"So you're going to let me enter this ugly thing? Is this your promise to me?! "
"Saber Hawk! Do you have a death wish? "
Phoenix's screams reverberated in Saber's mind, causing him to have a headache. He had to find ways to comfort Phoenix who had gone berserk.
"Tanya Diwan, that guy told me that this is the only way for you to obtain a body of your own. You can feel the life energy nurtured in this body. It's huge and is enough to sustain your terrifying God's Soul."
Saber opened his eyes and looked at the dark green cocoon in the glass cabinet that was as tall as two people. It looked extremely ugly, with strange keratin and scales on its surface. Anyone who saw it would think that it was unreliable. However, the collector was not lying. In Saber's eyes, the life energy in this thing was so huge that it was terrifying.
If he could find a way to lure it out, it would be enough to turn a hundred barren planets into a new world with lush plants in an instant.
Phoenix gradually calmed down after her incessant bickering. She could tell at a glance that this cocoon was not ordinary. To be honest, she also wanted to experience the feeling of having a body of her own. However, the problem was...
"This thing is too ugly..."
"Ugly is not a problem!"
Saber rambled on like a charlatan. "Look, this is just like an egg. It doesn't look special, but once the egg hatches, the chick that is born is also very cute. This is just a cycle of life. Look, the most beautiful life like you, from such a..."
Saber looked at the cocoon, pursed his lips and said against his will.
"Uh, anyway, what I mean is, as long as you shine the moment you break out of the cocoon, no one will pay attention to your origin. Also, as long as you have a body of your own, you can burn this thing and no one will know... I won't tell anyone, I swear! "
"Are you comparing me to a chick?"
Phoenix scolded angrily. "It seems that you have been very arrogant recently, Saber... After I regain my life, I think it is necessary for me to teach you what true respect is... Now, give me the fragment!"
"Hmm?"
Saber was stunned. "You've decided?"
"Nonsense!"
A white flame floated out from Saber's chest. At this moment, Saber suddenly felt a strange emptiness, as if something that belonged to him had been taken away. It was a strange feeling, but it disappeared in a flash. He looked at the white flame floating in front of him and shrugged. He took out the seven fragments of his sandalwood fan and threw them into the white flame.
She floated in the air and hesitated for a moment before plunging into the dark green cocoon. She didn't even break the glass shell.
"Hmm, this feeling … is very strange."
Phoenix's voice rang in Saber's ears in another way. "I've never experienced it before. It's like completing some kind of sacred ritual …"
Her voice suddenly became low. After a few minutes of silence, she said softly, "I'm sorry.
"This will probably be a new journey … Thank you, Saber. Thank you for giving me a new life … Perhaps I should say thank you …"
"Goodbye, Saber. I'm going to sleep …"
Saber stood outside the huge glass frame. He looked at the cocoon that had started to move slowly again. He put his finger on the glass and a smile appeared on his face. He said softly, "My friend, go and sleep.
"Sleep, my friend. When you wake up, there will be a new world waiting for you to discover."
He reached out his hand and put the cocoon and the surrounding glass cabinet into the sandalwood fan. Phoenix's hibernation this time wouldn't be too long, but it wouldn't be too short either. In this state, Phoenix would lack the ability to protect herself. He had to shoulder this responsibility.
Regardless of whether it was Phoenix's previous help to him or their reconciliation, he had to fulfill this obligation.
This was his life's principle, his last insistence.
He walked up to the upper deck of the spaceship that was soaring among the stars. From the porthole, he saw the galaxies on both sides receding rapidly. It was obvious that the spaceship was moving at an extremely fast speed.
Beyond the endless stars, a black hole hanging above the black curtain was so conspicuous. There was also a unique planet that was very close to the black hole but would not be swallowed. Planet Saka … he had arrived.
"You're quite fast …"
When Seiber stepped into the unique palace of the High Sky Saints, the voice of this universe elder who loved gambling sounded in his ears. He was still wearing the blue robe from before, and the unique white paint on his chin still looked a bit strange. However, it seemed like he had just returned from a long journey, so he still looked a bit dusty.
"I got the news from Diwan and rushed here without stopping."
Compared to the eccentric Collector, Gao Tianzun, who was always in a good mood and always had a smile on his face, gave off a much better feeling. Of course, the premise was that you could make him notice you. From this point of view, the new Warrior King was obviously the hottest new star in Gao Tianzun's hands.
"I heard that you have something to give me?"
Saber asked bluntly. Gao Tianzun nodded and threw out a strange object. Saber caught it in his hand. It was extremely heavy, and the moment it came into contact with his skin, a layer of black light enveloped Saber's hand. The skin on his fingers aged at an unimaginable speed, shriveled, and finally fell off. Even the flesh was swallowed by a strange energy. In the blink of an eye, his left hand turned into a snow-white skeletal claw.
In the next moment, the flesh and blood on the claw rapidly recovered. The deep blue God-Slaying Fire twined around the surface of the finger, forcibly pushing the black light screen back onto the ice-cold little toy.
Saber picked it up and put it in front of his eyes. What he saw was an ancient ring surface engraved with an inverted triangle and five black lines of different lengths. On both sides of the ring, the body of the ring was carved with fine skeletons and the Grim Reaper. It was so delicate that it looked like a work of art. The simplicity of the ring itself also symbolized that this thing had experienced at least thousands of years of reincarnation.
