589: Chapter 589 My servant, are you willing to pledge your loyalty to me?

Inside the golden hall, brilliance flowed ceaselessly.

Fang Cheng sat upright upon the lofty golden throne, his spine resting against the cold backrest.

He slightly raised his chin, his gaze locked onto an especially dim star at the edge of the starry dome.

That was the consciousness coordinate belonging to Fire Dragon.

Having gained experience from pulling Lin Chuqiao and the professor previously, Fang Cheng appeared entirely at ease this time.

His eyelids were half-drooped, and two clusters of golden light suddenly ignited deep within his pupils, piercing through the Void Realm as if they were tangible.

"Hum——"

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Invisible ripples of Mental Energy surged outward with the throne as the center, instantly crossing the barriers of space.

His thought turned into a golden sharp arrow, effortlessly piercing through the layer of gray mist wrapped around the periphery of Fire Dragon's consciousness.

At the same time, in the real world.

Inside the underground black clinic at the Jinshui Fish Market, the air was permeated with a heavy scent of disinfectant.

Fire Dragon lay flat on the hospital bed, with several intravenous tubes plugged into his body.

Under the dim lighting, the eyeballs beneath his eyelids suddenly began to roll violently, and his breathing became rapid and heavy.

Indistinct murmurs were then squeezed from his throat, and his hands tightly gripped the white bedsheet beneath him.

It was as if his condition had suddenly worsened, or perhaps he was deeply trapped in a terrifying nightmare from which he could not wake up.

Inside the Inner Scene World, Fang Cheng's will had already successfully connected with that faint speck of light.

According to his previous experience, he only needed to guide it slowly at this moment to strip away Fire Dragon's consciousness.

Then, utilizing this gap, before the mysterious entity hiding behind the scenes could react, he would swiftly pull it into the hall.

But this time, Fang Cheng did not choose the conventional pulling method.

He wanted to solve the problem once and for all, attempting to erase the brand belonging to another entity deep within the other party's Soul.

"Sun Heart Network!"

Fang Cheng's lips parted slightly, spitting out a calm command.

Along the established connection channel, an overbearing and peerless golden blaze spread upward, directly pouncing toward that layer of gray spiritual barrier.

"Sizzling——"

A sound akin to oil sizzling in a blazing fire exploded within the Void Realm.

That seemingly thin gray fog, the instant it came into contact with the True Sun Fire, unexpectedly wriggled violently like a living creature.

"Boom!"

Right at this moment, a massive will filled with violent destruction and supreme majesty suddenly awakened from the depths of the gray fog.

This power came extremely fiercely, as if an ancient Vicious Beast sleeping at the bottom of the abyss had been provoked by an ant, letting out a roar that shook the dimensions.

Fang Cheng only felt a wave of sharp pain coming from his mind, and his extended tentacles of consciousness were almost directly snapped by this torrent.

He quickly stabilized his mind, his vision penetrating through the rolling sea of fire, staring fixedly ahead.

Deep within the Void Realm, a blurry and massive outline was slowly emerging.

Its size blotted out the sky and covered the sun, and its entire body was enveloped in dark purple flames, resembling a demon god from Hell.

Even with Fang Cheng's Mental Energy perception of 70 points, he was unable to clearly see the true visage of that entity.

He could only faintly discern the curved horns on its head that pierced the sky, as well as the long, dragging tail covered in barbs behind it.

Merely a consciousness projection descending across endless dimensions had already caused the surrounding space to produce water-like distortions.

"Hum hum hum——"

Accompanied by low-frequency vibrations coming from the depths of the Void Realm, an obscure and strange magic sound suddenly arrived.

Intermingled within it were the most vicious curses and fierce roars, piercing toward Fang Cheng's Sea of Consciousness like tens of millions of red-hot steel needles.

"Get... out..."

If he were an ordinary mental-type superhuman, just facing this phantom directly and hearing this roar would instantly cause his sanity to collapse, degrading him into a twisted monster.

But Fang Cheng still sat upright upon the throne, his figure standing loftily and unmoving.

The epic-grade Omniscient Language talent displayed a terrifying foundation at this moment.

The resistance of up to 400% against all negative language-type abilities caused that magic sound, which was sufficient to twist the Soul, to be weakened into muffled thunder the instant it fell into his ears.

At most, it just made his ears ring with a buzzing sound.

"In my territory, it is not your turn to bark orders!"

Fang Cheng's eyes widened, the golden light within his pupils instantly expanding.

His entire person seemed to transform into a blazing great sun hanging high in the Nine Heavens.

The scorching brilliance condensed into streams of golden light pillars within the Void Realm.

These light pillars were like Spears of Judgment thrown by gods, carrying flames that burned everything, crashing head-on toward that massive demonic shadow wreathed in dark purple flames.

