Chapter 1836 - 1835: Severing the Advent

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The white-haired figure threw the corpse in his hand onto the ground, and the brilliant yellow radiance instantly engulfed the undulating remains.

The middle-aged man widened his eyes, looking at the white-haired figure, seemingly wanting to say something, but his body was already stiff, with no reaction.

Under the illumination of the yellow radiance, it seemed he wasn’t completely dead, but life continued to slip away rapidly.

Yet the white-haired figure didn’t pay him any new attention, instead raising his head to look toward the steps not far away, watching the figures slowly descending from the steps.

It was a handsome young man, dressed in simple casual clothes, as if he accidentally stumbled into a secret area, cautiously observing the surroundings, watching the array flickering with yellow radiance.

The white-haired figure gazed at the young man’s demeanor, slightly lowering his head, squinting his eyes, as if recalling something.

"Is there some special ’ceremony’ being held here?" He Ao glanced at the yellow radiance on the ground and asked with a smile.

"Young man, I seem to have seen you somewhere?" The white-haired figure looked at He Ao, squinting his eyes slightly, "You seem to resemble someone?"

"Who?" He Ao smiled at him, stopping his steps.

"The current dean of the research institute," the white-haired figure’s eyes squinted into narrow slits, gazing at the young man before him, "He Ao!"

At the moment of hearing this, the middle-aged man lying in the radiance widened his eyes further, then completely lost breath.

"No." He Ao just shook his head slightly upon hearing this.

This time the white-haired figure was slightly stunned, he looked at He Ao with a half doubt, "Did I remember wrong?"

"Not the dean," He Ao shook his head, "It’s the deputy dean, it’s important."

The white-haired figure’s gaze deepened, his squinting eyes slightly opened, revealing a pair of eyes glinting with yellow radiance, "Are you playing me?"

"I’m just discussing facts." He Ao shrugged, speaking seriously.

The white-haired figure’s gaze lifted slightly, letting out a cold snort, "Do you mean you don’t want the dean position? Handing over the world’s largest and strongest transcendent organization to you, and you’re unwilling?"

"I have no preference," He Ao calmly looked at him, "You don’t understand, this position is responsibility, not power."

"Nonsense, still playing with me," the white-haired figure lowered his gaze, "You’re so young, famous at a young age, possessing the world’s greatest power, a bit of frivolousness is normal."

He Ao lifted his gaze to look at him, without saying more, instead calmly asking, "This yellow radiance, are you preparing to sacrifice to some divine being? Was the neck pain event in Beidu caused by you?"

He Ao’s questioning attitude seemed to be quite pleasing to the white-haired figure, he looked at He Ao, snorted coldly, and laughed, "You are very perceptive, actually able to trace here, it must have taken quite a bit of effort,"

Raising his hand, he continued, "To reward your effort, I can tell you, we are offering to the great Order. What you call neck pain is not neck pain, but the manifestation of the burden of Order, the extension of divine great power."

"So are you preparing to summon some grace from the God of Order?" He Ao pondered and asked.

"Foolish!" The white-haired figure snorted coldly, "Not grace, it’s advent! Don’t you find this to be such fertile land? This is precisely the opportunity to bestow divine glory, a world so vast, billions of beliefs, letting that ’K’ swallow it all, isn’t it a waste?"

"Then?" He Ao looked at him, "When the God of Order descends, you will profit from it, becoming the spokesperson for the God of Order?"

"Of course, this is my deserved reward," the white-haired figure snorted, "At that time, I will become an existence above billions, everyone will heed my command,"

He gazed at He Ao, "Nobler and stronger than you are now."

Speaking up to here, he looked at He Ao, with the array behind him shining bright radiance, he whispered with a laugh, "Do you think you can stop me? You can’t stop me, divine power is right behind me, the ceremony is complete, you’re late, divine power is about to descend upon me."

He opened his arms, raised them above his head, and dazzling yellow radiance erupted behind him, "Kneel before me, I will be the king of the new world!"

"Excuse me," He Ao raised his hand slightly, speaking softly.

