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I'm currently reading Chapter 271, "The Sole Survivor in the Depths of the Sea of ​​Blood," and I'm completely engrossed in it.

At Shuen's enthusiastic invitation, Hal was pulled through the golden gate.

This teleportation experience was acceptable.

But when he landed and saw the scene before him, he wished he had been teleported directly into the core of a supernova.

They were standing on a patch of dark red, cracked earth.

The sky was an ominous dark red, with spatial rifts running across the heavens.

Each breath felt like swallowing a mouthful of scalding hot iron filings.

In the distance, black mountain ranges stretch out in a continuous arc.

The lava flowed into rivers, carving a scene of apocalyptic purgatory onto this long-dead land.

Hal could sense that the entire planet exuded a sense of rejection towards the power of will.

"This only evokes anger."

"Yes, only anger."

Xiu En's clone responded to the Dao.

He picked up a pinch of soil, smelled it, and a look of disappointment appeared on his face.

"The types of anger are also very limited."

"It's like a barbecue restaurant that only sells original and extra spicy flavor. It's spicy enough, but it has absolutely no flavor profile. The only seasonings are salt and 'hatred' (a slang term for a strong, spicy flavor), not even cumin. Thumbs down."

Just then, Hal looked up!

In the center of the distant lava, a figure stood up on a throne made of countless white, withered bones.

It was a giant with reddish-brown skin, over three meters tall.

His face was filled with eternal rage and endless hatred, and his blood-red eyes burned with a fury powerful enough to incinerate the stars.

He is the sole master of this inferno, the source of all rage, the founder and tyrant of the Red Lantern Legion.

Atositas!

"Green light!!!"

Atositas's gaze was fixed on Hal's green uniform and the green ring!

The hatred in those eyes was so intense that it sent chills down Hal's spine!

Hal immediately assumed a defensive stance, and the light from the ring condensed into a shield.

"Shuen! Watch out! This guy doesn't seem like he'll reason with us!"

"reason?"

Xiu En said dismissively.

"I wasn't prepared to reason with him."

Atos clearly didn't give them any chance to reason or order food.

"For sector 666!"

With a roar, he slammed his giant fist into the ground!

"BOOM—!!!"

The entire planet Ismot trembled under this punch!

Then, to Hal's utter astonishment, the ground beneath their feet cracked open!

"puff--!!!"

A massive fountain, like boiling blood, shot skyward from that grotesque crack!

It was a sea of ​​blood formed from anger and hatred accumulated over hundreds of millions of years!

Under the control of Atositas's will, the crimson sea of ​​blood surged with towering waves, crashing towards Shuen and Hal!

He must completely melt these two invaders who dared to set foot on his land of revenge!

"Are you kidding me!"

Faced with this scene of destruction that resembled a natural disaster, Hal unleashed his full will!

He turned the ring's energy output to maximum, and a green protective shield enveloped him and Xiu En!

He even materialized a fighter jet cockpit seat, firmly securing himself in place!

A crimson wave crashed against the green protective shield!

The protective shield was swaying.

Hal felt as if he were piloting an old propeller plane, trying to crash into a super hurricane of 1 terahertz!

This sea of ​​blood carries a kind of erosion that specifically targets the will!

It is constantly amplifying Hal's inner anxiety, anger, and fear, trying to dismantle his defenses from within!

"Shuen!"

"I can't hold on much longer! The environment here is too oppressive for me!"

He turned around with difficulty, wanting to see what Xiu En was doing, whether he was preparing some powerful counterattack.

Then he saw...

Xiu En was lying on the edge of his protective shield, his face pressed against the shield with curiosity, carefully observing the surging sea of ​​blood outside.

Not only that, he also secretly used his finger to dab a little bit of the scarlet blood plasma from the energy gap in the protective shield, and then smelled it.

"Pooh!"

He immediately vomited.

"It really tastes awful."

Shuen frowned, wiped his mouth, and said to Hal, who was on the verge of going crazy.

"Salty and fishy. A failure."

I wonder if it was influenced by the Blood Sea's Wrath.

Hal swore that for a moment, he had the urge to activate his shield. The impulse to kill the golden figure of light beside him even outweighed his survival instinct.

In the center of the sea of ​​blood, Atositas gazed at the green orb of light teetering precariously amidst the storm.

In his eyes, the Green Lantern's struggle was so insignificant and so ridiculous.

Over the years, countless so-called warriors who tried to challenge his authority have ultimately become nourishment in this sea of ​​blood, where even a wail cannot escape.

Today will be no exception.

Just then, he saw the golden figure he had mistaken for Green Light's sidekick turn around inside the green sphere of light.

Then, she smiled at him.

Something's not right.

Xiu En thought for a moment.

"This smell is too strong."

At this point, the shield could no longer hold and began to crack!

Hal was struck hard and was sent flying. The green light in his hand dimmed and almost went out.

