Towards Eternity
Ch 575's. Towards the Ocean (IV)

The General's mouth was wide open and his eyes only looked white.

*Shu.pash....*

His body fell into the lava river, and showed no resistance at all. From the sound of her broken collarbone, it was obvious that she was already dead. Weng Lou's deadly attack was completely unexpected and was eyeing his opponent's vital point.

It was as if Weng Lou had experienced and committed murder and knew all the weak points of humans, even Martial Practitioners in the realm of Soul Unification though. The place that Weng Lou attacked, no matter how strong the person was, would definitely go straight to his death. Unless that person was already no longer bound to his physical body, then that person could do nothing with the dangerous attack that Weng Lou was doing.

"Haaa..hahahaha. Fifty years of serving as that person's subordinate, my level of practice can only reach peak 5th stage Soul Unification. But look at you. You're only 15 years old, but you've climbed to stage 3 without a problem. Talent really affects the rise of one's practice, huh?"

"But even so, you're still just a kid who hasn't touched stage 5 yet. That power of yours I'll make you stop getting stronger. This is retribution for killing them cruelly." The General Leader spoke as he looked at Weng Lou like a flea disturbing his sight.

He held onto both of his swords and released his fighting aura along with a bright golden-colored Qi which instantly enveloped him as well as his sword. His Soul Power spread throughout the room they were in, and along with it his figure immediately shot towards Weng Lou.

Weng Lou's eyes moved to the side, staring at the figure of the General leader who was swinging his sword towards him. The sword was emitting something dangerous, and inevitably Weng Lou had to dodge it.

*Shuu-SRIIIIGGH!!!!*

The entire room was cut in half by a single slash from the General's leader. He turned out not to hold himself back in the slightest and released his full strength.

Lahar splashed out from the slash marks that cut the room in half. It seemed like this opponent of Weng Lou was already unconcerned about his surroundings being at this moment. They would be buried deep underground if they unleashed the entire power of Martial Practitioners in the realm of Soul Unification.

"Pe-Leader! We'll die buried if you unleash that much power!!" The only General left besides the General's leader was a thin-bodied General.

He looked panicked at the attack carried out by their leader. But the leader only snorted and raised back his sword, ready to unleash another slash.

"I'll bury him here with me, you get out of here and take General Hu with you. Take the ring and give it to the First Prince. He would become the next emperor and lead the Ryuan Empire in a better direction. I'm sure information about the Emperor's death has already begun to spread and some time the rebel group will attack."

"As a Martial Practitioner in the realm of Soul Unification, your presence is much needed there. Tell the Prince that our dream will come true, and he will make it happen!"

The thin-bodied general clenched his hands listening to the orders of his leader. He was only at stage 4 and his strength was nothing when facing the physical strength of Weng Lou who was like a ferocious beast.

His control over Soul Power also far surpassed all of them, as if he had been at that level for so long that it could control his Soul Power as easily as Soul Sovereigns.

"Leader!!! I will make an offering in front of Tomammi every day! So, may you calm down there!"

"I HAVEN'T EVEN DIED BASTARD!!!!"

The skinny general did not care about the anger of his leader. His long moving legs were very agile jumping from one side of the river to the other. His Qi controlled him and immediately retrieved the unconscious body of the General who was hit by the wind slash of Weng Lou earlier, then ran towards where the ring that emitted the dense Soul Power of Chizi Ryuan was located.

"You think I'll let it go, huh?!" Weng Lou raised his hand, and the Soul Power immediately gathered together to form a transparent golden ball.

The golden ball of Soul Power at first seemed ordinary, but a hint of black aura radiated out from within his body and merged together with the ball. This was the new technique Weng Lou created by utilizing a bit of the power of his bloodline that was deliberately not sealed by Zhi Juan in order to ensure himself not to die despite losing his Qi and Dantian.

"Domain Darkness!!!"

Just after he spoke, the golden ball in his hand turned into a completely black sphere and instantly erupted like a balloon which then spread throughout their current place.

The entire lava river disappeared into the darkness and there was only Weng Lou along with the two Generals who were still left inside.

The leader General's face broke out in cold sweat when he heard the name of Weng Lou's technique. He knew the technique called this Domain, not everyone could have it. Wanting how strong or talented the person was, he would not necessarily be able to obtain Domain ability, as Domains would only be owned by those with Bloodline Descendants.

