Chapter 482
The vibrant colors of the smoke from the six kingdoms paled in comparison to the bursting black flames.
Following the instructions on the divine wooden divination slip, the sorcerers and magicians spread the information about Yu Sui, the fifth world destroyer.
Soon, everyone in the world will know that the fifth world destroyer, Yu Sui, comes from the Qingyang Nangong family.
People will no longer call her by the name Nangong Sui, nor will they regard her as Princess Qingyang.
Everything related to Nangong Sui will be completely overturned.
Even the other World Destroyers were surprised and puzzled by the information obtained through divination.
Sheng Fei felt that the two words were completely unfamiliar. The more he looked at them, the sharper they seemed, like an invisible blade piercing his chest, making it hard for him to breathe.
He thought he knew everything, that he had seen through everyone, but a divination overturned all his understanding of Yu Sui.
"Her name is Yu Sui, so who is Nangong Sui?"
While everyone was shocked by the divination results, Kuang Chu asked, puzzled, "Isn't she Nangong Sui? Why is the divination result Yu Sui?"
"No matter who she was before, she is now just a world destroyer named Yu Sui." Zhuge Ling's eyes revealed killing intent. "You hid so well that even the Asura Eye of the Ming Clan couldn't detect you. Back then, you went to Taiyi Academy because you listened to Gao Tianhao and came to Taiyi to find the Heavenly Character Script, didn't you!"
Yu Sui blinked, as if she had just remembered when Zhuge Ling was referring to.
She smiled and looked at Nangong Ming: "Speaking of this, I really have to thank Prince Nangong. If you hadn't insisted that I go to Taiyi, none of these things would have happened."
"You should also thank Prince Nangong!"
Yu Sui shook the red paper umbrella in her hand and said nonchalantly, "If I had been left in the capital of Qingyang and had no chance to learn the Nine Streams Technique, I might have only been able to burn down the entire Qingyang with the Strange Fire."
"You beast!" Shan Chen pointed at Yu Sui and cursed, "You have absolutely no reverence for heaven and earth, no compassion for all living beings, you are a selfish and self-serving bastard!"
"Dean Shan, if you keep scolding me, I'm going to use my strange fire."
As soon as Yu Sui finished speaking, a flame ignited in his palm. Dan Chen's expression changed instantly, and he and the others used the Wind Riding Technique to retreat a great distance.
Only Sun Heng and He Xinsi remained in place.
He Xinsi's eyes revealed admiration.
Those who are born with knowledge will naturally have their own names.
This divination, which gathered the five elements of heaven and earth, once again proved to He Xinsi that Yu Sui was special.
Nangong Ming retreated with Sheng Fei. Although he was expressionless, a closer look revealed that his temples were damp with sweat.
Yu Sui chuckled and said, "It's just the Zhou Tian Fire of the Eight Trigrams Generation Technique. Are you already afraid of even this low-level technique?"
"you!"
Dan Chen's face was full of anger at being tricked.
Zhuge Ling gripped her drawn sword, her aura raging, and charged forward with murderous intent, her target Yu Sui: "Nangong Sui!"
Before she could finish speaking, the girl twirled the red umbrella in her hand. Before she could even open the umbrella, a scorching wave of heat rushed towards her, causing Zhuge Ling to raise her sword to block it: "Dean Zhuge, I don't know who you're calling."
Ignoring the wary and astonished gazes of others, Yu Sui's fearless eyes fell on Sun Heng.
The old man showed no fear from the beginning. His calmness and composure seemed to tell Yu Sui that he was not afraid of the strange fire, or that he had found a way to deal with it.
"Do you, like Ming Yueqing, also intend to retaliate against us with a strange fire?" Sun Heng asked in a deep voice.
"Report back?" Yu Sui laughed. "You're too kind."
Sun Heng spread his hands towards Yu Sui: "Yu Sui, I'll give you a chance. If you voluntarily abolish your cultivation, we can still take a gentle approach."
"Dean Sun, if you voluntarily relinquish your cultivation, I will agree to your request." Yu Sui looked at him with a smile.
Dan Chen was both anxious and angry: "Old Sun! Don't believe her! She's a liar who's full of lies!"
He was afraid that Sun Heng would actually agree to Yu Sui's request.
"Since Dean Sun is unwilling, let's find another place. Even if I really want to set you on fire, the people below are innocent."
