My Apocalypse Territory-Chapter 461 - 428: Impending Crisis

Mist enveloped the Secret Realm, filled with ruins.

Fleeting shadows fluttered through the mist, upon closer inspection, these shadows were significantly taller than ordinary people, with muscular torsos, some sporting two pairs of arms, some four.

In a grand hall constructed of Black Stone, an elder from the Ghost Hand Clan, towering over three meters, was seated in the center.

He spoke, his voice resembling a great bell,

"How many of our clan members do we still have?"

"Reporting to the elder, we currently have 136 clan members, 84 of whom are adults, and 44 are above the Source Condensation Realm... Several of those we sent out recently have not returned."

Compared to the Ghost Hand Clan’s most glorious era on this planet, with over a thousand members, they were now pitifully fewer.

Such a setback hampered their plans!

The Transcendent members of the esteemed Ghost Hand Clan, now forced to hide within the Secret Realm, dared not show themselves.

"Green Shadow—!!"

"They must be destroyed!"

The Ghost Hand elder ground his teeth, "Last time, Green Shadow revealed four Transcendents, along with weaponry like the Floating Airship, with just our clan alone, we cannot completely destroy Green Shadow."

He turned to another Transcendent sitting beside him, "Contact the White Bone Clan, collaborate with them, this time, we must ensure that none of those human Transcendents escape!"

"But elder, wouldn’t contacting the White Bone Clan be a mockery?"

The Transcendent hesitated, "Perhaps we should wait longer, the clan plans to send several more Transcendents at a great cost..."

Currently, the Ghost Hand Clan only had one Senior Transcendent, one ordinary Transcendent, and one who had just made a breakthrough.

Yet the clan was prepared to spare no expense to send four more Transcendents, including one elder-level individual rumored to be discontent with the main elder.

These words, the Transcendent did not say; while clan disgrace must not be aired publicly, the other Ghost Hand members, though silent, clearly disagreed with seeking help from the White Bone Clan.

The Ghost Hand elder said coldly, "Even if reinforcements arrive from our clan, we will not have an overwhelming advantage. If the Transcendents are determined to escape, do you think we can stop them all?

And once the human Transcendents escape, catching them again will not be so easy.

Our goal here is not merely vengeance; it’s also to complete the Sovereign’s task."

At the mention of ’Sovereign,’ the present Ghost Hand Clan members instantly grew grave and tense.

After a pause, the elder continued,

"Since the revival of the Origin Star just a few months ago, there are extremely few Transcendent strongmen among humans, those who can break through now must be favored by the Qi Fortune of Origin Star, especially the Transcendents from Green Shadow, likely being humans of the Fifth Epoch.

...I suspect that among those Transcendents from Green Shadow, there could be more than one World’s Son!"

The Ghost Hand elder narrowed his eyes, "In most worlds, there is only one or two World’s Sons heavily favored by intense Qi Fortune; these individuals typically have exceptional talent, viewing bottlenecks as nothing, and with casual cultivation, they can quickly break through to Transcendent.

Due to the uniqueness of Origin Star, despite having more World’s Sons, if we can capture one or two of them, the Sovereign will be able to quickly devour a vast amount of Origin from Origin Star, and we will certainly receive substantial rewards...

By then, not only will our losses be recouped, but the rise of our Ghost Hand Clan will be unstoppable.

This time, we are not asking for aid from the White Bone Clan, but offering them a tremendous opportunity... This matter cannot be delayed; we must thoroughly eradicate them before the World’s Sons rise, harvesting the Origin of Origin Star!"

...

"Yawn—"

Tang Yu touched the tip of his nose, wondering if he was getting too excited.

The Spell Factory had once been his trump card against the Transcendents, but as Nancy and more Transcendents appeared, the card had gradually lost its former luster.

At this stage, no one was foolish enough to rashly attack his Territory.

Even so, having one more trump card was always good.

Tang Yu carefully studied the upgraded Spell Factory and realized:

"It’s no wonder the large spells I invented before always felt limited in power, or mysteriously failed—it wasn’t my fault, the Spell Factory simply couldn’t handle the higher power of Second Tier Spells!"

The current Spell Factory had six types of large spells.

Apart from the innate Destructive Thundebolt and Super Fireball, Tang Yu had also developed the Extreme Cold Ice Seal (from Eileen), Holy Light Protection (from Winnie), Heaven and Earth Cracking (from many Earth Series Ability Users), and Devil Flame Burning Sky (from Number One and Number Two who inherited the Ghost Hand Clan’s Talent Ability).

Studying further, Tang Yu gradually figured out some tricks.

For example...

The power of a large spell is linked to its construction cost.

The original construction of Extreme Cold Ice Seal only needed 3,000 Source Crystals, but after enhancements, it increased to 6,000 Source Crystals, and its power more than doubled!

Similarly, for Devil Flame Burning Sky and Super Fireball, both Fire Series spells, the construction cost of 8,000 for Devil Flame Burning Sky was obviously far superior to the 5,000 required for Super Fireball.

It was a very realistic assessment.

However, even though Devil Flame Burning Sky had a wide coverage, its lethality was not as high as when Number One and Number Two executed their Demon Flame.

To this day, the most powerful spell was still the initially gifted Destructive Thundebolt, a single-target damage spell that was the only one capable of threatening a Transcendent.

Tang Yu had experimented with Yan Dingtian and concluded that getting hit would actually result in death.

Although, in the end, he couldn’t bring himself to fully unleash it.

"But it should be close enough, Destructive Thundebolt can instantly kill Catastrophe Level Demonized Beasts, and the life force of Transcendents might not be stronger... it’s just a pity, you need to hit the target, and at most, it poses a significant threat to Transcendents like Yan."

"Now thinking about it, the 10,000 construction cost Destructive Thundebolt is probably the limit for First Tier large spells."

In the spell panel options,

the six large spells were listed in the order they appeared.

Initially, there was only a construction button at the back, but now, a plus sign was also present.

Tang Yu pressed the "+" sign.

"Ding! Would you like to deduce ’Destructive Thundebolt’? This deduction is estimated to consume 50,000 Source Crystals... Yes/No."

"Yes!"

50,000 Source Crystals, why even prompt, as if they thought Rich Tang couldn’t afford it!

"Ding! Deduction failed, would you like to continue investing Source Crystals to deduce? Yes/No."

Lord Tang: "???"

Yes!

"Ding, deduction failed..."

Yes!

"Ding, deduction failed..."

Yes!

"Ding, deduction successful..." novelbuddy.cσ๓

Tang Yu adjusted his non-existent glasses and calmly looked at the ’Destructive Thundebolt’ column.

No change??

"...Deduction successful, ’Destructive Thundebolt’ deduction progress 20%, would you like to invest Source Crystals to continue deducing? This deduction is estimated to consume 100,000 Source Crystals... Yes/No."

Tang Yu silently sat back down, resting his chin on his hands, staring at the progress bar that had only completed a fifth, lost in thought.

Should I keep spending Source Crystals, spending Source Crystals, or continue spending Source Crystals?