Myriad Devils-Chapter 335: He brought change to the world

Skar’s voice echoed into the distance.

Kill, he said, he would kill elder Ronan.

He spoke so casually. Not paying full attention, it would be easy to overlook or even mishear his words, but he said what he did without hesitation or remorse, and his facial expression hinted that he meant every bit of what he had just stated.

Elder Ronan led the group of elders.

When they appeared less than a hundred steps away, he stood in the lead. His chiseled jawline seemed capable of cutting objects.

Upon hearing Skar’s words, elder Ronan flashed a broad smile.

This nephew was simply too overbearing, and he loved every bit of it.

The other elders also sang praises.

"Didn’t Skar achieve otherworldly status in less than thirty years?"

"He’s not even three thousand years old, but he’s already reached this level of strength with realm father cultivation! Truly impressive."

"Elder Ronan, you must quickly notify the Lord about this great news. I’m certain he’ll be pleased that his son has matured into our Sky Drifting Mountain’s number one genius."

Elder Ronan sighed inwardly.

He also wanted to sing praises, but these elders were a heartbeat faster.

Due to this, he had no choice but to embrace the role of devil’s advocate and pour a basin of cold water onto these flowery words.

Yes, pride was the mark of an Earth Elf, but he couldn’t watch his nephew become overly arrogant.

Glancing at the Elder who spoke last, he said slowly, "Watch your words. My brother isn’t in this world now, is he?"

"The only Lord here in this world is Lord Mar."

These beautiful words were casually spoken.

Lord Mar was the Dimension Lord who descended from the upper layers with the assistance of the sacred hall.

Even though elder Ronan had a Dimension Lord elder brother, he still maintained a fluent relationship with Lord Mar.

Firstly, this was a Dimension Lord, and no matter how much backing he had, he was only a realm father.

More importantly, his brother was in the upper layers. The world’s suppression separated them.

If Lord Mar made a move, even if the repercussions were disastrous for Lord Mar, it’d already be too late for elder Ronan.

Most importantly, there was absolutely no reason not to suck up to Lord Mar.

It wasn’t as if they were enemies; he figured that the support of four Dimension Lord hands was better than the support of two.

Anyway, he quickly shifted his gaze back to his nephew and sighed helplessly.

He warned, "Little Skar, remember, you shouldn’t look down on the lower Heavens. No otherworldly creature can be underestimated. After all, haven’t we seen what the lower heavens can produce?"

Evidently, he was hinting at a certain realm father Elshen, at the end of his words.

Nevertheless, before Skar could reply, the same elder who was berated by Ronan a moment ago laughed and opened his mouth once more.

"I think you’re being too harsh on Skar. Hasn’t he shown signs of improving over the past century? I distinctly remember that it wasn’t even two hundred years ago when he scorned all Heavens beneath the 30th. Haha, back then, his arrogance was truly Heaven-shaking."

Ronan was instantly infuriated and glared at the elder who had spoken.

Sensing his fierce gaze and finally reading the room, the elder showed a hesitant expression as he sighed, "But everything changed when realm father Elshen appeared. Who could expect the 23rd Heaven to produce something like that?"

Saved!

Just barely, but the elder’s words caused Ronan to internally smile as he solemnly nodded his head as if now reacting to the mention of realm father Elshen.

The other elders were slightly quicker to read Ronan’s intentions, so they reacted with similar expressions when Elshen was mentioned.

Skar had been alive for close to three thousand years.

If one counted the Supreme realm, this number wouldn’t stop multiplying, but the time in the Supreme realm wasn’t usually counted when identifying an otherworldly creature’s lifespan.

Anyway, that was beside the point.

Even though he had spent most of his life either in battle or secluded cultivation, limiting his human experience, he still had some awareness from his time as part of mortal existence.

Upon achieving otherworldly status, what he could absorb from this experience instantly amplified billions of times, so he was quick to decipher the elders’ intentions.

It was easy to play along, but that was not his, an Earth Elf’s, way.

Instead, he shook his head at Elshen’s mention, and he placed forth a proposition.

Skar said, "If ur ain’t a Dimension Lord, it’s too easy to lose ur life."

"The world suppression protects us in the 33rd, but our mentality is different here anyway. But what I’m trying to say is, realm fathers usually focus on maintaining a low profile until they become Dimension Lords."

"Ain’t that right? I’m sure y’all, as realm fathers y’all selves, understand." His words were like a hammer hitting the nail on the head.

If one was too brilliant, it was easy to attract the wrong gaze.

Then, one could even die without knowing how.

In the history of the Elven race, there were fewer than two handfuls of realm fathers who nurtured abstract souls.

However, this list only contained the realm fathers who had publicly displayed their brilliance.

Realm fathers at tenfolds were incredibly rare, but they existed.

The tenfold system labeled power at tenfolds as the theoretical limits of a realm father, so the moment a realm father displaying a theoretical eleventh or twelfth fold appeared, wasn’t that shouting to the Heavens and marching across the Earth screaming to the world that they had some secrets that made them different?

Wasn’t that asking for trouble?

Due to the tenfold system, realm fathers with power at the eleventh fold or even twelfth fold would never willingly appear.

Even the realm fathers who had some backing, like, for example, a realm father Maddison who had nurtured an abstract soul.

Even if he had power at the eleventh fold, the Boundless Light Empress would suppress this news.

The first of an unknown kind would always attract the most attention.

Elshen was the first, and then he disappeared.

In the hundred years to follow, there were more like Skar.

Realm fathers with strength beyond the tenfold system began appearing.

Why take this risk?

Because times had changed, and it was immensely less risky after Elshen’s appearance.

In fact, it could even become an opportunity.

After all, fortune housed calamity, and calamity also contained fortune.