178: Chapter 178 Six-Star Material! The Embryo of a Forbidden Creation!

The monster was still roaring frantically, its voice shaking the entire valley.

"Hahahahaha! The ritual is a success! The embryo has already condensed and taken shape! I will soon be able to create a perfect creation with a forbidden foundation! No one can stop me, no one!"

His tone was filled with smugness and ecstasy, as if he could already see the success of his life's work.

"I have sacrificed so much, and I have finally waited for this day! You ants can only watch helplessly as I triumph!"

Beside him, Lin Mo slumped on the ground, his face as pale as paper, his eyes filled with despair.

The Power of the Firmament in his body had been mostly drained, and he couldn't even stand up at this moment.

"It's over..." he muttered to himself, his hand holding the sword trembling slightly, his voice filled with powerlessness. "Is there really no other way..."

However, right at that moment, the embryo suddenly began to tremble violently.

"Buzz—!"

The dark green and dark red light on the surface of the embryo began to destabilize, twisting and deforming frantically as if stirred from the inside by something.

The monster's laughter stopped abruptly.

"What?!"

His pupils contracted sharply, a clear panic in his voice.

"How can this be? Why is the embryo's energy draining? The ritual was clearly a success! It had clearly condensed and taken shape! There's no way anything could go wrong!"

He desperately channeled the energy within his body, trying to inject it into the embryo and stabilize the situation.

But the embryo only continued to shrink and disintegrate.

The light on its surface grew dimmer, and the curled-up humanoid silhouette inside was also gradually blurring.

"No! This is impossible!"

The monster let out a despairing roar, his voice sharp and ear-piercing as dark red energy poured frantically out of his body.

He desperately tried to salvage it, but it was completely in vain.

He could only watch helplessly as the creation that contained his life's work was being forcibly stripped, devoured, and erased by some kind of power.

"Who is it?! Who on earth is playing tricks?!"

He roared, his blood-red eyes scanning the surroundings, but he could find nothing.

Even Lin Mo, who was on the side, was filled with shock.

He stared with wide eyes, looking at this scene in disbelief, his voice filled with bewilderment:

"This... what's going on? Why did it suddenly..."

He tried hard to understand everything happening before him, but he couldn't find any logical explanation.

The monster was still struggling desperately, risking everything to save the embryo.

But it was of no use.

In just a dozen seconds, the embryo that had once radiated a terrifying aura, condensing the forbidden will and all things in the entire mountain range, completely vanished from the core of the Magic Circle.

Only a void remained in its place, as if it had never existed.

As the embryo was extracted, the entire Magic Circle began to vibrate violently.

"Crack! Crack! Crack!"

The dark red patterns began to crack and crumble, spreading in all directions like a spiderweb.

Those soaring pillars of runic light went out one by one, and dark red energy fragments scattered and drifted down.

The originally extremely solid dark red barrier also shattered with a bang at the same moment, turning into countless spots of light that dissipated in the air.

Everything was disintegrating.

The ritual had completely failed!

The monster stood dazed in place, looking at the scene before him, his eyes vacant.

"Gone... everything is gone..."

His voice was hoarse and weak, as if all his strength had been drained.

"I clearly sacrificed so much... My experiments, my research, my creations... all gone..."

His body was trembling, and cracks began to appear on his massive frame, dark red energy seeping from the fissures like blood.

He looked like he had completely broken down.

However, the next second—

His blood-red eyes suddenly flared, filled with rage and malice.

"It's you! It must be you who did this!"

He whipped his head around, glaring deathly at Lin Mo, who was slumped on the ground, his voice sharp and crazed.

"You bastard from the Firmament Divine Court! It must be you guys playing tricks in the dark! I should have known. You so-called Orthodox Churches love to say one thing and do another!"

Lin Mo was completely dumbfounded.

"Huh? Me?"

He pointed at himself, his face full of confusion and a sense of injustice.

"I didn't do anything! I can't even stand up right now, how could I possibly play tricks? What are you talking about?!"

But the monster didn't listen to his explanation at all, roaring in absolute fury:

"The people of the Firmament Divine Court are indeed no good! You hypocritical bastards, always using underhanded tricks behind the scenes! Today, I will tear you into ten thousand pieces!"

He roared, dark red energy frantically condensing in his palm as he directly launched an attack at Lin Mo!

Lin Mo's pupils contracted sharply, and he instinctively wanted to raise his hand to defend himself.

But his body was already weak to the extreme; he couldn't even manage to raise his arm.

"Boom—!"

