After a few seconds of absent-mindedness, Gong Qi seemed to hear something. The subtle sound seemed to be hidden behind the cries and praises of the Bloodsoul Temple domain, Blood Blood Blood, Fire Fire Fire. It was even more distant and even more chaotic.
Gong Qi's thoughts traced upwards, and the degree of chaos continued to rise. It was as if he had arrived at the center of a metropolis. There were streams of people everywhere. He closed his eyes, and he could hear the clamor of human voices echoing at all times. He was clearly spying on Youwei, but on this level, he was practically drowned out by the clamor of sound.
Fortunately, he was rich in experience, and he promptly adjusted the wrong direction of his senses. He no longer pondered and analyzed the details of the clamor of voices. Instead, he strove to capture the general characteristics of the chaos.
Luo Nan. Even if it was Luo Nan, that damned young man. Just what sort of standard did he use to gather such an enormous flood of information?
Actually, if one were to seriously consider it, there was a thread to follow.
The domain of the Bloodsoul Temple, the burning of Mrs. Halder's blood and energy, the extreme beliefs of blood and fire... There had to be some connection hidden behind these materialized things.
Was it the psychic power of the believers, the call, the prayer?
No, it was something even more primitive. It had yet to form concrete logic. Then it was emotion. What sort of emotion was it?
It was... fear!
Bit by bit, Gong Qi analyzed and sensed until he captured the most crucial clue. His train of thought suddenly became clear and broadened.
That's right. It was fear!
On the chaotic information plane, there existed the terror and panic of not knowing what to do. There was also the ruthlessness and savagery of a cornered beast. These two reactions were nearly polar, yet they were unified on the most essential core. All of this was piled up, operating, and pressurized on this hidden plane. It was like a high-temperature furnace that was endlessly adding fuel.
Every participant was consciously and unconsciously speeding up this process, even if this required them to pay endlessly and consume energy until they became weak and dazed.
Such matters were not rare in the inner world. Gong Qi used his experience to quickly determine the nature of the matter.
Sacrifice!
Luo Nan was conducting a sacrificial ritual. This sort of ritual used a so-called high-dimensional structure to exchange a low-level resource for a high-level resource. Mrs. Halder was cooperating with him. Or to be more precise, she was the one who knew and carried out this ritual.
The Bloodflame Order was a secret organization that was best at utilizing extreme emotions such as fear and anger. The Bloodsoul Temple was the most efficient organization in utilizing such emotions.
However, according to Gong Qi's previous senses, the Blood Soul Temple was not the main body. It was in a subsidiary position, perhaps only a pillar in the structure. This' pillar 'was also burning furiously right now. It was essentially no different from those who had sacrificed their essence blood and vitality in fear and fury.
No, it should be said that it burned more fiercely and more extreme!
The 'chi chi' sound of the airflow was not only in the material plane, but also in Gong Qi's mind. Every rise and fall carried a scorching sharpness.
Madame Halder's attacks seemed to have no end, and the sharpness of her attacks seemed to have no upper limit. At least until her body and vitality were completely incinerated.
Gong Qi forced her back again and again, slamming her against the stone walls of the cave and into the lava. He shattered her bones and imprisoned her vital energy. However, this overwhelming advantage was unable to grind away Madame Halder's most essential core. She had already abandoned everything. Only her heart shone with an extreme sharpness.
This sort of situation shouldn't have appeared. Her mental willpower was as firm as diamond, but it was unable to resist the decay and collapse of her material foundation.
But today, Madame Halder brought out the most extreme and cruel method. She had abandoned everything, and she had used the most brilliant method to abandon everything … She had placed herself, and perhaps even the entire system of the Bloodflame Order, on the altar constructed by Luo Nan. She carried out a sacrifice in exchange for support that far exceeded the limits of her abilities.
This was, without a doubt, a gamble.
Even if Madame Halder was still alive after this battle, she would basically be half-cooked. She would spend the rest of her life on a sickbed, a life worse than death. Unless … unless she could seize the spiritual opportunity in this battle and make a breakthrough, becoming an Extraordinary. She could modify and reconstruct the structure of her body.
Why was she so confident in Luo Nan?
As it turned out, her confidence was rewarded.
