Free Web NovelChapter 496: Chapter 489: Breaking the Restriction
This wasn’t just King Level power. It was power that originated from the Ancestral Level.
It was utterly crushing.
"I will not... grovel before you!"
Zhang Dongwei let out a low roar. He planted his hands on the ground, forcing himself to stand up, inch by excruciating inch.
CRACK! CRACK!
Horrific sounds erupted from all over his body. Under the strain of the chains, blood sprayed from his muscles, bones, and internal organs. The sight was absolutely horrifying.
He was using brute force and sheer will to fight against his opponent’s influence.
A faint hint of surprise flickered in Doctor Nightmare’s otherwise placid eyes.
He slightly adjusted his magnetic field, lessening the intensity of the restraints.
If he allowed Zhang Dongwei to continue resisting with brute force, this body would likely collapse.
That was not what he wanted. He had other uses for this powerful body.
Zhang Dongwei slowly pushed himself up, once again standing before him.
However, this wasn’t the end.
"You can suppress my body, but you cannot enslave my soul!"
Zhang Dongwei’s chained body slowly squatted, painstakingly getting into a punching stance. To prevent the body from collapsing, Doctor Nightmare once again eased the suppressive force.
Zhang Dongwei struggled to swing his fist. It finally reached Doctor Nightmare’s face, stopping just a hair’s breadth from the tip of his nose.
But this was the absolute limit of what he could do.
The short distance felt like a thousand miles.
Yet, knowing it was a thousand miles away and still having the courage and determination to throw that punch—that was the will of a Martial Artist.
To attempt the impossible, knowing full well it is impossible.
"To be honest, I admire you people. I have lived through eons you humans could never imagine, and I have even experienced different civilizations, but I have never before encountered a race like yours."
"So clearly weak, yet so stubbornly defiant. Like weeds by the roadside, you always manage to grow back resiliently."
"But the more you are like this, the more I cannot allow you to grow unchecked. We have now reached a critical juncture. We do not have much time left to wait."
"Just a short while ago, I received word that the young man, Zhou Yuanjue, broke through the encirclement of four of my subordinates. His power may now surpass your own. Among Spirit Guardians and ordinary humans alike, with no King Level beings present, there is perhaps no human on this planet who would dare claim to be stronger than him right now."
"Humanity has finally developed this far on its own power. A pity. The King Level is an impassable chasm. Even he cannot truly cross it in a short period of time."
"And this era is about to change once more."
"Do you know why I went to such great lengths to transform you into a Celestial Demon back then?"
Doctor Nightmare said faintly.
"The world has a will—a culmination of the magnetic fields of all existence, from life to matter. Together, they form a ’rule’ that presides over everything."
"When someone violates or surpasses this rule, it triggers a reaction from this collective magnetic field. Just like what happened to us back then. Later, we figured out the tolerance limit of this collective."
"’King Level.’ In other words, an existence that has surpassed the second shackle. From the perspective of this world’s natural evolutionary process, beings that have surpassed that shackle should not exist. This means that ’King Level’ is a power that exceeds the scope of this world’s rules."
"Once an existence that both breaks the rules and is not inherently from this planet appears, it will trigger a backlash from the world’s will, unleashing a corresponding ’Punishment Power.’ This is how the Ancient Heroes were born."
"Therefore, even for the Celestial Organization, our highest publicly known combat power remains the Seven Mo Luo, who are positioned between the Peak of the First Generation and King Level."
"And precisely because King Level beings no longer appear, no Realm Breakers have emerged from the Guardian Spirit Race for thousands of years."
Doctor Nightmare said with a smile.
"Aren’t you a King Level?!"
Zhang Dongwei said in a low voice, maintaining his punching stance.
"No, I am special. In reality, I have never truly appeared in this world. Every time I appear, it is within one of my nightmares, is it not? Therefore, I am the only King Level being who can operate with relative ’freedom’."
Doctor Nightmare’s smile did not waver as he continued:
"There is only one way to lift this rule’s restriction: for the native life on this planet to naturally evolve into an existence that surpasses that shackle. Of course, the Ancient Heroes, who are born in response to threats, do not count."
"Unfortunately, your evolutionary process is far too slow. Moreover, the emergence of a single Realm Breaker within a biosphere will inevitably trigger a resonance throughout the entire biosphere. Given humanity’s enormous population, the continuous birth of powerful individuals would be highly disadvantageous for us. Therefore, this option is not under consideration."
"Besides that, there are other options. The world’s will is a convergence of the will of all sentient beings. If we were to completely integrate into this world, gain the acknowledgment of the majority of intelligent life on this land, and master the inclinations of their will, we would naturally become a part of this world. Then, the ceiling imposed by the rules would naturally rise, restoring our freedom."
"This is the method we are currently attempting, and it is the most stable solution. Unfortunately, we now lack the time to wait patiently."
"So, another, riskier method proposed back then has been brought back to the table. This method involves using the Elixir of Immortality to transform a human who has reached their peak into a Celestial Demon, thereby helping them break through their original realm and reach a higher level."
"Because the subject was once a member of the human race, there is a high probability that such a breakthrough would be recognized by the world’s will. And because the subject is now a Celestial Demon who breaks through via the Celestial Demon System, there is a good chance of avoiding the biosphere resonance caused by an individual’s breakthrough, thus preventing unnecessary trouble."
"Of course, without experimentation, no one knows how effective this method would be. It’s more likely that it would have both beneficial and harmful effects. If it triggers a change in the world’s will and allows the Spirit Guardians’ ’Ancestral Power’ to return, then before their nearly two-hundred-year lifespans are up, the Spirit Guardian King Level beings would be able to wreck our remaining power in this world and turn all our plans to dust in that limited time."
"However, although it was abandoned due to the excessive risk, that didn’t stop us from leaving a few contingencies in place. And now, given the situation we face, this contingency is being activated for a trial run. It’s all gain and no loss for us, because we were going to break the rules anyway. If it actually works, the payoff for us would be astronomical."
Hearing this, the immobilized Zhang Dongwei’s heart shuddered. ’The so-called contingency... is me!’
A thousand years ago, he was likely the first being in Earth’s biosphere to come closest to that shackle.
At the same time, he also understood why his opponent had come for him now.
’Dammit!!!’
Zhang Dongwei struggled violently, but Doctor Nightmare gave him no further chances.
THUD!!
Large amounts of blood sprayed from the seven orifices of Hui Ming’s physical body. The intense magnetic field completely immobilized Zhang Dongwei. His will inevitably began to sink into oblivion as the demonic nature that had been suppressed began its Awakening.
"There is no more time to wait for the first plan to be completed, so the second plan can now be attempted."
"Come. Let me see what kind of change your breakthrough will bring to this world."
"A thousand years ago, you were the founder of the Donghua Martial Dao. Next, perhaps you will usher in a new era."
"The King Level... will descend upon this world once more!"
