Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 533 Mutual Destruction and Seeking a Way to Survive

Chapter 532

"You have to give up something to gain something..."

The will of reincarnation, having failed to break through for a long time, clearly understood the crux of the problem.

He couldn't bear to part with the source of reincarnation. Without Rosen's source of reincarnation and his undying will, He would eventually die from contamination and corruption.

This made Him feel constrained in everything He did. If things continued like this, no matter how many years He and Rosen fought, they would never be able to determine a winner. The problem was that as they set foot in the vast wasteland, He did not have Rosen's strong resistance to pollution and corruption.

Therefore, if this continues for too long, He might be killed by Rosen due to the increasing pollution and corruption.

Therefore, we must act swiftly and decisively, even if it means sacrificing a great deal.

Everyone understands the principle that you have to give up something to gain something, but while it's easy to say the truth, it's difficult to put it into practice.

Even though the Will of Reincarnation had figured it out, it still spent several years trying to find a way to minimize its losses. Only after all possible methods were rejected did it finally make a firm decision.

The undying will of the cycle of reincarnation has been tempered for a full 100,000 cycles of reincarnation.

This was after He left the Samsara Realm and died many times; otherwise, His undying will would have been at least twice as strong.

When He left the Great Realm of Reincarnation for the last time, He obtained the Reincarnation Banner from the corpse of the Ancestral Spirit of Reincarnation.

He was able to fight his way back to the Great Realm of Reincarnation only by relying on the power of the Reincarnation Banner.

However, this also corrupted part of the Undying Will. Fortunately, it was only a corruption of level 5 in the swarm, and only part of the Undying Will was corrupted. This part of the Undying Will was sealed inside the skull. Although the corruption continued to spread, the intact part of the Undying Will grew very quickly.

Even if most of the immortal will is used to maintain the seal, the remaining immortal will is enough.

But things are different now; the will of reincarnation has made up its mind to break the seal.

In this way, the corruption within the Undying Will will spread rapidly, but the Undying Will that maintains the seal can be extracted, which is enough to increase His strength by more than three times on the existing basis. This is enough to capture Rosen alive in a short time.

Of course, doing so is also very risky. If he fails to capture Rosen alive, he will face certain death.

The will of reincarnation was quickly unsealed, and the undying will, which had increased several times over, was poured into the Reincarnation Banner.

Although this ancestral treasure, the Reincarnation Banner, is incomplete, it still possesses extraordinary power at the level of a third of the ancestral spirit.

The undying will of reincarnation was infused into the hundreds of puppets that had transcended reincarnation and were sealed within the banner, instantly giving these puppets, who had lost their self-awareness and were like vegetative beings, a sense of self, and they no longer fought solely based on instinct.

All of this happened in the dark, and Rosen was completely unaware of the actions of the Will of Reincarnation.

However, this does not mean that he was unprepared; he did not let his guard down at all from the start of the decisive battle.

Even so, he was still driven to the brink of despair by the will of reincarnation in an instant.

Rosen only saw the moment when the tattered banner in the hands of the Will of Reincarnation swept away the cosmic barrage, suddenly use the flagpole as a spear to lock onto him, and then the flagpole tore through the void and was thrown at him, tearing apart the defensive barriers formed by the cosmic barrage, the domain, and the cycle of time and space along its path.

All his defenses, which could have blocked the onslaught of the will of reincarnation, were torn apart in an instant.

Rosen tried to dodge, but the flagpole followed him relentlessly and pierced his heart.

He has never been injured in all these years of fighting because the Reincarnation Source Body possesses defensive capabilities at the Ancestral Spirit level.

Although his reincarnation source body was only barely formed, it was undoubtedly at the bottom of the ancestral spirit level.

Even so, the will of reincarnation could not truly harm his reincarnation source body in the past.

However, now, his reincarnation body has been easily torn open and pierced through his heart.

On the flagpole piercing the heart, Rosen sensed hundreds of perfectly superimposed, undying wills. Some of these undying wills formed a spacetime cycle to accelerate the flagpole, some formed a spacetime cycle to tear apart the defense, and others formed a causal cycle to create a causal inevitability effect.

