Chapter 2081: Chapter 612: Creation Crystal (Part 2)
At the bottom of the crystal ball was a withered, white giant hand.
The giant hand was riddled with scars, a sight that was both shocking and horrifying.
Most of it was covered by the magnificent Ten-Day Heavenly Net, with only a small joint extended outside!
The crystal ball was sitting atop that joint.
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Warning: You have discovered O’Blair’s Creation Crystal.
Inside the Creation Crystal, you may have your primary consciousness altered and ultimately beco Captain O’Blair’s puppet.
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Leave!
Leave imdiately!
A strong thought surged in Matthew’s heart.
Accompanied by several other thoughts.
His body seed to beco incredibly light, starting to fly away from the crystal ball into the high heavens.
The next second.
A black vortex suddenly appeared at the bottom of the crystal ball.
A powerful suction erged from the vortex’s center.
Instantly, it anchored Matthew in place!
Pain surged through his entire body, as if he were about to be torn apart!
The captain’s voice ca from within the vortex, still as gentle and kind:
“You were right, I truly can’t pull all of your soul down here, what you just saw was an act.”
“I’m surprised that you could summon and recover your primary consciousness so quickly.”
“The qualities you display are not like a rookie entering the legendary realm but rather an old monster.”
Matthew snorted coldly:
“At this point, using the Heart Attack Technique is aningless, isn’t it?”
“I’m sorry, Captain, but our conversation ends here, I’m leaving now…”
The captain chuckled softly:
“Do you really think I’ve beco too weak to do anything?”
“As long as I wish, I can keep you here with forever.”
“Your primary consciousness is indeed recovering, but I can slow down that recovery by ten thousand tis.”
“By the ti you truly return to the material world, you’ll find that three to five years, or even a decade, have already passed…”
“What do you think might happen during that ti?”
“For beings like you mortals, a decade’s passage of ti could witness monuntal changes, wouldn’t you agree?”
“Moreover, I’ve heard that you’re about to partake in the power struggle for a planet’s governance—losing that planet wouldn’t be good news for you, would it?”
As he spoke.
The vortex’s pull grew even stronger.
The pain Matthew sensed multiplied several tis, simultaneously he could clearly feel the recovery of his primary soul slowing considerably.
But his gaze remained sharp:
“If your purpose is rely to waste ti with , then I’m willing to accompany you to the end.”
The captain slowed down:
“Of course not.”
“I can release you imdiately.”
“Provided you accept a small portion of my strength, even just a little, we can negotiate.”
Matthew resolutely replied:
“There’s no negotiation!”
The captain’s tone grew cold:
“Are you certain?”
“Losing Storluk may completely alter your fate!”
“I can tell you, that planet’s significance is much greater than you imagine, having it might allow you to struggle a bit.”
“But losing Storluk, you’re destined to beco the vessel for the Sun God’s resurrection!”
How could Matthew care about the hidden hints within the captain’s words?
Despite enduring overwhelming pain.
His ntal consciousness instead completely relaxed:
“I will never compromise.”
He was already ntally prepared to have the captain waste a lot of ti here.
Strangely enough.
As Matthew’s mindset relaxed.
The intense tearing pain also reduced by a hundredfold, although still painful, it seed to be more bearable.
The captain remained silent.
After a while.
He sighed softly:
“More than a year has passed in the material world.”
“If you compromise now, I can still think of a way to redy.”
Matthew laughed:
“Redy what?”
“You know my top priority is the defense of Storluk, and since I’ve already missed it, the subsequent ti lacks much value for .”
“You cannot use that as a bargaining chip to negotiate with .”
The captain lanted:
“Indeed, the Heirs of Heavenly Calamity are never easily deceived.”
He shifted his tone:
“Help find that secret room.”
“I can forgive you for not accepting my strength.”
Yet Matthew remained utterly conscious.
He imdiately mocked:
“You wasted a year of my ti, causing imasurable losses, and still think of negotiating with using outdated chips?”
The captain sneered:
“Then I can waste even more of your ti.”
Matthew lazily said:
“Doesn’t matter.”
“Please continue to waste it.”
“If you want to negotiate, it’s best to show so sincerity. After all, your real purpose is probably neither to find the secret room nor to make accept your Strength, but is it about ‘’ myself?”
The captain couldn’t help but click his tongue:
“You’re too smart.”
Matthew shook his head and said:
“It’s because you showed it too clearly.”
“As a Twilight Creature with a mind close to a demon, all your tones, sighs, exclamations, sarcasms, sneers… are just decorations.”
“You know the power of the calamity better than anyone, so of course, you wouldn’t underestimate the Heir of Heavenly Calamity. That phrase ‘The Heir of Heavenly Calamity, indeed, none are easy to fool’ was too extravagant…”
“I have a feeling you’re letting see through you on purpose — or rather, you simply don’t care if I do, all you want is to establish so kind of connection with …”
“This connection could be a commission agreent, injecting Strength, or emotions of hatred and fear — what you care about is rely the depth and breadth of our interaction. Though I am not the only one, I suppose there is indeed sothing special about for reasons like these, it’s why you ancient creatures have focused your attention on , am I right?”
Clap, clap, clap.
The vortex stopped.
The Space Essence jumped out from inside, applauding as he walked towards Matthew:
“Absolutely right.”
“Brilliant.”
“Can I ask how you deduced all this?”
Matthew glanced at the data panel.
Looking at the continuously blinking inscriptions and the highlighted Seven Saints Inheritance title, he responded calmly:
“Just so basic reasoning.”
“Nothing worth ntioning.”
The captain raised an eyebrow:
“Alright then.”
“In that case, there’s no need to waste any more of each other’s ti, let’s conduct the final negotiations —
You don’t need to do anything, but you must allow to beco your friend…”
He seed to want to explain sothing.
Yet Matthew had already agreed:
“Alright.”
“State your conditions.”
The captain smiled and said:
“I’ll try to make up so of the ti lost.”
Matthew shook his head and said:
“That’s what you should do.”
“Not enough.”
The captain added:
“For the remaining ti, I can make it into a Mystical Item for you, plus that big fish just now.”
Matthew continued shaking his head:
“Still not enough.”
The captain was not angry, he looked at Matthew:
“What do you want?”
Matthew thought for a mont:
“Add one more thing, the weaknesses or secrets of the other twelve Twilight Creatures besides you.”
The captain straightforwardly said:
“No problem.”
“In addition to that, I can also give you a backdoor command to control them, but keep in mind, once activated, they must destroy sothing. After all, Twilight Creatures are essentially ultimate weapons of destruction.”
Matthew’s eyes flashed.
His face appeared full of joy on the surface.
But inwardly, he warned himself not to use this backdoor command unless absolutely necessary.
There’s a 90% chance sothing is wrong with it!
But regardless, the atmosphere of the talks beca harmonious once more.
The captain provided information about the Twilight Creatures.
Matthew also agreed to help find the secret chamber of the Sun God.
A mont later.
As Matthew was about to leave.
He suddenly asked:
“How did the other Heirs of Heavenly Calamity react to your bluffing?”
The captain calmly said:
“Not much different from you, very few were willing to compromise.”
“Most of them I reached verbal agreents with, and I gave them so benefits and information, but the majority turned their backs right after leaving.”
“Only one person was an exception; he actually fulfilled his promise…”
Matthew asked:
“Who was that?”
“And what was his promise?”
The captain said:
“Edmond.”
“His promise was to bring a limitless potential kid in the future…”
Matthew’s face instantly turned black.
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