She abandoned everything in exchange for the limitless potential to break through all shackles. Compared to the force of impact on the material plane, Madame Halder's will was tempered to a peerless sharpness. Every time they clashed, even if her attacks were blasted into disarray, Gong Qi would suffer the cuts of her sharp will. Distracting thoughts rose one after another, and it became harder and harder for his mind to harmonize.
Of course, this wasn't just the effect of Madame Halder's attacks.
Gong Qi really didn't understand. It was fine if Madame Halder was willing to sacrifice herself, but why was he unwittingly falling into the trap as well?
Was it because of the pull of the battle's energy, the mutual attacks?
No, no! As an Extraordinary, the energy around Gong Qi's body was a body of its own. It possessed its own rules. He was the only one who assimilated others. He shouldn't be easily drawn into another system. At least, this was the case on the level of energy manipulation.
But if he eliminated all of this, he would think deeper and more primitive. Using fear as the foundation for the standard of sacrifice meant that he himself fulfilled the requirements?
Was he … in fear?
Ha!
Gong Qi instinctively wanted to cut off this thought, but the illusory yet real connection of energy within the domain of the Bloodsoul Temple and the corresponding rational analysis told him:
There was no point in deceiving himself.
That's right. He was afraid.
In the misty labyrinth, he was afraid of Luo Nan's series of plans and the gradual realization of Luo Nan's firm execution ability.
In the domain of the Bloodsoul Temple, he was afraid of Madame Halder's extreme willpower to abandon everything. Even if this woman's goal wasn't pure, through the method of sacrifice, she formed a perfect fusion with Luo Nan's goal.
Observing the enemy was like looking into a mirror. When the enemy's design was flawless and flawless, the flaws on his side were reflected particularly clearly.
No matter how much Gong Qi denied it, he was afraid in the end.
He was afraid of defeat. He was afraid of death. He was afraid of cutting off his path forward.
Yet all of this was concealed under the shameful mentality of being thwarted by a junior. He consoled himself and deceived himself. There was a flaw in his heart, but he was unaware of it. This gave the other side an opportunity to take advantage of him ….
I have to be steady!
Gong Qi shouted to himself. The light of spiritual wisdom illuminated the unbearable corner of his heart. He felt terrible, but he was far from being in a hopeless situation.
Thinking about it seriously, Luo Nan tossed and turned so much, one step after another. Wasn't it all for the sake of creating a flaw in Gong Qi's heart and baiting him?
But Gong Qi was an Extraordinary!
What was it that gave Luo Nan the confidence to construct a framework to trap Extraordinaries? What level of knowledge and power was that?
From top to bottom, there were nearly a hundred Extraordinaries in the inner world. They represented the highest level of martial power on Earth. Gong Qi had been Deputy Secretary-General for several decades. He had gratitude and grudges, hatred and friendship with these people. He was truly able to count them like the back of his hand.
Right now, he used the most rational and objective state of mind to go through the list of these people and the powers they belonged to. From the ability user society to the three great secret orders. From the big shots who sat on the ground and divided the spoils, to the wandering heroes.
Then, the answer he obtained was:
None!
Not a single powerful person or power that had connections to Luo Nan, who had grudges and grudges with him, who had the strength and qualifications to set up a killing trap!
This was normal. Otherwise, Extraordinaries wouldn't be the peak combat power of the world. Gong Qi had toiled painstakingly for several decades in the ability user society. There was no meaning in that.
So, calm down. Don't scare yourself!
Gong Qi shouted to himself once more.
Even though Luo Nan had constructed these structures, he really couldn't understand them. The complex and profound details hidden deep beneath the simple principles of sacrifice were still daunting to look at...
But if Luo Nan really did have an overwhelming advantage, why would he need to do such complex preparatory work? This was more like a dazzling display of deterrence. It was an exquisite but limited method.
He had experience in dealing with such methods!
"You don't have the chance..."
Suddenly, a voice cut in. After a long time, Mrs. Halder finally took the initiative to speak to him. Her throat was roasted by the high temperature. It was hoarse and unpleasant to listen to, but it was like the final verdict. It was very ear-piercing.
"You are the First Oblatum, yet you destroy the order for your own selfish desires. You evil woman, you dare to disturb my mind!"
Gong Qi's reply went straight to the root of the problem after reconstructing his mental state. It was much sharper. And the corresponding method was even more straightforward and fierce.
