Chapter 1273 Enchantment: Crown of Thorns (Sun)

"Look, the sea that blocks out the sun—"

"Encyclopedia" Plotinus couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the magnificent scene in front of him.

He regretted so much that he did not study classical literature well.

Seeing such a scene, he couldn't even compose a single line of poetry. It was truly a waste of such a heart-stirring spectacle.

Plotinus never imagined that he would one day combine the words "covering the sky" and "sea".

Just like he had never thought... someone as insignificant as himself could fight against the celestial officials for the second time and become the key to saving the world.

Plotinus stood on the tall bronze bell tower, looking at the sea in the distance that suddenly solidified and blocked the sunlight.

Holy Spring City had already fallen into darkness. Only the faintest light of fires shone in the city, as weak as a candle that had not yet been extinguished in a storm.

"The moment of the solar eclipse is approaching..."

Plotinus murmured softly.

This clock tower is said to be as old as the history of mankind.

The craftsmanship of this magnificent bronze vessel originated from the civilization of the dragons, who loved to use this ritual vessel in offering sacrifices to the gods.

I wonder if this was already a desert when they built the tower. I wonder if the people who once stood on the top of the tower ever saw the real ocean.

Now, he saw it.

"Sir, the time has come."

The two Nephthys guards behind him whispered a reminder.

"Ah," Plotinus nodded, waking up from his fantasy, "I understand.

"—Then let's get started."

Puff——

All I could hear was the muffled sound of metal piercing flesh, like a knife cutting leather.

"Amon—Purify the dead souls before you!"

Amidst Plotinus's low chanting, the two Nephthys guards raised their ceremonial knives and stabbed them into their hearts without hesitation!

"My Lord!"

They shouted loudly, praising Xi Tiansi with ecstasy, "I am the sun!"

The surging blood turned into golden-red flames that bloomed like irises, igniting from within the armor.

Then, the two souls turned into burning fireballs, and crashed into Plotinus one after another accompanied by the clear sound of birdsong!

As the two balls of fire crashed into him one after another, his body was instantly ignited by the flames.

The intense pain did not stop him from chanting.

He simply grasped at the void, and the heat subsided. His body, blazing with flames, emitted an increasingly divine glow. The two flames condensed into phoenix-like wings, one on the left and one on the right, forming his wings as he chased the sun.

Plotinus slowly flew up.

As his clothes were burned by the flames, a still pure and flawless card rolled up and fell out of his breast pocket.

He reached out and grabbed it.

That was the golden tarot card, a gift from Aiwass to him.

It’s up to you, Plotinus thought to himself.

He didn't know if this card could actually save him... but Plotinus believed in Aiwass.

...Besides, it doesn't matter even if I fail.

Every Horus dreams of becoming the sun.

Only those who have despaired in the darkness will yearn for light so much.

Plotinus rolled his fingers, injected mana into the card, and activated it.

——[Enchantment: Crown of Thorns (Sun)]

As it was activated, a pure white thorn of light appeared on Plotinus' forehead.

With unbearable pain, it tightened violently——

Countless thorns of light burrowed into the flesh and blood vessels like living things.

In Plotinus's clear perception, they were like snakes crawling around, or centipedes tearing their own bodies apart.

However……

After they took over his body, the flames retreated and could no longer harm Plotinus in the slightest.

Right now—

Plotinus was shocked and looked at Yuan Tiansi in the distance.

As he relaxed his grip, the power of the "Sun Incarnation Ritual" gradually spiraled out of control and completely engulfed him.

On this land, the wall between the Dream World and the Material World has become incredibly fragile. It was recently destroyed by the Tail Ring Ritual, shattered by the Abyss, and it has yet to recover...

...Or perhaps, the Sand Clock hasn't started to restore it yet.

And a trace of Xi Tiansi's consciousness, accompanied by the purest Xihuo, has already descended into Plotinus' body!

Plotinus turned into a platinum fireball. The distorted heat melted the surrounding bronze bell towers and distorted the atmosphere in the sky.

