Chapter 1312

Whoosh—Boom!!

Momentum like a rushing sea.

Speed faster than sound.

Above Looking River, at the edge of vision, the leaden-gray sky seemed to be split by a huge sword, revealing a bleak heavenly light.

With a series of sonic-boom clouds, thunder followed one after another.

When Qing Ya and the others heard the sound, the distance between the two sides was already within arm's reach.

Seeing that violent figure charging like a celestial collision, in an instant Qing Ya chose to burst backward behind the three and shouted sternly:

«Trap him! Speed rule! This must be the speed rule! »

«Bai Ya! You go all out first! Reduce his speed!! »

Bracing themselves, but compared to the earlier shock, Qing Ya had now regained his composure; looking at Lin An charging straight in, his eyes even showed uncontrollable delight.

They weren't afraid of Lin An coming to kill them; they were afraid Lin An would flee!

The Lin An they had painstakingly lured, perhaps blinded by the newly ascended power, actually came charging at them now! He knew that when any lifeform ascends to the Fourth Stage, there is an illusion of invincibility!

That is a foolish fantasy born of a sudden leap in life level, incomprehensible for a moment!

As long as Lin An crosses the middle line of Looking River, he will instantly lose his instant movement ability! Afterwards, under the combined bombardment of the four, they will surely be able to kill the opponent! They no longer had the luxury to wonder why Lin An was so crazy.

Before absolute power, everything is illusory!

As for...

It seemed he had noticed something.

Perhaps because all attention was on Lin An, Bai Ya, the first to act on the order, unexpectedly looked at the black dot behind Lin An.

In his perception, something behind Lin An was clearly being 'pulled' over.

That black dot... seemed to be another human?

«Did you bring your companion along to die together? »

«Is that the bear? »

Quickly searching the relevant data in Memory, after only briefly shifting attention, the four Alien Species that likewise noticed this stopped paying attention to the black dot.

Compared to Lin An, all human Awakened Ones are negligible! In their eyes, only Lin An exists!

The distance, measured in kilometers, closed in an instant.

«Whoosh—Boom!! »

Although Lin An's current might is astonishing, the thunder trailing behind him like heavenly might brings great pressure, but to Qing Ya of the Fourth Stage, it's nothing more than that.

Even, he somewhat sneered at Lin An's current state.

This speed is indeed fast, to the point of greatly affecting the real world. However, to those skilled in mastering the rules, it was obvious at a glance that Lin An was still unskilled in using the rules, wasting most of his power.

In a Fourth Stage battle, every bit of rule power should be used sparingly, squeezed to the limit!

Positioned at the forefront, Bai Ya, whose rule power turned like stone, opened his hands; at the moment he noticed Lin An's charging form slightly stall, a vicious smile suddenly appeared on his face.

«Space Seal!! »

Too reckless! Too reckless!

Such arrogant aggression aside, they actually had no basic vigilance at all!

«Hum»

In an instant, a vast white light burst from the rushing river water, like pillars of light, and in an extremely short time formed a huge light-pillar cage. With the high-frequency vibration buzzing, taking the point where Lin An rushed in as coordinates, the entire space suddenly began to solidify!

Even the air seemed to momentarily cease flowing at this moment.

To counter Lin An's nauseating instant movement ability, this Space Seal device was a special Prop they exchanged for at great cost! Compared to the Space Seal Lin An had previously encountered, this Seal's effect is actively applied!

As long as one steps in here, for at least fifteen minutes, Lin An cannot activate any instant movement ability even if he leaves this space!

Fifteen minutes of time is enough for them to kill Lin An ten thousand times!!

With the plan going so smoothly, they could even imagine Lin An's face suddenly turning deathly pale!

Do you really think you can escape this time just like before!?

At the same time, Lin An, who suddenly sensed a change in space, couldn't help but flash a strange color in his eyes.

He could feel that the surrounding space at this moment had become like a solid, and he could no longer use Blink. Moreover, a layer of force somewhat resembling some kind of rule tightly locked onto his body surface.

"Interesting..."

Unlike what the Alien Species imagined—him being greatly shocked and losing his composure—he realized he had lost his trump card for escape.

At this very moment, Lin An merely gave a light chuckle, completely unbothered by this trap.

Indeed, although he had noticed the abnormality here, he certainly didn't expect the Alien Species to be able to produce something like this. If it were his first time being chased by the Alien Species and falling into such a trap, he would probably have died ten thousand times already.

"But..."

He can't escape, which also means Qing Ya and the others can forget about escaping!

"Let me see... just how weak a normal Fourth Stage really is!"