Yu Sui, carrying the red umbrella, took two steps forward sideways, seemingly oblivious to everyone around her.
"Stop right there!"
An angry shout stopped her.
"Sheng Fei!" Nangong Ming exclaimed in shock and anger as he looked at the young man who had somehow rushed to the front of the Communication Academy's main hall. "Come back!"
The faces of Shan Chen and the others seemed to say to Sheng Fei, "Are you crazy? Are you going down there to die?"
Yu Sui looked at Sheng Fei, who had dared to come to the ground, with a slight surprise.
Sheng Fei was furious, his eyes and brows burning with rage. His brain seemed to be out of control, driving his body to bypass the layers of warnings and continue forward.
He felt as if he had returned to the time when he was the older brother who used to angrily scold and reprimand his younger sister in the palace.
This time, however, in addition to uncontrollable anger, there were many more complex emotions: anger, hatred, pain, and hostility.
Sheng Fei walked step by step toward Yu Sui on the steps, his gaze fixed on the girl. The person standing there was the cause and effect of the chaos in his entire life.
For a fleeting moment, Sheng Fei finally grasped a trace of reality related to her from his past memories, and then he said urgently and bitterly:
“You were born in Qingyang, grew up in Qingyang, were raised by the Nangong family, were supported by the Nangong family, and even committed heinous crimes within the Nangong family! Don’t think you can sever ties with us just because of a name!”
"Even if you possess a different kind of fire and have the power to destroy the world, you cannot erase the humiliation you suffered while trapped in the Nangong family!"
"You hate the Nangong family, but let me tell you, you can never get rid of the Nangong clan!"
"There has never been a person named Yu Sui in this world. To me, you will always just be Nangong Sui!"
The earth-shaking thunder that had preceded the divination had long since ceased. In the silent world, Sheng Fei's angry shouts sounded like a new round of thunder, and people subconsciously hoped to see an angry and defensive expression on Yu Sui's face.
The girl simply stood there quietly, scrutinizing the angry face for a moment before slowly looking away.
The hint of mockery in those dark eyes and her indifference towards him tore a huge rift in Sheng Fei's heart, one that could never be healed.
"Nangong Sui!"
Just as Sheng Fei was about to reach the top of the steps, Yu Sui slightly turned to the side, opening her red umbrella downwards. Sheng Fei's eyes were instantly filled with the giant red umbrella, its vibrant and captivating red transforming into a massive fire serpent that hurtled towards him.
Nangong Ming was the first to pass Sun Heng and the others, arriving at the front line immediately and catching Sheng Fei, who had been knocked unconscious by the fire snake, with one hand.
“Zi Lingyu”.
The ink-black spirit of the character spread its scale-covered wings to block the fire serpent amidst a shriek. When it realized that the strength of its opponent was beyond its imagination, Nangong Ming made a decisive move and immediately used the Master's Heavenly Secrets Imprint Painting technique.
Lin Ying Zhaohua recorded the five elements of the fire serpent, and in a short time, he reproduced the nine arts of others.
Two fiery serpents clashed. Nangong Ming originally thought he could master Yu Sui's Nine Streams Technique by imitating Yu Sui's shadow, but the moment the fire serpents reappeared, the Word Spirit Fire blocking his way shattered.
The fire serpent bit his spirit word into pieces, and after exploding, it scattered into sparks that fell in all directions.
Nangong Ming raised his hand to shield his eyes, looking ahead in astonishment. The red umbrella slowly moved upward, revealing the girl's black eyes that reflected starlight beneath it.
The moment their eyes met, Nangong Ming felt a burning sensation on the back of his hand, which was both infuriating and alarming.
A stray spark landed on the back of his hand, scalding his skin.
More than the burning pain of the fire snake, what Nangong Ming found unacceptable was the invisible majesty he sensed from the girl.
Her sharp edge was dazzling.
This suppressed all the questions in Nangong Ming's mind, making him unable to speak, and even unwilling to personally tear open the cruel truth and face the past scenes, as that would only make him reflect on how foolish and ridiculous he had been.
In every moment, how does that young child perceive himself?
How has she viewed herself all these years?
Nangong Ming dared not think about it at that moment.
Yu Sui met Nangong Ming's gaze, which was about to burst with anger, and gently turned the umbrella handle in her hand. Her gaze quickly swept past Nangong Ming and looked at the other two figures that were coming towards her.