A thick pillar of dark red light blasted from the monster's palm, carrying an aura of absolute destruction as it struck Lin Mo directly.

Lin Mo's body was sent flying, crashing heavily into the distant rock wall, sending stone fragments flying everywhere.

"What the f..." he cursed weakly. "Can't you understand human speech..."

Lin Mo's heart was filled with helplessness.

But now, he didn't even have the strength to explain.

Meanwhile, Su Lin, watching this from a distance, didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Of course, he knew this wasn't Lin Mo's doing.

Because he was the one who did it; he had just used the System to Extract the embryo.

Destroying the entire ritual from its source.

It was just that the monster didn't know the truth, and Lin Mo was in the dark as well.

Thus, Lin Mo became the prime suspect and took a heavy blow for nothing.

Su Lin watching Lin Mo get blasted away, silently apologized in his heart.

Although he did feel a bit sorry for him, there was nothing he could do. He could only let Lin Mo take the blame for now.

However, Su Lin's attention was quickly drawn to the item inside the System Space.

[forbidden creation embryo (6-Star) — An unhatched embryo condensed from the power of all things in heaven and earth, having received a glance from a Taboo Existence. It contains extremely powerful potential, can host all things, and possesses the possibility of infinite growth.]

Looking at the material's description, Su Lin was utterly shocked.

Six-star!

He had actually obtained a six-star material!

This was the highest-star material he had obtained to date.

Furthermore, the potential of this embryo was terrifyingly immense; it could host all things and possessed the possibility of infinite growth.

He wondered what kind of powerful creature could be created using this item?

Thinking of this, Su Lin was already starting to look forward to it.

But he quickly calmed down. Now was not the time to lose himself in this good news.

Because Lin Mo was still taking a beating over there, and if this continued, he might actually be beaten to death.

Although Lin Mo's overfamiliarity was a headache, he had still helped him out quite a lot.

Delaying time, attracting attention, and even inexplicably taking a major scapegoat role.

Moreover, Lin Mo was a Holy Knight of the Firmament Divine Court.

If he had to deal with the Five Great Orthodox Churches in the future, fostering some goodwill would always be a good thing.

With that in mind, Su Lin was just about to make a move to save him.

However, right at that moment, the world suddenly came to a standstill.

The wind stopped, the sounds vanished, and even the giant claw raised by that madman froze in mid-air.

Everything had been put on pause, and time seemed to stand completely still at this moment.

Su Lin's pupils contracted sharply.

Before he could even react, his vision blurred.

In the next second, he was standing in a completely unfamiliar space.

White mist churned and spread, boundless and infinite, with no up or down, no left or right, no time, and no space.

It bore some resemblance to his Gray Mist Space, yet it possessed an indescribable sense of ancient desolation.

And deep within the mist, a figure stood there quietly.

The figure was extremely tall, but its outline was blurry, as if it could dissipate at any moment.

However, the moment Su Lin saw Him, he felt his Soul receive a violent impact.

Countless images flooded frantically into his mind.

Ancient battlefields, collapsing heavens and earth, the wails of countless living beings, the rampaging of countless demons...

These were the echoes of memories spanning ten thousand years, imprints engraved in the deepest depths of his Bloodline.

Su Lin felt his body trembling.

It was not out of fear, but an instinctive reaction to his life level being absolutely suppressed.

It was like an ant being gazed upon by a Dragon, or a Mortal catching a glimpse of an existence that shouldn't exist in the Mortal world.

[Calm Heart Soul Suppression] was triggered automatically almost instantly.

A deep blue mental imprint lit up in the depths of his Soul, attempting to stabilize his mind and disperse the ancient torrent that was flooding in frantically.

But the effect was minimal; those powers were simply too immense.

As soon as Calm Heart Soul Suppression touched those powers, it was instantly swept away, unable to block them at all.

Su Lin gritted his teeth, his gaze hardening as he actively manifested the power within the Gray Mist Space, intending to forcibly suppress it.

And the 'self' inside the Gray Mist Space slowly opened its eyes.

Streams of vast and profound power suddenly poured into his Soul.

In the face of this power, the ancient memories and energy that had been flooding in frantically instantly froze, disintegrated, and were soon completely suppressed.

Su Lin panted heavily, his back already drenched in cold sweat, but his eyes regained their clarity.

He raised his head, looking at that figure once more.

And that figure also slowly spoke.

His voice was hoarse and weary, yet it carried a power that penetrated time, echoing directly in Su Lin's mind.

“You have finally come.”