Within the duplicate world of the Space-time Lock, Qin Yu’s fingers began to move. After a short moment of absent-mindedness his eyes started to regain focus.
But at this time he was suddenly stunned. He looked down at his own fingers as if he had discovered something inconceivable.
After carefully investigating and determining that he wasn’t mistaken, he revealed a strange expression. Then, he reared back his head and laughed.
His voice was filled with hearty joy and humor. If that devil mark fellow knew that this was the final result, would it be so annoyed that it would lay down its head to be freely kicked like a ball?
With his transformation of will completed, this meant Qin Yu’s cultivation had reached a new level. Without accident, his future progress would continue in leaps and bounds.
The stronger he was, the lower the chances of the devil mark’s backlash being successful!
Impatience suddenly surged out from the depths of his heart. He took a deep breath. Then, sensing that there was nothing wrong outside, he scattered the duplicate world around him.
Shua –
His figure appeared. He looked up and locked onto a giant sealed stone in front of him.
He walked forward and entered the sealed stone’s suppression range. As he did he paused for a brief moment before a smile lit up his face.
This was because at this moment, this suppression was no different from a light spring breeze on a clear sunny day. There wasn’t any use to it at all.
He closed his eyes and a blurry figure appeared in his mind, rapidly becoming clear. A face, hair, clothes, a straight back, the unyielding eyes, an overbearing posture that revealed an unparalleled temperament – all of these things began to slowly appear.
Qin Yu’s mind shook. He didn’t know why but he suddenly felt something strange, as if this figure was himself. Immediately after, this absurd thought became like a seed in his mind, taking root and rapidly growing.
When lies were spoken ten times over they had a compelling power to persuade others. There were even strong psychological suggestions that could change one’s subjective subconscious.
Qin Yu fell into confusion. He thought that this figure in his mind became increasingly familiar. The facial appearance was even the same as his own.
Could it be that he was this person’s samsara reincarnation?
As this thought appeared, an angry roar erupted within Qin Yu’s mind. An ancient and boundless aura carried with it the vast vicissitudes of the years, sweeping across all.
The motionless figure suddenly turned around, their eyes revealing a dignified expression. “Ancient?”
There was a deep roar that contained an irresistible will. Qin Yu’s consciousness buzzed and everything fell into darkness.
But at this time, another strength suddenly poured into his consciousness. Although he couldn’t free himself from the suppression, he regained clarity of his surroundings.
At this time, Qin Yu was like a bystander, standing high in the skies and watching everything occur down below.
Another figure appeared at the end of his line of sight. It walked forward, each step causing the earth to shake and shiver and emit painful groans.
The giant’s body was towering and grand. Its shoulders stood on par with the heavens, as if it was a mountain that supported the skies.
The ancient race…this was one of the inheritances of the ancients that Qin Yu obtained.
As the formidable and proud ancients, they would never allow the inheritor of their own will to be assimilated and tamed by others.
“I am the Fifth Chief of the War Clan!”
Across from him, the giant roared out loud. “Ancient!” This was the name of his tribe and also his name. This word alone was enough to represent everything!
The giant raised a fist. An incomparably wild strength broke free from his body like an erupting volcano.
The Fifth Chief’s expression was solemn and dignified. Facing this heaven-shaking fist, he had no intention of avoiding.
He raised a hand, formed a fist, and welcomed the attack!
From the start, both sides engaged in a brutal melee. This was because this wasn’t a true battle but a collision of will.
It wasn’t fanciful or exquisite. This was a comparison of absolute strength. The strong would win and the weak would be destroyed…besides this, there was no other possibility.
The world of Qin Yu’s mind quaked and rumbled. Destructive strength wreaked havoc in his mental landscape.
Fortunately, his consciousness had been separated outside and was looking down from the position of an observer. Otherwise the intensity of this collision would likely have broken apart his consciousness.
What the ancient giant represented was the unyielding inheritance of the ancient race, those who were born to support the world and didn’t fall even after they died. As for the Fifth Chief, what he possessed was a formidable will that could battle the heavens and earth.
