Life Game In Other World
Chapter 1099: Baiting Shrimp to Catch Fish, Abyss, Mystery, and Secrecy (Super Long - for Monthly Tickets)

Chapter 1099: Chapter 1099: Baiting Shrimp to Catch Fish, Abyss, Mystery, and Secrecy (Super Long Chapter for Monthly Tickets)

With orange-gray nested rings flickering in his eyes, He Ao controlled the Shadowless Sword with his Divine Sense, quickly tilting his body aside, escaping his original position.

At that moment, the blood-colored energy blade of the mechanical lens also shaved off the last layer of darkness in front of Ruoke En.

Boom——

Ruoke En’s ’body’ exploded into a mist of blood with a light sound.

At the same time, He Ao, who had left his original position, staggered, his flesh and skin bursting open simultaneously, turning into a bloodied figure.

This time, Ruoke En had exchanged a large amount of ’life’ with He Ao.

Fortunately, He Ao had intentionally observed the traces left when the spell took effect earlier, surmising that the spell required a specific location, and confirmed this through Li Cheng’s rescue.

At the last moment, he moved from his position, mitigating a significant part of the damage.

But even so, he was now gravely injured and on the verge of death.

However, he had been monitoring the entire process of the spell taking effect with the Eye of Truth.

He could roughly grasp the ’flaw’ of the spell through the fluctuations of energy; the power of the damage attenuated with distance. That is, the farther away, the less the damage.

With the previously unraveled rule that a fixed position caused more damage, he could now consciously dodge the main damage.

During these multiple observations, he also mastered the spell’s energy fluctuation before its use, allowing him to predict Ruoke En’s spellcasting in advance.

With these combined, such Life Exchange Spells would hardly cause him such explosive damage anymore.

Of course, Ruoke En was unlikely to use this spell again. The mandatory invocation of true damage required a non-negligible cost.

His situation was not much better; that mass of writhing flesh still struggled, re-forming into a human shape.

And the blood-colored energy blade, which had penetrated the darkness, now extended downward, piercing into the writhing flesh.

Sizzzz——

Accompanied by a strong scent of searing, the flesh began to ’steam’ up.

But at the same time, the blood-colored energy blade also started to flicker.

He Ao looked up to the sky.

The ’darkness’ on both sides was collapsing towards his position, burying both him and the nearby mechanical lens.

Above the lens, through the cracks of darkness, the core of the blood-colored light pillar could be faintly seen; that shimmering Blood Sun was flickering intensely.

He Ao had just let the Immaculate’s Evil Spirit enter the Blood Sun, relying on a closer connection of Mysticism, forcibly taking control of the Blood Sun.

But this did not mean Ruoke En had completely lost control of the Blood Sun; he was using all his previous Mysticism setups to compete with He Ao for the control of the Blood Sun.

This directly led to the instability of the blood-colored radiance emitted by the Blood Sun gathered by He Ao.

The energy of the Immaculate is rather pure and easy to be imbued with properties.

In fact, He Ao’s setup was designed to have the blood sun’s power output dominated by the energy of the Immaculate, with the Regicide Evil Spirit adding sharp and slaughterous properties, and the mechanical lens that the Wonders Builder transformed into concentrating these forces.

The powers of three Angels converged, forming a sharp ’spearhead’.

This blade was indeed sharp enough to effortlessly slice through the ’darkness’ that Ruoke En used to protect himself.

But the blade had drawbacks; the lens transformed by the Wonders Builder could not move freely and required close control, and like a lens focusing sunlight, its generated energy blade had a fixed focal point of maximum power.

Therefore, He Ao had to carry this lens, diving down to the ’Depths of Darkness’ cleaved open, searching for Ruoke En’s core.

The second drawback was that He Ao did not have full control over the Blood Sun, for Ruoke En could affect the energy blade by influencing the Blood Sun.

As Li Cheng was attacked, arms that were hindered by the Thunder also converged, attempting to form a twisted ’Armament of Heaven,’ blocking the light of the Blood Sun above.

The surrounding darkness continued to collapse, sealing off the sky and any escape route He Ao could take.

