Chapter 501: Secret and Storm!

With A Meng locked in a stalemate for a moment, Lei Ke Dun suddenly raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

Numerous cold eyes flashing with brilliant starlight emerged from the surrounding darkness, each pupil reflecting an illusory symbol composed of layered doors, like overlapping illusory passages that disrupted the surrounding space and were haphazardly spliced together.

"Interesting." A Meng let out a soft sigh.

His figure suddenly vanished, then suddenly appeared beside an eye flashing with starlight.

In the next moment, Lei Ke Dun felt he had lost control of that eye.

Can this also be parasitized?

"Why couldn't it be parasitized? The Sequence 0 of the 'Thief' pathway is called 'Error', which inherently means becoming a parasitic worm on time, fate, and rules."

"So, as the existence closest to Sequence 0 on this pathway, isn't it normal for me to parasitize your extraordinary abilities?"

A Meng explained with a light laugh.

While speaking, he wandered through the space torn apart by chaos, and in less than half a minute, nearly one‑third of the space fell under his control.

"Looks like we need to add some fun to our game." Speaking, Lei Ke Dun raised his hand again and snapped his fingers.

One after another, stars appeared beside him, numerous and dazzling.

These stars wandered freely in the air, tracing one strange symbol after another, revealing the aura of frost, mind, decay, shadow, etc., like magical scrolls drawn out of thin air.

As soon as these strange symbols formed, they turned into streams of brilliant starlight that flew off one after another, flickering randomly in the fragmented space around them, attracting and repelling each other, making their next appearance unpredictable.

A Meng stopped, curiously observing the wandering brilliant starlight; no matter how these streaks darted, they always remained just a hair's breadth away from touching him.

After a brief pause, A Meng casually reached forward and grabbed a streak of starlight near him; the azure starlight turned black upon contact, becoming a viscous liquid steeped in decay that climbed up his arm, trying to completely engulf and corrode him.

A Meng flicked his hand slightly, and the decay‑laden viscous liquid, like ordinary water droplets, was easily flung away.

"Are you using the stars' orbits in some way? You seem to know the heavens well, but have you forgotten that I am the greatest 'Cryptologist' in this world?"

While speaking, A Meng roamed freely among the dancing brilliant starlight; those streaks could not even touch the hem of his clothes.

Lei Ke Dun fell silent for a moment; his figure instantly turned transparent, becoming points of drifting starlight that wandered about at will, disrupting the starlight patterns A Meng had discerned while altering the parasitized eyes.

Their struggle made the surrounding area look like a failed‑to‑load computer screen, with only blue spots flickering chaotically.

The chaotic flickering lasted nearly a quarter of an hour, then suddenly shut down; at one instant it became pure darkness with not a glimmer of light.

In the darkness that swallowed everything, countless malicious eyes seemed to appear—creatures lurking in the depths of the dark, which sprang to life as the light faded.

The lingering aura of the Night Goddess burst forth at this moment; even the faintest sound could not be made around, and even A Meng, who bears the rank of Angel King, could not easily break through the veil of secrecy.

Before being completely engulfed by the Night Goddess's lingering aura, a rather dim star suddenly flickered; Lei Ke Dun's voice came through clearly—it was a draconic word he had recorded in secret when he first entered the Godforsaken Land:

"Leodeiro!"

Like triggering a switch, divine power of the Storm domain gathered in the air, turning into silver‑white lightning snakes that shot out, carrying a fierce, almost substantive aura of violent destruction, and fell in dense torrents.

In an instant, the silver‑white thunder forest engulfed everything around, destroying everything.

In the afternoon town of Silver City, the exploration team sat around a campfire; many of them bore wounds and were bandaging each other.

Derek's face looked flustered; the moment A Meng's translucent face appeared, he even had the illusion that his heart had stopped beating.

Feeling uneasy, Derek gazed at Colin, who stood straight holding a straight sword, and asked worriedly:

"Chief, was the face pulled out of the statue just now A Meng?"

Colin fell silent for a moment, then replied in a low voice:

"I have never seen A Meng's true form, so I cannot be certain, but judging from the reaction of the 'White Tower' gentleman you mentioned, it should be him; otherwise he would not have so hastily expelled us."

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Dense thunder rumbled from the horizon far away, carrying a terrifying, destructive aura that annihilates everything; blinding silver‑white light illuminated the northern sky of Afternoon Town.

Derek stared blankly into the distance; his brown‑yellow hair lifted slightly, and he felt a faint sting on his skin, as if the surrounding air carried a subtle current.

