Cataclysm King.

Chapter 604: It is Wuxiang, it is Wanxiang, I am JOKER.

The next day.

Ji Xun and the other three finally recovered from the state of exhaustion of spell power.

The body of the Balrog has been dismantled into various materials, and now only the dark lava rocks are left on the ground.

Ji Xun went to the magma deep in the cave and picked the [Vulcan Fruit] and gave it to Isabel.

This girl ate the fruit, and now her whole body was like a burning ball of fire. She was trying her best to meditate and digest.

After seven days of fierce fighting, the rebel army needed top experts to take charge, so Gong Wu led David one step ahead and chased the large army.

But Qin Ru was still in that mysterious state of understanding.

Ever since she killed this [Fire Demon King Ganur] yesterday, she has been glowing with the dazzling holy light of the sun.

Ji Xun could see that this was a sign of becoming a saint and improving his destiny.

From this moment on, she truly reached a high level of resonance with the sacred object of royal power, the Holy Sword of Olympus.

Ji Xun didn't bother him, and kept silently guarding him while absorbing the [Lava Heart].

Ever since he advanced to the ninth level, it has been difficult to use the feast to absorb extraordinary characteristics from the outside world as before.

Now that the level has reached the peak of the card master, even if one absorbs corpses of the same level, the extraordinary characteristics that can be obtained are very limited.

Besides, there aren't that many ninth-level corpses that he can absorb.

And this [Lava Core] is the transformation of a god-level red dragon who fell in the Great Collapse Era. Its rank is considered to be "sub-god level", and its extraordinary properties are astonishing.

This provided Ji Xun with a large amount of pure absorbable extraordinary properties.

While meditating, suddenly a divine power leaked out.

Ji Xun opened his eyes, and the holy light that was looking at Qin Rushi's body finally converged.

This also means that she has stabilized the mysterious power she realized yesterday.

Qin Ru breathed out a breath of turbid air, and an invisible aura of divine power quietly swept over him.

Although there is no need for the gods to come, it still gives people a sense of sanctity that the Valkyrie is here in person and cannot be looked directly at.

Ji Xun narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Qin Rushi, and vaguely guessed something.

Darcy on the side also tilted his head and looked curiously.

After all, it was his respected Master, not anyone else. He directly asked the doubts in his heart, "Master, why do I feel that you and the teacher feel more and more similar? Have you also come into contact with the power of rules?"

Although he couldn't understand it, this mushroom head was very smart and he deduced some truth.

Qin Ru smiled and said without hesitation: "Yeah."

As she spoke, her shining crystal eyes met Ji Xun's curious gaze, and she explained: "The Holy Sword of Royal Power allowed me to come into contact with the unique power of the 'Kingslayer Sequence'"

"oh?"

Ji Xun was not unfamiliar with this statement.

Before, he relied on [Crown of Thorns] to understand the ability of the Tyrant Sequence to change the rules.

Now it seems that Qin Rushi is taking the same path.

Instead, Ji Xun was curious about something else and asked, "What kind of rule do you understand?"

Qin Ru smiled calmly and said a new ability that Ji Xun could understand but could not fully understand: "Breaking the rules."

Looking at his surprised expression, Qin Rushi added: "The power of the Holy Sword of Royal Power is to destroy the original rules and order."

"So powerful?"

This time Ji Xun Ting understood.

You must know that the divine level is to use certain cosmic rules for your own use.

The Tyrant Sequence only changes some rules to make the environment more favorable to itself.

And if you can break the rules, that's awesome.

No wonder this [Holy Sword of Olympus] is the exclusive royal weapon of [Diamond K-Kingslayer], so that’s it.

Doesn't regicide mean breaking the original rules?

Although I roughly understood it, Ji Xun still couldn't understand it accurately.

Qin Ruzhi knew that the power he had was very special and said, "How about you give it a try?"

She herself also wanted to try out the new abilities she had learned.

