77: Chapter 77 Forbidden Clash! Lin Chuan's Domain
Hearing Mr. K's words, the many members of the Great Xin Dynasty Think Tank fell silent.
Some felt Mr. K made sense, others were secretly filled with worry, and some continued analyzing with their heads bowed.
Regarding this, Mr. K said nothing more... And just then.
Qinglong Prefecture, border of its jurisdiction.
As the number of Monstrous Beasts exploded, the atmosphere grew increasingly heavy and oppressive.
The many ordinary people within Rebirth City were filled with intense unease.
Many ordinary people continuously prayed and chanted Lin Chuan's revered title.
"na mo Supreme Buddha of Rebirth!"
"May the Buddha above..."
"Infinite is the power of My Buddha, delivering all from calamities..."
Just as ordinary people were anxious and terrified.
"Wahhh—!!!"
The 【Fallen Heaven Resentful Spirit】, suspended far outside Rebirth City, hanging upside down in mid-air, suddenly let out a heart-rending shriek.
After devouring the Souls of hundreds of thousands of Monstrous Beasts, her body suddenly exploded.
Then transformed into countless black strands of resentment, which coalesced once more.
Finally... a pair of even larger, more ferocious bone wings covered with countless weeping eyes slowly unfurled from her body.
Boom!!!
A terrifying S-Rank First Order Rule Power fluctuation erupted from her.
Her Terror Level had officially risen to S-Rank First Order!!
However, her sequence number still hadn't changed. It remained at the 300th position.
Just after the 【Fallen Heaven Resentful Spirit】 ascended to S-Rank.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
The Coughing Ghoul, who had been hunched over, also underwent a change.
His aged body began to straighten.
With every cough he made, tiny, visible cracks appeared in the surrounding space.
In an instant, his Terror Level also experienced an elevation!!
As the Terror Levels of 【Fallen Heaven Resentful Spirit】 and 【Coughing Ghoul】 rose... the Rule Power fluctuations emanating from 【Weeping Blood Rakshasa】 also intensified!
The phantom of the bloody Scale behind it grew larger, more substantial, and even began to materialize.
Strands of s-rank third tier Rules gradually spread outwards from it as the core!
"This is..."
Ning Shou, who had been standing beside Mr. K, saw this scene through the screen and his pupils contracted sharply.
"Those three... are all that Evil Buddha's Followers!"
"Their Terror Levels are increasing!"
"If not contained, I'm afraid his subordinates will all become terrifying taboos!"
As he said this, a deep sense of apprehension welled up in Ning Shou's heart.
Hearing this, Mr. K merely clasped his hands behind his back, seemingly not concerned about any of this in the slightest.
As if everything was under his Control... On the other side of the screen.
A certain Base City in the south of the Great Xin Dynasty.
It was extremely close to Yanmang Province, practically bordering Chihang Province.
"Everyone, listen!"
At this moment, standing on a high platform in the Base City's square, Qin Yao's voice, amplified by speakers, echoed throughout the city.
"The cataclysm has arrived. Only by migrating to Qinglong Prefecture and taking refuge in the Buddha's Land can we avoid calamity!"
"The True Buddha will protect us!"
"Move out!"
At his command.
Organized by the city's law enforcement teams, millions of ordinary people, some willingly, others swept along, began heading out of the city... To speed things up.
Qin Yao even went so far as to expend the ghostly power within his body.
He activated his Ghost Domain, enveloping a portion of the ordinary people, and rushed towards Qinglong Prefecture at the fastest speed possible.
He knew.
This large-Scale migration would inevitably attract the attention of the Daxin Dynasty Government.
His painstakingly cultivated undercover identity would likely be exposed.
But he had no choice.
The Base City under his Control was too close to Chihang Province; the spilling Beast Tide of the Strange would almost certainly strike here!
Relying solely on him and the low-level Ghost Controllers in the city... even facing scattered Monstrous Beasts, they couldn't stop them all!
As Qin Yao began evacuating all the ordinary people and Ghost Controllers of the entire Base City.
A certain Base City in the north of the Great Xin Dynasty.
Zhou Kai stood on the city wall, sweating profusely, directing his subordinate Ghost Controllers to fend off the sporadic Monstrous Beasts infiltrating from other directions.
