“Xia De, even you cannot step into the water as a living person. Please allow me to bestow a blessing upon you.”
The Priest also stood up, supporting himself with his hands on the ground. He did not avoid the others by the bonfire, and the half-white, half-black scorched wings on his back slowly spread open.
“Oh!”
Iluna exclaimed, but seeing Sister Devlin “looking” at the scene so calmly, she awkwardly covered her mouth.
“death blesses you, Xia De · Su Lun · Han Mi Er Dun. When you stand in the land of death, death will be your companion.”
As he spoke, the two wings grew larger, then folded forward, completely enveloping Xia De. And when the wings became transparent until they disappeared, Priest Augustus had already sat down again, while Xia De looked at his palms.
On his left palm was the symbol of a dark horn, and on his right palm was the symbol of a dark scythe. This seemed to represent the power of the first angel, but Xia De was not very sure.
His body temperature was getting lower, and this power of death actually had no conflict with the blessing of the Father of Infinite Trees:
“Now, you can safely walk on that body of water.”
The Priest was not tired at all after this blessing. This Old Priest was much stronger here than in the world of the living:
“Also, if you can hold on for three minutes, I can launch an attack on Joey Barton from the shore. This will take time, but it will definitely help you.”
“But your strength is still not enough.”
Sister Devlin also stood up, her silver crown-like eye mask looking towards Xia De. Iluna drew the night watchman and handed it to Xia De. Xia De held up the longsword and came before the Sister. The Sister slightly raised her hands, holding the slender flame:
“Xia De · Su Lun · Han Mi Er Dun, not everyone can use the First Fire. Are you willing to try to have this flame attach to your sword?”
Xia De nodded, holding up the longsword with both hands and bringing it closer to the slender flame. Even though the Night Watchman was a metal longsword, the flame instantly ignited it. The burning longsword emitted immense heat, and the flame also touched Xia De’s hand, but it did not harm him at all.
The longsword and the flame were made brighter by the golden cracks on Xia De’s fingertips. When the two touched, the flame suddenly shot upwards, as if Divine Radiance had augmented the power of the First Fire.
Sister Devlin’s lips curved slightly, revealing a faint smile. But Xia De did not notice this. He saw the flame on the sword gradually subside until it completely disappeared. But the Night Watchman was heavier, warmer, and more powerful than ever before.
“The Original Fire will not only weaken the damage of death but also allow you to inflict greater damage on Joey Barton.”
Withdrawing the flame into her palm, the Sister also sat down again. She had already confirmed her conjecture.
“If you can hold on for about five minutes, I will find a way to assist you from the shore with an attack. Even death cannot extinguish the fire in my hand. Don’t forget, after the events in Middlesburg are over, you need to come with me to the Church’s outpost.”
Sister Devlin did not forget to remind him.
Xia De nodded, finally looking at Iluna. The seventeen-year-old girl was in a very delicate mood now. The current situation was that Xia De was going to face the enemy at the end of the Middlesburg story, while she, as the only Chosen One, could only sit here by the fire.
Everyone present had their own abilities, and Xia De’s other friends provided him with various helps. Seeing the previous two sit down, Iluna quickly stood up:
“Look, it’s my turn.”
Her eyes sparkling, she came to Xia De’s side, her hands behind her back:
“Joey Barton is too far away for me to affect him with my Balance talent, but I can give you this.”
The Destiny Ring appeared silently, then transformed into a golden scale. Iluna held the scale above Xia De’s head:
“Life and death should be in Balance. In the name of the judge, the Old God, the hanged judge, grants you a blessing. Xia De · Su Lun · Han Mi Er Dun, when the death invasion you suffer reaches the limit of imbalance, that power will transform into life.”
Golden radiance showered down on Xia De’s head, and Xia De gained another temporary status.
“Additionally, if you hold on for ten minutes, I can probably use my Darkness talent, which is the Dark Vortex I learned after defeating Darkness, to throw a few Sunlight Guns at Joey Barton. Here, my power can actually be enhanced as well; this is the great power granted by the Old God.”
As she spoke, she suddenly stood on tiptoe and kissed Xia De on the side of his face:
“Xia De, be careful with everything.”
Suddenly, she sniffed suspiciously, but did not ask:
“Later, you can first chew up a youthful immortality leaf before entering the water. I’ve seen a lot of information, swallowing this relic can not only effectively treat injuries but also significantly increase resistance to the power of death for a short period. Be safe.”
She sat back down by the bonfire, the firelight reddening her cheeks. Kissing Xia De in front of strangers just now had taken a lot of her courage.
“Thank you. Don’t worry about me. Actually, what we should be thinking about more is how we are going to leave here later.”
Xia De said with a smile, hoping everyone could relax a bit.
He put the youth everlasting leaf into his mouth, chewed it, and swallowed it (Note). Then he gripped the Red Butterfly pendant tightly, and in the crimson light, the Red Butterfly flew into Xia De’s heart. The rain fell all night, love overflowed like rainwater.
