52: Chapter 52 unlocks evolution, transforming him into an S-rank, fifth-tier forbidden being!
"Ka ka ka..."
As the sound of mechanical rotation echoed in the Void Realm.
That colossal mechanical phantom finally manifested completely from the Void Realm.
Its surface was covered with the cracks of ages, surrounded by dense and extremely brilliant mysterious symbols.
Those symbols flickered with a cold luster, as if recounting the oldest and most rational truths in the Universe.
With its descent, the surrounding space seemed to solidify, and even the flow of time appeared to slow down.
[Warning! Mysterious taboo detected!!]
[Target: SS-Rank Fifth Order taboo — Logos (Projection)!]
[Its true body is one of the fragments of 'the shattered god'!]
[Projection Terror Level: s-rank second order!]
[taboo Rule 1: Absolute Imprisonment (Constructs a logical closed loop, sealing all supernatural phenomena and rules)!]
[taboo Rule 2: Mechanical Extinction (Converts all things into inorganic matter, erasing life and consciousness)!]
"the shattered god... fragment?"
Through the perspective of the coughing ghoul clone, Lin Chuan looked at that taboo projection full of mechanical beauty and the Aura of destruction, his heart chilling slightly.
Obviously, this was another extremely terrifying existence!
A mere s-rank second order taboo was not that terrifying, but this s-rank second order taboo was evolved from a fragment of a 'god'!!
Boom!!!
After the gear projection descended, the thunder eye in the sky could no longer hold back.
It felt an intense threat.
Its purple pupils constricted suddenly, and thick pillars of lightning, carrying rule fluctuations that destroyed everything, bombarded the gear phantom from all directions.
Zi la...!!
Wherever the lightning passed, the Void Realm trembled slightly, as if annihilating everything.
But that gear projection merely rotated slowly.
Kacha!!
A crisp sound of gears meshing rang out.
Buzz!!!
Invisible ripples instantly spread out.
Those aggressive lightning pillars, at the moment they touched the ripples, actually seemed to hit an invisible wall.
Then... they stagnated!
Yes, stagnated.
Like a frame where the pause button had been pressed.
The violent lightning energy was forcibly frozen in mid-air; it neither exploded nor dissipated, just floating there quietly, as if it had become a lifeless specimen.
"Imprisonment..."
Lin Chuan's mind went into a daze for a moment.
From the moment the gear rotated, he felt a strange rhythmic rule of a 'logical closed loop'... that rule rhythm seemed to represent some of the most primitive and darkest horror orders!!
It seemed that as long as it did not conform to the logical rules of the 'gear', all existences would be forcibly denied and imprisoned!
"No... this is impossible!!"
On the helicopter, Dong Zhen's eyes almost popped out when he saw this scene.
The [Taboo of Thunder], which he regarded as invincible, was actually being suppressed?
"My Lord is invincible!!"
"Thunder Punishment! Bring down the Thunder Punishment!!"
He roared madly, unable to believe or accept any of this!!
At this moment, in the Void Realm, that giant gear suddenly accelerated its rotation!
A cold, deathly gray rule power gushed out from the mechanical phantom, instantly enveloping the entire sky.
Extinction... was descending!!
"Zi zi zi..."
The thunder eye projection, bound by the rules, suddenly trembled violently.
Its originally dazzling purple lightning began to dim rapidly.
The surrounding lightning vortex also became slow and sluggish in its rotation, like a rusted machine.
"Wooo!!!"
A painful neighing sound came from the thunder eye.
That sound was incomprehensible, chaotic, and bizarre, like countless infants crying, and like old men laughing strangely... crimson, foul-smelling blood flowed out from the thunder eye!
Its rules were being analyzed, dismantled, and converted into meaningless data streams, then becoming a part of the gear projection!
In just a few seconds.
That massive thunder eye began to collapse, turning into wisps of broken rule fragments, seemingly about to be completely devoured by [Logos].
"It's over..."
Dong Zhen slumped to the ground in despair, the pain of his collapsing faith twisting his face.
"My Lord... O great Lord!!"
"Why have you fallen to this state!"
"You shouldn't be defeated!! You shouldn't!!"
Dong Zhen screamed hysterically, like a frenzied beast, nearly losing his mind.
And at this time.
Lin Chuan, who had been controlling the 'coughing ghoul clone', no longer waited.
The time to reap the spoils was now!
Controlling the Coughing Ghoul, he appeared directly above the thunder eye that was about to collapse.
"Cough, cough!!"
As a violent cough fell.