Although one's Bloodline Heredity was extremely thin, he would be able to awaken the power of his Domain when he was in the realm of Soul Unification. This was because the Soul Power would respond to the Bloodline Strength of Descendants which was indirectly actually interconnected with the Martial Practitioner.

But this infomformation was barely known to anyone, while Weng Lou knew about it because he had already obtained a lot of information from Ye Lao and Qian Yu.

Within his Dark Domain, Weng Lou was able to control all of the darkness energy that was around him. Every shadow, negative energy, element of darkness, and death aura that was in the room was transformed into its power for a while.

"You..you are from one of those Clan Families?! Trusting you is a big mistake we made. You should have killed you when you had the chance!" The General Leader began to regret that he had believed in Weng Lou.

To him, trusting an intruder from the Clan Family was an immeasurable mistake. The Ryuan Empire had always fought relentlessly against them because it had always wanted their territory which used to belong to the old Empire which was where the Clan Families came from.

To the Great Clan Family, the Ryuan Family was a thief who came and took many territories belonging to the old Empire and built his own Empire. Their enmity was very clear and it was seen that the Clan Families were united to suppress the Ryuan Empire. But actually each Clan Family has the desire to control the territory of the Ryuan Empire alone without having to share it with other families.

"Related always comes last, doesn't it?" Weng Lou grinned, and formed a hand pattern and his Dark Domain began to shrink bit by bit.

The two remaining Generals stared at each other they knew what would happen when the Domain wall hit them. Their bodies will be sucked somewhere and do not know where. They should be able to get out of here, no matter what.

"Stop! We surrender! We'll let you have all the property, but please let us go!" said the General Leader while raising both hands followed by the thin-bodied General near where the ring was previously located.

Weng Lou snorted, he stared no matter if they gave up or not, he was going to finish them off both. The two who saw the domain belonging to Weng Lou did not stop, immediately panicked and twisted the brain quickly.

"If you kill us, the people who come with you will die! We've had the soldiers who have the strength at least in the Soul Cleansing realm to keep an eye on them, and if we don't return in a day, they'll kill all your people!"

Finally the General's leader took out his last card. He knew that Weng Lou had a special relationship with one of the people he brought with him to the palace, so he made anticipation if their deal did not work out.

"Pft-it's funny. Do you think I'm that stupid to leave my people alone without any security?" said Weng Lou who looked at them with a mocking look.

***

Right now, in the palace where Du Zhe and the others were.

The entire building had been damaged, and the figure of the Black Ape Brawlers was seen in the middle of the large palace building while carrying the crew of Weng Lou and Du Zhe to his shoulders.

"How did you get here, Uncle Ape?" Du Zhe asked the Black Ape Fighter. Uncle Ape was the usual call he used to call the Black Ape Fighter. Even though he's not actually a human being.

"That son of a bitch, after helping you practice he sent me a message through his mind to come here. At first I doubted it was him because I didn't think he'd regained his strength, but since he said that you'd been here too, then I followed what he said," replied the Black Ape Fighter as he looked at the few soldiers below him who were holding weapons pointed at him.

"Well, how did you get into this palace? And where is the boy? I don't feel his presence."

"Teacher, he's traveling with some powerful people who call them generals. The power they exuded was similar to that shown by Master."

The Black Ape Fighter silently heard him, he nodded in understanding. It seemed like Weng Lou was deliberately carrying a huge threat with him in order for Du Zhe and the others to avoid danger.

"Yes, it's a good thing that I was here when those people were about to attack you. I'll clean them all up, you guys try to hold on as hard as you can to keep from falling over." The Black Ape Fighter spoke calmly while raising his right hand high.

Du Zhe and the crew of Weng Lou quickly nodded. They hurriedly held tightly onto the bushy hair of the Black Ape Fighter when then, the ape struck hard onto the ground and the soldiers who were below instantly scattered from being affected by his attack.

Back underground, Weng Lou's Dark Domain had narrowed to just twenty meters in diameter.

The two remaining Generals stood side by side with the injuries they suffered. Weng Lou was also not in a good state, his clothes that could survive the heat of the lava had now been torn in all parts.

Several stab wounds and incisions were also seen on some parts of his body. But the power of the Dark Domain made Weng Lou's body recover very quickly and the injuries were recovered in just seconds.

"Khooggh!!!"

The thin-bodied general vomited black blood from his mouth and knelt on the black ground of Weng Lou's Dark Domain. He wiped the blood between his mouth, and took a miserable breath.

Currently a long incision was visible on his back. The incision extends from his left shoulder to his right waist. The wound gave off a powerful death aura, and it slowly absorbed his life force.

