Life Game In Other World
Chapter 599: The Falling Shadow (Mission Complete/ Double-Length Mega - Requesting Monthly Passes)

Chapter 599: Chapter 599: The Falling Shadow (Mission Complete/ Double-Length Mega Chapter Requesting Monthly Passes)

"Let’s try it then!!!"

The enormous lizard monster roared and suddenly leaped into the shadow behind it. The next instant, it appeared behind He Ao, opening its gigantic maw lined with sharp fangs and clamping down towards He Ao’s body.

Accompanied by his body gradually transforming into a monster and compounded by the damage He Ao had just inflicted with a few attacks, Wells’s consciousness seemed to be leaning more towards madness.

He had completely taken on the appearance of this terrifying monster.

Bang—

He Ao suddenly leaned forward, rolled to dodge the attack, and in a fluid motion, hurled his bone axe, striking the lizard monster’s triangular skull which was covered with bone armor.

The sharp blade of the axe cracked the bone armor and shattered an energy node hidden beneath.

At the same time, as the lizard monster swiped with its paw, He Ao sidestepped and retreated. The sharp claws of the lizard barely missed grazing his clothes and slapped on the ground, kicking up a shower of pebbles.

After the strike failed, the monster’s blood-red vertical pupil focused on He Ao, who had increased their distance. Without hesitation, it leaned back and once again leaped into the shadows.

In this space woven between dreams and reality, only the building beneath He Ao’s feet was the reality he had converted back to, while the shadows outside the building remained part of the dream world.

The monster cleverly used this to its advantage, keeping half of its body in the dream world and the other half in reality.

This way, it could attack He Ao who was in the real world and retreat back into the dream at any time to conceal its form.

The rooftop of this building could essentially be equated to a small isolated island, where He Ao, by leaving one edge, would inevitably approach another.

The monster, transformed by Wells, could use the cover of the surrounding Sea of Thoughts to alter its form and could appear from any direction on this isolated island at will, which was a disadvantage for He Ao.

The pervasive purple glow had reached all around the rooftop, and above this rooftop was the real world where He Ao could absolutely dispel the dreams.

A continuous flow of power also streamed into He Ao’s body through the purple glow formed by the B-level husks, pushing his strength to that of a B-level.

As long as he was on this rooftop, he could receive the support of this glow and have the power to contend with the monster.

Whoosh—

The howling wind fell from the sky above.

Without any hesitation, He Ao swiftly turned, raising the bone axe in his hand, and chopped towards the gaping maw that was coming at him from behind.

"Ah!"

The sturdy bone axe held high by his arms blocked the lizard’s upper forehead, while his muscular thighs pinned down the lizard’s lower jaw.

He Ao, just like a giant jack, exerted force upward and downward, resisting the closing force of the lizard monster’s massive maw.

Those slimer-covered fangs, at least half a meter long, stood erect in front of He Ao. Any slackness in his actions would let those fangs pierce his abdomen and puncture through his body.

He Ao gathered all his strength in his arms and with a fierce shove upward, he forced open a gap in the biting maw, then seizing the opportunity, he gripped the handle of the bone axe embedded in the upper forehead of the maw and forcefully flung himself atop the monster’s head.

The lizard monster’s blood-red vertical pupils converged to the center, watching He Ao standing on its head. It prepared to vigorously shake its head to fling He Ao off, but saw He Ao pull out metallic threads from his wrist, which were even thinner than strands of hair, and swing them forward.

The monster, having transformed from Wells, realized something, retracted itself, and tried to hide once again in the dream world.

But this time, He Ao was quicker, and the thin threads almost instantly wrapped around the monster’s bone-armored and protruding head.

He Ao focused his Divine Sense on his hands and the metallic threads, gathering all his strength. He grasped the threads, leapt forward fiercely, and with one powerful pull as he stepped on the ground, he yanked forward.

The strength from the B-level husks was pooled together and channeled into his legs and shoulders.

The lizard creature, still trying to jump back into the dream realm, was abruptly pulled out like a radish from dry ground by He Ao, and thrown onto the rooftop.

The bone armor sliced by metallic wires scattered, and the bone axe embedded in the creature’s upper jaw was yanked out as well due to the immense force of the tug, flying back into He Ao’s hands.