This was why Ruoke En attacked Li Cheng first; he wanted to ’keep’ He Ao here forever.

But even so, through those cracks, the blood-colored radiance still existed, albeit with much reduced power.

The sharp energy blade still shone on the twisted flesh, rapidly evaporating Ruoke En’s life.

He Ao looked up at the mass of flesh, with the orange-gray rings emerging in his pupils, and the Phantom Shadow of the Eye set in the inverted triangle slowly outlined behind him.

This was Ruoke En’s ’trap’.

Realizing he could no longer block He Ao’s ’energy blade,’ he gave up on resisting.

He chose to use himself as bait, dragging He Ao into the deepest ’darkness’ to ’exchange lives.’

If the darkness above closed first and the light ceased, He Ao would be devoured by darkness, torn apart, or exiled to the Abyss.

If he could not withstand the attack of the energy blade, then he would die at the hands of He Ao.

So he had to flip over all his cards at the last moment, striving to diminish the blade’s power, prolonging the time he could endure.

This guy is crazy.

He Ao gazed at the twisted flesh being seared by the light blade.

But as a child who grew up among monsters, if he weren’t this crazy, he’d probably be dead already.

He Ao’s gaze shifted to the surroundings, the space around had been completely sealed.

The Velora couldn’t directly break in.

The eye set in the inverted triangle in the sky was watching that mass of distorted flesh.

That mass of flesh was still gathering a large amount of energy; even with the serious damage from the light blade, it couldn’t be killed in a short time.

But the darkness above and the arms were about to close in soon.

The injured Li Cheng had barely recovered his strength and was trying to suppress those arms above, blocking the light, but the effect was limited.

He Ao calculated that Ruoke En would probably last a bit longer than they would.

He now had two choices, one was to stop attacking Ruoke En and take the Mechanical Lens upwards, to see if he could escape the collapsing dark area.

But he estimated that with his speed, it was almost impossible to rush out before the darkness closed in.

Second was to directly charge at Ruoke En.

The Shadowless Sword could cause damage, but not much.

The Eye of Truth could deal high damage, but the price was too high, and he couldn’t afford it.

He Ao’s gaze returned to the lump of meat below, still under the light blade, slowly twisting into a human shape.

Fused with the power of three angels, Ruoke En’s flesh had completely distorted into a monster nearly equivalent to an angel, with an incredibly thick health bar, ultimately making Life Exchange inherently beneficial to him.

Regardless of which path he chose, there was a high chance that He Ao would die.

Even in the best-case scenario, it would end in mutual destruction.

The probability of survival was too low.

Relying on his current physical fitness, if he was even slightly touched by the darkness that seemed to harbor abyssal power, it would be over for him, and even more likely, he wouldn’t have the chance to be exiled into the abyss.

Now, Ruoke En’s distorted human shape also lifted its head, which was as if it were covered in sludge, and looked toward He Ao, the corners of his mouth curled into a slight smile.

He knew that He Ao had surely figured out all the scenarios by now.

Even though he was suffering from terrifying damage, and even though his life was quickly fading away.

But he knew that he would be the one to survive.

The young man thought this was a ’Life Exchange’, but in reality, it was a deathtrap.

His enemy, although able to manipulate powerful forces, was ultimately still too ’fragile’.

He just needed one hit, and all the struggle would come to an end.

And on him, he still carried the Grace of a Divine Being, the Grace that would make him Undead.

The eventual victor had already been decided even before everything had started.

Now, one just had to wait for the final outcome.

It wouldn’t take long, just two to three seconds.

One.

In the second he started counting time in his mind, he was taken aback to find the young man above also bowing his head, showing him a smile.

The next moment, he saw the young man raise his hand, the Mechanical Lens revolving around the young man’s body instantly shattered.

The light blade illuminating him disappeared in that instant.

What is he trying to do?

Is he giving up on the fight to run away?

Doesn’t he know it’s the most likely choice to result in death?

As the terrifying damage disappeared, Ruoke En rapidly condensed and regained his posture.

But there was no joy on his cheeks, only confusion and blankness.

He watched the young man in the sky, unhesitatingly preparing to use the ’Life Exchange Spell’ once again.

