Chapter 1551: Chapter 1551: Holy Drew

As the man slowly reached out his hand to grab Zen, it seemed all paths of retreat for Zen were sealed off. The man's expression was apathetic yet it gave Zen an immense amount of pressure. There was no room for Zen to evade the man's approach.

The nine stars in Zen's inner world continuously transformed chaotic energy. However, the amount of chaotic energy in his inner world was limited as well. If he absorbed too much chaotic energy at once, his inner world might dry up and crumble.

Zen had already guessed that the person in front of him was sent here by Holy Jay. However, he didn't know anything about this arrangement.

When the person finally grabbed him, Zen suddenly twisted his body violently to break free.

The person seized Zen's shoulder and was able to suppress Zen by sheer force. Frustration painted Zen's face as he remained a captive of the man. With the man's unparalleled strength, Zen was lifted above the man's shoulder.

Whether it was brute strength or the mastery of techniques that used sheer force, Zen was far inferior to the person who captured him.

With a fierce aura, the person strode forward and carried Zen on one shoulder and the golden hammer on the other shoulder. He walked with a dignified and powerful atmosphere as if he couldn't be bothered by anything or anyone in his path. The others who saw how Zen was captured followed Zen and his captor. However, their existence was completely ignored by the one-eyed man.

“Let me go!” Zen shouted with a harsh tone.

Although he was already seized by the man, it didn't mean that Zen couldn't resist. Zen immediately thought about how he could escape his captor.

“I advise you to be obedient. It's useless to resist. Do you really think you can escape from me?” the one-eyed man asked coldly. His tone was calm, yet carried a somewhat heavy pressure.

Concentration flowed through Zen as the chaotic energy surged out of his body. After that, a circle of light quietly appeared under the feet of the one-eyed man. Zen wanted to use Thunderbolt Annihilation, but the Heavenly Tribulation brewed above their heads for quite some time already, yet no thunderbolts appeared to strike the man...

The one-eyed man let out an imperious laugh as he raised his head and gave a supercilious glance at Zen. “There is no Heavenly Tribulation within the Divine Refinement Forbidden Land. The Thunderbolt Annihilation naturally cannot be summoned. I already told you that all the struggle would be useless.”

Disappointment and shock painted Zen's face when he heard the one-eyed man's remark. The Divine Refinement Forbidden Land wasn't a complete universe. Some cultivation methods were indeed useless here. He remembered that the Stellar Body couldn't be used in this place, either.

However, just as the one-eyed man finished his words, a stream of chaotic energy instantly turned into a bunch of extremely beautiful ice flowers.

This was the Ice Soul Flame that Zen comprehended not long ago!

Beautiful ice flowers danced in the air and floated toward the one-eyed man. The one-eyed man readied himself to defend, but the ice flowers immediately released powerful cold air.

The one-eyed man ran at an extremely fast speed. However, the moment the Ice Soul Flame appeared, his speed decreased drastically as if he had sunk into quicksand…

“Ice Soul Flame?” said the one-eyed man with a curious expression on his face. The one-eyed man was surprised that Zen was able to master the theurgy of Holy Jay.

The power of the Ice Soul Flame that was activated with chaotic energy was not something to be underestimated. The one-eyed man had been careless and the cold flame poison from the Ice Soul Flame invaded his body. At this moment, it was extremely difficult for him to move.

However, Zen's cultivation was still comparatively too low. If Zen used this technique on a martial artist of the same level as him, or even a Spirit Transformation Realm warrior or a world lord, the effect would naturally be extraordinary. Regretfully, at Zen's current level of cultivation, an attack like this couldn't do any harm to the one-eyed man.

A circle of light flashed through the one-eyed man's body as waves of water vapor were forced to exit his physique. After a while, the previously sluggish body of the one-eyed man returned to normal.

At that moment, even if Zen used the Ice Soul Flame once more, the cold flame poison in the flame wouldn't be able to enter the one-eyed man's body.

However, the one-eyed man didn't want Zen to cause any more trouble or delay. It didn't take him much concentration to condense a faint circle of light as he immediately struck it towards Zen's abdomen. After the one-eyed man removed his hand, a spider condensed by light was seen left on Zen's abdomen.

The spider was very lifelike. Its eight legs extended out of its body as it lay on Zen's stomach. Then, the spider's legs easily pierced through Zen's lower abdomen and wrapped around Zen's cinnabar field. Zen instantly felt as if his connection with his inner world was severed! řå₦оβЁᶊ

“Relax, it's only a sealing technique. Your inner world should be similar to the universe built by a Holy Being, and it has the Cross-world Theurgy. I temporarily modified this technique. However, I advise you not to make any move. If it actually cuts your connection with your inner world, I will feel very guilty,” the one-eyed man said blandly.

Without the ability to use his inner world, Zen had no choice but to obey the one-eyed man.

Aside from his superior strength and technique, the one-eyed man also understood Zen very well. He was even aware that Zen's inner world was different from that of an ordinary warrior. The one-eyed man's unimaginable power and intellect made Zen hard to resist or escape.

