Above Destiny

Chapter 679 Dissociation and Haze

what happened.

For a fleeting moment, Huang Xu felt a chill that penetrated to the bone...

In the blink of an eye, a fierce wind and torrential rain came howling in from behind.

Just as the Seeds of Heroes withstood the Stonemasons' counterattack and stormed into the main hall, thunder roared.

A massive amount of mercury surged forth, as if boiling, and streaks of silver light shot out!

Like countless hands reaching out from the darkness, dozens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands...

Slender and cold, alluringly dancing, rising and falling silently.

Cruel, controlling everything.

The sound of something cutting through the air was incessant, and countless silver threads rapidly extended and grew, enveloping the entire hall.

It was incredibly light, as fine as dust.

Despite being so fragile, it could be broken in half by a mere breath. After splitting in two, it would reconnect with other threads, as if it were alive, taking root and spreading again.

Amidst the storm and collision, with raging flames and spreading shockwaves, in the chaotic and dreadful scene, those insignificant silver threads were completely torn apart, repeatedly torn, severed, and evaporated... but then they would mend themselves again, spread outwards, and multiply in number!

In the blink of an eye, my vision was filled with endless paleness.

So dazzling, yet so cold.

Even, without distinction between them... eagerly extending towards themselves.

"You bastard, what are you doing!"

Yellowbeard felt a chill run down his spine, unable to tell whether he had fallen into an ice cave or a furnace. Instinctively, he raised the Shield of the Cliff and roared.

Instantly, flames and smoke billowed out, evaporating all the mercury that fell into the circle and repelling it.

He glared at Ji Jue.

"Oh, sorry, I forgot about Guan Youshang."

Ji Jue gave an awkward smile, slapped his forehead, and looked completely innocent.

Yellow Beard did not speak.

Dead silence.

A deathly silence descended suddenly.

The whole world suddenly fell silent. In the hall shrouded in silver light, there was only a deathly silence and stillness, with no more loud noises or booms.

There was only a faint pattering sound, like falling rain.

When you open your eyes, you can't see anything, but when you close them, you can almost feel... countless sparks bursting forth from that pale expanse, rising and falling, as dazzling as the Milky Way!

The creation of non-aggression encompasses everything.

Every spark is a tiny disintegration; every sound of rain is a lament of collapse.

Each disintegration is like an incredibly skillful scalpel, penetrating every nook and cranny, the cracking sounds like a chain reaction.

It is so meticulous that not a single drop of spiritual energy is wasted, and so skillful that not a single operation seems superfluous.

The all-pervasive mercury mist had seeped into every crevice, every broken body, and every creation, and began to divide, peel away, and ravage it with fluid grace.

If Ji Jue's previous disintegration technique was a cruel destruction like a targeted explosion, then this time it is a slow, endless, and hopeless torture.

Pure white flowers appeared and disappeared from the mist, silently blooming and assimilating everything before vanishing just like an illusion.

In just a few seconds, the fog had completely dissipated.

And then, nothing was left.

There were no opponents or enemies to be seen, only robes and masks lying on the ground, and handfuls of pale ashes.

solved?
Do not……

"Escaped."

Ji Jue sighed in realization, "You reacted really quickly."

Ran!

Despite appearing so stiff and sluggish, their reactions are actually incredibly fast.

In just a few more seconds, they would be completely dismantled and separated, but before that, the frenzied stonemasons seemed to have been drained of their energy. After abandoning and severing all the assimilated parts, they suddenly disappeared without a trace.

It was as if they had broken the whole into parts, severing hands and feet, gouging out eyes and peeling bones... dismantling all the parts of their bodies and then retreating in batches?
It looks like a group, but is it actually one?
This is getting interesting...

Ji Jue stroked his chin thoughtfully, then, noticing the gaze beside him, he helplessly spread his hands: "What's wrong, Master Craftsman? You can't blame me for not working hard enough, can you?"

"..."

Huang Xu remained silent, unable to utter a word.

I just feel that some dogs really love to bite and bark... It's one thing for them to bark, but they're not even on the same wavelength or thinking in the same way.

We can't communicate anymore!

Fine, let them bark. If they want to bite, let them bite others, just don't bite me.

