Reaper of the Martial World

Book 7: Chapter 206: Golden Orb (1)

A violent wind knocked Dyon flying once more as the doors closed behind him. Those who had been spectating could only watch with bitter expressions on their faces – none more bitter than Kali who only had to have said yes to take part in what Yandevere and Sabona were taking part in…

“The title of True God really is well earned…” Some couldn’t help but mutter to themselves. But, something was telling them that this Dyon was on a complete other level than what a even a True God should be capable of. If he wasn’t constantly doing things to subvert their expectations, how could they as Kings and Emperors dare to look down on a True God? Yet, time and time again, he shocked them.

Within the sky castle, Dyon coughed violently, wincing as he popped his shoulder back into place and released the beast babies along with Yandevere and Sabona.

A shocked gasp left Sabona’s lips. “He really did it!”

Even Yandevere’s normally bland expression twinkled slightly in surprise. They had agreed with Dyon’s plan, but that didn’t mean they thought he’d succeed. At most, they thought that for Madeleine’s sake, they should help pull him out of trouble when he sunk in too deep. Yet, he actually didn’t need them at all!

Dyon was too injured to respond immediately. He simply popped a comet grade Heaven Soothing pill into his mouth and pushed his white flames to the limit, amplifying its abilities several times over.

His plan might have seemed simple, but it actually put a lot of strain on his body. Although reaching the speed of a dao formation expert was nothing more than energy expenditure to him, running into a billion jin at that speed sheered multiple of his organs apart. It would take some time before he was back at peak condition.

The good news was that not only had he entered the sky castle, but he had also eliminated three of the peak celestials that group could have had help them. The first was Yandevere who he brought in with him, and the last two were obviously the peak celestials that plotted to kill him.

Now that that already small group of 30 or so was whittled down even further of its experts, it would take them far longer to breach the castle. If Dyon had to guess, they’d likely err on the side of waiting until more people found the sky castle before attacking. This could take anywhere from days to weeks, and even then, it would be a massive trial to make it through all the puppets, especially the pseudo-dao one.

“Where is Madeleine?” Sabona couldn’t help ask.

Dyon coughed, spitting out a glob of blood before standing up. He felt much better now.

“She’s in secluded training right now.” Dyon said absentmindedly. He looked around, realizing that they were in a foyer between two large doors. It seemed that after the large double doors that guarded the castle, there was a second set of doors directly behind them that required the key from the first phase.

“Don’t lie to me! I heard people talking about how she was very injured!” Sabona waved her massive red hammer around. Dyon found it adorable that what looked like a little girl was brandishing a weapon twice her size.

The truth was that months ago, Dyon was forced to carry Madeleine around because her situation was still unstable and sometimes took a turn for the worst. But, by now, Madeleine was out of the woods.

“She was very injured, and now she’s in secluded training.” Dyon didn’t even bother to attempt and concoct a good story. “Let’s go.”

With a thought, his six-sided key appeared in his hand and flew toward the second set of doors. Unlike the previous heavy set, these doors opened with remarkable ease. In fact, they didn’t even stop Yandevere and Sabona from entering as well despite the fact they didn’t have to use their keys. It seemed that one key was enough to allow an entire group entry.

Sabona pouted. “I fought so hard for my key and it turns out I don’t even need it. This Lord Creator is too –.“  

However, her words froze as she saw the space they entered, greed replacing her previous pout.

Below them was a ground of solid marble. It shone with interlaced lines of pearly white, greys and sparse flecks of black. But, the room had no walls or even a ceiling to speak of. Instead, it was replaced by an expanse of space.

Stars twinkled in the distance, shining down with a faint light. It was even possible to see moons of various colors and streaking asteroids and comets. It was almost as though this slab of marble had been ejected from a planet and was now floating aimlessly. If it wasn’t for the fact that there was another set of identical double doors at the end of the marble slab, they’d really believe that this was the case as well.

This said, none of these matters were what made Sabona’s eyes light up with greed. While some of what hovered in this night sky were stars, there were also orbs of shimmering lights as well.

Within these orbs of light, outstanding treasures floated, completely trapped. The best part was, judging by the auras of these treasures, even the worst of them were Peak Comet Grade Transcendent treasures, while the best of them were Peak Planet Grade Supreme treasures!