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Chapter 198 Massive Reboot! Dungeon Ended, Overwhelming Hell Star! (1 words)

the other side.

The surface of Hellstar.

The spaceship, carrying some of the world's wealthiest individuals, passed through the planet's atmosphere.

The writhing flesh, the thick smoke that completely obscured their vision, the holes that looked like volcanoes... the terrifying scene that came into view made everyone think they had come to hell.

"Pilot, what are you doing! We've already entered the atmosphere, why haven't we landed yet?"

The most elite spaceship pilot, sweating profusely, replied, "No, the terrain is too complex; we simply can't find a soft landing spot!"

Before the words were finished, a loud commotion erupted, and the spaceship crashed onto the surface of Hellstar with a deafening roar.

The hellish star that was hit had its surface flesh torn open, revealing countless human faces inside, resembling insect eggs.

The spaceship crash resulted in the deaths and injuries of most of the already small number of passengers.

After a while, the few remaining survivors, wearing heavy, specially made spacesuits, crawled out from the wreckage of the spaceship.

"We...we survived?"

"Damn it, what kind of place is this? Is it even habitable?"

"Rebuilding a city here is simply a pipe dream."

After seeing their surroundings clearly, the survivors were plunged into despair once again.

"Alright, it's good enough that we're alive. There's no point in complaining about these trivial things. The most important thing now is to check if we can breathe the air here and if we can take off our helmets."

Upon hearing this, Feng Shi glanced at the now-dead crew members and an idea formed in his mind. He then calmly said, "It should be possible. We've already surveyed this area before."

The manager looked suspicious: "Huh? But this doesn't look like a place where people can live at all. Also, why didn't you take your helmet?"

The two were about to start arguing, and the oxygen reserves in their spacesuits were dwindling.

Someone quickly tried to smooth things over, saying, "There are still some wounded over there. Given the medical conditions here... they're beyond saving anyway. Why don't we take off their spacesuits and use them to test whether the air here is breathable for us?"

This approach, though cruel, is in the best interest of the moment.

The survivors exchanged glances and nodded.

So they removed the space helmet from the wounded soldier.

The wounded man had his eyes half-open, and blood was flowing from his forehead due to the shock. He was still somewhat conscious, but he was too weak to resist.

The wounded soldier screamed the instant he was exposed to the surface of the hellish planet.

"call!"

"what!"

His body quickly rotted and shriveled, then melted like mud, and the remaining bits of flesh were slowly absorbed and incorporated into the soil, like fertilizer.

"This...this place is not a paradise for the living at all!"

"This place is hell!"

Feng Shi looked back at the Earth, which seemed both so close and yet so far away, his expression filled with despair.

There's no going back for them.

Taking off the helmet means death, but if we don't take it off, everyone will still die when the oxygen reserves are depleted.

As it turned out, Feng Shi's idea was too idealistic. The thick smoke on the surface of Hell Star seemed to have a life of its own, and several swaying black shadows emerged from it.

The tall, twisting figures slowly approached Feng Shi and his companions.

Only after they emerged from the thick smoke could they see clearly that the faces of those dark figures were actually those of an incredibly delicate woman, whose face appeared excessively small compared to her size!
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The surface of the earth at this time.

No one knows exactly how long that sticky tongue that originated from Hell Star is.

It was like a giant pillar reaching to the sky, wildly swinging in the air and whipping up terrifying gusts of wind.

Boom boom boom! ! !
A long tongue swept across the Earth's surface, and countless skyscrapers appeared tiny in comparison, being destroyed without a doubt.

If we were to look down on this scene from the distant universe, we would see that Earth's atmosphere has been swept away, as if it had been parted in the middle.

While the people in the shelter were not directly involved in the disaster, most of them were killed or injured due to the chain reaction caused by Hellstar.

Hao Ren barely managed to keep his balance amidst the sudden gust of wind, exclaiming, "This guy is like a child who doesn't want to eat a lollipop in one bite; he's slowly savoring it, enjoying the taste!"

"It has already treated us like fish in a jar, food on a plate!"

Chu Jianhuan, expressionless, chanted the incantation again, activating the high-level ability of [Bloody Mary].

Fresh blood gushed out, congealing into a pair of red scissors made of blood.

The red scissors stabbed fiercely at Hellstar's protruding tongue.

Stab it!

The scissors plunged into the writhing bits of flesh.

