Mortals instinctively wanted to prostrate themselves, and even the world itself responded.
The wind stopped, the fog dispersed, and the eerie hymns sung in exotic languages intertwined with ancient and primitive moon-worshipping songs.
Even ordinary people in Middlesburg could hear these two songs, but no one knew what they represented.
"What exactly is going on?"
Above the City, the massive undead conglomerate, hatched from the Gap and surrounded by countless limbs, moved slower and slower under the influence of the great one's power, until it curled up, as if trying to shrink back into its cocoon.
But the human Ring術士 did not attack; they also instinctively lowered their altitude and suppressed their power due to the great one's appearance in the distant mountains.
Even though the great one had no intention of interfering with Middlesburg, and did not even cast any attention towards it, the great one's power had already begun to affect the City.
It was Iluna who asked the question, riding on her floating spirit horse, looking up at the two moons in astonishment.
Even she herself didn't realize that she had instinctively lowered her voice, as if afraid of disturbing those even more terrifying existences.
"A great one's Descent."
Mr. Racon Matisse of the Sun Church said with a trembling voice:
"Two great ones have appeared at the foot of Sicar Mountain."
At this moment, whether it was the Witch Emperor, the Phoenix, the Church Ring術士, or others, they all stopped their attacks.
The Moonlight of the Silver Moon and the Red Moon shone on their faces, and that serene Moonlight also shone on the City below them.
The chaotic Sicar-Middlesburg region, at this moment, surprisingly returned to Balance; everything else became unimportant.
The mountains were bathed in Moonlight, and the red and silver Moonlight illuminated countless panicked and terrified faces.
Even a Thirteen Ring Sorcerer could not have imagined that two great ones would descend upon Sicar Mountain without any warning.
"Why on earth..."
"Sister Devlin of the Natural Church..."
"It's too late... Why would a great one descend now? Could it be Middlesburg..."
"If the Red Moon is the God of Vampires, then that Silver Moon is..."
"The Summoner, after all, once again..."
"Quick, lower your heads! Everyone lower your heads, don't look..."
It seemed as if all sounds completely disappeared at this moment, with only the starry sky revealed above the thick white fog remaining so profound and enchanting.
People initially did not realize what they were focusing on, until they found themselves unable to speak, unable to move, unable to think, and even unable to realize what they were doing.
Light, blood-colored and silver light, slowly rose from the foot of Sicar Mountain.
But looking closely, what rose was not light, but two moons.
Yes, the Scarlet Moon and the Holy Silver Moon slowly rose from below Sicar Mountain, but their speed seemed to completely surpass light.
The two moons, under the night sky, silently and violently collided amidst the intertwining hymns, until they both rose to the summit of Sicar Mountain.
The starry sky dimmed, and even the flames of civilization gradually extinguished because of it.
Crack!
With the sound of shattering glass, the two moons completely collided at the summit of Sicar Mountain.
Space shattered, the earth surged; the light in that the moment even solidified time and space.
Above Middlesburg, almost everyone covered their eyes and ears.
But the collision between great ones still appeared clearly in their "eyes."
Until the two moons separated again, although the terrifying pressure remained, those whose thoughts were frozen could at least realize that blood was flowing from their mouths and noses.
The ability to remain suspended in the air without falling was purely because everything just now had been solidified.
"What exactly is this doing?"
Iluna held her Balance, protecting herself with the power of the ancient death god, her eyes fixed on the Silver Moon:
"The great ones, it seems, are not here for the Gap and Middlesburg?
What are these two great ones fighting for?"
But no one could answer her question anymore, because except for her and Sister Devlin, who held the black scythe, no one could directly gaze upon the great ones' battle without paying a price.
"This is like during the Summer..."
The scene before her instantly brought Iluna's thoughts back to Tobesk on a midsummer night.
And that holy silver Moon gave her a very bad idea; she widened her eyes slightly.
Her divine-constructed left eye gazed at the silver Moon, while her normal right eye was shedding tears of blood, and her expression instantly turned panicked:
"That wouldn't be..."
"Moon Child, why do you contend with me for the Red Butterfly?"
Above Sicar Mountain, the Moonlight of the Red Moon formed a tidal wave of light, striking Xia De, who was dressed in a silver-white robe.
The new great one did not dodge; 【All Phases Are Unpredictable · Silver Moon】, 【all things are impermanent · Balance】, 【all things are impermanent · Darkness】, 【all things are impermanent · death】, four cards rotated evenly around the great one, emitting a golden glow:
"God of Vampires, we both admire those two Red Butterfly.
You want to brew blood wine with the Red Butterfly, but I want the Red Butterfly's companionship, so you cannot take them... Darkness, devour that Moon."
He pointed forward, lightly tapping 【all things are impermanent · Darkness】 as it rotated in front of him.
The rotating card stilled, and in an instant, it was as if someone had extinguished the world's lights; profound darkness engulfed everything.
