Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 318 The 21st Floor of the Abyss and the Demon Arcanist

Chapter 317

Rosen took out the divine essence of the Mother of Flesh and Blood, and then activated the Origin Star Core to seal the divine essence.

The power of many laws emerged in his palm, eventually sealing the divine essence within layers of seals. Then, these laws merged with his divine power to form a spherical, dazzling crystal that encased the divine essence, with countless mysterious, luminous patterns faintly visible on the surface of this crystal.

He continued to activate the Ancient God skill Chaotic Star Core, and in that instant, he gained the means to invoke the sequence power of the Mother of Flesh and Blood.

The source star core is extremely robust, its robustness being influenced by both the sealed artifact and its own extraordinary sequence.

This one, which sealed the divine spark of a true god, is even more powerful than a true god's extraordinary artifact.

Moreover, the Origin Star Core can change size at will, swirling around Rosen and suddenly transforming into an eyeball that unleashed a flesh-and-blood curse. A mountain targeted by this eyeball came to life in the blink of an eye, becoming a mountain made of flesh and blood.

Rosen removed the Origin Star Core. This thing was good, but those below the level of a god could only create one Origin Star Core at a time.

A deity can create two at a time, a true god can create three at a time, and even a great true god can only create nine at a time.

If there were no limit to the number of Origin Star Cores, this one skill would be enough to make one invincible.

It took Rosen several real years to refine the severed hand of the Great True God, and Bruno and the other two had also fully recovered from their injuries.

They put in a lot of effort to hunt down the Mother of Flesh and Blood. Although it was agreed beforehand that the spoils of this battle would be repayment for the resources he had funded their advancement to godhood, it wouldn't be right to give them nothing at all. How could he have the nerve to order them to hunt other targets next time?

So he planned to give each person a Flesh and Blood Secret Fruit, and then give them a Sequence 0 extraordinary artifact.

They are rotting flesh and blood, flesh and blood dolls, and flesh and blood dresses.

These three extraordinary artifacts all originated from the Pope of the Church of the Mother of Flesh and Blood. Although they were of very good quality, they were somewhat eerie, so he had no use for them. However, they were very valuable to Bruno and his companions.

Bruno and the other two were very happy to receive the items, and Rosen immediately began to use the forbidden curse painting to control the other forbidden sequences.

There are ten forbidden sequences left in total. With a big stick in one hand and a sweet treat in the other, nine of them were successfully completed.

There was only one person who refused to let Rosen draw, but before he could even make a move, he was already surrounded and killed by the other forbidden sequences.

After controlling the forbidden sequence, the next step is to control the titled demigods.

Except for a few who refused to comply even at the cost of their lives, the rest all had forbidden curse paintings drawn by Rosen.

The fact that Bruno and the other two appeared to testify was the key reason why things went so smoothly. The pressure that the true god of the World Government put on the many demigods was too great. Not everyone was confident that they could survive the mission assigned by the true god, and then escape the true god's pursuit after surviving.

Therefore, banding together through forbidden curse paintings and joining forces to resist the World Government is arguably the only hope that can be seen.

Although their lives and deaths are controlled by Rosen, they can also use a curse that costs them their lives to counterbalance Rosen.

Therefore, although the entire alliance was led by Rosen, the others were not worried about being enslaved by Rosen.

After successfully forming an unbreakable alliance, Rosen and the others, all possessing great fortune, could secretly communicate through the God Network.

In reality, they all went into hiding, rarely contacting each other. Even when they did, they would never discuss anything that might reveal the existence of the alliance, because the fall of several demigods who refused to submit had attracted the attention of the true gods.

Rosen originally planned to go into seclusion to refine the divine essence crystal of the Mother of Flesh and Blood, and then use it to awaken the bloodline of the ancient god.

However, before he could even prepare to go into seclusion, he had already discovered a better way to utilize it.
Directly refining extraordinary materials is obviously the most wasteful approach; only by configuring them into potions can their value be maximized.

The Abyss Demons, the greatest enemy of the Church of the Mother of Flesh and Blood, possess a special potion recipe that targets the Mother of Flesh and Blood.

The bloodline of the ancient gods becomes increasingly difficult to awaken as one progresses. The limit of the Blood and Flesh Secret Fruit is to awaken the bloodline of the ancient gods to 79%.

If one simply refines the divine essence crystal of the Mother of Flesh and Blood, the final bloodline awakening level may be stuck at 89%.

