Chapter 321: Guardian's Mission (22)

Desolate valley.

Purple mist pressed in, and Luosen's body surface flashed, revealing a layer that looked extremely thin but was highly condensed shield.

This shield is neither a spell nor a soul technique, but a wall of law rings generated by the innate law ring of his divine body!

The power of the ring wall comes directly from Luosen's own soul, and indirectly from the rune nuclear battery on his back.

Because it is the power of the law ring, it cannot be focused; its current strength is Legendary 16.8, and its power is fifty thousand Luosen per second.

Almost at the same moment, only a 'hum' sound vibrated.

The strange sound came from Luosen's pocket, and along with the sound exploded a ball of icy white light.

It was the freezing power of the Freezing Stone.

The witch's divine artifact isn't so easily fooled; the Freezing Stone she gave hides a trap.

Luosen certainly knows this, but he doesn't care.

Because he had just carefully observed it, he was certain that this so-called Freezing Stone could not trap him.

In the next instant, the icy white light rapidly expanded, instantly enveloping Luosen's body, and then freezing everything in this area.

Luosen clearly felt that the artifact's freezing power completely isolated him from the outside world, making it almost impossible for him to draw any power from the environment.

But it's fine, he originally couldn't rely on the external environment anyway.

From within the purple mist came a silver-bell-like laugh.

"Haha~ Lord Luosen, in the end, you still have to accompany me in playing a labyrinth game."

Inside the icy freezing domain, Luosen smiled.

He unrestrainedly reached out, took the Freezing Stone from his pocket, casually tossed it up and down, then squeezed it hard.

'Crack—'

With a sound like shattering glass, the freezing domain enveloping the surroundings instantly shattered.

Luosen once again put the Freezing Stone into his pocket: "To be honest, this divine artifact isn't that powerful."

Actually, it is very powerful, especially against void gods composed of spiritual essence—it's practically a superweapon.

Unfortunately, Luosen is not a void god.

Seeing the divine artifact fail, the witch fell silent, but then quickly came to her senses.

"Lord Luosen, you really do have some tricks, but that's normal, after all you are an elemental powerhouse, not a void soul."

"However, you are ultimately still surrounded by my labyrinth phantom array."

Luosen looked at the deep purple mist enveloping him, smiling and shaking his head.

"Your phantom array is hastily condensed; it's nowhere near as elaborate as the one carefully set up in the cave."

"Moreover, there is a very obvious loophole."

"A loophole? Tell me about it."

Luosen smiled and said: "Let's make a bet: if I can solve your labyrinth phantom array within one minute and find your true form, you will call me 'dad' three times."

"What a ridiculous bet! I won't gamble!"

"What, you don't dare? Are you afraid of losing?"

From the purple mist came a voice again: "If I win, what do I get?"

"I will not only return the Freezing Stone to you, but also compensate you with an extra Life Tree Branch."

"Tsk~ Your Majesty, you're really generous."

"Then I accept the bet."

Luosen then pulled out a pocket watch from his bosom, set it up, pressed the start button: "Now, start!"

'Tick-tick-tick-tick~~'

The second hand of the pocket watch jumped tick by tick, time began to flow second by second.

Luosen, however, remained motionless.

He stood still without moving, even closing his eyes as if asleep.

'Tick-tick-tick-tick~~ tick-tick-tick-tick~~~'

In the blink of an eye, half a minute passed.

The witch couldn't help but say: "I say, you aren't planning to deliberately give me a Life Tree Branch, are you?"

"Such a windfall benefit would be utterly meaningless."

"Hey~ There's less than 20 seconds left."

As the voice faded, Luosen suddenly opened his eyes, smiling: "Found you."

Being able to find him so quickly relied first on Laifu's analysis, second on the witch's incessant chatter, and third, also because the labyrinth structures of the void and the law ring differ.

With those words, Luosen stepped forward.

The first step was within the law ring, the next step directly reached Huan Wai Xu Kong.

In Huan Wai Xu Kong, the thick purple mist still lingered, but visibility had greatly increased, reaching ten meters.

In the void, Luosen moved at extreme speed: thirty steps forward, thirty steps left, then retreated thirty steps, finally taking some scattered steps that seemed utterly irregular, like dance steps.

He walked this way because the opponent had distorted the spacetime coordinates of this area, thus forming a very peculiar spacetime labyrinth.

The loophole lies in the tight time; the opponent only had time to strengthen the labyrinth inside the law ring, while the void labyrinth is much simpler.

If Luosen had entered the meticulously arranged labyrinth in the cave, he would have had a hard time.

About six seconds later, Luosen successfully passed through the labyrinth,

then, he saw a blurry figure shrouded in countless purple runes five meters ahead of him.

That figure was sitting on a boulder in the valley, chin propped on both hands, watching Luosen with keen interest.

More precisely, he had surely been keenly interested before, but now he should be surprised.

Luosen gave a slight smile, his smile gazing at the blurry figure sitting on the rock: "Miss Witch, good evening."

The witch stared fixedly at Luosen, who was also in the void, and after a while said: "You-you how did you get in?"

A great god can twist the magical ring and actively invite mortal legends to enter the void.

But she had not invited him just now, and there was no distortion of the ring here; yet he actively broke through the ring wall, bringing his elemental body into the void together.

Luosen did not explain, retreating back into the ring: "No matter what, I won."

The purple mist around him quickly dissipated, and a twisted pale-purple light cluster appeared.

This time, it was the witch who twisted the ring and actively invited Luosen into the void.

