Chapter 857 - 384: Rule of Imitation

"You..."

Chu Xiu widened his eyes, carefully observing the man before him. His Divine Sense scanned back and forth over the figure, and all information unmistakably confirmed this was Zhu Jiu!

Yet the man in front of him clearly had no face!

And it wasn’t merely a lack of facial features—on the man’s face was a strange vortex, just gazing at it would draw the spirit into it!

"What on earth are you?"

Chu Xiu asked gravely, his voice filled with darkness.

However, his only response was a low, eerie laugh.

In the next instant, "Zhu Jiu" pointed forward, and an imperceptible ripple spread out!

The ripple was shapeless and colorless, extremely hard to detect, and its speed was unbelievably fast. By the time Chu Xiu realized its existence, he only had time to dodge sideways!

"Buzz!"

His reaction was still a step too slow; the ripple swept across Chu Xiu’s right hand, and he felt a piercing pain as he looked down to see his right hand ignited in roaring flames!

Chu Xiu snorted coldly, channeling all his Power to suppress it, but the flames were like a fire of annihilation that devours everything. Chu Xiu’s Mana was directly incinerated, as if the fire lingered like maggots gnawing at his flesh!

When the energy of the flames was exhausted, Chu Xiu’s entire right arm was a bloody mess, with even the faint visibility of white bone!

He looked at the motionless man in the distance, his face extremely grim.

"Rule Power!"

This power was undoubtedly the Law of Destruction that Zhu Jiu had once used!

Earlier, on the Star Jumping Ship, he had wiped out all the Tribulation Transformation Creatures with this move. At the time, Chu Xiu was merely surprised, but now, being targeted himself, he fully realized the terror of this power!

And before he could catch his breath, "Zhu Jiu" pointed again!

An emblematic ripple of destruction surged through the space once more; this time, Chu Xiu did not remain passive. He shouted loudly, wielding the Chiwen in his hand, unleashing equally dreadful Destructive Energy!

"Boom!"

The torrent of destruction roared forth, turning the space before Chu Xiu into a Purgatory of thousands of degrees of high temperature. Yet in the face of this surge, the dispersing ripple was only slightly obstructed before rolling towards him again!

Fortunately, this time Chu Xiu was prepared. Using the instant when Chiwen Sword Qi blocked the attack, he narrowly dodged the blow.

The destructive ripple brushed past Chu Xiu’s hair, instantly disintegrating several strands into fundamental particles. Chu Xiu’s eyes reflected an unprecedented depth of solemnity.

"The power of the Rule, like a Murder Ghost’s Spatial Cutting, can greatly narrow the gap in power!"

Does energy flooding help? It does! But the efficiency is extremely poor!

Like facing the Spatial Cutting of a Murder Ghost, it might require ten times or even a hundred times the defensive capability to barely resist!

"So this is the power of the Rule? It’s indeed tyrannical!"

However, though the Law of Destruction was incredibly terrifying, after two exchanges, Chu Xiu was paradoxically somewhat at ease.

Because during the last confrontation with Meng Xuanshu, he was almost defenseless against the Rule.

But this time, with his Divine Sense far more powerful than before, he at least captured the "traces" of the Rule’s activation!

Although even when captured, those "traces" were still too fast for him to dodge, he realized that the Rule wasn’t entirely unavoidable with its forced accuracy.

And even after being hit, it wasn’t completely impossible to resist.

The destructive rule could indeed shatter his body, but Chu Xiu managed to withstand it with his abnormal Constitution.

His greatest fear was that this Rule would completely ignore the difference in Energy Levels, meaning even a Mortal Tier using the Rule of Destruction could instantly kill him, and he’d be at a loss, as any Civilization Envoy could potentially overturn him!

He vaguely sensed that his ability to withstand the Law of Destruction might rely not on his abnormal Constitution, but on the [Tribulation Body].

He could feel that his resistance to the Rule’s destructive power seemed to reside in a fundamental capability.

"This bizarre ’Zhu Jiu’ shouldn’t be my match; after all, our Basic Attributes differ greatly."

"But there’s still much intelligence to gather."

"For example, what triggers the activation of Rule Power? Is it really as it is, no preliminary prerequisites, activated merely by Thought?"

"Moreover, is the use of Rule Power unrestricted, allowing infinite usage?"

This time, it could be said this was Chu Xiu’s first direct confrontation with Rule Power. He dared not be careless; his figure flickered as he vanished from sight, fully mobilizing his Divine-Demonic Power, accelerating his movement speed to the extreme, transforming into afterimages, constantly circling around "Zhu Jiu"!

A series of invisible destructive ripples continuously surged around "Zhu Jiu," but to the present Chu Xiu, his Divine Sense was strong enough to capture the traces of these rules. He quickly discovered that the mobilization of Rule Power was not without signs, although the power hidden within the user’s body, even if one sensed it is hard, so how could one predict it?

But after cultivating the Yama Scripture and forming the Core, Chu Xiu’s Divine Soul Strength was not inferior to Strong Demigods; relying on the powerful traits of Divine Sense, he barely managed to capture a trace!

With reaction speed far surpassing the Same Tier, he astonishingly dodged every attack by relying on this faintly perceptible movement!

And evidently, the Rule Power is not infinite. Several breaths later, "Zhu Jiu" noticeably slowed the frequency of his destructive ripple activation.