Free Web NovelShen Baiwei hadn’t expected that the first thing Calamity would do after Dragon Tang left was to immediately depart the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate and launch an attack on the Shaman King.
It was like watching a fluffy white rabbit suddenly open its mouth, revealing densely packed sharp teeth like a meat grinder, ready to devour someone.
This doesn't align with Calamity's usual style of action...
She watched Lu Yibei walk step by step out of the Lords Manor, holding the Phoenix Wing Tang, and it took her a few seconds to snap out of her daze before she rushed forward, calling out softly, “Wait, Calamity, you can’t just leave like this!”
Although after absorbing the small booklet that recorded a thousand years of changes in Yumen Pass, she was also filled with righteous indignation and wished she could immediately teach the Shaman King a lesson, rationality told her that leaving the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate with Calamity now would definitely lead to major problems.
“Why?” Lu Yibei stopped, turned to look at Shen Baiwei, and frowned slightly.
“The Shaman King just devoured the distorted miracle flower that originated from Hong Bian’s body, and now we’ve brought back a complete miracle flower from a thousand years ago that shouldn’t exist...”
“I understand.” Shen Baiwei’s explanation was only halfway through when Lu Yibei nodded and interrupted, “Speaking of which, according to our agreement, shouldn’t you return control of the miracle flower and the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate to me?”
Shen Baiwei’s words reminded her, and she instantly understood the hidden dangers of the miracle flower and the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate’s control that Chatterbox Girl had only half-explained...
The true danger was the uncorrupted miracle flower!
Just like the residents of the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate, an uncorrupted miracle flower should not exist in this world; if it were taken out of the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate and lost the protection of the God Kingdom, it would inevitably be corrected by time.
And unlike the residents within the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate, whose Spiritual Energy fluctuation levels could be ignored, the miracle flower was a genuine Calamity-level authority.
If the residents within the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate were illegal immigrants who had to be expelled from the outside world, then the uncorrupted miracle flower was an illegally imported nuclear weapon.
The person or urban legend carrying a “nuclear weapon” would likely face more than just simple expulsion.
Therefore, the correction by time that came with such a power would inevitably be unimaginably destructive.
From a certain perspective, the miracle flower became a cage, trapping it and its holder forever within the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate.
However.
What Lu Yibei wanted now was the destructive power unleashed when the miracle flower was corrected by time; otherwise, relying solely on the power of the Goddess Beiling Seal, which she had just condensed, to kill the Shaman King would be a bit too naive.
That was the Shaman King, the Extinction-Bringer of Old Days who controlled authorities related to war!
It was a terrifying existence that, when sealed, cost two Calamities and nearly caused a large God Kingdom to collapse.
After a thousand years of brewing and gaining new authorities by devouring Hong Bian’s remnants, how could he be so easily killed by a urban legend who had just acquired Calamity-level power?
As for how to withstand the power of time’s correction and use it to kill the Shaman King without dying herself...
Seeing Lu Yibei extend her hand, Shen Baiwei became even more puzzled, “You know that and you’re still seeking death?”
“How can it be seeking death? At a time like this, we should believe in miracles, shouldn't we?” Lu Yibei said expressionlessly. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ
“miracles?” Shen Baiwei rolled her eyes and said, “Calamity, you don’t really think you’re a Miracle Saintesses, do you?”
“Aren’t I?” Lu Yibei tilted her head. “At least, until the miracle flower I control is completely corrected, I am a genuine Miracle Saintesses!”
“......” Shen Baiwei was momentarily speechless; she also felt that Calamity’s statement had some truth to it.
After a brief silence, her tone softened as she advised, “But if you can’t deal with the Shaman King and return to the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate before the miracle flower is completely corrected, you’ll be erased along with the miracle flower...”
“You can rest assured about that!” Lu Yibei interrupted, “I’m confident I won’t be erased along with the miracle flower.”
If that terrifying will that almost led me to the abyss still needed “Calamity” to exist... Lu Yibei secretly added in her heart.
She admitted there was an element of gambling involved, that she was irreplaceable to that terrifying will, or that her importance was greater than correcting the miracle flower.