"Damn it! Everyone hold the line!"
"Anyone who takes a step back, I'll shoot them dead!"
Although his words were fierce, his legs couldn't help but tremble.
Although the number of those Monstrous Beasts wasn't large, each one was exceptionally dangerous!
The Terror Level of many Monstrous Beasts reached B-Rank!
Among them, there were even one or two A-Rank Monstrous Beasts!
Looking at those ferocious half-ghost, half-beast creatures, Zhou Kai's heart was filled with fear.
But he did not retreat.
Instead, he straightened his back, putting on an appearance of calm composure and decisive action.
The Monstrous Beasts spilling into the north of the Great Xin Dynasty had not formed an overwhelming tide.
Therefore, he wasn't forced to flee back to Qinglong Prefecture with the entire Base City like Qin Yao.
"The Director is mighty!"
"Following the Director, we will surely prevail!"
Seeing their Director being so "brave," the morale of the subordinate Ghost Controllers soared, and they resisted desperately.
Zhou Kai wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, a flash of ruthlessness in his eyes.
"As the saying goes, wealth is found in danger, promotion and riches come from risking one's life... My fate is in my hands, not in heaven's!"
"As long as I can hold out this time, my position within the Daxin Dynasty Government is bound to rise another level!"
"Then, not only will I gain access to more core secrets, but I'll also earn more favor from the Buddha!"
"I'll risk it!"
...Qinglong Prefecture, southern border.
As the Terror Levels of 【Coughing Ghoul】, 【Fallen Heaven Resentful Spirit】, and 【Weeping Blood Rakshasa】 increased, the defensive line below stabilized somewhat for the moment.
But Lin Chuan knew.
That endless Beast Tide of the Strange was merely a derivative of the 【ring of calamity】's Rules!
Without resolving the source, the 【ring of calamity】, even temporarily quelling the Beast Tide would be meaningless.
"Second Form, huh..."
Lin Chuan looked at the 【ring of calamity】 that had transformed into a "Black Hole Form," and a powerful urge to devour surged within him!
Just by devouring this taboo, Lin Chuan felt... his Terror Level could directly rise to S-Rank Seventh-Tier!!
Boom!!!
With Lin Chuan's thought.
The 【Taboo Domain Field】 he had constructed began to churn and roil like boiling water in a pot!!
The enormous, faintly visible Buddha face projection in the sky suddenly became clearer than ever before.
Immediately after, Lin Chuan activated his second-layer Taboo Domain!
Hum—!!!
With the boost from the second-layer Taboo Domain, he instantly gained a tenfold amplification in Rule Power!
The Rule Power fluctuations emanating from him also skyrocketed at this moment!!
Although Lin Chuan's Terror Level was still S-Class Rank Six.
With the enhancement of the second-layer Taboo Domain and the 【Taboo Domain Field】, even facing an s-rank ninth-tier taboo... he could hold his own!
At this moment, the various Taboo Rules within Lin Chuan also began to manifest!!
Rumble!!!
Heaven and earth lost their color.
All things fell silent.
When Lin Chuan's Rules pressed down upon the Second Form 【ring of calamity】, two twisted, evil, and terrifying forces collided fiercely!
Everything in the vicinity met with silent annihilation.
The space around the point of Rule contact instantly collapsed, turning into a kaleidoscope of Chaos.
Countless bizarre scenes flashed within it.
There were inverted mountains and rivers, bleeding stars, eyeballs with wings, countless distorted human faces... These were the spatiotemporal anomalies produced by the violent collision and mutual erosion of Rules from two different dimensions!
"Zzzzz..."
The 【ring of calamity】 spun madly, attempting to swallow Lin Chuan's evil buddha golden body.
While Lin Chuan released Chaotic Buddha Light, continuously eroding its main body!
"amitabha buddha..."
Accompanied by the resounding vibration of the Buddha's name, behind Lin Chuan, a sea of blood boiled, and countless white bone Lotus Pedestals descended, suppressing the 【ring of calamity】 like mountains!
The 【ring of calamity】, in its Second Form, erupted its own Rules with increasing frenzy!
Under the impact of its Rules, Lin Chuan's evil buddha golden body was also affected, beginning to tremble and emit a series of sounds akin to metal grinding!