Chapter 975: Message
In front of the space portal of Jura City--
*Bzzzzt* Robin and Theo quickly came out of the space portal, and he immediately set his eyes on the Shadow Sword, who seemed to be dying. He hostilely took a few steps toward him, "What the hell is going on here? What do you mean that Pythor revealed the truth about our invasion of all his planets?"
Robin didn't seem in a good mood at all... Just a few minutes ago he was sitting on Pythor's throne, minding his own business, trying to finish absorbing the Marshal's soul and extracting any other useful information, but he suddenly received a message from Theo telling him that there was a Shadow Sword in Jura City talking about revealing the secret and that he wanted to meet him as soon as possible.
Robin immediately came out of his soul domain, if this news is confirmed, it is something that cannot be delayed... Now Pythor is either ordering the planet Poison planet spirit Rock to turn their lives into hell or maybe sending armies to those 9 planets, or deciding to invade Robin's three planets again, maybe he completely ignores what is happening, or maybe what he hopes for will occur!? Anyway, something big is about to happen!
After Robin was assured that the Poison Rock planet spirit hadn't started attacking his army there yet, he took Theo and immediately returned to Planet Jura, "... Who did this to you?" Robin pointed at the person wearing the Shadow Sword outfit, his heart clenched for a moment, the condition of the Shadow Sword was truly pitiful as Theo had told him, even worse...
His body was apparently complete, but it was patched at the same time... His right arm, right leg, lower jaw, and tongue were all *new*, without a doubt!
The bodies of those who took the path of energy cultivation were treasures in themselves, even someone who was busy cultivating internal energy and never paid attention to cultivating the body, his body would still be different and much stronger than a mere mortal.
Every cell in his body has been refined to be compatible with a specific heavenly path and every cell has been imbued with energy in one form or another over the years, so how can a part of this body be easly replaced if it is lost? The True Beginning Army uses a few minor laws branching off from the Life Path to reconstitute their lost organs, while the Demons can easily regrow their organs because everything in their bodies is made of blood, and the powerful ones of the Nihari Giants like Hulak have immense life force and can regrow limbs automatically.
Of course, there are other ways in other places, but no matter how many ways there are, in the end, they all share a common factor, which is that the person must rest completely and focus entirely on using those methods to grow his severed limb steadily and over a long period of time until that limb is as strong as the lost one and takes on the same familiarity with the body.
For example, Sakaar and Hulak can both restore their severed arms instantly, but those arms will be weak and useless, and will even hinder them from doing anything. If Sakaar tried to use the Sea of Blood through a new arm, for example, it would explode immediately, so rushing to regrow limbs quickly is one of the great taboos on the cultivation path!
The Shadow Sword in front of him had committed this exact act... His body was half Sage and half-mortal, he was now a ball of metal interspersed with pieces made of sponge, he would not be able to live as a cultivator nor as a mortal!
The only way to save him was to destroy those limbs again and regrow them, and perhaps repeat the process a few times until he got rid of any weak cells... This Shadow Sword was condemned to torment for a long time!
"The one who destroyed my body was Jabba... As for the one who ordered it, it was... That bastard Pythor..." The Shadow Sword spoke with difficulty, "He said that I had to deliver the message and that I myself had to be a message, so he ordered Jabba to *fix* me quickly and bring me back, so the filthy piece of--... So Jabba did it, then he threw me into the vicinity of the southern portal, and from there, the demons opened the portal for me to return to Jura." Shadow Sword didn't put titles on Jabba's name, it could be said that he held himself back from cursing him in front of His Excellency, and hatred was evident in his eyes as he spoke.
"...I was told that the news of our invasion of the planets was leaked through you, how did this happen?" Robin changed the subject
"Don't you see what they did to him," Billy looked at Shadow Sword with pity, "There aren't many who can endure this kind of torture."
"It has nothing to do with torture, the Shadow Swords have a very strong oath, if he tried to say something he should have died." Robin waved as he looked into the Shadow Sword's eyes, "Then tell me... What exactly happened? How did they manage to get this peace of information out of you?"
"...I don't kno" The Shadow Sword gritted his teeth in regret and shame, but crushed several lower molars as soon as they touched the upper ones, he quickly opened his mouth in pain and tried to focus on the subject, "Jabba caught me several kilometers away from the city of Hope, I was trying to bring the usual daily report, I tried to escape but couldn't, with one punch he knocked me unconscious. And when I woke up I found myself on the brink of death lying on my stomach in front of Pythor, I really don't know what happened, I don't even remember being interrogated!"
"Maybe Jabba did something to his soul domain and extracted information while he was unconscious?" Theo turned to Robin, "According to the oath if something like that happened outside the Shadow Sword's control he wouldn't necessarily die, the auth is only pending to their will after all."
"...." Robin kept his silence, but his eyebrows sunk slightly.
Jabba specialized in blood research, and the fact that he actually built his pillars with Gravity meant that his eyes of truth were limited, how could he have reached this level of soul research?! ... But he didn't reject the idea either, Jabba was a genius after all, nothing is out of reach when it comes to a Truth Chosen.
"And then what? Why did they treat you this way and send you back? I don't think it was just to tell us about them knowing about the invasion!" Robin asked calmly, but his heart was thumping with excitement and anxiety at the same time, this message would build a lot, especially if it was the one he hoped for...
The Shadow Sword caught his breath and looked into Robin's eyes again, "...He said he wanted to negotiate."