Chapter 108: A World Apart

Seeing the youth coming with his sword, the heart of the Sensing Deity that had been in suspense finally died.

Unexpectedly, the impossible became possible. While feeling angry and somewhat panic-stricken, the Sensing Deity also felt a slight smugness—

See, how accurate its guess was.

But it really couldn't laugh.

Ten days ago, the one who was desperately fleeing from it, who could have been killed with just a wave of its hand, had now turned the tables by killing a king-level equal and becoming the new king aiming to kill it.

If it hadn't seen it with its own eyes, it truly wouldn't have believed it.

But reality can be damned frustrating.

This damn Chen Shi Jin was playing by no one's rules but his own in this Exiled Land.

Bang bang!

The God of Sensing swiftly used its powerful forelegs to block Chen Shi Jin's dual strikes. Then, fueled with rage, it unleashed the attack it had held back for ten days.

Its voice echoed and reverberated throughout the Exiled Land.

"Foolish human! Do you truly believe that becoming a king makes you my equal?!! What difference does it make if you stumbled your way through evolution? The gulf between us is still as vast as the heavens!"

Countless fine black threads, like spider silk, shot out from its abdomen, entangling and blocking every path Chen Shijin attempted to take.

Yet, before that enormous web could take form, it was shattered by the golden blade light. The scattered energy was then greedily absorbed by the Golden Blade and the other black threads.

The God of Senses, upon sensing this, wore an immense expression of fury on its colossal spider face, as if its territory had been encroached upon!

Energy Consumption!!!

Why on earth was this damned human devouring ambient energy with the same frenzy as it?

"You, human... you, person..."

"Oh dear, you noticed me, didn't you?"

The young man's alluring voice, tinged with a hint of amusement, replied, "I must thank you, senior, for setting such an example."

"had it not been for your thievery of others' energy, I wouldn't have transformed myself into a vortex constantly absorbing energy."

"Indeed, what's free and belongs to others is always the best. Now it's a contest to see who is the better thief, who is more aggressive, and who can endure the longest."

The God of Perception, in its fury, waved its numerous true and false legs wildly, increasing the strength of its attack and bellowing again: "I told you! Don't think you can act arrogantly in front of me just because you've become the new king!!"

"How can a newcomer to kingship compare with my nearly a thousand years of power!"

"Now, let me show you the pure disparity in strength—"

With that roar, the God of Perception's gaze suddenly extended into a massive black spider web, upon which blood-red energy vortexes gradually emerged.

The entire Exile Lands seemed to tremble faintly.

Eternal Heart (Population: 1.68 million)

Group of elite family members.

[Green Tea White Lotus Atmosphere Group, Lv Jun: Grass grass grass grass grass! Damn giant spider spirit! A bunch of people in our group suddenly started having severe headaches, writhing on the ground. Is it happening in other groups too? The sensing threads in their heads are extracting their power and life!

Is there anyone in the medical team who can perform cranial surgery or directly remove the threads?! Hurry up, hurry up! That damn spider! Cousin, keep it up, kill it soon!]

[Powerful Beast Group, Bear: We're experiencing the same situation here. Some are in so much pain we had to knock them out. However, there might not be many who can remove the threads, we need to think of another way.]

[Hundred Herbs Healing Group, Banlangen: Gather them all together! The new head butler has arrived, and he says he can create a shielding space to block the God of Perception's energy extraction from afar. This way, the medical team will have enough time to remove the threads bit by bit!

By the way, the new head butler is really reliable! And so handsome and charming! Plus, he even calls the group leader 'master'! My goodness! You have no idea how many little stories I've concocted in my mind, hehehehe…]

[Business Tycoon Finance Group, Chu Tiankuo: ...Could those of you obsessed with breaking the narrative tone it down a bit. The relationship between the butler and the master is as pure as the one between me and the group leader. Alright, we have prepared the shielding room on our end and summoned other new talents who can lend a hand.

The order within the Earth Dragon Fortress has been mostly restored. A portion of us will handle this situation while the rest continue to fortify our defenses against any other devourers that might take advantage of the chaos!]

[Natural Environment Monitoring Group, Yunxia: The Eyes of the Wind have been dispersed. Soon, we will be able to pinpoint the group leader's location and cheer them on!]

Then, people in the group began to queue up enthusiastically for applause, and all the elites in the conference hall saw the footage that had just been captured—

It was a bright golden light amidst the darkness, at the very center of which stood their strong and reliable group leader! And facing the group leader... was a huge, vortex-like, seemingly boundless spider web.

