"Ten Thousand Ghosts... Demon Lord? Someone from the Primordial Empire?"
Upon hearing that name, Kurus looked at the mortal before him, whose entire body radiated an eerie aura, and asked in a low voice.
From what Kurus remembered over his long years,
titles of this sort, generally four characters long and containing honorifics such as "Venerable" or "Lord," usually came from the Primordial Empire.
Iron Root had no time to waste chatting with his opponent.
Now that he had activated this soul-sacrificing, soul-burning state, he had only fifteen minutes.
To be precise, he now had fourteen minutes left.
This state had been upgraded and refined from the magic array used when he had joined Su Yi in killing the Desire Sister.
During his first few months in the Sealong Star Sector, Iron Root's overall strength had increased enormously.
As a Rune Scribe, Iron Root had originally relied primarily on various powerful rune powers to strengthen himself.
But the Mountain River Star Sector had neither particularly powerful runes nor many ancient ruins associated with them.
The Second Empire, however, was different.
Since the great Human Emperor himself had been an extraordinarily powerful Rune Scribe, he had left behind countless immensely powerful runes.
Many of these runes could be learned through the Second Empire's official rune system.
There were also more rune-related ruins here.
Later, with guidance from Kilman's and Nine Blades' subordinates, Iron Root and his brothers had located and reclaimed several Rune Temples occupied by various cultists.
These Rune Temples had originally been rune facilities belonging to the Second Empire.
These facilities contained vast quantities of powerful runes created during the Human Emperor's collaboration with the Black Abyss Overlord.
Many of those runes could be powered or used directly through souls.
Such an abundance of powerful runes represented an enormous