Chapter 225: The most familiar person!

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In the vast orange land, what was previously filled with the sounds of bones crushing and puppets breaking, was now eery silent.

In the center of this land, stood a tall young man motionlessly. His appearance was wretched, with bruises all over his body. It was fortunate that the last battle did not shred him the last of his dignity, as his underpants still remained intact after his final battle despite the fight being more ferocious than the previous five rounds!

This young man was Duan Li, and he had won all the battle in this first trial room. The number of puppets that he had destroyed in these battles amounts to a staggering total of 100,000!

If there was others that had witnessed those epic scenes, surely, tales of the Duan Li going against the impossible would be spread far and wide, before turning into legends that will lasts for generations to come!

At this moment, Duan Li had truly already lost his consciousness and fainted while standing. In fact, he had fainted even before the fight had started in that last round, and his body moved purely through his will and instinct alone!

"Ahh.. young master is already wasted.. what happens now?" the little sword looked around and found no signs that the destroyed puppets will undergo through the rebirth process again and sighed in relief.

Wengg!

Eh?

Looking up, the space above the sky rippled as a figure suddenly came out from it. Time and space seemed to become irrelevant in front of this person and his disposition was supreme, to the extent that his figure could not be seen, as if there were many layers of lights protecting his majestic figure from being peered to by lowly beings.

The appearance of this transcendic being sent the little sword dumbfounded and he couldn't believe what he was seeing. If he had any face, surely, his countenance would be extremely pale!

It cannot be..

"What? Have your brains aged for too much that you don't recognize me anymore?" the person said with a slight chuckle, but his voice was as cold the arctic frost!

Hearing this familiar voice, the little sword shivered and despite dangling on Duan Li's right earlobe making his movements extremely limited, he still immediately tilted forward as best as he could to mimic the actions of kneeling in order to show his utmost respect!

"H-How would I dare Master?! I, Duergar, one of the Nine Eternal weapons of Salvation, greets the Supreme Endless Monarch.. Lord Duan Lu Qi!" the little sword spoke out loud as he grovel with a stutter.

Forget? The person before him was the most familiar person he knew! In fact, even if he wanted to forget, he would never be able to do so!

This was the person that could command the laws of Heavens and manipulate it on his whim, decides the fate of an entire universe with a single thought, and drove even the strings of fate throughout the multiverse to move in a certain direction that he wants unfettered!

Furthermore, this person was also the one.. who forged him!

Each of the Eternal Weapon was forged out of the Everlasting ore as their core essence, granting them immunity to the ageing process, resulting in their spirit being immortal and their metal; resistant to rust and dullness!

"Good. It seems that this 'Young Master' of yours has grown quite quickly than I previously anticipated." he said with an approval nod.

"Y-Yes! I have been trying my best to guide him properly all these while as per your instructions Master, so this much is a given for me, also.." the little sword tried to brag and bootlick at the same time, but when the Endless Monarch gave him that cold glance, he immediately shut his mouth from saying anything further.

"Still, he needs to become stronger soon and ascend to release the shackles.. otherwise, if the Eternal Lords in that Upper realm of Heavens noticed this, it would be all for naught." he said with a hint of worry in his voice.

The little sword then butted in, "Master, I know that it is not my place to ask this.. but why go through all these troubles? With your power, you could.."

"Enough." the Endless Monarch interjected as he shook his head.

With a light sigh and a gaze that was deeply filled with loneliness, he turned to look at the blue sky.

"My powers.. even if it could turn back time, threw the whole dimension asunder, what use will it be when things are not the same anymore?" he said with a melancholic look, seemingly to long for something that was forever unreachable to him.

"When you have reached the state of where I am in right now, you will then know that certain things could never be changed, no matter how powerful you are."

He used to believe that as long as he become stronger than the next, what he wanted would eventually be within reached. However, he now knows the truth.

As he exhaled another sigh, all the countless emotions on his face disappeared, replaced with an indifferent expression once more.

"I trust that you will not fail me.. otherwise.."

CRACK!

When that last word was spoken, as if the Crafted Space was forcefully gripped by an intangible force, they began to compress, and signs of tear started to show under the immense pressure!

"I understand Master! I will not disappoint you!" the little sword swiftly replied as fear crept up in him.

Who was the person before him?

That person was his Master, Duan Lu Qi of the Endless Monarch! Not a single existence in all the three realms of Heavens has not heard of his name!

Just by the mention of his name, countless experts would feel intimidated and would shy away from anything related to him.

The prowess of his Master could only be described as 'otherworldly', possessing might even surpassing that of the Celestial Beings!

After all, his Master had reached the peak of cultivation that none has achieved before..

The Eternal Heavenly realm state, the eighth shackle before the final one!

Wengg!

The figure of his Master disappeared into thin air and the dreadful sensation was finally lifted.

Sigh..

After confirming that his Master was indeed gone, the little sword pondered for a moment, "How did Master get here? If he leaves the Source realm even for a second, the Eternal Lords would definitely scramble the very instant they detect his aura.."

It must be his projections then..

At the thought of this, he felt even more chilly! Just a projection of his Master was enough to collapse an entire Crafted Space within a Compounded Space!

Such a notion was probably difficult to comprehend, but one has to know that the Grand Immortal that built the Eternal Maze was someone of the Celestial Lord realm state - the Sixth realm under the Immortal wheels of fate that had released the sixth shackle!

For his mere projection to be able to do this much, his title as the Endless Monarch, given to the one who ruled all things from beyond, was truly fitting!

"Eh... What happened?" Duan Li finally regained his consciousness as he slowly opened his eyes.

My spiritual Qi? Its back?

Feeling the surging waves of spiritual Qi cycling within his three dantians, Duan Li swiftly performed self-recovery on himself, and the injuries on his body recovered in a matter of instant!

He also whipped out a new robe from his spatial ring and dressed himself. Otherwise, if Di Rou were to come out from the shadow and saw him with only his underpants down there, she might misunderstood him of wanting some 'peculiar' services.

Duan Li had no doubt that she might attend to his every needs being the Imperial Overlord, but he was still a man of morals. Furthermore, the time was a little bit inconvenient.

Ahem!

"What have I missed?" he asked the little sword.

"Eh? N-Nothing! Young Master were just unconscious and nothing absolutely happens while you were out! H-Hahahaha!" the little sword replied with a forceful laugh at the end.

Hmm.. this thing is hiding something from me..

"Aha! Look over there young master! The bronze vortex has re-opened! Let's exit this smelly place!" the little sword tried to avoid the subject.

Duan Li thought for a moment before nodding.

'Since the vortex has re-appeared, it must mean that I had cleared the trial.. but this little sword..'

I guess he won't talk about it.. well no matter!

Stepping into the vortex, Duan Li's figure disappeared. Soon after, the countless mounds of broken puppets piled up onto one another like hills and mountains sunk into the orange ground, making the whole place appeared flat once more, as if the intense battles fought before was nothing but a fleeting dream!

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