129: A cataclysmic tsunami! Is Sherlock Holmes destroyed?! 2

Minamoto no Yoshinobu slowly raised his hand.

Feeling the Divine Power Origin within him that had been lost due to the severing of the Main Serpent Head—an Origin that would take endless years to recover—an unprecedented humiliation and rage, almost enough to shatter his sanity, completely swallowed him!

He stared fixedly at Su Chen, every word squeezed out from between his teeth, filled with bone-deep venom:

"Very well..."

"Ant... you have successfully... angered me..."

"You have made me... pay an unimaginable price..."

"Now... I want you... and this tiny nation behind you... to be buried with your stupidity!!!"

As his final word exploded like a thunderclap!

Boom!!!!!!!

The remaining seven heads of Yamata no Orochi simultaneously roared, stirring the rules of the world!

It was no longer a simple sound wave!

This time... it invoked a deeper level... belonging to the Origin of Chaos and evil... the power of Law!!!

The entire ocean... began to boil!

Not boiling in the physical sense!

Its color... turned into a pitch-black... like ink!!!

The sky... was shrouded by endless dark clouds!

That was not water vapor... but an entity condensed from thick, inseparable negative energy and maddening whispers!

A pitch-black tidal wave, connecting heaven and sea, of immeasurable width... slowly rose behind Yamata no Orochi!

That was not just a tsunami!

It was... the "Tide of Madness"!

It was one of the manifestations of Cthulhu's power... a torrent of destruction capable of corroding life, twisting Souls, and spreading eternal madness!!!

Wherever the tide passed, the seawater was no longer blue, but a pitch-black churning with filth and despair!

The air was filled with a foul stench of sulfur mixed with decay!

Even light was being swallowed and twisted by that darkness!

Before this tide... had even arrived... that maddening whisper that could shatter minds... had already pierced into the brains of every living creature on the coastline like countless steel needles!!!

"No... no—!!!"

"Child! My child! Cover your ears!!!"

"Get out! Get out of my head!!!"

Behind the coastline, among the civilians who had not yet fully evacuated, countless shrill screams and insane babbling erupted instantly!

People rolled on the ground clutching their heads, their eyes quickly becoming unfocused and chaotic!

An elderly couple helping each other trek westward looked in despair at the black tide that blotted out the sky, hugging each other tightly, tears streaming from their clouded eyes as they awaited the final end.

Beside a stalled car, young parents protected the infant in their arms with their bodies; the father turned his back to the direction of the tide, while the mother covered the child's ears tightly with her hands, even though she knew it was useless... Their eyes were filled with endless fear and reluctance to part with their child...

In the frontline command center,

The hope that had just risen was completely crushed!

Despairing silence descended once again!

Qin Zheng looked at the "Tide of Madness" on the screen, which represented absolute destruction, and slowly closed his eyes, a bitter arc appearing at the corner of his mouth.

All tactics, all schemes... in the face of this power that transcended the understanding of the current world... all seemed so pale and powerless...

Lei Zhen and Qin Zhenshan stared fixedly at the screen, clenching their teeth so hard that their gums bled!

Unwillingness!

Boundless humiliation and unwillingness!

Could it be... that the billions of soldiers and civilians of Divine Summer... were truly going to...

On the coastal defense line, all the soldiers felt that maddening whisper that eroded the Soul!

They held their posts firmly; even though their eyes were unfocused and their bodies were shaking uncontrollably, they did not retreat a single step!

But in everyone's heart... the deepest shadow of despair had been cast by that endless black tide...

The apocalypse... the true, irredeemable apocalypse... had arrived!

Boom—!!!

Witnessing the pitch-black tsunami that connected heaven and earth, carrying with it the maddening whispers that corroded everything, crashing down, the pupils of Su Chen's massive compound eyes suddenly shrank to pinpricks!

At this moment,

He realized with absolute clarity that in the face of an absolute chasm in power, any technique or calculation was as pale as paper!

But... so what?!

"Urgh ahhhh—!!!"

Su Chen let out an unwilling roar, his broken Spider Emperor body erupting with its final strength. Ignoring the complete depletion of his Mental Energy, he crazily activated his newly awakened Ice Incarnation Talent!

Creak—!!!

Extreme cold Qi erupted again with him at the center, attempting to freeze the tide of destruction!

However, the "Tide of Madness," containing the Origin of the Evil God, only had a thin layer of ice crystals form on its surface before shattering instantly under the impact of the chaotic energy surging within, its speed almost undiminished!

"Hahahaha!"

Minamoto no Yoshinobu stood on top of the serpent head, arms spread wide, letting out unbridled maniacal laughter.

"Ant! With just this pathetic ice power of yours, you dare to dream of blocking a god's judgment?! Go and become dust in history along with those lowly humans!!!"

"Big Guy! Give up!" Aria's voice was filled with tears, her sharp limbs anxiously tearing through space.

"This is a gap at the Origin level! You can't stop it! Run!!!"

However,

Su Chen turned a deaf ear to all advice, his compound eyes fixed on the black death drawing ever closer, only one thought burning crazily in the depths of his Soul:

"I have already... watched Divine Summer be destroyed once..."

"In this life... I absolutely will not allow it!!!"

"Absolutely not—!!!"

Just as his will burned to the extreme, at the moment when his Mental Energy was nearly exhausted—

A pure, vast, strange cold current, seemingly originating from the Origin of the Universe's Ice Prison, suddenly surged into his nearly dried-up mental world! Like sweet dew, it brought a moment of respite!

At the same time, that seductive, cold voice resounded deep in his mind once again:

"Look... you crave power..."

"What a simple choice... discard those useless emotional bonds... embrace absolute calmness and ruthlessness... and you can instantly obtain the true power within this eternal ice core..."

"Freeze the tsunami, save everything you want to save... even... touch the Divine Domain..."

"Come... embrace my Legacy..."

This voice was full of bewitchment, pointing directly at the most fragile desires of the human heart.

Su Chen's consciousness wavered for an instant, then let out a cold sneer:

"Discard emotions to exchange for power? That sounds really tempting..."

The mysterious voice immediately became more urgent: "Yes! With just a small 'price', you can have it all!"

"Too bad..."

Su Chen's will, like tempered cold iron, became instantly clear and firm.

"I have never believed that pie falls from the sky! If it does, there must be a trap underneath! Accept your Legacy? I'm afraid the next second, there would be no more Su Chen in this world, only you, this so-called 'Ice Prison Sovereign', right?!"

"You...!" The mysterious voice choked suddenly, revealing the panic of being exposed.