Chapter 4879  Death Written In Bold?

"…?"

Illumina, who was faithfully standing beside him, inclined her head with a doubtful and alert expression when she heard Davis mutter something, her eyes quickly scanning for threats.

Instinctively, she could tell her master was much more perceptive to karmic threats that fate had dictated for them.

However, she didn't find any threats, making her gaze at Davis again, her rabbit ears upright with attention.

"Master? Did something happen to your soul body?" She asked.

"…"

Meanwhile, Davis was completely dumbfounded as though his soul was electrocuted.

He totally didn't expect to find the Celestial Transcendent's blood relative in these backwaters, much less an important figure of his younger generation like a favored granddaughter. Rather than a pleasant surprise, it came off as a horrifying shock since it could also mean that the Celestial Transcendent's one of many avatars could be nearby.

Perhaps it was the Celestial Transcendent himself fooling around in disguise. He couldn't tell at all, but considering the Guardian Elder couldn't quite recognize his aura, he doubted it was the Celestial Transcendent in disguise.

'Incredibly ridiculous… I went trying to find what made us appear here at random, and it turns out that I may have some kind of fate with Anastasia Archus… the Archus Family… Do I kidnap her and threaten the Celestial Transcendent? But- it is not possible with the Guardian Elder there. I guess he's at the layer limit, so the only ones who could help me would be Qiyra Darkstar and Illumina. Illumina will help me no matter what decision I take, but there's no way Qiyra Darkstar will aid me in kidnapping the Celestial Transcendent's granddaughter. That's courting death written in big capital letters, emboldened and italicized and made into runes.'

Davis inwardly perspired. Even he didn't find kidnapping the Celestial Transcendent's granddaughter a smart or even a good proposition in the first place.

When hunting him, the Celestial Transcendent just treated it as something akin to fulfilling a reluctant mission. If he went ahead and kidnapped Anastasia Archus, then he knew the Celestial Transcendent's wrath would be completely directed at him.

At that point, he couldn't guarantee his family's survival even if he were to die.

After all, targeting family members was a great taboo. If he targeted a family member, then his family members were also game.

How could he not understand this?

However, he couldn't be really bothered about maintaining a diplomatic relationship after having come to the Upper Realms. The Celestial Transcendent intended to hunt him down no matter his behavior unless he was willing to seal himself. Since it was already a war, there was no point restraining himself from gaining an important strategic target that he discovered.

Capturing Anastasia Archus could make or break his family.

It would be a gamble!

'But- there's not much information. My soul body was shattered by a karmic technique by the Guardian Elder, but the soul body completely took the backlash with it through the usage of reincarnation soul's energy while my own soul easily defended against the remnant karmic energy. What was left were the vague memories of Anastasia Archus that was collected by G'haren Bloodrain Impersonation. My Deadbloom… Crimson Redemption Technique- that's what I named it? Okay, it doesn't seem complete as I had previously envisioned from digesting the insights from the Blood Realm Calamity. I was able to succeed in reviving but was only able to steal a recent day's worth of memories from Anastasia Archus…'

Davis was momentarily taken aback before he felt it made sense.

G'haren Bloodrain- his impersonation avatar's final move was a last-ditch effort to save himself. It prioritized reviving through a single bead of unharmed blood over collecting memories. This unharmed blood itself came from the crimson-black moonglaive that carried G'haren Bloodrain's blood essence, which he injected into Anastasia Archus.

Usually, it seemed like the true G'haren Bloodrain kept this blood essence in the moonglaive to perform blood curses on his targets, but it managed to help his impersonation avatar revive. Only through blood revival could he possibly steal memories, so if the former failed, the latter would obviously fail, so he didn't prioritize stealing memories.

He didn't even want to look at the memories of others since the more he peeped, the more the chances of him getting corrupted would appear one day.

Furthermore, due to the Blood Tempest Physique, he didn't drain the victim's blood to revive but used the Blood Tempest Physique instead. The blood from the dead body was able to return to him upon reformation, which was miraculous. This was completely different from how he envisioned the technique that he might use after practicing or battling with the Grand Chaos Crimson Body.

