, the Curse Crown spoke slowly.
"But you have misjudged one thing: unearthing the relics of a previous civilization amounts to altering the Thread Of Destiny for an entire civilization.
This is something that even it cannot easily accomplish.
The fate disturbance required here is vast, and without thousands of years of guidance and accumulation, it cannot be gathered."
"So does that mean the suspected previous civilization technology at the front is simply the good luck of the Galaxy Mayfly?"
Beside the Curse Crown, the Plastic Energy Crown frowned, a trace of annoyance in its tone.
Wizards of the Shape-shifting School detest the nebulous concept of destiny, because no matter how powerful their witchcraft is, it cannot affect something untouched by the Material World.
Yet now they have to face such an enemy.
The Curse Crown shook its head slightly,
"Not necessarily, the Civilization Devourer manipulates the Thread Of Destiny with great subtlety. These previous technologies might well be the result of his influence.
After all, these things currently seem to have limited impact on the war. The echo required is correspondingly low."
"So what is he trying to accomplish?"
The voice of the Alchemy Crown held a hint of confusion.
"To maintain battlefield equilibrium, keep the war ongoing, thereby depleting our energy and strength, deepening our intermittent gaps and divisions.
Making it impossible for us to spare the effort to form an alliance against him."
Richard's voice was low, as if he were revealing some forbidden secret.
"It feeds on war, the defeated are its nourishment. This defeated can be an entire civilization or the loser of a particular war.
As long as war persists, its appetite is endlessly supplied.
When it recovers, it will launch a grand war and turn us all into its fodder."
Richard's words cast a silence over the council hall.
Even the strongest Plastic Energy Crown and Alchemy Crown bore shades of gloom on their faces.
The enemy's power somewhat exceeded their imagination.
"Swift battle!" the Curse Crown suddenly spoke, "We must quickly establish our advantage and halt the assault of the Galaxy Mayfly.
All unnecessary wars must cease. We may have no control over the Galaxy Mayfly, but our own war must be sharp and forceful.
Throw the war of attrition into the trash heap, in the coming era, our attacks must be like lightning!"
As he spoke, his gaze unconsciously swept over Richard, making Richard feel a chill down his spine.
He sensed that the Curse Crown seemed to have realized something?
"Do you have any ideas, Curse?" The Alchemy Crown stared at the Curse Crown, knowing that the Curse Crown's words were never without purpose.
All of his current speeches were paving the way for some objective.
The gazes of the Crowns focused on the Curse Crown, beneath the hood of his Wizard Robe, the colorful eyes of the Curse Crown's avatar flickered with strange light.
"I have a plan. If all goes well, perhaps we can eliminate one Dominator of the Galaxy Mayfly."
...
The meeting ended, and Richard returned to the Secret Realm.
"So, the most critical point of this plan relies on me?"
Richard noticed a newfound blank space in his memory, frowning involuntarily.
The security of memory is overrated; the Soul School has no less than a hundred methods to forcibly peer into an enemy's memories.
And for a Dominator, forcibly peering into memories or even implanting memories is not difficult.
Thus, memory deletion and psychological suggestion are common methods for executing confidential plans.
"Alas, Honor Crown remains an honor. Without sufficient strength, even the plan cannot be remembered."
Richard sighed helplessly, then arrived at the base of the World Mushroom.
Compared to five years ago, the mycelium on the Titan's body had obviously retracted a lot. The originally wrapped Titan body was now mostly exposed.
On this body, an Alchemy syringe continually injected Soul Essence into it.
As Richard anticipated, the World Mushroom indeed formed a symbiosis with this Shepherd Star Titan body, successfully becoming a kind of symbiotic organism.
This new organism is divided into two parts: one is the original body of the World Mushroom, the other is the Titan body.
The two complement each other, with the Titan body granting the World Mushroom movement abilities beyond ordinary World Trees. Meanwhile, the World Mushroom provides the deceased Titan body a new soul, ensuring it can come back to life.
Furthermore, even if one part dies, the whole will not perish.
For a creature like the World Mushroom, it is simply the best partner!
Richard looked at the increasingly powerful energy wave within the Titan's body and muttered to himself, "Five years, it should be about time."
For the past five years, Richard had been injecting Soul Essence into the Titan's body.
This Soul Essence is enough to elevate the spiritual power of a Level 4 Creature to Level 6 Creatures.
But the World Mushroom is a kind of World Tree, whose evolutionary form differs from ordinary creatures.
Richard didn't know how much Soul Essence it needed to accelerate its fusion to awakening.
As if it heard Richard's voice.
The massive body wrapped in white mycelium suddenly trembled once.
Immediately, the energy fluctuations within the Titan's body suddenly became intense.
"Oh? Finally going to awaken?"
