51: Chapter 51 The Forbidden Lightning, Fragments of the Shattered God

Qingchuan Prefecture, [Thunder Punishment Hall] Base City.

Beneath the lightning-shrouded high tower.

Dong Zhen was enveloped in blue electrical arcs, his eyes burning like torches as he looked down upon the Believers below.

"Children..."

"It's time to set out!"

"For the glory of our Lord!!"

His voice, empowered by the rules of the [Thunder Ghoul], carried a slight crackle of electricity as it spread rapidly through the surroundings.

"First, we destroy the [Gear Society], then we level the [Senluo Sect]!"

"Finally... we march into Qinglong Prefecture and slay that Evil Buddha who dragged the [Black Snake Society] Base City into the abyss!!"

"Let the thunder eye... overlook the world!!"

"Let the entire world be bathed in our Lord's divine light!!"

Incited by Dong Zhen, many Believers of the [Taboo of Thunder] roared in unison: "The thunder's punishment is vast! Our Lord is immortal!"

"Immortal! Immortal!!"

The waves of sound rolled, surging straight into the clouds.

Seeing this, Dong Zhen nodded with satisfaction and immediately waved his hand.

"Depart!"

Rumble!!

Dozens of attack helicopters modified by ghostly power soared into the air, the roar of their rotors echoing through the world.

Dong Zhen led five B-Rank Ghost Controllers, over twenty C-rank Ghost Controllers, and over a hundred D-Class Ghost Controllers, grandly marching toward the [Gear Society]'s territory.

However.

He did not know.

Atop a lightning rod in the Base City.

A blood-red crow was quietly watching everything.

In its eyes, an eerie light flickered... Meanwhile.

On a barren mountain not far from the [Gear Society] Base City.

Three figures had already descended silently.

These three figures were the Weeping Blood Rakshasa, the Fallen Heaven Resentful Spirit, and the coughing ghoul clone controlled by Lin Chuan!!

Through the perspective of the coughing ghoul clone, Lin Chuan gazed toward the [Thunder Punishment Hall] Base City.

"The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind."

"Jiejiejie!!!"

Lin Chuan's original plan was to directly annex the three Base Cities of Qingchuan Prefecture.

Now that the Thunder Punishment Hall and the Gear Society were about to clash... Lin Chuan didn't mind watching them wear each other down and reap the benefits!

...Soon, the roar of rotors sounded from the horizon!!

The Ghost Controllers of the Thunder Punishment Hall arrived all at once!

The commotion in the sky quickly triggered the alarms of the [Gear Society] Base City!

Piercing sirens wailed over the city.

On the city walls, mechanical turrets slowly turned, aiming at the uninvited guests in the sky.

Immediately after, an angry roar erupted from the city center.

"Dong Zhen, you son of a bitch, what do you think you're doing?!!"

As the voice fell, a burly man with bulging muscles and a height of over two meters charged into the sky on a massive Flying Skateboard.

That skateboard was actually a ghost!!

At the bottom of the skateboard, countless dead man's hands squirmed!

The wheels of the skateboard were eyes that constantly seeped blood.

The burly man... also looked too eerie to be a living person.

He was shirtless, his skin embedded with various precision gears and metal plates, looking like a semi-mechanical Fierce Ghost!

The burly man was the president of the [Gear Society]... Wei Jun.

Facing the burly man's roaring interrogation, Dong Zhen stood at the helicopter door, looking down at Wei Jun with an air of superiority, his eyes full of pity and fanaticism.

"Wei Jun, you don't understand."

"This is a world full of sin and chaos."

"This world... is sick!!"

"Everyone has lost themselves!"

"Horror is breeding, despair is spreading..."

"Only thunder can purify everything!"

"Submit to my Lord! It is your only way out!"

Hearing Dong Zhen's words, Wei Jun trembled with rage and pointed at Dong Zhen, cursing loudly.

"Stop your bullshit, you son of a bitch!!"

"So much talk and nonsense!"

"Aren't you just trying to snatch my territory?"

"You son of a bitch, take your people and get out now!!"

"Otherwise... I'll slap you to death!!"

Wei Jun had a very explosive temper.

As he spoke, the gears and metal plates on his body began to glow red.

To this, Dong Zhen shook his head with feigned regret, a cruel smile appearing on his face.

