I can see experience bars after being transported to another world.

The forbidden heart of a newborn is roaring.

Although he was just a newcomer, the sight of the thief who stole his power instantly ignited the fury in his heart.

It completely abandoned its obsession with the Tower of Learning, and its massive body slowly turned around in the middle of the sea of ​​blood, facing the surging swarm of insects.

With that turn, the entire inner city trembled.

Nine eyes lit up simultaneously on the fleshy crown atop its head.

Black and white lines flowed down from the crown, spreading along the half-human, half-tree body and into the sea of ​​blood at its feet.

Wherever it passed, the surging dark red flesh and blood suddenly stilled, stained by the black and white colors, and even the void above their heads was twisted into scorching distortions.

That's its territory.

The more territory you expand, the heavier the burden becomes.

Lu Yuan was suspended in mid-air, feeling that the aura was so heavy that it was almost tangible, and even from a distance, it made his breathing somewhat suffocated.

Oden shrank back into Lu Yuan's legs, unusually not daring to utter a single word.

Newborn Taboo raised its "arm" made of flesh and roots and pointed it at Rek's swarm of insects.

The black and white intertwined domain instantly spread towards Rex, and the next moment, a heavy force crashed down.

That was a will to subdue and tame all things inferior to Him, turning them into servants.

At the forefront of the insect swarm, the swarming insects suddenly froze under that force. The golden and black insects fell one on top of the other, about to turn to ash and escape control.

If it were the previous Rek, this attack would have crushed the entire swarm of insects.

After all, there is a huge gap between the fifth and sixth orders.

But this time, the downward momentum abruptly stopped halfway down.

Golden light surged up from the sea of ​​insects, and the frozen swarm of insects trembled and began to flap their wings again.

Instead of collapsing, Rek's sixth-tier swarm of insects took advantage of the opening of that finger strike to plunge headlong into the forbidden domain of new life.

As Lu Yuan was lifted up by the Insect of Knowledge and floated in the air, watching this scene, the initial shock in his heart slowly subsided, and he sensed something was amiss.

The new forbidden power before me is incredibly strong, terrifyingly strong. Its mere aura is enough to make me feel breathless.

Moreover, the expansion of that area shows no sign of stopping.

Yet this incredibly powerful entity, whose suppression should have crushed swarms of insects into lifeless, ash-free creatures, was actually resisted by Rex.

Despite his physique barely reaching the sixth rank, Rex was able to get a hold of it.

Lu Yuan knew that the power he had acquired was incomplete, and even if Rek reached the sixth rank, it would ultimately not be his power.

According to conventional understanding, authority that is not one's own can at most allow one to delay, not to confront.

However, looking at the seemingly exasperated freshman, Lu Yuan suddenly thought of something.

It has no authority.

To be precise, its authority is incomplete.

At the very moment before the fusion was complete, the strand of power he plucked from the Crown of Kings was its authority.

Without this wisp, the newly born forbidden being before us is nothing but a domain that is still spreading, and the "suppressive" power is incomplete. If that is the case, it makes sense.

That is precisely why Lake had room to intervene.

"Tsk tsk tsk, not bad, kid."

From deep within his left leg, Oden's voice emerged again, but this time, his nonchalant tone was tinged with a serious astonishment.

"I thought you were just lucky to have stumbled upon power. I never imagined you could actually share a sliver of that power with someone else." Oden paused,

"It's not as simple as 'gaining power.' True 'grasping' power means being able to bestow it upon others. These are two different things."

Lu Yuan didn't reply, his mind still mostly focused on that newly born taboo.

Oden hesitated for a moment, then his tone became more serious.

"However, Lu Yuan, let me give you a piece of advice. Don't let your friend wield power for too long. If it goes on too long, he might completely lose his humanity, along with his very sense of self."

Lu Yuan's heart tightened. "Why?"

"Power, to put it bluntly, is a force that can only be grasped when you've reached the end, the pinnacle, of a path," Oden said slowly.

"Once a person acquires power, their future opponents are no longer just insignificant figures, but other beings who wield similar power."

"So when taboos clash, it can be deadly. There's only so much power in the world; if you take a bigger share, someone else takes less. Of course, most of the time, these old guys don't want to fight each other; a fight like that can be devastating."

It then changed the subject.

"And let me tell you, there are far fewer taboos in this world than you think. Those things, it seems most of them are asleep... Anyway, I'm getting off-topic."

"Back to your friend. He didn't reach the sixth rank on his own. It seems the Swarm Insect lineage has never produced a sixth-rank being."

"If you force someone else's power to elevate him, the price is that his methods, in order to accommodate that power, may become distorted. At best, he will become something completely different; at worst, he will lose his humanity, or rather, his very identity as a human being."

Lu Yuan paused for a moment before asking, "How long?"

"How long?" Oden chuckled. "How should I know? I've never done anything like that before."

He silently noted down this potential hazard and didn't dwell on it further.

He has no other choice now, and power has already been bestowed upon him...

He looked up and glanced at the huge face in the distance, shrouded in gray mist, headless and only a spirit.

He now understood the predicament of the person on the wall.

That old man still possessed authority and domain, but he had lost his body. (Empty)

Having immense power, but unable to put it into practice, all he can do right now is rely on the gray fog to protect himself and barely keep his own life.

One has a domain but no authority, the other has authority but no body.

The only one on the field who could still move and hold off that newly born forbidden figure was Rek, who was barely holding up at the sixth rank thanks to his wisp of authority.

time is limited.

Lu Yuan lowered his voice and briefly explained the situation to Oden.

"I won't engage it head-on. I'll open the Sea of ​​Knowledge and flood the entire inner city..."

He paused for a moment before uttering the thought that even he himself found insane.

"I intend to strip this entire inner city of the present world away from here and stuff it into the sea of ​​knowledge. Otherwise, I have no other choice."

Oden paused for a moment, then let out a strange cry.

"Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and do it!"

But its excitement lasted only a moment before its voice lowered again, revealing a hint of apprehension that even it itself was unsure of.

"However... letting the ocean of knowledge flood the present world in return," it clicked its tongue, "is probably far worse than letting a forbidden creature in."