"I feel that there's an indescribable sense of evil here." Honey looked at the empty Tangjisi Village with a serious expression. The group of staff she brought with her were busy searching for information nearby.
Ise Shizuko entered the Shadow World alone. She observed Tangjisi Village in the boundary between shadow and reality, looking for any signs of abnormalities.
Beauty Sala stood guard beside Lori. She and Tea Robot stood on the left and right, maintaining full vigilance.
"It feels like something is spying on us. The longer we stay here, the more obvious it is." Lori nodded. Her senses were very sharp. Like Honey, she felt that the entire Tangjisi Village was filled with an evil aura. However, there were no waves of magic particles here. There wasn't even the aura of the Disaster Camp.
Ise Shizuko, who was deep in the Shadow World, carefully walked on the gray boundary. Ever since she became a Level-3 Assassin, she had obtained a new assassination skill called [Shadow Vision]. It allowed her to enter the boundary between the Shadow World and the real world. Here, Ise Shizuko could see many anomalies that could not be seen in the real world. She could also sense many hidden auras and traces.
Ise Shizuko had successfully become a famous tracker in the Seven Continents with this assassination skill. Ordinary players could not hide their tracks from her eyes.
In the Shadow Vision, the peak of the gigantic snowy mountain was like a smooth curved surface, surrounded by extra-long cylinders of various shapes. These cylinders were entirely black and red, their colors uneven, as if they were pillars that connected Tangjisi Village and the sky. The top of the cylinders spewed out a large amount of boiling dark magic particles.
Magic particles only had a few colors. Black did not exist. However, the boiling magic particles in front of her were black. No matter what kind of particles passed through the cylinders, they would turn black.
"How is this possible …" Ise Shizuko took a few steps closer. She was even more surprised.
In the Shadow Vision, there was usually only black that represented the shadow, white that represented reality, and gray that represented the boundary between the two.
The only exception was the color of the magic particles. They would only show the most basic color here and would not be affected by anything outside. However, in the Shadow Vision, only a large amount of magic particles would show color. Normal density would not show any color at all.
And now, there were actually such dense black magic particles gushing out from the top of these pillars. The amount in the real world must be incomparably shocking!
In the Shadow Vision, Shizuko could escape as fast as she could. Even if she met a LV9 player, she could still protect herself. Hence, she decided to walk towards the pillars.
The top and bottom of the pillar were inserted into the clouds and the ground, respectively. The huge pillar was located in the vast square of Tangjisi Village, and it just so happened to surround the sinister statue with black vertical pupils. It seemed as if the statue was constantly absorbing the magic particles in the air, and then transporting them into the huge pillar through the statue, transforming them into black magic particles, and then injecting them into the clouds in the sky.
The clouds and mist were so vast that it was impossible to see what was hidden within.
Ise Shizuko walked to the side of a giant pillar. Suddenly, she felt that the magic particles around her were moving towards the pillar uncontrollably. However, the pillar only absorbed the magic particles in the air and did not touch the magic particles in her body.
Therefore, in the real world, she definitely wouldn't be able to sense the changes here.
These giant pillars were in the form of illusory spirits. They were all grey, indicating that they were neither in the real world nor the Shadow World.
To be able to set up such a huge array, one had to be at least LV9.
Huge black vertical pupils, Level-9 strength, the answer was obvious.
However, these speculations were not enough. She had to find enough evidence.
Ise Shizuko reached out and pressed on the giant pillar. Soon, the grey pillar slowly became transparent.
She was also a grey existence in the Shadow Vision, so she could touch and manipulate these substances. If it wasn't for Ise Shizuko, even if others could enter here and see these giant pillars, they would not be able to do anything.
After the grey pillar became transparent, the scene inside immediately appeared.
Ise Shizuko exclaimed and subconsciously took a few steps back. Her face was full of shock, and she couldn't calm down for a long time.
"This!"
She took a few deep breaths and took a while to adjust herself.
In her line of sight, there were pieces of incomplete human bodies in the giant pillars. Some had skin and flesh, and some had only white bones left. Arms, legs, fingers, heads, and so on, everything was there.
They were like corpses that had been mixed together, crushed, stripped, and then forcefully stuffed into these giant pillars!