'Good thing I didn't drain Anastasia Archus's blood to reform. That would've signaled war- wait… I completely reformed from a drop of her blood essence mixing with mine. That's… quite intrusive… even violative, enough to bestow a death sentence on me if her grandfather came to know about it…'

Davis's expression twitched, his lips curling with a shade of evil.

The insights he digested from the Blood Realm Calamity, the possession methods of State of Divine Possession and Karmic Impersonation- everything made him now look like a complete atrocious villain worse than the Accursed Warlock or even the Vile Enchanter.

He was somewhat disgusted by his own powers, yet at the same time, was glad he had these options.

Nonetheless, he personally wouldn't leave anyone alive if they were to do the same thing to his granddaughter or even one of his daughters, so he had no reason not think the Celestial Transcendent wouldn't do the same.

From Anastasia Archus's memories, even if he had only glimpsed a day's worth of memories, he knew how caring and affectionate the Celestial Transcendent was to his family. That was obvious even before he looked at her memories.

However, he finally understood the importance of Zhao Yan, the son-in-law of the Celestial Transcendent, the fiancée of the second daughter.

'He is certainly worth more than he thinks…'

Davis had kept Zhao Yan in a state of stasis all this time in his life ring, not giving him a chance to wake up, but it seems like his presence in the True Immortal World still heralded the sleeping beauty, allowing her to wake up from a deep slumber.

Anastasia Archus's recollection of the second aunt, Felicia Archus, helped him know how valuable Zhao Yan was currently.

The Archus Family would do anything to bring Zhao Yan back to make Felicia Archus happy. It was a golden love story he would dig and even support, but this time around, he intended to make full use of it.

'One hostage… the son-in-law, won't make the Celestial Transcendent quite angry, but the second hostage, eighth granddaughter, will certainly make the Celestial Transcendent wrathful… is it worth kidnapping her…? After kidnapping, where would I go to hide her? There's no doubt the Celestial Transcendent or her father has marked her with their soul, so the chances of hiding her are nearly impossible…'

Davis didn't feel that he could come out the victor in this endeavor.

He felt that even if he ended up as the victor, there would be hell to pay.

But he had already harmed her. A bit of investigation over the exposed G'haren Bloodrain's face, the Divine Emperor of Death's ability to control Blood Laws, and investigating Jiayi Crystalveil would completely expose his machinations in this matter.

He also felt it was better to make a move now on Anastasia rather than remain passive.

'Should I take a picture with a kneeling Anastasia Archus in handcuffs and let her go? Would that tell the Celestial Transcendent that he owes him now?'

Even if he kidnapped her, Davis didn't want to go too far. He more or less felt this would end in a complete disaster if he were to capture her and threaten the Celestial Transcendent with her. After all, it wasn't like the Celestial Transcendent wouldn't have faced this kind of incident when he reached the peak billions of years ago.

A hero of that caliber can't be offended. It would be no different than poking a hornet's nest, only to see it was a dragon's nest.

'What should I do!?'

Davis's mind overloaded, not wanting to miss the opportunity, yet the opportunity was too risky, riskier than any undertaking he had taken. Maybe even using Fallen Heaven might be tame in comparison.

"Master…! Master…! Are you fine!?'

Suddenly, he heard Illumina's voice before he was finally shaken out of his reverie. Illumina even shook his shoulder, trying to wake him up.

When Davis came to himself, he saw Fairy Qiyra Darkstar in front of him. Her cold, aloof eyes squinted over his visage before she said in a calm tone.

"He is fine. Doesn't seem cursed or harmed."

"Master, I was so worried since you didn't respond, no matter how many times I called out…" Illumina's gaze was full of worry. She pursed her lips, "What happened?

Davis looked at Illumina with a moved gaze before he stood up and helped her up. He then turned to look at the person in question.

"Fairy Qiyra, do you want to kidnap the Celestial Transcendent's blood relative with me?"

"Courting death~" Qiyra Darkstar's pupils quivered.

'I know right…' Davis blinked at the instant answer. An instant rejection from someone who survived in the Upper Realms for a few million years.

This endeavor was no different than jumping into the abyss at their current level.

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