"This" Derek stared blankly at the Chief, only to see that Colin's expression also showed an unprecedented heaviness.

As the Silver City Chief and a Demon Hunter, Colin was the first to regain his composure; he turned to survey the exploration team and said in a low voice:

"Rest a while, halt the exploration of Afternoon Town, and we will return to Silver City when the next period of frequent lightning arrives."

In the Hidden world, Lei Ke Dun's eyes constantly flowed with pure deep‑blue‑near‑violet radiance, appearing extraordinarily holy and icy, constantly counteracting the tranquil, soothing effect carried by the lingering aura of the Night Goddess.

In the Hidden state, everything he saw in the real world was shrouded in a dim mist; on the other side of that mist, the silver‑white lightning snakes that destroy everything roamed freely, the blinding silver‑white making him feel as if every hair on his head stood on end.

Fortunately, having been in contact with 0‑17, he was somewhat familiar with the Night Goddess's aura; using the residual aura and divine power of the Night Goddess here, he transformed himself into the Hidden state, so even the Storm Lord's divine punishment could not penetrate the Hidden world to harm him.

Lei Ke Dun sighed inwardly while trying to locate A Meng's figure.

The silver‑white light engulfed everything; he stared at the dim mist beyond the real world for a long while, yet still could not find A Meng's figure.

The lightning storm brought by the Storm Lord's residual divine power did not last long; less than half a minute later, darkness once again enveloped this place.

In the Hidden world, Lei Ke Dun observed that the silver‑white light enveloping the real world had finally faded; he let out a long breath, then half‑closed his right hand, and a cluster of extremely slowly rotating Star Sand formed in his palm, its light dim, imparting a feeling of tranquility and serenity.

By mimicking the Night Goddess's aura, he tugged at the surrounding Hidden power, dispelling his own Hidden state.

The moment he returned to reality, Lei Ke Dun's blond hair stood up straight strand by strand, like a bristling hedgehog; a burning and prickling sensation spread across his skin, the air filled with a scorching odor, and the ground beneath his feet had already turned into a carbonized powder, sinking into a large crater.

As soon as his figure solidified, it instantly transformed into countless brilliant starlight, specks drifting away from this place.

To the east of the Godforsaken Land, occasional lightning flashing across the horizon illuminated the deep, dark ravine below; at the edge of the vast ravine, a figure clad in a black classical robe and wearing a matching soft pointed hat sat on the edge of a huge boulder.

He had black curly hair, black eyes, a broad forehead, a thin face, and was playing with a single‑lens crystal glasses in his hand; the corner of his mouth still bore a faint smile.

Shortly after, countless gray‑white specks of light welled up from the void, forming an inconspicuous flow of light that all entered his body.

He lowered his eyes slightly, as if pondering something, listening to something.

Moments later he raised his head again, his gaze deep as he looked westward; his sight seemed to span endless distances, allowing him to see the people and things over there.

"Heh, using the lingering aura and divine power of night and storm, huh?"

After muttering to himself, his figure suddenly vanished from the edge of the boulder; when the next silver‑white lightning flashed and illuminated the ground, his figure had already appeared several kilometers away.

In Afternoon Town, a figure in a simple white robe lay prone in a half‑collapsed church, whispering prayers toward the altar ahead.

The exploration team led by Demon Hunter Colin, including Derek, vigilantly gathered on the opposite side.

Fine glittering Star Sand suddenly surged in from every corner of the church; in mid‑air they converged, outlining and condensing into Lei Ke Dun's figure.

As his figure recondensed, his gaze swept simply around the chapel, seeing the vigilant people of Silver City, and also seeing the false figure praying beside the altar.

"It seems that just now my and A Meng's actions broke the balance here, and those things that should have been in the hidden world have all run out."

While speaking, Lei Kedun stretched out his right hand toward the figure prostrate on the ground, silently and selflessly praying; specks of starlight spread in his hand, intending to directly erase that figure.

Seeing Lei Kedun's action, Da Li Ke instinctively spoke up to stop:

"Wait a moment, Mr. White Tower, can we listen to what he's saying? Perhaps we can discover some secrets."

"Sure, but this is merely an illusory image; it cannot answer your questions."

After a slight nod, Lei Kedun suddenly raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

In the prayer hall, the voice of the person constantly praying while prostrate on the ground was suddenly amplified greatly:

"Almighty Lord, I repent,. tempted Sasilier.. A great disaster will start from here!"

(End of chapter)