Chapter 393 VS Ying Lingyun

After getting away from the battlefield of Mingzhuo and the Zodiac Duo, I began to observe where Ying Lingyun had fled to.

Ying Lingyun must have escaped with Chang'an's body, which contains my thermal energy signature. Unfortunately, the Humanitarian Division is now filled with forces that sever my perception of fire and heat, so I can't catch up with Ying Lingyun based on this clue alone. However, this level of obstacle is not enough to stop me.

I've never received any training in tracking, yet I'm still confident I can track down the enemy. Now, I can directly glimpse the traces of fate and cause and effect.

Many skilled witchers can use magic and rituals to predict information about the past and future, and through this means, they can glimpse fragments of fate and cause and effect, and use this ability to find missing people and objects. The miracles that they must go to great lengths to achieve can be simplified to an extremely simple act of "seeing" for me.

I simply stood still in one place and looked in the direction where Ying Lingyun had been before, and the scene of another place appeared in my mind.

Ying Lingyun seemed to have taken many anti-divination measures on herself; the scene appeared very slowly, and the "resolution" was so low it was alarming. I could only vaguely see blurry figures and scenes moving, but I couldn't discern many details. Fortunately, at least I clearly grasped the direction and position of the other party.

It seems Ying Lingyun lacks understanding of the true Great Impermanence. Just as he couldn't detect the thermal energy markers in Chang'an's body before, he can't completely shield himself from my spying now. No matter how talented he is, without a real Great Impermanence as his experimental subject, he still can't perfectly defend against the Great Impermanence's abilities.

I took a step in the direction my consciousness led me to.

I can disregard spatial distance; even without fire teleportation, I can instantly reach any point in the Humanity Division's headquarters. With just this one step, I completely stepped out of this seemingly infinitely stretching spatial area and arrived in front of Ying Lingyun, then unleashed my flames without saying a word.

At that moment, Ying Lingyun was with three people wearing silver masks, while Chang'an remained unconscious, lying naked and damp on the ground. Neither of them reacted to my appearance, and they didn't even have time to look at me before they were engulfed in flames.

However, Ying Lingyun seems to have some kind of automatic defense mechanism. When the flames appeared, a restarting power similar to that of Dr. Silver Mask automatically unfolded, blocking the flames like an invisible force field.

This force field was far more powerful than the Silver Mask Doctor's; even my current flames could withstand it. Upon contact with it, the flames automatically retracted like a movie rewinding. However, the force field was a fraction of a second too slow in expanding, barely saving Ying Lingyun himself. Before retracting, the flames touched the three silver masks, incinerating them to ashes.

After the restart field was deployed, it became an unbreakable wall. I was on this side, and Ying Lingyun and Chang'an were on the other side.

I then took a rough look at my surroundings.

The place appeared to be a room the size of a football field, with walls and floors made of silver-gray metal on all sides. On the floor where Chang'an lay, there was a magic circle drawn in blood, with lines resembling electronic components. Around the magic circle were various electronic devices and equipment, seemingly serving as substitutes for sacrificial materials.

Beside Ying Lingyun was a control panel with many complex dials and buttons of unknown purpose, as well as two large levers.

It was obvious that Ying Lingyun was already setting up the ritual to revive Silver Moon.

The ritual array is on the other side of the force field wall formed by the power of restart; I must destroy this force field first.

A large amount of flame began to rapidly gather in my palm.

Before the battle began, I couldn't make a complete judgment based on my observation of the connection with the thermal energy symbols, but now I can make a judgment: the Ying Lingyun in front of me is not a "possibility clone," but the real Ying Lingyun.

"You actually managed to shake off the Goat and Rabbit... no, did you use the Fate-Turbidity technique to hold them back?" Ying Lingyun looked at me coldly. "You've ruined my plans time and time again... as expected, the final enemy is still you."

"Don't worry about me ruining your plans again, because you won't have a future." I carefully observed Ying Lingyun and the restart force field.

I could see through Ying Lingyun's heart and perceive a fragment of a divine seal embedded within. It seems Ying Lingyun's method of utilizing the power of this divine seal fragment is the same as Dr. Silver Mask's. So, why is Ying Lingyun's power of reactivation so much stronger?

If nothing unexpected happens, it's probably a matter of permissions. Dr. Silver Mask is merely a vessel for the Divine Seal fragment; the true user is Chenlong. Ying Lingyun, on the other hand, is both the vessel and the user of the Divine Seal fragment. In a sense, Ying Lingyun at this moment can be seen as a kind of unpredictable and eccentric individual. His stats in all aspects are similar to those of an ordinary person, except for his extraordinary power in the path of restarting. This power is mostly due to the special environment of the Humanity Division's headquarters.

