<h4>Chapter 1084: Spoiled brats with bad habits!</h4>
<strong>Trantor: </strong>GodBrandy <strong>Editor: </strong>Kurisu
But if it were to increase the power of the demonic tribtion now, wouldn’t the metal ball feel as though it had been threatened and had topromise?
The ball of liquid metal didn’t like this very much.
However... if it didn’t increase the power of the demonic tribtion, the ‘contaminated person’ would very likely leave the demonic tribtion.
The ball of liquid metal fell deep in thought.
It thought for a short while and decided to continue on with what it had already nned.
This was the Demonic Tribtion Realm, how could the ‘contaminated person’ y tricks here?
<i>She will transcend it if she wants, and if she doesn’t want to, then I’ll force her to transcend it!</i>
As for not wanting to transcend the tribtion and wanting to leave?
Not a chance!
<i>Now that you’ve entered the Demonic Tribtion Realm, you can’t just stop halfway. You’ll either ascend and be a Netherworld Sage or die trying. Do you really think this is your home’s garden or something? It’s not ce where you cane and go as you please.</i>
<i>In any case, the power of the demonic tribtion shall remain the same; it shall neither increase nor decrease. If you like it, then you can have fun with it; if you don’t like it, then you will have to put up with it. Obediently wait for this wave of the ‘constant power’ and ‘constant speed’ demonic tribtion to finish and be a Netherworld Sage!</i>
Or so the ball of liquid metal thought to itself.
The only exception would be if the brain of the ‘contaminated person’ went bad, and she gave up resisting, and theny down to wait to be chopped up by the tribtion lightning, seeking her own death.
However, be it the practitioners of the main world or the demons of the Netherworld, the purpose of their bitter cultivation was to achieve immortality, so where would you find someone willing toy down and let themselves be attacked by lightning? One should know that once they died from tribtion lightning, it would be truly the end for them.
Just as the ball of liquid metal was thinking this...
Under the demonic tribtion, Skrk reached out and flung her long hair. Then, she dispersed the thick ice around her body. Whether it was the ice being used for offense or defense, she dispersed all of it.
Then, she took off her daoist robe and stored it away, leaving only ordinary clothes on her person. Those clothes were the kind that you could buy at any ordinary people’s clothing shop—they had no trace of magical energy whatsoever.
Skrky down right where she was and waited for the demonic lightning to strike down on her body.
The ball of liquid metal: “...”
<i>F*cking hell, does she have a screw loose?</i>
“BOOM~”
Purple demonic lightning fell on Skrk from the sky, scattering what remained of her defenses.
“Aaaah~” Skrk screamed delightfully.
In the end, it was still a demonic tribtion of the Eighth Stage. Even though the ball of liquid metal had deliberately reduced its strength, it still had power around the middle of the Seventh Stage. In addition to that, the special attribute of the ‘demonic tribtion’ dealt bonus damage to creatures of the Netherworld and beings like Skrk who were in a ‘contaminated’ state.
After this wave of the demonic tribtion, Skrk’s body twitched uncontrobly. Currents flowed through her body, and demonic fire invaded it, burning her internal organs. In addition to that, the power of the inner demon also brought Skrk’s soul into a cruel illusion where it was tortured.
“Aaaaah, it huuuuurts,” Skrk screamed while reaching into her pocket to take out her tailor-made phone. She adjusted the angle and then took a few selfies while the demonic tribtion was descending upon her.
<i>It would be a waste not to take a photo of such a beautifuldy in distress, wouldn’t it?</i>
<i>Perhaps I can use this photo to stir Fellow Daoist Thrice Reckless’ feelings in the future.</i>
“BOOM~” Another wave of tribtion lightning fell on her body.
Skrk quickly put away her phone and continued toy on the ground, quietly while clenching her teeth and bearing the violent strikes of the purple lightning.
The ball of liquid metal: “...”
<i>What in the world is this person trying to do? Why is she doing this? Tell me, WHY?!</i>
<i>She’s simply seeking death, isn’t she?</i>
<i>I’ve never seen someone with such strange reasoning! For her to actually just give up on transcending the tribtion just because it wasn’t fun?! Does she really have to lie down and put away all of her defenses, and even make herself look like she doesn’t want to live?!</i>
She was really seeking death!
How could someone like her survive until now? What was more, she was even able to reach the Seventh Stage Venerable Realm?
[Wait, could it be that she has perceived my existence? Is she testing me?] The ball of liquid metal suddenly thought of a possibility.
But immediately afterward, it denied it.
The woman couldn’t have noticed anything from the beginning to the end; the way it used to enter the Demonic Tribtion Realm was something it had juste up with. Other than its old enemy, White, it was absolutely impossible for others to detect its existence.
“BOOOOM~”
The demonic tribtion remained at the same level, and once again exploded on Skrk’s body with the same amount of power.
Skrk had already been struck by lightning all over her body, and her long blue hair was showing signs of getting burnt.
Demonic fire also apanied the wave of the demonic tribtion, which made her directly pass out...
But even so, Skrk didn’t resist.
As such, she was now curled up, lying on the ground, neither resisting, nor defending, attacking, avoiding, and healing. She hadpletely given up on saving herself.
If this were to go on, there would only be one end for her––death!
[This person can’t possibly be actually seeking death, right?] The ball of liquid metal was inexplicably upset.
This person was rted to its grand n. If she were to die, it would have to look for another suitable ‘contaminated person’, and nobody knew how long that would take.