Without a word, almost the moment Lin An was sealed, Bai Ya, who had kept his hands spread open, instantly swelled up; a huge serpent head with white fangs, azure in color, seemed to squeeze out from above his head.

Without any intention of holding back his strength, in a battle concerning the survival of their species, Bai Ya decisively chose to reveal his true form.

In an instant, from the massive serpent head that had torn open the scalp, a strange black light shot out.

"Gravity Field! Tenfold!"

"Core Seal!"

"Structural Collapse!"

Under the gravity rule, Bai Ya directly employed all his attack means under that rule; only seeing as the black light, in a wave form, instantly Descent upon Lin An's surroundings, an invisible force surging from all directions immediately compressed his body inward.

The speed that had already reached its limit further, under this gravity compression, dropped to subsonic within seconds, becoming as slow as a snail!

Feeling as if a point mass had appeared inside his body, Lin An felt that every cell throughout his body was enduring tremendous pressure.

If it weren't for the passive effect of the Eternal Body resisting this pressure, he would even doubt that his flesh and bones would be squeezed and deformed in this instant, turning directly into a pile of minced meat.

Creating a gravity point with my body's center as the core, then drawing gravity to press down?

What an interesting rule...

It felt as if he were shouldering a hundred thousand great mountains, with an island hanging beneath his feet.

He let out a muffled groan; in the eyes of Qing Ya and the others, both he and Zhang Tie were almost instantly pulled down by this gravity, falling like meteors.

Noticing how easily Lin An was controlled, Qing Ya and the others instantly rejoiced.

Although they were overjoyed, they still retained their final vigilance.

Although they thought Lin An was too reckless, almost suicidal in charging over. Perhaps it was overconfidence after advancing to Fourth Stage, believing they could still crush peers as before, or perhaps they wanted revenge.

But no matter what, they never believed a Perfected One could be so easily killed.

Keep controlling! Drain his rule power!

He has no defensive-type rule!!

Noticing that Lin An's surface only had a faint silver force barely resisting the gravity rule, Qing Ya quickly reached a conclusion and simply commanded the remaining Fourth Stage Alien Species to continue attacking.

Lin An is surely doomed! All they now need to guard against is Lin An dragging someone down with him in his dying moments!

It's obvious; given that Lin An has no defensive rule, among the rules he masters, one must be speed-type and the other necessarily attack-type!

Space Rend!

Position Shift!

Hum

There is not the slightest fairness to speak of.

With the intention of draining Lin An's rule power, another alien who mastered the space rule, a Fourth Stage Alien Species, instantly locked onto Lin An.

He appeared to strain both hands outward, as if trying to tear Lin An's flesh apart from afar, then jerked violently.

Crack-crack

Like steel being pulled apart under immense force.

Continuously falling, Lin An coldly observed the other kind of rule attack he was suffering.

You want to drain me to death... to prevent me from fighting back with my life on the line?

Heh... not a bad idea...

Although he harbored the thought of testing his strength, Lin An still maintained sufficient vigilance. If he realized the opponent's rule could truly harm him, he would naturally abandon the test.

But looking at it now, it seems still a bit lacking...

Why... is it so weak...

Despite the black-pupiled Alien Species desperately manipulating rule power to tear at him, unknown to others, Lin An merely harbored a faint doubt in his heart.

Although he was merely passively operating the Eternal Body, these Alien Species' so-called rule attacks still could not inflict substantive harm on him.

Unlike the imagined Fourth Stage rule attacks, which should defy logic, be unsolvable, and be terrifyingly damaging, these are different.

In less than a second, although he appeared immobilized by control, as if he would die the next moment.

But Lin An clearly realized these rules posed no threat to him at all.

Space Rend... Position Shift...

Moving the space on either side of my body is like tearing a two-dimensional creature's structure by ripping paper on a two-dimensional sheet.

Position Shift, reversing my perception of space, inverting up, down, left, right...

The former is somewhat interesting, but its effect is too poor... the latter merely bullies Third Stage beings.

Is this what Alien Species are? Alien Species that, at the same Fourth Stage, are stronger than humans?

Incomprehensible.

Just as Lin An cannot understand why his power surged, he also cannot comprehend how the Alien Species' rules are not at all 'special'...

Not to mention the earlier gravity rule...

To be frank, Lin An even felt he could simulate this effect with electromagnetism.

Lin Dui, aren't we going to act yet?

Holy shit, I feel awful from this pressure... damn it, it's like motion sickness, damn that black snake, why does it keep pulling my dick...

Curled into a ball.

Ignored by all Alien Species, Zhang Tie, likewise suffering from the aftershock of the rule attack, seemed to have collapsed, his whole body continuously falling downward.

