The Invincible Full-Moon System

Chrono Hollow the Painless Death Wasteland is an eerie name that brings along a bad omen.

Rex became even more concerned when a notification appeared.

<All rules of the dominion have bound the user!>

"Fuck me..." He cursed, the notification seemed to come to affirm his bad feeling.

Passing through the fog barrier, and stepping into a desolate wasteland—Rex and Delta were instantly enveloped by a thick pale mist reducing visibility to mere feet. Both of them couldn't see through past a few feet because of the thick fog.

A stark contrast to the vibrant forest they had left behind.

Due to the thickness of the fog, their movement was making windy noises.

Moreover, each sway was laden with moisture that clung to their skin and clothes, both were left slightly wet because of that. Not to mention, the air was cold, as if it was telling Rex, that his wariness was natural and justified.

Even Delta could feel the oppressive atmosphere that seemed to swallow sound and light.

Looking down to the ground underfoot, Rex could see that it was rough and uneven with the sight of jagged rocks jutting from the earth like broken teeth. Scanning his eyes around, with the System, he found no stats panel showing up.

Nobody was around, only them.

Considering that Rex could scan others even when he couldn't see them, this was a sure way to check his surroundings by making use of the System's scanning feature, "It felt exactly like crossing to another realm, don't you think too, Delta?" Your next chapter is on m v|l-e'm,p| y- r

Agreeing, Delta nodded her head and lightly growled, the place was surreal.

Inside the fog was nothing like what this place Rex remembered to be.

Beyond the Humming Damned Forest should be a short space before meeting another forest again that belongs to the Dark Elves, and there should be a deep ravine—but that ravine was nowhere to be seen now.

One feature of the place that Rex noticed was the big boulder silhouette to his right.

Aside from that, there was nothing else except deep white fog.

"Flunra said that there should be rules of the place, but how do I find out about that?"

"System, can you scan this dominion and find out about the rules?"

<In order to scan the dominion, the user needs to locate the dominion's crystal core>

"No good, huh..." Rex sighed, he was expecting this kind of response.

Deciding that he would go deeper first before calling the others—he signaled Delta to stride ahead to see if there are anything that could capture their attention. But as they went deep, they were greeted by nothing but more fog.

Rex spent the next ten minutes roaming around before eventually heading back.

He found nothing worth mentioning, so he decided to call the others.

Despite going in a straight line, from their entry position earlier, Rex left behind marks, on the ground to make sure that they did not get lost by leaving a droplet of kingly energy every ten meters or so.

It was a precautionary measure so that the two didn't get lost in the thick fog.

However, Rex tapped Delta to stop when their path was blocked by a big boulder.

Looking at the big boulder puts a frown on Rex's face, "I'm sure I followed my mark exactly so how come this boulder was here?" He mused in confusion. But as he looked down, Rex found traces of kingly energy under the boulder.

Only then that he realize that he was not in the wrong, he did follow the path correctly.

But it was the boulder that moved, it was not here earlier.

Rawrr!

"Yeah, I know," Rex nodded—hearing that Delta also thought the same thing. "Seems like this terrain changes. One of its rules, perhaps—but we need to know more than this to determine the exact rules, what sparked the change for example"

Rawrr!

Upon hearing this, Rex looked to his right and found another big boulder silhouette.

Its position seemed to be exactly aligned with the boulder before them too.

Regardless of this finding, the place was still not that dangerous.

Nothing here could threaten the others here.

Even if the boulder charged at them somehow, it should be easy to dodge or maneuver over.

Deciding that it was enough—Delta circled to the left to go around the big boulder that is at least six to eight times her height. As the two moved cautiously forward—they suddenly felt the fog clung to them tightly.

It was sudden, and both could feel the change almost instantly.

"Hmm... Is it just me, or did the fog get thicker than before?" Rex mused inwardly.

Scree!!

Upon hearing the high-pitched scream, Rex instantly looked up before his pupils dilated.

Suddenly, a shadow loomed above, rapidly descending.

"Delta, dodge!!" He shouted in utter surprise.

Boom!!

Instinctively, Delta leaped to the side, narrowly evading the incoming assault, and the ground around them shook with terrifying force. As the two recovered from the dodge Rex and Delta took in the aftermath.

A massive chunk of earth had been torn asunder, leaving behind a crater.

On its edges were jagged, cracked spikes, similar to the ones Rex noticed when he entered.

Rex couldn't deny the sheer power of the impact as the air vibrated with residual energy.

"It already went up again, I couldn't see its stats panel because that thing is too high up" Rex complained, seeing that the stats panel of the creature, that attacked them disappeared into the foggy sky. "So that's why the ground was uneven... it was because of this creature"

Despite finding it weird that the ground was uneven, he attributed it to the Second Breath.

But it was not the Second Breath that caused this, it was this creature instead.

"Here it comes again!" Rex readied himself—seeing that, the silhouette of the creature, could be seen once again. Unlike before—he was ready to strike this creature down, "I'll check how strong it really is first"

Seeing the first streak of its talons, Rex leaped high up and morphed his hands into claws.

Channeling his red force and Executor Slash skill, he met the talons head-on.

