Divine Throne of Primordial Blood - Volume 2 - Chapter 40

Chapter 40

Chapter 40: Nightmare

Upon opening his eyes, Su Chen saw that it was already light out .

A night of beautiful dreams!

Within the Dreamrealm, Su Chen was unable find the answers that he was looking for . Too few people were taking the path that he was, and he could only rely on himself to answer his own questions .

After coming out empty-handed, Su Chen cultivated for a bit within the Dreamrealm . He also crammed for the studies that he had neglected, particularly the Origin Energy Bullets and Whitetower Teleportation . He had learned these two Origin Skills quite a long time ago, but he had never familiarized himself with them because of the lack of time .

If he had a higher mastery of the Whitetower Teleportation earlier, perhaps clearing the sixth room wouldn’t have been as much of a hassle .

Of course, Su Chen wouldn’t look back on things that had already happened . Every lesson he had learned was extremely valuable .

An entire night of cultivation had allowed Su Chen’s Ancient Arcana Techniques to improve by leaps and bounds . The Dreamrealm was truly a good place for cultivating not only his Ancient Arcana Techniques, but also his calculations and the various experiments he wanted to perform . It had basically doubled the amount of time he could use .

From this day onwards, Su Chen would attend classes and cultivate his contemporary Origin Skills during the day . At night, he would enter the Dreamrealm to practice Ancient Arcana Techniques .

Another half of a month went by . The five chief stewards had finally pooled together enough money .

The delivery of 250,000 Origin Stones greatly improved Su Chen’s mood .

He could now buy large quantities of ingredients again .

However, there was always a hidden sense of unwillingness that came with giving up experimental subjects .

Whatever . In any case, he had pretty much done everything he could to their bodies, and if he lost them, that was that . Shi Kaihuang was worried that Su Chen would sink into a vicious cycle of experimenting on humans; thus, Su Chen decided to live quietly for a period of time to demonstrate to Shi Kaihuang that he wasn’t obsessed .

Only by thinking in such a way was Su Chen able to resign himself to part with his beloved experimental subjects .

The exchange was set to be in a small forest in the Falling Eagle Mountain – since Su Chen had captured them from the outside, the exchange naturally couldn’t take place within the tower .

The five chief stewards were late to the exchange . By the time they arrived at the agreed-upon location, they found Bai Ou and the others sitting dumbly on a large stone .

They originally thought that when Bai Ou and the others saw them, they would react with excitement and even curse them out for waiting so long to save them . Unexpectedly, the five Young Masters didn’t even seem to react upon seeing their chief stewards .

Their gazes were confused and lackluster . There was no anticipation or excitement that their chief stewards were there . They tilted their heads upwards before turning to gaze elsewhere .

“Young Master!”

The five chief stewards charged forwards as they yelled, each grabbing hold of their own clan’s Young Master .

“Young Master, what’s happened to you?” the Yu Clan’s Chief Steward hugged Yu Zhen as he yelled .

Yu Zhen glanced at him expressionlessly before continuing to sit there in a daze .

The other four were in a similar condition .

Chief Steward Yu howled in rage, “Su Chen, get out here! What did you do to our clans’ Young Masters?”

“Don’t get so excited . They were just knocked around a little bit, so they are behaving apathetically . Give it a few days and they should be back to normal . ” Su Chen appeared in front of them as he spoke with a gentle smile, holding a small pendant in his hand .

The chief stewards turned their furious gazes on Su Chen . Chief Steward Bai said in a low voice, “Su Chen, we will be the ones to determine what you’ve done to our clans’ Young Masters . One day or another, those torments will land upon your own head!”

“Is this how you begin your negotiations?” Su Chen replied carelessly . “Indeed, the slave bears the same temperament as the master . ”

“So what? Su Chen, are you going to try to take them back with you right in front of our faces?” Chief Steward Zhang harrumphed .

In truth, as chief stewards of Bloodline Nobility Clans, they all had quite high cultivation bases . Each one of them was a Qi Drawing Realm cultivator who had awakened their bloodline . Su Chen was alone facing ten of them . Even if their Young Masters were unable to make a move, the chief stewards were confident that they could defeat Su Chen in a five-on-one battle . The reason why they had arrived late was because they had scouted out the surroundings beforehand to prevent Su Chen from trying anything funny . Only after determining that there was no additional setup did they appear .

The killing intent in their hearts rose as they stared at Su Chen . They were already beginning to secretly signal one another with their eyes .

