Myriad Devils-Chapter 336: The effect of positional power

It wasn’t that realm father Elshen was unprecedented.

He was part of a special group, and he was merely the first in that group to step out and announce themselves to the world.

This was the true meaning of Skar’s words.

He was saying, "Now, I, Skar, am also part of that group."

Such pride could not be hidden even though his previous words did not directly hint at it.

The elders heard this and nodded their heads approvingly.

Even Ronan couldn’t be bothered to play devil’s advocate any longer. There was a grin on his face that said, "Atta boy!"

"Not only does our Sky Drifting Mountain’s number one genius have brawn, but he also has the brains to go with it as well."

"Truly incredible. Your insights into the matters of the world are eye-opening." The elder who had infuriated Ronan spoke up once more.

However, this time, the other elders and even Ronan were not against his words.

Skar’s expressions hadn’t changed since the battle.

They were part serene, part amused.

Seemingly, it was like this before the battle had begun. The Dune Snake couldn’t even draw out another expression from his face.

Elder Ronan felt a blissful sensation in his heart when he saw this.

The Sky Drifting Mountain dominated the second Layer, but because it was only the second Layer where realm fathers were the strongest entities, it was rare to find any particularly outstanding person.

This was the case for all the great forces stationed in the second Layer.

But unlike the other great forces, this layer was the domain of the Sky Drifting Mountain.

It was embarrassing that the Sky Drifting Mountain’s main base had the lowest status among other Sky Drifting Mountain forces when comparing layer by layer.

In this sense, status was not determined by strength.

Due to the world’s suppression, it was obvious that the Sky Drifting Mountain in the fifth layer would be the most powerful branch of this great force.

However, status was determined by merit, and merit was earned by a branch’s ability to produce results.

Results in this sense came from Heavenly Supreme Armaments!

How many pieces can a branch acquire?

In this way, one could see that the branches in the higher layers had it more difficult.

After all, the competition for Heavenly Supreme Armaments would be much more dangerous.

The higher the layer, the more powerful the creatures residing in it were.

More than that, the second layer contained the most core pieces of Heavenly Supreme Armaments in comparison to any other layer.

Naturally, core pieces were viewed in a greater light than normal pieces.

With a core piece, one could perceive the location of the other pieces when they were on that particular layer.

So the Sky Drifting Mountain in the second layer actually had the advantage, but still had the lowest status.

It wasn’t very pleasant for these Earth Elves, who valued pride.

When he thought about this, the blissful sensation disappeared from elder Ronan’s heart.

Then, he squinted his eyes and thought for a while. A moment after, a sudden realization dawned on him.

"Skar," his voice brought a halt to the group of elders still singing praises.

He looked into his nephew’s eyes.

This fellow was arrogant enough, so he suggested, "Since your strength has surpassed tenfolds, don’t you think you can attempt challenging the Fiend Soul Desert?"

The Fiend Soul Desert!

The faces of all the elders became solemn upon hearing elder Ronan’s words.

The Fiend Soul Desert was one of the special locations in the second layer.

It was located between the territories of three great forces, but the core piece remained in the Fiend Soul Desert until this day.

What did this mean?

This was one of the so-called "unretrievable" pieces.

The requirement to acquire this core piece was for the entity to surpass the realm father level. But in the second layer, how was this possible?

Naturally, now that Skar had showcased his strength, which was greater than the tenfold system, elder Ronan finally saw a possibility.

But this was risky.

After all, everyone knew that to retrieve this core piece, one needed strength surpassing the realm father stage. But by how much?

How powerful did one really need to be?

Elven folds surpassed the tenfold system, and so did twelve folds.

Even if Skar’s strength appeared as if it had greatly surpassed the tenfold system, it could still just be elevenfold strength.

The system only documented the first ten folds of the realm father’s strength. Anything beyond that was hazy.

It was risky, but there was also an opportunity.

Fortune housed calamity, but calamity also contained fortune.

When the elders thought of this, they suddenly looked at Skar with hopeful eyes.

They also had similar thoughts to elder Ronan.

The idea that Skar acquired the core piece and elevated the status of their Sky Drifting Mountain in the second layer was tempting and made their gazes heat up.

They were the elders.

For as long as they remained in the second layer, their power in the Sky Drifting Mountain was almost unshakeable.

Even if some of them had enough insights into their principles that could allow them to establish dimensions, they would likely choose to remain in the second layer for as long as possible.

But to do this, they needed to have some results backing them up as well.

Skar saw through their mortal desires, but his thoughts were unknown.

The desire to battle was washed away after thousands and tens of thousands of years in this position.

When they become Dimension Lords, the elders would return to a similar position they were once in when they first ascended into the second layer.

It scared them.

Otherworldly creatures were not usually stupid.

It wasn’t that they were unwilling to return to the battle for glory, but they were lying in wait.

Simply because one was not a dimension lord did not mean it was impossible to enlighten 40% of a principle.

It was just near impossible.

A realm father’s status could barely allow otherworldly creatures to break past the bottleneck at 29% and achieve 30% to establish a dimension.

Enlightening each percent after was infinitely more difficult than the last.

Maybe their goal wasn’t 40%, but 39%.

And with the elevation of status when becoming a Dimension Lord, they could more easily break that bottleneck and immediately begin enlightening other principles to 30% and sprint toward the Secondary-Level in terms of comprehension.

Once they did not ascend to the Secondary-Level, then they would quickly return to the peak of power within a layer, and this time, it would be the third layer instead of the second.

A good plan.

But to achieve this plan, they needed to remain in their elder positions.

To remain in these positions, they needed results, and there was only one way to acquire results.

Core pieces were already seen in a greater light, so what about retrieving an "unretrievable" one?

Skar nodded his head.

Even though positional power had rotted their Dao Heart, they could still think clearly.

Anyway, he also sought to experience what was so difficult in retrieving the "unretrievable" core piece in the Fiend Soul Desert.

Just as he was about to voice his agreement, elder Ronan’s expression froze.

The expressions of the other elders quickly became strange right after.

"What’s wrong?" Skar frowned.

"Emergency summoning." Elder Ronan’s voice resounded in the distance as his figure disappeared, "Lord Mar is summoning the elders to the sacred hall."

"Skar, he’s calling you too."