Cataclysm King

Chapter 604: It is formless, it is all forms, I am JOKER.

The next day.

Ji Xun and the other two finally recovered from the exhausted state caused by the depletion of their magic power.

The body of the Fire Demon had been disassembled into various materials, and now only black lava rocks were left on the ground.

Ji Xun went to the magma deep in the underground cave and picked the [Fire God Fruit] and gave it to Isabel.

This girl ate the fruit, and now her whole body is like a burning fireball. She is trying hard to meditate and digest it.

After seven days of fierce fighting, the rebel army needed top experts to take charge, so Gong Wu led David ahead to catch up with the main force.

And Qin Rushi was still in that mysterious state of perception.

Ever since she slew the [Flame Demon King Ganur] yesterday, a holy light as dazzling as the sun has been emanating from her body.

Ji Xun saw that this was a manifestation of transcendence and improvement of one's destiny.

From this moment on, she truly achieved a high degree of resonance with the royal sacred object [Sword of Olympus].

Ji Xun did not disturb him and guarded silently by his side, while also absorbing the [Lava Heart].

Ever since he advanced to the ninth level, it has become difficult for him to absorb extraordinary qualities from the outside world through feasts as he did before.

His current rank has reached the pinnacle of card masters. Even if he absorbs corpses of the same rank, the extraordinary properties he can obtain are very limited.

Besides, there aren’t that many ninth-level corpses for him to absorb.

And this [Heart of Lava] is the incarnation of the godhead of a god-level red dragon that fell during the Great Collapse Era. Its grade is considered "sub-god-level" and its extraordinary properties are amazing.

This provided Ji Xun with a massive amount of pure, absorbable extraordinary properties.

While meditating, suddenly a divine power leaked out.

Ji Xun opened his eyes and saw the holy light on Qin Rushi's body finally fade away.

This also means that she has consolidated the mysterious power she realized yesterday.

Qin Rushi exhaled a breath of turbid air, and an invisible aura of divine power quietly swept over her.

Although there was no god descending from heaven, it still gave people a sacred feeling that a Valkyrie had come in person and could not be looked at directly.

Ji Xun narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Qin Rushi, and vaguely guessed something.

Darcy on the side also tilted his head and looked at it curiously.

After all, she was his respected teacher's wife, not just anyone else, so he directly asked the question in his heart, "Teacher's wife, why do I feel that you and the teacher are becoming more and more similar? Have you also touched the power of rules?"

Although he couldn't understand it, the mushroom-headed guy was very smart and he deduced some truth.

Qin Rushi smiled and said without hesitation: "Yeah."

As she spoke, her sparkling eyes met Ji Xun's curious gaze, and she explained, "The Holy Sword of Kingship allowed me to touch the unique power of the 'King Slayer Sequence'."

"Oh?"

Ji Xun was not unfamiliar with this statement.

Before, he relied on the [Crown of Thorns] to comprehend the Tyrant Sequence's ability to change the rules.

Now it seems that Qin Rushi is following the same path.

Ji Xun was curious about something else and asked, "What kind of rules are you understanding?"

Qin Rushi smiled calmly and said a new ability that Ji Xun could understand but not fully comprehend: "Breaking the rules."

Seeing his surprised expression, Qin Rushi said, "The power of the Royal Sword is to destroy the original rules and order."

"so smart?"

Now Ji Xun understood.

You should know that the divine level is to utilize certain cosmic rules for one's own benefit.

The Tyrant Sequence simply changes certain rules to make the environment more favorable to itself.

And being able to break the rules is amazing.

No wonder this [Holy Sword of Olympus] is the exclusive royal sacred weapon of [Cube K-Regslayer]. So that's how it is.

Isn't regicide just a violation of the original rules?
Although he understood it roughly, Ji Xun still couldn't understand it accurately.

Qin Rushi knew that the power he possessed was very special, so he said, "How about you try it?"

She also wanted to try out whether her new abilities were useful.

