King Of Chaos

"Damn!"

Ye Xiao slowly stood up from the ground, his body already covered in wounds.

He had been locked in combat with the Shadow for an extended period now, and neither emerged victorious. Ye Xiao possessed numerous tricks up his sleeve, and so did the Shadow.

Ye Xiao had deployed his ⟪World Exterminating Fist⟫, ⟪Slaughtering Abyssal Claw⟫, ⟪Nine Hell Transformation⟫, ⟪All Poison Immunity⟫, and ⟪Teleportation⟫ abilities during the battle with the Shadow.

However, the Shadow had counters for all his abilities. It moved with incredible speed, wielded a poisonous touch, and easily countered the World Exterminating Fist while shattering the Slaughtering Abyssal Claw.

Most critically, the Nine Hell Transformation was a domain-type ability. When Ye Xiao activated this ability, expanding his domain to transform the cave into nine hells, he thought victory was within his grasp.

Unfortunately, he was dead wrong.

The Shadow was a mysterious entity with an equally potent domain-type ability known as the Shadow Realm.

When Ye Xiao unleashed the Nine Hell Transformation, constructing his domain by metamorphosing the cave into a realm of nine hells filled with fire, Shadow swiftly invoked its own domain, the Shadow Realm.

This ability plunged the Nine Hells created by Ye Xiao into darkness, effortlessly countering his domain.

Ye Xiao had used up five of his nine abilities and was on the verge of employing the sixth—Life Recovery—to mend his numerous injuries.

At this precise moment, the Lotus of Chaos abruptly trembled for unknown reasons. Ye Xiao sensed its agitation but lacked an understanding of the cause.

Such behavior from the Lotus of Chaos was unprecedented.

Given the unusual response, there had to be a rationale behind it.

Before Ye Xiao could inquire further, the Lotus of Chaos conveyed urgently, "You must end this battle quickly. Time is running out. Hurry and acquire all the Rule Source Crystals as soon as possible."

Although Ye Xiao didn't grasp why the Lotus of Chaos spoke with such haste, he intuited that something significant had occurred.

The Lotus of Chaos had previously informed Ye Xiao that he needed to become a Chaos Sovereign first and secure all 108 Rule Source Crystals. Only then would it answer all his questions.

Ye Xiao had fulfilled the initial condition, yet the latter half of the condition remained far from realization.

When the Lotus of Chaos first set forth this condition, it also emphasized the limited time available.

Now, it reiterated the same message.

Ye Xiao resolved to question the Lotus of Chaos later; his immediate priority was to conclude the battle.

"Life Recovery!"

The first thing Ye Xiao did was recover from his injuries.

Next, he looked at the Shadow, which was also recovering from its injuries. Its regeneration ability was swiftly healing its wounds.

As if sensing Ye Xiao, it stared back at Ye Xiao with red eyes.

During their first encounter, the Shadow did not have any facial features. Yet as the battle unfolded, it slowly developed a mouth, and eventually, eyes.

Initially, its eyes were dark blue, but they had now transitioned to a deep crimson hue. Battling Ye Xiao had clearly taken a toll on the Shadow as well.

Shadow proved to be an exceptionally formidable opponent, particularly with Ye Xiao's cultivation sealed. Additionally, Ye Xiao confirmed that Shadow was the source of the Cold Energy permeating the cave. Whenever its blood dripped, it crystallized into small Cold Energy Crystals.

Although he remained uncertain about the circumstances leading to Shadow shedding such vast amounts of blood, resulting in the formation of the giant Cold Energy Crystal, Ye Xiao suspected it must have something to do with the Evil-eyed Golden Lion.

"Hey, buddy. I was initially planning to go for a few more rounds, but it appears someone is growing impatient. It's time to end our battle!"

Ye Xiao spoke these words and then quietly muttered: "Soul Destruction!"

Those two words were all it took to bring the battle, which had persisted for several hours, to an abrupt end.

Shadow had no time to react; its soul was extinguished, and it collapsed backward. Irrespective of its robust regenerative capabilities, it could not recover its soul once it had been utterly obliterated and dispersed.