Chu Jianhuan wanted to use this method to damage Hell Star, since her [Bloody Mary] could inhibit the regeneration of organisms.

But from the bloody hole that broke open on the surface of that long tongue, countless human faces instantly sprouted.

Countless faces of Fu Jiang, like eggs laid by a female insect, were piled together and stared at Chu Jianhuan and his companions, sending chills down their spines.

When conflicts arise between rules, the final competition comes down to the strength of the rules.

Clearly, the rules of Hellstar are far stronger than those of Bloody Mary.

Through the thick clouds, one could see that Hellstar's enormous, hideous eye had flipped over.

Whether it was his imagination or not, Lu Ming felt that the eye was looking at him.

Although there were still many survivors on Earth at this time, Hellstar didn't look at anyone; it just quietly watched Lu Ming alone.

This is not a simple gaze, but a special kind of confrontation.

Lu Ming even sensed signs that the vengeful spirit within him was reviving.

On the street at this moment.

The ashes fell much faster than before, and the nearby half-destroyed buildings, ruins, and corpses of pedestrians all lost their original colors and turned into a gray haze.

"Brother Lu, what happened? What's going on?"

Hao Ren looked at Lu Ming, knowing that this strange, gray space was Lu Ming's ability.

But Lu Ming seemed to be in a bad state at this moment. He was silent, his face was solemn, and his skin was pale and cold, like someone who had been dead for a long time but had not yet been buried.

"The complete Tomie..."

"The five layers of ghost domains cannot stop its invasion; in fact, it can even invade back."

"With this level of power, it's no wonder it's the most terrifying existence in the horror movie-style dungeons of the Main God Space..."

The current situation is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

Tomie and Hellstar are one, so if Lu Ming wants to complete the mission, he must also destroy Hellstar.

Thinking of this, Lu Ming couldn't help but curse inwardly, "Is this seven-star difficulty horror movie dungeon really something a human can complete?"
No wonder I've never seen a seventh-tier challenger.

He would rather clear ten six-star dungeons like "A Nightmare on Elm Street" than challenge a seventh-tier horror movie dungeon.

Gulu!
The giant eye of Hellstar rolled over again, and its endless tongue curled up, as if to engulf the entire Earth and swallow it whole.

We can't let Hellstar eat us!
Upon noticing Hellstar's next move, Lu Ming's expression shifted.

If he were eaten by another living creature, even one as large as a whale, he would not be affected in any way, and could even easily kill the other party.

However, although Hellstar manifests as a living organism, its essence is an aggregate of rules.

Once swallowed by it, it may become "nothingness," meaning nothing at all.

No, that might not be accurate enough.

If you close your eyes and see nothing, and define this boundless darkness as "nothingness," then what remains after being swallowed by the Hell Star is a concept that "nothingness" never even existed!
The body, life, consciousness... even the rules, everything will disappear.

From this perspective, Hellstar itself is far more terrifying than Tomie.

Lu Ming thought again of the rusty machete from the Japanese ghost temple incident.

If he could wield the black umbrella, using it as his supernatural weapon, and combine it with the machete that could even dismember a vengeful ghost, could he try to dismember the hellish star in front of him?

At the very least, it should be separated from Tomie.

"No matter how great the risk, if we can return to the mysterious resurrection world alive this time, we must find a way to successfully control that black umbrella in the suburbs of Dachang City."

Like Yang Jian in the original timeline, the six-layered ghost domain time stop, the woodcutter's knife dismemberment, and the coffin nail suppression—this smooth little combo, though mindless, is indeed effective.

If Lu Ming can obtain the black umbrella and the ghost cleaver as planned, he will save a lot of effort when dealing with many vengeful ghosts.

Lu Ming pulled himself out of his thoughts and turned his gaze back to the enormous thing in front of him.

Staying on Earth is definitely not an option. As analyzed before, if we were to be swallowed up by Hellstar along with Earth, the only outcome would be complete annihilation.

And then, to other planets...
Let's not talk about how to do it yet.

With almost all the planets in the solar system already devoured by Hellstar, Lu Ming now has virtually no other options.

"The only option is to go to Hell Star."

Lu Ming made this decision.

No matter how harsh the environment on Hellstar is, it has no effect on him.

There might even be a chance to face Tomie directly.

Seeing that Lu Ming was about to make a move, Hao Ren quickly said, "Brother Lu, do you have a solution? My abilities are limited, but I can still help in any way I can."

After saying that, he began to rub his skin, and in no time, he had rubbed himself into a square die.