The tacit understanding between the two made Ji Xun understand instantly. He was also extremely curious and agreed immediately: "Okay!"

As he said that, he directly took out the Colorful JOKER Spell Card and instantly released the spell: "Poker Game·Knight Square."

A flash of light appeared on the card, and an invisible defensive barrier formed around Ji Xun's body.

This is a defensive ban at the rule level. It is simple but has miraculous defensive effects.

At least we won’t encounter any special creatures of the level of the Fire Demon King, who are extremely difficult to break with ordinary laws and means.

Seeing this, Qin Rushi raised the holy sword of kingship.

She didn't dare aim at Ji Xun, but slightly changed direction, and when the holy light on the sword was as bright as a torch, she slashed down suddenly.

With a "swish" sound, a crescent-shaped sword energy more than ten meters long was formed instantly, carrying with it a destructive sharpness, and slashed forward.

Ji Xun's eyelids twitched as he watched.

Even Qin Rushi herself was shocked by such power.

I clearly estimated that the sword energy would be only a few meters long, how come it's so big?

Before the two could be surprised, they saw the crescent sword energy hit the defensive ban that Ji Xun had deployed.

The invisible sword energy collided with the invisible shield. The two sides were in a stalemate for a moment. Ji Xun watched the shield break and the sword energy rushed in.

"Broken?"

Ji Xun's eyes widened when he saw the sword energy passing by him.

Although this barrier was casually set up, it cannot be cut through by ordinary sword energy.

After taking a closer look at the sword energy that had cut a large crack in the ground, Ji Xun frowned and couldn't help but sighed: "It is indeed a destruction at the level of rules! This method is amazing!"

Only at this moment did he clearly realize the destructive power of the Holy Sword of Kingship.

Laws versus rules are like a wooden sword versus an iron shield; the two are not in the same dimension at all.

This is also the qualitative difference between humans and gods at the supernatural level.

However, the sword just now broke the rules.
Ji Xun's mind suddenly flashed with too many images. This ability was simply a natural counter to all kinds of divine methods!
We are all ants under the rules.

One sword can break all the laws. All the fancy laws can be broken by one sword.

Although he had only touched the surface of the rules, and the spell he had just used was far from being of divine strength, Qin Rushi was only at the eighth level!

If she reaches the ninth level, how powerful will she be?
At least the Fire Demon King whom they had fought hard for seven days a few days ago would surely not take that long to kill.

Qin Rushi's expression could not hide her surprise, and she was obviously shocked by her own sword.

She looked at Ji Xun, blinked, and asked unsurely, "Seems very powerful?"

This was also the first time she had touched this new level of power, and she was not sure what outrageous abilities she had mastered.

Ji Xun's eyes twitched inexplicably when he heard this, and then he smiled with relief, "Very impressive."

At the same time, he was amazed that each of the four royal sacred artifacts passed down by the Talen Empire was so special.

Oh.

The last [Orb of Royal Power] is still in the hands of the Pope of the Holy See and has not been seen yet.

The two of them didn't need to say much. Qin Rushi, looking at his expression, already understood that she might have really comprehended something extraordinary.

Qin Rushi also left.

She is the leader of the rebel army and of course she cannot leave the main force for a long time.

Isabel was still taking a long time to digest the [Fire God Fruit], and Ji Xun also needed to absorb the [Lava Heart], so they simply stayed in this cave.

In a flash, almost a month has passed.

The former crypt of the dragon lizard clan has completely turned into ruins, and the flowing lava has completely cooled into hard volcanic rock.

But the remaining aura of the Fire Demon is still there, and for at least the next few years, no Warcraft or small animals will dare to get close.

The power of the fire element is still abundant, and this is a quiet environment that is very suitable for practice.

Ji Xun was meditating, and his two disciples, Darcy and Isabel, were also busy with their own practice.

On this day, next to the forbidden ruins stone tablet.