However, when formulated into a potion, there is a high probability that it will exceed the 90% threshold.

Then this is basically the upper limit of the awakening of the ancient god bloodline. After 90%, it is the realm of the true god, because only extraordinary materials at the level of a great true god to enhance the bloodline can possibly allow the ancient god bloodline to be fully awakened at 100%.

……

The Abyss Battlefield, where war has raged for many years.

Both the Abyss World and the World Government suffered heavy casualties. Usually, when the Abyss launches a major offensive, it is either to reduce the excessive number of Abyss Demons in the Abyss World, or to appease the will of the Abyss and thus instigate slaughter and destruction.

Usually, once casualties reach a certain level, the war will gradually subside.

However, this time was different from the past; the Abyss World was completely determined to fight the World Government to the death.

When the true god of humanity contacted the Lord of the Abyss, the only reply he received was to lift the curse.

As long as the curse remains unbroken, the war will not stop.

However, the Abyss Lord couldn't explain what the specific curse was, which gave the true god of the World Government a real headache.

They also realized that it was very likely that someone among the human race had cursed a being in the Abyss, but the Abyss Lord could not pinpoint who it was. Therefore, the Abyss Lord launched a full-scale war in retaliation, forcing that person to lift the curse.

However, even the Abyss Lord who directly confronted the curse did not know who this person was, and the World Government had no way of finding him.

So the situation remained deadlocked, and the World Government had no choice but to continuously send more troops to the front lines.

The battlefield is the place where casualties are most likely to occur, but it is also the place where rise to power is most likely to happen.

The Scourge, an extraordinary legion of troops from the Glorious Kingdom.

Commanded by the Sequence 1 Shadowfiend hero, the Scourge, with its understanding of abyssal demons, the elusive Shadowfiend Space, and the terrifying Scourge curse, achieved astonishing victories on the battlefield, even forcing the Abyssal Lord to launch surprise attacks on the Scourge several times.

However, each surprise attack failed, and on one occasion they even managed to surround and kill a Sequence 0 Abyss Demon.
When Rosen arrived at the Scourge, the entire legion was resting behind the defensive line.

The prolonged slaughter, coupled with the spiritual corruption caused by the power of the abyss, meant that the human legion was destined to be unable to venture deep into the abyss world and often had to return to the rear to rest. At this time, musicians sent by the World Government sang soothing songs that enveloped the entire legion's encampment.

Although Rosen occasionally learns about the situation here, he doesn't have in-depth knowledge of the details.

Based on his observations of some Abyss Lords through the Hunter's Eye, he has roughly figured out the current state of the Abyss World.

Not all Abyss Lords approved of the war, but Anatol, the vice-lord of the first layer of the Abyss, actually issued an order for a full-scale war through the will of the Abyss, forcing those Abyss Lords who were unwilling to participate in the war to send troops to fight.

Even so, many Abyss Lords are just going through the motions; they don't really want to risk their lives against the human gods.

Many Abyss Lords are already plotting how to escape the Abyss World.

Rosen opened the Book of Eternal History and reconfirmed the information about the Church of the Mother of Flesh and Blood.

After the Mother of Flesh and Blood became an evil god, she basically wanted to corrupt everything she saw into flesh and blood.

If he didn't just eat and sleep, he would definitely become one of the most troublesome evil gods.

The value of the Church of the Mother of Flesh and Blood lies in providing the Mother of Flesh and Blood with enough fresh food.

These foods can win by quantity, or they can win by quality.

The standard for quality is different kinds of flesh and blood life, which is why the Church of the Mother of Flesh and Blood has its eyes on the Abyss World.

Because the abyssal demons born in the Abyssal Blood River, although the vast majority are specific abyssal demons with specific evolutionary paths, some abyssal demons undergo random mutation and evolution, so the types of abyssal demons increase every moment.

Then, a very small number of new species of abyssal demons will grow up because they have enough potential and luck.

The vast majority of the remaining ones were gradually phased out shortly after their creation.

The existing species of abyssal demons in the abyss world are almost all species that have evolved through mutation and natural selection.

Therefore, the Mother of Flesh and Blood's favorite thing to do is to feed on new species of Abyssal Demons. However, the Mother of Flesh and Blood does not dare to enter the Abyssal World in her true form. Instead, she can only send the Church into the Abyssal World and then set up sacrificial ruins to guide the Mother of Flesh and Blood's avatars to descend.