To a certain extent, both sides had achieved an extreme of the self – to exist forever in the world, indestructible, never to fade away.
But there was a limit to everything in this world. The so-called ‘indestructible’ was actually limited to a certain threshold.
If things continued to rise but the limit remained the same, there would come a time when the limit was broken through, leading to inevitable destruction.
The ancient race’s inheritance was like so, and the War Clan’s will was the same.
Thus, as both sides brutally fought within the world of Qin Yu’s mind, they inevitably became mutually wounded.
Motes of light flew out from the Fifth Chief and the ancient’s bodies. The former was pure silver white, proud and cold. The latter was deep gray, a fusion of black and white, representing that it could never be erased.
Silver white and dark gray, even if these lights were separated from their main bodies they still retained formidable instincts. They sprinkled down like snowflakes, but even as they were falling they didn’t forget to fight each other.
You bite me, I bite you – both sides wished they could swallow each other and transform each other.
Beneath the vault of heaven, the Fifth Chief fought with the ancient giant. They were like two towering gods, each collision releasing thunderous rumbles. They didn’t discover that the ‘snowflakes’ that fell upon the ground began to slowly change in color, as if some sort of fusion were occurring.
That was right, this was fusion!
The silver white and gray lights wildly attacked and swallowed each other. But they couldn’t quickly absorb and sublimate their opponents. Thus, what happened was that their colors became increasingly similar…this became a metallic color that leaned towards a muted ash gray.
On the ground, marvelous changes were appearing within the ‘gray snow’.
Qin Yu’s consciousness clearly saw all of this happening. Even though he had lost the connection with his body, he still felt his mouth go dry.
Although he wasn’t sure what the consequences of the silver white and gray lights fusing together would be, his intuition told him that it was an unimaginably immense great fortune!
In the world of his mind, more and more ‘snowflakes’ appeared. The figures of the War Clan’s Fifth Chief and the ancient giant had become extremely blurry.
Suddenly, the gray ‘snow’ on the ground seemed to come to live. A great tide rose up and the ‘snow’ began to gather from all directions.
A ‘snow mountain’ rapidly piled up. As it grew larger, a terrifying swallowing force burst out.
This strength simultaneously covered the Fifth Chief and ancient giant’s bodies. They were like invisible shackles, tying them up together.
“No one can fuse me, no one!”
The Fifth Chief roared. He reached out a hand and grasped at the ‘snow mountain’. The ‘snow mountain’ began to violently shake as the strength belonging to the Fifth Chief tried to free itself.
Across from him, the ancient giant suddenly looked up into the skies.
Qin Yu was startled. This was because he discovered that the ancient giant’s eyes were looking at him.
This giant seemed to have already realized his existence. He had even discovered the ‘snowflakes’ that were fusing together!
“Please remember. You are of the ancient race, and you will forever be of the ancient race.”
A low and deep hum echoed through the mental world.
The Fifth Chief roared out in anger, “Are you insane!?”
The ancient giant smiled. He stretched out his arms and gave up all sense of resistance, allowing the snow mountain’s swallowing strength to carry him away.
The giant fell back upon the snow mountain. Beginning from its feet, it slowly submerged into the snow mountain, merging into one whole with it. From start to finish, it looked up into the skies, its eyes locked onto Qin Yu, a single thought coming from it.
Remember my words…you are of the ancient race…you will forever be of the ancient race!
Bang –
The size of the snow mountain drastically increased, instantly becoming as tall as the skies. The War Clan’s Fifth Chief roared out again and again but it could no longer fight back against this swallowing strength. Slowly, he was pulled in. The moment his body touched the snow mountain, a pair of hands reached out from within it and dragged him inside.
At that moment, all fluctuations disappeared from within Qin Yu’s mental world. Everything fell into an eerie silence.
Thump –
Thump –
The sound of a beating heartbeat came from the snow mountain. It was weak at first, but it quickly grew stronger until it was like a great drum that shook the world with each strike.
