Defying the Fate of Beheading

Chapter 889 - 454: Alice, Do You Want to Merge With Us? (2)

The foundation of the Shadow Demon Net’s operation lies in the shadows spread across the world and the constantly gathering negative energy within the Shadow Realm.With these, the Shadow Demon Net can be driven to expand.

Besides these special networks like the Magic Net and the Shadow Demon Net, which have inherent external forces, does the Star Continent have a third similar thing?

Clearly, it does not.

If you insist on finding something similar, it would be the divine art of the priests.

But that is the result of long-term prayers, transforming power into faith.

Faith is the wellspring of divine energy.

With external energy, they can bestow their power downward.

But Louis is quite different.

He is not a deity.

Using a xianxia analogy, conventional deities achieve godhood through incense worship.

Whereas Louis is a proper immortal who cultivates step by step.

The path to deityhood through incense is heavily restricted.

But the path to immortality is much more carefree.

Yet, becoming a deity through incense also has its benefits, enjoying earthly fireworks, and bestowing blessings upon the people also makes the incense flourish.

An immortal may indeed be carefree, but once entangled with earthly attachments, dealing with matters becomes much more troublesome.

Therefore, the Soldier Realm historically actually subsidized a part of the world’s force to maintain the Celestial Net’s operation.

Unlike purely profiting deities.

But the benefits were sky-high.

On this day.

Louis discussed this matter with Ais.

Ais remarked: "The Celestial Net is rooted in consciousness, not in the spirit veins of heaven and earth, making it easier for the Soldier Realm to collect various combat methods, combat concepts, and extraordinary skill usage means.

This is a significant boon for you."

"Indeed, otherwise, just giving without return would be a major grievance."

Those combat data continuously flow into the Soldier Realm, integrating into Louis’s combat techniques, constantly elevating his current limit.

The most straightforward manifestation is that now he sees no one capable of matching him in combat skills.

Every time this happens, he misses the Sword Master immensely.

If Cialdini were still alive, he would surely forge something interesting after witnessing a new pinnacle.

He said in a deep voice:

"In the long run, the combat techniques I obtain and refine, once reincorporated as information into the Celestial Net, will further drive the optimization of melee professions’ skills.

Given time, it’s not implausible that others might reach the heights of Cialdini. Each such individual breaks the upper limit of melee techniques."

In other words, it also raises Louis’s ceiling.

Because the Soldier Realm is the source of all this.

Just then, the little swan, having just resolved the Magic Net’s issues, sighed and said:

"The Magic Net has quite a significant problem. It can help you process information, but it can’t do so like Ais."

Ais leisurely drank her tea.

She was genuinely enjoying her leisure.

Among the various "nets," hers required the least effort.

Not only because the Shadow Demon Net wasn’t as troublesome as the Magic Net, but also because...

The bottom framework comprising the Soldier Realm contains the Book of the Dead.

This thing is entirely the culmination of Mad King Rudelson’s life efforts, pilfered partial authority from the Shadow Realm.

The essence of the Curse Binding Legion is converting the dead into shadow creatures.

As long as the Shadow Realm is problem-free, so will be the Curse Binding Legion.

Fortunately.

The shadow power and negative energy from the Shadow Realm are the least scarce resources in the Multiverse.

In other words, with Ais’s assistance, she can fully utilize the Book of the Dead to establish an energy transmission channel with the Shadow Realm.

As a result, the operational energy of the Celestial Net·Shadow Demon Net, originally requiring world power for maintenance, can be directly drawn from the Shadow Realm for free.

It can be said that the Shadow Demon Net under her jurisdiction is likely the first among all the networks to achieve positive revenue in the information network.

No wonder the little swan appeared so helpless when mentioning this.

Olivia gritted her teeth in frustration.

Losing to anyone would be fine, but losing to Ais was utterly unacceptable to her.

But there was no way around it.

The bottom framework comprising the Soldier Realm barely includes any magic elements.

Even though Louis’s status as a Jade Phoenix Mage had reached its pinnacle, it was still far from possessing Magic Net characteristics.

Is there any way to cheat like Ais?

The little swan couldn’t think of anything despite wracking her brain.

It was at this time that she received a communication from Alice.

She found an empty room and opened the communication, seeing a travel-weary Alice in the image, flashing a carefree smile and waving as she said:

"Yo, Olivia, long time no see."

"Where have you been?" Olivia asked irritably, "The outside world is so chaotic now, and you’re running around."

"I went for some further training."

"Training?"

"The Red Jade Guard, have you forgotten, was nominally the guard of the Goddess of Death and Magic before it became an advanced profession of the Nine Swords?"

The little swan suddenly realized.

A significant portion of the Red Jade Guard’s power comes from the Goddess of Death and Magic.

If not, Alice wouldn’t have become the chosen one.

"Did you suddenly contact me today for a specific reason?"

Alice hesitated for a moment, not speaking immediately.

But Olivia was perceptive, quickly making connections.

She slightly curled her lips, speaking in a way that made Alice visibly tremble:

"Alice, Louis’s taste is quite nice, isn’t it?"

The atmosphere became instantly awkward.

Alice sighed and said:

"No, did that dog man fail to keep his mouth shut? How did you guys find out?"

Olivia shook her head and said:

"We stumbled upon it when conducting some tests, or rather, you’re contacting me now because your power has suddenly increased, right?"

Alice fell silent once more; after a while, she sighed and said:

"So what did you guys do? Why did the demi-plane Louis reported expand to such an extent?"

Olivia pondered for a moment and said: "We integrated."

"You don’t need to describe your intimate activities in detail to me."

Alice rolled her eyes.

Who wants to hear your romantic stories anyway.

Wait a minute.

She widened her eyes: "You didn’t tell our Empress about this, did you?"

"It was Sister Wang who discovered it; she knows me too well."

"Your sister didn’t beat you, she must really care for you."

"When I said integration, I didn’t mean that kind of integration."

The little swan blushed.

Being with Sister Wang... such a thing is impossible?

Just as Alice said, Sister Wang didn’t beat her, which shows how much she is loved.

"We merged our small worlds. Since you are also contracted to the Soldier Realm, you should have some understanding of the situation."

Alice nodded.

Even their goddess, who usually loves to babble, had high praise for the Celestial Net.

She even began to entice Alice to quickly buy some initial shares.

Missing this ride would mean no such luck in the future.

However, Alice really didn’t have such thoughts.

As a naturally free spirit, how could she be bound?

That’s what she thought.

Until she witnessed her demi-plane perfecting and expanding into a small world at a ridiculous speed.

At that moment, she admitted she was dumbfounded.

She thought she had seen much in her life; what weird things hadn’t she encountered?

Okay, she had to admit the current situation was unprecedented.

Out of curiosity, she asked Olivia about it and didn’t expect to end up being rebuffed instead.

For some reason, she felt her best friend had been looking at her with a somewhat meaningful expression since a while ago.

"Why are you looking at me?"

Perhaps due to tasting someone’s flavor accidentally, she felt a bit guilty, causing her gaze to waver.

In the next moment, she heard her best friend utter a truly outrageous line:

"Alice, how about merging your small world with Louis’s Soldier Realm? Everyone knows it now.

If you’re willing, why not go a step further and ask your goddess if she’s interested in buying into the Magic Net under the Celestial Net?"

"Huh?"

On that day, Alice suddenly felt her best friend’s brain had gone haywire.

However, shortly after, she realized a second person whose brain had short-circuited.

No wait, it should be a deity whose brain had short-circuited first.

The voice of the Goddess of Death and Magic, Vestis, arose:

"What do you mean by buying in? Tell me more."