Flashes of energy sparkled on the spider web, merging into the gigantic black spider's body.

"...Hiss, this looks a bit ominous..."

Brother Xiong's words were cut short as Lv Jun kicked him hard, and at the same time, the shimmering youth in the footage made a slashing move.

Chen Shijin exerted great force with his slash, yet it only managed to cut open a third of the black spider web.

At this moment, the God of Perception had already absorbed enough energy, beginning to cackle maniacally.

"Foolish! Such power is simply laughable!!"

"Now, witness my power!!"

The energy extracted by the God of Perception from the bodies of exiles throughout the Exile Lands all transformed into black and red spider webs, capturing Chen Shijin from all directions.

This time, Chen Shijin's golden longsword was unable to slice through the black and red spider web. In a brief moment, he was enveloped by layer upon layer of web, struggling in vain until he became a large, golden cocoon.

Initially, there were vibrations inside the golden cocoon, indicating Chen Shijin's struggles, but soon the vibrations ceased, as if the person inside could no longer resist.

After a long while, the God of Perception's mouth slowly began to curl into a smile.

It gradually raised its eight legs.

"Ha ha... Hahaha! I knew it! I said it! A newbie king like you, what do you have to compare with me! What makes you think you can compete with me!!"

"No prey that has entered my blood cocoon has ever escaped! Chen Shijin, the so-called savior, all of you can die,"

Crackle.

The long-still blood cocoon suddenly moved.

The God of Perception: "!!"

It gradually lowered its raised eight legs, uneasily spraying dozens more blood webs onto the red cocoon.

The cocoon remained still.

Half an hour later.

The God of Perception raised its eight legs again: "Hahaha! Now, you're probably barely hanging on, right? Maybe you've already turned into a pool of blood! You're about to become my nourishment—"

Crackle.

The thick blood cocoon vibrated once more.

The God of Perception: "…………"

Hundreds of large webs wrapped repeatedly around the thick, blood-colored cocoon with a whooshing sound.

It was clear how furious the God of Perception was.

"Damn it, I refuse to believe that after wrapping so many layers you won't die! Ah! You won't die! Dare to move again if you can!!"

"Move, I dare you!!"

This time, for a full hour, the giant blood cocoon remained utterly still.

The God of Perception's frantic mood finally calmed down once more.

After such a long silence, that damned Chen Shijin must definitely, definitely have dissolved into blood!

Just as it extended its eight spider legs to absorb the King's blood cocoon, suddenly one leg slashed fiercely through the air: "Show yourself, you sneaky thing—"

The response was a burst of mad, piercing laughter and a fierce blaze that instantly engulfed the entire blood cocoon.

"You foolish spider thief! Did you really think we'd just die like that? How naïve and stupid can you be!"

Then, this person, engulfed in flames, attacked the God of Perception while shouting at the burning cocoon: "Goldie! Stop playing! Come out and let's finish it off together!"

Boom—

The giant burning cocoon was suddenly pierced by a beam of golden light, and Chen Shijin, unharmed and even looking healthier than before, advanced on the God of Perception with a dreadful expression.

"Impossible! How can you be completely unharmed?!"

Bang, bang, bang, bang—

Chen Shijin's slashes at it grew heavier and fiercer with each strike!

It was only after exchanging a wound in his abdomen for one of the God of Perception's legs that the increasingly ferocious Chen Shijin casually flicked the slime off his blade and chuckled.

"Didn't I say it before."

"It's not just you who can absorb energy."

In the world of [Evolution], he couldn't even remember how long he had fought with the gods of that world, only that he was constantly getting injured, fighting, getting injured, and fighting again.

The gap in power between him and the gods was truly vast back then, but fortunately, he never died. As long as he had a breath left, he could transform all the power that harmed him into his own, and then gradually tip the already tilted scales back in his favor.

Now, although the gap in power between him and the God of Perception is also large, compared to the world of [Evolution], this disparity is negligible.

The smile on his face widened, looking at the God of Perception as if it were a soon-to-be vast reserve of energy.

As the God of Perception felt somewhat uneasy under that gaze and smile, Chen Shijin, laughing like a madman, lunged forward.

"Big boss, don't run. We've got all the time in the world to have some fun!"

The God of Perception: "???"

"Are you insane?!"

