"Hey, the bug has been eaten," Wu Xiaode said.

"Do you think that's even possible?" the Butterfly Soul Blade asked.

"Not likely, but—it's already gone," Wu Xiaode said.

"You want to know what will happen next, right?"

"Yes."

"The bug will enter 'Observation' mode, attach itself to that Master of the Stars, and monitor everything about him to see if there's anything worth harvesting."

The Butterfly Soul Blade continued, "Originally, a sacrifice could have done the job, but you were too slow, didn't kill him, so the bug had to take matters into its own hands."

"What do you mean by 'anything worth harvesting'?" Wu Xiaode inquired.

"Consume," the Butterfly Soul Blade uttered one word.

That was too plain.

What would happen after the bug ate something?

Wu Xiaode didn't have the chance to ask as the Butterfly Soul Blade had already provided the answer:

"Anything it eats will make it stronger, even knowledge and memories."

The Butterfly Soul Blade paused and then added:

"Suddenly, I remember, you seem to be the one who has awakened the rare Death clan ability, besides you also stole the 'Heavenly Calamity' from the blind man, own the 'graveyard deck of all Laws', and even transformed from human to a World-class life form—the bug will surely fancy someone like you."

Wu Xiaode touched his forehead.

Damn.

If the bug knew all this...

It would definitely come for him!

No way.

He must find a way out of this situation.

But where to?

Suddenly, the Butterfly Soul Blade vibrated and transmitted a message:

"It's consuming the blind man's knowledge and memories."

"Let's go!" Wu Xiaode made a snap decision and turned to flee the galaxy.

What a joke.

Once the bug discovered the secrets of "Daville," it would consume him first.

Wu Xiaode, like a shadow, swiftly passed through the galaxy, flying toward the endless darkness of the Dark Void outside.

At a certain moment.

A strong sense of foreboding suddenly arose in his heart.

He opened the Book of the Dead to see that the black fog on the Wall of Sighs was already boiling like boiling water.

...This was bad.

Did he still have the power to fight the bug, if only just?

"The Heir of the World Tree" had been used up three times, falling into a cooldown period.

His sword technique was not an option.

So.

He had only one move left—

Boost it!

Now he had to sacrifice the few skills he had to it.

While flying, Wu Xiaode opened the Book of the Dead and placed his hand on the Wall of Sighs.

"Sacrifice 'Time Skill: Come and Cut Me If We Are Brothers,' the Book of the Dead's 'Return to Dream,' 'Regain Authority's Power,' 'Death Experience' and other various skills, all to boost 'Fury,'" he said quickly.

Silent ripples rose on the dark Wall of Sighs, like an endless dark abyss, capable of devouring everything.

One by one, Wu Xiaode's skills began to appear on the wall, followed by slowly shattering into pure power, completely absorbed by the wall.

In the distant galaxy, suddenly a wrenching scream that shook everyone's soul rang out:

"What is this thing! Why is it on me!"

—The voice of the blind man!

A power incomparable surged through the center of the galaxy, as if the blind man was going all out.

"Impressive indeed, being able to detect the bug's 'Observation,'" the Butterfly Soul Blade admired.

"Will he win against it?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"No, his strength will only make the bug more interested—you should worry about yourself first," the Butterfly Soul Blade said.

The distant voice was filled with the blind man's anger:

"Aaaah, no matter what you are, I want you dead!"

The voice suddenly became weirder, even with a bug-like chirping that Wu Xiaode had never heard before:

"No, I get it! That's something even more worth observing—"

The Butterfly Soul Blade quickly sent a message:

"It's coming."

—It's coming?

Wu Xiaode suddenly felt his whole body stiffening, a panic like no other welling up inside him, causing an unfounded feeling of suffocation.

In the face of this nearly graspable fate, he contracted his body and hysterically let out a roar:

"Fury!"

In an instant, a world unfolded, turning into a desolate plain.

At the same time, something broke into this world, charging full force toward Wu Xiaode.

Wu Xiaode took a deep breath, clenched his fist and faced the shadow.

It was the blind man!

A humanoid monster was clinging onto his back, incessantly emitting sharp cries.

With these cries, all the Rock Giants in the desolate turned to dust; Fat Sa spurted blood and was sent flying by an unseen force, slamming into the world barrier and passing out.

The Temple collapsed with a thunderous crash.

—The whole world was on the verge of destruction!

At the critical moment, a voice crashed into Wu Xiaode's mind.

"You have one chance—"

"Use me to slash!"

Wu Xiaode's eyes flashed with cold light.

No matter what you are—

Death would have its due, even if he had but one strike!

