CHAPTER 655: 613 GREAT DEMON INVASION REALITY

The greater an entity, the harder it is to hide oneself. Although there is a phenomenon of "being too enormous to be noticed," such a phenomenon won’t occur between me and Fa Zheng as fellow Impermanences. Ming Zhuo, though human, possesses an inherently colossal nature. Attempting to conceal himself within this city under the full perceptive scan of me and Fa Zheng is as difficult as an elephant trying to hide inside a residential house.

Yet within a few seconds, I had not captured the slightest trace of Ming Zhuo’s presence here.

It wasn’t due to haste or coarseness in my scanning. A few seconds for the task of "an Impermanence finding another Impermanence hidden in the city" is indeed ample time.

Could it be that Fa Zheng’s intelligence was erroneous, and Ming Zhuo wasn’t in this area? Or does Ming Zhuo truly have the ability to conceal himself?

Fa Zheng also furrowed his brows deeply, forming a strange hand seal, causing subtle changes in the radiated perception. An icy wind arose out of nowhere in the city, seemingly transforming into thousands of gusts, acting as Fa Zheng’s hounds that darted through streets and alleys at high speed, making passers-by unconsciously clutch their coats, puzzled as to why the temperature suddenly dropped.

However, after all that commotion, Fa Zheng appeared to have no results either, his gaze gradually turning somber.

The abnormal world is filled with wonders, and in history, there have indeed been Impermanences adept at hiding. For instance, the complete Manifestation Realm has descriptions like "Small Concealment for Hidden Form" and "Advanced Submergence within the Waves." Even now, if I were to disperse all components of my body and soul, leaving merely a "Firefly" as my anchor in the world, I could significantly conceal myself.

Being able to do it myself, I certainly wouldn’t think others are absolutely incapable of it, though it remains a small probability event.

Could it be possible that Fa Zheng’s intelligence wasn’t wrong, and Ming Zhuo truly isn’t in this city?

This possibility does exist, and the reason is easy to guess, which also explains why Ming Zhuo exposed his tracks so quickly—Ming Zhuo might have entered the Post-mortem World immediately after arriving in this region.

The human god is likely less inclined to bargain with Ming Zhuo, unlike Huang Quan. To fill the gap of crucial combat power, they might accept Ming Zhuo’s entry under relatively loose trade terms, allowing him to freely use the "Du Shuo Mountain" teleportation array that traverses both realms.

Furthermore, from Ming Zhuo’s perspective, having decided to take the final step of betrayal, he naturally wouldn’t care whether his tracks are exposed to Fa Zheng and me. Luo Mountain hasn’t fully mastered entering the Post-mortem World yet, so there’s no way to continue hunting him down. Though he knows I can return from the Post-mortem World...

No, it’s likely that during his escape decision, Ming Zhuo was unaware that I had traveled between the Post-mortem World and the real world. Huang Quan discovered me in the Post-mortem World before being killed by me, and Yama, who briefly clashed with me, may not have communicated with Ming Zhuo in time. Ming Zhuo probably thought all along that I vanished mysteriously, only to reappear inexplicably.

In this light, he truly stumbled over his own folly. If he hadn’t acted against Mazao, he wouldn’t have needed to flee in chaos after my return. As long as he was patient, waiting slowly, Luo Mountain would soon completely master entering the Post-mortem World, allowing free use of the teleportation channel here.

Thinking further will reveal an even more humorous fact—now it’s likely that both Ming Zhuo and King Zhuanlun have defected to the Evangelical Institute, while Divine Light died at the end of last year. Then, the Impermanence in the Extraordinaryism camp is left with only Gua Tianshi, who is essentially a Governance Realist?

Conversely, Governance Ideology boasts Fa Zheng and Jian Feixian, along with me and Zhu Shi, a rising powerhouse mastering the Power of Great Impermanence... With such an overwhelming disparity in combat power, the conclusion of the conflict between Governance Ideology and Extraordinaryism seems to be settled.

Will Fa Zheng be secretly delighted over this? Perhaps instead of that emotion, he might experience a sense of being overwhelmed. For what’s lying ahead of him now is a conflict even more radical and terrifying than the opposition between Governance Ideology and Extraordinaryism.

At this moment, Fa Zheng’s countenance underwent dramatic changes, as if he had found something.

I didn’t ask him what he discovered, because almost at the same time, I sensed a change enough to make me change my color. There’s no need to specifically search; the appearance of the opponent was so brazen and public.

Mana fluctuations commensurate with me and Fa Zheng suddenly appeared in this city without any warning!

Not just one, but two.

Both mixed with a familiar chaos and madness that I recognized.

Immediately, I made two judgments—the first is that neither of these mana fluctuations belongs to Ming Zhuo;

Second, these mana fluctuations don’t belong to Impermanences, but to Great Demons.

