Arcane Journey

Brian's eyes instantly became sharp, and he locked onto every detail inside the Hyakki Banner through his spiritual consciousness.

His eyes seemed to penetrate everything, reaching into the depths of the little devil's soul.

The little devil obviously knew nothing about Brian's cunning and despicableness, and it still could not escape the fate of being devoured even after offering his knee.

Its face was full of horror and confusion, as if it was asking why the world was so cruel.

The moment the little devil stepped into the Hyakki Banner, a strong malice rushed towards him.

The ten evil ghosts were like a group of hungry wolves seeing their prey, their eyes flashing with greed and cruelty. They rushed towards the little devil crazily, as if they wanted to tear it into pieces.

The little devil only had time to let out a shrill scream before he was ruthlessly torn into pieces by the evil spirits.

Its body flew in the air, like pieces of broken petals, and slowly fell to the ground.

However, at this moment, something beyond Brian's expectation happened.

Although the little devil's body was torn into pieces, its soul did not dissipate. Instead, it transformed into a mass of pus-like devil essence, with signs of escaping.

Seeing this scene, Brian's eyes flashed with amusement.

"interesting."

He smiled slightly, his eyes sparkling with anticipation and excitement.

These ten evil ghosts looked like they were lonely. Killing the little devil was of no use to them.

Outside of the Abyss, demons do not fear death.

Because for them, death is not the end, but an opportunity for rebirth.

Even if a demon is lucky enough to be killed in battle, it will turn into filthy ichor and return to the abyss to remake itself.

Although its strength will be greatly reduced, its mind will be the same as before, but its hatred will become stronger.

"It's not that easy to run away." Brian looked at these evil ghosts and sneered in his heart.

After he understood the cause of the problem, he immediately activated his magic power and injected it into the Hyakki Banner to activate the soul refining circle inside.

He knew that these Hundred Ghost Flags were originally magical tools for refining souls. Any soul taken into the flags would face two endings: either its mind would be wiped out by the soul refining array and it would become a ghost that could be driven, or it would serve as nutrients and be Other ghosts devour.

Of course, there is a third possibility, which is to rely on the power of the soul to forcibly break through the restrictions of Hyakki Banner and escape.However, this is almost impossible for these evil spirits who have been trapped in the Hyakki Banner.

Obviously this little devil does not belong to this paradigm, nor does it have the aura of a protagonist. It can start with a worm like Bayer or Oqisi, and then evolve entirely by swallowing it to complete the counterattack.

What Brian didn't expect was that he originally planned to summon demons to feed the evil spirits in the banner, but it had no effect.

At the moment, he can only try to see if he can refine the devil's essence into Oni Banner.

With the injection of mana, the soul refining circle quickly started to operate, and strong demonic energy surged out, covering all the essence of the little devil who wanted to escape back to the bottomless abyss.

Transformed into a ball of pure little devil, he looked at the dark demonic energy rolling in, glowing with lavender light, and thought with disdain that there was no way that this black mist would affect his ability to escape back to the bottomless abyss.

However, when the lavender energy mixed in the black mist fell on the little devil, it suddenly panicked, widened its eyes, and said in disbelief:

"The breath of chaos, this is impossible...This is absolutely impossible!...Ah! Damn mortal!"

As demons of the Abyss, there are very few ways to truly kill them, other than going to the Abyss in person.

And the energy containing the aura of chaos is one of the ways to completely kill the demon.

Accompanied by a shrill scream, this mass of essence was completely wiped out of its mind, and transformed into a sluggish little devil again, appearing in the dark space inside the ghost banner.

chaos?

Brian apparently heard the little devil's cry before his death, and couldn't understand that he was just using the magic of Chaos Guidance to produce chaotic energy.He didn't think this was the chaotic energy produced by Hyakki Banner.

What is Chaos?
Whether it is Eastern myths or Western legends, in many stories, the world originated from chaos, just like Pangu created the world. At first, the heaven and earth were connected together, that is, they were in a state of chaos, until the creator separated them and created a new world. .

This is chaos!
The same is true for the world of Toril. It was also in chaos at first. The gods created the kingdom and the sky, thus giving birth to the two goddesses known as "Light and Dark": Selune and Shar.

"I didn't expect that by accident, it would be related to Chaos." Brian took back the spiritual consciousness in the ghost banner, and after thinking for a long time, he recalled a book called "Devil's Codex: Abyssal Fallen Group".

This book is not a precious thing, it simply records the origin and history of demons.

Through the knowledge in this book, Brian had a detailed understanding of the Abyss Demon.

Of course, it also solved a doubt in his mind: the origin of the devil.

The books tell that the Abyss and its endless layers gave birth to countless demons.

The method of gestation is an extension of chaotic energy, just like the filth and garbage filtered in the sewage treatment system, symbolizing chaos and evil.

This can also explain why the little devil just now is so afraid of chaotic energy.

"Then the source of this chaotic energy may have something to do with the 'Chaos Guidance Technique' that I practice." Brian muttered to himself as he pondered slightly.

Now it seems that since he started practicing this technique, it may have been influencing him in a subtle way.

Otherwise, this little devil wouldn't say that he felt chaotic energy.

In fact, Brian should have considered this issue a long time ago.

Because the technique transformed by the Chaos Guidance Technique can actually transform the demonic energy of the Netherworld Ghost Technique calmly, this already demonstrates the special nature of this technique.

I am afraid that only mana with such strong compatibility can be achieved by mana with chaotic characteristics.

Wanting to understand this problem, Brian suddenly came up with a bold attempt in his mind.

After repeatedly confirming that this method was worth trying, he entered the retreat state again.

Time flies, and a week passes like this.

Brian walked out of the bedroom refreshed, and his relaxed expression showed that he was very satisfied with the results of this retreat.

This is indeed the case.

Not only did he successfully convert the demonic energy in the Hyakki Banner and the Soul Refining Array into the kind of purple energy that the little devil was afraid of, that is, mana with a slightly chaotic aura, he also tried to capture a cowardly demon.

This is the first level of devil beyond the little devil.

It is a little shorter than the kobold, like a gorilla on all fours, but has a pig's nose and long pointed ears. Its loose mouth is full of tiny fangs, which always spits saliva, and its back is like a hump. bulge.

In short, it is these strange things that gather together to form the ugly appearance of the Cowardly Demon.

After Brian's experiment, he discovered that both little devils and timid devils can grow by devouring the original ten evil spirits within the Oni Banner.

Since he didn't know much about them and didn't dare to let them grow too fast, Brian only let the two little guys devour one evil ghost each.

The combat capabilities of these two demons are quite good. The little devil can release the 'fright technique' that puts people into a state of fear, while the timid devil masters the smelly cloud technique.

"With the suppression of the Chaos Guidance Technique, maybe we can form an army of demons in the future." Brian thought to himself, but he never expected that this ghost flag would become a tool for him to feed demons due to the special nature of the Chaos Guidance Technique.

Of course, this kind of thing must not be done too hastily. Frequently summoning demons from the bottomless abyss is likely to attract the attention of some powerful people.

Therefore, he planned to only try to summon one within a year and put it into the ghost banner. (End of chapter)