Chapter 648: The Wild Land

Li Heng and the Pale Severed Hand are both considered foreign objects to the Great Void.

One, although suspected to originate from the Great Void, has become too large, necessitating its suppression, control, and even exclusion, while the other is something that does not belong to the Great Void at all.

However, the Pale Severed Hand does have some tricks up its sleeve; even after successfully descending into the Great Void, it did not trigger the Great Void's exclusion and suppression—at least, not before.

As for now, it naturally has.

The behavior of the Pale Severed Hand is a constant invasion of the Great Void, much like a virus or bacteria invading a human body; the level of invasion is becoming deeper and deeper, no longer limited to the surface of the Great Void, and it even wants to wreak havoc at this deeper level, naturally triggering a fierce backlash from the Great Void, and its previous concealment immediately lost its effect.

It is like a tumor; if it has not flared up, the human body naturally cannot perceive it, but if it does flare up, it will definitely be noticed!

"Backlash? Utterly ridiculous."

The Pale Severed Hand spoke in a weird, cold, and mechanical tone; such an existence has invaded countless places and has naturally experienced the backlashes of these places many times, but none have been able to cause it the slightest obstruction.

Boom—, it sounded like Heavenly Thunder exploding, with all things collapsing and perishing.

The backlash from the depths of the Great Void drew ever closer, yet the Pale Severed Hand continued to ignore it, its weird ink wantonly modifying Reality and destroying this layer of the Great Void.

Li Heng stood to the side, not making a move to stop it.

He discovered that what the Pale Severed Hand said had some truth to it; after a portion of this layer was destroyed, a certain place in the Great Void completely collapsed, indicating a certain correspondence.

For instance, there was a one-meter-sized void region next to the Pale Severed Hand that had been completely covered by that weird ink, becoming weird, chaotic, and exuding an aura that did not belong to the Great Void.

And this corresponded to a certain place in the Great Void.

This did not seem to be the era Li Heng was in, but rather the future; it was a vast and boundless Multiverse, with Heavens and Myriad Worlds, where countless Chaos Demon Gods and Heaven-Opening Beings existed. There, worlds were born and perished every moment, civilizations rose and fell, all things went through the cycle of formation, existence, destruction, and Emptiness, and all sentient beings drifted within it.

It could be said that this place in that era was infinitely glorious.

But ever since that void region was covered by the weird ink, this glorious Heavens and Myriad Worlds began to sink rapidly; first, the spiritual energy dissipated, the rules collapsed, demons and monsters ran rampant, and then it even spawned a pile of unreasonable, weird, and evil things that corrupted the timeline, destroyed Heaven and Earth and worlds, and caused Immortal Gods to bleed to death.

This was actually still fine.

Because, given the scale of this glorious Heavens, it could withstand such changes and would not completely sink. After all, within this glorious Heavens, various Chaos Demon Gods and Heaven-Opening Holy Beings had already transcended the Time-Space River of that Heavens and were ranked on the Other Shore.

These powerful beings were not affected for the time being; instead, they felt these changes were quite interesting. After all, when they fought, they would often overturn the Time-Space River and restart the Heavens. Compared to that, the destructive power of the situation where demons and weird things ran rampant was actually smaller.

But when the weird ink completely covered that one-meter-sized void region, even these Chaos Demon Gods and Heaven-Opening Holy Beings could not escape unscathed, and they were all affected and polluted.

This kind of influence was very unreasonable, coming from a higher level. In an instant, these Chaos Demon Gods and Heaven-Opening Holy Beings went mad, exhibiting aberrations from the perspective of normal living beings.

The Dari Shenjun, who symbolized the Great Sun, fell into a terrifying Black Sun, spreading madness and Pollution throughout the Heavens and Myriad Worlds. The Dadi Shemu, who nurtured the Heavens and was the origin of all sentient beings, also turned into a terrifying monster that constantly bred offspring, giving birth to countless flesh-and-blood brood mothers.

The strongest beings were affected and went mad one after another; this was a change from bottom to top, and then from top to bottom, and thus this Heavens and Myriad Worlds, which should have been infinitely glorious, completely sank and collapsed.

Li Heng frowned.

This glorious Heavens was too far from his era, so even he, in the Hongdao Realm, could not make it in time to help. But why did he feel this situation was a bit familiar?

That's right, it was similar to the Pollution of the Calamity and monsters.

Especially that Unknown Calamity.

He remembered this omnipresent Calamity.

The figure of this Unknown Calamity existed in every era he had been to; it truly seemed to have spread throughout the Great Void. Therefore, even he, as he was now, could not figure out the methods of that Unknown Calamity, and he might not even be able to defeat it.

However, what was fortunate was that the influence and Pollution suffered by this glorious Heavens were not as Absolute as the Calamity and monsters; although it looked more terrifying than before, Li Heng could feel that if he were to be within that glorious Heavens, he should be able to resist this influence and Pollution without needing to use Source Power.

As for the Pollution of the Calamity and monsters, if large-scale, complete Pollution occurred, even now, as he was in the Hongdao Realm, he would have to use Source Power.

Comparing the two, the difference in level was immediately clear.

The essence of this Pale Severed Hand was not as great as the Calamity and monsters.

"You must have seen the destruction I caused, right? Do you still dare to look down on me now? Once I completely destroy this layer, even you will have nowhere to stand."

The Pale Severed Hand said coldly and lifelessly.

Li Heng nodded, but remained indifferent and did not speak.

In this deeper void layer, the places polluted by that weird ink were far more than just a mere one-meter-sized void region; there were more, filling this layer, endless and infinite, and one did not know how many places like the glorious Heavens had met with such a poisonous hand.

But so what?

Let him let this Pale Severed Hand go?

That would only cause greater influence and destruction!

Moreover, even if he let this Pale Severed Hand go now, the Pale Severed Hand probably wouldn't be able to leave. Because, the terrifying backlash of the Great Void had finally descended!

It was not aimed at him, but at this Pale Severed Hand!

Li Heng looked at this Pale Severed Hand with pity.

One must know that even he, as he was now, would not dare to cause such large-scale destruction, yet this Pale Severed Hand was like a hotheaded youth, not only challenging the bottom line of the Great Void but also pushing its luck, clamoring while stepping on the face of the Great Void.

"What is this attitude of yours? You still don't want to negotiate?"

The Pale Severed Hand said.

It did not understand why this native would be so tough. Did he still expect the will of this place to come out and protect it? What a joke; it sensed in the dark that this place was so low-level that it didn't even have a personalized will, let alone something like the Heavenly Dao.

But it was also strange.

This kind of place was surprisingly large and surprisingly deep; even if it tried hard to expand, it could not reach the end of the boundary. Unless it was a wild land that had not yet been developed but had a deep foundation?

Before it could think more, a bolt of thunder struck down, and power beyond imagination erupted; it was completely reduced to ashes and was gone.