Luosen took a few steps forward, crossed the ring wall, and entered a flower sea illuminated by a sky full of stars.

Luosen already knew that this starry sky and flower sea were merely soul illusions, not real.

In the flower sea knelt a woman wearing a strange fang mask, tall and alluring. She patted the opposite flower sea: "Please sit, Great Luosen Your Majesty."

She deliberately added an appositive, indicating she now understood what had happened.

Luosen walked to her opposite, sat cross-legged: "Miss Patenuoluosi, your purpose in seeking me surely isn't just to play this boring maze game, is it?"

The witch looked at Luosen's contractible innate magic ring, not answering but asking back: "Have you condensed a true god's body?"

"I don't know if it counts, but it is indeed stronger than a mortal body."

The witch directly confirmed: "The innate magic ring is the divine body."

Luosen shrugged: "Then let it be so."

"Forgive my boldness, but I want to know how you did this."

Luosen hehe smiled: "I won't tell you."

Then he added: "I won; it's time to fulfill the bet."

The witch fell silent for a few seconds, then hehe laughed: "Sorry, this time I'll renege."

Luosen also didn't care: "Fine, fine, I don't mind this little bet, but the fact is you lost and I won."

The witch muttered: "This really is an unpleasant fact."

Then she asked again: "You came alone to the Endless Forest this time—what do you intend to do?"

"Assassinate De Rui Tan?"

"You guessed right."

Whatever she guessed, he admitted accordingly, appearing sincere while not revealing his true intent.

"Alright, then De Rui Tan can be considered terribly unlucky."

The witch obviously didn't care about De Rui Tan's fate, and she wasn't entirely here just to play games with Luosen.

She straightened her body and spoke solemnly: "I have a serious matter I need your help with."

"My earlier actions were meant to test your ability, but clearly your ability far exceeds my estimate, more than satisfying my needs."

Luosen neither affirmed nor denied: "Back then I used your reputation to settle a small trouble, so I indeed owe you a favor."

The witch snorted: "Your Majesty, don't be so mercenary; I certainly won't let you work for nothing."

"I don't really believe your words, after all you just slacked off. But go on, what do you want me to help you with?"

"I want to kill Gao Mi Lei Er!"

"What did he do to you?"

"He is the soul projection of the Soul-Eating Venerable Antuo Wan Ji. And I am the soul projection of the last guardian of the divine realm."

"My mission is to stop Antuo Wan Ji and his projections, and find a way to utterly destroy them."

These words stirred Luosen's heart slightly: "Can I know the deeper reason?"

Relying solely on opposing identities is not enough to persuade Luosen to help.

The witch shook her head: "I am merely a projection; my main body never told me more information, and I personally think there's no need to know more."

Luosen understood: "So you are merely a tool of your main body."

"Exactly."

Luosen has encountered this situation a second time before; the first was the Soul Hunter Lili.

Of course, Luosen has already forged an independent soul for this Lili, so Lili is now free.

But the witch seems not to have.

He directly asked: "Are you now an independent life?"

"I am certainly an independent life, but a void being like me with great power needs a purpose of existence."

"Perhaps I don't fully understand the Abyss incident, but based solely on my knowledge of Gao Mi Lei Er, I would be very willing to kill him."

Luosen understood; he now wants to learn as much Abyss information as possible.

He continued asking: "Since Gao Mi Lei Er is a projection of Antuo Wan Ji, he should have a special mission, right?"

"Of course, he has a well-known nickname, the World-Ender, which already explains his main mission."

"Moreover, he has constantly tried various ways to open the Abyss, and has already achieved some results."

"Results?"

"Every so often, the Abyss gate opens, releasing a large batch of void demons."

"Originally it opened every thousand years, gradually shortening to now every five hundred years, and the demons released after opening are also getting stronger."

"So, do you agree to help?"

Luosen thought for a moment: "Not now; I'm not ready yet."

"You're already a true god; what else do you need to prepare?"

"There's a lot to prepare, and I think assassination is a tactic for the weak."

The witch gave a soft hum: "Compared to Gao Mi Lei Er, I am indeed weak."

But Emperor, De Rui Tan is an absolute powerhouse to you—you also plan to assassinate him, don't you?

Luosen curled his lips: "This is different. Your assassination is out of necessity. My assassination is a game."

The witch had nothing to say, remained silent for a long time, then said: "The next time the Abyssal Gate opens will be in ten years."

If no intervention is made, the scale of this Abyssal Gate opening could be very large.

If you don't want to see terrifying things rush out of the Abyssal Gate, you'd better not let it open.

So, you have at most ten years to prepare.

I understand.

By the way, De Rui Tan was frightened by your beating; he once sought help from Adela, but Adela refused him. So he secretly turned to the War God Haige Lisi.

The War God is no simple matter—he himself is immensely strong, possesses the divine artifact War Chessboard, and also has many follower gods with astonishing combat power.

Moreover, the War Golems he forges also have astonishing combat power on the mortal battlefield—take note of this.

Having said that, the witch reached out her hand to Luosen again: "I'm leaving now; return the Frozen Stone to me."

Luosen hehehed: "I'd like to borrow it for a while."

Fine, you can borrow it for one year.

Having said that, the witch turned into a purple light cluster and shot up into the sky; the scenery around Luosen also returned to normal.

The War God Haige Lisi?

Luosen remained sitting cross-legged in the valley: "I was wondering how De Rui Tan healed his scars and forgot the pain—turns out he secretly found a new big brother."

(End of chapter)