Chapter 15: Resource Freedom, Journey to the Gods
Without wasting time, Beelzebub immediately began the sealing.
The reason why he performed the sealing was mainly because Richard did not know this kind of soul-targeting sealing.
His sealings were all sealing techniques that sealed the flesh along with the soul. Even in the Furnace Man's heritage, he couldn't find a sealing technique specifically for Dominator souls.
There was no way around it; no matter how inexperienced a Dominator is, it's still a Dominator. It's not common for a Dominator to be easily manipulated. The sealing for such a Dominator was even more of an obscure technique.
Even Beelzebub figured out this soul-targeting strategy only when planning the battle scheme against Samuel, thus researching this soul-targeting sealing.
Accompanied by grand chanting, the staff in Beelzebub's hand began to grow.
Tentacle branches grew lush, and a head grew out from the tentacle, first wailing incessantly, then becoming silent until it matured and fell, turning into a fine sacrifice.
Beelzebub's sealing technique belonged to the mysterious power sealing technique, so a sacrifice was an indispensable existence.
Soon, the sacrifice drew the attention of curse creatures from the endless dimension.
It was a Dominator-level curse creature; in Richard's eyes, it appeared as a shapeless mass covered in heads.
At the moment he saw it, Richard felt a chill on his neck, as if something had chopped at him, and his entire head was about to detach from his body.
"Hmph!"
Richard snorted coldly, and suddenly, Holy Light shone on his body.
Under the Holy Light, an invisible blade suddenly appeared on his neck, dispersed in an instant.
Although Dominator-level curse creatures are troublesome to deal with, relying on instinctive talent to harm Richard was indeed wishful thinking.
The heads on the Dominator abruptly looked at Richard, and a greedy malice instantly descended upon Richard.
It set its eyes on Richard's head.
Richard frowned slightly, intending to take out the Miracle Secret Book from his pocket to battle it. But before Richard could act, Beelzebub, who had summoned it, was the first to get angry.
"You bastard! You dare covet the head of an Abyss Dominator!"
Beelzebub's voice was as loud as thunder, like a thousand people roaring in unison.
In his roar, a power of World Origin descended like a heavy hammer, instantly blasting most of the heads on the curse Dominator.
Although there was indeed conflict, even hatred, between Beelzebub and Richard. But this was an internal struggle within the Abyss.
Internal conflicts are not allowed to be intervened by outsiders.
Not to mention, the intruder was still a remnant-like curse creature.
With this roar from Beelzebub, the curse Dominator wilted instantly.
Because this was not just Beelzebub's will alone, but the will of the entire Abyss world, even the entire Abyss civilization.
Richard was an Abyss Dominator, equivalent to a part of the Abyss. Could such a being be coveted by a curse creature?
The ritual continued, and the curse Dominator collected 999,999 heads from Beelzebub.
These heads flowed into the curse Dominator's body like water, making his body even larger.
Subsequently, it enveloped Black Rock like an invisible mist.
Its heads passed through Black Rock's body unobstructed, continuously gnawing at its soul until its soul became extremely weak, then was swallowed in one gulp by a head like a small mountain.
Then that head detached from the curse Dominator's body and fell in front of Beelzebub.
And as for itself, like a phantom, it vanished without a trace in a gust of wind.
"It's done."
Beelzebub handed the head to Richard, then went to Black Rock's body and carved out a five-meter block of blood element.
Richard added several more seals to the head and then threw it into dimension space.
Although Dominator-level souls are rare, Richard had no use for it at the moment.
Shrinking his body, Richard also carved out a large piece of blood element from Black Rock as material for future research.
"Does this need sealing?" Richard asked, tilting his head.
"No need." Beelzebub replied casually, "This virus has very weak infection capabilities toward matter comprised of complex elements. Even if you leave it alone for ten thousand years, at most, it would erode a range of just a few dozen meters around it."
Richard nodded slightly, once again growing in reverence for truth.
Knowledge is infinite, and what he possessed was merely a handful of water from the ocean of knowledge.
After dealing with the Elemental Monarch, Richard extracted the Earth Element Rule from Honglonglong Black Rock.
With the Four Elements Rule complete, his creation machine was already half-finished.
Among what was left, the most challenging was only the Four Elements Annihilation Power Furnace.
It was the energy source for the creation machine. Without it, the creation machine would have to consume a massive amount of Magic Essence to manufacture materials with complex structures.
But fortunately, Richard was now well-prepared in other areas; his knowledge base was undoubtedly strong enough.
Whether it was Furnace Man, Titan, Supreme, or Wizard, there were very comprehensive designs for the Four Elements Annihilation Power Furnace.
With the experience accumulated from making Shan Hai over the past two years, Richard completed the Four Elements Annihilation Power Furnace in just one month.
As for the remaining parts of the creation machine, he finished them in just a week.
Compared to Shan Hai, the structure of the creation machine was still too simple.
On the World Tree Platform, Richard installed the last energy transmission component.
In front of him stood a towering metal creation over two hundred meters tall.
From its appearance, it looked like a boot; the tall boot shaft was its power furnace, and the short boot body was its creation chamber.
