Zhan Shen: It’s Just a Sacrifice, How Can I Become a Villain?

479: The star road to meet Azathoth!Chaos entered the glowing bubble. ”Hello, my friend, how are things progressing?”

An Qingyu’s face was somewhat pale. ”Changing the mental world of the Fifth Universe is no easy task.”

Chaos’s expression stiffened. ”Not done? For you, who are known for your vast knowledge, it might be a bit troublesome, but it shouldn’t be that difficult.

After all, the portion of Universe Will that Lin Qi Ye bears is not large, not even as much as that bald man who’s hiding.”

An Qingyu’s face showed a mocking smile. ”I only said the difficulty was a bit high, not that I failed.”

”Oh?” Chaos’s face lit up with joy, and his tone even became cheerful. ”That’s great. After countless cycles, this time, we can finally awaken Lord Azathoth.”

An Qingyu did not speak. He opened his palm, and a bronze key lay quietly within it.

Seeing the key, Chaos swayed over and asked, ”Is this the Key of the Gate to Lin Qi Ye’s mental world?”

An Qingyu nodded. ”I left a door in Lin Qi Ye’s mental world, and this is the key to open it.”

Chaos took the key and observed it carefully. A trace of Cthulhu’s Qi clung to the ancient key.

”Very good, Key of the Gate, let’s go in together,” Chaos said with a sinister smile.

An Qingyu looked at Chaos with a half-smile and said, ”If you’re uneasy, you can just say it. There’s no need to be so wary of me. After all, if it came down to a fight, I’m not your opponent.”

Chaos, exposed by An Qingyu, looked a bit awkward. ”Hehe, don’t say that. It’s my first time doing something like this, so I don’t have much experience.”

An Qingyu ignored him and activated the bronze key.

Suddenly, the key burst forth with a seven-colored light, which instantly enveloped Chaos and An Qingyu.

Soon, the light disappeared, and with it, Chaos and An Qingyu.

The seven-colored light carried Chaos and An Qingyu into Lin Qi Ye’s mental world.

Chaos and An Qingyu looked around and found that it was a Void Realm. Aside from large areas of light-bubble foam, there wasn’t much difference from where they had just been.

”Is this Lin Qi Ye’s mental world?” Chaos asked.

”That’s right, it’s my first time here too,” An Qingyu said.

”Hmm!” Chaos glanced around. ”Indeed, he is an Incarnation of the Fifth Universe Will. Even his mental world looks like a cosmic Void Realm. Honestly, it lacks any creativity.

However, his mental world is so vast, how are we going to find Lord Azathoth?”

At this moment, An Qingyu pointed to the key in Chaos’s hand and said, ”Follow the key’s guidance, and you can find the correct door.”

After hearing An Qingyu’s words, Chaos played with the key in his hand, then poured his Divine Power into the key.

Something miraculous happened. After receiving Chaos’s Divine Power, the key emitted a dim yellow light.

Immediately after, in the endless dark Void Realm, specks of starlight appeared.

”This...” Chaos looked into the depths of the Void Realm, only to see those starlights echoing the key in his hand.

Chaos was surprised to find that the twinkling stars were not random; connecting them in order of proximity formed a Star Path.

Above the Star Path, each star emitted an ancient, chaotic Qi. Those lights seemed to have their own consciousness, emitting ancient Whisper to everyone who could see them.

”Key of the Gate, what is this?” Chaos’s mood began to grow excited.

An Qingyu looked at the Star Path and slowly said, ”I think that should be Lord Azathoth, sensing our existence.

This is a guide, a guide from Lord Azathoth to us.”

Having received An Qingyu’s answer, Chaos could no longer contain his excitement.

Having endured countless cycles, now, he had finally found the path to behold Lord Azathoth, despite the Fifth Universe Will’s strict defenses.

”Hahahahaha, Key of the Gate, I’ll go ahead!”

At this moment, Chaos finally believed An Qingyu, because the Cthulhu Qi on the Star Path could not be faked.

Chaos immediately transformed into a black light and flew towards the first star.

His speed was extremely fast. The urgent desire to behold Azathoth made him no longer hide his Realm.

An Qingyu stood still, watching Chaos’s retreating figure, feeling the Qi emanating from him, and murmured, ”Half-step ascension? It seems he has not only recovered but also found another opportunity...”

Chaos, holding the key, quickly arrived at the first star with the aid of his terrifying speed.

He stood on the surface of the planet, which was covered with light-formed tentacles. Groups of transparent worms wriggled on the star. Upon sensing the key in Chaos’s hand, those Cthulhu monsters transformed into streaks of light and merged into the key.

And the star beneath Chaos’s feet was completely annihilated.

Chaos, feeling the guidance, wasted no time and immediately rushed to the next star.

One by one, the stars were annihilated, and Chaos finally reached the end of the Star Path.

At the end, an enormous bronze gate stood in the depths of the Void Realm.

The massive bronze gate was engraved with countless incomprehensible lines.

Chaos looked up, and even he felt an unnamable, incomprehensible sensation when facing those lines.

”A miracle, a miracle! This must be a miracle left by the great Lord Azathoth!”

Chaos held the bronze key with both hands, raising it high above his head.

He devoutly walked to the bronze gate, and the key transformed into a blue light, merging into the bronze gate.

Rumble!

A dull, heavy sound echoed in the Void Realm. A crack appeared in the ancient bronze gate, which had never been opened before.

The crack was just wide enough for one person to pass through. Seeing the bronze gate open, Chaos immediately transformed into a bolt of lightning and darted into the bronze gate.

With a loud bang, the bronze gate closed again, then transformed into a blue light and disappeared into the Void Realm.

An Qingyu, standing still, watched as the stars were destroyed one by one, and as the bronze gate vanished.

At this moment, he finally relaxed.

”Ugh!”

An Qingyu knelt in the Void Realm, clutching his head with both hands. The intense pain made him clench his teeth tightly.

A trace of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

An Qingyu’s face showed two completely different expressions: one of hatred, one of pain.

A voice emerged from An Qingyu’s mind, ”Traitor... why... betray me... why... refuse... to Fusion with me...”

From the moment Chaos arrived, the true consciousness of the Key of the Gate fragment had been stirring, but An Qingyu had been desperately suppressing it.

Fortunately, Chaos was eager to behold Azathoth, which was why he didn’t notice An Qingyu’s abnormality.

An Qingyu struggled to force a smile at the corner of his mouth and said, word by word, ”Because I am only An Qingyu, and I decide what I do!”

Hearing An Qingyu’s reply, the consciousness of the Key of the Gate fragment grew even angrier. He roared, ”In that case, even if I destroy you, I will make you a Cthulhu monster!”

”Is that so?” Hearing the angry voice of the other party, An Qingyu instead calmed down. He said in a challenging tone, ”If you can do it, try it!”

Boom!

A terrifying Cthulhu Qi erupted from An Qingyu’s body; that was the wrath of the Key of the Gate fragment.

Under the powerful impact of this force, An Qingyu bled from his seven orifices, and his entire heart was shaken out of his body.

An Qingyu’s clothes were obliterated by the terrifying shockwave, his bones shattered inch by inch, and he lay weakly in the Void Realm.

”If you surrender now, it’s not too late,” the consciousness of the Key of the Gate fragment said.

An Qingyu grinned, seemingly feeling no pain at all. ”Surrender? I’m sorry, the one I surrender to is not you.”

In the Void Realm, an ancient bronze coffin suddenly appeared. Before the consciousness of the Key of the Gate fragment could react, the bronze coffin sucked in An Qingyu and his heart.

Clang!

The ancient bronze coffin completely closed, and silence returned to the Void Realm.