The Black Book: Seven Deadly Sins
Chapter 361: Is this still the country?

Chapter 361: Chapter 361: Is this still the country?

The sharp fangs tore through flesh, the Evil Authority devoured the soul, and the indescribable pain clearly transmitted to the mind made Qu Lu fully aware that she was being eaten bit by bit.

Despair and fear overwhelmed reason. Refusing to become fodder like a pig, Qu Lu, despite the Heavenly Destiny True Object not yet refined, forcibly activated the Ascension Secret Ceremony.

Boom!

In the depths of the ugly, deformed tumor, the contour of a tripod-shaped shadow burst into radiance.

Using the Heavenly Destiny True Object as an anchor, a strand of hair-thin black light shot into the sky, disappearing instantly.

The barrier between reality and illusion was shattered, a roar blossoming from the soul shook the heavens and the earth.

Zhu Haomiao and Luo Ming simultaneously halted their actions, stiffly and slowly raising their heads to gaze up. In the boundless sky, as if a glass mirror had been pierced, an indistinguishable crack spread like a spiderweb in all directions, quickly covering several miles.

Boom!

In the next moment, the sky fractured like glass, revealing an indescribable dark chaos.

Space took on a visible form, tumbling upward into the void like shattered crystals, then vanishing into oblivion.

At the center of a several-mile-wide twisted black hole, a speck of light rapidly enlarged, instantly connecting with this world, revealing a wondrous upside-down land.

The laws of the two worlds began to corrode each other, and Zhu Haomiao felt a bizarre gravitational pull, swiftly "falling" towards the world in the void.

In an instant, spatial orientation became confused, and Zhu Haomiao couldn’t discern whether he was falling or ascending, only seeing the land in the black hole rapidly enlarge in his vision. He caught sight of a middle-aged Caucasian man operating a harvester, staring skyward in amazement.

Pupils slightly contracted, the youth understood where the subtle familiarity in his heart came from.

Every time he returned, he experienced this dizzying sensation of weightlessness. However, this time, he saw with his own eyes how he traveled through the passage between reality and illusion.

And on the other side, the world was reality!

It was like he had fallen for ten thousand years, yet it seemed like only an instant passed. Zhu Haomiao felt himself pass through an invisible barrier, suddenly waking from the chaotic, hazy dream into a vibrant, real world.

The intense sense of weightlessness instantly transmitted to his brain, and instinctively, the youth harnessed his strength, abruptly slowing his falling speed.

Like a meteor streaking across the sky, seeing the ground rapidly approach, Zhu Haomiao continuously adjusted his posture, finally landing with the classic superhero pose, blasting out a several-meter diameter radial shallow pit.

Thud!

A dull crash sent earth and rocks flying. Once the dust settled, the black-clad youth, half-kneeling on the ground, struggled to stand, casting a look at a group of curious yet fearful Caucasian children not far away, furrowing his brows.

Where on earth did this take me?

Is this still the country?

His gaze wandered, and Zhu Haomiao saw a road sign next to a cement road not far away, inscribed with Latin letters. Hastily, he couldn’t tell which country it was from, only highly suspecting it might be Europe.

"Run, don’t stop!"

Pointing behind the children, Zhu Haomiao vaguely saw the boundary of this coupled zone and shouted loudly.

But perceiving that the handsome oriental youth seemingly could communicate, the group of troublemakers neither fled nor retreated. Instead, they eagerly approached, their excitement making Zhu Haomiao’s brows knit in frustration.

Sensing his body was in a peculiar state where the laws of the two worlds were overlapping and coupling, Zhu Haomiao knew it wouldn’t be long before he could adapt.

By extension, that dangerous individual would soon regain combat capability. His eyes sharpened, and from behind him, several ghastly, terrifying giant snake heads shot out, swiftly snapping at the children, eager to bite.

"Ahhhh!!"

In the piercing screams, the terrified children stumbled and crawled away, disappearing in the roadside fields.

Seeing this, Zhu Haomiao retracted his dharma form, scanned his surroundings, and headed in the direction of the other "meteor" he had noticed falling.

Soon, the black-clad youth found the confused and searching Luo Ming, quietly sighing in relief.

"Young friend, do you know where this place is?"

Slightly discerning the changes in the world’s laws, Luo Ming looked at his hands in confusion, slowly clenching his fists.

A power capable of destroying heaven and earth was reduced to less than a tenth, and even the great strength vaguely linked to him since birth was severed.

More terrifyingly, deprived of protection by certain laws, the centuries of aging began to manifest.

Once as full and white as a baby’s, his skin rapidly shrank and yellowed, wrinkles visibly spreading across his face.

In a matter of moments, a hint of decay and decline surfaced on Luo Ming’s body.

Boom!

At this moment, the celestial ceremony seemed to step into the next phase.

As the two worlds gradually overlapped, an invisible gravity enveloped the sky, causing all intelligent creatures in the vicinity to uncontrollably float and fall towards the world overhead.

Retracting his gaze from the fractured heavenly vault, Zhu Haomiao solemnly stated.

"You should return first."

"But... the National Guardian Divine Tripod..."

"Don’t worry, I will retrieve it."

Seeing the calm and resolute look in the black-clad youth’s eyes, Luo Ming sighed helplessly, ceased to resist, and slowly floated, falling towards the mirrored earth in the sky.

On the other side, Zhu Haomiao watched as hundreds of cattle and sheep passed through an invisible membrane, their forms becoming transparent and blurry, gaining a faint insight.

These cattle and sheep were being reduced to illusionary entities; their truthfulness was being stripped away, converging towards...

Turning his gaze to the distance, Zhu Haomiao was about to take action when an incisive Sword Qi silently attacked, aiming straight at the back of his head.

The threat prickling his back surged abruptly, and the black-clad youth responded reflexively, his fingers catching the sword’s edge, sending out a sharp and piercing screech of metal against metal.

Amid the scattered sparks, a blond youth of seventeen or eighteen staggered back three steps, frowning in shock.

What a powerful Invasive Species!

On the other side, as Zhu Haomiao’s gaze slid over the golden iris flower badge on his chest, he was about to explain, but the blond youth offered him no chance, combining body and sword into a fierce sword light shooting directly at Zhu Haomiao.

With a slight furrow of his brows, as Zhu Haomiao was about to counterattack, another sword light intercepted the attack, gently deflecting the blond youth.

Clang~

Being skillfully repelled a few meters away, the blond youth looked at the tall, bright girl beside him, frowning in confusion.

"Junior Sister, what are you doing?"

"Senior Brother, he’s not an Invasive Species."

"Black hair, black eyes, black clothes, handsome and exotic features, with strange snakes behind him, the kids described him exactly!"

"This is a misunderstanding; he probably only wanted to scare away those kids, isn’t that right? Zhu Haomiao."