The number of boys continues to increase, and the city's Red Houses and Black Houses, along with many elite and normal types, are continuously being replaced.
All these replacements have completely shifted the entire city's power to Libra's influence.
Wen Xishu, although not outside, is able to sense numerous scents through the Three-phase Power by attending to the panel of the Slaughter Tower.
At this moment, Wen Xishu knows that the beings outside are constantly transforming, constantly being "shuffled."
From this, he understands that this might be Libra's "initial experiment."
"The boy possesses a strange power; upon death, he splits into two new ones..."
"The absolutely balanced scale of life and death inherently generates new life from death, and as new life is born in pairs, it brings about death."
"But the boy's death brings yet another split. The imbalance of life and death cannot be realized upon the boy..."
"Hence, the rules will direct towards this city."
"The life and death of all beings in the city are forced to connect with the boy."
"As such, his splitting can expel the old forces and create new ones."
"If I'm not mistaken, these new forces are brought by the chaotic power of Libra."
"They pledge allegiance to Libra."
"This city is essentially a testing ground. Once Libra's method matures, he can utilize this technique on a large scale in the Three Towers War, exploiting the characteristic of 'absolute balance' to create numerous monsters."
Wen Xishu increasingly feels the danger of this trial.
Indeed, he faces the Inferior Demon King referenced by Scorpio.
The Inferior Demon King is not particularly strong; speaking only of its attack, defense, and speed, Wen Xishu can fully handle it, but unquestionably, this Inferior Demon King has conceptually approached the true Libra.
And right now, if the source behind the endless splitting is not found, defeating the enemy is impossible, and one is very likely to be overwhelmed by swarm tactics.
...
...
The maze arrives.
Wen Xishu takes out the Compass. He actually doesn't need the Compass to guide him out of the maze.
Because Enzo is fully aware of the maze's structure that he has drawn.
Moreover, the maze can only stop those willing to play the maze. But the boy chooses to break it violently.
Though the maze is complex, it cannot withstand destruction.
Wen Xishu intends to use the Compass to find its source.
"Does this thing always give you answers?" Enzo notices that Wen Xishu seems to easily find the correct route with the Compass.
Wen Xishu nods:
"It does."
Enzo marvels:
"This wasn't created by you, right?"
Wen Xishu nods again:
"It came from a friend."
Enzo thinks briefly:
"Your friend is no ordinary person; he probably knows all the answers. If there's truly such a thing... no, there indeed is, then as its creator, he must know all the world's treasures."
Wen Xishu suddenly realizes something from this sentence.
Ding Dong is already dead...
The Ding Dong searching for five stars was killed by Scorpio. The Ding Dong he encountered is the new version post-revival.
The clues he received also come from the new Ding Dong.
But in fact, the Ding Dong killed by Scorpio might have held a lot of important information.
For example... Mr. Jin's secrets, and the origin of the Heart of Fusion.
Next time he encounters Scorpio, he must clarify these.
Wen Xishu shakes his head:
"Now is not the time to think about these things. We need to move. Follow the Compass."
The boy capable of endless splitting begins forcibly breaking the maze, and Wen Xishu and Enzo from time to time see a swarm of splits aggressively charging at them.
This is a good opportunity to hone skills, but Wen Xishu still cannot be entirely indifferent to others.
He must make haste to end the battle.
His Ultimate Kick is nearly evolving into infinite chaotic kicks, and the strong Ultimate Kick can simultaneously hit many split forms.
These splits, when kicked to death, simply split into more, without showing any sign of weakening.
He's almost like a being of infinite stamina.
And the splitting brings both death and rebirth.
The maze soon fails to hold. From all directions, split forms begin to emerge.
After Wen Xishu kicks a group of split forms away, several more groups appear immediately.
He suddenly understands what it means by ants biting the elephant to death.
Enzo looks shocked, finding it hard to imagine how to break through this trial.
He continuously draws strong beings from his knowledge to resist these split forms, but still cannot block the enormous tide formed by them.
They are on the verge of being engulfed by this wave.
The boy's mouth, with numerous rows of teeth and tongues, would surely be very painful if it bites into their flesh.
Yet, the more critical the moment, the cooler Wen Xishu becomes.
He even feels a bit excited:
"Did you notice?"
Enzo shouts loudly:
"Notice what?"
Wen Xishu says:
"His eyes, they have many eyeballs. Initially, those eyeballs were very dense, and now they've become even denser!"
"I have actually been observing; the more splits, the more eyeballs, now it's so dense it's like dragonflies and flies' eyes."
Enzo is puzzled:
"What does this indicate?"
The defense Enzo created is instantly breached, and if not for Wen Xishu's occasional spinning Ultimate Kick, he would indeed be bitten to death by countless splits.
At this moment, he truly has no time to observe and think.