Death Has Rules (6)

Since he could not shake it, the backlash followed.

Compared to a tangible, physical impact, the psychological shockwave exploded a step earlier.

"Extraordinary Species!"

The icy blue-gray color in Gong Qi's eyes seemed to crack apart. In that instant, the colors and brightness before him changed sharply.

At the opening he had just blasted through the rock strata, colors had originally been smeared wildly by firelight and dark clouds. Now, however, pure and blinding light gathered there, like the charged cannon muzzle of a colossal space battleship awaiting fire. Dazzling waves of light also darted through the depths of the torn, twisted rifts around it, yet there was no sign of any leakage or dissipation. There was only seemingly infinite convergence, restraint, and compression!

The upper end of the cloud pillar trying to plunge into the rock strata shattered outright. The newly constructed rule zone at the opening was not large, but it was so solid and stable as to inspire despair. And that very solidity had firmly locked onto Gong Qi's position within the blue-gray cloud pillar, without the slightest deviation or wavering.

In an instant, offense and defense switched places. Gong Qi, who had held absolute initiative, became someone else's prey.

"Fuck!"

With one of Gong Qi's rare curses, the blue-gray "cumulonimbus cloud," like a heavenly pillar beside a towering cliff, suddenly collapsed, its ethereal vapor scattering in all directions. Part of it quickly evaporated under the Blood Soul Temple Field's extreme heat and pressure, but more of it sank and expanded, occupying a wider area and projecting Gong Qi's unique rules over a broader range.

For one brief moment, the overall temperature of the Blood Soul Temple Field dropped. Gong Qi's rules fully interfered with it. Though it was still far from achieving suppression, that fleeting interval