Lin Chuan's own rules instantly descended through the medium of the 'coughing ghoul clone'!
Boom!!!
A giant, pitch-black Buddha hand reached out from the Void Realm without warning.
The Buddha hand ignored the chaotic rule storm around it, grabbed the dispersing lightning fragments, suddenly closed, and then devoured them... [Devoured S-Rank First Order taboo projection — thunder eye!]
[Obtained taboo value reduction: 0.1!]
After the prompt popped up on the panel, Lin Chuan turned his gaze toward that giant gear phantom.
"Next..."
"It's your turn."
"Do it!"
With Lin Chuan's command.
The Fallen Heaven Resentful Spirit and Weeping Blood Rakshasa, who were hiding in the shadows, appeared at the same time!
"My Buddha is merciful, without anger or thought!!"
The Fallen Heaven Resentful Spirit let out a screech, and pale feathers fell from the sky like a rainstorm.
Every single feather contained rules, contained destruction!!
"Scale... Judgment!!"
Behind the Weeping Blood Rakshasa, the blood-colored Scale appeared and tilted, and a terrifying gravity rule descended! It pressed directly down on the gear projection.
Boom!! Boom!!
Facing the s-rank second order [Weeping Blood Rakshasa], the coughing ghoul clone controlled by Lin Chuan, and the Fallen Heaven Resentful Spirit, the gear that was merely a projection was immediately completely suppressed.
"Imprisonment... Extinction..."
The [Logos] projection emitted a mechanical whisper, attempting to activate its rules.
But at this moment, it could no longer rotate... The [Buddha Kingdom in the Palm] activated by Lin Chuan held it in a death grip!
Soon, its projection began to break apart.
Immediately after, its rules were also completely dismantled.
[Devoured s-rank second order taboo projection — Logos!]
[Obtained taboo value reduction: 0.2!]
[Current taboo value required to upgrade to S-rank Fifth Tier: 9.7!]
Deep within Lin Chuan's consciousness, the panel popped up a prompt again.
After devouring the two major taboo projections, between heaven and earth, Lin Chuan controlled the 'coughing ghoul clone' and projected the 'Life-Reaping Sanskrit Sound' rules toward the entire Gear Society Base City!
"na mo... amitabha buddha..."
The Buddha's voice echoed, carrying endless majesty and enchantment.
"Sentient beings who have lost their way..."
"The sea of suffering is vast; only by taking refuge in my Dao can you find liberation..."
In an instant, five million Gear Society Believers were all forcibly converted!
After converting everyone in the [Gear Society] Base City, Lin Chuan manipulated the Coughing Ghoul again and descended upon the [Thunder Punishment Hall]!
He also performed the [Life-Reaping Sanskrit Sound]!
Similarly, in just an instant... millions of people took refuge!
"My Buddha is merciful!!"
"Greetings, My Buddha!!"
"The True Buddha is eternal!!"
Countless fanatical voices echoed.
Deep in Lin Chuan's consciousness, the panel also kept popping up prompts:
[Obtained Power Of Will +5 million!]
[Obtained Power Of Will +10 million!]
[...]
The Power Of Will value soared crazily.
Soon, Lin Chuan converted all the Power Of Will values, gathering 8.5 taboo value points!
Plus the 0.3 points reduced previously.
Just a tiny bit more, and Lin Chuan could directly evolve into an S-rank Fifth Tier taboo!!
"One more left..."
Lin Chuan's gaze turned toward the last Ghost Controller force in Qingchuan Prefecture — the [Senluo Sect].
There, a taboo sculpture named [Luosen] was enshrined.
Controlling the coughing ghoul clone, Lin Chuan brought the Weeping Blood Rakshasa, Fallen Heaven Resentful Spirit, Dong Zhen, and Wei Jun directly to the Luosen Society Base City!
There was no suspense.
One hour later.
The Senluo Sect was destroyed.
That s-rank second order [Luosen taboo] projection was swallowed by Lin Chuan in one gulp.
After devouring the [Luosen taboo] projection and harvesting the Power Of Will of the survivors in the entire Luosen Society Base City, the taboo value on Lin Chuan's panel... was finally sufficient!
Inside the Rebirth Temple, Lin Chuan didn't waste any time and immediately began the evolution.
The moment the taboo value was deducted, his Terror Level instantly reached the S-rank... Fifth Tier!!!
[Congratulations, Master! Your Terror Level has been raised to S-rank Fifth Tier!]
[Required for the next promotion (S-Class Rank Six): 25 taboo value points!]
[Master's current taboo sequence: 135.]