"What?" The white-haired figure was slightly stunned, looking at He Ao, laughing arrogantly, "You’re afraid? Dean He? After all, a young man, knows nothing, when truly facing danger, instantly retreats,"

He lowered his head, gazing at He Ao, "Now, kneel before me, show your loyalty, and in the future new world, I will give you a position second only to mine."

"No," He Ao looked at him, calmly saying, "I just think the God of Order will not support you."

"What?" Anger flashed in the white-haired figure’s eyes, "What makes you say that? Have you encountered the great Order? Have you understood the great divine beings? You are here presuming judgments."

"I just feel," He Ao looked at him, "I might understand the God of Order a little more than you do."

"You’re full of nonsense!" The white-haired figure suddenly became angry, "I am the Order believer! I am the Order’s favored one!"

With that said, his body abruptly paused, and from countless spaces beyond, a gaze seemed to be coming across time and space.

"It’s the divine being!" The white-haired figure suddenly became excited, "It’s the great divine being! The great Order is descending power!"

"Is anyone there?" Just then, a voice called from deep within the staircase.

Following that, a figure slowly walked down from the stairs, it was Wen Jie.

Seeing this basement flickering with radiance, he suddenly froze, then turned his gaze, happening to see He Ao standing at the entrance, "Dean He?"

"He Ao, you can’t escape now, it’s too late!" The white-haired figure shouted excitedly, opening his arms, and dazzling yellow radiance suddenly burst forth, seemingly piercing through the surrounding concrete and steel layers, shooting at the ground.

"Dean He, we must leave here immediately!" Wen Jie quickly shouted upon witnessing this, "Get out, find reinforcements, and come back!"

"No need." He Ao just gazed at the white-haired figure, calmly saying, taking a step forward, walking into the dazzling yellow radiance.

The radiance suddenly intensified, obscuring everything within the brilliance.

The whistle of an old-fashioned train seemed to echo from deep into the void.

"He Ao! You refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit," the white-haired figure gazed at He Ao walking step by step, speaking hoarsely, twisted power surged along the yellow radiance into his body, filling his flesh, releasing terrifying power with pulsating dragons, "Today is your death day!"

"Is this body still yours now?" He Ao just calmly watched him, casually asking.

"Ah?" The white-haired figure was slightly stunned.

At that moment, a terrifying aura slowly rose from his body, as if some ancient and vast existence was being ’born’ from this ordinary body.

It was the aura of the divine being, the ancient will.

The white-haired figure wanted to say something, but couldn’t utter it anymore, his body had been torn apart by the terrifying power but then pulled together by that power, solidifying further.

The terrifying power he yearned for finally descended upon him, became the power of his body, but at this moment, he had lost all control over his body.

Even his soul was occupied and assimilated by some terrifying and vast consciousness.

Soon, his soul and body would be completely ’devoured’, just like the other believers he had sacrificed earlier.

His body still looked like his form, but it was no longer him.

At this moment, he finally understood what He Ao meant by ’the God of Order will not support you’.

The great Order would indeed descend power, but this power was not given for him to conquer the world; it directly assimilated his body and transformed him into a puppet.

But at this moment, it was too late to say anything.

He couldn’t even open his mouth to express any regret or hysteria, all he could feel was his soul being rapidly consumed.

The only thing he could feel fortunate about was that He Ao was still here.

The body’s perceptions would still transmit to his soul.

He could still watch He Ao being killed with his own eyes, see the young man standing at the top of the world, being completely destroyed.

The power of the Divine Being was so strong, so strong that even the thought of resisting couldn’t arise.

No matter how legendary He Ao’s story was, no matter how the Research Institute boasted about his strength, he was ultimately just a mortal.

Mortals faced with a Divine Being ultimately have only one path — death!

One path — death!

At least, he could see the most powerful person in this world accompany him to the grave, and his life wouldn’t have been in vain!

In a flurry of frantic thoughts, the eyes of the white-haired figure widened, watching He Ao step by step walking towards him.

Watching that yellow glow grow more intense.

