Chapter 461: Finding the Core
[Ding! Detected that the host is using all Forces of Law. 10,000x critical hit system-fusion limit activated!]
Boom!
At that moment, the four-colored law avatar inside Aiden’s body suddenly shrank at high speed.
In the end, it turned into a divine spear of law, glowing with four colors.
Space formed its edge.
Thunder formed its sharp light.
Slaughter formed its soul.
Flames formed its wings.
With the power of the 10,000x critical hit, the pressure released by this divine spear made the entire Ancient Battlefield tremble.
"Go."
Aiden held two fingers together like a blade and lightly slashed forward.
Whoosh-
The four-colored divine spear of law turned into a streak of light. It tore through the darkness and shot straight toward the deathly ball of light.
The two world-destroying powers collided in midair without any fancy moves.
At that moment, heaven and earth fell silent.
There was no deafening explosion.
There was only endless light and heat, and a storm of law power that swallowed everything.
Rumble-
The gray mist within ten miles was swept away in an instant, revealing the long-hidden, desolate sky.
The earth was forcefully shaved down by a hundred meters, turning into a lifeless white wasteland.
Pfft!
The divine spear of law pierced through the deathly ball of light with unstoppable force. Its remaining power did not weaken at all as it slammed into Orrin’s chest.
Orrin screamed in pain. Half of his body exploded into a bloody mist, and the three pairs of black wings on his back were all broken.
"Damn it!"
Orrin roared with hatred.
At the critical moment between life and death, he suddenly crushed a piece of Sacred Artifact in his hand, which gave off an ancient aura.
A strange light wrapped around his ruined body. In an instant, he merged into the void and disappeared without a trace.
Aiden frowned slightly. The Law of Space surged around him, but he soon found that Orrin had used the power of the Sacred Artifact fragment to escape to a very distant place.
Only Orrin’s voice remained in the void, filled with hatred and fear.
"Aiden, don’t get too proud!"
"Do you really think this is all the Dawn Society has?"
"Our leader... is far stronger than you can imagine!"
"Do you think you’re the only one searching for the core of the Golden Great Wall?"
"Naive!"
His voice echoed across the empty white wasteland and did not fade for a long time.
Aiden looked away from the void and no longer cared about Orrin, who had escaped with serious injuries.
The gray mist of the Ancient Battlefield had been completely cleared by the explosion just now, revealing a bottomless black crack below.
"Let’s go. Since the Dawn Society has already made its move, we don’t have much time left."
Aiden moved, turning into a bright streak of lightning as he rushed deep into the crack.
Bella followed closely behind him, surrounded by platinum divine power, like a goddess descending from the heavens.
The deeper they went into the crack, the colder it became.
Black ice crystals formed in the air, made from dark, evil energy.
Suddenly, the mysterious light inside Aiden’s body-the light that belonged to Yves-began to shake violently.
[Ding! Residual aura of the original creator "Yves" detected. Distance to the core of the Golden Great Wall: 1,000 meters!]
The system’s voice sounded in his mind, cold and precise.
"Found it."
Aiden’s eyes narrowed slightly. Thunder exploded beneath his feet, and his speed increased again. He smashed straight through waves of pressure in front of him.
After passing through the narrow underground tunnel, the space before them suddenly opened up.
It was a huge underground cavern, so vast it was almost impossible to imagine.
It looked like an ancient temple buried deep beneath the earth.
Countless black chains, each as thick as a bucket, hung down from the hundred-meter-high ceiling and gathered toward the center.
There, an ancient altar made of black divine stone stood tall, giving off an endless sense of age and majesty.
At the center of the altar floated a golden crystal core the size of a millstone.
Buzz-
Every time the crystal core pulsed, it released waves of Sacred Artifact-level power that shook the soul.
It was vast.
Majestic.
Impossible to look at directly.
This was the core of the Golden Great Wall-the source of Earth’s strongest defensive chain!
However, around the core, layers of extremely complex rainbow-colored divine patterns were woven together like a spiderweb, sealing it tightly.
"This seal was set up by a Divine Emperor Rank powerhouse. If we break it by force, the entire core will explode instantly."
Bella landed lightly in front of the altar. For the first time, a deeply serious look appeared on her beautiful face.
She took a deep breath and gently raised her hand. A vast Law of Light surged out like a tide.
Platinum light lit up the messy divine patterns and clearly revealed the hidden logic within them.
"There are three layers to this seal."
Divine light moved in Bella’s eyes as she quickly analyzed it.
"The first layer requires the original aura of the person who created the formation."
