Samsara Paradise: Dream Weaver of Connections.

“That was just now.” Lin Yi glanced at the power of the abyss that was dissipating around him, and a trace of solemnity appeared in his eyes.

He clearly remembered every detail of the situation just now, and every second of his actions seemed like a precisely calculated mechanical program.

There was no hesitation, no deviation, not even any unnecessary fluctuations in the speed of a racing heart.

The thoughts were elevated to a terrifying height, as if the gods suspended in the sky were looking down coldly at the ants of the world.

All human qualities have been stripped away, leaving only coldness and absolute efficiency.

The experience was both intoxicating and eerie.

In the words of ascetics, this is clearly a mysterious realm of "interaction between heaven and man, and divinity being supreme."

Divinity has erased humanity, and all thinking is based on the best standards, with very little emotional overlay.

At this time, Lin Yi finally understood why the Abyss Contractors became stronger in the later stages. In addition to the blessing of the power of the Abyss, the more deadly thing was the mutation that gradually eroded the mind.

Like digitized killing machines, the only criteria they use to measure the world are efficiency and results, resulting in behavior that is completely guided by efficiency and optimal standards, with a lack of emotional involvement.

It is no wonder that most of the Abyss Contractors in the later period are alone - such a cold and efficient way of thinking is destined to isolate them from the word "companion".

When emotions become redundant procedures and when constraints become obstacles to execution efficiency, walking alone becomes an inevitable choice.

Perhaps it is for this reason that the strong ones of the Abyss are like dark rivers in the desert; the deeper you go, the rarer they are.

Either you destroy yourself in the pursuit of absolute power, or you choose to end it before you are completely alienated into an inhuman being.
But now is not the time for Lin Yi to think about philosophy here. The battle is not over yet. Although Lin Yi has solved the problem of Soul Breaker, the battles in other places are still going on.

Lin Yi took light steps and jumped to the roof of a three-story building.

In the distance, hundreds of soldiers were entangled together like a swarm of crazy ants.

A flash of knife light appeared, and a head wearing an iron helmet was thrown high into the air; the long spear thrust forward, instantly piercing through three bodies stacked on top of each other.

At the edge of the battlefield, several low-level ghosts were greedily gnawing on corpses that were not yet completely cold.

The sky groaned as if it could not bear the heavy burden, and the thick thunderclouds were torn apart by some supreme power.

A lightning spear that spanned the sky was gathering in a vortex of clouds, with a dazzling blue light like liquid thunder flowing throughout it.

The aftermath of the energy it emitted alone caused the buildings within a radius of one kilometer to tremble and tiles to fall like rain.

The entire city of Zul was illuminated in great detail at this moment. The splattering blood, broken weapons, and terrified and distorted faces were all frozen into strange still frames in the pale lightning.

"Roar--!"

The demons in the city suddenly let out shrill howls, and the ghosts dropped their half-gnawed limbs and scrambled into nearby buildings.

"boom--!!!"

When the Thunder Spear finally fell, time seemed to freeze for a moment.

At this critical moment, a black barrier suddenly rose above the execution machine and collided violently with the lightning spear.

The shock wave, comparable to a small nuclear explosion, exploded in a circular shape. The buildings within thirty meters around the execution agency were like being run over by an invisible giant hand. The brick and stone walls vaporized in an instant, and the houses farther away collapsed one after another like dominoes.

The bell tower under Lin Yi's feet shook violently, and he was pushed back half a foot by the violent air wave, plowing two deep scratches on the roof.

After the aftermath of the shock wave gradually dissipated, Lin Yi realized that it was not advisable to stay here for long.

The fact that even a killer move of this level was used was enough to prove that the opponent had forced Reinhard into a desperate situation.

At this moment, the execution facility's four-story reinforced concrete structure was as fragile as paper in the confrontation, with twisted steel bars exposed, broken concrete blocks scattered all over the ground, and occasional flashes of lightning among the ruins.