Compared to Lin An, who still had the mind to analyze the rules, he now only wanted to charge up and kill these monsters.

His whole body's bones creaked under the pressure, and under the spatial tearing he felt his upper body and lower body beginning to separate.

Of course, he could also sense that these rules seemed to inflict only that much harm on him...

At the same time, watching Lin An completely controlled and barely holding on, Qing Ya couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement.

The combat style of the Fourth Stage is completely different from that of the Third Stage.

Normally, it's a clash of rules; once one side drains the other's rule power, they directly use the remaining rule power to strangle the opponent.

If the fight is indecisive, only then will they resort to physical combat.

It seems Lin An likely chose the most conventional rule to advance to Fourth Stage as quickly as possible!

Speed rule! Plus body strengthening!?

Such a basic rule, the kind only trash would choose, could indeed be completed in this short time to reach Fourth Stage!

No wonder, no wonder he became Fourth Stage so quickly!

After their own speculative analysis, Qing Ya and the others instantly realized what rule Lin An possessed—either mocking or tinged with pity.

A Perfected One, choosing the weakest way to become Fourth Stage...

Their coercion really did work.

All that can be said is that humanity in this world is too weak... Without sufficient knowledge and cognition, they fundamentally do not understand the meaning of the Fourth Stage, nor what the rules of the Fourth Stage signify... It's like a group of primitives who, after obtaining system rewards, don't know how to exchange for advanced civilization technology, but instead choose to exchange for a metal club.

Compared to the foundation of the Alien Species world, the human world is that primitive, ignorant and tragic, fundamentally not knowing how to gain power.

And as the strongest individual of this primitive civilization, naturally he cannot escape this fate...

Just like another perfect being they once killed, he dies on foolish emotions.

Having thought this, Qing Ya simply also mobilized his own rules, regarding Lin An as if in Judgment:

"No more wasting time!"

"Red Snake! You and I attack together! Send him on his way!"

For a civilization, the greatest respect is racial extermination.

Then for an individual, Qing Ya has always believed that the greatest respect is to go all out in encircling and killing!

With a shift in mindset, Qing Ya's gaze now pityingly falls on Lin An, who is still struggling desperately; he knows this is too cruel for Lin An.

A perfect being who only grasps elementary rules, if he wants to have a chance to fight them, can only choose close-quarters combat.

Compared to the terrifying rules they wield, Lin An is like a primitive, unable to inflict even the slightest harm on them before death.

"How tragic..."

"Lin An, I must admit, you once brought me great pressure; even though your civilization is as fragile as worms, you are still worthy of our attention."

Continually gathering a spiritual rule power, Qing Ya arrogantly looks down on Lin An, who is about to fall into Looking at River, and speaks calmly:

"What a pity, your cognition is too weak."

"Do you think the Fourth Stage is still like the Third Stage, comparing whose strength is greater, whose speed is faster?"

"Heh, maybe in the Third Stage you could still fight with brute force, but after the Fourth Stage you still think like that... how naive..."

"One red, one white."

The Red Snake, who controls the heating of accelerated particles, slowly lifts a mass of red light, face full of mockery.

Although he did not, like Qing Ya, pronounce Lin An's death, he thought the same in his heart.

"Qing Ya, no need to waste words with him."

"Ignorance comes at a price."

"As respect for the perfect beings, I will use all my power."

"Lin An, feel the terror of the intermediate rules... To die at our hands is your honor..."

As if in divine judgment, just as the Red Snake, feeling somewhat emotional, activates his rule power to completely crush Lin An's last rule power.

In an instant, the continuously falling figure suddenly halted.

All that could be seen was Lin An, who in their imagination should have been painfully struggling, full of resentment and despair, now looking at them with a strange expression.

"You guys are really noisy..."

"Boom!!!"

Before Qing Ya and the others could realize what was happening, the next second, Lin An, locked dead under the gravity rule, suddenly burst out with dazzling silver light all over his body.

His whole body, as if ignoring tenfold gravity, instantly shot up into the sky.

And the tearing rule that had been constantly ripping his body also, under the violent collision of the Eternal Body, instantly exploded.

"Pfft"

Like suffering an impact, the Fourth Stage Alien Species still controlling the space rule at this moment only felt his rule being torn apart in an instant, like an egg striking a rock, the rule power directly annihilated, and at once his mental power vanished as well.

His face turned deathly pale, before he could realize anything.

The moment he broke free from control, Lin An gave them a cruel smile:

"Have you had enough?"

"Now, it's my turn..."

"Magnetic field in motion!"

"Cellular activation!"

"Psychic burst!"

"Power amplification... fortyfold!"

"This punch, four million tons..."

"I hope you..."

"Don't die too horribly!"