Xiu En protected Hal first.

Then he opened his arms and bravely faced the sea of ​​blood!

The blood of rage engulfed Shuen's entire body.

The violent energy emitted a shrill shriek when it came into contact with the thin halo of golden crow divine fire on his body, but it could not harm him in the slightest.

Xiu En closed his eyes.

He let go of all his defenses and used his entire soul to feel the taste of this sea of ​​blood.

Then, he saw it.

That's not like the kind of sadness a cat experiences from losing a loved one, which, while intense, is relatively simple.

There are far too many discordant voices in this sea of ​​blood.

He tasted a flavor; in her desperate cries, she shielded the infant in her arms with her own body, only to be pierced by the cold blue beam of light.

He tasted something, and he roared, "For Lake!" He brandished his battle axe and charged towards the overwhelming mechanical army, only to be torn apart by a dozen beams of light simultaneously.

He witnessed the terror of countless children who hid beneath the ruins, listening to the roar and screams outside, until finally, their shelter, along with the ruins, was razed to the ground.

The husband's wails, the wife's lamentations, the soldier's roar, the scholar's sighs...

Billions of distinct souls, billions of distinct pains, were mixed together to brew this pot of revenge soup, simmered for billions of years, filled with resentment and unwillingness.

This sea of ​​blood belongs to all the victims who once lived in Sector 666, in those thousands of civilizations that were utterly destroyed.

These souls, filled with resentment and hatred, were drawn and bound by the angry energy of the red light, becoming an inexhaustible source of this sea of ​​blood and an inextinguishable fuel for Atositas.

Xiu En's consciousness, following this vast torrent of memories, continued to sink, sink, sink...

Finally, in the deepest part of the sea of ​​blood, he found the core source of all this sorrow.

A red-skinned giant whose eyes still held the gentleness and rationality of a scholar.

Shuen saw his home, his wife, and his daughter.

He saw them in the planet's council, fiercely debating, trying to prevent the council from passing a dangerous bill.

Then, the scene changes.

A shadow appeared in the sky, obscuring the sun.

Countless identical mechanical soldiers, shimmering with blue light.

Mechanical hunters have descended like a locust plague!

They were executing some erroneous program, indiscriminately purifying all life on this planet.

The city is burning, and the earth is crying out.

He watched helplessly as his wife and daughter were turned to ashes by the mechanical hunter's beam of light.

His face, contorted with pain and rage, let out the most desperate roar!

At that very moment, a ring gleaming with an ominous red light pierced through the burning sky and endless smoke, arriving before him.

Atochitas.

[A boundless rage resides within you.]

Welcome to the Red Lantern Legion.

That was the first red light ring ever created in this universe.

He was the sole survivor of Sector 666, among billions of civilizations.

Xiu En opened his eyes.

He still stood in the center of the sea of ​​blood, surrounded by surging red waves.

But at this moment, the sea of ​​blood flowed slowly around him like a docile pet, not daring to get any closer.

"So that's how it is."

Xiu En understood.

The cat's anger is like a cup of bitter coffee with too much salt.

Although it was hard to swallow, the aftertaste of sadness was clean.

Atositas's rage was like a stew simmered for billions of years with countless wronged souls and shattered civilizations.

It was not only salty to the point of bitterness and fishy to the point of stench, but it was also mixed with far too much resentment, unwillingness, and despair...

And that grief that stemmed from a husband, a father, a survivor of civilization.

This dish is not only unpalatable.

And it's poisonous.

Xiu En's gaze pierced through the waves of blood and landed once again on the figure atop the throne of bones, maintaining an attack stance.

On the throne of bones, Atositas was preparing to launch a fatal blow, wanting to crush the foolish golden creature that had willingly thrown itself into the sea of ​​blood.

But to his horror, he discovered that the sea of ​​blood he had summoned had gone out of control!

The angry energy driven by his will became docile and timid when it approached the golden creature!

What terrified him even more was that he sensed the other person was reading!

The other party is reading this sea of ​​blood!

I'm going through the deepest part of his soul, the scar that he himself doesn't want to touch again!

Atos unleashed all the rage within him, attempting to regain control of the Sea of ​​Blood and tear the one who dared to peer into his soul to shreds!

Just then, a voice like a divine oracle came from the center of the sea of ​​blood.

"I see."

Xiu'en's voice drowned out the roar of the sea of ​​blood.

"I know your sorrow, Atositas."

He rose from the sea of ​​blood.

"Now I know who your real enemy is."

He raised his hand and pointed in a certain direction of the universe.

That's the direction of the Green Lantern Corps headquarters.

"It wasn't him."

Shuen pointed to Hal, who was lying on the ground in the distance, almost unconscious.

"They are the little blue guardians who created those mechanical hunters, but after committing a grave mistake, sealed off this star field that buried billions of souls, and pretended that nothing had ever happened."