The ashen cloud suddenly boiled and expanded as it faced Mrs. Halder's flying bloody light. It towered high like a cliff, and its color darkened. It was like a cumulonimbus cloud in summer. It was bloated and enormous, and its top crystallized. It forcefully resisted the high temperature of the Bloodsoul Temple's domain, forming a powerful counteracting force.
The hazy cloud was like a pillar that could smash the heavens. It forcefully split apart the foundation of the laws of the Bloodsoul Temple's domain on the material plane. It painted this land of lava with a completely rebellious color. It also turned the most active and resolute woman into an insignificant reptile.
The rumble of the collapsing airflow directly suppressed the rumbling of the boiling and exploding lava. It was as if a snowstorm had come from beyond the heavens. It crushed the rock strata who knew how deep it was, and a bone-chilling coldness descended.
The forceful distortion and interference of the Extraordinary domain suppressed the rules of the Bloodsoul Temple's domain. The other was the all-out attack of an Extraordinary.
Mrs. Halder was blasted flying once more. Gong Qi's mental state had made a decision, and he had finally achieved enough pressure on the Bloodsoul Temple's domain. He destroyed the relevant environment, and a portion of the force even pierced through the structure of the domain and landed on the periphery.
The lava cavern began to collapse, and the passageway leading to the ant nest suffered the attack. Tens of thousands of Vulcan Ants were annihilated into ashes every second. The Vulcan Ant group consciousness, which was an important support for the Bloodsoul Temple's domain, also suffered the attack.
Gong Qi was confident that he could completely shatter the Bloodsoul Temple's domain after another two or three rounds of attacks of this level. More importantly, Gong Qi gained a more detailed understanding of the environment he faced as the Extraordinary domains interfered and collided with each other.
First, Luo Nan's Entangling Net frame construction was much more ingenious than Gong Qi's second judgment. Although Luo Nan's previous attacks had already disturbed the Bloodsoul Temple's domain that supported Mrs. Halder, the deeper layers of incorporeal frames and restraints still towered silently. They were simultaneously erected on the material and mental planes. They seemed incorporeal yet incorporeal. No matter how the lava surged and surged and the storm wreaked havoc in the abyssal region, they were not affected.
Was this really Luo Nan's doing?
It didn't look like it. It really didn't look like it!
Such a construction, such a penetrating research, such a deep thought, and such an ingenious frame faintly surpassed the level of the abyssal region. It probed towards an even higher level. According to Gong Qi's understanding, perhaps only powerful people like that old ghost Abner or the leaders of the three great secret orders had the qualifications to touch upon this. If this really was the case...
Bah. Wasn't this going against the logic of Just Being Smooth?
Then this was some sort of result that had yet to enter the scope of the inner world's attention. Luo Nan already had the cloud world, so having such a high-end structure was nothing. As for how Luo Nan was going to support the foundation of this structure, to allow it to exist and operate, this was a difficult problem that could only be solved at the end of the matter.
Compared to this difficult problem that was hard to explain, Gong Qi discovered a second point that made him relax a bit. He cast aside his fear and stretched out his mental senses after smashing the Bloodsoul Temple's domain. He did not discover Luo Nan's second trump card.
Yes. Aside from the sacrificial structure that was so exquisite that it was unreal, there were no other Extraordinary level powers within the range of his senses. Luo Nan, this young man, really only used Lady Halder and the Bloodsoul Temple's system as his final method of intercepting and killing him... Or perhaps, it was a hook to pull him into a trap.
Was this an extraordinary self-confidence, or was this a compromise made out of helplessness? Or perhaps there was a dangerous enemy that possessed absolute patience, preparing an even more fatal ambush from afar?
None of this was important.
The structure of Gong Qi's pupils in his spirit body was infected by the greenish-gray essence energy. A thick pillar of cloud of the same color wrapped around his tyrannical laws and will. It collided with the domain of the Bloodsoul Temple once more, emitting an earth-shaking rumble.
A second attack without any misgivings!
The entire lava cavern swayed and swayed. Flames burst forth chaotically.
Gong Qi's top priority was no longer to delve into the details of the enemy's mentality. This was because the expanded mental sense network marked out a narrow but absolutely safe area for him. With this distance as a buffer, Gong Qi was confident that he could escape unscathed even if there were powerful enemies lying in ambush in the indiscernible outer region.