Reinhardt stood in the center of the ruins, unstable electricity wrapped around him, making dangerous crackling sounds.

His right arm twitched uncontrollably, and the arcs of electricity dancing between his fingers exposed his weakness at the moment.

This fighting style, which came at the cost of self-destruction, miraculously allowed him to draw with Dark Eclipse in a short period of time.

Strange blue lines appeared on the surface of Reinhardt's skin, which were traces of capillaries bursting under high voltage current.

The pupils sometimes shrink to the size of a pinpoint and sometimes spread to the entire eye socket, showing that the nervous system is under unimaginable stress.

Under the ravages of the violent electric current, Reinhardt's body was on the verge of collapse. If he continued like this, it would not be long before this tattered body would completely explode like an overcharged battery.

On the other side of the ruins, Dark Eclipse noticed this.

With every step, pieces of charred flesh and blood would fall off the skeleton of the body possessed by Dark Erosion.

Dark Erosion's voice was as hoarse and unpleasant as the friction of sandpaper. His damaged vocal cords made every word vibrate uncomfortably. "Human, your tenacity is beyond my expectations."

"Are you stalling for time?" Reinhardt suddenly shouted, his eyes sweeping across the shattered ruins around him.

The fragments of information in his memory were instantly pieced together—there was still one member on the Shadow Council's list who had never shown up!
"You guessed right. Unfortunately, it's too late." Dark Eclipse laughed, and black mist swirled around him, as if repairing his broken body.

"Shadowsong has successfully sneaked into the basement. Soon, the Shadow Council's plan will be realized. And you are just an insignificant appetizer before this feast."

As an awakened person in the former imperial military, Yingge possesses too many core secrets of the empire. These top-secret information make him the best candidate to find the underground prison.

"Today, no one of you can leave." Reinhardt's body leaned forward slightly, countless electric arcs wandered on the surface of his skin, ionizing the surrounding air and producing a burnt ozone smell.

The clouds in the sky seemed to sense his will and began to roll violently. Lightning flashed faintly in the thick dark clouds, as if a devastating storm was brewing.

Dark Eclipse looked down at his own broken body. The charred flesh was constantly peeling off, revealing the white bones underneath.

Although he has strong recovery ability, Reinhardt's lightning power is too obvious to restrain him.

If he were to withstand an attack of that level again, he couldn't guarantee that he would be able to escape unscathed.

The Dark Eclipse began to retreat, and the black mist around it began to condense, as if it was preparing to retreat.

Reinhardt raised his hand, and the rolling thunderclouds in the sky seemed to be grasped by an invisible hand, and all the lightning energy gathered madly in the clouds.

With a deafening thunder, a giant lightning bolt with a diameter of more than three meters came down like a sword of heavenly punishment, with the power to destroy everything!

"Damn it!" Dark Erosion's pupils suddenly shrank. He knew that he could not withstand this attack head-on.

At the moment when the lightning was about to hit him, his real body suddenly separated from the human body, turned into a thick black mist, and quickly retreated.

"boom--!"

Amidst the earth-shaking roar, the blinding light of lightning illuminated the area within a hundred meters as bright as day.

The terrifying energy impact blasted a huge pit with a diameter of more than ten meters on the ground. The flying debris was vaporized by the high temperature in mid-air, and the air was filled with a suffocating smell of ozone and scorched earth.

The body abandoned by Dark Erosion was like a fragile paper puppet in the lightning, with its charred skin cracking inch by inch, revealing the carbonized bones inside.

In a flash, the once human body collapsed and turned into a pool of smoking black ash.

Twenty meters away, a ball of violently swirling black fog barely condensed into shape.

Dark Eclipse's true form was vaguely visible in the mist - it was a distorted human figure made of pure shadow, with its facial features constantly wriggling and changing.

His breath was noticeably weaker. Apparently, forcibly leaving his body and enduring the aftermath of the lightning had caused him considerable damage.