The tacit understanding between the two made Ji Xun understand instantly. He was also extremely curious and agreed: "Okay!"

With that said, he directly took out the Cai JOKER curse card and instantly released the spell: "Poker Game·Knight's Square."

With a flash of inspiration on the card, an invisible defensive barrier formed around Ji Xun's body.

This is a rule-level defensive restriction that is simple but has miraculous defensive effects.

At least if you don't encounter special creatures at the level of the Flame Demon King, it will be extremely difficult to break through with ordinary laws and means.

Seeing this, Qin Ru raised the holy sword of royal power.

She did not dare to aim at Ji Xun, but turned slightly in the direction, waiting for the holy light on the sword to be like a torch, and suddenly slashed down.

With a "swish" sound, a crescent sword energy that was more than ten meters long was instantly formed, carrying a devastating sense of sharpness, and slashed forward.

Ji Xun's eyelids twitched as he watched.

This power shocked even Qin Ruzhi himself.

The sword energy was obviously estimated to be only a few meters long, how could it be so big?

Before the two of them could be surprised, they saw the Crescent Sword Qi hitting Ji Xun's defensive restraint.

The invisible sword energy hit the invisible shield, and the two sides were in a stalemate for a moment. Ji Xun watched as the shield broke open, and the sword energy poured in fiercely.

"Broken?"

Ji Xun's eyes widened when he saw the sword energy passing by him.

Although this barrier was randomly arranged, it cannot be broken by ordinary sword energy.

Taking a closer look at the sword energy that cut a big crack in the ground, Ji Xun frowned and couldn't help but sigh: "It is indeed a violation of rules! This method is amazing."

Only at this moment did he clearly realize the destructive power of the Holy Sword of Royal Power.

Laws versus rules were originally like wooden swords versus iron shields. The two were not in the same dimension at all.

This is also the qualitative difference between humans and gods on the transcendent level.

However, that sword strike just now broke the rules.

Ji Xun suddenly thought of too many pictures in his mind. This ability is simply a way to defeat all kinds of god-level methods!

All are ants under the rules.

One sword can break all laws, and all fancy laws are just one sword.

Although I have only scratched the surface of the rules now, the spell just now is far from being considered as powerful as a god. But Qin Rushi is only at the eighth level!

If she reaches the ninth level, how strong will she be?

At least the Fire Demon King they had fought hard for seven days a few days ago would certainly not take that long to kill.

Qin Ru's expression could not hide his surprise, and he was obviously shocked by his sword.

She looked at Ji Xun, blinked, and then asked unconvincingly: "It seems very powerful?"

It was also the first time that she had come into contact with this new level of power, and she was not sure what outrageous abilities she had mastered.

Ji Xunting's eyes twitched inexplicably, and then he smiled happily, "It's very impressive."

At the same time, he marveled that each of the four sacred instruments of royal power passed down from the Talon Empire was so special.

oh.

The last piece [Orb of Royal Power] is still in the hands of the Holy See Pope and has not been seen yet.

There was no need for the two of them to say anything. Qin Ruzhi looked at his expression and already understood that he might have really understood something incredible.

Qin Rushi also left.

She is the leader of the rebel army, so of course she cannot leave the army for a long time.

Isabel was still digesting the [Vulcan Fruit] for a long time, and Ji Xun also needed to absorb the [Lava Core], so they simply stayed in the cave.

It was nearly a month in a flash.

The former dragon lizard clan's crypt has completely turned into ruins, and the flowing lava has completely cooled into hard volcanic stone.

But the remaining aura of the Balrog is still there, and at least for the next few years, no monsters or animals will dare to approach it.

The power of the fire element is still abundant, and this is a quiet environment suitable for practice.

Ji Xun is meditating, and the two disciples Darcy and Isabel are also busy with their own practice.

On this day, next to the stone monument of the Forbidden Ruins.

