Doomsday Jigsaw Puzzle

Chapter 560: Chapter 177: Pushing the Door Open

The colossal beast was so large that its crimson glow reached the sky, but surrounding it in the heaven was a blue vortex resembling a nebula!

A soul-shaking roar caused the entire battlefield to seemingly come to an abrupt halt.

Whether it was the fully armed Sons of Order, the Evil Fallen present, or even the experts from the Seven Sins Syndicate and the seven sovereigns, all were shocked as they looked up at the tyrant in the sky!

"How is this possible... It has been weak for so long... so long that... we almost forgot this posture." Even Wrath’s rage was suppressed by fear.

The tyrant of the moment had not yet returned to its peak state; the blood and flesh covering the white bones had not yet reached its best condition. But it had already shown a part of its former might.

The cold blue of the heavens and earth became ever deeper and darker.

The red light shooting into the sky caused the surrounding snow and ice to melt, turning the extremely cold environment into a scorching heat in an instant.

And yet, there was still a penetrating cold that seeped into the depths of one’s consciousness.

It was as if it could freeze all vitality, but it was unrelated to temperature.

Omega said in shock,

"Indeed... there’s no such thing as a person without negative emotions, he only sealed those emotions away!"

Dracula, bloodied and half-dead from the beatings, also exclaimed in amazement,

"Fantastic! I’ve always been curious about why the tyrant chose such a human body, he was clearly delirious with hunger, yet he chose someone... who could never become an Evil Fallen, so that’s how it is!"

Even Jing, the non-human apostate who was constantly under fire from a group of experts, did not expect Bai Wu to burst forth with such powerful negative emotions.

These negative emotions were mostly absorbed by the tyrant in the sky.

But even the small part that spread out made the flesh of all Evil Fallen grow full!

On the outer edge of the battlefield, past enemies, now the idle team—merchants, blacksmiths—glanced at each other.

"It seems that what we saw in the casino... was just a castrated version, haha, Lord Jing Wu is truly miserable, because Bai Wu’s power after the Evil Fallen Transformation was mediocre, he underestimated Bai Wu’s potential..."

The blacksmith nodded in agreement with Octopus’s words.

If it had not been that castrated version of the tyrant that appeared in the casino back then, but the tyrant of the moment, it is likely that Lord Jing Wu would not have become enemies with Bai Wu.

Instead, he would have done everything to win over Bai Wu.

But soon, the blacksmith became somewhat bewildered,

"We no longer belong to Jing Wu."

"Yes, for those in high places, we are just tools, maybe those who have grown with us along the way will recognize us more."

Outside Windmill Tower, the Chief Inspector, who was blown away by the blast, looked at the slowly regenerating flesh under the crimson pillar, yet Bai Wu, still with a face full of sadness and anger... His feelings were very complicated at that moment.

He had come to the third layer of Well World to seek revenge.

Bai Wu had killed his friend in the second layer of Well World, and he wanted Bai Wu to taste the same pain.

But at this moment, the only thing that filled his mind was the horrific scene when Bai Wu’s domain unfolded.

Watching Bai Wu walking step by step towards the execution ground amidst Chaos and twisting, getting closer and closer to Crimson, yet also closer to death... Inside, the Chief Inspector felt no satisfaction from revenge.

However, when Bai Wu finally couldn’t bear the enormous expenditure and his domain temporarily collapsed, he still chose to kill Crimson.

Now, seeing a face already distorted by anger and sorrow, he too felt a sense of loss.

Bai Wu was like a massive volcano, pouring out endless anger and sorrow.

No one could imagine how terrifying a person’s emotional eruption could be.

Even if placed in the real world, for the tyrant to regenerate its flesh and feathers would take a very long time.

The tyrant was undoubtedly the focus at the moment.

But Bai Wu himself was just kneeling on the spot, overwhelmed by immense emotions.

His eyes lost their luster, still just gazing at the place where Crimson had vanished.

Everyone began to regain their senses from the astonishment, especially the Seven Sins.

Their mental fortitude was far stronger than that of the Evil Fallen, but they were the only ones who had fought the tyrant at its peak.

They all knew very well how powerful the tyrant was, so they were even more panicked than everyone else.

But at that moment, Pride discovered that the outsider... had collapsed.

"He has not yet returned to his peak state! Kill that outsider, and killing him will stop the tyrant!"

Pride was no longer prideful, Wrath was no longer wrathful, Lust’s eyes lost their coquettishness, and Sloth became spirited.

In that instant, they all realized one thing—they absolutely must not allow the tyrant to recover to its best state.

The advantage they had built over thousands of years was immense, so immense that they could easily defeat the Evil Fallen, easily take control points, and easily dominate the second layer.

But once the tyrant arrived, all these advantages would be wiped out!

Pride, Lust, Sloth, and Wrath, four of the Seven Sins, charged directly towards Bai Wu.

Upon seeing this, Omega shouted, opening two spiraling rifts in the void.

