Chapter 887 - 394: Rule Origin

"Ah!!!"

Mao Qi let out an extremely terrified scream. As a key-trained, battle-hardened Tenth-level Civilization Envoy, no matter how dangerous the situation she faced, she had never lost her composure and maintained her calm. But now, she seemed like a frightened little girl, unable to maintain her transformed state, reverting to human form and plummeting straight from the sky!

The surrounding water curtain vanished simultaneously, allowing a massive swarm of poisonous insects to rush in!

"Mao Qi! You...."

Zhu Jiu shouted angrily. Seeing the water curtain disappear, his first reaction was that Mao Qi was going to make a move against Chu Xiu. He wasn’t necessarily protecting Chu Xiu, but to him, no matter which of the two paths chosen, unity was paramount.

Just as he was about to reprimand Mao Qi for betrayal, he realized that she looked as if she had seen something terrifyingly monstrous, covering her face and curling up, trembling.

The other Civilization Envoys also showed looks of shock. Mao Qi directly drawing a blade against Chu Xiu would not have surprised them as much!

"What on earth is this..."

But there was no time for them to think, because after the water curtain broke, at least thirty thousand poisonous insects were swiftly gathering around Chu Xiu!

"Drink ah!"

The six Civilization Envoys all took action, and the massive energy shock made the entire space tremble. Although they temporarily scattered the swarm, their divided focus only led to more poisonous insects rushing in!

This way, they were merely shrinking their defensive line like drinking poison to quench thirst!

And once the line of defense collapsed, the poisonous insects on Chu Xiu would quickly accumulate, and by then not only would Chu Xiu be doomed, but when the number of insects hid his massive Life Energy, the other Civilization Envoys would also face the attack of the Bone Changing Tribulation!

Not to mention, Chu Xiu’s Life Energy, under continuous corrosion, was rapidly declining!

"If we wait any longer, we’ll die too!" The demon remnants’ eyes flickered, and he whispered through sound transmission.

The others also looked conflicted, Chu Xiu’s state was unknown, Mao Qi had gone who-knows-what-crazy, and the previously clear situation had turned into chaos. Even if they didn’t want to abandon Chu Xiu, at least they needed to know how long to guard, right? They couldn’t deplete their mana completely, while Chu Xiu remained unmoved; how would they withstand the remaining tribulations?

Just as the Civilization Envoys all started feeling the urge to retreat, a faint voice suddenly rang in their ears:

"Please, everyone, hold on a little longer for me."

That voice was calm as a lake, precisely Chu Xiu’s!

Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, still having enough leisure to transmit sound, clearly handling it with ease.

But how was Chu Xiu able to persist under such a swarm of poisonous insects?

They curiously peeked, initially finding nothing amiss, but soon spotted something unusual.

They saw that some of the poisonous insects on Chu Xiu had changed color from oily green to pale yellow!

Although this subset of insects was minuscule, less than one percent, they unquestionably existed!

And the most bizarre part was that these insects didn’t continue to dissolve Chu Xiu’s flesh but instead spewed pure Life Energy, aiding Chu Xiu in restoring his body!

"Could it be that Brother Chen has converted a part of the rules to his use, just like Brother Mu did before?"

"But this...how is it possible?"

They exchanged incredulous looks, even Xie Xuanzhao was full of disbelief!

The rules within the Tribulation, although ownerless, at least required reaching Sequence Nine’s rule authority to reverse or convert them for personal use!

And the rules were exceedingly complex, no matter how exceptionally talented one was, reaching Sequence Nine would take years of time!

Not to mention, Chu Xiu didn’t even have a Seed of Rules!

Without the help of a Seed of Rules, even with the complete rule, understanding and reaching Sequence Nine’s authority alone would take decades, if not hundreds or thousands of years!

Moreover, the difference between each rule was vast; even if one comprehended the limit of Sequence Four of some other rule, they would at most know some basic logic, and by analogy, increase comprehension speed slightly, but having direct authority, even of Sequence Nine, was simply out of the question!

"Could Brother Chen have had contact with the Life Rule before?"

If not, then the current scene was already beyond their understanding!

"What on earth is going on?"

Everyone was filled with astonishment and confusion, looking at Chu Xiu with eyes full of incredulity.

In fact, even Chu Xiu himself was amazed by his own transformation.

He chose to face the tribulation alone, actually to test a hypothesis of his own.

Through the last two experiments, he had found a method to glimpse the tribulation’s origin.

It’s just that the rule contained within the tribulation was too vast and incomprehensible. The Seed of Rules was like a reference textbook, starting with one plus one equals two, and slowly teaching until advanced mathematics and calculus.

With this book’s guidance, even top talents still needed years to barely step into the rule’s doorway.

And Chu Xiu didn’t have a Seed of Rules as aid; he directly touched the rule’s origin!

It’s like having the contents of modern advanced mathematics placed before him without any annotations in one go. Forget about understanding the logic—he didn’t even know what those symbols meant! In such circumstances, no matter how talented he was, or how high his computational ability, obtaining results in such a short time was impossible.

Thus, he appeared to be in a completely overloaded state where his mind was filled with vast amounts of information, but he still gained nothing.