Method to Open 3: The Contract of Unsealing

Method to Open 4: Shatter it with overwhelming power

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Recommended Method: Use the Contract of Unsealing to enter.

’This Seal is surprisingly strong...’

’Does it really take a Level 6 Mage to break it?’

However, the back of Lu Cang’s hand began to glow, and the faint pattern of the contract materialized.

And just like that, the Seal opened...

BOOM!

The moment the Seal opened, a dense, black swarm of ants surged forth!

WHOOSH!

However, a Sea of Fire erupted, incinerating them the instant they charged out.

「Source·Flame Prison」

The Tier Two Sea of Fire had evolved into Flame Prison (Tier Three) (Level 301).

The multicolored flames pressed inward.

Nearly every Black Ant was scorched to ash the instant it touched the Flame Prison, leaving not even a corpse behind.

The power of the inferno was terrifyingly absolute.

million souls.

million souls.

million souls.

million souls.

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In the end, killing all the ants except for the Ant Mountain itself yielded a total of 182,110,000 souls.

The cave’s interior was now almost packed to the brim.

"That’s a lot of ants."

It was a good thing the cavern Chi Cheng had carved out was large enough. Otherwise, it never would have held so many Black Ants.

Lu Cang made a looping gesture with his finger.

The Flame Prison formed a ring around the Thousand Army Ant Mountain. The Flames kept a slight distance, but they had it completely encircled.

Simultaneously, the Flames also scorched the entire inner wall of the cavern.

Source·All Laws still allowed the Magic to maintain its effect indefinitely.

As long as Lu Cang didn’t cancel it, this Source·Flame Prison would last forever, even if he were at the ends of the earth.

The only catch was that he had to leave this Source here permanently.

If he didn’t have Multiple Casting, this would be equivalent to being unable to use Source·All Laws at all.

But now that he had Four-layered Casting, even if Lu Cang left one Source here, he still had three others available to use.

’This way, I won’t have to come and collect souls every day.’

The most troublesome aspect of the Thousand Army Ant Mountain was the need to make a daily collection run, which was quite a hassle.

In just two short days, it had produced nearly two hundred million Black Ants. If it were truly left unchecked in the wild, an army of millions of ants would likely be attacking the City in the Circle within days.

’It’s a shame the Thousand Army Ant Mountain is the only thing I can farm right now.’

Lu Cang had asked Kumironi and Chi Cheng why other people didn’t farm Demons.

The answer was simple...

It wasn’t that no one did; it was just extremely rare.

Demons themselves cannot reproduce and are also dangerous. Generally, only King Level Demons are worth farming.

Moreover, it had to be a variety that could continuously provide value. And even after finding one, a person needed the means to Seal and contain it.

With all these difficulties combined, very few people farmed Demons. The costs almost always outweighed the rewards.

Even when there were profits, they weren’t very high. Anyone with that much time and energy to spare would be better off pursuing other ventures.

Once the Flame Prison was in place,

Lu Cang could feel his soul count increasing with every passing moment.

The tide of Demons in this area had already grown extremely sparse, but the Thousand Army Ant Mountain was still producing over a thousand Black Ants per second, providing him with one to two thousand souls.

He left the Sealing Land in high spirits.

From now on, all he had to do was wait for his soul count to grow on its own.

The Distant Thousand Caves were nearby, and the Dungeons there were likely still rampant.

But now, Lu Cang couldn’t be bothered to go grind Dungeons.

When you have money past a certain point, the thought of earning more really starts to lose its appeal.

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