Divine Emperor of Death

[Nations interested over the Ancient Site! China obtains a monopoly over the site while the other nations demand non-monopoly for the benefit of humanity!]

The article contained various information on the events related to it. It even recorded the beginning of the event, one that came from a freelance journalist in 2033.

[An Ancient Site Found in Taizhou, China? Rumors indicate that the site happens to be a portal to another world]

As if supporting that statement, images of a man flying in long royal robes were posted, each of the images differing in time and scenery.

But Davis could see all of them were images of Viktor grandly posing as he flew through the skies. He could only wryly laugh at his Seventh Uncle's antics.

That was not only the case but this particular news made the common people aware of the existence of cultivators; flying human beings.

In any case, there were still many things that the common populace was not aware of, but the military of the other nations did.

China first sent their sixth-generation fighter jets to intercept that flying man but the sixth-generation fighters were ultimately decimated.

This led them to initiate a negotiation with the flying man; whereupon they basically confirmed the identity of the flying man to be a cultivator.

Then, the country did everything in its power to gain the ancient site with the help of Viktor, and the preemptive move gained them the advantage to decisively take the ancient site for themselves.

Learning of this through the spies the other nations planted in China, almost every nation became aware of the things that China found out other than missing more of the details.

From 2035 to this date, the nations were still pressuring China to be 'fair'.

This became a hot topic in 2035 but soon died down because almost nothing happened after the flying man; the cultivator vanished from the eyes of the public.

From then on, the other nations could only spy, and move indirectly and secretly while forcing public opinion on them to share the ancient site.

Davis shook his head once he saw that, 'What is the use of obtaining that ancient site without having spirit stones? Even if they had spirit stones, there are numerous Magical Beasts waiting for them at the other side...'

'Honestly, the practical value of this ancient site to these mortals is close to zero...'

Of course, Davis guessed that the nuclear weapons these mortals possessed gave them an edge against even Fourth Stage existences but that was a double-edged weapon.

If they used it, then they can also say farewell to their environment.

He doubted if these nuclear weapons would be able to do anything against Fifth Stage existences.

One has to know that the best nuclear weapons in this decade had advanced to 1 Gigatons of explosive power, and that was just in theory and haven't been used yet.

The nuclear bombs such affected Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nothing more than around 20 kilotons, and when compared to the nuclear power in this decade, the latter seemed childish even though it had the power to ruin the lives of millions of people.

Right now, Davis felt that he could just set off the nuclear reactors and thousands of nuclear weapons stored in nuclear arsenals just by using his Soul Sense and Soul Force in tandem.

All he had to do was ignite their cores to start the fusion process and boom! The humans on Earth will go extinct and the planet will welcome nuclear winter!

At the sinister thought that flashed past his mind, Davis blinked.

'They literally checkmated themselves...'

He didn't have to do anything but just ignite the fusion process, and humanity on Earth can only await their doom.

They literally kicked themselves in the leg... No, their crotches to be precise since they couldn't adapt to the nuclear changes in the atmosphere and will go extinct even if a few miraculously survived.

This precisely made him realize that humans in the Earth were the most retarded group of creatures he had ever seen.

As the saying went, 'A rat never creates a trap for itself but humans did!'

They were ingeniously caught in their own trap, and just with a trigger, all of them can become void and null from existence.

He shook his head as he sighed.

The top brass of every nation knew the effects of nuclear weapons but they still choose to continue development while mostly using it as a deterrent of war.

Feeling curious, he searched using keywords such as war and nuclear weapons.

Only tests and experiments came up and it looked like none of the nuclear weapons were used in any form of war.

There were tensions, and threats to use nuclear weapons but nothing of that sort took place in the time he had gone.

Still, he only thought that it was a matter of time before a madman pushed the button, releasing a nuclear object to the skies, followed by a barrage of nuclear weapons flying at cities and important places in the next moment as a reply.

Suddenly, he typed a keyword in the search bar and his eyes bulged.

There were thousands of nuclear shelters that were built from the last decade.

Didn't this undoubtedly mean that the top brass of each nation came to suspect that these events will eventually come into fruition? Or one should say destruction?

Davis shook his head again as he removed these thoughts away.

'In any case, I am no longer a part of this world...'

He promptly unleashed his Karma Laws using Fallen Heaven and a few threads formed from his body leading to various directions as it stretched towards the void.

Four of them were opaque in his view. One connected with Clara, and the other three went downwards, however, they were transparent, like they were newly created, at least, one of the three threads looked like a newly created one.

'Hmm?' Davis turned confused, 'I have Karma with those three?'

It was the two old middle-aged men and the general who introduced himself as Yuan Kong.

Davis shrugged and looked at the other threads disappearing into the void. He knew that this meant that they weren't anywhere near him. However, he could vaguely sense the location where the threads formed at the other end of the void.

Davis felt like that he had possessed a GPS tracker now in his mind by gauging the Karma Threads, and that comparison in his mind made him inwardly chuckle.

"Clara, let's go..."

With a whoosh, both of them left the airspace they were floating on, leaving Taizhou.

