Chapter 622: Chapter 461: Cosmic Pathology Theory

“Don’t worry, if anything unexpected happens, I’ll step in,” Xu Gu said calmly.

For some unknown reason, although Xu Gu’s strength was clearly just that of a Low Star Upper King, the Thunder Spirit Queen, Tian Xiang, felt incredibly at ease the moment Xu Gu spoke.

It was as if with Xu Gu around, the sky wouldn’t really fall.

“Kid!”

The curse consciousness instantly erupted in fury, completely provoked by Xu Gu.

Although he wasn’t truly the Curse God, he was still an awareness born from the Origin Power of the Curse God and was extremely proud.

Naturally, he couldn’t stand Xu Gu putting on airs.

However, he didn’t show any contempt.

Instead, his expression was serious. In this world, people who acted so wildly and still survived until now usually had some skills.

Especially someone who could readily bring out so many disposable pieces of the “Divine Thunder Wrath King”!

“In that case, you all might as well stay here!”

The curse consciousness was battling with the Thunder Spirit Queen. Seeing that he couldn’t defeat the Thunder Spirit Queen quickly and was wary of the Divine Wrath Thunder King in the Queen’s hands, he gritted his teeth and made a decision.

“Awaken, all of you!”

Boom!

As soon as his words fell, the entire world trembled, terrifying sound waves swept across the heavens and the earth.

An immeasurably vast power surged forth.

But it wasn’t to attack the Thunder Spirit Queen.

Nor was it to attack Xu Gu.

Instead, it fell toward the other five statues beside the Blood Pool.

“This isn’t good!” The Thunder Spirit Queen was shocked and exclaimed, “He’s trying to awaken the other consciousnesses!”

She wanted to stop it but still had to deal with the curse consciousness. Especially since the curse consciousness acted too quickly, making it difficult for her to react.

A single curse consciousness was already hard enough to handle. If the consciousnesses within the other statues were truly awakened by the curse consciousness and joined forces, she would have no hope of winning.

“Don’t lose focus,” Xu Gu said calmly.

He had already anticipated and prepared for the curse consciousness’s actions, and wasn’t surprised.

With a casual wave, a barrier appeared, like a curtain of heaven, in the space, blocking all of the curse consciousness’s attacks.

A 2-star Divine Artifact, the Black Divine Ring, a 2-star Divine Artifact, Source of Creation, and a 1-star Divine Artifact, Human Purgatory.

The combination of the three Divine Artifacts released divine power, naturally able to easily intercept the opponent’s offensive.

“This…”

The curse consciousness was completely shocked.

If it were merely two 2-star Divine Artifacts and one 1-star Divine Artifact, he might not have been so surprised.

Because the fact that Xu Gu could produce so many 2-star Divine Wrath Thunder Kings already indicated the astonishing financial power of the forces behind him.

Bringing out these three Divine Artifacts wouldn’t be unexpected.

But the key was, the characteristics of these three Divine Artifacts were somewhat too extraordinary!

They even had the potential to achieve True Divine Artifact status!

He had inherited some of the Curse God’s memories, so although he had never ventured into relic Secret Realms, he was quite knowledgeable.

“Kid, just what is your background?!” The curse consciousness’s eyes widened, a feeling of retreat arising, as he contemplated negotiating a truce.

In his view, Xu Gu had quite the significant background!

With such casually abundant precious Divine Artifacts, there must be at least a few Gods behind him, right?

He couldn’t afford to offend that!

“Master!” The Thunder Spirit Queen’s heart trembled, for the first time completely acknowledging her role as Xu Gu’s Car Servant.

Xu Gu’s expression didn’t change; he didn’t even respond, but instead, he impatiently said to the equally shocked Thunder Spirit Queen, Tian Xiang,

“What are you standing there for? Hurry up and kill him. Then, move on to the next one.”

“Brazen!” the curse consciousness sneered coldly. Xu Gu not only looked down on him but also didn’t take the other consciousnesses seriously.

