Wonderful Spectacle: Reflection of the Soul!

Ash and Vichy suddenly collapsed into a pool of shadow and went down along the gap in the elevator!

However, from Ash's perspective, he felt like he and Vichy had entered a dark tunnel, with endless darkness all around. Vichy was crawling on all fours in front of him, and when Ash looked up, he could see her high-heeled boots, her thighs slightly tightened by purple knee-high socks, and her lace maid skirt vaguely visible, with a touch of fleshy white between her stockings and her skirts...

This was supposed to be a very refreshing and beautiful perspective, but Ash felt that he was about to go crazy. It was so narrow and cramped, Ash felt that he was being oppressed from all sides and could only crawl in the dark, but no matter how he crawled, it was like standing still. The maddening boredom filled his heart. Even the dirtiest toilet in Shattered Lake Prison was a hundred times better than this!

"This is the shadow dimension." Vichy's voice remained the same, and one could immediately recall her smiling face full of teasing and nonchalant eyes. She seemed unaffected by the environment here: "I reversed the reflection of my soul and used the shadow to move. Fortunately, we are all demigods, with our souls and bodies combined into one, and the reflection of our souls can barely allow us to fit into the shadow. Otherwise, we would have to think of other ways."

Ash took a deep breath and tried to divert attention with a discussion: "Does this world actually have a shadow dimension?"

"Maybe there wasn't any before we came in, but there was after we came in." Weishi smiled and said, "We may be the first visitors to the Shadow Dimension."

"What's the meaning?"

Wei Xi changed the subject: "Do you think we summoned the gods or created them?"

Summon or create?

Ash was stunned, and after thinking for a while, he understood Vichy's question.

If the magician summons the gods, it means that the gods already exist, and even if there is no magician, the gods will maintain the laws of all things somewhere; if the magician creates the gods, it means that if there is no magician, the gods will not exist.

He pondered for a moment and gave an ambiguous answer: "Sometimes it is a call, sometimes it is a creation."

"Neither is correct." Vichy smiled and said, "The correct answer is neither summoning nor creation. The existence of gods is much more ambiguous than we imagine."

"The word 'ambiguous' is usually used to describe feelings..."

"Yes, gods are like a relationship that has not yet been established." Weishi said, "In order to establish a relationship, the two people must at least know each other and have been together for a period of time. The same is true for gods. Before the gods appear, we must have already discussed with the world for a long time, at least explored to the extent that we can understand the essence of gods."

Ash: "But isn't this the magician creating a god?"

"I meant 'we', not the magician."

Ash blinked, "You mean..."

"The correct answer is that mortals created gods." Weishi said, "I'm not making this up. This is the consensus of scholars of our time. Before the emergence of intelligent creatures, there were no gods on earth. It was the exploration of the world by intelligent creatures that made it impossible for the vague laws to remain in a chaotic state, and they had to collapse into a stable and concrete form - that is, gods."

Ash remembered a joke he had seen before. When scientists invented the microscope, the world that was originally only 1080P had to be replaced with 8K ultra-high-definition maps.

"There are only magicians who transcend their time, but no gods who transcend their time." Weishi said, "For example, before the invention of guns, it was impossible for gun gods to appear in this world. Or maybe the whole world is like this. Before we magicians truly verify it, all truths are in an ambiguous state."

"So we neither summon nor create the gods. Just like an ambiguous relationship, it can develop in many directions. All we can do is let it go in the direction we expect." She said calmly, "But once the direction is determined, the vague boundaries will become clear. When you are uncertain, anything is possible. Once you are sure, there will be order and taboos."

She paused, "Just like fire. It is said that before the birth of the Fire God, although fire was very hot, it would not harm intelligent creatures. Even Lala Fei would not be burned. It would only burn plants, flowers and stones. But after the birth of the Fire God, fire has a definite destructive power. People can only use it and can no longer get close to it."

"The more we magicians explore, the less fantasy this world will have. Just like this shadow dimension, it may have had infinite possibilities before we came in, but now it is just a narrow and cramped dark world." Vichy said: "In a sense, magicians, like source angels, are making this world more complete."

Ash watched Vichy crawling in front of him. Even in the cramped and dark tunnel, she was still as relaxed as if she was taking a walk in the garden. She understood the truth of this world, knew much more than Ash, and had experienced much more than Ash. She understood all the great principles, had endured all kinds of suffering, and had endured all kinds of loneliness, so even if she was in the darkest corner, she could still overlook the whole world.

"The gods are really interesting." He said faintly.

"Yeah, it's really interesting."

Vichy suddenly stopped, and Ash, who was crawling with his head down, almost got into her skirt.

"arrive."

The first thing Ash did after leaving the shadow dimension was to breathe heavily. His neck was covered with sweat, and he felt as tired as if he had just gone through a tough battle. Vichy silently activated the "Soul Screaming Sound Wave", which reduced the presence of the two to the lowest point in the eyes of the soul creatures.

