614: Chapter 617 Lord of the Giant Beasts

In the center of the ring's band, a tiny crimson crystal quietly lit up.

[Item Generated: Lord's Command Ring (Silver Quality)]

[Effect: Territory population limit increased by 5 points. Loyalty growth speed increased by 25%.]

The ring automatically slipped onto his finger.

The massive torrent of data from his SSS-grade talent...

...instantly stabilized significantly.

"Bokona."

Lu Chen called out.

A dark shadow separated from the obsidian pillar.

That Ancient Butler appeared with a bow, saluting with utmost respect.

"Master. You have chosen the most difficult path."

"The Dimensional Demon Clan's territory is less than ten miles from here."

"By tomorrow at the latest, their scouts will discover this place."

"I know."

Lu Chen responded flatly.

"They will view this place as prey, and that is exactly what I want."

"Does the subordinate need to intervene?"

"No need."

Lu Chen smiled slightly.

"The Foundation of this System lies in the word 'Life'."

"The closer a person is to destruction, the richer the meaning of life they can seize."

"What I pursue is the true essence of life, the Origin of life."

He stood up.

"Is that Guardian still monitoring?"

"He is terrified, fearing that the nearby Demon Race lords will take your life."

"Tell him he is not allowed to interfere."

Lu Chen's voice turned a few degrees colder.

"If any System Administrator dares to lay a finger on my territory, I will grind them to ashes and turn them into my footstool."

Bokona quietly withdrew.

[Ding, Warning: A Dimensional Demon Clan scout squad has detected your bonfire.]

[Estimated arrival time: 4 hours.]

Lu Chen stepped across the blue light curtain.

Leaving the System-protected safe zone.

Within the night...

...came bursts of shrill wolf howls.

The goal of his trip...

...was to hunt exotic beasts to gain experience points and life points.

And these life points...

...held extraordinary significance for his SSS-grade talent.

Slashing.

Hunting.

Slashing again.

[Ding, Rank Up! Lord Lu Chen's Rank has increased to Rank 5.]

[Current total life points: 24.]

Four hours passed in a flash.

The Demon Race scout squad finally arrived as expected.

"Kill them."

Lu Chen ordered in a calm tone.

During the hunt just now...

...he had subdued another new subordinate.

It was a Bronze-grade Calamity Knight.

The prefix of the Rank represented the unit's growth potential.

A Rank 1 Bronze-grade unit...

...was far more powerful than a Rank 1 Black Iron-grade lifeform.

In an instant...

...the Calamity Knight charged toward those Demon Race scouts.

Commencing a one-sided slaughter.

Demon Race members killed in this world...

...would receive massive Cultivation resources as a reward and be Rebirth in their own world.

Lu Chen was enjoying this simple and pure pleasure belonging to a Mortal.

His subordinates followed his orders, busy building walls, while he sat by the bonfire, lost in thought.

He was immersed in this 'game'...

...to the point of temporarily forgetting that 'chessboard'.

This chessboard...

...was the Innate Giant Beast that had birthed the Void Realm where he resided.

In Lu Chen's eyes...

...it was merely a container, a silent carrier for his grand experiment.

But even gods might forget...

...that containers, too, can feel pain.

Outside the space where Lu Chen had folded dimensions to create the Origin Continent...

...that Innate Giant Beast was suffering from unbearable agony...

...and was twitching and convulsing violently.

The Origin Continent where the Lord Era was located...

...was not naturally birthed.

It was a product created by Lu Chen's own hands.

Since Lu Chen's power shared the same Origin as this Innate Giant Beast...

...the world he created...

...also possessed authority equivalent to the Main World.

This Innate Giant Beast simply could not control the Laws of the Origin Continent.

It wanted to destroy this world...

...or expel it from its body.

But the space around the Origin Continent was also firmly Sealed by Lu Chen's power.

Until his game ended, he would not allow any external interference.

But this Seal also triggered a powerful backlash.

The pain inside the Innate Giant Beast's body was unbearable...

...yet it was helpless and powerless.

It let out a roar of agony.

This roar did not travel through space...

...but directly penetrated the barriers of space.

It sent ripples through the very Origin structure of reality.

This was a wail filled with endless pain...

...as if calling for a desperate rescue from a certain existence.

Within the Void Realm...

...a rift quietly opened.

The appearance of this rift held no hint of violence.

Instead, it was as precise as a surgical operation.

As if reality itself were being gently parted by a pair of tender hands.

A small, pale hand slowly reached out from the rift.

This hand looked delicate and fragile, yet it was billions of times larger than the head of that Innate Giant Beast, which was comparable in size to the Void Realm.

It carefully cradled the Innate Giant Beast.

The movement was so gentle it was heart-wrenching.

Like a child holding an injured sparrow.

"My poor little thing, what has happened to you?"

"Who has hurt you like this in my garden?"

The voice was sweet and pleasant, even carrying a bit of naive childishness.

Yet it contained an unquestionable, supreme, and absolute authority.

A figure...

...slowly walked out from that rift.

She looked like a little girl less than ten years old.

The long dress she wore...

...was woven from the silk of dying Universes.

The hem of the skirt shimmered with the light of collapsing stars.

Her pupils suddenly turned pure black.

She was scanning the world inside the Innate Giant Beast.

"A world not under your control? How interesting..."

She tilted her head.

A strand of silver hair slid down her shoulder.

"A certain lifeform inside you has actually grown to such an extent?"

"Great! I want to play with him!"

She let out a crisp laugh.

Wherever the laughter reached...

...several nearby worlds instantly collapsed, turning into several newborn black holes.

"Father is still busy with his things outside, it's so boring."

She put her hands behind her back, standing on her tiptoes and gently swaying her body.

"Let me see what kind of toy this little bug has built."

She stepped into the Innate Giant Beast's inner world without hesitation.

Slowly descending toward the Origin Continent.

She did not attempt to crack the layers of dimensional barriers Lu Chen had constructed...

...nor did she pay any mind to those folded spatial walls and supreme Seals.

Just like passing through a layer of wet tissue paper...

...she walked straight through the barriers of reality.

She descended upon the Origin Continent.

Lu Chen was the first to sense her arrival...

The Lord's Command Ring worn on his finger...

...suddenly gave a faint tremor.

His brow furrowed slightly.

He activated the Eye of Insight, scanning the entire Desperate Wasteland.

Everything seemed perfectly fine.