Chapter 226: The Truth of the Rune

The dazzling white light swallowed the two. Ji Chen felt a sense of spinning, as if his soul had been stripped away.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself and Ceng Yue in a strange space.

Around them was swirling chaotic energy, as gorgeous as a nebula, yet hiding an aura of destruction.

Under their feet was that Runic Pattern emitting eerie light, now flickering even more violently, breathing in and out.

"Damn, what kind of ghost place is this?" Ji Chen couldn't help but curse, an ominous premonition rising in his heart.

Ceng Yue's expression also became grave. She pursed her lips tightly, her eyes fixed on the rune under her feet, as if trying hard to decipher its mysteries.

The surrounding energy fluctuations were becoming more and more violent, as if they could erupt at any time.

A suffocating sense of oppression filled the air, and the dangerous atmosphere climbed rapidly.

"The self-destruct mechanism has been activated," Ceng Yue's voice was cold and calm, yet carried a trace of imperceptible trembling. "We must leave here as soon as possible."

Cold sweat broke out on Ji Chen's forehead, his eyes full of focus and anxiety.

He knew that time was tight and he had to solve the secret of the rune as soon as possible, otherwise they would both be buried here.

Just then, a violent energy shot out from the vortex, heading straight for Ceng Yue.

At the critical moment, Ji Chen pushed Ceng Yue away, but he took the hit head-on.

*Puff! * A mouthful of blood sprayed out. Ji Chen felt as if his internal organs were being torn apart, and the intense pain almost made him faint.

Ceng Yue's face turned pale, her body swaying. She supported Ji Chen. "You..."

Ji Chen gritted his teeth, endured the intense pain, and squeezed out a smile. "It's fine, small scene..."

However, before he could finish speaking, the surrounding energy became even more violent, and beams of energy light attacked like raindrops.

The oppressive feeling surged like a tide, almost swallowing Ji Chen.

"Ah..." Ceng Yue let out a cry of surprise, hit by an energy beam again, her body falling heavily to the ground.

"Ceng Yue!" Ji Chen's eyes were about to split, and an unprecedented anger surged from the bottom of his heart.

"I..." Ji Chen stood up abruptly, and an unprecedented power surged within him.

He felt his Supernatural Ability erupting like a volcanic eruption, and the surrounding energy vortex seemed to be attracted by something, beginning to pour into his body crazily.

"Damn, I'm going to activate my cheat!" He roared, his eyes blood-red, his whole body emitting golden light.

He pulled Ceng Yue into his arms and used his Supernatural Ability to build an indestructible barrier, protecting her firmly.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here!"

The violent energy beams constantly bombarded the barrier, making deafening explosions, but the barrier remained motionless.

While resisting the attacks, Ji Chen concentrated on deciphering the rune under his feet.

Those complex patterns gradually became clear in his eyes, like mysterious codes, revealing the mysteries of the universe to him.

"So that's it!" Excitement flashed in Ji Chen's eyes; he finally discovered the secret of the rune.

This rune was not a self-destruct device, but an energy converter.

It could convert the surrounding chaotic energy into powerful attack power; the key was to inject...

Love?

*Emmm*, is it this *chuunibyou*?

But in a flash, he understood that this love was not simple affection, but the bond of life and death between him and Ceng Yue, their shared determination to fight against fate, and the purest resonance in the depths of their souls!

Just then, a huge black shadow appeared in the center of the energy vortex, gradually solidifying into a ferocious Dark Demon God.

"Tiny human, how dare you pry into my power!" The Dark Demon God let out a heaven-shaking roar, waving huge black claws, attacking Ji Chen and Ceng Yue.

"Good timing!" Ji Chen was fearless. He merged the Supernatural Ability in his body with Ceng Yue's power and injected it into the rune under his feet.

The rune suddenly erupted with brilliant light, and a golden pillar of light shot into the sky, colliding with the Dark Demon God's attack.

With a loud bang, the entire space trembled violently.

Huge shockwaves swept out, and distant mountain peaks collapsed under this power.

Ji Chen and Ceng Yue embraced tightly. "Are you ready?" Ji Chen looked at Ceng Yue and said in a low voice.

"Hmm." Ceng Yue nodded gently, determination flashing in her eyes.

The two embraced tightly, their heartbeats clearly audible to each other.

At this moment, they were no longer independent individuals, but merged into a whole. Their love and power intertwined, forming an incomparably powerful energy.

Ji Chen could feel Ceng Yue's power pouring into his body like a trickling stream, making his originally violent Supernatural Ability more stable and powerful.

He felt as if he controlled the entire world, and an unprecedented sense of power surged in his heart.

They injected this merged power into the rune under their feet.

The rune emitted dazzling light, illuminating the entire space like a small sun.

The light gradually condensed, forming a huge golden energy beam, like a divine sword piercing through heaven and earth, shooting straight at the Dark Demon God.

The Dark Demon God let out a shrill scream, gradually dissipating under the illumination of the golden pillar of light, turning into dots of starlight and merging into the surrounding chaotic energy.

The entire space was shrouded in golden light, like a miracle descending, holy and spectacular.

Ji Chen and Ceng Yue landed slowly, the two smiled at each other, everything unspoken.

They won; they became true heroes!

People in the city cheered, celebrating this hard-won victory.

However, just as everyone was immersed in the joy of victory, Ji Chen suddenly discovered a mysterious mark on Ceng Yue's body, like a black flame, appearing exceptionally glaring on her fair skin.

This mark...

Ji Chen seemed to have seen it somewhere before...

He suddenly remembered that this was exactly the same as the records he had seen in ancient books before!

What on earth was going on?

"Ceng Yue..." Ji Chen's voice trembled slightly.

He reached out to touch the mark, but stopped at the last moment.

Ceng Yue noticed Ji Chen's abnormality, looked down at the mark on her body, and her face turned pale instantly.

"This... what is this?" ===== CHAPTER 227 =====