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Fate
Returning to the other world.
The scorching air blew against his face. Kant felt a rumbling vibration as soon as his feet touched the ground.
“What happened?”
“Not long after you left, this place began to shake.”
Lily replied,” The entire underground world is changing. It’s as if something has come to life. This is a disturbing phenomenon…” I think I should inform you immediately.”
She looked at Kant and sized him up.
” Yes.” Kant nodded.” It’s more than enough.”
The environment was getting hotter and hotter. The Fire Stealer’s spiritual sense spread out. He could feel the surging power under his feet. The unimaginable energy torrent was gradually turning from dead silence to activation.
His original plan was to quickly chase after Tris and kill him before the mutated dragon completed its plan. However, he was hindered by Vines and discovered an extremely important situation, so he was delayed for a while.
He did not expect that in such a short period of time, Tracy would complete the sixth sacrifice.
Kant took a deep breath and tossed the little bit of regret in his heart to the side. Life was unpredictable, but it was unpredictable. Once you made a choice, you had to bear the risk. There was nothing to regret.
If he did it again, he would waste the same amount of time on the same thing.
“Should we chase after him?” Lily asked.
” Yes.” Kant nodded.” Go after him.”
” Wait a minute,” Kant said just as Ah Xing and Lily were about to leave.
They looked at Kant together.
“Critical moment, I mean critical moment, it must be the most critical moment.” Kant said,” Don’t hesitate. Use all your strength to activate the mysterious energy stored in the armor and absorb it into your body. You can even consider using the natural substances around you that haven’t been rendered harmless…”
He paused for a moment before continuing,”Leave the rest to me.” Trust me.”
There was no time to look for slave hunters or other death row prisoners to carry out transmigration experiments.
Evidently, Tris was already on the verge of success. The longer Lily and Ah Xing were left here, the greater the danger. In the eyes of the mutated dragon, Lily was the seventh sacrifice.
Damn it.
Lily was stunned for a moment before rolling her eyes.
If it really came to that, she would definitely save herself at all costs.
“Then let’s chase after them.”
As usual, Ah Xing sensed the location of the sixth crystal pillar.
The ground shook, and gravel kept falling from the dome. The hot air rose to a higher place, and the chaotic elemental phenomenon distorted the air. There were very few animals and plants in this deeper area. The living luminous plants shone with a dark red color and spat out a poisonous aura. The light grew brighter.
They were jumping for joy.
The sixth crystal pillar had already shattered.
Orangutan and Lily were vigilant of their surroundings. They did not find any traces of Tris here. After sacrificing Luz’s life essence and obtaining the sealing power in the crystal pillar, it should have been waiting here for the arrival of the group because it needed to sacrifice Lily as the seventh sacrifice.
But he was not there.
Was he hiding in the dark, preparing for a sneak attack, or did he go somewhere?
Kant used his Phoenix Eyes to observe his surroundings. He did not detect the corrupted aura of the aberrant dragon. He nodded at Lily and the gorilla, and they nodded back. There was a tacit understanding between them.
The Dragoness and Ah Xing stood back to back, raising their gloves and warhammers. They were also paying attention to Kant’s every move. Their battle suits protected their bodies as the Fire Stealer stepped forward, approaching the broken crystal pillar.
These huge crystal pillars were monsters that the ancient people had willingly accepted as sacrifices. After devouring countless Ethereals, they crystallized and finally formed this appearance.
Near every crystal pillar, Kant was able to trigger a space-time flashback. It was as if the will of the ancients had transcended space-time and resonated with Kant’s spirit, explaining the past to him.
Kant had no idea why they were fighting or why they were here.
They only knew that they had accepted the gift of the devil and fought, suffered, and sacrificed for it.
The gap in time quietly appeared.
He entered the domain of scorching heat.
The scene before his eyes suddenly changed. The dark underground world was filled with light. Before his eyes was a huge, complete crystal pillar. Kant witnessed the crystallization of the corrupted monster. The swaying tentacles and eyeballs gradually faded. The rotting and proliferating flesh turned into clear and pure crystals. Evil turned pure, and ugliness turned beautiful. The brilliant crystal pillar rose from the ground, shining with dreamy and beautiful light.
