The immortal kingdom had been suppressed three times, destroying the potential-energy field here. Naturally, its kingdom-guarding immortal weapon had been no exception.
Once the suppression ended, however, the grand array had restarted after its failure, reactivating both the kingdom-guarding immortal weapon and the secret realm that held an enormous hoard of treasures.
This girl was probably the immortal weapon's consciousness after its restart. Such cases were not uncommon.
The new power she had painstakingly absorbed from Yudai had been drained away again after she fell into my hands. Naturally, her eyes were filled with anxiety.
The pale-faced girl no longer wore the expression of someone who stood above others.
When someone powerful met someone even more powerful, this was the result.
"I'll give you this chance, but I don't have much time for you to explain the situation. Either stop evading my questions and become my immortal weapon, or I'll restart you. I imagine you'll be more receptive to my control afterward." The thorned whip in my hand trembled as I forcibly drained its power.
The girl said in a panic, "I'm willing to abandon my demands and accept all your commands. Please don't erase and restart my consciousness."
"Good. In that case, show me your complete immortal patterns." I delivered my final ultimatum.
The girl's panic instantly turned to hesitation. Revealing her complete immortal patterns meant surrendering herself to me without reservation, because the immortal weapon was her body, while the complete immortal patterns were her soul.
Once meticulously refined, intricate immortal patterns could take countless forms, whether some kind of spiritual entity or the shape of a girl.
The girl before me was precisely a set of immortal patterns that had developed self-awareness. This meant she possessed not only the ability to store energy, but also the capacity