Chapter 147 Truth and Lies

On the surface world, countless air currents rolled and intertwined, spreading out slowly with the point where the [Infant] fell as the epicenter.

In the underground world, however, there was only silence.

The frozen lake's ice shattered as the [Infant] carved out a ballistic trajectory that plunged five hundred meters deep into the earth, finally detonating above the [Azure King's Authority Domain]... the entire [Domain] was destroyed.

The true starting point of the explosion.

All the destruction happened in just 0.1 seconds.

Along with the [Azure King's Authority Domain], what was destroyed…

Were the hundreds of nutrient pods preserved by the "Star Cluster Project." The transcendents sitting in the pods were instantly torn apart by the massive energy released by the "Storm Release" while in an unconscious state.

Sleeping transcendents were as fragile as paper in the face of such a weapon.

Their "flesh and blood" were torn apart in an instant.

The high-risk criminals of [Snow Cage], Taotie and Zhu Wang, were no exception. Even top-tier fourth-level transcendents and titled individuals didn't survive a second longer in this explosion.

Everything turned to ashes.

"Buzz, buzz, buzz."

The frigid lake water swirled in the darkness, vaguely forming a tiny sphere.

The lake water gradually dispersed.

Large amounts of steam rose from the surface of the sphere of light.

This was a spherical domain composed of "Blazing Fire." Upon closer inspection, it could be seen that it was a superposition of two domains... The flame that had yet to condense a complete "Fire of Life" only vaguely shrouded a spherical outline. What truly enveloped it was a layer of solid ice that had been almost entirely worn away by the [Infant].

The "Pure Land" Domain enveloped the outer layer.

Only a broken trunk remained of the Su Xuan Tree. Apart from the main trunk, all the branches and long leaves had been shredded.

Within the spherical domain...

Countless "iron scales" floated densely. This was Gu Shen's third layer of defense. [Iron Throne] disassembled every piece of ancient tomb iron on Gu Shen's body to provide the greatest possible resistance.

But the [Infant]'s physical strike still penetrated.

Gu Shen shook his head forcefully, trying to shake off the lingering noise in his mind, but it was no use. The intense feeling of weightlessness and vertigo enveloped him. After all, he was at the "epicenter of the explosion."

Blood溢ed out and spread within the domain.

Gu Shen reached out and covered the area where the pain erupted.

The sixth-level Source Armor was torn apart. There was a piercing pain in the area of his waist and ribs. More importantly, the "curse" after the Sky Sheath fragment fissured was causing his entire body's source energy to dissipate rapidly. The 70% activity of the fragment, after fission, seemed to tear him apart completely.

He hurriedly touched the wound with the Blazing Fire at his fingertips.

The Blacksnow Mountain dreamscape descended instantly.

This scene had been repeated many times during this period.

But this time, when Gu Shen arrived at Blacksnow Mountain, his expression was ashen, like that of a dying man. The "Traveler" nailed to the stone wall, for the first time, revealed an unusual brilliance in his eyes, apart from the usual decay.

"We meet again."

Gu Shen's action of sitting cross-legged was more crisp and efficient than ever before. "Detoxify me."

Every time he came to "Blacksnow Mountain" in the past, he would take the opportunity to talk to the Traveler a little more.

But this time was different.

He was about to die in the real world.

The Traveler extended a withered finger and simply brushed it across.

Gu Shen got up, ready to leave.

But for the first time on Blacksnow Mountain, the Traveler took the initiative to speak.

"How do you feel?"

Gu Shen froze, turned his head, and looked at the figure nailed to the stone wall.

There was silence between the two for several seconds.

"I feel pretty good."

Gu Shen thought for a moment and said, "If you're asking me about the taste of being alive."

Entering Blacksnow Mountain,解除ing the curse, and then exiting the dreamscape.

Not much time had passed in the real world.

Probably less than ten seconds.

After the [Infant]'s strike, time at the bottom of Frozen Lake lost its meaning. Everything here was destroyed. Gu Shen opened his eyes, and his mental state was much better than before... The most terrifying "fission damage" of the [Infant] had been manually erased by the Traveler, and the physical pain was being healed by the Fire of Life.

After the [Azure King's Authority Domain] dissipated.

The previously restricted mental power was also able to spread out.

Gu Shen scattered his spirit,探查ing this "completely dead" lake bottom water area.

The strike of the Sky Sheath weapon was terrifying beyond imagination.