But at that instant, he saw the young man lift his hand, and a Mechanical Fragment landed in his palm, twisted and bizarre runes appeared on that bronze fragment.

Just by looking at those runes, Ruoke En seemed to hear some kind of icy whispers.

An invisible force spread around him, as if trying to pull him down further.

All the actions he wanted to perform came to a halt at this moment.

He only saw the young man hurl the mechanical fragment in his hand towards his position, while the remaining fragments floating in the air transformed into a massive flying armor, attaching to the young man and propelling him upwards.

For some reason, he found the flying armor’s style vaguely familiar.

However, he had no time to ponder this as he reached out with his hand, and the thick darkness once again stood in his way, enveloping the bronze fragment thrown by the young man.

Boom——

The moment the darkness touched the bronze fragment, an intense, distorted booming resonated in everyone’s minds.

Sitting within the flying armor, He Ao didn’t hesitate and drove the armor at full force towards the highest reaches of the sky.

The Shadowless Sword in his hand trembled violently, as if drawn by some invisible force.

The surrounding darkness twisted at a pace visible to the naked eye, as a terrible and profound aura spread out from it.

The sealed and vibrating power tore through space, distorting the darkness and causing the rapidly closing gap to seal even faster.

A bizarre and oppressive aura lingered in He Ao’s heart.

It seemed as though eyes were appearing within the twisted darkness, cautiously gazing at him.

He could faintly sense some kind of allure emanating from the darkness.

An intangible suction force came from the depths of darkness, dragging his flying armor, slowing its speed more and more until it hung in midair.

The dark crack above his head closed quickly, with the surrounding twisted suction force growing stronger, like an invisible giant hand, vigorously pulling at the flying armor.

The upward-moving flying armor began to slowly descend, and at that moment, the dark rift in the sky he had ’cut open’ also finally closed completely.

A brilliant grey light flickered from the depths of that profound darkness.

Thud——

The flying armor enveloping He Ao burst apart thunderously, turning into a dim blue glow that wrapped around his wrist.

In this silent darkness, his body began to plummet rapidly.

He Ao calmly gazed at the now sealed crack above him, watching the surrounding shattered space.

The roaring sound of a steam whistle erupted at this instant, the dim train light illuminating the darkness, as a blood-stained hand stretched out from the void.

He Ao lifted his head, without any hesitation, and grabbed that hand.

Accompanied by a great force, his entire body was pulled into the train.

The entire carriage seemed to be distorted and deformed by some terrifying external force, creaking eerily.

Then, in the next instant, the train completely entered the void.

The surrounding darkness surged, swallowing everything.

He Ao sat on the train floor, taking a deep breath.

From the time he inscribed the patterns until now, roughly three seconds had passed, and the most critical moment was this very last instant.

In the brief moment between the force solidifying the space being torn apart and the space itself being completely shredded.

That moment was the opportunity for the Velora to come through, and also the only chance for He Ao to escape the twisted darkness.

The next second, a red glow appeared outside the train windows, and the doors naturally opened.

······

One after another, inky arms, as if losing their support, fell from the sky like torrential rain, plunging into the darkness below that was originally part of them.

Among this rain of arms, two figures also rapidly descended into the darkness below.

An old train burst out of the void, two hands reaching out from its doors, catching Li Cheng and the maid doll as they fell towards the darkness, pulling them into the train.

Afterward, the vehicle passed through the sudden weird rain of arms, through the dark and sky under the blood-red light, racing into the void.

The next second, the train appeared on the outside of the darkness, encircling and driving through the sky.

A pair of eyes pierced the crack-riddled carriage, looking towards the city center in the distance.

The uncontrolled, twisting darkness was rapidly spreading from the area of the Obelisk, extending to the surroundings.

It devoured everything it could—black arms, twisted monsters, towering buildings—turning everything into pure darkness.

The radiance of the Arrays spread throughout the city was also trembling violently, like fragile glass, as if in the next moment, these Arrays would shatter.

The two huge planetary Phantoms in the sky also flickered, as if they were about to fade away.

"What on earth is that?"

Bathed in blood, Li Cheng gazed at the expanding darkness and asked the first question since arriving here.