The five-day protection period for the human dice had long expired, but Hao Ren had now turned himself into a human dice.

This is one of the abilities of the human dice: going all in!
Now, Lu Ming will be protected by the human dice.

However, if Lu Ming dies, Hao Ren will die with him.

If Lu Ming is injured, Hao Ren will also be injured to some extent.

By doing this, he was essentially betting his last chance on Lu Ming; it was a last resort.

After all, the world's hopes are now pinned on Lu Ming.

Lu Ming remained silent, sending Hao Ren's human dice and Chu Jianhuan into the Ghost Painting World.

He then took the ghost bride's hand, allowing the hazy, ghostly realm to extend outwards. Two figures, one in red and one in white, moved towards Hell Star at an incomprehensible speed.

Whether it's Lu Ming or Hell Star, many of the new rules they've introduced violate the basic laws of physics.

But this is perfectly normal for them.

Because each other's supernatural abilities can create a completely new set of rules that supersede the original ones.

Is it possible to fight against a planet with life all by yourself?

Chu Jianhuan, Hao Ren, and the remaining survivors in the shelter looked up at the sky with mixed feelings.

Lu Ming's figure was so small that he was just a tiny dot in front of Hell Star, and could not be seen at all.

However, people could see the trail he had traveled; it was a gray, hazy ribbon.

I do not know how long it has been.

Lu Ming arrived at the surface of Hell Star.

Enveloped by the ghostly realm, gravity had no effect on him.

Lu Ming's body had been eroded by supernatural forces for many years, and it was only recently, after he controlled the Deceitful Ghost, that his condition improved and he returned to his human form.

Being severely haunted by the supernatural is a flaw, but it can also become an advantage.

Even if the climate on the surface of Hell Star is extremely harsh and unsuitable for human habitation, it will not affect Lu Ming.

The human dice that Hao Ren transformed into had an effect similar to a music box. Although it was certainly not as powerful as the music box curse, it could still provide some protection for Lu Ming.

The protection provided by the human dice and the music box served the same purpose for Lu Ming; they were not meant to help him defend against terrifying supernatural attacks.

Rather, it was to allow Lu Ming to ignore the impact of the ghost's resurgence in a short period of time, and to maximize his own level of terror.

Even many ghost tamers who only control one ghost, before they die, regardless of the supernatural's influence on them, will risk the resurrection of a vengeful ghost, which can produce terrifying destructive power.

Not to mention Lu Ming, a ghost tamer who has controlled multiple vengeful spirits and completed a significant portion of the puzzle.

In this state, Lu Ming is unleashing his full power, and even against Hellstar, he would be able to put up a fight.

"A horror movie dungeon with a seven-star difficulty level. Luckily, I'm only starting to challenge it now. If I hadn't fully developed my character beforehand, I would have died a terrible death."

With the vengeful spirits you wield in this mysteriously revived world, you can indeed roam freely in most dungeons.

However, at this moment, the requirements for the demon tamer are very high if they want to completely defeat Kawakami Tomie, or rather, Hell Star.

It's not that it's impossible, but it would require a huge price to pay.

If a captain-level demon tamer is here, being killed by Hellstar is their only fate.

Instead, Zhang Dong came.

It can be solved with a wave of the hand.

If it doesn't work the first time, try again.

Lu Ming was unsure whether the real Junji Itō world or the mysterious resurrected world was of a higher or lower level.

However, judging from the dungeons in the God's Space, the Mysterious Revival World has the highest potential.

This is why Lu Ming is confident that one day he will be able to break through the entire God Space by using the vengeful spirits he controls in the mysterious world of revival.

The reason why Lu Ming is in such a mess dealing with Hell Star is ultimately because he hasn't reached the top in the Mysterious Resurrection World yet, and he hasn't gotten his hands on useful supernatural weapons like the Black Umbrella and the Ghost Cleaver.

To use the Red Fiend's summoning of ghosts in conjunction with the Ghost Domain to directly send Hell Star away?

Or is it that, with the protection of the Deceptive Ghost and the Human Dice, they are adding Sadako's supernatural elements at any cost to maximize the level of horror in a short period of time?
Or... open the music box, release the restrictions on the ghost bride, take a gamble, and then try to suppress the resurrected vengeful ghost with the deceitful ghost and your own transformed spiritual power.
There are three options, each with its own advantages and disadvantages.

