This Sword Cultivator is Somewhat Dependable-Chapter 788 - 56 ’Wilderness’_2

Meanwhile, in the Demon Lord’s residence.

"Cough... cough..." Shi Wu Demon Venerable suddenly began to cough violently, spitting out a mouthful of dark golden blood.

He gasped slightly, "It was just a minor movement of energy, yet... the injury has truly become more severe."

After glancing at the painting on the wall again, Shi Wu Demon Venerable sighed, a trace of worry flashing in his eyes, he muttered, "Although it is inevitable that ’Wilderness’ appears once the world falls into decay,

who would have thought that the ’Wilderness’ in the Burning Moon Domain would appear right in Jian Luo Royal City..."

Given the spread of ’Wilderness’ and the impending great battle with the Human Race, it’s urgently approaching."

"Unfortunately, I underestimated the power of ’Wilderness’ and ended up with this fate," Shi Wu Demon Venerable recalled something, his face paling further, "I am destined not to witness our Demon Race’s conquest of the Human Realm."

His renown echoed across the world, his combat power extraordinary. If not for special circumstances, who else could inflict such a severe, incurable injury on him, leaving him to merely await his imminent death?

It was all because of this ’Wilderness’.

The so-called ’Wilderness’ is something that inevitably emerges when a world deteriorates and faces extinction.

It symbolizes and foretells the destruction of the world, a monster born from the world’s dying breath.

It possesses three terrifying characteristics.

Firstly, its devouring nature.

’Wilderness’ is like a black hole, not directly attacking life, but it devours all energy within its reach, forming a domain of nothingness—the Wilderness Domain.

Once there is no energy, even a Demon Lord cannot survive for long.

Just as without air, all must die.

The difference lies only in whether some die quickly or slowly.

Secondly, its randomness.

The location, timing, and quantity of its appearances are all random and untraceable.

Thirdly, and most terrifying, is its spread.

Initially, ’Wilderness’ occupies only a small area, but as it devours continuously, the Wilderness Domain gradually expands until it envelops the entire world, returning it to nothingness and chaos.

Eventually, after who knows how many tens of thousands of years, everything cycles anew. The Wilderness Domain dissipates, energy is restored, and life reemerges.

...

’Wilderness’ has indeed appeared in Jian Luo Royal City.

It is debatable whether to consider them unlucky or fortunate.

Because the spread of ’Wilderness’ synchronizes with the decay of the world.

Initially, it is not rapid; it is a slow process.

But once it crosses a certain threshold, it surges with unimaginable speed.

Like a snowball rolling downhill, gaining momentum, rolling faster and growing larger.

However, if it is discovered in time, its formation might be suppressed, or at least its spread could be slowed.

If ’Wilderness’ had appeared in some uninhabited place, it might have spread beyond salvage before being discovered.

Yet, its birthplace was right in Jian Luo Royal City.

Thus, it was discovered almost immediately upon its emergence.

Although they were aware of the existence of Wilderness, it was their first time witnessing and confronting it firsthand.

Thus, even though the Classics stated that Wilderness, besides addressing the world’s decay issue, cannot be destroyed,

the initial reaction of the high-ranking members of the Jian Luo Lineage was still to try and eliminate ’Wilderness’.

They dispatched many Seventh Grade and Eighth Grade Demonic Cultivators into the Wilderness Domain in an attempt to destroy it.

The result was that the Wilderness Domain, like a gluttonous gaping maw, devoured all who entered, with none returning.

Given this situation, Shi Wu Demon Venerable decided to personally explore the conditions therein.

Firstly, because of his extraordinary skill and confidence in his own strength.

Secondly, because the ’Wilderness’ was still in its initial phase.

He believed that even if he could not eliminate the ’Wilderness,’ he would surely be able to save himself under these circumstances.

Upon entering the Wilderness Domain, he immediately saw the source of the Wilderness—a pulsating mass of flesh that continuously contracted, at its center a dark abyss.

Waves of desolate, deathly aura drifted from it.

That was the mouth of ’Wilderness.’

He tentatively launched an attack towards that mouth.

Then he realized that within the Wilderness Domain, absolutely no energy should be used.

— Originally inert and indifferent to his presence, ’Wilderness’ erupted with terrifying might the moment he made his move.

The bloody maw suddenly opened, revealing sharp, ferocious fangs that lunged at him.

As one of the top ten combatants of the Burning Moon Domain, facing this attack from ’Wilderness,’ he was utterly unable to resist,

Those were the fangs of the reaper.

His immediate reaction was to swiftly retreat, trying to leave the Wilderness Domain.

But even then, as he left the Wilderness Domain, he was attacked by ’Wilderness.’

Just that one attack was enough to render the mighty Demon Lord unable to withstand it, inflicting a grave, incurable injury upon him.

Had the Wilderness Domain not been small and had he not retreated quickly enough to prevent ’Wilderness’ from launching a second attack, he likely would have perished on the spot.

At this moment, his body was still saturated with the aura of ’Wilderness.’

This aura was continuously devouring his life.

"Wilderness cannot be destroyed by human means, only by capturing the Human Realm before it spreads."

This was the conclusion reached by the War Demon Clan after their discussions.

The reason ’Wilderness’ appeared was due to the world’s decay, which produced a dense aura of death that then nurtured it.