Boom—!!
A muffled collision of the utmost force resounded through the void.
Delusion Eye, charging at full speed, was violently sent flying back.
Lu Chen froze. He stared blankly at the purple canopy that had risen at some unknown point within the dim chaos, looking utterly stunned.
The purple canopy was thin, just a single flimsy layer, yet it stretched across the void without end, enveloping the entire world.
Like a fish tank—it looked fragile, but the fish within could never break through and escape.
"God-Prison Heavenly Jail!!?"
A heart-rending cry of collapse exploded through the void.
At that moment, Lu Chen felt an unprecedented despair. All his convictions and ideals crumbled.
So this world had never been a free land. It was... a prison!!!
The countless masses, the strong and weak alike, even he himself who had done everything possible to escape, were all prisoners forever unable to flee their cage.
"Heh... hehehe..."
Lu Chen laughed madly as his consciousness began to collapse.
Then, a brutal voice thick with malice rang out behind him.
"My good disciple, why did you stop running?"
Lu Chen gave a miserable laugh and looked toward the indistinct black silhouette shrouded in black flames.
"There's no escaping... So all of us were merely birds in a cage, fish in a tank...
Teacher, you were right. My ideals had been a joke from the very beginning."
He had wanted to establish a New World, bring all humanity into it, and then escape this polluted world.
Before this, he had hated his teacher for stopping him. Yet in the end, he discovered there had never been any way out.
Even if his teacher had not intervened, his plan had been destined to fail.
He even had to thank his teacher for stopping him. Otherwise, the world