Chapter 1145 - 520: Dragon Elephant Leg Bone (2)

Buzz!

Nourished by this surge of Power, Xu Ran’s "Gui Xu Nirvana Arm" had its internal structure instantly become more solid, more perfect! As if countless precise components had combined into a flawless work of art!

The Power was climbing!

"Good! Again!"

Xu Ran’s battle intent surged; that successful strike let him glimpse the hope of victory!

However, the other two Chains of Order had already reacted.

They hesitated not at all; the chains shuddered violently, like two silver venomous dragons, shooting from two other directions, straight toward Xu Ran’s true body—the segment of Dao Origin finger bone!

Their attack was precise and lethal, aimed right at the core!

Once struck by them, even if Xu Ran’s arm was stronger still, he would be blasted back to his original form in an instant, perhaps even completely erased!

"Trying to backdoor me?"

Xu Ran let out a cold laugh; he had been prepared long ago.

"Gui Xu of Silence!"

With a flicker of intent, that bone hand which had just heavily wounded the first chain instantly loosened; the entire arm bone, along with the Dao Origin finger bone, once more merged into the concept of "Deathly Silence," vanishing from the lock-on of the other two chains!

Slash! Slash!

The attacks of the two Chains of Order struck empty air in an instant, slamming fiercely into nothing and blasting two deep, perfectly smooth-edged pits in the ground.

And precisely as their attacks missed and they entered that one-in-ten-thousand-instant of stiffness—

Xu Ran’s figure appeared like a ghost behind the right-hand Chain of Order!

"Nirvana!"

This time, he did not "grab," but brought his five fingers together into a hand blade and chopped down viciously!

The entire "Gui Xu Nirvana Arm," in that moment, seemed to transform into a gray divine axe that split heaven and earth. The divine charm of "Gui Xu" flowed to the extreme upon it, bearing a supreme edge that severed causality and ended all things!

Poof!

That Chain of Order didn’t even have time to reassemble its defense before that hand blade hacked straight through its middle and forcibly... cut it in two!

Clatter clatter clatter!

The half of the chain that was severed collapsed in an instant, turning into a sky full of silver light points like a brilliant meteor shower.

The remaining half writhed madly, as if trying to re-coalesce, but at the wound there clung a faint gray "Gui Xu" aura, like the most vicious curse, ceaselessly eroding its Law Source, preventing it from healing at all!

In the blink of an eye, two out of three were gone!

The last remaining Chain of Order finally seemed to realize that this "variable" before it had already exceeded the scope its "low-level sequence" could handle.

On its smooth metallic head, the coded compound eyes began flashing wildly.

An invisible, higher-level wave of information began transmitting toward the deeper void.

It was... calling for reinforcements!

"Trying to summon help? Too late!"

Xu Ran would never give it that chance!

He instantly digested the Law Source Essence he’d devoured from the second chain, further reinforcing his Daoist Body, then poured all of his Power into this final strike!

"Desolation... Gui Xu... Bury the Heavens!"

Xu Ran’s will let out a roar that echoed through his Divine Soul!

That "Gui Xu Silent-Repulsion Arm" seemed to ignite at this moment. Chaotic gray flames wrapped around the entire arm; a terror aura several times stronger than before—almost enough to drag this heaven and earth into Doomsday—soared up into the sky!

He poured "Desolation’s" devouring, "Gui Xu’s" Nirvana, and his own indomitable "Wall Breaker will" entirely into this punch!

Boom!

The punch blasted out!

Space itself, under this punch, warped and creased in ways visible to the naked eye!

The final Chain of Order felt an unprecedented crisis. It abandoned its call for reinforcements, gathering all its Rune light points before it, condensing them into a constantly rotating, incomparably complex silver cube!

This was the "Matrix Cube," the strongest defense it could deploy!

Yet before Xu Ran’s punch, which fused his lifetime of comprehension and all his Power, all Order appeared so pale and weak!

