Chapter 115: Crisis! The System’s Counterattack!

Unexpectedly, the moment the Will Ring of the Dark Saint entered Lin Lei’s brain, the first to react violently was not Lin Lei himself, but the System hidden within his brain!

The most mysterious System, at this moment, could no longer care about the presence of a Pan-dimensional Creature around Lin Lei; he directly took over Lin Lei’s body and placed Lin Lei’s Will in the position of a bystander.

Subsequently, an incredibly intense battle unfolded between the System and the Dark Saint’s Will Ring!

Supported by the body structure, the Will Ring immediately began to transform into the image of the Dark Saint; this was not a white-robed old man, but the black-haired, black-eyed form that had appeared once in the Katzga Star Region.

This was a young man, appearing at least younger than Lin Lei on the surface. Lenna was not wrong; most of the information carried by this Will Ring was merely the Dark Saint’s knowledge, lacking many judgment mechanisms, so this young man’s expression looked somewhat stiff.

The System, however, did not reveal his form; he hid deep within Lin Lei’s brain, but waves of pure Will attacks never ceased for a moment.

Although the Dark Saint did not possess much judgment ability, he had the instinct to protect himself, and the completeness of the Universe Laws he contained allowed him to maintain the integrity of his Will under the System’s attacks; he could even counterattack from time to time.

Lin Lei, as the owner of the body, instead became a bystander, which horrified him; he abruptly discovered that since his rebirth, the System had always held higher authority over the control of his body than he did!

In comparison, the System was more like the owner of his body, while Lin Lei was like a lodger!

The current Lin Lei was no longer the youth who blindly relied on the System; he had his own mature worldview and values, and his own pursuits.

How could he tolerate his body being occupied by a strange quasi-intelligent entity with the highest authority? Even if the System had no malice, this was not something Lin Lei could accept!

Lin Lei was somewhat helpless against the currently fighting System; he could not return to his brain, nor could his Will manifest within it; the current situation was that Lin Lei had been completely expelled by the System into the neural network of the body.

But Lin Lei had a power ful backup, and that was the complete form of the Pan-dimensional Creature standing beside him, the World Tree Lennadesrya.

Given the World Tree’s character and philosophy, she would not stand by and do nothing; this had nothing to do with the depth of wisdom, but was merely an eternal persistence.

The battle in Lin Lei’s brain was still raging, but Lin Lei was at the very edge; without the System’s support, Lin Lei could not even communicate mentally.

The body resources he could mobilize now were very few; Lin Lei struggled to gain partial control of the chest muscles bit by bit, and then, while the System was busy fighting the Will Ring, he gained control of the mouth and throat muscles.

Finally, aided by the surging of air from his lungs, passing through the throat, and under the control of the mouth, several syllables were uttered very faintly: “Lenna!”

Lenna was already paying attention to Lin Lei’s physical condition, especially the changes in his Will, so she naturally discovered the bizarre changes in Lin Lei’s body.

Clearly, only one Will Ring of the Dark Saint had entered, but suddenly there were three Will Bodies; two were familiar, one was Lin Lei’s, but now it was not in the brain area but distributed over the body, and the other was the Dark Saint’s, which was inside Lin Lei’s brain.

The third Will Body, however, was completely unfamiliar; it revealed an incredibly obscure fluctuation, ancient, indifferent, and powerful! This was the feeling this Will Body gave Lenna.

This sensation touched certain memories deep within Lenna’s consciousness; just as she was wavering between shock and doubt, she heard Lin Lei’s cry for help.

It was evident that Lin Lei was in a predicament, and Lenna’s nature meant she would not stand by and watch him die.

Immediately, a powerful World Tree Will Body appeared within Lin Lei’s body; this was a projection of Lenna’s powerful Will Body.

“Lin Lei, what is going on with you?” As soon as Lenna arrived inside Lin Lei’s body, she discovered the war of Wills occurring in his brain area.

“This is the biggest secret of how I became a Star Life; it used to help me, but today, I find that I am losing my own body; unknowingly, I no longer possess the highest control authority over my body.”

Lenna frowned and asked: “Who is it? Or what is it?”

“I don’t know; it is fighting the Dark Saint’s Will Ring right inside my brain! Perhaps you can see for yourself.”

Lin Lei’s Will was undeniably powerful, tempered in the crucibles of battle and pain, far from ordinary; the reason he was easily expelled from the brain domain by the System was simply that he was unfamiliar with this newly constructed body, whereas the System was the creator of this body and held the home-field advantage.

With Lin Lei’s previous body, the System could at most regulate his body but could not expel his Will; although both situations looked the same externally, with the body being occupied, for Lin Lei, they had completely different meanings.

With the previous body, no matter how the System acted, Lin Lei’s Will had to exist; if Lin Lei’s Will perished, the body would die with it. This feeling of possessing the body was completely different from now; a biological instinct made Lin Lei certain that the System truly harbored ill intent!

Now, his Will had become dispensable; without Lin Lei’s Will, the System could still control the body to survive; Lin Lei had become some sort of cover for the System!

Perhaps, just like the Dark Saint, the System was a remnant Will of some extinct Pan-dimensional Creature, trying every means to resurrect, only his chosen method was far less high-profile than the Dark Saint’s.

Thinking of this, Lin Lei shuddered.

Lenna, meanwhile, attempted to launch an impact against the Will barrier the System had built in Lin Lei’s brain; she dared not use brute force but was only probing its strength tentatively.

But the result of the probe was completely beyond her imagination; this barrier was not very strong, but it was extremely exquisite, containing many profound pieces of information Lenna had never seen before.