Flesh, white bones, human skin, internal organs, fragments, and so on.
This scene was too shocking. Ise Shizuko was a ninja and was used to seeing all kinds of bloody scenes. She believed that her immunity was very high, but she was still shocked by the scene in the giant pillars.
She calmed herself down and then discovered something even more shocking.
The reason why these so-called transparent pillars were not solid was because they were made of human souls!
Human souls were formless and colorless, similar to the grey matter in the Shadow Vision. If they were forcefully imprisoned in the real world, it would be like the Forgotten Town. The soul would gradually evolve into a vengeful spirit without consciousness.
Only a few experts could train their soul into something like a solid body that could be seen by others and had a certain amount of attack power.
For example, Bai Lili's soul was even stronger than a monarch rank disaster. She might not even be restricted by the rules of the Shadow Vision.
She did not know who had turned the souls of the dead into giant pillars that connected the heavens and the earth, and forcefully crushed their bodies and stuffed them inside. This was to make them unable to reincarnate forever. It was even more terrifying than killing them and destroying their souls.
Ise Shizuko had never heard of this kind of forbidden method and magic formation before. Magic formations that forcefully imprisoned the souls and bodies of the dead were usually very evil, so there must be a big scheme behind it.
"Hu — —" Ise Shizuko did not dare to stay any longer. If this was really done by the Black King, then she could not guarantee that she would be able to avoid his attacks and positioning in the Shadow Vision.
After coming out, she immediately told Lori and Mi Li about her discovery. The three of them looked at each other and saw the fear and hesitation in each other's eyes.
"Let's go back first." Lori made a decision and called the Void Battleship to receive them.
Everyone entered the battleship as quickly as possible and flew back to the experimental area.
Sitting in the battleship, the four of them looked at each other with serious expressions.
"Bring me all the information on the Ji family." Lori asked the female assistant to quickly prepare it, then looked at Mi Li and Yao Ji and smiled bitterly, "I hope we guessed wrong."
After a while, the female assistant projected all the information on the Ji family on the screen. From the rise of the Ji family to its decline, the long history was like a thick and heavy ancient book.
"This matches some of the results of my research. After the seven continents entered the player era, there was a period of incomparable chaos. At that time, the player system was not mature and had just repelled the calamity. There were many things waiting to be done. Many forces flourished and academies were established. It was like a chaotic battle. "
Mi Li adjusted her glasses and said faintly.
"During this period of time, the ten people who went to the Gate of Eternity gradually stood out, especially the Five Kings. When they were young, they were already comparable to the elders in the family. At that time, the Five Thrones had not been officially established. Only the Bai family and Dong Ling family could be considered as noble families. The other three families had not yet risen and were similar to the other powerful forces. Later on, Ji Ning of the Ji family suddenly became a rising star. From being a genius who was not as good as the White King, he jumped to the same level as them. After that, he became stronger and stronger until he ascended to the throne. "
"The magic of the Five Thrones came from the Five Kings. It was the embodiment of their long player lives and the convergence of the family's will. Only the Black King's vertical pupils were more like a physical mutation. At that time, I suspected that the Ji family's bloodline was mixed with some other bloodline. "
"Other bloodline? Could it be that the Ji family is mixed? " Lori asked curiously. Generally speaking, the stronger the bloodline, the more they disliked mixed blood. That would only lower the talent of the descendants. If two bloodlines were close, they would cover each other and the loss would outweigh the gain.
Only the Yue family was an exception. Their girls could always maintain their pure bloodline.
That was why the Dong Ling family valued their bloodline so much. Although the Bai family did not have a clear rule, many branch families still followed the rule of matching families. As for the Oakes family, it had always been the custom to find an ordinary person for the other half.
There seemed to be only two possibilities for hybrids to become stronger.
Perfect fusion, or interracial hybridization.
The former was a probability event. The latter was just proven to be feasible. However, fertility was too low. When two races mated, the probability of producing offspring was too low. They might not have any offspring in their lifetime.
The difficulty of this would increase exponentially as the strength of both parties increased.
This was also the reason why the new Polar Night, who had taken control of the Jadeite Forest, was still unable to produce a group of interracial warriors.
Even if there were, it would be a group of mixed blood of a lower level.