Mushroom-headed Darcy was standing in front of the stone tablet, stroking the words on the stone tablet bit by bit and reading them carefully, like an archaeologist.

Ji Xun was also very strange before.

At Darcy's level, it stands to reason that he would be completely unable to understand the contents of the stone tablet.

But this little mushroom head showed extraordinary understanding ability.

Normally, a fourth-level card master would be knocked unconscious immediately after seeing the stone tablet due to the massive amount of information contained in the advanced demon language, but Kedasi did not feel any discomfort at all.

Instead, he said he saw some high-level information that his brain couldn't remember.

Darcy himself didn't know what he wanted to see, but it seemed that the content on the stone tablet had an inexplicable attraction to him, making him stand in front of the stone tablet for a month.

Ji Xun knew that this might be a special ability of the Light Chaser, and seeing that he was fine, he didn't pay much attention to it.

On the other side, Isabel had completely digested the [Fire God Fruit].

At this moment, this girl seemed to be the controller of the fire element, with countless fire elements in various forms surrounding her body.

It is visible to the naked eye that the strength has increased dramatically.

Ji Xun himself has also changed greatly.

Just now, the [Lava Heart] in his hand had lost its last bit of extraordinary properties and turned into powder that flew away in the wind.

"call"

Ji Xun opened his eyes from meditation and looked at the trace of ash that remained in his palm, his eyes full of brilliance.

Although this devouring took a month, he was very satisfied with the sudden increase in strength.

At this moment, the three basic attributes of strength, agility, and physique on Ji Xun's panel increased by more than 300 points, and have all exceeded the 2900 mark.

It can increase further after the transformation.

You know, the strength attribute of a general ninth-order pure-blooded dragon is around 3000, and Ji Xun’s strength is now comparable to that of a humanoid dragon.

In addition, his spell power value has exceeded 100 million, and his mental strength has exceeded 1500.

In addition, skills, resilience, and understanding of various rules have also increased dramatically.

In particular, the affinity for the fire element and the understanding of its laws almost doubled.

But judging from the data, Ji Xun has transformed from a card master who had just entered the ninth level to the late ninth level.

This is the level that an average ninth-level card master can only achieve after countless years of hard practice.

The magical secret technique of "Feast" allowed him to achieve it in just a few months.

Ji Xun was immersed in the joy of his sudden increase in strength, and at the same time he sighed in his heart: "If I want to have such a big improvement in the future, I'm afraid I can only find various god-level materials."

The feast can only have such a huge increase if it devours materials of a higher level than itself.

He is now at the ninth level, and higher-level materials are hard to come by.

But as soon as the thought came to his mind, he suddenly laughed at himself and complained that he was a little ungrateful.

Ji Xun collected his thoughts, and suddenly he had an inexplicable feeling in his heart, so he took out a gray photo.

It is the [Gray Mist Remains].

Just like when people grow taller, their vision will be higher.

The same goes for the extraordinary path. Some things at a higher dimension can only be seen when one's physical body is at a higher level.

Ji Xun's strength has now increased dramatically, and he vaguely feels that he seems to have touched something.

That feeling of uncertainty made him feel that he needed some external support, such as the soul wine from the "Black Rose Tavern".

I happened to have the soul of the fire demon in my hand, and I didn't know what kind of wine I could exchange for from the bartender.

Thinking of this, Ji Xun’s thoughts probed into the gray foggy space.

Ji Xun had been to this gray fog world many times, and he walked into the depths of the gray fog with familiarity.

Those remaining souls seemed to recognize him and no longer bothered him.

Soon, he passed through the fog and followed the orange gas street lights to find the magical Black Rose Tavern.

The pub still had the same old drinkers.

Pig-headed man, dwarf, two-horned demon, six-armed old man, toad monster and bear man
This is a fragment of the consciousness of one of the most powerful people in history.

After Ji Xun entered the tavern, these weird drinkers recognized him and no longer looked at him differently.