"Abyss."

Hao Yi, standing beside him, softly began to speak.

The Mechanical Fragment that He Ao had just tossed in, adorned with patterns, was the one he had copied from the Whispering Lock Character Card.

This pattern seemed to have some special significance, able to summon the power of the Abyss.

He Ao inscribed it on the Angel Evil Spirit’s Mechanical Fragment, considerably invoking the power of these patterns.

Thus, the ’gaze’ of the Abyss descended upon this place.

Although the Abyss seemed to have lost all Reason, what was here was a spell that could attract and ’imitate’ the Abyss.

The invisible membrane enveloping the ’trash can lid’ was pierced by He Ao, and the terrifying ’black hole’ tore it apart in an instant.

But the spread of the Abyss’s power took time, presenting an opportunity to act.

This was why He Ao had insisted on delving into the Depths of Darkness; he had to directly ’absorb’ the gaze of the Abyss into the very heart of the darkness, onto Ruoke En, to ensure the power would affect the target precisely and leave Ruoke En with no time to react.

There was some sort of special ’Grace’ attached to Ruoke En; although He Ao couldn’t figure it out, he had a rough idea.

Super Memory’s intermittent monitoring of Ruoke En’s emotions still revealed that Ruoke En wasn’t the least bit anxious.

Even a true madman would feel slightly nervous during a Life Exchange Spell.

And igniting the power of the Abyss was something He Ao had thought of the moment he sensed its presence in the darkness.

After all, he couldn’t possibly have forgotten that behind Ruoke En lay a hidden Higher Being.

Upon hearing the name ’Abyss’, Li Cheng shivered slightly; it was as if cold ravings echoed in his ears, some invisible force struggling with his Soul.

But he soon freed himself from the control of the ravings and continued to gaze at the ever-expanding darkness, "Will they completely Swallow this city?"

"No."

Gazing into the darkness, ’Hao Yi’ spoke slowly and assuredly.

Deep within the distorted darkness, a surging grey radiance burst forth.

This brilliance suppressed the expanding darkness in an instant, halting its progress just before reaching the train, also inhibiting the destruction it wrought upon the city.

The verge of shattering Array flickered momentarily, maintaining a fleeting stability.

’Hao Yi’ raised his hand, and He Ao handed over the Shadowless Sword.

Subsequently, the train’s doors in front of him opened.

"What are you going to do?"

Li Cheng looked towards Hao Yi.

"Just spicing things up a bit."

He answered softly, then leaped out with a swift bound.

Li Cheng, slightly confused, turned his gaze towards He Ao.

He had been dragged here without any idea of the causality and was thrust directly into a life or death situation.

"The Higher Being who truly created this city wouldn’t let it be destroyed,"

He Ao explained slowly, "We’re going to see just how much strength he has left here."

While speaking, ’Hao Yi’ had already landed in the darkness, oppressed by the grey glow.

Then, without hesitation, he plunged the trembling tip of the sword into the glow, the slightly distorted Mysterious Shadow contamination seeping into the radiance.

That suppressed darkness suddenly stirred, attempting to Swallow him and the Shadowless Sword whole into its midst.

At that moment, the female maid automaton also appeared at his side, grabbing his hand and pulling back forcefully.

Li Cheng immediately picked up his spear, with Thunder striking where the sword tip pierced.

An eye situated within an inverted triangle appeared out of nowhere, gazing intently at that point.

Deconstruction!

The suction from the Shadowless Sword suddenly loosened, and ’Hao Yi’ was catapulted backward, dragged by the maid automaton instantaneously into the Velora, both colliding with the inner wall of the train, causing the entire carriage to shake violently.

Immediately after, the doors of Velora closed, swiftly entering the void.

Behind the train, that silent darkness, once contained by the grey radiance, ’stirred’ subtly.

It was as if some force reached a peak of activation, spreading some sort of invisible Qi.

The next second, the whole fabric of space-time trembled, as if a terrifying gaze was traversing from an unfathomably distant place across time and space.

The blood-colored sky started to darken at a visibly rapid speed.

One by one, the radiant Stars reflected upon the sky full of fleshly gaps.