"Hey, can you still fight?" The General Leader asked in a soft voice to him.

The thin-bodied general smiled as he laughed softly, "Hahaha. I'm a counterweight in the team, right? If I lose, then the team will collapse."

"Good, then.I want you to help me do something."

The General Leader spoke telepathically to the thin-bodied General. The General's eyes widened and he clenched his hands.

He stared at the General he had brought before and was still unconscious. Nibbling his lower lip until it bled, he lifted the General's body forward and drained his Qi on the General's body.

Suddenly, the two unconscious General's eyes opened and he roared loudly. Golden-coloured veins began to appear all over his body, and an outpouring of Qi and Soul Power churned from within him.

"These people have been so desperate that they've come this far, huh? They're even willing to use their comrades to get out of here." Weng Lou clicked his tongue.

He waved his hand, and his Domain disappeared, making the remaining two generals become confused themselves. They could not figure out Weng Lou's path of thought at all.

However, this was seen as an opportunity for them.

"Do it!!!" The General Leader called out to the skinny General.

The body of the General who was lifted began to emit light from all over his body. His mouth, eyes, and ears gave off a bright light like the sun.

"Take this!!!" The thin-bodied general threw his comrade's body at Weng Lou, and quickly ran out of the room.

They did not look back at all, and continued to run until they got outside the hallway, and arrived at the bottom of the hole where they had come.

"Fly up!!! Give me everything you have!!!!" The General Leader exclaimed in encouragement to his remaining comrade.

The two flew upwards up the hole in the meditation room, when then a huge explosion appeared below them and very quickly chased after them.

"MAKE PROTECTOR!!!"

They both stopped flying. Their Qi and Soul Power were unleashed, and immediately created a multi-layered protector that was even more numerous than when they tried to stop Weng Lou's arrow before.

*SHUUUUU-BOOOMMM!!!!!*

Finally, the huge explosion reached them and instantly swallowed the two of them.

The explosion continued to grow until it reached the hall where the meditation room was and continued through it.

Above the surface.

*HOOOMMMM!!!!!*

A huge explosion suddenly appeared and destroyed everything within a radius of one kilometer.

A huge hole was created from the explosion. At its base, a sea of hot lava could be seen as well as a transparent golden-colored sphere floating above it.

A lot of damage to that protective ball, obviously not strong enough to withstand the huge explosion that was before. In it, the figures of the two Generals were in a bad state. The effect of the explosion managed to get inside their protectors and made some parts of their bodies burn with a charred gust.

They cannot coat parts of the body along with making a protector that surrounds their body.

However, the faces of the two looked satisfied. The effect of the explosion was very strong, and it was able to kill both of them if it did not create layers of protective armor. Weng Lou obviously would not be able to withstand the explosion, willing to be as strong as he was.

"Unfortunately, we did not get the ring" said the skinny general, holding his left hand that was charred by the fire.

"Don't think about it, because the ring we ended up like this. Fortunately the monster died from the explosion earlier, so our struggle is not in vain" the General's leader replied.

The two of them stared at the sea of lava below them and imagined that Weng Lou had died leaving no bones.

The guards were then removed, and the two Generals were about to fly out of the blast pit, until something not far from them caught the attention of the two.

"Hm?"

*Blup....*

Bubbles appear on the surface of the lava. The eyes of the two Generals stared intently at the bubbles and looked at each other.

There's no way Weng Lou could have survived the big explosion before, right? Only beings in the Soul Mastery realm could pass through it without the slightest injury.

*blup...blup....*

"Lick." Unknowingly, the Leader General held his breath and gulped.

*Bluurrpp.....*

A floating crystal rock rose from within the lava, where the previous bubbles came from. The two of them heaved a sigh of relief without realizing that Weng Lou had stood behind the two and grasped tightly onto his twin swords.

"Samsara, Cutting Souls." Weng Lou spoke very calmly, but his voice sounded like a ghostly voice to the two people in front of him.

They immediately turned around, and looked at Weng Lou who was swinging his two swords slowly at them.

But nothing happened to them. Their bodies remained intact, not injured at all. They thought that Weng Lou was just bluffing, but suddenly, their Soul Power flowed out of their bodies.

Feelings of weakness, lethargy, and fatigue arise in them. A few seconds later, the thin-bodied General plunged into the lava and was followed by his leader. Their souls had disappeared from their bodies, leaving only empty bodies that had begun to disintegrate within the lava.