Chapter 138: The Magnificent Tang Dynasty
There are only two ways to kill a powerful being like the Holy Chanter: devour it, or destroy it with a stronger force.
People who face it will generally choose the former. If they choose the latter, it must be because the attacker cannot absorb this power for some reason. After the Holy Chanter is defeated, this part of the power will return to the [Fate Weaver*], and the next time the Holy Chanter is dispatched, there will be one more Holy Chanter.
This cycle continues until the Fate Loom runs out of power from peeking into fate.
Seth asked: "Why not choose to recycle the Destiny Loom in advance?"
He has read all the information about the "Destiny Loom". All the officers who encountered it chose to protect the person whose fate was being spied on, rather than recovering the anomaly that caused the fate to be disturbed in advance.
Why is this?
Tarona was moving forward in the clouds like a shooting star. She had never met Li Shimin before. Tracking magic must have real-person information to be most effective. Therefore, she could not accurately lock his position now. She could only search slowly within an approximate range like she was doing now.
Fortunately, Li Shimin had returned from a battle, otherwise she would have to search a wider area.
"The [Destiny Loom] is a projection of the loom of the three goddesses of fate. It is not a real object. Retrieving it is as difficult as asking me to fight a battle with the world consciousness."
As Tarona answered, she paid attention to the reaction of the power below. The chaotic power brought by the abnormality would still have a significant impact on her judgment, but it was better than being completely blind in the early stage of world consciousness.
"Besides, for a Rule-type anomaly like the Destiny Loom that still has its owner, recycling it might cause unnecessary misunderstandings. Compared to these unnecessary misunderstandings, letting it naturally consume is the best option."
Not all gods are lovers. The three goddesses of fate are not lovers. They entangle fate, weave fate, and then cut fate. The impact of the projection of the loom on other worlds is just a trivial problem to them, and they don't care.
These unloving, almost indifferent gods who have stepped into the door of rules will follow the consistent practice of the Time and Space Balance Bureau unless they decide to fight to the death with the opponent.
To put it bluntly, the Space-Time Balance Bureau accepts commissions from the world only to avoid the possibility that the destruction of these worlds will affect their own universe, and it does not need to be so involved.
The road is wide and we can each walk on our own side.
If you don't provoke me, I won't provoke you. This is the case for everyone, and it's the tacit rule.
Up to now, the [Destiny Loom] has not appeared many times, and the impact caused each time has been within the controllable range. The operators arrived in time, and the people whose fate was spied on were also lucky enough, so that extra option does not exist yet.
【so it is.】
Seth nodded and wrote all of these words down.
This is a valuable experience!
With these valuable experiences, he and Miss Tianqi can avoid many detours!
The newly born advanced intelligent life form contentedly recorded these valuable experiences in its own personal files.
A happy mood is contagious. Tarona, who was a little anxious, was infected and felt relieved.
People who love to laugh will not have bad luck.
Thanks to Tosais, two minutes later, the witch found Li Shimin galloping on his horse in the gap between two mountains.
Above his head, a chanter of holy music was leaping down, with a sharp golden spear pointed at his crown.
…
Li Shimin is still young, but he has already been a general who has fought in many battles. He has brushed shoulders with life and death countless times, and none of them was more dangerous than the present time.
He still underestimated the abilities of these monsters.
The moment he rode his horse out of the woods, the monsters that were chasing him also rushed out. The brief emptiness made them give up spreading their wings and fly. They got on all fours and attacked him like wild beasts. The qin-shaped heads made chaotic musical sounds. He only listened for a few short breaths before he felt dizzy and his vision went black.
Li Shimin bit his tongue ruthlessly, and the sharp pain woke him up from the gradually blurry darkness.
He crouched even lower.
There were six monsters chasing him, but now there are only two chasing him. The remaining four... are they above him, or to his left and right?
At this moment, the approach of death briefly brought him into a wonderful perceptual space——
The wind overhead is in turmoil!
It's above!
Li Shimin decisively abandoned his horse and rolled quickly to the side of the crevice in the mountain the moment he landed.
Bang!
He just stopped rolling, and the horse that was carrying him to escape seemed to explode, and with a bang it turned into a swelling blood mist that splashed everywhere!
A dazzling golden spear was stuck straight into the pool of blood, and the tail end was still buzzing due to the huge force of the throwing.
Li Shimin's pupils shrank uncontrollably.
The spear was thrown down from the sky, but it missed. The Chanter landed lightly on the edge of a pool of blood, its golden hooves stepping on the ground without raising any dust. It seemed to be weightless, too light.
clang.
