Chapter 753 - 109: Eric’s Struggle
Kasmin is truly worthy of being a princess; her words are extremely captivating, and more importantly, her noble aura cannot be faked.
In such a hierarchically strict society, a princess is an existence these lower-class guards can only look up to.
A guard knelt on one knee, sincerity all over his face: "I, Jorde, am, of course, loyal to the Empire. If what you, Princess, say is true, I’m naturally willing to follow."
Kasmin looked at Jorde, her expression unchanged, and calmly asked: "What happened before? Why are so many people fainted here?"
Jorde rubbed his forehead with his hand, still feeling drowsy, looked back at all the people lying on the ground, and recalled: "Just last night, I was on duty, then heard the alarm go off, knowing something must have happened, so I ran towards the direction of the alarm."
"Then I saw a purple light appear in the sky, we all saw it, don’t know where the purple light came from..."
Su Changxing pondered, it seems things have changed again, did someone arrive at Eric’s mansion before them?
Otherwise, why was the alarm sounded?
"Do you know what’s on top of that White Tower?" he asked Jorde.
Jorde explained: "That is something Master Eric invented, said to improve sleep quality at night, it seems to be quite effective. Many of us feel much better mentally during the day."
They seemed unaware of any abnormality in the Domain, or perhaps they had already adapted to its influence.
Su Changxing also noticed that the White Tower wasn’t functioning at this time.
Along the way, there were guards or servants all asleep, and some Rune Warriors squatting in place, unmoving, not activated.
Eric’s mansion was designed quite neatly, with not-so-wide paths flanked by flowerbeds, fountains on the side, and tracks leading directly to Eric’s residence above.
"Eric’s place is just ahead, I don’t know what really happened here, he always churns out weird inventions, many of which are useless."
Jorde led the way in front as he spoke.
Su Changxing pointed to a pool filled with a plethora of discarded dolls, all different in shape: "What are those things?"
Jorde shook his head: "Don’t know, Master Eric always has strange things, none of us know, and of course, he doesn’t explain."
After ascending a long white staircase, they arrived at the door of Eric’s residence, hearing crazy shouts from inside.
"You cannot dominate me, I am omnipotent."
"What’s the point of this to you, unnecessary persistence; a road that leads nowhere is ultimately wrong."
"How can you know it’s wrong if you haven’t trodden it."
"Eric, I think you have grander goals, not just these, your talents shouldn’t be constrained here."
The same voice, yet seemed to be in a dialogue with itself, only the tone varied.
"Is that Eric?" Su Changxing asked.
Jorde nodded, also a bit puzzled, not knowing what Eric was up to, like he had gone mad.
Su Changxing stepped forward, pushed the door open, and saw an old man with white hair, covered with black spots on his face, slumped on the ground, soaked in blood, with fresh wounds all over his body, holding a blood-stained fruit knife in his left hand.
Those wounds seemed to be signs of self-harm.
"Who are you?" Eric, seeing the door open, looked up, and was momentarily stunned.
Su Changxing could see he was in a very peculiar state, and what surprised him more was that Eric was actually a Tier Five Extraordinary Being.
He had broken through the constraints of this world, akin to being extraordinary in an ordinary world.
Yet he probably didn’t rely solely on his strength.
[Ultra tech race: Tier Five, Extreme Rank, possessing unimaginable intelligence and creativity, capable of creating semi-life forms and endowing them with extraordinary strength.]
Before Su Changjun could reply, Eric immediately waved his thin, blood-stained arm: "No matter who you are, leave here at once, it’s dangerous, people will die!"
Then, his expression changed, and he sneered, "How many have died because of you, don’t you know? Why still pretend compassion?"
Su Changxing drew out his firearms, no longer concerned about what happened to Eric; taking him out directly was the simplest solution.
With a booming gunshot, a bullet was fired, aimed directly at Eric’s head.
Eric was evidently in a chaotic state, so Su Changxing intended to take the opportunity to eliminate him, plus the other was also a Tier Five Extraordinary Being, not to be underestimated.
A blue light flashed across Aynic’s chest, a powerful magnetic field emerged around him, tables and chairs were blown away, the bullet deflected by the magnetic field, hitting the wall instead.