While the lizard creature was dazed from the fall, the B-level husks transformed into purple glows that quickly spread out, sealing off the surroundings of the rooftop and materializing the surrounding dreamscape into reality.

The elusive shadows that had swirled around the rooftop now turned into a semi-transparent void.

If the lizard creature had still been within the shadows, it surely would have hindered this maneuver at all costs.

Therefore, He Ao needed to pull it out, daze it, then take the opportunity to anchor the surrounding space back to reality, cutting off the creature’s retreat.

At this moment, He Ao also got a clear view of the lizard creature’s full appearance, its upper body akin to a normal lizard’s, with robust legs and a triangular snake-like head.

Its lower half, previously concealed within the dreamscape, had no limbs, just a long body covered with bone armor, resembling a snake’s torso.

By this time, the huge lizard creature had also snapped out of its disorientation from being pulled out of the shadows.

It propped itself up on its forelimbs, eyes swiveling left and right, taking a glance at the dream realms driven far away by the purple light.

And at that moment, standing in front of it, He Ao threw the bone axe again.

The lizard creature’s internal energy points were dispersed, half scattered throughout its body while the remaining converged at the head and abdomen.

As the bone axe flew out, the lizard creature quickly focused its gaze on He Ao, suddenly opening its enormous mouth, lunging forward and stoically taking the hit with the bony armor on its head.

Simultaneously, its tail lashed out abruptly, with terrifying purple radiance gathering at the sharp tip, stabbing towards He Ao like a sharp drill bit.

The tail moved so swiftly that He Ao only heard the sound it made tearing through the air as it was about to reach him.

Even though He Ao had dodged to the side as the lizard creature twisted its body, the whooshing tail still grazed his thigh, effortlessly tearing through his trousers and skin, leaving a gash.

At the same time, a piercing soul pain surged from the depths of his consciousness.

The purple glow on the tail had also carried away a small part of He Ao’s soul.

This attack was a dual assault on both the spirit and physical body.

The creature raised its tail, its cold, blood-colored vertical pupils once again fixated on He Ao. No longer within the dream realm, it seemed to have fully entered a state of combat, now resembling a frenzied killing creature more than a person.

He Ao eyed the beast in front of him and applied the Super Memory’s mark onto it.

In fact, when He Ao first saw Wells, he had the chance to mark Wells with Super Memory, but Wells was clearly adept at manipulating thoughts, and the ’Divine Being’ he worshipped seemed to be associated with the mind as well.

Marking Wells while he was in his right mind could very likely make him aware of He Ao’s abilities.

The power of Super Memory to peer into thoughts and alter decisions is strong, but once detected, its effectiveness is greatly reduced, so He Ao refrained from using this ability.

He waited until now, when Wells had transformed into a creature, seemingly on the verge of losing all sense of reason, before he used the mark.

Even so, when the mark adhered to the lizard creature, it immediately sensed something amiss, its gaze fixed on He Ao as numerous frenzied thoughts flashed through its mind.

These thoughts were swiftly transmitted into He Ao’s mind.

He Ao felt as if his brain were expanding rapidly like an inflating balloon – this was the first time he had received such an immense amount of complex and twisted information after using the marking ability.

Yet, his facial expression remained unchanged.

This seemed to be a crude test to see if its thoughts were being probed. Even in a state of madness, the creature in front of him displayed an extraordinary level of alertness and intelligence.

After failing to receive any feedback from He Ao, the monster paused momentarily, but it did not cease its testing and continued to maintain those excessive, frenzied thoughts.

He Ao couldn’t differentiate which of these thoughts were its original ones and which it had forcibly cobbled together.

The capability of Super Memory’s mind reading almost malfunctioned and even caused He Ao to gain an additional negative status of being bombarded by insane thoughts.

However, He Ao did not remove the Super Memory marker, as this situation was already within his expectations.

Meanwhile, Super Memory constantly perfected the monster’s combat model within his mind.

Even with the support of the power from his C-level husk, there was still a vast gap between him and the lizard creature before him, which had partially obtained the "Divine Being’s" powers.

He Ao didn’t linger in place for too long, almost immediately taking several steps towards the lizard creature after a brief pause.

