Boundless dark world.
Shadows mottled.
The flow of ti slowed, Gu Shen opened his eyes, arriving once again at this Spirit Space eerily similar to the "Pure Land". He stood in the light, not far away was the Throne standing in darkness.
"The trade is over."
The Devil seed to be soone with a strong sense of ceremony.
At least, it adhered to certain illusory "rules" more than he imagined.
When this trade was reached, it deliberately said, "The deal is struck" before releasing its spiritual power, and now as everything concluded, it once again pulled its "consciousness" into this space.
"I know, the power in the Ruler is depleting fast, I can feel it."
Gu Shen shrugged, speaking without much emotion, "Honestly, the trade is over and done, there’s no need for you to deliberately co here to bid farewell to ."
The expression of the person seated on that Throne was shrouded in darkness.
But it was apparent that it had lost its previous elegance and composure, now slightly startled.
"When borrowing sothing from soone, you always have to say ’thank you’..."
The devil’s voice was complex.
"So are you hoping to hear thank you?"
Gu Shen chuckled, "But this is a ’trade’... both sides had to give sothing, you gave ’spiritual power’, and I gave sothing in return. I didn’t fail your expectations, I ca back alive, it should be you thanking instead."
"..."
The devil fell completely silent.
It had never seen soone like Gu Shen... so shaless.
"If there’s nothing else, the ’eting’ can adjourn."
Gu Shen spoke indifferently.
The Black Shadow on the Throne was speechless for a mont, this guy was not only shaless but seed to take pride in it.
In fact.
Gu Shen’s words were not really "pushing the limits".
Making a trade with the Devil... how could it be an easy thing?
This trade seed as if nothing was lost.
But it wasn’t that simple.
A "trade" surpassing current power is an addictive thing, once there’s a first ti, there will be a second, a third... the best way to deal with the Devil is to ignore it and avoid it, for once a connection is made, "misfortune" is bound to happen sooner or later.
So —
To the Black Shadow on the Throne, Gu Shen really had nothing to thank for.
This trade was rely a matter of each taking what they needed.
He wanted to return alive to the Fortress.
And the guy in the Ruler feared being abandoned in the[Old World].
Thinking carefully, you’ll find that the "Netherworld King’s" arrangent twenty years ago seed very illogical... he left the Five Continents without taking such an incredible Divine Artifact.
A long ti ago, Gu Shen thought it was an oversight, a negligence.
But now looking at it...
The coincidences of the world might all be destined!
Perhaps, it was this Ruler that had its own consciousness.
Or perhaps, the Netherworld King had long foreseen his own end... once he died in the[Old World], then this Ruler was destined to drift among the particles outside the Fortress, uncared for over hundreds, thousands of years.
"Wait..."
The Black Shadow on the Throne spoke once again, retaining Gu Shen.
"Have you thought about how to handle ’those troubles’ after going out?"
Gu Shen narrowed his eyes.
Those troubles... does it refer to erasing the usage traces of the Truth Ruler? Once this mission outside the Fortress was completed, the entire team would be interrogated. With the discipline of the Investigation Corps, they would surely figure out how this team managed to return to Gu Castle within the extre tifra.
And all the suspicion would point towards himself.
Concealing power is indeed a trouble.
"No need for you to worry."
In this space, there seed to be so kind of rule that allowed souls to et openly and honestly; the spiritual fluctuations of Gu Shen and the Black Shadow were very clear, aning that once questioned and answered, no secrets would remain.
Gu Shen calmly gazed at the Throne, trying hard not to let his thoughts wander as he spoke lightly: "Anyway, you don’t really care about the ’Ruler’s’ owner... do you?"
Facing this rhetorical question.
The devil was silent once more.
The Spirit Space slowly changed, the flow of ti returned to normal, and it voluntarily ended this eting.
It seed that his question had touched a nerve.
Gu Shen looked at the silver-white Ruler in his hand without expression.
The true intention behind the Devil’s previous trade was not difficult to guess; what it wanted was for Gu Shen to bring the Ruler back safely to the Fortress. As long as this task was completed, even if the Ruler was lost later, it would eventually find its next owner and start the next trade.
In this trade, Gu Shen gained a lot of information.
The Truth Ruler is indeed a "forbidden power".
Every ti it is used, there is a side effect.
And every ti he was fully imrsed in it, the dark voice that would echo in his heart should co from the Throne in the Black Shadow... if the user was completely imrsed in the power of the "Truth Ruler", the Devil would then take control of this body.
Gu Shen didn’t know how much authority this devil had in the Ruler Space.
What horrified him was that during the "trade", the Truth Ruler could actually establish a Spiritual Link between the[Old World] and the[Deep Sea], which was a bizarre ability that defied the iron laws of understanding.
The second thing to pay attention to is that devil... having knowledge of his and Chu Ling’s information.
For such a long ti.
The Truth Ruler has always been Gu Shen’s trump card... it was carried around everywhere.
Is this the reason why that devil spied on his true Spirit?
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