Chapter 1698: with translation of chapter title

What is this?

Gul Hong Mo, who was about to flee with the reward, instantly felt his vision go dark; upon regaining consciousness, he found himself already in a patch of darkness.

He instinctively looked around and instantly recognized where he was.

This is that brat's spatial ability!?

Everything happened too strangely.

Although he couldn't understand what the flame Lin An had just ignited actually was.

But seeing the Judgment space he was in, Gul Hong Mo instantly realized he had been dragged by Lin An into that extremely crude spatial interlayer.

That worm, it was the one who killed the Flame Ghost here!

Dragged me in?

Wait!?

Could this worm also want to kill me!?

For some reason, a thought flashed through Gul Hong Mo's mind like a bolt from the blue.

The idea was so absurd it even made him wonder how he could have come up with such a ridiculous thought!?

Especially after regaining consciousness, he instantly noticed Lin An's life force, weakened to the extreme, as feeble as dead wood.

As a Star-Destroying Level being, what ability hasn't he seen? Upon realizing this, Gul Hong Mo immediately understood how Lin An had managed to survive.

Burning life?

Burning all his power to block my attack?

Being able to do this truly astonished him.

However, Gul Hong Mo didn't care; seeing Lin An's current state, he feared the brat would burn himself to death in the next second.

Weak, far too weak!

Without further thought, Gul Hong Mo, eager to kill Lin An and escape, snorted coldly in his heart, not even bothering to say a word of nonsense.

Let it be strange; after all, this worm has always been strange! But in the face of absolute power suppression, everything is meaningless!

The thought flashed by, and in an instant, flames capable of melting space erupted again.

This time, he intends to melt this space together with that worm!

Quick battle, quick decision—he doesn't care about any secrets anymore! Making the same mistake again, he won't do it a second time!

At the same time.

Lin An, as if frozen between life and death, suddenly moved.

Only seen, in Lin An's eyes, countless rule imprints like a net of time lit up instantly.

It's just...

Now!

Thunderstorm!

High-frequency vibration!

Nuclear fission!

Will shattering!

Wind fury, heavens!

Flame explosion!

Repulsive force tearing!

Atomic reconstruction!

「！Buzz！Buzz buzz！Buzz buzz buzz！「

In an instant.

Within the cramped Judgment space, over thirty rule forces instantly condensed into a rule storm; the unique buzzing sound each rule force made upon activation seemed to occupy the entire world.

Over thirty rule invocations.

Although its quality paled compared to that towering rage-flame, the massive burst of rules in an extremely short time actually overwhelmed the flame at this moment.

Seeing a rule storm that was fundamentally impossible to appear and unimaginable, Gul Hong Mo's expression changed drastically, as if seeing a ghost alive, he nearly cried out in fright!

Damn!, What the hell is this!?

Over thirty types of rules!?

In his sight, the dense rules intertwined, forming a variegated ocean; amidst the light and chaos, he could barely see where Lin An was!

He could only see strands of rules conflicting with each other, even impossible to coexist, infinitely magnified in his vision!

Thunder! Ice explosion! Fusion! Fission! Will attack, life attack, elemental attack, material attack!

Unimaginable, the instant's extreme cold and scorching heat, mixed with all sorts of chaos, even rule effects whose type couldn't be determined, at this moment bombarded him violently like a hodgepodge.

For a moment, Gul Hong Mo felt as if he were facing a War Star Level legion!

Everything surpassed his comprehension.

Even as a Star-Destroying Level powerhouse, before such an inconceivable, even horrifying scene, Gul Hong Mo was stunned into a daze!

Awakened Ones possess only two rules; even those so-called perfect ones can have at most three! This is an iron law, a rule ordained by the Doomsday System!

He has lived so long, seen countless Fifth Stage beings, yet this iron law has never been broken!

At most, only a chimera-like dual-soul body can break this limit!

Thus, facing this perversely extreme rule storm, for the Flame Giant, the storm's impact force and the shock to his cognition were simply too great!

It was as if he merely wanted to pinch an ant to death, but the ant suddenly turned into a dead star, crackling as it launched a dimensional strike against him!

This is fucking absurd!

No time to think why this is happening.

Instinctively sensing danger, Gul Hong Mo hurriedly activated his own defensive rules, trying to block the damage first!

Although he is Star-Destroying Level, without using defensive rules his defense is no different from an ordinary Fifth Stage!

He must not be injured, absolutely must not be injured! Once injured, even if he killed Lin An he couldn't escape!

However, the anomaly arose again.

Before the fire giant could even activate its own defensive rules, it was about to abandon its attack.

A strange feeling, as if even his soul had been seen through, suddenly burst with fear in his heart.

Only seeing Lin An charging forward, wrapped in a great amount of rule power, his eyes once again turned silver as the Wheel of Reincarnation Eye and Causal Sequence were activated, instantly reversing him back to 0.0001 second before.

"This is!?"

Although the reversal and control of time were extremely short, even negligible.

But in this instant, it seemed as if life and death had already been decided.

Never expecting Lin An to threaten him, Gul Hong Mo, who had retained only basic rules, had his surface defenses torn open in an instant.

At the same time, in a world he could not see, a spirit sword simultaneously pierced his soul fire atop his head.

"Crack-crack"

That was the sound of the soul shattering.

"He's been dragged in!?"

"Right there!"

Outside the Judgment space.

Hundreds of Fifth Stage combatants from all sides halted their attacks; even the Star-Destroying Level fighters who had been battling a second ago now nervously looked up at the sky.

Gul Hong Mo and Lin An disappeared together.

Although they could sense where the two were, no one knew what was happening inside.

Vigilance, unease, disturbance.

Amid various emotions and speculations, everyone seemed frozen, waiting for the outcome.

Of course, many Star-Destroying Level powerhouses were already itching to move, about to rush to the Judgment space's location to strike.

Gul Hong Mo's performance before being dragged in had already made them realize Lin An's strength, which might truly be problematic.

At the same time.

The besieged Hei Di subconsciously wanted to flee.

This was a once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity.

He misjudged how much these Star-Destroying Level beings knew.

With deep knowledge of Lin An's true combat power, he could almost imagine what the result would be.

The best outcome would probably be Lin An revealing his last trump card, breaking out, and then dying under the siege.

Lin An couldn't possibly instant-kill a Star-Destroying Level; otherwise he would have acted already.

Even if he used the trump card he guessed at, killing Gul Hong Mo..

But once it was exposed that he couldn't use rules, or that rules were restricted, these Star-Destroying Level beings would still not let it go.

Hei Di clearly understood that Lin An needed to buy time, just like him.

If he dragged it out to the end, he might possibly recover to Star-Shattering, but now it's definitely not enough!

"Run!"

"Chimera Emperor! Cooperate with me to break out!"

Having reached this thought, Hei Di decisively roared with mental power at the blood-soaked Chimera Emperor.

Although the outcome was already decided, he would still be hunted afterward.

But looking at it now, it's uncertain whether this group of Star-Destroying Level beings will start fighting each other over Lin An's authority!

To survive, there is still a bit of hope!

But just as Hei Di was about to lift his final Rule Reserve and charge out, a crisp space-shattering sound suddenly rang out in the silence.