These three options may not be the best, but these are the only three somewhat reliable methods that Lu Ming can think of right now.

What should be done?
"The simplest and most commonly used method is to have the ghost bride beckon, attract and control the vengeful spirit, and then send it away using the Ghost Domain. However, this method may not be effective against an existence like Hell Star, and it also does not satisfy the main quest of 'completely eliminating Tomie'."

"By layering Sadako on top of each other, the level of horror can be increased in a short time... This is a more reliable approach, but it's probably still not enough."

"After careful consideration, we can only choose the last option."

It wouldn't be difficult for the unrestrained Ghost Bride to defeat Hellstar.

But since Lu Ming wasn't clearing this level, he didn't need to keep trying.

He also needs to consider the subsequent impact.

Opening the music box now, releasing its curse, means Lu Ming needs to move the wedding date forward.

The curse of the music box will erupt in ten days at most.

Even if they used the express post office and borrowed the wedding room from the haunted house in Zhangdong, it wouldn't take only ten days...
Lu Ming didn't have much time to think. In the hellish scene before him, strange figures moved about.

A tall, ghostly figure with the face of Tomie emerged stiffly from the thick smoke.

Countless ghostly figures, all with the same face and the same expression, stared at Lu Ming, making them incredibly eerie.

Tomie initially had a strange smile on her face as she looked at Lu Ming, but when she noticed the ghost bride being led by Lu Ming's hand, she suddenly broke down.

"It's you again? Why...?"

"Why do you have a face like that?!"

"I want this body!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Ming was taken aback at first, but then he realized what was happening.

He had long heard of Tomie's terrible character.

There was even a saying that Tomie was the embodiment of all the worst traits in people's hearts.

Upon first seeing the ghost bride, Tomie Kawakami felt intense jealousy.

She was jealous of the ghost bride's flawless face.

In this world, no face is as flawless as the Ghost Bride's, under the influence of the supernatural. Even the most discerning person would find no fault with her.

The ghostly Tomie in front of him began to extend tentacles, which were sticky tongues, but these tongues were much smaller than the giant tongue that Hellstar had previously licked the Earth.

Lu Ming's mind stirred.

"The reason you didn't let Hellstar devour me directly was to obtain the Ghost Bride's face?"

If this guess is correct, then Lu Ming might be able to do something about it.

The tentacles attacked along with the thick smoke, instantly corroding anything they touched and turning it into a puddle of mud.

If it comes into contact with a living organism, then that organism has absolutely no chance of surviving.

Lu Ming's body looked no different from a normal person's, except that it was rather cold and pale.

However, after being attacked by Tomie, he only developed some extremely disgusting pustules on his body.

Before these pustules could spread and become an even more terrifying, fatal curse, they mysteriously disappeared, as if they had never appeared on Lu Ming at all.

Saying that the abscess has disappeared is not accurate.

A more accurate description would be that Lu Ming's body returned to the state it was in a few seconds ago.

With each erosion, Lu Ming would return to the state he was in a few seconds earlier.

This continued repeatedly, and Lu Ming and the ghost bride stood quietly in place, completely unaffected. A look of shock appeared on Tomie's face, which was contorted with jealousy.

"You really are different from others."

Lu Ming gave a stiff smile and said, "Don't say things that are easy to misunderstand. I have no interest in deformed monsters like you."

Tomie flew into a rage, and several strangely shaped ghostly figures with huge tentacles rushed towards Lu Ming.

Lu Ming used his supernatural powers to fight against Tomie in her current state.

The previous Tomie was just difficult to kill; after being killed, she would continue to split, becoming stronger and more numerous.

But now Tomie has merged with Hell Star and become a completely different being.

Lu Ming paid a considerable price in his fight against her.

After each battle, Lu Ming's body would be left with several hideous wounds and some sores that looked like he had contracted a plague.

Because of the roll of black tape in the Ghost Well, Lu Ming can continuously reboot himself.

Each time his body split open, it was strangely restored by supernatural forces, returning to its previous state.

Fortunately, each individual reboot only needs to restart to a few seconds ago.

Therefore, the consumption rate of black film is not particularly fast.

Moreover, Lu Ming's confrontation with Tomie took place during a heavy rain.

This heavy rain is Lu Ming's ghost realm.

To fight in such an environment is tantamount to playing on Lu Ming's home turf.

Lu Ming is not the same person he used to be, but even so, if he continues to be locked in a stalemate with Tomie, who can never be killed, and Hell Star, he will eventually be worn down.

