Apocalypse Forecast

The hunting dog suddenly enlarged tenfold, revealing its horrifying form as a Behemoth infant, its mouth agape with a sulfurous breath, closing abruptly to shred the shadow, only to recoil as if biting into an iron plate, sparks emitting between its teeth.

Immediately, it was overturned by the force exploding out of nowhere.

The shadows boiled and trembled violently.

The outline of a gigantic figure rapidly rose from the deep darkness, the scales of the Giant Serpent glowing with a blackish-purple light, hundreds of grotesque heads emerging from the shadows, guarding the cold silhouette whose lower half was transformed into a long snake.

This was a miracle frozen in Hell, a disaster made manifest in flesh.

One of the objects of worship by the fallen monks of the Upper Seats.

Giant Snake, Poisonous Dragon, Demon of Life-devouring.

——The Crowned Mahuraga!

At the moment of its emergence, the Crowned, having lost patience, chose to go all out, countless Evil Eyes emitting a chilling light, the snake’s mouth opening and closing, its voice sharply shrill in its high-pitched screech.

Calling the name of its prey.

"——Huai Shi!"

No response was needed; even the slightest movement would ensnare the soul.

In an instant, Huai Shi’s soul was fully open to him, subject to the corrosion of the venom of assimilation.

Mahuraga laughed loudly.

And then, he saw... chaos unparalleled to that of chaos itself, thoughts so chaotic they defied verbal description, countless inconsequential and irrelevant ideas.

And hunger, hunger, hunger, hunger, hunger, hunger...

An endless hunger surfaced from Mahuraga’s perception, along with an insatiable desire to devour, a thirst never quenched nor fulfilled from birth.

Even, that ’predatory desire’ that seemed to stand at the top of the food chain, the kind that would make him shudder!

Ultimately, at the end of that eternal appetite, the august figure that presented itself.

It seemed like it wanted to devour Hell entirely with a terrifying posture!

Who truly was the Crowned one?

Mahuraga almost suspected he was facing a Ranch Owner’s chosen deity!

Despite his horror, he retained sanity, quickly realizing: This wasn’t right! Clearly, it was a misleading apparition from the opponent, merely a disguise!

Because another tiny response existed behind this one!

Without hesitation, he cut off this erroneous connection and refocused their linkage on the real target—only this time, he seemed to have stirred a hornet’s nest!

Before Mahuraga’s divinely polluting Source Substance venom could spread, at the other end of the soul connection, a dark, bloody, malevolent, grotesque, furious, bizarre, despairing, maniacal, hysterical, hateful, resentful, angry, painful, pietous... the ’venom’ beyond all his descriptions of its essence surged forth!

Backwash!

Countless serpent heads instantly mutated, rotting, shrieking in agony.

Mahuraga roared in fury, pustules appearing constantly on his face, flesh melting, yet vibrant flowers sprouted endlessly from the pale bones!

At this moment, surrounded by countless puppets, even Huai Shi was taken aback.

Where did this supreme benevolent person come from!

Actually volunteering to link souls, to share the divine pollution and mental erosion from the Eternal Beast with him...

Could it be that this wave was his misunderstanding?

Was the opponent some Hell Charity Association coming to do good deeds, or was Helios celebrating some anniversary, making him the ten-thousandth lucky passenger to receive a thanksgiving return?

How wonderful, oh how wonderful.

In hell, everyone was talented, spoke persuasively, and was reliable in work, he almost liked it here!

If only the opponent could die on the spot, he’d be even happier!

Unfortunately, after the opponent detected something wrong, he resolutely abandoned numerous serpent heads, allowing his body to disintegrate and regroup from the shadows, merely sacrificing a portion of Source Substance and soul.

Then, painstakingly drawing a gun, repeatedly pulling the trigger towards Huai Shi!

[bang!!!][bang!!!][bang!!!]

