Chapter 208 VS Silver Moon 1

As I was attacked, the flames that made up my body scattered like exploding flesh and blood, leaving their mark in the dark room of the supervisor's office. Using this as a medium, even when I was blasted a thousand meters away, I could clearly see the scene inside the dark room and even launch an attack directly.

However, I still don't understand what's going on, why Chang'an suddenly attacked me, and why they unleashed such a powerful attack.

Is this the "demon bloodline out of control" phenomenon that Zhu Shihe and Mr. Zhu once mentioned? The base of the container that previously contained Chang'an was engraved with a magic circle to unseal it. Perhaps it was because I suddenly released it during the process of unsealing Chang'an that the program malfunctioned, resulting in the out-of-control outcome?

Or perhaps the bloodline seal was lifted normally, and Chang'an was simply unable to suppress his murderous impulse? In fact, the Zhu family had worried about this possibility, which is why they made Chang'an meditate before entering the seal-lifting stage. Old Master Zhu had to do so much preliminary preparation.

However, the young girl Lu Chan once told me that even if Chang'an were taken out of the container during the seal release process, it wouldn't cause any negative effects, which is why I felt comfortable releasing him. Besides, Chang'an is merely a "great demon" who inherited the bloodline of a demon; even if he really went out of control, it's hard to imagine that he could immediately unleash the power of a fully-fledged master.

This wasn't the first time he'd gone berserk; he'd done it as a child. If he had unleashed the power of a fully-fledged cultivator back then, let alone the Zhu family, even all the demon hunters in Xianshui City combined probably wouldn't have been able to withstand a casual strike from Chang'an.

Silver Moon was only at the Great Completion stage in her previous life. What merit or ability does Chang'an have to reach this level upon waking up?

Unless it's true that Silver Moon's soul is residing in Chang'an's body—however, Dr. Silver Mask clearly stated in his diary that Silver Moon's soul had already been scattered in the past duel with Ying Lingyun. Luo Shan also repeatedly confirmed that Silver Moon had not left herself any means of resurrection.

Even I, a layman, have had my doubts about whether Chang'an's body contains a backup plan for Yin Yue's resurrection, let alone the real experts in Luoshan. If even they have this conclusion, it's hard to imagine it's false.

If that's the case, how do we explain the current situation?

Just when I was completely baffled, the changes that occurred in the dark room next intensified my suspicions that "Chang'an's body contains the soul of the Silver Moon"—

Chang'an, naked, slowly rose from the ground, his body erupting with a large amount of luminous mist. It was a dreamlike white mist reminiscent of moonlight. This luminous mist enveloped Chang'an's entire body, radiating outwards with incredibly powerful and unfamiliar fluctuations of Great Completion level magical power.

The magical energy fluctuations of the other two forces that were fiercely clashing in the distance, belonging to Divine Spear and Dream Dragon, paused for a moment, seemingly shocked by this newly emerged and unfamiliar magical energy fluctuation.

In the blink of an eye, the light and mist vanished, and the figure that emerged was no longer Chang'an, but a young woman with long white hair, golden beast eyes, and wearing a moon-white dress, who looked as youthful and innocent as if she were still in high school.

Her face was unusually beautiful, so much so that it seemed inhuman, giving rise to a bizarre and terrifying feeling.

I recognized that face, that woman—it was someone I had seen in the photos kept by Dr. Silver Mask.

The Great Demon Silver Moon!

"You can see this, right, Zhuang Cheng?"

This "Silver Moon" actually called out my name. Her tone was familiar, with a half-smile, but the words she spoke next were filled with a chilling killing intent: "I didn't expect you to survive that attack. I thought you were at most a Master Realm cultivator."

"Are you Silvermoon?"

I repaired my body, and although I don't know if she can hear me, I'll ask anyway.

Whether she heard it or not, she continued in her own arrogant manner: "You are my child's most important friend, so I'm sorry, I'm going to kill you."

Kill me? Why?

Before I could even process what she said, she vanished from the dark room. I was still flying backwards high in the air when she instantly appeared above me.

This speed of movement is clearly not normal physical motion, but rather more akin to spatial transfer.

By now, I'm no longer surprised by opponents who can use spatial teleportation. In fact, based on my occasional conversations with Zhu Shi, spatial teleportation is a rather rare high-level movement technique, and those who can use it in combat are even rarer. It's just that since my "debut," I've encountered far too many people skilled in similar techniques. Especially those at the Great Completion level; it seems like they all know a thing or two about spatial teleportation. Even I myself, while not able to teleport, can use a similar effect—fire teleportation.