Watching the earth tremble with the appearance of this glow.

Watching fragments of stone fall from the shattered ceiling of the basement.

Everything stopped at this moment.

The mighty power of the Divine Being was about to completely descend upon this body.

The intense yellow glow was dazzling, even filling the field of view of the white-haired figure.

That slowly approaching youthful figure was completely swallowed by this glow.

But he should be near.

The gaze of the white-haired figure was fixed ahead, his soul about to be completely consumed, cheering joyfully, striving to capture He Ao’s traces.

No matter how hard he tried to capture, he seemed unable to pinpoint He Ao’s whereabouts.

Timewise, He Ao should have appeared in front of him by now, but there was nothing in front of him.

Unable to control his body, he couldn’t turn to look.

He couldn’t even control his eyes to rotate.

Did that kid run away?

Doesn’t matter,

after all, the power of the Divine Being is absolute.

Under this terrifying power, that kid is bound to die.

The power of the Divine Being cannot be resisted!

It will undoubtedly obliterate that young man!

Woo —

In this illusion, it seemed like the sound of an old train echoed in the depths of the void.

Then, a hand gently patted on the shoulder of the white-haired figure from behind.

In that instant, the brilliant light, the twisted array, the surging power, all halted abruptly.

The array shining on the ground, like a tap deprived of its source, stopped instantly.

Everything halted abruptly at this moment.

Along with the pervasive yellow glow, which began to rapidly dissipate at this moment.

Divine ravings, terrifying power, all things mighty and grand seemed to be severed at this moment, like an illusion from a grand dream.

"Seems like I indeed understand the God of Order better than you?" A gentle voice sounded behind the white-haired figure, as the casually dressed youth slowly stepped out from behind, smiling at him.

The white-haired figure gazed at the youth, looking at the familiar yet strange face.

Compared to just now, the youth’s appearance had no change, but the entire person was infused with a subtle transcendent aura, detached from the mundane.

Like an observer standing in heaven, coldly watching everything in the world.

He was no longer human.

Invisible thoughts spread in the white-haired figure’s mind, rising in his heart.

These thoughts had no definite source, but seemed to know that the ’He Ao’ in front of him had escaped the human body, escaped human limitations, becoming an existence transcending mortals.

Becoming an existence close to a Divine Being.

The white-haired figure wanted to say something, but he still couldn’t control his body, he could only watch He Ao like this.

Faint dust appeared before him, this was his body losing control rapidly after the power had been severed.

But this loss of control was suppressed by some invisible and terrifying power, making even the world seem to be governed by this power, transforming this chaos into decay.

Thus, his body was decaying at a visibly rapid pace, turning into scattered dust.

He Ao gazed calmly at the white-haired figure before him.

At this moment, standing here was his true self.

He Ao’s method of destroying the Descending Ceremony of the God of Order was simple, he directly used the Barrier Wood to quickly cover the existence of the array, making the God of Order’s power lose its target in an instant.

Then, in the instant of shielding the array’s perception, He Ao simultaneously manipulated the power of the Main World, twisting the structure of the array into one that pointed to himself, allowing the power within the array to run idle, self-consume, until it completely vanished.

This completely severed the God of Order’s perception of this side.

This operation seemed easy, but the control of detail was extremely precise, He Ao wasn’t familiar with the power of Barrier Wood, a single mistake in isolation would lead to futile efforts.

If the subsequent twisting of the array wasn’t done well, it would allow the God of Order to instantly relocate here.

The smooth success of these operations was partly due to the array being too flimsy and simple, the power too weak, and the God of Order’s attention that could be diverted here was limited.

The white-haired figure wasn’t any sort of professional believer, the knowledge gained was unspeakably crude, he thought himself formidable, when in reality he had only erected a shoddy setup, even a random Order Believer from the dungeon world was far more professional than him.

Taking apart a shoddy setup was quite easy.

The power within the white-haired figure was also consumed using a similar idle operation.

Of course, these operations expressed in reality looked as if He Ao easily cut off the Divine Descent Ceremony.