A Core Ship From The Start

Chapter 271: Chapter 217 Complete_1

I made a mistake, it’s Chapter 218

“Is this Lani’s corpse?”

Standing at the top of Leyenia’s Divine Tower, looking down at the charred body before him, Duanmu Huai too bore a grave expression.

Lani did what she had to, she had no other choice. Gedwin’s situation had made it clear to her, when the Death Rune clashed with the Golden Law, the general choice was to protect one and forfeit another.

For instance, the Death Rune killed Gedwin, but under the Golden Law, the divine humans do not die. So what happens then?

In the end, the Golden Law safeguarded Gedwin’s body while the Death Rune annihilated Gedwin’s soul.

A body without a soul is no better than a living corpse, and so, not wanting to repeat the same mistake, Lani transferred her own soul into a puppet, then killed her own body – thus Lani was no longer divine and was free from the bondage of the Golden Law.

Duanmu Huai reached out and lightly touched Lani’s charred body before him. Immediately, he saw the brand of the other half of the Hundred Feet Ring emerging before falling onto his own palm. Then, Duanmu Huai felt a piercing pain coming from the back of his left hand while a system prompt appeared in front of him.

[Rune Fragments 3/3]

[Death Rune Completed]

[Activating……]

“Boom!!!”

At this moment, Duanmu Huai suddenly felt a powerful force erupting from the back of his hand. The chillingly cold power of death spread throughout his body in a blink, reaching every part of him. Duanmu Huai only felt an extreme cold from head to toe, he could even feel the strong power seeping into every part of his body like blood.

“Aaaaaaaaaah!!!”

Along with the screams, triad colored flames ascended covering Duanmu Huai completely.

“Ugh… Aah…”

Now, Duanmu Huai was kneeling on the ground, clenched fists, gritted teeth. At this time, Lani’s admonish also echoed in Duanmu Huai’s mind.

“The Golden Law only took shape after removing the Death Rune. Conversely, the Death Rune is the shadow of the Golden Law… its power is equivalent to a complete version of the Golden Law. Controlling this power is very dangerous and equally difficult…”

As anticipated, Lani was right.

Duanmu Huai could feel the steady and unrelenting seepage of the Death Rune’s power into every corner of his body, including his Power Armor and his soul, as though they were completely merging with this power of death. Simultaneous with this, the system’s rapidly flickering information was before his eyes.

[Death Rune Activated]

[Merging……10%……20%……25%……]

[Detected the Demon God’s Heart, Merge progress doubled]

[Detected similar divine domain – Evolving]

[Please answer the following questions]

[What do you wish to destroy?]

[What does death mean to you?]

What kind of philosophical question was this?

Duanmu Huai gritted his teeth and endured the pain from his body, all the while staring at the questions in front of him.

What to destroy? Was there even a need to ask? The duty of the Tribunal was to guard humans, any threats to human existence were the enemy, and the enemy should naturally be destroyed.

However, the second question made Duanmu Huai hesitate. What death meant to him, this question was heavily philosophical, and he was no philosopher. But Duanmu Huai didn’t want to simply answer with ‘death is the end of all things’. Besides, judging by the system’s habit, this could likely be a trap question. The answer to this last question could have unimaginable effects on him!

Generally speaking, all things will one day die, this is the value of death’s existence, to prove the beauty and grandeur of life.

Similarly, according to fatalists, life and death are part of the world’s cycle; where there is life, there is death, and where there is death, there is life…

At this moment, the merge progress bar was already at 85%, but Duanmu Huai was still pondering – then he looked at the question again, and had a sudden realization.

Dammit, this damned question trap, nearly led him astray again!

What death exactly was isn’t important, what’s important are the first four words -‘What does it mean to you!’

Right, regarding death, books and philosophers provide various answers, but those are their answers!

The key now was “What does it mean to you”- what is death!

Having found the crux, the answer then was simple.

To Duanmu Huai, what is death?

Death —— The method to destroy any enemy that dares to stand in front of the Tribunal!

Any enemy that dares to stand in front of the Tribunal and threatens humans has only one path —— death! Death is the wrath and sanction of the Tribunal! No mercy! No sympathy! In order to survive, to defeat all the enemies of mankind! What the Judge brings is death and destruction!

“Boom—————!!!”

The moment the question in Duanmu Huai’s mind was answered, the original 95% fusion progress bar instantly filled up, and the flames burst into the sky once again.