Ji Xun was still sitting at the bar, facing the door of the pub.

Although he knew that this was the location of Emperor Lanlingster, he had never seen it again after that time.

I thought it would be okay to just sit there.

The bartender looked at him and asked, "What would you like to drink this time?"

Ji Xun was not in a hurry to choose, but asked: "I now have a complete soul of the Flame Demon King, what can I drink?"

This kind of soul wine is not unlimited. He now understands that most people can only afford one kind in their lifetime.

Last time I drank a cup of [Wind Dragon Soul], my body couldn’t handle the second cup. Maybe it can now?

Ji Xun himself was not sure, so he simply asked someone who knew about wine.

The bartender took a look at the Flame Demon Soul that Ji Xun took out and praised, "Oh, it's a rare item." Then, he took out a black bottle that looked like poison from the wine cabinet and introduced it, "This [Demon Tiani] will help you burn the divine fire. Of course, if you drink it, you may also die from burning your soul."

"Sacred fire?"

Ji Xun was also surprised when he heard it.

Is it this big right away?

Does soul wine have this effect?
You must know that condensing the divine nature and burning the divine fire are two necessary steps to becoming a god.

Any step forward is a transgression of status, and from then on one enters a higher dimension of life.

But this kind of breakthrough is not that easy.

Just like Qin Rushi's contracted immortal Bai Qiu who has lived for thousands of years, there is little hope for him to take this last step.

Not to mention that a glass of wine can help burn the divine fire?

So when Ji Xun looked at the cup of black soul wine in front of him, his expression became complicated for a moment.

First, I was amazed that burning the divine fire could be assisted by external objects. It was no exaggeration to say that this was a great opportunity.
Secondly, I thought, how could this thing be taken out so casually?
Ji Xun was really not prepared.

He had just advanced to the ninth level not long ago, and although he had touched the surface of divine power, he was not blindly thinking that he had the potential to burn divine fire.

In fact, he didn't even know what burning the divine fire meant.

Moreover, this wine has huge side effects. If you don't drink it, you will die on the spot.

With his mind full of mixed thoughts, Ji Xun looked at the bartender and asked tentatively, "Excuse me. If I drink this glass of wine, what is the chance of igniting the divine fire?"

The bartender was wiping the clear glass in his hand and responded casually: "Who knows? About one percent? As I said just now, this wine can only help you, but it can't be a decisive factor."

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Ji Xun's eyelids twitched slightly when he heard this.

It turns out that it’s not that good.

In other words, 99 percent of them died instantly?
Maybe more.

He really didn't dare to drink.

I don't want to either.

Ji Xun could tell from the bartender's expression that there were probably a lot of people who were willing to bet on this one percent chance of getting a ninth-level gem.

But that was someone else.

Ji Xun felt that if he was trapped in this realm for hundreds of years, he might really want to give it a try.

But he had just advanced to the ninth level not long ago, so he was not in any hurry at all.

The bartender seemed to see Ji Xun's concerns and said, "It's hard to find the ingredients to make wine with [Devil Tiani]. This is the last drink. But since you paid, you can keep it here. Come back next time."

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Ji Xun listened and almost didn't hesitate, and was about to say store the wine.

At this moment, suddenly, the sound of a carriage rolling over the cobblestone road was heard outside the tavern.

The other drinkers in the pub suddenly became serious.

Having experienced this once before, Ji Xun knew what this meant. He was startled and his eyes became expectant.

Sure enough, as the sound got closer, a ghost carriage burning with soul fire stopped in front of the tavern.

The burly coachman, shrouded in a deathly aura, opened the door of the carriage. A graceful woman in a wide-brimmed hat stepped out, holding the hat with one hand and holding up the hem of her black dress with the other.

It was the witch Lanlingster whom I had met once!

Ji Xun stood up from his chair. It was his second time meeting the Witch Queen. He was not as reserved as last time, but he was still polite and saluted with his chest protected.