The mushroom-headed Darcy was stopping in front of the stone tablet, like an archaeologist, rubbing the words on the stone tablet bit by bit and reading it carefully.

Ji Xun was also very strange before.

Darcy's rank, it stands to reason that he cannot understand the content on the stone tablet at all.

But this little mushroom head showed extraordinary understanding.

Normally, a fourth-level card master would be knocked unconscious by the massive amount of information contained in the high-level demonic language when he saw the stone tablet, but Darcy felt no discomfort at all.

Instead, he also said that he saw some high-level information that his brain could not remember.

Darcy himself didn't know what he wanted to see, but it seemed that the content on the stone tablet had an inexplicable attraction for him, making him stand in front of the stone tablet for a month.

Ji Xun knew that this might be a special ability of the Light Chaser lineage, so he saw that he was fine and didn't pay much attention.

On the other side, Isabel had completely digested the [Vulcan Fruit].

At this moment, this girl is like the controller of the fire element, and her body is surrounded by countless fire elements that have transformed into various forms.

It can be seen with the naked eye that the strength has increased significantly.

Ji Xun himself also changed greatly.

Just now, the [Lava Heart] in his hand had its last traces of extraordinary properties extracted, and turned into a ball of powder that drifted away in the wind.

"call"

Ji Xun opened his eyes from meditation and looked at the trace of ashes still remaining in his palms, his eyes hard to hide.

Although this devouring took a month, he was very satisfied with the sudden increase in strength.

At this moment, the three basic attributes of strength, agility, and physique on Ji Xun's panel have increased by more than 300 points, and have all exceeded the 2900 mark.

After the transformation, it can grow even more.

You know, the general power attribute of a ninth-level pure-blood dragon is about 3,000. Ji Xun's power is now comparable to that of a humanoid dragon.

The mantra value has also exceeded the 1 million mark, and the mental power has exceeded 1,500.

In addition, skills, toughness, and understanding of the laws of various systems have also skyrocketed.

In particular, the fire element affinity and law understanding are almost doubled.

But in terms of statistics, Ji Xun has transformed from a card master who first entered the ninth level to the late ninth level.

This is a level that ordinary ninth-level card masters can achieve after countless years of hard work.

The magical and mysterious method of "Feast" allowed him to achieve it in just a few months.

Ji Xun was immersed in the joy of the sudden increase in strength, and at the same time he sighed inexplicably in his heart: "If I want to achieve such a big improvement in the future, I'm afraid I will have to find various god-level materials."

Feast can only achieve such a huge increase by devouring materials that are one level higher than itself.

He is now at the ninth level, and materials no matter how high he is are already hard to come by.

But as the thought came together, he suddenly laughed at himself and complained that he was a little dissatisfied.

Ji Xun calmed down and suddenly felt an inexplicable feeling in his heart, so he took out a gray photo.

It is the [Grey Mist Relic].

Just like when a person grows taller, his field of vision becomes higher.

The same goes for the extraordinary path. Some high-dimensional things can only be seen if the physical realm is high.

Ji Xun's strength has skyrocketed now, and he vaguely feels like he has touched something.

That feeling of uncertainty made him feel that he needed some auxiliary external force, such as the soul wine from the "Black Rose Tavern".

I happened to have the Balrog soul in my hand, and I didn't know what kind of drink I could get from the bartender.

Thinking of this, Ji Xun's thoughts plunged into the gray mist space.

Ji Xun has been to this gray fog world many times, and he walked into the depths of the gray fog with familiarity.

Those remnant souls seemed to know him and no longer looked for trouble.

Not long after, he passed through the fog and followed the orange gas streetlights to find the magical Black Rose Tavern.

There are still the same old drinkers in the tavern.

Pig-headed man, dwarf, two-horned devil, six-armed old man, toad monster and bear-man

This is the fragment of consciousness of the top powerhouse in history.

After Ji Xun entered the tavern, these monster drinkers also recognized him and no longer looked at him differently.