However, the God of Perception soon found itself without even a moment to voice its exasperation—

There indeed was a considerable gap in energy between this damned Chen Shijin and it, allowing it to extract strength and overpower him.

But this human was like a cockroach that couldn't be squashed; unless dealt a fatal blow, even being dominated in battle wouldn’t make him concede, cower, or even hesitate to flee for a moment.

This was problematic.

Worse still, this human seemed to have singled it out, clinging like an inescapable sticky candy, crazily engaging it in combat.

The battle raged from the eastern edge of the Exile Lands to the west, from the ruins of White Moon City to the gates of Golden Sun City.

It continued so boldly past the City of Meteor that Sealed Sky Fire couldn’t stand it and was forced to seek refuge and recuperate in the City of Meteor, to the point where the exiles of the Exile Lands went from initially worrying and praying to actively seeking the All-Seeing Eye or livestreaming the fight as a form of daily motivation and check-in.

It even went to the extent that Yao Yan, carrying a food container, considerately asked if they wanted to eat something before continuing the fight.

But after days of continuous fighting, Chen Shijin, having traded his own serious injuries for the God of Perception’s eighth leg, wiped the blood from his face and shook his head with a smile:

"No, between me and this trash, one of us has to die."

The God of Perception, having never experienced such a long, agonizing, crazy, and frustrating battle since becoming a king: "..."

At this moment, it truly wanted to howl at the sky, crying out for the destruction of all humanity from sheer exhaustion!

Yet, it found this human impossible to kill, and what's more, it began to feel a growing terror over the many days of relentless fighting, sensing the human's intense determination to kill it.

If it once thought this human was vastly inferior, now... a faint fear actually began to rise in its heart, the fear that it might indeed be killed.

With this thought, its newly grown eight legs twitched slightly, and then its figure suddenly became ethereal, wanting to flee tactically for the first time.

But Chen Shijin's reaction was even faster. The moment it thought of calling a halt to flee, Chen had already teleported to its side, fiercely latching onto the God of Perception that everyone once feared and dared not discuss.

Delivery Yao Yan: "...Ah, this."

All the exiles in the Exile Lands who were watching: Cough.

How come they suddenly felt a sense of pity for the God of Perception?

It seems like the mighty deity has become a pitiful, bedraggled dog being chased for days without a moment's rest.

Sealed Sky Fire: "Damn. Chen Shijin is the real madman and battle maniac, huh!"

When he goes crazy, he truly becomes a relentless demon.

An entity that had been closely watching the battle from the darkness couldn't help but give a virtual thumbs-up at this moment.

"Such a spectacle."

At this point, the God of Perception, which had failed to shake off Chen Shijin through teleportation, was starting to feel defeated.

It was probably the first time it experienced such an indescribable feeling, but this mood was quickly replaced by a sudden surge of ecstasy—

Directly in front of it and that damned Chen Shijin, a huge, blood-red eye was now suspended in the air.

"The All-Seeing Eye!!"

In an instant, the God of Perception communicated with the All-Seeing Eye, and countless black threads surged towards it.

Fine blood vessels stretched out from behind the eye of the All-Seeing Eye, entwining with the black threads.

The scene was quite horrifying and repulsive, but the God of Perception, which had been chased to nearly losing its will to live, started laughing and taunting again at this moment:

"Chen Shijin! You've pushed me to an unprecedented extent. But this is where it ends!"

"Now's your chance to turn tail and run. Otherwise, once I merge with the All-Seeing Eye, no matter how formidable you are, you'll undoubtedly die!!"

Chen Shijin stood his ground, offering no response.

A smug expression appeared on the hidden face of the God of Perception: "Or, you could stay here, wait for me to merge with the All-Seeing Eye, and then try to kill the two of us together."

"In that case, humanity in the Exile Lands will possess unprecedented power and authority."

Chen Shijin's eyebrows slightly raised.

Then, with a flick of his long sword, he nodded in agreement.

"Then I'll just have to slaughter you both together."

As his words fell, he suddenly flashed between the two monsters, raising his golden long sword and slashing down fiercely.

"Who the hell will wait for you two to merge completely? Might as well strike while you're vulnerable, and take your lives!!"

However, the moment his long sword touched the black threads and red vessels, the space around him began to distort and transform.

A jolt went through Chen Shijin's heart.

An eerie voice, a blend of the God of Perception and the All-Seeing Eye, echoed in his ears.

"You have entered the Devouring World."

"Five Senses, welcome."