Forbidden Nightmare

Chapter 141 End, Return!
"How can this be?!"

Carlo watched Li Nanke step on the arm of God. After the opponent lost consciousness for a moment, his whole body swelled up, and his muscles became knotted and bulged. Just by observing him visually, he could clearly feel the terrible power contained in the opponent's body.

That extremely strong feeling of oppression was as if it was some terrifying ancient beast that could easily eat people alive, crush them and tear them into pieces!
Not only that, the azure color in Li Nanke's eyes made him feel an instinctive shudder, as if a lower creature had glimpsed the supreme great existence.

This feeling was extremely familiar. When Carlo was integrating into the deification ritual, and Simon summoned the real god's arm, he had the same feeling of fear and trembling when he saw the huge god's arm descending into the world.

This man seemed to have received a response from the stars, obtained the inheritance of the gods, and was promoted to a great life form high above.

"Simon tried his best to complete the god-making ritual, but ended up failing in the end..."

"But why can the Black Rabbit transcend the ritual and obtain the promotion of the essence of life so easily?!"

The crystal-like God's Arm turned into gravel powder under Li Nanke's feet and was blown away by a gust of wind, as if he had absorbed all the essence of the God's Arm in an instant.

All the strange phenomena on Li Nanke's body quickly faded away.

His body shape returned to its original state, his muscles were tight and strong with clear lines, his blue pupils turned black again, and there was no sign of anything abnormal.

But Carlo could clearly feel that although the superficial appearance had faded, there was still an extremely terrifying power hidden in Li Nanke's body.

He is no longer a lowly and inferior life form. He has broken through all the shackles of human beings and possesses infinite possibilities.

Carlo was not the only one who found it unbelievable. Geppetto, who was operating the ego device, was also stunned.

He knew that Black Rabbit was hiding many secrets, such as using strange alchemical props to break the taboo of life and death and give new life to the completely dead power heart, and also silently mastering the extraordinary power of an alchemist and gaining a unique talent for analyzing the elemental particle composition of all things.

The other person seems to be born with the ability to break the constraints of rules and constantly subvert other people's cognition and worldview.

Even though he had seen Li Nanke perform all kinds of incomprehensible miracles, the scene before him still frightened him.

Yes, it wasn’t that he was startled, but that he was frightened!

If it were that easy to become a higher-level life form, Simon wouldn't have to go to great lengths to combine machinery with flesh and blood, absorb a large amount of ego elements, and use shortcuts and unconventional methods to perform the deification ceremony.

It’s just like you can’t build a skyscraper with just manpower. You have to use heavy equipment such as tower cranes and excavators. At the very least you have to put up scaffolding, right?

But Li Nanke had nothing in his hands, but he just waved his hand at a pile of bricks and a skyscraper rose from the ground. Without any reason or rules, he created a skyscraper that others could not build even if they worked hard all their lives.

This completely overturned Geppetto's cognition!

Alchemists are the equivalent of scientists in this world. Alchemy, which seems mysterious and magical, is not magic but a science.

Analyzing, arranging, and reorganizing the structure of elemental particles and creating various alchemical items all require following the most basic rules and truths. Nothing can be created out of nothing, and everything must have a traceable path.

But now there happened to be a freak like Li Nanke, who completely ignored the existence of the rules and directly absorbed the God's Arm, and was easily promoted to a high-level life form...

"Could it be...could it be..."

Countless thoughts flashed through Geppetto's mind, and he caught the fleeting flash of inspiration.

"Only by praying to the stars and using the power from the stars can we ignore all the rules, perform such miracles, and create possibilities from the impossible!"

"I understand! Black Rabbit must have found the long-hidden star!"

"So that's it, so that's it, now everything makes sense!"

Geppetto's eyes sparkled. While controlling the ego device, he shouted to Li Nanke:

"Mr. Black Rabbit, we can definitely cooperate!"

"Since you have found the stars, the human race's ascension plan does not need to rely on any devices or machinery. We can pray to the stars to allow everyone to gain eternal life!"

The mechanical ascension plan currently being implemented by Geppetto relies on the ego element absorption device and uses the mechanical body of the nameless puppet as the carrier of the joint consciousness.

After the birth of the united consciousness, it is necessary to launch a world war among all mankind to absorb all the essence of self.

The final step of the plan is very long and there are too many uncertainties.

If we could harness the power of the stars, the entire plan could be completed in an instant, allowing all human beings to become true gods!

At this moment, both the puppet and Geppetto felt Li Nanke's undisguised terrifying power.

The three puppets did not actively attack under Geppetto's control. Instead, they stood in front of Geppetto, guarding the great creator.

"Don't dream about it. There is no possibility of our cooperation."

"Today you must die!"

Li Nanke sneered, holding the bloody war hammer, and his figure flashed in front of the three puppets.

If he really found the stars, and if he had not seen what a terrifying existence the so-called "gods" were, there was actually a possibility of cooperating with Geppetto at the node mission level.

Because the requirement of the final node is to stop Geppetto's "mechanical ascension" plan, if the plan is changed to pure ascension, it is equivalent to stopping the plan and completing the requirements of the final node.

