Chapter 806: The Eighth Ruin

Meanwhile,

Ten thousand miles away in the Ancient Egyptian Ruins, inside the Black Stone Hall within the pyramid,

the vast hall was empty and silent, the air heavy and oppressive.

"Crack… Crack…"

The sound of shattering echoed through the vast hall. Beside Zhou Huai's low table, the wooden carving that had been exuding an emerald-green life fluctuation completely lost its luster at this moment.

Dried wood shavings peeled off the surface of the statue, and the Law patterns representing Chun's Clone's will rapidly turned ashen and withered. Within a few breaths, the wooden carving transformed into a humanoid piece of rotten wood.

The last bit of green fluorescence also dissipated in the air, turning into nothingness.

"Oh my, it seems she has completely and utterly failed."

On the Golden Throne, Anubis shook the golden goblet in his hand, the crimson liquor swaying within the cup. He shook his head and sneered, "As the Goddess of Nature of the First World, to think her means of escaping are so vulnerable. It is truly regrettable."

Though he spoke of regret, his grey eyes were filled with mockery and indifference, and no sense of pity could be heard in his tone.

Chun's death was merely the curtain call of an insignificant play.

Zhou Huai sat beside the low table, his dark golden pupils staring at the withered wooden carving, his brows furrowing.

He raised his head, his gaze piercing towards the lofty Anubis, his tone calm yet carrying a frigid probing: "Anubis, you are plotting quite skillfully. But you have forgotten that Mr. Duan's strength is growing increasingly formidable. Once he completely absorbs Chun's Origin Life Law and completes the final puzzle piece of his high-dimensional Godhood, his next target will be you."

Zhou Huai picked up the white jade wine cup on the table, toying with it in his hand: "Facing a Transcendent who can devour you like a battery, you don't seem to have any sense of urgency?"

Hearing this, Anubis chuckled lightly.

He tilted his head back, draining the liquor in the cup in one gulp, and then casually tossed the golden goblet aside, producing a crisp crashing sound.

"It is not that I have no sense of urgency, young man." Anubis tapped the armrest of the throne with his slender fingers, his tone deep and profound: "I am simply waiting for an opportunity. An opportunity that can completely reverse a dead end."

"What opportunity?" Zhou Huai narrowed his eyes, catching the subtext in the other's words.

"The opportunity when The Eighth Ruin opens." Anubis spat out those few words.

The Eighth Ruin?!

Zhou Huai rapidly conducted a comprehensive search in his mind of all intelligence regarding ruins in the current world.

Two ruins in the Free Federation, two ruins in Great Xia, one Ise Grand Shrine in Sakura Country, this pyramid in Ancient Egypt, plus that ruin on the ocean archipelago… there were only seven in total.

In this world-class challenge quest known as the Chaos of the Eight Directions, the System mentioned eight ruins, but up to now, neither the top-secret archives of the Great Xia Military Department nor the intelligence network controlled by Zhou Huai himself had any clues about that eighth one!

It was a ghost that did not exist in this world.

Zhou Huai put down the wine cup in his hand, his gaze locking onto Anubis: "You mean… The Eighth Ruin hasn't opened yet?"

He threw out three fatal questions in succession, his tone pressing step by step: "Where on earth is it? And why do you know that The Eighth Ruin is the key to dealing with Mr. Duan? What kind of bargaining chips do you actually hold in your hands?"

The atmosphere in the hall plummeted to freezing point with these few questions.

Anubis did not answer; he picked up a clean cup again and poured himself a glass of wine.

"You have too many questions, little friend."

Anubis took a sip of the wine in his cup, his grey eyes looking down condescendingly at Zhou Huai, his tone revealing the arrogance and impatience unique to high-dimensional powerhouses, "I have no obligation to explain so much to you. You only need to know that in this game of era cleansing, your current chips are not yet qualified to see my trump card."

He put down the wine cup, leaned forward, and the terrifying coercion belonging to the Dominator of the Netherworld of the old era surged toward Zhou Huai.

"You only have two choices now."

Anubis raised two fingers, his voice cold: "Either you fall out with me right now and become my enemy, or you cooperate with me and obediently do as I say."

"The first choice is good for neither of us, and will only benefit Duan." He paused and sneered, "I suggest you choose the second one. Unless… you are confident you can defeat me here."

A threat.

An undisguised threat.

Anubis dared to be so arrogant because he was certain that Zhou Huai would not dare to act rashly in this Ancient Egyptian Ruins completely controlled by him. This was his home turf, saturated with pervasive Netherworld Laws, and every subtle spatial node was covered by his necromantic curse.

However, facing the ultimatum of this deity of the old era, Zhou Huai suddenly smiled.

"Hehe…"

Zhou Huai grinned, revealing pearly white teeth. He stood up from beside the low table and patted the non-existent dust on the hem of his garment.

"Sorry, I was born with a stubborn spine, and what I hate most is being manipulated by others."

Zhou Huai raised his head, a heart-palpitating murderous intent suddenly erupting from his dark golden pupils, "Since you are so confident, then let me give it a try. Let's see what kind of strength you, this so-called Nether God, actually have to make me obey obediently!"

Airflows burst open!

As his voice fell, a terrifying Aura that completely did not belong to conventional Professionals of the current world erupted from within Zhou Huai's body!

The absolute Fusion of Ten Thousand Aspects into One was driven to the extreme!

Dazzling thunder light and rich Shadow Laws intertwined around his body. Yasuo's [Thunder God Armor] instantly covered his whole body, and the violent blue lightning emitted a deafening roar; Moria's [Night Demon Descent] caused a pair of black demonic wings that blotted out the sky to spread behind his back; while Xiang Yu's [Undying Demon God] power caused his bones to emit a teeth-gritting cracking sound, his height forcibly shooting up to three meters, resembling an ancient God of War!

Not only that, the Law of Space of Void Lawkeeper Victor transformed into countless silver chains, taking Zhou Huai as the center, stabbing towards the surrounding Void Realm, forcibly tearing countless cracks into the necromantic spatial maze set up by Anubis inside the hall!

"Arrogant human!"

Anubis's expression changed drastically, and the golden goblet in his hand was crushed to pieces by him!

He stood up from the Golden Throne, his grey eyes turning pitch black.

"Since you are looking for death, I will grant your wish!"

Swish, swish—!

A dark yellow phantom of the Netherworld River condensed from Death Laws and corrosive toxins surged into the sky from behind Anubis. Countless resentful souls emitting shrill screams tumbled within the river water, exuding a stench sufficient to dissolve all vitality.

The Auras of the two top-tier powerhouses collided inside the spacious Black Stone Hall!

"Rumble, rumble, rumble——!!"

Merely the confrontation of their Auras triggered a violent tremor in the ruin's space. The indestructible black stone floor cracked inch by inch, huge cracks spreading in a cobweb pattern in all directions. The previously sluggish veiled dancer Puppets around the hall didn't even manage to emit a single scream under the coercion before being crushed into dancing bloody dust across the sky.

Not only internally, but the wind and clouds changed color over the entire Black Stone City!