Chapter 1554
Chapter 1554: Section 1555: Reenactment of Regulations Chapter 1554: Section 1555: Reenactment of Regulations As soon as the voice of the Prison Codex fell, the dark qi spreading across the entire arena suddenly surged, like viscous black water, occasionally bubbling up and rippling outwards.
Upon seeing this, Xi Li felt a strong sense of threat rise in her heart.
She was not one to passively endure. Although she had been cautious at the beginning when facing the enlarged Prison Codex, now that the Prison Codex had shown its tusks, she needed to seize the initiative for her own safety.
Acting first was the only way to prevent herself from falling into a passive position!
With this thought, Xi Li did not hesitate; her arms exploded with a bang, turning into a dense black fog, and connecting with the dark qi on the ground.
The entire arena was covered by a thin layer of dark energy, stirred by the giant formed by the Prison Codex before her. She stood atop this dark energy that was sticky like water, feeling an unsettling anxiety within her heart, always feeling that this dark energy might become her greatest crisis.
Because of this, what Xi Li wanted to do was to deal with the dark energy at her feet first.
Her first choice was to snatch the main control over the dark qi.
If she could claim the ground's dark qi for herself, that would naturally be the best scenario, serving as her aid. If not, then she could still attempt to expel it.
However, Xi Li's perfect thought met with difficulty when put into action; she found that, although the dark qi was of a dark nature, it was extremely inert, and she couldn't control it in any way.
It clung to the ground like a chronic illness, becoming one with the ground, unmovable.
Even expulsion was not an option.
Xi Li's expression grew even darker, unable to shake the spreading dark qi, which meant she was in a passive state at any given moment.
“Cleansing the darkness and sins is the duty under the law, you cannot expel it,” came the cold voice of the Prison Codex into Xi Li's ears.
“If I cannot expel it, then I'll simply kill you, and all will end,” Xi Li said coldly, looking over. As soon as she finished speaking, her lower body transformed into darkness, charging towards the Prison Codex like smoke trails.
However, just as she was about to reach the Prison Codex, Xi Li suddenly made a sharp turn, reaching out towards Serum.
Xi Li did not yet fully understand the strength of the Prison Codex, but she was very clear that her opponent in today's match was not to contend with the Prison Codex; her real opponent was Serum. Therefore, although she appeared to attack the Prison Codex, her actual target was Serum.
An invisible energy was released from the palm of Xi Li's hand.
As the energy was released, a dark vortex suddenly appeared not far in front of Serum, like a Space Rift, filled with deep darkness, spinning continuously, and at the same time, a terrifying attraction force emanated from the vortex.
Third Level Trick, The Wheel of Darkness!
Everything sucked into the vortex turned into darkness, whether living beings or inanimate objects, would be crushed into dark debris, forever floating in the boundless realm of darkness.
This was an extremely terrifying dark magic Trick, and Serum also planned to learn it. However, according to his own plan, it would take at least five to ten years before he could barely grasp it.
Yet Xi Li was able to release it so effortlessly; from this, the gap between Xi Li and Serum became evident.
Knowing the horror of The Wheel of Darkness, Serum desperately tried to create a resistance field in front of him, but sadly he was seriously injured at the moment and couldn't muster any strength.
Under the terrifying suction, Serum was already struggling to endure, his bloodied fingernails deeply embedded in the ground, but at this moment the ground began to loosen under the attraction of The Wheel of Darkness.
With a “clang” sound, the flooring was torn up, and Serum lost his gravitational hold, shooting into mid-air, being drawn towards The Wheel of Darkness at high speed.
Serum was about to be crushed by The Wheel of Darkness.
A cold voice suddenly echoed throughout the arena.
“Law Number One, within the responsibility of jurisdiction, only the one who wields the scales is qualified to judge.”
“Overstepping bounds, guilty!”
After those words, a black cage suddenly rose from the tumbling dark energy on the ground, trapping The Wheel of Darkness directly inside the cage.
