CHAPTER 1803: CHAPTER 1803: THE DEAL

Inside the underground secret chamber, it was extremely tidy, with nothing but a stone bed.

At this moment, lying unconscious on the stone bed was a young man.

If Wyatt Barnes were here, he would recognize at a glance that this young man was none other than Peace Adams, the Junior House Master of the Sky-scraping Mansion, whose brow Wyatt had pierced with a sword during the Overleaping Rankings contest!

Peace lay motionless on the stone bed.

"Father, can we wake him up now?"

Standing before the stone bed, Tommy Dunn couldn’t help but ask Atlas Dunn.

He looked at Peace lying on the bed, a glimmer of greed in his eyes. An uninformed person might even think he harbored a peculiar fascination for Peace.

However, in reality, the reason for Tommy’s gaze was not out of interest in Peace himself but in the top-tier Devil Path technique stored within Peace’s mind.

"No."

Hearing Tommy’s words, Atlas shook his head, "Right now, he’s merely surviving by relying on a remnant soul. To wake him, his soul must first be restored... It requires at least eighty percent restoration to have a chance of revival."

"Does he have any perception of the outside world now?"

Tommy asked again.

"He should,"

Atlas nodded, "However, I tried telepathically communicating with his soul, yet received no response... I’m unsure if he’s purposely ignoring me or genuinely unaware of my transmissions."

"Telepathic communication?"

Tommy’s eyes lit up, "Father, are you referring to Divine Sense communication?"

In the Martial Dao Sacred Land, anyone above the Saint Realm has an additional method of telepathic communication.

Before reaching the Saint Realm, they can only use their own power for telepathy. Upon reaching the Saint Realm, they can use their transformed mental energy, known as ’Divine Sense,’ for communication.

This type of telepathy is also known as ’Divine Sense communication’ and is widely used by those above the Saint Realm.

"Yes."

Atlas nodded again, "Although his soul is very weak now, in theory, it shouldn’t affect his sensory perceptions of the external world, nor his ability to use faint Divine Sense for communication."

This time, Tommy said nothing further, staring intently at Peace.

At the same time, his Divine Sense extended, merging into Peace’s mind, conveying his voice, "Peace Adams, do you remember me? I am Tommy Dunn from Mysterious Void Mansion; we met a few years ago."

Yet, Tommy’s words entered Peace’s remnant soul without receiving any response from Peace.

However, Tommy remained undeterred.

"Peace Adams, I know you must be conscious now and aware that it was our Mysterious Void Mansion that destroyed your Sky-scraping Mansion, and that we covet the top-tier technique you possess..."

Although Peace did not respond, Tommy continued speaking.

Meanwhile, Tommy’s Divine Sense clearly detected a faint movement in Peace’s remnant soul.

Instantly, he was absolutely certain that Peace had regained consciousness.

"Do you know how our Mysterious Void Mansion discovered that the Junior House Master of the Sky-scraping Mansion had a top-tier Devil Path technique?"

Tommy continued his Divine Sense conversation with Peace.

This time, however, Peace’s remnant soul remained still, obviously wary and avoiding the earlier mistake.

"I know you’re curious... Let me tell you! Our Mysterious Void Mansion learned about your cultivation of a top-tier Devil Path technique all because of ’Eden Lee’!"

Eden Lee!

As Tommy’s words fell, his Divine Sense again detected that Peace’s remnant soul was moving, and this time with seemingly great agitation.

"Externally, it appears you were killed by Eden Lee... However, Eden, who took your Storage Ring without being able to claim it, knew you weren’t actually dead. Your survival suggested only one possibility: you cultivated a Devil Path technique with Soul Gathering methods!"

Tommy communicated, "Devil Path techniques with Soul Gathering methods are generally top-tier! Am I right?"

"Is Eden Lee one of your Mysterious Void Mansion people?"

At last, a voice, forcibly suppressing anger, resonated within Tommy’s Divine Sense, allowing him to hear it.

The source of this Divine Sense transmission was none other than Peace lying on the bed.

Given the mention of Eden Lee, Peace could no longer restrain his emotions, and eventually, he abandoned any pretense altogether.

"Eden Lee is not from our Mysterious Void Mansion... However, his junior brother is, and his junior brother is also my enemy!"

Tommy Dunn was not surprised to hear Peace Adams’ voice.

The reason he mentioned ’Eden Lee’ earlier was to provoke Peace Adams, since the reason for Peace Adams’ misery was all because of Eden Lee.

And as it turned out, he succeeded; Peace Adams took the bait.

"And the news about you obtaining top-tier devil path techniques was informed to our Mysterious Void Mansion by him... In terms of capturing you, although that guy never directly got involved, he provided crucial information, so the biggest credit still goes to him."

Tommy Dunn said in a flat tone.

"Eden Lee’s junior brother?"

Peace Adams’ voice was filled with rage, as if he couldn’t wait to take matters into his own hands and eliminate Eden Lee’s junior brother.

"Yes, it’s Eden Lee’s junior brother!"

