Duality of Shadows-Chapter 920: Complete Change

The couple’s walk was quick and completely unobstructed. Soon, they saw the huge, thick greenish trunk. Alm and Bruno carefully felt the trunk and then noticed a presence watching them silently.

They then moved directly toward the presence and jumped next to Ruri. Obviously, the presence realized they knew where it was and became alarmed. But... Ruri’s beast world opened, and the presence felt two familiar auras and was startled.

Yinou and Huying allowed themselves to be noticed. Fortunately, they weren’t inside Gaia’s God, but in a separate world. If Ruri simply opened her beast world on that planet, it would already be risky for them to be discovered.

The area on the tree trunk opened like a door, and the pair quickly entered before it closed behind them.

Inside, it was like a small space of about a hundred meters. There, they saw a body floating, surrounded by a pure, white aura. It was a slender elf, with long black hair, but... she was completely covered with such deep wounds that her bones were visible.

The three life energies no longer existed in her. Feeling her divine soul, there was only a faint trace of fluctuation remaining. Her state was almost completely dead, and her divine soul, which should be immortal, was prevented from recovering.

Then, a greenish shadow formed in front of them. "Ladies Yinou and Huying? How is this possible?"

The two sighed. That was a lingering will of the dead immortal tree. They briefly explained how they allied and were saved by the missionary.

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"I see..." The will turned to the round golem. "Sir, thank you for risking yourself coming here. But, your mission is very important. I can’t help you much, and she... wait, what?"

Alm and Bruno opened their inventory and allowed the will to sense the contents, causing it to widen its imaginary eyes, which it didn’t have.

"Since I came here, it’s because I have confidence. If she stays in this place, she will never recover, right? Leave her with me. You’ve already died, and your will has no power to do anything." Bruno said lightly.

The will trembled but nodded, looking at the sleeping figure. "So it is... thank you for helping her live again."

"Her beast world, I feel like it’s sealed. What’s inside? If we take her, will the beasts outside notice?" Ruri asked, sensing the fluctuations in the elf.

The will was surprised by this, only another tamer very knowledgeable about her technique could notice: "The main bloodlines sealed themselves within a few millennia after the battle. There was a big disagreement between my wife’s pets. One side wanted to leave and try to do something, the other wanted to stay and wait. So, one group left, and those who stayed sealed everything. If you take her with her world sealed, there won’t be any problems. It benefits the outside beasts and my power."

Alm and Bruno nodded. The elf’s beast world seemed almost nonexistent. Inside the inventory, as long as it remained sealed, there would be no problem with it staying there indefinitely. This was a technique and power coming from an immortal.

The will looked closely at Ruri and the places where her two acquaintances were, noticing something. "Hmm... your technique... its foundation is quite similar to my wife’s technique."

"You know her technique?" Ruri’s eyes sparkled.

He nodded. "I never cultivated it, but I’m a curious person, and Galad told me everything about it. It’s as if the creator of your technique and she had created variations from the same base. It didn’t become something unique enough to form a Dao of its own, but it’s still something new and incredible."

"Do you have it? Can you teach me?" Ruri asked excitedly, and he nodded in agreement.

A knowledge rune floated gently toward her. "It’s her complete technique. I hope she wakes up one day and can answer your questions." He commented, then turned to the round figure. "Sir... this micro-universe of yours, I sense natural life inside."

"Yes, it’s complicated, but it can be considered natural life."

He responded, then the figure nodded. Suddenly, a small object of a few centimeters appeared. It was a pure white seed. "I managed to generate my own seed just by controlling the body, you..."

*CRACK!*

Suddenly, from inside the inventory, a grayish branch shot out as if piercing space and took the seed from him. In the next moment, the branch returned and disappeared, along with the seed.

The will and everyone were stunned by the scene. Alm and Bruno snorted; this tree only reacts when it wants to.

"It’s complicated, let’s say it has a mind of its own. But... you wanted to give it to me anyway, right?" Bruno said with an innocent, awkward smile.

"Yes, yes, I wanted you to take it. My race exists in many places, this wasn’t that important. But... I put all the rest of the natural essence of my body into the seed. She probably needed it a lot, and it took it."

Alm and Bruno had never heard of natural essence, but if this tree needed it and succeeded, that was great.

"Can you give me the fruits? By the way, can you generate more of them?" Bruno asked the key question.

"The eleven aren’t ripe, but they have a third of the energy of one that fell. So you want them? Great, I was thinking about how to help." He said, satisfied.

"Wait," Bruno had an interesting idea, "These fruits are made by you using your Dao to steal from the laws, right?"

