Chapter 745: Out of the Mountain and the Water Ends
The white-haired Minotaur was extremely angry. To be made such a fool in front of the entire Ultra-Burn Tribe was a total loss of face.
Although the injury was minimal to him, it still made him feel utterly humiliated.
In his furious rage, the power of the white-haired Minotaur's Immortal Laws surged once again, and the surrounding void seemed distorted.
Lin Shen knew he couldn't possibly match the white-haired Minotaur and attempted to activate his mechanical wristwatch, planning to take Xiao Yu and run away quickly.
Although using the mechanical wristwatch to teleport to another planet came with a time restriction, and they would eventually be sent back, escaping momentarily was still a must; one needs to survive first to think of a way out.
Unfortunately, the mechanical wristwatch wouldn't start, not showing the slightest sign of life.
"Don't bother, the teleporter itself relies on the Space Law for Spatial Transmission. Under the effect of my Immortal Laws, the laws of this space have been disturbed. You won't be able to go anywhere," the white-haired Minotaur said darkly as he stepped towards them, and sinisterly added, "I had intended to grant you a swift end, but now I will make you die in the most agonizing way."
"If you dare touch a hair on me, I'm afraid you won't be able to withstand that person's thunderous wrath," Lin Shen said without attempting to flee, knowing it was futile.
The gulf between Ascenders and Immortals was simply too vast; there was no point in trying to fight. The opponent had merely utilized the Immortal Laws, yet Lin Shen already felt as if he was being targeted, his every move under control; if the opponent wanted him to live, he would live, and if they wished him dead, he would die.
"Even if Emperor Tianshu himself comes today, you still must die," the white-haired Minotaur, stretching out his hand toward Lin Shen and Xiao Yu, made Lin Shen feel as if the space around him suddenly tightened, as if a gigantic invisible hand had grasped him, almost causing his bones to splinter.
Xiao Yu was in no better condition, similarly seized by a giant invisible hand, struggling in vain.
"What's Emperor Tianshu? This person is thousands of times mightier than Emperor Tianshu," Lin Shen managed to utter despite the excruciating pain threatening to crush him.
"A person thousands of times mightier than Emperor Tianshu, do you mean an Immortal?" the white-haired Minotaur jeered.
Being already one of the top figures in the cosmos, even the strongest of the Supreme Clan wouldn't dare claim to surpass Emperor Tianshu by thousands of times. Lin Shen's attempt to frighten him like this was as laughable as trying to scare a three-year-old child.
"You're right, this person is an Immortal, an all-powerful Immortal," Lin Shen asserted.
"Ha-ha, then pray for your Immortal to come save you," mocked the white-haired Minotaur with contemptuous laughter.
"Fine... Haotian Golden Imperial... Supreme Sovereign... Nature's Marvel... Profound Genuine Jade Emperor... Come to my aid...," Lin Shen called out loudly.
He was truly out of options, calling out the revered name of that prominent figure, using up his one chance at Immortal Spirit Protection.
The white-haired Minotaur, seeing Lin Shen actually invoking a strange name, thought Lin Shen had an ambush laid out and cautiously surveyed the surroundings. Read new chapters at My Virtual Library Empire
But no discovery was made, and no one was nearby; he sneered, "So you're genuinely appealing to Immortals. Cry out louder then, let's see if the Immortals dare come here to save you."
With that, the white-haired Minotaur tightened his grip, intending to crush both Lin Shen and Xiao Yu's carapace and bones completely.
Without the Jade Emperor's appearance, Lin Shen was almost stupefied, "Fuck... Is the Jade Emperor playing me..."
Black energy rose from Xiao Yu's body, and the fork and knife in his hands flickered with white light. Suddenly crossing them, he slashed forcefully and astonishingly cleaved the invisible constraining force apart as if it were tangible. His eyes coldly fixed on the white-haired Minotaur.
The white-haired Minotaur paused, surprised that little Yu could so easily break free from the influence of the Immortal Laws.
The power of Immortal Laws could disrupt the order of other laws and enhance the prominence of certain law orders.
Merely under the influence of the Immortal Laws' power, typical Nirvana Beings found it difficult to move; this was only the ancillary impact, not the true might of the Immortal Laws.
But even this level of impact was likely enough to incapacitate more than ninety percent of Nirvana Beings.
Those who could force themselves free from this influence were rare within the Nirvana Level.
"You are already finished. You won't escape death today. Give me the keys. Save as many as you can; maybe if I'm in a good mood later, I'll help avenge you," said little Yu, not charging at the white-haired Minotaur, but instead talking to Lin Shen beside him.
"Okay, I'll give them to you," Lin Shen said, fighting against the influence of the Immortal Laws. He slowly stretched his hand toward his backpack and fumbled inside to take something out.
The white-haired Minotaur, thinking that Lin Shen was a Nirvana Being, wasn't too surprised that he could move under the influence of his Immortal Laws.
He never imagined that Lin Shen was actually an Ascender, who under the Immortal Laws, would likely have been crushed to death by now, with no chance of survival.
Little Yu truly believed that Lin Shen was handing over his keys. He reached out to take them, only to find that Lin Shen's hand didn't contain keys, but what looked like small Pet Eggs.
These eggs were quite tiny, only the size of quail eggs, each one colored in vibrant hues, which made them quite attractive.
Before little Yu could react, Lin Shen had already stuffed all the God-making Eggs into his mouth and swallowed them.
Without the Jade Emperor's intervention today, his life was probably eight or nine out of ten forfeit.
However, Lin Shen was not one to sit and wait for death. Knowing it was certain, he was determined to fight back no matter what.
As an Ascender, he simply couldn't fight against an Immortal, and even moving under the influence of Immortal Laws was a challenge.
Only by advancing to the Nirvana Level could he possibly fight against an Immortal.
Of course, "fight" might be a generous term; it was more like he could manage to strike back when being hit—not that he could land a blow, but at least he wouldn't have to stand still and take a beating.
In fact, Lin Shen had always known there was one method that might allow him to attain Nirvana.
He hadn't been able to achieve Nirvana because the power particles in his body were too intense, too solid, unable to merge with Nirvana Attribute Particles.
Resolving this issue was actually not difficult at all; as long as the Nirvana Attribute Particles were strong enough to match his own power particles, the problem would be naturally solved.
But Lin Shen had dared not to use this method because his body couldn't withstand the torment of so many different powers of Nirvana; he was very likely to transform into a non-human.
Now Lin Shen was no longer afraid. Since he was going to die anyway, he thought, might as well become something non-human.
Moreover, swallowing these God-making Eggs would be better than leaving them to afford the Ultra-Burn Tribe people some benefit after his death. With this thought, Lin Shen swallowed the rest of the God-making Eggs, including that peculiar one, whose carapace resembled a chicken egg and seemed to throb with a heartbeat inside.