"Reinhardt... you really surprise me." Dark Eclipse's voice was filled with a hint of suppressed anger.

Reinhardt bent one knee slightly and managed to hold his body together without falling.

His right hand unconsciously pressed on his left ribs - the shirt there had long been charred and torn, revealing the abnormal bluish-purple skin underneath.

After using such a powerful lightning force continuously, his body was already on the verge of breaking. Although Dark Eclipse's condition was very different at the moment, he could feel that Reinhardt's condition was worse than his.

In the current situation, Dark Eclipse clearly has the upper hand. All they need to do is wait for Shadow Song to return, and then the balance of victory will tilt towards the Shadow Council.

At this moment, a cold voice suddenly came from the side: "He may not be able to do it alone, but what about me?" Dark Erosion's pupils suddenly shrank and he turned to look at the source of the voice.

Lin Yi was seen standing on the other side of the ruins without knowing when. The long sword in his hand emitted a cold light and his eyes revealed a heart-pounding murderous intent.

"It's you..." There was a hint of fear in Dark Eclipse's voice.

After this period of fighting, Dark Eclipse has realized that Lin Yi has a method in his hands that can cause fatal damage to the demon's body.

This is also why he had previously arranged for Soul Splitter to attack Harold in an attempt to restrain Lin Yi's actions.

"Where is the Soul Splitter?" There was a hint of temptation in Dark Eclipse's voice. The black fog shrank slightly, as if ready to retreat at any time.

Lin Yi sneered, and gently swung the sword in his hand. A cold light flashed on the blade.

"You mean the ugly guy who looks like Slender Man? Unfortunately, he has gone to hell before you. But don't worry, I'll take you to see him right away."

The black fog churned violently, revealing the tremors in Dark Eclipse's heart.

He was very clear about Liehun's strength. Being able to kill him in such a short time, Lin Yi's strength was obviously more terrifying than he expected.

At this moment, a black wave swept across Reinhardt's body.

Reinhardt felt that the twitching in his body suddenly eased a lot, and his originally tense muscles gradually relaxed.

"Leave this to me. You hurry to the underground prison. The people from the Shadow Council have already entered there." Reinhardt let out a long sigh and stood opposite Dark Eclipse once again.

Lin Yi glanced at Reinhardt, didn't say much, and walked towards the office area.

"If you want to leave, it's not that easy." Three dark energy spheres took shape instantly, carrying a destructive aura, and flew towards Lin Yi.

Just when the magic balls were about to hit Lin Yi, several dazzling lightning bolts suddenly fell from the sky and accurately struck the three magic balls.

The dazzling electric light collided violently with the dark energy, causing a deafening roar, and the shock wave blew away all the surrounding rubble.

"Reinhardt, do you really think you can stop me with your broken body?"

Reinhardt did not answer, but took out the last bit of ashes from his pocket and smeared it on his skin without hesitation.

The moment the bone powder touched his skin, his body trembled, but soon, a powerful force surged from his body, and the electric current around him became more violent.

Reinhardt wanted to completely burn his vitality in exchange for combat effectiveness.

Reinhardt in this state is definitely a terrifying enemy.

Lin Yi naturally noticed the situation behind him, but the focus at the moment was the underground prison. Once the other party really succeeded, everything would be in vain.

Just when Lin Yi finally found the entrance to the elevator passage covered by ruins.

A loud bang was heard from underground, and the next second, a piece of metal wreckage as big as a carriage shot out from the underground passage like a cannonball, completely blasting away the ruins above.

The flying debris flew everywhere like a rainstorm, and Lin Yi had to raise his arms to block it.

Before the smoke and dust cleared, a black shadow leaped out like a ghost.

The figure fell heavily on the open space ten steps away from Lin Yi, and spider-web-like cracks instantly appeared on the ground.

“Hahahaha! I finally got out!!!”

