Bess said calmly, "The blood of kindness!
Her kindness is pure, but the power in her blood is not strong enough.
Your blood is strong enough, but I can't be sure how pure the goodness in your blood is.
Therefore, if you are willing to give your blood for her, then this degree of kindness is definitely enough.
Now, make your choice. "
Lan Jue looked at her coldly. "And if I don't choose?
If I defeat you, I can save her. "
Bess smiled coldly. "You're smart. You didn't alert the people on Skyfire Avenue. If you did, you'd never see her again.
As for defeating me, of course you can. If you can do it, you can take her with you.
You're right. Beat me, and you'll be free. "
As she spoke, she lifted her left hand and made a grasping motion in the air.
The light in the entire room suddenly dimmed. Rays of blood-red light seemed to be born from all directions. As the world spun, everything in the surroundings turned blood-red. A terrifying pressure came from all directions, and the originally small room seemed to have expanded countless times, turning into a blood-red world.
A Domain of Protogenia!
Lan Jue's face fell. He'd guessed Granny Bess was strong, but he hadn't expected her to be this strong.
Protogenia didn't necessarily have to be a Paragon to use. Talented Adepts like the Four Divine Monarchs, for example, were able to use protogenia to some degree.
Lan Jue's understanding of the Bookworm's ascension had deepened.
But to use protogenia to create one's own Domain ….
Then.
Only a true Paragon could do such a thing.
Of the twelve known Paragons, no.
Lan Jue was certain that this one didn't exist.
Therefore, he was even more astonished.
Granny Bess was a Paragon he hadn't heard of. It was frightening.
The difference between them made his chances of defeating Granny Bess infinitesimally close to zero.
But there was no turning back. For Zhou Qianlin, and for himself.
He had to fight with all his might.
Lan Jue had never fought a Paragon before, but that didn't mean he wasn't afraid of them.
The glaring purplish-blue lightning turned golden almost immediately. If he wanted to resist the laws, he would have to use the power of the laws.
Dazzling golden light burst forth, but all the lightning seemed to have become gentle. In that golden world, Lan Jue was filled with a wild aura. God King's pressure!
All the blood-red light in the surroundings would naturally dissolve when it came into contact with the golden light on his body. It was unable to get within ten meters of his body.
Grandma Ruth was still sitting there.
In this blood-red space, there seemed to be a blood-red chair.
There was a hint of surprise in her eyes as she nodded silently.
"Good, it's good to add a little fun to my life."
As she spoke, she lifted her hand and made a grasping motion towards Lan Jue.
The motion seemed slow, but the entire space around them was filled with a strange energy. It was like the world itself was a giant hand, and Lan Jue himself was an insect on top of it. As the hand closed around him, he would be crushed to pieces.
"Heavens Open!"
Lan Jue's thunderous roar shook the heavens. His entire body was enveloped by the golden light, and in the blink of an eye, he had grown many times larger. A beam of golden light flared in the sky, slamming into the crimson world as if to tear it apart.
Cracks began to appear, and the golden light around Lan Jue grew stronger. The phylactery stone in the palm of his left hand glowed with a dense purple light. It helped him replenish the Discipline he'd expended.
The Power of Law was a very mysterious power, but it was not something that could be mobilized through Discipline. It required the combination of one's mind and energy, as well as one's own understanding of the Laws of Heaven and Earth. It was a terrifying power that could only be mobilized by combining them.
Right now, Lan Jue was already pushing his energy and mind to their limits. Even if there was only a sliver of a chance, he wasn't willing to give it up.
Under the influence of his God King's Word, a crack actually opened up in the sky. However, a pitch-black light shone out of it.
Lan Jue took a deep breath. He made a gesture of holding up the sky with his palms facing up. He shouted again, "Heavens Open!"
A blinding beam of golden light shot out from the top of his head and slammed into the crack.
Suddenly, the entire blood-red, distorted world began to shake violently. Everything around it began to blur.
Granny Bess flicked the fingers of her right hand, and a soft, bloody light burst forth.
The shaking space stabilized, and the crack in the sky closed up in an instant.
A blood-red hand suddenly materialized around Lan Jue, grabbing the golden light around him.
