Chapter 104

“Buzz—”

After thousands of years of silence, the Temple of the Gods suddenly erupted with a strange humming sound.

The Sorceress of the End, sitting on the edge of the steps, seemed to sense something and instinctively looked up.

Inside the originally grand Temple, those chains of order that hung down like threads suddenly trembled in unison as if something bizarre was happening!

Her gaze swept through the chains formed by laws and divine power, now bewildered.

Then she was taken aback to find that the supposedly solid chains of order were now covered in cracks that shimmered faintly with light.

Those cracks appeared to spread along the jagged surface of the chains under some invisible force!

Crack.

It was unclear which god had forged the chains, but one of them emitted a mournful cry as it neared shattering.

Crack crack crack.

As if heralding the first sharp sound, the rest of the chains reacted in a chain reaction, breaking apart one after another!

The statues seemed unable to withstand the extent of the cracking and began to wobble precariously.

Then, in a moment that was hard to describe.

“Boom—!!!”

Accompanied by a crisp sound echoing in the vast hall, the chains exploded into countless bits of light, falling to the ground like rain!

It was as if a colorful rain was pouring down in the Temple.

So beautiful.

Unknowingly, the Sorceress of the End stood up from the steps.

Staring at the mostly shattered chains of order on her, and the dreamy scene around her, her normally cool and calm eyes were now filled with uncontrollable astonishment and confusion.

What on earth was happening?!

As this thought arose, a torrent of memories surged into her mind, overwhelming her.

Stunned, the Sorceress stood in place as if trying to digest everything that had happened in the past hundred thousand years.

Until a moment arrived.

The book she was holding suddenly dropped to the ground.

At that very instant, as Lynn grasped the characteristics of the sealed item, a surge of malice and mental pollution flooded his mind.

Even though he was prepared, at this moment, his brain screamed with continuous pain, blood trickling from his orifices.

It hurt!!!

Dammit, was this the kind of pain that woman had to endure all the time?!!

Curse the Sixth Saint Roland!!!

At this moment, Lynn was overwhelmed with all sorts of negative emotions.

He placed the blame for everything on the true culprit, the Sixth Saint Roland.

Meanwhile, he had also made it onto Lynn’s death list.

“Who are you again?!”

Seeing his plans thwarted once more, the Creation Demon’s sharp voice echoed through the Underground Relic.

“Me?” Lynn struggled to half-kneel on the ground, a mocking grin plastered on his face, “I’m the one here to kill you.”

Though his words dripped with sarcasm, his current state was anything but tough.

As soon as his body made contact with the core of the traits, the unique power of the high-dimensional demon began to corrode his body.

Intense wails and overlapping murmurs echoed incessantly in his ears.

As a low-tier Transcendent, just facing off against a Level 0 Sealed Item was already flirting with death; many would be left with lifelong scars from even brief contact.

However, what Lynn was doing right now amplified that flirting with death a thousand times over.

Naturally, he tasted the bitter fruit of his choices.

“Bang!!!”

As a flash of blood appeared, a hole exploded open on his back.

Not only that, but Lynn felt as if his entire being was melting, entwining with the black sludge closing in from all around.

His face grew multiple eyes and mouths, while his chest writhed as slimy, sticky tentacles began to sprout.

This was the final outcome of being tainted by a Sealed Item!

His body underwent irreparable, grotesque transformations!

Although he still maintained a human form, he was becoming more and more like a monster.

Lynn’s expression twisted in agony, and he struggled to focus his thoughts to stop his body from collapsing.

Yet, just as that thought arose, the cells riotously revolting within him sent waves of pain signals that flooded his brain, as if invisible steel needles simultaneously pierced every cell.

Pain, so much pain!

Lynn was drenched in sweat, his facial features twisted in torment.

Watching his pitiful state, the Creation Demon burst into laughter: “I expected something impressive, but turns out you’re just a Tier 1?!

“The people of the Saint Roland Empire really are a bunch of fools! They rush to die in front of me!!!”

Just a brief contact with the core of a Sealed Item, and ninety-nine percent of Transcendents would surely die.

Let alone such close proximity?

This fool’s fate was already sealed.

With this in mind, it attempted to control the Sealed Item core in Lynn’s hand, aiming to snatch it from his grasp.

“Did I let you go?”

With a raspy voice, the boy, now a grotesque form, cast a cold gaze.

In the next instant, he suddenly tightened his grip on the core and swallowed it whole!

Crazy!!!

This guy is nuts!!!

Although not understanding the meaning behind this act, the Creation Demon quickly formed a seductive body from the black sludge, looking at Lynn, who was sprawled on the ground clutching his stomach, filled with astonishment.

He intended to forcibly merge this Sealed Item into his body!

Once the core left its host, it couldn’t be exposed to air for too long or its power would diminish over time.

Thus, it was in a rush to dive into Ivyst’s body and compete for control.

However, Lynn’s action halted the Creation Demon’s plans once again.