But this seemingly ludicrous machine emanated a breath of destruction that demanded awe.
It was as if it was not a machine but a slumbering beast.
Click.
With the smooth flow of the energy transmission pipeline, this Creation Machine is now completely finished.
The remaining tasks are merely to add a layer of external armor to make it look better... or perhaps redesign the blueprints.
Richard's gaze nervously fixed on the Creation Machine in front of him; many components of this machine lacked Abyss Enchantment.
Thus, Richard was unsure whether this machine could be activated.
Buzz!
Just as Richard was waiting, the Power of Abyss in the air suddenly produced a massive ripple.
The Power of Abyss seemed to encounter an energy black hole, rushing madly towards the energy-attracting direction.
Seeing this, a relaxed smile appeared on Richard's face.
It succeeded.
Richard slightly raised his hand, and the flowing Power of Abyss in the space instantly halted. This was not due to Richard's Abyssal Authority but rather the power granted to him by the Radiation Rule.
Having controlled the flow of energy, a Spiritual Fire ignited in Richard's hand.
Since activation was possible, the rest was simple.
Under the Spiritual Fire, the newly created Magic Equipment spirit in the Creation Machine immediately fused with Richard's soul-splitting, and the entire process went smoothly.
After the fusion, Richard began to inspect the range the Magic Equipment spirit could control.
While manufacturing the Creation Machine, Richard deliberately performed Abyss Enchantment on all components in the creation space.
The direct manifestation of this method is that the Magic Equipment spirit of the Creation Machine is actually just the Magic Equipment spirit of the creation space; it cannot fully grasp the Four Elements Annihilation Power Furnace.
However, this is not a drawback.
The Four Elements Annihilation Power Furnace is extremely hazardous and must be carefully approved before operation.
Possessing a Magic Equipment spirit that bypasses all permission mechanisms is not necessarily beneficial for Wizards.
Having confirmed the condition of the Creation Machine, Richard then ignited the Four Elements Annihilation Reaction Furnace to commence elemental creation.
The pure Four Elements from the Four Elements Territory entered the elemental storage chamber along the energy restraint pipeline and then split into two paths.
One path was proportionally fed into the reaction furnace. The other path entered the creation space.
Inside the reaction furnace, the first annihilation reaction successfully completed, and the power furnace was thereby ignited.
Endless energy flowed into the creation space through the energy pipeline, and the immediate effect was Richard sensing a surge of power through the Magic Equipment spirit.
Upon receiving Richard's command, the Magic Equipment spirit instantly began elemental assembly.
The initial creation process was somewhat clumsy, but over time, its operation became increasingly fluent.
Soon, the first batch of materials was delivered.
Richard arrived at the output port of the creation space and took out a Pure Gold Sphere with a diameter of fifty centimeters.
Holding the sphere in his hand, Richard used Alchemy to inspect this Pure Gold Sphere, obtaining naturally perfect results.
"99.9999% purity; not bad, very good."
Richard sealed the Pure Gold Sphere and threw it into the Dimension Space.
Pure Gold was of little use to Richard now, and he kept this piece merely as a memento.
Starting from this Creation Machine, the Wizard Civilization, or rather the Wizard Alliance, had essentially overcome the predicament of rare material scarcity.
Of course, this did not mean the Alliance's resources were limitless.
While the Creation Machine is advantageous, fully operational would cause significant disturbances in the Elemental Territory.
These disturbances might attract Elemental Creatures or even an Elemental Lord; if unlucky, encountering an Elemental Monarch is not impossible.
These Elemental Creatures utterly do not tolerate the mining theft of the Creation Machine.
Thus, the destruction of Creation Machines is commonplace.
According to the Predecessor Civilization's statistics, roughly ten thousand Creation Machines was the limit. Beyond that, even the Predecessor Civilization Alliance could not perform timely repairs.
Richard summoned Talal Peak; upon seeing the Creation Machine, a smile immediately appeared on Talal Peak's face.
He was exceedingly familiar with this contraption.
"This Creation Machine is yours now; with it, the expansion of the Titan Legion should be temporarily unrestrained."
Talal Peak slightly bowed and then hesitantly asked, "King, regarding the so-called Gods Civilization, do you not need me to accompany you?
I could train the legion using a clone."
Richard waved his hand with a smile: "No need, the gods are not the Abyss, and my visit is for negotiation, not warfare. If too many people accompany me, it might give off a threatening impression."
Talal Peak remained silent, slightly grumbling inwardly, "Isn't that true?"
There's no need to emphasize cordiality at this moment; just forming the Alliance will eventually make these civilizations realize the correctness of the Alliance.
Nevertheless, Talal Peak did not refute Richard.
He viewed Richard as a wise king and believed that Richard must have his purpose with this approach.
After arranging matters, a Path to God spread into the Void beside Richard.
As an extra Divine King, Richard naturally possessed the ability to enter the Gods' Dimension.
Meanwhile, Ulysses in the distant Immortal Country suddenly heard Richard's voice.
"Old friend, come to the Gods' Dimension.
I'm going to negotiate with the Divine King."