For rule-based beings, the most precious thing must be the core of the rules that represent them.
Energy can be accumulated, stolen, and plundered; only the rules are unique!
The six Lantern Entity each represent different emotional energies, and also a kind of rule-based power.
The willpower of the Ion Shark, the fear of the Parallax, the rage of the Butcher, the love of the Predator, and the greed of the Ophidian —each of these, when broken down, represents a power of rules.
However, because Xu Xiao's Dao of Desire encompasses all desires, he was able to suppress them all, not to mention the fragments of divine essence that had already entered their bodies.
These fragments of divine essence, which had once disguised themselves as corresponding pure emotional power, are now tightly intertwined with the cores of the Lantern Entity, almost inseparable.
Meanwhile, the divine core in Xu Xuanpin's chest was constantly being perfected, and it began to call upon the distributed power to return to its main body.
The first to be completely devoured was the Ophidian, a colossal beast whose very body had been drained, leaving only its helpless, mournful cries.
You'll regret this!
"I am the embodiment of cosmic power, and I will return one day!"
"Really? I'll wait, but it seems unlikely I'll get that chance."
Xu Xiao chuckled, increasing the output of the seven-colored divine light in his hand, directly crushing the core of the Ophidian.
The Ophidian's body, originally as large as a planet, was completely transformed into a burst of orange starlight, and then it was drawn into the Divinity of Desire.
One of the engraved Dao patterns on it was completely illuminated, and at the same time, tattoo-like patterns appeared on the giant in the universe.
Just by looking up at someone, one's greed can boil over, causing them to lose all reason.
Greed has returned to its rightful place!!
The core of the Ophidian was devoured, signifying that greed, one of the emotional forces of DC, was completely absorbed by Xu Xiao. If no one intervenes in the future, all the forces related to greed in the DC Universe will flow into Xu Xuanpin's body.
" The Ophidian is really dead!!"
"This guy can truly devour the core power of the Emotional Spectrum; he can completely kill us!!!"
The death of the Ophidian instilled a strong sense of crisis in all the Lantern Entity, and they all began to send out mental signals to express their submission.
Spare me! I am willing to submit to you, I am willing to reap all the fear in the world for you!!
It's ironic that Parallax, the creature representing the power of fear, feels fear for the first time.
However, Xu Xiao didn't care and didn't even acknowledge the other party, focusing solely on absorbing more emotional power.
Next!
"No, please forgive my offense!"
The Butcher, which had been angrily gathering energy to launch an attack, felt its core being crushed and stripped away by a force and couldn't help but beg for mercy.
Unfortunately, the only response it received was the even deeper erosion by the seven-colored light, which shattered its core in an instant.
"I curse you... you will..."
"Too much nonsense."
Xu Xiao waved his hand, Butcher transformed into crimson starlight, which was completely absorbed and became another Dao pattern on Xu Xuanpin's divine body.
Anger will amplify Xu Xuanpin's desires, affecting both herself and others. All beings associated with anger will be more deeply influenced by it, until they fall into the abyss of desire.
"This guy has absolutely no intention of giving us a way out!"
At this moment, all the Lantern Entity felt despair; the other side was truly going to exterminate them.
The deaths of the three consecutive Lantern Entity seemed to trigger some mechanism, causing the death energy in the universe to begin to boil.
Deep in the universe, a jet-black lantern seemed to be awakened, and then it flew swiftly toward the place where the Lantern Entity had fallen.
Drawn by the power of death, it awakens from the ancient laws of the universe, poised to bring a new shadow of death to this cosmos.
This is both its instinctive reaction and an invisible resistance from the cosmic will against outsiders.
"No! No... Love is the source of life. Without me, the world will descend into chaos!"
The Predator Beast, representing love, is a multi-horned dragon-like creature with a purplish-red body, and it also looks somewhat like an alien.
At this moment, the enormous Lantern Entity was also begging for mercy, but Xu Xiao refused without any mercy.
"Without you, I will bring the power of love, and humanity will experience true love, not your controlling desires disguised as love."
It mercilessly crushed the core of the Predator Beast, adding more runes to its divine essence.
At this moment, Xu Xiao had completely killed four Lantern Entity and obtained four of the seven emotional powers, leaving only three Lantern Entity — Ion Shark, Proselyte, and Parallax— that he had not yet had time to extract.
Parallax is the monster that must be killed last, as it represents fear.
The fear brewing within this creature of rules, representing fear, before its death will be the most delicious sustenance for Xu Xiao's Divinity of Desire.
However, before Xu Xiao could make a move against the Proselyte, the fluctuations of fate issued a warning to him.
The cave formed by the spatial force beneath Xu Xiao's feet instantly shifted to another direction.
The next second, a Black Lantern appeared without warning in Xu Xiao's position, and a strong aura of death permeated the universe.
"Hey, it actually popped up on its own, Death Black Lantern!"
Xu Xiao wasn't surprised; the appearance of the Black Lantern was inevitable.
However, the fact that the other party appeared out of his perception, emerging from a crack in the universe, startled him. Had he not already achieved some success in understanding cause and effect, he would have been tricked.
" The Death Black Lantern shouldn't possess spatial powers, so does that mean there's more than just one Death Black Lantern here?"
Xu Xiao's gaze was like lightning, and the Golden Pupil of Myriad Phenomena between his brows was fully open, constantly scanning everything around him.
It can be sensed that the forces of destiny in the entire universe have changed. A causal line extends deep into the Black Lantern, and further into another dimension, with its other end connected to Xu Xiao.
"It seems that a higher-dimensional being has sensed my actions, and the cause and effect have already been established?"
Xu Xiao was not surprised by the emergence of the causal thread. Although he had achieved some success in cultivating the Dao of Cause and Effect, he still could not completely avoid being tainted by cause and effect.
His coming to DC to forcibly seize emotional power is itself a karmic connection with the DC Universe.
This is no small matter. Even Daluo immortal cannot escape the consequences of personally intervening in such an event and extricate himself from the situation.
"But it seems you don't take me seriously at all, only planning to rely on this Black Lantern and the cosmic will of this universe to deal with me. It seems the battle up there is quite exciting."
Xu Xiao's gaze seemed to penetrate into another dimension, witnessing the contest between those higher-dimensional beings.
The higher-dimensional beings in the DC Universe don't lack the desire to take action themselves; they simply have no choice, as they have higher-dimensional beings from Marvel to deal with.
The only option is to establish a causal link to mark Xu Xiao Xu Xiao's identity, allowing the will of the universe to deal with him on its own.