Chapter 436: Chapter 436

"This trip has been very successful. Let’s go back now and try to hunt some more demons, and see if we can obtain skills more suitable for you." The two sisters still lacked a sufficient amount of skills. Get full chapters from 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹~𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮~𝚗𝚎𝚝

Unfortunately, their skills could only be maximized when they absorbed and transformed the power of the demons. This eliminates the possibility of massively buying skills to arm the two of them.

It appears that one should not easily forfeit this world. They should revisit this world whenever there is an opportunity, at least for obtaining skills. Unfortunately, their luck has not been good so far as they had not obtained world coordinates.

Perhaps hunting more demons will increase their chance of obtaining new world coordinates.

However, as Du You was preparing to leave, he failed to notice that from the beginning, there were ripples continuously spreading from the black pool which had been still all along.

At this moment, more and more ripples appeared, resulting in tremors. Du You finally sensed something was amiss.

"What is happening? Is there an earthquake? Strange, I’ve never heard of earthquakes occurring in Partition Plain."

Turning back, Du You noticed a drastic change in the entire black Demon Swamp. The once placid swamp turned into a sea, churning in waves.

A giant shadow slowly rose from beneath the black water. The shadow was darker than the black swamp, giving off a sense that it could suck in one’s soul.

"What on earth is this?" The terror emerging from deep within Du You’s heart made his eyes wide in fear.

Suddenly, the immense shadow was bound by some unknown force, unable to rise further. Only an eye appeared on the pitch-black swamp - an eye exuding a ruthless and sinister aura.

The eye appeared illusory yet real, creating an eerie scene.

The eye rolled about before casting its gaze on Du You and the others.

Mother of Shadows (Infant Body): Level 28, Currently Sealed.

On top of the shadow, Du You could see a tag. It was a creature referred as the "Mother of Shadows", which should be a demon.

However, given that it was just an infant body and already at level 28, it was absolutely terrifying.

Its level was not lower than that of his Heavenly Disaster Demonic Dogs. No, this creature was probably stronger by nature. Its mere gaze made Du You feel uneasy.

HIs mind was being incessantly attacked by some force, but he was not affected thanks to his strong Spiritual Power.

He probably wouldn’t stand a chance to engage in a fight if this monster wasn’t sealed.

Suddenly, a crack appeared on the ground and a massive monolith rose. At the same time, a stone platform also rose nearby with a large cavity in the middle.

Having scanned the monolith, Du You discovered a record about Demon Swamp.

"I see. This Mother of Shadows was among the first powerful demons to come to this world, who was later sealed here. This Demon Swamp was formed because of the Mother of Shadows, not due to the pollution from the death of other powerful demons. That makes sense, a dead demon wouldn’t be able to continually exert power ."

Knowing about the history of the Mother of Shadows made Du You even more cautious.

This creature came before the world’s will began to suppress the world’s inner creatures. During that period, many entities had already reached the third tier. Yet, none of them were able to kill the Mother of Shadows.

In the end, their only choice was to seal her here. The record detailed past events, where the strongest mages from five nations teamed up, and used a trap to seal the Mother of Shadows in this place.

They set up a Reverse Array in the surroundings that required a vast amount of filth for it to reverse and emit the purest light, completely purifying this demon.

However at that time, it wasn’t easy to find such filth as there wasn’t a large scale demon invasion yet.

However, when the demons did invade on a large scale, they didn’t have the chance to purify the Mother of Shadows anymore. The entire northern part of the world quickly collapsed and turned into what it is now.

The mages of that era hoped that one day, someone would be able to purify the Mother of Shadows. Hence, they left this monolith and the method to use the Reverse Array to purify the Mother of Shadows behind.

They hoped someone from generations down would help them complete this mission but till now, very few have returned to this place. Even if they did come, they didn’t discover this secret hidden beneath the ground due to the passing of time.

It was only until Du You arrived, possibly because he was using the environment here to condense his skill earlier, triggering a reaction from the Mother of Shadows as he stirred up the underworld powers of the demon swamp. After so many years, the Mother of Shadows had accumulated an unknown amount of power and was ready to break the seal.

Unfortunately, her power was still insufficient; she still couldn’t break free. This was the force that was blocking her.

"Filth.... Wait, demon magic crystals should work," Du You thought to himself.

At the same time, a new task appeared on his panel.

Hidden Task: Purification of the Mother of Shadows, Accept or Not. Failure in this task will result in the Mother of Shadows breaking free from her seal and setting her free.

Alright, this task had no penalty. But it was easy to guess that even though there wasn’t any penalty, if the Mother of Shadows broke free, its priority target will definitely be Du You, who stood no chance to fight back.

Moreover, introducing this monster to the equation, the front line would probably start having issues and by then, the mortality rates of the professionals would rise.

If he gave up though, Du You would feel quite regretful as this was a rare hidden task. If he could complete it, he would definitely gain immense rewards.

After a long while, Du You gritted his teeth, "Let’s risk it. Fortune favors the bold. If I am too afraid to fight a sealed monster, I won’t dare to do anything in the future." With that, he accepted the task.

Hidden Task: Purification of the Mother of Shadows: Part One, Clear the surrounding area of the Demon Swamp, exterminate all demons within a 10 kilometers radius.

The first part actually involved cleaning up the surroundings. A swamp of this size, and a 10 kilometers radius, it was certainly not small work. Unexpectedly, the Mother of Shadows was not defenseless.

A swarm of huge bats flew out of the enormous, impatiently blinking eye. Suddenly, Du You felt something that he never expected. The Mother of Shadows was resisting.