Chapter 288 The Power of the Outer Gods
Chapter 288
In the middle of the vast and boundless metal ocean, the mechanical fortress as calm as a mountain stands still, like an island standing in the raging waves, or like the true nerve center and conscious brain of this metal ocean.
Countless complex spiritual energy transmission lines formed a series of "nerve veins" extending from the periphery of the fortress, penetrating every piece of steel debris and every energy core in the depths of the ocean...
The entire mechanical city is no longer a city at this moment, but the embodiment of a super-giant "consciousness structure".
At this moment, facing Searle's slightly sarcastic sneer, the consciousness fluctuations hidden in the deepest part of the spiritual matrix deep in the mechanical fortress finally responded.
A cold, deep, metallic voice resonated from the fortress, like the roar of an ancient god of war, carrying an authority that could not be ignored:
"Searle, how is my Brilliant Moon Path? I'm afraid it's not your turn as a Morning Star Wizard from the Shattered Star to judge..."
Just a few words, but it was like thunder in the sky!
With a loud bang, accompanied by the resonance of the mechanical ocean, the sound instantly swept across the entire battlefield, as if it came from all directions at the same time, carrying some kind of unquestionable pressure, shaking the void so that it faintly resonated!
At this moment, Lin En felt as if his entire soul was nailed by this voice. The oppressive feeling like thunder piercing his ears was enough to make any low-level wizard lose control on the spot, and even cause his spirit to be annihilated!
This is the power of a sixth-level Morning Star Wizard!
Whether it is Sel, the radical leader of the Meteoric Council, or the lord of the Mechanical City.
They are all recognized by the wizarding world as level six Morning Star masters, that is, the pinnacle of the Morning Star stage!
The wizard's path, from bottom to top, is a transformation and a leap in essence every three major realms:
Levels one to three are "apprenticeships", divided into: Level One Wizard Apprentice, Level Two Wizard Apprentice and Level Three Wizard Apprentice''
Levels four to six are the "formal wizard period", which are divided into: level one formal wizard, level two formal wizard and level three formal wizard.
Levels seven to nine are the "Morning Star Stage", where one can already communicate with other planes and is the pillar and pinnacle of a force. They are divided into: Level Four Morning Star Wizard, Level Five Morning Star Wizard and Level Six Morning Star Wizard.
And these two... are none other than the sixth-level Morning Star Wizards, also known as the "Morning Star Extreme"!
This realm, no matter which domain or force in the wizarding world, is at least in the upper middle level.
What's more, if you go one step further and enter the next level from the sixth-level Morning Star Wizard, the stage of the Shining Moon Wizard.
Once you step in, you will be awarded the title of His Majesty the Brilliant Moon, possess a status and resources that surpass all other living beings, and even enjoy "unquestioned privileges" in the Wizard Council!
It is for this reason that the two Morning Star Extremes of the wizarding world are at loggerheads at this moment.
Whether it was the legion lurking in the mechanical fortress or the two Morning Star wizards standing beside Sel, they were all silent and no one made a sound.
It wasn't that they didn't want to intervene, but they couldn't. This was a battle between two peak beings.
Through the spiritual observation perspective constructed by his spiritual eyes, Lin En quietly watched the spiritual confrontation between the two level six Morning Star wizards, and felt the unfathomable pressure and spiritual mediation.
At this moment, Lin En could almost clearly feel that the entire space would be torn apart in the next moment!
Once a head-on confrontation between the Morning Star Wizards breaks out, it is bound to be a collision at the rules level, enough to cause the entire surface to collapse and distort in a short period of time.
Even if it’s just the aftermath, it can completely wipe out a city!
If two level six Morning Star wizards really fight each other, the degree of terror will be far beyond the imagination of ordinary people, and it will probably be earth-shattering.
Although he knew that during that plane expedition, the Lord of the Mechanical City had a earth-shattering battle with the clone of the Goddess of the Demonic Net.
Unfortunately, Lin En's realm was too low at that time. Not to mention watching the battle closely, he would have been directly wiped out by the aftermath...
Even if he could watch the battle up close, he would not be able to understand the battle between the two.
After all, starting from the fourth-level creatures, the path of cultivation will come into contact with the new field of rules.
Because of this, he did not know the details of the battle between the former Goddess of the Demon Net and the Lord of the Mechanical City.
However, now he is a Morning Star Wizard, and through the body of the Spirit Eye Wizard, he can fully observe the process of the battle between Sel and the Lord of the Mechanical City.
However, the next moment, the battle that Lin En imagined did not go on as planned.
The black-robed Serge suddenly shook his head slightly, a sarcastic smile curled up at the corner of his lips, and his tone was contemptuous, but every word was as sharp as a knife:
"'Star-Breaking Wizard'? Haha... Then let me show you whether this 'Star-Breaking Wizard' in your eyes is qualified to judge your Path of the Shining Moon."
