Chapter 54: On a Whim, the Sudden Abyss Plane
In the Plane Origin Sea, colorful light slowly circled, reflecting Lei Chen's calm face.
He had just used the supreme perception of the Plane Master to patrol his "territory." All the arrangements he had made before were on track and showing vigorous vitality.
He only needed to wait for time to pass, and these planted seeds would naturally flower and bear fruit, pushing the overall foundation of the Douluo Plane to a brand new height.
'Everything is settled. Next, I can be idle for a while,' Lei Chen thought to himself, feeling a rare bit of relaxation.
As the Plane Master, although he could control the overall situation, the previous series of layouts and actions had also cost him a lot of Spiritual energy.
Now that the general trend was established, he only needed to pay occasional attention to key nodes. He could finally slow down his pace a bit, savor the feedback brought by the growth of the plane, and further nourish his own divine tools and origin.
However, just as Lei Chen's mind relaxed slightly, preparing to immerse himself in the vastness and tranquility of the Plane Origin Sea—
"Buzz!"
A sudden feeling of palpitation, like the sharpest ice pick, stabbed fiercely into the depths of his soul!
Lei Chen suddenly opened his eyes, his calm expression abruptly changing, and his eyes, deep as a sea of stars, erupted with unprecedented brilliance.
This sudden feeling of palpitation did not come from within the plane, but from outside. A breath full of malice, greed, and as if wanting to devour everything, was locking onto the Douluo Plane from across the endless void.
He subconsciously followed the direction of that palpitation, raising and extending his will infinitely, his gaze piercing through the plane barrier and casting into the cold, dark, and dead depths of the universe.
Right on that endless black curtain, a huge plane emitting an ominous halo was approaching the Douluo Plane like a roaming greedy beast, in an undisguised and aggressive posture!
The feeling that plane gave was completely opposite to the vitality of the Douluo Plane.
It was full of destruction, slaughter, and the desire to devour everything. Its energy properties were violent and chaotic, as if it were an aggregate forcibly merged from countless negative emotions and laws of destruction. Wherever it passed, even the faint light of the cosmic background seemed to be swallowed by it.
"This feeling of destruction and devouring... it should be the Abyss Plane." Lei Chen narrowed his eyes, a look of realization flashing through them, but more of it was a touch of solemnity, "It came so fast."
Regarding the arrival of the Abyss Plane, Lei Chen was not surprised.
In the original timeline, the invasion of the Douluo Plane by the Abyss Plane was arranged by Tang San. In other words, Tang San had actually discovered the existence of the Abyss Plane long ago, but had just kept it hidden.
Now, the Silver Dragon King had triggered the Space-Time Turbulence, banishing the God Realm along with Tang San.
On the eve of the God Realm being completely dragged into the turbulence, Tang San, driven to desperation, made some emergency arrangements, leading the "hungry wolf" of the Abyss Plane here ahead of time to cause huge trouble for the Douluo Plane, just like in the original timeline. This was entirely within Lei Chen's expectations.
The only thing he was slightly surprised by was the speed at which the Abyss Plane arrived.
In his estimation, even if Tang San had tampered with things, it would take at least several hundred or even a thousand years for the Abyss Plane to go from being triggered to actually arriving near the Douluo Plane.
After all, moving between planes, especially accurately positioning and crossing endless distances in the vast universe, was no easy task.
With those hundreds or thousands of years of buffer time, with Lei Chen's methods and the development speed of the Douluo Plane, he would have long since managed the plane into a monolithic whole, and his own strength could reach a higher level.
By then, the arrival of the Abyss Plane would be nothing more than a "gift package" delivered to his door, which he could easily counter-devour and turn into nourishment for his own promotion.
However, the reality was that since the God Realm was banished, it hadn't even been a year yet, and the hungry wolf of the Abyss Plane had already caught the scent and pounced to the doorstep.
This speed was extraordinarily fast, frighteningly fast!
"It seems they can't wait."
Lei Chen muttered to himself, a cold arc curling at the corner of his mouth. Instead of fear, a dangerous light flashed in his eyes.
It was true that the early arrival of the Abyss Plane disrupted his pace of "steady development," forcing him to face this plane-level survival crisis before he was fully prepared, but this was not necessarily a bad thing for him.
Anyway, whether it came early or late, it had to come. Since it's here, don't even think about leaving!
Lei Chen's gaze suddenly became sharp.
The Abyss Plane wanted to devour him, and he wanted to devour the Abyss Plane too; this was a crucial step in his plan.
A complete plane with a unique system of laws contained origin energy far beyond what the Undead Demi-plane he had merged with before could compare to.
If Lei Chen could successfully devour it, the volume and foundation of the Douluo Plane would see explosive growth, and as the Plane Master, his strength would surely undergo a qualitative leap, potentially reaching the level of a Half-step God King at the very least!
Opportunities and risks coexist. The arrival of the Abyss Plane is a huge threat, but also a great opportunity. Therefore, he needs to make some arrangements immediately, and the first thing he needs to consider is whether to wake up the Silver Dragon King to solve this abyss invasion problem together.
In a flash of thought, Lei Chen's perception instantly swept over the Dragon Valley Small World attached to the Douluo Plane.
There, the Silver Dragon King was slumbering to repair the heavy injuries she had sustained since the Dragon God War that had never fully healed. If she, a former peak First-level God powerhouse, were to take action, combined with Lei Chen as the Plane Master, even if the Abyss Plane came in full force, it would mostly be a futile death.
But Lei Chen's gaze only stayed in the direction of Dragon Valley for a moment before he decisively withdrew it.
'Better not disturb her,' he had already made a decision.
The Silver Dragon King's injuries were related to the fundamental plan for confronting the God Realm in the future; the healing process absolutely could not afford any mistakes.
Although the current situation seemed critical, it was far from a life-or-death moment that required interrupting her recovery process. Moreover, Lei Chen was confident that even without the Silver Dragon King's help, he could solve the problem of this Abyss Plane invasion.
After all, in the current Douluo Plane, besides the Silver Dragon King, there was another fellow whose strength was not weak.
Thinking of this, Lei Chen's perception immediately probed into a certain spatial layer of the Douluo Plane. There, a god-level soul wrapped in endless Life Origin was shining brightly—it was exactly Electrolux.
When this Necromancer Saint God first arrived at the Douluo Plane, he only had a wisp of broken divine sense left, which could have dissipated at any time. However, under the full nourishment of the Life Origin mobilized by Lei Chen, his divine sense was about to be completely restored, and he would be Lei Chen's greatest assistant in confronting the Abyss Plane next.