Chapter 214 Victory

The battle is over.

High temperatures and dust raged across the site, with the sounds of burning echoing throughout.

With the help of my rapidly increasing power, I finally defeated Silver Moon. However, instead of reveling in my newfound strength, I'm now filled with unease. That attack was far too powerful; even I couldn't control it for a moment. It wouldn't be surprising if Silver Moon and Chang'an were burned to death. I'm worried that I might have accidentally killed my friend.

I felt the flames within me. Right after defeating Silver Moon, a brand new and enormous "slag" appeared inside. Although obtaining the "slag" didn't necessarily mean I had killed someone, the thought that this "slag" might contain Chang'an ingredients made my vision go black.

I manipulated the sea of ​​fire on a massive scale, dispersing the mushroom cloud that covered the surrounding area.

Although I couldn't directly manipulate the gale like Silver Moon, the movement of such a large sea of ​​fire was enough to create a strong wind, instantly dispersing most of the dust. At the same time, I drew out a large amount of flames and gathered them on my body, repairing my fire elemental body that had been shattered by Silver Moon's moonbeam cannon, and even repairing my soul along with it.

There were no difficulties along the way, as if repairing a minor injury. The soul, which had been tattered until just now, was suddenly renewed and became as if it had never been hurt at all.

Sufficiently deep soul wounds are not so easily repaired—if this theory is correct, then it applies not only to Silvermoon but also to me. Yet I have repaired my damage with ease. Does this mean the theory is wrong, or was the damage Silvermoon inflicted on me not deep enough?

My recovery ability must also have its limits. Perhaps right now, there are hidden injuries in my soul that I can't even perceive.

Furthermore, as the battle ended, I gradually detached myself from the perception of the metaphysical realm. Cause and effect, concepts, symbols... such abstract things faded and disappeared from my consciousness.

But I know that I have grasped the right direction, and perhaps in the future I will no longer need someone around me to activate supernatural abilities involving the metaphysical realm. It is only a matter of time before I can perceive the metaphysical realm with my own power.

Soon, I found my target in the cleared area.

Chang'an lay supine on the ground in the distance.

I quickly moved over to check on him. He was still alive, breathing and had a heartbeat. Although he had several small wounds on his body, those were probably just from being pricked with a needle inside the container at the Humanitarian Division's base, and from being cut by broken glass after the container was broken. It seems my flame's friend-or-foe identification mechanism is working well.

The silver moon appears to have temporarily disappeared. The silver moon that appeared earlier did not seem to have physically altered Chang'an's body into her form, but rather it was a temporary manifestation.

I don't know whether Silver Moon's soul was destroyed or left Chang'an's body. Judging from the fact that her magical fluctuations have been extinguished, the soul damage I inflicted on Silver Moon, even if it didn't kill her, at least injured her to the point where she couldn't maintain consciousness.

Chang'an doesn't currently give me a sense of danger, and at the same time, I can't sense Yin Yue's soul within its body. However, to be honest, I've always lacked the ability to perceive other people's souls. That's something I could only do after I've mastered the metaphysical realm of perception. The thought that Yin Yue's soul might still be in Chang'an's body makes me feel that this matter isn't over yet. I'll need to seek help from someone skilled in this area; I wonder if Mr. Zhu has any connections in this field.

Destroying the possession of a Great Completion-level demonic spirit is likely no easier than healing Ma Zao's soul wounds, especially since the spirit possessing Chang'an possesses such troublesome abilities. From the perspective of the Luoshan demon hunters, rather than painstakingly dealing with the Silver Moon demonic spirit's possession, it would be better to simply kill Chang'an for the sake of the world. And this is something I absolutely cannot allow.

If all else fails, I'll wait until I can independently access the metaphysical realm, and after achieving "mastery of divine skills," I'll see if I can selectively burn Silver Moon's soul. In the meantime, I also have other things I want to explore.

The origin of Mount Luo—"Naraku"

The "Origin" - the Arctic

And the wish of the Lord of the Divine Seal to accidentally divide the world in two...

Within the Silver Moon's "illusion," I obtained some intriguing information, the veracity of which is uncertain. Moreover, it seems that Asahi and I in the "illusion" not only defeated the Great Impermanence but also the Great Demon... Aren't Great Demons unique to the apocalyptic era? Could it be that in the possibility corresponding to that "illusion," a Great Demon descended from the apocalyptic era to the modern era, or that Asahi and I had the opportunity to travel to the apocalyptic era?

I even learned the name of the Great Impermanence, which I didn't recognize, from the "illusion"... It seems to be called "Fazheng"? Putting aside other information, it should be easy to find out if there is a Great Impermanence named "Fazheng".

Now, I need to settle things in Chang'an first.

I need to use the portal at the old Humanitarian Division outpost. Dream Dragon and Divine Spear are currently fighting there, which is extremely dangerous for Chang'an, who is unconscious. However, it's not a big deal; I'll just go and kill Dream Dragon and Divine Spear right now.

Well, I should thank Dream Dragon before killing him. If he hadn't activated the "teleportation barrier," the nuclear explosion summoned by Silver Moon might have killed Ma Zao and Zhu Shi at the old Humanitarian Division base.

I looked towards the former Humanitarian Division outpost. The "teleportation barrier," which resembled an inverted black bowl, had vanished. Suddenly, out of the corner of my eye, I noticed someone standing beside me.

It was the young girl Lu Chan. She looked at the devastated forest area left behind after my battle with Silver Moon with a sigh, and then said to me, "Your battle is over... Congratulations."

While there are many noteworthy aspects to my battle with Silver Moon, it was actually quite brief, and the young girl Lu Chan hasn't yet dissipated. However, her figure now appears much thinner, as if a gust of wind could cause her to vanish. She said she only had a maximum of ten minutes, but the actual time was clearly much shorter.

She's becoming more and more like an illusion.

Why would someone so ethereal and elusive manifest in an independent reality? This question resurfaced in my mind. However, the answer was already clear the moment I saw Dream Dragon appear.

At this moment, the battle situation at the former Humanitarian Division stronghold seemed to have undergone a surprising change.

(End of this chapter)