Zhuge Ling and Shan Chen launched an attack on Yu Sui simultaneously, their figures appearing in front of Nangong Ming. Nangong Ming immediately retreated a distance with Sheng Fei.
"I will not waste this opportunity that Dean Changsun sacrificed himself for! Today I will definitely defeat you!" Shan Chen had just ignited his protective aura and was about to make a move when he saw He Xinsi using the Wind Control Technique to get to him, and he was stunned.
He Xinsi moved from standing next to Sun Heng to standing in front of Yu Sui. When he faced Sun Heng and the others, Zou Yuan and Qiu Hua, two ninth-rate saints, also came to his side, clearly indicating a division of camps.
The royal guards who had been stationed on the palace walls day and night appeared in front of the communications institute like a dense swarm of ants.
The royal guards wore heavy black armor, their exposed skin wrapped in black bandages, and only a pair of merciless eyes could be seen in the darkness.
"His Majesty!"
"He Xinsi!"
"What do you mean by this?!"
Zhuge Ling and Shan Chen asked angrily.
He Xinsi ignored her and looked at Sun Heng with a smile in her eyes: "Elder Sun, this Miss Yu Sui is my guest, and also a guest of Nanjing."
Qiu Hua kept a straight face. Although he couldn't understand why He Xinsi chose to stand on the side of the destroyers, his blind trust in He Xinsi made him defy his instinctive fear.
“Elder Sun, as you said, a gentler approach would be better.” He Xinsi landed on the ground using her Wind Riding Technique and stood among the Royal City Guards. She said to Sun Heng, “We all know that the Destroyer can only cause widespread casualties by actively using the Strange Fire. If she doesn’t use the power of the Strange Fire, there will be no threat.”
"Water Boat shared information about the World Destroyer with us, but didn't say how to clean up the mess."
"What good does it do for the six kingdoms, or for everyone in this world, to keep provoking the destroyers and forcing them to use the strange fire?"
Sun Heng asked, "Your Majesty, are you willing to gamble with the lives of all the people of Nanjing?"
He Xinsi replied, "I would not allow you to force the Destroyers to use different flames to fight on the land of Nanjing."
"Are you crazy?!" Shan Chen was incredulous at He Xinsi's decision. "You actually chose to believe in the Destroyer! You're going to destroy the Southern Jing Kingdom!"
"What nonsense!" Qiu Hua didn't like hearing this. "If she's going to destroy a country, she'll destroy Qingyang first!"
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" The men from the Thirteen Departments rushed over from afar, shouting urgently to the people of the Communications Institute, "Someone is taking advantage of the chaos to steal the Pagoda at Liulitai!"
This news is just adding to the chaos.
Yu Sui looked at Nangong Ming, who was hiding at the very back, but he avoided eye contact and left without hesitation with Sheng Fei, heading towards Liulitai.
The water boat and the destroyer of the world are irreconcilable enemies.
With Sun Heng around, Nangong Ming didn't need to worry about the world destroyer; his focus was always on breaking the oath of non-war between the six kingdoms.
"Your Highness," Qin Shan hesitated, looking in Yu Sui's direction, but Nangong Ming said coldly, "Let's go, we can't lose the fragments."
Those were seven fragments that had taken them a long time to collect; they were just one step away from achieving their goal.
The anger that was building up inside Nangong Ming was hard to let go of. His grand goal for the rest of his life drove him to overcome his fear of the strange fire and regain his composure.
The people of Qingyang slowly withdrew, no longer confronting the destroyers.
Sun Heng said to Zhuge Ling, "Go ahead, I'll stay here."
Zhuge Ling gripped her longsword tightly, her eyes filled with resentment. Before leaving, she asked sharply, "Was the burning of the Zhou Kingdom by Mingyue Qing a conspiracy among you World Destroyers?"
"Come here, and I'll tell you." Yu Sui smiled innocently.
Zhuge Ling stopped talking and left with a grim expression.
Yu Sui looked at Sun Heng again, but the smile in her eyes gradually faded.
Although the distance between them seemed far, Yu Sui could still sense an ominous power emanating from Sun Heng, making her feel restricted and as if her limbs were bound by some invisible chains.
Sun Heng previously revealed the divination process and the method of finding the Eye of the Ruins to solve the strange fire, but he never mentioned how to deal with the Destroyer.