Ji Xun was still sitting at the bar, facing the door of the pub.

Although he knew that this was the location of Emperor Lanlingst, he had never seen it again since that time.

I thought it would be okay to sit and sit.

The bartender looked at him and said, "What would you like to drink this time?"

Ji Xun did not rush to choose, but asked: "Now that I have the complete soul of a Fire Demon King, what can I drink?"

This kind of soul wine is not unlimited, and he now understands that most people may only be able to bear one kind in their lifetime.

I drank a cup of [Wind Dragon Soul] last time and my body couldn’t handle the second cup. Maybe I can now?

Ji Xun himself was not sure, so he simply asked someone who knew wine for advice.

The bartender took a look at the Balrog Soul that Ji Xun took out and praised it: "Oh, it's quite a rare thing." As he said that, he took out a dark bottle that looked like poison from the wine cabinet and introduced: "This [Devil Tiani] will help you burn the divine fire. Of course, if you drink it, your soul may burn and die."

"Sacred fire?"

Ji Xun was also surprised when he heard this.

Is it so big when you first come?

Does soul wine still have this effect?

You must know that condensing the godhead and burning the divine fire are the two necessary steps to become a god.

Any step that can be taken is a personal transgression, and one has entered a higher dimension of life.

But this kind of breakthrough is not that easy.

Just like Qin Rushi, Bai Qiu, the contracted immortal who has lived for thousands of years, has little hope of taking this last step.

Not to mention that a glass of wine can help burn the divine fire?

So when Ji Xun looked at the dark glass of soul wine in front of him, his expression became complicated for a moment.

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First, I am amazed that burning divine fire can be assisted by external objects. It is not an exaggeration to say that this is a great opportunity;

Second, I wonder why this thing was taken out so casually?

Ji Xun was really not ready.

He had only advanced to the ninth level not long ago, although he had touched upon the surface of god-level power. But I never blindly thought that I now had the possibility of burning the divine fire.

He even had no idea what burning the divine fire meant.

Moreover, this wine has huge side effects, and if it fails, it will cause death on the spot.

With a lot of thoughts in his mind, Ji Xun looked at the bartender and asked tentatively: "Excuse me. What are the chances of burning the divine fire if I drink this glass of wine?"

The bartender was wiping the translucent glass in his hand and responded casually: "Who knows? About one percent? As I said just now, this wine can only help you, but it cannot be a decisive factor. "

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Ji Xun's eyelids twitched slightly as he listened.

Sure enough, it's not that good.

In other words, 99% died suddenly on the spot?

Maybe more.

He really didn't dare to drink.

Don't want to either.

Ji Xun could tell from the bartender's expression that there were probably many ninth-level people who were willing to bet on this one percent chance.

But that's someone else.

Ji Xun felt that if he was trapped in this realm for hundreds of years, he might really want to give it a try.

But he has just advanced to the ninth level and is not in a hurry.

The bartender seemed to see Ji Xun's concerns, and added: "It's hard to find the ingredients for [Devil Tiani] brewing, and this is also the last drink. But since you paid, you can also stay here. Come and drink next time "

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Ji Xun almost didn't hesitate when he heard this, and was about to say save the wine.

At this time, I suddenly heard the sound of a carriage rolling over the stone road outside the tavern.

The other drinkers in the tavern suddenly became serious.

Having experienced it last time, Ji Xun knew what this meant. His expression was startled and his eyes became expectant.

Sure enough, as the sound got closer and closer, a ghost carriage burning with soul fire stopped in front of the tavern.

The burly groom, who was shrouded in death, opened the car door, and a graceful woman wearing a wide-brimmed hat stepped out, holding the hat with one hand and holding the hem of a black dress with one hand.

It was the witch Lanlingster whom I had met once!

Ji Xun stood up from the chair and met the Witch Emperor for the second time. He was not as restrained as last time, but he was still polite and protected his chest in salute.

