Currently, the only family in the Elvin Kingdom to rear beasts was the red-headed Grimbold family. In fact, the first time Dyon met Little Lyla, it was a member of the Grimbold family riding a Crystal-Toothed Tiger that tried to stop him from taking her.
However, it seemed to be a lost art to them… It was likely for this reason that the Elves were no longer in the peak species of this era.
"We Demon Bulls were a subordinate clan to the Elves in the Golden Era. It wasn't until later than our bloodline became diluted by humans marrying into our main line, but our clan was never strict with such things. Unfortunately, it was because we were kind-hearted that we weakened…"
Dyon sighed. He found arranged and controlled marriages disgusting, but he would be a fool to say that it didn't serve a real purpose.
Now that the Demon Bulls were more human than beast, it was no wonder that they were weaker than those beast clans.
"Then, what exactly does this treasure do?" Dyon asked curiously.
A few years ago, Dyon allowed Zabia to form a team with the disciples of Madeleine's parents to go out and search for his Jafari family's treasure.
From Dyon's understanding, the Jafari family existed ever since the Chaotic Era, while his Grand Teacher was born between the Primordial Era and the Golden Era. Somehow, over that time, the treasure of the Jafari family landed in the hands of the Elves, triggering the Golden Era.
Afterward, the Golden, and shortest, Era came to an end when this treasure was split. This was likely also related to the fall of the elves as well…
That said, unlike others, Dyon didn't have to try and stumble around to learn this history, he had the celestial hamster twins. The moment these halves came together when Zabia accomplished his goals, the truth would be revealed. For now.. He'd have to make due with a portion of the story.
"It's probably one of the greatest defensive treasures ever created and the likely the reason the Elves and Dwarves were able to rise up so quickly… In fact, if it hadn't been for the Dwarves, it's unlikely that the Elves would have been able to use it so effectively.
"With this treasure, I was able to block attacks from the dao formation expert, albeit only for my daughter…"
The more King Mino explained, the brighter Dyon's eyes grew. In the end, he laughed so uproariously that he too shook Mino Palace.
Later that day, Dyon had made his way back to Earth to allow the Mino Clan to prepare for the move as well. At first, he had planned to take a visit to Planet Naiad, Delia's home planet, and Planet Deimos, home planet of the now headless Aumen, Geb and Horus Clans, but he put it off for now. He wanted to deal with the King Belmont situation first which entailed visiting the Bai.
From inside the protective violet-black fog that covered the Bai Holy Land, Head Bai snickered to himself as he watched Dyon approach.
'Let's see how you deal with losing your mind like that arrogant King Belmont.'
"Father, open the barrier." Meiying glared at him.
"No." Qiangda looked away and pretended not to hear the rest of his daughter's long-winded speech.
"You old bastard! You nearly caused the fall of Earth because of your useless pride, now you want to act like a petulant child?!"
Qiangda snorted. "They should be thanking me for making King Belmont go insane. If it wasn't for me, Earth would have never lasted so long. Your so-called brother-in-law's plan would have failed without me. Where are my thank yous?"
This was entirely a lie. Because King Belmont lost his mind, the Aumen's believed they could win alone which delayed their desire to ally with the Mino. In addition, the Mino disdained to gang up on someone who was now an unworthy opponent and as such stayed out of it until they came to learn that the Uidah were involved.
Because the Uidah took part, the Mino were forced to action so as to not allow the Uidah to gain everything.
It could be said that the appearance of Abraham completely ruined Dyon's plans. Who would have known that such a genius would be born among the Uidah?
As a result, Head Bai believed that he too deserved some credit. Since Dyon wasn't going to give it to him, he would play a little prank.
However… His dreams were crushed when Dyon paused outside of the barrier and snorted.
A blaze of white flames coated Dyon's body, causing the fog barrier to shy away from the purity of the light.
In the end, Dyon destroyed half of the barrier and entered with absolute ease much to the devastation of Head Bai.
Many of the Bai family members and guards charged forward to see what all of the commotion was about. In fact, some even prepared to attack because they didn't recognize Dyon. But, they were stopped by Meiying, allowing Dyon to descend from the skies and land before the father-daughter pair.
"If I had known dealing with curse energy was so easy, I wouldn't have had to wait to cure King Belmont," Dyon said with a faint chuckle.
At this point, even Meiying's lip twitched. Easy to deal with? Who fed you that nonsense?
Dyon knew that his body was essentially immune to poison due to reaching the one with body realm with his white flames. But, he hadn't immediately thought to apply it to curse energy as well.
"The Devil Path is quite interesting," Dyon said nonchalantly. But, that simple statement caused Head Bai's face to freeze over with hostility.
"You've said something you shouldn't have."
"Did I?" Dyon asked, unperturbed. "I just thought it was best if we got everything out and into the open."
Head Bai's eyes narrowed as Meiying's darted with a bit of nervousness. Although she knew that Dyon could defeat her father one on one, she also knew that if her father truly wanted to fight, he had more methods than just his own prowess. One shouldn't underestimate the foundation of an ancient family…
"Maybe if you were less "open", I wouldn't have to kill you now." Head Bai's gaze froze over.
"Kill me?" Dyon laughed. "Why would you have to do such a thing? Did you think I came here to kill you?"
At that moment, an odd and dark energy exuded from Dyon.
His eyes dimmed from their bright hazel-green, immediately becoming replaced by a deep black. His hair darkened directly afterward, absorbing every ounce of light that bounded toward it.
In an instant, his body's prowess ballooned to almost three times what it was before and those around him recognized the energy immediately: This was devil qi!
Breathing outward, the energy disappeared into Dyon's body once more, returning everything to normal.
Dyon only smiled without explaining anything. But… the origin of this energy was quite obvious. That said, it was the scarcest type of energy the bull-bird had accumulated.
Head Bai's fierce gaze boiled over into shock. "You… Who are you?..."
Dyon laughed. "What kind of question is that, haven't you known me since I was a kid? The Devil Path is just a path, who cares what kind of energy you cultivate?
"That said, while I'm not strong enough yet, you'll have to put more energy into the conventional path. I would be too embarrassed to have an essence gatherer as one of my elders." Dyon pinched his nose as though he was wading through garbage.
Meiying burst into a fit of laughter as Head Bai's face reddened in embarrassment. It seemed that getting the Bai on his side was easier than he thought.
At the same time, Dyon realized another benefit of his Inner World… While others had to cultivate a new path from scratch, Dyon had no need to… As long as he had his inner world, he could make use of whatever path he needed!
...
"Wow." After Dyon finished teasing Head Bai, he finally took a look around the Bai Holy Land only to see a scene that could only be described as breathtaking. Yet, as beautiful as it was, it was just as difficult to explain…
It was as though every brick, every patch of grass, every delicate curve or sharp turn, was perfectly laid. It felt like even if Dyon tried his best, it would be absolutely impossible to improve anything. This was the true essence of architecture…