At the same time, the interface in front of Duanmu Huai also changed rapidly.

[Rune of Death successfully fused]

[Destroyer Warrior upgraded to God of Destruction]

[Weak Divine Power +3]

[Skill Fusion]

[Matter Displacement][Attack Weak Points][Winning With Few Against Many][Bullying the Weak]———”[Death Essence]

[Death Essence: When hit, there is a chance to cause 500% reflective damage, simultaneously effective within a 20-yard radius against enemies, and has a certain probability of instant death to enemies in a state of panic (be careful at all times when facing the envoy of death, your attacks may bring a storm-like counterattack).]

[Wrath]———”[Soul Devouring]

[Soul Devouring: The enemy who dies because of you will provide 1/10 of their life value for your recovery. Absorbing enough soul power can fend off a lethal attack once (Sorrowful souls have nowhere to run, their final destination is to completely disappear in your palm).]

[Subspace Armor upgraded to Armor of Eternal Death]

[Fearful Aura promoted to LV3]

Accompanied by lines of information flashing, the flames rapidly expand, explode, and then, Duanmu Huai strides out from the center.

“Ha……Brilliant!”

Duanmu Huai clenched his fists, he could feel a powerful force flowing in his body, Duanmu Huai felt like a main character in a martial arts novel who fell into an immortal abode and accidentally swallowed an icy clam, obtaining two full cycles of internal energy. He felt as strong as a bull and could knock down a towering tree with one punch!

At the same time, the battle armor worn by Duanmu Huai also underwent earth-shaking changes.

Previously, when Duanmu Huai’s power armor was upgraded, only the color scheme and decorations changed. But now, it has completely transformed into another look.

First is its volume, the power armor Duanmu Huai currently wears is almost one circle larger than before, not only that, its appearance also changed.

And the shoulder armor on both sides of Duanmu Huai has also become much taller, even connected to the rear armor. Duanmu Huai’s head is located in the groove in the middle. Meanwhile, his helmet turned into a completely black shape, with only the face turned into a white skull.

In addition, behind Duanmu Huai’s head, a black stone monument inlaid with the Tribunal symbol stands tall.

The whole power armor is black, with a golden border. On the chest part is a black, wings-spread war eagle logo. The centers of the shoulder armor on both sides, and the waist, are covered by three white human skulls. In their black eye sockets, crimson flames keep jumping, giving people the feeling as if these skulls have life in them.

Behind Duanmu Huai, the lower part connected to the monument is a jetpack loaded with scout skulls and repair skulls. At the knees, there are also skull pattern armors. A pitch-black cloak wraps around him, looking like the wings of the Shinigami.

Even the Thunder Warhammer in Duanmu Huai’s hand has a different form —— The once flat top now has a dense, tooth-like spikes. With one swing, it can probably punch dozens of blood holes in the opponent’s body.

Well, in a word.

It’s scarier.

Okay, Duanmu Huai is used to it.

This paintwork alone is enough to scare people to death on the streets.

But this skill……It must be based on my answers.

Duanmu Huai glanced at the evolved skills. Many of them were merged and then given completely different effects. Obviously, from the skill effects of [Death Essence] and [Soul Devouring], this upgrade clearly wants Duanmu Huai to charge on the front line again. After all, [Death Essence] is a reflective damage skill and [Soul Devouring] can restore health and resist. It means the more enemies Duanmu Huai kills, the higher the attack power he can defend.

If he can annihilate a few of the evil god’s troops before facing the evil god, combined with the power of [Destroyer Warrior] —— oh, no, now it’s [God of Destruction], then even facing a blow from the Chaos Evil God, he could possibly resist it without harm.

This is very important for Duanmu Huai!

To be an invincible Hearthstone, you first have to be invincible.

If you can’t beat them, just run. The premise is…you have to be able to run away.

Therefore, in order to maximize the effect of my skills, it is important that Duanmu Huai takes the lead, charges into the enemy line, uses reflective damage to knock down as many enemies as possible, and absorbs souls to increase defense and resistance…

“Very good.”@@novelbin@@

Duanmu Huai simulated it in his mind, then clenched the war hammer tightly and swung it casually.

The gains from the Borderland this time were beyond Duanmu Huai’s expectations. Now it seems that he has enough capital to confront the Eternal Divine Chosen.