novelraw Chapter 49: Dominating the South Seas
Chapter 49: Dominating the South Seas
"Good."
Aromu composed himself.
He forcefully suppressed the shock in his heart.
If his previous reverence for Su Yuan stemmed from strength sufficient to crush him.
Then now, Aromu's feelings toward Su Yuan were no longer reverence, but genuine fear from the depths of his soul.
The eminent grand sorcerer Kunlong, before Su Yuan, couldn't even display half his strength before meeting his end and having his cultivation destroyed. The methods and strategies involved were truly terrifying.
"If the master wanted to deal with me..."
Aromu thought further and realized if Su Yuan truly wanted to kill him, there was no need for elaborate schemes - he could simply detonate the Mental Force embedded deep within his soul.
This thought actually made him feel somewhat better.
At the very least, his death wouldn't be like Kunlong's, who didn't even know who had truly killed him.Without even thinking, Aromu knew how unwilling, unconvinced, and puzzled Kunlong must have been before death, wondering how Aromu could have found him...
"The master's assigned task takes priority."
Aromu took out a blade and severed Kunlong's head.
In the Southern Ocean nations, customs remained ancient and barbaric, with enemy heads considered trophies. Aromu's purpose in taking Kunlong's head was to quickly establish control over the sacred land and take command of the sorcerer lineage.
After all, over the past thirty years, Kunlong had certainly cultivated many loyal followers.
With Kunlong alive, these followers would cling to illusions and create obstacles for Aromu's takeover of the sorcerer lineage.
......
Inside the magnificent temple.
As the sacred land of the sorcerer lineage, although turmoil had arisen due to the arrival of Aromu, the former grand sorcerer, with a small number of sorcerers beginning to flee.
Overall, the situation remained relatively stable, with most sorcerers waiting for Kunlong's return, hoping he would crush Aromu decisively as he had thirty years ago.
"Don't panic, Aromu was a defeated opponent thirty years ago..."
Several influential sorcerers stepped forward to calm the panicked emotions of the crowd.
Just then.
A figure strode in.
Wherever he passed, invisible Mental Force spread and expanded, as if pressing down a great mountain upon all the sorcerers.
"Aromu, Aromu has entered..."
Many sorcerers turned pale with fright, their recently stabilized emotions once again becoming panicked.
"There's no need to wait any longer, Kunlong is already dead."
Aromu directly threw Kunlong's head onto the ground, then strode toward the high platform, looking down upon the numerous sorcerers.
"Kunlong is dead?"
"Impossible, I don't believe it."
"Right, I don't believe it either."
The first reaction of the vast majority of sorcerers was disbelief.
What kind of joke was this?
They hadn't even seen Kunlong make a move.
However.
As time passed, more and more sorcerers saw the head Aromu had thrown on the ground, noticing its extreme resemblance to Kunlong, and after realizing it was completely identical, they immediately fell silent.
Was this head really Kunlong's?
Although, with modern technological levels, creating a head imitating Kunlong's appearance wasn't difficult, the Southern Ocean sorcerer lineage would never engage in such impersonation.
Killed meant killed, dead meant dead - this related to the customs and beliefs of the sorcerer lineage.
Moreover, Aromu had no need or reason to do such a thing.
"I swear by the Great Sorcery Master, Kunlong is dead, I am the current grand sorcerer, those who resist will die!"
Aromu scanned the surroundings, then finally sat on the high seat.
In the Southern Ocean nations, the sorcerer lineage essentially adhered to the law of the jungle, where the strong prey on the weak.
Thirty years ago, Kunlong defeated Aromu and smoothly took control of the sorcerer lineage's sacred land.
Now that Aromu had returned, killed Kunlong, and reclaimed his status and position, it was only natural.
At least for the mid-level and lower-level sorcerers, who served as grand sorcerer - whether Kunlong or Aromu - didn't make much difference.
Buzz~ As most sorcerers hesitated.
