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Chapter 296 Orpheus Was Kidnapped
Dimensional gap.
This is the other side of the world, a wasteland of logic and order.
A colossal cage, constructed from countless twisted runes, floats silently in this chaotic void.
In the center of the cage, a girl dressed in Gothic Lolita fashion, the Infinite Dragon God Orpheus, is tightly bound by a dense, impenetrable gray-black mist.
Her body remained motionless, and her dragon eyes, which should have contained the concept of "infinity," were now empty.
Within the mist, a hideous and terrifying phantom of a poisonous dragon slowly coiled, each breath causing the surrounding spatial laws to groan in unbearable agony.
Her power, her very existence, is being constantly weakened and corrupted by this deadly poison originating from the malice and curse of the gods.
Outside the cage, the core fighting force of the Calamity Gang has gathered here.
Cao Cao wielding the True Twilight Lance.
Hercules, the hero of strength.
Valerie Tepesh, a vampire-human hybrid and holder of the Holy Grail.
And Joan of Arc, wielding several holy swords, and Siegfried.
They are presiding over this unprecedented hunting ritual, which targets the "concept" itself.
Of course, all of this is based on deceiving Orpheus and Orpheus's own arrogance; otherwise, how could Orpheus have fallen for it?
Just then, the space in front of them was violently torn open by a pitch-black crack.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked warily at the uninvited guest.
Zhou Ye, clad in the [Original Sin] armor, emerged from the crack.
He was alone.
Upon seeing this, Hercules grinned and let out a low laugh.
"Just one? Is the Gremory family out of people? Or is it that nowadays even the Tom, Dick, and Harry dare to challenge the Calamity Gang?"
Siegfried, standing beside him, made no attempt to hide his contempt, pointing the tip of his demon sword at Zhou Ye.
"Who do I have here? Yet another fool blinded by Gremory's glory."
"What? Are you here to be buried with the Infinite Dragon God? Your courage is commendable, but your stupidity is even worse."
Faced with these provocations and ridicule.
Zhou Ye did not react.
He didn't even look at any of them.
It was as if they were just a few insignificant specks of dust in this chaotic dimension.
He ignored everyone and walked straight toward the enormous runic cage.
His entire attention pierced through the Samael poisonous fog, which was enough to corrupt even the gods, and landed on that small figure.
He didn't speak.
But a clear thought, not belonging to any language, was directly transmitted to the deepest part of Orpheus's consciousness.
"Infinite power, yet it brings you endless noise."
"All you want is to return to the original silence."
"Is it right?"
This question, like a key, precisely locked Orpheus's heart, which had been sealed for billions of years.
In the cage, the Gothic Lolita girl, whose face was expressionless and who had been suppressed by the poison, showed a reaction in her body for the first time.
Her little hand twitched slightly.
Then, she slowly raised her head.
For the first time, those empty dragon eyes focused, accurately looking at the dark figure outside the cage.
Puzzled.
Puzzled.
There was also a sense of closeness that she herself couldn't understand, stemming from instinct.
This is the first time.
It has life, and can understand her true desires.
It wasn't out of covetousness for her power, nor out of fear of her existence.
Rather, it saw through the concept of "infinity" to the eternal loneliness and clamor behind it.
"Something's wrong!"
Cao Cao immediately noticed Orpheus's change, and for the first time, a crack appeared in his usually composed expression.
This ceremony must not be interrupted!
"Siegfried! Hercules! He's no ordinary man, kill him!"
"You don't need to tell me!"
Siegfried grinned maliciously, and the several demonic swords in his hands burst forth with dazzling sword light, weaving into a deadly sword net that enveloped Zhou Ye's back.
Hercules was even more direct. He roared and unleashed a fist imbued with the power of the Twelve Trials, slamming it directly into Zhou Ye's head!
at this time.
Zhou Ye finally spoke.
His words were calm, yet they clearly overpowered the howling of sword energy and fist wind.
He looked at the billowing cloud of poisonous fog and uttered a sentence that no one could understand, yet it sent a chill down their spines.
"Use the deadly poison of God's malice and curse to deal with the pure concept itself."
"It's a good idea."
"Unfortunately, Samael's essence remains a set of rules."
The moment the words fell, Siegfried's sword net and Hercules' fist abruptly stopped half a meter away from Zhou Ye's body.
It wasn't blocked.
Rather, the space along their attack trajectory was "locked" by a higher level of authority.
Cao Cao's pupils contracted sharply.
He understood.
This man actually saw right through Samael's true nature in one sentence!
That's the ultimate curse from the Bible, used by God to punish dragons! It's a forbidden power that even they managed to barely manage to unleash after countless efforts!
After the fall of the biblical god, it was acquired by Hades, the god of the underworld, but how could this man know so much about it?
Asking for flowers
Zhou Ye didn't care about their shock at all.
He slowly extended his right hand, which was covered by a black arm guard.
On the arm armor, a purple crystal representing "Ultimate Karma," capable of distorting cause and effect and possibility, and a rune representing "Holy Lance," capable of upholding truth, both shone with a deep light.
"And the rules..."
Zhou Ye's tone carried a hint of amusement.
"It's used to break and... erase."
hum!
As if in response to his declaration.
It was as if they were sensing an unprecedented threat.
In the center of the cage, the gray-black poisonous mist that was entangled with Orpheus suddenly began to churn violently!
The fog contracted and condensed rapidly.
In the end, it transformed into a ferocious venomous dragon, so large that it could obscure the view, composed of the purest malice and deadly poison!
Samael's will has materialized!
"Roar--!!!"
The venomous dragon did not utter any real roar.
But an invisible mental shock, powerful enough to cause the entire dimensional rift to tremble violently, swept across the entire area!
Of the members of the Calamity Gang, only a few, including Cao Cao, were still able to stand. The rest of them were bleeding from their mouths and noses, collapsed to the ground, and instantly lost consciousness.
This is the oppressive aura of the "Dragon Eater"!
Looking at that imposing, venomous dragon.
Cao Cao's face turned deathly pale.
He was not afraid of Samael because of his strength.
It was not because of the methods used by the man in black armor in front of them.
Define, then erase.
This fighting style...
He finally remembered!
That mysterious being who, single-handedly, wiped out tens of thousands of monsters in the C7 defense zone of the Underworld and casually killed three dukes!
That monster that shook even his "destiny"!
"It's you!"
Cao Cao cried out in disbelief, his voice filled with utter shock.