Chapter 601 - 5: Probing
Chapter 601: Chapter 5: Probing
Lynch hovered in mid-air, the gray-green decaying domain force field flickering around him like a breath, his sharp gray eyes locked tightly onto the white-haired girl on the grass below. The inhuman ethereal feeling and spatial oppression emanating from her filled his heart with alarm.
“Who are you?” Lynch’s voice was low and cold, imbued with the majesty of a Domain Master, echoing through the valley.
The girl’s whirlpool-like silver eyes calmly met his gaze, her exquisite face devoid of any emotional fluctuation. An ethereal voice once again resonated directly in Lynch’s soul:
“My name is ’Kong’.”
As soon as the words fell!
“Whoosh!” A sound.
Without any warning, “Kong” moved!
Her slender figure blurred instantly in place, not moving at high speed, but rather it seemed space itself had folded, “pushing” her instantly in front of Lynch! The speed surpassed the perception limit of ordinary secret skills!
What made Lynch’s pupils dilate suddenly was—at the moment she appeared, her pale right hand had already “drawn” a weapon from the void beside her, as if unsheathing a sword!
It was a giant double-handed sword, pitch-black, ancient and heavy, entirely contrary to the girl’s slender figure and ethereal aura! The sword bore no ornate runes or glow, only a pure “darkness” that seemed to swallow all light, as though it could even slice through space.
“Slash.”
A simple syllable exploded on a soul level!
“Kong” gripped the giant sword with both hands, her movements as simple as possible, without a hint of flourish, cleaving down towards Lynch!
This strike, fast! Fierce! Absolute!
Where the sword edge passed, space emitted a strained “screeeech” lament! A deep, narrow space crack with flickering unstable silver edges burst open with the sword’s force! Inside the crack was not emptiness, but a heart-palpitating, pure darkness and devouring force—that was the power of a domain!
Lynch’s heart trembled!
The other party was not only domain level, but her domain attribute was actually “void” in close relation to space!
“Hah!” Lynch let out a low shout, not daring to show the slightest negligence. The gray-green decaying domain instantly expanded to the extreme!
“Time Delay!”
The flow of time within the domain suddenly turned viscously dense! Simultaneously, he clasped his hands in front of his chest, intertwining highly condensed power of decay and time, forming a diamond-shaped giant shield brimming with dark gray runes and flowing with silvery gray halo, to meet the space-tearing black sword!
“Clang——!!!!” A deafening loud noise erupted!
Not a pure metallic clash, but a fierce collision at the level of rules!
Upon contact between the decaying time shield and the black giant sword, the runes on the shield flickered madly, blinking in and out of sight! An unimaginable devouring and annihilation force transmitted from the sword edge, crazily eroding the defensive structure of the shield!
Lynch only felt an overwhelming mighty force transmitted through the shield, the domain shaking violently, even the Alan’s Mark in his mental core hummed! He was forcefully struck back, his feet plowing two deep furrows into the hard rock of the valley floor!
“Such strong power!” Lynch was utterly surprised.
The other party’s utilization of the domain was superbly exquisite, and that black giant sword pushed the void domain’s devouring trait to the extreme, each slash seemed to devour his domain along with the space! His proud time delay effect seemed to be greatly diminished in the face of that sword!
“Kong’s” movements did not pause for a moment. She flickered and leaped within the space like a ghost, each appearance accompanied by a terrifying slash that tore through space! The sword techniques were plain yet lethal, targeting the weakness points in Lynch’s domain operation directly!
The enormous black sword felt weightless in her hands, its movements brought forth black light curtains of devouring light and continuously opening and closing space wounds.
Lynch pushed the decaying domain to the limit, within the gray-green domain force field, abilities like Time Acceleration, Delay, Material Decay, and Energy Annihilation were exhibited one after another, trying to interfere and weaken the opponent.
However, “Kong” seemed able to predict every change in his domain, her figure always melded into the void just before the rules took effect, avoiding the most direct impact, or forcefully tearing apart rule constraints with that bizarre black sword in her hand!