Tomie was clearly aware of this as well, so she wasn't in a hurry. She was waiting for the right moment to steal the demon bride's flawless face.

"You damned thing, your death is just around the corner."

Lu Ming thought to himself.

The surface of Hell Star was now different from when Lu Ming first arrived.

The faces on the ground were submerged in shallow water, reflecting the black sky like a mirror. Looking down from above, it felt as if the entire surface of the planet was covered by a bottomless ocean, a dark, profound, and mysterious expanse.

If Lu Ming were to describe it, the Tomie face on the surface of Hell Star would look like a layer of fish scales.

Just when you finally manage to remove them, new Tomie faces will grow out.

Lu Ming certainly didn't intend to completely eliminate Tomie using the current method.

He was just stalling for time.

Kawakami Tomie didn't know Lu Ming well, so she didn't notice that the rain falling from the sky was becoming increasingly foul-smelling, and that it had turned from an ordinary downpour into a torrential downpour that seemed to never end.

When an ordinary person stands in the rain, all they see is a white expanse, and their nostrils are filled with the stench of rotting seawater. They can't see or perceive anything.

The rain is endless and never stops.

It wasn't just the ground around Lu Ming.

The entire planet Hell was covered by this rain.

These supernatural rains can suppress the rules, and are bottomless; if an ordinary ghost is thrown into them, no one knows where it will end up.

Finally, during a lull in the fight, Tomie realized something was wrong. His eyes, which had become deathly pale after merging with the Hell Star, shifted slightly and finally settled on Lu Ming.

Tomie didn't know exactly what had happened, only that some strange changes had occurred.

Such an anomaly could lead to some undesirable consequences.

Tomie couldn't be sure, nor did she want to gamble on that possibility.

For it, it certainly couldn't delay any longer.

Even if we want to get the ghost bride's face, we must act quickly now.

"Holy crap, Brother Lu is amazing! He's actually holding his own against Tomie, who has merged with a planet, and he hasn't lost any ground yet."

In the world of ghost paintings, Hao Ren, who has been transformed into a human skin die, still speaks even though he has no facial features.

He could sense that his protection had some effect on Lu Ming, but it had nothing to do with Lu Ming's current confrontation with Tomie.

What exactly is Lu Ming doing?
Hao Ren didn't know either.

“Indeed, I even suspect that he is a seventh-tier challenger hidden among our sixth-tier challengers, otherwise it is inexplicable why he has such amazing performance after only appearing in the high-dimensional main god space.”

Chu Jianhuan was also analyzing the Ghost Painting World at this moment.

She admitted that Lu Ming was very strong, having transcended their level.

Unfortunately, the fusion of Kawakami Tomie with Hell Star was simply too unsolvable.

If things continue like this, Tomie Kawakami will likely be the one to ultimately emerge victorious.

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The surface of Hellstar.

The rain is still falling.

Most people will never see rain like this in their lifetime.

It smelled foul and had a menacing aura.

“I said that this torrential rain covering Hell Star will temporarily gain the same ability as Ghost Lake to steal some of the supernatural phenomena.”

Lu Ming used the Deceitful Ghost's abilities.

This was the first time he had officially used this vengeful ghost since he had mastered the Deceitful Ghost.

Before mastering the Deceitful Ghost, Lu Ming could only use it to do some simple things.

Simply put, it can affect reality, but it cannot affect the supernatural.

But Lu Ming has now completed a transformation at the level of mental strength, and has truly mastered the Deceitful Ghost.

It can not only change reality through deception, but also influence the supernatural.

This is the essential difference between before and after mastering the Deceitful Ghost.

Of course, it's the same as I said before.

While the mechanism of the Deceitful Ghost is unsolvable, its level of terror is too low, even with the addition of the vengeful, idealistic ghost from the island nation as a piece of the puzzle to compensate for its lack of terror.

However, it is still difficult to use the "deceitful ghost" to have a significant impact on the supernatural.

Therefore, Lu Ming added restrictions such as "temporarily obtaining" and "stealing part of the supernatural power" to his use of the Deceitful Ghost supernatural power this time.

Moreover, Lu Ming took advantage of the time he had just delayed to let the supernatural water spread throughout the entire Hell Star.

In this way, it becomes much easier for the eerie pool water, which is originally from the same source as Ghost Lake, to acquire the same eerie qualities as Ghost Lake.

Of course, these are only theoretically feasible.

