Chapter 371: Star, the Children of the Emperor’s Seat (6)

Chapter 371: Star, the Children of the Emperor’s Seat (6)

Chang-Sun didn’t just observe and analyze the world through his [Gnostic Eye]. Activating omniscience and omnipotence, he could also intervene with the world by releasing his power or infusing it into his target. That was what he was trying to do by going through Qi Gong’s Anomaly and reaching the Incendiary Burial Whale.

The Incendiary Burial Whale was a cluster of grudges created when Celestials of huge <Societies> like the <Jiejiao Sect> and <Chanjiao Sect> were slaughtered. It was filled with tragic ghosts who could not go through samsara anymore, making it easy for Chang-Sun to imbue his energy and consciousness into its subconscious realm.

Woosh!

The pool of blindingly bright light disappeared, revealing a gray world.

[You have accessed the subconscious realm of the Anomaly ‘Incendiary Burial Whale’!]

[The ghosts inhabiting the subconscious realm have sensed your trespassing.]

[The ghosts are sending multiple curses toward you.]

[Your judgment weakens.]

[Your resolve weakens.]

...

[Terminating all the connections to the outside world.]

...

[Warning! This is a dangerous area where normal rules and common knowledge do not apply. You may be unable to use the full extent of your abilities here. Hence, you are advised to escape as quickly as possible.]

[Warning! All the beings in this world are hostile to you. Escape the area.]

Chang-Sun took a look around, maintaining his spiritual form. Bubbles swelled up and popped all over the gray world, each one cramped with bizarrely contorted ghosts that were letting their anger out against Chang-Sun.

―What is it? Why? Suddenly?

―Invader. Invader. It has been tens of thousands of years since an invader—no, a newcomer came.

―Idiots. He isn’t an invader.

―What is he, then?

―The guy that destroyed us.

―Ah, explosions.

―The guy that hurt us.

―I don’t like pain. I hate pain. It still hurts. Painful.

―So.

―Let’s be in pain together.

All the energies and emotions the ghosts emitted were so sharp that Chang-sun felt as if he would get slaughtered.

‘What a mess,’ Chang-Sun thought, having already expected to see such a sight. An Anomaly was an abnormal phenomenon that couldn’t be explained by the laws of nature, so analyzing it required an insight that would allow one to exceed logic and laws and intuitively observe the phenomenon itself.

They didn’t know how their soul ended up walking down such a path—no, they didn’t even know when their journey had started. Maybe it was the destiny that they were given when their soul was created, but it could have also just started without any reason and simply continued.

Odin believed that the assignment that their soul had was a kind of Anomaly, a phenomenon with a mechanism that couldn’t be understood yet. After all, existing laws couldn’t explain their very being.

“We become a greater Anomaly by eating another Anomaly... As an academic, I should never tolerate this.” Odin smirked. “But divulging forbidden secrets is also a job for an academic. This is going to be interesting.”

The Incendiary Burial Whale wasn’t around yet during Odin’s lifetime. There could have been Anomalies, but there were no such things as the Seven Wonders. Hence, he thought it wouldn’t be a bad idea to use this opportunity to study it further. After all, it could lead to the discovery of the secret about them and allow Odin to acquire new gnosis.

‘My Class would get even higher if I devour it!’ Odin tapped the ground with his cane.

Ripples spread out in a concentric circle, turning into raging storms.

Kieeeeeeeh!

With ghost wails, lightning bolts struck the ground, signaling the start of the battle. All of Chang-Sun’s past reincarnations threw themselves at the ghosts.

Rumble, rumble, rumble!

Woosh, woosh, swoosh―!

Thud!

All sorts of magic attacks flew in every direction as lightning bolts continued to strike the ground. Ghost wails ominously echoed, and all the gray cell bubbles simultaneously exploded. In retaliation, the Incendiary Burial Whale released all kinds of bizarre-looking monsters made out of the dead Celestials’ grudges.

The war between two Anomalies had begun.

* * *

[The eye of the ‘One-Eyed Magic Giant’ gleams!]

‘Now’s my chance!’ Balor clenched his fists. With everyone focused on the battle, he believed now to be his golden opportunity.

Balor had been waiting for Chang-Sun to show weakness since he got Odin’s permission to attack Chang-Sun. He judged that it would be difficult to subdue the main personality unless he ambushed him, which required catching him off guard.

However, Chang-Sun never showed weakness. He continued to grow stronger and accumulated more gnosis, which strengthened his mental barrier. Eventually, his Divine Class reached such high levels that Balor couldn’t guarantee his victory even if he fought him with his full power.

It made Balor extremely anxious. Although he had already formed an alliance for his plan, the prolonged lack of progress weakened their unity.

However, Chang-Sun had just unlocked his subconscious realm to swallow the entire Incendiary Burial Whale, which Balor saw as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. While a subconscious realm was open, the lines that separated personalities were gone. In other words, Chang-Sun, Balor, and everyone else were equal right now. If he could kill Chang-Sun and absorb his consciousness...

‘I’ll become the main personality,’ Balor thought.

He would truly reincarnate.

『Now is the time. Get ready, everyone.』

Balor sent telepathic messages to his allies, and some nodded in response. The moment they saw Chang-Sun throwing himself into the black hole in the center of the Incendiary Burial Whale’s wall...

『Now!』

... Balor and his allies made their move. Nimble and quiet, no one noticed that they disappeared except for one person.

“Everyone has to take responsibility for the consequences of their decisions.” Odin clicked his tongue as he watched Balor’s group for a moment. He then looked in the other direction again, only interested in people with whom he would continue this journey together, not those who would soon disappear.