And as he made these movements, the sharp tail also rose again, stabbing towards the very spot where He Ao had just been standing.

At the same time, He Ao swiftly turned around, covering the bone axe with his Divine Sense and gathering all his strength in his arms.

Stone fragments and dust flew, and at the moment when the tail missed its mark, He Ao’s bone axe also slashed onto the bony armor of the tail.

The axe blade split the bone armor and sank into the purple flesh.

"Hurr——"

The lizard creature let out a painful roar and abruptly lifted its tail.

At the same time, He Ao also withdrew and retreated, turning back to charge at the lizard creature, throwing the bone axe in his hand, taking advantage of the creature’s moment of pain to strike again at its face.

After continuous attacks on the face, most of the bone armor covering the lizard creature’s face and eyes had been chipped away by He Ao, revealing the purple flesh beneath.

He Ao retrieved the bone axe.

The creature raised its head, drew back its skull, and as He Ao charged over, it lashed out violently with two claws.

He Ao sidestepped, continuing to close in on the lizard creature.

Around him, where the sharp claws had passed, a faint purple glow lingered on the ground.

This glow carried a certain erosive quality to the soul, and He Ao sidestepped these glows, narrowing the distance with the lizard creature.

It was at this moment that the creature opened its massive jaws, and the purple glow converged inside its mouth, aimed at He Ao.

This guy has too many skills.

Obviously, the lizard creature was trying to push him back, to maintain a distance favorable for tail attacks.

He Ao fiercely threw the bone axe he held and instead of retreating, advanced, in the moment right before the glow was about to erupt, the thrown bone axe embedded into the bony armor on the creature’s neck.

He Ao grabbed the metal wire and gave it a violent pull, drawing himself toward the bone axe’s direction.

A dazzling column of purple light burst forth from the lizard creature’s mouth, almost grazing He Ao’s back as it pierced through the floor of the rooftop and continued penetrating four or five stories before erupting from the other side of the building.

He Ao also landed on the lizard creature’s neck, plucked out the bone axe, and with a fierce leap, he jumped between the creature’s two eyes.

He tossed the bone axe to his left hand, while the metal wire from his right mechanical wristband was pulled out.

But this time, instead of swinging the metal wire, he let the creature’s vertical pupils focus on the wire in his hand, distracting it, and then he fiercely threw the bone axe.

The sharp bone axe instantly sunk into the red vertical pupil, and purple blood gushed out like a bursting spring.

At that moment, He Ao lunged forward, grasped the remaining bone armor around the monster’s eye and pulled out the bone axe embedded in its eye, slashing fiercely.

At the deepest part of this eye, there was a main energy node of the brain.

"Grrr!!!"

The monster roared in anger. It leaped violently, shaking its head madly, trying to throw He Ao off from atop its head.

After a failed attempt, it immediately tilted its face to the ground on the side where He Ao was clinging, pushing itself forward with strength in its legs like plowing the earth, in an attempt to scrape He Ao off.

Countless bricks and stones were dislodged by He Ao’s back, and fresh blood spilled from the corner of his mouth. The wound on his thigh that had just been torn open by the tail was further ripped apart due to the impact.

However, his movements did not stop at all; instead, he kept on hacking with the bone axe in his hand.

After splitting the eye, there was a deeper layer of tough bone, and that energy node was right behind this bone.

The lizard monster with He Ao in tow charged directly off the rooftop. Its thick legs stepped onto the side of the towering building, pressing the side He Ao clung to against the glass curtain wall, continuing to scrape and collide.

High up in the silent cold wind, accompanied by the splattering bricks and glass, brushed past He Ao’s blood-stained cheeks, his movements became faster and faster.

The thick bone had only a little left. Finally, with one last powerful strike, He Ao broke through the bone and the blade embedded deep within it.

And just as he breached that spot, the energy node within the lizard monster’s body shattered and then lost control, causing its other eye connected to this energy node to burst as well.

The lizard monster roared in anger, its head swinging violently in pain.

The bone armor that He Ao was gripping was directly flung off. Caught off guard by the thrashing, he was thrown out, tracing a parabola in the void, falling from the sky.

The cold wind at nearly two hundred meters high slashed across his body.

Falling from here, even a C-level body would shatter.