——That is the art of Xihuo!

As the two golden-red flaming wings unfolded again, they turned blazing white, and the flaming figure in the middle became even more scorching.

And at this moment.

Plotinus woke up again, shaking his head.

He had now appeared in his ritual space, his body restored to its original form. His consciousness, like the other dream-wandering monks, was a pale golden, translucent glass body, resembling a blown-up candy figurine. Two Nephthys guards were already there, guarding his spirit body.

In addition to the two Nephthys guards, a trace of Xi Tiansi's consciousness has also appeared here.

He was an extremely handsome, strong man without a trace of gentleness.

He had golden hair as bright as the sun's flames, and eyes so dazzling that the whites of his eyes were invisible, gleaming with a brilliant light. He wore platinum-colored light armor, a white helmet shaped like an eagle on his head, and held two phoenix-winged daggers in his hands.

That was the manifestation of Xi Tiansi.

He is the opposite-sex self that Hengwo separated from, and it is the eleventh cut after her ten self-cuts!

And slowly appearing in the distance was a headless young man with a pale body.

He resembled a corpse floating in the ocean, his skin pale and swollen. He had no head, and from his neck onwards, he was covered in endless tentacles, a dark blue tinged with black. Behind him lay tattered wings, their skeletons only. He wore a grayish-white robe that might once have been majestic and glorious, but now had been corroded and faded.

In order to save as much time and energy as possible... Xi Tiansi didn't say a word.

Without thinking, he flashed forward, leaving a trail of golden light.

The dagger in his hand burst into a rainbow-colored nova as brilliant as sunlight, and the entire space was shaking violently!

The headless young man didn't respond at all—or rather, he couldn't respond in the first place.

The tentacles on his head multiplied instantly, transforming into countless sturdy limbs that flapped around. Simultaneously, his swollen body burst, and countless flesh and blood multiplied into maggot-like liquid tentacles, spreading in all directions and devouring Plotinus' spiritual world.

It was an intense pain that was indescribable.

The nerves burned like fire, and the soul was being eaten away bit by bit.

Memories gradually fade away and consciousness evaporates.

——Plotinus didn't know how long he could hold on.

but……

At this moment, Aiwass has woken up.

His consciousness has been integrated into Yuan Tiansi's body.

Originally, they were supposed to merge into one... but the original consciousness in Yuan Tiansi's body suddenly disappeared.

——It must have been captured by Plotinus.

The answer immediately emerged in Aiwass's mind.

He put his whole heart into his friend's plan, no matter how absurd it seemed.

—Is it really possible to trap Tiansi's consciousness in my own mind? Is this something a mortal could do?

Anyone else might subconsciously doubt Plotinus.

But Aiwass chose to believe him and handed him the precious "Crown of Thorns".

And that trust has now paid off.

With the disappearance of Yuan Tiansi's original consciousness, the original fusion ceremony was also interrupted.

Aiwas now woke up in Yuan Tiansi's body with an extremely clear mind - he knew how to use this body almost instantly.

Because it originally used its own flesh as material, dedicated to "itself", and constructed by "itself"'s power! No one could understand Yuan Tiansi better than Aiwass at this moment, not even Yuan Tiansi himself who had lost his mind and brain!

The authority of the Heavenly Minister—

The moment Aiwas regained consciousness, the first thing he did was to prevent Yuan Tiansi's power from leaking.

He did not intend to kill anyone, but the power that leaked out was enough to destroy mortals as fragile as ants.

It's naturally more difficult to stop the ocean than to move it, but Aiwass did it.

Not only that…

In the solidified sea, drop after drop of water fell and sprinkled on the people who had just been killed.

A miracle happened——

Even if they weren't dead yet...it was just a few seconds ago after all.

But all the people whose limbs were separated, twisted, contorted, and bloody were restored to their original state in an instant!

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I'm still not feeling well, so I'll update less and take a rest...

(End of this chapter)