As these words were spoken, changes came quietly.
The black wizard robe, which was originally as deep as the night and of luxurious texture, seemed to come alive.
The surface of the robe was no longer smooth, but gradually began to appear with tiny and twisted insect shadows, as if they were slowly crawling and wriggling in the fabric.
The tracks they crawled along formed a mysterious biological rune map. The black robe was no longer a piece of clothing, but a living spiritual creature, woven from densely packed spiritual parasites!
The original pitch-black robe turned into a pool of extremely sticky black mud that exuded a corrosive smell.
Flowing slowly on its body surface, those insect shadows seemed to have some kind of ability to devour the soul. Once people stared at them, they would fall into the illusion of confusion and mental disorder.
Even a Morning Star wizard, once his eyes fell on this black robe, his attention would inevitably be dragged into the abyss of endless insect shadows, and his mental strength seemed to be forcibly extracted and consumed...
A forbidden robe that is extremely weird!
At the same time, the black wall summoned by Serge also changed...
Suddenly, a strange sound like slime pouring out was heard, and the black wall that pierced the sky seemed to suddenly lose its support and collapsed!
What was left was a surging black ocean.
The "Insect-Eroded Sea" is composed of countless sticky insect matter, spiritual fragments and strange rules!
It slowly spread and eroded the surroundings, echoing the metal-cast ocean of the Mechanical City Lord:
One is rational and cold, like the mind of iron; the other is crazy and corrosive, like the abyss of evil.
Rules against rules, consciousness against consciousness!
The two sixth-level Morning Star Wizards, in the end, launched the most primitive and essential confrontation under this sky with their respective "rule fields".
"It's such a...refreshing feeling..."
Sel took a deep breath and opened his arms, like a believer bathing in holy light, feeling the black, viscous ocean surrounding him.
An expression of almost insane ecstasy appeared on his face.
That is not an ordinary power, but the rules of his faith, the path that belongs to him!
The Spirit Eye Wizard and another Morning Star Wizard seemed to sense some deep-seated danger the moment the dark and viscous ocean suddenly emerged.
The two men's expressions changed drastically at the same time, and they retreated without hesitation, turning into two beams of light and flying backwards, not daring to get close to Sel at this moment.
Even the Morning Star Wizard could not ignore the terrifying feeling of oppression.
But now, Sel obviously no longer needs any help from the two of them.
His body trembled slightly, and he took a step forward. His whole body merged into the dark, sticky black sea that seemed to come from the abyss like black mist.
Next moment!
Gulp... Gulp...!
The viscous Black Sea rolled violently, and the sea surface rose and fell violently.
Immediately afterwards, an extremely huge black shadow slowly emerged from the sea!
It was a huge black giant formed by the Black Sea, several thousand meters tall, and its entire body was made of pitch-black liquid matter. Its body was constantly wriggling, and clumps of sticky black liquid were dripping from its surface, as if countless tiny insect shadows were swimming and crawling in it.
The entire existence itself is like the embodiment of pollution, corrosion and madness. Just one look at it will cause a slight pain in one's mental strength!
Boom!
The black giant moved suddenly, as if the evil god who had been sleeping for thousands of years had resurrected. He raised his mountain-like right fist and, with earth-shaking power, slammed it into the steel sea composed of metal waves!
That punch was like a falling star from the sky, pressing down before it even arrived. The void vibrated and sank like a curtain, emitting a low humming sound!
Under this attack, even the Warhammer Master, Mechanical Puppet Wizard and other Morning Star Wizards all changed their expressions and retreated, not daring to confront head-on.
This was not an attack they could defend against.
It was a furious blow from the peak power of a sixth-level Morning Star Wizard, enough to crush mountains and tear apart the floating city!
At this moment, only the lord of the Mechanical City hidden in the core of the metal ocean is qualified to take this punch!
Snap! Snap! Snap!!
Suddenly, billions of metal materials rose into the air, gathering from all directions as if summoned, and spontaneously combined to form layer upon layer of metal shields in the air, like heavy iron curtains!
That is the ultimate control of mental power.
Every piece of metal part is engraved with the spiritual imprint of the Mechanical City Lord, and under his will, it turns into an insurmountable wall!
One, two, three...
Thousands of metal shields stacked one upon another, like a steel storm, guarding the core of the mechanical fortress!
The next moment!
boom!!!
That punch finally landed!
The first layer of metal shield shattered in an instant, turning into countless fragments that shot out like rags.
Not only that, the black sticky force covering the giant's fist was like an invisible poisonous fire.