At this moment, a long time had passed since the core had detached from its host.

Feeling the unstable core, the Creation Demon vaguely sensed that its power was beginning to merge with this mere Tier 1 ant!

“You really don’t want to live?!”

As a demon, it couldn’t comprehend Lynn’s current actions.

But amidst the pained growls, it still caught a whiff of something unusual.

“You’re underestimating me too much, aren’t you?” Lynn gritted his teeth, saying something in broken sentences, “I came here with the intent to kill you.”

“If you don’t even have the same resolve, then that’s just too…” The Creation Demon frowned deeply.

Suddenly, an idea flashed through its mind.

Thinking carefully, this boy did not pose the same threat as that woman.

After all, he was indeed much weaker.

If it wanted to occupy this body, the price would obviously be far less than with the previous host.

Moreover, it vaguely sensed a powerful aura from this boy that was remarkably similar to that within Ivyst.

Perhaps he could be a good material after all.

Even if he was a disgusting man, with a bit of trickery, he could easily transform back into a woman.

Thinking this through, the Creation Demon briefly fell silent, then scoffed: “Since you want to die, then I’ll fulfill that wish.”

With that, it opened its fingers, controlling the black sludge from all directions, ready to completely swallow him.

Dark shadows gathered.

Once the sludge dissipated, it would be reborn.

But just then, the boy before it began to stammer his words.

“By the way, have you ever heard of a term called…”

“…risk hedging?”

Lynn slowly raised his head.

Looking at the demon before him, despite his twisted and pained expression, his lips suddenly curled into a mad smile.

A sudden feeling of dread crept up on the Creation Demon.

In the next second, Lynn abruptly lifted his palm and smashed the magic stone he’d been clutching tightly onto the ground!

With a flash of light, intricate and chaotic Magical Guiding Matrices suddenly manifested on the floor.

At the center node, a furious and wicked face of a demon came to life, seemingly roaring at the world.

This was the prayer ritual formation Lynn had requested Milani to prepare before coming.

All it required was to smash the magic stone to complete the ritual anytime and anywhere, without the need for chanting.

Of course, to successfully communicate with those powerful, indescribable entities, Lynn had to place a sufficiently weighted sacrificial item at the core node of the Magical Guiding Matrix.

And at that moment, he himself was the sacrificial item in the center node!

“What are you trying to do?!”

The Creation Demon coldly surveyed him.

“I’m going to do this.”

Lynn suddenly opened his mouth, using his tongue to pull out a finger-sized transparent crystal from his mouth.

In the center of the crystal, a drop of purple blood pulsed slowly.

Risk hedging meant that when a demon sought to take control of your body, you summoned another demon to have them fight it out inside you.

Of course, how it would end afterwards, no one would know.

Because no one had ever done something so brazen.

As the Creation Demon stared in shock, Lynn grinned madly and crushed the crystal in his mouth!

“Buzz—”

In an instant, the Magical Guiding Matrix erupted in dazzling brilliance, centered around him!

Purple blood flowed from the shattered crystal, pouring into Lynn’s mouth.

Accompanied by a series of nauseating bone-cracking sounds, his form began to rise, and his surface sprouted fine, hard black scales, increasingly hinting at his transformation into a monster.

Simultaneously, a powerful and chilling ancient aura seemed to cross endless distances, casting its gaze this way.

The Tyrant King, Kusustain.

Upon sensing the aura of his blood, his will descended here.

“Dammit!!!”

At this moment, the Creation Demon, far from peak strength, was both shocked and enraged.

It had never expected this fool would make such a mad and unimaginable move.

In the next moment, endless black sludge surged in, attempting to engulf Lynn’s body within.

It had to seize control of this body before the Tyrant King’s arrival.

Only in this way could it retain a glimmer of hope!

However, just as the situation reached a critical point, something surprising occurred.

The will representing the Tyrant King merely cast a fleeting glance this way, as if just to see who was calling him with his blood.

Upon realizing it was merely a Tier 1 ant, he completely lost interest.

And just like that, the overwhelming aura that had pressed down moments ago began to quickly recede like a tide.

Clearly, the Tyrant King felt no need to assist a mere human ant whom he didn’t even know.

Even the Creation Demon was taken aback by this turn of events.

After a brief silence, it suddenly clutched its bosom and burst into laughter: “How amusing!!!”

“Little one, did you not expect that we demons are such unfeeling creatures?!!”

Looking at the boy submerged in black sludge, the demon was in high spirits.

However, it appeared that Lynn was unfazed by the situation.

Feeling the cold, evil black sludge wrap around him, he gathered his last ounce of strength to extract his right hand from the mud.

From the name alone, it seemed the being he summoned was not going to be the most pleasant of company.

“Kusustain”

For some reason, Lynn suddenly called out that name.

Slowly, he raised his middle finger.

“F*ck you.”

Time seemed to freeze for that second.

“Boom—!!!”

In the next moment, overwhelming demonic power rained down, furious and grotesque!!!

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