As the two mana fluctuations descended, I saw the sky being torn apart.

The azure sky was ripped open by unimaginable force, forming a dark rift spanning two hundred meters, from which two colossal monsters emerged.

Both of them have a black appearance. One of them is about sixty meters tall, its entire body entangled by black branches, resembling a hellish giant evil beast. It clutches the edge of the rift, and it seems as if the space is being torn apart by its own hands.

The other beast appears to be a Buddha statue carved from coal-black rock. Upon closer inspection, that statue’s expression is not one of benevolent compassion, but rather a terrifyingly grim visage, as if eager to crush and chew all living beings in this world.

In Buddhism, Buddha not only exhibits the peaceful and serene Silent Phase, but also the horrifying Angry Form, also known as the terrifying form. The Great Demon displayed this frightful figure, reminiscent of Buddha’s terrifying aspect.

"Yu Lei... and Ksitigarbha!" Fa Zheng looked at the two Great Demons in disbelief.

The suddenly appeared Great Demons ignored Fa Zheng, as dark mana erupted around their bodies and launched ruthlessly towards the city below.

"Stop!"

At the critical moment, Fa Zheng swung his lance, and blue mana burst forth, intercepting the mana of the two Great Demons with swift precision.

Fa Zheng possessed the Power of Great Impermanence, and I had observed him at the conclusion of the battle at the Human Bureau Headquarters. In a normal state, his strength surpassed Ming Zhuo by a small margin, and overall remained at a similar level. Unlike Huang Quan who leaned towards scholarship, he was evidently a combat-oriented Impermanence.

At this moment, using the Human Dao Divine Weapon as a medium, he seemed to have connected with something unknown. A vast and formidable power, like an ocean, descended upon him. His mana fluctuations surged sharply, reaching parity with Xuanming and the level of my Crown Form.

As soon as I saw the enemy appear, I summoned the Furnace Slag Straight Sword from within myself, instantly entering Crown Form, and unleashed flames in coordination with Fa Zheng to intercept the enemy’s attack.

Yu Lei and Ksitigarbha...

After encountering the Evangelical Institute, I felt that I wasn’t familiar enough with the past Impermanences of Luo Mountain, so in the past two days, I’ve investigated those ancient Impermanences and gained some understanding of the original Impermanences from which these two Great Demons were modeled.

In traditional mythology, Yu Lei is a God who appeared alongside Shentu, guarding Ghost Gate leading to the Post-mortem World; but in Luo Mountain, he was an Impermanence of the same era as Shentu, also a combat-oriented Impermanence, who long ago fell into obscurity.

Although Ksitigarbha left few battle records, his power was extremely formidable. It is said that under certain special conditions, the power that Ksitigarbha could unleash was something even Xuanming could not match. In his time, he was a strong contender for the title of the most powerful Impermanence of Luo Mountain.

Judging by my current perception, the mana strength of Great Demon Yu Lei is comparable to the experienced ranks of Ming Zhuo and Huang Quan, while the mana strength of Great Demon Ksitigarbha is now between Huang Quan and Xuanming.

The combined attack of these two Great Demons is certainly not enough to rival the combined might of Fa Zheng and I.

But Fa Zheng has to do more than just win the "arm-wrestling" with them, he also has to protect the city below.

The two combined forces collided explosively, the opposing power was instantly crushed, yet the collision generated a heat and shockwave far exceeding that of a nuclear explosion, sweeping in all directions and toward the city.

I’ve heard that to fully unleash the destructive power of an atomic bomb, the best way is not to let it hit the ground and explode, but to detonate it in the air. This allows the shockwave to best destroy the target area, rendering it a wasteland. And this is precisely the scene before us.

The shockwave spread and moved at terrifying speed, but this speed still fell within a range where we could implement remedial measures. At the critical moment, Fa Zheng raised his empty left hand, on which appeared a small flower bud akin to a transparent ice block.

As Fa Zheng rapidly injected his power, the small flower bud bloomed, and mana spread from it like sound waves, yet much faster, spreading through the entire city’s space faster than the shockwave.

A vast barrier covered the entire city, and then, the shockwave descended upon the ground with a roar, but caused no damage. Buildings and the people walking by seemed to become ethereal holograms, strolling and conversing normally, oblivious to our earth-shattering battle.

This is the "Mirror Flower" brought about by Fa Zheng...

Originally, this was meant to be used in the battle against Ming Zhuo, yet it had to be used in this situation. I can discern the principle behind this Magic Treasure, as it constructs and unfolds a Different Space while coating the space’s surface with Fa Zheng’s Ice Magic Power, making it incredibly solid like encased in a shell.

However, now is not the time to analyze allied tools in detail. I did not halt my movements and immediately launched an assault towards the direction of the enemies.

To my surprise, just as I charged out, I heard a sound like glass shattering beside my ear.