444: Kuroshio

An ancient, colder, and purer will, far surpassing the defilement power unleashed by the Crystal Skeleton Warlord, erupted from deep within the remnants of the towering black obelisk!

It wasn't an energy impact, but a cold, undeniable—

Command!—originating from a distortion of Law.

The surging black tide of defilement on the battlefield abruptly ceased all chaotic flow, instantly transforming into a strangely solidified, muddy state.

And upon this solidified defilement, countless enormous chains, instantly condensed from defilement crystals, materialized out of thin air!

These chains were as thick as giant pythons, dark red all over, their bodies densely covered with countless small protrusions resembling tormented human faces, emitting silent mental shrieks, while their front ends were exceptionally sharp, hook-claw-like crystal tips!

Their appearance speed surpassed the limits of what the naked eye could capture!

There was no warning, no prelude of any energy fluctuation, as if they had always existed within the shadows of this place!

There was only one target—Su Han, who had just crashed into the black tide, was severely wounded, and whose body had been sluggish for less than one ten-thousandth of a second!

Two of the thickest dark red chains, like venomous Dragons emerging from their lairs, directly pierced towards Su Han's fully crystallized chest!

The other three, like living vines, came with a sharp whistling that tore through the air, heading straight for Su Han's knees, which he had failed to bend in time due to intense pain and imbalance!

The angles were cunning and vicious!

The timing was precise and malicious!

Golden flames flared in Su Han's pupils!

An unprecedented sense of fatal crisis made his entire body tense!

His body's instinctive reaction was far faster than his thoughts.

Despite his severe injuries, he forcefully activated the still unbroken crystal of his right pectoral muscle, thrusting his right arm out like a spear, not to block, but to attack as defense!

He re-condensed his fist-sword, thrusting it towards the convergence point of the tips of the two chains aiming for his chest, attempting to detonate them prematurely!

At the same time, the cracked crystal in his core abdomen was instantly pushed to the verge of shattering!

The remaining human strength in his lower body erupted wildly, his leg muscles twisting like steel cables, attempting to adopt a defensive posture!

Puff! Ssssh!

The tip of his crystallized fist-sword barely managed to block the tip of one chain, emitting a harsh, grating sound of metal on metal!

The enormous impact made the bones of his entire arm groan!

But the other chain strangely “dissolved” and “re-solidified” instantly, abruptly accelerating just as his fist-sword's old force waned, evading his block and directly piercing through a gruesome wound on his left side, previously torn by a giant foot!

“Ugh ah—!”

The sound of the chain tip piercing flesh, even touching bone, was accompanied by Su Han's uncontrollable cry of pain!

Even more fatal was below!

The three defilement chains winding around his knees!

“Crack! Snap—!”

Two of the chains precisely wrapped around the still un-crystallized areas of his lower calves!

His tough bone and flesh instantly deformed under the twisting of those defilement crystal-thorn chains!

The sound of bones breaking was clearly audible!

The other, as he bent his leg to block, grazed the outside of his intact right knee, leaving a bone-deep gash, then brutally tightened around the un-crystallized muscle tissue at his upper thigh!

Restraint!

As if five defiled giant pythons reaching out from Hell were coiled around him, biting and devouring!

Unspeakable agony erupted simultaneously from his legs and the wound in his waist!

The strength of his lower body was instantly and completely stripped away!

The cold chains, carrying heavy defilement power, instantly dragged his remaining will to resist into the mire!

The painful human-faced illusions on the chains seemed to come alive, opening their invisible mouths, frantically gnawing at his spirit!

“Hoo…!”

A wheezing gasp escaped Su Han's throat.

His body was completely out of control!

His upper body suddenly arched backward due to the chain pulling from the waist wound!

The fatal blow that would have pierced through his chest could no longer be condensed. (End of Chapter)