Chapter 2184: 0469 Enemy Appears, Exile Light! (Big chapter requesting monthly tickets and subscriptions)_4

After calculating, the Purgatory Demon Sword has indeed been stuck at sixth-circle perfection for several hundred years for the sake of those 22 witch marks. Any other genius wizard would certainly lack the courage, patience, and resources for this.

“My second brother, he possesses the demeanor of a legend!”

Soon after, news arrived from the Hell’s Three Sisters.

They said the place Levi saw seemed to be in Hell’s Eighth Layer, but precisely where, they couldn’t say yet and have sent people to investigate.

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Two years later.

Nora Year 456, Blood Battle Year 242.

In the realm of cultivation, time flows unheeded. Levi was now 880 years old.

With a luxurious lineup of secret medicines like the Black Lotus Beast, Crack Qilin Dragon, and Fire Breathing Dragon, the Crimson Emperor Dragon Breathing Technique cultivation became increasingly smooth, not far from the late stage of level 7.

The same went for the Golden Brilliance Dragon. The combination of Four-legged Snake and Earth-splitting Dragon was far superior to the previous level 6 secret medicines.

Although the Inferno Dragon Breathing Technique broke through to level 7 later, with the combination of Black Phoenix, Ash Dragon, and Fire Breathing Dragon, it also began to accelerate, nearing the middle stage of level 7.

Though the Ash Dragon was young and of low level, being a pure-blood Dragon Clan member meant its secret medicine’s effects were quite good. Levi only worried it wouldn’t grow, so he paired it with other fire dragon clans.

The Wind-shaped Dragon secret medicine of the Sky King Dragon is already used up. That Heavenly Leisure Dragon General, Wind Dust Dragon, was still sleeping. Levi dared not wake it forcefully, for fear of hindering its evolution.

He previously checked on its condition and faintly felt a very pure Dragon’s Might. When it awakens, it might undergo an earth-shattering change, possibly becoming the first Dragon General of the Dragon Palace!

The Scarlet Dragon still uses the Bloodsucking Demon Dragon secret medicine, although not at level 7 it can cultivate slowly. Levi wasn’t in a hurry.

What made him somewhat anxious was the Nightmare Dragon’s breakthrough. There had been no news of the nightmare dragon clan for a long time, and with other breathing techniques nearing mid-level 7, the Nightmare Dragon hadn’t advanced.

He began deploying more subordinates to search for information on the nightmare dragon clan, while also assigning specific personnel to review and organize Leon’s memory discs, regardless of their quality.

Previously, an accidental acquisition of information about a Fiery Flame Servant alerted Levi that even low-level beings might possess memories beneficial to him.

Every being is a point, seemingly inconspicuous but part of the great multitude.

More or less, they intersect with other points, forming a complex web of interpersonal and causal relationships.

From among them, gathering useful information, organizing and summarizing it for his review and reporting, is the job of this group.

Over the years, the Three Avatars and Hundred Flowers have been thriving on the God-forsaken Continent, each bearing huge bounties, becoming thorns in the demon’s eye, playing out cycles of siege and counter-siege.

Ms. Lucy also took an interest in the Thousand-Year Potion but was too busy with warfare to personally participate in the research, so she compiled her past insights and experiences on life-prolonging potions into knowledge notes, as a return gift to Levi and Triss.

In his spare time from cultivation, Levi would explore potion research with Triss through the Nightmare World, sharing knowledge. Hundred Flowers would join such discussions during her leisure breaks.

Although progress was slow, everyone became somewhat familiar with the foundational theoretical knowledge of life-prolonging potions.

On this day.

Within the steeple of the Nightmare World.

Levi and Triss had just finished a delightful potion discussion.

Shortly after, a subordinate came to report.

“Lord, clues about the nightmare dragon clan have been discovered. In the easternmost section of the Pale Domain, bordering the Blood Sea Domain, there is a Glo City ruled by Flayer Ben, who keeps an evil dragon in the city named Golden Spear * Angang. That should be the nightmare dragon clan you seek, Lord.”

Upon hearing this, Levi couldn’t help but smile.

“Good, there’s finally news.”

The Blood Rain Realm alone is vast, not to mention the entire Pale Domain. The size of the Nightmare World is unimaginable. Most Nightmare Lords spend their entire lives in their small territories, rarely traveling far.

His Black Dragon Territory lies on the edge of the Pale Domain, requiring a full traversal of a domain to reach Glo City. But to advance, he had no choice.

Without delay, he instructed everyone to take good care of the territory and asked Triss to assist in overseeing things temporarily. Then, with Lopez, he embarked on his first Nightmare World Expedition.

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Glo City.

Also known as the Golden City, the City of Wealth.

Lopez transformed into an ugly little water monkey, perched on Levi’s shoulder, gazing at the city ahead.

According to Levi’s gathered intelligence, Glo City Lord is a level 8 powerhouse, its true form a creature called Flayer.

Flayer’s real name is Ben, known for being dictatorial, brutal, miserly, enjoying exploitation, and draining resources.

From afar, Glo City, unlike most Nightmare Cities Levi had seen, featured many steampunk-style buildings, factories, and chimneys standing, belching black smoke high into the sky.

Along the way, he saw numb-faced humanoid nightmare creatures moving mechanically like zombies. These beings, dressed in tattered clothing, emaciated, had featureless faces resembling a fate coin.

In the center of the coin bore an image of a human, wearing a top hat, portly, donned in a tailcoat, smiling to reveal a mouthful of large golden teeth.