Chapter 605 - 364: Restriction Counter

Chapter 605: Chapter 364: Restriction Counter

TICK—

Time stopped.

Lu Cang and the Level 8 Reincarnator before him were face-to-face. In the stagnant spacetime, the two were so close their faces were almost touching.

’Looks like a Level 8 Warrior can completely keep up with my speed...’

Lu Cang didn’t understand just how vast the gap was between Level 7 and Level 8, but he had heard that even across an entire sea region, Level 8 Reincarnators were few and far between.

In all his long travels, An Zheng had only met a few Level 8 Reincarnators.

’My Perception didn’t even clearly see how he moved.’

’His reflexes far surpass my own.’

At the same time, Lu Cang saw the distant Mage point a finger, a Rune already aimed right at him.

But Lu Cang couldn’t make out the meaning of the Rune.

He had no idea what it did.

All he could tell was that it had evolved from basic Runes.

"If the foundation is weak, the earth will move and the mountains will shake."

Iz’s words flashed through Lu Cang’s mind...

Iz had said that to him when they were practicing magical evolution together.

’Tch—’

’Why am I suddenly thinking of that?’

’What does this have to do with a weak foundation? This is a Level 8 Mage’s Arcane Rune. Even Iz wouldn’t necessarily be able to understand it.’

But then, he looked at the orb of light flaring on his opponent’s body.

He could now see the Magic they possessed.

[Divine Level·Lighthouse of All Laws]

’When knowledge falls short, Talent will have to do.’

’This Rune... must be [Tier Eight Arcane Magic·Dissolve (Level 15)].’

’It’s an analytical Arcane Magic spell, similar to an Observer’s detection. It can analyze an enemy’s information and, to a certain extent, even copy some of their Magic.’

’As expected of Tier Eight Magic...’

’But it’s not an offensive measure.’

’What a shame, though. This Magic is perfectly countered by my own Talent, "Unsolvable Mystery."’

’I can ignore it for now...’

’Aside from this Rune, I also need to watch out for the Assassin’s Assassination and... the An Su Disciple’s Soul Attack.’

...

’Enemies on all sides.’

’I haven’t been stacking the Heaven-Ascending Realm of Perfection for long. My physical strength is only at a five-thousand-fold multiplier, and this fight hasn’t even lasted a minute.’

’I haven’t even stacked up my damage reduction.’

CRACK—

Time began to flow once more!

BOOM!

The instant time resumed its flow, a supreme power stabbed straight down!

"Breaking Kill Stream—Second Form: Annihilation Kill!"

"Azure Sky Stream—Fourth Form: Forgetfulness Void!"

Lu Cang instantly turned to Void!

His opponent’s power struck the earth—

BOOM!

The entire continent caved in, like a sheet of silk pierced by a needle!

SWOOSH—

And then, a blade’s light filled the world!

"Azure Sky Stream—Eighth Form: Chaotic Movement- Instantaneous Pause!"

Hidden within the nothingness, Lu Cang erupted with extreme speed, then began to move in a series of chaotic, random, instantaneous jumps.

In an instant, he was more than a hundred thousand kilometers away, but he could still see the blade’s light reaching for his position!

’This is... a Level 8 Reincarnator.’

His state of nothingness was about to end.

At the same time, Lu Cang’s Final Sense perceived the approaching danger, and he already knew how he would evade it...

DING—

Hundreds of thousands of Shields instantly materialized around him, stacking one behind the other in a single line!

A hazy, dense fog arose!

BANG—

In an instant, the hundreds of thousands of Shields were pierced through!

The dense fog churned, and a figure, invisible to the naked eye, could be faintly seen bursting out from within!

The Level 8 Assassin!

CRACK—

SPLAT!

Lu Cang instantly exploded into a shower of gore!

’So, this is the power of a true Level 8 Reincarnator?’

’The last time I fought Luo Mo, I waited a full thirty minutes before we started, stacking my damage reduction billions upon billions of times...’

’But this time, neither side waited at all.’

In his state as a cloud of gore, Lu Cang paused time once more.

He felt a colorless wind of slashing strikes from all directions.

TICK—

Time flowed once more!

FTHP-FTHP-FTHP-FTHP-FTHP-FTHP-FTHP—

The very instant time resumed, every single drop of his blood was pierced by a razor-sharp strike!

THWAP!

Millions of daggers materialized from nowhere, skewering his splattered blood droplets and pinning them in every direction!

SNAP—

However, from a single drop of blood...

...Lu Cang’s body was already beginning to take shape. The instant he had been shredded into a mist of blood,

Lu Cang had already initiated his Rebirth!

Seeing Lu Cang’s Regeneration Ability,

Luoti’s pupils couldn’t help but contract slightly.

’He can regenerate even from that?’

’Logically, he should be dead after being shredded like that.’

’A normal person without a heart or a brain would be dead, let alone after being reduced to a blood mist.’

’Even for a Level 8 Reincarnator.’

’Most Professions would die all the same.’

’Unless they used some kind of decoy or Substitute, or had another trick up their sleeve.’

But.

This was clearly Lu Cang’s real body!

’He hadn’t deployed any trick; he was simply relying on his powerful Regeneration Ability to brute-force his Rebirth.’

But the Assassin was incredibly fast!

Even faster than the Warrior!

Lu Cang’s regeneration speed was already incredibly fast—so fast that normally, whenever he was injured, his regeneration was practically simultaneous with the damage he took.

Regenerating his entire body from a single drop of blood took less than a microsecond.

But now, as the embryonic form of a brain grew from the blood,

a cold glint of light stabbed straight toward it!

SHING!

In an instant, that single blood droplet was slashed into innumerable microscopic particles!

However, the drops of blood skewered by daggers in the distance began to stir, showing signs of Rebirth!

’He can’t be killed...’

’I turned him into a blood mist and scattered him, yet he’s still undergoing Rebirth.’

BOOM!

Luoti was slightly startled.

’This Regeneration Ability... isn’t it comparable to the former "Undead" Profession?’

BOOM—

Then, an Arcane Rune descended from the sky!

It crashed right into the area where Lu Cang’s blood mist had scattered.

Particles of the blood mist rose into the air and began to disintegrate. The Range of this Spell Realm completely enveloped the area where Lu Cang had burst apart.

’As expected... they’re strong.’

’They feel even stronger than Luo Mo.’

SWOOSH—

Countless blood droplets were annihilated in the distance, but Lu Cang’s body materialized on the other end of the island.

He glanced back toward the direction where he was being annihilated...

’The "Core" just happened to be flung over here.’

The "Core of All Things" was a part of Lu Cang himself; he could use more than just his own body to achieve Rebirth.

’As long as the Core exists, I am completely indestructible.’

However.

All this direct destruction hadn’t even been able to damage the Ritual. Even the island itself remained completely unharmed.

’Looks like Aertemi’s preparations were truly thorough.’

Lu Cang reached a hand toward the sky.

DING—

The Restrictions that had been protecting the entire island began to rumble to life.

’As expected, without stacking the Heaven-Ascending Realm of Perfection, the gap between me and a Level 8 Reincarnator is just too vast. However, these Restrictions they set up to use against outsiders are no ordinary Restrictions.’

’I suppose I can use these Restrictions to play with them for a while.’