Chapter 735: The Name of Sequence

The last trace of Supernatural Power remaining in his left arm began to burn, like boiling water about to overflow.

This trace of Supernatural Power was so faint that if one didn't focus intently, they might not even sense it at all.

Chen Ye attempted to use this tiny spark of Supernatural Power to ignite the door to Sequence 4!

Number Two remained completely indifferent.

Sun Xixi had already begun chanting her incantation.

Just as Sun Xixi was forcibly elevating her sequence rank, preparing to cross sequence levels and deliver a fatal blow to Number Two, even at the cost of her own life...

The Supernatural Power Chen Ye had channeled finally took effect.

At this moment, only a sliver of golden morning light peeked over the horizon, the sun had not yet risen.

And at this time, the blood moon had not yet fully descended.

It was in this moment of transition between night and day.

Chen Ye suddenly sensed that all the blood-colored moonlight around him seemed to be responding to some mysterious ritual's call.

That blood-colored, crimson moonlight... it was a form of energy.

An energy that only he could perceive.

It seemed to be leaping with joy, cheering in celebration.

Like spirits that had waited millions of years in the river of time, finally reunited with their king.

It was an indescribable sensation.

They surged toward Chen Ye in a jubilant yet silent manner, at breakneck speed.

The instant they drew near, they flooded into Chen Ye's body.

And then, in that same moment, they ignited.

What had started as only a wisp of Supernatural Power multiplied several times over in the blink of an eye.

For others, the blood moon's energy was taboo, dangerous, even untouchable.

But for Chen Ye, the blood moon's energy was the purest, most docile power imaginable.

It was also the energy most suited to him.

Using that initial thread of Supernatural Power to ignite the blood moon energy that flowed in afterward.

Then using that blood moon energy to attract even more of it to surge inward, igniting yet greater quantities in turn.

One gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, three gives birth to all things...

Meanwhile, Sun Xixi's incantation had already stirred the sword cloud in the heavens.

A sky full of flying swords, descending like a natural disaster.

At this moment, everyone's attention was fixed on Sun Xixi and Number Two, so no one noticed the transformation happening to Chen Ye.

Otherwise, under normal circumstances, the anomaly radiating from Chen Ye would have long since drawn everyone's notice.

Chen Ye paid no attention to what was happening on Sun Xixi's side. He simply stared at the blood moon that had yet to fully set.

It was dawn at this moment...

Truth be told, pushing open the door to Sequence 4 during this time window wasn't entirely ideal.

Once the sun appeared and the blood moon fully descended, without the blood moon's support, he would likely fail in an instant.

But there was no choice now!

Without breaking through to Sequence 4, no matter how many times he was reborn, the end result would always be death.

That door had already appeared before his eyes!

As long as he stepped through that door, he would be Sequence 4!

But if anyone else had been watching Chen Ye right now, all they would have seen was a faint red glow enveloping his entire body.

This glow was eerie and dangerous. If an ordinary person laid eyes on it, they would instantly descend into madness.

At this moment, Chen Ye seemed to have become one with the blood moon in the sky.

The next instant, the scenery before Chen Ye's eyes transformed at breakneck speed.

Whatever Number Two, Sun Xixi, the sword cloud... all of it vanished.

He found himself amidst a swirling, hazy mist.

Before him stood that door, that towering, ancient, mysterious crimson gate.

Around the crimson gate seemed to be countless shadowy figures lurking in the gloom.

These shadows came in every conceivable shape. Some were as tall as mountains.

Some were so bizarre they defied description.

Some were gaunt as bare bones.

And some were simply wisps of black mist, their forms completely indiscernible!

These figures seemed intent on stopping Chen Ye from pushing open that door.

Yet none of them dared to approach him.

"Human, this is no place for you. GET OUT! ~~~"

A supremely authoritative cold shout thundered down from the mountain-like figure, like the wrath of heaven itself.

"Human, you must be exhausted. Why not stop and rest? As long as you don't push open that door, whatever you desire, we will grant it all, how about that?"

This voice was seductive beyond measure, like the whisper of a demon.

"Human, look at me. Just look at me once, and everything I have is yours. What do you say?"

This voice was a syrupy falsetto, even more alluring and enchanting than those Internet Celebrity voices from before the apocalypse. It was as if some peerless beauty was merely waiting for Chen Ye to nod.

"Human, I beg you, please don't push open that door! I'm begging you!"

"Human..."

Chen Ye didn't know whether others who crossed into Sequence 4 experienced the same thing.

But this ascension was truly unlike any he had experienced before.

Within his sea of consciousness.

Chen Ye did not hesitate. He did not panic.

Despite the threats, the temptations, the desperate pleas ringing in his ears...

To Chen Ye's ears, it was all as if he heard nothing at all.

In Chen Ye's heart, as long as he pushed open this door, he would be Sequence 4.