Most of the time, the Mother of Flesh and Blood can use her clones to feast and escape.

On rare occasions, when the Mother of Flesh and Blood was enjoying herself too much, she would lose her sense of danger and be captured by the Abyss Monarch. Many of the Mother of Flesh and Blood's clones fell into the hands of the Abyss Monarch, and in the end, most of them were fed to the Abyss Blood River.

Eugene Hughes, the Abyss Lord of the 21st level of the Abyss, is only Sequence 0, but his status ranks among the top ten in the Abyss. This is because Eugene is not only an Abyss Lord but also an Arcane Mage, and his potion-making skills are among the top three in the Overworld.

Almost all Abyss Lords avoid offending Eugene, and many even owe him favors.

The Phantom Lord has to curry favor with everyone he meets to escape the Abyss, while Eugene would be an honored guest wherever he goes if he left the Abyss.

One of the Mother of Flesh and Blood's clones fell into Eugene's hands, where he used it to create many extremely precious potions.

Of these potions, Eugene used some to offer a bounty on the avatar of the Mother of Flesh.

For a considerable period, the Church of the Mother of Flesh and Blood was almost completely destroyed because of this bounty. It was only after Eugene lifted the bounty that the Church of the Mother of Flesh and Blood was given a chance to breathe. Therefore, to obtain the potion formula, one must make contact with Eugene.

The war between humanity and the Abyss is still ongoing, so visiting as a human at this time is clearly not an option.

After careful consideration, Rosen decided to disguise himself as a dragon god to approach Eugene.

More than one-fifth of the arcanists in the main world are dragons. Visiting Eugene as an arcanist would undoubtedly reduce a lot of trouble. Safety is not a major concern, as Eugene practices equivalent exchange. He even built a twin sky city in the main world through the abyss rift.

Rosen originally planned to go directly to Twin Sky City, but later decided to come to the Abyss Battlefield first.

He was unsure whether Eugene would agree to trade the potion formula.

Therefore, he plans to take a two-pronged approach, while also replenishing the Scourge army with more manpower.

No amount of merit is ever enough. As the king of the Glorious Kingdom, with its sheer size, advancing to the Rank 0 noble level is no problem. However, advancing to the Rank 1 True God noble level is still a long way off.

Even the God of Pentacles could not provide this merit, because the God of Pentacles is not a noble god.

It's not that even true gods can't earn this merit, but becoming a true god's noble only requires enough merit as one of the conditions.

To date, no one in the entire world government has met all the requirements to become a true god noble.

After staying with the Scourge for a few days, Rosen quietly infiltrated the Abyss battlefield.

He devoured the corpse of a Sequence 2 Abyss Demon through flesh-and-blood symbiosis, directly inheriting the Abyss Shapeshifter's extraordinary abilities. Unlike Abyss Shapeshifters, which are adept at transforming into various extraordinary life forms, Abyss Shapeshifters are adept at creating realistic illusions.

A shapeshifter changes itself, while a changer changes things outside of itself.

Compared to the vast number of shapeshifters, shapeshifters are a very rare type of abyssal demon.

Rosen was able to find one by chance, thanks to the fortune-telling painting he had drawn.

He made it through the Abyss Battlefield without any major incidents. Using his Shapeshifter identity, he paid enough battle merits to gain the qualification to go to the 21st floor of the Abyss. His reason was that he was not very confident about advancing to Sequence 1 and wanted to get some good magic potions to help him advance.

Crossing the dimensional teleportation array, Rosen arrived at the 21st floor of the Abyss, which didn't resemble the Abyss at all.

The entire 21st level of the Abyss is filled with arcane gardens, which are isolated from the pollution of the Abyss's power. They are planted with various magical materials and plants, and are home to all kinds of extraordinary life forms. The Abyss demons living here actually abide by the order set by Eugene.

A few days later, Rosen arrived at Tower City, where the Tower of Order was located.

The Tower of Order is Eugene's Arcane Tower, a transcendent building with a Sequence 0 rank.

With the power of the Tower of Order, Eugene is able to confront the true god directly outside the Abyss.

If we add the Abyss Lord's authority in the Abyss Plane, Eugene's strength in the 21st layer of the Abyss would be among the top even for a true god.

If the deal at Twin Sky City fails, Rosen will have no choice but to infiltrate the Tower of Order.

