Chapter 161 (The End of Chapter 161)
With overwhelming force, Shan Ran wiped out all the monsters surrounding Gongyang Qing.
Including Gongyang Qing.
Gongyang Qing clearly did not expect that the ultimate power he had sacrificed so much to obtain would be so easily destroyed by Shan Ran.
He was unwilling to accept this, so he desperately called upon the gods of the other world, wanting to ask them if there was any way to become stronger and if there was any way to defeat Shan Ran.
But there was no response.
The aloofness and disdain of before have completely vanished.
At the same time, Gongyang Qing could feel the energy on his body receding like a tide.
His power... his power is draining away!
How could he let go of the power he gained at such a high price, after killing so many people?
Gongyang Qing didn't even care about the life-or-death crisis anymore; all he wanted to know was where his power had gone.
That was his power!
It belongs to Gongyang Qing!
No one can take it away!!!
His mouth was wide open, and his whole body was trembling violently from pain and anger, but he still managed to raise his hands and reach towards the sky.
It seems he wants to grasp the promise and power that the other world has given him, by looking across the horizon and the boundary of space.
But he watched helplessly as his fingers drifted further and further away from the sky.
Because his lower body is disappearing.
First it started in the feet, then the legs, and soon it spread to the chest and neck.
One by one, the human faces disappeared into the black flames. The last face to disappear was that of Gongyang Qing, who had withered to the point of reverting to his original appearance.
His power vanished, and the tumors on his face shrunk completely, leaving only broken wounds.
Even without the tumor, Gongyang Qing's face remained terrifying and ugly.
He felt his body burning away inch by inch, while his entire life flashed through his mind like a fleeting dream.
His childhood, adolescence, youth, and middle age were all incredibly smooth; he grew up smoothly and smoothly took over the position of head of the family.
Even if he loses his superpowers after the apocalypse, his family will still be able to find a way to transfer those powers.
But everything was destroyed.
When did it start?
It was after this person named Shan Ran appeared.
At first, she was just a base leader. In the apocalypse, a beautiful and capable base leader would inevitably attract attention, but there was nothing particularly special about her.
Until she cleared a fog from the fifth district of the Third Continent.
It was only then that Gongyang Qing truly learned of this person's existence, checked her information, and then sent people to win her over.
But that's all. In his view, the talents from the two continents below will eventually come to the First Continent and be used by him.
But things took an increasingly unexpected turn and quickly spiraled out of control.
By the time he wanted to send someone to assassinate Shan Ran, it was already too late.
He regretted it.
He does not regret conducting experiments, committing massacres, or conspiring with the other world.
His only regret was that he hadn't tried everything to get rid of Shan Ran the moment he received her news.
As long as she is eliminated, the world will remain the same, and he will still lead the Ram family to the top.
He regretted it so much!
Black flames reached his face, and along with the flames arrived a group of strangers.
Despite the excruciating pain, Gongyang Qing opened his eyes wide and felt that this group of people looked strangely familiar.
He only recognized them when the group of people lunged at him, their faces contorted in a ferocious display, tearing at his head with their bare hands and biting into his flesh with their gaping mouths—
This group of people were civilians from the First Continent whom he had killed.
"Ahhh..."
He could tolerate being defeated by Shan Ran because that woman was terrifyingly strong.
But he absolutely could not bear to be killed by those despised civilians.
"No, no..."
Gongyang Qing opened his mouth wide, trying to make a sound, but could only utter hoarse and unpleasant groans.
Shan Ran squinted and looked over, seemingly seeing Gongyang Qing turn into a skull before being engulfed by the flames.
In the blink of an eye, Gongyang Qing was completely reduced to a handful of filthy powder, dissipating into the air.
Shan Ran had no interest in investigating why the other party had just turned into a skull; her attention was completely focused on Gongyang Qing.
The gray curtain that had enveloped the entire sky was disappearing.
Shanran was inside the mist and couldn't know its condition, but based on the changes in the sky, she deduced that the mist was dissipating.
She didn't have time to say anything to the people behind her before she vanished from the spot.
"Dye it!"
"Where's Ranran? Where did she go?"
“She has her own things to do, let’s take care of these first.”
She eliminated all the monsters surrounding Shan Ran, but there were still many stragglers outside.
Seeing that the male sheep had been killed, they all tried to escape.
If we let them escape now and find a hidden hiding place, it will be very difficult to catch them later.
So everyone gritted their teeth and charged forward together.
They didn't know where Shanran had gone, and all they could do now was clear away any obstacles from the outside world for her.
Shan Ran chased after the gray mist in the sky that had dissipated, reaching the edge of the continent.
Where the sea meets the sky, there is a black whirlpool.
The vortex was deep and dark, suddenly suspended in the air, with gray mist rushing into it.
As the gray fog thinned, the vortex also shrank, appearing from a distance like a small black hole.
Just as all the gray fog was about to disappear over the continent, a hand suddenly reached out and grabbed a handful from the gray fog.
The mist seemed to be sentient; startled, it scattered in all directions.
As the gray fog dissipated slightly, the black hole formed by the vortex in front of us became increasingly clear.
Seeing the entrance that could only accommodate one person at a time, Shan Ran didn't hesitate and slipped inside.