Witch Lanlingst saw him at a glance, and a charming smile appeared on her beautiful face, "It has changed a lot."

Ji Xun smiled and pulled up the high stool, and gestured to her next to him in a gentlemanly manner: "Senior, long time no see."

Unexpectedly, a flash of intelligence flashed in Witch Lanlingst's beautiful eyes, and she asked with a slight smile: "Long time, how long is it?"

While speaking, she gathered up her hip-covering long skirt and sat elegantly on the high stool.

"this"

Ji Xun was speechless for a moment, really embarrassed.

yes.

How long has it been?

According to real time, it had been almost two years since he last met this person.

But in this space, the flow of time is not normal.

As the witch Emperor Lanlingst said when she came last time, time is relative, and the time flow rate in this gray fog space is not the same as that in the normal world.

It is more like a book. When someone's consciousness turns over, the story line in the book will flow.

Ji Xun had previously asked people like Griffith, Chujiu, Nanjing, and Reni who had come in.

The conclusion is that everyone's timeline is different. It's like opening a page of a book at random, and everyone sees it differently.

Ji Xun has been here many times and has confirmed this.

And it was the conversation just now that made him feel like the timeline had continued.

This is why Ji Xun hesitated.

The question "How long is a long time?" made him realize that the witch Lanlingst seemed not to be bound by time in the gray fog space, and she could appear at the time node she wanted.

Seeing Ji Xun fall into silence, Witch Lanlingst had a smile on her brows and did not ask further questions.

She glanced at the glass of black soul wine [Demon Tiani] on the bar with her peripheral vision. Although she didn't speak, her smiling and arched eyebrows seemed to be hiding something.

Of course Ji Xun knew that even meeting this person would be a great opportunity.

He was not stingy either and served the wine glasses.

The witch Emperor Lanlingst also saw through his "little thoughts" and smiled lightly.

In front of this great emperor, Ji Xun would not pretend to be serious. He didn't understand and asked directly: "Senior, if it were you, how would you answer just now?"

He threw the question back.

Witch Lanlingst seemed to find it interesting, covering her mouth and laughing lightly, but then shook her head, as if she thought this question was innocent.

She did not answer, but asked: "Last time I asked you a question, 'Am I alive or dead now?' Do you have an answer now?"

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The words seemed to have magic power, causing Ji Xun to fall into deep thought for an instant.

He thought of the last time he went to Saifeir Manor and saw Song Yu in the long river of time.

According to his timeline, Song Yu had passed away, and all he saw was the girl in the past.

But at that time point, Song Yu was clearly alive, not a photo, not an image, not anything else. She was just a living person!

Ji Xun felt that his perception of time was confused.

It was as if the soul had sublimated and gradually left the body.

Then from a "third person" perspective, he saw himself meditating hard at the bar.

Ji Xun couldn't describe what it felt like to have his soul ascend to another dimension.

But it’s like a reader turns to a page of a book, his eyes stop, and the world stops.

Everything in the entire tavern in front of him stopped.

But in this state of "everything is still", one day people are completely unrestricted.

That beautiful face seemed to be surprised that Ji Xuneng could enter such a state all of a sudden. He turned his head and looked at the "Ji Xun Consciousness" in the sky. He sunk slightly, smiled charmingly, and lightly opened his red lips: "Time It's like a river. When you learn to observe, you stand outside the river instead of being swept away by the current."

"Time is like a river."

Ji Xun looked at those seductive red lips, his eyes blurred as if he was drunk.

The gentle voice next to his ears was like a magical guiding spell, leading his thoughts to a very, very high level.

Ji Xun felt his consciousness getting lighter and lighter, flying out of the tavern and passing through the fog, getting higher and higher.

It was like taking off from the ground, then passing through the dark cloud atmosphere and arriving in outer space.

Here is a misty chaos.

"The human mind cannot recognize things beyond its own cognition. You cannot recognize the entirety of time in time."

"Become an observer and you can see the whole truth."

