Chapter 725: Chapter 461: Reading the Jade Slip, the Unspeakable Elder God (Part 2)

Like top cultivators such as Demon Tathagata, Taixi Confucian Sword, and Extreme Origin Overlord forming alliances, all the Demon Venerables daring to approach were easily killed in a few breaths, without even a chance to flee.

Even the avatar dispatched by Elder Fumo, as mentioned at the beginning, demonstrated abilities worthy of praise above ordinary Innate cultivators.

Although it couldn’t compare to the astonishing feats of Demon Tathagata’s side, it managed to slay a Demon Venerable and contain three to four others, playing a significant role.

If the situation continued to develop this way, it was foreseeable that the Demon Realm would surely retreat, much like the battle at the Ancient Cyan Sea in which Wang Zhifan participated, ultimately scattering the Demon Venerables and forcing them to flee in disarray.

But as Wang Zhifan accelerated through this portion of memory, the suspected culprit behind the annihilation of Extreme Origin Mountain was finally revealed.

It was a presence that suddenly appeared on the battlefield, blocking out the sky and the sun, seemingly appearing from thin air high above both sides of the battle.

Its specific form was indescribable, as when Elder Fumo’s avatar looked up at it, the originally clear vision became chaotic and blurred, as though a television screen was distorted by powerful external signals.

Yet Elder Fumo was clearly curious about this suddenly appearing enemy, and despite risking the loss of this powerful avatar, he focused his gaze on it, striving to discern and analyze it.

At this point, the memory within the jade slip was nearing its end. In the final brief fragment, Elder Fumo’s avatar barely discerned that the celestial presence displayed colors akin to radiant auroras.

It was immensely large, blocking the entire sky, exuding an indescribable terrifying oppression, immobilizing all cultivators below, including all Demon Venerables of the Demon Realm, indicating that this bizarre existence transcended the level of Super Innate, reaching an extremely frightening realm.

Subsequently, numerous "threads" or "tentacles," emitting a dizzying and radiant bizarre light, descended from the body of the celestial terror.

These threads or tentacles were quite selective, specifically targeting top human experts like Demon Tathagata, Taixi Confucian Sword, and Extreme Origin Overlord, ignoring other weaker human cultivators or Demon Venerables, causing those most likely to break free from the immense pressure to quickly fall into deeper crisis.

The avatar dispatched by Elder Fumo was also "blessed" by one of them. As the bizarre and radiant "tentacle" descended upon it, its vision was immediately plunged into chaos and collapse, and then into complete nothingness, marking the fundamental destruction of this avatar.

Quickly reviewing all the memory information in the jade slip, Wang Zhifan, like the two previous readers, also showed a look of astonishment.

However, he didn’t say much, promptly handing the jade slip to the next person beside him, the Daoist Martial Cultivator Wanjian Zunzhu.

The dignified middle-aged Daoist Wanjian Zunzhu immediately immersed his mind into the jade slip, while the other guests in the living room all turned their gaze towards Wang Zhifan’s avatar, eager for his assessment of the memory content in the jade slip.

This was natural, as the two previous readers were greatly shocked by the contents, sparking discussions among the crowd. Being the current number one on the Demon Sealing List, Wang Zhifan was already the focus of extra attention; seeing him also surprised made everyone eager to hear his thoughts.

Noticing the gazes from everyone in the living room, Wang Zhifan did not remain silent. His eyes calmly swept over all those looking at him, then he replied in a deep voice:

"Gentlemen, having reviewed the memory left by Lord Fumo in the jade slip, I believe the chief culprit behind the Extreme Origin Mountain incident likely doesn’t originate from the Demon Realm, but from other distant realms."

His words immediately left everyone in the living room looking at each other, including those who had read the jade slip before, like Carefree Roaming Dragon, Daoist Without Heaven or Earth, and Elder Fumo himself, all casting questioning glances at him.

Thus, Wang Zhifan controlled his avatar to continue explaining:

"During my travels in other minor realms, I chanced upon an extremely ancient fragment, which introduced terrifying beings from distant realms.

It’s said these beings are indescribable and can suppress all things within the world. Descriptions of a part of them are strikingly similar to what appeared at the end of the jade slip."

At the time, I only thought this fragment was the work of a madman in delirium. Now it seems it may not be baseless..."

Although Wang Zhifan was mostly improvising on the spot, the core of his explanation wasn’t nonsense, as he indeed had a seventy to eighty percent certainty about the existence that appeared at the end of the jade slip.

The reason he could be so certain was not because he had more life experience than the experts present, but because as a player, he had a natural information advantage.

He recognized at a glance that the terrifying existence wasn’t a product of this world view, but one of the ancient gods, an indescribable type of high-tier dungeon boss rumored among the player community!

On player forums, Wang Zhifan had seen related posts, saying a class of high-tier dungeons was virtually all short-lived survival instances, yet the player death rate was extremely high. The characteristic was that the dungeon’s world view included indescribably powerful ancient gods.

These ancient gods wouldn’t actively attack players, but just being motionless, or outright slumbering, was enough to cause devastating impacts on high-level players, making them very averse to such dungeons. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

It’s said that some top-notch high-level players who discovered they entered such dungeons would directly use very precious special items to exit immediately, preferring to suffer some losses and forgo all dungeon rewards rather than stay in such a world even a second longer.

After listening to Wang Zhifan’s further explanation, some people in the living room still looked puzzled, while others’ eyes lit up and continued to question Wang Zhifan.

"Respectable Martial Lord, is there a record in that ancient fragment on how to deal with such indescribable beings?"

"May I ask, Mr. Martial Lord, where exactly is that distant realm? Though we know the heavens are boundless, apart from the Demon Realm and some uninteresting minor realms, we haven’t explored any other more distant places..."

"Mr. Martial Lord, since you know about this foe’s details, why don’t you lead the development of a counter-plan?"

...

As discussions ensued, the thoughts of everyone in the living room were stirred due to Wang Zhifan’s words, which represented a delightful breakthrough in their understanding of the transformation at Extreme Origin Mountain, no longer keeping them completely in the dark.

In reality, Wang Zhifan knew more than they thought, and that’s because he had already recognized the indescribable ancient god responsible for the annihilation of Extreme Origin Mountain’s origin, an Otherworld player!

The reason was simple: the indescribable ancient god was not something that should exist within this world view. It suddenly appeared and then vanished without a trace; it must have been projected across realms through summoning or other means, and only players could achieve that!

Leaving aside whether the players on Wang Zhifan’s side had that capability, the dungeon’s target limitations alone wouldn’t allow them to do such a thing, unless they were special avenger players.

But the number of avenger players must be very small, and there’s a higher probability that it was opposing Otherworld players who were more likely to do such a thing.

"I recall that at the grand meeting before the great battle, the master specifically summoned me once, mentioning that the Otherworld players were a variable in future battles. It now appears this variable meant they could summon indescribable ancient gods to influence the battle situation...

Therefore, breaking the stalemate is simple: no need to think of how to deal with these troublesome ancient gods, just kill all the Otherworld players. I refuse to believe they can summon ancient gods without any cost..."

Being a player, Wang Zhifan was quite familiar with this cohort. He knew that the more powerful the skill, the greater the limitation. If the ancient god couldn’t be dealt with, then deal with those who summon the ancient god.