He violently threw his bone axe, hooking it onto the edge of the rooftop, and then with a sudden force, pulled himself back onto the rooftop.

He rolled along the ’hollowed-out’ rooftop ground that had just been scraped and stopped in front of the huge sign for ’Welme Medical Research Building’.

He propped himself up against the sign and staggered to his feet.

And at that point, the giant lizard monster also jumped back onto the rooftop.

Its hollow eyes looked around as if searching for He Ao’s figure.

Eventually, it ’looked’ toward He Ao and propped up its body with two claws. A terrifying purple glow gathered in its abdomen, rippling out like waves of light.

This was an indiscriminate map cannon attack.

In the instant the glow swept over him, He Ao felt a tremendous force tearing at his soul, threatening to drag it out of his body and shred it.

His body leaned forward, uncontrollably falling forward.

He Ao mobilized his Divine Sense, focusing his gaze on the lizard monster.

At this moment, all the energy networks of the lizard monster’s body lit up as it gathered all of its energy into its abdomen to unleash it indiscriminately.

This skill seemed to inflict considerable damage to the lizard monster as well. As the energy was drained, the energy nodes within its body shattered one after another.

He Ao watched the lizard monster’s body as he lay on the ground, the force that buffeted his soul continually acting upon him, threatening to tear his soul apart.

His control over his body had become extremely minimal; he could hardly stand.

He gazed at the monster before him, feeling his life slipping away rapidly, his body and soul both in agony as if countless tiny blades were slicing back and forth.

Against his will, a tortured grimace flashed across his cheeks.

At this moment, it seemed as though a gentle voice whispered in his ear, urging him to give up, that he had suffered enough, and to release his grip; all pain would end then.

He looked at the monster before him, his hands clawing at the ground, moving his body, crawling step by painstaking step towards the enormous lizard beast.

With every movement, he experienced even more severe pain, each one like a fine blade cutting and twisting within his body and soul.

But he kept inching forward; he wasn’t far from the lizard creature, and though slow, he soon crawled up to it.

"Hmm——"

At that moment, the lizard creature seemed to sense a crisis too, but it couldn’t see its surroundings. It seemed to be immobilized while its ability was active, so it desperately tried to mobilize its internal energy, causing even more brilliant light to burst forth from its abdomen.

He Ao, who was crawling forward, paused; that powerful force instantly ripped yet another large part of his soul from his body. His form jerked, the last connection between soul and body spurring the husk to move.

His body started to move again, slowly inching forward, so quietly that it made virtually no sound. He crawled to the front of the lizard creature’s feet.

At this point, He Ao’s soul was almost completely torn out, and controlling his body had become extremely difficult.

He Ao didn’t move any closer; he didn’t crawl beneath the lizard creature’s belly, for that would certainly have frightened it.

The skill the lizard creature was releasing was dangerous, but it was also an opportunity. The creature’s most vital area, its abdomen, was now fully exposed before him.

He Ao first pushed his upper body up with his hands, then pulled in his legs to adopt a crouch, and then slowly straightened his upper body.

The lizard creature seemed to sense something; it abruptly clenched its abdomen, and the radiance dimmed.

But at that moment, He Ao was right in front of it. After retracting its skill, it could strike He Ao with a swift claw.

To dodge, or to attack.

Dodge!

In that instant, among countless frenzied thoughts, He Ao sharply seized this one thought.

Ease Thought!

He modified the lizard creature’s decision.

Attack!

The lizard creature didn’t retreat; it raised its sharp claws and without hesitation struck at He Ao.

But He Ao was faster; he suddenly rolled forward. As his soul once more merged with his body, the finally completed combat model from Super Memory charted out all the possible directions the monster might attack. His body narrowly dodged the lizard creature’s attack and rolled under its belly.

At this moment, the lizard creature immediately tried to withdraw, but it was already too late.

The sharp axe blade cleaved open the monster’s abdomen and the concentrated energy node within.

The flickering network of energy suddenly shattered, its dispersing light turning into a surging tide within the creature’s body.

Countless tiny wounds burst open on the surface of the lizard creature, blood spurting out.

The surrounding flames of the dream realm quickly receded, revealing the skyscrapers hidden by the dreamscape—it was a sign the lizard creature was losing control of the dream.

