"Of course I'm willing."
Although somewhat puzzled why Electrolux suddenly made this decision, Chen Junting didn't hesitate at all, immediately agreeing.
"Don't agree so quickly." Electrolux shook his head, a rare trace of loneliness appearing on his face. "I hope after listening to this old man's story, you can still make a choice from your heart."
But Chen Junting didn't follow Elder Electrolux's wishes this time.
He just shook his head, his tone sincere.
"Actually, I don't need to listen. And if that story is full of your scars, it's better not to uncover them. Moreover, I'm willing because you've treated me like a true disciple all along, and have helped me many times. That's already enough."
"Oh?"
This answer was somewhat unexpected for Electrolux.
He never thought his story would be rejected like this.
But these words also warmed the old man's heart.
The previous loneliness instantly vanished, replaced by a sense of free and easy abandon. "Well said. You don't need to listen, I don't need to recall. Everything should have long ago passed with the wind along with death."
His smile at this moment was incredibly warm.
"Then this old man will now pass on my legacy to you. However..." Suddenly, Elder Electrolux changed his tone. "This old man has three great magics: one is Light, two is Necromancy, three is Summoning. However, the Light magic seems to have already been passed on before, its power no longer what it once was, perhaps only remnants remain; the Necromancy magic is extremely dangerous and plays with the dead, too evil; the Summoning magic is also basically tied to Necromancy. I don't know which one you want to learn?"
Choose one out of three?
Only children make choices.
"Master, can I choose all three?"
"You greedy kid."
Electrolux scolded with a laugh, but his tone showed no surprise at all, as if he had long expected Chen Junting to make such a choice.
"But this old man must tell you beforehand."
Elder Electrolux's tone suddenly became serious.
"This old man is teaching you magic, not to make you walk the path of magic. Because you already have your own path to walk, the magic this old man imparts can be used as resources on your path, allowing the art of formations to flourish. As for this old man's magic... in the future, find a good child to pass it on for me. After all, with just this wisp of divine consciousness, this old man cannot do much more."
These final words were filled with profound emotion.
"About this matter, you can rest assured. I will only learn it to strengthen the path of formations. However, about passing on the legacy, you should do that yourself."
After agreeing to Electrolux's previous suggestion, Chen Junting rejected Electrolux's final proposal. His tone was firm: "With my personality, I might not even be suited to be a teacher, and might even mislead students. So later, wait until I become a god, enter the God Realm, help you rebuild your body, assist in your resurrection, and then you can teach him personally."
Resurrection?
It seemed like a distant word.
But for him, it wasn't actually important.
Death wasn't something he feared after all. He was Electrolux, the one who toyed with death, known as the "Calamity Necromancer"!
But facing his disciple's decision, he said nothing. The smile on his face couldn't be suppressed no matter what.
"Good, good, good, this old man looks forward to it." Electrolux laughed heartily, saying three "goods," then continued: "Now that you've accepted my legacy, this old man will also give you a gift."
As soon as the words fell, a staff appeared in Electrolux's right hand—two meters longer than his height, but somewhat illusory.
The staff was entwined with three colors: black, white, and gold. Black represented pure death, gold represented holy light, white represented summoning power. But on this staff, the black and white colors dominated.
Besides this, the skull at the top was particularly conspicuous.
Electrolux lightly waved his staff, golden runes rapidly taking shape. The next second, a black gate suddenly appeared!
"Creak—"
As the black gate opened wide, a deathly stillness instantly filled Chen Junting's face, and a cold, sinister aura surged from within the gate.
At this moment, Elder Electrolux's voice sounded in his ear.
"This is an undead demiplane created by me, containing many types of undead creatures. Including them, all these are gifts this old man gives to you. Go in and take a look..."
(T/N: Also translated as 'Spectral Demiplane')
...
Star Emperor Grand Hotel, conference room.
"Brother Junting, what's wrong with you?"
Ning Tian was massaging Chen Junting's temples, helping to relieve his fatigue. The worry in her tone fully revealed her concern.
"Nothing, just shocked." Enjoying the service, Chen Junting comfortably closed his eyes, exhaling a breath of turbid air.
Yesterday, led by Elder Electrolux, he had basically toured the entire undead demiplane, and met all the leaders of the various types of undead creatures. Besides this, he had also gained the near-God-level death realm that filled the undead demiplane.
But just as he was about to comprehend it, Elder Electrolux stopped him.
Because in his words, Chen Junting was currently comprehending too many things—Seven Kill Sword's, Human-Faced Demon Spider's, Ominous Soul-Devouring Knife's, Soul Chasing Sword's, and even the Sea God's.
These should be sorted out before comprehending other things.
So in the following time, Chen Junting neither rested nor meditated, but sorted through his comprehension, finally grouping the killing intent and evil aura together, and grouping the vast meaning comprehended from the Sea God's Light as another category. Then, taking the Seven Kill Sword's Seven Kill Sword momentum as the main focus, he tried to completely merge the first category.
As for the result...
Naturally, it ended in failure.
Finally, Chen Junting discovered that the reason for his failure was that the Seven Kill Sword momentum wasn't strong enough yet—it was just one step away.
In other words, when the sword momentum evolved into a domain, the fusion of killing intent and evil aura would naturally be accomplished.
"Oh, enjoying yourself?"
Suddenly, a teasing voice came.
Chen Junting opened his closed eyes, seeing Xu Sanshi leading the group, entering the conference room in single file.
Clearly, they were about to hold a meeting for tomorrow's semifinal.
"Envious?" The corners of Chen Junting's mouth rose, teasing: "If you're envious, have senior sister Nannan massage you too."
But when Xu Sanshi looked at Jiang Nannan, he received a glare in return, which couldn't help but draw Bei Bei's mockery.
As everyone watched the commotion, Wang Yan also walked in.
He clapped his hands, instantly making the conference room quiet.
"Everyone looks very excited. But no matter how excited you are, we can't underestimate our next opponent."
Wang Yan smiled as he swept his gaze over everyone, taking out a stack of documents: "Since the semifinal opponent is decided by on-site draw on the day of the competition, no one knows who the opponent will be afterward, and it doesn't give the four academies a chance to prepare tactics in advance. This is also a test of the competing students' from the four academies' ability to perform on the spot, information gathering ability, and sustained combat ability. And this stack of documents contains information about the remaining three academies."
"Pass them around and take a look."
As he spoke, Wang Yan distributed the documents to everyone.
Their opponents were respectively: Di Ao Academy from the Heavenly Spirit Empire, the Royal Academy of the Star Luo Empire, and Shrek's old opponent—the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy from the Sun Moon Empire.
As everyone read, Wang Yan explained.
It took a full two hours to analyze and explain all the tactics, rules, and competing members.
Even the Hongchen siblings, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, who had never taken the field, were analyzed in detail. Preparations were also made for their possible martial soul fusion skills.
Because for the upcoming semifinal, Wang Yan had no choice but to lift the restrictions on Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng regarding their soul master abilities. After all, at this semifinal stage, it was no longer realistic for the academy to try to preserve too much strength.
By the time the meeting ended, it was already dusk.
Of course, besides Shrek Academy, the other three academies were also fervently holding pre-semifinal and final meetings. They were equally determined to win the championship!
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