The black beasts that were coming from all directions were still endless. They had developed a great hatred and hostility towards this crystal pillar. They launched attacks, rammed, spat, and bit.
Then, a ray of light appeared.
Bright halos gushed out from the crystal pillar, and the blazing light occupied the entire world. Kant heard the black beasts ‘painful and furious roars. In the brilliant light and shadows, he could barely see the vortex of light engulfing everything. It disintegrated, tore apart, and absorbed the black beasts one by one, turning them into an endless stream of pure energy that was sucked into the crystal pillar. It flowed endlessly into the roots that extended infinitely underground.
It was injected into an unknown region.
The strong light shook and rumbled as if time and space were shaken.
In the intense light, Kant seemed to see a figure. After sending off the last six comrades, she walked towards her destination calmly, sorrowfully, and with relief.
That was the last ancient person.
A lone wolf carrying a flag.
Time and space flipped, and the light and shadow before Kant’s eyes changed. Kant’s vision returned to the main world.
The ancient scenes he had seen earlier had left him with a myriad of fantasies. But now that he had found traces of Tris, Kant’s mind raced as he recalled the scenes in the flashback of time and space.
Strong light, vibrations, and…
Link.
“Horus!” Kant shouted. Our route and location!”
With his palm facing up, the armor on his palm opened. Light and shadow spurted out, and countless light particles projected the terrain along the way. Every cave, corner, passageway, and slope.
And the location of every crystal.
“Hexagon!”
The image changed from three-dimensional to an aerial view.
The positions of the six crystalline lenses were connected to each other.
“Or rather…”
The shining lines were outlined.
“Hexagram.”
The intersection in the middle was shining brightly.
” Where is it?” Kant looked at the gorilla.” Can you sense the location of the last crystal pillar?”
Ah Xing suddenly came back to her senses. Her face suddenly turned pale in pain, and a subconscious fear and resistance appeared in her eyes that she did not notice.
She muttered,”No…” I…”
The next moment, Kant’s expression changed drastically.
Ah Xing and Lily reacted at the same time. They looked down at their feet at the same time. As powerful creatures, their spiritual power and perception sensed the surging and violent changes deeper underground.
The rumbling sounds underground suddenly became ten times louder.
It was as if the substance that had been accumulated for a long time was about to spew out.
“Dodge!” the Fire Stealer shouted sternly.
The jetpack bellowed and spat out flames. Kant grabbed Lily with one hand and Ah Xing with the other. The powerful impact of the jet’s vortex spout sent the three of them flying into the distance. The Dragoness looked at Ah Xing in the air and threw Kant further away. With the recoil, she stomped her feet and followed him.
Kant adjusted his position in midair and looked behind him.
In the next moment, the lower half of the shattered crystal pillar exploded.
Kant’s pupils constricted.
Pure purple liquid gushed out from the hole in the crystal pillar.
It was shining, bright, and strange.
Beautiful, charming, and terrifying.
It was an extremely pure, liquid, mysterious element.
He thought of the testimony of the mutated dragons.
The River of Origin.
The Spirit River that Tracy had been thinking about and wanted to bring it to the surface.
The liquid that contained terrifying power was like a fountain. Under the powerful pressure, it flew out and splashed in all directions. It flowed endlessly and wantonly.
The air was suffused with a devilish purple color. The rocks and crystals that were stained with the drops of the spirit river melted into a semi-solidified liquid, merging into the purple spring. Following this flow, everything was dissolving.
The sturdy stone walls were collapsing and shattering. The underground structure that had been formed for countless years was melting continuously. The temperature was rising continuously. Bright light dispelled the darkness and illuminated everything in the underground world.
Lily transformed into a dragon. Gorilla grabbed her dragon horn. Kant hovered in the air. They watched everything. In the blink of an eye, the dark and deep world shone brightly. The surrounding stone walls, mineral veins, crystals, and caves were swept up and dissolved by the wanton flow of purple fountains. A series of collapses, disintegration, and changes quickly took place. Large pieces of rocks fell, shattered, and disappeared.
Then, the ground cracked.
Then, the mountain disappeared.
The slope was submerged, the stone bridge collapsed, the stone pillars broke, and the cliffs collapsed. Only the flowing purple surged over. The spiritual river of origin gushed out from six places and flowed back from six places. Finally, it gathered into flowing purity, flew down, and flowed back, shining in the underground world.