The person who came was none other than the seventeen-eyed ghost Dubois Bertram whom Lin Yi had seen in the underground prison before. At this moment, his breath was recovering rapidly. Judging from the bloodstains around his mouth, all the prisoners in the underground prison should have become nutrients for Dubois Bertram's recovery.

"DuBois Bertram..." Lin Yi whispered the name, with a hint of coldness in his eyes.

"The last descendant of the Phantom Dynasty... No wonder they would save you at all costs."

"It seems that you have information about the Immortal King, right?"

DuBois-Bertlem opened his mouth in a hideous smile, with blood still lingering at the corners of his mouth.

His seventeen eyes moved at the same time, staring at Lin Yi, his eyes full of madness and greed.

"Information? Hahaha! The poor fellow did say something interesting—just as my sharp teeth were crushing his larynx!"

His tongue licked across his sharp teeth, and he said with aftertaste: "But I can tell you a good news - that rubbish has now become a part of me. His memory, his strength, and even his fear before death are now perfectly integrated into my body!"

Lin Yi's eyes narrowed slightly. He glanced at the passage behind Dubois Bertram. After confirming that no one else appeared, he said coldly: "It seems that you are crazier than I thought."

"Crazy? Hahaha!" Dubois Bertram's laughter became even more shrill. His body leaned forward slightly, and black mist swirled around him, as if it would pounce on Lin Yi at any time.

"Do you know what it feels like to be imprisoned underground for two hundred years?" His voice suddenly became hoarse, "Now I am finally free! This world will pay a thousand times for my suffering!"

Lin Yi did not respond, but just looked at him coldly, raising the sword in his hand slightly, and a black ripple appeared on the edge of the sword.

"Stop talking nonsense." Lin Yi's voice was cold and concise. "Since you have escaped, I will send you back again - this time, I will make sure you can never climb out."

"Just you? Do you think you can do anything to me?" Dubois-Bertlem's laughter was full of disdain. His seventeen eyes moved at the same time, and the scarlet light was full of greed and murderous intent.

Before he finished speaking, DuBois-Bertlem suddenly disappeared from the spot.

The next second, he appeared in front of Lin Yi, and his right fist, with terrifying pressure, smashed towards Lin Yi's head like a mountain!

Before the fist wind arrived, the violent air waves had already torn the ground apart, sending gravel flying!

"boom--!"

Lin Yi's sword and Dubois Bertram's fist collided fiercely. Black ripples and scarlet energy intertwined, tearing cracks in the surrounding air.

Lin Yi felt a huge force coming from the sword blade, which made his arm slightly numb.

"Click——"

The blade pierced the cuticle on Dubois-Bertlem's palm and cut off a finger from his fist.

Black blood spurted out, carrying with it a pungent fishy smell.

"Heh." Dubois Bertram smiled instead of getting angry. He stretched out his scarlet tongue and slowly licked the black blood gushing out of the severed finger. His seventeen eyes narrowed into dangerous slits at the same time. "Interesting. Really interesting. Compared to those losers who can't even take a single move from me, you've actually made me more interested."

Before he finished speaking, the wound on his severed finger suddenly began to move, and new joints grew out in the blink of an eye.

Just when Dubois-Bertlem was about to fight with Lin Yi, a sound of breaking through the air suddenly appeared in their ears, interrupting their fight.

Feeling the sound of breaking air behind him, Lin Yi raised his hand and grabbed the incoming object.

It was only then that Lin Yi discovered that the person flying over was actually Reinhardt who had fallen into a coma.

Reinhardt was covered in blood at the moment, his breath was weak, and there was residual black mist on the surface of his body that continued to erode his body.

"Walk."

Dark Eclipse appeared next to Dubois Bertram. Although he had already put Reinhardt on the verge of death, his current condition was not much stronger.

Under Reinhardt's attack, the black mist body of the Dark Erosion became thin and transparent, and the distorted scenery behind it could be vaguely seen.

Apparently, in the battle just now, Reinhardt had caused him unimaginable damage. (End of this chapter)