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Chapter 355 - 244 Six Desires Muddying the World

Chapter 355: Chapter 244 Six Desires Muddying the World

"Do you recognize me?" Zhou Yuan asked.

The Duke of Pale Death chuckled, "The Saint Heir of the Holy Crow Church is well-known even in the Land of Truth. There are plenty who would kill you to make a name for themselves."

"What an honor that is."

Zhou Yuan’s tone remained unchanged, calm and steady as he adjusted himself to the best state.

[Duke of Pale Death, a Stage 7 late-phase extraordinary person from the Land of Truth, one of the Fourteen Dukes, a naturally bad seed with an extremely twisted mind, who callously disregards life and enjoys destroying what people cherish the most, finding pleasure in their collapse and despair.

Aoneng Power: Six Desires Muddying the World. It magnifies people’s various desires to the extreme, making them unable to extricate themselves, gradually degenerating, possessing terrifying erosive power, which has led numerous extraordinarily determined individuals to fall.

Other abilities include: Minor space distortion ability, Transform Pale Reaper.

Status: Land of Truth Level 5 Protection, curse exemption, high-speed healing, Life Spring, unending malice, Super Perception, Mind Fortress...]

Undoubtedly, a formidable enemy.

From the start, various desires continuously emerged in Zhou Yuan’s chest, those obsessions and impulses transforming into an invisible pair of hands, tugging at his will, trying to drag him into the endless abyss of indulgence.

The Duke of Pale Death’s abilities were indeed powerful, and hard to guard against, since all humans have desires, even the desire to kill him is a form of desire, a desire for killing.

Once desires are provoked, they would immediately be influenced by "Six Desires Muddying the World," crazily amplifying desires, and from this desire, more would emerge, ultimately leading to complete loss and degeneration, indulging in desires.

However, this ability also had its vulnerabilities.

One simply needed to rid themselves of all desires.

[Name: Great Sage Grass’s Pocket Watch]

[Quality: Perfect]

[Special effect: Upon using this item, immediately enter a desire-free Wise Man Mode, until voluntarily stopped.]

[Note 1: Who am I? Where am I from? What am I to do? What is the ultimate goal of life? What is the purpose of the universe’s existence? Is there extraterrestrial life in the starry skies? What is the ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything?]

[Note 2: Great Sage Grass was known for his absolute rationality, his life actions like the precise movements of a pocket watch, cold, efficient, stable, meticulous, and precise not even by a second.]

[Price: 50,000 Star Coins]

The item was a mechanical pocket watch, its dial adorned with a solemn and complex emblem. As Zhou Yuan pressed a button, his heart instantaneously became calm and serene, filled with peaceful tranquility, all desires and complicated thoughts dissipating like smoke.

The power of the Six Desires Muddying the World felt like a gentle breeze on his face, having no effect whatsoever.

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Subsequently, Zhou Yuan’s counterattack struck deep into the soul of the Duke of Pale Death.

[Brain Lock], [Mind Split], [Spiritual Shock], [Perception Amplification], [Soul Storm], [Spiritual Energy Dizziness Technique], [Divine Skill·Taiyin Soul Destruction], [Divine Skill·Eternal Sleep], [Divine Skill·Soul Calming Song], [Divine Skill·Eight Lifetimes of Blood Curse]...

The Duke of Pale Death’s vision blurred instantly, and blood spurted from his seven orifices.

A myriad of attacks formed a terrifying obliteration that spread, penetrating the Mind Fortress, tearing the soul into millions of pieces, erupting from within, burning that blood-drenched face to nothingness.

However, suddenly, six differently colored flames ignited, and from the surging bright lights, the Duke of Pale Death’s figure swiftly expanded as if something was about to burst out from within him.

In an instant, a pale-skinned monster emerged, ten meters tall with two fierce horns growing on its head, demonic bat-like wings on its back, and a slender tail with a dangerous metallic gleam at the tip, distinctly shaping into a sharp blade.

[You have directly triggered the Duke of Pale Death’s second phase—Transform Pale Reaper!]

Zhou Yuan observed for a moment, slightly regretful; this was not a demon nor a creature from hell, simply a special transformation ability.

Had it been a demon or a creature from hell, he could have used [Sharp Knife] to kill it in one strike.

"I underestimated you." The Duke of Pale Death spat out a mouthful of filthy blood. The previous spiritual attack had almost claimed his life, all kinds of protective gear and enhancements had failed, barely managing to endure by triggering Transform Pale Reaper in time.