If you cooperate with Geppetto, you might be able to gain a lot of benefits from this alchemist.

However, is it so easy to find the stars that have been hidden for countless years?
Moreover, this supreme being is probably not a good thing. When ancient humans prayed for eternal life, the stars turned them into indescribable horrible monsters.

The wish was indeed fulfilled, but the price was absolutely unacceptable to ordinary people.

Li Nanke's speed was incredibly fast. His strong body swept through the air, causing a series of air explosions, just like a heavy train speeding past, with the whistle roaring and making people dizzy.

Carlo's dynamic vision could hardly keep up with his speed. He only felt a flash before his eyes, a strong wind blew in his face, and the enemy appeared in front of him.

The terrifying war hammer weighing thousands of pounds quickly expanded in the field of vision!

The scorching flames made it impossible to open one's eyes. The countless sharp thorns on the war hammer were shining with cold light, as if even the air was shattered and torn apart. The horrific blow was already before one's eyes!
"Too strong...too scary!"

Carlo barely raised the giant lightning sword to resist, his heart was filled with fear, this was the only thought left in his mind.

"Boom!"

The earth roared and shook, and a surging air wave exploded.

A figure flew backwards far away as if playing golf, creating a big hole when it fell to the ground, splashing countless pieces of gravel.

The collapse of Carlo's chest was extremely eye-catching, and his limbs were twisted with dislocated joints, and crackling electric sparks kept coming out from the joints of his limbs.

Even if Geppetto used blue energy threads to control him forcefully, he couldn't make Carlo stand up.

With just one strike, Li Nanke reduced the enemy's numbers and made Carlo completely lose his combat effectiveness.

Carlo could feel that the enemy might have held back because of Pinocchio, otherwise this horrific blow would have killed him on the spot!
"Mr. Black Rabbit! Ascension is a plan that benefits the entire human race!"

"If you don't want to join, I can compromise, but please don't stop me!"

This attack made the remaining two puppets witness Li Nanke's terrifying strength, even though he had only just begun to come into contact with the third-level extraordinary power, and even though he was still in the nascent state of being promoted to a higher-level life form.

But this incomparably powerful force is no longer something they can contend with.

Geppetto also felt a deep fear of this terrible power.

He understood that if Li Nanke was determined to kill him today, he would have no hope of survival!

The only thing Geppetto could do was to speed up the aggregation of the ego element device, create a joint consciousness before Li Nanke killed him, and then integrate his self-consciousness into it.

The huge vortex in the sky became more and more violent, the wind was howling, and endless blue energy cut through the sky and poured in from all directions.

The blue sun's light is dazzling and is growing rapidly. The united consciousness nurtured in the center is growing stronger and stronger...

"Now you finally know how to compromise?"

"late!"

There was a deafening roar, and the Qi force exploded. Romeo, the puppet king, was unable to resist Li Nanke's steps and flew backwards without any resistance.

The blue energy thread was taut, and the nameless puppet did not sit still and wait for death.

Under Geppetto's control, it was covered in blood-colored smoke, and its scarlet sword was like a meteor across the night sky, dragging a vast and rich wave of blood as it suddenly slashed towards the enemy.

Li Nanke sneered, turned around and struck out with a hammer with his backhand.

This hammer has no fancy moves, no techniques, only unparalleled terrifying power!
The nameless puppet was simply unable to withstand such ferocious force. The knuckles of its metal hands were torn apart, and the joints of its arms made a teeth-grinding sound of metal being squeezed.

A blood-red sword broke with a clang and flew out of the hand.

Geppetto, who was manipulating the puppet, had bloodshot eyes. All the blood in his body suddenly rushed to his brain, and his mind went blank.

The Nameless Doll is the strongest doll he made using countless precious materials. It is a thousand times stronger than the synthetic beasts made by ancient alchemists. There is nothing in the world that can match it.

However, this most powerful puppet could not even withstand a single blow from Li Nanke's heavy hammer.

Li Nanke is now so powerful that it is beyond comprehension.

If it was just a loss of one puppet, such as Romeo, the king of puppets, Geppetto would not feel much heartache.

But the nameless puppet is a key container for carrying the united consciousness. If the nameless puppet suffers a devastating blow, the consequences will be disastrous.

"stop!"

Geppetto lost his usual composure and shouted ferociously.

However, Li Nanke had no intention of stopping.

He smashed the enemy's weapon with one hammer, and then smashed it down with another hammer from top to bottom!

In the eyes of the nameless puppet, this hammer was like the collapse of mountains and the fall of the sky.

The violent force like a tsunami can destroy anything that stands in its way. If there are mountains blocking its way, it will collapse the mountains. If there is the sky blocking its way, it will blast through the sky!
Having lost its weapon, it had no way to escape and could only raise its hands to bear it.

Amid the teeth-grinding squeezing sound of the extraordinary metal, the two metal arms, along with the metal shells on the left and right shoulders, were torn apart and smashed into metal fragments and debris.

With a loud bang, the nameless puppet became much shorter.

Its lower body had been smashed into the ground by the huge force of the bloody hammer. Its legs, hips, waist, and entire lower body were firmly embedded in the ground, unable to move at all.

