Chapter 151: CH 151: Son of the Abyss
"Thank you for freeing me, and you can rest now, you devil!"
Immediately after saying this, a white sphere began to form around Rios, and numerous chains appeared and bound him, making him the prisoner now!
"You bastard! Didn’t you say that you and I are one person? Then why are you doing this now!" Rios shouted angrily from inside the white sphere, and numerous veins bulged on his forehead from the intense pain. He tried to free himself, but he could not even move!
"You fool, you are the strange one here, not me. This body has always been my body, this consciousness has always been my consciousness, and this soul has always been my soul!" The strange entity looked at Rios and spoke in a cold, childish voice. "You were nothing but a damn parasite that occupied this soul and resided within this body. You were never a real person!"
"Shut up, you fucking bastard! I have always been me, and I will always be me. I am Rios Astar. Even if I turn into the ugliest Abomination in this world, I will always remain Rios Astar, the owner of this body and this soul!" Rios shouted angrily, defending himself against the accusations of this stranger.
The stranger shook his head mockingly. "There was never a person called Rios Astar. That name is nothing but an illusion that affected you because of the memories of the young man whose memories we acquired. You were influenced by those memories and adopted them as your real name, when in fact you never had a name to begin with." The stranger sneered mockingly and continued,
"You say that this body is your body and that this soul is your soul, then why can’t you use the Power of Abyss when you possess one of the strongest Abyss bloodlines, and why can’t you use the ability of your mutated bloodline when you possess a mutated bloodline, and why did the Laws not resonate with you when this body possesses a complete affinity (an Immortal-grade mutated bloodline) with both the cosmic law of Derivation and the cosmic law of Life, and why haven’t you awakened the Soul Talent even after creating the second gate, and most importantly..." A mocking smile filled with disgust appeared on the stranger’s face as he looked at Rios!
"Why can’t you transform into the battle form of the Trees of Abyss, and why don’t you possess the memories of your ancestors even now if this body and this soul truly belong to you!"
Rios looked at the stranger in shock and disbelief, and his tongue seemed to freeze as he had no idea how to answer!
"Do you know why?" The stranger smiled at Rios without waiting for him to answer. "It’s because I, the real one, inherited all of this, while you, the fake one, had no right to inherit anything!"
The stranger extended his hand toward Rios and suddenly clenched it!
The temperature of the sphere imprisoning Rios began to rise gradually until it became like a glowing star, and it continued to rise!
"What are you doing!" Rios felt terrified and looked at the stranger when he sensed his end approaching!
"You aren’t even a living being, and you are too lowly to even be called a thing. You resemble Heart Demons or consciousness parasites to a great extent, so there is no point in keeping you alive." The stranger narrowed his eyes as he attempted to destroy Rios and spoke in a cold voice. "Manipulating your emotions every now and then was exhausting, and making those emotions affect you was even more exhausting. But thanks to all those whispers I planted in your mind and those doubts I sowed within you, I finally succeeded in leading you here. In addition, I also comprehended the first degree of the cosmic law of Emotions, so I owe you my thanks for that."
"No, stop, stop! I don’t want your thanks! Get me out of here, you fucking bastard!" Rios screamed in terror at the thought of dying like this.
In truth, that heat did not hurt him in any way. It was merely vaporizing his consciousness without causing any pain, but the thought that he had never been a real entity was more painful than anything else!
But Rios’s screams were of no use, and the stranger paid him no attention. After an unknown amount of time, the last fragment of Rios’s consciousness finally evaporated, and the last thing he said was...
Elena!
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
The moment the last trace of Rios disappeared, a strange and painful scream was heard, as if the world had lost something precious.
"Farewell, devil from another world, and grieve as much as you wish, this world. For the Son of the Abyss has returned to take revenge on everyone who opposed him," the stranger said in a cold voice. He then stood where he was in a moment of tranquility, enjoying the silence of the place and his freedom after all this suffering, until the approaching gray mist finally interrupted his enjoyment of the peace!
"Tsk! Just some pathetic Chaos mist. I would have been worried if you were true Primordial Chaos, but you... Hahaha, you aren’t worth it!" The stranger looked at the mist with disgust and said mockingly. He then extended his hand, and those colorless symbols appeared upon it, illuminating the entire place with a transparent white light that pushed the gray mist away!
In the real world.
A white light appeared around the body of the Tree of Abyss, causing the tentacles of the Titan Anar to burn. He quickly withdrew his tentacles, but he could not extinguish the flames clinging to them, so he gritted his teeth, cut them off, retreated backward, and looked at the Tree of Abyss with a frown!
The light slowly receded from around the Tree of Abyss, and soon a child who appeared to be seven years old emerged. He looked at the Titan Anar with disgust and spat to the side. "Filthy Abomination!"
"Who are you!" Anar ignored the stranger’s insult and was shocked when he sensed that Rios’s aura had completely changed, as if he had become an entirely different person.
"Rios!" On the other side, Elena finally stopped crying over her husband’s fate and her helplessness, while the rest of the Elves stopped blaming themselves for being unable to protect their king. They all looked toward Rios in joy and astonishment!
But before the stranger could answer anything, at this moment...
Dooooom! Doooooom! Doooooom!
The deep sound of bells ringing came from everywhere, and upon hearing this, the expression of the Titan Anar froze and he shouted!
"World Recognition!"