This was incredible; Lenna, as a Pan-dimensional Creature, had existed in this Universe for tens of millions of years and assumed there was nothing mysterious or unknowable left for her, but now, everything she saw was overturning her cognition.

But these were not the most important things; what she had to do now was help Lin Lei regain control of his body. She tried to analyze the specific composition of the barrier, hoping to break through, but the results were not obvious.

At this moment, the System also discovered the other uninvited guest in the body; he seemed enraged. Lin Lei’s Will Body only felt the scene before him change abruptly, and when his vision cleared again, he had returned to the brain domain.

Along with him came Lenna.

Now, the brain of this body could be considered lively!

The Dark Saint’s body already showed signs of collapsing; under the System’s attacks, various Will Shards peeled off from him.

The reason he could continue to exist now was only because the eleven elements that formed the complete cycle of the body were still intact.

Lenna suddenly said to Lin Lei, who was standing aside: “Why are you standing there? The Will Shards!”

Lin Lei understood immediately; without a word, he went to the Dark Saint’s body and fused the shards, which contained the Pan-dimensional Creature’s profoundest understanding of the world, into his own body.

Immediately, he sensed the information contained within; profound, perfect, and harmonious. They were very simple, making one instinctively feel that the world ought to be this way; this was an intelligent being’s recognition of truth.

The System did not stop Lin Lei’s small actions; in reality, the Will Shards absorbed by Lin Lei only accounted for a very small part, while the rest disappeared into this brain domain and was acquired by the System.

At this moment, focused on the battle with the Dark Saint, waves of Will Fluctuation had begun to completely entwine the Dark Saint’s body, forcibly stripping away the eleven basic elements within the Will Ring!

The Dark Saint could no longer maintain the young man’s form; he was reverted to a ring shape, and the eleven Dimensional Elements composing him were no longer tightly wound but slowly began to loosen; destruction seemed imminent in the next moment.

Just as Lin Lei was focused on absorbing these Will remnants, a cry of alarm came from Lenna behind him!

Lin Lei looked up and saw a fourth figure appear in this brain domain; it slowly emerged from the Void, possessing a human shape, but the facial features were entirely composed of abstract symbols. The nose was a question mark-shaped object, the eyes were two black dots, and the mouth was a parenthesis.

These were all the features of this body; he exuded an aura of absolute rationality.

This was the System! Lin Lei determined the identity of this figure the moment he saw him.

Lin Lei immediately teleported to Lenna’s side; in an instant, he judged the current situation. Here, the Dark Saint was not to be feared, as he was on the verge of collapse, while the System was the most mysterious, possessing knowledge that even Lenna did not fully know.

But purely in terms of the power of Will, Lenna, as the World Tree, held an absolute advantage.

As for Lin Lei himself, the strength of his Will was about the same as the currently emerging System, perhaps even surpassing it, but his combat skills were completely incomparable to the System’s.

However, precisely because of this, this abstract symbol-like figure paid no attention to Lin Lei at all; he suppressed the Dark Saint with one hand while remaining fully on guard against Lenna on the other.

“Lin Lei, this fellow is very mysterious; I even feel his origin can be traced back to some dark age in the history of the Universe. I cannot guarantee defeating him in terms of wisdom; for safety, the only way is to wipe him out with brute force!”

Lin Lei’s feelings toward the System were very complex; he could say he owed his current status entirely to the System, but now, this existence was threatening his very being, even acting to replace him.

Lin Lei gritted his teeth and said to Lenna beside him: “Lenna, let’s do it!”

As soon as his words fell, Lenna immediately revealed her original World Tree form, and a lush giant tree abruptly appeared in the Void of the brain domain.

Subsequently, an endless wild storm blew through this Void, with the vast majority of the storm’s power rushing toward the System.

After experiencing the initial shock, the System’s figure immediately regained stability in the storm; the endless Will storm blew past his body but eerily bypassed him, not even affecting his suppression of the Dark Saint.

Seeing this attack was ineffective, Lenna immediately changed her method; layers of Will, like giant mountains, surrounded the System and pressed down on him together.

This attack completely enveloped the System, leaving him nowhere to hide; his body immediately underwent some changes. The parenthesis-like mouth on his face turned into a wavy line, and the question mark representing his nose became crooked; everything indicated that he was resisting with great difficulty.

A stream of information from the System suddenly came into Lin Lei’s Will Body: “Execute highest authority swap, swap coordinates with the Host’s Will!”

Subsequently, the System appeared at the position where Lin Lei was standing, while Lin Lei was thrown by him into the center of Lenna’s attack.

Lin Lei immediately felt the World Tree’s Will pressure pressing down on him with a heaven-destroying momentum; his world instantly turned dark, and all perception of the outside world was cut off; this was the result of his Will being forcefully suppressed.

The System would not sit and wait for death; after arriving at Lin Lei’s position, he immediately attacked Lenna. Several needle-like thin lines appeared in the Void; these lines, moving along hidden paths in the brain domain that only the System knew, flew silently toward Lenna.

At this moment, Lenna also realized she had attacked the wrong target and was busy retracting her attack.

Suddenly, the thin lines struck; her Will Body immediately trembled, and an expression of disbelief appeared on her face. Subsequently, the Will Body began to disintegrate slowly but firmly.

Lenna was on the verge of losing control of her Will Body; she immediately poured all the information of this Will Body into Lin Lei’s brain as a last resort. Subsequently, the Will Body, losing its information support, immediately collapsed into fragments and disappeared.

This was the System’s home ground, so he won easily.

But Lin Lei faced the greatest crisis of his life!