Chapter 377: Chapter 377: Kind Old Man
After saying his piece, the wolf’s eye once again turned into motes of silver lights, and these silver lights landed on Princess Seraphyne’s neck, and a small tattoo of a wolf with silver moon fur appeared.
Her body was suddenly surrounded by a silver light from the power of a mage so powerful it could shatter weaker realms.
Soon, her body left the Earth Realm, and as soon as she did so, the realm that was truly on the brink of destruction completely collapsed.
The chaotic, dense, yet powerful energy of the void swallowed the broken realm, turning it into dust.
Without the silver light protecting her, even Princess Seraphyne would suffer the same fate.
With her entering the void, the broken realm’s corruption from her would be taken care of in time.
Her body flew without her control in the void, and a deep sense of powerlessness swept through her senses.
Even before entering a nearby realm, she already loses consciousness. It would take years before she could wake up again, but it was not a problem for her.
The surrounding realms are all weak, as they are in a region with the least amount of mana. When the Princess entered one of the closest realms, she immediately sank into the realm’s land while a protective moon silver cocoon with faces of wolves protected her.
When she wakes up again, she will be completely free from the broken realm’s corruption, and she can finally start to slowly regain her true power.
At the same time this was happening, Claude himself was covered by the Earth Realm’s origin energy as he too sought to enter another realm.
However, at this point, he too has already used up everything he has. He can only let nature take its course, and just like the Princess, he travelled the void while unconscious.
Whether Claude can actually live or not, it depends on his luck, but would someone like him really lack luck?
And, in fact, fortune was on his side!
As his unconscious body automatically sought a realm with complete laws, a series of coincidences happened.
One moment, he was about to enter a void storm, yet another void phenomenon caused his path to be altered.
His body unconsciously entered a small cloud of origin energy in the void. Whether this origin energy is from another realm that died or it was a cluster of origin energy that, after millions of years, will turn into a new realm, it is unknown.
However, this origin energy is ’coincidentally’ compatible with the remaining feeble origin energy that Claude personally possessed.
As such, the two origin energies actually combined, and the golden light surrounding his body grew even brighter.
Some of the origin energy also entered his Elixir Field and nourished the Earth Embryo inside, making its foundation sturdier than before.
His body continued to travel in the void, moving farther and farther away from the area where his birth realm had previously at.
Blindly flying in the void was dangerous, yet Claude was not a realm’s chosen for nothing despite the fact that the realm itself is already dead, and he shouldn’t be this lucky anymore.
However, his fortune aura grew stronger and stronger. He was previously a realm’s chosen of the Earth Realm. All his fortune should be effectively only in the Earth Realm, yet despite that, his fortune aura was still constantly growing.
As for the reason, he might not know for a long time.
One danger after another was evaded by Claude until one moment, when he finally encountered another living being that was not one of the ferocious void beasts.
It was an old man wearing a white and gold mage robe. His hair was fully gray in color, giving off a sense of ancient style.
His face was as calm as a still lake, yet one could sense the innate kindness he possesses. It was as if he were your neighborhood grandpa who would always give you candy.
For him to travel alone in the void just by using his physical body, it was evident that his power reached beyond a Great Mage.
After all, a Great Mage still cannot fly out of a realm unless they want to die. If they want to travel to other realms, they would need special vehicles or transportation arrays that connect two realms.
Yet, despite clearly being a powerful entity, this old man gave off a sense of decay as if he didn’t have a long time left to live.
The aura of decay might be because he was nearing the end of his lifespan or because of another reason; it was currently unknown.
This old man suddenly turned his head in a certain direction as he sensed something. What he saw was an unconscious human clad with golden light floating amidst the sea of void materials.
Some of these materials appeared to be asteroids, some were broken metals, some were giant carcasses bigger than a mountain, some were even pieces of a dead realm.
In the void, it was hard to say what one would encounter. Aside from certain safe areas carved by countless powerful entities, the void remained a dangerous place even for beings that surpass the Great Mage Rank.
"A human clad with origin energy?" The old man furrowed his brows, only sensing the rich origin energy from Claude.
Out of curiosity, the old man flew, and in no time, he appeared next to Claude and his powerful senses that seemed to be able to see even the mysteries of the universe, as if it were the gaze of a god, swept through the unconscious man.
"He has an internal world? Did he fuse with a World Seed? How fortunate, a World Seed is not something that one can get just because they want to. Out of trillions of realms, only one person might be able to assimilate with a World Seed if they are lucky" the old man murmured, his power locking Claude, preventing him from continuing to swim in the void without really any direction.
"If he continues to stay in the void, with his shallow cultivation, even if he doesn’t die from void storms, a void beast might eat him. And even if he lands on a nearby realm, if the fact that he possessed an Internal World were known, countless people will hunt him"
The old man stared at Claude, feeling like he could not simply let such a young person die, and his compassionate heart sighed.
"So be it. I don’t have much time left before I depart from this world. Despite teaching countless mages, I didn’t have a successor yet. Consider our meeting as fate"
"I cannot stay with you your whole life, but at the very least, I can help you gain some footing. Your future is bright, and I will spend what remains of my lifespan to let you grow safely, and you shall carry my legacy."
With a wave of the old man’s hand, a beautiful void ship appeared. The void ship was in the shape of a boat, and for it to be able to withstand the constant corrosion of the void suggests that it was created from a special material.
Without wasting any time, the old man carried Claude inside the void ship. He was afraid that if he were to continue to remain in the void, the origin energy covering and protecting his body would be fully used up. Once that happens, only death awaits him.
Inside the ship, the old man laid Claude into a bed, and with a wave of his hand, the golden origin energy gathered at the top of his palm.
Origin energy... just because a mage is powerful doesn’t mean that they can obtain such precious energy. If one does not have special methods or special treasures, even mages exceeding the Great Rank cannot take such a thing.
The 7th rank mages of the now dead Earth Realm were only able to siphon the realm’s origin energy because of the realm’s broken and fragile state.
The Serpentine Empress almost succeeded back then because she had the gourd treasure, but it was now destroyed.
Claude is the realm’s chosen as such, he can control origin energy.
As for Rezen, he has his farm system from mysterious origin that helped him become the victor and be the one to snatch the origin energy.
Other beings, even if they are powerful might not be able to replicate what these three did.
If the origin energy was not in it’s current state, even the old man, as powerful as he is, wouldn’t be able to obtain such treasure yet he does not show any greed. If it were anyone else, their greed would definitely arouse as origin energy is a sought after energy in the whole universe!
Obtaining even a single drop of it would make one rich!
Yet, despite holding such treasure, the old man was unfazed.
"Disciple, I will safeguard the origin energy for you first. Its aura will attract many people. But rest assured, I will return it to you once you wake up"