Chapter 603: Chapter 603

After Lu Zixun and the others entered the theater hall, they became real characters in this play.

The roles they were playing were perhaps those who had offended the gods and were about to be executed by the High Priest.

Deducing the trend of the story’s development, Lu Zixun and Tan Ye would be executed by the High Priest, while the High Priest, by going against the Divine’s command and harming humans, would certainly receive the Divine’s punishment.

However, placing hopes on that was definitely hopeless, for who knew if the Divine would punish the High Priest.

And as characters in the play, if Lu Zixun and Tan Ye wanted to survive in this drama, their first priority was to stay alive.

But it seemed that Limorex was not going to give them that chance.

It looked like they had to find another way, such as breaking this cycle.

The irresistible force seemed to be some kind of space-time power, perhaps...

Lu Zixun squinted his eyes, controlling the Sky-splitting Gem, and in the next moment, the system’s voice rang out, making the corners of Lu Zixun’s mouth slightly turn up.

"Sky-splitting Gem has absorbed one ten-billionth of a Reincarnation Gu Master, current effects are as follows: able to pause the world’s time for 6s or rewind time back to thirty-five minutes ago, cooldown time: six days twenty-one hours."

The cooling time of the Sky-splitting Gem was reduced.

That irresistible force also disappeared, while the character’s script in the play continued to unfold.

"But... But... I won’t allow it. As His most faithful Believer, I won’t allow this to happen."

Limorex’s voice became increasingly sharp, and his face grew more distorted, "The Divine is generous and forgiving to humans, but these twisted creatures full of contradictions shouldn’t exist in the world under the Divine’s control!"

As soon as Limorex finished speaking, Lu Zixun and Tan Ye were not pulled onto the stage; instead, they stood up from the audience seats.

"Ding—Surprise value from Limorex detected +80000."

Lu Zixun also took the opportunity to look at the shadows beside him.

On the surface, these shadows seemed human, but in reality, they were just phantoms, with nothing special about them.

He shook his head in some disappointment.

Lu Zixun had hoped to find something on these shadows.

Limorex applauded on the stage, a poisonous fog appeared, engulfing his figure.

Limorex’s voice resounded in the theater hall, "I didn’t expect you could break free from its influence. It seems I underestimated you. Next time, you won’t be so lucky."

Even as the poisonous fog appeared in an instant, Lu Zixun and Tan Ye both struck towards the center of the stage, but they still missed Limorex.

Tan Ye sighed, hesitated as he looked at Lu Zixun.

He had memories of what had happened before; Tan Ye knew best that he had no means to break the influence brought by reincarnation, so it had to be Lu Zixun.

After uttering a single word, Lu Zixun ran towards the back of the stage, clearly pretending not to see the expression on Tan Ye’s face.

Shrugging his shoulders, Tan Ye did not ask any further and followed him.

He just felt relieved that they had called Lu Zixun over this time; otherwise, it would have been a disaster.

Behind the stage was a narrow, dark passage, unsure of where it led.

But for Lu Zixun, these sorts of deliberately mysterious things usually couldn’t scare him.

He opened the Ice and Fire Domain and stepped inside, Lu Zixun asked, "What was Limorex’s purpose in staging that whole drama earlier? I don’t believe he did it just for fun."

"To compete with other Divines for Believers."

After a pause, Tan Ye continued, "As far as I know, within the Crimson Land, only a small portion of people are aware of the existence of the Divines, right? The majority of the Spiritual Ability Users are basically unaware of the Divines’ existence, let alone those who can’t cultivate Spiritual Energy."

Shaking his head with a smile, Tan Ye said, "Perhaps their way of thinking is special? Or do they just want to utilize the power of the Divines without wanting the Divines to descend? Regardless of the possibility, it benefits the Plague God."

Looking at the bright light that appeared at the end of the pathway, like a beacon of hope, Tan Ye spoke softly, "For Spiritual Ability Users, they may not worship these unknown entities, but what about ordinary people who cannot cultivate Spiritual Energy? They are not like the Insect Clan."

At this moment, Lu Zixun gasped sharply.

That is to say, the internal strife between Crimson and Order is actually being exploited by the Plague God. Now that’s interesting.

Upon leaving the passage, the pitch-black Soul Stone finally came into view for Lu Zixun and his companion.

And atop the Soul Stone was the indistinct form of a person.

Tan Ye only glanced at it before confidently confirming.

What caught Lu Zixun’s attention, however, were the nails stabbed into Yuan Yu.

"Soul Absorption Nails, they continually drain the Spiritual Energy from within a Spiritual Ability User’s body."

"Yuan Yu was actually nailed to the Soul Stone by the High Priest, but he wasn’t killed."

Stroking his chin, deep in thought, Tan Ye mused, "What does he want to achieve with this?"

Gazing at the body of Yuan Yu on the Soul Stone, Lu Zixun narrowed his eyes, "If nothing goes wrong, it should be a form of revenge."

Soul Absorption Nails couldn’t kill a Spiritual Ability User, but they could absorb the Spiritual Energy that naturally regenerated within the Spiritual Energy Acupoint.

Yuan Yu, now devoid of any Spiritual Energy, naturally wasn’t able to heal his wounds, which is why he looked so wretched.

Spiritual Energy Silk sensed the surroundings.

After not detecting anything unusual, Lu Zixun summoned the Night Evil Sword, preparing to rescue Yuan Yu from the Soul Stone.

As the Night Evil Sword flew through the air, the Soul Stone suddenly emitted pulsating energy in all directions, pinning the Night Evil Sword to the ground, rendering it immovable.

The occurrence surprised Lu Zixun; this was the first time he had witnessed the Night Evil Sword being suppressed.

The figure of Limorex appeared above the Soul Stone.

At that moment, he looked down upon Lu Zixun and Tan Ye from above: "Do you understand what absolute power is, and the control over fate?"

No sooner had his words fallen than a green flame appeared in Limorex’s hands.

Through the flame, one could see the twisted faces of humans appearing to be in agony.

"This world needs to evolve. The ugliness of human nature has sullied the earth, and what you are doing now is hindering the world’s evolution."

While nodding his head and swaying with conviction, Limorex slapped the flame into the Soul Stone: "Watch closely, this glorious evolution brought forth by the plague!"

The once pitch-black Soul Stone emanated green light from its core, and the green mist spread into the surrounding area.

Yuan Yu, nailed to the Soul Stone, let out a pained moan.

"Your mind indeed needs to evolve a bit."

After solemnly stating that,

Lu Zixun spread out the Ice and Fire Domain, unleashing the Spiritual Fire to confront the green fog.