Bizarre Realm-Chapter 262 - 46: Law of Earth! Lord of the Underworld! (Part 2)

It is precisely because of this aspect that it is smarter than other Burrowing Demon Worms, as its personality has self-digested the memory and knowledge of human Transcendents.

The twisted Mind Power begins to dominate the creatures within this Underground City.

In this Underground City called ’City of Worms’, a great number of bizarre, malevolent, and mutated creatures start to gather. They amass piles of earth and use this soft soil to construct a magnificent Dark Altar.

This is the authority Law of the Lord of the Underworld!

The entire Underground City was built in just over a month. If not for lacking resources and raiding the Abyss City’s mining teams, Aemon might never have known of the city’s existence.

Within the Underground City.

Shude-Mel’s tall and slender figure slowly ascends the altar.

The ground he steps on transforms from soft soil to hardened rock. Under the illumination of the eerie blue torch, his shadow extends out as writhing black appendages, resembling a centipede swaying as it crawls upon the earth. The legs of these grotesque crawling insects writhe, spilling out from beneath his black robe, mingled with a sludge akin to blood and flesh-like pus.

Drops of filthy mud slide down his face as Shude-Mel’s features begin to melt. Except for a pair of completely black eyeballs, all his facial features dissolve like a candle, and a giant worm upholds his magnificent black robe.

The Evil Object Lord transforms bit by bit, becoming indescribable, causing the surrounding creatures to tremble and kneel at the base of the altar.

——Lord of the Underworld!

A certain World Law begins to bless its body. The Root Source Law of Earth converges upon this twisted evil entity’s body, and within a hundred-meter diameter, all the earth transforms into hardened rock.

It is said that during the Dark Era, the true Ancient Shude-Mel devoured one of the Divine Spirits of Terra Planet, who held the Law of Earth, the Mother of Stone. During the Ancient times, while consuming the Divine Spirit’s flesh and blood, the Burrowing Demon Worm’s great leader gnawed away a segment of the Divine Spirit’s foot.

Although in the end, the Burrowing Demon Worm’s great leader was smashed by one of the surviving Divine Spirits, the Fire Forger, its material-layered body met total demise, its residual Extraordinary Essence was transformed into various existing ’Shude-Mel’ clones.

The Ancient await their emergence as the ultimate victor and hope to revive under the ancient revered name of ’Shude-Mel’.

Unfortunately, a slight accident occurred at that time.

During the Dark Era, a group of seemingly ’cheat-like’ souls from the Otherworld emerged, wreaking havoc everywhere. They slaughtered the Ancient bloodline of the Burrowing Demon Worms, reducing them from the status of Ancient Evil to the level of ordinary evil entities, leaving just a small portion struggling to survive even within the Inner Earth World.

Because the Pillar of Flesh and Blood compressed their race’s survival space, in order to draw nutrients for the Ancient Embryos, the Ancient Clan of the Inner Earth World was harshly oppressed.

Yet, the World Law snatched back then still rests upon various ’Shude-Mel’ clones, who continue to grasp a small portion of the ’Earth’ authority.

Since then, entities claiming to be the ’Lord of the Underworld’ have continuously emerged.

——"Lord of the Underworld [Law of Earth]: Originating from the ancient Divine Spirit’s Law of Earth, seized by the Ancients, dispersed among numerous evil entities. Those holding the title ’Lord of the Underworld’ can dominate parts of the planet’s Law of Earth. They can manipulate the Power of Earth, remold the planet’s geographic environment.

As long as they stand upon the earth or are in contact with the ground, the Lord of the Underworld can draw Law Power from the earth.

The Lord of the Underworld is regarded as a divine entity possessing the [Earth] Domain. They can freely use spells containing corresponding concepts, these spells are considered in the category of Spell Ability casting, requiring no consumption of their own Magic Power. Upon activation through ritual, the Lord of the Underworld can freely cast — Earth Lock, Earthquake Skill, Anti-Gravity, Petrification Technique, Alter Geographical Features, Melt into Stone, Earthquake Technique, Soft Stone Technique, Stone Shaping Skill, Stone Speech Technique, Petrification Reversal, Mud into Stone, Stone to Mud, Stone Wall Technique and other earth concept spells."

[This was once the authority of the Mother of Stone (Earth Mother)!]

[Legend holds she was the first conscious entity awakened from the Inner Earth World on this planet, the personification of the World Law.] 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Upon the magnificent Dark Altar.

Shude-Mel delicately raises a finger comprised of insect-like joints forming five fingers, alongside the interference of the Law of Earth into the real world, akin to performing a miracle, the entire altar transforms from soil to rock. Concurrently, the rocks on either side begin to autonomously reshape, turning into statues of terrifically grotesque demon worms, their sharp mouthparts lifelike, almost formed autonomously as the Stone Shaping Skill’s power intervenes, creating materials required for the summoning sacrifice.

No matter what Tier the spell is, even if it is a High Tier spell above the Seventh Ring, such as Anti-Gravity, Earthquake Skill, Earth Lock, possessing the authority of the ’Lord of the Underworld’, the Evil Object Lord can freely cast them, completing the Casting in just a few seconds.

This is the Root Source Law of [Earth]!

However, unable to amass the authority of ’Earth’, this Casting Ability reaches at most the 9th ring, unable to cast Legendary Level spells.

A being like it, if it existed in the surface world, would likely have long since become a reigning Evil Object overlord over a region.