Chapter 1249: Chapter 1250: Dominators (Alliance Hierarch Slows Down)
Time and again, the long wait, the Coffin Ascension Challenge, awaited someone who could replace the weaker ones among the four Coffin Ascenders.
This was already the eleventh gathering since Green took on the role of a Coffin Ascender.
Beneath the Face of Truth, Green’s Three-Colored Eyes gazed at the gathering of over two hundred exiles, a flash of disappointment flickered and disappeared.
Although strength cannot be entirely judged by so-called aura and insight at a glance, at least those with a powerful aura identified by Green are ones with the hope to replace Coffin Ascenders.
"Oh? There are quite a few interesting guys this time, intriguing!"
The Poisonous Flame Centipede murmured excitedly to itself as time passed. The gap in levels between Green and it grew ever larger. Some whom Green dismissed, in its eyes, were quite formidable.
"Sea Salt Alga, the one over there has an aura very similar to yours. Want to take it on later?"
Sea Salt Alga, who replaced the Paper Man after Green became a Coffin Ascender, was a green Water Elemental Lifeform, a strong entity born from the Deep Sea World. The Heavy Water Essence nurtured its special abilities, allowing innate purification of heavy water through Elemental Force; with heavy water, its core remained unharmed.
In Green’s view, this Sea Salt Alga was akin to the Snowthread Worm King, a lifeform of united will.
Sea Salt Alga sensed where the Poisonous Flame Centipede pointed. It was a Coral Elf burning with blue water flames, whose capabilities were unclear.
"It’s strong and has greater potential, but right now it’s not my match."
So said the Sea Salt Alga.
Standing among those with similar strength, Green looked toward the Demon Doll. After a glance with the True Tri-coloured Eye, he concealed his disappointment, striving to suppress the urge to immediately whip out the Scepter of Hope due to the pressing need to return to the Wizard World, calming his aura.
"Shall we begin?"
Across an era, the destroyed body of the Demon Doll had slightly spread. The only remaining eye was gradually being burned to the edge, with strands of scattered ash drifting through the empty half of its body.
"Well then..."
Rumble, rumble!
Just as the Demon Doll was speaking, Green, the Poisonous Flame Centipede, and Sea Salt Alga were preparing to activate the matrix, when suddenly a violent tremor came from above the sky’s gray fog, which didn’t resemble the Space-Time Sealing Technique.
Having been in the Dimensional Esophagus for such a long time, Green was well-versed in these rule fluctuations.
"It’s a strong being who used a time-related treasure to actively open the superconductive chrono and enter the Dimensional Esophagus."
Green’s Three-Colored Eyes gazed with scorching brilliance, speaking in a tone of great expectation.
A strong being who actively explored over! No wonder Green was so excited. Whether it was him, Nameless, or even the Gemini Stars, those who explored from the Material World actively had huge potential, far surpassing the majority of the creatures sealed in passively.
"Oh?"
Of course, the Demon Doll also knew what this meant, showing a highly expectant expression and not immediately announcing the start of the Coffin Ascension Challenge, quietly awaiting the changes in the sky’s rules.
Crackle, crackle, crackle...
Amid the ear-piercing sound of glass shattering and falling, a mass of fog descended from above, inside wrapped the twisted time shadows. Vaguely, a panting withered Wood Man-like figure could be seen, leaves fluttering down, and the medium for opening the superconductive chrono effect turned out to be its own body!
"A lifeform from the superconductive chrono rift?"
In worlds with peculiar rule manifestations, there were often unstable spaces permanently connected to shallow superconductive chrono illusory worlds, where creatures frequently got lost. These unstable spaces often gave birth to plants with mysterious temporal rules, possessing high growth potential.
The plant using its own temporal leaves to enter the Dimensional Esophagus was undoubtedly strong. At least from Green’s point of view, perhaps this superconductive chrono tree’s combat level was a bit lacking, but its underlying potential was already enough to rival the former Paper Man.
It’s a pity the Paper Man is no longer here, otherwise...
Just like Green once descended into the Dimensional Esophagus from the Dimensional Gap, the Demon Doll showed great interest toward the superconductive chrono rift tree. Under the gaze of many Coffin Ascension Challengers, its figure vanished, suddenly appearing above the superconductive chrono rift tree the next moment.
"A lifeform from the shallow illusory world?"
The appearance of the Demon Doll evidently startled this old tree. This bizarre and powerful deep illusory creature fit the outside world’s suspicion of deep illusory creatures—cruel, struggling, despairing, terrifying monsters. Even among the Dominators, there were tales of frequent demises, warranting utmost caution.
The old tree appeared somewhat nervous.
No wonder, when Green first arrived at the Dimensional Esophagus from the Dimensional Gap, seeing so many strong exiles congregate also left him stunned and incredulous.
"Respected deep illusory strong one, I meant no disturbance to you. Behind me follows a Dominator from the Material World."
Dominator!?
The old tree was still speaking when suddenly beneath the gray fog of the Dimensional Esophagus, the winds churned, thunder roared, arcs of electricity interwove and intertwined, forming a massive Space-Time Gate ring.
The presence that broke through the superconductive chrono layer by consuming the Dominator Almighty Soul was akin to fresh meat dropping into a den of ravenous wolves!
Though various escape methods from the Dimensional Esophagus circulated among different gathering places, the conditions were mostly too harsh. In reality, for most gathering places and exiles, the most common way to escape the Dimensional Esophagus was to hunt Dominators!
Although, in most cases, it’s merely a futile suicidal endeavor, a moth to the flame.
Instantly!
With so many Coffin Ascension Challengers gathered in the Coffin of Hope Gathering Place, with this whiff of Dominator Soul aura, some exiles, unable to bear endless despair day after day, with few days left, soon to be assimilated by the Dimensional Esophagus, their originally dispirited bodies suddenly jolted.
Though Dominators are terrifying, within the Dimensional Esophagus’s larger gathering places, the number they slaughter isn’t insignificant, and there are precedents of successfully seizing the Dominator Almighty Soul!
Even if they could restore using the Dominator Soul, they were still overwhelmed by the unending waves of exiles; even the Almighty Soul couldn’t be fully utilized. The desperation of these exiles for escape demonstrates their madness!
At this moment, inexplicably, a strange atmosphere spread among the unfamiliar exiles.
...
Crackle, crackle, crackle!
From the crisscrossing Space-Time Gates, a deep, irritable voice came forth.
"Roar! You can’t escape, Chrono Tree. You dare steal My Myriad Earth, even if you flee to this legendary deepest illusion, I will spare no cost to catch you and reclaim My Myriad Earth!"
Snap, snap, snap, snap!
Four mantis-like metallic bladed arms snapped onto the spectral spacetime rift. A Dominator’s head, thousands of meters covered in myriad compound eyes, peered into the Dimensional Esophagus.
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