Whatever these things were, so-called inner demons or something else entirely, nothing could stop him from growing stronger.

Whoever stood in the way of his strength, whoever blocked his path to survival, was his enemy.

Chen Ye gazed at the mysterious, ancient door, then stepped forward twice.

Without hesitation, Chen Ye reached out and gently pushed the great door open.

"Creaaak~~~"

The sound of the door opening echoed across the entire universe.

Chen Ye saw it.

Saw the scenery beyond this door.

Everything was red.

All of it, every single thing, was red.

A blood moon hung high in the sky.

And beneath the blood moon lay an endless expanse of crimson graves.

Stretching on without end, as far as the eye could see.

Some of the graves looked ancient, as if they had stood for countless years.

Others appeared freshly erected.

So many graves... could all the people of the world be buried here?

This place is... the Sea of Chaotic Graves???

Why would the Sea of Chaotic Graves appear here?

Before Chen Ye could ponder further, he saw the blood moon suddenly swell to twice its size in an instant.

At this moment, Chen Ye's blood-colored eye was completely flooded by the blood moon's image. Aside from the blood moon before him, Chen Ye could no longer see anything else.

Not the Sea of Chaotic Graves, not Number Two, not Xi City...

He saw none of it, only the blood moon before him.

The next instant, Chen Ye felt as though he himself WAS the blood moon, looking down upon everything from above.

His body surged with power beyond description.

Madness. Eeriness. Even outright uncontrollability!

This power was rampaging wildly through his body. At this moment, Chen Ye felt himself millions of times stronger than before.

It was a power that commanded everything, and it utterly captivated Chen Ye.

"Heh~~~ Human, you will regret this!"

Someone uttered these words, though Chen Ye couldn't tell who.

Chen Ye then watched as all the surrounding shadows turned and left in unison.

Though Chen Ye couldn't make out the expressions on those shadows' faces.

He could sense it though, those shadows' attitude toward the previous him and the current him were completely different.

Except for the mountain-like figure.

Every other shadow that glanced at him did so with terror in their gaze!

Incomparable, absolute terror!!!

It was as if this human, who had seemed like an ant in their eyes just moments before, had now become a horrifying existence they couldn't flee from fast enough.

As if Chen Ye had become their natural predator!

Just as those shadows departed.

When Chen Ye opened his eyes again, he found that everything before him had returned to normal.

The blood-red door, the blood moon that had filled his vision, and those shadowy figures... all of it had vanished.

As if everything just now had been nothing but an illusion.

Inside his sea of consciousness, it had seemed like at least half an hour had passed.

But in reality, only an instant had gone by.

Yet after that single instant, he was forever changed.

Blood Moon Lord Sequence 4, achieved!

Sequence Name: TERROR!!!

Number Two was still the same Number Two.

Sun Xixi hovered in the air, the sword cloud's aura growing ever more biting.

Hou Junji and Lin Qingge's status was unknown. Wu Zehui remained seated cross-legged on the ground, his body now covered in blooming flowers, looking like a stone monkey.

Next to that bloated pufferfish lay a young man who looked somewhat fair-skinned.

Perhaps this pale young man had been trying to flee when he witnessed Sun Xixi and Number Two's battle earlier.

Or perhaps there was some other reason.

Either way, this bastard had managed to crawl out of that fat pufferfish.

As for the pufferfish itself, it was now covered in flowers, lying on the ground grunting and squealing, looking more like a giant fat pig than a fish.

Iron Lion's severed head lay off to one side, its two eyes staring fixedly at him.

While everyone else's attention was on Sun Xixi...

Only Iron Lion was watching him?

Then Chen Ye saw shock in Iron Lion's eyes!!!

Shock?

This guy was down to just a head, and he was still shocked to see him?

Wait, wasn't this bastard's Life Force just a little too tenacious?!

He only had a head left, and he still had consciousness?

Chen Ye lowered his head slightly and discovered that his entire body had undergone a transformation.

The surging power within him went without saying, but his left arm had changed dramatically.

This left arm no longer looked like anything a normal human should possess.

The entire arm looked as though it had been chopped off some demon and then grafted onto his body.

The arm was now at least twice the length of his right arm, and its entire surface was blood-red.

As if a fresh layer of blood had been poured over it.

Not only that, but the arm was covered in a layer of crimson scales, resembling Dragon Scale.

And that wasn't all. The fingernails on all five digits had grown uniformly long, each one sharp as a blade.

Was this... was he even still human?

"You... you're insane!"

"You forcibly elevated your sequence! Doing this will kill you! You'll die!"

Jiang Rou's frantic voice made Chen Ye raise his eyes toward the sky.

Chen Ye let out a soft sigh. This crazy woman, forcibly elevating her sequence? Was that something a person could even do?

He said calmly, "Alright, you foolish woman. From here on out, it's my turn to take the stage!"