"Kate!!!"

Caelan let out a heart-wrenching cry of agony.

He raised both hands, trying to seize Kate’s body. Yet in the next moment, her tiny figure completely transformed into countless motes of light, then gathered into Caelan’s body.

At the same time, Caelan’s aura began to rise at a speed ordinary people could hardly imagine, rapidly climbing to an even higher peak!

On the other side, both Yorick and Karsus were stunned by the surging aura erupting from Caelan’s body.

For a moment, they even forgot to continue attacking.

The deepest level of the Abyss had never been as violent as it was today!

Countless torrents of raging energy gathered from every direction and converged upon Caelan.

After just a few breaths, Caelan’s aura seemed to break through some invisible threshold.

Immediately afterward, his aura changed. At the same time, his body gradually became translucent. Almost at that exact moment, dense fire elements instantly fused with Caelan’s body.

The very instant he stepped into six-star, his rule-state form also fully manifested!

Fire-red elements formed his heart, while various colors, large and small, were distributed across different parts of his body.

At this moment, the rule-state form Caelan displayed far exceeded Yorick and Karsus’s expectations.

They had lived for thousands of years, yet they had never seen such a bizarre rule-state form before.

But in the next moment, Yorick realized the severity of the situation.

They had originally believed they could rely on the power of rules to strangle Caelan to death.

However, the moment Caelan broke through and stepped into six-star, all of their plans had already completely fallen through.

Whether it was Yorick or Karsus, a deep fear surfaced in both their hearts.

This fear did not come from a lack of confidence in their own strength.

Rather, it came from terror at Caelan’s horrifying growth speed.

How long had it been?

Caelan had already reached six-star.

Then half a year from now, just what level would he grow to?

While Yorick and Karsus frowned, thinking about how to deal with the situation before them, Caelan, on the other side, launched the first attack!

Caelan did not pick up his longsword again.

Instead, he merely raised a single finger casually.

The next moment, the space between him and Yorick seemed to be torn open by a crack!

The spatial rift did not remain fixed in place. Instead, like the sword beams Caelan released, it followed the movement of Caelan’s finger and moved nimbly through the deepest level of the Abyss.

When Yorick and Karsus saw this, disbelief immediately appeared on their faces.

How was this possible?!

Someone’s rules could actually manipulate spatial rifts?!

What kind of joke was that?

Even peak existences who had mastered spatial rules had never used spatial rifts like sword beams. This was simply too heaven-defying!

Yorick and Karsus did not know that what they were seeing now was only the beginning.

Caelan, floating in midair, gently pressed his index finger downward.

That spatial rift reacted almost at the exact same moment.

It suddenly began to emit spatial power on its own, and the surrounding space also became unstable along with it.

In just a few breaths, with the spatial rift as the center, it was as if a chain reaction had been triggered. Countless spatial rifts of various sizes appeared in front of Caelan.

Even if just one of those spatial rifts were used as an attack, it would be extremely troublesome for Yorick and Karsus to deal with.

But now, Caelan merely crooked his finger.

Countless spatial rifts seemed to receive the command of a king and instantly began rotating around Caelan.

In the blink of an eye, a Peerless Blade Storm formed from spatial rifts appeared once again!

Unlike an ordinary blade storm, this blade storm made of spatial rifts carried not only terrifying sharpness, but also the frightening power of spatial turbulence.

To put it simply, even Yorick and Karsus did not believe they would be able to retreat unscathed if they were swept into this spatial blade storm.

"Damn it! Why did this brat become so powerful?!"

Yorick cursed angrily. Then he picked up his shovel and prepared to run.

In his eyes, there was almost no longer any need to continue this battle.

Forget killing Caelan.

Right now, if he and Karsus could even keep their lives, that would already be considered good enough.

Yorick’s sudden escape made Karsus freeze on the spot.

He looked at Yorick’s back in disbelief and could not help saying,

"Yorick, what are you doing? Do you still have any sense of honor as a powerful being?!"

Yorick had no time to answer at all, because he could clearly sense that the spatial blade storm was drawing closer and closer.

On the other side, Caelan was still maintaining his rule-state form, floating in midair.

At this moment, he was like a god who had taken control of spatial rules, looking down upon Yorick and Karsus from above.

There was neither rage nor sorrow on Caelan’s face.

There was only unchanging calm.

It was as if he had truly become a god!

But in the next moment, as soon as Caelan opened his mouth, the mysterious aura of a god vanished completely.

"You motherfucker! Don’t run if you’ve got the guts! I’m going to kill you!!"

...

At the entrance of the Abyss.

Evelyn looked toward Caelan’s direction from afar, then swallowed with some difficulty.

She had never expected things to end like this.

But then again, wasn’t Caelan’s rule-state form a little too powerful?

And Kate...

In truth, she really was quite pitiful.

She had only wanted to become an ordinary person and enjoy the warmth of family affection, yet that had been something so far beyond her reach.

Donald followed beside Evelyn.

After seeing Caelan’s rule-state form, his entire body seemed to have been struck by lightning, instantly freezing in place.

No, what exactly was that thing?

With such terrifying energy fluctuations, you’re telling me Caelan had only just stepped into six-star?

At this moment, Donald finally truly realized that the gap between him and Caelan was simply a bottomless chasm.

Caelan did not make any movement, yet the surrounding power of rules kept drawing closer to him.

Countless rules seemed to be submitting at Caelan’s feet, revering him as their king!

At this moment, the Supreme Staff in Evelyn’s hand had, at some unknown point, floated into midair.

It gazed at Caelan’s figure from afar, and its voice was filled with disbelief.

"Impossible. Absolutely impossible!"

"This Chosen One’s strength has far exceeded the limits of this era! Something must have gone wrong somewhere. It must have!"

"Caelan... he should not exist in this era at all!"

"Evelyn, something must have gone wrong. We have to find it. We absolutely have to find it!"