Grand Ancestral Bloodlines
chapter-1799

1799 Let Them Come

Dao God Cloudfire fell into silence. This matter was… interesting.

"Okay. We shall see what kind of Heaven Defying genius he is. The other three aren't even allowed on the battlefield in normal times because they will immediately be targeted, but it seems that the Real Plane is treating this boy like a playful pawn.

"How can it be helped? The Humans only have one Dao God. They're so limited, and they have very few allies. And yet, instead of protecting this boy, they've sent him to the front lines. Humans truly are stupid.

"If you cannot kill him when the next battle descends, forget about every clearing your punishment. Your incompetence today cost us not just much of the Tiger Battalion, but also two Dao Lords, and a soon-to-be Dao Lord genius in Kaisa. Her family is absolutely furious.

"If not for the fact I wanted to play around with you a bit longer, I would have already thrown you to them to be punished."

Dao God Cloudfire looked down. "You're dismissed."

Commander Tiger could only bow and leave. From start to finish, there wasn't a hint of emotion in his eyes. He looked as though he had long since lost his soul.

However, when he was a long distance away, a violent killing intent rippled through his eyes for but a moment before it vanished in a wisp and a twinkle.

**

Ryu sat in a simple tent.

For the first time in a while, he had set up a formation, using the Formation Core Visualization.

He felt that Visualizations also felt a bit different in this world, but he chose not to pursue that for now. Or more accurately, if he was going to do so, he would do it with [Immortal Sakura].

"Eska, you can watch as well," Ryu suddenly spoke. "Your comprehension of [Immortal Sakura] is far deeper than mine is, but it's likely also because of this that your progress has become rigid. I'll be changing your Visualization to suit me more."

Eska was a bit taken aback when she heard this, but she didn't reject.

Long ago, she had recognized Ryu as a little monster. Back when he first entered their presence, he had created his own Visualization in a matter of a few days. Back then, he was a mere Qi Refinement Expert, essentially already capable of constructing his own technique.

Back then, Ryu had called that Visualization [Warped Ripple]. It was a defensive Visualization nowhere near as good as [Immortal Sakura], but it used up far less of his stamina at the same time.

Back then, Ryu didn't even have a Spacetime Soul Nature yet either, but he was able to fuse the spatial and earth element into a visualization despite not having a top tier affinity for either.

Of course, his Qilin Bloodline did have a minor Earth Affinity. And for such a legendary creature, a minor affinity was already far more than anyone else could stack up to.

But of the two, it was obvious that space was the more important.

Eska couldn't help but shudder when she thought about what level of [Warped Ripple] Ryu would be able to create now.

In terms of comprehension of Visualizations, Eska was surely better, but that was built off the back of trillions of years of experience.

Ryu, however, had an ingenuity that almost no one could match. He seemed capable of fusing ideas others would never think of…

And now he was doing it once again.

Isemeine snorted in Eska's mind. "This guy is always so arrogant."

Eska smiled, but didn't say much to her small little rant.

And soon, both of them were pulled into Ryu's cadence.

…

Ryu had forgotten about everything else. In his mind, the Immortal Sakura had once again become its Fundamental Runes. He could see through it all in a single glance.

In the beginning, he knew exactly how he wanted to change the Visualization. But after interacting with this world, he realized that he was still missing half of the picture.

The lower-case 'c' chaos that the Ash Treant technique relied on was amazing, but after witnessing the Chaos of the Fiends, Ryu felt endlessly fascinated.

One was chaotic in terms of difficulty to predict, but the other was Chaotic in terms of breaking the laws of reality.

If Ryu could harness them both, the technique would become manifold more complex and powerful, but the pressure it would put on his mind would also be several times more as well.

'I can separate it into three lanes, one that relied on chaos, one that relies on Chaos, and the last that uses both. This will also help hiding my intentions as well…'

If he used Chaos too freely, he could be exposed. If the fact he had Chaotic Silk Meridians was revealed, it would bring an endless whirlwind of trouble.

He wasn't worried about Commander Tiger and what he might say. The reality was that there were plenty of ways to disguise yourself as a Fiend, many ways that Ryu had figured out in just a few minutes. He was certain the Real Plane had many methods.

What he was certain of was that he would likely be targeted when the time came and the battle drums rattled again. This was part of the reason he told Selheira not to come to him. It would only distract him if the enemy tried to target her as well, just to get to him.

Plus, she was a mighty Dragon. He could already sense that she was dissatisfied earlier when he helped her along her path. Sometimes, it was best if he allowed his wives to grow on their own.

Ryu began to quickly reconstruct the Immortal Sakura, Fundamental Runes, and Heavenly Phoenix Patterns swirling about. By the end, it looked less like an Immortal Sakura and more like a legendary tree of the Phoenixes, one that burned into eternity and had triggered the very first rebirth.

As for how the Fiends would choose to target him in the next battle…

Ryu couldn't help but grin fiendishly.

Let them come.