"The second layer requires a Force of Laws above the Venerable level."
"The third layer requires the power of law reconstruction, a power found only among Legendary beings."
"Law reconstruction... That is a field only a Supreme God, or even a God-Emperor, can touch."
Bella turned to Aiden.
"Aiden, it seems we’ll need to use that Demi-Sacred Artifact, the Transmutation Altar."
Aiden slowly walked toward the altar, but a confident smile appeared on his face.
"No need."
He raised his right hand.
In his palm, a ball of pure golden light suddenly shone.
It was Yves’s aura-pure and without the slightest impurity.
The moment this aura appeared, the first layer of rainbow divine patterns on the altar trembled slightly.
Then, like snow meeting the blazing sun, it began to retreat on its own.
"The first layer is passed."
Bella’s beautiful eyes narrowed in surprise.
Right after that, the Force of Laws inside Aiden erupted.
Thunder, Space, Slaughter, and Fire-
four laws at the peak of the Venerable level turned into four pillars of light and slammed into the second layer of the seal.
Crack!
The violent Strength of Laws instantly burst through the second layer of the seal, turning it into countless star-like fragments.
"The second layer is broken."
Aiden’s voice was calm, but it carried an unmatched sense of power.
Now, only the final layer remained.
It was also the hardest one-
law reconstruction.
Bella was just about to warn him when she saw a strange sharp light flash in Aiden’s eyes.
"The Transmutation Altar can reconstruct laws, but it’s too slow."
"My system is the strongest power of creation!"
Aiden shouted coldly in his mind, "System, activate the 10,000x critical hit. Target-law reconstruction!"
[Ding! Detected that the host has the same-source mark of "Bane of All Races." Compatibility with the 10,000x critical hit has reached 100%!]
[Ding! Law reconstruction critical hit successful-reconstruction strength increased by 10,000 times!]
Rumble!
Deep inside Aiden’s soul, it was as if an ancient god had opened its eyes.
An indescribable mighty power bloomed from his fingertips.
It was a power of creation that stood above the laws of heaven and earth.
In front of this Strength, the stiff divine patterns of the third seal began to twist and rebuild themselves like mad.
In the blink of an eye, the unbreakable third seal turned into pure, harmless energy and completely disappeared.
"This... Is this a Divine Emperor Rank reconstruction method?!"
Bella completely lost her voice. Her stunning face was filled with shock.
For a moment, she seemed to see the shadow of that supreme being from the past-
the one who had swept across the rankings of the myriad races and created the Golden Great Wall.
Buzz!
The final seal shattered.
The core of the Golden Great Wall, giving off Sacred Artifact-level waves, slowly fell into Aiden’s palm.
However, the moment the core left the altar-
Boom!!!
The entire ancient altar collapsed with a deafening roar.
The ancient Strength sealed at the very bottom finally lost all restraint.
Countless dazzling balls of light surged up from underground like an erupting volcano!
They were hundreds, even thousands, of Inner Spirit fragments, along with countless Force of Laws crystals flying through the air.
In an instant, the whole underground space was filled with thick divine light.
Every cell in Aiden’s body roared with desperate hunger.
He could feel it clearly.
The strength of his soul, as well as his understanding of the laws, began to rise at a terrifying speed.
The chance to break through to level 99 Great Venerable had finally arrived!
Rumble-
The underground cavern shook violently.
Deep inside the collapsed altar, endless divine light burst out like exploding stars.
It was a sight too magnificent for words.
A total of thirteen thousand law fragments, wrapped around four thousand eight hundred Inner Spirit fragments, turned into brilliant starlight that filled the sky.
The dark underground world of the Abyss was lit up as bright as day!
"How... how is this possible?!"
Even someone as powerful as Bella could not help but cover her mouth in shock.
Her beautiful eyes were filled with disbelief.
Normally, a Reclasser would have to fight in the dangerous Ancient Battlefield for decades, or even hundreds of years, just to gather this many fragments.
But now, this enormous treasure-enough to drive countless Venerables mad-had all erupted the moment the core seal was removed!
"Perfect timing!"
Aiden stood at the center of the storm.
His black hair whipped wildly in the air, and a sharp light shone in his eyes, making it hard to look directly at him.
This wave of energy was strong enough to make an ordinary Venerable explode in an instant.
But Aiden did not step back.
Instead, he spread his arms wide.
"System, absorb it all!"
Aiden shouted in his mind.
[Ding! Massive amounts of law fragments and Inner Spirit fragments detected. 10,000x critical hit has been automatically triggered!]
[Absorption efficiency increased-10,000 times!]