Before, that terrifying will had pushed her head, forcing her to embrace destruction; now it was her turn to push that guy’s head, making it choose whether to preserve the possibility of the urban legend it wanted, “the Disaster that transcends Calamity, the Calamity that causes chaos,” or to correct the miracle flower.
Although this had a hint of exploiting a bug, and it was exploiting a bug with her life, Calamity Miss was an expert at exploiting bugs!
Shen Baiwei was still hesitating, but Lu Yibei had already made up her mind, stepping forward and firmly grasping her hand, saying solemnly, “I need that power now...”
Looking into Lu Yibei’s eyes, Shen Baiwei remained silent for a long time, finally letting out a silent sigh and nodding. She then held Lu Yibei’s hand back, “Do what you can, don’t overexert yourself.”
“Mm.” Lu Yibei responded, “Don’t worry, I’m not someone who likes to overexert myself...”
The next moment, brilliant golden light enveloped their figures, and the complex, vibrantly colored miracle flower quietly bloomed. A surge of Spiritual Energy agitated, and on the pale, paper-like petals, a crimson fire glow emerged...
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Black smoke rose into the sky.
Countless cracks spread across the barren land outside the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate. The Sanlongsha, after midnight, did not welcome sunlight; only dense, deep dark clouds covered it.
Hot air with a pungent smell surged across the barren land, carrying ashes and spreading in all directions.
The barren land had already turned into scorched earth.
On the scorched earth, the 【Shikigami · Ootakemaru】, with a large part of his body severed, lay sprawled like an overturned furnace. From his gruesome wounds, glowing blood continuously gushed out, pooling on the ground and flowing sluggishly.
It hissed and smoked, like some highly corrosive acid.
Fujiwara no Shoguuji, pale-faced, leaned against the dying 【Shikigami · Ootakemaru】, a crumpled, unlit cigarette dangling from his lips. His tattered miko outfit was soaked in blood, the distinction between red and white long lost.
He stared coldly at Doji Ten, who was still fighting the Shaman King in the distance, and couldn't help but curse in his native language.
“Baka yarou...”
“This is clearly a trap, isn’t it? How can such a urban legend be killed?!”
Nearly thirty hours had passed since the Shaman King escaped from the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate. In these thirty hours, members of various Spiritual Energy organizations, including him, had either died or been injured, with only Doji Ten still struggling.
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However, at this point, aside from a single long-range strike from the Zixiao Platform by the Night Watch, which drove away a huge black shadow that might or might not have been the Shaman King’s accomplice, only a group of Night Watch agents were organizing a encirclement at least ten kilometers away from here, intercepting the urban legend army summoned by the Shaman King. None of the rumored Guardians had appeared.
It was hard not to suspect that the Night Watch was waiting to reap the benefits.
What was even more frustrating was that, given this situation, even dying at the Shaman King’s hands, it would be difficult to trouble the Night Watch, at least not directly. After all, everyone had secretly snuck into Z Country territory and acted without heeding the Night Watch’s advice, so if they encountered trouble, they could only grit their teeth and bear it.
But before this, who could have imagined that a urban legend sealed for over a thousand years would possess such unbelievably powerful abilities right after breaking free?
That’s right, it wasn’t just unimaginably strong, but unbelievably so!
In fact, in terms of combat power alone, the Shaman King barely had an edge over Doji Ten, unable even to secure a definitive victory.
But the problem was that in the process of fighting the Shaman King, all attacks that could threaten him were miraculously avoided.
Even the brilliant thunderous light from the Zixiao Platform and Doji Ten’s moves, which also possessed the authority symbolizing “war” and exchanged injury for injury, failed to hit the Shaman King’s vital points, only leaving minor, non-painful injuries on his body...
It was as if he had an evasion cheat activated!
If one's skills were inferior, there should be no complaints about losing, but losing to a cheater was unacceptable.
What worried Fujiwara Sawae even more was that as she lost her combat capability, Doji Ten, stripped of all assistance and facing the Shaman King and his summoned urban legend army alone, was clearly on the decline and seemed on the verge of collapse.
What were the Guardians of the Night Watch thinking?
Were they going to just watch the Shaman King kill Doji Ten?
