CHAPTER 2055: CHAPTER 2055: ANOTHER SUPER DIVINE ARTIFACT!

At the same time, Lanni Barnes also realized:

The ’Holy Demon Puppet’ he summoned seemed not enough to withstand the current Maximus Lee.

Maximus Lee, having drawn the ’Asura Blade’, had increased his strength by an entire level compared to before, even comparable to an average ’Saint Immortal Fifth Transformation’.

And the ’Holy Demon Puppet’ he summoned, with its power, was only comparable to a ’Saint Immortal Fourth Transformation’.

At most, it could barely chase the ’Saint Immortal Fifth Transformation’.

There was still quite a distance from a true ’Saint Immortal Fifth Transformation’!

All things considered, even though he could now command the ’Holy Demon Puppet’ freely, compared to Maximus Lee wielding the Asura Blade, he was still significantly weaker!

"It seems I have no choice but to use that move."

Facing the threat of Maximus Lee, Lanni Barnes recalled the ’Prohibited Secret Technique’ left by Black Nether, similar to an ’Auxiliary Divine Ability’.

However, the side effects of this Prohibited Secret Technique far exceeded the aftereffects of an Auxiliary Divine Ability, comparable to the side effects of taking a ’Prohibited Pill Medicine’.

If not for facing a life-and-death situation, Lanni Barnes wouldn’t consider using that Prohibited Secret Technique, because the cost of using that technique was truly too great!

However, given the current situation:

Now, he was already on the brink of life and death. If he hesitated any longer, there was a significant chance he would become a ghost under Maximus Lee’s blade.

"I thought that summoning the ’Holy Demon Puppet’ would be enough to kill Maximus Lee... but I never expected that he had acquired the ’Asura Blade’, one of the top ten super sacred artifacts on the Top Ten Sacred Artifact List!"

At this moment, Lanni Barnes felt a surge of frustration. If he had a choice, he would prefer not to use that Prohibited Secret Technique.

Rumble!!

Just as Lanni Barnes planned to use the Prohibited Secret Technique, suddenly, a deafening roar sounded from above the sky.

In the next moment, a massive dark shadow appeared, as if covering the sky, carrying the sounds of wind and thunder, enveloping and descending upon the ’Holy Demon Puppet’ controlled by Lanni Barnes, like Mount Tai pressing down.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

...

At the same time, the blood-colored blade beams emitted from Maximus Lee’s use of the super sacred artifact ’Asura Blade’ rose one after another, whistling towards the head of the ’Holy Demon Puppet’.

Lanni Barnes was hidden inside the head of the Holy Demon Puppet!

This was something that Maximus Lee’s Divine Sense could still detect.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

...

However, that dark shadow, like Mount Tai pressing down from the sky, at the critical moment before the blood-colored blade beams could touch the head of the ’Holy Demon Puppet’, collided with it, causing thunderous explosions.

The blood-colored blade beams were shattered one by one, and that massive dark shadow like Mount Tai also quickly contracted, finally transforming into the size of an adult’s fist.

A closer look revealed it was surprisingly an ’Imperial Seal’!

The bottom of the Imperial Seal was flat, while the top was carved with peaks of various shapes, which at a glance, appeared to number in the tens of thousands.

"Ten Thousand Mountain Seal?!"

Seeing this Imperial Seal, Lanni Barnes’ heart shook, temporarily dismissing the idea of using the Prohibited Secret Technique.

The Ten Thousand Mountain Seal was also recorded in the memory left by Black Nether.

The Ten Thousand Mountain Seal, one of the top ten super sacred artifacts on the Top Ten Sacred Artifact List, could even rank in the ’top three’ among the top ten super sacred artifacts.

It not only possessed the powerful attack power of a typical ’Ten Thousand Pattern Sacred Artifact’, but could also change size at will.

Just like a moment ago, it transformed into a towering giant mountain, enveloping and descending from the sky, covering the sun and sky.

Lanni Barnes never imagined:

Today, not only did he see the super sacred artifact ’Asura Blade’ from the Top Ten Sacred Artifact List, but also encountered the super sacred artifact ’Ten Thousand Mountain Seal’ from the Top Ten Sacred Artifact List.

Moreover, the ranking of the latter on the Top Ten Sacred Artifact List was notably higher than that of the ’Asura Blade’.

"Ten Thousand Mountain Seal!!"

As Lanni Barnes recognized the ’Ten Thousand Mountain Seal’, Maximus Lee, as the Elder Silver Flame of the Fire Worship Sect, naturally also recognized the ’Ten Thousand Mountain Seal’. After recognizing it, his pupils involuntarily shrank.

However, moments later, his initially dazed gaze turned bright and intense.

The Ten Thousand Mountain Seal, a super sacred artifact even more powerful than the ’Asura Blade’!

Its ranking on the Top Ten Sacred Artifact List firmly placed it in the ’top three’.

Swoosh!

Without any hesitation, Maximus Lee moved like lightning, shooting out, intending to claim the ’Ten Thousand Mountain Seal’ floating not far away.

However, he missed.

Before he could touch the ’Ten Thousand Mountain Seal’, it vanished at an even faster speed from its original place.

Whish!

Reappearing, it was already in the hand of a black-clothed youth who seemed to have appeared out of thin air not far away.

This black-clothed youth, with a cold and enigmatic demeanor, holding the ’Ten Thousand Mountain Seal’, did not pay attention to Maximus Lee but looked toward Lanni Barnes.

