CHAPTER 656: 614 DOOMSDAY

The sound of cracking came from the space itself.

To be precise, the Different Space unfolded by Fa Zheng using "Mirror Flower" was showing damage. Like glass unable to withstand thermal expansion and contraction, tiny cracks appeared around, resembling snowflakes suspended in the air. The number and size of the snowflakes were rapidly increasing, causing a sound of unexpected astonishment from Fa Zheng at the rear.

Why did the Different Space suddenly experience this abnormal malfunction? Although I couldn’t understand it for a moment, I didn’t stop my actions, charging relentlessly at the two Great Demons opposite.

As I was about to collide, Great Demon Ksitigarbha made a move with both hands pressed together.

In Buddhism, pressing both hands together is a common ceremonial gesture, known as "Hand Clapping Seal," meaning "uniting the ten worlds into one heart." Because it has the image of a barrier, it is also regarded as a defensive seal in Luo Mountain, used in some types of defensive spells.

A solid dark barrier formed around Great Demon Ksitigarbha, enclosing both itself and the nearby Great Demon Yu Lei within. I transformed into a Fireball, crashing into the barrier, and it felt like hitting a wall made of rubber tire material. The extremely solid barrier deformed significantly, sinking like jelly pressed by a spoon, yet it was not penetrated on the spot.

I pressed against this resilient barrier, bursting the flames with full force. A large amount of fire dispersed everywhere, like a fully opened faucet blocked tightly by a finger.

This Great Demon Ksitigarbha seems to be a rare defensive type among Impermanence and Great Demons. Its manner of action was also unique, as Great Demons generally launch attacks madly, seemingly born without knowing what defense and evasion are, yet this guy chose to defend.

This barrier alone, in terms of "solid attribute," was enough to rival the body of the Catastrophe Demon, and Great Demon Ksitigarbha’s mana was even stronger than the Catastrophe Demon’s, so the specific level of the barrier’s solidity was even higher.

However, if the opponent had a powerful shield, then I had an even more powerful spear. The barrier bearing the fire assault head-on was rapidly diminishing in the blink of an eye, soon to be completely breached. Great Demon Ksitigarbha was even more unable to spare attention, having only to endure my offensive bitterly.

Barring any surprises, these two Great Demons should be the vanguard dispatched by the Evangelical Institute to invade the real world.

To say "dispatch" is somewhat misleading, as the Great Demons do not obey the Evangelical Institute’s arrangements. However, the Evangelical Institute does not suffer attacks from the Great Demons and can guide them to desired directions based on their movement patterns. Combined with the Evangelical Institute’s own "Du Shuo Mountain" Teleportation Array, theoretically, it is indeed possible to send Great Demons to the real world.

What I don’t understand is what the point of doing this is?

Admittedly, these two Great Demons are quite formidable. If unleashed in the real world, they would certainly cause massive casualties. Our coastal city in the east has millions of people, and if Fa Zheng and I weren’t here, they would undoubtedly all perish. Therefore, it would greatly aid in advancing human extermination plans.

But rationally speaking, a population of a few million compared to eight billion humans is only about one-thousandth, and these two destructive Great Demons would soon be eradicated by us, making such elaborate efforts lack significance. And if explained as an "ambush targeting Fa Zheng and me," it would be too stingy in terms of combat power. It would make more sense if the Evangelical Institute Master Yama personally appeared.

I am more inclined to believe Fa Zheng and I are just meeting by chance. The Evangelical Institute already planned to carry out some scheme here using these two Great Demons, and we just happened to run into it, more than just coincidental luck, involving the influence of Unfortunate star power.

Fa Zheng immediately attacked forward as well, aiming to completely shatter the barrier. Almost simultaneously, Great Demon Yu Lei suddenly raised its head, and a head made of woven branches let out a maddening howl like a frenzied wild beast.

Under the influence of the howl, the surrounding space rippled like a water surface. The familiar fluctuations spread, causing the snowflake cracks in Mirror Flower’s Different Space to increase dramatically at a geometric pace. The order of the space seemed to be severely disrupted, with the scenery appearing blurry with overlapping images like dizzying vertigo.

This was no illusion; Mirror Flower’s Different Space was genuinely about to break.

"This is bad!" Fa Zheng’s expression changed dramatically.

I sensed a great deal of confusion emerging in the surrounding space. Fa Zheng urgently redirected the power, attempting to seal the breach like plugging a leak in a damaged ship, hurriedly using Ice Magic Power to mend the breaches in the Different Space.

