44: Chapter 44 Rules Clash, Forbidden Projection from the Black Domain

Rumble!!

Accompanied by the tremors in the Void Realm, the phantom of the 'Eight-Headed Black Snake' finally squeezed itself completely out of the void.

It was massive; half of its body occupied the plaza while the other half was hidden within the clouds, resembling a black celestial river.

Even though it was merely a phantom, it still instilled a primal, desperate, and suffocating sense of dread!!

Beneath it, the statue that had long since become unrecognizable was now twisting and writhing with increasing intensity.

Eventually, that giant sculpture... slowly transformed into a human figure.

The figure was a man wearing an old-fashioned black suit and a top hat, leaning on a silver-headed cane.

The man's state was very eerie.

He looked middle-aged, yet like a youth, and also like an elderly man in his waning years... as if the past, present, and future... were simultaneously superimposed upon him!

The man's face was sallow, as if he suffered from a serious illness, but within those narrow eyes flickered a heart-palpitating glint.

Standing beside the phantom of the Eight-Headed Black Snake, he seemed as tiny as an ant.

However, the aura radiating from him... had merged into one with that terrifying taboo projection!

"President!!"

Seeing this man, Liu Tiesheng and the other two Vice Presidents were moved to tears. They hurriedly crawled over and prostrated themselves at his feet.

"Mm."

The man slowly glanced at the three of them and gave a nonchalant response.

His voice was hoarse and grating, sounding like countless venomous snakes slithering and flicking their tongues by one's ear.

"How truly rude..."

"I had already merged myself into this sculpture, wishing to quietly assist my Lord's descent..."

"Uninvited guests... why must you come to disturb me?"

He sighed softly and tapped the ground with his silver-headed cane.

"This is truly not the behavior of a gentleman."

He looked up, his narrow eyes piercing through layers of the Void Realm to look at the Fallen Heaven Resentful Spirit, the coughing ghoul clone, and that giant Buddha face that blotted out the sun.

"Allow me to introduce myself."

He took off his top hat. He seemed to perceive that the Fallen Heaven Resentful Spirit possessed intelligence, and perhaps he also saw through to Lin Chuan behind the scenes. He bowed slightly and spoke elegantly:

"I am the President of the Black Snake Society—the Black Serpent Emissary."

"And also... my Lord's most devout servant in this world."

As his voice fell, a terrifying S-Rank First Order taboo rule spread out from him.

Behind him, the s-rank second order Black Snake Taboo projection also let out a deafening roar.

The combined auras of the two S-rank Taboos sent the entire Black Snake Society Base City into a violent tremor.

Inside the Rebirth Temple.

Deep within Lin Chuan's consciousness, the interface rapidly popped up a series of messages:

[Warning! S-rank Taboo detected!]

[Target 1: Black Snake Taboo (Projection)!]

[Original Terror Level: S-Rank Ninth Tier!]

[Projection Terror Level: s-rank second order!]

[taboo Rule 1: Chaotic Lightning (Releases black lightning containing chaotic rules to erode all things)!]

[taboo Rule 2: Gaze (Those locked by the Eight-Headed Gaze will fall into madness or be assimilated into dependents)!]

[Target 2: Black Serpent Emissary (taboo Dependent/Fanatic Believer)!]

[Terror Level: S-Rank First Order!]

[taboo Rule: Corruption (Taps cane to expand Taboo Domain, summoning bloody hands to drag targets into the 'Chaotic Void Realm · Black Domain')!]

"An S-Rank Ninth Tier projection..."

"And an S-Rank First Order dependent..."

As Lin Chuan looked at the information on the interface, his emotions remained completely undisturbed.

He felt that if he devoured the Black Snake Taboo projection and the Black Snake President, combined with the over three hundred million Power Of Will accumulated on his interface, it should be enough to raise himself from s-rank second order directly to S-Rank Fourth Order!!

With this thought, Lin Chuan sat upon the evil buddha golden body in the temple, and layers of Chaotic Fallen Light began to surge!

He was prepared to descend his true body to the Black Snake Society Base City at any moment... Meanwhile, on the plaza outside the Black Snake Society headquarters.

The Black Serpent Emissary put his top hat back on and tapped the ground once more with his silver-headed cane.

"Rude uninvited guests, since you have come, then stay."

"As an apology for disturbing my Lord's peace... please, everyone, become my Lord's sacrifices."

Boom!!

As his cane struck the ground.

The ground instantly turned into a pitch-black swamp.

Countless bloody hands covered in slime reached out from the swamp, grabbing toward the Fallen Heaven Resentful Spirit and the coughing ghoul clone in mid-air.

Every bloody hand contained a suffocating rule of Corruption.

Once caught, one would be forcibly dragged into that unknown 'Chaotic Void Realm · Black Domain', losing oneself forever and becoming a complete part of the Black Snake Taboo!

"Those who do not respect the True Buddha shall fall into Hell."

