180: Nurgle Demon

First to appear were countless pairs of eyes.

Dense, varying in size and form, eyes opened in the chaotic vortex.

There were cold, reptilian vertical pupils, compound eyes filled with madness and chaos, human eyes streaming with bloody tears, and beast eyes gleaming with greedy green light… Billions of eyes opened simultaneously, sweeping mercilessly over this world about to be dominated by It, with gazes of scrutiny, mockery, greed, and destruction.

Then, an unnamable, colossal silhouette condensed and manifested in the vortex.

It had no fixed form; its body seemed to be forcibly pieced together by an unseen Power from countless biological remnants—limbs, twisted organs, shattered bones—yet it presented a bizarre, perpetually flowing and changing ethereal state.

These remnants were by no means inanimate; they writhed, entangled, merged, and split like living snakes, changing in an instant.

Sometimes, they formed grotesque tentacles covered in eyeballs on its torso; other times, they coalesced into enormous mouths with menacing fangs; and at other times, they transformed into limbs covered in scales or thick carapaces.

Countless pained, twisted, desperate faces emerged, struggled, and wailed on the surface of Its translucent, putrid-jelly-like body, only to be swallowed and replaced by new faces in the blink of an eye.

Its very existence was the ultimate blasphemy and mockery of “life” and “order”!

Its “head” was an ultimate aggregation of distortions.

There were no clear facial features, only a constantly rotating, merging, and separating chaotic vortex. In the deepest part of the vortex, a colossal single eye, occupying most of the “head,” filled with dark red blood vessels and writhing chaotic patterns, slowly opened like an awakening abyss.

Deep within the core of that pupil, countless miniature worlds on the verge of destruction seemed to be imprisoned and swirling, reflecting the ultimate coldness and void of the universe.

“My… name… is… Abomination Azathoth!”

A majestic, overlapping will, seemingly composed of billions of souls and coming directly from the deepest reaches of the Nine Nether Abyss, violently exploded in Lin Feng’s mind. Every syllable was imbued with soul-polluting insane whispers and blasphemous Power that made reality tremble.

That sound was the twisted chorus of countless dying creatures’ wails, the ultimate sound of blasphemy against all sacred concepts.

“I… have broken through the barriers of the eternal prison! I… have cast off the shackles of order! I… tread upon the corpses of billions of sacrifices…”

The colossal single eye slowly rotated like a wheel of judgment, finally locking onto Lin Feng, minuscule as dust below, and the heavily scarred Alien Queen, like a predator locking onto its prey.

The moment that substantial gaze fell, Lin Feng felt as if his soul had been brutally thrown into a scorching oil pan, simultaneously pierced by billions of poisoned ice needles. The excruciating pain of a torn soul and an overwhelming, uncontrollable torrent of insane whispers instantly engulfed him!

“…to return to this… sweet… Prime Material Plane!”

Abomination Azathoth’s voice was filled with a twisted, gluttonous pleasure and undisguised greedy hunger.

Its “body,” made of countless writhing remnants, leaned forward slightly. This seemingly insignificant movement alone caused the surrounding space to let out a dying groan, and a spiderweb of black fissures instantly spread.

“Insignificant insect… how dare you gaze upon my sacred descent with your defiled eyes?”

From that colossal single eye, a cold, destructive will capable of freezing stars poured down like the overflowing River Styx.

“Turn to dust, merge into my body, and become my insignificant… first humble nourishment… for my return to the throne!”

Before the words finished, dozens of destructive tentacles, as massive as ancient mountain ranges, instantly appeared on Abomination Azathoth’s “body,” formed by countless twisted limbs and organs forcibly merged and expanded. They tore through the spatial barrier, carrying a corrupting Power that seemed capable of annihilating everything, disregarding the distance of space, and lunged to strangle Lin Feng and the Alien Queen!

Each of the dozens of tentacles was covered in writhing suckers, stark white fangs, madly rotating eyeballs, and constantly opening and closing greedy mouths that spewed slime and emitted soul-shaking sucking and chewing sounds.

Facing this terrifying attack far beyond imagination, Lin Feng’s pupils contracted to pinpricks from extreme danger!

He had no time to think; the dormant Power of Rule within him roared and instinctively erupted like a ferocious beast under mortal threat!

He thrust both hands forward, not to form a blade, but instantly to construct a colossal, translucent barrier in front of him, composed of countless twisted, writhing chaotic runes… the “Chaos Barrier”!