Crack—

A crisp sound rang out, as if the world itself were shattering.

The "Matrix Cube" held for only half a second before it was covered with web-like cracks and then exploded with a thunderous boom!

Xu Ran’s fist, carrying the residual might to bury all things, slammed heavily into the Chain of Order’s main body!

Rumble!

This time, it was no longer a silent annihilation.

The entire Chain of Order, along with its metallic head, was completely blown apart beneath this punch, turning into billions of the tiniest Law light points that burst like fireworks in radiant splendor, then rapidly returned to nothingness.

The battle was over.

In barely a dozen breaths, the three "Chains of Order" that represented the Matrix Heavenly Dao had all been slaughtered by Xu Ran with thunderous speed!

"Congratulations to the Host for successfully killing ’Chain of Order’ *3!"

"Congratulations to the Host for obtaining: Law Fragment (Order) *3!"

"Congratulations to the Host for obtaining: Matrix Source Information Stream (trace) *1!"

***Law Fragment (Order):** A crystallization containing part of the Law of Order of the ’Abandoned Ruin’, can be used to analyze world rules, or to forge and repair Daoist Bodies and Magical Treasures with ’Order’ attributes.

***Matrix Source Information Stream:** Source data leaked from a high-dimensional Matrix, containing part of this world’s underlying secrets. Parsing requires extremely high Divine Soul strength and permissions.

Huff...

Xu Ran’s will felt a wave of exhaustion.

That previous battle had seemed like sweeping away rotten weeds, but in truth it had been perilous to the extreme. He had almost exhausted all his Divine Soul Power accumulated after Refining his soul Source.

But he had won!

He looked at the three "Law Fragments" floating in the air, crystalline like diamonds, with countless code-like flows within, and a tremendous sense of Achievement surged in his heart.

This was the first true spoils of war he had obtained in this world purely by his own strength! Their value even surpassed those thirty-three strands of bone fiendishness!

He unhesitatingly stored these three Law Fragments into his Dao Origin finger bone.

Then his "gaze" fell onto that near-invisible "Matrix Source Information Stream."

He tried to touch it with his will.

Boom!

An unimaginably vast flood of information surged into his consciousness in an instant.

"...Coordinate lock... Cadaver Domain No. Geng-73... detected high-risk Dao Principles variable... ’Desolation’... ’Gui Xu’... threat level assessment... adjusted... from ’Correction-level’ up to ’Purification-level’..."

"...Matching optimal ’Purification Sequence’..."

"...Match successful..."

"...’Tomb Guardian’ Sequence permissions higher than ’Purification Sequence’..."

"...Detected ’Tomb Guardian’ contract mark... contract content: cleanup of the ’King’s’ bones..."

"...Task conflict... ’Purification’ directive suspended... shifting to ’Observation’ mode..."

"...Observation time limit: until ’Tomb Guardian’ contract is completed or invalidated..."

The fragmented information resounded in Xu Ran’s mind like thunderclaps.

He understood everything in an instant!

Turns out, he had already been marked by a higher-level Matrix will! His threat level had even been upgraded to one requiring "Purification"!

And the reason an even more terrifying "Purifier" hadn’t descended immediately was because of... the Bone-Worship Crow!

Because that sly crow’s contract with him to "clean up the dragon-elephant leg bone" held higher priority in the Matrix’s rule assessment, temporarily saving his life!

"What a Bone-Worship Crow... what a ’Tomb Guardian’..."

A wave of lingering fear and sudden clarity rose in Xu Ran’s heart.

That crow had probably foreseen this step long ago! Its demand that he clean up the dragon-elephant leg bone wasn’t only for its own benefit—in a sense, it also granted him a "protected" identity!

As long as this contract existed, he was an employee of the "Tomb Guardian," and the Matrix’s "Purification" directives would have to step back.

The game and scheming here ran bone-deep and terrifying!

"It seems cleaning up the dragon-elephant leg bone is something that cannot be avoided. And it must be done quickly!"