Richard watched the trembling Titan body, his eyes full of anticipation.
Although this body is somewhat inferior to the Titan at its peak due to the erosion by illusion rules, the symbiosis with the World Mushroom naturally bridges this gap.
The current Titan, just by looking at the data, is even stronger than it was when alive!
As the energy fluctuations increased, the Titan's six eyes slowly opened. The surrounding mycelium started to grow crazily, transforming into something akin to a tight-fitting garment, completely enveloping the Titan's body.
"Hmm? Are the Titan's eyes merely decorative?"
Richard found even his head wrapped in mycelium, feeling a bit puzzled. However, in the next moment, the mycelium wrapped around his head disappeared.
"Is this how the senses of flesh creatures work? So the surface world appears like this."
A spiritual wave came from within the Titan's body; as a World Tree-like creature, the senses of flesh creatures were a brand-new experience for him.
"What a wonder, these senses."
The Titan's body stiffly turned its head, then the six eyes looked toward Richard not far away.
"My Lord, I apologize for ruining your collection."
Richard waved his hand dismissively: "Not a problem, we hadn't figured out the use of that thing. Your symbiosis saved me a lot of trouble."
Speaking, Richard gestured, indicating for the World Mushroom to come to the ground.
Upon reaching the ground, Richard summoned the Fuzzy Ball to restore the ground to its original state, then called for the World Mushroom to attack.
"Let me see your mastery over this body; don't hold back, go all out."
Saying this, the Power of Abyss within Richard flowed like a deep sea, a calm, mountain-like aura emanating from him.
Sensing Richard's imposing manner, the World Mushroom naturally didn't dare to hold back. Richard was no longer the One Ring Wizard from back in the day; his strength was notable even among Level 6 creatures.
When his Bloodline integration is complete, no Level 6 creature that hasn't embarked on the path of the Dominator could surpass him.
Buzz!
Energy within the Coexistence Titan surged like tides, and instantly, the combat skill Unity of Heaven and Man was instinctively unleashed by the World Mushroom using the body's natural ability.
The entire space of the Secret Realm froze at this moment, energy converging like rivers into the power of this punch.
"So this is how the Titan's innate talent originally looks?"
Within the frozen space, Richard moved freely, without being constrained in the slightest. He observed the punch with interest using the Eye of Truth; under this punch, the rules of the entire Secret Realm were stirred.
In such a disturbance, even the rule power would be interfered with.
If Richard were only at Level 5 at this moment, his power couldn't even affect anything outside himself.
Rules flowed like rivers, and rules not strong enough would be washed away like clumps of mud.
Boom!
The World Mushroom calmly delivered a punch, and the entire Secret Realm seemed to merge into this punch at that moment.
The power of this punch reached ten million!
"Not bad, good enough."
Richard, with an unchanged expression, revealed his True Body, towering over five thousand meters like a majestic mountain.
On him, Thunder and Flames representing the Titan were tinted dark red by the Power of Abyss.
The Thunder Snake rampaged, space shattered, and the entire Secret Realm seemed to enter an apocalypse moment.
Bang!
The World Mushroom's Unity of Heaven and Man punch was caught single-handedly by Richard. The immense force on the fist disappeared without a trace like clay oxen into the sea.
Watching Richard effortlessly take this punch, a trace of disbelief flashed in the World Mushroom's eyes.
"How is that possible?"
As the World Mushroom, his reference standards were extremely limited. According to his estimation, the power of this punch was enough to smash this world, which had expanded to tens of thousands of square kilometers, with a single punch.
"Your mastery over the body isn't quite familiar yet, but this is, after all, a new body. Being able to exert such power is already excellent."
Richard gave his evaluation lightly, this punch was indeed impressive, but it couldn't surpass his own greatness.
With the assistance of rule power, this ten-million Energy Level force was dispersed into dozens of streams due to different mediums.
While ten million Energy Level force is hard to absorb, a million Energy Level force is not a problem for Richard now.
Within moments, that power was buffered and absorbed by his flesh.
"Your strength... truly powerful."
The World Mushroom took a while to say this sentence, but he couldn't find suitable words from his impoverished vocabulary.
"Mainly because you're not adapted to this body."
Richard shrank his body back to normal state, calmly replying, "This body has great potential. Focus on adapting in the coming time. If needed, find Ulysses."
"What do you need me to do?" The World Mushroom heard the implication in Richard's words.
"Very simple."
Richard took out an Appointment Scroll from his pocket, his eyes becoming extremely sharp.
The content of the scroll was very simple, summarized in one sentence.
Richard is returning to the frontline to assume the role of General Commander of World 3612.
"I'm about to head back to the frontline, and you will be a great assistance to me on the battlefield!"