Numerous text boxes appeared like a barrage of screen spam, forcing Huai Shi to flee desperately.

And under countless Evil Eye gazes, the stone curse finally took effect, Huai Shi’s actions froze for a moment, soon entangled by tentacles suddenly extending from the boiling shadow, unable to move.

The crisis was already at hand!

And just then, Huai Shi heard a hallucination in his ear.

"Tsk."

Utter dissatisfaction.

Like it couldn’t stand seeing the junior’s embarrassing appearance.

Then, thunder erupted out of thin air.

Resentment Water roared!

Like a fateful enemy appearing before him, the silent and defiant Resentment Water suddenly surged with an immense Source Fluctuation, causing Ling HuaiShi’s blood to spread, transforming into countless Sharp Blades sweeping across, drawing from Huai Shi’s Source Substance.

The Stigma of King Xiang circulated, igniting the Source Substance that merged into the blood, granting it a new transformation.

Yin, Yang!

Without reservation, it showcased the top-notch technique that Huai Shi had yet to explore.

——Watch closely, this is how the power of King Xiang is used!

Just like the two poles of a magnet, the moment the blood infused with opposing Source Substance attributes combined, scorching electric light burst forth.

Thunder exploded, lightning spread widely.

A pillar of lightning, fierce enough to burn the naked eye, rose from the ground and swept mercilessly outward.

In a flash, it shattered the ubiquitous shadows.

The terrifying energy transformed into pure light and heat, spreading unreservedly in all directions, shattering the shadowy state of Mahuraga’s Source Materialization!

An abnormal half-human, half-snake torso emerged from the shadows, exposed under the electric light.

Mahuraga screamed.

Sensing the terrifying murderous intent left by the Cloud Monarch.

Yet the fierce electric light filled with hatred and hostility was already spent, the brief operation exhausted the long-held accumulation, reverting back to its original form.

The end of a strong bow.

Mahuraga’s four arms were still blocking in front, but the anticipated destruction did not come.

He hesitated for a long time, feeling the thrill and relief of narrowly escaping death after so many years, he couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Then, he saw Huai Shi ten steps away.

Staring back at him.

Holding the silent Resentment Water, filled with confusion and puzzlement.

He couldn’t understand.

Why is this idiot laughing?

Mahuraga’s gaze turned gloomy again, the shadow beneath him expanded once more, transforming back into endless darkness, and numerous fierce Nagas emerged from it, launching a ferocious attack on Huai Shi.

But his body suddenly began to disintegrate.

Quickly sinking into the shadows.

He was leaving.

The setback from a moment’s probing made him realize this prey was not as simple as expected, even though he had some awareness of the target’s difficulty level, it still exceeded his expectations.

He did not like this feeling.

Even though without that fearsome lightning, this arrogant guy could only give him a massage, the highly sensitive intuition in his nature had already started to make him uneasy.

Indeed, he had many techniques yet to be used, but the eerie aspect of Huai Shi made him decide to temporarily retreat and observe again.

Just like a Python slowly strangling its prey.

This was just the beginning, he was not rushing, instead possessing ample Endurance——waiting for the opponent to sink deeper into anxiety and panic, ultimately suffocating in despair.

Unfortunately, it was too late...

The moment he was within ten steps, the outcome was already destined.

Then, he heard a voice not far away.

"Almost forgot..."

The young man reflected with sudden understanding: "This is not the Current Circumstances."

In the midst of the Puppet assault, he leisurely raised his hand.

Aimed a snap at Mahuraga.

Smiled.

"bang!"

He uttered a crisp onomatopoeia.

But no explosion or loud noise ensued, only a bracelet resembling a smart watch silently dropped from Huai Shi’s wrist.

At that moment, the restrictions of the Existence Institute were lifted.

In the darkness, the Great Priestess raised her cold eyes, releasing the shackles in her hands.

Thus, the Ruins resonated.

The residual poison from the Element of Destructive, erupted forth!