First came the Sheep and the Rabbit, then Ying Lingyun... Even with the help of the Divine Seal fragments and the special environment, the Humanity Division did indeed possess the combat power of the Great Impermanence level, which is truly astonishing.

It's unclear whether this belongs to the Humanitarian Affairs Department or is Ying Lingyun's private property.

The "eclipse" formed in my hand, and I threw it directly at the wall formed by the power of restart.

Even the immense power of rebirth at the level of the Great Impermanence could not bring the "Eclipse" back. This was a black flame capable of destroying even time and space; the power of time reversal alone was useless.

However, Ying Lingyun's power of restarting was not simply time reversal; it was the power of a fragment of a divine seal that could not be explained by reason. The "Eclipse" struck the restarting force field like a bullet hitting a bottomless quagmire. At first, it seemed like it could break through in one fell swoop, but it was quickly absorbed by the quagmire, and its momentum grew weaker and weaker.

The solar eclipse, which should have traveled at more than a hundred times the speed of sound, rapidly slowed down to a few millimeters per second, and soon could not even maintain that speed, reminiscent of a snail crawling.

I immediately detonated "Eclipse," and the black miniature sun shone with light like solar flares, with endless flames about to explode from it. However, even the speed of the explosion became incredibly slow, like a slow-motion scene in a movie. If I hadn't repeatedly and forcefully input the explosion command, the power of the explosion would have even been drawn back into "Eclipse" by the power of restart.

"Is this all you've got?" Ying Lingyun glanced at the scene of the two forces clashing. "I have to admit, I underestimated you, Great Impermanence. I was hoping that the power of restarting could be an invincible talisman, but it turns out that this is all you can do."

"Your power is sufficient to break through this layer of restarting power, but if this is your full strength, it will take more than ten minutes to break through it."

"And I... hee... haha..."

As he spoke, Ying Lingyun seemed to lose his mind again. He couldn't control himself and burst into laughter, which grew louder and louder as he roared towards Chang'an's body: "And I've made all the preparations! I'm going to revive Silver Moon... in less than a minute!"

As his joyful roar resounded, the ritual array surrounding Chang'an's body changed its lines from the red of blood to a metallic silver-white light.

A large amount of silvery-white lightning appeared in the air, forming countless mysterious and profound runes.

This is terrible!

I accelerated my efforts to break through the wall of restarting power, while also making efforts in other directions.

Those three silver masks I just burned to ashes… even ashes have their uses. Ying Lingyun didn't waste his energy reviving those three silver masks; instead, he helped me. They retained my heat and remained on the other side of the Reboot Power Wall.

The surrounding area was filled with forces that prevented me from perceiving through my connection with the heat, but the connection itself did not disappear and could still be used to transmit power. Although the transmission of power was greatly hindered by the wall of restarting power, Ying Lingyun's perception was ultimately at the level of an ordinary person. He could not sense that I was secretly transmitting power, let alone specifically hinder it.

I gradually transferred power to the other side of the wall, but didn't immediately manifest it. The power transferred was still too little. I needed to accumulate more. I sensed that Ying Lingyun, seemingly out of caution, had distributed some of his restart power in the ritual and on himself for defense; attacking immediately wouldn't hinder him at all.

It will take a little bit of time... just a little bit, not even a minute.

This is a race against time with Ying Lingyun; whoever is a second slower will lose.

But at this juncture, I still have one question in my mind.

To resurrect Silvermoon, two conditions must be met: a living sacrifice equivalent to Silvermoon herself, and a power so immense that it would drain at least ten Great Impermanence. The former is Chang'an, which is currently there. But what about the latter?

The power is so immense that it would require draining the strength of at least ten Great Impermanences. Where would Ying Lingyun get it from?

Clearly, Ying Lingyun could not have been completely unprepared for this.

He pulled down one of the large levers on the control panel with a heavy thud.

"All the preparations... have been for this moment, this instant!" His expression grew increasingly excited. "Give me your power!"

Whose power will I give you?

The moment this thought crossed my mind, an immense surge of magical power descended upon this space, so powerful it momentarily stunned me.

So far, I have encountered all sorts of powerful beings, from various advanced levels to the mighty and powerful Great Impermanence... However, this power feels completely different to me.

It felt like a vast ocean was floating overhead.

This is more than ten times the power of the Great Impermanence.

In terms of scale, this force is more than a hundred times greater than mine.

(End of this chapter)