Chapter 433: Chapter 220: Time Drifter, Demon of Vengeance! The Sacrifice, Su Yu!_2
The so-called Vengeance Demon, I suppose, is a name it gave itself later.
A demon born for vengeance, truly living up to its name.
What Su Yu is pondering at this moment is... how this Vengeance Demon avatar suddenly gained consciousness just now.
Moreover, after gaining consciousness, it deliberately told Su Yu its name and then self-destructed. What’s the purpose of this?
A show of force? It doesn’t seem like it; it didn’t make any threats, only asked Su Yu to remember its name.
"It seems... it has something to do with its ability, perhaps even with the ritual?"
"Its significant ability is memory..."
After a moment of contemplation, Su Yu found the answer.
This Vengeance Demon can gain power from memories.
Earlier, Su Yu obtained a large amount of information about the Vengeance Demon from its avatar, filling his consciousness with a wealth of Vengeance Demon’s memories.
Thus, it followed the mysterious connection within the memories to find him.
The ability of this creature is truly formidable and bizarre.
Just possessing memories of it would attract it, allowing it to draw power from the memories.
No wonder earlier, the people of the Transcendent Union were unknowingly influenced.
This kind of power is virtually impossible to defend against.
No wonder, from the moment it was born, it had eight-star strength, now reaching the mighty nine-star level.
Theoretically, if the Vengeance Demon hadn’t revealed itself to say those words earlier and instead covertly lingered in the memories,
even Su Yu would have had a hard time discovering it for a while.
If a long time had passed, it might have found an opportunity to secretly harm Su Yu.
However, it chose not to hide but instead revealed itself, almost like it was actively reminding Su Yu.
Now with precautions, Su Yu’s sensitivity would immediately detect any abnormal changes in memories, preventing any covert attacks or harm.
"The ritual of the Time Drifter is also related to memory!"
"The ritual arrangement the Vengeance Demon made in the Transcendent Union was destroyed by me."
"So it needs to find a new ritual sacrifice. And I am the new sacrifice it is looking for!"
"This ritual requires me to remember it! To deeply remember its information!"
"Previously in the Gathering Hall, when it appeared and explained its occupational ability and the Power of Time, was also to make me remember it, to strengthen the memory!"
In a flash of thought, Su Yu quickly understood.
The Vengeance Demon has already made him a ritual sacrifice.
The principle of the Time Drifter profession, Su Yu previously understood, is to traverse time through memory.
Now the Vengeance Demon has set its sights on Su Yu’s memory.
Before, the Vengeance Demon made the people of the Transcendent Union sacrifices secretly.
This time, however, it’s quite open about it, directly telling Su Yu in person, indicating the Vengeance Demon has changed its strategy.
After all, it’s its own ritual design, estimated to be adjustable at any time.
Now the Vengeance Demon probably thinks that by openly telling Su Yu, Su Yu’s memory will be deeper, and the ritual’s effect will be better.
"However, this Vengeance Demon said I’m some resurrected Ancient One."
"If I indeed were a resurrected Ancient One, possessing thousands or even tens of thousands of years of memory, it would be the best sacrifice for the ritual..."
Su Yu thought of something else.
The Time Drifter profession is supposed to use the memory of the sacrifice to conduct time travel.
The longer the sacrifice lives, the more memories it has, the more ancient it is, the better the ritual’s effect would probably be.
If the sacrifice’s memories span only a few years, even if the ritual succeeds, it might be of no use.
Ordinary humans have limited memories, constrained by their lifespan.
So the Vengeance Demon chose the seven-star powerhouses of the Transcendent Union, after all, seven-star powerhouses have long lifespans.
But even the oldest among the Transcendent Union, Xiao Shengyin, hadn’t lived for over a thousand years.
So even if the Vengeance Demon’s ritual ultimately succeeded, it could perhaps only travel back a few hundred years.
Such an effect probably wouldn’t be enough either.
Whereas Su Yu, this "Ancient One," probably has memories spanning thousands or even tens of thousands of years.
If Su Yu were the sacrifice, and the ritual succeeded, the Vengeance Demon could travel back to ten thousand years ago.
It might even be able to return to the battlefield of Zhang Chenfeng and Brutality and witness everything! It might even directly seek vengeance on Zhang Chenfeng himself!
