Apocalypse: The Primordial Pearl Recognizes Its Master, Starting with Infinite Space

At this moment, the original altar could no longer hold on and turned into a pile of dust, scattered among the ruins.

Stones were falling from the ceiling, cracks were spreading in all directions, and the entire church was teetering on the brink of collapse.

Lin Chen stood in the center of the ruins, his gaze sweeping over the listless man on the ground and the giant snake coiled around him.

He raised his hand, and two bolts of lightning struck down simultaneously.

Purple arcs of electricity tore through the darkness, heading straight for the two of them.

However, the moment the lightning struck, both of them simultaneously shone with light. A dense black light surged from the man's body, while a strange green light emanated from the giant snake's body, blocking the lightning.

Lin Chen narrowed his eyes.

He noticed that the man had somehow acquired a divine tablet, with dark red runes flashing wildly across its surface.

The giant snake also held one in its mouth, and green light seeped out from between its teeth.

The man, panting heavily, got up from the ground, covered in dust and with black blood at the corner of his mouth.

He stared intently at Lin Chen, his voice hoarse: "Chinese, how about we call a truce? Otherwise, we'll only see each other die!"

Lin Chen is too strong. His attacks are decisive, every strike is deadly.

The battle has raged on for so long that neither side even knows the other's name.

But the altar that the Lord left them for protection was destroyed, and the two artifacts were shattered, while they couldn't even scratch the other side.

Lin Chen remained calm and did not answer. He raised his hand, and two more bolts of lightning struck down.

The man knew that there was no way to escape today.

He turned to look at the giant serpent, a resolute glint in his eyes: "No more hesitation, blood sacrifice! Let the Lord descend! Even if I die, I'll take him down with me!"

The giant snake raised its head, and Lin Chen's figure was reflected in its dark red vertical pupils.

Without hesitation, it poured its essence and all its power into its respective divine tablet at the same time as the man.

The man's body withered away at a visible rate, his skin clinging to his bones, his eye sockets sunken, like a dried-up corpse.

The giant snake's scales fell off one by one, and blood seeped out from where the scales had fallen off, dripping onto the ground and emitting white smoke.

Two beams of light shot into the sky, tearing the night sky apart and revealing an even deeper darkness behind them.

Lin Chen's heart sank.

He knew that the deity behind the other party was about to descend.

It's clear that the combined superpowers of this human and snake are now far superior to those of the divine messenger from Shanghai back then, and they can naturally bear far more divine power.

Once the blood sacrifice is completed, his strength will definitely far surpass that of Garr back then, at least at the eighth rank, and possibly even reaching the peak of the eighth rank.

As for the ninth rank? He thought it was impossible, since the opponent's true form should only be at the ninth rank.

But he didn't regret it. Keeping these two menacing pests around would only bring about a greater threat, and would only hasten the arrival of the true form of the god.

Chopping the grass does not remove the roots, but the spring breeze blows and regenerates.

Rather than waiting for them to be summoned by the gods in the future, let's nail them to death here in these ruins today.

He gripped his Tang sword tightly, unleashing his full divine power. Purple flames erupted from his body, forcing back the surrounding darkness.

On the other side, the man had become nothing but skin and bones, and the giant snake was barely clinging to life.

But the light on the talisman grew brighter and brighter, becoming increasingly dazzling.

The crack in the night sky is widening, and something is squeezing in from the depths of darkness.

An even more terrifying pressure than before poured down from the crack, like an invisible mountain pressing down on the entire ruins.

The ground began to shake, gravel jumped up, and the Seine River churned violently, churning up turbid waves.

The entire basement could no longer hold on and began to collapse. Lin Chen appeared in the night sky outside the church in a flash, his whole body radiating purple light, like a demon god.

In the basement, the man and the giant snake froze for a moment before regaining their senses.

Immediately, the two figures looked up at Lin Chen in mid-air, then their bodies shot out of the ruins like cannonballs and stood opposite Lin Chen.

Lin Chen began to scrutinize the two figures opposite him.

A figure, half human and half snake, with a human upper body covered in dark green scales on its bare chest, and a thick snake tail on its lower body.

He held a trident in his hand, its tip gleaming with a dark green light.

The other figure was a normal human form, but it was enveloped in black light, making it difficult for him to see clearly.

He was holding a skull in his hand, but he couldn't tell what kind of creature it was.

"Mortal," the snake-man spoke first, his voice resounding directly from his mind, "You killed my apostle! You must die—!"

He was about to rush forward to fight when he was stopped by the black-robed figure beside him.

"You must be the god-slayer that Garr mentioned, right?" The man in black sized up Lin Chen and asked tentatively.

Upon hearing this, Lin Chen's pupils contracted slightly. Were these people actually Hogarth's group? No wonder the divine envoy here was prepared.

Lin Chen didn't speak, but instead used his metal armor ability, which he had never used before, to cover his entire body.

However, the black-robed man noticed his expression and smiled slightly, no longer stopping the snake-man.

The snake-man no longer held back, his trident already thrusting towards Lin Chen, the shaft enveloped in a layer of green light.

Lin Chen raised his sword and charged forward, channeling his divine power to its limit. The purple sword light drew an arc in the darkness, while a bolt of lightning struck the black flames that were shooting at him from the black robe.

"bump"

The snake-man retreated seventeen steps, while Lin Chen retreated twenty steps, not much different. The flames from the black robe passed through Lin Chen's lightning and rushed towards him, but were blocked by his armor.

Clearly, the man in black is slightly stronger than the snake-man, but not by much.

The man in black robes and the snake-man exchanged a glance, both seeing apprehension in each other's eyes.

The information Garr provided was completely wrong; this person was far stronger than they had anticipated.

Moreover, those fragments of laws... The black-robed man stared at the supernatural light flowing around Lin Chen, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper.

"Why have you awakened so many fragments of laws? And shouldn't you be a seventh-tier pseudo-god?"

Lin Chen still didn't answer. He didn't want to waste words with them, nor did he want to explain anything.

He gripped his Tang sword tightly, purple light swirling on its blade, illuminating his profile. "Let's fight."

Seeing this, the man in black robes stopped asking questions and whispered, "Attack together."

Before he could finish speaking, two figures pounced at the same time.

The snake-man's trident glowed even brighter with green light, corroding and distorting the surrounding void. A large ball of black flames surged from the black-robed man's skull, burning from the side and causing the void to tremble.

One on the left, one on the right, one near, one far, they worked together seamlessly.

Lin Chen swung his sword to parry the trident, while simultaneously dodging the flames, but the flames grazed the edge of his armor, leaving a charred mark.

The snake-man missed its first attack, then swept its tail across Lin Chen's lower body.

Lin Chen leaped up, slashing down with his Tang sword. The blade struck the snake's tail, sending sparks flying.

Scales shattered, black blood spurted out, and the snake-man retreated in pain, but the trident pierced through again, aiming straight for Lin Chen's throat.

Lin Chen tilted his head, and the tip of the halberd grazed his neck, carving a deep groove in the metal armor.

The black-robed man's flames arrived again, this time on a large scale, covering everything and leaving nowhere to hide.

He used spatial teleportation to escape, having just taken a hit from the snake-man, in return for injuring the snake-man.

The snake-man was panting, and black blood was still seeping from his wound.

He stared at Lin Chen with a fierce look in his eyes. Was this guy out of his mind? He could have easily dodged that halberd strike just now, so why did he insist on taking it? Just to get that one slash?