He turned and walked towards the edge of the shallows with his longsword, the bonfire bright behind him, four eyes watching him. Gu Li
He finally stopped next to Joey Barton’s “corpse,” gazing at the groups of white shadows in the distance, and the man still shouting loudly. He was shouting a name, “Marilyn Handel.”
【sixth epoch, common era 1853, late autumn, Star Whale Night. When you once again step into True Death, have you understood the mystery of death? The first angel grants you blessings, the Sister guarding the First Fire shares the power of the flame, and even the naive stage protagonist is willing to help you. The one who yearns for their beloved but cannot obtain them, the retro-born who follows death, now stands at the end. Souls surround you, the Nether Moon shines, Outsider, are you ready?】
“Generally speaking, you only say such things after a major event has ended.”
Xia De said in his heart:
“As for whether I’m ready, with these blessings, it’s still very difficult for me to defeat him, but I don’t want to fight a second time.”
He took a step, and at the same time, a whistle sounded behind him, and the loud bell broke the eternal silence of the place.
A huge brass Destiny Ring appeared in the gushing white steam. Four-colored spiritual light, like the sun, moon, and stars, radiated light towards this windless dark area.
The ancient silence was completely broken at this moment. In the resounding bells, the Nether Moon, half-submerged at the end, was moving upwards into the Darkness, and the patrolling white shadows also stopped, looking up at the Silent Moonlight above their heads.
Divine Radiance, transformed into golden light streams, coiled around him. Xia De took a step, but did not touch the water surface; instead, he slowly ascended into the sky.
“Prepare for promotion.”
【Understood.】
“She” chuckled softly in Xia De’s ear, that gentle smile so similar to the Nether Moon at this moment.
Bells rang, and the piercing whistle sounded like the cheers of thousands of people. The Destiny Ring rotated, and the four-colored Ling Rune resonated, even death was affected.
“Look, it’s starting again.”
Iluna, by the bonfire, rested her chin in her hand, and with Priest Augustus and Sister Devlin, looked at the scene before them, murmuring softly:
“Sometimes, I really wonder who the Chosen One is.”
Miracle - yellow moon —
The golden Ling Rune detached from the ring body and appeared to Xia De’s left. A witch in a cloak, holding a clear yellow moon, walked from afar and gradually overlapped with Xia De’s body:
【May the eternal Moonlight bless you.】
blasphemy - sloth —
The silver Ling Rune detached from the ring body and appeared to Xia De’s right. Faintly, the Mermaid of desire and the phantom of the evil god, the sleeping princess, appeared and gradually overlapped with Xia De’s body;
【sloth, is it truly your sin?】
inspiration - sleeping princess —
The brass Ling Rune detached from the ring body and appeared in front of Xia De. Faintly, Miss Fiona Drago, holding a spindle, appeared before Xia De and embraced him, gradually overlapping with Xia De’s body:
【Sacrifice yourself to save others. When the beautiful princess falls into Sleep, the Outsider bestows a kiss of salvation.】
whisper - True Death —
The black iron Ling Rune detached from the ring body and appeared behind Xia De. The faceless, formless angel phantom with multiple wings on its back appeared and gradually overlapped with Xia De’s body, as if a pair of wings also appeared behind him:
【You, who have died and resurrected, have already touched the most True Death.】
The flow of Original Fire poured out from the Night Watchman in Xia De’s hand, coiling around the rapidly rotating brass Destiny Ring. At this moment, even Joey Barton turned around, looking seriously at Xia De in the air.
Golden Miracle, silver blasphemy, brass inspiration, black iron whisper, the four-colored Ling Rune surrounded Xia De in a quadrilateral shape, gradually contracting inwards. The four strange illusions truly overlapped with his body. The four people observing Xia De from different angles actually all saw Xia De suspended with his head tilted back beneath that Nether Moon, the outline of the Nether Moon faintly overlapping with the outline of the Destiny Ring.
Steam mist drifted out from an unknown place, enveloping Xia De. Bells and whistles sounded, a huge hammer head descended from the dark sky, and a mighty force struck the rapidly rotating Destiny Ring.
【Outsider, guide a drop of divinity to imbue the Ling Rune you prepared for “Sublimation Words.”】
【Outsider, after using this drop of divinity, you will exhaust all divinity. Divine Radiance will still shine on you, but the effect can only last for a maximum of two months, and the effect of Divine Radiance will greatly diminish over time. If you cannot immerse new divinity into your soul, the Divine Radiance state will completely disappear.】
“She” reminded him softly.
His soul pulled the brilliant golden liquid drop into the giant golden metal ring rotating behind him. The light of divinity dispersed, and golden ripples scattered in all directions. On the lightless dark water surface below, faint silver-white lights actually appeared, as if a galaxy had emerged beneath the water.
The dazzling light, like the sun, all converged into the Enlightenment Ling Rune, the sleeping princess, in front. At this moment, it was as if time had ended, and death actually trembled. Not only the three people by the bonfire, but even Joey Barton deep in the water felt the tremor of the water surface.
The countless white shadows stood on the silent water, dotted with starlight, looking up at the young man beneath the Nether Moon. The spiritual light could not illuminate their faces. At this moment, the steam mist dispersed, and everything returned to peace. This gaze was like watching a living god.