The moment the bloody hands reached for the sky, the Fallen Heaven Resentful Spirit let out a cold shout.

The bone wings behind her flapped violently.

Countless pale feathers covered in dense eyeballs shot down like sharp swords.

Attached to every feather was a rule power capable of delivering all things to salvation.

Puff! Puff! Puff!

Many of the reaching bloody hands were pierced by the feathers, instantly emitting bursts of black smoke and shrinking back while trembling.

However, the number of bloody hands was simply too great.

They surged forward one after another, as if they were endless.

Furthermore... that Eight-Headed Black Snake projection also made its move.

Zzzzt!!!

A bolt of lightning as black as ink erupted from one of the snake's mouths.

The lightning was incredibly fast, instantly piercing through the void and heading straight for the Fallen Heaven Resentful Spirit.

Although the rule power controlled by the Fallen Heaven Resentful Spirit was already close to S-rank, it still appeared insufficient when faced with a true S-rank Taboo rule.

She barely managed to spread her bone wings to block, activating her own rules!

A cry devoid of sorrow or anger drifted from her mouth, forming a Ghost Domain that clashed violently with the dense bloody hands and that ink-black rule lightning.

Bang!!

Accompanied by a series of loud explosions.

It looked as though the Fallen Heaven Resentful Spirit was about to be suppressed bit by bit.

"Cough cough! Cough cough cough!!"

The coughing ghoul clone controlled by Lin Chuan immediately activated its own rule!

The violent coughing sounded like waves of curses, rippling out like a tide toward the Black Serpent Emissary and the Black Snake Taboo projection.

Hearing the coughing, the Black Serpent Emissary frowned and pulled out a white handkerchief to cover his mouth.

"How truly impolite."

"If you are sick, you should go to the hospital; do not spread bacteria everywhere."

As he spoke to himself, he tapped his cane on the ground again.

In an instant, bursts of invisible rule power erupted even more fiercely, actually deflecting all of the Coughing Ghoul's curses directly.

"Boring..."

"This farce should also come to an end."

After blocking the Coughing Ghoul's rule, he raised his cane once more, preparing to use even stronger rule power to completely suppress the coughing ghoul clone and the Fallen Heaven Resentful Spirit!

But suddenly, a grand, cold, and incredibly malevolent Buddhist title boomed through the world.

"amitabha buddha..."

Immediately following.

The giant Buddha face in the sky, which had remained silent, slowly opened its eyes.

Two substantial beams of dark red light instantly locked onto the Black Serpent Emissary below.

"Cough cough..."

At the same time.

The coughing ghoul clone, which had been suppressed by the rules, suddenly straightened its back.

From its body surged an unprecedented and incredibly terrifying rule power.

That was... the projection of Lin Chuan's own original rules!

The moment Lin Chuan used the coughing ghoul clone as a medium to activate his original Rule Ability, the previously withered Coughing Ghoul... began to glow with a brilliant yet distorted Buddhist light all over its body!

Immediately... Rumble!!!

The vault of heaven collapsed.

A giant hand that blotted out the sun, circulating with chaotic black light, broke through the clouds and slowly descended.

That giant hand was so massive it seemed as if it would hold the entire Black Snake Society Base City in its palm.

Within the palm lines, there were countless distorted and ferocious Arhats, flesh-and-blood Bodhisattvas, and an eerie Buddha kingdom constructed of Evil Qi that flickered in and out of existence... From within the Buddha Kingdom in the Palm, bursts of Soul-shivering Buddhist Chants continuously echoed.

"What?!"

The Black Serpent Emissary's face, which had always maintained its elegance, finally changed.

He felt it.

It was... a terrifying rule capable of crushing him!

"This... what sequence rule is this?!"

"No! This is impossible!!"

He frantically swung his cane, attempting to mobilize the Corruption rule to resist.

Countless bloody hands soared into the sky, trying to hold up the descending Buddha hand.

But before that giant hand wreathed in chaotic aura.

Those bloody hands were like fragile withered branches, collapsing upon contact.

Thud!!

The giant palm had not yet landed, but the Black Serpent Emissary's body could no longer hold out, and he knelt heavily on the ground.

At this moment, the entire city was shaking violently.

"Entering my Buddha kingdom, one can sever Karma."

"The sea of suffering is boundless; turn back to the shore."

Distorted Buddhist Chants fell continuously, sounding like fingernails scratching glass, like a rusted ancient bell tolling, and like a broken loudspeaker broadcasting on loop... The Black Serpent Emissary's Gaze began to scatter, and various expressions of pain, sorrow, and regret appeared on his face simultaneously.

Just as he was about to sink and lose himself... "Hiss——!!!"

A terrifying hiss rang out.

The Black Snake Taboo projection that had been coiled behind him... slowly moved.

Its massive body suddenly reared up, and all eight heads turned in unison toward the coughing ghoul clone!