"Lost heretic... it seems you are beyond saving!!"

"In that case, accept the purification of thunder!"

Boom!!

The blue electrical arcs on his body suddenly surged.

In the next moment, countless thick bolts of lightning erupted from his body, turning into flickering chains of electricity that covered Wei Jun like an inescapable net.

These were the rules of the [Thunder Ghoul] within him!!

Every chain was formed by rules; once a living person was ensnared, they would instantly turn to charcoal.

"Hmph! Ridiculous!!"

Facing Dong Zhen's attack, Wei Jun snorted with disdain.

The gears on his body's surface began to spin rapidly, making clicking mechanical sounds.

He also activated the ghostly power within him!

A strange blood-colored ripple began to emanate from his body.

In an instant, his head suddenly disappeared.

In its place was a thick cloud of blood mist.

Immediately following.

Countless blood lines as thin as hair shot out from that blood mist.

These blood lines didn't look special, but they were incredibly sharp and carried extremely strong cutting and suppression rules.

Pfft, pfft, pfft!!

The blood lines collided with the lightning chains in mid-air.

The originally aggressive lightning chains were easily cut by those blood lines, dissipating into sparks of electricity.

"What?!"

Dong Zhen's expression changed.

Before he could react.

The blood lines continued unabated, wrapping around his body like maggots on a bone.

Zzzzt... The blood lines cut into his flesh, making a series of grinding sounds.

Dong Zhen's skin was instantly sliced open, and blood spurted out.

Even more terrifying.

He felt the [Thunder Ghoul] inside him being pricked by countless needles, starting to tremble violently, even showing signs of a crash.

"Ah!!!"

Dong Zhen let out a scream.

Clearly, in the struggle against Wei Jun, he was at an absolute disadvantage!!

"With just this little skill, you dare to run wild on my turf?"

Wei Jun gave a sinister laugh, controlling the rule-based blood lines, intending to strangle Dong Zhen directly.

"Said... damn it!!"

Feeling the dense blood lines descending, Dong Zhen's eyes were filled with fear and resentment.

He hadn't expected that, as a fellow A-Rank Ghost Controller, he would be suppressed by Wei Jun in a single exchange.

"My Lord!! Save me!!"

In despair.

He violently tore open the clothes on his chest, revealing an eerie eye pattern tattooed there.

"With myself as the medium, I call upon my Lord!"

"Great Taboo of Thunder... please descend your will!!"

Along with Dong Zhen's prayer.

Rumble!!!

The originally clear sky was instantly covered in dark clouds.

Bolts of purple lightning rolled within the clouds, emanating an Aura of total destruction.

Immediately following.

A massive purple eyeball, surrounded by countless lightning vortexes, slowly emerged from the clouds.

That eyeball was hundreds of meters wide, its pupil flickering with heart-palpitating lightning.

[Warning! taboo projection detected—thunder eye! Projection Terror Level: S-Rank First Order!!]

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

[Source: Chaos Void Realm—Lord of the Thunder Eye Domain!]

Seeing that massive thunder eye through the perspective of the Coughing Ghoul, a notification quickly popped up on Lin Chuan's status panel.

To this, his heart didn't stir in the slightest.

An S-Rank Seventh-Tier original was even slightly weaker than the [Black Snake Taboo].

Not far away, Wei Jun's expression suddenly turned grave upon seeing the thunder eye in the sky.

But secretly, he showed no sign of fear; instead, he cursed even more violently:

"Hmph, son of a bitch! Calling a taboo? You think I can't!"

"You bearded bastard Dong, I have a taboo backing me too!!"

"Today, I'll play this out with you to the end!"

After saying that, he pulled out a rusted, palm-sized broken gear from his pocket.

That gear looked ordinary, but it emitted an ancient, desolate, and eerie Aura that seemed capable of turning back time.

"Turn... Wheel of Nirvanic Annihilation!!"

Wei Jun held the gear high.

Click, click, click... The gear began to turn slowly.

As it turned.

The surrounding space began to distort and fold.

A blurred but unimaginably massive phantom of a giant gear slowly emerged from the Void Realm.

That gear phantom was half in reality and half in illusion, as if connecting the past and the future.

A terrifying rule-based fluctuation exceeding S-Rank emanated from that gear phantom...