Faced with tens of thousands of royal guards blocking his way, Sun Heng showed no sign of backing down. He calmly extended his hand to Yu Sui and said, "I hope you will use the strange fire."
Before Yu Sui could respond, Qiu Hua had already cursed, "You senile old fool! This is Nanjing! What are you planning to do by letting her use the strange fire here!"
“Elder Sun, it seems you possess a magical artifact capable of withstanding strange fire,” He Xinsi said.
He didn't believe that Sun Heng's strength was enough to ignore the strange fire. What could give Sun Heng confidence and a sense of security must be some kind of extraordinary weapon or treasure.
“This still requires her cooperation to confirm.” Sun Heng looked at Yu Sui. “The Strange Flame is the trump card of every World Destroyer. If we can let you know that this trump card is no longer useful, then we can save a lot of time.”
"Dean Sun, this is Nanjing, not Taiyi. There's no Earth Core Power to save your life here." Yu Sui looked at Sun Heng through the Royal City Guards. "Or did you bring the Earth Core Power of Taiyi with you?"
Sun Heng laughed and said, "You don't need to test me, make your move."
Yu Sui laughed along: "You'll have to get past my first move first."
Qiu Hua and Zou Yuan both stood in front of Yu Sui. Qiu Hua was no longer afraid of Yu Sui; he was more afraid that Sun Heng would go crazy and force him to use the Strange Fire to burn the country.
There's more than one world destroyer in Nanjing, there are three!
The Thirteen Divisions have already led a team to find the other two World Destroyers. According to He Xinsi's orders, they are to protect them, not capture them.
Seeing that He Xin was determined to stop Shui Zhou, Sun Heng's compassionate gaze gradually faded, revealing a stern and ruthless demeanor.
Glazed Glass Terrace.
As Changsun Zi finished her divination, the densely packed golden characters and incantations on the stage dimmed, and the violent wind subsided.
While everyone's attention was focused on the sky, two figures moved almost simultaneously, using wind manipulation to reach the highest point of the glass platform.
In the center of the platform, where Changsun Zi once stood, only a charred mass remained, shaped like a withered tree. Fragments, emitting a faint, glowing light, still hovered around it in the air.
The two swift figures landed as soon as they sensed something was wrong. They exchanged a glance and realized that they had the same goal: to get the remaining fragments of the Floating Pagoda.
"It's you!" Gu Gan's eyes reflected the red light of the pearls on the girl's earlobes. He was the first to stop her, and golden words flashed before Tu Miaoyi's eyes.
"There's someone on stage!"
Exclamations and alarms came from below, attracting the attention of others.
"Don't even think about it!" Zou Ye was delighted to see someone trying to take advantage of the chaos to snatch the fragments, and immediately flew forward.
Zou Yexi used his wind manipulation technique to ascend the stage, and with a single blow, the stage shook and trembled, scattering the gathered fragments of the Floating Pagoda.
Seeing this, Tu Miaoyi and Gu Gan didn't bother to stop Zou Yexi and each flew over to grab the scattered fragments.
Two figures, one in white and one in green, landed on the platform. Wei Xizhen and Jiang Fengyu each held a piece of the Pagoda.
There were seven fragments, but for some reason there were only six on the table.
The five people on the stage looked at the last remaining fragment and moved at the same time.
The originally dim characters and incantations on the glass platform suddenly flashed with golden light. The dazzling light forced them to avoid it, and when the light disappeared, the fragments of the pagoda were gone.
"Who took it?!" Zou Ye shouted excitedly.
Without saying a word, Tu Miao turned and ran, and Jiang Fengyu caught up with her.
In the underground cave connected to the divination array of the Glazed Terrace, Mu Mengbai looked at the fragments of the Floating Pagoda that had been transported there by the array and sighed, "You've gotten yourself into big trouble by trying to steal this thing!"
Zhong Lique stared at the fragment with a furrowed brow. The object, as smooth and lustrous as jade, was undoubtedly a top-grade treasure, yet she had foreseen a terrifying scene through it.
"The divination results... you've seen them too," the dying Zhongli Que looked up at Mu Mengbai, "the strange fire of the Xuan Gu Continent came for it."
They saw the past in the divination sticks made from the sacred wood.
When the six kingdoms made a vow of no war, they broke the pagoda into seven pieces, which were scattered throughout the world. Until several hundred years ago, someone found the fragments that should have never been seen again.
When the two pagodas met, they summoned a world-destroying fire.
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