Chapter 1517 - 68: Three Rules of Order

At the moment Bologue stepped into the Nest Core, a strong sense of distortion surged in Holt’s mind. He felt something was amiss, like a segment inserted into a book that didn’t belong there. Bologue seemed the same; he shouldn’t have appeared here.

Holt couldn’t understand where this twisted feeling originated from deep within him. After pondering for a few seconds, he gave up thinking about it since there was a more important mission that required his attention.

As professionals from the Field Operations Department, just a glance between the two conveyed all their intentions.

The Ether condensed upon Bologue’s body. He took the first step towards the Nest Core, the domain of the Earthly Celestial Kingdom, ahead of Holt.

His figure gradually warped and transformed into an unpredictable shadow. Accompanied by the echoes of the ground shattering, Bologue vanished from the spot.

The Speaker’s spirit was tense. Bologue disrupted the original plot, causing all the future scenarios seen during the previous Time Reversal to become illusions.

Where would the attack come from? From the side, or the back?

A vast amount of Ether accumulated over the Speaker’s body surface, with absolute Ethereum Mutual Exclusion enveloping him. Even though the plot was disrupted, the Speaker had already known about Holt’s Secret Energy attribute in advance, which was a significant advantage for him.

The booming sound of explosions echoed. The Speaker looked towards the direction of the sound. In his bloodshot and murky eyes, Sid’s figure slowly fell.

Bologue’s target wasn’t him but Sid!

With the speed and strength of the Power of the Extreme Realm, Bologue dashed in the blink of an eye in front of Sid. She perceived Bologue’s intent and first conjured various obstacles and distorted supernatural phenomena in an attempt to obstruct Bologue.

But this time, Sid’s illusion creation speed was extremely slow. Things that could be generated in a split second seemed delayed by a hundredfold, as if suspended in mid-air, affecting even Sid herself.

"How... could this be?"

A broken and intermittent voice came from Sid’s ruptured throat. Above her, Bologue maintained the motion of swinging the sword-axe.

Bologue’s bloodlust-filled face was close, and he kicked Sid’s chest fiercely, borrowing the force. His whole body spun like a whirlwind, flowers of interlaced sword-axe slashing violently across Sid’s body.

In just an instant, the sharp blade tore through Sid’s flesh, the Vengeful Saw Axe snapped her bones. Swift and multiple slashes brutally ripped Sid’s body apart. Whether Etherealized or fleshly, they were completely devoured by these terrifying fangs.

Sid could only watch helplessly. As Bologue dashed, Holt’s Amber had already wrapped around her beforehand. Both Seekers of Glory, Amber’s absolute slowing had limited effect on Sid, but just a few seconds of absolute slowing were enough for Bologue to slaughter her.

"It’s as easy as chopping a log."

Bologue sighed in his heart, splitting Sid’s terrified and desperate face into two with a single sword.

As the whirlwind dispersed, Bologue stood on the sticky, blood-stained ground, steadied himself, and forcefully shook the sword-axe to fling away the blood on the blade.

Looking around, Sid had long since vanished, leaving only evenly scattered pieces of flesh and a bloody, dead-scented atmosphere.

Compared to Nesanel’s Secret Energy·Daylight, Holt’s Secret Energy·Amber clearly lacked sufficient brutal direct lethality, but from the perspective of controlling the target, Holt’s Secret Energy was very powerful. Being caught by Holt’s Secret Energy was akin to surrendering without resistance.

"Next."

Bologue called softly, moving toward the Speaker. At the same time, Holt also shifted his gaze onto the Speaker.

This was Bologue and Holt’s first cooperative battle, but there wasn’t the slightest hint of unfamiliarity between them, perhaps a quality professionals must possess.

"Oh? Is that a Fantasy Species?"

Bologue noticed the copious fruits on the Speaker’s body. Seeing this, past memories surged forth. Bologue then hinted to Holt, "You weren’t there, but you should know, right?"

Holt was puzzled for a moment. The only thing he could associate with Fantasy Species was the time-axis disorder incident from a few years ago. Suddenly, Holt vaguely understood Bologue’s hint, speaking in riddles to avoid arousing the Speaker’s alertness.

"Do you think it’s possible?"

"I’m not sure," Bologue shook his head, "At least, before I arrived here, I didn’t detect the occurrence of Emergency Item 09."

Many knew about the Extraordinary Disaster·Time Axis Disorder, and its formal designation within the Order Bureau was Emergency Item 09.

After separating from Nesanel, Bologue commenced a long tower-climbing journey. Aside from a few reckless individuals who delayed Bologue for a minute or two midway, the rest of the journey was relatively smooth. It was just a matter of climbing the tower and kicking doors repeatedly until reaching the Nest Core.

Holt nodded lightly, agreeing with Bologue’s words. He recalled Bologue’s exceptional performance during the time-axis disorder incident. It was said that due to Bologue’s undying nature, he didn’t even need the Unshakable Armor to avoid memory resets brought by Time Reversal.