Chapter 1550: It Seems Something Is… Wrong!

The black shadow's words made Lin Yan pause slightly.

Lin Yan even began to doubt he had misheard.

Is there great terror in heaven and earth?

Could it be that this black shadow, which has hidden in this world for countless eons, harvested countless ages, and been regarded by every age as the greatest terror, is the one saying this?

Aren't you yourself the greatest terror?

Upon hearing the black shadow say this, Xi Hua also froze for a moment.

You know, Xihua is quite calm and composed.

Her mindset was truly like an ancient well without ripples—no matter how great the event, it could never stir even a tremor in her heart.

After all, just consider that she had sat motionless on that cliff for countless years, and you'd understand the origin of her demeanor.

If you gave an ordinary person infinite life and made them sit in one place for billions of years, that ordinary person… if they didn't go mad, their heart would likely become just like Xi Hua's.

Of course, an ordinary person could never avoid going mad.

Even some gods of the Heavenly Realm would probably go mad.

The power system of the Heavenly Realm does have certain flaws—it pays little attention to "cultivating the heart."

Of course, the Heavenly Realm's power system also has its own advantages.

Although this world remains governed by the law of the strong preying on the weak, at least once gods have grown powerful, though lofty and distant, they are still willing to protect this world and shield their subjects, for they need the faith of these weak humans.

Unlike some eras, where the strong treat human lives as grass, no strong one ever cares what ordinary people think.

This is not maternal saintliness.

From Lin Yan's standpoint, such a Heavenly Realm benefits the prosperity of the entire world and enables it to reach higher heights.

Every age has its own characteristics; some ages, if not harvested by the black shadow, could still give rise to supreme-level supreme beings.

But what about higher levels?

To evolve toward higher levels, you must raise the world's upper limit of tolerable power.

Otherwise, you can only try to transcend this world.

But clearly, transcending a world is even more difficult—at least Lin Yan currently sees no possibility of transcendence whatsoever.

The black shadow, as the first sentient being born in heaven and earth, has spent countless eons unable to transcend, yet still said, "I am trapped."

How difficult, then, for later generations to transcend?

According to Lin Yan's understanding, to transcend, even the supreme level may not be enough—you need power beyond that level, yet the world's current upper limit for power can only accommodate the supreme master level.

To raise this limit, you must make this world stronger.

Otherwise, your power cannot increase, and you cannot break through this world.

You're trapped in a vicious cycle!

Lin Yan believed the black shadow was trapped in this vicious cycle.

On the opposite side of Lin Yan, the black shadow, perhaps too agitated, remembering some unbearable or terrifying past, failed to seize this perfect opportunity—even as Lin Yan and Xi Hua both showed clear surprise.

By the time it realized its mistake and tried to pull the spear from its body again, Lin Yan and Xi Hua had already reacted and launched another combined assault.

"Aaaah! You treacherous bastards!"

The black shadow screamed.

"Hmph. The treacherous one is you—you yourself are the greatest terror of this world!"

Lin Yan sneered.

The black shadow cried out: "You don't understand at all!"

"What is there to not understand? This world is this big, and when you were at your peak, you were already exceeding the supreme master limit—what other great terror could there be? Are you going to tell me there are enemies outside the world ready to break in?"

Lin Yan struck back mercilessly—he wanted to know why this black shadow claimed the world harbored great terror!

In fact, Xi Hua wanted to know too.

Remember, this black shadow was Xi Hua's lifelong enemy.

It harvested countless ages and brought down countless strong ones—yet now it says…

The world has great terror.

That means this black shadow isn't even the ultimate boss. Judging by its tone, there's an even greater ultimate boss in this world!

If you told this to ordinary gods of the Heavenly Realm—or even other main gods—they might believe it.

But Lin Yan didn't believe it.

Xi Hua didn't believe it either.

Only those who stand at the supreme level understand the world's deepest secrets.

In fact, had the black shadow allowed Xi Hua to break through to the supreme level back then, Xi Hua would have been able to find it.

At the supreme level, if an enemy is too weak, they can hide anywhere and possibly evade detection.

But an enemy as powerful as the black shadow? Impossible to hide from.

The black shadow could remain hidden in the world for countless eons precisely because it always emerged when the strongest of each age were about to break through to the supreme level.

Before reaching the supreme level, it was impossible to detect it.

Moreover, Lin Yan had performed countless time reversals and found not a single trace of any "great terror" in this world.

He had nearly reversed time back to the world's very origin.

What other great terror could there be?

This black shadow is the greatest terror!

So neither Lin Yan nor Xi Hua believed the black shadow's words.

But the black shadow certainly wouldn't say such a thing without reason.

So Lin Yan sought to draw out its words—to find out why it said this.

On the other side, the shadow, upon hearing Lin Yan's words, seemed to recall something, its voice tinged with a hint of collapse: "What do you know? Have you ever felt it? From the moment you were born, a pair of eyes has been watching you—no matter how strong you grow, even if you stand atop the world's peak, those eyes never stop watching. But even if you destroy this world, slaughter every living thing, shatter all space, even tear apart the primordial source, you still cannot find those eyes—you have no idea where they are. What else could this be but supreme terror? I ask you, what else could this be but supreme terror?"

The more the shadow spoke, the more it unraveled, as if these words had stirred the deep-seated fears it had buried within itself for countless years!

And it seemed these words had never been spoken to anyone before.

Probably no one had ever been worthy enough for it to speak such things to—until today, after being grievously wounded by Lin Yan, it suddenly found itself speaking more than ever.

"Eyes? What eyes? With your strength, you could shatter any space—no being could hide near you. I think you're simply lying."

Lin Yan did not believe it.

Not to mention this shadow.

Even now, if anyone were watching him, Lin Yan could sense it effortlessly.

No one could watch him, no matter where they were.

Even if they cast a gaze from within a divine realm, Lin Yan could easily drag them out.

And with this shadow's terrifying strength—who could be watching it?

The shadow screamed, hurling wild punches at Lin Yan as it shouted: "I told you—you don't understand! You'll never understand what it's like to be watched from birth! You don't understand, you don't understand!"

The shadow punched at Lin Yan, blow after blow.

At that moment, Xi Hua slightly turned her head and glanced at Lin Yan.

This gesture suddenly made Lin Yan freeze.

Lin Yan suddenly remembered—when he had used time reversal and witnessed the shadow's birth, the shadow had seemed to sense him…

And then…

It had shown a flicker of fear.

The eyes the shadow spoke of…

Something seemed… off?