Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 482 Tree

Hearing Mu Xiang's maniacal laughter, a burst of rage erupted from Muroshi's increasingly chaotic consciousness: "Fine, very well... If I can't survive, you'll suffer this great terror just like me!"

A figure, both real and ethereal, emerged from the torn energy body and rose uncontrollably. This figure was the manifestation of Mroshi's spiritual consciousness, radiating an presence that could be detected throughout the entire abyss.

But... an even more terrifying presence is emerging from the direction that is drawing him in.

It was as if the azure energy of a vast ocean was gathering towards Muroshi and enveloping him. Even so, he still uncontrollably broke upwards, tearing through layers of thick energy, and then letting the azure energy pour down towards Mu Xiang.

Mu Xiang wasn't about to stand there dumbfounded. He flashed forward and caught Ji Yue, who had been used as a prince. Then, his expression turned serious, and he looked up.

He sensed that terrifying presence, but he couldn't leave... The surrounding void seemed to freeze at that moment. The once vast and boundless chaos and darkness were now walls everywhere, and he would bump into them with the slightest movement.

[We can't break through... I don't know if the remaining energy will be enough.]

Mu Xiang knew he had won this battle, but he dared not relax for a moment. Every second he lived now could be considered a stroke of luck. The remaining energy could only be used to deal with some aftershocks and other attacks... If what was pulling at Muroshi was truly some hidden being, dealing with it at his peak would be a joke.

This version of the main god... doesn't seem to have the function of protecting the reincarnation team members from the hidden existence, right?
[Perhaps it's not a hidden existence... otherwise, Muroshi wouldn't even be able to maintain this chaotic consciousness, let alone retain rationality; he would have long been corrupted into a walking corpse, or a hidden existence at the spirit level.]

Mu Xiang sighed inwardly. His strength was still not enough... Otherwise, if he could smash the thing above with one punch, why would he be afraid of this? With his current level, he would not be corrupted by the information of the abyss like before, and he showed almost no signs of mental instability. But to say that he could resist a fifth-order hidden existence was still wishful thinking.

[I hope the main god doesn't pull any crazy tricks on me. Surely there can't be some hidden entity appearing outside of lower dimensions during the human era, right?!]

Unbeknownst to Mu Xiang, besides his own space being affected, Zheng Zha and Zhang Jie, who were some distance away, also sensed the anomaly.

“These noises in the void… seem to be being drawn by something.” Zhang Jie had just spoken when he and Zheng Zha both paled. Because they simultaneously sensed a terrifying presence emerging from “above”… Each time this feeling was different; previously there had even been fluctuations caused by Mroshi, but they could subconsciously distinguish what this presence came from.

"Could it have been caused by Mu Xiang?" Zheng Zha pushed up his nose. He had just retrieved his Branch of Destruction and had also taken down a few foolish Old Ones. "Has the battle been decided?"

Zhang Jie was also somewhat bewildered, a vague unease creeping into his heart. After all, the opponent was a spirit tablet. Even if, as Mu Xiang predicted, they could indeed guide out some spiritual light in such an extreme crisis, as shown by the simultaneous spatial vision, it didn't guarantee a victory. After all, spiritual light wasn't an instant kill, and besides, a fourth-tier beginner could only guide out a portion.

Zheng Zha and Zhang Jie whispered for a while, then decided to look up. As they ascended, they heard and saw more and more chaotic information and noise converging towards the top of that concept. What they didn't notice was that a faint, dark red light enveloped their consciousness, preventing them from being sucked out as well.

This dark red wasn't Zheng Zha's vampire energy, but rather resembled the color of some kind of decaying flesh... From Mu Xiang's perspective, the entire abyss seemed inverted, with the being above and Murroshi forming a massive pull, drawing all the information in the abyss towards him. Some of the more chaotic and filthy information even caused slight pain when it scraped across Mu Xiang's body.

"If it were someone else, they would probably be torn to shreds by this information..." Mu Xiang suddenly recalled how he was torn apart from the inside out by the remnants of that information when he left the Abyss World. Back then, the tearing was not on the same level as the physical body, but now, the levels of this information have become so chaotic that there is no distinction between consciousness and the physical body.

A howl was torn apart, then scattered into countless more chaotic screams, ultimately merging into the source above. The instant Mu Xiang heard it, he knew it was an Old One, its chaotic essence broken down, and had arrived here!
Mu Xiang used the remaining strength from holding the candle to push himself away, and although the effect was minimal, he at least created some distance. He also failed to notice the dark red light enveloping his consciousness; in fact, it was this dark red light that prevented his consciousness from being torn out.

Just as Mu Xiang was feeling apprehensive, a colossal creature surrounded him.

Mu Xiang didn't feel threatened, but he still dodged to avoid being grazed by the thing. He looked around, and then a look of surprise appeared on his face.

This colossal object, which transformed from illusion to reality, was not some distorted entity emerging from the void. On the contrary, Mu Xiang immediately recognized what it was.

This is a tree.

A colossal tree so large that even a single root could completely obscure Mu Xiang!

"What is this? The World Tree?" Mu Xiang asked, puzzled. In fact, he was surrounded by a dense network of tree roots that obscured the void. Just as he was searching for the trunk, a strange light made him instinctively look over.

His X-ray vision allowed him to see far beyond... tree trunks and dense foliage!

The previously solidified void seemed to lose its impenetrable barrier at this moment. When Mu Xiang saw the tree trunk and branches in that direction, his body felt a distinct pull and began to drift towards the branches.

Mu Xiang frowned as he looked at the tree trunk, then suddenly thought of something... Nordens, or rather, Muroshi's trident!
That trident, which looks like both gold and wood... could it have been taken from this tree?

"An artifact from another dimension?" Mu Xiang pushed up his nose and whispered, "But this tree doesn't seem like something that could be nurtured in the abyss."

From what was originally "above", a resentful roar came, then turned into a chaotic and illogical sound, disappearing into the other noises.

Mu Xiang pushed up his glasses but found nothing, and sighed inwardly. It seemed Mu Xiang hadn't succeeded? Mu Xiang wasn't sure yet, so he could only follow the tree's trail to see what would happen.

(End of this chapter)