The golden light around Lan Jue was like an eggshell. Under the pressure of the blood-red hand, it made an ear-piercing cracking sound.
The terrifying pressure put Lan Jue under immense pressure. Blood began to seep out of his pores.
The pressure was too great. His God King Transformation wasn't the true Power of Law, after all. Faced with the complete suppression of the Domain, it began to crumble even faster.
Lan Jue's eyes widened. He brought his hands together and slowly coiled them up.
Suddenly, with his body as the center, the golden light became a band of light that slowly swirled around him.
The strange light shifted in front of him, and the enormous pressure from the blood-red hand seemed to fall on a soft, elastic sphere. Surprisingly, it was deflected quite a bit.
Bess's calm eyes finally showed a hint of surprise. "Huh?
Is this ancient martial arts? "
Lan Jue's arms, which had been drawn in a circular arc, had already come together in front of him. He suddenly pulled his palms inward, and in that instant, the space in front of him seemed to collapse. Then, he pushed out with both palms.
An explosive power suddenly burst forth, and the aura that burst forth in that instant was actually three times stronger than before.
Behind Lan Jue, a giant golden lightning rune appeared, and a terrifying explosion followed the push of his palms.
The blood-red hand shattered inch by inch, and the entire blood-red space began to collapse.
"Very good!
You're stronger than I expected from a bloodline. "
Behind the collapsing blood-red space was a black space, as vast and boundless as ever.
Lan Jue's heart sank. Bess's Law Domain actually had more than one layer. He had used all his strength to barely break the first layer, but this layer of black Law Domain seemed to be even stronger.
Granny Bess reappeared in his field of vision, but unlike before, her chair had disappeared. This was the first time Lan Jue had seen Granny Bess standing there.
She looked a little stooped, and her white hair was combed together behind her. Her pink top was still as clean as ever, and although she was very old, her noble aura still stood out from the rest.
She was very thin and not very tall, but standing in this black space, she was the center of everything.
With a gentle wave of her hand, the black seemed to be dyed red in an instant.
An aura that was exactly the same as before also appeared.
"Pfft!" Lan Jue spat out a mouthful of blood. His body swayed, and the golden light around him began to disintegrate layer by layer.
After using Tai Chi to activate the God King Law, he finally could not hold on any longer.
After all, this wasn't a power he could control in the first place.
All of a sudden, Beth seemed to sense something. Her clear eyes were filled with even greater surprise than before. It was complete shock.
She lifted her hand, and another crimson hand lashed out. This time Lan Jue didn't have the strength to resist. The hand closed around his body, and the pressure it exerted caused his bones to creak and groan.
In a flash, Lan Jue was already in front of Granny Bess.
Granny Bess lifted her hand and dipped it into the blood he had spat on her lapel. She brought it to her nose and sniffed it.
In an instant, a strange light suddenly surged in the depths of her eyes.
"Why do you have his aura on you?!"
Lan Jue stared blankly. He couldn't speak.
Granny Bess closed her eyes, lost in thought. Suddenly, the blood-red hand around Lan Jue's neck loosened. Lan Jue tumbled to the ground. He didn't feel like he'd hit the ground, but rather he felt like he'd been submerged in some strange liquid. It was sticky and greasy, and it covered his entire body. It suppressed all of his energy until it was trapped in his Core. He couldn't fight back.
"Tell me, where did you drink it?" Beth asked coldly.
Lan Jue looked at her stubbornly, but didn't answer.
"Do you think you have a chance to fight back?" Bess asked.
"You don't have to tell me.
If you don't, I'll show you some of her body parts. "
A cold light flashed through Lan Jue's eyes. "I drank it on Skyfire Avenue.
The Wine Master's collection. "
Surprise flickered in Bess' eyes. "You two sure are generous."
She brought her finger to her nose and sniffed it. The light in her eyes changed. Because of the blood-red hand blocking her vision, Lan Jue couldn't see her expression clearly. All he could sense was that her emotions were in turmoil.
"Very well. Now you can make your choice.
Give me your blood, or let me use hers.
You have to be willing. That's the only way you can be truly kind. "Bess' voice was cold. Her emotions seemed to have returned to normal.
Lan Jue didn't hesitate. "Will you really let her go if I use mine?"
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