I Contracted All Ancient Divine Artifacts-Chapter 359 - 258: The Monster Behind the Door

"What kind of monster is this!"

The scene before them left everyone shocked.

They had seen Headless Knights before, and they had also seen Black Lotuses.

But to have a Black Lotus growing on a Headless Knight’s neck, this was indeed the first time they had witnessed such a sight.

"Something inside the Fallen Knight?"

"Probably not. Haven’t you all forgotten where the Fallen Knight’s power comes from?" Bob spoke up.

The source of the Fallen Knight’s power?

If they remembered correctly, it should originate from the same thing as his name, from Corruption.

"In the Land of Corruption, there are all sorts of unknown terrifying entities that usually don’t appear in the real world, nor can they leave the Land of Corruption."

"The appearance of the Fallen Knight broke this rule."

The Fallen Knight was human, someone who had completely fallen in the pursuit of power, yet he was still human.

However, he could open a passage that connected the Land of Corruption with the human world.

The Fallen Knight could entirely be considered a gatekeeper.

He borrowed the power of the Land of Corruption, opening the gate when needed and closing it when not.

But now he’s dead, or in a half-dead state.

In any case, the Fallen Knight lost control of this "gate," resulting in it being thrown wide open. The entities eager to leave the Land of Corruption began descending onto the Slaughter Battlefield through this "gate"!

"The gate hasn’t entirely opened yet."

As Bob spoke, he manipulated the data streams, directing them all in one direction.

It was behind the Fallen Knight.

In the originally pitch-black area behind him, as the data streams flowed in, the shape of a gate gradually became apparent.

Han Zhan and Gongyang Jin both saw that behind the Black Lotus on the "Fallen Knight’s" neck was a long black line resembling an extending plant root.

A black root as thick as a young girl’s thigh connected to the world beyond the gate.

Moreover, a myriad of different roars constantly emanated from inside the gate—those were the noises they had heard earlier.

"You mean that since the Gate of Corruption isn’t fully opened yet, the ones who can first descend to the Slaughter Battlefield are the relatively weaker entities from the Land of Corruption?"

"Exactly."

"So we should finish this quickly!"

The three of them finished speaking and unanimously agreed on this point.

Bob moved first.

He had limited means to employ on the Slaughter Battlefield, with the data streams being one of them.

Under his control, more and more data streams converged here, attempting to sever the black root behind the Black Lotus.

This action thoroughly enraged the enemy before them.

The Black Lotus suddenly bloomed, and every petal bore a wide-open bloody mouth, devouring the data streams.

One by one, pairs of sinister, vicious, and malevolent eyes abruptly opened on the Black Lotus’s surface, looking densely packed and horrifyingly intimidating.

With those eyes opening, the dead Headless Knight once again grasped the Knight’s Greatsword and charged at Han Zhan and the others with wild abandon!

Han Zhan stood at the forefront, bearing the brunt of the attack.

Instinctively, he raised his sword to block, but the next second, a surprisingly immense force sent Han Zhan flying away.

The Xuanyuan Sword was an Ancient Divine Soldier, indestructible indeed, but he wasn’t.

The force bent Han Zhan’s wrist holding the sword inward, causing an indescribable pain that made him let out a low grunt.

The Nuwa Stone and the Shennong Cauldron, two Divine Artifacts, simultaneously glowed, converging behind him.

The Nuwa Stone reshaped his distorted right arm to its original form, and the Shennong Cauldron’s powerful restorative ability was healing his severely injured body.

Only one round had passed!

"Be careful! This bizarre Black Lotus from the Land of Corruption has enhanced the Fallen Knight’s original body, and to an extremely terrifying degree."

Han Zhan’s plight was evident to Gongyang Jin and Bob.

Bob, especially, was more of a support, providing coordination at best—expecting him to be the main force was out of the question.

After hearing Han Zhan’s warning, Gongyang Jin also temporarily gave up engaging with the Black Lotus-controlled Fallen Knight.

"Now what?" she asked Han Zhan.

As she spoke, the Fallen Knight’s sword slashed again, and the quick-witted Gongyang Jin swiftly sidestepped to dodge.

Unexpectedly, with the Black Lotus controlling him, the Fallen Knight’s sword technique was more agile than before. As Gongyang Jin sidestepped, the originally downward slash was forcibly halted with brute strength, transforming into a horizontal sweep!

Whoosh!

Gongyang Jin perceived a gust of wind sweeping past her face.

The survival instinct honed from countless battles prompted her to execute an extraordinary evasive maneuver at this critical juncture, narrowly avoiding the blade once again.

Despite that, the edge of the Knight’s Greatsword managed to graze her abdomen’s skin, revealing a patch of white flesh beneath.

Blood slowly trickled over the white skin, dripping down.

Gongyang Jin didn’t have time to feel the pain from the wound, immediately withdrawing again.

The sharp wind pressure from the Fallen Knight wielding the Knight’s Greatsword once more resounded beside her ears!

With each retreat, she narrowly avoided the successive slashes,

In mere breaths, she had already retreated over a dozen meters, evading more than ten slashes.

If it had been anyone else without Gongyang Jin’s superior melee capabilities, they would likely have fallen under the Fallen Knight’s sword or become fertilizer for the Black Lotus.

Once she no longer sensed the relentless pursuit of wind pressure and slashes behind her, Gongyang Jin paused, gasping heavily for breath.

The pressure exerted by the opponent was overwhelming, a single misstep could result in her immediate demise.

Her efforts weren’t in vain.

Han Zhan’s voice rang out from the other side once again: "It stopped!"

As Han Zhan described, the Fallen Knight had stopped a short distance behind Gongyang Jin.

He could obviously continue pursuing, but something was holding him back.

"It’s the black root connecting behind it! That’s its power source, but it also limits its range of movement!"

"As long as we’re outside its range, we’re safe."

This discovery was welcome.

"Xiao Jin, the two of us will take turns entering its range to draw its attack attention."

"Bob, you continue bombarding the black root behind it with data streams to completely sever it!"

Having confirmed their roles, Han Zhan stepped forward, deliberately entering its range.

His right hand had already fully recovered. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Han Zhan raised his left hand, a Zither Sound Air Blade launched from the Fu Xi Zither’s strings, blazing with crimson flames, slashing ahead!