The sequence is too involutional, luckily I am too.

Chapter 157 First Hearing of the Law, A Frenzied Tide of Distortion!

The Demon King let out a resentful roar, but he was powerless to resist.

Under the suppression of the fusion domain, the power of law within its body dissipated like a tide, and the spatial distortion and dark eerie aura faded away, leaving it only able to allow the Yama Demon to devour its own origin.

Until its body was completely devoured as a ghostly aura, and the last trace of its power dissipated, a faint ray of spiritual light shot towards Lu Yan like a meteor—it was an ancient-looking bronze key.

Lu Yan did not touch it easily, but instead used the scepter formed from the Black Forest to block it.

The Dark Forest Lord sensed the intense obsession and took action to capture and purify it.

Purification successful, Lost Lands Key obtained

"So you really have a backup plan?"

Lu Yan was speechless. If it were anyone else who had finally defeated the Ghost King, they would inevitably be hurt by this obsession once they relaxed.

Unfortunately, even the will of the Ghost God could not affect him, let alone the Ghost King's slight obsession.

Just as Lu Yan was about to concentrate on examining the key, the Yama Ghost beside him suddenly unleashed a torrent of eerie energy.

Black light surged around him, faintly exuding a terrifying pressure. After a moment, the black light subsided, transforming into a black robe and crown adorning him. Even from a distance, it inspired fear from the bottom of one's heart.

[Sequence 5 - Mysterious - Yama's Curse]

【Characteristic - Lord of Fear: Those who know the name of Yama will nourish Yama with fear. As long as fear is not dispelled, Yama will not die!】

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[Skill - Law - Don't Come Nearby!: By the law of Yama, and the command of fear, no one may approach!]

[Note: The closer one gets to the law, the more uncontrollable the fear in one's heart will become, until it becomes completely tangible.]

[Dark Forest Lord Promotion Condition 1: Master the Mysterious Rules of the Seven Heads (7/7) - Completed]

"His cultivation level wasn't suppressed?"

Lu Yan smacked his lips, his face full of surprise.

He had encountered situations where the bizarre could not transcend its own hierarchical class.

But he never expected that Yama would be able to break this rule this time.

"Perhaps it's related to the unique nature of the Lost Lands."

Lu Yan seemed to be thinking about something, but didn't pay much attention to it.

Even if Yanluo Gui's power is sealed after he leaves this place, it won't have much of an impact on him.

Moreover, through this battle, he finally figured out the power laws governing the strange rules.

Lu Yan focused his mind on comprehending the laws and regulations, and a surge of information entered his mind, instantly bringing him clarity.

While the bizarre rules of killing are incredibly effective, they also come with extremely high limitations.

For example, the Earthly Trick requires the Earthly Trap to be watched in order to take effect, while the Dismemberment Trick can only be performed inside a fixed house.

Laws and decrees can be considered a highly aggregated form of rules. They not only have a higher priority than ordinary rules, but can also directly block the effects of lower-level rules.

Most importantly, the laws are no longer confined to the supernatural itself and its limited scope; they can be attached to other things in written form.

Just like when the Ghost King cast the spatial decree before, those distorted and eerie characters were the manifestation of the decree when it was put into practice.

"In that case, perhaps we can use laws to transform the Black Forest?"

Lu Yan's heart stirred. His Black Forest Domain was extremely special; it was not only a domain but also a real space, and it could even connect to dreams.

Its diverse characteristics endow it with multiple capabilities, but also harbor hidden dangers.

He couldn't guarantee that no extraordinary beings skilled in space or dreams would find him through the Black Forest, so the defense of the Black Forest was of paramount importance.

With this thought in mind, Lu Yan immediately instructed Yan Luogui to quickly lay down the Law of Fear throughout the Black Forest, while he pondered the key in his hand.

[Lost Lands Key: Use to enter the next Lost Lands or a random scene.]

"There's still a choice?"

Having experienced the unreasonable forced teleportation of the Knowledge Corridor, Lu Yan suddenly felt somewhat unaccustomed to having the right to choose.

However, he did not rush to leave, but instead turned his gaze to the strange city beneath his feet.

The Black Forest Lord declared, "Since we're already here, we should eat to our hearts' content!"

Lu Yan shook his head and chuckled, but did not object.

Although he had killed most of the strange creatures, including the strongest one, the King of Strange Creatures, there were still quite a few remaining.

If it were all devoured, even grains of sand could be piled up into a tower.

At the very least, expanding the territory of the Black Forest would be a good thing.

This eerie city was not small; it took Lu Yan a whole day to barely devour the remaining strange creatures.

In return, the Black Forest nearly doubled in size, and the Seven Emotions Ghosts experienced unprecedented satisfaction.

The Dark Forest Lord is enjoying a delicious meal and is in a good mood; progress +10%.

Lu Yan had a very fruitful trip this time, and then he took out the key and turned it gently.

Then, a vortex appeared out of nowhere and sucked it in.

[Level 7 - The Lost Land]

As Lu Yan emerged from the vortex, before he could even stand firmly, a stench assaulted his senses.

Almost instinctively, the Dawn's Radiance from the Hundred Weapons Box flew out instantly, transforming into a spear of light that fiercely struck the enemy who was attacking from behind.

He turned his head and saw that the attacker's body was all muscle and bone, resembling both a human and a monster, clearly a mutant.

