All Chapters of The Supreme Genius Reborn: Chapter 401
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“This is the Blood Canyon?” Samuel’s gaze settled on the massive lift embedded in the ground. A broad flight of stairs descended from it, vanishing into a depth too dark to measure.“This is where both our maps stopped, so it has to be,” Sheena replied with a nod.“Alright. The stairs are wide enough for all five of us. We go down together.” His voice remained steady as he stepped forward without hesitation. Sheena moved in beside him, while Kael and the others followed closely behind.They descended for nearly twenty minutes, the air growing colder and heavier with each step, until the staircase finally ended.What opened before them was a vast, lightless expanse, stretching endlessly into the dark like an underground abyss.Samuel’s eyes sharpened as he activated Divine Vision. Far ahead, a faint glimmer flickered in the distance. Closer to them, subtle, unnatural movements rippled across the ground.“We’re not alone,” he said.“What are they… ghosts?” Kael’s voice tightened, dread
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"What do you want?" Samuel frowned."What are you doing in the Blood Canyon?" the creature shot back.Samuel studied it carefully. Now that he could see it up close, it resembled lava more than rock."Are you a lava demon? I’ve read about your race before." Lava demons are not actually demons, just creatures born from lava.They could be powerless, powerful, or insanely powerful, depending on how much energy they had devoured from the magma.Considering how powerful the creature before them felt, Samuel deduced that the magma here must have once contained an immense amount of energy."It's none of your business what race I am. I am the first guardian of the Blood Canyon. Before you reach the testing ground of the great demon queen, you must pass through me." It pointed at itself with its massive molten hand.Samuel understood immediately. It was like a beginning boss."Allow me to handle him," Sheena said with a wicked smirk, fixing her gaze on the lava demon."Alright. But be careful
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Samuel and Sheena walked over.A tome rested at the base of the altar, untouched by ash or heat. Strange words were etched across its open page. They leaned in to read.“For the Demon Queen took to the left, for she must have a successor, leaving the weapon of Ananias in the right—the key to the world where he had been raising his livestock. For a word had been sent out from his castle using the power of space, so the key could be found again.”Samuel and Sheena looked at each other.“Is she the one you’re looking for? Her inheritance?” he asked.“Yes. I feel that she is.” She nodded.“Hm. She must be very powerful.” Samuel frowned.“Yes. But you seem worried?” she noticed his expression.“It’s nothing serious. Just… there are keywords in this tome. For example, it mentions sending word to the castle. That was where I found the map, so I assume she must have been the one who sent it.“And Ananias is most likely the original owner of this world. What happened to him, that only his swor
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Boom!The impact sent shockwaves tearing through the air. The massive undead wyvern shuddered violently, its entire body jerking backward as it was driven several meters away.But it did not fall.Samuel frowned. These creatures are strong.For an undead to retain this level of power… when alive, it must have been severally times stronger.The twin-headed wyvern pulled back slightly, its remaining head releasing a low, guttural screech as it retreated.The lesser undead surged forward in response, filling the gap like a living tide.They came from all directions.Above. Below. Behind.No space left.No escape.Samuel exhaled.“Abyssal Void Fire.”Grey flames erupted from his body, spreading outward in a slow, expanding ring. The temperature plummeted as the fire burned, swallowing light instead of giving it.The undead halted mid-charge.Their movements stuttered as something primal seized them.Fear.Even in death… they feared it.The flames continued to spread, licking across bone a
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Samuel observed them calmly before shifting his attention back to the altar. It stood elevated on a tall platform, beyond the reach of the undead. None of them dared approach it; their movements halted at an unseen boundary, as if something invisible repelled them.An idea formed.He burst forward at full speed, charging straight at the army before leaping over their heads. His body sliced through the air as he soared toward the altar, the wind tearing past him.Immediately, he felt it.The gravity above pressed down like a crushing weight, resisting his ascent and dragging at his body, as though the very air had thickened to hold him back.Samuel only frowned and pushed forward, forcing his way through the pressure. The invisible force bore down harder with every inch, slowing him, weighing on his limbs, threatening to slam him back down.Step by step, he advanced until he neared the altar.The energy surrounding it became unmistakable.A dense, radiant light enveloped the platform,