He coldly withdrew his gaze and continued forward.

Ji Jue was left standing there, sighing with regret and helplessness.

The feelings have simply faded!
We were once good friends who fought side by side in the dream of Huaxu!

I haven't even asked you if you have a fusion bomb yet!
Seriously, is it true, bro?
Can I touch it...?

Looking at the sheer size and scale of the workshop, accumulated by generations of artisans, Ji Jue couldn't help but feel a pang of unease and embarrassment.

Big workshops are great, they're big and have everything they need, unlike me, a poor kid who has nothing and can only come out to find peers to share in groups.

There wasn't even a fusion bomb!
Could the Federation suffer a little longer...?

boom!
In the turbulent castle, ahead of them, the ceiling of the corridor suddenly shattered, and a tan shadow abruptly descended from the sky, then plunged into the floor, whistling past and disappearing into who-knows-where.

It's like an incredibly long snake, but without scales, instead covered in a layer of fine down. It looks just like... a dachshund.

Ji Jue's eyes widened in surprise: "It's this long?!"

Gulp, gulp, gulp…

As if it didn't know what it was eating, huge bulges appeared on the dachshund's belly, sliding from front to back.

Right before their eyes, the dachshund's body swelled up again, twisting and knotting into a ball, and half of a girl's body emerged from the gaps in the ball of fur.

veterinary!

"Hey, are you busy?"

The craftswoman, who looked like a young girl, grinned at them: "The captain is urging you to hurry up and take care of the workshop's central hub. Hmm, I don't mind if you take your time and do a good job, but if you're any slower, that brat Hu Jian will be beaten to death..."

"I understand." The man with the yellow beard stepped forward indifferently.

The veterinarian wasn't offended. He smiled and looked at Ji Jue, then suddenly asked, "Hey kid, want to come with me? Just help me unlock this lock, and I'll share half the harvest with you!"

Yellow Beard paused, frowned, and looked over coldly.

Ji Jue may be a bit of a scoundrel, but anyone who's used him knows how useful and worry-free he is... Even if you don't like him, you can't let him brag about you to your face!
"Thank you for your kind offer, but I'll have to decline." Ji Jue smiled and waved his hand in refusal. "I am not very knowledgeable and can only assist the master craftsman."

A craftsman's mouth is a deceitful devil.

What use are you if the lock is open? What if you run off with your things? Where am I supposed to find you then? Even if you share half of yourself, isn't half trash still half of yours?
If we really want to cooperate, it's the most reassuring thing to do is to have an old friendship with someone like Huang Xu who knows us inside and out!
The veterinarian was about to say something when Huang Xu interrupted him.

"Despina, mind your own business."

"...Is that so? What a pity."

The veterinarian shook his head, seemingly unconcerned, and disappeared into the tangled dachshund fur, never to be seen again.

Amidst the rumbling sounds, the endless dachshunds continued their rampage, carving and scavenging rampages throughout the castle...

Yellow Beard, however, had already begun to regret it.

Because Ji Jue was like a persistent leech, coming up again, grinning and making eye contact, as if to say, "I understand you."

"I knew the master craftsman still cared about the happy times we spent together!"

He sighed and paused, then changed the subject: "So, could you give me a bigger share later? The child is still young and growing..."

Amidst the incessant barking of the dogs, the yellow-bearded man's expression twitched repeatedly.

Seriously, you might as well just get lost!
Then came another deafening roar, and the castle trembled violently.

The enormous castle suddenly began to transform, with its walls, floors, and ceilings constantly extending, changing, and piecing together. Before the castle could even change, Ji Jue had already spoken: "Master Craftsman, downwards!"

Without hesitation, Huang Xu raised his flame-shaped sword and slashed down!

The earth cracked open, and they leaped into the darkness, descending from the sky. Before they could even steady themselves, grotesque gargoyles suddenly came to life in the darkness…

As if some adjustment had been made to the assimilation of Isis, the outer shells of these gargoyles were all made of spiritual insulators, layer upon layer, giving no chance or gap for erosion or disintegration.

This time, Ji Jue couldn't afford to slack off anymore.

Time is tight.