Meanwhile, more mutants were rushing toward him from all sides.

With a thought, Lu Yan unsheathed ten flying swords one after another. In the blink of an eye, the swords instantly dismembered all the approaching mutants.

Lu Yan looked up and gazed into the distance. Not far away, a dilapidated high wall was clearly visible, and behind the wall was an abandoned shelter. The number on the city gate was faintly discernible.

"twenty one?"

He frowned slightly and memorized the number.

He didn't know much about the other shelters, but judging from the numbers, they must have been established not too far removed from the present day.

Moreover, first it was bizarre, then it was a mutant, and both were related to the shelter.

Although there was no concrete evidence, Lu Yan always felt that this was no coincidence.

Instead of following the mutants to the sanctuary, he went the opposite way, speeding in the opposite direction, wanting to see where the boundaries of this lost land truly lay.

But he hadn't run far when Lu Yan suddenly stopped, cold sweat beading on his forehead.

The gray fog still hung in the air, no different from the surroundings, but the actuary's instincts were screaming warnings.

Once you cross this area, it will be a place of no return!

"Shadow Executioner, go and investigate the situation."

Upon receiving the order, the Shadow Executioner immediately emerged from under Lu Yan's feet and plunged into the gray mist without hesitation.

But the next second, Lu Yan lost contact with the Shadow Executioner, and the executioner's feedback came immediately.

[The Shadow Executioner was struck by a powerful spacetime storm, its form shattered, and it is now being reborn—]

Immediately afterwards, a vague memory flooded into Lu Yan's mind.

That was the Shadow Executioners' last perspective. Although the image was blurry, they could clearly see floating islands suspended in the darkness, and they were currently on one of them!

The scene abruptly ended, yet it was enough to shock Lu Yan: "Time-space storm—floating islands—could each floating island be a lost land?"

If this is the case, it means that countless human cities have already fallen.

Perhaps it wasn't just the era he lived in, but the tragedy still weighed heavily on his mind.

If such a disaster were to happen to him one day, would he be able to cope with it?

"Survival is tough."

Lu Yan sighed helplessly, gave up the idea of ​​continuing to verify the boundary, and flew towards the ruins of Shelter 041.

Although there is no such tower scene in the academy's records, judging from the situation on the sixth floor, it should be a type of survival trial.

To clear this type of scenario, you either need to survive here for a certain amount of time, or you need to directly resolve the source of the crisis.

Lu Yan's choice, naturally, was to address the root cause!

Stepping onto his flying sword, Lu Yan tore through the gray mist and sped straight toward Shelter 041.

The mutants around him instantly sensed his presence and roared wildly at the sky, but to no avail.

These mutants are mostly ordinary people who have been corrupted and transformed by the gray fog. They only have twisted and powerful bodies, but no special abilities. They may be very deadly to ordinary people, but they pose no threat to Lu Yan at all.

Lu Yan had no interest in these ordinary mutants and went straight to using his mental power to search for truly valuable targets.

He knew that there were two possibilities for the birth of the mutant: one was that it was corroded and contaminated by the gray fog and gradually transformed into a monster.

The second type is limited to extraordinary individuals. Once the sequence goes out of control, they will become irrational monsters who wield extraordinary power.

What he was looking for was the latter.

The advancement of a Divine Martial Saint requires a large amount of extraordinary materials. Relying solely on earning money to purchase them is too slow. These extraordinary mutant species are the most convenient source of materials.

But when Lu Yan stepped into the ruins of the shelter, he was still shocked by the scene before him.

On the ruins of the city, countless mutants roam the streets and alleys, clearly making this their base.

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Upon sensing Lu Yan's presence, several mutants were the first to attack, swooping down on him.

One of the mutants, resembling a flying bird, had four wings on its back and was surrounded by wind and thunder. In an instant, it circled behind Lu Yan, and its pointed beak, like a spear, pierced straight into his back.

On the other side, a fiery red carp, enveloped in layers of fire, charged straight at Lu Yan's face like a rocket; the other flying mutants also used their own methods to try and subdue this anomaly.

Just as they were about to touch Lu Yan, his body suddenly swelled up and transformed into a dragon ape as tall as a small mountain.

The sharp beak of the wind and thunder struck the hard scales of the dragon ape and broke off instantly.

The fire carp's impact landed on the dragon ape's muscular body with only a muffled thud before it was violently thrown back.

The remaining mutants were easily swatted away by Lu Yan, like flies.

This was the first time Lu Yan had fully unleashed his Beast King transformation after the entire sequence had broken through to Sequence 6. The terrifying power surging within him even shocked himself.

An urge to roar and vent surged within him, but he forcefully suppressed it.

He knew very well that this was the beastly nature hidden in his bloodline at work, and if his reason was not enough to suppress it, he might one day lose control.

As Long Yuan Lu Yan advanced, he precisely controlled his hundred soldiers to dismember and collect the corpses of these extraordinary mutants.

A tiger in the heart, yet a rose in the gentle sniff!

Faced with Lu Yan's formidable strength, the remaining mutants not only did not retreat, but instead surged towards him even more frantically.

"All that's left is pure instinct."

Xin Luyan shook his head slightly. Mutants are different from alien beasts, and even quite different from the bizarre.

They have almost no concept of fear; all they have is a pure destructive instinct!