Comprehending the Second Profound Mystery

Beneath the ground, Barn glanced at Declan, who wore a strange expression beside him, and asked, "What is it?"

Declan's tone carried a hint of gravity: "I just sensed the aura of a familiar magical beast. It is very likely the Earth Violent Bear that severely wounded you last time."

"Oh? We have traveled quite far from that battlefield; I didn't expect that fellow to follow us." A chill ran through Barn's heart. In his memories, that Earth Violent Bear possessed not only formidable innate talent but had also comprehended a profound mystery of the earth element—the Earth Pulse.

It was precisely due to that terrifying combat power that the original Barn's soul had been severely damaged, which, by a twist of fate, allowed him to transmigrate into this body.

Regarding the "culprit" who indirectly caused his transmigration, Barn held no obsession for revenge. If they could go their separate ways and leave each other alone, that would be the best outcome.

However, Declan's tone sank, carrying the arrogance unique to the dragon race: "If there is an opportunity, we must slaughter this guy!"

Barn understood. Although Declan had chosen to endure and survive in the cruel environment of Gobada, he was, at his core, a proud Spine-backed Iron-armored Dragon who would never easily let a mortal enemy go.

"I have just comprehended a water element profound mystery. Once I raise my defense to a sufficient level, we will go take our revenge," Barn replied in a deep voice.

After reaching a safe location to hide, Declan returned to his usual simple-minded demeanor, clearly in a great mood due to their recent gains.

"Hehehe, ever since you woke up, our luck has turned around! This Black-ring Giant Python must have just finished a great battle; its spatial ring actually contains half the corpse of a Lion Suan!"

The Lion Suan, a level-nine destruction-attribute magical beast—Barn remembered that this was a race evolved from the third-generation bloodline of the Heaven-Swallowing Beast, a divine beast.

"A Lion Suan that has broken through to the Saint Domain has strength that is not much inferior to a Spine-backed Iron-armored Dragon, especially in terms of attack power, which is terrifying. It's just that in an underground battle, it was countered by the Black-ring Giant Python, which has strong defenses and excels at constriction," Barn analyzed.

Upon hearing this, Declan snorted in unconvinced protest: "The Lion Suan couldn't even catch up to the defense and speed of us Spine-backed Iron-armored Dragons. If it were me, I would absolutely not have been solo-killed by a Black-ring Giant Python!"

As he spoke, Declan tossed the half-corpse of the Lion Suan to Barn: "The Black-ring Giant Python and I both belong to the darkness attribute, so let me take advantage this time; I will make it up to you on the next hunt."

Barn smiled and accepted it, casually digging out the destruction-attribute Saint Domain magic crystal from within the Lion Suan's body.

Magical beasts of the four major rule attributes do not condense magic cores before the Saint Domain; they rely solely on the residual power in their bloodlines to fight. Only after breaking through to the Saint Domain does a magic crystal truly form.

Therefore, magic crystals of the four major rule attributes are extremely rare. Yet, rare as they are, their price on the Yulan Continent is not particularly high—after all, the number of humans who cultivate the four major rules is equally scarce.

Putting away the magic crystal, Barn cut off a piece of meat to fill his stomach, then pulled out his long spear—Mist Hidden.

This long spear was pale blue throughout, over two meters in length, and faintly translucent. Aside from the engraved characters of its name, it had no other decorations. The spearhead was narrow and long, resembling a short sword, and a sea-blue gemstone was embedded in the butt of the shaft.

The battle just now made Barn suddenly recall something: divine artifacts can record the combat footage of their previous owners!

The original Barn's spiritual energy was only level seven, failing to reach the threshold to perceive a divine artifact's memories. But now, he was a Saint Magus; his spiritual energy was no longer what it once was, and he should be able to touch the past of the divine artifact.

He probed his spiritual energy into Mist Hidden.

Within the memories of Mist Hidden, it was not filled with the slaughter and blood he had imagined, but rather a space wreathed in faint white mist. In the center of the space stood a proud, yet blurry figure.

As Barn's spiritual energy delved deeper, the scenes within the white mist began to shift; these were fragments of battles that the long spear Mist Hidden had experienced.

This divine artifact seemed to have been meticulously crafted by a god-level expert from the very beginning. The enemies recorded in the "mirror" were all god-level experts soaring through the sky, and they all shared one common characteristic—they all fought using techniques of the water element laws.

Battle after battle allowed Mist Hidden to undergo the baptism and tempering of divine power, growing stronger and stronger.