In the skies, they breezed through without meeting any resistance from the air as is blending with the world. At this time, Clara spoke, "Brother..."

"I know..." Davis instantly replied.

"You know?"

Davis turned to look at the confused glint in her eyes, "You want to ask me why I'm familiar with this world, right?"

Clara blinked but then nodded her head.

This whole time, Clara was observing the changes in his facial expression and was curious why her brother was familiar with this world.

Her doubtful and curious nature caused her to ask herself.

'Why does my brother know how to talk in this unknown language and is even fluent in it?'

'Why does my brother looks like he feels nostalgic when he spent all his life in the Grand Sea Continent? I'm sure that this isn't the First Layer since everyone here seems so weak that they would just freeze to death with a exhale of my icy breath.'

'Why does my brother know how to handle that mysterious artifact which his draped over his wrist?'

"I once said that I'm both your brother and not your brother, right?"

Clara's eyes narrowed as she instantly thought back to the time where her brother had once taught her to doubt her own eyes.

Davis closed his eyes and the scene that happened years ago welled up in his mind.

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In the Empress's Room.

A little girl ran around the room, her expression displaying joy and her pupils sparkling with excitement.

Chasing behind her was a little boy who was older than her, his laughter echoing throughout the room.

"You two! Stop playing around or you might break things apart!"

The one who shouted was Claire and the two children who were playing around were none other than Clara and Davis.

"No!" Clara shouted as she nimbly jumped as on her mother's bed. She ran and quickly flashed past her mother, avoiding Davis's grasp.

"You! Clara, it is time for your mother to rest... Quick, go to your room to get some rest as well."

Davis promptly stopped running after Clara to catch her. He took note of Claire's words but also knew that it was time for him to act as the assassin Dead End to clean the Loret Capital of vermins.

Clara also stopped while seeing that Davis no longer chased her. She slightly pouted while her eyes were still glowing.

"Mother, you are lying again. Father is not here..."

Claire turned speechless. 

Of course, rather than taking rest, she would cultivate. Although her intent was different, the underlying meaning was the same, telling them to get out of her room.

Davis slightly laughed.

Their father, Logan was away from the capital, so he knew what kind of rest Claire meant.

From the previous event that caused misunderstanding between the family members, it looked like Clara misjudged her mother once again.

Who knows what exactly Clara was thinking right now?

'This girl always relies on her eyes, if this keeps up then she might be a judgemental maniac like me. Maybe I should give her a setback and teach her to doubt her powers.' Davis thought for a moment before opening his mouth.

"Before leaving, how about I give you a lesson, Clara."

"A lesson? Of course, if it's from brother." Clara blinked, her cute eyelids fluttered like a butterfly.

"I am your brother." Davis smiled.

"Hehe, I know it. You are my big brother!" Clara let out a cute laugh and looked at Davis in an affectionate light.

Suddenly, Davis's expression changed as his voice turned solemn, "I am also not your brother." 

"Eh?" Clara became dumbfounded.

"I am your brother." Davis smiled again, his lips widening even more.

Clara blinked again and the uneasiness in her voice disappeared as she languidly laughed, "Looks like I misheard the one from before, hehe." 

"I am also not your brother." 

This time, Davis recited each word one by one, placing emphasis that he was not her brother.

Clara widened her eyes as she took a step back as she couldn't believe her ears. She couldn't believe what she was hearing! Forget her ears, but she couldn't believe her eyes which said he wasn't her brother!

"No… no way. My brother is my brother, it can't be!" Clara couldn't understand.

Her eyes indicated to her that both sentences he uttered were true. 

'It doesn't make sense!' Her expression couldn't help but turn aghast.

"So Clara, what do you think is right? Your eye or your heart?" Davis calmly asked, his lips turning into a grin.

Clara's face went paler by the second. His question shattered her naïve thinking. Before this, she thought that her brother had just employed a trick to confuse her, however, it was clear to her that it didn't seem to be the case.

Davis imagined that what he doing to a child, especially his little sister, was cruel, but he had to do this or else she would stop believing in people and become a cold ruler as she grew up, as mentioned in the incomplete records from Claire's Alstreim Family.

Clara took a few more steps behind and turned around as she ran away from the room while crying.

"Clara!" Claire shouted, intent on chasing in her to console. She was going to follow her when she was blocked by Davis.

"Don't, Mother. She needs to think for herself and decide what to believe in..."

"But..." 

"I don't need to explain what she thought of you just now, isn't that right, mother?" Davis coldly spoke.

Claire bit her lips. She wasn't offended but worried about Clara.

Clara was just a child!

"This is for her sake... She needs to consider things with her heart when it comes to family." 

Claire took in a deep breath and didn't continue with the topic. She understood her son's words and could feel his concern for Clara as well.

Instead, she asked, "Are you okay with revealing your past life like this?"

Davis nodded, "If she asks, yes..."

In any case, he felt that he couldn't hide it from a truth finder in the long run.

"Don't forget mother, Clara is simply a genius, and I'm sure she can choose the right path to progress towards!"

Claire simply nodded her head while Davis left.

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