From the end of the world

Chapter 512 Rules of Killing 1
As the three of us watched, a bloody and terrifying monster that looked like a human body turned inside out, with steaming internal organs hanging all over its body, stepped out of the darkness and appeared in the distance.

This is not the first time I have encountered this weirdness. First, it was in the depths of the abandoned amusement park, and again when I met the cartographer. Later, I met it on the way to the safe house with the cartographer and Sandalwood. This is the fourth time. I didn’t expect that the other party could be resurrected and come back again.

Looking at this bloody alien monster, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart that time and time again, the doomsday weirdness can really bring me surprises.

Compared to me and Tan Xiang who was completely unaware of this strange mechanism, Youhun's reaction was obviously much more intense. He shouted immediately: "You two... don't look at it, and don't think about it!"

Tan Xiang had seen me kill this monster last time, and he probably thought it posed no threat, so he asked, "Uh... why?"

"Because this weirdness will decide whether it has a stronger power depending on whether the first witness thinks it looks scary." I said, "Don't worry, it's coming for me, I don't think it's scary."

Youhun immediately understood what I meant. "Wait... you mean, you've seen it before and killed it once? That's why it's chasing you?

"But... this monster should randomly attack targets several to dozens of times a day, and I have never seen it among the monsters that attacked me before..."

It seems that the wandering soul is very aware of this strange mechanism.

"I know this monster has an extremely powerful immortal body. I used the same method to kill it before, but it seems that my method has little effect."

As I spoke, I fired a flaming bullet, breaking the monster's leg first, and then continued to ask the wandering soul: "You seem to know a lot about this monster, so what do you think about how to kill it?"

"…I don't know what method you used to defeat it last time, but as long as the main purpose is to kill it, it will not be effective against this monster."

The wandering soul seemed to have sorted out its thoughts for a while, and then answered me: "Because this weirdness is not a kind of life at all... In essence, it is one of the countless 'rules of killing' that emerged in the land after the apocalypse, and the bloody monster that appeared in front of us is a derivative of its rules, that is, something similar to a natural phenomenon."

"Rules?" Tan Xiang was surprised. "You mean... this thing is essentially the same as heat will not spontaneously transfer from a low temperature to a high temperature, and the action force and reaction force are equal in magnitude... is it something on the same level as those physical laws?"

Hearing this, Youhun seemed to think about it. Just when I thought Youhun was going to explain the difference between the two, he actually nodded seriously and said, "That's it."

Tan Xiang was stunned and said to herself, "Is this... is this reasonable?"

In that case, it’s no wonder that I couldn’t kill this monster with my last murderous attack. It’s also impossible for me to kill something that has no concept of “life and death”.

But strictly speaking, my last attack might not have been completely ineffective.

Absolute power can overwhelm everything, even the principles of the world can be distorted, and this so-called "principles" also include the laws of physics. Because the opponent is not a life, but a physical law and phenomenon, it cannot be killed - this kind of common sense that is taken for granted is not fully applicable in the Great Impermanence.

Of course, just as there are no absolute rules in this world, there is no absolute power in this world. Even the power of the Great Impermanence is not enough to be called "absolute". Therefore, if there is a Great Impermanence that violently interferes with the physical laws related to "wind", it is impossible to make the wind in the world disappear forever.

At most, it can temporarily suspend certain physical laws within a certain range centered on itself, making the area calm and peaceful. Because it is very difficult for the Great Impermanence to perceive the abstract realm in the doomsday era, the effect that can be achieved is even more limited.

The effect I achieved last time was actually similar. The murderous attack on this monster, although it was not able to completely eradicate it, it still greatly delayed the time for this phenomenon to reappear in my place.

“This thing that can be killed so easily… is it really that powerful?” Tan Xiang still seemed unable to accept it.

"It has nothing to do with being strong or not. It's a structural problem."

Youhun first responded to Tan Xiang, then turned to me and said, "It's a good thing that you are not afraid of this monster. Let's not waste any more energy on it." "Your fire power is indeed amazing, but there is a limit to what pure power can do. Even gods have their limits, let alone us mortals."

