Order Reconstruction
The arrival of the two bishops caused the already crumbling open-air platform to tremble violently. They hovered above the abyss, their black robes fluttering in the wind, with a shattered sky and churning energy clouds behind them, like apocalyptic demons. The Dark Corruption Bishop's fingertips were wreathed in a dark aura that devoured light, while the Annihilation Bishop was surrounded by a deathly force field that signified the end of all things.
The platform was collapsing, with rubble constantly falling into the abyss. Jiang Yu and the others stood on the edge of the platform, with a dead end behind them and a formidable enemy ahead.
"You all retreat to the safe zone first," Jiang Yu said in a deep voice to Ling, Pan Shi, and the others, his gaze fixed on the two bishops in the air. At this moment, he held the complete Source Key in his hand, his aura as deep as the sea, completely different from before.
“Brother, you…” Zero was somewhat worried. Although Jiang Yu had obtained the complete Source Key, the time was too short, and it was still unknown whether he could fully control this power. At the same time, facing two bishops, the pressure was enormous.
"Don't worry." Jiang Yu's tone was calm, yet carried an undeniable confidence. "Leave this to me."
Ling glanced at Jiang Yu, nodded, and signaled the Rock Squad and Xi to quickly retreat to a relatively stable corner of the platform and set up a defensive barrier to avoid being affected by the aftershocks of the battle. They knew that they could no longer intervene in a battle of this level.
"A stubborn resistance!" Bishop Silent Annihilation sneered, striking first! He pressed his hands down, instantly rewriting the laws of the entire platform area! "Great Silent Annihilation Domain!"
An even more terrifying suction force arrived, not only devouring matter and energy, but also beginning to erode the concepts of time and space! The platform's ground was turning into nothingness at a visible speed, its edges constantly collapsing and shrinking! Even the light began to distort and dim, as if it were returning to the singularity before the birth of the universe.
Faced with this annihilation at the rule level, Jiang Yu's eyes sharpened. The Source Key Orb hovered before his chest, emitting a soft yet resolute white light. "Order Reconstruction!"
Centered on him, the space eroded by the Domain of Annihilation was rapidly smoothed and repaired. The power of the Source Key acted like a stabilizing force, forcibly carving out a stable "pure land of order" amidst the chaos. The edges of the collapsed platform were temporarily stabilized, and the dim light rekindled! Two diametrically opposed laws collided violently above the platform, emitting a silent roar, and space was cracked like shattered glass.
"What?!" A look of astonishment flashed in the Bishop of Annihilation's crimson eyes. How could his opponent withstand his domain so easily? The power of the complete Source Key far exceeded his expectations.
"Dark Erosion!" Just as Jiang Yu was fighting against the Domain of Annihilation, the Dark Erosion Bishop's attack arrived silently! A gray ray, more condensed and almost invisible than before, shot towards Jiang Yu's back like a venomous snake. The "decay" law contained in this attack was even more profound, enough to cause divinity to perish.
As if he had eyes in the back of his head, Jiang Yu didn't turn around. The Source Key Orb rotated slightly, and a barrier of faith composed of pure faith power instantly formed behind him.
"laugh--!"
The Dark Erosion Ray struck the barrier, producing a violent corrosive sound! The power of faith and the laws of decay counteracted each other, causing the barrier to shake violently, but ultimately it firmly withstood the attack! The energy provided by the Source Key was inexhaustible, and the light of the Faith Barrier shone even brighter.
"Impossible!" the Dark Corruption Bishop exclaimed. His Dark Corruption power was actually blocked by such pure spiritual power?
Jiang Yu turned around and looked calmly at the two bishops: "Your laws originate from 'Annihilation,' representing end and decay. The Source Key, on the other hand, represents birth, existence, and continuation. Before the complete order, your erosion is nothing but a rootless duckweed."
His words contained the true meaning of the laws of the Source Key, resonating like a great bell, shaking the minds of the two bishops. They had acted with impunity, relying on the power granted by the "Core of Annihilation," but faced with this power of order originating from the very foundation of the world, a strange, indescribable fear arose deep within them…?
"Arrogant!" Enraged, the Bishop of Annihilation unleashed his full power in his Annihilation Domain, even burning his own essence. The domain's power surged once more, attempting to completely crush Jiang Yu's Pure Land of Order. The Bishop of Dark Erosion also attacked simultaneously, unleashing countless Dark Erosion Rays like a torrential downpour.
The platform shook violently again, compressing the boundaries of the sanctuary of order. Jiang Yu's pressure increased sharply.
But he remained calm in the face of danger. The light of the Source Key was perfectly aligned with his own will. He recalled his journey: from the initial confusion of collecting rent, to the determination to confront pollution, to the warmth of gaining the trust of his companions, and finally, the steadfast choice to "repair" rather than "reboot"... These experiences transformed into his firmest belief, which was integrated into the power of the Source Key.
"My order is not a cold set of rules, but is built from the hopes and perseverance of countless lives!" Jiang Yu shouted, and the Source Key shone brightly.
"The light of hope purifies all nothingness."
A dazzling pillar of light, purely formed from hope and the will to protect, shot into the sky centered on Jiang Yu! Wherever the pillar passed, the annihilation domain rapidly dissipated like melting snow! The dark erosion rays that collided with the pillar of light were instantly purified and disintegrated, like mud oxen entering the sea.
"No—!" The two bishops roared in terror, feeling their power being rapidly purified and dissolved by this vibrant light! This was a form of restraint.
The beam of light continued its relentless advance, striking the two bishops directly.
"boom!!!"