.....

"Umm?"

At a place filled with dark water, a giant golden creature could be seen sleeping on the surface.

As if sensing something occurring, it opened its pair of black and red eyes.

"Woah!" A sound echoed in the surroundings. "He actually killed Shadow. Even I had to injure it greatly and cause the loss of its cultivation to force Shadow to become the Master of that cave. I did not expect someone like him to appear. He killed Shadow with only an Origin Fusion Sovereign Realm cultivation base. It seems this person is not simple at all."

"Initially, I only hoped someone would at least fight on equal grounds with the Shadow. Telling people to 'kill' is only for them to fall into despair during the battle. He has surpassed the scope of my test by killing the Shadow."

"Since that is the case, it seems I have found the perfect person to become the next guardian of the five Rule Source Crystals. I can be free now!"

.....

The moment Shadow died, the cave started trembling.

"This... What is happening?"

Ye Xiao frowned and quickly understood that the cave was about to fall.

Without thinking anything, he teleported back to the hall where the giant Ice Crystal was floating in the air.

He was about to touch the Ice Crystal when the Lion Cub appeared before his sight with a flash of golden light once again.

The Lion Cub ignored the trembling of the cave and said, "You have passed my test. This test was only to check your strength. I told you to kill the Master of the Cave but never hoped that you could truly do that. My expectations were only for you or any other people to at least fight the Shadow on equal grounds."

"However, you not only fought the Shadow, you also killed it."

"I was only going to give you the Water Source Crystal if you would have fought the Shadow to tie. Now that you have killed it, I've decided to make you the next guardian. I will give you the Rule Source Crystals of the five elements. However, before that, you'll have to find me!"

"Come to the real Deep Sea Abyss!"

With these words, the Golden Lion Cub disappeared.

Ye Xiao fought a tough battle to kill the Shadow, but now, the Lion Cub was telling him to first come to the true Deep Sea Abyss and find it first. Only then Ye Xiao would receive the Rule Source Crystals.

Ye Xiao was about to curse when he suddenly felt a strong spatial fluctuation, and he disappeared from the cave all of a sudden.

In fact, it was not just Ye Xiao, the other five people who were fighting a bloody battle against an aquatic Origi Fusion Sovereign Realm beast also disappeared.

When the surroundings became clear again, the five people found that they had already appeared outside the Deep Sea Abyss.

It was also then they noticed thousands of Formation Masters and Divine Inscription Masters were also teleported out of the Deep Sea Abyss.

However, hundreds of them were absent. It was clear that hundreds of Formation Masters and Divine Inscription Masters had already died in the Deep Sea Abyss.

"What is happening? Why are we out?"

"I was still fighting a fearsome beast, and the next moment, I found myself here."

"Yes, I also had the experience. I was about to be killed by a tentacle monster. Fortunately, I was teleported out. Otherwise, I would have already been dead!"

"But why did this happen?"

"Something must be going on inside the Deep Sea Abyss. Could it be that the Evil-eyed Golen Lion is about to come out?"

"Don't curse our Land. If the Evil-eyed Golden Lion comes out, our Land will experience a disaster like never before!"

"I think some kind of formation must have been activated inside the Deep Sea Abyss that caused everyone to teleport out!"

Everyone started talking, showing their surprise and shock, and telling others about their experiences inside the Deep Sea Abyss.

At the same time, they were also very excited to come back alive after entering the number one Forbidden Ground in the Land of Blue Valley.

"President Gu, do you know what happened?"

At some distance, President Gu, Ling Yue, Yu Mu, and Yu Lun could be seen standing. They all had the puzzled expressions on their faces.

Hearing Ling Yue's words, President Gu recovered from his dazed state. Then he observed the surroundings once more before shaking his head.

"I have never experienced anything like this before!"

As he spoke, he looked at Yu Mu and Yu Lun, wanting to hear something from them.

However, instead of giving President Gu an answer, Yu Mu and Yu Lun looked at each other. Then Yu Lun took out a token and activated it before speaking, "Mission has failed!"