[Eric’s Powerful Magnetic Field: Theoretically an absolute defense, primarily possessing enough energy to repel any surrounding object, particularly effective against firearms, bows, and other ranged weapons.]
Eric grabbed a handful of white, withered hair and shouted, "Hurry, hurry!"
Kasmin rushed into the room from behind, widened her eyes upon seeing Eric, and tentatively called out, "Uncle Eric?"
Eric looked vastly different from the image in her mind. She had clearly seen him just six months ago, but now he seemed ten years older.
Seeing Kasmin, Eric’s eyes showed a moment of clarity, and he recognized her. His eyes were brimming with tears, and his parched lips moved slightly, "I’m sorry... I’ve wronged you, your mother, and everything I once created... it’s very dangerous here, you must leave!"
Su Changxing furrowed his brows, sensing that Eric recognized him, but Eric didn’t express it.
After all, it wasn’t surprising that Eric would know Liu Luola.
Su Changxing fired his firearm at Eric continuously, but each bullet was deflected by the powerful magnetic field.
"It’s useless. No matter how strong your power, you can’t break through this. It’s infused with divine power," Eric said with a look of sorrow on his face, smiling slightly, not worried about the bullets penetrating his powerful magnetic field and hitting him.
Su Changxing could tell that his physical strength wasn’t robust, even weak—an extraordinary person with severe imbalances in their abilities.
This magnetic field’s defensive capability was astonishing, unexpectedly able to block his bullets, which even broke through that high-level demon’s defenses.
Slowly clambering to his feet, Eric’s face turned cold, a corner of his mouth curled up, "If you won’t leave, then no one leaves!"
Black light surfaced between his eyes, embodying tangible terror, while Kasmin sat down suddenly on the ground, and the guard outside fled in panic.
"Hahaha, everyone must die!"
Aynic laughed heartily, raising his aged right hand as a beam of purple light pierced through the ceiling and appeared before them.
The instant the purple light appeared, Su Changxing clearly perceived his thoughts slowing, while Eric’s movements accelerated, becoming more than ten times faster than before.
Kasmin, seeing the purple light, appeared dazed, unable to cope with such a mental assault, collapsing.
Trouble.
Eric’s strength was unfathomable, seemingly more terrifying than the old monk, perhaps due to the infusion of divine power.
An electric light shot from a white pillar behind Eric at a speed Su Changxing couldn’t evade, striking his chest.
A fine, piercing sensation radiated from his chest, spreading through his body.
Su Changxing remained standing, unable to dodge but able to withstand the strike. His exposed skin remained unscathed, emitting a faint golden light, crisscrossed with scarlet patterns.
"Feels like nothing at all."
Su Changxing smiled slightly, continuing to fire his firearm at Eric.
Although his reactions had slowed, the bullet speed hadn’t changed, and Eric couldn’t dodge, having to endure the hits.
He could sense the magnetic field’s strength waning under continuous bombardment, the bullets gradually deviating less.
Seeing that the electric light from the pillar was ineffective against Su Changxing, Eric appeared surprised, muttering inexplicably,
"I knew it, I knew it, deceiving me all along."
With a wave of his hand, as if activating some mechanism, more electric lights shot from the pillar toward Su Changxing.
Facing these fast electric lights, Su Changxing could hardly evade and had to endure them with his body.
His defense was quickly breached, his chest punched through a fist-sized hole, continuously leaking blood.
Su Changxing estimated that the energy source of these electric light mechanisms must be elsewhere and planned to shut it down first, then fight Eric.
He used the Eye of Data, easily locating the energy source of the electric light mechanism in a room behind Eric.
Another electric light pierced through the air, but this time, Su Changxing felt no pain. Instead, Eric’s chest was pierced, blasted open into a massive bloody hole, and he collapsed heavily onto the ground.
Although a Tier Five extraordinary, Eric’s body wasn’t much stronger than others in this world and was easily penetrated by the electric light.
The sudden twist was unexpected, even for Su Changxing, as it seemed Eric had momentarily disabled his magnetic field while controlling the electric light to attack himself.
Eric laid on the ground wearing a calm smile, wearing a triumphant air, as he twisted an iron ring on his right wrist with his left hand, "Human will is irreversible, even if you are a god!"
A white light beam shot from the moon on the White Tower, piercing through the roof and toward Eric.