A blinding white light engulfed everything! The figures of the Dark Corruption Bishop and the Annihilation Bishop twisted and screamed in the light, their black robes shattering to reveal their collapsing bodies made of pure dark energy.
Finally, with a roar of unwillingness, the two powerful beings at the bishop level were completely purified by the light of hope, turning into two wisps of green smoke and dissipating into the shattered void.
As the light faded, Jiang Yu's figure reappeared. His face was somewhat pale, the attack having drained him greatly, but his eyes were incredibly bright. The Source Key Orb floated quietly in his palm, its light warm and gentle.
The platform finally stopped collapsing, but it was already in a terrible state. In the distance, Zero, Rock, and the others stared in disbelief at the scene, their hearts filled with shock and ecstasy.
Jiang Yu won! She actually defeated two bishops all by herself!
"We won...we really won!" The doctor cried tears of joy and almost collapsed from exhaustion.
Rock and Fox breathed a long sigh of relief, their tense nerves finally relaxing. Xi and her team members' eyes were filled with awe and gratitude.
Ling quickly walked to Jiang Yu's side and asked with concern, "Brother, are you alright?" He could feel that the attack just now had greatly depleted Jiang Yu's energy, and the light of the Source Key had dimmed considerably.
Jiang Yu shook his head, his face pale but his eyes still sharp: "I'm fine. It's just... it felt too easy." He looked up at the sky torn apart by the bishops, his brows furrowing slightly, "The Core of Annihilation, would it really only send two bishops to compete for the Source Key? Its true form... why is there no reaction?"
This unusual calm only made people more uneasy. It was like the stillness before a storm.
Zero's smile faded, his expression turning grave: "You're right. Given 'Annihilation's' nature, it would never give up so easily on something as fundamental as the Source Key. Unless... it has a bigger scheme, or... it's been temporarily held back by something?"
Just then, the entire "Fallen God Realm" underwent another change, but this time, it did not originate from the Core of Annihilation, but from the God Realm itself!
Due to the combined power of the two bishops and Jiang Yuyuan's full-force burst, this already fragile ancient battlefield ruin finally reached its limit! Centered on the platform they were on, massive spatial rifts spread out like a spider web! It was not just a physical collapse, but a complete disintegration of the rules themselves.
"Oh no! The Divine Realm is about to collapse completely! This place is about to return to nothingness!" the old scholar shouted in terror.
"We must leave immediately!" Jiang Yuqiang roused himself and activated the Source Key again. But this time, he wasn't attacking or defending; instead, he was sensing and guiding. As the core of order, the Source Key possessed an extraordinary sensitivity to spatial structures. He quickly locked onto a temporary spatial vortex that was relatively stable amidst the collapse and led to the outside of the Divine Realm.
"Grab each other! Follow me!" Jiang Yu shouted, charging ahead towards the constantly twisting and extremely unstable vortex.
No one dared to be negligent and followed closely behind. The moment the last person disappeared into the vortex, the platform behind them, and even the entire core area of the "Peak of Fallen Gods," were completely annihilated like a shattered mirror, turning into the most primordial chaotic energy.
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After a violent spatial turbulence, the group was thrown out of the Fallen God Realm and landed in an unfamiliar star field. Looking back, the starry sky where the Fallen God Realm had been located had become blurred and distorted, like a huge wound that was healing.
"We finally escaped..." Pan Shi said, still shaken.
However, before they could even feel relieved, the Source Key in Jiang Yu's hand suddenly emitted a sharp warning light. A chaotic but alarming stream of information flooded into his consciousness:
"High-dimensional rule disturbance detected... The activity level of the 'Annihilation' will has increased dramatically... Multiple sub-dimensional barriers have been breached... The activity frequency of the 'Cult of the End' has surged... Objective: Infiltrate and control major world nodes..."
Immediately afterwards, Zero and Fox's personal device, which could receive information from the infinite game's public channel, also received a large number of chaotic distress and alarm signals:
"SOS! The Seventh Nexus World is under attack by an unknown force!"
"It's the Order of the End! They've gone mad! Attacking multiple core instances simultaneously!"
"The main city's defense system has been breached from within! There's a traitor!"
"Annihilation... It's the aura of annihilation... He's awake... No, He's about to awaken!"
Although the information was chaotic, it pointed to a terrifying truth: the "Cult of the End" was launching a full-scale war while Jiang Yu and the others were trapped in the Fallen God Realm and had just escaped and were too preoccupied to do anything else! Their goal was to quickly control the key nodes of the Infinite Game World and create a perfect "breeding ground" or "anchor point" for the final awakening of the "Core of Annihilation".
"A feint... no, a diversionary tactic, or rather, a two-pronged approach!" Zero instantly understood. "Sending bishops to the Divine Realm to hunt us down is true, but more importantly, it's to contain us while they launch a full-scale attack in the main world! The core of annihilation hasn't fully awakened, but its power is rapidly infiltrating through the Order! Once the Order controls enough world nodes, the complete awakening of the core of annihilation will be unstoppable!"
Jiang Yu gripped the Source Key tightly, feeling the mournful cry emanating from it, a cry for the accelerating collapse of the world's rules. His victory had only delayed the final judgment; the real war had only just begun.
"We can't rest anymore." Jiang Yu looked at her companions, her eyes burning with unwavering determination. "We must stop the cult. Before they complete their scheme, we must destroy their key nodes and interrupt the awakening process of the Annihilation Core!"
New, broader, and more arduous battles await them. The focus shifts from hidden dungeon exploration to a grand, sweeping world war.
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