He didn't look at the hand the blind man swung, but met his opponent with a forceful slash of the Butterfly Soul Blade—

"Naïve," the blind man growled, sidestepping the blade's edge as a blur.

But it was no use.

At such a short distance, once the sword was unsheathed, it directly hit the target through the air, guaranteed to break through all defenses!

Blood splattered from the blind man's body.

Even the strange insect behind him suddenly stiffened and curled up into a ball, motionless.

Wu Xiaode was also directly hit, his body rolling several times before slamming into a pale rock, shattering it into pieces.

Not until then did two separate health bars appear above him and the blind man.

——"Rage" had just begun to take effect!

The health bar above Wu Xiaode's head suddenly dropped a large chunk, leaving only a sliver of critical health.

He looked straight into the void.

A line of ice crystal letters emerged there:

"'Rage' is still upgrading, and you cannot receive any information for now."

Looking again at the blind man and the insect.

The health bars above their heads were emptied.

"One strike? No, we couldn't possibly defeat the Master of the Stars and that insect with one strike!"

Wu Xiaode said, disbelieving.

"Indeed, it's not possible, with your current strength, you might have a slight chance against the blind man, but against the insect—no one can do it, so that strike was a deception," the Butterfly Soul Sword said.

"A deception?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"When the strike hit them, they thought they were dead—that's why you see them now, stiff and unable to move," the Butterfly Soul Sword explained.

Wu Xiaode hesitated, "Then—"

"Fortunately, you have your 'Rage' here, temporarily isolating them, so this strike can hold on for a few more hours, and no one can wake them up—escape now!" The Butterfly Soul Sword urged.

Wu Xiaode glanced at his own world.

——Almost all living things were dead.

Fat Sa lay unconscious.

Only the Double Angel took refuge in the Temple, luckily avoiding the first hit.

Flee.

What are you waiting for?

He shuddered, swiftly packing away his world and turning to fly into the deeper reaches of the Dark Void.

With his own strength, he couldn't kill the insect.

So where to flee?

...No.

He couldn't flee.

After absorbing the blind man's memories, the insect already knew most of his secrets.

Wherever he went, he would be bringing disaster there.

Wu Xiaode suddenly stopped midair, biting his teeth hard, almost to the point of drawing blood.

This was the situation he hated the most.

Powerlessness.

Desperation at its extreme.

No way to deal with the enemy whatsoever.

His eyes gradually turned red, yet he suddenly started to smile and said softly:

"It's said that the Laws still hold a sliver of hope...if that's true, I want to see whether this hope is real or false."

There were still a few hours left.

During the time that the insect and the blind man couldn't move, the only thing he had to do was one thing.

He flashed away, teleporting out of the void.

...

In the great graveyard world.

As soon as Wu Xiaode landed, tendrils emerged from the ground around him, casting up communication magic to the sky.

"Are you notifying the blind man?"

Wu Xiaode flipped open the Book of the Dead, picked a Shadow Followers card, and threw it out.

Bang!

Shen Xiujun yawned, rubbed her eyes as she descended, and casually asked:

"This place must have been rigged by the blind man, why did you rush here recklessly?"

"He can't come now, Xiujun, protect me while I gather the power of Babylon," Wu Xiaode said.

"Okay, leave these minions to me, don't worry," Shen Xiujun immediately replied.

She stretched out her hand and swung at those tendrils through the air.

One after another, tendrils were severed.

Wu Xiaode glanced at them and drew out "Babylon," whispering:

"Ye Jiana, this is our last chance."

Kaling Yekatina still stood at the center of the card, holding a brick with a serious expression nodded and said:

"Yes, this indeed is our last chance, let me do it."

Wu Xiaode tossed the card out.

Ye Jiana landed right in front of him.

"How can we gather the power of 'Babylon'?" Wu Xiaode asked.

Ye Jiana replied, "The Pillar of Babylon is divided into two parts, one part is me, the other is the massive foundation of the altar—"

"Which is this world."

"Only when I am together with this world can 'Babylon' reach the other side."

She gently placed the brick on the ground.

The entire world immediately became silent.

After a moment.

The brick suddenly trembled lightly, splitting into two bricks.

Immediately after—

A dense flurry of bricks appeared, automatically attaching to each other, quickly stacking up into a massive pillar.

Time ticked away second by second.

The bricks tirelessly, almost frenetically, kept appearing, adding to the top of the pillar.

The pillar slowly stretched towards the sky.

It broke through the clouds, heading towards the unknowable depths of space.

Ye Jiana said:

"Make the most of your time, Little Wu."

"You only have these few hours, once the insect wakes up, it will immediately call its swarm."

"Then, everything is over."

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