The Legendary Man

Chapter 1176 Restraint
Seboxia couldn't help feeling troubled.
That primordial beast had been sealed up for thousands of years. Even though it was captured back then, it was an immortal
being.
The fact that it was still alive after the passage of multiple millennia meant that it was an immensely powerful cultivator.
Seboxia figured that the beast probably possessed the ability to self-seal just like him, which was why it could hold out for so
long.
A cultivator like this usually had some hidden tricks. Even though it was trapped in the stone cage, it didn't have to worry about
its spiritual energy.
In fact, when Seboxia was punished by the Heavenly Way because of his fight with Ivanov and was forced to fall into a deep
slumber, he still had eighteen spiritual beads purely made of life force as his trump card.
Even a mere cultivator in the Divine Realm like him had such tricks, let alone a demigod like the primordial beast.
To take on such an entity in a place like that was basically asking for death.
That was why Seboxia never had the intention to fight the primordial beast head-on in the first place.
The entire Demon Zeal Formation was made to cage the primordial beast. Once the beast used its powers, the formation would
activate itself and restrain the beast.
Seboxia was confident that as long as he joined forces with Jonathan while the Demon Zeal Formation was triggered, trapping
the beast's spiritual energy form and using its immense spiritual sense as a bargaining chip, they could at least intimidate the
primordial beast and find an opportunity to leave.
After all, while the primordial beast had sufficient spiritual energy, it needed a massive amount of spiritual energy to maintain the
spiritual sense needed for the spiritual energy form.
Given where they were, once the primordial beast's spiritual sense was damaged, it could never be restored using conventional
methods.

Seboxia even considered the possibility that he and Jonathan could obtain numerous benefits by threatening the primordial
beast that way.
Since the primordial beast was likely a demigod cultivator, its cultivation learnings about the realms beyond the Divine Realm
would greatly benefit Seboxia and Jonathan, even if its cultivation method was different from that of humans.
With the Heavenly Pryncyp ruined and the Immortal Road severed in the outside world, it was terribly difficult to break through
the Divine Realm there now.
When Seboxia had reached the Ultimate Realm in the practice of Pryncyp of Life one thousand and five hundred years ago, he
had fallen victim to a plot.
After being injured to the core, Seboxia was well aware that he could never truly become one with the Pryncyp of Life. This also
meant he no longer had a chance at achieving the Ultimate Realm.
Thus, he had sealed himself completely and waited for the day the Heavenly Pryncyp returned.
It was after he was unintentionally awakened by Jonathan that everything else unfolded.
In his encounter with the primordial beast this time, Seboxia had wanted to uncover new breakthrough methods so he could
continue his journey toward Immortal Road.
Unexpectedly, Jonathan angered the beast by slaying its spiritual energy form.
Sensing the physical energy of the primordial beast being directed at them, Seboxia realized he had lost his chance.
“I guess it's not my time yet,” he lamented out loud. He had no choice but to stand by Jonathan and aid the latter in finding a way
to escape their predicament.
“Blossom Steps!”
As Seboxia made a step forward, the life force around him turned into countless light spots and swam toward the grooves of the
Demon Zeal Formation.
The light spots fell at Seboxia's feet like seeds before sprouting and growing rapidly.
Everything happened in the blink of an eye. Countless lotuses bloomed on the formation's grooves in an instant, their petals
drifting in the air and transforming into thin swords that flew toward the primordial beasts.

Standing on the coffin, Seboxia looked up at the stone cage and uttered, “I had come in peace, but heaven's will is difficult to
defy. Serendipity is elusive and rare, but souls of brilliance are always there. Allow me to bestow these lotus flowers upon all
beings! Sir, I see that we are fated with each other, so let me offer you a piece of advice. Please stop now so there is still room
for turning back.”
“You old rat!”
An angry roar sounded from the stone cage, and innumerable primordial beasts surrounding them rushed toward Seboxia
aggressively.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Crisp sounds rang continuously around Seboxia as the lotus petals scattered everywhere.
Upon the mere touch of the petals, the primordial beasts exploded into pieces and simultaneously dissolved into pure spiritual
energy.
Then at the next moment, they came together to form a new primordial beast, which charged forward again.
Likewise, Seboxia's lotuses vanished and reappeared endlessly, consuming a huge amount of energy.
Just as Seboxia had expected, a battle in an abyss like that was all about the consumption of spiritual energy.
In a fight like this, he was no match for a demigod.
Then again, he was not on his own.
Clang!
Following a frightening chime, the primordial beasts around them froze.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
A smile appeared at the corner of Seboxia's lips.
The lotus petals around him seemed to move faster as chimes echoed nonstop in the cave.
The primordial beasts began collapsing and struggling, looking like marionettes who were cut loose from their strings.

With his sword in one hand, a blood-covered Jonathan ran over to Seboxia.
“Seboxia, what is the origin of this bell? How is it so effective in restraining these things?”
“It's the bell from Demonbane Tower,” answered Seboxia leisurely. “You won't understand even if I tell you more. All you need to
know is that this thing restrains the spiritual sense.”
Demonbane Tower sounded familiar to Jonathan, but he couldn't recall where he had seen or heard it before.
However, now was not the time to delve into the details.
Carrying the bell that had grown up to thirty feet tall, Jonathan asked in a low voice, “We've kept them under control. What now?”
“Leave this place,” said Seboxia while staring at the stone cage above him warily.
At that moment, the blurry outlines of the eighteen cultivators behind the eighteen stone-carved lotuses on the walls around them
had become distinct.
Even their hair and skin texture turned clearly visible, as if they were meticulously drawn using fine brushes.
This indicated that the Demon Zeal Formation had been fully activated.
Although Seboxia was not very knowledgeable about the Demon Zeal Formation, he knew that as time wore down the demigod
cultivator, it also eroded the formation that imprisoned the demigod.
In short, this was a contest of endurance.
If the demigod died first, then the people who set up the formation thousands of years ago would be the victors.
On the contrary, if the formation broke down first in the trial of time, chaos would ensue.
People may think that the demigod was at death's door after being locked up for so long, but once it was freed, even the thirteen
ancient families who controlled the lifeblood of the cultivators around the world would have no choice but to bow down to it, let
alone Divine Realm cultivators like Seboxia.