With a slight sound, the golden spear that was mostly stuck in the ground was taken out by the white wolf's claws. The sharp blade reflected the sunlight that shone through the gap, and Li Shimin couldn't help but close his eyes.
Blah, blah.
Stones rolled down from the narrow mountains on both sides, and in a few blinks of an eye, the remaining three chanters of the holy music also gathered.
There was another one falling from above, all around, and the poor human's way of survival was blocked.
But Li Shimin's face still showed no panic. He raised his hand to gently wipe away the blood dripping from his jaw, and with his other hand he grasped the hilt of the knife at his waist, his black eyes remained calm throughout.
Although he had a feeling that he couldn't kill these monsters, he was not the kind of person who would sit there and wait for death.
The young general sighed with regret. As long as he could pass through this gap again, he would be able to get the newly purchased Thunderbolt bombs. Wuji said that the power of this batch of Thunderbolt bombs was very good. Two of them could blow through the city gate. He paid a lot of extra money to buy them.
What a pity.
bass!
Li Shimin drew his sword from its sheath, grasped the hilt with both hands, and held the sword across his body. His ten fingers were covered with coagulated blood, and his dark eyes stared silently at the monsters that surrounded him.
He might die here today.
...He also promised Guanyinbi that he would bring her some milk cake from the night market when he returned home tonight.
His young children also love to eat it.
Sorry, he's going to break his promise.
“Buzz!——”
Six sacred chanters surrounded the prey in a semicircle and made a buzzing sound in unison. The seven white strings of the harp kept vibrating, and the surrounding air seemed to be emitting waves invisible to the human eye along with the music.
"……Well!"
Li Shimin groaned, and his hands holding the hilt of the sword began to tremble. His vision went dark again. It was as if an invisible big hand reached into his originally light head, and this hand was cruelly stirring his brain. The sharp pain made him almost lose control of the long sword in his hand.
no!
Even if he dies, he wants to die while awake!
The man shook his head violently, but it only brought him a moment of clarity. He opened his tightly clenched teeth again and wanted to take another bite on the tongue.
The human tongue is covered with nerve endings and tiny blood vessels. If you bite it hard, it will not only be extremely painful, but also cause bleeding.
He is also a ruthless person.
Just as the teeth, ready to strike, touched the fragile surface of the tongue, before he could bite down hard, a hand as cold and delicate as porcelain pinched Li Shimin's tense cheek with irresistible force. The tiger's mouth, which was soft to the touch but harder than stone, pushed open his fragile tongue and got it stuck between his teeth that were about to bite down hard, forcing this human being who was willing to mutilate himself in order to stay awake to open his mouth wide.
Click.
He seemed to have heard such a sound, and his teeth couldn't help but feel sour, as if he had bitten on something harder than stone, and it was slightly painful.
In fact, it is.
Li Jia Erlang was born with a pair of affectionate eyes. If he looked at people with a smile on his face, he would always give others the impression that he was easy to talk to and sincere.
Now, these affectionate phoenix eyes were wide open, like a frightened cat, staring wide open.
Well, kind of cute.
Before her feet touched the ground, she saw the man trying to bite his tongue to commit suicide. The witch had no choice but to reach out and pinch his cheek to interrupt the spell. She thought to herself, he looks a lot like Zhan Zhao when he was called a little kitten for the first time, but Zhan Zhao's eyes are rounder and more like a cat's.
"Biting your tongue hurts so much, you might die."
The silver-haired beauty who suddenly appeared in front of him and pinched his cheek as easily as picking a flower spoke to him in a disapproving tone, and shook his hand gently.
This is how Guanyin maid coaxes children.
Li Shimin thought.
He spoke very softly, more like coaxing a child.
It was too close. Li Shimin's eyelashes trembled, but the breath exhaled from his nose gradually became smoother, and the rapidly beating heart in his chest slowly returned to normal.
——She came to rescue him.
The young general was so determined.
Not only because of her gentle attitude, but also because the monsters that surrounded him and tried to kill him were retreating hesitantly, and the spears that were originally aimed at him also slightly changed direction and were aimed at the third person who suddenly appeared.
people?
Li Shimin looked into her eyes that were like those filled with stars, and became determined again.
This is not a human being!
People naturally yearn for beauty, but too much beauty can make people feel scared.
This is exactly the person in front of me.