The Ji family was obviously a top bloodline.
"This problem has been bothering me for a long time. You know, Li Xiang and the Ji family never got along. It is my habit to know the enemy very well. That is why I have been studying the Ji family's bloodline for a while." Honey nodded. "Unfortunately, the Ji family's bloodline I obtained was not rich enough. I could not find any abnormalities until I obtained Little Yi and Ruo Yu's blood. Only then did I understand …"
"The other thing mixed in the Ji family's bloodline is not a bloodline. It is an evil substance. I call it the Hypertoxic Seed."
"Hypertoxic Seed?" The three of them looked at her, unable to understand.
"The so-called Hypertoxic Seed refers to the fact that the Black King Ji Ning has forcefully passed on his soul, blood, and power to the Ji family's descendants. This is equivalent to splitting a tiny Black King into their bodies, using the bodies of different Ji family members to nurture and grow."
"You mean, he is using the bodies of our family members as a parasitic cultivation vessel?" Lori reacted. She, who had learned a lot about medicine, immediately understood the horror of the Black King's actions.
Honey nodded. "I'm afraid it is not that simple. That is why all of our family members are able to awaken a powerful inherited magic like the vertical pupil. It is not like the Bai family, where it is random, or the Dong Ling family, where it is a probability. This is because it is a small part of the power of the Black King's vertical pupil. When the time is right, he will use the Holy Art to absorb this small part of the power back to strengthen himself. "
"No wonder he would use the Holy Art to strengthen himself. If it is like what Sister Honey said, he will first split a part of the power, nurture it, and then take it back when he needs it, not only will he be able to profit from it, but he will also have many ways to retreat in the event of a great crisis." Lori nodded repeatedly, but her heart was cold.
Because in this way, the Black King would sacrifice the entire Ji family in order to become stronger and protect himself!
No wonder he advocated the cultivation of wolves, and did not care about the lives of his family members. He only wanted them to become stronger and kill. After all, they were just wallets waiting to be taken.
The stronger his family members were, the stronger the part he split out would be. After that, the Holy Art would not only allow him to take back his original power, but because his part had already merged with their bodies and souls, he would also be able to take away the fruits of their hard work!
In the New World, the Black King had used the Holy Art once to stop Bai Lili. Perhaps he had other ambitions, but even so, there was still a big gap between him and Bai Lili.
When he returned to the Seven Continents, he could have continued to recuperate and nurtured his Ji family. However, in order to reach Level 9, he had used the Holy Art to forcibly take away the last of the power.
From the two Holy Arts, he could tell that the Black King's power was taken from top to bottom, from the old to the young. However, this did not mean that Ji Xiaoyi and Ji Ruoyu did not have the Black King's poisonous seed in their bodies.
From the ancient altar and the abnormalities in the Shadow Vision, the Holy Art was not simply to take away the descendants. It was most likely to take back the seeds of poison.
He was using the entire family to pave the way for himself to reach Level 9!
"From the current situation, it is very likely that the Black King is trying to reach Level 9, or even higher," Honey continued. The more she analyzed, the colder her heart became. "From the method announced by Lady Bai Lili, to reach Level 9, one needs to devour a large number of beings of the same level. In terms of quantity, the Black King has obviously reached that level. However, many people who have reached that level have not really advanced. This means that there are hidden conditions that Lady Bai Lili did not mention. Perhaps it is something that the Black King is doing now."
"According to Lady Cecilia, when they went to the Void World, they saw the Black King using a black pupil as a clone. At that time, he was said to be on the verge of madness. This is probably why he did not advance to the Holy Art and kill all the Ji family members," Enchantress added. The Enchantress added, sighing inwardly. "A crazy Level-9 being is now doing something terrifying. I'm afraid this isn't something we can participate in. We need to report this to the Night King."
The Night King was currently the strongest player in the new Polar night. However, she was still recuperating. Previously, she had been defeated by the Black King and almost died. Fortunately, her strength had surpassed Level 9 by quite a bit. Otherwise, she would have been in big trouble.
It was impossible to rely on her to solve these hidden problems, but they did not have a better choice at the moment.
"I will also discuss this with Father. We cannot let him continue here." Lori nodded heavily.
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