Your Talent is Mine - Chapter 1252

Chapter 1252: Sealing Blackrough!

TL: Etude

Blackrough appeared very calm, showing no signs of weakness, but it was impossible to ignore the few Half-Step Domain Ancestors locking onto him.

After all, their auras had already targeted him. If he pretended not to notice, it would certainly arouse suspicion!

Whoosh!

Blackrough swiftly moved over to Dao Ancestor of Ten Thousand Laws and the others, speaking up: “I wonder why you all have locked your auras onto me?”

Ye Tian spoke first: “Your Excellency is unfamiliar, and you’re also a Half-Step Domain Ancestor, so we merely wanted to get acquainted! I assume Your Excellency is not a Half-Step Domain Ancestor from the Heavenly Emperor Palace?”

“Of course I’m not from the Heavenly Emperor Palace. I’m just a rogue cultivator!” Blackrough hurriedly explained.

“I see!” Ye Tian nodded slightly.

Suddenly—

Ye Tian and Dao Ancestor Flame Rift made their move simultaneously. Five Forbidden Domains instantly unfolded, binding Blackrough layer by layer.

At the same time, they unleashed attacking forbidden dao techniques against Blackrough.

In this battle, Ye Tian played a supportive role, continuously disrupting Blackrough with Shadow Thorns. However, in reality, Ye Tian couldn’t inflict significant harm, because Blackrough was an All-Things Half-Step Domain Ancestor—not the newly advanced type, but one who had entered this realm long ago. His strength was already considered formidable among All-Things Half-Step Domain Ancestors.

“What is the meaning of this?!” Blackrough roared in anger.

“No particular meaning. It’s just that your true identity is from the Devourer Race. Now tell us, why wouldn’t we target you?” Ye Tian replied calmly.

“How could you possibly know?!” Blackrough was utterly shocked.

He had believed his identity was flawlessly concealed and nearly impossible to detect. Furthermore, he had never interacted with Ye Tian or Dao Ancestor Flame Rift before. How could they recognize his identity at a glance?!

Boom!

Countless dense black scales instantly emerged all over Blackrough’s body, constantly devouring the energy from Ye Tian and the others’ forbidden dao techniques. Coupled with his powerful defensive capabilities, he sustained only minor injuries.

However, by doing so, he had completely exposed his identity—indeed, he was from the Devourer Race!

“He truly is from the Devourer Race!”

Dao Ancestor Flame Rift and the others stared at him with icy gazes.

Encountering a member of the Devourer Race meant absolute extermination. This was an ironclad rule.

After all, the growth of the Devourer Race equaled compression of their own cultivation space. Once the Devourer Race fully matured, they would lose their cultivation environment, making future advancement nearly impossible.

Hence, cultivators and the Devourer Race were mortal enemies, and reconciliation was utterly impossible.

Escape!

Blackrough had no intention of fighting to the death with Dao Ancestor Flame Rift and the others. He knew he was severely outnumbered, especially in the Profound Void Archaic Realm, where Half-Step Domain Ancestors were abundant, and even Unity Half-Step Domain Ancestors existed. He dared not delay any longer.

Otherwise, he would surely lose.

He could only flee, hide his tracks again, and survive!

However, with five Half-Step Domain Ancestors encircling him—if Ye Tian was also counted as having All-Things Half-Step Domain Ancestor combat strength—then he faced five powerful All-Things Half-Step Domain Ancestors at once.

Blackrough didn’t possess the strength to contend alone against five All-Things Half-Step Domain Ancestors. Moreover, the four All-Things Half-Step Domain Ancestors from Blackwind Mountain weren’t weak at all—especially Dao Ancestor Jinchen, who was even stronger than Dao Ancestor Flame Rift, making him a top-tier All-Things Half-Step Domain Ancestor.

What made the Devourer Race terrifying was their ability to effortlessly devour entire worlds—something no other race could accomplish.

However, their weakness lay in cultivation. For instance, creating forbidden dao techniques was exceptionally difficult for them.

If not for their rapid growth rate and relatively easy advancement to Domain Ancestor, they would never have faced such relentless extermination by cultivators.

Consequently, their combat ability at the same level was lacking. For example, even though Blackrough was an All-Things Half-Step Domain Ancestor, he did not possess a true Dao of the All-Things Realm. Strictly speaking, his realm was built purely from an All-Things Realm origin combined with an All-Things Realm physical body, which differed from the cultivation system of normal cultivators.

Strictly speaking, Blackrough’s cultivation realm was equivalent to the peak of All-Things Half-Step Domain Ancestor, but his combat strength was only strong among All-Things Half-Step Domain Ancestors—not top-tier.

This was one of the inherent flaws of the Devourer Race. Without such a flaw, the Devourers would become unstoppable!

From the moment the battle began, Blackrough was continually suppressed and severely beaten. However, the Devourer Race could consume the world’s Origin to rapidly recover from injuries. As long as the world’s Origin was abundant, they were very difficult to kill.

Of course, if the consumption of world Origin became too severe, a Devourer’s cultivation would even decline. While this seemed strange to cultivators, it was simply how the Devourer Race functioned.

“Everyone, I’m not the Devourer who recently consumed countless universes and Chaos Continents! I don’t even know him! I’ve been cultivating honestly and rarely devour worlds. Even if I do, it’s only newly-born worlds—I’ve never wantonly devoured living beings!” Blackrough explained desperately.

“There’s no need for explanations,” Dao Ancestor Jinchen sneered coldly. “Even if you aren’t that particular Devourer, you’re still part of the Devourer Race. You and us cannot coexist. The reason you haven’t dared to devour a large number of worlds is simply due to your own lack of strength. If no one in the Profound Void Archaic Realm could threaten you, you would’ve already begun rampantly devouring worlds!”

Blackrough did not refute this statement.

In truth, it was exactly as Dao Ancestor Jinchen had said. Only due to his caution and cowardice had he refrained from excessively devouring worlds. If no one could oppose him, making him invincible in the Profound Void Archaic Realm, he would have devoured worlds without restraint long ago.

As time passed, Blackrough could no longer endure. His aura grew unstable because he had expended far too much of his world Origin, and he was barely able to maintain his realm.

But if he ceased using world Origin to recover from injuries, he would inevitably perish.

However, continually repairing injuries meant his defensive strength was gradually decreasing, which was inevitable.

It was akin to a cultivator losing an arm: even if a new one regrew, its initial strength would be weaker than before, requiring time to refine and integrate.

The Devourer Race was no different. Newly grown scales and flesh weren’t as strong as the original ones and needed time for refinement.

Yet, in the midst of battle, there was no such time for recovery.

Suddenly—

Ye Tian’s Shadow Thorn silently stabbed through Blackrough’s neck, piercing completely through and genuinely injuring him for the first time.

Immediately afterward, Dao Ancestor Jinchen and the others’ attacks landed one after another, severely wounding Blackrough.

In mere moments, Blackrough could no longer hold on.

“Capture him alive!” Dao Ancestor Jinchen suggested.

Immediately, the four Half-Step Domain Ancestors jointly performed sealing techniques, quickly sealing the severely injured and nearly dying Blackrough, whose cultivation had drastically declined.

Under layers upon layers of sealing techniques, Blackrough was sealed into a massive black stone, completely immobilized.

“Dao Ancestor of Ten Thousand Laws, let’s return immediately to Wind Mountain and deliver this Devourer to the Mountain Master!” Dao Ancestor Flame Rift said.

“Yes!” Ye Tian nodded.

Soon afterward, the group returned to Wind Mountain.