The terrifying Mental Force unique to a grand sorcerer, or rather the terrifying mental power approaching the peak of a Great Sorcery Master.
Began to grow increasingly heavy like an ocean.
Finally, one sorcerer couldn't withstand the pressure and voluntarily knelt on the ground: "I pay respects to the grand sorcerer..."
"I pay respects to the grand sorcerer..."
More and more sorcerers began kneeling, showing their submission.
Eventually all sorcerers knelt down.
Aromu looked down upon the submitting sorcerers one by one.
Yet he felt no trace of pride in his heart.
He clearly understood that everything he had now was bestowed by Su Yuan. Without Su Yuan, he would still be barely surviving in Magic City.
Just then.
Su Yuan's voice came through the miniature earpiece again.
"Now, when I name one, you kill one."
Magic City, villa Meditation Room, Su Yuan's gaze remained calm.
Although not personally present in the Southern Ocean, through numerous replies from the gray mirror, he now had complete understanding of Aromu's situation.
While it appeared all sorcerers had submitted, in reality, many were only superficially submitting.
Such as Kunlong's trusted followers, spies from other factions, and traitors among them.
These sorcerers weren't numerous, but they could impact Su Yuan's subsequent plans.
Therefore, they needed to be eliminated as soon as possible.
Hearing this, Aromu immediately stood up and, following Su Yuan's instructions, began conducting a thorough purge of the sorcerer lineage.
......
After killing several hundred sorcerers according to Su Yuan's commands, Aromu arrived at the underground shelter beneath the temple sacred land.
This place was known only to successive grand sorcerers, and Aromu hadn't entered for thirty years.
Reaching the deepest part of the underground shelter, Aromu came to a room resembling a cultivation Meditation Room.
The space wasn't large, with several ancient books placed on a stone table.
"Are these the ultimate inheritance of the sorcerer lineage?"
Aromu flipped through them briefly, thinking silently to himself.
The ultimate inheritance of the sorcerer lineage could only be obtained by defeating and killing other grand sorcerers of the same lineage.
Although Aromu had previously controlled the sorcerer lineage's sacred land, since he hadn't defeated and killed Kunlong, he hadn't obtained these inheritances.
Conversely, when Kunlong defeated Aromu thirty years ago.
Though unclear if he achieved the kill, since Aromu hadn't appeared for thirty years afterwards.
He naturally obtained the ultimate inheritance.
Now these inheritance originals were casually placed here...
It showed Kunlong had been reviewing them just moments before, hastily leaving after detecting Aromu's assault.
As for why he didn't take them? Probably concerned about being searched or similar measures.
"These inheritances..."
Aromu carefully examined them.
He vaguely felt that the ultimate sorcerer inheritance recorded in these ancient books was rather mediocre.
Far less profound than the insights Su Yuan had shared when instructing him.
......
Magic City, Jinshan Villa District, Villa 66.
Su Yuan sat in the Meditation Room, a smile appearing on his face.
With Aromu taking control of the sorcerer lineage's sacred land and becoming the new grand sorcerer, the Southern Ocean nations were now essentially under Su Yuan's dominion.
In the Southern Ocean nations, sorcerers held extraordinary status - even warlord leaders, high-ranking officials, and wealthy merchants frequently invited sorcerers as guests to their homes.
As for the grand sorcerer... they were nearly faith-like existences.
Controlling the Southern Ocean's grand sorcerer essentially meant influencing and dominating the Southern Ocean nations.
After all, the grand sorcerer's influence in the Southern Ocean nations was too great - from perception to strength, from past to present.
"Next, we can begin mining 'Luwu Black Gold'."
Su Yuan looked up, gazing toward the direction of the Southern Ocean nations.
From beginning to plan for 'Luwu Black Gold' until this moment.
Not even a single day had passed.
Su Yuan had completed his strategic layout over the Southern Ocean nations with mere gestures.
Sitting in Magic City, dominating the Southern Ocean.