However, Zen felt relieved even though he was captured. Although the one-eyed man didn't look like a good person, he did not murder anyone when he captured Zen. Additionally, he knew Zen very well and even Zen's inner world construction. Zen guessed that the one-eyed man might be someone under the employ of Holy Jay. However, he still couldn't figure out what his purpose of abducting him was.

“Follow him! Don't let him escape from our field of vision.”

Kaydan and the rest were still in pursuit. Frustration colored their expression as they knew that they were no match for Zen's captor. All they could do was follow Zen and his captor from afar. No one decided to get close and charge at the one-eyed man because they concluded that it would just mean instant death.

The two ladies of the Han Clan led the warriors of the Han Clan as they also followed at the back of the group. With a confused tone, Laquisha narrowed her eyes and said, “Aleyna, why do I feel like this person looks somewhat familiar?”

Aleyna looked at Lauisha but she shook her head and replied, “I don't know this person…”

“Kennan, what do you think? Do you recognize him?” Laquisha asked again as she shifted her gaze towards Kennan.

Kennan and other world lords shook their heads simultaneously. These world lords didn't have a high status in the Han Clan. In fact, if Laquisha cultivated in the divine land, her guards would definitely be True Gods, and the world lords were not qualified to fulfill such a job. However, since there was no way for a True God to enter the Divine Refinement Forbidden Land, the Han Clan could only send world lords to act as her guards. With their low status in the house, these world lords even rarely had the chance to see the Holy Emperor, and it was less likely for them to see any of the top figures.

“Your Highness, I'm sorry but I don't know him.” Kennan shook his head.

Laquisha frowned and thought for a moment before she spoke calmly, “Six years ago, after the great council meeting of the Hall of Holy Beings, they picked the sprouts of the Ray Trees. Father once invited all the Holy Beings to a banquet. I seem to have seen this person at the banquet…”

“What!” The expressions of Kennan and other world lords changed drastically. They listened intently for more information about the abductor.

To be able to be personally entertained by the Holy Emperor, the abductor must be a Holy Being. At the very least, he would be a top-rank True God that was only second to a Holy Being!

It suddenly made sense why that person was very powerful…

“If my memory serves me correctly, this person should be Holy Drew,” Laquisha continued. Her voice was still calm but filled with caution.

“Ah! Are you serious?!”

Many of the world lords were shocked as they heard Laquisha's revelation.

“That's impossible! Holy Drew is an extremely eccentric person. How could a person like him personally appear here in the Divine Refinement Forbidden Land?”

“Back then, even the Holy Emperor hasn't managed to ask his help…”

“But the rumors have it that Holy Drew refined one of his eyes into a supreme chaotic weapon, also known as the Devil's Eye. The Holy Drew indeed has only one eye. He is the same as the abductor!”

Even if the world lords might not have the qualifications to see these top-level warriors, it didn't mean that they hadn't heard of them. In fact, the legends of every Holy Being were widespread in the divine land. Their tales were known by warriors of different cultivation levels.

Among these legendary tales, many referred to or included Holy Drew.

The legend of Holy Drew said that he started only as an ordinary weapon refiner. Although he had a bit of fame in the divine land, his cultivation only made him a low-rank True God and could even be considered an insignificant one.

At that time, weapon refiners only acknowledged orthodox methods. However, Holy Drew's temperament and personality were eccentric. Due to his unorthodox lifestyle and techniques, he was expelled from the weapon refining sect he belonged to.

Holy Drew failed to achieve anything extraordinary in the path of a blacksmith in refining supreme primordial weapons.

Fortunately, weapon refiners were a popular profession no matter where they went. Some famous weapon refiners were much richer than martial artists of the same cultivation level. They could live a well-off life if they relied on their own skills.

However, Holy Drew still held a grudge over his expulsion from his sect. His frustrations had built up because he hadn't made any big breakthroughs in the refinement of supreme primordial weapons. Then, he set his sights on the applications of chaotic energy!

He knew there was chaotic energy at the edge of the divine land. However, the chaotic energy was similar to a highly toxic poison for martial artists. Their cinnabar fields would be corrupted and wouldn't hold the energy. Then, Holy Drew came up with an idea: What would happen if chaotic energy was sealed into weapons?

In fact, many weapon refiners already came up with the concept of a supreme chaotic weapon. However, none had tried yet to put the idea into action.

After Holy Drew came up with his hypothesis, he embarked on a journey to test it out without any delay.

As a low-rank True God, it was difficult to obtain chaotic energy. Only Holy Beings would be powerful enough to roam in the chaos. However, this did not mean that there was no chaotic energy available in the divine land.

There was the Ray Wood in the east, the Sunrest Wood in the west, the Lofty Wood in the north, and the Hidden Wood in the south. The roots of these four divine trees were all buried at the edge of the divine land. The roots of these divine trees stretched for hundreds of millions of miles, reached the periphery of the divine land, deep into the chaos, and continuously absorbed the chaotic energy in the chaos.

Holy Drew had visited all the four divine trees before, and in the end, he had paid a considerable price. Despite the near depletion of all of his wealth, he finally obtained chaotic energy from the Hidden Wood in the south.

The gathered chaotic energy was then being refined into the weapons according to Holy Drew's hypothesis.

However, his first attempt ended up as a miserable failure.