Berserk State

Deep night was an abyss. Darkness filled the Game Space as Er Dongsheng violently opened seven gates and devoured the essence of heaven and earth, turning the place into a grim Hell.

Boundless, frenzied killing intent surged. It was as though an entire world were breaking apart, collapsing, while an aura of slaughter spread, threatening to cut down every living creature!

This was...

The Abyssal Will, the Abyss System, and the few remaining phantoms stared in shock at Er Dongsheng's sudden outburst!

For the first time, the formidable Chinese Daoist Arts of his previous life were revealed. Granted, the only audience was a Heavenly Dao Will. Oh, and an Abyss System.

"Heh, you all deserve to die!" A cold, hoarse voice came from Er Dongsheng's mouth as he cackled. His eyes had turned from blue to blood-red. At that moment, he felt powerful beyond measure, as though he were a god who could control everything!

He seemed to have entered the Demonic State!

The Demonic State of Chinese Daoist Arts was not what ordinary people understood by the term. It was a wondrous mental state in which strength, speed, and agility soared. Utterly berserk, he had room in his mind only for boundless killing intent: battle against heaven, battle against earth, battle against himself!

Battling heaven was endless joy; battling others was endless joy. He was now wholly immersed in the thrill of battle.

Boom! With his speed suddenly soaring, he appeared behind a Demon phantom as though he had teleported.

Bang!

There was nothing fancy about it. He swung his left arm hard, and with a thunderous impact, the Demon phantom silently vanished.

"Heh, feeble ants!"

Er Dongsheng fixed his blood-red eyes on the vanishing phantom and burst into wild laughter!

"Haha! Weak! Far too weak!"

"How can ants this feeble have the gall to exist beneath the same sky as me?"

"Go on, then. Be good and head up to Heaven!"

His figure vanished again. Despite the other Demon phantoms being on guard, he appeared in the blink of an eye behind a humanoid Demon Lord!

Bang!

Rumble!

He had caught it! This unremarkable-looking humanoid Demon Lord had actually caught Er Dongsheng's vicious blow! The force still drove him back several steps, but he had truly caught the attack!

Er Dongsheng froze, his blood-red eyes studying the humanoid Demon Lord. Was this...?

Lucifer Lucifel, the Fallen Angel. Legend held that he was the mightiest Demon Lord of the Ancient Abyss, the very embodiment of pride and arrogance. He had once united ten thousand worlds and ruled the entire Abyss, making the heavens and myriad realms tremble! The gods feared him, and even the Abyssal Will had to give this great being a wide berth!

But now...

After looking him over, Er Dongsheng smiled indifferently. Now he was only an Abyssal Phantom!

"Heh! Not bad!"

"But still nowhere near good enough!"

He stamped his left foot. With a boom, a huge crater appeared in the floor of the Game Space, only to become whole again in an instant!

Using the recoil, Er Dongsheng leaped above the Demons. Looking down on them, he pulled his lips into an evil smile!

He twisted his body, drew in his waist, raised a leg, then plunged down hard. Ink Spirit Flame gathered beneath his foot as the fierce pressure of his fall formed a curved blade of wind. Its edge wreathed in Ink Spirit Flame, the blade smashed toward the ground!

"Heh! All of you, go meet God!"

Boom!

Pop, pop, pop! Ink Spirit Flame sprayed in every direction. The Abyss Demon phantoms could not withstand such a powerful impact. One after another, their forms cracked, and great swaths of gray matter scattered.

They... were finished!

"It's not over! I haven't had enough fun!"

"Keep playing with me!"

"Death Gate! Break open too!"

Hum.

The space seemed to fall silent all at once. Time seemed to stop, and even the Abyssal Aura hung motionless. The expressions of the Abyss Demon Lords froze on their faces. At that moment, time itself seemed to have died!

Rumble!

The entire Game Space suddenly erupted as though the Universe had exploded at the creation of heaven and earth. Smoke billowed everywhere, enveloping Er Dongsheng and hiding him from sight. The structure of the Game Space began to creak and groan, frightening the Abyss System into hurriedly stabilizing it. If the enemy failed to destroy the place only for Er Dongsheng to do it instead, that would be too absurd!

Second by second, the smoke cleared, revealing a fearsome new Demon body!

A pair of blood-red wings beat slowly behind him. Broad patches of crimson scales covered his body like a suit of imposing armor. Sharp horns jutted from every vulnerable joint—his shoulders, elbows, and legs. The horns at his shoulders were especially striking, extending outward before curving up to pierce the sky. Er Dongsheng looked more imposing and domineering than ever!

The madness had vanished from his eyes. They were now like the stars of the Universe: deep, mysterious, without a ripple of emotion. He looked like a sovereign far above all others. Gazing at the Abyss Demon Lords' phantoms, then at the motionless Abyssal Will below, he slowly raised his head. His face was expressionless as he spoke in a cool, merciless voice.

"This farce has gone on long enough. It's time to end it!"

With a casual wave, a scarlet shockwave laced with pitch-black Ink Spirit Flame spread across the entire Game Space. The Demon Lord phantoms summoned by the Abyssal Will vanished instantly, without the slightest resistance!

Then he opened his mouth and inhaled toward the Abyssal Will. Under the stunned gaze of the Abyss System, Er Dongsheng sucked that wisp of the Abyss Heavenly Dao Will straight into his mouth.

Crunch, crunch. After a few crisp bites, he swallowed it with a gulp!

Even the Abyss System, which barely had complete emotions, seemed to break out in a cold sweat!

That was far too savage!

He closed his eyes, seemingly digesting the Abyssal Will. Roaring black Ink Spirit Flame surged toward his abdomen, and the Abyss Heavenly Dao Will's final screams seemed almost audible.

A while later, a luminous white star suddenly appeared on the forehead of his new Demon body. It had five points around a heart-shaped center, and within it lay lines of Laws of unfathomable complexity. Could this be...?

That was right. Er Dongsheng was completing the Abyssal Will's reward: gathering an Abyss Star on his forehead and condensing his own spell Laws. Having devoured that wisp of Heavenly Dao Will, the Abyss Star he formed could now be said to equal the Heavenly Dao. Unlike an Abyss Star formed with the Abyssal Will's help, his was not subject to the Heavenly Dao's control and held boundless potential! It laid the foundation for him to break free of the Heavenly Dao in the future!

He slowly left his transformed state, and boundless weakness swept over him at once.

"Handle everything here and plan what comes next. This wisp of Heavenly Dao Will is yours; make analyzing it your priority. I'm going out first. There's probably still big trouble waiting for me outside!" Er Dongsheng gave the Abyss System these instructions in a weak voice, then turned his thoughts away, left the soul space, and returned to his body!

At once, he felt a faint sense of being watched. Something was brazenly scanning everything here, especially Er Dongsheng's body.

"So it came after all!"

"This should count as the fourth step of the plan."

"...Abyss System, I'll deal with you properly in a moment!"