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Xiu En replied, "Okay."

Then he spoke to the sunflower on his shoulder.

"Little Flower, did you hear that? Let's change things up! Airdrop me that batch of the freshest super-spicy Death Pepper bombs from the warehouse! Shove them down the throat of that biggest sea urchin!"

"Sea urchin? Mouth?"

Hal and Seneca were both stunned for a moment, completely baffled by this absurd code.

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Xiu En didn't bother to explain. He glanced at the huge crater filled with smoke and dust from the bombing, and his expression became unusually serious.

"You two, one green and one yellow, now concentrate all your energy on that damned prison! With your full power, weld its lid back shut!"

Hal and Sinestro exchanged a glance, both seeing disgust and reluctance in each other's eyes.

But the voice coming from underground left them with no other choice.

"Do as he says, Jordan!"

Senesto said, raising first his ring that shone with a terrifying light.

"I don't need you to teach me!"

Hal retorted without backing down, and the green light ring on his hand also emitted a burst of light.

Just as the two forces, green and yellow, representing the two poles of the cosmic order, reluctantly intertwined and transformed into a huge energy chain attempting to reinforce the cage, another anomaly occurred in the dim sky of Kovald!

The green portal that Ivy opened became even larger!

Immediately following, thousands upon thousands of fiery red Reaper Pepper bombs, trailing golden sun flames at their tails, appeared!

Like a real apocalyptic fire, it poured down!

"What the hell is this thing?!"

"While maintaining energy output, Hal watched the agricultural products falling from the sky."

Every single pepper bomb landed right in the center of the crater!

They can even adjust their angle in mid-air, specifically targeting the weak points of the sealing chains and the gaps where energy might leak!

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom—!"

A series of explosions came from deep underground!

Each chili bomb, upon exploding, instantly releases a terrifyingly high temperature and an intensely spicy flavor, a mixture of solar energy and heat that burns even the soul!

That's the "spiciness" that directly affects the energy and mental level!

"Awooo—!!!"

Deep underground, the Parallax Monster, the source of fear that had just been stirring restlessly after absorbing the energy of fear, let out a roar filled with anger and extreme discomfort!

Instead, the voice carried a comical rage, as if someone had been choked by the spiciness, or had eaten a whole bowl of chili peppers!

"Cough cough cough!"

Constantine, who had been hiding in a safe corner smoking and watching the show, was choked by the spicy smell in the air and coughed repeatedly, tears streaming down his face.

He took a few deep drags on his cigarette before he could barely suppress the tingling sensation that shot straight to the top of his head.

"Fuck... Is this some kind of biological weapon?! I can smell the spiciness from this far away?!"

"it works!"

Xiu En's eyes lit up. He could clearly feel that the giant sea urchin's aura, after being bombarded by the continuous rain of chili peppers, had become chaotic and disorderly as it tried to break through the seal.

It seemed stunned by the spiciness.

"Hal! Sinestro! Increase the power!"

"Don't let it get used to this taste! With your will and fear, build it a lid! Press it into the pot!"

Are you ordering me around?!

Although Seneca was still being defiant, the output of the yellow light in his hands involuntarily increased.

Because he knew better than anyone that once Parallax escaped, he, the zookeeper, would be the first to suffer!

Hal, on the other hand, concentrated all his mental energy.

He imagined the strongest alloy and the thickest city walls in the entire universe, continuously transforming these concepts into green energy to reinforce those sealing chains!

In the sky, chili bombs from the Ximu Realm were being fed out continuously, as if they were free.

On the ground, the two arch-enemies representing will and fear joined forces in an unprecedented way. One was responsible for "pulling" and the other for "pulling," trying their best to push the lid of the pot of fear that was about to boil over back down!

Xiu En, meanwhile, hovered between the two, acting as a temporary energy conversion relay station.

He stretched out his arms, and golden solar power surged from his body, transforming into two thick golden beams of light that connected Hal and Seneca respectively.

He was actually guiding and amplifying two completely opposite forces at the same time!

The three colors of light intertwined at this moment!

The terrifying aura that was about to burst forth from the ground ultimately chose to retreat back into the abyss.

The tremors in the square finally stopped.

Hal Jordan knelt on the ground, feeling almost completely drained.

Maintaining such a high level of energy output is also a huge burden for him.

Seneca's face was equally pale, his yellow heavy armor had been removed, and a trace of golden blood even seeped from the corner of his mouth.

Clearly, as the person closest to the Parallax monster, the mental shock he just experienced also caused him considerable internal injuries.

The rain of chili peppers from the sky stopped just in time, and the green portal slowly closed.

The crisis seems to have been temporarily averted.

The fragile cooperative relationship between the three also came to an end with the disappearance of the threat.

Senesto glanced at Hugh.

There was apprehension and wariness in his eyes, but more than anything, there was the scrutiny of someone who had met their match.

"You're lucky today."

He coldly uttered those words, then turned and prepared to transform into a streak of yellow light and depart without another glance at Hal.

He needs time to clean up this mess.

"Wait a moment."

Xiu En's voice called out to him.

"It was a pleasure working with you."

Xiu En's face lit up with that relaxed smile again as he pointed to the newly made gold ring on his hand.