Su Chen casually replied, “You’re making me look like a villain! How could I snatch my classmates from their own clan members? I already told you, they were roughed up a bit during their travels and their consciousnesses are still recovering, but they’ll recover soon . If you don’t believe me, look for yourself……”

He lifted the small pendant in his hand .

Everyone present glanced at the pendant . The pendant was in the shape of a six-sided star . It slowly swayed back and forth on the chain .

As they gazed at the swaying pendant, they felt their consciousnesses slowly drifting .

Chief Steward Yu was the most powerful one . He had a cultivation base in the high layers of Qi Drawing and was one step away from reaching the Blood Boiling Realm . The strength of his consciousness was also the highest .

In the moment that his consciousness wavered, he immediately detected that something was wrong . He yelled, “Something’s not right! That pendant is not normal! Don’t look at it!”

Just as the five chief stewards were reigning in their consciousnesses, they suddenly felt a sharp pain at their backs .

“AHH!”

The five chief stewards suddenly stumbled forwards as a fountain of blood spurted forth from their backs .

When they turned around, they found Bai Ou, Yu Zhen, Bai Yihong and the others all holding daggers in their hands, staring at them coldly .

The five of them never would have even considered that their own Young Masters would retaliate against them . After taking a closer look at their Young Masters’ eyes, which were staring daggers at them, they finally realized that their Young Masters were being controlled . The pendant’s true target was not them, but their Young Masters .

The five chief stewards yelled, “Su Chen, you’re despicable!”

Su Chen gazed at them coldly . “Your fate has been determined by your own hand . ”

If the five chief stewards hadn’t intended on killing him, Su Chen wouldn’t have used this tactic to deal with them .

But since they wanted to kill him, Su Chen wouldn’t sit still and wait for it to happen .

Every last resort that Su Chen had prepared was only put into play by the decisions of his opponents . If possible, Su Chen would have preferred to avoid this outcome .

Su Chen continued to gently sway the pendant in his hand as he said, “Wipe out the nightmares in your hearts . ”

This was the Bewitching Technique that Jin Ling’er had taught him . However, it was nowhere near as powerful as the Jin Clan’s Bloodline Origin Skills . First, he needed to control the targets and then constantly exert his influence on them . In addition, he also needed a special object to complete his control over them .

Even though it wasn’t particularly well-suited for battle, to Su Chen it was already enough .

Under the direction of Su Chen’s pendant, Bai Ou and the others charged towards their own clan’s chief stewards .

Because they were the Young Masters of their own clans, the five chief stewards didn’t dare retaliate . All they could do was dodge as they yelled, “Su Chen, if you dare to kill us, our clans will not let you go!”

Su Chen smiled sarcastically . “You must be mistaken! The one killing you is not me, but your own Young Master . In addition, even if I was the one that killed you, so what? You are just dogs living under the care of your clans . I cannot wantonly kill the Young Masters of these noble clans, but that doesn’t mean that I can’t take care of a few dogs . Trust me, even if you die, nothing will come of it . To your clans, everything is fine as long as the Young Masters are safe and sound . ”

The five of them finally felt despair .

They had been ambushed and were already badly wounded . The five chief stewards were unable to endure the furious combined assault from the five Young Masters, toppling over one by one until they had all died .

When the final one fell, Bai Ou and the others stood there silently, as if nothing had ever happened .

Su Chen walked over to them and spoke as the pendant in his hand swayed, “The nightmare has been suppressed . It’s all over . You may now return to the Hidden Dragon Institute and continue to live your lives . Remember, there is no longer any history or enmity among us . Everything that happened in the past is something that you are unwilling to bring up . Allow those unpleasant memories to be buried . If there are people who are trying to force you to remember those matters, they are trying to reawaken the nightmares in your hearts . These nightmares will swallow you whole, causing you to sink into an eternal darkness . If you don’t want that to happen…… then fight back . Kill anyone who tries to reawaken your nightmares . ”

“Kill anyone who tries to reawaken our nightmares,” the five of them simultaneously responded .

Su Chen nodded his head . “Alright . Go ahead and live out your own lives now . ”

The Bewitching Technique could not control a person for a long time . As time passed, the technique’s control would eventually lose its effectiveness . However, the fear that Su Chen had planted in their hearts would not dissipate easily . In the coming days, the five of them would not harbor any intentions of becoming Su Chen’s enemies ever again .