Chapter 1870 Method

Chapter 1870 Method

Ryu grabbed his head and felt spikes of pain run through him. He had never experienced such a thing before, but before even understanding what was going on, he could faintly feel what it was.

It wasn't that someone had attacked him, but rather that this was some sort of protection... a protection on Karma itself.

Ryu had never seen such an advanced form of Karma manipulation in his entire life. It activated purely because he had stumbled onto their plan.

Even after several seconds of thought, Ryu couldn't fathom how this could be possible.

No, it had to be region locked. There was no way that they could cover the whole of Existence; Ryu didn't believe it.

It should be that there was a Karmic Lock on the region. This lock allowed them to keep a perfect seal on information. Not only could this information not be passed along, but it also couldn't be comprehended and deduced.

This was the most shocking display of power that Ryu had ever seen. If such a person had wanted to take him as a disciple, at least before he met Fading Star, Ryu would have likely accepted.

But by the same token, that meant that whoever had done this was also, likewise, far beyond Ryu.

The pain continued to grow greater because Ryu couldn't stop his brain from thinking. Even through the pain, he continued to deduce and flesh out the plot. In fact, because Karma was attacking him now, he could deduce the plot with more clarity because all it required for him to do was reverse-engineer the Karmic Strings that were attacking him.

If things continued like this, Ryu would certainly die. The only reason that he hadn't already was because he was probably the worst person that this curse could have possibly attacked.

Ryu was more in tune with Karma than most would be. Just by virtue of this, his strength in dealing with such things was on another level. But it was clear that whoever had set up this barrier was also a monster in their own right.

It was obvious to Ryu that whoever had done this, at the very least, had an affinity for such things comparable to his own. And even if they didn't, they had the experience and strength to make up for it.

Ryu didn't expect things to escalate so fast, but this also made this clearer to him.

Ailsa hadn't explained any of this to him maybe not because she was throwing a tantrum, but maybe because she quite literally couldn't. As for why, that much was obvious at this point.

"—Hey! Stop ignoring me!"

Ryu looked up with a face full of sweat to see an Isemeine that was half infuriated, half shaken. It seemed that she couldn't tell if Ryu was ignoring her or if he was truly crippled now.

Standing up weakly, Ryu gave her a smile.

"When'd you start worrying about me so much?"

"Worried about you?" Isemeine raised an eyebrow. "That Eska lady who calls herself an Ancestor is practically head over heels for you. You're her first love, you know. Trillions of years and she's never had eyes for anyone else, it's pathetic.

"If you actually died after she finally found love, I could forget about advancing even a single Realm more in cultivation for the rest of my life. You CANNOT die."

Ryu chuckled when he heard her words.

Isemeine wasn't just saying these things to save face. She meant them by at least half. Even if he didn't have his sharp insight, he would still be able to tell.

But that much was fine.

"How is your progress? Does it feel better in here?"

Isemeine's gaze flickered. In Ryu's Inner World, the suppression of their Taboo Inheritance was nill, so they were several times more powerful. But it was tricky to balance in the outside world. After all, it was Ryu's Inner World, not their own.

But... they seemed to have figured out a method.