Reaper of the Martial World

Book 7: Chapter 290: Wail (1)

[Shadow Escape] wasn’t a technique Dyon was very interested in, but he planned to give it to his clone to learn. This technique was the first of what could be considered Orcus’ true legacy. The rest had been the remnants of either his or another clan, but this was the first technique that relied on his uniqueness as the wielder of the Death God Body.

This technique allowed the body to turn ethereal like a shadow. Once that happened, a large percentage of an opponent’s damage would fail to land properly.

The second aspect of this movement technique was its movement. As a middle divine grade technique, it obviously provided incredibly swift movement. By using the same concepts that its defensive aspect did, it turned the body into a shadow. By doing this, one’s movement would become far light and more flexible.

[Lord Creator] was the third mystical grade technique here. The first being [Sun God Body] and the second being [Reincarnation of Heaven’s Staircase].

Dyon couldn’t help but sigh as he read through the technique. Despite having such a technique, Orcus was still unable to form a Higher Existence puppet. The difficulty could be seen.

This [Lord Creator] technique actually had an ironic name. While the entities many worshipped as God turned inanimate objects into flesh, this technique’s greatest ability was the exact opposite: to turn flesh into an inanimate object.

A wielder of this technique could refine fleshly vitality into hard, black bones that explosively increased the strength of their puppets. This also meant that the more a corpse killed, the stronger they became as they could absorb the vitality of those they slaughtered to grow stronger.

This made Dyon wonder… Just why hadn’t Orcus slayed some Higher Existences for his puppets to consume. That would have surely broken the bottleneck.

But after he thought this, he laughed at himself for having such a stupid idea. How could killing a higher existence be so easy? To make matters worse, Orcus was injured during his trial, so he was somewhat weaker than the peak-most higher existences were. Even if he picked on those weaker than himself, since when were individuals who had lived for millions of years so easy to fool?

Dyon suddenly thought of the corpses of Elder Daiyu and Ancestor Daiyu. Ancestor Daiyu had burned his soul and infused it all into his flesh, giving him an aura very close to the Higher Existence realm. At first, Dyon wanted to wait to grow more powerful himself before using them, but it seemed like a better idea to hand them over to his clone instead… historical

Now the question was where would he find some corpses worthy of investing so much in…

Dyon shook his head, deciding to think about that another day.

[Demonic Lore] wasn’t anything special. Although it would cause an uproar if released today, compared to Dyon’s [Inner World: Sanctuary] it was severely lacking. Still, it was an excellent cultivation technique for males who followed Yin type paths. It also contained a great series of energy manipulation techniques.

The final technique was [Death’s Melody]. Reading Orcus’ diary, Dyon couldn’t help but shake his head and laugh.

This Orcus turned out to be quite the lady’s man. In fact, of his half a dozen wives, four were princesses of the Dark Phoenix Clan and two were Devil Path Princesses. This obviously didn’t include his hundreds of concubines, but only those six were worthy of him using this dual cultivation technique with.

Although Dyon was intrigued, he eventually tossed the technique away into a corner of his spatial ring.

This technique was a Lower Divine Grade technique. Its specific purpose was meant to replace the function of a death abyssal core. By placing two lovers in a near death state during their intimate relations, they became very familiar with death’s door.

Usually, doing such a thing was very dangerous. If done alone, it was too easy to make a mistake and never be capable of pulling one’s self out of this state. This had forced many people into a perpetual coma for the remainder of their lives.

However, this technique had next to no risk, or else it wouldn’t be of the divine grade. By relying on your partner, it was possible to rely on the connection with one another to easily fall into and out of this state.

It was a good technique, and Dyon would gladly use it if he could. The unfortunate problem was that none of his wives practiced death will. Plus, even if he was willing to betray them for the sake of power and find himself another suitable partner, the Dark Phoenixes were extinct. This technique was far less effective with a woman not of their species. Even Orcus noted that this technique’s rank would be far higher if one’s partner was of the royal Dark Phoenix for reasons he didn’t explain.

Taking a deep breath, Dyon looked toward Orcus’ skeleton. It oozed a black aura that Dyon found sinister, but still oddly pleasing to the eye.

‘It’s time.’

Dyon took out the materials for forging bodies. Luckily, one of the 20 sets Orcus had set aside was meant to revive himself in the first place, so it was of far higher quality than the other 19. So, Dyon took them out immediately.