Moreover, the farther back it travels, the more it could change, and the stronger the power of the Time Drifter would be.
So although the Vengeance Demon’s ritual was destroyed, it didn’t seem angry at all, because it found a more perfect choice for a sacrifice! Su Yu!
Who could be more suitable than Su Yu, this Ancient One, to be the sacrifice?
After understanding all this, Su Yu couldn’t help but chuckle.
Because... the so-called ancientness of him is all fabricated, imagined by the members of the Transcendent Union.
Su Yu is actually just a young man, barely in his twenties...
Choosing Su Yu as a sacrifice might not even be as effective as picking a regular person who has lived longer.
"My memory only spans a short twenty years. Even if you add the previous life, it’s at most fifty years..."
Su Yu said with a light laugh.
Thinking of this, he became slightly curious.
If the ritual eventually succeeded, genuinely letting the Vengeance Demon succeed.
Using Su Yu’s memory for time travel.
Although it could only travel a few decades’ worth of time, Su Yu is a transmigrator, and half of his memory comes from another world.
Then could it travel back to Su Yu’s previous world?
Su Yu even felt a bit tempted; if he could use the Time Drifter’s ability to travel back...
However, after pondering for a moment, Su Yu felt it was not feasible.
The world he was in before traveling didn’t have Subspace.
And after all, the Time Drifter’s power relies on the chaotic nature of Subspace.
Without Subspace, how could one travel?
Su Yu felt a slight disappointment, but suddenly a spark of Spirit Light flashed in his mind, like a thunderous strike: "Wait a minute, not necessarily!"
"Back then, I was just an ordinary person; if there were Subspace at that time, I wouldn’t have known..."
Su Yu always felt that he lived in an ordinary world, a world without Extraordinary Power, before he traveled.
But upon a careful thought, was it really that way?
The world he was in before, was it truly ordinary?
If it were ordinary, how did he manage to transmigrate?
What if, in the world he was in before traveling, there were also Subspace, Spiritual Users, and Extraordinary Abilities!
If that’s really the case, when his power becomes strong enough, maybe he could truly travel back!
However, after contemplating for a bit, Su Yu decided to abandon deep thinking.
After all, these ideas can’t be verified for now.
Thinking too much would only add to the hassle.
He could only delve into it once his power is strong enough in the future.
For now, he must consider the matter of the Time Drifters first.
"Speaking of, I actually know someone truly suitable to be a sacrifice..."
"The Ghost Emperor!"
"That guy is ancient enough too!"
"If I get the ritual in the future, I’ll use him as the sacrifice!"
Even if Su Yu doesn’t know how to perform the ritual now, he’s already started looking for sacrifices.
And the first target is surprisingly the Ghost Emperor.
This emperor indeed very much fits the requirements for the ritual.
Since Su Yu destroyed the Ghost Emperor’s revival arrangement long ago, they had already become enemies, so Su Yu unhesitatingly designated the emperor as the first choice for the sacrifice.
Who knows what bad luck this emperor drew to antagonize Su Yu...
"But, shouldn’t the Vengeance Demon also know about the Ghost Emperor, why didn’t it target him? Is it unable to defeat him?"
"The Vengeance Demon has nine-star power, but it still doesn’t dare to challenge the Ghost Emperor."
"It seems the Ghost Emperor is stronger than expected..."
After advancing to eight stars and donning the Brutal Battle Armor, in an ultimate burst, Su Yu should possess nine-star strength.
Originally, he had considered exploring the Radiation Land again to see what the Ghost Emperor was up to.
But thinking it over, he decided against it.
If even the Vengeance Demon dares not take on the Ghost Emperor, it’s best not to court death for now.
It seems the Ghost Emperor isn’t feasible for now.
But Su Yu quickly found another suitable target.
The Brutal Evil God!
This Evil God is even more ancient than the Ghost Emperor! Using it as a ritual sacrifice, who knows how potent the effect would be?!
However, using an Evil God as a sacrifice is indeed courting death more than using the Ghost Emperor...
But Su Yu isn’t aiming to use Brutality itself as a sacrifice, he still has a sealed fragment of thought in his possession, which is much easier to handle...