Finally, the most troublesome thing is the cycle of life and death, which suppresses all the life essence of the reincarnation source body after piercing the heart.

Although Rosen was severely injured, the battle was far from over.

He directly sublimated his undying will into the Will of the Other Shore using the Holy Light of the Other Shore, and then used the Will of the Other Shore to cast the cycle of time and space.

The flagpole that runs through the heart begins to be pulled away from the heart, as if time and space are flowing backward.

However, just as they were about to be separated, Rosen and the approaching will of reincarnation were both severely injured at the same time.

The indestructible will of reincarnation infused into the flagpole was actually destroyed by this incomplete ancestral treasure. Then, the flagpole actively absorbed Rosen's will from the other side into the flagpole, and in an instant, Rosen became the new master of the Reincarnation Banner.

On the surface, the presence of the Reincarnation Banner seems like a good thing, but in reality, it's not that simple at all.

The corruption within the Samsara Banner was already becoming increasingly severe, and the extreme outburst of the Samsara Will further exacerbated the corruption. Under these circumstances, the Samsara Banner actively merged with the Will of the Other Shore, and the corruption within the Samsara Banner was also incorporated into the Will of the Other Shore.

If calculated according to the intensity of pollution and decay, the intensity of pollution and decay on the surface of the Reincarnation Banner is nine.

However, the core corruption and contamination level is 10, after all, only the Holy Radiance of the Other Shore with a strength of 10 could make the Reincarnation Banner look like it does now.

Rosen's undying will can only withstand corruption of intensity nine at most, and cannot withstand corruption of intensity ten at all. Therefore, the moment his will of the other shore degenerates into the undying will is the moment the balance is broken and corrupted.

This sudden turn of events was beyond the expectations of Rosen and the Will of Reincarnation.

No one expected that the Reincarnation Banner would abandon the will of reincarnation and turn to Rosen. You should know that the spirituality of the Reincarnation Banner itself had been worn away over the long years. Logically speaking, it should be an inanimate object and should not have the conditions to choose its own master.

Rosen carefully sensed the Reincarnation Banner and roughly understood what was going on.

Although the Reincarnation Banner has lost its spirituality and is on the verge of destruction, it no longer has the conditions to choose its own master.

However, the core of the Holy Radiance of the Other Shore is not pollution and corruption, but mutation and evolution. Pollution and corruption are merely byproducts of failed mutation and evolution. Such byproducts are naturally and absolutely suppressed by the will of the Other Shore.

On the other hand, the Reincarnation Banner is a treasure of the Ancestral Spirit of Reincarnation, and some of its materials may have been taken from the Source of Reincarnation.

The Reincarnation Banner, having penetrated the heart and absorbed some of the flesh and blood of the Reincarnation Source Body, actually produced a certain degree of repair effect on itself. Out of instinct for self-preservation, the Reincarnation Banner rejected the undying will of the Reincarnation Will and instead turned towards its Other Shore Will and the Reincarnation Source Body.

While the choice made by the Reincarnation Banner certainly backfired on the Will of Reincarnation, it also pushed Rosen into a desperate situation.

His will to the other shore is not permanent; it is merely a temporary evolution of his undying will through the permanent consumption of the holy light of the other shore.

Once the Holy Radiance of the Other Shore under its control is exhausted and the Will of the Other Shore degenerates into the Will of Immortality, what will it rely on to suppress the corruption of intensity ten? Why can the Reincarnation Banner easily escape the control of the Will of Reincarnation? It is because the Will of Reincarnation has never truly controlled the Reincarnation Banner.

The pollution and corruption, reaching a strength of ten, means that anyone who touches it will die, even if they are beyond the cycle of reincarnation.

Rosen could understand what was going on, and the Will of Reincarnation was no exception. The two who were just moments ago at loggerheads had suddenly lost all meaning in their fight.

The Will of Reincarnation wants to seize Rosen's Undying Will and Reincarnation Source Body, but he has now been tainted by corruption of intensity level 10. Even if the Will of Reincarnation were given such a Reincarnation Source Body and Undying Will, it would not dare to accept them.