Once the Different Space completely shatters, the Impermanence battlefield will uniquely land in the city area.

I finally noticed why this Mirror Flower Different Space, which shouldn’t have malfunctioned, was so easily broken.

Because of Fatian Xiangdi.

Great Demon Ksitigarbha and Great Demon Yu Lei, these two Great Demons’ Fatian Xiangdi were unfolding, exerting great restraint on this Different Space.

At that moment, I suddenly realized a problem, a problem I’ve overlooked for a long time—why have I never seen the Fatian Xiangdi of the Catastrophe Demon and Great Demon Xuanwu?

The rational Impermanence avoids showcasing their Fatian Xiangdi openly to prevent unnecessary impact on surrounding areas. Though over time, it inevitably influences Earth’s climate profoundly, such effects are subtle and don’t manifest immediately.

But Great Demons are different. These monsters exist with the mission to slaughter humans. There’s no reason for them to restrain their Fatian Xiangdi; instead, they can instantly transform their natural environment into an alien area uninhabitable by humans. This transformation doesn’t even require them to move a finger; everything happens automatically as soon as they take a stand.

In fact, the Catastrophe Demon and Great Demon Xuanwu might not have avoided using their Fatian Xiangdi in the past, they might have been using it all along.

In my perception, chaotic and terrifying space-time is corroding this Different Space—

The Fatian Xiangdi of the Great Demons is precisely the "Doomsday Era."

"Is this Fatian Xiangdi? How can there be such a Fatian Xiangdi?" Fa Zheng’s face changed unpredictably.

The Mirror Flower Different Space mutated like flesh tissue corrupted by nuclear radiation. Although Fa Zheng’s power could form a "hard shell," making this space resistant to external violence, if the space itself mutated in response to the Great Demons, things would be different. Fa Zheng’s attempts to mend it were increasingly futile.

In less than a second, the surroundings shattered completely. Like transparent glass crushed to pieces on all sides, the Mirror Flower Different Space disappeared.

The moment before the space vanished, I immediately retracted my hands and retreated because the clash between my flame and the barrier of Great Demon Ksitigarbha amounted to bombarding a massive amount of strategic nuclear weapons every moment in a tiny area. Continued bombardment after the space’s disappearance would surely destroy the city. I couldn’t recklessly carry on before Fa Zheng.

Yet, even if I wished to stop, it didn’t mean the other side would cease. As I withdrew, Great Demon Ksitigarbha and Great Demon Yu Lei launched a black mana assault at me without hesitation. I had no choice but to manipulate the flames and unleashed a fiery barrage in response; Fa Zheng also roared angrily, relinquishing consideration for the Mirror Flower Different Space, allowing the blue and white frozen Qi to sweep toward the two Great Demons.

My flames and Fa Zheng’s frozen Qi intertwined, not only failing to offset each other but forming a tornado-like offensive, penetrating the assault of the two Great Demons in one fell swoop. The remaining force directly hit Great Demon Ksitigarbha’s defensive barrier, causing it to collapse.

The destructive shockwave spread towards the city again—this time, there was no Mirror Flower Different Space. Yet Fa Zheng still didn’t give up, leaving a considerable part of his strength during the counterattack just now.

I saw him raise the Human Dao Divine Weapon high, veins popping on his forehead as he shouted in a voice of the utmost exertion.

"——Stop!"

Centered on the gunpoint, the blue and white frozen Qi swept over the region like a blizzard, instantly freezing even the rapidly advancing destructive storm in mid-air.

However, there were parts directly acting on heaven and earth, unable to be intercepted halfway. The Fatian Xiangdi accumulated by two Great Demons in Different Space descended upon the earth’s surface, causing time and space order to collapse. The scenery below in the city became as if video footage pixelated, twitching and blurred. The sound of the panicked and chaotic crowd reached us above.

Unimaginable eerie disasters likely had spread in the densely populated city, taking life after life.

The "Doomsday Era" arrived in the real world!

Not only that, but the Fatian Xiangdi of the two Great Demons continued expanding far beyond the city’s consumed radius at a speed surpassing sound to farther places.

Right then, the sound of space tearing rang again, and a new massive mana fluctuation descended upon the land.

Beside Great Demon Ksitigarbha and Great Demon Yu Lei, a third dark figure shrouded in Doomsday Space-Time aura appeared.

This new unexpected guest emitted an even stronger sense of threat compared to the previous two combined, surging mana fluctuations akin to knife cuts.

The third Great Demon appeared!