"As payment for settling this kitchen incident, I think taking a small sample of your best-tasting ingredient from your granary isn't too much to ask, is it?"

"..."

Sinestro's silence was the best permission.

Xiu En even politely waved to the yellow-light leader, whose face was as black as the bottom of a pot, as if to say, "I'm just looking around, do as you please."

"Hey! Where are you going?"

Hal saw Shuen head towards the ominous crater and immediately followed nervously, his green light ring lighting up again.

"That's a Lantern Beast of Fear Energy down there! It's probably one of the most dangerous things in the entire universe! Why are you so close to it?"

"Don't worry, Mr. Director."

"Even the best ingredients need to be examined closely to check their appearance, right? I'm just checking the menu; I won't wake it up."

"You're here again..."

Hal covered his face in anguish, feeling that he would be driven mad by this guy's food analogies sooner or later.

Constantine leaned against a metal plate, watching the scene with a leisurely air.

He had finished his cigarette, but the extinguished cigarette butt was still dangling from his mouth, and his eyes were full of schadenfreude, as if he were watching a good show.

Shuen landed on the edge of the crater.

The bottom of the pit was unfathomably deep and pitch black.

Only a few dozen enormous chains, crafted from a mixture of yellow lamp energy and ancient divine metal, extended from the four walls of the pit, binding a colossal creature in the abyss.

The chains were covered with energy runes that Hal and Sinestro had just reinforced.

A primal fear rose continuously from the deep pit.

This aura even caused fluctuations in the golden halo surrounding Xiu En's clone.

Wow.

Xiu En leaned down and looked down. In his golden eyes, he saw the endless, slowly writhing yellow carapaces at the bottom of the pit, and between the gaps in the carapaces, there were thousands upon thousands of compound eyes that occasionally opened and closed, and even flashed with malicious light.

That's the parallax monster.

The embodiment of fear.

"It's surprisingly clean."

Xiu En expressed his heartfelt admiration.

Unlike the filthy fear of the Scarecrow, which is mixed with drugs and lowbrow humor, and unlike the stereotypical fear of Seneca, which is full of order, discipline and superiority.

The fear before my eyes.

It is fear itself.

There was no reason, no purpose.

It simply exists, like hunger and thirst, one of the oldest instincts of life in the universe.

It is neither evil nor just; it is simply a natural phenomenon.

"The texture..."

"It's like the highest quality deep-sea sea urchin, freshly cut out of its shell, still carrying the scent of the sea."

"marvelous!"

Xiu En found a crack along the edge of the crater.

On the crack, a gap appeared in the yellow chain, from which a wisp of terrifying energy slowly seeped out.

This is precisely the original power of the Parallax monster.

Xiu En extended two fingers, his fingertips enveloped in a thin layer of Golden Crow Divine Fire.

He carefully used the flame to trap the overflowing yellow energy.

The lingering wails and resentments of some lower beings, mixed within that wisp of yellow energy, turned into wisps of black smoke the moment they came into contact with the Golden Crow Divine Fire.

Immediately afterwards, Xiu En gently pinched his fingers together.

That wisp of yellow energy was incredibly stretched out by him, becoming thinner and thinner.

Ultimately, all impurities that did not belong to the source of fear were completely stripped away, leaving only the most core and essential little bit.

A drop of yellow liquid, like melting amber.

This is the parallax monster, the true essence of the fear spectrum!

"Yes, beautiful."

Xiu En looked at the perfect drop of primordial fear on his fingertip and nodded in satisfaction.

He withdrew his finger, cradling the drop of trophy in his palm, and then raised his other hand, which was adorned with the Ring of the Sun.

He thought for a moment.

"A cookie with only one flavor is too monotonous."

As he spoke, he gently pressed the drop of amber-colored primordial fear from his palm onto the golden ring.

The golden ring and the drop of yellow liquid representing absolute fear began their confrontation and fusion!

Yellow, attempting to freeze the sun's burning with its stagnation of fear.

Gold, with its heat and light that incinerates everything, melts away the structure of fear.

Neither side would yield, and their energies clashed violently within the small ring!

"It's quite chewy."

Xiu En raised an eyebrow, seemingly quite pleased with this resistance.

He summoned the light of will.

Inside the ring, the green filaments of will that formed the framework lit up!

It's like a seasoned bartender forcefully intervening in the conflict between these two spirits.

With its own tenacious characteristics, it has built a buffer zone between the two!

It told the gold, "You may burn, but you are not allowed to burn the yellow structure."

It told Yellow, "You can freeze, but you must not extinguish the golden flame."

Under the mandatory arbitration of the will as a third-party notary, gold and yellow achieved a constrained symbiotic balance!

The light dissipated.

The ring, which was originally made entirely of pure gold, has now changed drastically.

Its band is still dazzling gold, but a pattern resembling a yellow lightning bolt has appeared on the outer wall of the ring!

The green light that had been slowly flowing inside the ring became even brighter, like chains guarding the two dragons, firmly binding the gold and yellow together.

A brand new tricolor ring, containing the power of the sun, will, and fear, is born!

Xiu En twirled his fingers, admiring his new creation, a satisfied smile spreading across his face.

One menu, two main ingredients, one recipe.

well.

Today's shopping trip was very fruitful.