The instant the two forces collided, it did not erupt into a deafening sound, only pure energy annihilation.

The dark purple flames transformed into countless giant pythons covered in barbs, opening their bloody jaws wide in an attempt to strangle this scorching sun.

Meanwhile, the golden light beams were like heaven-opening sharp blades, continuously severing and neutralizing those approaching demonic flames.

Under the terrifying compression of energy, this patch of void in Fire Dragon's subconscious cracked open cobweb-like black fissures.

Taking his mind as the battlefield, the two completely distinct flame powers unfolded an extremely perilous strangulation.

Inside the dim clinic.

Fire Dragon lay on the hospital bed, the muscles all over his body tensing to their limit.

His originally pale face was flushed red at this moment, resembling a piece of red-hot branding iron.

Sweat droplets the size of soybeans continuously rolled down from his forehead, and before they could drip onto the pillow, they were directly evaporated into white steam by the astonishing high temperature emitted from the surface of his body.

The surrounding air even produced distortion phenomena, baking the bedsheet into a scorched yellow color.

Fire Dragon felt as though he had been thrown into an erupting volcanic crater, his Soul being devoured and torn apart by the violent magma.

The intense pain caused him to open his mouth, yet not a single trace of sound could be emitted.

Inside the Inner Scene World.

Fang Cheng sat on the throne, his brows gradually furrowing tightly.

That mysterious entity coming from a high dimension possessed spiritual energy that was far too boundless.

It was like an endless river, almost inexhaustible.

Even though the other party descended across dimensions and its power had been greatly weakened,

his own extended tentacles of consciousness were likewise not inside the Inner Scene World, so the home-field advantage could not be fully exerted.

If this consumption continued like this, his Mental Energy would sooner or later be dragged down, leading to defeat.

Sweeping his gaze across Fire Dragon's face, which was distorted due to extreme pain, a flash of lightning suddenly crossed Fang Cheng's mind.

This place could be said to be Fire Dragon's home field.

He was the true master here!

Therefore, as long as he actively chose to accept, he himself could turn the tables and become the master.

"Fire Dragon!"

Fang Cheng condensed his Mental Energy into form, transforming it into a sound like a great bell and chime, directly exploding in the other party's verging-on-collapse mind:

"I can save you and relieve your pain!"

"Clear away all distracting thoughts and shout my name——Fang Cheng!"

Within the abyss where consciousness was continuously sinking,

Fire Dragon was enduring the pain of his Soul being torn apart.

He with difficulty opened his eyes, seeing the firmament burned into a dark red color.

A demonic shadow so massive it was indescribable stood tall in the distance, with horns on its head and towering flames.

That was the terrifying Dominator he had seen countless times in his nightmares.

Directly above his head, a golden scorching sun was casting down brilliant radiance, resisting the erosion of the demonic shadow.

Hearing that majestic voice, Fire Dragon's spirits suddenly shook.

Enduring the soreness of his eyes being stung by the strong light, he stared fixedly at that sun overhead.

Opening his cracked lips, he attempted to spit out that name:

"Fang... Cheng..."

But the demonic shadow seemed to perceive his betrayal, and the dark purple flames instantly intensified the might of their burning.

"Ugh ah——"

Fire Dragon let out a miserable scream, his body growing hotter and hotter, his Soul feeling as though it were about to turn to ashes.

Just at the instant when he could no longer endure it, was about to sink into complete darkness, and wanted to give up,

"Heartsteel!"

a stern shout, wrapped in Divine Might that allowed no disobedience, chopped down overhead like angry thunder from the Nine Heavens.

"Boom!"

Only to see a steel barrier exuding a cold metallic luster smash down abruptly from the void.

With a destructive momentum, it severed the flames of the demonic shadow, firmly encasing Fire Dragon's body within it.

That high temperature and pain akin to body-burning fire vanished without a trace the instant the barrier fell.

Before Fire Dragon could even catch a breath, the surrounding heaven and earth began to spin violently.

The demonic shadow, the scorching sun, and even the red-hot firmament—all the scenes, as if the fast-forward button had been pressed, rapidly distorted and reorganized.

In the end, they all transformed into countless gorgeous streams of light flying backward.

Until the weightless sensation suddenly vanished and everything returned to normal.

Fire Dragon's feet stepped onto the solid ground, his figure staggering and almost falling.

He panted heavily, his chest rising and falling violently, and abruptly opened his eyes.

The scene that met his eyes, however, caused him to instantly stand frozen in place.

This was neither that dark and moldy underground clinic nor that terrifying dream filled with flames and magma.

But rather an incomparably magnificent building, a hall holy to the extreme.

Sunlight penetrated through the narrow and long colored glass windows on both sides of the hall, refracted into countless colorful light paths.

Resembling gorgeous ribbons traversing the entire space.

