eurekapd Chapter 80, The Mark of Darkness
Chapter 80, The Mark of Darkness
In the Ninth Battlefield, at the 031st Barracks base, inside the residence, by the window, Ye Muxuan stood up, looked at the clear sandy beach and azure sea outside the window, and then took a step out, landing on the sand.
Barefoot on the soft sand, Ye Muxuan pondered to himself.
During the gathering, Ye Muxuan exchanged virtual universe IDs with the various kings and marquises, promising to explore the secret realms of the vast universe together in the future or to contact them if needed. These kings and marquises also valued Ye Muxuan highly, treating him almost as a powerhouse of the same level. This is how friendships among powerful individuals gradually develop. Afterwards, he left the virtual universe.
The two drops of Pure Source Soul Dew have now been used up, and so far the effect has been excellent. However, the effects of such treasures tend to weaken over time. The third drop might still have some effect, about one-tenth of the effect of the first drop, but the fourth drop will be completely useless.
However, cultivation cannot be neglected. We still have some resources at hand, so we can continue.
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Virtual Universe, Primitive Zone, Manor No. 022.
Ye Muxuan frowned as he looked at what appeared on the screen in front of him.
Purple Dew, originating from the Purple Star Secret Realm, is suitable for use by immortal gods. Consuming one drop can increase the speed of comprehending laws within a hundred years. It costs three trillion points per drop.
This is essentially an advanced version of the Soul Cleansing Dew, but one is suitable for use by Realm Lords, while the other is suitable for use by Immortals. Moreover, it is extremely expensive; the total net worth of a typical peak-level King is only one trillion Chaos Yuan.
Ye Muxuan glanced at his remaining points. Over the past thousand years, he had killed dozens of marquises and hundreds of military lords, accumulating nearly four trillion military merits, almost halfway to his ten trillion merit limit. These merits could be converted into hundreds of millions of points, and with the sale of some spoils, he now had over seven trillion points in total, enough to buy two drops of Purple Dew.
Everyone talks about increasing income and reducing expenditure, but reducing expenditure is impossible, as it would affect one's cultivation speed. Before reaching a bottleneck, he won't slow down his cultivation because of the consumption of some points. Without points, this extraterrestrial battlefield is full of alien races. If all else fails, he can capture alien immortals and sell them.
Correct!
Ye Muxuan's eyes flashed.
Open the Virtual Universe Company's treasure trove and search for the enslavement secrets. Soon, thousands of secret techniques appeared densely on the screen.
Although all are enslavement techniques, they differ depending on the target. For example, there are 29 techniques for enslaving the Zerg Queens. Because each Zerg Queen is a master of the soul, only those mentalists with extremely high soul amplitude have a chance to enslave them. Normal martial artists have no hope of enslaving them, not even ordinary controllers. Illusionists, on the other hand, have a slightly better chance.
Conversely, there are also some secret techniques suitable for martial artists to cultivate and then enslave other races. Even if one masters these techniques, there is a limit to the number of people one can enslave; it is impossible to enslave indefinitely.
After searching carefully, Ye Muxuan's gaze settled on one spot.
"Dark Mark" is divided into nine volumes. It involves separating a wisp of one's own soul and condensing it into a "Dark Seed". The Dark Seed is used as a vessel for enslavement, and can enslave up to nine lives. It is priced at 100 billion points.
These kinds of secret techniques are not discounted, and cannot be purchased in tiers; you have to buy the complete set.
The Dark Mark can only enslave a limited number of creatures, ranking it as low-grade among similar techniques. Many other techniques, once mastered, can enslave a dozen or even dozens. However, the most important reason for the price of this technique, which is worth hundreds of billions, is that the "Dark Seed" it condenses is replaceable.
When a life enslaved by other secret arts dies, the number of enslaved beings does not recover; it simply continues to occupy the quota. Once the quota is full, enslavement cannot continue, even if one switches to another secret art. However, in the secret art of "Dark Mark," the original enslaved being is discarded, and the Dark Seed can be retrieved and reused.
In other words, if you are dissatisfied with the object of your enslavement, you can replace it.
Moreover, this secret technique can also be practiced by martial artists, not just mentalists. Most terrifyingly, those enslaved can continue to cultivate and improve, not remaining at the level they were at when they were enslaved.
In other words, if a genius from another race is enslaved, that genius can continue to cultivate and may become stronger than the master in the future.
Ye Muxuan guessed that this secret technique might be created by the hidden Lord of Darkness. After all, among the disciples of the Primordial Ancestor's several Universe Lords, the Lord of Darkness was the most outstanding disciple in terms of inheriting the Primordial Ancestor's soul. Even the Lord of Chaos City had to take a backseat in this regard.
After much deliberation, I exchanged two drops of Purple Dew and this secret technique.
It would take time for the Purple Dew to be delivered to the military base on the outer battlefield, while the Dark Mark was delivered directly in the virtual universe. So, an hour later, Ye Muxuan received the secret technique.
Inside an alloy box, Ye Muxuan took out nine black metal books, each with the four universal characters "Dark Mark" on its cover.
His gaze fell on the four large characters, and for a moment he was dazed. Ye Muxuan suddenly came back to his senses and realized that he had been affected by the four large characters without realizing it.
The traces left by those beings who stand at the pinnacle of the universe are terrifying to Ye Muxuan now.
Moreover, this is a copy, not the original at all. I really don't know how terrifying the original would be.
Cultivating the Dark Mark isn't particularly difficult. The first cultivation session is simulated in the virtual universe, after which it can be implemented in reality. The key is to split off a wisp of the soul's essence, then condense this wisp into a soul seed using a special secret method, and then use another special secret method to form a Dark Mark. When needed, this Dark Mark can be forcibly "planted" into the other person's soul. Once the Dark Mark is completely integrated into the other person's soul, the soul enslavement is complete.
If the object of enslavement is no longer needed, another secret technique can be used to extract the Dark Mark from the other person's soul. However, since the Dark Mark is completely fused into the other person's soul, forcibly extracting it will cause severe tearing damage to the soul. Even if the Dark Mark is extracted, the other person will have no possibility of further improvement.
In the universe, the strong prey on the weak. If you fail, you have to accept your fate. Who cares about the future of someone you've enslaved?
Although the cultivation technique wasn't particularly difficult, it still took Ye Muxuan over three months to successfully cultivate it and condense his first "soul seed." Even so, it wasn't a complete success yet.
Every perfect "Dark Mark" begins with a "Soul Seed," involving four special secret techniques. The first is to condense the "Soul Seed" using a secret technique; the second is to transform the "Soul Seed" into a "Dark Mark" using a secret technique; the third is to "plant" the "Dark Mark" into the soul of the enslaved object, achieving complete fusion with the object's soul; and the fourth is to retrieve the "Dark Mark" without harming it during the process.