If we don't grab as much as we can, our competitors will take it all!

With a flick of the finger, a wisp of purplish-black lightning shot out from the fingertip, and a burst of purplish-black thunder roared out, like a rampaging truck, shaking the chain of blessings, easily tearing a rift in the massive gargoyles.

Then, a strange flame spread, devoid of any heat, instead drawing away all the heat from the air, turning the entire underground cave into an ice cellar.

Silently, they burned the charging gargoyles to ashes.

“Isis?” Ji Jue asked.

[In the northeast, at the two o'clock position, there is a large-scale movement of spiritual energy.]

Ji Jue flicked his finger again, and Zhanlu shot out, piercing through the wall. Amidst the continuous roar, it seemed to have severed something, and flames burst forth from the crack.

The massive castle was thrown into turmoil once more, and the changes were momentarily delayed, making it difficult to move nimbly again.

Within the crack, a faint silver light silently meandered away, seeping into the castle and spreading quietly in the dark corners that no one had time to look after, yet doing nothing.

Just like contrast agent injected into blood vessels, it reflects the entire structure of the workshop.

Tearing away the disguise and lifting the veil, even a glimpse is enough to perceive the general situation through the complex sequence of operations and disguises.

However, in Ji Jue's perception, the changes in the entire workshop were less like creations and more like... living things?!
boom!
In just a moment of distraction, a hurricane swept over him. Yellowbeard snorted coldly, and the Shield of the Cliff was raised once more, blocking the strange blade that appeared out of thin air!

At some unknown time, the fragments of stone statues scattered all over the ground suddenly gathered together!

Even though it had been shattered and destroyed, countless fragments are now gathering together under an invisible gravitational force, hovering in mid-air.

Without warning, a sharp blade hundreds of meters long shot out from the sky!

Like a blade forged from obsidian, it was without any cracks or seams, and layers of spiritual circuits were revealed inside, with the blessings of the Desolate Ruins lineage rising and changing.

There was no forging, no furnace, and it didn't even resemble the non-aggression movement that involved any processing...

In the blink of an eye, a blessed artifact appeared before their eyes!

The sword strike failed, and the blade quickly retracted. The stone sphere underwent a rumbling transformation, revealing dozens of familiar-looking stone masks.

Behind the mask, eyes suddenly opened, their pupils bloodshot.

Surprisingly, right under their noses...

He's alive?!
Just moments ago, it exuded the aura of desolate ruins, but suddenly it transformed into the aura of the heavens. A surge of psychic power arose out of nowhere, sweeping across all directions and repelling all the spreading mercury.

The blessing manifests from the Golden Rules, establishing the rule—within the range of telekinesis, all fluids are strictly prohibited!
An impregnable fortress was built out of thin air, its stability as solid as the heavens, to resist Isis's infiltration and assimilation.

Immediately afterwards, the fury of entropy manifested from within the domain, scattering tiny sparks containing boundless heat, explosions rising and falling, continuously impacting the cliff shield!
In a mere second, the stone sphere changed several times, its aura constantly rising and falling, with countless creations appearing, making it impossible to discern its true form.

No, no...

Ji Jue suddenly realized—everything he had seen was the true form, only the other party had changed too quickly, making it impossible to find a way to counter it.

What was once just a stone sphere pieced together from a large number of gargoyle fragments is now like an endless creation in the hands of a craftsman, ever-changing!

That's right, change!
"How interesting."

In the instant of realization, Ji Jue couldn't help but burst into laughter.

No wonder when Chen Mai was leading the way, Hu Jian's faction followed behind like a little brother! When it comes to transformation, the other side is practically an ancestor!
With the insight of the Mirror of Images, he had already seen the core of the stone sphere. In the intense heat of the furnace, a massive amount of spiritual energy circuits moved around like living things, rising and falling, connecting and separating. With each change, it transformed into another completely different creation!

One becomes a house, two becomes flowers...

It's just like assembling building blocks!
However, the 'building blocks' in the hands of those stonemasons at this moment are many spiritual circuits, structural frameworks, and blessings stored in the workshop that were already divided up at the time of creation.

