Chapter 557 - 320: Everyone’s in the Secret Sea?

Chapter 557: Chapter 320: Everyone’s in the Secret Sea?

"Kumironi, you’re back?"

Before them was a vista of towering mountains. Chi Cheng, his great sword slung over his shoulder, sat on a scorched-red rock to the side.

Obades was also standing guard nearby.

"Iz went off to explore the ruins by himself. He said you’d definitely be back and told us to wait here."

Kumironi smiled.

’That’s just like Iz.’

"Kumironi, you look like you have something on your mind," Chi Cheng asked, chewing on a foxtail grass stem.

"Chi Cheng, I met Little Lu Cang in there."

"The details are a bit complicated..."

Kumironi began to recount what had happened to her. Lu Cang’s Unsolvable Mystery had offered almost no resistance to her, so she could easily recall the events.

The Secret Sea, the Abyss of the Sea, Earth, Demonization, the Pure White Descent Ritual...

’Lu Cang... can actually beat a Tier Eight Demon now?’

’And it was a complete curb-stomp victory?’

This made Chi Cheng’s heart sink a little.

Although he hadn’t been Lu Cang’s primary mentor, he still considered Lu Cang half a disciple. He had, in a way, helped raise him.

And now, Lu Cang could even take down a Tier Eight Demon?

’Isn’t that progress a little too fast?’

’Back when we were fighting An Zheng, should I have had him stay with me?’

’At the time, considering Lu Cang’s strength, I thought participating in a battle of that level might be too dangerous for him...’

’Besides, Lu Cang was a coward back then; he didn’t dare face An Zheng directly himself.’

So, in the end, Lu Cang went to the Moon Sea.

’Looking back now, maybe letting him stay was the right choice.’

’But...’

’If even Little Lu Cang can defeat a Tier Eight Demon, then I have to work harder too. I can’t let him surpass me. What would that make me look like, being surpassed by an eight-year-old kid?’

’If word got out, Iz would probably laugh his ass off at me.’

’Though, Iz probably isn’t that much stronger anyway.’

’But that guy would definitely be stubborn and claim there’s no way Lu Cang could ever surpass him.’

Kumironi’s main point wasn’t that Lu Cang had defeated Luo Mo. It was about the Pure White Descent Ritual that followed.

It was about the subsequent Descent of the Original Sea.

’But it feels like Chi Cheng is missing the point entirely!’

Kumironi pressed her forehead. She was really frustrated right now.

Just then, a figure holding a Magic Staff slowly emerged from a nearby passageway...

"Yo—Kumironi."

"You’re back?"

Seeing Iz emerge, Chi Cheng turned from his spot on the rock and shouted, "Hey Iz, Kumironi said she met Little Lu Cang, and that Little Lu Cang killed a Tier Eight Demon! And she said Little Lu Cang is the real culprit behind the destruction of the Secret Sea!"

’Chi Cheng!’

’Who asked you to relay it like that?’

’I’m right here! That’s not what I meant at all...’

Kumironi fumed internally.

She was about to explain it all to Iz from the beginning, but before Kumironi could even speak, Iz burst out laughing. "Haha, he can defeat a Tier Eight Demon? As expected of my disciple!"

"Still, a Demon ultimately lacks human intelligence. He’s a far cry from the Level 8 An Zheng. He still needs a lot more practice."

Chi Cheng said, "But he was only Level 5 when he beat it."

Iz: "Hmm... Even as a Level 5, I could probably beat An Zheng."

Chi Cheng: "But Kumironi said that Demon had intelligence equal to a human’s."

Iz: "A Demon with human-level intelligence? Even so, if it were me, I could find a way to defeat it."

’Iz, why are you still being so stubborn?’

’You were already struggling against the dragon in that Tier Seven Dungeon, weren’t you?’

’These guys don’t care at all about Lu Cang summoning the Pure White Descent.’

’Am I the only one who cares?’

Kumironi sighed softly.

But just then, Iz spoke again.

"Kumironi, tell me about Little Lu Cang," he said, his tone now serious.

Kumironi: "Iz..."

...

「Moon Sea」

Bright moonlight shone down upon the land. Although there were no lamps in the Forest, the moon’s brilliance filled the entire woodland.

Leng Qingying walked out of the passageway.

Although it hadn’t even been a full day since they last saw each other, subjectively, it felt like a very long time had passed.

In fact, a great deal of time really had passed inside that space.

If this were a novel, dozens, maybe even a hundred Chapters could have gone by.

"Leng Qingying, where did you go?"

Leng Qingying answered coolly, "I heard a call."

"So, I went."

Lu Cang: "Weren’t you afraid it was dangerous?"

"I didn’t think it was."

Lu Cang was somewhat speechless.

’Not everyone is as cautious as I am.’

’And to be honest, I haven’t been all that cautious myself lately.’

’I keep telling myself to be careful, but I end up doing very dangerous things anyway.’

’Although, it’s always been out of necessity.’

"So, what did you see?"

Leng Qingying looked at Lu Cang. "I saw... Aigemisa."

"And... many other Owners of Divine Talents..."

’Owners of Divine Talents?’

"They came from all over the world. We went through a total of three Trials, and I made it to the final stage."

’Aigemisa.’

’It’s them again, and another three-stage Trial.’

"What did you go through in each stage?" Lu Cang asked.

Leng Qingying recalled, "The first stage was a Demon hunting game."

"The second stage seemed to be different for everyone. My task was to kill a Demon—one that was about to be born from an egg."

"I completed the task."

"For the third stage, it seems I returned to the Secret Sea..."

"It also seemed to be April 1st."

"However, I didn’t see anything unusual happen in the Secret Sea." As she said this, she gave Lu Cang a suspicious look.

"But I returned to that gray, foggy space before the afternoon. Aigemisa settled our rewards, so I didn’t see what happened after."

’The Secret Sea again?’

’But this time, it was a group of Divine Talent Owners who went.’

"Did you... do anything during the third stage?"

"Mmm, I killed an Inheritor from the Dark Church."

The corner of Lu Cang’s mouth twitched slightly as he thought of someone.

"Who?"

"I don’t know her. I just saw her turn into a Demon. If I hadn’t killed her, she might have come to kill me."

"So, before she could spot me, I struck first and killed her."

’Leng Qingying... you really don’t hesitate at all when you strike.’

’This little girl...’

’She truly kills without batting an eye. Once she decides someone needs to die, she doesn’t go through any moral struggle. She just doesn’t hesitate.’

’According to her teacher, she was born to be an Assassin.’

’The most important thing for an Assassin is an unshakable will to kill.’

’But... that Inheritor from the Dark Church had a Divine Artifact... Even Yelieya couldn’t beat her.’

’And Leng Qingying could?’

’A Level 4 Assassin could beat her?’

Leng Qingying saw the doubtful look in Lu Cang’s eyes and strongly suspected he was underestimating her.