Hell's Handbook

Chapter 458

“Utter foolishness!” spat the will of the universe in disdain. He pointed at Su Jin and a sword flew through Su Jin’s body. Su Jin also swung his knife and lopped one arm off his opponent.

“You’re… very weak!” Su Jin looked slightly puzzled. The will of the universe had not been as difficult to handle as he had thought and actually seemed a little weak. The will of the universe couldn’t be raising the white flag now.

The will of the universe’s eyes glowed brightly as he bellowed, “Weak?! How dare someone like you judge how strong or weak I am!” Thousands of swords came hurtling from all directions and pierced through Su Jin.

Su Jin’s body was practically shattered to pieces, but the colorful aura quickly helped him to recover. His eyes burned like fire as he said with greater certainty, “That’s right. You’re very weak. What’s going on? Your powers are destructive, but they don’t last long and disappear completely in no time. Also, your body is recuperating very slowly.”

Su Jin was very sure of this. The arm that he had lopped off the will of the universe only recovered after several seconds had passed. While that was impossibly fast for ordinary lifeforms, for the first person in the world to rise above the limits of his mortality, that was awfully slow.

The will of the universe seemed riled up by this and started attacking more quickly now. But the quicker his attacks, the more Su Jin was certain that he was really weak now.

“I’m right, you’re very weak, like… someone about to reach the end of their life! I should have thought of that!” A realization hit Su Jin. He had thought of the will of the universe as an incarnation of the universe itself initially, but after that, he became certain that this person was not the actual universe but someone like himself. He was nothing more than an ordinary lifeform like himself. It had failed to cross his mind that if this guy was just an ordinary lifeform, it meant that his life still had some limits.

The will of the universe glowered at Su Jin and even ceased his attacks. He scoffed and said, “That’s right! Life has to eventually come to an end, right? But there are ways to prolong one’s life!”

Su Jin blinked in shock as countless thoughts flashed in his mind and he quickly grasped the most important one. He murmured, “Damn it… you killed every insurgent of each cycle not to get rid of the competition, but… to absorb them!”

“That’s right. Only a similar soul can be of use to me. I need insurgents like myself,” the will of the universe came clean.

Su Jin immediately added, “But… you didn’t absorb me immediately. Let me guess: Gobbling up the souls of insurgents is already of very little use to you at this stage. You need a new way to do this. You need an insurgent that’s almost at your level. That’s why you held back and did not kill me even though you had so many chances to do so. You needed me to develop further.”

“Clever boy!” The will of the universe smiled and nodded. “You’re right. My soul is too old, so even the souls of ordinary insurgents are not enough to keep it going. Also, insurgents don’t appear every cycle, so I nearly died a few times waiting for one to appear. That’s why I need a new method!”

“What method is that?” asked Su Jin.

“You’ll find out, just not right now!” The will of the universe was very gleeful as he said, “Once Hell’s Handbook defeats The Beginning and everything’s about to come to an end, I will tell you everything!”

“Once Hell’s Handbook defeats The Beginning?” Su Jin laughed and shook his head. “Not so easy!”

“Humph! I’d admit that The Beginning is a very outstanding system, but Hell’s Handbook has evolved tremendously over time, so The Beginning is definitely no match for it. If you were hoping that The Beginning would defeat Hell’s Handbook, then… I can only say that you’re a little stupid!” said the will of the universe with a smile. But he didn’t smile for long before a stunned expression took over.

“Damn it… what have you done?!” roared the will of the universe. He could sense that the Handbook had been severely injured and even the connection between them was getting hazy.

Su Jin shrugged and said, “Of course I know The Beginning is no match for Hell’s Handbook. That’s why I provided it with some help!”

“Help? You mean those rune creatures? Or those pitiful idiots who betrayed me?” The will of the universe frowned and said, “But even if they joined the battle, they wouldn’t be any match for the Handbook.”

“Then what if I say I’m not trying to attack the incarnation of the Handbook but its actual body?” said Su Jin.

The will of the universe was stunned for a second, but he quickly shook his head and said, “That’s even more impossible. No lifeforms can come near the Handbook’s actual body unless I allow them to, or if they’re my gods. But while my gods can come near to the Handbook’s actual body, they cannot touch it, never mind attack it. Unless…”

“Yup! Out of those current gods that I saved, I converted the godhood of some of them, but not all. Those remaining ones are working together with The Beginning’s Deities. The current gods helped to locate the Handbook’s actual body, while the Deities launch the attack. Working together is always the best way forward!” said Su Jin calmly.

The will of the universe looked rather upset. He could sense that the incarnation of the Handbook was losing to the incarnation of The Beginning. And he believed that as long as the Handbook could isolate some energy, it would be able to defeat the Deities. But any excess energy the Handbook had was used to fight The Beginning. Without that, it would not be able to defeat The Beginning.

“Even if you have the upper hand when it comes to the systems, as long as my gods kill your fake gods, then I will have an additional source of fighters that could kill off those things getting in the way of the Handbook,” said the will of the universe in an icy voice.

But Su Jin laughed. “Is that so? The current gods betrayed you, and you think… the new gods wouldn’t?”

The will of the universe’s expression darkened further. “Looks like we’ve got to settle this once and for all right here.”

“That is… correct,” Su Jin nodded.

They stopped talking and the flashing of the sword and knife filled the universe once more. Everything within the universe had already been completely destroyed and even the space remaining was not complete. The power from the two insurgents was simply too much for it. ?

The fight went on and on for a long time, and they couldn’t even keep track anymore. Suddenly, a hole appeared in the remaining space and an iciness instantly surrounded them.

“Shen Wu!” Su Jin glared at the person who had just arrived. This man had actually chosen such a time to launch a sneak attack!

“Good timing!” The will of the universe gave him a pleased nod. Shen Wu stood in front of Su Jin all dressed in white.

“You think I wouldn’t dare to kill you?” asked Su Jin.

Shen Wu shook his head with a sigh. He laughed bitterly and said, “To ensure a safe and secure future for the two ladies, I’ve got to make some sacrifices. But it sucks to die at the hands of the same person twice!”

Su Jin sighed as well before he raised his knife. Suddenly, the space around them shook again as Ye Yun, Wu Chen, Bo Ya, Chu Yi, and Situ Jin arrived as well.