Tommy Dunn continued in a whisper: "He is called ’Wyatt Barnes,’ and he is under the same master as Eden Lee... However, if you intend to seek revenge on Eden Lee, I’m afraid you’ll be out of luck for now because he has already gone to the ’Upper Domain’! On the contrary, it won’t be difficult for you to seek revenge on Wyatt Barnes."

"Seek revenge on him? Aren’t you all from the Mysterious Void Mansion? Are you teasing me?"

Peace Adams sneered.

"Indeed, we are all from the Mysterious Void Mansion. But aside from that, he is also my enemy, a sworn foe! If you want to kill him for revenge, indirectly avenging Eden Lee, you can cooperate with me..."

Tommy Dunn said.

"Cooperate with you? How do we cooperate?"

Peace Adams asked, seemingly quite curious and expectant.

"Before cooperating, I want to know...the top-tier devil path technique you cultivated, is it considered a more normal devil path technique or one regarded as depraved in the eyes of common people?"

Tommy Dunn asked, as this was something he always wanted to know.

"Since you know I cultivated a top-tier devil path technique, you must have heard that within just a year, my cultivation soared from the ’early Middle Saint Realm’ to the ’peak of the Middle Saint Realm’... Do you think any ordinary devil path technique is capable of that?"

Peace Adams responded to Tommy Dunn’s inquiry.

"Practicing that top-tier devil path technique of yours, what kind of depraved actions does it involve?"

Tommy Dunn asked again.

"Hehe...actually, it’s nothing much, just devouring the essence blood energy of young women, draining them into corpses! If there are enough virgins, cultivating by devouring their essence blood energy can yield twice the result with half the effort... During that year, the reason my cultivation advanced so quickly was because I devoured a lot of essence blood energy from young virgins. Of course, in the end, they all turned into corpses!"

As Peace Adams spoke, he used a tone of nostalgia.

But upon hearing this, Tommy Dunn couldn’t help but feel a chill down his spine, a sudden insight in his mind, causing him to inquire with some surprise: "What you’re describing...why does it seem like the training scene of a devil path powerhouse from years ago in the Lower Domain? Are you cultivating the ’Devouring Dark_Demon Art’?"

The ’Devouring Dark_Demon Art’ was a devil path technique that struck fear in the Martial Dao Sacred Land Lower Domain years ago.

Back then, the devil path powerhouse who practiced this demonic art wreaked havoc for a while and, after sparking public outrage, escaped to the Upper Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land, at the cost of severe injuries, aided by a combined attack from several top experts from the Lower Domain.

Now, many years later, this devil path powerhouse’s deeds are still passed down among near-third-rate powers, along with his ’Devouring Dark_Demon Art,’ which is also very well-known.

Because of this, Tommy Dunn could easily utter the words ’Devouring Dark_Demon Art’.

"I didn’t expect you to know about the ’Devouring Dark_Demon Art’... That’s right, what I’ve been cultivating is precisely the ’Devouring Dark_Demon Art’! To put it simply, what I obtained is the legacy from that devil path powerhouse who ran rampant years ago in the Lower Domain."

Peace Adams said.

"If I remember correctly...back then, the number one powerhouse of your Sky-scraping Mansion was killed by that very devil path powerhouse! Afterward, because you lost that powerhouse, your Sky-scraping Mansion began to decline, and after several generations, it even fell to become a fourth-rate power."

Tommy Dunn knew this story, "To think, the devil path powerhouse who practiced the ’Devouring Dark_Demon Art’ is still considered your Sky-scraping Mansion’s fateful enemy... How could you actually practice the ’Devouring Dark_Demon Art’? How could those old guys from the Sky-scraping Mansion possibly allow you to cultivate the nemesis’ ’Devouring Dark_Demon Art’?"

"They don’t know what I’m cultivating is the ’Devouring Dark_Demon Art’... As for myself, I don’t care what kind of demonic art it is, as long as it can boost my power in a short period; to me, it’s a good technique! As for anything else, I can’t be bothered, nor am I interested."

The words of Peace Adams, reckless and uninhibited, in a certain way, also affected Tommy Dunn.

"Peace Adams!"

After a moment, Tommy Dunn spoke to Peace Adams, "In no more than half a year, someone will execute the ’Soul Searching Technique’ on you... By then, this demonic art you cultivated will become a possession of the Mysterious Void Mansion! Because it’s the ’Devouring Dark_Demon Art,’ the House Master of the Mysterious Void Mansion will not allow anyone else to practice it."

"And by then, it will also be the time you are killed!"

At this point, Tommy Dunn’s tone carried a seductive edge, "How about this... let’s make a trade: you pass me the ’Devouring Dark_Demon Art’ now, and after you die, I will kill Eden Lee’s junior brother ’Wyatt Barnes’ to avenge you! How about that?"

After Tommy Dunn finished speaking, Peace Adams did not immediately respond. After a while, he finally said through sound transmission, "I must say, your words are very tempting to me. But... why should I trust you?"