The witch Lanlingster saw him at a glance, and a charming smile appeared on her beautiful face, "You have changed a lot."

Ji Xun smiled and pulled out the high stool, and very gentlemanly motioned for her to sit next to him: "Senior, long time no see."

Unexpectedly, a hint of intelligence flashed in the beautiful eyes of the witch Lanlingster. She smiled and asked back: "How long, how long?"

As she spoke, she gathered her hip-hugging skirt and sat down on the high stool with an elegant posture.

"This"

Ji Xun was speechless for a moment and was really in trouble.

Yes.

How long has it been?

According to real time, it has been almost two years since he last met this person.

But the flow of time in this space is not normal.

Just as the witch Queen Lanlingster said when I came here last time, time is relative, and the flow of time in this gray fog space is not the same as that in the normal world.

It is more like a book. When someone's consciousness turns the pages, the story line in the book will flow.

Ji Xun had asked people who had come here before, such as Griffith, Chujiu, Nan Jing, and Rainey.

The conclusion is that everyone comes in at a different timeline. It's like randomly opening a page of a book, and everyone sees something different.

Ji Xun had come here many times and confirmed this.

And it was the conversation just now that made him feel that the timeline had continued.

This is also why Ji Xun hesitated.

The question "How long is a long time?" made him realize that this witch Lanlingster seemed not to be bound by the time in this gray foggy space. She could appear at the time she wanted.

Seeing Ji Xun fall into silence, the witch Lanlingster smiled and did not ask any further questions.

She glanced at the glass of black soul wine [Devil Tiani] on the bar. Although she didn't say anything, her smiling eyebrows seemed to be hiding something.

Ji Xun certainly knew that even meeting this person was already a great opportunity.

He was generous and served wine to the guests.

The witch Emperor Lanlingster also saw through his "little thoughts" and smiled lightly without saying anything.

In front of this great emperor, Ji Xun would not pretend to be profound. He did not understand and asked directly: "Senior, if it were you, how would you answer just now?"

He threw the question back.

The witch Lanlingster seemed to find it interesting and chuckled, but then shook her head, as if she thought the question was naive.

She didn't answer, but asked: "Last time I asked you a question, 'Am I alive or dead now?' Do you have the answer now?"

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The words seemed to have magical power, causing Ji Xun to fall into deep thought instantly.

He thought of the last time he went to Safir Manor and saw Song Yu in the long river of time.

According to his timeline, Song Yu had passed away, and all he saw was the girl from the past.

But at that point in time, Song Yu was clearly alive, not a photo, not an image, not anything else. She was a living person!

Ji Xun felt that his perception of time in his mind became confused.

It was as if the soul was sublimating and gradually leaving the body.

Then, from a "third party" perspective, he saw himself pondering at the bar.

Ji Xun couldn't describe what it felt like to have his soul ascend to a higher dimension.

But it was as if the reader turned a page of a book, his sight stopped, and the world stopped too.

Everything in the tavern before my eyes was still.

But in this state of "everything is still", one day people are completely free from restrictions.

That beautiful face seemed surprised that Ji Xun could enter this state all of a sudden. She tilted her head to look at the "Ji Xun consciousness" in the sky, dimples slightly sunken, and she smiled charmingly, her red lips slightly parted: "Time is like a river. When you learn to observe, you stand outside the river. Instead of being swept away by the flood and drifting with the flow."

“Time is like a river.”

Ji Xun looked at those alluring red lips, his eyes blurred as if he was drunk.

This gentle voice beside his ear was like a magical guiding spell, leading his thoughts to a very high level.

Ji Xun felt his consciousness becoming lighter and lighter as he flew out of the tavern, through the fog, and higher and higher.

It was like taking off from the ground, then passing through the dark clouds and atmosphere and arriving in outer space.

It's a foggy chaos here.

“The human mind cannot perceive anything beyond its own cognition. Even if you are in time, you cannot perceive the full picture of time.”

