Walker Of The Blue Sky

Chapter 118: Ch 118: The Realm of Despair!

"Just what are you?" the old man asked, surprised that his attacks didn’t work on Emrys.

Emrys didn’t notice, but the old man saw it clearly. He witnessed how all of his attacks were shockingly converted into their base form, that is, death energy, and were swallowed within Emrys’s body.

The old man’s figure began to tremble. He narrowed his eyes as he observed Emrys closely. The dark patterns on his skin pulsed more intensely, reacting to his growing agitation.

Emrys felt a strange sensation within him. He looked at the old man curiously, not knowing what the old man wanted to do now.

"Who are you?"

Emrys didn’t answer the old man’s question, instead, he presented his curiosity. For a moment, the two of them kept looking at each other.

The old man acted just like Emrys, not answering his question. He asked, "Little boy, you are far from building a foundation to start cultivating Cosmic Energy, yet you were able to devour my Death Energy. How did you do that?"

Emrys ignored this question again. Even if someone beats him to death, he is never going to tell the old man that it is not him but his second Soul Mark responsible for devouring the death energy.

After all, he does not know who this old man is, nor has he any idea what the old man will do after knowing what his second Soul Mark has done just now.

Most importantly, he himself doesn’t know how the second Soul Mark devoured the death energy. This kind of thing never happened to him before. His first Soul Mark, the Walker of the Blue Sky never acted like this before.

Seeing that Emrys had no intention of answering him, the old man thought of something and asked, "What do you know about this world, boy?"

Emrys raised his brows then shook his head, saying, "I don’t know much. I only know that this is where a person can obtain the opportunity to cultivate in the Cosmic Cultivation System."

The old man nodded his head, not surprised about Emrys’s answer. He asked again, "Then, what do you know about the Cosmic Cultivation System?"

Emrys shook his head again. He had zero idea about the Cosmic Cultivation System. He just knew that this cultivation system was stronger than other cultivation systems such as the Soul Cultivation System, which he practiced, the Qi Cultivation System, which Mu Bailing and others practiced, and the Body Cultivation System. He had yet to meet anybody cultivator.

The old man expected this. He looked at Emrys directly into his eyes. His eyes still held a fierce light, but there was also a hint of something else—maybe interest or curiosity.

The old man reached out his hand, and a small, dark orb appeared in his palm. It pulsed with an eerie light. Emrys felt a strong energy coming from the orb, but he didn’t feel afraid. Instead, he felt a strange connection to it.

The old man spoke again, "This is a Death Orb. It holds a lot of death energy. Let’s see how your body reacts to it."

He tossed the orb toward Emrys. Emrys instinctively reached out to catch it. The moment his hand touched the orb, he felt a surge of death energy flowing into him.

Just like before, the energy was quickly absorbed by his second Soul Mark, the Lord of the Cursed Abyss. Emrys felt his strength growing as the Soul Mark devoured the energy. The quality of the Soul Mark increased again.

Purple (Ordinary).

Purple (Elite).

Purple (Master).

The old man watched in amazement as the Death Orb’s energy was completely absorbed by Emrys. He had never seen anything like it.

Emrys felt a rush of power. He could sense the changes in his soul mark. His second Soul Mark had become even stronger. He looked at the old man, wondering what he would do next.

The old man seemed to be thinking deeply. Finally, he spoke, "You are very interesting, boy. You don’t know a single thing about the Cosmic Cultivation System, yet you have already climbed five steps in building the foundation. Your body appears ordinary on the surface, but it is hungry for death energy. What catches my eye the most is the fact that your body is an endless pit, like an Abyss. No matter how much death energy it devours, it remains hungry."

"Most importantly, I don’t feel any change in your body even though you have devoured an enormous amount of death energy from the start till now. Just where does all that death energy go?"

Emrys never opened his mouth to speak a single word. Obviously, he was not going to answer the old man’s question. He still doesn’t know what the old man wants from him.

The old man could easily see through Emrys’s thoughts but did not clarify anything. He kept observing Emrys’s body with interest. It was as if he had just found something extraordinary, something unknown to research.

After a while, the old man spoke curiously, "You are indeed interesting. During the past trillions of eons, I have seen countless people visiting this fragment of the ’Realm of Despair,’ however, you are the only person I can’t see through. Your soul is foggy, I can’t spy on your memories, and your body appears to be incredibly dangerous for a person like me who reconstructed his body with Death Energy."

"In all these years, you are the only person who successfully caught my attention. Just what are you? Are you even a human?"

Emrys’s mouth twitched when he heard this.

He could not help but want to say, ’Old man, I am definitely a human. But you are not!’

However, he did not speak anything. Instead, his attention was brought to a few words spoken by the old man.

Trillions of eons!

Realm of Despair!

How many years are in an eon?

Nearly one billion years.

What does it mean to live for trillions of eons?

Emrys immediately recalled the memories he obtained not long ago. He recalled when the golden figure, Ling Xiaolong told the predecessor about millions, billions, and trillions of years. At that time, the predecessor felt a surge of emotions.

Emrys felt the same sensation at this moment. He experienced exactly the same emotions his predecessor did.