115: Chapter 115 Divine Shards, This is a Trap
Seeing the Night Crawler's struggle,
Xia Lange's eyes narrowed slightly, a sharp glint flashing within his azure-blue pupils.
Though he appeared composed, he knew full well that using his S-Rank Seventh-Tier Rule Power to forcibly suppress the s-rank eighth tier 'Night Crawler' Projection was by no means a long-term solution.
The chains he had constructed with rules were under immense strain every single second.
Therefore, he had to end this quickly!
Swish!
In an instant, Xia Lan's figure blurred, transforming into a golden streak of light.
He extended his slender fingers, reaching straight toward the depths of the massive spiral shell on the monster's back.
There,
an object emitting a soft white light, yet radiating an air of infinite majesty, was pulsating gently.
It was a metal token only the size of a palm with jagged edges, covered in ancient Western divine script.
Clearly, this token-like object was the godhead fragment!!
"It's mine..."
The moment Xia Lange's fingertips were about to touch the token, the elegant curve at the corner of his mouth became even more pronounced.
However,
just as he was about to seize the token,
Boom!!!
a dull thud, sounding as if it came from the end of the world, suddenly exploded.
Xia Lange's expression changed instantly.
His extended hand froze in mid-air as the godhead fragment, which had been within arm's reach, began to warp violently like a mirage.
"Roar!!!"
The Night Crawler's body, already deformed from being constricted by the chains, suddenly let out an agonizingly shrill roar.
The next second,
Bang!
its body... exploded.
Countless bits of crimson flesh, bone, and slime turned into a torrential downpour, spraying in all directions.
The once indestructible Chains of Fate shattered into pieces instantly under the force of the terrifying self-destruction, dissipating into countless points of light.
Xia Lange let out a muffled groan as his entire body felt like it had been struck by a heavy blow, sent flying by the violent shockwave.
He tumbled several times in the air before barely managing to steady himself.
"Damn it! Has it gone mad?!"
Xia Lange stared fixedly at the void ahead, his eyes filled with disbelief.
Self-destructing its Projection?
But soon, he noticed something was wrong!
He saw that the Night Crawler's flesh flying through the air... did not fall to the ground. Instead, as if drawn by some higher dimension, it hovered eerily in mid-air.
Zizizi... the Void Realm cracked open.
A rift, pitch-black as ink and radiating an absolute chill, slowly opened.
Behind that rift was not a scene from the real world,
but a deep, boundless space of night, filled with despair and silence...
It was none other than a corner of the Chaos Void Realm—the [Night Domain]!
Countless blurred shadows wailed and twisted in that darkness.
Sharp, piercing, and eerie flute music, which seemed capable of puncturing eardrums, drifted out from the depths of the rift.
The flute music had no melody, only endless chaos and madness.
Yet within this chaos, there seemed to be a terrifying order that was absolutely conserved and inviolable.
"Is this... the descent of its true body's rules?!"
Xia Lange's expression finally changed.
A look of deep gravity appeared in his eyes.
He knew things had become troublesome.
Because the Night Crawler's true body had actually forcibly crossed dimensions to project a wisp of SS-Rank rules... onto this medium Projection!
Hualala!!
Soon, driven by the flute music from the [Night Domain] and held by the SS-Rank rules, the flesh suspended in the air began to reorganize frantically.
This time,
the Night Crawler's medium Projection was no longer that bloated, ugly, snail-like form.
Instead, it transformed into a humanoid! A strange "humanoid" two meters tall, entirely pitch-black, with no facial features, and only countless tiny tentacles writhing beneath its skin.
On the ground, countless pools of slime turned into a soaking wet robe, draping over its body.
The godhead fragment was embedded in its chest, emitting an even more dazzling light, as if it had become its heart.
"Whew..."
The humanoid monster looked up slightly; though it had no eyes, Xia Lan could feel a cold, greedy gaze locking onto the entire town.
The real world warped and collapsed under its influence.
The town's streets turned into black swamps, and the streetlights became unspeakable entities radiating chaos!
"This isn't good!"
Xia Lange gripped the umbrella in his hand tightly; at the same time, the hands on the watch he was wearing began to spin wildly.
However, just as Xia Lange was fully focused, preparing to face the humanoid monster's rule-based assault,
the coughing ghoul clone controlled by Lin Chuan, which had been watching from the side, suddenly moved.
At the very instant the humanoid monster had finished reorganizing and its Aura had not yet fully stabilized,
the Coughing Ghoul turned into a black afterimage, slicing through the warped Void Realm like a phantom.
"amitabha buddha..."
Lin Chuan's true body rules, using the "Coughing Ghoul" as a medium, erupted violently within it.
Boom!
Accompanied by a grand and eerie Buddhist chant, the Coughing Ghoul's withered palm, like an iron pincer and carrying an unstoppable Aura, clawed fiercely at the godhead fragment.
"Hmm?"
Neither the humanoid 'Night Crawler' nor Xia Lan nearby seemed to have realized that the coughing ghoul clone would suddenly strike.
Puchi!
Lin Chuan's palm penetrated the layers of rule-based slime defense without any hindrance.
His fingertips soon touched a cold, metallic texture.
Caught it!
Lin Chuan felt quite surprised.
Under his control, the coughing ghoul clone pulled hard, wanting to yank the godhead fragment out.
But at that moment,
Lin Chuan suddenly saw the humanoid 'Night Crawler' start to laugh!
A twisted, smiling face appeared, its mouth splitting open all the way to its ears, filled with playfulness and mockery.
"Gegege..."
A bone-chilling laugh exploded directly in Lin Chuan's mind.
"There's something wrong with the godhead fragment!!!"
Alarm bells rang in Lin Chuan's head.
He wanted to let go, wanted to retreat.
But it was too late.
The godhead fragment he was gripping tightly suddenly erupted with a terrifying suction force.
This suction wasn't aimed at his body, but at... his rules!
Zizizi!!
In an instant, the Coughing Ghoul's withered arm began to shrivel and turn black.
The layers of black Buddha-light that had been protecting it were actually being devoured frantically by the godhead fragment like a whale swallowing water!
Not only that,
the suction force followed the connection of the rules, actually attempting to cross spatial dimensions to directly erode Lin Chuan's true body far away in the Land of Rebirth on the Other Shore!
"Foolish greed... is the original sin..."
The humanoid 'Night Crawler's' voice was hoarse and low.
Amidst its murmurs, it extended its slippery hands and slowly grabbed the Coughing Ghoul's shoulders.
"Since you've come..."
"Then... let us become one."
"Become... a part of me!"
"Let us... ascend together!!"