The battle appeared completely one-sided! Lynch was firmly suppressed, could only defend bitterly with the domain, each block became extremely arduous, the domain’s radiance fluctuated and dimmed under the opponent’s violent and precise void slashes.
His lack of experience in the newly ascended domain and disparity in understanding rules were laid bare in front of “Kong,” clearly someone who had immersed themselves in domain arts for many years!
Just as Lynch was about to be forced into a desperate situation, a pure, warm yet supreme sacred radiance unexpectedly tore through the space above the valley!
“How dare you!”
A clear and divine voice resounded through the heavens!
The figure of the Light Goddess Messiah manifested in the Holy Light! Her golden hair fluttered, and sapphire eyes burned with sacred fury! A vast Light Domain unfolded instantly like a rising sun, dispelling the valley’s gloom and fiercely colliding with “Kong’s” void domain!
Chirping, hissing——!
Light versus void, creation versus annihilation, two dramatically opposing domain powers violently clashed and dissolved! The sacred radiance tried to purify the all-devouring darkness, while the deep void greedily swallowed the light! Space emitted a harsh squeal, countless tiny space cracks emerged and vanished at the border of the two great domains!
Messiah wielded a sword of pure Holy Light, bearing the will to purify all evil, boldly joined the battle! Her attacks were grand and upright, the Holy Light like a waterfall, forming a wondrous complement with Lynch’s bizarre and shifting decaying time power.
In an instant, with the two against one, “Kong’s” ferocious offensive was forcibly curbed, even showing signs of being suppressed!
Facing the pincer attack of the two domains, “Kong” remained expressionless. The black giant sword in her hand swung densely, opening up a devouring dark domain amid the torrents of Holy Light and decay, standing resiliently like a boulder in a raging sea.
As the battle intensified, yet just as Messiah prepared a stronger attack to completely suppress “Kong”—
“Messiah, cease the attack!” Lynch’s voice suddenly rang out, stopping Messiah.
Messiah’s movement halted instantly, looking at Lynch in puzzlement.
Lynch withdrew from his defensive stance, retracted most of the domain power, and his gaze locked sharply on “Kong,” who remained calm amidst the assault of Light and Decay.
Though the opponent’s attacks were fierce, there was always some reserve; what seemed to be killing moves felt more like probes or guidance?
Laying out the knowledge of space in front of him?
Lynch said, “This is not an enemy.”
The black giant sword in “Kong’s” hand ceased its swing. She hovered quietly in the void, the devouring darkness swirling around her gradually receding. Hearing Lynch’s words, for the first time, a minuscule change appeared on her ethereal, indifferent face—a trace of what seemed to be… an approving arc?
“Sharp insight, Mr. Lynch.” Kong’s voice still resonated directly in the soul, but it lost some of its previous coldness, and carried a trace of… human-like approval? “To see through the essence of an attack in the midst of fierce conflict, rather than being blinded by appearances. Your comprehension indeed far exceeds that of ordinary newly-promoted Domain Masters.”
She waved her hand lightly, and the immense black double-handed sword silently sank into the void, disappearing. The suffocating void domain exuding from her body fully retracted, as though she once again became a ghostly ethereal girl.
“Now, can you tell me who you are exactly? Who instructs you?” Lynch asked in a deep voice, already harboring suspicions.
Kong nodded slightly: “I come from Fran, serving under the ’Master’s’ seat. By the Master’s command, I observe, guard, and timely guide you from the shadows. Once you stabilize your domain and straighten out the Jade Land, I will officially hand over.”
“Master? Do you mean Principal Abbas?” Lynch immediately thought of the spatial rules master from the Land of Fran.
Kong gently shook her head, her silver-white long hair fluttering in the breeze: “Master Abbas is one of the Executors, also an introducer. But my Master stands above the rules.”
Above the rules?!
Lynch’s pupils contracted sharply, his body involuntarily trembling slightly!
Above the rules… could it be…
Fifth Rank!
Truth Wizard!