Lu Ming wasn't sure what it would actually look like in practice.

After using the Deceitful Ghost's supernatural abilities, the supernatural intensity of the supernatural rainwater significantly increased.

Snap! Snap! Snap!

Large raindrops fell in a continuous stream, making it look as if a huge basin of water had been poured out of the sky.

Tomie stiffly raised her neck, because this body did not belong to her, so even such a simple movement seemed very awkward.

The sky above Hell Star was obscured by something, becoming extremely dark.

That is...
Corpse!

A dense mass of corpses!
Countless corpses, each with the same face as Tomie.

The corpses fell one after another, and they did not appear to be completely dead. As they fell, they would suddenly open their eyes and let out eerie laughter.

thump! thump! thump!
The bodies all fell to the surface of the puddles, and most of them sank, their destination unknown.

Only a very small number floated on the surface of the water, struggling to slowly stand up.

However, this does not mean that they escaped the suppression of the eerie accumulated water.

The severity of the flooding continues to increase.

"The supernatural power of the Deceitful Ghost has taken effect. The water spirit that Sadako merged with has temporarily stolen Tomie's ability to split... These supernatural entities in the stagnant water are splitting at an unbelievable speed and will soon spread throughout the entire Hell Star..."

Lu Ming's heart skipped a beat.

So, in fact, the water-related supernatural entities he controlled had the opportunity to eventually acquire some of the supernatural elements of Ghost Lake.

To achieve this, one doesn't even need to confront Ghost Lake head-on.

All that's needed is to complete the other puzzle pieces related to water.

Ghost rain, black umbrella, water ghost, torrential rain...

For Lu Ming, this was not difficult.

Let's put our future plans aside for now and see how things are going.

The eerie water, which was becoming increasingly terrifying, was also becoming more and more powerful in suppressing the evil.

In addition, just now, the accumulated water throughout the entire Hell Star has stolen the supernatural power of the black film.

Restart!!!

During the short period when the deceitful ghost is in effect, the areas flooded by the water will restart, and it will no longer be a single restart, but a large-scale restart!
In this situation, using the restart capability won't even consume the black film.

"It actually worked..."

Lu Ming looked at the parts of his body that were stained with rainwater, which were slowly fading back to their original state.

It is indeed undergoing a large-scale reboot.

Due to the influence of black film, this kind of reboot is an alternative reboot method.

Other ghost tamers cannot replicate this, and even Lu Ming probably won't be able to do it again until he completes the puzzle.

Theoretically speaking, if such a large-scale reboot could continue indefinitely, resetting Hellstar back to hundreds, thousands, or even billions of years ago... then this constantly writhing and terrifying planet would become what it was originally.

Regardless of its original form, it must follow this incomprehensible rule.

Of course, this is only true in theory.

In reality, Lu Ming could not possibly maintain the restart for such a long time.

Once the supernatural influence of the deceitful ghost has subsided, the supernatural phenomena stolen by the stagnant water will also disappear.

Lu Ming looked meaningfully at the giant eyeball at the center of Hell Star and thought to himself, "Even a short while is enough."

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"Damn it!"

Tomie was both shocked and furious. Her face was contorted with rage, filled with a host of negative emotions, including jealousy, anger, shock, and confusion.

She couldn't understand what Lu Ming had done.

This torrential rain actually covered the entire Hell Star, and wherever the rain touched, the power of the rules was suppressed, and it even returned to the past state, as if it were going backwards in the river of time.

Tomie Kawakami, enraged, wanted to retaliate. The faces growing on the surface of Hell Star kept transforming into new Tomies, trying to forcefully defeat Lu Ming with a barrage of attacks.

But in the face of this puddles, or rather, this vast ocean, she was far too insignificant and utterly useless.

Tomie stared intently at Lu Ming with her pale eyes and said, "I'll let you go now, and I won't let Hellstar devour Earth. I'll leave now, and you can withdraw this torrential rain. What do you think of this deal?"

Lu Ming couldn't help but let out a chilling smile.

Now, should we seek a sum?

Should we continue with this attitude?

Putting aside the fact that Lu Ming would never let go of an opponent like Tomie who posed a threat to him.

The original main quest of this terrifying instance was to eliminate Tomie, so only one of Lu Ming and Tomie could survive.

"How dare you make such a request? I could kill you right now with ease."

Whether Lu Ming was bluffing or not, he held the ghost bride's hand and took out the red ghost scissors again.