The treacherous terrain, the low and ever-changing pits, holes, tunnels, slopes, bridges, the clusters of red crystals, the extremely pure metal veins, everything…
It was just a dry riverbed.
Now, the flood season had arrived.
Kant and the others witnessed everything silently.
They watched as the dark world was filled with dazzling purple, watching as the purple river that contained immense energy rose from nothing, gathering and rising, finally turning into a raging river that flowed through. Their depths were unknown, their origins unknown, and their size unknown. However, even the massive mysterious elements that filled the bodies of the corrupted aberrant dragons were only a small drop of water compared to the river.
“So beautiful, so sacred, so great!”
The joyful praise resounded through the void.
The purple river flowed, and everything was melted and devoured. Only a small platform stood in the middle of the river like an island. A huge, twisted dragon beast was entrenched here. It was extremely ugly and distorted, forming a sharp contrast with the dazzling purple river that flowed around it.
The ugly and deformed monster was worshipping piously, praising the holy name.
Its hundreds of eyes looked at the silver dragon in the sky.
And the humans around her.
” As I said, Lily, all of this is the will of the Dragon God. You will eventually come here, just as the sacred river will rise into the sky and spread the blessings of Akatum across the world.”
The monster’s deep laughter spewed out purple dregs. The tentacles that had been cut off by the Realm Gate had completed regeneration. It had grown four wings again. Bone spurs lay across the wings, and the wings were covered with purple spores. Countless tentacles did not hesitate to reach into the purple river, absorbing enormous power and nutrients.
Its body expanded even more, and mysterious energy filled it. New eyes kept opening, and new tentacles kept extending. Tracis let out a happy cry.
“Ah, more, more…”
He was panting, excited, eager, and looking forward to it.
“My body can no longer hold any more…It requires the final upgrade and the final sacrifice.”
” Lily, it’s you, the final sacrifice.”
“Do you see this great god? Do you see this magnificent career and mission? Did you feel the Dragon God’s oracle? The sacrifice of the last dragon, and then the greatness would be handed over to the great hand. The sacred inheritance would complete the overlapping of reincarnation. This was the oracle! This is the sound I heard!”
The six purple wings that looked like plague demons spread out with a loud bang, and the bone spikes shook and tore through the air.
“You will never be able to imagine what I saw!”
Perhaps it was because the great plan was about to be completed, or perhaps it was because Tricia had gone crazy, but it also longed to talk, to acknowledge, and to share this supreme joy with others.
The mutated monster soared into the sky, waving its tentacles and roaring with its swollen head.
” I saw a pious sacrifice!”
” I saw a fearless blood sacrifice!”
” The most loyal believers received the revelation and sowed the seeds here with blood and death. I watched their sacrifices all the way and listened to the guidance of the gods to come here!”
“It’s Akatum! The Dragon God allowed me to witness all of this, allowing me to know my mission. These brave believers had made great sacrifices, and the seeds they had sown had taken root and sprouted after countless years. They had followed the will of the gods, experienced countless trials and sacrifices, and finally succeeded. How exciting! How great! Everything was destined! It was destined!
Destined!”
“I was destined to be chosen by Akatum! I was destined to accept his gift, to accept the Ancient race’s gift. I was destined to complete my great cause and reopen the glorious era of the Dragon race! Today is the day!”
“So Lili! Resist! Fight! Then I will give you the most complete failure! Then I will give you the most glorious upgrade!
In the end, you will understand-”
The terrifying monsters stirred up the wind and clouds, setting off an inescapable net.
” Fate cannot be resisted and cannot be changed. Everything is destined!”
The air rumbled.
However, they would eventually understand that fate could not be resisted and could not be changed. Everything was already destined.
It was a familiar voice.
It was a voice that was imprinted in his mind and would never be forgotten.
Kant’s expression changed drastically, and his heart trembled violently.
” Kill it!” he roared.” Kill it!”
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[PS 1: Upgraded…] She seemed to have pressed her left hand when she slept for the past two days. Yesterday, her arm was sore and numb. Today, it was a little better, but her fingers were starting to hurt again. It was so tiring to write.