"The soul is more like the root of a plant. It is in a place that we cannot see. To get a glimpse of the truth, you must first realize that the more your soul yearns for the sunshine in high places, the more its roots will stretch into the dark underground. "

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Ji Xun felt that his consciousness had become blurred.

He didn't know whether the voice coming from the sea of ​​consciousness was the teachings of the great emperor, or whether he had seen the secret method "My heart is the universe" on the stone tablet in the Forbidden Ruins.

At this moment, Ji Xun's consciousness fell into a kind of "observer".

He saw everything in the universe.

But he himself is not in the universe.

It is the "high-latitude observer" who is higher than the one who sees the universe.

Ji Xun himself didn't even know that this was the world of his consciousness.

For a long time.

It's been so long that it seems like billions of years have passed

It was a chaotic world of consciousness.

Nothing, not even "nothing".

Sudden!

The moment you enter a certain node, your vision suddenly becomes clearer.

A ray of light suddenly lit up in the universe, the light exploded, and the universe expanded rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of millions of years have passed, and the rapidly expanding universe has turned into a brilliant galaxy.

What Ji Xun didn't know was that enlightenment had already flickered into one piece.

"You have some insights. The proficiency of the secret method of 'My Heart is the Universe' is +3331."

"You have some insights, 'My heart is the universe' proficiency +5112"

"You have realized something, and the level of 'My Heart is the Universe' has been increased to Lv7."

"You have realized something, and the level of 'My heart is the universe' has been increased to Lv8."

"You have touched the secret of divine fire."

In that state, time seems to have no meaning.

Ji Xun didn't know where he was, as if everything in the universe belonged to him.

He seemed to have turned into the ray of light from the explosion of the universe, and kept moving towards the mist in the distance.

He seemed to have lost himself.

who I am?

Where am I?

Where do I come from and where am I going?

He didn't know where he was going, and his consciousness was no longer under his control.

Suddenly, the familiar and gentle voice came to my ears again: "The universe you see is just an image projected by consciousness. If you reflect on the world through projection, that is the truth."

In an instant, the infinitely expanding universe collapsed rapidly and returned to its origin.

Ji Xun's eyes suddenly focused, as if he was awakened from a big dream!

Ji Xun looked at the gradually clearer picture in front of him and realized that he seemed to have caught something extraordinary.

The glasses of soul wine on the table were empty, and the bar had become covered with dust.

It seems like countless years have passed.

The brightly lit Black Rose Tavern has also become dilapidated. The drinkers have long disappeared, leaving only a pile of tattered tables and chairs that have been eroded by time.

But before he could digest the shock in his mind, Ji Xun saw the witch Lanlingst in front of him and said in shock: "Senior, you."

The woman in the black dress in front of her could no longer clearly see her beautiful face, and only her graceful figure was faintly visible in a gray mist.

Ji Xun couldn't even recall the appearance of the Great Witch, and could only hear the gentle farewell: "Thank you for buying me a drink~ but we won't see each other again. I'm glad to see you. I'm glad to meet this world. Here~"

As if saying goodbye to the world for the last time, the black and purple colors collapsed in front of my eyes.

Ji Xun was speechless for a moment.

Only then did he realize that the witch emperor had just said goodbye to him.

But before he could express the countless reservations in his heart.

Looking again, all the gray fog in the field of vision dispersed, and the [Grey Fog Relic] in his hand was already clear.

It was a clown with scars all over his body. At the last moment of his life, he took a selfie for the camera, leaving behind his bright smile.

This is the true face of Card King Joker.

It is without form and has ten thousand forms.

Even at the last moment of his life, He smiled brightly at the world.

That smile seemed to be mocking the hypocrisy of the gods, mocking the incompetence of the God of Death, and also mocking the greed and cowardice of human nature.

As if to say again: I have been in this world.

As if looking in the mirror, Ji Xun saw himself.

At this moment, I am JOKER.

(End of chapter)