Tomie laughed too: "You want to kill me? Don't you know I'm unkillable? The reason I don't want to continue is because killing you would also require me to pay a price, since my fusion with Hellstar isn't perfect yet."

"So your fusion wasn't perfect after all? My guess was right."

Lu Ming nodded and gestured for him to proceed.

"As you said, let's get started."

At this point, Tomie no longer cared about obtaining the demon bride's flawless face.

She just wanted to end this battle as soon as possible.

As if to provoke Tomie, Lu Ming deliberately tore off the red veil covering the ghost bride's head, revealing her complete facial features.

Fue's face contorted with rage as she forcefully suppressed the urge to take the face away.

If it's just jealousy, you don't necessarily have to steal the ghost bride's face; destroying it would also be acceptable.

"Then I have nothing more to say. You brought this on yourself!"

Except for the section of the Fujie River that was submerged by floodwaters, the remaining Fujie River has merged into a single entity.

Same facial features, same bangs, same beauty mark under the eye.

However, one of her eyes was deathly white, while the other was a hollow, sunken eye.

Tomie directly used the power of Hell Star to devour Lu Ming and the Ghost Bride who were standing on the surface.

In her view, Hellstar could easily devour an entire planet, so trying to swallow Lu Ming was like using a cannon to kill a mosquito—a waste of its potential.

However, due to the pressure of the accumulated water, the long tongue that Hellstar extended moved slowly, as if it had been slowed down countless times.

That's nothing.

The most outrageous thing was that the long tongue waved as it rushed toward its target—Tomie Kawakami.

Tomie's last remaining eye was gouged out and carelessly tossed on the ground. Amidst the pattering rain, it was swept away by a rolling wave and sank to the bottom.

"What a joke!"

Tomie screamed hoarsely, unable to believe what she was seeing.

No, her eyes were now just empty hollows; there was nothing in front of them.

The fact that this pale eyeball was gouged out by the power of the rules signifies the complete end of the already incomplete fusion between Tomie and Hell Star.

And this wasn't even Lu Ming's doing, but Hellstar's doing.

Tomie never understood why things had turned out this way, even until her death.

However, all of this was within Lu Ming's expectations.

After approaching Earth, Hellstar did not immediately swallow it. Instead, it first stuck out its tongue and licked the Earth like a child licking a lollipop. This shows that Hellstar actually has its own consciousness and is extremely immature, probably about the size of a five or six-year-old child.

Lu Ming didn't know what methods Tomie used or where she obtained the information to merge with Hellstar.

However, in terms of the strength of its rules, Hellstar is definitely the stronger one.

If Hellstar takes the initiative to end the fusion between the two, then Tomie will be powerless to stop it.

The eerie water covering the entire surface of the planet used a massive reboot to return Hellstar to its previous state.

This is a boundless downpour; wherever the rain touches, the traces of time are erased, and one travels upstream against the river of time.

Although the regression was short-lived and could not last forever, this trend instilled an instinctive fear in Hellstar.

It wasn't sure if it would revert to its appearance from hundreds or even thousands of years ago if things continued like this.

If that were the case, all the planets it has devoured over the years would have been for nothing.

There's no need for Hellstar to fight to the death for Tomie and Riku.

It doesn't even necessarily need to devour the Earth.

Preserving yourself is the most important thing.

With this in mind, Hellstar deliberately sidelined Tomie and chose to remain uninvolved.

At this moment, Tomie's abilities were largely suppressed by the floodwaters, and her eyes had been gouged out. She collapsed to her knees in a state of mental breakdown, unable to understand which part of the process had gone wrong.

Blood continued to drip from her two empty eye sockets, staining the water in front of her red before quickly returning to its original color.

"Impossible... This is absolutely impossible... Why did it turn out like this?"

"Lu Ming, who exactly are you?"

Seeing this, Lu Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

After so many twists and turns, this instance is finally coming to an end.

He held the ghostly scissors, and before him appeared many terrifying mediums, as well as some horrifying ghostly figures unseen in ordinary times, accompanied by the pattering sound of blood dripping from the rain…
One of the threads, a faint one, was attached to Tomie's neck.

If this thread is cut, a huge, unhealable gash will appear on Tomie's neck, causing blood to spurt out and her head to roll to the ground.

"All right."

Lu Ming took the ghost bride's hand and took two steps forward.

"Tomie, now it's your turn to raise your head and face me."

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(End of this chapter)