Boom!!

A powerful rippling effect was created as the two clashed, however, the victor was clear.

"Its descending momentum is helping its attack!" Rex gritted his teeth.

Knowing that he would eventually lose this clash—he parried the talons, as he fell back down again with a pounding heart from adrenaline. Seeing that the creature was about to fly again, Rex shouted, "Delta! Lend me your body!"

Despite his immense power, the Second Breath lessens his feats greatly.

Even though his leap could reach the sky in the First Breath, he couldn't do that anymore.

Rex knew that he couldn't reach the creature if it flew too high again.

Surprisingly, Delta moved with great precision, reacting to what Rex wanted in a flash as she propelled herself upward, as high as she could. Seeing this, Rex instantly leaped to her—and used her body as a stepping stone.

Instead of aiming for the creature, he aimed at the tip of the big boulder.

Only when he reached the tip of the big boulder that he channel his kingly energy, and make a powerful leap to grab the creature and slam it to the ground. Since the creature was still in sight, Rex reckoned that he could reach it.

All of this happened in mere seconds, the coordination and speed of the two were shocking.

But as the tip of Rex's claws were about to reach the creature, it reacted.

Swoosh!!

Passing through his barrier of kingly energy, and red force—the creature flapped its massive wings and created a torpedo of mist and wind. Rex tried to fight against the pressure, but he was not strong enough with nothing to step on underneath him and got slammed back down—like a meteor falling with impeccable force.

Crash!

Rex was planted into the ground, creating a huge crater.

Seeing this, Delta dashed and quickly headed over to him out of concern.

On the other hand, Rex looked to the sky at the disappearing creature with a click of his own tongue, "It's as strong as the Werepanther, but, it shouldn't be in the tenth-rank realm. About the same as me, a Pseudo-tenth rank realm"

From their exchange, Rex could gauge its power.

He also could see the creature stats panel briefly and found that it was a mutated eagle.

In addition to that, he also couldn't sense the mutated eagle's aura.

Something about the mist camouflaged its aura, or the fact that it was high up made it hard for his senses to capture its aura. Either way, the mutated eagle is a troublesome opponent, one that Rex could defeat easily.

"Why is it that a place like this is always troublesome?" Rex uttered in great annoyance.

Back in the past, he once entered a similar place like this one.

A misty place, and inside that place was Vashag the Mist Demon who was also formidable.

Now he was confronted with this mutated eagle.

Getting out of the crater with a light groan, Rex stood up and kept his eyes fixed on the sky.

"It didn't attack us earlier," He mused in contemplation—trying to decipher his situation. "Did we get into its line of sight, or territory? Maybe... I don't know" Observing the sky, Rex found that the mutated eagle didn't attack them again.

He was expecting a continuation of attacks, but the mutated eagle was nowhere to be seen.

Just then, Rex realized something.

"Did you notice it too, Delta...?" He mused, coming to a realization.

Rawr!

Even though the fog was thicker before, that was not the case anymore, the thickness of the fog returned to the same thickness, when the two entered the dominion. It only became, way thicker when they circled the big boulder before.

Scanning the place, Rex realized that there were places that had thinner fog.

In close inspection, the thinner fog was only on the right side of the big boulder from earlier.

Now that the two found themselves on the right side of the big boulder, where the fog was a lot thinner, the mutated eagle didn't attack. Rex looked to his back to see the end of the thin fog and found that it ended right on the other boulder.

"So the safe area is in between these two boulders, beyond is the dangerous area,"

Gradually, the mechanism of the dominion became clear to him.

Just like what Flunra said—there are rules inside these dominions with an ego, and the only way to survive the place—is through abiding by those rules. Rex was not expecting to learn the rules himself, but this was a good progression.

He could most likely decipher the place first before calling the others.

"I should bring the stronger ones with me first. More minds—would make cracking this place way easier" Rex nodded, deciding that he would ask those who are stronger than the rest to come inside first.

Since the fog is thinner here, Rex and Delta could slowly find their way out.

Both make sure to be in between the two boulders.

Upon seeing the end of the dominion, marked by a clump of fog as if there was a barrier that prohibited them from going further, Rex and Delta quickened their pace. But as the two were near the exit, their peripheries noticed something.

Glancing back, Rex's eyes widened seeing the boulders were moving again.

However, fortunately, they were still within the two boulders.

"I hate places like this the most," Rex mused before turning his face away—but then, his own premonition was warning him of something. He instinctively looked to the right, and saw one silhouette heading towards them.

BOOM!!

Rex and Delta got struck from the side by a powerful force that knocked them away.

"Kargghk!"

A mouthful of blood exploded from Rex and Delta's mouth, drawing a beautiful arc in the air.

Gritting his teeth with bulging eyes, Rex looked at the creature that attacked him.

It's not the mutated eagle from before, this one is way faster, I could even barely perceive its attack! But regardless of that, we are still within the two boulders, we should be safe! Why in the fuck did this thing attack us?!

Rolling across the earth, Rex stopped in a ready position to react to more follow-up attacks.

He looked around with a deep frown, "Something is wrong with this one!"