Chapter 701: Chapter 7: Safe Zone and Death Storm

The voice came abruptly and disappeared just as quickly, without any superfluous explanation, providing only the simplest instructions and information.

“A rules notification? Void Dark Vortex?” Lynch was momentarily stunned, then suddenly realized. This was likely the “rules” specific to the realm level of the Lost Tower, perhaps a mechanism set up by the master of the tower to increase the difficulty and variables of the trial.

Irresistible, indelible, touch it and die?!

Although Lynch didn’t know what “spatial peeling and energy annihilation” felt like, the description alone made it clear it was no joke. And that so-called “hourglass imprint guidance”…

Lynch immediately sank his consciousness into his Spiritual Sea. As expected, among those hourglass phantoms formed after sweeping the area, the one representing the region where he had just fought emitted a faint, breath-like pulsating blue halo from its edge.

This halo seemed to have some subtle resonance with those moving black tornados in the distance, faintly indicating certain “gaps” or “blind spots” in their trajectories.

With no time to delve into the principle behind this guidance, Lynch suppressed his body’s fatigue and stood up abruptly from the sandy ground.

In just a short moment, the speed of those dozens of terrifying black tornados suddenly accelerated!

No longer moving slowly, they surrounded the area where he was located from all directions like black giant pythons that had found their prey, moving at a seemingly slow yet actually rapid pace! The aura of destruction instantly locked down the space!

“Tsk… they don’t give you even a moment to relax!”

Lynch spat, not daring to be negligent. He immediately followed the faint guidance from the Spiritual Sea’s hourglass imprint, picked a relatively weak direction in the encircling trend of the tornadoes, infused the remaining Magic Power into his legs, and transformed into a faint shadow, dashing away!

His speed was far from peak, and in this desert where the rules exerted strong suppression, he seemed rather clumsy. But the instinct to survive and the reverence for the rules made him exert his last bit of energy, desperately evading the [Void Dark Vortex] that swept in like a natural disaster.

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After a straining rush, Lynch finally reached the nearest safe zone indicated by the hourglass imprint in his Spiritual Sea just before the devastating black tornadoes closed in.

It was a giant sand dune towering in the black sea of sand, with an ancient temple-style stone building at its top. The building consisted of large rectangular stone pillars and trapezoidal structures, weatherworn by wind and sand, its surface covered with unrecognizable, twisted ancient runes, exuding a desolate and eternal aura.

The most conspicuous feature was an almost transparent energy barrier, barely visible to the naked eye, centered on the stone building, which enveloped the building and its surrounding area like an inverted bowl. The surface of the barrier occasionally rippled with a faint glow, contrasting sharply with the violent destructive energy aura outside.

Behind him, the suffocating sense of pressure was closing in, and the deafening roar of the black tornado tearing through space was ear-splitting. Lynch could even feel the turbulent airflow tugging at his robe hem, and the icy breath of death stinging his skin.

Without a moment’s hesitation, he dashed towards the barrier.

Buzz!

It felt like passing through a cold water film, without any hindrance. The moment he entered the barrier, the deafening roar and terrifying pressure from the outside world subsided by more than half, leaving only a muffled, isolated rumble.

Almost the moment he stepped into the safe zone—

Rumble!!!

Several sky-reaching black tornadoes violently collided with the faint transparent energy barrier!

The surface of the barrier instantly lit up with countless dense, circuit-like complex runes, flickering fiercely, emitting a nerve-jarring “popping” sound! The entire barrier trembled violently, as if it could shatter at any moment. Black sand and fierce shadow energy pounded the barrier’s exterior like a torrential rain, trying to erode and tear it apart.

However, this seemingly fragile barrier was exceptionally tough. Despite its flickering state, it stubbornly resisted the storm’s mad assault, firmly keeping the destruction sealed outside.

“Huff, huff!”

Lynch was utterly exhausted, but after ensuring safety, he sat down heavily on the cold, solid stone ground, leaning against the temple’s rough stone wall, panting heavily.

After slightly calming his breath and the violent heartbeat, Lynch stood up, walked to the edge of the barrier, and with a solemn expression, observed the outside scene that resembled the end of the world.

The black storm, like a living giant beast, madly attacked and tore at the safe haven. They weren’t mere energy flows, but contained pure shadow and death laws, their pure destruction intent chilling to the core.

As he watched, a peculiar sense of familiarity suddenly surged in his heart.

This impulse to comprehend and dissect the essence of this wild natural might was almost identical to the feeling he had when observing the thunder in the Cyan Thunder Calamity Sea!

Like a stroke of inspiration, a bold idea flashed in his mind.

He took a deep breath, rallying his energy once more, with gray eyes glinting with focus and curiosity. He slowly raised his right hand, concentrating the power of [Touch of Decay] to an extreme, turning it into a wisp of dark gray energy thread finer than a hair, cautiously and experimentally reaching outside the barrier.

This process was extremely dangerous and difficult. The energy level of the Death Storm was too high and too violent.

In the first attempt, the dark gray thread barely extended an inch outside the barrier before it was obliterated by the raging energy turbulence outside, like an ice needle thrown into a furnace, unable to extract even a hint of the storm energy.

In the second attempt, Lynch adjusted the output frequency and structure of the Touch of Decay, making it more restrained and “penetrative.” The thread successfully extended three inches, lasted half a second, then was once again shattered by the violent energy.

Third attempt, fourth attempt, fifth attempt…

Lynch remained undeterred. With each failure, he keenly captured the subtle moments of energy interaction through the [Eye of Death God], rapidly analyzing the energy traits of the Death Storm and the deficiencies of his Touch of Decay, making fine adjustments.

Finally, after an unknown number of attempts, that highly concentrated decaying energy thread, like the craftiest leech, skillfully maneuvered during an energy impact lull, successfully “stole” a tiny fragment of pure black storm energy from the edge of the storm, smaller than a sesame seed!

Lynch immediately retrieved this dangerous energy within the barrier and exerted all his strength to wrap, analyze, and “decay” it with the Touch of Decay!

Although minuscule, this energy was extremely unruly, stirring restlessly in his palm with an ice-cold deathly aura. The power of the Touch of Decay fought fiercely against it, corroding and converting it…

This was an incredibly delicate operation, consuming a massive amount of spiritual power. Lynch’s forehead once again beaded with fine sweat, but his eyes remained intently focused, forcing a deconstruction of this sliver of the Death Storm’s core structure, energy arrangement, and the Law Fragments it contained through the rules characteristics of the Touch of Decay.

Time seemed to slow down.

Finally,

the violent energy in his palm gradually calmed, decomposed, and ultimately transformed into a wisp of pure dark aura, merging into his Decaying Domain.

At that precise moment, the cold and familiar system notification, as though the best commendation for his adventure and effort, clearly resounded in his ears once more:

[Death Storm Skill Level +1]

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