"Indeed,"

Bruno asked with high expectations, "If I give you more energy directly from the celestial laws, can you make more... like, a lot more?"

"I... if you provide it, I can use what’s left of my will and create many fruits, if that’s what you want," he said thoughtfully.

"Wait, are you going to disappear? Won’t people notice?" Ruri asked.

"If the heroes come directly and analyze carefully, yes, they will notice. But without that, I can make this body continue the cycles endlessly. As for the energy the beasts use to nourish themselves, it will run out, and this will disappear in a short time. But it should last about a hundred years before showing the first signs."

"That’s enough," Bruno nodded. "I’ll give you a large amount all at once. Are you ready?"

The will sighed, then moved toward his wife. He gave her one last deep look and touched her forehead, sending a lot of information along with his last words.

He created a new knowledge rune. Then, he made the woman and the rune float toward the round golem.

"I’ve left my farewell with her. My Divine Dao is in this rune. If you find any talented natural life, you can sell it and give it to her. I’ve never had disciples or given this to anyone; if you can one day bring this back to the world, I would be grateful."

After placing it in the inventory, Alm and Bruno opened the gates of life and death. At that moment, the celestial laws were assaulted again, without any mercy.

The will saw an infinite wave of energy flow into that place. He didn’t even have time to be surprised, so he used all the remaining power in his will to control his body.

The fruits were torn from their places and appeared inside. Then, he began to create more and more, not stopping for a long time.

After a few minutes, the celestial laws interrupted the forceful theft. But the will continued to create fruits without stopping. When he finished...

"I made between 40,000 and 50,000 of them, well, goodbye." The voice disappeared, and everyone turned toward it.

Yinou and Huying said their final goodbyes to this very old acquaintance. He left without ever knowing that the two phoenixes were the main ones responsible for everything. Huying thanked him for it, not knowing how he would react when meeting her.

In the end, the duo stored everything, excited about the huge gains. Without delay, they returned as silently as they had arrived.

The battle for the fruit was already over. The ninth legion had no losses, and eventually, the beasts realized they couldn’t get anything, so the fruit had already been taken, and they retreated.

When the duo returned, Carod was waiting for them at the camp with everyone, who were all eager.

They saw Ruri, who was smiling. Then she made a gesture, and everyone could see eleven fruits floating and slowly moving toward Carod.

"Present everything to the empire. We just want the heroic core, the rest divide among everyone for the good work," Bruno said, not caring at all about everyone who was completely stunned. Then they entered the building and isolated themselves again to absorb their gains.

A few hours later, all the Elders of the empire were buzzing with the news. Someone actually managed to take eleven fruits?

With Ruri’s permission, Carod announced that he was the one responsible. Miguem explained how he did it in the past, so he didn’t need to say anything more. Soon, the status of that commander skyrocketed, and his name would forever be remembered in the empire’s history.

Days passed, and the entrance test was declared over. The couple had to go to the capital, where they had to listen to a long and tedious speech outlining all the rules and obligations they would have to follow.

The High Elders made sure to say word for word, so they wouldn’t escape anything again. This couple seemed like a magnet for trouble and misbehavior, in everyone’s eyes.

When asked where they wanted to join, the answer was obvious, and they chose... the new first legion.

Carod and all his warriors were re-evaluated, and the Elders were shocked at how sharp and competent they had become. This couple had only been here for a month—how the hell did they manage to change them so much?

Carod’s status was already stellar. As for the commander of the old first legion, who was a man Carod considered honest, he didn’t even care to contest or compete. He truly liked Carod and didn’t care about the numbering. In fact, he felt motivated to cultivate and encouraged his warriors with this.

Carod and the legion arrived at their new camp with the couple. Then everyone seemed to be daydreaming, unable to process what was before them.

A month ago... they were in total despair, very close to total annihilation. Now... the change couldn’t even be measured.

"You guys are starting to drool," Ruri said, laughing. "Go on, inspect every inch of the place and get to know the new ground."

Everyone roared excitedly and ran. As for the couple, they didn’t enter the new building. They returned to the capital, then left the city. Alm and Bruno were forced to dig a deep, dark, and damp cave. Then, the two disappeared for almost a week.

Ruri didn’t let Alm and Bruno escape. The month passed, and she was fertile again. They had to make use of this sacred place.

But what happened before was pure luck. She couldn’t repeat the feat, even after much effort.

Six months later, a stir erupted among everyone in the capital. Not just there, but in all the continents, it was the same. The great sacred tournament was about to begin.