Tan Xiang didn't seem to have the energy to refute at this time. He just looked at the monster with a suspicious look in his eyes, who was struggling on the ground with his lower limbs shot off.

After hearing what Youhun said, the urge to challenge in my heart became even stronger, making me focus all my attention on the root of the problem.

Being able to enter the same level as the laws of physics and even transform oneself into a rule of killing is something that even Da Wuchang cannot do.

I don't think the other party is stronger than the Great Impermanence. Just as Youhun said, this is a structural problem. For example, the submersibles built by humans with the most advanced technology can dive to the ultra-deep abyss zone at most 10,000 meters below, and withstand pressures of more than 1,000 standard atmospheres. Even in this deep-sea hell, traces of invertebrate deep-sea animals can be found.

In terms of physical strength alone, any ordinary person can easily kill a bunch of these animals, but the latter can continue to dive to depths that are difficult for even the most advanced human technology to reach. This doomsday anomaly also presents a similar nature. It was born in a realm that humans cannot reach even with all their efforts.

but……

"You said that neither humans nor gods can destroy it, but I don't think so," I said.

The wandering soul was slightly startled, and said: "Indeed, I have never seen a human god take action personally, and I don't know to what extent a human god can do it... But what does this have to do with you? What are you going to do?"

"Of course we have to eliminate this weirdness."

I had already thought of the specific method, and then I moved one of the fireballs that were suspended around us to provide lighting. While holding this fireball, I began to continuously inject my spirit into it.

As the fuel continued to increase, the orange-red fireball burned more and more vigorously, but I forced it to be confined to a frame the same size as a football. The mana fluctuations of the fireball also continued to rise, which had a significant impact on the state of the wandering soul.

Overly powerful mana fluctuations will cause discomfort to the demon hunters around. When Chen Long first appeared, his mana fluctuations were like a violent storm, which made Ma Zao, who was still in a state of severe soul injury at the time, dizzy and unable to even walk normally. Even Ma Zao, who is essentially at the Great Perfection level, is like this, and it will only be more uncomfortable for demon hunters of lower levels.

In extreme cases, a demon hunter at the Great Mastery level can even make a lower-level demon hunter lose consciousness simply by using mana fluctuations without taking action. Although I don't emit mana fluctuations myself, the flames I summon do. Therefore, if I'm not careful when using my power, I may cause a character below the Great Mastery level to suffocate both physically and spiritually. Over time, it's easy for them to die of soul exhaustion.

At this moment, I was able to relax a little. The wandering soul obviously sensed the fluctuations of the magic power emitted by the fireball, and his face turned extremely pale, cold sweat broke out all over his body, his legs went limp, and he sat down unconsciously on the ground.

He opened his mouth wide, as if he wanted to breathe, but he was like a deep-sea fish thrown onto land, about to suffocate. On the contrary, Tan Xiang, an ordinary person who could not sense the fluctuation of mana, was full of surprise, as if he didn't know what was going on.

In fact, it is hard to say that I didn't have any intention to do something bad. Because Youhun underestimated my strength, I couldn't help but have the childish idea of ​​wanting to show off myself. At the same time, his previous words to keep me away from Xiaowan might be what many people thought of Ma Zao in the past. This can be regarded as a small revenge for myself and Ma Zao. I am sometimes very petty.

However, I didn't really want to cause harm to the wandering soul. After the mana fluctuations reached a certain height, I quickly injected more fuel. Then, the mana fluctuations seemed to break through a certain limit, and the wandering soul seemed to feel lighter and could breathe normally again, as if it had become like sandalwood and suddenly could not sense the mana fluctuations of the fireball.

The wandering soul took a few deep breaths, then seemed to realize something and looked at me in shock: "This... this phenomenon is..."

The bloody monster on the opposite side twisted and struggled, crawling on the ground towards me. I took a deep breath, secretly made preparations, and then threw the fireball in my hand that was emitting different dimensional mana fluctuations like throwing a volleyball.

The fireball drew a parabola and hit the monster's back directly.

Then, as if it had fallen into gasoline on the ground, the fireball exploded on the bloody alien monster. Before it could even struggle, the monster was like cotton in flames, and turned into ashes in an instant.

(End of this chapter)