Even after the shield exploded, some of the residue remained, penetrating, eroding, and madly devouring the shattered metal fragments.
"...your power of rules...how is it possible!?"
For the first time, the city lord's voice trembled slightly, and his tone revealed a rare sense of shock and anger.
In the past, even if the shield was broken, these metal parts could still be recycled and reassembled. As the most basic and critical combat resource of the mechanical wizard, they are irreplaceable sources of soldiers, tools, weapons and shields.
But now, those broken pieces of metal were rapidly rotting and dissolving under the erosion of the black substance, leaving no room for even a trace of mental power to be recovered!
That is devastating pollution and an erosion of rules!
“I can’t even recycle it…”
The Mechanical City Lord was shocked.
This is not a simple collision of forces, but a direct confrontation between two types of rule forces.
However, the pure power of rules alone was not enough to make the Lord Mayor, who was the ruler of the Mechanical City and sat high on the Iron Throne, change his expression suddenly.
Although this was his first real confrontation with Serge, he already knew something about the radical leader of the Meteoric Council.
Sel, a Morning Star Wizard who has reached the sixth level, has a clear and extreme research direction: darkness and negative energy.
The rule power that he is most well-known to the outside world is the dark rule.
Therefore, when Sel made his first move and displayed that terrifying power that almost corroded everything, even though there were some unusual changes hidden in it, the city lord was only slightly surprised and did not care too much.
He thought it was just some kind of breakthrough in the original rules by the other party.
However……
At the moment when the two people's rule forces collided head-on for the first time, he finally realized that something was wrong!
That is definitely not just a dark rule!
Beneath the thick black abyss that obscures everything, there is something even deeper, more obscure, and more terrifying lurking within.
It's not like the rules are from this world.
It shouldn't even exist in the "rules" themselves.
That feeling... is like the rules of darkness are just a coat it puts on, a disguise to cover up its existence!
It is the real core, the true power hidden deep within Sel’s body!
He didn't use his full strength!
He's still hiding!
The sticky black substance covering the metal parts was just a corner that was gently peeled away, a tentacle that was slightly exposed...
At that moment, the pupils of the Lord Mayor of the Mechanical City shrank slightly, alarm bells rang in his mind, and an extremely dangerous intuition arose in his heart.
Almost at the same time, as if sensing his inner fluctuations, Sel, who was floating on the Black Sea in the distance, showed an extremely happy smile.
His voice was low and soft, but it was like a drop of ink falling into white water, instantly disturbing everyone's mind.
"Tsk tsk...did you notice that?"
At this moment, the city lord's spiritual power is still spreading across the entire metal ocean. Every piece of metal material, every screw, and every energy channel are connected to his soul.
Because of this, Sel only needed to sense it a little to easily capture the emotional changes in the mental fluctuations: surprise, hesitation, alertness... and even a hint of uneasiness.
He smiled even deeper, the curve of his mouth filled with fanaticism and distortion.
"It's almost the same elsewhere..." He whispered to himself, as if there was some terrible omen hidden in his words.
"Then... there's no need to hide any longer."
As soon as the words fell, the atmosphere on the entire battlefield froze instantly!
No matter whether it was the mayor of the Mechanical City, or powerful figures such as the Warhammer Master and the Mechanical Puppet Wizard, they were all shocked and vaguely felt that an inexplicable shadow was quietly spreading from a corner they did not know.
“…Somewhere else?!”
Someone murmured softly, and a chill ran down my spine.
"Could it be that... the Meteoric Council has already taken action against other cities?"
No one knew that the person standing in front of them was just one of Sel's ten clones, but they still thought that this was Sel's real body!
But at this moment, Sel seemed to respond to their surprise and doubt, chuckled, and his whole body began to change again.
The viscous black sea shook violently as if being pulled, and beneath the surface of the sea, a deeper and more disgusting force quietly emerged!
The power was cold, strange, and disgusting, as if it came from the distant void, carrying a suffocating alien aura, like a gift from some desecrated god.
Rumble!
That was the trump card that Searle had always kept hidden.
That was the true gift given to him by the Dark Goddess!
The "key" that can enable him to step into a whole new realm from the sixth-level Morning Star!
And at this moment, this "key" is slowly turning, opening a door that has been sealed for a long time!
Evil, chaos, corruption, madness...
The power that did not belong to the present world, did not belong to humans, and did not belong to this world suddenly exploded out of his body!
In an instant, in the middle of the metal ocean, the always calm Lord of the Mechanical City suddenly changed his expression. He suddenly looked up at Searle and growled:
"The breath of the Outer Gods! This is... the power of that damn civilization!"
A sickening aura from another world spread rapidly from Sel. Wherever it passed, metal corroded, laws were disrupted, and even space itself trembled slightly...
(End of this chapter)
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