Chapter 480: Eve of Battle: Part 1
*Crack!!*
The pale blue coc.o.o.n-like gemstone atop the arachnid suddenly cracked apart as a centipede-like insect peered out of it
Its body was emerald-green, and it had long rows of densely-packed blue eyes that looked like inlaid gemstones.
“If you want to kill me?! Then be prepared to pay the price!!”
It let out a bizarre roar as it sent a large concussive shockwave towards Lin Sheng.
The translucent oscillating shockwave ripped out as it compactly blasted out hundreds of meters away around it.
However, all of the shockwaves were simply blocked by an invisible force field before Lin Sheng.
“A futile struggle.” Lin Sheng tugged the reins as Gorefiend stepped forward, off the cliff, and walked on the air as it made its way towards the insect.
“This is fate,” Lin Sheng calmly said.
“You are a will that should not have existed. The Dark Wheel shall be restored! Come, be one with me!”
He held his palm out, as he unleashed the power of the Dark Wheel towards the insect.
“The Wheel of Woe would not completely annihilate you, it will only resonate with you, and bring you back to the main body.”
*Hummm…*
An invisible force field was released from Lin Sheng’s palm and enveloped the giant insect in a blink of an eye.
“Come back… the final piece of the puzzle.”
The centipede struggled mightily but to no avail.
Even when it had absorbed the strength of everyone, its strength was still far weaker compared to the three larger fragments of the Dark Wheel.
Under the force of the huge invisible force field, its ten-meter-long body slowly raised up, and with a rip of the air, it rammed into Lin Sheng.
The long centipede body did not in fact really hit Lin Sheng’s body, but rather, it simply rushed into Lin Sheng’s body ethereally, and disappeared.
Lin Sheng closed his eyes as he was suspended in the air, as the phantom of the centipede’s legs appeared behind him.
Numerous green cracks started to open up on the skin covered by armor on his back.
*Hissss…*
Just as suddenly these large cracks opened, they revealed all the little eyes on the back of the centipede.
At that moment, a trace of mud-like black substance floated out from the air beside Lin Sheng.
It was closing in onto Lin Sheng as it tried to approach and attached itself onto his skin.
“Get lost!”
At this very moment, Lin Sheng opened his eyes, as a powerful force field beyond what he had earlier blasted out and instantly annihilated the black mud-like substance into dust.
“The final fragment… the final wards…”
He lowered his head as he looked at his hands.
“Sure enough, this is the true power of the Dark Wheel.” Lin Sheng gently squeezed his palm as countless of silver tadpole-like runes appeared on it.
All of these white runes quickly painted both of his palms in pure silver.
From the surface, it looked as if his hands were made out of silver.
In actuality, it was due to the ma.s.sive amount of silver runes that were too small and too tightly packed that it looked like a rather mundane object.
Strands of information within the final fragment of the Dark Wheel flowed into Lin Sheng’s mind now.
He closed his eyes as he tried to understand it.
“Ah, so that’s how it is… so this is the power of the final ward?”
He had thought that after fusing the final fragment, he would see a large spike in his power.
The truth was that there was a spike, but more important were the wards provided by the final fragment.
The four major wards were the Wheel of Existence, the Wheel of Woe, the Wheel of Motion, and the final, Wheel of Fate.
Therefore, the essence of the Wheel of Fate’s power was the precognition of some major changes to his fate.
Danger, threats, all of these were the top priorities of the precognition.
Back then, the Moonstone had used this ability to learn of Lin Sheng’s coming and had badly mauled the Centaur Lord and his army.
Aside from that, however, the Wheel of Fate also prevents others from seeing and manipulating his fate.
Of course, there was the most basic ability of manipulating vital energies.
But when that was compared with the first two abilities, it was utterly unremarkable.
“The Isolation of Fate… while I have no idea what use it is for now, but something’s better than nothing. Also, I could try the ability to predict important changes out as well.”
Lin Sheng read through the information he got in his mind, and within it was the ability to operate this ward.”
A moment later, the countless eyes on Lin SHeng’s back suddenly all opened wide, as they lit up in rays of colorful lights.
His eyes slowly blurred as everything before him gradually changed from the earlier scenery to a river of resplendent golden sand.
There was gold-like sand flowing within the river of sand.
“The Sands of Fate…”
Lin Sheng immediately recognized the true nature of the golden sands before him.
This description had been mentioned in the information within the Dark Wheel.
He stared at the sand river before him and felt a p.r.i.c.k on his back, as one of the countless small eyes had slowly closed forever.
At the same time, a rice grain-sized golden sand floated quietly above the river.
The sand flew straight to Lin Sheng and landed on his palm.
“This is the Sands of Fate?” Lin Sheng now understood a little more, that the Dark Wheel was not omnipotent.
The Wheel of Fate could indeed predict the future, but it was not unlimited, in fact there was a limit to it.
Taking the Sands of Fate from the River of Fate would permanently consume the Wheel of Fate’s power.
Lin Sheng did a rough estimation, and fortunately, this only consumed a couple of decimals of a percent. Unless he continuously used the Wheel of Fate, there should not be a problem, and the Wheel of Fate will slowly recover by itself.
He grabbed to the Sands of Fate, and gently pressed against it.
The sand disappeared without a sound as a series of images appeared before Lin Sheng’s eyes.
He saw an endless storm of Blacktide engulfing the entire world, devouring all of the Hidden Realms, humans, and Darksiders.
He was still fighting in the end, yet he could only protect himself amidst the onslaught of the Blacktide with no way out, and he could only helplessly wait until his powers were exhausted before perishing.
*Hiss…*
Lin Sheng snapped out of it, as his body was drenched in a cold sweat.
“Is this the crisis I need to face in the future?”
That Blacktide was the same Blacktide he knew. He was sure of that.
As he floated in the air, Lin Sheng’s expression kept on changing, and only after a while only did he turned Gorefiend around and galloped back to the direction he came from.
If all of that was true, then he should prepare in advance for the outbreak of the Blacktide.
In comparison, the affair with Faldt was just a trivial sideshow.
However, he still had to figure out how to deal with the Blacktide that could destroy a world like Blackfeather.
In a time of crisis, perhaps all powers could be turned towards the Blacktide and fight against it.
Suddenly, Lin Sheng recalled the Astral Mere and wondered what this mysterious organization was planning. It seems like he needed to make time to investigate now.