At this moment, the lizard creature could no longer afford to attack He Ao; its power was fading fast. It arched its body, all its strength focusing on its legs, as it leaped towards the direction where the dream was dissipating.

It was trying to hide back in the dream realm.

However, He Ao’s actions were quicker. Silver metal wire suddenly lashed out, ensnaring the lizard creature’s head.

With one hand gripping the metal wire and the other holding the axe handle that was tied to the wire, He Ao turned abruptly and gave a fierce tug!

"Get back here!"

The massive lizard creature that had already leaped forth was violently pulled back and crashed onto the rooftop.

He Ao walked over to the side of the lizard creature, both hands gripping the metal wire, a foot stepping on the creature’s head.

Then he enveloped the metal wire with his Divine Sense and pulled hard, directly severing the creature’s neck.

Accompanied by the massive head parting from the body.

He Ao released his hands and staggered to the ground.

The overdraft of Super Memory, the excessive use of energy, and the injuries sustained in the battle had drained the last bit of strength from his body.

"Woo—"

At that moment, the soul-shaking screech sounded once again.

A phantom-like, humanoid Shadow slowly crawled out from the carcass of the creature.

He Ao turned his head, looking at the vanishing Shadow.

"Jess, even if you kill me, it’s all in vain."

The Shadow cracked a smile, its form dissolving bit by bit. It ambled along the massive carcass, step by step, moving toward He Ao.

This was Wells’s Soul.

It was unknown whether it was due to the overwhelmingly powerful spirit before him that allowed him to maintain his soul for a while even after death.

"The Ritual is still underway, the Divine Being is returning from its eternal slumber, and even if the effect this time isn’t great, even if the Divine Being only returns with a small portion of its power, as long as that power exists, the Great Being will eventually make its Advent in this world again."

He opened his arms, staring at He Ao, "Jess, you and I are not so different, you know? You too have been favored by the Great Being. The Gene Potion you took to advance from F-level to D-level, they all contain the power of the Great Being."

He stepped closer to He Ao, his Soul growing fainter by the moment,

"Or why do you think you can so easily glimpse the essence of the world, or why do you think you can so effortlessly create something like the Gene Potion? All of that is the Grace of the Great Being!"

He pointed at He Ao, laughing loudly, "Your Soul actually aligns with the Great Being more than mine does. Or why do you think you’re able to command the Great Being’s power so easily? Competing with me for control of the dream realm?"

He moved closer, whispering into He Ao’s ear,

"Have you ever calmed down, listened to the whisper in your soul? That whisper will follow you all your life, and you will eventually become a Believer of the Great Being, becoming His most faithful servant, standing where I have stood."

His lower body had completely faded into illusion, leaving only a faint outline as he chuckled,

"As long as you live a day, the Great Being will continue to intervene in this world, and one day, it will return from its eternal slumber. At that time, I will meet you again, in the Heaven of the Great Being."

"Do you really think your Great Being is a god?"

He Ao turned his head to look at Wells’s soul and suddenly asked.

"What?"

Wells’ gradually dissolving soul was startled.

He Ao didn’t speak, he just sighed softly.

He had once seen the mountain-like corpse of the dead War God in the Copy World of Rock City, even in a dream, even just a dead Divine Being.

The impact of facing a Divine Being nearly drove He Ao completely mad at that time.

This ’Great Being’ that Wells worshiped felt more like an Angel to He Ao when it first displayed its power. Even now, as it revealed its enormous form hidden in the Sea of Thoughts, showing power far surpassing all the Angels He Ao had seen,

it still somehow felt slightly off to He Ao.

Not quite like the feeling he got from staring at the dead War God.

Close to a Divine Being, but not a Divine Being.

This ’Great Being,’ probably had some secret story of its own.

"What exactly do you mean?"

Wells’ ephemeral soul watched He Ao.

"Ladies and gentlemen, after a brief yet lengthy wait, the system is finally restored,"

At that moment, the flickering television screen on the nearby building began to change, the host looked excitedly at the camera, "The winner of this Senatorial election is..."

"Hahahaha,"

Wells too saw the scene, he stepped back two paces, a huge tentacle emerged from the void, piercing into his soul, and his ethereal soul began to solidify rapidly.