From the perspective of the will of reincarnation, Rosen was already doomed.

However, He himself was not much better off. In order to unleash His Undying Will to the maximum extent, He removed the seal that suppressed the corruption within His body. In addition, He suffered a backlash from the Samsara Banner, and the corruption within His body became uncontrollable. Therefore, His Samsara Will was also doomed to die.

What need is there for two people who are destined to die to continue fighting?
The Will of Reincarnation took a deep breath, dug out the Reincarnation Eye between its brows, and threw it to Rosen.

Without any hesitation, they resolutely headed towards the green mountains and clear waters beyond the barren and desolate landscape.

Staying here is a dead end; only by leaving can we perhaps find a way to survive in this vast wasteland.

As for leaving the Samsara Heavenly Eye to Rosen, it's in the hope that Rosen can make a choice.

Rosen could choose to merge with the Samsara Heavenly Eye. In addition, he merged with the Samsara Heavenly Eye that had mutated due to pollution and corruption, and by gathering the two Samsara Dominator's Authority, he could completely transform into the Samsara Dao Authority. Perhaps Rosen would have a slight chance of surviving.

The Will of Reincarnation watched Rosen's birth and watched Rosen grow step by step to where he is now.

Unbeknownst to him, he had already placed too much hope in Rosen.

With each growth of Rosen, the Will of Reincarnation can feel genuine joy.

Of course, this does not mean that He will give up taking Rosen's reincarnation source body and immortal will.

As long as there is a glimmer of hope, He will not let Rosen go. But conversely, when the last glimmer of hope disappears, He is unwilling for Rosen to die, because that would mean that His plan for ten thousand reincarnations has completely come to nothing.

The will of reincarnation is unwilling to admit its defeat; it has merely been defeated by a predetermined accident.

Who would have thought that the Reincarnation Banner could have the instinct to self-repair, and would actually turn to the enemy and recognize Rosen as its master at a critical moment?
No one could have predicted this outcome. For a moment, the Will of Reincarnation considered dying alongside Rosen, but then it thought that would be too ugly. It would rather face the pollution and corruption head-on and fight to the last moment than admit defeat and become a hysterical madman.

Rosen watched as the will of reincarnation receded step by step, leaving behind the desolate and treacherous landscape formed by the decaying and polluted corpses of the ancestral spirits of reincarnation.

He watched as the Will of Reincarnation disappeared into the green hills and clear waters. The Will of Reincarnation might not be able to withstand the new world formed after the Holy Light of the Other Shore pollutes the world, and it would soon die somewhere. It might also find a way to survive and continue to stand against him in the vast wasteland in the future.

He didn't know what the future held; in the vast wasteland, the cycle of time and space made it impossible to predict even a second of the future.

With a heavy heart, Rosen pulled the Ancient Tree of the Cycle Era from the Holy Spear of Reincarnation, planted it directly in the ground, and began to frantically absorb the pollution and corruption of the desolate mountains and rivers. He then integrated all the pollution and corruption into the Will of the Other Shore and transformed it into the Holy Radiance of the Other Shore.

With the new Holy Light of the Other Shore, the Will of the Other Shore can be sustained for a longer period of time.

Conversely, if the will of the other shore is maintained for a longer period of time, it can reverse more pollution and corruption into holy radiance of the other shore.

Rosen's only hope for survival is that the speed at which he acquires the Holy Light of the Other Shore exceeds the rate at which he consumes it.

This is no easy task; after all, it's easier to go with the flow than to go against it.

The difficulty involved is roughly the same as an ordinary person trying to restore a rotten banana to its original state.

Rosen felt himself approaching death every moment, and he tried with all his might to control the corruption of intensity ten.

However, there is no success, only failure. Strength below nine is merely a quantitative change, but strength ten signifies a qualitative change.

After decades of struggling, Rosen was on the verge of death.

