145: Chapter 145 Coughing and the Disintegration of the Ghostly Clone, Controlling the Old Master-Level Clone
"Wooooh!!!"
The half-torso of the Rotten Old Master let out an earth-shattering roar.
The slaughter between the three wills forced its physical body to endure an unimaginable burden.
Across its massive frame, pus and blood splattered, and chunks of flesh burst apart, revealing large patches of charred, viscous Rule flesh!
Lin Chuan's will, bolstered by the Ego Godhead, continuously eroded it.
"Damn it! Damn it!!"
"You two despicable thieves!"
The Rotten Old Master struggled frantically, attempting to erase the Taboo Rules of these two intruders' wills.
However, the Taboo Rules of the card game dominator were far too overbearing, keeping it pinned down firmly throughout.
Lin Chuan took the opportunity to steadily devour portions of the Rotten Old Master's body.
Nearby, for the first time, a hideous look appeared on Sherlock Haigeway's elegant face.
He had been watching Lin Chuan's actions all along!
If this continued, the Rotten Old Master's body might actually be stolen by Lin Chuan's will!
"The wrath of fate!"
"Shall punish all lowly existences in the form of cards..."
Xia Lan made his move!
He activated his own Taboo Rules, attempting to help the card game dominator completely take Control of the half-body the Rotten Old Master had manifested in this world.
Boom!!!
The Rule Power of the three parties erupted in a fierce collision once more.
Just as they reached this deadlock,
Lin Chuan suddenly made a crazy decision.
He abandoned his attempt to forcibly erode the Rotten Old Master and instead allowed the opponent's Corrosion Rules to invade his own consciousness!
"Is he looking for death?!"
Sherlock Haigeway was stunned.
But in the next second, his expression changed.
Because he realized Lin Chuan wasn't seeking death; he was... assimilating!
He faintly sensed the unique nature of Lin Chuan's rules!
Lin Chuan was utilizing the Ego Godhead's property of encompassing and devouring everything to forcibly assimilate the Rotten Old Master's Plague Rules!
"Despicable! Shameless!!"
"You damn bastard!!"
"Stop it right now!!"
Xia Lan shouted urgently, his entire body beginning to mutate!!
However, Lin Chuan ignored him.
After a brief moment, as the rules were assimilated, Lin Chuan's Control over the Rotten Old Master's body skyrocketed instantly.
"Hateful insect!!"
"Stealing my body... you shall surely be cursed..."
The Rotten Old Master let out a delirious wail.
It could feel that the Control over this half of its body was changing hands.
"My sacred body shall not be profaned!!"
"If that is the case..."
"Then let us be destroyed together!"
At this moment, the Rotten Old Master once again emitted chaotic and twisted gibberish. Its other half, far away in the Chaos Void Realm, suddenly erupted with a terrifying Rule suction, attempting to forcibly pull this half-body back.
"Don't even think about it!"
Lin Chuan replied to it.
Immediately after, he maneuvered the half-torso of the Old Master he had already controlled and gave a sudden wrench!
Crack!!!
A piercing, crisp sound echoed!
The Rule channel connecting the two dimensions was snapped clean off by him!
"Aaaaaagh!!!"
From deep within the void came the Rotten Old Master's shrill and agonizing scream!
"Insects... you filthy, shameless insects!!"
"I... shall remember you!"
The Fallen Light Court... will not let you go!"
The twisted voice of the Rotten Old Master echoed. Its Rule Power formed a venomous curse mark that used the void as a medium to cross planes and slam onto Lin Chuan's main body.
But Lin Chuan didn't care at all.
When one is buried in debt, another loan doesn't matter; when one is covered in lice, one more doesn't itch.
He had already provoked more than one Old Master and Dominator!
He had even offended Dominators above SSS-class sixth tier, and even existences that surpassed taboos.
Threats and marks meant nothing to the current Lin Chuan.
Now, with the void channel severed, that half-body of an SSS-Rank Old Master remained entirely in this world.
Having lost its target, the will of the card game dominator was also forced to retreat.
Only Sherlock Haigeway was left, standing there in a daze, watching the remnant body of the Old Master undergo a massive transformation.
"This... how is this possible..."
He muttered to himself, his eyes filled with disbelief.
The originally hideous mass of flesh was now rapidly shrinking and reorganizing.
The pustules and ulcers vanished, replaced by an eerie, greenish-yellow skin.
A moment later.
A slender, tall figure slowly stepped out from the mass of flesh.
He had a face that bore a thirty percent resemblance to Lin Chuan's past life, but it was more feminine and more sinister.
The figure's eyes were tightly shut, and there was a vertical crack on his forehead, looking like a closed eye.
Behind him, a pair of massive, illusory wings slowly unfurled.
Those wings were not made of feathers, but were constructed from thousands of tiny, densely packed Buddha heads!
Each Buddha head was chanting in a low voice, their sounds converging into a demonic tone capable of driving an SS-Rank Taboo into madness.
And beneath his feet,
The phantom of a churning sea of blood was spreading.
Within that sea of blood floated countless souls who had died of disease, emitting a suffocating aura of death and plague.
As this figure took shape, a piece of information suddenly popped up on the panel deep within Lin Chuan's consciousness:
[Old Master of Death Plague — SSS Tier Level 1!]
[Sequence Status: 133!]
[Possessed Rules: Coughing, Death Domain, Erosion...]
[Great and noble Master, you now possess an SSS-class Clone! You have taken another massive step on the path toward the supreme...]
The panel information was even more sycophantic than before.
Lin Chuan ignored it.
"Cough, cough..."
At that moment, he controlled the figure to let out a soft cough.
With just that one cough, the space for a thousand miles around was instantly filled with cracks, as if infected by some incurable terminal illness.
Then, under Lin Chuan's Control, the figure slowly raised its hand.
In an instant, a string of eerie prayer beads constructed from rules appeared in the figure's hand!
"Pleasure doing business with you, my friend."
The figure controlled by Lin Chuan suddenly gave Sherlock Haigeway a slight smile, his voice raspy and magnetic.
Behind him, the massive phantom of an evil buddha golden body suddenly materialized!!
This time, Lin Chuan had won the gamble!
Though he had lost his coughing ghoul clone, he had gained a more powerful and terrifying Clone... the Old Master of Death Plague!!
"You..."
Hearing this, Sherlock Haigeway's face turned ashen.
He knew that his scheme this time had completely failed!
Not only had he failed to bring forth the true body of the card game dominator, but he had also ended up helping Lin Chuan.
"Good... very good!"
At that thought, Xia Lan gritted his teeth as his body began to disintegrate, turning into countless flying cards.
"Friend!! Take care of yourself!"
"You shall pay a heavy price for your actions..."
"The abyss of fate shall devour you!!"
After Xia Lan finished speaking, those cards instantly vanished into the void.
Lin Chuan did not pursue him.
He had just taken Control of this new Clone and still needed time to adapt.
At the same time, as Lin Chuan took Control of an SSS Tier Level 1 Old Master Clone, his main body far away in the Land of Rebirth on the Other Shore also underwent an unprecedented transformation!
Inside the Rebirth Temple.
Rumble!!
Terrifying Rule Power was spreading throughout the hall!
Lin Chuan's evil buddha golden body was emitting a fearsome chaotic black light.
[Congratulations, Master! Successfully controlled an SSS-Rank Old Master Clone!]
[You have received feedback!]
[Your main body's status has increased!]
[Current Rank: SSS Tier Level 1 (Old Master)!]
[Your sequence number has risen to... 79!]
[Ego Godhead completion has increased to... 5%!]
[taboo value required for next level: 50 points!]