Volume 8, Chapter 33 – Abyss Above, Original Sin Below!

The composition of the world is the matter visible to the naked eye.

Molecules, atoms.

However, these are only existences that can be seen with the naked eye. In places that cannot be seen, there also exist formless rules.

Some rules are explored by people and then put to use.

And some rules remain buried in dust, ignored by all.

But the fact that the world possesses its own rules is something that is beyond doubt.

Leaving aside the real world, just talking about the Virtual Game world… Although in the players’ eyes this is still a miraculous world of data, who can say for certain that the datafied nature of this world itself is the rule by which this world operates?

In a datafied world, only by fully making use of the data rules of the datafied world can one become stronger.

This is the conclusion summarized by those who discovered this rule.

And now, in Tianyin’s eyes, the rules of all things appeared before her in such an abrupt manner.

The pain transmitted from her body was still so real, yet her mind at this moment had become exceptionally calm.

Not only that, the rage born from having just activated Wrath vanished into nothingness. As her mood became abnormally calm, all emotions also disappeared at this instant.

That’s right.

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All of a sudden, Tianyin could no longer feel her emotions.

Whether sadness or grief, whether happiness or excitement.

At this moment, Tianyin only felt that her heart had become empty. Even when directly facing the Abyssal Lord launching an attack at her, Tianyin felt no panic at all, not even the slightest ripple.

However, even if her heart was calm, Tianyin could not possibly just ignore the attack launched at her by the Abyssal Lord.

Her calm gaze fixed upon the annihilation beams that blotted out the sky. Tianyin instinctively opened her small mouth and gently spoke in a slightly arrogant tone.

“This sword is above, the Abyss below—”

An invisible blade appeared in Tianyin’s hand, and at the instant the blade formed in her grasp, all the beams charging toward Tianyin stopped advancing at that very moment.

As if time itself had stopped, the beams that should have been impossible to halt ceased moving and were frozen in front of Tianyin.

“Interesting.”

Time had not stopped. After Tianyin used a power nearly akin to a spoken law to erase the Abyssal Lord’s attack, the Abyssal Lord far on the horizon slightly narrowed her eyes.

“Did you forcibly alter the rules? Adjusting my Abyss power into a lower-tier attack, so you can pause my attack through sheer presence alone.”

As an existence that had survived since ancient times, the Abyssal Lord saw through Tianyin’s move in just an instant.

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And precisely because she saw through it, the Abyssal Lord did not feel any surprise at all over Tianyin blocking her attack.

“If a vessel can reach this level, then that’s acceptable. But if this is all there is…”

With an interested chuckle, the Abyssal Lord raised her right hand and gently clenched her fist in Tianyin’s direction.

“Abyss power is not something you can command with just this kind of rule modification…”

As her words fell, the beams that Tianyin had forcibly halted in the distance began to move once more, and in the instant before Tianyin could even react, they surged toward her.

Boom boom boom—!

Just from striking Tianyin, thunderous explosions echoed through the sky.

Yet after the explosions dissipated, what appeared in the Abyssal Lord’s eyes was still Tianyin, completely unscathed.

Not only that, in the Abyssal Lord’s vision, Tianyin, the vessel, now had deep violet pupils that were calm like a soulless puppet.

“Die—”

A cold voice spilled from Tianyin’s mouth.

Almost at the same time, the Abyssal Lord felt the rapid acceleration of her heart’s beating within her body—

And then, with a bang.

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The heart inside the Abyssal Lord’s body stopped beating.

“Hah… directly destroying my heart? Hahahahahahahaha… truly interesting!”

As the ruler of the Abyss, the Dragon of the End, the Abyssal Lord could have every organ in her body destroyed in broad daylight and still rapidly recover and survive.

Compared to other Throne-tier beings who would be utterly ruined after suffering fatal injuries, the Abyssal Lord possessed an immortality that others could scarcely imagine.

And it was precisely because of this nearly unsolvable immortality that the Abyssal Lord could launch invasion wars time and time again, and after being defeated each time, still reappear lively and intact within the Abyss.

Bang bang bang—!

Not just her heart. In the time it took the Abyssal Lord to speak, every inch of her body was torn apart and destroyed by an invisible force. Even so, in the very next second, the destroyed areas instantly returned to perfect condition.

In just a few short seconds, it could be said that the Abyssal Lord had completely died once within Tianyin’s single word “die”.

“Is that all? Hahahahahahahaha, this is the power of Original Sin. Vessel, have you only now truly understood the strength of Original Sin power? But compared to me, who has already mastered Abyss power for millions of years, you who have only just learned to control Original Sin power pose no threat to me at all!”

Even though under Tianyin’s attacks the Abyssal Lord’s entire body could be described as drenched in blood, her face still bore an utterly manic smile.

“Since you’ve used Original Sin power, if I don’t use Abyss power, that would be far too disrespectful to you. So… let me show you what Abyss power truly is!”

Below the Northern Fortress, the chaotic and brutal defense battle continued unabated.

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And high above, where mortals could not see, the battle between the Abyssal Lord and Tianyin was officially underway.

Abyss power, in essence, was darkness and corruption.

Unlike Tianyin, who had only recently gained control over Original Sin power, the Abyssal Lord, who had long mastered Abyss power, had reached an extremely high level of familiarity with it.

In the next moment, within Tianyin’s perception, formless power radiated from the Abyssal Lord’s body. Not only that, in the blink of an eye, that indescribable power directly enveloped the entire battlefield.

“This sword is above, the Abyss below—”

After sensing that omnipresent power, Tianyin expressionlessly swung the blade that had appeared out of thin air in her hand. With her swing, part of the formless power that had filled the surroundings immediately vanished.

However, although a portion disappeared, it was instantly filled again by the Abyssal Lord.

“It’s useless. The entire battlefield is already shrouded in my Abyss power. Even if you can still modify the rules, the effect will be weakened by me.”

Looking at the expressionless Tianyin, the Abyssal Lord’s gaze became exceedingly cold.

“And besides… the ability to modify rules is not unique to you, vessel!”

“Here, the Abyss is above, Original Sin below!”