Suddenly, he thought of a possibility: some of the materials used to make the Reincarnation Banner were taken from the Reincarnation Source Body. The Reincarnation Source Body of the Reincarnation Ancestral Spirit was corrupted and turned into a swarm of insects. Could the Reincarnation Banner be even more powerful than the Reincarnation Ancestral Spirit? It's as if only the banner was damaged, while the flagpole was relatively intact.

Rosen looked again at the green mountains and clear waters beyond the barren wasteland. The Holy Radiance of the Other Shore had killed the Ancestral Spirit of Reincarnation, but had not destroyed the vast wasteland.

On the contrary, the vast wasteland, after countless years, adapted to pollution and decay, and radiated a brand new vitality.

This demonstrates that the effects of the Holy Light of the Other Shore on the pollution and corruption of living beings and inanimate objects are vastly different.

In that case, he might be able to seize a glimmer of hope.

As soon as Rosen had a thought, countless roots of the Ancient Tree of Reincarnation took root in his body, forcefully turning the Reincarnation Source Body into nourishment for the Ancient Tree of Reincarnation. As the Reincarnation Source Body gradually merged into the Ancient Tree of Reincarnation, countless roots began to lock onto the Reincarnation Banner and devour it.

The Reincarnation Banner instinctively resisted, but Rosen's will from the other side had completely taken control of the core of the Reincarnation Banner.

Under his suppression, the Reincarnation Banner also began to gradually turn into nourishment.

It was during this process that Rosen discovered that the banner of the Samsara Banner was made from the skin on the back of the Samsara Source Body, and the flagpole was the spine that the Samsara Source Body had extracted. No wonder the Samsara Banner would take the initiative to embrace him.

Rosen's will from the other side lost the support of the source body of reincarnation and began to transfer to the ancient tree of the reincarnation era.

He regarded the Ancient Tree of the Reincarnation Era as a new body. The Ancient Tree of the Reincarnation Era absorbed the Source of Reincarnation and the Reincarnation Banner, successfully crossing the boundary between transcending reincarnation and ancestral spirits. With the help of the incomplete will of the other shore, it has met the conditions to become an ancestral spirit life.

Especially after Rosen mastered the two reincarnation dominion powers, he was able to merge the two powers into a complete reincarnation path.

There is no doubt that the new body of the Ancient Tree of the Cycle Era is at the Ancestral Spirit level, and its self-awareness level is also at the Ancestral Spirit level. Furthermore, Rosen has now mastered the Cycle Dao, a power that only Ancestral Spirit beings can fully control.

As expected, Rosen naturally ascended from transcending reincarnation to becoming an ancestral spirit.

Only by becoming an ancestral spirit can one truly unleash the full power of the ancestral spirit's organs.

His mutated Samsara Eye instantly and greatly enhanced his control over the Holy Light of the Other Shore. Although he was still unable to resist the corruption of level 10, his resistance had been greatly improved. Similarly, his efficiency in reversing the corruption into the Holy Light of the Other Shore had also greatly increased.

The situation where the consumption of Holy Radiance from the Other Shore was originally far greater than its recovery has begun to change, with the consumption being less than its recovery.

Rosen survived, but it's far from time to let his guard down.

Because the pollution and corruption of barren mountains and bad waters all originate from the ancestral spirits of reincarnation, his efficiency in both absorption and reversal is very high.

Once the pollution and corruption of the barren mountains and treacherous waters have completely disappeared, he will face the pollution and corruption of the vast wasteland, which has evolved through countless years of integration with the environment. At that time, the efficiency of converting the Holy Radiance of the Other Shore will inevitably be greatly reduced.

So, taking advantage of his spare time, Rosen manipulated a root to leave the desolate and treacherous land.

The moment the roots left, they began to decompose uncontrollably. He immediately planted the roots in the soil and spread towards the water source and the vast wasteland where plants had adapted to the pollution and decay. Then he absorbed the nutrients from the soil, the nourishment from the water, and the essence of the plants.

Those who can digest nutrients and adapt to the vast wasteland environment can survive; otherwise, they will die.

Rosen is now fighting for his life, and the outcome remains to be seen.

(End of this chapter)