Each seemingly complete creation is actually composed of a large number of modules with different functions predetermined... No wonder those stonemasons could break up into smaller parts and escape at any time, because from the beginning, the object was not a single entity, but was transformed into many different parts!

If this change were outside the workshop, it might still have some omissions and shortcomings, but inside the workshop, with the massive supply of spiritual matter and the repulsion of the furnace, there are almost no shortcomings.

It can turn small parts into a whole anytime, anywhere, and it can also turn a whole into small parts anytime, anywhere.

It moves freely between "wholeness" and "oneness"...

Gathering into desolation and harm, then soaring and changing.

Scattered in the dust and haze, hidden and concealed.

This constant coming together and parting, this shift between reality and illusion, is the essence of dust and haze!

What a good thing!

It's really good stuff!

Ji Jue's eyes were burning red.

They couldn't help but applaud and admire.

Unfortunately, although the item is good, there is one flaw... Why can't my name be written on such a good item?

wrong!

The question should be – why should your names, like dust and haze, be written in my legacy?
In that instant, the reborn form appeared!

The steel hand rose and pointed forward.

The heart pumped, spiritual energy flowed in, and dazzling bolts of lightning shot out from the gaps in the metal. Under the circulation and transformation of the essence of the natural disaster, the Zhanlu spiritual spirit howled and shrieked.

It operates at full capacity, even under overload conditions.

The steel body suddenly turned a scorching red.

And from the palm that was almost melting, a burst of intense light, which had been nurtured to its limit, shot out!

The entire underground space suddenly plunged into darkness, as a blindingly bright purple bolt of lightning burst forth, shooting straight ahead and locking onto the ever-changing core within the stone sphere!
It was as if an invisible blade was contained within the lightning, swirling and moving forward, piercing through everything in its path with overwhelming force, and suddenly it was already within arm's reach!
Under the intense light, the expressions on the stone faces seemed to distort as well.

In less than half a second, it was fully charged and activated. The sudden burst of power even startled Yellowbeard, who jumped back a great distance.

But in that brief moment, the structure inside the stone sphere changed again!

The flow was smooth and seamless. In an instant, it transitioned from the Celestial Origin to the Desolate Ruins, and then immediately led to the Gate of Eternity... Dozens of stone faces overlapped, forming an aged and distorted face with eyes blazing with intense light.

In the void, countless iron stones gathered out of thin air, transforming into an iron wall that rose from the ground, unmoving as a mountain. Under this blessing, the entire workshop trembled.

It was too late; there was no way to move it.

Zhanlu is my sword!

At this moment, as the sword pierced through, all the heat converged into a single point, transforming into the purest impact. Just as the opponent shifted the impact, it converged again, transforming into lightning.

In the blink of an eye, under Isis's manipulation, nine transformations occurred, each triggering a violent explosion. Under such high-frequency impacts and attribute changes, even the immovable mountain was forcibly pierced...

It was just a one-second delay.

In that split second, the stone ball seized the opportunity and leaped backward out of thin air.

flash!

Did it flash?
Like a flash...

Even before it had fully broken through the air and arrived, the huge stone face of the old man saw... the strange figure that had been waiting for it at the landing point that had been flashing for a long time.

A smile so gentle on a body of steel.

Reach out.

Waiting for the stone to walk right into the trap...

Using Flash in front of yourself?

No, do you think my doomsday train is just for show?

As soon as the opponent mobilized the blessing, Ji Jue had already determined the landing point. All that was left was to use the wolf's reflexes and speed, with six sets of engines firing, accelerating from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in 0.1 seconds.

Ji Jue arrived like a cannonball, piercing through the air.

Waiting for that distorted, lifeless stone face of an old man to be presented to him.

Snapped!
With a crisp sound, a scorching metal hand pressed against that face.

There wasn't even time for another change...

Is gathering and scattering invisible?

That's really good.

Unfortunately, gathering is gathering, and scattering is scattering! Originally scattered, no matter how much they gather, they will eventually scatter again! The more changes there are, the more gaps there are; the faster things change, the bigger the loopholes become.

That is precisely why it has a deadly nemesis that is almost like a natural enemy!

【Dissociation Technique - Jing Zhen】!
(End of this chapter)