ccnovels Chapter 645 - 639: Doomsday Resurgence: Demon Nest List
Chapter 645 - 639: Doomsday Resurgence: Demon Nest List
Through the ability of "Burning Shadow," Ma Ran projects "a projection of Ma Ran, said to rival the power of Upper Rank Gods," and the cost he has to pay is minimal, just his lifespan.
It’s worth mentioning that this is just the basic function.
This move, not only that, can also be applied to others, or rather...
The Gods!
So, what is the cost?
For Ma Ran, doing this requires almost no price.
As long as he consumes a negligible amount of life at the initial activation of "Burning Shadow," he can keep the projection in existence indefinitely.
The real cost is borne by the individuals chosen as projection targets.
Their essence is weakened, even divided equally.
Ma Ran refers to this interesting phenomenon as "cost sharing."
After patiently digesting the new derived power brought by the Prophet Badge and gradually mastering it, an interesting plan emerged in Ma Ran’s mind.
It was...
A plan that could be used to enhance the extraordinary power of the entire Earth’s civilization!
Many things in the world possess similar hidden attributes — for those who can’t, it’s difficult; for those who can, it’s not.
For Ma Ran now, achieving this is not difficult, just a slight adjustment to the existing plan is needed.
With a thought, Ma Ran burned a century’s worth of lifespan with the Prophet Badge in an instant.
At the same time, the slight dimness in his eyes was replaced by a divine light, with brilliant and silvery light flowing.
The eye fatigue caused by the overuse of Bright Star Gaze had completely recovered!
Even the energy previously consumed was restored to full capacity in an instant.
"So, I say..."
"The Prophet Badge is not only for direct combat."
Ma Ran’s face showed a faint smile: "It’s also extremely effective in auxiliary healing."
The "Burning Shadow" trait gave Ma Ran the capital to battle Upper Rank Gods head-on, and beyond that, it could develop many magical uses.
Not far away, Su Qiangwei was still diligently finishing the last bit of starlight cuisine on the dining table. As she ate, she was also flipping through the latest "Burning Martial" manual, seemingly trying to use this top-notch delicacy, more potent than any Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, to break through to a new realm at one stroke.
Too focused, Su Qiangwei didn’t notice Ma Ran’s mood swings and changes in expression.
Looking at her serious expression and feeling the inner qi within her gradually boiling, Ma Ran knew this girl’s accomplishment in "Burning Martial" had reached a new level.
Not surprisingly, she was about to surpass the Ninth Rank of Inner Qi, truly shattering the original limits of Black Rock Martial Arts and breaking through to the Tenth Rank level of "Burning Martial."
To avoid making noise and affecting Su Qiangwei’s advance, Ma Ran quietly issued an instruction to the super data life Hong, letting it use inner qi to create a soundproof domain, while he maintained his original posture, sitting motionless on the recliner like a sculpture.
Taking this opportunity, Ma Ran once again activated the Prophet Badge, to see if the "prophecy" ability of this fusion badge had undergone any changes.
Limiting the keywords to "Divine Court," and then...
"The first golden badge is indeed not so simple and crude."
Ma Ran raised his eyebrows: "Besides the combat power boost brought by ’Burning Shadow,’ it seems the basic functions of those three badges have all been improved somewhat."
"Memory, comprehension, martial arts talent, all have doubled."
"As for the prophetic ability, two keywords can now be specified."
So, besides "Divine Court," Ma Ran paused for a moment and added the second keyword "Demon Nest."
In an instant, the energy that was nearly overflowing was consumed by half.
"Tsk... Such an energy guzzler."
Ma Ran couldn’t help but sigh inwardly: "If it weren’t for ’Burning Martial’ reaching the height of the Twenty-Fifth Rank and having the support of badges like Sword Master, Magic Son, etc., I’m afraid this would have drained me dry!"
The good news is...
This pay and return are completely equivalent.
In Ma Ran’s consciousness, a new image appeared.
It was a giant pale purple jade stele, exuding an ancient, timeless aura, seemingly existing since time immemorial, with a faint immortal breath.
This jade stele gave Ma Ran a simple and direct impression —
The sun and the moon decay, but it remains; the stars extinguish, but it endures.
In summary, its form is very grand and impressive, and somehow, it vaguely feels similar to the will of the cosmos.
Focusing on this purple jade stele, Ma Ran’s expression turned slightly complex.
"This thing... is quite up-to-date."
"A leaderboard of the large database?"
At the top of the purple jade stele, a string of words was written in the common language of the Divine Court.
"Doomsday Resurgence: Demon Nest List"
Alongside, there is a small string of annotated words.
"The following list is not ranked by threat level, but marked in the order of discovery."
No. 1 Demon Nest, ..., ...
No. 2 Demon Nest, Ice Prison Civilization, Evil
No. 3 Demon Nest, Superpower Civilization, Arrogant (claims to be Human Race Civilization)
No. 4 Demon Nest, You Civilization, Deception (extinct)
...
No. 7 Demon Nest, Earth Civilization, Cruel (a subspecies civilization of No. 3 Demon Nest)
...
No. 9 Demon Nest, Insect Race Civilization, Greedy
No. 10 Demon Nest, Dragon Civilization, Unclean
No. 11 Demon Nest, Parasite Spirit Civilization, Lazy
...
No. 42 Demon Nest, Inner Qi Civilization, Spiteful (a subspecies civilization of No. 3 Demon Nest, extinct)
...
No. 73 Demon Nest, Fungal Spore Civilization, Cowardly
...
No. 95 Demon Nest, Noise Civilization, Wild
...
No. 106 Demon Nest, Eternal Civilization, Numb (a subspecies civilization of No. 3 Demon Nest, now controlled by the orphan of the Dream Race Civilization)
...
No. 135 Demon Nest, Chuanke Civilization, Betrayal
...
No. 196 Demon Nest, Zhang Heng Civilization, Ignorant (extinct)
...
No. 213 Demon Nest, Dream Race Civilization, Deluded (extinct)
...
In this list, Ma Ran even saw the sources of civilization fire spread by the seven Red Lotus Agents, such as magic, immortal dao, arcane magic, soul swallow, etc.
Evidently, those seven civilizations marked as Demon Nests were all destroyed by the Divine Court.
Whether the inheritance of these civilizations falling upon Earth is some coincidence or inevitability, Ma Ran cannot accurately judge now.
What he can confirm is...
The Divine Court does have a certain standard for judging whether a civilization is a Demon Nest, not just arbitrarily labeling and eliminating dissent.
Regardless of its subjectivity, there is at least a standard of judgment.
"..."
Ma Ran knew that the list he saw was not complete, just a part of it.
Based on the currently gathered information...
This purple jade stele should be able to rank many "Demon Nests" according to threat levels and priorities, producing another list.
"Hahaha!"
The joyous laughter of a girl caught Ma Ran’s attention: "Finally broke through..."
"The Tenth Rank of ’Burning Martial’!"