Black energy wrapped around the ring. It was a kind of smoke that seemed to be solid, clinging to the surface of the ring. When Saber looked over, he could see the image of the Grim Reaper in a tattered black robe, holding a scythe, floating on the surface of the ring. Obviously, this thing represented the power of death.
"This is …"
Seiber raised his head and looked at Gao Tianzun. The latter was sitting on his sofa and pouring him a glass of wine. While drinking, he said,
As he drank, he said, "This is what I promised you, the Black Lantern Ring … I spent a lot of effort to bring it out of the death zone, but you haven't gotten its approval yet. So once it's taken away, you probably won't be able to get it back. And I won't help you find this thing a second time!"
He held the glass and looked at Saber.
"I fulfilled my condition, Saber. Next time, it's your turn."
"Okay."
Sai Bo silently put the Black Lantern Ring into a special box and threw it into his fan. He played with the fan and sat beside Gao Tianzun. He looked at the relaxed universe elder and couldn't help but ask, "What's the matter?"
"What's the background of that Babatos? What exactly are you guys betting on? "
"Him? He's a terrible guy."
Gao Tianzun frowned and snapped his fingers.
Buzz.
A lifelike projection appeared in front of Saber. It was a barren scorched earth, and the whole world was shrouded in a dark light. The ground was full of skeletons of various races, looking like a tide of death in the ocean.
And a guy wearing a grayish-black hood stood on the skeleton with his hands crossed. The tattered bat wings on his back spread out like a demon, like a terrifying statue. He looked gloomily at the sky, and his whole person exuded an ominous and gloomy aura.
"He was born in the same era as us, but the difference is that we were born in the real world, and Babatos is the chosen ruler of the dark multiverse."
Gao Tianzun said in a very concise way.
"You can understand the dark multiverse as the reverse side of the real multiverse, the two sides of a coin. It can't be cut and can't exist alone."
"You mean, dimensions?"
Saber asked, only to see Gao Tianzun shake his head.
"No, that concept is more obscure than dimensions. It's so obscure that you wouldn't understand the form of the dark multiverse's existence if you didn't develop special thinking organs, but you don't actually need to understand that. Either way, Babatos and we are natural opposites, but we would work together when the multiverse is threatened … Of course, such a situation has never happened before, and until the disbanding of the Council of Elders of the Universe, Babatos's faction was still in serious opposition to us."
"The conflict between us is innate and cannot be resolved through war. Once the dark multiverse and the real multiverse collide, both sides would vanish instantly. That is why even if we hate each other, we could only use other methods to decide the direction of our hatred."
Gao Tianzun downed the wine in his hand.
"Such as gambling …"
"Our wager has been going on for a very long time, and the stakes are things that mortals would not understand. Babatos's every victory would cause a portion of the Multiverse's mass to flow into the Multiverse of Darkness. While it would not destroy the balance between the two forces, the Multiverse would instead become a vassal of the Darkness if the balance between the two forces grows …"
The Elder of the Universe shrugged.
"You don't need to know how bad it is. In short, it's a terrifying thing, and the worst thing is that Babatos is a very shrewd gambler. He wins more than he loses, so we've always been at a disadvantage in such confrontations."
"Uh, after all that … What's the gambling game?"
Saber couldn't help but ask. Gao Tianzun glared at him, as if annoyed by Saber's lack of patience, but soon, he worriedly changed the topic to that.
"There are many gambling games. Sometimes it's a dice that blocks luck, sometimes it's a clash between the armies of two galaxies, and once, we even used the Star Swallower's real past as a bet, but that bet was forcefully stopped by the Life Court, and this time …"
Gao Tianzun's gaze fell on Saber.
"It's a gladiator battle! Each of us will choose a gladiator, regardless of the method or style. The gladiator who is still standing at the end of the battle will win. It's a relatively simple gambling game, but the problem is that Babatos is very good at training gladiators. I didn't have much confidence in facing his mysterious gladiator until you appeared … "
"Who's his gladiator?"
Saber asked. Gao Tianzun shook his head.
"I don't know. No one knows. We'll only see him when the real battle starts. But with Babatos's style of doing things, I guess he already knows about your existence. It can't be helped … His life order is higher than mine, and there are many things that I can't hide from him even if I want to. But under the watch of the Life Court … he won't do anything bad.
"In short, be careful in the future."
Gao Tianzun stood up and patted Saber's shoulder.
"Keep in touch at all times … By the way, don't touch that ring before you get the exact symbol of death. I don't want to see my gladiator become a fanatic worshiper of death. That's a terrible feeling!
"And if you have to ask me to give you a suggestion …"
Gao Tianzun poured himself another glass of wine. As he drank, he said, "Go and collect the other five Lantern Rings first. The moment the white Lantern Ring appears, put on the black Lantern Ring. This way, your soul will truly be able to freely control the power of the Lantern Rings. But it's hard to say, because since the birth of the Lantern Rings, no one has been able to collect all nine Lantern Rings."
He raised the wine glass in his hand toward Saber.
"I hope you can be the first!"
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