Li Nanke took a deep breath, and under Geppetto's horrified gaze, he strode to the ground and hammered at the upper body of the nameless puppet again!
This stomping of the foot on the ground was like a thunderbolt exploding out of nowhere, causing the entire round tower to tremble and shake.

As the soles of the feet touched the ground, fierce power burst out from the soles of the feet, moving upward along the leg muscles through the twisting hips to the muscles of the back, chest and shoulders, and all the terrifying power of the body was concentrated in one place.

The war hammer crashed down like a world-destroying meteorite!
"Boom!"

The earth trembled, and the surging energy turned into a shock wave that suddenly exploded.

Geppetto felt a black screen before his eyes, he could no longer control his body and was blown away by the shock wave.

He rolled on the ground in a panic for several times before he looked up in a daze, his mind blank as he stared at the deep pit not far away.

The hole created by Li Nanke's tremendous force was like a huge meteorite crater. In the central depression, the body of the nameless puppet could no longer be seen, and only shattered metal fragments remained on the ground.

The most powerful nameless puppet in the world was smashed to pieces by his three hammers.

One hammer smashed the puppet's weapon away, another hammer blasted the puppet into the ground, and the last hammer smashed the puppet into pieces alive!

These three extremely powerful hammers simply represent strength to the extreme!

Li Nanke, who had killed the nameless puppet with three hammers, seemed to still be unsatisfied. He raised his head and looked up at the self-element device on the top of the round tower, which was already gathering a large blue sun.

His eyes were fanatical and he stomped the ground hard, causing bricks and stones to shatter and fly, and spider-web-like cracks to spread.

Li Nanke's figure had already risen from the ground, and the whole person flew out like an arrow shooting into the sun.

He leaped so high that he spanned half the tower, and his feet landed on the inner wall of the tower. He paused for a short while, crouched down to gather strength, and then there was a loud bang. He suddenly leaped out again, and in a blink of an eye he was almost level with the self-contained device on the top of the tower.

The war hammer in Li Nanke's hand suddenly turned into a giant flaming hammer.

The flaming hammer was like a divine weapon in the hands of an ancient giant, sweeping the sky from bottom to top with waves of scorching flames.

The giant hammer ignited endless flames and exploded with the force of burning the sky!

Even though Geppetto was at the bottom of the tower, the scorching temperature made his entire body hot. The hair on his body turned black and curled, as if it was about to spontaneously combust. A heat wave like high explosives hit him in the face.

"Boom!"

The dazzling light burst out, and the brilliance of the blue sun seemed extremely dim at this moment.

The surging air waves turned into shock waves that swept across the round tower. Huge rocks shattered and fell from the top of the tower. Not only the rocks fell, but also the huge, twisted and scrapped self-element device.

Geppetto had no time to think, and subconsciously rolled and crawled to escape for a distance, thus avoiding being crushed to death by the huge ego device in the loud noise.

As the ego element device fell, the blue sun went out in an instant, as if Li Nanke had smashed through the sky with a hammer, knocking down the scorching sun.

Countless ego energies were floating around, and the dots of azure light were as gorgeous and beautiful as fireflies all over the sky.

Li Nanke landed in this sad and beautiful scene, and walked slowly towards Geppetto with his war hammer in hand.

At this moment, the father of puppets, the most outstanding alchemist in the world, looked ashen and dejected. His mechanical ascension plan ultimately failed, and his great wish for the entire human race to ascend was finally shattered.

"Do you have any last words?"

Geppetto raised his head and looked blankly at the enemy in front of him, then turned to look at Carlo who was paralyzed in the rubble.

He finally closed his eyes and said with difficulty:
"If you can, take good care of Carlo for me..."

"I will, but I won't be taking care of Carlo, but Pinocchio."

After saying that, Li Nanke struck out with a hammer without hesitation.

Blood and flesh flew everywhere and exploded, and Geppetto died.

[Nightmare, you have completed the final node: arrived at the Alchemy Island and stopped the Geppetto machine from ascending! ]

[Final Node Reward: Marionette Gloves (to be claimed)]

【Returning...】

The azure blue butterfly appeared again, dancing around Li Nanke, and Sophia's voice came:

"Mr. Black Rabbit, what you did is really shocking."

"Thank you for helping me to complete my revenge. Now you only need to wear Geppetto's alchemical gloves to completely control Puppet P and become his true master..."

Li Nanke picked up the alchemical gloves left by Geppetto, and azure silk threads burst out from his fingertips, wrapping around Pinocchio who was lying paralyzed on the ground.

With a flicker in his eyes, he immediately wiped out Carlo's consciousness, leaving only Pinocchio's personality.

The synchronous prompt sounded, but Li Nanke didn't have time to listen carefully. He took out the special panacea and threw it to Romeo.

Now that Geppetto is dead, the great contract that bound the Puppet King no longer exists, and Romeo will be free again.

"Go to the Kratt Hotel and give it to Cunning Rabbit for me..."

The raging darkness swept in, and a deafening roar sounded, engulfing everything in sight and covering all sensory perceptions...

(End of this chapter)