She was so beautiful that it was beyond the ordinary, so beautiful that people dared not have any obscene thoughts, so beautiful that one glance at her would make people fear falling into an abyss that mortals could not understand, and from then on lose themselves and could never wake up.
Li Shimin lowered his eyes and dared not look any longer.
"Oh."
The person in front of him seemed to understand his thoughts, chuckled, and let go of the hand that was pinching his cheek.
Li Shimin took a step back, with the tip of the knife hanging towards the ground. He wiggled his teeth, which felt a little sour, and lifted his drooping eyelids to look at the "person" who had turned around and stood in front of him.
She has long silver hair that trails on the ground, like a rippling river of stars, sparkling with tiny rays of light in the sunlight. The flowing rings surrounding her head seem to be blended with the twinkling starlight. The mysterious starry sky that cannot be viewed by anyone with all their strength is here.
It fell into the mortal world and became her.
Or...Him.
Li Shimin's breathing became lighter and lighter.
The humming sound of the chanter became louder and louder.
They discovered a powerful enemy, but they did not run away. These companion creatures that only obeyed orders had no concept of running away.
They must follow orders, even if there is a powerful enemy standing in front of them.
But they hesitated, for they realized that this powerful enemy might be unbeatable, even though they outnumbered them.
A strong enemy will not hesitate.
Talona raised her hand and summoned the summoning book that she had not used for a long time.
She was not interested in 24-hour personal protection for the time being. Later she wanted to find out who was in control of the "Destiny Loom" and why they were so hostile to Li Shimin.
Interesting, want to watch.
Seth: …
The summoning book rustled, and the white pages flipped endlessly. The glow of magic emanated from the book, attracting curious humans to carefully peek and observe.
A page of a book stopped steadily.
Printed on the front of the book is a cute stuffed bear sitting in a fairy-tale forest. Its body is as white as the page, its eyes and paws are bright red, and its mouth and nose are pink. It is very cute.
But its name isn't as cute as its appearance.
—Bryce kills the bear.
They specialize in killing non-humans and eating non-humans. They are extremely disgusted with those who are born with evil desires. Once they encounter one, they will tear it into pieces.
With luck, this person can still fight.
Before it transformed, it was just a little girl's doll with a cute name, Sissi.
That is a sad story.
After the mutation, Sissi slaughtered two towns, tearing apart all the drug dealers and human traffickers who were hiding there and pretending to be ordinary people. Even after they turned into ghosts, they could not escape the revenge killing.
After getting her blood feud, Sissi has been wandering in the latitude of reality and illusion ever since, hunting down all twisted, evil and non-human beings. The more she devours, the stronger she becomes, until one day she breaks through the latitude of reality and illusion and returns to the complex real world.
Tarona found it in the ruins of the little girl's home. It had caused so much chaos, killed so many bad guys, and devoured so many non-humans that the poor little bear became a wanted criminal on both sides.
The kind-hearted witch created a dreamy fairy tale forest for it. It responded to the witch's contract summons and became a member of the summoning book.
This was the first time Talona had summoned it.
A misty Sissi jumped out from the pages of the book and curled up obediently in the palm of her owner. The palm-sized little bear has a round head and is extremely cute.
But the way it looked at the chanters was not at all cute.
That's the look one gives to their prey.
Cold, eager, and filled with silent murderous intent.
The mixed voices from the chanters grew increasingly confused.
Tarona took back the summons and put the palm-sized stuffed bear into the arms of Li Shimin, who had withdrawn his sight and pretended that he had done nothing.
Li Shimin was so flustered when he received it that the knife fell to the ground.
Xixi tilted her head and glanced at him, her pink nose moving as if she was smelling him.
The man, who could hold it with just two hands, dared not move.
Two seconds later, the soft little bear snuggled into the man's bloody arms, without a single stain of blood on its white fur.
——A good person, bright.
Li Shimin looked at the moving puppet with curiosity. His hands were trembling slightly, but he held it very steadily.
Before he had seen enough, a finger gently poked his forehead.
He raised his head and looked into those eyes filled with stars again.
"Turn around."
The owner of the eyes said.
Li Shimin turned around obediently, but his ears were raised high.
He was a little excited.
Well, that's normal.
Tarona rubbed his wrist, grinned, and rushed towards the hesitant chanters like a cheetah!
How can the cute little bear swallow such a big prey in one bite?
Tear up!
Tear them all up!
Listening to the deafening noise behind him, Li Shimin stood straighter and straighter, and his arm muscles became more and more tense.
He exclaimed in his heart:
Guanyin Bi! I saw a fairy!