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A translucent barrier of condensed soul power formed in front of him, rippling as the spears crashed into it. The impacts echoed through the void, but the barrier held firm, absorbing and dispersing the force.Without wasting a second, Samuel’s other hand moved as soul energy flowed outward, weaving into a wide, tightening net that shot toward the white-robed man, aiming to bind and restrict him.“Petty tricks,” the man said with a sneer, flicking his wrist.A burst of force erupted from him, shredding the net apart before it could reach him.“You call that petty?” Samuel replied, his voice steady. “Then try this.”The energy around him shifted sharply. Instead of shaping it into traditional forms, Samuel compressed it into a dense, cylindrical construct. The structure elongated, reinforced layer by layer until it took on a strange, unfamiliar shape.The man tilted his head slightly, examining it. “What is that? Some kind of toy?”Samuel’s lips curved faintly. “No. It’s a cannon.”The
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They continued toward a red mountain in the distance.The reason they came to the mountain was its strange color and the countless runes etched across its surface.It was highly unusual for a mountain to be covered in runes.Now they stood before it.“Ehm, shouldn’t we enter now?” Amelia asked, glancing at the others as they hesitated at the entrance.“I don’t know, but we’ve seen too many dangers here not to be cautious,” Carson replied with a sigh.“Let’s go in. But everyone must stay alert. We’ll move like this: Carson and I at the front, Bruce and Dmitry at the rear, Susan and Sui Mo on the left. Amelia and Amber stay in the center, ready to support either side when needed,” Heng Mei proposed, his tone firm.“Nice idea. This way we’ll be ready for anything.”Motivated, the group stepped forward and entered the mountain. The moment they crossed the threshold, the world twisted. Their surroundings shifted violently, and in the next instant, they found themselves standing in a vast w
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"I suggest we just do it. I mean, even if we go for the normal inheritance, it's not like there's no risk at all. I'd rather die failing the generals’ inheritance test than die over the inheritance of an ordinary Zaki tribe," Carson said."You have a point. I agree as well. But if any of you is not sure, you can opt out and go for the normal inheritance," Heng Mei said.They all looked at one another, silent for a moment, then shook their heads."We’ve come too far to stop now. I don’t see any reason to quit. It’s either the generals’ inheritance test or nothing," Amelia said stubbornly, a faint, secretive glint flashing in her eyes. If this inheritance was truly as powerful as rumored, then she would rise rapidly and finally stand on equal ground with her.Samuel would see it. He would see that she was not inferior.The others nodded in agreement with Amelia’s words. At this point, life and death no longer weighed as heavily on them. They had brushed against death too many times alre
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As they were talking, Dianna had already slipped to the side, positioning herself for an ambush the moment Mobius struck.Mobius surged forward, mana blazing. Flames erupted from his wand in a relentless torrent, a roaring stream that swallowed the purple-robed man whole, burying him beneath a violent inferno.“Now, who’s smug?” he sneered, eyes fixed on the churning blaze as the figure vanished within it.In the next instant, the flames vanished as if they had never existed. No smoke, no scorch marks, nothing. The purple-robed man stood there with a calm smile, his hair and robes untouched, pristine, as though the fire had never reached him.“Are you done?” he asked coldly. “My turn.”He raised his hand and snapped his fingers.Everything froze.Mobius, Dianna, everyone, locked in place mid-motion. Even Dianna, who had been inches from stepping out to launch her ambush, was caught and held still. At the same instant, Sophia, who had already begun slipping away from the fight toward o
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"I'm not a successor of any Ananias. He's not worthy," Samuel said calmly.The dragon fell silent. It had never seen anyone boast like this. "You shouldn't speak like this, Master. The Heavenly Thunder might strike you out of nowhere," it warned."Shut up," Samuel commanded.He turned his gaze toward the army of the undead."Even if I bind with you, is that enough for them to serve me instead?" he asked, frowning."Yes. You might not know this, but Lord Ananias used this sword to bind their souls while they were alive. Before he died, he performed a powerful ritual that turned them into undead. The Demon queen, surprisingly, did not stop them," the dragon explained."Hmm." Samuel nodded.Suddenly, something stirred on his hand. He glanced down. It was Nyx's tattoo.How long had it been since it last moved? He couldn't remember.The black tattoo slowly peeled away from his skin and emerged, taking form as Nyx. Samuel felt a flicker of happiness. It had been a long time."Nyx," he calle