Gray-black energy streams surged across the barrier’s surface like living things, attempting to devour, decompose, and distort all incoming Power.

At the same time, the Alien Queen let out a shriek so piercing it tore at the eardrums!

The space behind her violently twisted; the countless sharp segmented limbs formed by the previously devoured and merged rules instantly combined, deformed, and hardened. In the nick of time, they coalesced into two colossal, pitch-black segmented limbs, their edges shimmering with a light-devouring aura, forming menacing scythe blades radiating the terrifying Power of cutting!

Her figure left a blurry afterimage as she charged at several of the foremost tentacles with a speed beyond the limits of human perception!

Her movements were eerily unpredictable, like a venomous snake gliding through viscous air, each flash accompanied by subtle ripples in space.

“Screech!!!”

The Alien Queen’s massive scythes collided with the Abomination Lord’s tentacles! An earsplitting screech, like tough leather being forcibly torn by the sharpest blade!

The devouring Power contained within the great scythes worked frantically; the eyeballs on the tentacles instantly shriveled and burst, the covering scales and carapace peeled off and were devoured as easily as rotten wood, and viscous dark purple foul blood sprayed out like from a high-pressure hose!

However, the terrifying Power and annihilating energy contained within the tentacles themselves surged like a raging sea, fiercely impacting the scythe blades. Furthermore, countless tiny secondary tentacles, like living parasites, split from the main tentacles, carrying malicious mental pollution, and wrapped around and bit at the Alien Queen’s body like maggots clinging to bone!

Though the Queen dodged and cut continuously with her ghostly speed and the sharpness of her scythes, each contact left corrosive marks on her chitinous carapace!

Her mind, moreover, felt as if it were being pricked by countless steel needles!

On the other side, Lin Feng’s “Chaos Barrier” directly collided with several tentacles!

Boom!!!

This time, it was a dull roar like ten thousand thunders sounding simultaneously!

The slime-dripping mouths on the tentacles frantically gnawed at the barrier, and the suckers unleashed terrifying suction, attempting to drain the barrier’s energy!

The Chaos Barrier violently vibrated and twisted; the gray-black runes flickered erratically, constantly guiding, decomposing, and transforming the destructive energy contained in the tentacles’ attacks into chaotic, disordered streams that splattered outwards, tearing more tiny black fissures in the already fragile surrounding space.

Lin Feng’s face instantly turned pale; he felt as if he were enduring immense pressure, his feet sinking deep into the ground, and a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

Although this hastily condensed barrier temporarily blocked the physical strangulation, the pervasive mental pollution, like billions of poisonous insects gnawing at his soul, penetrated the barrier’s obstruction, frantically assaulting his sea of consciousness, attempting to drag him into an eternal abyss of madness!

He could only grit his teeth, frantically activating the Power of Rule to protect his mind, barely maintaining a sliver of clarity amidst the storm of consciousness.

Just as Lin Feng and the Alien Queen were tightly entangled by the Abomination Lord’s terrifying tentacles, caught in a bitter struggle, enduring immense pressure both mentally and physically…

The Nurgle Demon let out a roar filled with plague and decay, not merely anger this time, but a life-blaspheming whisper!

As its twisted, swollen maw expanded to its limit, an unprecedentedly viscous, foul, dark green energy torrent, exuding a suffocatingly nauseating mix of cloying sweetness and intense putrid stench, erupted and gushed from its massive body like a dam bursting on a sea of rot held back for ten thousand years!

This blasphemous energy torrent did not directly strike Lin Feng and the Alien Queen. Instead, it cunningly spread, permeated, and deeply corroded the space around them, as if possessing an evil life of its own, taking advantage of their distraction by Abomination Azathoth!

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle… The hard rocky ground beneath the dark green energy emitted a desperate wail, rapidly softening and collapsing like butter under a scorching sun, instantly transforming into an endless, putrid swamp, bubbling with foul odors and overflowing with viscous yellowish-green pus!

Buzz!

The entire air was thoroughly stained a sickly yellowish-green that burned the lungs, becoming so viscous it felt filled with glue and venom. Each difficult breath brought intensely corrosive poison that seared the lungs and a desperate aura that seeped into the bones, enough to rot and decay the soul.

Light was completely twisted and devoured; the entire space felt forcibly crammed into the rotten internal organs of a colossal, decaying, slowly writhing, digestive fluid-secreting ancient creature.

Domain Expansion: Fleshrot World!