Countless shattered "Sky Sheath fragments" filled the bottom of Frozen Lake... There were still countless fission curses缠绕ing here. Once a transcendent approached, they would be immediately attached. However, these curses were still okay for him. When they accumulated to a certain extent, he could return to the Blacksnow Mountain dreamscape again and use the "Traveler's" power to remove them.

Fortunately, Mu Wanqiu and Mu Qingyang's bodies were sent out.

Otherwise, in just now's strike, Gu Shen really didn't have the confidence to protect the safety of the fourteen-person team.

Protecting himself was already very difficult.

After the mental power was扩散 to the extreme.

Gu Shen muttered softly, "They're all dead..."

His spirit could not sense any other life.

This meant that everyone at the bottom of Frozen Lake was dead.

"Gurgle."

A very light sound came from not far away.

Gu Shen instantly cast his gaze in the direction of the sound. He摘下 a wisp of Blazing Fire to illuminate the darkness in that direction.

In the deep lake, a broken bubble was slowly膨胀ing.

The dead暗流s were vaguely starting to翻涌.

The strange thing was that his spirit did not探知 any abnormality.

Gu Shen slowly "floated" in that direction.

The Blazing Fire approached.

He could see it more clearly... But mental power still couldn't感知. The spirit he separated all entered the "bubble" like a clay ox entering the sea, and then dissipated instantly.

Gu Shen勐地 realized something was wrong.

"Is this the [Truth] Domain? Is Han Dang still alive?"

As this thought appeared.

"Whoosh!"

The bubble suddenly炸裂, and the dark tide at the bottom of Frozen Lake also四散 with it. The Blazing Fire in front of Gu Shen reappeared,笼成 a semicircle,遮挡ing the汹涌 black tide outside.

His expression was gloomy as he stared in the direction where the bubble burst.

A withered and broken figure was tightly抱 with a circular "nutrient pod." It was hard to believe that this old-fashioned nutrient pod could survive under the [Infant]'s strike.

The reason it survived was simple.

Some lunatic used the [Truth] Domain to包裹 it.

Who would use [Truth] to protect such a useless thing?

The man抱着 the nutrient pod was披 with a破烂 black robe. At this moment, the wide robe, like seaweed,摇曳着散开, revealing countless holes in his back.

And pairs of猩红 "eyes."

These were all "Sky Sheath fragments" scattered in the苔原... The number of criminals killed by the Enforcement Department of the Two Continents during this period was less than half of those held in [Snow Cage]. Most of the criminals倒下 in Han Dang's召唤 and屠戮.

They were either躺 in the nutrient pod舱体.

Or, they were埋 in the snow in the腹地 of the苔原.

Therefore, more than half of the "Sky Sheath" fragments were now in Han Dang's body. He was using the power of [Truth] to对抗 these fragments. This might be the only Domain that could change the relationship between Sky Sheath and source质 in terms of "causality."

Han Dang was indeed a lunatic.

No transcendent would want to touch the [Old World] relic of the Sky Sheath fragments.

But it was precisely because he was疯了.

The power of [True Word] and [Truth] allowed him to coexist peacefully with the "Sky Sheath fragments," without being affected by each other.

Thousands of Sky Sheath fragments were扎根 in his flesh and blood and蠕动.

When planning this operation, Master Gu and Zhu Xue must not have imagined that the transcendent who could withstand the physical strike of the [Infant] was not Zhu Wang, but Han Dang.

They also wouldn't have thought that Han Dang could also withstand the huge curse of the "Sky Sheath裂变."

"Gurgle."

"Gurgle."

The bubbles rolled and散开.

The [Truth] Domain began to expand disorderedly. Although Han Dang,抱 with the nutrient pod, had survived the [Infant]'s explosion, his body was full of fatal injuries. Every "Sky Sheath fragment" under his skin was enough to take this body's life.

He could live until now, all靠着 [Truth] to support him.

However, the [Infant]'s explosion completely destroyed the balance of the scales.

Han Dang slowly cast his gaze on Gu Shen.

His gaze was already无神.

Pupils and whites were all浸染 by ink,化为极致的黑.

"He's completely out of control."

Gu Shen's expression was gloomy. At the moment of eye contact, he instantly felt danger.

Buzz.

The next moment, Han Dang directly crashed over. His speed was frighteningly fast, and he arrived in front of Gu Shen in an instant.

Under the透支 of [Truth] Domain that ignored cause and effect, the serious life-threatening injuries on Han Dang's body were all forcefully suppressed!

"Bang!"

