281: Chapter 281 The Game Between Two Forces

The five individuals nearby, who were left with only a sliver of their remnant Souls, were all shocked when they saw Wang Chen's actions.

"He... what is he trying to do?"

"Is he that ruthless? He wouldn't be trying to take the eternal matter directly, would he?"

"Crazy! He's crazy! He's seeking death!"

"He clearly knows we all fell because of the eternal matter, yet he's still so reckless? He didn't even stop to consider it?"

"So ruthless! This kid is a real piece of work..."

"Hmph! How arrogant. Who does he think he is? He dares to be so casual about something even we couldn't achieve!"

"Fine... just watch. He'll definitely die an even more miserable death than we did!"

...

They had been trapped here for countless years and had seen numerous intruders.

When those people reached this place and saw the eternal matter, no matter how excited they were, they would hesitate, think, and weigh the pros and cons.

At the very least,

they would try to learn from their experience and earnestly seek their advice!

Some would even sit before the stone platform for years, repeatedly deducing and calculating, trying to find a way to take the eternal matter.

But in the end,

they all failed and died.

Many didn't even leave behind a Physical Body or a remnant Soul, vanishing directly into nothingness!

Someone like Wang Chen,

who acted immediately without saying a word, was someone they were seeing for the first time.

"This kid is either a fool or a madman."

"No! He's not a fool or a madman; he's confident! He has immense confidence in his own strength."

"What's the damn use of confidence? We were all very confident back then too. And the result? We ended up like this!"

"Just watch. No one who can Cultivate to the Immortal Realm is a fool. Maybe he really can succeed?"

"Succeed? Impossible! The backlash of the eternal matter is not something the Immortal Realm can contend with. The stronger the power, the greater the backlash!"

"Correct! He's a dead man..."

While they were discussing, Wang Chen had already reached out his hand, grasping toward that mass of eternal matter.

Seeing this scene,

the five remnant Souls all held their breath in terror!

Wang Chen's fingers

soon touched the eternal matter.

At that instant,

a power terrifying to the extreme erupted from the eternal matter.

That power

was ancient, eternal, and mighty, containing a force that could destroy everything.

It was not a Law, nor was it spiritual energy, but a higher level of power—Eternal Power.

Boom—!

A loud explosion rang out.

Wang Chen's body was jolted back several steps.

Black cracks appeared on his arms, as if they were being corroded by something.

Those cracks spread toward his body at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"The backlash is here!"

"This backlash power is so strong! It's even stronger than what we encountered back then!"

"He won't be able to hold on! Just watch, it won't be long before he's finished!"

Wang Chen gritted his teeth and desperately activated his Emperors Dharma Idol.

Golden light surged from within his body, attempting to withstand that black power.

But that power was too strong—so strong that even his Emperors Dharma Idol could not contend with it. The golden light dimmed bit by bit under the corrosion of the black power.

"Holy crap! How is it this strong? It can even corrode the Power of Imperial Fortune!"

Wang Chen's expression became solemn.

He could feel

that power devouring his Soul and dismantling his body.

If he couldn't block it, this Clone would completely perish.

But he did not retreat.

He gritted his teeth and pushed his Emperors Dharma Idol to its limit with all his might.

The golden phantom behind him expanded frantically.

Ten thousand feet, a million feet, a hundred million feet... the height of the Dharma Idol grew wildly.

But the faster it grew, the faster the black power's corrosion became.

"It's over. The power of his backlash is too strong. Before long, he'll be turned to dust!"

"What a pity. This kid's strength was greater than ours back then. But he was still too reckless."

"This isn't called being reckless; this is called being a fool, a greenhorn!"

"Stop talking. Look, he's about to break."

Wang Chen's body had already begun to crumble.

His arms began to turn into specks of golden light, cracks appeared on his legs, and even a large hole was pierced through his chest by the black power.

"I was careless. I didn't expect this backlash power to be so strong!"

In Wang Chen's eyes,

a flash of unwillingness appeared.

He wasn't afraid of death, and losing a Clone didn't distress him.

However,

he had come to this world through the space-time treasure mirror. Once this Clone perished, he wasn't sure if he would have another chance to enter this world again.

If he couldn't come back, he would miss out on this portion of eternal matter!

That was a result he did not want to see...

Just as his Clone was about to perish—

A terrifying power

suddenly descended from the heavens and poured directly into his body.

That power

was warm and powerful, like a mother's embrace, like the spring sunshine.

It enveloped him, wrapped around him, and pulled him back from the brink of death.

It was the Power of Imperial Fortune!

It was his main body. After sensing his danger, it had directly mobilized the Power of Imperial Fortune from the Imperial Dynasty, crossing time and space to descend into his body.

"Impressive..."

A sharp light flashed in Wang Chen's eyes.

He had known from the beginning

that his main body was always watching him. He just hadn't expected this to be the source of his confidence.

Golden light

erupted from within his body once again.

This time,

it was even more dazzling and powerful than before.

Under the illumination of the golden light, those black cracks began to heal, and his crumbling body began to reconstruct itself.

"This... what power is this?"

"So strong! It can actually counteract the backlash brought by the eternal matter!"

"This is the Power of Imperial Fortune! Behind him stands a terrifying existence who Cultivates the Dao of Luck!"

"How is that possible? Just what is this kid's background?"

"His own strength is already this great; how powerful must the person behind him be? Could it be a terrifying existence in the Eternal Realm?"

"It's very likely! Otherwise, it wouldn't be this strong—to be able to send down such terrifying Power of Imperial Fortune across endless time and space!"

...

Wang Chen ignored their discussion. He took a deep breath and reached out again, grasping toward the eternal matter.

This time,

his hand was enveloped in the terrifying Power of Imperial Fortune.

The golden light collided with the black power, erupting with a force that could destroy heaven and earth.

Boom—!

A massive explosion occurred, and the entire forbidden zone trembled.

Under the impact of the Power of Imperial Fortune, that black power began to slowly collapse...

However,

this process was extremely slow.

The Power of Imperial Fortune and the power emitted by the eternal matter began a long war of attrition.

If the Power of Imperial Fortune on Wang Chen won, then Wang Chen could completely control the eternal matter before him.

Conversely,

if the backlash power emitted by the eternal matter won, then Wang Chen would surely perish because of it!