To be precise, he looked at the ’Holy Demon Puppet’ controlled by Lanni Barnes!

"Lanni Barnes, do you know what you’re doing?"

The young man in black looked at the ’Ten Thousand Demon Puppet’, his cold and sinister face darkened as he questioned Lanni Barnes in a chilling voice.

"It’s you, Dugu!"

Upon seeing the young man in black, Lanni Barnes was somewhat surprised.

Judging from his tone, he did not expect this person to be the owner of the ’Ten Thousand Mountain Seal’.

"It’s the leader of Shadow Mountain Black Market, ’Dugu’!"

At the same time, Asa Honorston was initially stunned upon seeing the young man in black, then quickly came to his senses, his face revealing shock and disbelief.

The young man in black before him was not unfamiliar.

He was the leader of the Shadow Mountain Black Market, a quasi-third-rate power in the Lower Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land that could confront their ’Mansion of Azure Clouds’, Dugu!

But he never expected to see Dugu here.

Moreover, the strength that Dugu had just displayed seemed not a bit weaker than his House Master, who summoned the ’Sacred Demon Puppet’!

"Lanni Barnes, I’m asking you... do you know what you’re doing?"

Dugu further questioned coldly, seeming unwilling to speak of anything else to Lanni Barnes until he received an answer.

"I know what I’m doing."

Lanni Barnes, from within the ’Sacred Demon Puppet’, finally responded directly, "I know that by doing this, I will further damage the space barrier between our dimension and the ’Exiled Lands’..."

"But I have no choice!"

"If I don’t use my methods to summon the ’Sacred Demon Puppet’ from the Exiled Lands, I won’t be able to handle this Elder of the Fire Worship Sect... After all, the Demon Race inheritance I received is different from yours! Yours does not rely on the Sacred Demon Puppet, but mine does."

With his words, Lanni Barnes spoke firmly, without any sign of regret.

From his words, it was clear:

Both he and Dugu, the leader of Shadow Mountain Black Market, had received the ’Demon Race Inheritance’!

It should be known that the ’Demon Race Inheritance’ is worlds apart from the ’Demon Cultivator Inheritance’, despite only a single character difference!

The Demon Race refers to the authentic demons from the Exiled Lands, each a powerful being with innate talents, beyond the reach of ordinary humans.

A Demon Cultivator refers to a human who has received the Demon Race Inheritance.

Generally speaking, only Demon Cultivators during the Era of Human Demons could easily receive the Demon Race Inheritance.

As time passed and eras changed, later Demon Cultivators mostly received inheritances left by other Demon Cultivators... The authentic Demon Race Inheritance has gradually been lost to this day.

This is the current state of ’Demon Cultivators’.

Of course, there are still a few rare Demon Cultivators who, by chance, obtained some Demon Race inheritances left before their demise during the Era of Human Demons.

For example, the Demon Cultivator ’Black Nether’ who once occupied Lanni Barnes’ body had received the authentic Demon Race Inheritance.

Later, Black Nether’s memories were received by Lanni Barnes, equivalent to Lanni Barnes obtaining the authentic Demon Race Inheritance.

The leader of Shadow Mountain Black Market, ’Dugu’, had also received the authentic Demon Race Inheritance.

When the two who had obtained the authentic Demon Race Inheritance first met, they immediately recognized each other as rivals, becoming lifelong arch-enemies, and have fought ever since.

Of course, although both received the authentic Demon Race Inheritance, the inheritances they received were completely different.

Like Lanni Barnes, the Demon Race Inheritance he received was closely tied to the ’Sacred Demon Puppet’.

The Demon Race who left the inheritance for Black Nether and him, during the Era of Human Demons, could even summon a Sacred Demon Puppet with power comparable to a ’Saint Immortal Ninth Transformation expert’ from the Sacred Demonic Altar in the Holy Land of the Exiled Lands!

This shows how rare and precious the Demon Race Inheritance Lanni Barnes received is!

Of course, summoning a Sacred Demon Puppet across two dimensions would affect the stability between the two dimensions, to some extent damaging the ’space barrier’ between them.

Once the space barrier is broken, Demon Race from the Exiled Lands will, just like during the Era of Human Demons, flood back into this dimension where the Martial Dao Sacred Land is located!

It is precisely for this reason that Dugu questioned Lanni Barnes.

Because by doing so, Lanni Barnes could very likely become an accomplice to the Demon Race’s re-invasion of their dimension from the Exiled Lands.

"Demon Race Inheritance?"

Upon hearing Lanni Barnes’ words, Maximus Lee’s pupils involuntarily shrank again, his face showing shock.

He was well aware of what a Demon Race Inheritance meant.

"So, he obtained the Demon Race Inheritance... No wonder he knows how to summon the ’Sacred Demon Puppet’ birthed by the Sacred Demonic Altar in the Holy Land of the Exiled Lands!"

At this moment, Maximus Lee understood many things.

As the look of shock on Maximus Lee’s face gradually faded.

Suddenly, as if he sensed something, his expression changed dramatically!

Just because he noticed that the young man in black, who held the super sacred artifact ’Ten Thousand Mountain Seal’, had, at some point, turned his gaze upon him and was glaring at him fiercely.

In the cold and indifferent eyes, an exceedingly chilling killing intent spontaneously emerged.

"Dugu, thank you."

At the same time, upon hearing Lanni Barnes’ words, his expression changed once again.