Free Web NovelChapter 497: Chapter 490: Shaken
Zhang Dongwei’s consciousness was inevitably sinking into oblivion. He could contend with the power of Hui Ming, but he was powerless against the will of Doctor Nightmare.
The Demon within him was awakening. He could feel the very essence of his physical structure reorganizing itself according to a specific order, completely shattering the fetters of his terrestrial genes.
This time, he had no help. In the real world, all was deceptively calm. All perception was cut off, isolated by the Nightmare Space.
Escape from his fate was now impossible.
Zhang Dongwei was keenly aware of this fact.
However, he refused to simply give up.
In his final moments, he would make one last contribution to this world, to the entire human race.
’Can you feel it?’
Zhang Dongwei tilted his head up slightly, looking at the sky shrouded in gray fog, as if he could see the vibrant world beyond the nightmare.
THUMP!! THUMP!!
His heart was beating rapidly, and within that heart—its structure now clearly altered and distinctly different from a human’s—Zhang Dongwei had preserved a faint, pale-silver orb of light.
It was a remnant of the vast magnetic field of will that Zhou Yuanjue had projected from afar, which had helped him escape Hui Ming’s grasp. It was also the last resort he had prepared for himself.
Even if he was to perish here, information about this place had to reach the outside world—especially the entire process of his body breaking through its limits.
However, this remnant of the magnetic field of will was already far too weak, and it had been suppressed by the seal of the Nightmare Space. He had no idea how much information could actually be transmitted.
’This is the final... the final handover.’
’From now on, this world, this era... I’m leaving it all in your hands.’
’In these final moments, I have one last request.’
’Find me... and kill me with your own hands.’
He completed the final magnetic entanglement with the faint orb of light. The orb seemed to reach its limit, slowly dissipating completely until it faded into nothingness.
And with that, Zhang Dongwei’s consciousness plunged into an endless darkness.
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Meanwhile, Zhou Yuanjue stood quietly, maintaining the Star Transformation of his cells.
The rainbow-hued light in the sky, which represented the zeitgeist of the Martial Dao, had completely vanished. Yet, Zhou Yuanjue’s boundless will did not weaken. The pillar of light—a mixture of his magnetic field and will—still pierced the heavens as he strained to maintain some form of magnetic communication.
Despite his best efforts, all he received were vague fragments and feelings.
However, even these mere fragments were enough for him to deduce the truth of the situation. They gave him a profound understanding of the predicament Zhang Dongwei was in. In particular, the fragments conveying the unique sensations Zhang Dongwei experienced while his body broke through its human limitations gave Zhou Yuanjue a faint, hazy glimpse into that higher realm—that unfathomable path ahead.
Unfortunately, beyond projecting his will across that great distance, there was nothing more he could do to help Zhang Dongwei.
Such were the limitations imposed by the cage of one’s own power.
At the end of their magnetic communication, Zhang Dongwei’s final words, faintly transmitted into his consciousness, still echoed in his mind.
"If your consciousness is truly gone, I will personally slay the Alien occupying your body."
Zhou Yuanjue muttered softly, but his voice was as heavy as stone.
For a Martial Artist, a promise is worth its weight in gold.
A sudden tremor from the unseen world made him turn his gaze toward a distant point on the horizon.
There, in that direction, it seemed an existence that would change the global landscape had just been born.
King Level!!
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「Within the Nightmare Space.」
THUD!!
Zhang Dongwei’s body arched backward, collapsing completely to the ground. The horrific injuries, the immense drain on both his spirit and flesh, and the enormous physical energy required to break through life’s limitations had finally pushed his body beyond its breaking point.
But even so, Doctor Nightmare could still feel the changes in his body.
Changes in genetic structure, a leap to a higher tier of life, a transformation of his very life form.
It was like an ugly caterpillar transforming into a beautiful butterfly.
Even gravely injured, physically depleted, and with his consciousness fading, his body, lying quietly on the ground, still emanated an oppressive aura that stemmed from a higher plane of existence.
If an ordinary person were present, they would undoubtedly feel an irresistible urge to prostrate themselves and worship this physical form.
After several thousand years, a King Level being had finally reappeared in the world.
"Well then, let’s see just how this world has changed."
A faint smile touched Doctor Nightmare’s lips as he slowly withdrew the surrounding magnetic field. The Nightmare Space, which had seemed to bleed into reality, slowly receded, revealing the outside world.
Without the seal of Doctor Nightmare’s magnetic field, the immense Life Magnetic Field of Zhang Dongwei’s body immediately began to resonate strangely with the ambient magnetic field of the environment.
This, in turn, sent a strange influence rippling across the entire world.
At that moment, spiritually sensitive Martial Artists all over the world couldn’t help but turn their heads toward the Black Continent, an uncontrollable tremor in their hearts.
But those who felt it most profoundly were the great Spirit Guardian families.
「Longyue Valley, the Ancestral Land of the Moon Race.」
HUMMM!!
Night had not yet fallen, nor was the moon visible in the world outside. And yet, at that very moment, a brilliant full moon materialized in the sky above Longyue Valley.
The pure white light it radiated was so bright it even overpowered the light of the sun.
"This is?!!"
The Great Clan Elder—who perpetually stood guard by the Moon Pool, his identity and age unknown, his face hidden by a mask and his body shrouded in a white robe—shot to his feet and looked up at the sky.
He then felt an immense magnetic power beaming down from the brilliant moon, pouring into the Moon Pool.
He immediately entered the Moon Pool, where he discovered a Moonlight sigil manifesting within the pristine waters.
"Ancestral Power?!"
The Great Clan Elder narrowed his eyes. ’What in the world has happened?’
’Has a King Level Celestial Demon escaped its confinement? Or has something gone wrong with the Seal on an Ancestral Level Celestial Demon?’
’Every return of the Ancestral Power signifies a world-changing event.’
But a moment later, the projected moonlight abruptly cut off. The brilliant moon in the sky slowly faded, and the strange phenomenon vanished.
"What is going on?! Why did the return of the Ancestral Power suddenly stop?! According to our records, this power should be more than enough to forge a being comparable to the King Level!"
The Great Clan Elder’s voice was filled with bewilderment and shock.
It felt as if the return of the Ancestral Power had only been half-completed.
In the next instant, he whipped his head around, his gaze fixed in the direction of the Black Continent.
’What in the world happened on that continent?’
The sudden interruption of the Ancestral Power’s feedback filled his heart with a terrible premonition.
After all, this was the foundation upon which the Spirit Guardians had relied for their very survival for ages. And now, that foundation seemed to be shaking.
