Chapter 797 - 791: Supreme of Soul, Prajna!
Upon hearing the words, Lin Ke, the Supreme of Light, suddenly snapped out of his thoughts and gazed at the monk beside him with a peculiar look.
He realized that the reinforcement before him seemed to know many crucial pieces of information that he was unaware of.
If he had known earlier that he didn’t need to worry about being discovered by Ma Ran, would he have lived in such fear and trepidation over the years?
Lin Ke felt extremely stifled, a mix of anger and shame, but he couldn’t vent on the spot.
After all...
Lin Ke was well aware of his history of betraying teammates, a black mark he had yet to cleanse.
He had no reason to blame or criticize the higher-ups for assigning him as they did.
The monk looked calmly at Lin Ke, observing the colorful changes in his expression, from anger to depression, fully understanding the emotional journey of his temporary teammate and was quite satisfied with Lin Ke’s self-awareness.
"It seems your fear of Ma Ran has penetrated deep into your bones."
The monk said indifferently, "The so-called forbidden words are merely restrictions imposed by the weak on themselves."
"It is the superstition of the ignorant, devoid of any value or meaning."
"If you lack courage, you can completely devote yourself to me."
"I will protect you, giving you the confidence to face all difficulties and dangers."
With limited populations on Earth and Cangming Star, a hundred billion people spread across a million ’game maps’ in ’All Heavens OL’ amounted to only ten thousand players per world, which resulted in a very low player density. In fact, due to their remote location, the two of them could shout at the top of their lungs and still not worry about being discovered by players.
Lin Ke’s behavior, in the monk’s eyes, was just too humble, a complete disgrace to the other Supreme Rulers.
Hearing this, Lin Ke immediately snapped out of it.
He gazed intently at the monk and responded with a cold sneer, "The situation is urgent, don’t bother me with nonsense."
"I was even thinking of letting you act as my missionary."
"Are you willing?"
This monk before him was Prajna, the Supreme of Soul, who had numerous titles across All Heavens before ascending to the Supreme throne, titles like the Three Lives Buddha and World Honored Ksitigarbha, a colossal figure.
Yet Lin Ke, as the Supreme of Light, was in no way weaker than Prajna in terms of realm and power.
"You still worry, fearing being erased by the Supreme of No Position."
Prajna, dressed as a monk, dodged the point: "I’ve already clearly felt the shivers and fears stemming from the depths of your soul."
"In this case..."
"Your actions after infiltrating the Main Universe the last time can barely be logically explained."
"The other Supremes refused to take on cooperation with you, believing you were a traitor, an undercover agent."
"But I do not think so."
"Now seeing your current behavior..."
"I can already be sure my judgment was correct."
"You’re not a deserter, just timid and cowardly."
After this speech, Lin Ke was so enraged that brilliance flared from his entire body, wishing nothing more than to violently beat the bald monk to vent his shame and anger.
Suddenly, Lin Ke’s expression shifted dramatically, and he shouted in an urgent whisper, "Yue Sheng has betrayed!"
"He has sold out my intelligence!"
Extraordinarily recognizing the shift in the situation, Lin Ke was no longer in his cautious state: "Prajna, your understanding of Ma Ran is limited to those pale pieces of intelligence. Only after truly engaging with him will you know, his strength far exceeds your imagination, not a regular new Supreme!"
"His foundational accumulation is so exaggerated it even leaves me speechless!"
At this point, Lin Ke wore a distressed expression: "I knew it, Yue Sheng, that insidious guy, appears loving but in reality loves no one, betrayal to him is nothing at all!"
"Prajna, now you and I will break through the barriers of this world together and escape this place immediately!"
Although unclear on how Ma Ran turned Yue Sheng, the Black Supreme’s change in stance suggested a tilt in the strategic balance.
Prajna did not ask Lin Ke how he knew this.
Each Supreme has their methods and secrets. Delving into it brings no benefit.
Instead of providing aid to Lin Ke, Prajna grabbed his arm, and an immense and boundless power of the soul surged wildly, temporarily driving away all surrounding matter and energy.
The dispersed elements, particles, and waves naturally included "light."
Lin Ke, whose arm was grabbed, showed a look of astonishment, and before he could question, Prajna calmly reassured, "No matter, Yue Sheng’s failure was expected."
"He was just an insignificant pawn."
"Although Yue Sheng’s betrayal wasn’t foreseen, the possibility of him falling into enemy hands and being interrogated for some intelligence had been considered by us long ago."
Hearing this, Lin Ke quickly calmed down, his thoughts flowing as he figured out the key point.
As a pawn, the intelligence Yue Sheng possessed would be incomplete or even half-true, half-false.
In this process, the role Lin Ke played was more or less equivalent to bait.
Prajna looked at Lin Ke with a hint of a smile, "Eliminate Death Supreme Zhao Guanlan, Devouring Supreme Su Qiangwei?"
"It never expected you to achieve this."
"The so-called decapitation strike was just a smokescreen from the start."
"Capturing Ma Ran, the Supreme of No Position, is the ultimate goal of our mission!"
Lin Ke frowned deeply, eager to ask where this bald man’s confidence stemmed from.
As he opened his mouth, before he could utter a question, he felt the world spin around him, suddenly turning into a mass of light, drawn by a powerful force penetrating through a barrier, heading toward an unknown region.
This force, devoid of malice or goodwill, was cold and ruthless, yet extremely familiar to Lin Ke.
It was...
Power from the Endless Plane’s unified will!
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Earth.
United States, New York.
Times Square.
Although it was said that in the past, every year at the old year’s departure and the new year’s arrival, tens of thousands of people of various races and colors would gather here to celebrate the New Year, today, in the arrival of the Extraordinary Era, the situation seemed to have changed.
The neon lights and large screens along the streets could no longer attract pedestrians’ eyes, and people hurrying by almost all stared blankly ahead into the void, occasionally raising their hands to tap the air, completely unwary of their surroundings or steps.
Keywords like superpower, Burning Martial, Sword Dao, mecha, genetic optimization liquid, magic, arcane magic, fighting spirit, cultivation, Earth Super Forum, and All Heavens OL were frequently mentioned by them as if talking to themselves.
In front of a Subway fast-food restaurant, two young blond, blue-eyed, white-skinned men swayed, staggering forward a few steps before regaining their footing.
Among them, the slimmer young man had a calm expression, with eyes like a well of still water, akin to a sage who had seen through worldly desires.
While the other, brawny and tall, after a moment of daze, his facial muscles abruptly contracted and twisted, clenching his teeth so hard they grinded audibly.
"Prajna! We have no grievances, why are you doing this to me!"