Chapter 334: Golem

At the moment that pitch-black shadow appeared, the originally retreated lava again began to fill the ground; the cracks on the ground were like a spider's web.

The magma spewing from the inner world filled the entire space.

Under that pitch-black shadow, the ground began to tremble, and the earth filled with magma began to deform.

The clear, fountain-like water spray from the originally dried-up mountain stream shot up into the sky, gathering in the air into a light drizzle.

Raindrops pattered on the scorched black ground.

Water splashed everywhere, water trickled down the thorn-covered body drop by drop, forming translucent water marks on the dark body.

In a short time, the ground was a vast white expanse, with rainwater raging.

This seemed not to be rain, but rather an underground river being pulled by an invisible force, forming a massive water column piercing heaven and earth.

"Boom—"

Piercing silver-white lightning fell like a sword through the dense dark clouds, aided by the brief light illuminating the head with four golden horns spread outward.

In the tumultuous collision of water and fire, the howling gale that came drowned everything.

He slowly raised his head; the surrounding tremors intensified and split, and the deep spirit stone at his waist alone was enough to explain the current situation.

Earth, fire, wind, water, accompanied by the sound of birth's salute, continued to be transmitted to the end of the oppressively dark sky.

Under the same yet bright sky, the spirit stone at the waist of Li Ke, who had just resisted the intrusion, suddenly shone brightly.

Li Ke suddenly stopped his steps; in a sudden impulse, he turned his head to gaze toward the distance of Lin Duo Village.

"Zi—"

The land originally composed of rock began to tremble slightly, and then the stone house where the village chief lived suddenly shattered.

The rock constituting the house completely turned into fragments, and the pitch-black shadow suddenly burst out from the ruins at great speed.

As the black shadow prepared to fly away, its speed suddenly began to slow, then it turned its long-horned head and thus hovered in midair.

Under the blazing sunlight, the Void Self runes on the black shadow began to flash rapidly, and faint black electric arcs also flickered on its body.

A metallic life form resembling a beetle floated above Lin Duo Village, its insect wings spread behind it, blue flames quietly providing it power.

The enormous beetle-like shadow momentarily left the people of Lin Duo Village speechless, each person gazing up at the sky at the beetle clad in armor.

"This is... God's Messenger!"

The white-bearded village chief saw his home destroyed by the explosion; his kind face showed no anger, only his trembling lips slowly opened.

In Lin Duo Village's records, "God's Messenger" refers to the companion of the Void Self, named—Golem.

It, too, was formed from fragments brought by extraterrestrial meteorites, an important means of protecting Lin Duo and the Void Self.

As for why it is called "God's Messenger" rather than a weapon, it is because Golem possesses self-consciousness and can speak their language, serving as a guide for the Void Self.

It had long ago turned into a spirit stone state and slept.

The witch secretly learned this secret information, tried to replace Golem, and sought to find the spirit stone into which Golem had transformed.

However, it was killed by the newly transformed Jiang Xia; few people knew of Golem except the village chief who kept the secret. Lin Duo Village does not casually link worldly anomalies with deities, but because they truly saw a god, they believe in the existence of a divine messenger.

"That one is not an enemy, but God's Messenger."

The village chief leaned on his cane and spoke to the surrounding people; his voice was full of respect, and many who prepared for battle voluntarily lowered their weapons.

These people were very fortunate, not having been transformed by the black mist into Gu Lang Ji.

Now a large portion of the tribe's people have been sealed by Li Ke, so those able to take up weapons to fight have likewise become scarce.

If Li Ke had not successfully transformed, perhaps everyone in this village would have been turned into Gu Lang Ji, and then the awakened Golem would likewise fight them.

"Ultimate darkness has awakened; a warrior with a pure heart, when exerting power to the limit in battle to bury evil, your body will also be contaminated by evil and cannot be freed from eternal darkness."

Golem's voice echoed throughout Lin Duo Village; its voice was filled with pessimism about the present situation, the slightly aloof female voice now like ice speaking of the cruel reality.

Only the elders of Lin Duo Village knew that Golem's voice, when originally delivering the oracle, was a gentle female voice.

If one only listened to the voice, they would think it was a gentle, infinitely tolerant sister, not an iron-black beetle.

Golem had long ago guided Lin Duo, and led them to survive in this barren world.

But now Golem's voice is indeed like snowflakes falling in extreme winter cold, filled with a chilling killing intent.

Li Ke hurried over, leaning his hand against a nearby wall, panting as he looked up at Golem in the air, still hearing Golem's words echoing in his ears.

Upon hearing Golem speak the oracle, Li Ke's face showed a worried expression.

Li Ke's sister supported Li Ke, gently wiping the sweat from his forehead with her sleeve.

Having just endured a great battle, Li Ke's expended stamina had no time to recover, and moreover, running at full speed, he was already somewhat unable to bear it.

Upon hearing it, Li Ke's first reaction knew this was not referring to himself, but to another person currently fighting, Jiang Xia.

The words just spoken by Golem have already given Li Ke an extremely bad premonition.

What exactly does eternal darkness refer to? What will Jiang Xia's body become? Will he still recognize me? Or will Jiang Xia die and never return? That unease in Li Ke's heart even made his breathing hasten; his body, which could barely stand, now began to tremble, and he could not accept this reality.

It was then that an invisible shockwave burst from Golem's body, the invisible impact causing the ground of Lin Duo Village to roll up a gust of wind.

After saying that, Golem turned its body; the blue flame trailing its tail suddenly surged, flying toward the distant horizon at an unimaginable speed.

Extreme speed formed a conical vacuum channel in the air, accompanied by ripples continually spreading outward; Golem's speed instantly broke the sound barrier, heading straight for the battlefield.

The Void Self now needs its power; although the Void Self of Lin Duo Village is decent, compared to the Void Self with perfect power output from another's spirit stone, Li Ke is still too weak.

Golem and the spirit stone at the Void Self's waist are connected; the stronger the Void Self, the more power Golem receives.

No matter where the Void Self is, Golem can sense its current state.

Once the Void Self falls into ultimate darkness and transforms into a grim warrior, Golem will also, to avoid itself being drawn into darkness by the ultimate Void Self, employ a mechanism of automated sand.

This also proves that if the user merely becomes an ultimate Void Self and relies on their own control of the power to bury the sun, Golem will not turn into sand.

And now, Golem, connected to the Void Self via the spirit stones, has found Jiang Xia currently in battle.

(End of Chapter)