Chapter 501 – Hypocrite

　　”Hm?”
　　The appearance of this brilliant light immediately attracted everyone’s attention.
　　Shen Qingzhu and the Ninth Seat, who were originally still fighting, had already disappeared, and along with them, there was also the shattered altar situated in the center of the underground.
　　This sudden change caused Lin Qiye to frown slightly, although he didn’t know exactly what had happened, it definitely wasn’t something good, that brilliant bizarre light took the two of them away along with the altar, bringing Shen Qingzhu, who was originally about to be out of danger, back again.
　　On the contrary, the moment the third seat saw this light, a cold smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
　　”Lord Raving has returned …… Today, none of you will be able to run!”
　　He raised his arm, and of the four vortices behind him, the two remaining budding black flowers quickly bloomed.
　　Two consecutive silhouettes surfaced on the surface of the ink-colored shell, overlapping with the original woman’s silhouette.
　　Buzz–!
　　A low humming sound came out from within the manor, followed by a toothsome ear-piercing creaking sound, a large number of steel bars mixed with different metal objects broke through the thick walls and flew to the mid-air, like a round pitch-black cloud rotating slowly.
　　At the same time, the originally bright sky quickly grayed down, a flash of black aura centered on the third seat, swept through the entire manor in the blink of an eye.
　　In the courtyard, a tiny piece of debris floated up.
　　Glass, stones also began to float up with it, and the puddle in the corner of the courtyard rippled, as if it had been turned upside down, bizarrely flowing backwards towards the sky.
　　Floor tiles, sofas, cars, and even the spire of the manor broke off from the walls and slowly levitated up into the air.
　　A sense of weightlessness enveloped everyone’s bodies.
　　Lin Qiye’s body floated towards the sky uncontrollably, the existence of gravity felt like it had been completely erased, and having lost his point of focus, he could only slowly and sluggishly levitate in the air.
　　”Manipulating metal, and controlling gravity?” An Qingyu frowned slightly.
　　In mid-air, thunder leaped around the Third Seat, his gray-tinged left hand manipulated all the metals within the range of the forbidden marketplace, and his black-tinged right hand manipulated the gravity within the range of the forbidden marketplace, and it was as if the laws of the entire manor were being played with by him.
　　”This is ‘Klein’……,” Lin Qiye’s eyes emerged with a gaze.
　　”He can’t last too long in this state.” An Qingyu gazed at his figure and pushed her glasses up and said, “His body was already heavily injured, and now that he forcefully mobilized so many forbidden ruins, he’s bound to injure his origin.”
　　”Why would he do that?”
　　”Ever since Rumor took Shen Qingzhu and the altar away, he’s been releasing his power recklessly as if he’s gone crazy, if I’m not wrong, he’s stalling for Rumor.” An Qingyu pondered.
　　”Stalling for time ……,” Lin Qiye looked toward where Shen Qingzhu originally stood, “They, what exactly do they want to do?”
　　Nightmare space.
　　Shen Qingzhu struggled to get up from the ground and shook his head before that intense feeling of dizziness was dispelled a little.
　　”Little Shen, are you awake?” The Ninth Seat walked up to him and asked with a frown.
　　Shen Qingzhu looked at him, then at the ravings not far away, and silently nodded his head.
　　”Well, got rid of that state.”
　　This punch from the ninth seat just now did hit him a little bit, but it didn’t prevent him from recognizing the current situation, and with Rumination here, it wasn’t a situation that could be muddled through by putting on an act.
　　He rubbed his temples and looked around.
　　This was still the same underground space, the altar was still in its original position, and the huge sword mark above his head still existed …… The difference was that Lin Qiye and their figures and the third seat had all disappeared.
　　”Where is this place?” He asked suspiciously.
　　”It’s the nightmare space I opened up.”
　　On the altar, Murmuring’s weak voice slowly came out, “I used my Forbidden Ruins to drag both you and this altar into a nightmare, and although this place looks the same as the outside world, it’s actually already a different space.”
　　”This place is a dream?”
　　”It is a dream, and it is not.” Rumor slowly stood up from the altar and lightly waved his right hand, the tuxedo full of blood marks and wounds disappeared into thin air, followed by another neat as new tuxedo draped over his body.
　　”Everything that happens here can have an effect on the real world, here …… is a real nightmare.”
　　”What about the third seat? Why didn’t he come in?” The Ninth Seat asked suspiciously.
　　”We needed someone to stall for time.”
　　”Stall time?” Shen Qingzhu keenly grasped the key, “What are we going to do?”
　　The corners of Rumor’s pale mouth rose slightly as he pointed to the altar at his feet, “Of course, reviving this altar and guiding the Descent of the Underworld God.”
　　Underworld God Descending ……
　　Shen Qingzhu’s eyes faintly and unnoticeably flashed with a flash of essence.
　　”However, the spiritual power in this altar has not yet been filled, and it will take at least two more days.” The Ninth Seat spoke in a deep voice, “And now that the Third Seat, Seventh Seat, and Twelfth Seat aren’t here, the time needed might be even longer, do we have that much time?”
　　”No.” Rumor said calmly, “But we have another way.”
　　”Ninth seat, you come up.”
　　Hearing Rumor call out to himself, doubts surfaced in the eyes of the Ninth Seat, but under the effect of the soul contract, he still took a step and jumped onto the top of the altar with a gentle leap.
　　”Lord Rumor, what can I do to help?” The ninth seat bowed slightly.
　　Rumor watched him for a long time and slowly spoke:
　　”Ninth Seat …… No, He Lin, how many years have you followed me?”
　　”Eleven years, Lord Rumor.”
　　”Eleven years.” Raving looked into his eyes, a color of emotion surfaced in his eyes, “I still remember, when I first saw you, you were still a depressed young man, obviously burdened with great power, but you are willing to sink in this dirty society ……”
　　”Yes, Lord Rumor.” The Ninth Seat seemed to recall something, his gaze somewhat helpless, “If I hadn’t met you, I might have starved to death on the streets.”
　　”I remember that you were fond of watching Water Margin at that time.”
　　”You have a good memory.”
　　”Oh, because you told me that I was your Song Jiang.”
　　”Yes, you have always been Song Jiang in my heart.”
　　”Then ……” the smile at the corner of Murmuring’s mouth gradually converged, “are you, like the good men of Liangshan, willing to die for me, Song Jiang?”
　　The ninth seat froze in place.
　　”Lord Rumor …….”
　　”He Lin.” Raving said calmly, “The spiritual power missing from this altar is exactly equivalent to the spiritual power of a ‘Limitless’, as long as you die, these [Source Conductors] below will absorb all of your spiritual power, and the Underworld God’s altar will be unleashed.
　　For the sake of the [believers], for the sake of me ……
　　Die.”
　　The Ninth Seat stared blankly into Rumor’s eyes for a long time before letting out a long sigh.
　　”Lord Rumor.”
　　”Hmm? Do you have any last words?”
　　”You, really haven’t changed at all.”
　　”Oh? How so?”
　　”You are still the same as eleven years ago …… do not like to read ah.”
　　This inexplicable sentence made ravings a little puzzled.
　　”Song Jiang, was never a good man, he was just a hypocrite ……
　　You, too.”
　　The Ninth Seat stretched out his hand and lightning-like strangled Rumor’s throat!
　　At the corner of his mouth, a smile surfaced and
　　”I’m sorry, my honorable Lord Song Jiang ……
　　I’m an undercover agent.”