Strictly speaking, what this silver moon is using now doesn't seem to be spatial teleportation, but rather a modification of cause and effect and established facts. In my perception, it's as if she didn't move here, but was already above me from the very beginning.

Upon spotting her, I immediately stretched out and enlarged my right arm, reaching out to grab her.

With a try-it-and-see attitude, I attempted to ignite her body with my gaze, but it failed. Just like with Chenlong, the power of a Great Perfection level cultivator could prevent me from directly applying my spirit to her. This high-density power even automatically formed a shield, so even attempting to ignite her with the light emitted by the flames would only result in obstruction.

In the next instant, even my outstretched right arm attack was thwarted.

It wasn't that she defended against my attack or took a dodge stance. When I came to my senses, I found that my right arm had returned to its normal length. It was as if I had never made any attacking motion in the first place.

Silver Moon appeared in front of me at some point, her right hand forming a claw as she attacked my face.

Such a close-range attack was too much for me, even in my fire elemental form, to dodge.

I've heard that Silver Moon's special ability is the power to "turn illusions into reality." In other words, it's a power that allows her to alter reality at will. It's hard to imagine that someone with such an absurd ability actually exists. But the changes I'm facing right now seem to confirm the truth of this information to some extent.

My attack was inexplicably canceled, and in turn, Silver Moon's attack appeared directly at a distance I couldn't dodge. Reality seemed to have been altered to a situation unilaterally advantageous to Silver Moon.

Her previous mysterious movements were probably similar; she likely altered reality to make it appear as if she had been waiting above me from the very beginning.

Just as her claw strike was about to touch my face, I simply made my head disappear—a basic maneuver for my fire elemental form. As her attack missed, my entire body erupted in flames as if in a self-destruction, engulfing her in the flames.

Considering Chang'an's initial attack on me, and the fact that Chang'an disappeared after Yin Yue appeared, I can only assume that the Yin Yue before me is a ghost. She may have possessed Chang'an's body and manifested her own form, and attacking her now is attacking Chang'an. However, with such a powerful and unpredictable enemy at the Great Perfection level as my opponent, I cannot always passively defend and dodge.

Such a sudden counterattack caught even Silvermoon off guard. It was a close-range burst of fire that burned through her magical shield and mercilessly destroyed her body.

Her hair was burned, her eyes were blinded, her white clothes were reduced to ashes, and her exposed, delicate white skin rapidly carbonized and decomposed, the flesh sizzling as it burned. Before she could even scream in pain, the exceptionally beautiful girl was transformed into a gruesome and horrific human form in the flames.

There is no doubt that she is enduring extremely intense pain. Not just physical pain, but my flames have also ravaged her soul.

In the next moment, all of that disappeared.

The erupting flames, and the silver moon burning within them, vanished as if nothing had happened. The silver moon reappeared not far away, hovering high in the sky, her hair, skin, clothes... every part of her body completely intact.

She changed reality again!

This change is less about "turning illusion into reality" and more about "turning reality into illusion." Perhaps this is one application of her power.

"At least at the Great Completion level... and this flame is..."

She seemed a little confused. First, she looked at her hands and feet with a strange expression, then turned to look at me.

Suddenly, a look of curiosity crossed her face, and she asked, "You and my child have a good relationship, right? And you don't seem so stupid that you can't see that I'm using his body. Aren't you afraid of accidentally killing him?"

"Then why did you attack me?" I countered.

Of course, I care deeply about Chang'an's life. If I had the means, I certainly wouldn't want to harm him. But I'm not foolish enough to think that the enemy would obediently comply just because they've threatened Chang'an's body. Now that things have come to this, I must be prepared to make the corresponding decision—even if it means breaking all of Chang'an's limbs, or even burning half his life, I will bring him back.

At worst, I can ask Ma Zao to use her power of return to repair Chang'an afterward, or use other means to heal him. Even if Chang'an is still conscious now, and I have caused him psychological trauma from the burns, I can easily find someone to use mental magic and tools to erase his memories of that.

If the burn causes aftereffects that even the power of resurrection cannot repair, then I will take responsibility and do my best to find a cure for him.

"It seems my child has truly made a rare 'good friend'." She smiled. "As for your question, I don't seem to need to answer it. You just need to die peacefully, so—"

She raised her right hand and pointed her finger at me.

“Go to hell,” she said.

Then, words became reality.

An unprecedented "death" struck me—

(End of this chapter)