Huge stone pillars hundreds of meters high, shaped like the sky-supporting arms of ancient giants, stood tall all around.

They steadily supported the semi-circular dome with an extremely large span, setting off the entire hall as solemn and majestic.

Following the light paths, Fire Dragon cast his gaze toward the end of the hall.

Above the lofty steps, a throne cast from pure gold stood quietly.

Seated upon the throne was a humanoid light and shadow that people could not bear to look at directly.

That figure emitted a radiance as brilliant and scorching as the sun throughout its entire body, illuminating the surrounding space into a magnificent splendor.

Fire Dragon opened his eyes wide, struggling to adapt to the dazzling strong light, and gazed carefully.

When the handsome visage hidden behind the halo gradually cleared up, his pupils suddenly constricted, and he cried out in shock:

"President Fang?!"

The light and shadow on the throne swayed slightly.

The dazzling golden light around its body subsequently receded.

Fang Cheng supported the edge of the throne with both hands and slowly stood up.

Looking down from above at the red-haired man below the steps, his tone was peaceful and composed:

"Do you feel better?"

Fire Dragon swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his Adam's apple rolling up and down with difficulty.

He lowered his head to look at his intact body, then raised his eyes to look at the magnificent stone pillars all around, his voice trembling slightly:

"This... where is this? What on earth happened just now?"

That terrifying scene seen in the dream just now once again uncontrollably surged into his mind.

Fang Cheng had actually transformed into a sun, clashing head-on in a hard confrontation with that massive demonic shadow that bestowed power upon him!

That entity had previously only appeared in Fire Dragon's deepest nightmares.

Every descent was accompanied by sulfur and flames, bringing terrifying pressure that pushed his sanity to the verge of collapse.

At this moment, just recalling it slightly, he was like a quail whose neck was pinched, his body trembling uncontrollably, his heart palpitating to the point of almost stopping abruptly.

Yet the man before him had forcefully driven back that power which filled him with ultimate terror.

Fang Cheng took strides and slowly walked down the first step.

His slender figure appeared all the more tall and stalwart amidst the colorful light and shadow.

"This is my world."

His deep gaze seemed capable of piercing through Fire Dragon's chest, seeing through the deepest fears within the other party's heart:

"Just now, I summoned your consciousness to come here, and you are very safe now."

"As for that thing that has always lingered in your subconscious, its hands cannot stretch this far, and it can no longer threaten your life like before."

Hearing these words, Fire Dragon's body violently shook.

Within those blue eyes, shock and awe were intertwined together.

He finally understood that everything he experienced just now was not a dream at all, but a transcendent clash that genuinely occurred!

The man before him, who looked so young and handsome,

not only possessed the terrifying combat power to crush an armed helicopter with bare hands in reality,

but in the spiritual dimension, he also possessed might comparable to that of gods.

The atmosphere inside the hall fell into a brief silence.

There was only the subtle sound of a gentle breeze brushing across the empty hall.

Fang Cheng stopped his footsteps, stood in the center of the steps, and calmly spoke:

"Fire Dragon, are you now willing to pledge your loyalty to me and formally join the Illuminati?"

Hearing this, Fire Dragon was slightly startled, then took a deep breath, and his gaze, which had been scattered due to shock, instantly condensed.

Without any hesitation, he retreated his left leg half a step and heavily knelt his right knee onto the hard stone slab.

Subsequently lowering his head and placing his right hand over his left chest, he performed an extremely standard Western knightly oath of allegiance.

"I am willing to offer my loyalty and power, becoming your most pious and reliable servant, Lord President!"

Although his voice was somewhat hoarse, it exuded a sense of adoration born from surviving a disaster.

"Very good."

Fang Cheng nodded slightly, yet his gaze grew increasingly fierce, piercing like a blade into the other party's pair of blue eyes:

"But as the leader of the organization, what I need is not merely verbal allegiance."

"Since you have sworn to join the Illuminati, then from now on, your life and your Soul can only belong to me."

Fang Cheng looked down at the servant below the steps who showed utmost loyalty, his voice echoing slowly within the empty hall.

Fire Dragon raised his head, meeting that highly oppressive gaze.

His expression hesitated slightly, and then he gritted his teeth, as if casting off some heavy burden:

"Lord President, actually... Fire Dragon is only my code name, and my real name is Shanks."

He raised his hand, pointed at his face, and gave a bitter smile:

"This face has also undergone special camouflage and is not my true appearance."

"I fled all the way from Eastern Europe to the Xia Country, living under an assumed name to join the Blood Thorn Mercenary Group, solely to settle a personal grudge."

Speaking up to here, Shanks took another deep breath, his gaze becoming incomparably scorching:

"As long as you are willing to shelter me and let me accomplish that matter, Shanks's life, along with my Soul, can be handed over to you at any time!"