He actually wanted to awaken and kill the other consciousnesses within the six statues one by one after killing him.

Only the Poisonous God-derived consciousness known as the poisonous consciousness.

To let it occupy the Blood Pool, awaken the slumbering Poisonous God’s corpse and Origin, and achieve the purpose of purification.

“Since you’re courting death, then so be it!”

The recently formed desire to retreat and negotiate within the curse consciousness disappeared in an instant, leaving only savageness.

Corrupting Curse Power transformed into a grotesque and hideous form of ravens and black goats tangled together, charging toward the Thunder Spirit Queen.

“Demonic Shadows Manifest!”

“Source of Plague!”

The curse consciousness, having thrown caution to the wind, saw its power increase dramatically once more.

The void tore apart, and a terrifying black goat demonic shadow, as if descending from another dimension, manifested, appearing in a phantom state, carrying with it overwhelming curse power.

And behind the curse consciousness, a flock of pitch-black ravens appeared, carrying an ominous and eerie aura.

“This doesn’t seem to be simple curse power.”

Xu Gu frowned slightly, detecting a hint of a power that seemed not to belong to this world within the opponent’s attack.

This feeling was like a bomb, instantly igniting his thoughts.

“This power… it seems somewhat akin to mutation?”

Xu Gu contemplated a possibility, a hint of unusual color appearing in his eyes.

It was too shocking.

This might even connect to why the once-glorious Divine Era suddenly ended and why the Divine went collectively toward Destruction.

“A mutation sweep across countless Divine? And the normal Divine and the mutated Divine ended up in mutual conflict and depletion? Eventually leading to oblivion?”

He employed the unique powerful perception of the Divine-level Auto Man for insight, ultimately confirming his thoughts.

However, he received an even more shocking revelation.

“The mutation doesn’t infect the Divine themselves, but rather the Rule Authority mastered by the Divine? Is it the rule that mutated first?”

Xu Gu was astounded by this conclusion.

His heart trembled immensely.

The reason was simple, in this world, rules are the most supreme existence and the foundation of all operations. No one can harm it; at most, they can understand its nature and then attempt to have the Rule Authority accept them.

Then, they can master the Rule Authority.

“Hopefully, this isn’t true,” Xu Gu murmured.

If it were, it would be too terrifying.

Xu Gu shared his speculation with the oldest Golden Beast beside him, whose face turned pale, evidently frightened.

Then, after a long silence, he said, “Indeed, if that’s the case, perhaps the sky really would fall.”

Rule Authority is the foundation of all Extraordinary Power!

If rules can mutate, they might end up in Death; that is, ultimately the foundation of the extraordinary would collapse?

“Could it be that the sudden decline or disappearance of the once-glorious races like the Human Clan, Immortal Clan, Atlantis, and the Divine Race, also relate to the rule mutation?

“But how could rules mutate? Could it be a manifestation of the universe’s mutation?”

The Golden Beast trembled in fear, unable to resist speculating further.

“And can this mutation be cured? If not, why has extraordinary power continued to exist, and new Cosmic Sovereigns been born?” The Golden Beast couldn’t help but ask.

Xu Gu appeared relaxed, saying calmly, “I don’t know either. Moreover, this is just my personal intuition; what if I’m wrong?

“Thinking about this now doesn’t hold much significance.

“Once my strength is sufficient, I’ll naturally be able to easily uncover the truth behind each era’s fall of the Cosmic Sovereign.”

Though his heart was shaken, feeling there must be deeper reasons for the Cosmic Sovereign’s successive demise,

However, it was still too far removed from him.

For now, he needed to help Tian Xiang defeat the curse consciousness, which was more pragmatic.

“Indeed. Acting too hastily isn’t good either. The path to becoming a Cosmic Sovereign is still far away.” The Golden Beast’s expression eased considerably, yet it was clear it hadn’t fully moved past Xu Gu’s discovery and speculation.

Meanwhile,

The Thunder Spirit Queen faced with the curse consciousness’s attack, activated the Divine Wrath Thunder King.