Chapter 639: Chapter 8: Touch of Decay

Under the gentle light of the laboratory, the Heart of Resurrection lay quietly on the isolated pedestal. The dark red wooden texture resembled dried bloodlines, encasing the slow, faintly pulsing green inside. The paradoxical rhythm of decay and vitality was confined within this small space, yet still emitted an awe-inspiring rule pressure.

Lynch’s gray eyes were as deep as an abyss; the ability of the [Eye of Death God] silently activated, his vision instantly pierced through the material surface, directly targeting the core rule structure. In his eyes, the heart was no longer a solid entity but a complex energy core constructed from countless interwoven, entangled, conflicting, yet symbiotic dark red and green rule threads!

These rule threads were far more intricate and mysterious than the Domain Power he understood, embodying the ultimate cyclical implications of “withering” and “budding” in the universe. Every faint pulse of that core green light was accompanied by a massive breakdown and transformation of dark red decay rules, and the germination and growth of new rule threads, forming a temporary and fragile internal balance.

“Cycle… is not just the coexistence of forces, but their… transformation!” Lynch’s mind suddenly cleared. The “destination of resurrection” that Altonia ultimately comprehended was not merely the vigorous burgeoning of vitality, but built upon a thorough understanding, mastery, and ultimate transformation of decay!

He carefully guided his vast and pure spiritual power, like the finest probe, avoiding those violently conflicting nodes, attempting to touch one relatively calm dark red rule thread that represented the “end point of withering.” This thread contained the ultimate decay implications of pure material disintegration, energy dissipation, and life flow.

In the instant Lynch’s spiritual power made contact!

An anomaly suddenly erupted!

The originally calm dark red thread recoiled violently like a startled venomous snake, a cold, deathly decay rule power that seemed to instantly strip away all vitality, reverse-eviscerating along Lynch’s spiritual probe in a flash!

This power was extremely overbearing, far exceeding the strength of his own Decaying Domain! Lynch’s expression shifted slightly, and a triple-layered Domain Power instantly constructed layers of defense on the spiritual level—Decaying Domain attempted assimilation, Time Domain delayed its erosion speed, and Space Domain constructed fault barriers!

However, this pure decay power derived from the rule level eroded Lynch’s domain defenses like thin paper being corroded by a strong acid, layer by layer disintegrating! The cold feel of death instantly spread to his spiritual core, as if his soul was about to be frozen and turned to ashes!

At this critical moment!

The weak yet resilient green light at the core of the Heart of Resurrection suddenly brightened, seemingly sensing the invading decay power!

A warm, exuberant, infinitely vital gentle force, instead of directly confronting the invading decay, intertwined the violent dark red rule thread like the finest weaver! Guided by the green light, the terrifying decay force that was originally about to erode Lynch’s soul underwent an unbelievable transformation!

It wasn’t dispelled nor neutralized, but under the “weaving” of the green rule thread, its nature fundamentally reversed! The cold, deathlike decay implications melted away like snow, rapidly transforming into a… gentle force of “decomposition” and “nourishment”! As if the decay of fallen leaves in the soil after winter wasn’t the end but a gathering of strength for rebirth!

This transformed power flowed back along Lynch’s spiritual power, not causing harm but instead nurturing his recently eroded spiritual power like sweet rain, even deepening his understanding of his own Decaying Domain by a trace!

Lynch shuddered, unprecedented clarity and excitement blazing in his gray eyes!

In that instant, he comprehended the gain from this contact—not a direct mastery of resurrection power, but the capture of that critical “transformation” opportunity! ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ N()velFire.net

He abruptly raised his right hand, fingers spread, aiming at a pot of vibrant green fern used for environmental monitoring in the corner of the laboratory. His thoughts raced, mobilizing the power of his Decaying Domain, but this time, he wasn’t recklessly releasing decay, instead emulating the “weaving” rhythm of that green rule thread inside the Heart of Resurrection he just witnessed!

“Buzz!”

A dark gray energy flow far more intricate and restrained than his usual decay magic, like an invisible fog, enveloped the plant. There was no earth-shattering withering, only the leaves losing their luster, turning yellow, curling up, and finally transforming into a pile of lifeless ash, falling silently.

The entire process was astonishingly fast yet exceptionally “quiet,” not unleashing much destructive decay aura but instead carried a kind of… highly efficient “decomposition” feel.

Lynch looked at his withered hand, excitement and understanding gleamed in his gray eyes. This wasn’t simple decay magic but a new ability based on the rule revelation of the Heart of Resurrection that he just comprehended:

Touch of Decay!

It wasn’t a resurrection but a refinement and qualitative change of his own decay rule power! By simulating that critical “prelude to transformation,” he could efficiently and thoroughly transform the target’s life force into pure decay power in an instant, fully controlling it. Its efficiency and purity far exceeded any decay spells he previously used, even bearing a hint of the “instant death” trait touching upon the rule level!

This capability, born from insights into the resurrection rule, perfectly enhanced his fundamental decay power.

The first gift of the Heart of Resurrection had manifested. Lynch gazed at the heart on the pedestal, still silent yet seemingly containing endless mysteries, his desire for exploration burned even hotter. The door to the Realm of Rules seemed to have been nudged open just a tiny crack.

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The giant rotors of the Flying Aircraft “Cloud Whale” continued to roar, like a tireless steel behemoth, having sailed for several months in the boundless Sky World. Finally, the monotonous yet grandiose cloud sea landscape outside the window began to change.

Ahead, the pearl-white “cloud blanket” that originally extended flat was stirred and converged by an unimaginable majestic force!

At the horizon, a vast “funnel” shaped vortex stretched between heaven and earth, suffocating in its sheer size! It was composed of countless layers of colorful flowing clouds, which weren’t static but spiraled and surged madly at visible speed around a deep, unreachable dark hole at the center!

At the edge of the vortex, colorful flowing clouds collided and fused, stirring dreamlike halos and violent chaotic energy turbulence, forming twisted, tearing space folds, occasionally with dazzling energy lightning flashing through, letting out a muffled crackling sound.

The energy permeating the air became extraordinarily active and oppressive, and the hull of the flying aircraft began to show slight but persistent bumps, while energy patterns on the protective shield flickered intermittently from the impact of external energy.

The coordinates on the flight map perfectly coincided with this awe-inspiring scene—after a lengthy voyage, they had finally arrived at their first major destination on this journey, one of the famous perilous grounds of Sky World: the Flowing Cloud Vortex!

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