Chapter 1636: Chapter 1636

The fence was right before them, yet Jenkins and Alexia had stopped. It wasn't a matter of will—they simply couldn't move forward. A dreadful aura radiated from deep beneath the manor grounds. The earth trembled, countless fissures cracking open across the once-smooth surface, revealing a dark, spiritual glow so profound it was almost tangible.

"The true form of the Undying Abyss... it's a chasm, not a person! What we saw before was merely... We've woken it up..."

It was the great sin of an entire epoch, the most terrible existence permitted by the very laws of the world. Their mortal bodies were completely suppressed by its presence. Jenkins's mind screamed at him to run, but he couldn't command his legs to move. Check latest chapters at NoveIＦire.net

He glanced at Alexia beside him; she was utterly still, as if paralyzed, with blood trickling from her eyes, nose, and ears.

Beyond the manor's fence, Chocolate's eyes shot wide open. The cat hissed menacingly at the estate, but the tremors radiating outward from the grounds showed no sign of abating.

He pulled her into his arms. Spurred by the presence of the Beast of Calamity, his divine essence ignited. A brilliant golden light, as bright as the sun, erupted from his entire being. The petite woman in his embrace returned to her senses, but she also felt her connection with Chocolate completely sever.

"This was my mistake. I never thought we'd wake it. But don't worry... this might actually be a good thing..."

Jenkins murmured in her ear, his expression holding not a shred of regret, only a flicker of resolute acceptance:

"What are you going to do?"

"You could say this was part of my plan all along. Perhaps I can achieve two goals at once. It's clear that running away is futile."

He turned to face the manor, the golden light flickering around him like flames dancing in the wind. The violent earthquake had destroyed everything in its path. All the ground, save for the estate's outermost perimeter, had collapsed, revealing a bottomless abyss from which a stone-gray, inverted tower was gradually emerging.

Of course, this was merely an illusion brought on by the monster's awakening; the seal, jointly forged by a Savior and the gods, couldn't be broken so easily. Still, it meant Jenkins now had to face a complete Beast of Calamity, even if it was confined to Nightfall Manor.

"Use the Pact of Shared Power again, the one that allows us to share our strength."

He whispered in her ear, the golden radiance so intense that Alexia could barely see his face. The petite woman asked no more questions. She activated her ability, forging the pact with Jenkins, and they activated it in unison. In that instant, it felt as if more than their bodies were embracing; their very souls seemed to touch.

"Now, pay close attention. This is the best help I can give you."

Together, they faced the abyss, but Jenkins shifted his position to hold Alexia from behind. The silver metal block began to melt, and the golden speck of light within it passed directly into his body.

Jenkins collapsed. Alexia heard the thud of his body hitting the ground, yet she still felt arms wrapped around her from behind. A tremor ran through her. She hadn't shaken before, not even in the face of the abyss, but now, she trembled uncontrollably.

Behind her was a presence she dared not turn to see, a being who was revealing almost the entirety of his true form to her.

The petite woman trembled, the uncontrollable shivers leaving her breathless. She leaned back against the great, unbeholdable presence as tears traced paths down her cheeks.

She had considered this possibility before, but she'd never dared to truly imagine that Jenkins would go to such lengths for her.

"Remember this moment, Alexia. You must remember it."

The Lying God whispered in her ear. The roars from the chasm were deafening, yet in that moment, his voice was the only sound that penetrated Alexia's thoughts.

Through the Pact of Shared Power, their strengths were intertwined, but how could a mere mortal hope to contain the power of a god? Fortunately, this sliver of divinity had been condensed by Jenkins himself, making it far easier to control. Moreover, his divine form was that of a soul, separate from his flesh.

The Lying God whispered in the mortal girl's ear as Alexia felt the warm embrace from behind and a power so immense it threatened to overwhelm her completely.

The divine form dissolved into light and shadow, the two figures gradually merging into one. The mortal non-believer accepted the god into her body. Aided by their unique circumstances, the Lying God entered the mortal vessel he held in his arms.

Alexia had become the first vessel for the Lying God's saintly possession.

The consciousness now controlling her body belonged to the Lying God. Alexia could only experience the indescribable might coursing through her as she watched, from a first-person view, as her body flew out over the abyss.

A torrent of deathly aura billowed out, but under the pressure of divinity, the undying power was forced to retreat to the bottom of the chasm. Through a god's eyes, he could now perceive the true essence of the abyss. And with this new perspective, Jenkins understood that in his mortal state, he would stand no chance against any Beast of Calamity, sealed or not.

"Now then, let's see just how much power you truly possess."

He intended to use this moment as an opportunity: for Alexia to experience the power of a god, and for himself to better understand a Beast of Calamity. He hovered in the air, channeling Alexia's own power through the Pact of Shared Power and the body now under his command.

He raised her right hand, palm up, and the azure cube materialized in her palm. Its appearance was far swifter, far more natural than before. Summoned by a god this time, the blue cube's center shimmered with flickering, star-like points of gold.

Without a word, a line of light slashed through the air, forming a scar that connected into a blue ring. The ring at her feet expanded rapidly outward, the space within it filling with runes representing Alexia's mathematical knowledge. When the circle reached its limit, the traveler from another world poured his own knowledge into the construct.

This otherworldly knowledge did not manifest as runes. The very words from his world were power. A text woven from three languages merged with the runes of this world, and in an instant, the blue film of Mathematical Principles stretched out, covering the entire abyss like a membrane.

At the bottom of the abyss, an amorphous black substance stirred. The power of the great sin was condensed, undissipated. Millennia of imprisonment had not weakened its strength in the slightest.

Now, it sensed a crisis. A god was attempting to use an even more incomprehensible seal, one that would trap it within Nightfall Manor for all eternity.