Chapter 1665 - Recalled (1/2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
As the goddess of creation recalled the initial function of the Dream of L’Haronne, a terrifying presence appeared.
Of course, it was not the Mad Lord. The Mad Lord’s real body was still sealed within the deepest parts of the Plane of Dreams, trying to escape captivity. But the presence that appeared was no less a foe than the Mad Lord.
Hao Ren felt the entire Umbral Realm shake. The basis of all life and forms was being shaken by a powerful interference. Hao Ren, however, knew that his senses were not accurate: the quaking was only within the ruins of the Star of Creation because the energy was entrenched within the area. However, the shock of its appearance was so great that everyone’s senses were muddled for a moment.
Numerous massive blasts rang from all over as the continents and islands floating peacefully in space for the past 10,000 years suddenly spun maniacally like a malfunctioning gyroscope. Debris, big and small, collided against each other in the spin, creating a massive crash. The ancient ruins on the continents were also consumed by the chaos. While they were crushed and grounded between the floating continents, the remaining energies blew out from within and formed a massive web of arching lightning.
Only the continent Hao Ren and the rest were standing on maintained its stability. As the chaos ensued, the goddess of creation swiftly reacted. With a stomp, she stabilized the entire continent and created a small realm of order around the continent. Yet, this small realm of order was insignificant in comparison to the ruins and debris of the Star of Creation. Just like a solitary island in the middle of a storm, the danger of being overwhelmed was real.
Nangong Wuyue’s tail quickly coiled around Nangong Sanba who was closest to her as she let out a pitiful shriek. “Aaaaahhhh!! What’s going on?! What’s going on?!”
“Something is being released!” Hao Ren swiftly armed himself as he commanded Nolan to overload every weapon system onboard. “Didn’t we discussed this before. The heavenly kingdom was destroyed because of the clash of the goddess and Mad Lord’s powers. Since the goddess is still alive—”
“The other half is too!” The second part was continued by the goddess herself. She seemed to have fully recovered from the deep slumber. Not only she was awake, but her memories of the matter had also recovered too. “Damn it, I remembered why I created that dream in the first place. There’s another me here, and I dragged her along to annihilation that time, but like me, she was not totally destroyed, so to keep that monster from escaping. I created a real dream to bind her… The dream becoming L’Haronne actually happened somewhat later…”
“Seems like that dark version of you, is about to appear.” Hao Ren gave the nervous goddess a pained look. “If I’m not wrong, you had tried to strengthen the seal by cutting off your memory of her right? The dream plus the memory separation, it may seem like a good idea but aren’t you a little overconfident?! My god, this was not the first time your schemes turned out the other way!”
The silver-haired goddess had wanted to say something but an intimidating aura soon came crashing against everyone and that put a stop to the conversation.
Within the dark, chaotic void, the energy seeping out of the ruins seemed to now have a focal point as started converging towards that direction. Nolan by reflex fired the main cannon towards that direction but the powerful psionic cannon shot was blocked by a giant lightning bolt arcing out from the convergence before both attacks petered out. It was very clear that the converging energies and the psionic cannon were of the same level.
After the temporary disruption, the converged energy current had finally being compressed and reformed. A blinding flash later, a black cocoon-like object lined with blood-red lines appeared in its place.
“Attacking it is pointless!” The goddess of creation hurriedly cautioned. “The energy around it will nullify all attacks. Her main body is not even out yet. We need to wait for the cocoon to break…”
Hao Ren muttered to himself that damage nullification was a joke when an appropriate force was applied, but after some thought, he realized that he probably did not have that sort of firepower to totally kill a god. He then turned around to ask, “Can we take her down after the cocoon breaks?”
The goddess of creation looked up. “No, she’ll probably wipe the floor with us.”
Hao Ren almost had a heart attack. “Huh? Weren’t you her equal? Plus, a few of us won’t…”
The goddess of creation furrowed her brows as she monitored the enemy. “We were equal when we were asleep, but I’ve just noticed that her sleep quality has probably been better than mine…”
Hao Ren finally confirmed that this goddess’ image shattering was not him seeing things. But he did not have the luxury to comment on that anymore, as cracks appeared all over the “cocoon”, which was floating mid-air.
The breaking of the cocoon was rapid, nothing like in the movies or games where CGI effects were blasting for at least thirty minutes. If Hao Ren had the confidence to blow it up, he would have deployed at least four digits worth of cannon platforms and space mines, but it only used two seconds to break open, and as he dark shell fell apart, a petite silhouette appeared in midair.
It was a female that looked identical to the Goddess of Creation, the only difference was, she had no color to her.
Just like an uncolored painting, the lady from the cocoon was horrifyingly pale from top to bottom, no matter her hair or her clothing, her skin or her eyes, it was all pale white. If not for the contours of her eyes were still visible Hao Ren would have thought he was looking at a white silhouette.
“Heh, I thought the dark version of you would have been black, never thought she would be so white.”
Hao Ren tried to crack a joke but clearly, no one was in the mood to laugh.