Chapter 3541: Bind
Chapter 3541: Bind
Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
What the hell?!
The two of them stared at Fang Heng, their hearts trembling violently, their faces looking as if they had seen a ghost.
So the one who had been controlling the dark core just now was this kid!
What exactly was he doing?
Fang Heng toyed with the dark core in his hand.
The design of this thing was quite interesting.
It was more like an exquisite little toy.
It was fine for dealing with the younger generation of the God Clan, but it was far from enough to handle the true warriors of the God Clan.
Fang Heng casually tossed the dark core aside and slowly turned his head to look at the two Dark Clan members hidden in the shadows.
Gareth and Garrett were once again locked onto by Fang Heng’s gaze, and a wave of fear rose from the depths of their hearts.
"What? Still not coming out? Do you want me to invite you personally?"
The two of them shuddered inwardly, exchanged a glance, and then cautiously walked out of the darkness, occasionally glancing at the God Clan members lying scattered across the ground.
"No need to worry about them. They just fainted."
Fang Heng had been very careful. He had used mental shock to knock the God Clan trial participants unconscious. Moreover, this was the divine realm, and the youths’ hearts had not been fitted with reverse teleportation protection. It was not a big problem.
Gareth and his brother let out a slight sigh of relief upon hearing this.
As long as they were not dead.
Otherwise, they would have had to be buried along with them.
Fang Heng looked at the two with interest and asked, "Tell me. Who are you? Why are you here?"
The two swallowed.
"We are trial examiners."
Gareth shrank his neck slightly.
Clearly, the two of them were the trial examiners, and Fang Heng was the trial participant. Yet when facing Fang Heng, an irresistible fear rose from the bottom of their hearts.
"That’s not right." Fang Heng stared at the two of them and said coldly, "You are not from the God Clan."
Gareth gave a bitter smile and nodded. "The two of us are from the Dark Clan."
Dark Clan?
Fang Heng was surprised.
Indeed, their appearance and physique were no different from the Dark Clan.
But how could the Dark Clan appear in the divine realm?
"Are you believers of Empress Persephone?"
Gareth and Garrett looked at each other and asked, "Who is Empress Persephone?"
"You’re not from the death realm?"
"We came from the Netherworld. We pledged allegiance to the Nether Emperor."
Fang Heng came back to his senses.
So it was the Netherworld!
By that logic, the Dark Clan of the death realm most likely also originated from the Netherworld.
Fang Heng remembered that when he had explored the Netherworld, he had discovered that it possessed a history of language and writing, and there were many similarities with the scripts of the death realm.
The Necromancer Association had once speculated that a civilized race had existed in the Netherworld in the past, but for some reason, that race had suddenly disappeared overnight.
Fang Heng had never expected that he would find the bloodline source of the vanished Dark Clan here in the divine realm.
"Interesting."
Fang Heng continued asking, "Explain in detail. What’s going on? How did you end up here?"
Gareth and Garrett exchanged glances, puzzled.
Why was he asking that?
Wasn’t this common knowledge?
Did this kid not know?
"Since the Netherworld lost the holy war, we accepted the surrender terms imposed by the God Clan. After that, the two of us remained in the Faith God Court to work. We accepted orders to oversee the temple and carry out trial missions. We have no ulterior motives."
Holy war.
Fang Heng caught that term again.
It seemed the God Clan had also attacked the Netherworld.
That made sense. The Netherworld was probably sealed because it had been defeated in the holy war.
Gareth carefully looked at Fang Heng and asked softly, "And you are...?"
The two were even more curious about Fang Heng’s identity.
In their eyes, Fang Heng was the strangest one of all.
He was clearly a member of the God Clan, yet his strength was terrifying. He could have passed the trial alone without any problem, yet he had followed a squad and even knocked his teammates unconscious.
And he could control the dark core!
Who exactly was he?
Fang Heng did not answer. He slowly turned around, looked at the stone tablet at the center of the temple, and asked, "There’s nothing wrong with the stone tablet, right? If I bind to it, will the God Clan outside notice?"
Gareth and his brother became more and more confused by Fang Heng’s questions.
What was he worried about?
The stone tablet was originally the reward for those who passed the trial.
What would it matter if others knew?
"No."
Gareth suppressed his doubts and answered honestly, "This temple is an unowned King of Gods’ temple. It is a reward provided by the Temple of Faith for trial participants. However, after the trial ends, the Temple of Faith will register the identity of the one who binds to it."
"Mm."
Fang Heng responded lightly and slowly walked toward the stone tablet, extending his hand and gently pressing it against the surface.
As mental strength was injected, holy patterns immediately appeared on the stone tablet.
[Hint: The player discovered a divine realm temple stone tablet. Bind to the stone tablet?]
Yes.
Fang Heng’s consciousness immediately sank into the sea of consciousness.
In the next instant, a stream of pure holy power surged from the stone tablet into his body, rapidly entering the sea of consciousness and settling within it as a dark golden light spot.
Just like the light spots formed by the various altars and temples he had bound before, the light spot continuously released faint power, slowly increasing his mental strength.
[Hint: The player is currently bound to the divine realm temple.]
[Hint: The player’s Great Sage bloodline has been converted to sacred study.]
[Hint: The player’s Great Sage conversion advancement-demigod-level sacred study (Level 20).]
As expected! The guess was correct!
Seeing the game hints, Fang Heng immediately felt relieved.
It was done!
After binding to the temple, the Great Sage’s bloodline had directly converted into sacred study.
And it was demigod-level sacred study.
The current level was only Level 20!
Demigod-level disciplines did not require complicated methods for advancement. One only needed to directly absorb faith energy to level up and reach the threshold of God-level!
It was equivalent to directly breaking through the limitation of the Twelve Sages!
The Realm Venerable Tiger King truly had some capability.
Fang Heng silently praised him.
With this, the most important objective of this trip to the Holy Realm had been achieved.
But speaking of which, what was going on with these Dark Clan members?
He did not know much about the Dark Clan. Perhaps he could obtain some useful information from them to help him improve the death realm.
While thinking, Fang Heng raised his head again and looked toward the two Dark Clan members at the side.
Garrett and Gareth also curiously sized up Fang Heng. The moment their gazes met in midair, the two quickly lowered their heads again.
"Where are the rest of your clansmen?"
At the mention of this, Gareth and his brother could not help but sigh inwardly.
"Since the Netherworld surrendered and the Nether Emperor was imprisoned, our clansmen were processed in batches and placed in various lower realms under the supervision of different races."
"A large portion of our clansmen were kept in the divine realm to assist the God Clan with work. The two of us were assigned to the Faith God Court until now. We have not seen other clansmen for a long time. As for whether the others are living well, we do not know, but presumably they are at least barely surviving."
The Netherworld had surrendered? The Nether Emperor was not dead?
A series of intelligence left Fang Heng somewhat stunned.
So the Dark Clan had been imprisoned for a long time.
Fang Heng said, "What? You never thought of running away?"