System Possession, One Sword Shocks the Gods

157: Fragment Fusion, the Secret of the AbyssAt the very instant Ye Chen’s palm grasped that chaos ancestral talisman fragment—

”Buzz!!!”

A Chaos radiance a hundred, a thousand times stronger than before suddenly erupted from the fragment! The light wasn’t blinding, but it carried an indescribable ancient and desolate aura, as if a giant beast that had slept for ages had suddenly awakened! In the glow of this Chaos radiance, the violent and chaotic Devilish Qi and scorching lava energy within the grotto were smoothed over as if by an invisible hand, instantly becoming docile and sluggish!

Ye Chen felt a vast, boundless, and extremely pure Chaos Origin power surge frantically into his body through his arm like a burst dam! This power was majestic and grand, far beyond any energy he had ever touched before; even compared to the torrent of vitality he felt when he consumed the Nine-Aperture Lotus, it was even more surging and turbulent!

”Ugh!”

He couldn’t help but let out a muffled groan, feeling as if his body was about to be burst by this power! A tearing pain came from his Meridians, and his Qi Sea was in total upheaval. Under the impact of this Chaos Origin power, the originally dim chaos primordial fetus shook violently. The blurry patterns on its surface became clear and complex at an unprecedented speed and began to expand slowly!

At the same time, the main chaos ancestral talisman deep within his Qi Sea erupted with an unprecedented sense of joy and desire, resonating strongly with the incoming fragment’s Chaos Origin, actively guiding and devouring this power from the same source!

The Fusion had begun!

But this Fusion process was accompanied by extreme pain and danger! The Chaos Origin contained within the ancestral rune fragment was too vast, and Ye Chen’s Physical Body and primordial fetus were not yet enough to fully endure it!

Fine beads of blood began to seep from the surface of his skin, and blood flowed from his seven orifices. He looked like a man made of blood, hideous and terrifying.

”Now is the time! Kill him!” Elder Withered Bone snapped out of his initial shock. Seeing Ye Chen’s pained state, a glint of malice and greed flashed in his eyes. He could see that Ye Chen was undergoing some crucial transformation, but he was also at his weakest moment! As long as he interrupted him, not only could he reclaim that mysterious fragment, but he could also make this kid’s body explode!

He forcibly suppressed the blood and Qi churning in his body from the shock of the Chaos radiance. Waving his bone staff, a condensed dark green bone spear emitting a decayed aura of death instantly formed. Accompanied by the shrill cry of ghosts, it shot like lightning toward the point between Ye Chen’s brows! — Nether Bone Spike!

On the other side, Wu Mu also endured his injuries and the residual influence of the chaotic thoughts, roaring as he swung his giant axe once more. A smaller axe phantom cleaved toward the arm Ye Chen used to hold his sword, intending to stop him from resisting.

As for that Lava Demon Lizard, the moment the Chaos radiance appeared, it let out a terrified hiss. Its massive body curled up into the lava pool, not daring to show its head. The aura of Chaos held an Innate suppression over chaotic demonic creatures like them.

Facing this fatal sneak attack from two high-level Earth Fiend Realm demonic cultivators while at a critical moment of Fusion and with a Physical Body on the verge of collapse, Ye Chen seemed powerless to turn the tide.

However, at the very moment the Nether Bone Spike and the axe phantom were about to strike—

Ye Chen’s eyes, which had been tightly shut in pain, suddenly snapped open!

What kind of eyes were those? His left eye was Chaos, like a rotating nebula evolving earth, water, fire, and wind; his right eye was Guixu, like the end of the Universe, silencing the Reincarnation of all things! An ancient majesty that stood above all living beings and disregarded everything spread from his eyes!

He didn’t even look at the incoming attacks. Instinctively, he redirected the part of the Chaos Origin power that had nowhere to vent and was about to burst him, violently unleashing it through the guixu sword!

”Boom—!!!”

There was no specific sword move, just the purest and most barbaric explosion of energy! A gray torrent of Chaos, centered on Ye Chen, swept outward in a ring!

The Nether Bone Spike condensed by Elder Withered Bone, which was enough to kill an Eighth Layer Earth Fiend Realm, silently melted and was annihilated like snow under sunlight the moment it touched the Chaos torrent! Wu Mu’s axe phantom, which followed closely behind, didn’t even manage to stir a ripple before it completely vanished!

The Chaos torrent continued unabated, slapping toward Elder Withered Bone and Wu Mu like a tsunami!

”No!!!”

The cruel smile on Elder Withered Bone’s face instantly turned into boundless fear and despair! He desperately pushed his Demonic Astral Power, laying down layers of bone shields in front of him and performing his strongest defensive Demonic Technique!

But all of this was futile in the face of the absolute power of the Chaos Origin!

”Crack! Crack!”

The bone shields shattered one after another like paper, and the Chaos torrent slammed heavily into Elder Withered Bone and Wu Mu!

”Pfft—!”

The two were hit as if by a primordial divine mountain. Every bone in their bodies let out an overwhelmed explosion. Blood mixed with internal organ fragments sprayed wildly from their mouths as their bodies flew backward like broken kites, smashing heavily into the grotto’s rock walls and embedding deep within. Their auras instantly withered to the extreme, and it looked like they wouldn’t survive.

Wu Mu, at the Eighth Layer Earth Fiend Realm, died on the spot! Elder Withered Bone, at the Peak Ninth Level of Disha Realm, only had one last breath left, his eyes filled with disbelief and endless regret.

After venting part of the power, the pressure inside Ye Chen’s body dropped sharply, and the tearing pain eased significantly. He didn’t dare to be careless and immediately operated the Chaos Myriad Transformation Art with all his might, guiding the remaining, still massive ancestral rune fragment Chaos Origin to merge into the main ancestral rune and the chaos primordial fetus.

