Doomsday Code

Chapter 925 Absolute Trust

Looking down into the abyss that radiated malice, Chen Cheng finally shook his head and said:

"No, although your sword intent is sharp enough, you still can't see through what's down there. I have to go down."

What Chen Cheng said was also an objective fact. No matter how sharp the sword intent was, its essential power still belonged to the intent that was abandoned. And he was still just an ordinary mortal who had not yet transcended the mortal realm.

Therefore, he can only be a knife that cannot see through the fog.

Before Kui Niu could speak, Chen Cheng waved his hand to stop him:

“Kui Niu, you don’t need to speak. You are the guarantee of combat power. Your strength must not be wasted on scouting.”

Chen Cheng knew that his half-baked skills might make things worse, but of the three people present, he was the most suitable.

Chen Cheng looked down into the abyss, then, as if struck by a thought, turned to Sheli and said:

"Now that you can control your sword intent to fly, I think you must be quite adept at controlling it."

Since spiritual practice is a private matter concerning others, Chen Cheng never inquired about Sheli's spiritual progress.

Upon his question, Sheli immediately nodded, then, while demonstrating with his sword intent, said:

"Now I can control my sword intent to an extremely precise degree. When I fly with sword intent around me, my clothes will not be damaged in the slightest."

Just like the previous introduction to sword intent, sword intent is the communication with the way of the sword, the transformation of intention into sword, and the direct manifestation of intention influencing reality.

Since it can already influence reality, as a real-world swordsman who is the master of the sword intent, he will naturally be injured by the sword he forges, just like other ordinary swordsmiths.

If one can truly apply the intent of the sword to a state of perfect harmony, using it at will, harming others without harming oneself, then in reality one would be a master of the way of the sword.

The same applies to the cultivation of the enlightened one's mind manifesting form, except that one relies on external objects or forms, while the other is manifested through one's own mind and the Dao.

Chen Cheng nodded after listening, and then said:

"I will open my mind completely to you, and you will use your sword technique to wrap me up, and we will become one."

Chen Cheng wasn't saying that he should abandon the sword intent that enveloped his physical body, but rather that he should directly open his mind and let the Dao envelop his mind.

That would mean that their powers had truly merged, just like the domain fusion magic of Dean Adolf and Professor Pembeth.

In this way, Chen Cheng's intention will be imbued with a layer of detached sword intent, making it impossible for anything below him, a half-baked expert, to do anything about it.

However, this is also very dangerous. As the one who has opened his mind, if She Li has any intention at this time, he can easily brainwash or destroy Chen Cheng's mind.

Or perhaps they forcibly peer into Chen Cheng's memories to obtain all his secrets.

Another option is to leave behind a hidden blade intent, which could be used to threaten Chen Cheng's life.

Such behavior is extremely dangerous. Even between fathers and sons, brothers and lovers, it is difficult to have this kind of mutual trust and dare to completely open one's mind to another.

"No, that's too dangerous, absolutely not."

If that's the case, then I'd rather apologize to Your Majesty now and forcibly take you back.

Upon hearing Chen Cheng's plan, Kui Niu immediately rejected it and tightened his grip on the hammer, ready to smash it flat if She Li dared to agree.

Sheli disagreed with Chen Cheng's plan, not because he lacked confidence, but because he felt this situation should not have occurred.

"Don't stop me. Look into my eyes, can I trust you?"

Then Chen Cheng looked at the ox beside him and said:

"I command you in the name of the Emperor to shut up."

Kui Niu was about to speak but was silenced. Then Chen Cheng looked at She Li and said:

"I trust you."

"The issues below must be resolved, otherwise the Great Wall will not be able to defend it, so can I trust you?"

Chen Cheng asked again.

This time, Sheli nodded without hesitation.

Chen Cheng nodded in agreement, then closed his eyes and opened his mind, saying to Kui Niu:

"Sheli and I will go down first to scout ahead. General Kui Niu, you will follow behind. We will find the bottom line of the abyss, and then we will have to rely on you to suppress what is inside."

In fact, after seeing the malicious threads on his body, Chen Cheng understood what this abyss really was.

Chen Cheng would never forget the octopus spirit he saw under the Great Wall ruins in the desert years ago. After returning, Chen Cheng studied this thing quite a bit.

At first, Chen Cheng would indulge in some childish fantasies, thinking that this abyss was the entrance to some demonic realm or something.

But after dissecting the corpses of those black demons and seeing the tangled web of malicious threads that had bound him into a cocoon, Chen Cheng knew that a complete divine thought was being suppressed or sealed beneath this place.

However, Chen Cheng didn't know why the ghostly thing below could remain active for thousands of years without any source of power.

It should be noted that the divine beings Chen Cheng had encountered before were all truly dormant, unlike this divine being, which had been controlling the Black Demon to form the Black Calamity for the past thousand years.

It is clear that his power has a source of replenishment.

The only thing that can replenish the power of the gods is will, or the power of faith, but the power of faith in this world has long been harvested by the God of Light.

Chen Cheng guessed that to suppress this divine thought, it would probably be necessary to cut off its source of power, and the demigod world he had seen before might be able to do that.

Therefore, the final opportunity to take action must be reserved for Kui Niu.

If his conjecture is correct and the trip goes smoothly, then the three of them might actually be able to solve the problem of the abyss's resurgence.

Although Kui Niu really didn't want Chen Cheng to put himself in danger, he wasn't so brainless as to make a decision on his own and mess things up so that he could presumptuously make Chen Cheng go back obediently.

Kui Niu listened attentively to Chen Cheng's instructions and nodded, saying:

"Your Majesty, rest assured, as long as you give the order, I, Old Niu, will absolutely not hesitate."

At this moment, Chen Cheng no longer had the energy to answer Kui Niu's question; his mind was focused on his own consciousness space.

Here, his consciousness, manifested as a closed-eyed deity, sat upright. At this moment, in the pitch-black void of consciousness, a nascent Dao Fruit, resembling a butcher's knife and exuding sharpness, emerged. This was the Dao of Relinquishment.

Although Sheli could not truly access Chen Cheng's consciousness and memories at this moment, seeing this closed-eyed divine consciousness, he truly witnessed Chen Cheng's trump card of power.

Upon seeing the golden elixir spinning beneath the divine being, Sheli immediately realized where Chen Cheng's greatest weakness lay.