After resting for a while, Ash noticed that they were in a huge underground space. They were located on the stone beam under the dome, which gave them a great view of the area below, but no one would notice their excellent position.

Below them was a vast hall with a ceiling tens of meters high. Hundreds of magicians were working busily like worker ants. Five huge doors with flowing colors appeared in Ash's field of vision.

"Is this... the Eternal Void Gate?" Ash murmured.

"It's the first time I've seen it, too." Wei Xi stared straight down, his eyes filled with greed and admiration: "Empty Gate... It's really a groundbreaking new concept. The pattern of the highest stars is even greater than we imagined."

It was within their expectation that Fanxing would build an empty gate, but the fact that the empty gates were built almost face to face was another concept - it was obvious that this would be the most important trade hub in the future, where goods from the five countries would be circulated most efficiently, and they would share what they had and exchange information!

It's not that the Starry Kingdom is oppressing the other four, but that the five countries are making progress together! In this high-density exchange, the magicians of the five countries will usher in an unprecedented period of explosive growth. Starry Kingdom really treats everyone equally and intends to let the five countries enter the great magician era together!

They looked at each other for a while, then Ash retracted his gaze and said, "The empty gate is not built yet, let's go back and prepare."

Fanxing has her ambitions, but Ash also has his own selfish desires. In fact, if he really wants to save the world, Ash should surrender and give the Supreme Tail Feather to Fanxing, so that Fanxing can become the most powerful magician of all time. But Ash is unwilling to do so even if he dies - he saves the world to live happily with his lovers, not to fulfill the ambitions of Fanxing, that disgusting bastard!

"Um."

Wei Xi nodded, and suddenly turned her head to look at him, her curly ponytails swaying slightly: "Is there something you suddenly came to see me today?"

Ash looked at her, thought for a moment, and stretched out his hand to her, "Give me your hand, relax your mind, and let me control your Soul Lock Spirit... just for a moment, I'm not trying to steal it from you."

"I'm not worried at all." The maid chuckled, "I'm all yours anyway."

Ash's consciousness penetrated deep into Vishi's magic temple, and then he controlled his own magic spirit and Vishi's soul-locked spirit to build a wonder in her magic temple.

Surprise gradually appeared on Vichy's face. Nearly ten minutes later, Ash finally let go and let out a long sigh of relief: "I failed three times... but I finally got it done. You should be able to sense the specific effect, right?"

Is this guy showing off? He failed three times in ten minutes and was able to build a wonder, and it was a soul wonder that he was not good at... Is this guy definitely showing off! ?

Weishi glanced at him as if he were a monster, then subconsciously sensed the effect of the wonder. Immediately, he couldn't help but smile: "In the dark soul form, I can collect souls to strengthen the effects of my soul spells, and I can also offset damage by consuming souls. It can even enhance movement, healing, and reconnaissance... This is simply a soul wonder tailor-made for me!"

"I'm glad you like it." Ash scratched his cheek. "It's worth my hard work for a few days... This wonder is not complete yet. You have to continue to fill it with magic spirits to complete it yourself."

The Dark Soul Wonder had long been used up by the Phantoms, and many of the spirits died suddenly and could not be reassembled at all. However, Ash remembered the construction method at that time, and after returning, he has been trying to reconstruct this wonder. After many attempts, he found that a powerful soul spirit must be used as the main axis, and Ash naturally thought of the Soul Locking Spirit.

It's just that Ash has been restless these days, so he hasn't found Vichy to reorganize the wonder. It was not until Felix talked that he made up his mind and came to Vichy to show the results of his work in the past few days.

"For me?" Wei Xi was startled. "You have been trying to build a third wonder for me these days?"

"Because Sword Lady and Witch both have three wonders, but you only have two, so I feel..." Ash felt a little embarrassed as he spoke, as if it was shameful to spend time preparing gifts, and he skipped the topic directly: "I want to ask you something."

Wei Xi tilted her head, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and her eyes revealed a gentleness that was completely inconsistent with her villainous temperament. "I advise you not to ask... because you already know the answer."

Ash shook his head, a look of determination on his face: "The Dark Soul Wonder I gave you has the effect of collecting souls. Fighting and killing are inevitable in our subsequent escape journey. What I want to ask is...will you deliberately cause the maximum theoretical casualties in order to collect more souls and kill innocent lives to gain power?"

"Have you forgotten?" said Vichy, "that you forbade me to kill innocent lives, and that the ruby ​​chain has always bound me."

"You just can't 'intentionally' kill, but combat is an ambiguous and complex process. For example, if the enemy is in a densely populated high-rise building, if you use all your strength to cause the building to completely collapse and kill countless lives, the ruby ​​chain will not prohibit it."

"Although I can also ask you not to harm innocent people no matter what, this rule will become your biggest weakness. The enemy can easily use this rule to defeat or even kill you, which is no different from letting you die... I can't do that. I must give you the right to make your own decisions in battle."

"Actually, this question can be simplified..." Ash looked into her eyes and asked seriously, "Will you kill and refine souls for power whenever you have the chance?"

"meeting."