When the wheel of darkness was trapped, its gravity dissipated. However, since Serum was still in zero gravity, he continued to move forward due to inertia and eventually crashed heavily into the cage, falling to the ground.
Fortunately, Serum wasn't badly hurt and stood up on his own.
As Serum stood up, a burst of energy ripples came from behind him. He turned around to see the Black Classic extend his sword, lightly touching the cage with its tip, turning the cage into nothingness. The wheel of darkness trapped inside also disintegrated into the darkness, merging with the ground.
After the wheel of darkness was shattered, there was a hushed silence in the audience. They were completely stunned by this turn of events. Such a crisis was easily resolved. Why did the Book Spirit become like this? And what exactly is happening now? Could it be that Serum is about to make a comeback?
The audience was shocked, and so were the referees, who were now gathering together for a discussion. They had nearly settled on the ranking of Serum and Xili, just waiting for the match to end. But this unexpected event forced them to reassess both parties.
Xili, witnessing this scene, had a very ugly expression. Her trump card, the third-level Trick, had failed to make any impact on this giant and was even turned to his advantage, which was a heavy blow for her.
However, the blow was obviously not over yet.
After destroying the wheel of darkness, the Black Classic raised his sword once again, this time aimed at Xili.
Xili said with a somber face, “In your current state, I see no hope. It seems I should not have been lenient back then; I should have killed him.”
The Black Classic said, “The second law: Within the jurisdiction, all differing opinions must be silenced.”
As his words fell, the dark energy on the ground surged without a sound, and suddenly Xili found she could not make any sound at all.
At the same time, a blurry shadow suddenly appeared behind the Black Classic.
It was a dark palace, grand and empty, solemn and cold, as if whispers of chanting lingered in one's ears. At this moment, a group of chained sinners walked into the hall dejectedly and numbly, step by step toward the center of the palace. At the forefront of these “sinners,” in the primary position of the palace, was a lifelike statue.
The statue depicted the Goddess of the Prison Codex, sword in one hand and scales in the other!
This scene, caught in the eyes of Sabo, wrinkled his brow, “This palace looks a bit like… the Heretic Judgment Court of the Extreme Sect.”
However, Sabo did not dwell on it too much, for the palace was ultimately just an Illusion. What truly concerned him was–silencing.
The Black Classic recited a law, resulting in “differing opinions silenced,” leaving Xili unable to speak. This process might not seem worth mentioning, as similar Tricks like silencing spells, silent barriers, soundless auras, etc., can achieve the same effect.
But the Black Classic did not use a Trick or even exhibit any energy fluctuations; it was merely the surging of the dark energy on the arena floor that produced the current situation.
This was somewhat beyond Sabo's imagination.
“Could it be the Word Spirit?”
However, the Word Spirit is also an initiation technique of the Arithmancy-driven, sound-based, Mysterious Side, definitely leaving traces of a Trick, which Sabo would certainly be able to detect.
Not the Word Spirit and no traces of a Trick, then what could it be? Sabo carefully examined the arena.
Incarnted as the God of the Prison Codex, the Black Classic stood quietly in the darkness.
Sabo's gaze drifted towards the ground beneath the Black Classic's feet, where the churning dark energy covered the floor of the arena on all sides, like a dark Domain Field.
A domain field?
Sabo suddenly recalled something: “Could it be a rudimentary Domain of Law?”
A Law Domain is a realm of rules, accessible only to Legendary Wizards.
Every wizard knows the saying: Within the Law Domain, I am God.
This also explained some of the traits of a Law Domain; when inside their own Law Domain, every word spoken becomes a rule that must be followed. This was quite similar to the situation when the Black Classic silenced Xili just then.
If it truly was a rudimentary Law Domain, then this Serum was not a simple figure.
Rudimentary Domains of Law also exist in the Southern Domain but are rare to see. If confirmed to be a rudimentary Domain of Law, Serum would undoubtedly become a figure of great potential!