After all, he possessed the top-notch teleportation technique in the world. As long as he destroyed the enormous source of interference that was the domain of the Bloodsoul Temple, he could make the surrounding space-time environment relatively stable. Even if it was only for a short second, it would be enough for him to escape a thousand kilometers away.
Before, Luo Nan had used the cloud world, the mist maze, and the domain of the Bloodsoul Temple to suppress Gong Qi's ability. But now, it was impossible for Luo Nan to return to these two damned places. The remaining source of interference that seemed troublesome could no longer be called troublesome without the most dreadful potential threat.
Yes, it couldn't...?
The greenish-gray cumulonimbus cloud suddenly swayed for a moment. The upper layer isolated the high temperature and pressure. The cloud layer spontaneously condensed at the top. Perhaps the appearance of the cloud layer was too similar to certain meteorological conditions in the natural world. Crackling sparks of electricity flashed at the front where the low-temperature cloud layer and the high-temperature domain made close contact.
Gong Qi's pupils were already immersed in greenish-gray light. They flickered with a glimmer, then froze.
The light above the cloud layer only flickered for a brief moment. But at this moment, it was precisely these minute sparks of electricity that caused a certain inauspicious shadow to reveal a bit of its silhouette. It was still growing. It was still climbing. It was like a tree that twisted and struggled its way out of the crevice of hell.
Every time it manifested, it represented the growth of multiple dimensions. Length, surface area, volume, aura intensity, power level...
No, this wasn't growth. This was an explosive proliferation!
Gong Qi was certain that he had captured the existence of his adversary in time... The adversary was right on the front where his Extraordinary domain distorted and interfered with the domain of the Bloodsoul Temple. The adversary was close at hand, and the adversary could interfere at any time. He really did react. Due to the ominous feeling in his heart, he had the thought of nipping the threat in the bud. His methods were fierce and straightforward.
This was the third attack. It was slightly inferior to the previous one, but its subtlety far surpassed it.
The undulating energy within that region was completely frozen and sucked dry. This sort of suction was so fierce that even the structure of space and time trembled. A small portion of it was annihilated, releasing an even more violent attack.
This level of interference pointed directly to the microscopic level. Only the skill and experience of an Extraordinary was able to achieve such a powerful effect under the premise that his mental senses were unable to completely comprehend and control the changes on this level.
Unsurprisingly, the domain of the Bloodsoul Temple was distorted and torn apart once again. It seemed that it would be difficult to mend it in a short period of time.
The rock stratum at the top of the cavern exploded. The originally invisible shockwave was arrogantly exposed through the countless wide cracks that radiated in all directions and continued to extend. The source of all the cracks was the pitch-black hole in the rock stratum. The edge of the hole was smeared with the light formed by the interweaving lava and the greenish-gray cloud pillar. The light itself seemed to possess a corrosive power. It caused the newly formed hole to show signs of collapse in the blink of an eye.
According to Gong Qi's calculations, the ominous shadow that was explosively proliferating should have been damaged at the same time as the hole. It should have touched the ceiling of its power level. Its soaring momentum was interrupted and it rapidly fell. It was then caught and suppressed by the greenish-gray cloud pillar.
In reality, after the greenish-gray cloud pillar tore apart the domain of the Bloodsoul Temple, it had already stirred up its remaining momentum. It was going to smash into the center of the rock stratum and not give the ominous shadow any chance to dodge.
The other party did not dodge, but correspondingly, the explosive growth momentum that caused one's heart to palpitate did not weaken in the slightest. It did not seem to be affected at all. It did not give Gong Qi any chance to react at all. With that seemingly natural pace, it crushed through the ceiling that ability users from the inner world could not touch. It was like a flight of stairs that a normal person would casually step on.
On the front where the greenish-gray cloud pillar and the Bloodsoul Temple's domain contorted and collided, brilliant electric flames flickered once again. They struck and shuttled through the dark colored cloud pillar, but it was not just a display of power. This was because the countless areas of electric light were formed from innumerable anions, cations, and water molecules. Under insufficient or even completely contradictory material conditions, in the complex environment where the Extraordinary domain distorted and interfered, they accurately corresponded with the precise structures from other dimensions. They interfered with each other and quickly constructed a tyrannical and stable order of a different kind.
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