335: Chapter 336 The Correct Use of an Entrenching Tool

Ashes retreated three steps.

Bone Crown retreated five steps.

It wasn't that they wanted to retreat, but their legs wouldn't obey them.

Eye of the Abyss knelt on the ground, blood continuously flowing from his two empty eye sockets. His mouth was open, but he couldn't make a complete sound; only a muffled whimpering bubbled up from deep within his throat.

The cultists kneeling in the back also stopped chanting.

They looked up at the scene before them. Most of their expressions were blank—their faith told them that the Deacons were invincible. Deacons represented 'Our Lord's' power of judgment in the mortal realm.

But now, the strongest Deacon was kneeling before a young man like a dog with a broken spine.

"Does your Karma Technique have any other tricks left?"

Lin Qi lowered the entrenching tool from his shoulder and planted the blade face-down into the ground.

No one answered him.

"Good if there isn't."

He took a step forward.

It was a very ordinary step. But when that foot landed, the wilderness soil beneath him—which originally did not belong to the D-3 Region—suddenly changed color.

Dark gold spread out from the sole of his shoe like splashed ink.

His Domain was expanding.

"You should know what 'My Body is the World' means." Lin Qi looked at the two Deacons who could still stand. "On this ground, I am the Law itself."

"Your fire can't burn me, his bones aren't harder than my shovel, and that guy doing Karma is already useless."

"Now you have two choices."

Ashes' lips trembled. "What choices?"

"First, kneel down yourselves, and I'll give you a quick end."

"Second—"

Lin Qi paused for a moment and looked down at the entrenching tool.

"Second, I'll use this shovel to dig slowly."

Ashes didn't choose.

He chose a third path—running.

He turned and ran.

The light of Law lit up beneath his feet, and a grayish-white heat flow turned into thrusters, propelling him away from the D-3 Region at high speed.

The speed was incredible.

The full-speed escape of a Third-Turn Peak Law Controller was roughly equivalent to twice the speed of the fastest military fighter jet in this world.

Within three seconds, he had opened up a distance of five hundred meters.

Then he stopped.

It wasn't a voluntary stop.

It was because he discovered that no matter how he flew, the ground beneath his feet remained dark gold.

He had flown five hundred meters, and Lin Qi's Domain had expanded five hundred meters with him.

"You—"

Ashes turned his head.

Lin Qi was still standing in his original position, not having moved at all.

But his Domain had already enveloped Ashes.

"I told you," Lin Qi's voice came from all directions, "on my turf, I set the rules."

"You want to run?"

"You can't."

"The spatial coordinates within a five-kilometer radius of this place have been locked by me. No matter which direction you run, you'll be folded back to the starting point."

Ashes was stunned.

He looked down at the dark gold soil beneath his feet and finally understood one thing.

It wasn't that he hadn't run far.

It was that the five hundred meters of space he had run through had been folded. He had actually just run in a circle on the spot.

This kind of method—

He had never even heard of it.

Inside the D-3 Region headquarters, at the location of the core formation eye.

Instructor Su Qing stood before the monitor, watching the battle outside.

Her expression was calm, but her hand never let go of her dagger. This wasn't because of nervousness, but an instinct. It was a habit developed during her days as a Shadow Dancer—no matter how safe the situation seemed, your weapon must never leave your hand.

Zhang Wei squatted beside her, holding his head in his hands.

"Sister Su, did Brother Qi surround those guys?"

"Yes."

"Then can I go out and take a look?"

"No."

"Why? It's still not safe even though they're surrounded?"

Instructor Su Qing didn't look at him.

"Because what the boss is about to do next will give you nightmares if you see it."

Zhang Wei thought about it and buried his head even deeper.

Outside.

Bone Crown did not run.

He stood where he was, watching Eye of the Abyss gouge the last piece of crystalline material out of his eye socket. Blood soaked the ground, but Eye of the Abyss miraculously did not fall.

The title 'Eye of the Abyss' wasn't just for show.

Even though he had lost the crystalline medium for Law vision, a trace of Origin power infused by 'Our Lord' still remained in his body.

That was the ultimate trump card of the Church of Calamity—direct authorization from the 'Throat of Devouring Heaven'.

Eye of the Abyss slowly stood up from the ground.

A liquid different from blood began to flow from his empty eye sockets—black, thick, and emitting a foul stench.

"You forced me to use this..."

His voice became eerie, as if two people were speaking at the same time.

"Fragments of Our Lord... are not something I can use whenever I want. Every time I use them, my lifespan is reduced by ten years."

"But to judge you, it's worth it."

The black liquid overflowed from his eye sockets and flowed down his cheeks. It ran down his neck and over his chest, forming a black shell over his body.

An aura extremely similar to the 'Law Pollution' Lin Qi had previously encountered in Area S-17 erupted from Eye of the Abyss.

Standing there, he no longer looked quite human.

Twisted protrusions grew on the black shell, and those protrusions constantly squirmed as if something inside were trying to burrow out.

"Is this the true face of your 'Lord'?"

Lin Qi watched this scene, his expression unchanged.

He simply changed his grip on the entrenching tool—from holding it upright with one hand to a horizontal grip with both hands.

The shovel blade was aimed at Eye of the Abyss.

"In games, your BOSSES look much better than this."

"This action figure version has some pretty poor craftsmanship."

"But it doesn't matter."

He took a step forward.

"I collect scrap metal too."