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Chapter 146 Russell's Divine Palm

"You are... the Ancient One?"

Russell looked at the androgynous bald mage in front of him and asked in confusion.

The bald sorcerer before him, though different in appearance from the other two Ancient Ones Russell knew, possessed an extremely similar soul aura.

“Yes, Russell. I am the aggregate of the various Ancient Ones from the multiverse. You may call me the Primal Ancient One.”

The original Ancient One's lips curled slightly, revealing a smile that was neither a smile nor a frown.

Russell paused for a moment, then asked:

"Master, are you having a split personality right now? One part of you wants to laugh, while the other part doesn't."

The original Ancient One's expression froze slightly, and he shook his head helplessly:

"Okay, you figured it out. I'm still in the process of integration, and the various Ancient Ones are still coordinating."

"Master, won't something bad happen if you play like this?"

Russell asked, feeling that this kind of integration was not very reliable.

"We are of one mind and share the same goal—the endless pursuit and exploration of magical knowledge."

"As long as we keep moving in this direction, there will be no problems."

Benyuan Gu Yi spoke with a firm tone, his eyes deep and bright.

"So, problems will still arise?" Russell added.

“There are occasional problems.” The tone of the original Kouichi became resentful.

Why does this disciple love to argue so much?

"Let's put that aside for now and talk about Stephen. He has mastered the Dark Book and used it to change his life form. Only the Book of Vishanti can completely seal him away."

"Wasn't Steve captured by Russell, Ancient One?" Wanda asked, puzzled.

She had just seen clearly that the strange, nightmarish spirit had been captured by Russell.

“Wanda, these dimensional lords all like to use multiple identities, layer upon layer of clones. That one just now was just Stephen’s clone,” the Ancient One explained.

"No. That is Stephen's true form."

Russell retrieved the strange, nightmarish spirit from the luminous white space.

In the luminous white space, the strange, nightmarish spirit was rapidly assimilated, its mental defenses rendered useless, and its memories were already being read by Russell.

"This Stephen did not change his own life form, but rather the life form of his clone."

"His original form remained that of a human."

"The goal is to revive Christine so that we can continue living together."

Russell slowly explained the strange story of this nightmare to everyone.

Initially, Nightmare Strange, in its quest to resurrect Christine, searched for her soul and eventually found the Nightmare Dimension.

Using the power of the Dark Book, Nightmare Strange successfully defeated the original Nightmare Dimension Lord and reclaimed Christine's soul.

However, this behavior also aroused the Vishanti's disgust, and he was forbidden from using white magic.

Afterwards, Nightmare Strange took advantage of the unique nature of the Nightmare Dimension, using its spirit form to travel through the multiverse, searching for Christine in other worlds, and seizing her body to resurrect its own Christine.

However, even among identical beings, the soul and body are not perfectly aligned.

Every so often, Christine needs to change her body.

Moreover, this timeframe is getting shorter and shorter.

Because the magical energy that Nightmare Strange used to nourish Christine's soul was also eroding her.

Left with no other choice, Nightmare Strange had to recruit more helpers to assist in finding more Christines from other worlds.

For example, The Amazing Spider-Man.

And, conduct experiments to find solutions.

For example, projecting the soul of the extraordinary Gwen into the body of the younger Gwen.

“Russell, what about Christine in the other worlds? Where are they?” Little Gwen asked.

She deeply sympathized with the experiences of other Christines.

slap~

Russell snapped his fingers, and divine power surged forth, enveloping everyone and moving them rapidly.

A short while later, the group arrived at a frozen lake.

Russell pointed to the ground and said, "This is where Christine from another world is buried."

Unlike Steve, whose body was left to rot in the wilderness in other worlds, every Christine's body was strangely and meticulously preserved by the Nightmare, frozen beneath the lake's surface. "How terrifying."

Gwen turned pale with fright when she saw the densely packed figures lying beneath the surface of the lake.

The others also felt their scalps tingle and were almost suffering from trypophobia.

"This is only half; the other half is in another place."

"Huh? Why put them in two different places?" Little Gwen asked, puzzled.

"Because snakes have two eyes."

Russell stomped his foot, stepping onto the frozen lake.

The divine power penetrated downwards, reaching deep into the ground, and then suddenly exploded.

Rumble!

The ice on the entire lake surface shattered instantly, and clumps of green blood gushed out from the bottom of the lake.

Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!

Within the Nightmare Dimension, the green clouds in the sky and the barren desert beneath one's feet suddenly began to move rapidly.

It rose and fell, as if the sky were collapsing and the earth were rising.

"The sky has fallen?"

Upon seeing this scene, little Gwen couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"No, it's not that the sky has fallen."

The original Ancient One is interpreted as Little Gwen.

"This world is an illusion; we have always been on the body of a giant serpent. At this moment, the scene of the sky collapsing and the earth sinking is simply the movement of this giant serpent."

“The monk is right.”

Russell unleashed his divine power, once again carrying the group at breakneck speed, away from this world.

After they had created enough distance, they were finally able to see the true face of the land they had been in.

It was a giant serpent, as large as an asteroid, coiled up.

At this moment, green blood was continuously flowing from one of the giant snake's eyes.

Ancient One looked at the giant serpent with a solemn expression:

"Stephen not only borrowed the power of the Dark Book, but he also borrowed the power of the ancient god Set."

“I originally thought that this giant serpent was his true form. That is why I came here. Only by using the Book of Vishanti can I defeat him.”

Set, also known as the Serpent God, is one of the ancient gods. He is proficient in various abilities, including mind control and spirit manipulation.

Unlike the solemn expression of the original Ancient One, Russell remained calm and composed.

"It's rare to see a clone stronger than the original. But they're all the same."

Russell clasped his hands together, his whole body radiating a shimmering white light.

Behind him, an even larger Dharma Image Russell, composed of luminous white matter, slowly emerged.

The image of the Dharma was suspended in the void, obscuring the sky and the sun.

Russell raised his hand and slowly pressed it down.

Dharma Image Russell also raised his palm and slowly pressed it down on the giant snake.

Because of the distance, the palm strike didn't look very big.

The giant serpent had clearly underestimated the situation, and it hissed and bared its teeth as it lunged at the hand.

As the palm presses down, the resolution continuously magnifies.

Only then did the giant snake notice the fingerprint crevices in its palm.

The crevices of your fingerprints are filled with countless keratinocytes.

There are endless details inside keratinocytes.

Before they could observe any further, the giant snake's strange fangs snapped off, its head was crushed, and it crashed to the ground.

Bang!

The palm remained unaffected and continued to press down.

The mountains crumbled and the earth cracked open.

When the Dharma form dissipated, a huge palm print remained forever within the Nightmare Dimension.