And from a certain stage onward, the enemies in the scenes began to diversify—water attribute, light attribute, fire attribute, darkness attribute...

By this stage, the long spear Mist Hidden had clearly ascended to a true divine artifact and possessed the eerie attributes unique to such weapons.

One god-level expert after another was killed, yet they did not seem to put up any fierce resistance, as if they were waiting in a daze for Mist Hidden to pierce their skulls and destroy their souls.

Barn gave a violent start, and his spiritual energy instantly withdrew from the memories of Mist Hidden. Clearly, this divine artifact had not yet fully recognized its new master.

"Is this some kind of soul attack?" Barn wondered with suspicion. "Within the water element laws, could there be a profound mystery that possesses an extremely powerful soul attack?"

Thinking carefully, it was not impossible. But as for how to comprehend it, he currently had no clue.

"It is said that this long spear was one of the nine divine artifacts gifted to the Radiant Church when the twelve-winged Radiant Angel descended upon the Yulan Continent. I imagine that a divine artifact collected by a twelve-winged Radiant Angel with the strength of a Seven-Star Fiend would certainly not be an ordinary item. Its original owner, even if not a Seven-Star Fiend, must have been at least at the level of a Six-Star Fiend."

Barn gently stroked the long spear that matched his own attributes, feeling the ancient and powerful nature contained within it, before calming his mind and returning once again to his cultivation.

The body of a Lion Suan is extremely massive; at level nine, it was already comparable to a Black Dragon or Silver Dragon, and a Saint Domain-level Lion Suan was comparable to a Golden Dragon.

Even as only half a corpse, its volume far exceeded that of the previous Ice Snow Lion, enough for Barn not to worry about food for the next ten years—Saint Domain experts utilize the momentum of heaven and earth, forming a self-contained system within their bodies, which allows them to absorb all the nutrients from their food and prevent unnecessary bodily consumption, making their efficiency in utilizing food far superior to that of ordinary people.

If Barn were willing to endure a certain amount of hunger every so often, he could last even longer.

Ten years is but a fleeting moment to a Saint Domain expert; and to this Gobada, which has existed since time immemorial, it is even more like a white horse passing a crack, not worth mentioning.

One day, during a break in his cultivation, Barn chatted with Declan: "Have you hit a bottleneck in your comprehension of the darkness profound mystery?"

"Yeah," Declan said, somewhat dejected. "The magic crystal of the Black-ring Giant Python gave me a sufficient supply of dark magic power, so I splurged and went into seclusion for a year, but I still have no clue."

As Barn comprehended the water element profound mystery, filling in his defensive shortcomings, his strength improved rapidly, and he vaguely felt that he was being left behind.

"Have you ever thought about trying to comprehend other profound mysteries of the dark attribute?" Barn suggested.

"Other profound mysteries?" Declan was stunned for a moment, then shook his head. "When we were on the Yulan Continent, our dragon race seniors said that during the Saint Domain stage, it is best to focus on cultivating one profound mystery; once fully comprehended, one can break through to the god level. If one is distracted, it will only slow down the speed of breaking through to the god level, and the loss will outweigh the gain."

Barn smiled: "Among those dragon race seniors, has anyone broken through to the god level?"

"No."

"Then, has any of them come to Gobada?"

"Also no."

"Then why don't you give it a try?"

Declan remained silent for a moment before finally nodding. "Very well. Any increase in strength is ultimately a good thing. Give me a copy of those dark magic spells and dark-attribute battle techniques you collected earlier."

As a Saint-level expert, Declan naturally understood that magic was merely a simplified manifestation of the Laws. If one could penetrate their mysteries, a Saint-level powerhouse would have the opportunity to grasp the Laws contained within them.

As for battle techniques, they were created by Saint-level warriors. In the material plane, a Saint-level expert was powerful enough to establish a family; to bless their descendants, many Saint-level warriors would simplify the profound mysteries they had comprehended into battle techniques to pass down.

Warriors could increase their strength by practicing these techniques, and if they could refine them to a sufficiently profound level, they might even touch upon the true essence of the Laws.

Although Declan was a magical beast, by drawing parallels, both magic and battle techniques held significant reference value for him.

Barn turned and headed back to his cave, a sudden thought striking him:

"If I could attempt to comprehend another water-attribute profound mystery while my current Water Body Technique is still just at the introductory stage, and then fuse the two together—how wonderful would that be?"