The sky-born tyrant, large and formidable, came through one rift and in an instant appeared at the other—right in front of Bai Wu.

Pride’s kick once again twisted the space,

but the tyrant, now with flesh proliferating and wings growing, blocked the kick with a single arm!

For the first time, Pride felt a tremor running up his leg.

The ground in the northern part of Ice Kui City, at the moment when the Seven Sins joined hands, merely cracked open like a spider’s web.

But as Pride clashed with the tyrant, the ground collapsed instantly, boulders flying, as if the world had turned upside down.

To avoid being affected, even someone as strong as Omega actively withdrew from the battlefield, well aware that as long as the tyrant was present, his group was at best support.

Watching the tyrant’s performance, he marveled at the monster’s strength.

Such a dreadful kick from Pride had actually been blocked by one hand.

The confrontation was not over; Pride, the fastest of the Seven Sins, was also the first to reach Bai Wu.

A kick that had not succeeded, Pride was about to unleash another high-speed kick, but just as he was retracting his move—

The tyrant grabbed his ankle.

A sudden sense of weightlessness washed over him as Pride was wielded like a weapon, furiously swung around by the tyrant.

Before Wrath, Sloth, and Lust could arrive, the tyrant kept slamming Pride into the ground, making the holes deeper and wider.

Then, with a roar from the tyrant, a power-packed throw sent Pride’s body soaring like a javelin towards the approaching Seven Sins Sovereigns.

The terrifying collision forced air to eject violently, shattering countless windmills. The entire battlefield was enveloped in dust and smoke!

Everyone had thought that the showdown between the Seven Sins and the tyrant would be a well-matched contest of strategy and strength—

But the tyrant’s methods were the most simplistic, pure physical combat.

Even so... the opponent was defenseless.

Unexpectedly, the tyrant did not pursue his victory but stood guard in front of Bai Wu.

A somewhat disheveled Sloth slowly rose from the wreckage of the windmill tower:

"Something’s odd... my power can’t penetrate it."

Lust shared the same feeling.

"Could it be... he has recovered enough to use his domain?"

Domain, Dominion.

Unlike all other domains with special properties, the effect of Dominion was to eliminate all specialties.

It made combat methods singular and pure.

Within the domain, everyone could only battle in one way.

Other forms of power might still work, but most would be weakened to the point of being negligible.

And this sole method of confrontation was hand-to-hand combat.

Pride dusted off his clothes, looking towards the tyrant barring the way in front of Bai Wu:

"His strength will keep growing, and though he managed to counter me just now, we’re not yet out of options. The key point is, he doesn’t have that spear."

"As long as he isn’t in his strongest form, even if it comes down to brute force, we won’t lose to him."

Greed strongly agreed, stroking his beard as he spoke:

"The seven of us, although none wish to deal with this fellow and weaken our own powers, today... we see the possibility of a monster’s resurrection."

Envy, originally pale-faced, now showed a hint of color:

"Kill him! If we don’t do it now, the troubles will only grow!"

Gluttony said:

"His corpse is mine!"

Jealousy, Greed, and Gluttony, also joined the fight.

"Dominion probably hasn’t truly taken effect, with the seven of us united, our chances of victory are still great!"

The advantage is mine.

Indeed it seems so for now, but pride, as with the prideful, is also very clear about one thing—

Bai Wu is simply a moving energy storage, continuously supplying power to the tyrant. To defeat the tyrant, a quick battle must be waged!

All the Seven Sins Sovereigns have assembled, rendered Bai Wu’s twisted domain almost indestructible, enveloping the tyrant within.

Endless Hei Wu surged, entwining itself around the Seven Sins.

Eerie sequences of characters floated on the edges of the domain, like a giant black array.

The boundaries of the seven figures became blurred.

Even the colossal Gluttony, at that moment, merged indistinguishably with the surrounding six figures.

The black sequence characters along the domain’s edge acted like walls, isolating everything.

Then, the seven shadowy figures attacked at once.

Whether it was speed or strength, both had greatly improved from before.

Everything seemed to revert to thousands of years ago, when the tyrant too had once fought fiercely within this domain.

In facing Pride, he had already acquired the strength to surpass his adversary.

The array had strengthened the Seven Sins Sovereigns, and within the domain, the tyrant faced seven of them, tilting the scales of victory once again.

The seven shadowy figures of Hei Wu and the crimson figure of the tyrant clashed ferociously, with horrific energy fluctuations striking the domain’s edges, causing ripples and distortions to appear on its originally circular boundary!

All the Evil Fallen spectators outside could no longer see the battle within the domain with the naked eye.

They could only see a crimson line, intersecting with seven black lines in a tangled scribble, as if etched haphazardly on a piece of paper.

The terrifying sound of collisions emanated from the domain, at a very high frequency.

Although the details were unclear, everyone could feel the intensity of the close combat within.