Gu Shen instantly raised his arms.

Thousands of iron scales拼成 a solid as gold汤圆 shield in front of him.

Han Dang raised his hand and slapped it down!

The power of [Truth] was缭绕 around his fingertips. Without any sealed objects, every strike he made in an out-of-control state was a symbol of rules. The ever-unbreakable "iron shield" was directly撕 out a long slit with one grab.

The power of [Iron Throne] was completely crushed by the higher-level [Truth]!

Those torn iron tools were completely泯灭 in the cold current of the deep lake.

Gu Shen was no stranger to this kind of attack.

In the Great Capital District, he used this kind of power when dealing with the "God Descent" Tie Wu.

[Truth]'s destruction.

This kind of attack was done to directly erase it at the "causal" level.

If he used the Domain to resist.

Part of the Domain would also be erased.

There was only one way to deal with [Truth].

"Rumble"

The deep lake's tide was completely搅动.

The two people, one in front and one behind, one retreating and one advancing, Gu Shen's speed was very fast, Han Dang's speed was even faster. After he抓碎 the iron shield, he immediately伸出 his hand for the second time to grab Gu Shen's neck.

It didn't matter what Gu Shen used to resist.

Under the causal erasure of [Truth]一一.

As long as he grabbed him, it would be a devastating blow!

In the darkness, a wisp of silver-white light浮现. This wisp of light only 推 out an inch, but it was extremely刺眼, almost照亮 the entire deep lake water area... A wisp of confusion flashed in Han Dang's black pupils. The spirit of the out-of-control person had already begun to spread disorderedly, and behavior could not be explained by logic, but in a life-and-death决斗, his body's reaction would still retain a part.

The rationality in the chaos told him to stop here.

The madness given by [Truth] told him.

Just do it.

He was invincible now.

Rationality and madness Han Dang chose the latter.

So he continued to stretch out his hand until he caught that extremely滚烫 wisp of silver-white炽光.

That was a ruler.

The mental space of the Ruler of Truth was as calm as ever. When "Miracle Silver"笼罩ed and灌溉ed, everything in this mental world was笼罩ed by darkness.

But with Gu Shen's启封 一一.

A large amount of light垂降ed into this world again.

The devil in the dark mist remained in a sitting position. Before the start of this long "封印", he was like this.

It was like he was asleep.

It was as if he was deliberately waiting.

For Gu Shen outside, it had been quite a long time since he "封印ed" the ruler.

But the scene in front of him was inevitably a little恍惚.

As if only a moment had passed in the Ruler world.

"You've come."

The devil looked at Gu Shen expressionlessly. Since the two had撕破 all pretenses, he had never been暴怒 again. Even when he was 封印ed by "Miracle Silver," he was still extremely calm.

He knew.

The so-called "封印" was just a lie. No matter how long the time limit was, it was destined to pass.

He and Gu Shen were destined to相逢 again.

Because Gu Shen had tasted the taste of [Ruler of Truth], he would never give up this ruler... Otherwise, he would have thrown himself into the [Old World] long ago.

All "封印"s were not可怕.

Using "封印" meant that the master didn't want to丢弃 it.

封印 would definitely重启.

"I hope you can shut up."

Gu Shen stood in the light and said calmly, "Don't force me to live twenty-seven years less."

He knew that from the moment of启封, the devil began to窃取 his cognition through [Truth].

The devil liked to see, so let it see.

When it saw Shenci Mountain, saw the Prayer Technique, and saw the huge Scale of Fate.

It would realize that Gu Shen always had an invisible "deterrent."

This was Gu Shen's "last step" 一一.

He could use twenty-seven years of life at any time.

In exchange for its death!

These words had an immediate effect. The devil shrugged indifferently and, as expected, stopped speaking. He didn't say a word. He just stood up from the throne and slowly张开 his arms.

This posture looked like an embrace.

But it was more like a display.

He stood in the darkness, and the pressure he exuded was enough to make the world臣服. This posture alone made people feel敬畏, like the monarch of this chaotic everything. Although he didn't say a word, he seemed to be saying, "These... are all mine."

Then.

The devil walked down the throne and stood in front of Gu Shen.

Gu Shen fell into silence.

This was the first time he had对视 with the devil from such a close distance. This distance was so close that he could step into the darkness with just one step forward, or the devil could step outward and stand in the light.

The two were only one step away from重叠ing.

"This time, there is no transaction."

The devil said, "Everything here is yours. If you need it, just take it."