Then the world brightened again, but that Blood Moon in the starry sky actually had a notch, and the Gap expanded little by little, slowly being swallowed by darkness.
Only the silver Moonlight still shone down, just as it had for thousands of years.
"Moon Child, are you pitying two mortal women?"
The power of the ancient death god, the crawling darkness, suppressed the radiance of the Red Moon, but the God of Vampires did not weaken because of it; instead, he seemed to become stronger:
"But I am the protector of the Vampire; I am the protector of night-walkers!"
The hymns were loud, and countless shadows flew out from beneath the Blood Feast Lord's feet.
The great one's appearance was that of a handsome middle-aged count, but that was only a superficial appearance in mortal eyes.
At this moment, the terrifying true form of the Vampire evil being, projected from a higher dimension, an unnameable great one that occupied a vast space and could not be directly gazed upon by mortals, reached out to Xia De.
Xia De lightly tapped 【all things are impermanent · death】 as it rotated in front of him:
"All things have a final death; the fate of the Red Butterfly will not end here, I guarantee that."
Scattered silver Moonlight appeared around him, and the great one held the black scythe.
The scythe swept forward silently, and the power of final death destroyed the great power of the God of Vampires.
Even an evil great one dared not touch the decaying light of an ancient death god, and was forced to retreat to a lower position in disarray; the power of the ancient death god, the ancient death god, suppressed the power of the night-walker.
"Moon Child, why are you so stubborn.
The Red Moon and the Silver Moon are one, why are you unwilling to share that Red Butterfly with me."
"Because they are mine."
The last card that rotated in front of him was 【All Phases Are Unpredictable · Silver Moon】.
The great one gazed at the lady on the card, who sat on a high stool, holding the Moon between thin veils and curtains:
"God of Vampires, you and I both possess the great power of the Moon; let's have a final duel.
Regardless of the outcome, I will not retaliate against your dependents, and you cannot disturb my life in the mortal world."
"Moon Child, let me see how you understand that flawless Moon."
Xia De ascended towards the starry sky, and the God of Vampires descended towards the summit of Sicar Mountain.
The two gazed at each other across the distance; Xia De spread his arms and hung upside down in the air, his body seemingly melting into the Silver Moon; the God of Vampires transformed into a crimson blood-light amidst wild laughter, yet also like a giant blood bat making its final resistance.
Lightly tapping 【All Phases Are Unpredictable · Silver Moon】, that cool power permeated the great one's body.
In a trance, Xia De once again stood on the field ridges of that boundless wilderness in his dream, and once again saw that silver Moon that seemed within reach.
The Star Sea was inverted, the Silver Moon spanned the sky.
The great one's body perfectly overlapped with that Silver Moon, as if he was that Moonlight.
Under the forced gaze of everyone above Middlesburg, as the serene silver radiance covered the earth, and as all the light in the Star Sea converged into one point, a pure and flawless brilliant light was kicked out.
And at the summit of Sicar Mountain, the saint standing on the earth transformed his body into a blood-light and rushed towards the sky.
The silver light and the blood-colored glow silently intersected at the peak of Sicar Mountain; the Silver Moon destroyed the blood-colored light with overwhelming force, and then struck the volcano.
In the already evaporated summit lake area, it left a mark that seemed to lead to the abyss at the bottom of the mountain.
Silver light fragments swept across the starry sky, and after the light ripples dissipated, even much of the Gap's white fog disappeared.
The starry sky finally appeared above Middlesburg; the Star Sea was so magnificent and dreamlike.
The God of Vampires was gone; only the great one, dressed in a silver robe, stood in the air, looking up at the freely swimming Star Sea Whale, and then looking down at the summit passage connecting to the Gap and death:
"Everything should end."
Compared to his struggle with the Lord of the Blood Banquet in Tobesk, Xia De could now better control the power of divine burning.
After defeating Vampire Duke Loyaer, the divine radiance still had not dissipated; he could do a few more things.
If he wanted to raise his hand to deal with the giant amputated undead beast above the City at this moment, it would be a matter of a single thought, but he wanted to end all of this completely, to thoroughly resolve the big trouble in Middlesburg:
"Fortunately, the Witch Emperor of the fifth epoch, Violet Marshall, has found the correct approach—stabilizing the passage to outer space, splicing True Death, guiding countless souls to the material world, and finally stepping into the newly opened passage."
He bathed in the Moonlight of the Silver Moon, looking at the whales swimming in the brilliant Star Sea of late autumn.
Neither the chaotic battle above the City nor the brief struggle between great ones seemed to affect these semi-solid star beasts.
Flocks of azure transparent whales roamed freely in the deep night sky, like a deep blue canvas adorned with a few shimmering brushstrokes.
Behind them was the massive spatial rift connecting to outer space, and in front of them, the necessary passage for departure had already appeared.