This was a slip-up that should have been reported, and no one expected Zhou Yuan, a shadow-series extraordinary person, to possess such high attainment in the realm of the spirit. He almost got instantly killed!

But now, the situation of attack and defense was different.

"You’ve used so many Divine Skills, how much Divine Power can you still muster? Without Divine Power, you’re nothing but a lamb in front of me."

As the voice of the Duke of Pale Death still floated in the air, the ground below suddenly erupted with thunderous roars and billowing dust, spiraling into countless dirt twisters.

Two figures were entangled at incredibly high speeds, fiercely battling, each collision causing space to tremble, the ground to collapse, and dirt and rocks to scatter.

After entering the Transform Pale Reaper state, the Duke of Pale Death’s attributes had greatly increased, with unmatched speed that left Zhou Yuan no time to deploy his numerous skills, forcing him to rely on his physical body to defend more than attack.

However, in just a moment, Zhou Yuan had adapted to the Duke of Pale Death’s speed in a state of absolute focus, using the True Dragon Breathing Skill and the Primordial Yin-Yang Body simultaneously, unleashing the Sky Crashing Iron Fist. The Duke of Pale Death moved swiftly but was still grazed by the punch.

Thwack!

Half of the Pale Reaper’s body rotted away, blood staining the sky, yet it quickly regenerated, healing as before.

The Duke of Pale Death was shocked—just a graze caused such terrifying damage; what if he had been hit fully? Would he have died? Was this the power a sixth order should have?

Zhou Yuan was not as weak as the Duke of Pale Death had imagined; on the contrary, his ability to adapt so quickly to the extreme speed under the Pale Reaper state deeply shocked him.

"Die!" The Duke of Pale Death directly used his killing move, unleashing six giant ghost faces burning with the fire of desire from his body, surrounding Zhou Yuan from all sides, intending to devour him completely.

"Shadow Blade!"

A dark hurricane burst forth furiously, composed not of airflow but strands of dark shadow energy, each filled with tiny Shadow Blades. Spinning rapidly with the storm, the six giant ghost faces were ground into dust.

The Duke of Pale Death was forced to retreat hastily.

Boom!

Suddenly, without warning, the Shadow Blade Storm exploded, blooming with a cold, gloomy, dark brilliance that completely enveloped the area in thick darkness.

The Duke of Pale Death immediately flew upwards, trying to escape the darkness, but he was quickly met with a towering Shadow Giant Sword slashing down, sending him back to the ground, leaving a dark sword mark on his body that could not be healed!

Without giving him any time to breathe, thick shadow mud surged up, and numerous dark tentacles stretched out, tightly binding the Duke of Pale Death’s body.

Whoosh—

A piercing sound filled the air; the Duke of Pale Death swung his tail, blades crisscrossed and slashed through, cutting the shadow mud and dark tentacles to pieces, and slicing open the space to successfully escape the dark domain.

The moment he stepped out, two suns, one black and one white, spun and shot towards him.

The powers of Taiyin and Taiyang collided once more, resembling the creation of heaven and earth, the birth of chaos.

Puff!

The Duke of Pale Death’s body burst open, barely moving out of the blast range in desperation, his body blood-soaked.

The Chaos Qi was too fierce; he had just used the Reality Distortion Ability to preserve the Corpse Immortal Divine Statue, but given his current realm, he could only use Reality Distortion once in a short time, and now he could only resist head-on.

Blood streamed from the Duke of Pale Death’s body, but with a loud rumbling from within, his injuries visibly healed rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, he was restored to his original state.

This was the strongest ability in the Pale Reaper form—the Undying Body.

As long as he still drew breath, he would not die or perish, no matter how severe the injuries, he could quickly recover to his peak state.

But if he were to be ground into dust in an instant, even the strongest regenerative ability would be of no help, which is why the Duke of Pale Death was extremely wary of Zhou Yuan’s fists, for they could truly kill him.

The Duke of Pale Death suddenly moved, and in his previous position, five fissures from earth-cracking claws appeared, astonishing in length and depth.

Zhou Yuan’s frenzied claw tearing forced the Duke of Pale Death to keep dodging until, soon after, his blood splattered on the spot, a claw splitting off half of his body.

"Damn it, why has the Six Desires Muddying the World not taken effect yet?"

The Duke of Pale Death cursed under his breath—this time should have been enough for Zhou Yuan to be eroded by various desires!