After several days of reconnaissance in the city, Rosen successfully located an abyssal demon that could freely enter and exit the Tower of Order.

Stella Hughes, Eugene’s only publicly acknowledged daughter.

However, Rosen was certain that Stella and Eugene had a very bad relationship, because Stella was terrified of Eugene.

This is not surprising, really. What good stuff does the Abyss Lord have?
Although he had a blood feud with the true god of the World Government, Rosen had to admit that compared to these Abyss Lords, the true god of the World Government was simply a model of truth, goodness, and beauty. Everything is subject to comparison; good and bad depend on the reference point.

Although the gods are not absolutely divided into good and evil factions, there are still general distinctions.

The true gods of all races are actually benevolent and righteous gods.

Even if these righteous gods only use their respective races as tools, they still protect their races when those tools have value. Without the protection of the righteous gods, life in different civilizations would not even have the right to be exploited and used as tools.

Then there's the evil god faction, which is purely a faction of lunatics.

Finally, there is the Demon God faction, including the current Abyss Lord, the former Hell Demon God, and those True Gods who cause destruction everywhere without any clan ties. These True Gods who act without any bottom line all belong to the Demon God faction.

Just look at the Phantom Monarch; he directly auctioned off his own children as slaves.

On the surface, the 21st floor of the Abyss, ruled by Eugene, appears to be a place of strict order and little bloodshed. However, this is nothing short of absolute dictatorship. Eugene treats all life in the 21st floor of the Abyss as his own wealth, and naturally, he does not allow his own wealth to be used for self-destruction.

Rosen used his Demon Eyes to spy on Stella for several days and discovered that Stella was merely Eugene's most desired artificial demon.

The Abyss Monarch is unable to escape the Abyss World, and the biggest obstacle is that his demonic bloodline originates from the Abyss Blood River.

It's obvious without even thinking that there must be a huge hidden danger deep within the bloodline.

Therefore, Abyss Lords who escape the Abyss usually reshape their bodies into bodies of other races.

However, Eugene doesn't seem to think so; he is very fond of his Abyss Demon body.

However, he did not want to one day have his life and death manipulated by the will of the abyss because of the hidden dangers deep in his bloodline. Therefore, Eugene attempted to create an artificial, absolutely independent and free abyss demon based on the bloodline of the abyss demon.

Stella is such a product; she is more like a human with the blood of an abyss demon.

On this day, while Stella was out again, Rosen secretly followed her. She was on her way to an arcane garden to collect some special extraordinary materials, a vacation she had worked hard to win for herself.

On Stella's return journey, Rosen and his men quietly deployed their World Domain to envelop Stella.

His movements were terrifyingly fast. Through the forbidden curse painting, he cast a death sentence, reaching directly into Stella's sea of ​​consciousness with one hand, pulling out her divine essence and sealing it into a source star core. Then, he used flesh-blood symbiosis to devour Stella's body.

After Rosen transformed into Stella, she used the power of the Origin Star Core to cover her own divine origin.

This is even more impressive than his LV8 acting skills; even a true god couldn't see through his disguise.

As Rosen returned to the Tower of Order, Yinglong's clone had also arrived at Twin Sky City. The entire Twin Sky City spans a deep abyss rift, with one half in the main world and the other half on the 21st floor of the abyss.

Not everyone is qualified to visit Eugene.

Rosen contacted Eugene through the Arcane Network, posing as a dragon arcane mage. He brought with him a number of precious extraordinary materials that were supposedly extinct in the main world. If the transaction went smoothly, he wouldn't need to worry about Eugene's main body.

Sky City is an arcane garden, filled with the breath of life and nature.

When Rosen was brought here by the arcane golem, Eugene was carefully tending to the plants in the arcane garden.

On the surface, he appears to be a hardworking old farmer, but who would have thought that he is a ruthless monarch of the abyss with no humanity or moral bottom line?

"A divine avatar of Sequence 0, when did the Dragon Clan acquire a Dragon God?"

Eugene looked at Rosen in surprise and asked.

"Just kidding, I'm still a little bit lacking in bloodline transformation before I can become a true god."

Rosen said this, but he made no attempt to hide his confidence and pride.

Dragons have always been like this, and Eugene didn't notice anything amiss.

It's just that the dragon race has a profound foundation; even after being driven back to their homeland, they still have the strength to give birth to new true gods.

But for him, this was like a windfall; the arrival of this mysterious dragon was perfectly timed.

(End of this chapter)