His cultivation began to skyrocket under the push of this Chaos Origin power!

Peak of the Earthly Fiend Realm Fifth Level... Sixth... Peak Sixth... Seventh!

Until he firmly stepped into the Middle Stage of the Seventh Layer of the Disha Realm, only then did that skyrocketing momentum slowly subside!

Not only that, the chaos primordial fetus in his Qi Sea nearly doubled in size, the patterns on its surface became several times more complex, and it emitted an even more mysterious and unfathomable charm, as if it were truly nurturing a miniature Chaos world! That main chaos ancestral talisman’s light was restrained but it was more solid, and its connection with Ye Chen’s mind was more than ten times tighter. He could even vaguely perceive some deeper rule fragments contained within the ancestral rune.

Under the washing and reshaping of the Chaos Origin, the strength of his Physical Body improved by several grades. His Meridians were wide and tough, enough to withstand more violent Protective Aura circulation. His Divine Sense power also rose with the tide, covering a wider range and becoming more sensitive.

A transformation like a rebirth!

Ye Chen slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, which actually carried a faint gray Chaos charm, slightly distorting the air in front of him. Feeling the surging power within him that far exceeded before, a strong sense of self-confidence arose spontaneously.

His gaze swept over the dying Elder Withered Bone embedded in the rock wall, and he stepped toward him.

Elder Withered Bone looked at the approaching Ye Chen. The icy indifference in those double pupils—the phenomena of Chaos and Guixu had temporarily faded—made his Soul tremble.

”Who... who exactly are you...” Elder Withered Bone spoke with difficulty, blood gushing out with every word.

Ye Chen didn’t answer, only asking indifferently: ”What place is this? What faction do you belong to? Demon Abyss? Tell me everything you know about this place.”

His voice carried an unquestionable will, directly invading the other’s Sea of Consciousness which was on the verge of collapse.

Elder Withered Bone’s mind had long been seized. Under the great fear of death, he confessed intermittently: ”This is... the outskirts of the ’Nirvana Demon Abyss’... We... are Disciples of the ’Black Fiend Cult’... The Demon Abyss is vast and boundless, divided into... many layers. It’s said that deep inside... it connects to the true... Demon Realm... There are ancient great demons... sealed here... This cave is a remnant of an ancient Seal node... That chaos demon crystal is... part of the Seal... It attracted... attracted many explorers like us...”

Nirvana Demon Abyss! Black Fiend Cult! Connecting to the Demon Realm! Ancient Seal!

Information hit Ye Chen’s mind one after another. He hadn’t expected the spatial turbulence to throw him into such an extremely dangerous place. This was far more dangerous than Nanhuang!

”How do I leave the Demon Abyss?” Ye Chen asked the most critical question.

”Leaving... is hard... The Demon Abyss has its own rules... The outskirts are relatively... safe, but resources are scarce... To obtain opportunities, one must... go deep... But the demonic creatures deep inside are stronger, the environment is harsher... and there are... other demonic cultivation factions... constant fighting... It’s said that only by finding... finding the stable spatial passage to the upper layer ’Boundary Severing City’, or... possessing the absolute power to... tear through the Demon Abyss barrier... can one leave...”

Boundary Severing City? Stable spatial passage?

Ye Chen silently noted these keywords. It seemed that leaving this Nirvana Demon Abyss would be no easy feat.

Just then, Elder Withered Bone seemed to have a final burst of lucidity. A strange light flashed in his eyes as he stared fixedly at Ye Chen: ”You... you took that fragment... and disturbed... the Seal... He... is about to wake up... You... won’t escape either... No one... will escape...”

Before he could finish, his head tilted, and his breath was completely cut off.

Ye Chen frowned slightly, looking at the demonic crystal in the center of the grotto, which had dimmed slightly because the ancestral rune fragment had been taken, but still emitted chaotic fluctuations.

”He?” Did it refer to the sealed existence?

He felt that as the ancestral rune fragment was taken, the Seal of this node seemed to loosen a bit. The Devilish Qi in the entire grotto became more active and restless, and the lava underground churned more violently.

This place was not suitable to stay for long!

Ye Chen no longer hesitated. He quickly cleaned up the battlefield, collecting the storage artifacts of Elder Withered Bone and Wu Mu, as well as that bone staff, then turned his gaze once more toward that chaos demon crystal.

Although this object was the core of the Seal and contained chaotic Laws, its energy was extremely vast. If it could be slowly refined... He tried to approach it with his Chaos Domain and found that the chaotic thoughts emitted by the demonic crystal were still strong, but the rejection of Chaos power seemed to have weakened slightly.

”Perhaps I can try to take it away and deal with it slowly in the future.”

He operated his Chaos Gang Qi, transforming it into a large gray hand, and cautiously reached for that chaos demon crystal.

However, at the moment his Chaos Gang Qi touched the demonic crystal—

”Buzz!”

The demonic crystal shook violently, and a dark red beam of light containing extreme Chaos and tyrannical thoughts shot out without warning. It didn’t attack Ye Chen but plunged directly into the churning lava pool below!

”Roar—!!!”

A roar far more terrifying and ancient than the Lava Demon Lizard, as if coming from the depths of the Nine Serenities Hell, suddenly came from deep underground! The entire grotto began to shake. More cracks spread on the ground and rock walls, as if some extremely terrifying existence was being awakened!

Ye Chen’s face changed drastically. Without hesitation, he gave up on collecting the demonic crystal. His body turned into a gray stream of light, shooting toward the passage he came from at the fastest speed!

Behind him, the lava pool completely boiled and exploded! A terrifying giant claw covered in pitch-black scales, as large as a roof, slowly reached out from the depths of the lava, carrying an aura that destroyed everything!