Behind that ephemeral tentacle, the silent starry sky cracked open, and countless phantom tentacles stretched out from it.

"Jess, I’ve waited, the Ritual is successful,"

Wells looked at He Ao,

"Even with all your scheming, you didn’t foresee that even without a Husk, the Great Being could still cause an Advent of power, right? You have missed your last chance; you no longer have the strength, you can’t fight against the power of the Great Being, you can’t kill me anymore, hahaha, the Great Being will resurrect from this world."

"The reason why your God wanted to save you was that you are essential to maintaining the Ritual. Even without a Husk to descend upon, He had to sustain your existence until the completion of the Ritual, to extend as much power as possible. Although this Ritual was not entirely successful, He has prepared for His next resurrection Ritual."

He Ao watched Wells.

"So what?"

Wells sneered in response, "Can you hurt me now? Can you fight against a Divine Being? It’s all over, Jess. Can you hear the whispers of the Divine Being in your soul? Soon, you will be just like me, becoming the most faithful servant of a Divine Being."

With the appearance of those ephemeral tentacles, the insane thoughts that had always been concealed deep within He Ao’s soul exploded in an instant.

A twisted and chaotic world unfolded before He Ao.

Those phantom tentacles also reached towards He Ao, attempting to control his soul.

He Ao watched Wells’ soul become increasingly solid, "Want to see the power of a real Divine Being?"

Wells: "Hmm?"

The multitude of purple lights that had been stored in the wooden case around the rooftop converged beneath He Ao’s feet, forming a grand and complex heart-shaped pattern that covered the entire rooftop.

While Wells was alive, He Ao could only mobilize these lights to fight against Wells, to wrest control of the dream. Only after killing Wells’ Husk and scattering the dream could He Ao gather these lights into a Ritual Array.

"Jess, what are you going to do?"

Wells didn’t know what He Ao was going to do, but He Ao’s actions filled him with dread, and he looked at He Ao in panic, "You madman!!!"

"I have attained,"

He Ao didn’t answer him, and slowly opened his mouth, an ancient chant playing in the silent night, "All things in the world are but an illusion, joy returns to the eternal universe."

On the screen of the nearby building, the host was excitedly announcing the final Senator-elect of Vitland.

"Dasanc!"

A large photo of Dasanc giving a speech was plastered on the screen.

He Ao watched the photo, his eyes seeming to penetrate the screen, seeing Dasanc, confused and surprised, and Heish standing beside without knowing what to do.

Buzz—

The bracelet on his arm, long since shattered, began to vibrate.

He Ao watched the photo, his gaze piercing through the illusions of Dasanc and Heish, seeing Jess’s reliable father, lively mother, gentle wife.

The materials needed to conduct the communication ritual with the Witch of Desire were different from other Divine Beings; the Witch of Desire didn’t need physical sacrifices, She needed an emotion, an emotion that ranged from mundane to intense.

Any emotion would do—anger, lust, hatred...

This time,

it was yearning.

The giant heart-shaped pattern emitted a dazzling light, chaotic and mixed emotions swirled within He Ao’s mind.

An ethereal and exquisitely beautiful figure appeared in He Ao’s consciousness, establishing a connection with his mind.

The Witch of Desire.

"Hello, the Great Being who returned from the Sea of Thoughts asked me to see if I could borrow one of your offspring as a Husk. Although the God of Knowledge mentioned that your offspring are quite weak, we Great Beings are magnanimous and barely contemptible. I hope you won’t refuse to recognize this favor..."

Copious brilliant purple lightning bolts burst forth from the void all at once, like a thunderstorm on a summer night, descending instantaneously upon the rooftop, destroying everything on it.

Subsequently, these lightning bolts intertwined, swelling into a massive thunderball over a hundred meters in diameter. The light of the lightning eclipsed the stars and the moon, overshadowed the city lights, shining as brightly as the sun on the ground.

This thunderous sun enveloped the Welme Research Building and then suddenly contracted.

In an instant, most of the magnificent building was erased.

"Wuu—"

The vast ethereal Shadow roaming the city lost its support and anchor point, slowly sinking back into the Sea of Thoughts.

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