138: wrestling

The dark golden Devouring Net and the pitch-black Death Divinity fiercely contended in the air, neither giving way!

Space was twisted and deformed by the two terrifying forces, groaning under the unbearable strain.

Samael's residual will shrieked, echoing on the soul level, filled with humiliation and madness.

The Alien Queen's compound eyes burned with a pure and greedy desire for evolution; her massive body's muscles bulged, and dark golden rule power surged, pushing the power of the giant net to its limit.

"Hiss—Roar!"

The Queen let out a soul-piercing hiss, and the phantom behind her suddenly erupted with dazzling light, as if pouring all her power into that giant net!

The dark golden patterns on the net instantly shone like molten gold, and the laws of devouring and confinement were strengthened to their peak!

"Om—!!!"

The black thread formed by the Death Divinity let out a mournful tremor. Its pure primordial power, under the Alien Queen's desperate, almost barbaric rule suppression, was finally forcibly dragged back!

The pitch-black stream of light was like being clutched by an invisible giant hand, forcibly deviating from its escape trajectory, being pulled, inch by inch, closer to the Alien Queen's terrifyingly gaping maw.

Lin Feng's heart rate accelerated.

He could clearly feel how terrifying the death origin contained within that Divinity was; just a wisp of its diffused aura made the spiritual energy circulation within his body sluggish, as if life itself was being negated by it.

If Samael hadn't been sealed for hundreds of thousands of years, his internal power already severely depleted, perhaps even if the Alien Queen awakened, she wouldn't have been able to harm Samael in the slightest!

But at this moment, the situation had completely reversed. Samael's physical body was destroyed, and the so-called 'Divinity' condensed from the essence of the death rules he wielded was being forcibly dragged back by the Alien Queen, little by little!

Finally, with a piercing shriek that sounded like space being torn apart, the palm-sized, ink-black Death Divinity was completely enveloped, bound, and pulled in front of the Alien Queen by the dark golden giant net!

The Queen's massive head lowered, her dark golden compound eyes fixed on the 'prey' within reach.

That pure, refined death origin aura was an irresistible temptation for her, a key to a higher level of life!

She opened her huge mouth, and a powerful suction force suddenly generated, attempting to swallow the Divinity!

However, just as the pitch-black Death Divinity was about to be sucked into her mouth, a sudden change occurred!

Om—!

The Divinity's surface suddenly erupted with an extremely deep black light!

This light did not spread outwards but collapsed inwards, like a miniature black hole, instantly twisting, deflecting, and even... absorbing the devouring power emitted by the Alien Queen!

For the first time, a trace of bewilderment and disbelief appeared in the Queen's greedy compound eyes.

The devouring power, upon touching the Divinity's body, was instantly dissolved and absorbed by that profound 'black hole' without a sound, as if a clay ox had entered the sea!

Not only that, a cold, deathly silent, supreme death will, capable of freezing the very essence of the soul, invaded in reverse along the devouring connection!

"Hiss—!"

The Alien Queen let out a hiss filled with pain and shock, her massive body trembling violently.

The pitch-black Death Divinity floated before her, its surface glowing with a dim luster.

Although it had lost Samael's body, as the most essential death rule origin of Samael, its death power was far more refined than imagined!

Even if Samael was only driving it with power weakened to the mid-level of Transcendent, the 'death' rule origin it inherently contained was not something the Alien Queen could easily absorb!

This was a qualitative gap, an essential chasm in the level of life!

"Damn it!"

"Shit! So weak! The Queen can't even devour it?"

The Alien Queen, unwilling, tried again. Dark golden rule power transformed into countless intricate runic chains, attempting to entangle, analyze, and penetrate the Divinity.

But the result was still despair-inducing.

Once those runic chains approached the Divinity's body, they would be rapidly corroded, assimilated, and disintegrated by that profound death origin power, like ice and snow melting.

The Divinity itself remained motionless, exuding an ancient, unchanging, icy aura.

It was like an unyielding rock that could not be destroyed, absorbed, or even moved.

No, it was more terrifying than a rock!

It was also constantly trying to break free from its shackles. Each impact caused the Alien Queen's dark golden rule giant net to tremble violently, forcing the Queen to expend immense power to maintain the suppression. The dark golden light visibly diminished and faded.

"No! If this continues, this damned 'Divinity' will exhaust the Alien Queen's power!"

Lin Feng felt a little helpless.

He had originally thought the Alien Queen could use this to undergo another metamorphosis and evolution, but unexpectedly, this 'Divinity' had now become a hot potato.

Not only was the Alien Queen unable to devour it, but she was now even entangled by it.

"Hiss..."

The Alien Queen's mental fluctuations were filled with irritability and unwillingness, but also clearly conveyed helplessness. She truly had no way to deal with this thing.

Devour?

She would be backlashed.

Analyze?

The gap in the rule level was too great.

Destroy?

That was even more of a pipe dream.

The only thing she could do was, as she was doing now, forcibly suppress it with her own powerful rule power to prevent it from escaping.

But this was undoubtedly a huge burden, like holding a heavy, bottomless black hole that could explode at any moment.

Time passed minute by minute, the silence of the Death Desert broken by the buzzing of the Divinity constantly impacting the seal and the Queen's gasps as her power depleted.

"This stalemate is not a solution."

"The Queen's power will eventually run out, and once the suppression fails, allowing this Death Divinity, which contains Samael's residual will, to escape, the consequences would be unimaginable!"

"Samael's power is beyond doubt. If we don't strike while he's down!"

"Letting him escape will lead to even greater trouble!"

Just as Lin Feng was frantically thinking of a countermeasure, the emerald green branch in his hand, exuding a faint life aura, suddenly trembled slightly.

"This is...?"

Lin Feng's heart stirred, and almost instinctively, he brought the emerald green branch in his hand closer to the Death Divinity.

Om!

The Death Divinity, which had been frantically impacting the Alien Queen's seal, suddenly paused as if a cat's tail had been stepped on!

On its pitch-black body, the dim light flickered violently, conveying an extremely strong emotion mixed with fear, hatred, and... apprehension!

"Damn it!"

"Fuck! Hundreds of thousands of years! Even that damned woman has fallen! And you, this branch, still won't let me go!"

Samael's residual will roared frantically within the Divinity, his voice filled with bone-deep fear and anger.

Meanwhile, the emerald green branch in Lin Feng's hand, as if sensing the aura of its old enemy, its originally faint light suddenly brightened!

Soft emerald green light rippled like water. Although not intense, it carried a vast will of resilience, endless life, and purification of all things!

Wherever it passed, the death ashes lingering in the air, as if encountering their nemesis, made a "sizzling" sound, rapidly dissolving and purifying!

"It's working!"

Enlightened, Lin Feng quickly threw the branch in his hand towards the Death Divinity, which was being suppressed by the Queen's rule power!

The Alien Queen instantly understood Lin Feng's intention. Her dark golden rule power subtly guided and enveloped the emerald green branch, steadily delivering it above the Death Divinity!

Hiss!!!

The moment the emerald green branch's light completely enveloped the pitch-black Divinity, a harsh, teeth-grinding sound of corrosion suddenly erupted!

"Ah ah ah!!!"

Samael's residual will let out a heart-wrenching, agonizing shriek!

That pure death origin power, under the illumination of the life-filled emerald green light, was like encountering a natural enemy, violently boiling, evaporating, and dissipating!

The profound black light on the Divinity's surface visibly dimmed and thinned, and even began to show tiny cracks...