“Only by becoming an observer can you see the full picture of truth.”

“The soul is more like the root of a plant. It is in a place we cannot see. To see the truth, you must first realize that the more your soul yearns for the sunshine above, the more its roots will extend into the dark underground.”

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Ji Xun felt that his consciousness had become blurred.

He didn't know whether the voice coming from his sea of ​​consciousness was the teachings of the great emperor, or the secret method of "My Heart is the Universe" that he had seen on the Forbidden Ruins stele.

At this moment, Ji Xun's consciousness fell into a state of "observer".

He saw everything in the universe.

But he himself is not in the universe.

But it is higher than the "high-dimensional observer" who sees the universe.

Ji Xun himself didn't know that this was the world of his consciousness.

For a long time.

It's been so long that it seems like billions of years have passed
It was a chaotic world of consciousness.

There is nothing, not even "nothing".

suddenly!

The moment you enter a certain node, your vision suddenly becomes clear.

Suddenly, a ray of light appeared in the universe, the light exploded, and the universe expanded rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, billions of years passed, and the rapidly expanding universe had turned into a dazzling galaxy.

What Ji Xun didn't know was that Qidi had already flashed into a whole.

"You have gained some insights. My Heart is the Universe' secret skill proficiency +3331"

"You have gained some insights. 'My Heart is the Universe' proficiency +5112"

"You have gained some insights. The level of 'My Heart is the Universe' has been raised by Lv7."

"You have gained some insights. The level of 'My Heart is the Universe' has been raised by Lv8."

"You have touched the secret of the sacred fire."

In that state, time seems to have no meaning.

Ji Xun didn't know where he was, as if everything in the universe belonged to him.

He seemed to have turned into a ray of light that exploded from the universe, and kept moving towards the direction of the distant fog.

He seemed to have lost himself.

who am I?
Where am i?

Where do I come from and where am I going?
He didn't know where he was going, and his consciousness was no longer under his conscious control.

Suddenly, I heard that familiar and gentle voice again: "The universe we see is nothing but an image projected by our consciousness. Looking back at the world through projection is the truth."

In an instant, the infinitely expanding universe collapsed rapidly and returned to its origin.

Ji Xun's eyes suddenly focused, as if he had woken up from a dream!

Ji Xun looked at the gradually clearing scene in front of him and realized that he seemed to have grasped something extraordinary.

The cups of soul wine on the table were empty and the bar counter was covered with dust.

It seemed like countless years had passed.

The brightly lit Black Rose Tavern has also become dilapidated. The drinkers have long disappeared, leaving only a pile of tattered tables and chairs eroded by time.

But before he could digest the shock in his mind, Ji Xun saw the witch Lanlingster in front of him and said in shock: "Senior. You..."

The beautiful face of the woman in the black dress in front of him could no longer be seen. Only her graceful figure could be vaguely seen through a gray mist.

Ji Xun couldn't even recall the appearance of the Witch Queen. All he could hear was the gentle farewell: "Thank you for buying me a drink~ but we won't see each other again. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet this world~"

As if saying the final goodbye to the world, the myriad colors of black and white collapsed before my eyes.

Ji Xun was speechless for a moment.

Only then did he realize that the Witch Queen had just said goodbye to him.
But before he could express his thousands of attempts to keep her.

Looking again, the gray fog in his field of vision had completely dissipated, and the [Gray Fog Relic] in his hand had become clear.

It was a clown covered in scars. In the last moment of his life, he took a selfie in front of the camera, leaving behind that bright grin.

This is the true appearance of King Joker.

It is formless and has all forms.

Even at the last moment of his life, He gave the world a brilliant smile.

That smile seemed to mock the hypocrisy of the gods, the incompetence of the god of death, and also the greed and cowardice of human nature.
It seems to be saying: I have been to this world.

Like looking in a mirror, Ji Xun saw himself.

At this moment, I am JOKER.

(End of this chapter)