If the Shaman King devoured Doji Ten’s authority, would anyone still be able to stop him?
Fujiwara Sawae thought, and the next moment, her pupils trembled violently, and then only one thought remained in her mind—retreat!
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“Boom——!”
A deafening roar erupted on the barren land outside the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate, and Doji Ten’s mountain-like body was thrown to the ground, shaking the earth.
The next moment, before Doji Ten could even get up, seemingly endless bloody light rose from the crisscrossing cracks in the earth, surging and flowing, extending straight upwards, and then spilling onto the ground.
Within the crimson intense light, ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) a “forest” woven from steel emerged, cutting across the surging bloody light, crisscrossing and carving out dazzling arcs of light that lingered for a long time.
That was the anomaly Doji Ten created based on his authority.
Blood was a sign of war, and steel was also a sign of war; when the two converged, the entire barren land no longer saw yellow sand and hills, only a hellish, abstract painting.
However, the next moment, ear-splitting, grating sounds rose and fell.
Sharp steel twisted and shattered. fɾēewebnσveℓ.com
The bloody light intensified.
Grotesque monsters emerged from the bloody light in a gushing manner, galloping across the barren land, brutally preying.
Like beasts unleashed from a cage, they gnawed at Doji Ten’s body, devoured the flesh and blood of the fallen Assassins nameless Assassins, and plundered the residual, invisible war-left aura on this land...
Nameless Book, hidden in the shadows, witnessed this scene, took a deep breath, and infused Spiritual Energy into the jade bao sang cang xiao badge in her palm, sending a message to Zhang Huainan.
“Black Emperor, if I hold back the Shaman King, do you have the confidence to kill him in one blow?”
After a brief wait, Zhang Huainan’s voice sounded in her mind, “It’s possible if I pay a price, but... why do that?”
“Why? Because the urban legend summoned by the Shaman King, their armor has changed from Tang armor to Ming armor, the situation is about to get out of control!” Nameless Book roared.
This area of the Gobi Desert where Yumen Pass is located has always had battles from ancient times to the present, and countless souls are buried beneath the yellow sand.
As Doji Ten’s suppression of the Shaman King gradually weakened, the Shaman King began to absorb the war aura left by those deceased souls, and his authority would only grow stronger.
If the Shaman King were to fully integrate those war auras and glimpse a corner of modern warfare, Nameless Book dared not imagine how his authority would change.
At this point, that old man Zhang Huainan still appeared calm and composed, making it truly incomprehensible what he was thinking.
Was he still waiting for Calamity?
The situation had already escalated to this point; what could a mere Calamity change? Nameless Book wondered.
“No rush, no rush, I said forty-eight hours, and it hasn’t arrived yet, has it?” Zhang Huainan’s voice sounded again, “Oh, look, isn’t the turning point here?”
“Turning point?” Nameless Book looked out across the barren land, and as far as her eyes could see, everything was enveloped in dancing crimson.
“What turning...”
Before she could finish her sentence, a colossal flower with flickering flames suddenly bloomed above the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate. Immediately, scorching Spiritual Energy swept through, and the air vibrated violently, the resulting high-frequency resonance instantly swallowing all other noises.
The next moment, a fire so intense that even Nameless Book dared not look directly at it burst forth from the gigantic miracle flower, soaring into the sky, hanging high above, tearing apart the nearly two days of darkness that had enveloped this land. Then, accompanied by a piercing shriek, it plummeted like a falling comet, heading straight for the Shaman King.
As that fiery light fell, everyone and every urban legend on the barren land seemed to experience a hallucination, enveloped beneath a scorching sun.
The sunlight was intense, and burning winds swept across.
A violent burst of temperature erupted, melting all the incoming blood and steel, carving out a straight path covered with crimson molten material, allowing the slightly delicate and slender girl, whose body was wreathed in chaotic black lines, to reach the Shaman King at an astonishing speed.
“Old friend, do you remember me?”
A familiar face emerged from the tyrannical heat waves distorting the air, reflecting in the Shaman King’s eyes, imbuing those strange double pupils with a hint of shock.
A thousand years...
How was she not dead yet?!