Additionally, time was something it was short on now. Its counterpart’s state was getting worse and worse, so it didn’t have much time left.
What should it do?
Did it really have topromise and increase the power output of the demonic tribtion to satisfy the ‘contaminated person’? Reigniting her motivation and getting her to take the tribtion seriously?
The ball of liquid metal pondered for another moment.
<i>Bah, never.</i>
<i>How did people with such bad habits even appear? It must be due to them being spoiled!</i>
Therefore, it definitely couldn’t spoil her further.
The ball of liquid metal thought, <i>I should weaken the power of the demonic tribtion even further so that it wouldn’t be able to kill this ‘contaminated person’. That way, she can sessfully transcend the tribtion without even trying.</i>
<i>Do you want to lie down and get struck to death by the demonic tribtion? Then, just continue lying down as I force you to ascend to the Eighth Stage regardless!</i>
And so, the ball of liquid metal once again used its authority of the ruler of the Netherworld and modified Skrk’s heavenly tribtion.
The heavenly tribtion of the Eighth Stage was now releasing the lowest level of power it could.
Even for the ball of liquid metal, it was impossible to lower the power of the heavenly tribtion to the Third or Fourth Stage.
Thus, when it made its move, it could only reduce the power of Skrk’s demonic tribtion to the initial level of the Seventh Stage.
As such, the power of the demonic tribtion was no longer fatal to Skrk, who had strength and a physical body at the peak of the Seventh Stage. At most, it could strike her to the point where she would be half-dead.
As long as she didn’t die, and was able to smoothly ascend, the metal ball would be fine with it.
The ball of liquid metal was very satisfied with its n.
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Xuan Nu Sect’s Skrk, who was originally curled up into a ball, slightly opened her eyes, and then she looked towards the sky in confusion.
It seemed that the power of the demonic tribtion had be even weaker.
Previously, when the demonic tribtion exploded on her body, she could still feel sharp pain, but when the demonic tribtion fell on her body now, the pain was not even half as much as before.
“What the hell... why did the power of the heavenly tribtion get weaker? Could it be that I’ve gotten used to it due to having been repeatedly struck by lightning?” Xuan Nu Sect’s Skrk got up. At this moment, there were no longer any clothes on her body. The clothes she was wearing were ordinary clothes, and as she hadpletely given up on resisting and defending, they naturally couldn’t withstand the demonic tribtion.
“Boom~”
When the demonic tribtion fell on Skrk’s body, she carefully analyzed it.
Skrk: “...”
The power really got weaker—the power that had originally been around the middle of the Seventh Stage was now around the beginning of the Seventh Stage.
Facing such a weak attack, even if she gave up all of her defenses and was seriously injured, she wouldn’t die.
“How regretful,” Skrk muttered.
The main world’s heavenly tribtion was clearly more powerful; she’d had to have a stroke to actuallye and attempt to transcend this demonic tribtion, which had no meaning to it at all.
She sat down cross-legged, rested her chin on her hand, and took on the explosions of the demonic tribtion.
At this pace, even without defending against the demonic tribtion, wouldn’t she still be able to transcend it?
“If it’s like this, then what’s the point in ascending to the Eighth Stage?” Skrk sighed softly.
In the Nine Provinces Number One Group, when the other Venerables transcended their tribtion, there were guided missiles, tanks, nuclear bombs, and hydrogen bombs. There was so much excitement during every wave, with every wave bringing them close to death.
After their sess, these fellow daoists would be able to share the experiences they had with the heavenly tribtion of the Eighth Stage with theter generations—experiences filled with excitement and vital knowledge.
But what about her?
She even withdrew all of her defenses,y around like a dead fish, and still reached the Eighth Stage
At that time, how was she supposed to share her experiences with theter generations?
She couldn’t just let theter generations seek death like her, withdrawing their defenses, and transcend their tribtion while acting like ordinary people, could she?
Skrk felt very tired.
She raised her head to look at the weak tribtion clouds.
Could there really be no way to make the heavenly tribtion stronger?
<i>Wait... right!</i>
<i>I can increase the power of the demonic tribtion myself!</i>
She could just do it herself.
?Thoughts on how to increase the power of the heavenly tribtion.?
There was a very simple method... a method that didn’t discriminate between practitioners of different systems. It was a method which had several practitionerse together and transcend the tribtion together—at that time, the heavenly tribtion’s power wouldn’t be something as simple as an addition.
But there was a problem...
The heavenly tribtion of the Eighth Stage pulled one into a small independent realm, and there was only Skrk in the entire Demonic Tribtion Realm.
Where was she going to look for another fellow daoist to apany her in transcending the tribtion?
Hm, there was a way.
Skrk put her hands together, and drew a spherical defensive formation.
She reached into the defensive formation, and took out a sealed piece of scrap paper.
“Hello, hello~ Banknote, are you there? Can you hear me?” Xuan Nu Sect’s Skrk called out to the piece of scrap paper.
After about ten breaths’ time...
The piece of scrap paper moved. “F*ck, what’s happening? Why can I see you? Where is this ce?”
“This is the Demonic Tribtion Realm,” Xuan Nu Sect’s Skrk said with a smile. “Fellow Daoist Banknote, are you interested in transcending the tribtion with me?”
“Wait, why am I here? Skrk, what did you do to me?” The piece of scrap paper asked in panic.