Just as the gray and white text kept flashing before Lu Yuan's eyes, the current situation of Bronze City was already very bad.

Through the cracks in the sea of ​​knowledge, Lu Yuan could clearly see the Crown of Kings hanging high in the sky in the distance, which was now mutating in some unknown direction.

This left him no time to pay attention to the numbers, because the gray text in front of him had been covered by another type of handwriting.

[Environmental Awareness: A forbidden aura has been detected awakening. Please move away immediately.]

Lu Yuan knew that the illusory image of the Crown of Kings before him was undergoing an irreversible transformation.

He's not going to be foolish enough to wait for it to achieve its goal.

Without further hesitation, he tried to manipulate the sea of ​​knowledge, condensing those words to launch an attack.

Words of various colors coalesced into spear-like shapes, constantly protruding from the cracks in the sea of ​​knowledge, falling towards the crown of kings.

The colorful beam of light pierced through large swaths of flesh, leaving the struck areas scorched and cracked. The flesh, bearing the runes of the starry sky, appeared noticeably dimmer.

But that's all there is to it.

Lu Yuan discovered that his attacks could not hit the real body of the Crown of Kings phantom at all.

Every time a spear of knowledge falls, a large amount of flesh and blood rushes to block its path.

At this moment, he could only condense four or five spears of knowledge at a time, which had limited killing power. The charred flesh and blood were quickly replaced by new waves of flesh, and the flesh crown was not affected in the slightest.

Lu Yuan was getting anxious.

Although he is now able to control the sea of ​​knowledge under the power of authority, he cannot use it to attack indiscriminately.

At best, all he could do was use the vast ocean of knowledge to cleanse those flesh and blood. But...

This knowledge, which should have been invincible, caused extremely limited harm.

Lu Yuan suddenly realized that the damage this baptism could cause mostly depended on his control over the sea of ​​knowledge.

The experience gained from [Taboo Studies - Seeker] is still too slow; I'm only four points short right now.

At the current rate, it will probably take almost another hour to reach the maximum level, and his rationality may not be able to hold out for that long.

The domain of the man on the wall teetered precariously beneath his feet.

The shattered head peered at Lu Yuan through the crack in the domain, its ancient eyes revealing a restrained astonishment.

The authority over the sea of ​​knowledge?

Why would any human being be able to wield power? It shouldn't be possible.

He lived a long life and certainly saw a lot of power.

Long ago, when humans did indeed wield some authority in the realm of knowledge, he himself had encountered several formidable individuals who made him wary.

But that was a long time ago.

Human lifespan is far too short when considered in the grand scheme of time.

Let alone facing forbidden beings, even if they are just facing some slightly special and bizarre things, their lives are no match for them.

For the bizarre and for pollution, authority is an extremely important supplement.

Once power is involved, humans who possess power become an unprecedented food source, and for those who are not forbidden, it is an even more deadly temptation.

As for the authority over the sea of ​​knowledge, it disappeared even earlier than the others.

The Sea of ​​Knowledge is an extremely special existence, and other forbidden places similar to it have not appeared in the world for a long time.

Therefore, the authority over the ocean of knowledge should not fall into the hands of humankind.

Unless some unknown change occurred within the Sea of ​​Knowledge, leading to the loss of authority, it was only by chance that this human being could obtain a small portion of it.

But this shouldn't be the case.

The person on the wall murmured to himself.

Lu Yuan did indeed retain the aura of the Sea of ​​Knowledge.

There are simply too many ways to connect with the ocean of knowledge.

For example, the knowledge worms that inhabit his body, an object connected to the sea of ​​knowledge, or fragments of knowledge and the transmission of knowledge can all be imbued with this aura.

At an even higher level, it is recognition from the ocean of knowledge.

For example, someone's knowledge, or some improvement they make on existing knowledge, may be recognized by the sea of ​​knowledge, thus gaining the qualification to enter and exit the sea of ​​knowledge.

This is the limit that humanity has ever been able to reach in the past.

But why is this authority so complete? Could it be that this human has unearthed some unprecedented knowledge?

Of course, that's not the most crucial point.

The most absurd thing is that, according to human terms, his aura is not even at the third level, yet he is already able to withstand the backlash and pressure of the Sea of ​​Knowledge Rift, control this rift, and confront a forbidden existence.

When has humanity ever been able to withstand such a prolonged backlash? Authority is not so easily mobilized.

It's utterly absurd.

But right now, this absurdity is the only bargaining chip he and Lu Yuan have left.

The domain of the person on the wall is already starting to crumble.

Despite his reluctance to admit it, once Lu Yuan falls, he himself will be the next to suffer, and all the humiliations he once endured will return.

This made the person on the wall extremely unwilling. Counting from human time, he had only been awakened for ten or twenty years, and there was very little he could do.