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"Bai Wu seems to have lost consciousness. In this battle, on one hand, he brings power to the tyrant, but on the other hand... he’s become the tyrant’s weakness."

The views of many top Evil Fallen were the same.

The tyrant, though descended, might have the power to battle two or three at once, but definitely not seven.

Especially not the united fronts of the Seven Sins, which were more than just the sum of seven individuals.

The trajectory drawn by the crimson figure was constantly interrupted by the black figures—

Within the domain, too fast for the eye to follow the tyrant, each strike was intercepted by several attacks from the Seven Sins.

The tyrant was strong, enduring hundreds of assaults, vitality still vibrant.

But Bai Wu was not.

Although Bai Wu’s vitality began to recover, forcefully exerting twists within the domain of the Seven Sins still caused tremendous expenditure.

The Seven Sins Sovereigns were very clear that Bain Wu, this outsider, was the key to this battle.

They kept attacking Bai Wu, who reluctantly became the burden, an immovable vulnerability.

Yet the tyrant bore no grudges, showed no impatience.

His brutality and quick temper hid his rationality and calm, preventing the Seven Sins from detecting... the tyrant’s true thoughts at the moment.

...

...

Deep in consciousness.

It seldom rained in the small town of the Inner World.

Just like the café waiter said to Bai Yuan before, the sky here hardly changes.

But today, a heavy rain poured down on the entire town.

The whole town also became empty and deserted.

Bai Wu walked on the streets of the town, his wet back looking very lonely.

He was somewhat puzzled, why was there nobody here?

But it seemed that none of it was very important.

Instead, he began to wonder why he appeared here.

He didn’t ponder the question too long, as faint sounds of a fierce beast’s roar seemed to echo in his ears.

But the voice sounded as if it were behind a thick door, muffled and fuzzy.

He couldn’t hear it distinctly, but faintly, it seemed as if someone was calling his name.

But he couldn’t respond, because he really couldn’t hear it clearly. Especially since the heavy rain was diluting the sound.

The rain showed no sign of stopping.

With the buildings of the town tightly shut, Bai Wu walked and found he had nowhere to settle.

This town was somewhat different from the one in his memory; it was as if he had never been here before.

In the end, Bai Wu stopped in his tracks.

Because he finally heard the voice clearly, it wasn’t a roar from beyond the skies, but someone calling his name.

At the edge of the town, there were three strange houses, with the doors of two houses gone.

In front of the only house with its door closed stood a person.

It was he who had called out to Bai Wu.

Bai Yuan.

The heavy rain also made this seemingly flawless man, less perfect.

Even his signature smile had vanished, and he looked very serious:

"Bai Wu."

Bai Yuan called Bai Wu’s name again.

This father and son stood in the rain, one somewhat bewildered and confused, the other unusually serious.

And the voice from the sky still came through very faint and indistinct.

Eventually, Bai Wu spoke:

"Why am I here? Is this my Inner World?"

"Yes, it’s hard for a person to enter their own Inner World, just like one cannot shake off their own shadow."

Bai Yuan spoke calmly, yet his demeanor differed greatly from before.

Bai Wu had not seen Bai Yuan looking disheveled under the heavy rain.

He hated rainy days, partly because on those days, Bai Yuan was always nowhere to be found.

"Why am I here?"

"I told you, you have lost control. Only when your emotions swing extremely can you possibly enter here. But the situation is quite complex now."

After a brief pause, Bai Yuan presented a multiple-choice question:

"You have two options, one is to join with me and close those two doors. But if we do that, the Evil Fallen outside who keeps shouting might die. However, he will certainly help you escape, and you can choose to accept this failure. You can take revenge for your friends later."

Bai Wu seemed to remember, he was joining forces with the tyrant to save Crimson.

But thinking of Crimson facing death, he just felt empty inside, without the sensation of sadness or anger.

Bai Yuan saw Bai Wu’s confusion:

"Emergency state, as the name suggests, you won’t be affected by emotions in such a state, and only this version of you can restore your consciousness, allowing you to close those two doors."

"Because the real you at the moment has been engulfed by anger and sorrow. Right now, you are akin to a protective mechanism."

Bai Wu shook his head:

"What’s the second option?"

Bai Yuan sighed:

"Although I always seek excitement, I don’t recommend the method of curing ills by drinking poison. The second choice... is for you to personally open the third door."

The third door, that purple house, hid the last type of negative emotion.

Bai Yuan said:

"This choice carries certain risks. Maybe by experiencing the last emotion, you might recover from the sadness. "

"But perhaps... you might also be consumed by this emotion, completely breaking down. Only, by doing so... at least, you can allow that creature outside to retrieve his weapon."

"Otherwise... he is going to be killed by the Seven Sins Syndicate."

Bai Wu was tired, his whole being seemed dazed, but his decision was still resolute.

He lifted his head, his gaze hollow as he looked at Bai Yuan, and said in an icy tone:

"Open that door, I want the Seventh Consortiums dead."