He had finally managed to get a chance to break free from his imprisonment through his own planning, but reality took an unexpected turn.

Hold on a little longer, Lu Yuan.

The thought had barely formed when the person on the wall suddenly found it laughable.

He was actually hoping that a human would win.

Just as Lu Yuan and the Crown of Kings were locked in a stalemate, the flesh and blood below suddenly changed.

The flesh and blood that surged up earlier, though overwhelming, were simply a product of flesh and blood intertwined with plant roots. But now, the flesh and blood connected to the Crown of Kings has begun to undergo significant changes.

The original starry sky patterns on their surfaces gradually became more intricate, with densely engraved inscriptions that even Lu Yuan couldn't quite decipher.

The characters were extremely detailed, extending from the root of the flesh to the tip, with every strand of flesh covered in characters.

The flesh and blood that had previously spread throughout the city did not contain such writing; it was merely a part of its body that had protruded, and the finer details that had spread.

The flesh and blood bearing inscriptions that are surging up now may be the true form of the forbidden flesh and blood beneath the earth.

The flesh and blood from the stars finally made true communication with the Crown of Kings.

The moment the flesh and blood surged out, Lu Yuan felt the forbidden aura before him suddenly rise. Although the surging flesh and blood made him feel threatened and disgusted, it was not enough to make him afraid.

But right now, the inscriptions on the flesh were flashing wildly, and an extremely intense, almost tangible pressure was seeping out from the flesh, further squeezing out Lu Yuan's rationality as he hovered above the rift in the sea of ​​knowledge.

The tentacles that formed from the flesh and blood below rose high, varying in thickness, with the thickest ones being wider than the Tower of Learning. The inscriptions on the surface emitted a low buzzing sound as the tentacles twisted.

The ends of the tentacles are connected to the Crown of Kings, which hangs in the very center of the Tower of Learning, firmly supported or rather, dragged down by the flesh below to prevent the Crown of Kings from leaving.

The entire crown now seemed to be completely embedded in the embrace of flesh and blood, and apart from the single pure glass gemstone in the center, the flesh and blood on the crown began to grow wildly.

More tentacles spread downwards along the tower.

It seemed to have lost its previous patience, no longer just staring at the gray mist domain supported by the person on the wall. The blood and flesh all over the sky began to dig downwards, towards the ground of the Tower of Learning that was not covered by the gray mist, trying to gnaw at the foundation of the Tower of Learning.

One stone brick after another fell from the ground, and as the ground below was continuously lifted up, the buildings around the Pagoda of Learning emitted a continuous creaking sound.

A branch tower near the main tower has begun to show a very slight tilt.

However, Lu Yuan was currently unable to help in this situation.

His true form resides atop the main tower of the Tower of Learning, protected by the figures on the walls. However, the domain of these figures is now visibly shrinking. This means that it's only a matter of time before the carnage encroaches upon the main tower.

The remaining instructors in the Tower of Learning, along with the nobles below, were somewhat panicked. Hiding underground, they could feel the tremors above the ground and the overwhelming malice spreading towards their hiding place.

Lu Yuan gritted his teeth, manipulating the Sea of ​​Knowledge, striving to control the overflowing words within, condensing them into spear-like objects. Numerous colorful beams of light descended from the sky, relentlessly piercing through the blood and flesh that filled the air.

With Lu Yuan's deliberate manipulation, the number of light pillars increased, and the coverage area became wider and wider.

The dazzling array of knowledge, under Lu Yuan's constant control, unfolded and covered almost half of the bronze inner city in the sky.

The words of various colors poured down from the sky—red, blue, white, purple, and gold—trailing long trails of light, like shooting stars crashing into a sea of ​​blood, for the first time staining this desolate city filled with despair with vibrant colors.

Looking down from the sky, a layer of constantly flowing colored light began to spread across the red background of the entire inner city, which was covered with flesh and blood.

As Lu Yuan's consciousness expanded, the light curtain spread outward from the Tower of Learning, sweeping across streets and squares submerged in blood and flesh, past the remaining building spires, and all the way to the base of the inner city walls made of blood and flesh.

Where knowledge goes, the thick fog that hangs in the sky is forcibly dispelled.

Large swathes of grayish-white mist were torn open, revealing a horrifying sea of ​​blood beneath. The mist continued to writhe, trying to close again, but whenever the words overflowing from the Sea of ​​Knowledge swept over it, the mist in that area would disperse as if avoiding something.

The gaps in the Bronze City were getting bigger and bigger, and even the outline of the outer perimeter was beginning to become faintly visible.

The entire bronze city, amidst the overlapping of blood red, faintly visible gold, and colorful characters filling the sky, exudes a magnificent and unreal scene.

The city, besieged by flesh and blood, now revealed its almost complete outline under the colorful light.

But Lu Yuan knew in his heart that although the momentum in front of him was so great, the actual damage caused was negligible.

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