When I opened my eyes again, the surrounding environment had changed drastically.
She stood on a patch of decaying, scorched earth, surrounded by nothing but dry stones and sand, devoid of any plants.
The sky was pitch black, with a scarlet sun hanging in the center.
Shan Ran didn't know if it was the sun or the moon, but since the light of the whole world came from it, she just took it as the illuminating red sun.
But it is precisely because of this that the whole world is shrouded in an eerie red light.
Decaying, rotting, dry, lifeless, and emitting a withered odor.
Even the stones here seem to have been drained of all their nutrients, dry and barren, covered with round holes of varying sizes, like a dried-up sponge that would break at the slightest touch.
"Hello... Hello..."
Shanran tried calling out a few times, but received no response.
The surroundings were empty, devoid of any living creatures, only her voice echoing.
She took a deep breath and lowered her head, seemingly lost in thought.
Not long after, she looked up again, a smile in her eyes, and raised her hand to brandish the knife.
"If you don't come out, I'll destroy this place!"
Her superpowers are unrestricted and unhindered in the other world.
After a thousand years of refinement in the illusionary realm, her supernatural abilities have reached an unmeasurable level.
Double S-class? Triple S-class?
Without a standard for judgment, Shanran didn't know what level she was at.
But that was enough for her to run rampant in the other world.
"Although there's nothing worth destroying in such a dilapidated place."
With a single slash, a huge and deep gash appeared in the ground.
Black flames ignited, burning the already broken and dry stones to ashes.
The petrified arm slammed down with a punch, causing the mountains to crumble and the earth to split.
After wreaking havoc on one area, she would teleport hundreds of kilometers away and repeat the same thing.
They destroyed this place and that place, destroying one area after another.
I'm just a little tired, but I'm in a good mood.
It's so satisfying to be able to wreak havoc on the invaders' land!
"Enough!"
From somewhere in the air, a shout tinged with barely suppressed rage rang out.
Shan Ran stopped her destructive actions, stood still, and looked up at the void.
"It's finally here?"
The voice did not answer; it remained silent.
Shan Ran chuckled lightly, "I wonder how much you paid to bring this down, only to choose such a useless piece of trash. After failing, it will backfire on you, won't it?"
Otherwise, you wouldn't have escaped so quickly, taking all the gray fog with you. Am I right?
Still silent.
"Not saying anything? Ha..."
Shan Ran smiled coldly and released another black fire serpent.
What do you intend to do?!
A voice, tinged with anger and murderous intent, seemed to emanate from an ancient bell and entered Shan Ran's ears.
Shan Ran scoffed, "Finally appeared? Not a coward anymore?"
What do I want? I'm going to kill you.
"How dare you, you ants!"
Shan Ran clicked her tongue impatiently, her eyes filled with intense killing intent. "What I hate most is the word 'ant'."
Shan Ran stopped responding and directly attacked, scorching and damaging another piece of land.
She destroyed one piece after another, her destructive power was astonishing, her movements became more and more skilled, and her speed became faster and faster.
Suddenly, a giant eye appeared in the air, much larger than the one Shanran had seen in the Misty Illusion.
It was a completely red eye, much deeper than the red sun, almost black, like a red formed by mixing together a jar of thick, filthy flesh and blood.
Looking at this eye alone, there's nothing particularly special about it; it's just slightly better looking than the rows of teeth from before.
Along with the teeth, came a jumble of incoherent babbling.
Now, when Shanran hears these ramblings, it feels like a swarm of mosquitoes buzzing around her, having no effect whatsoever.
"Stop. I can grant all your requests."
"My request?" Shan Ran stopped what she was doing, tilted her head and thought for a moment before asking, "Anything is fine?"
Even though his eyes didn't move, Shanran felt as if he had paused for a moment.
"Speak."
"I want you to promise that you will never again invade our planet, sever the passage to the other world, or set foot on our land again."
Without the slightest hesitation, they immediately agreed.
"promise."
Shan Ran relaxed, and her shoulders loosened considerably.
She put the double-edged sword back into her spatial storage, raised an eyebrow, and said, "Then it's settled. I'm going back. The air here is terrible; it smells like the end of the world. It doesn't smell good at all."
"By the way, shall we go back through the same passage we just used?"
"yes."
Shan Ran turned around, her back to the red-eyed man, and waved her hand. "I'm leaving. Don't bother seeing me out."
However, she had only taken a few steps when she suddenly disappeared from the spot.
Almost at the same moment she disappeared, a dark red light appeared where she had just stood.
This is light emanating from red eyes.
The light had no effect on the land; it seemed to be just an ordinary ray of light.
But Shanran knew that if that light shone on her, it would definitely not be so simple.
She reappeared, leaping into the air, her broad wings unfurling behind her, and the double-edged sword in her hand gleaming coldly.
The other party wanted to kill her when she let her guard down, and wasn't she thinking the same thing?
Shan Ran spoke softly, aiming at that eye.
"die."
He unleashed all his supernatural powers, causing the mountains and rivers to tremble.
Black flames enveloped the blade as it cleaved the eye in two from top to bottom with all its might.
An ancient and long roar seemed to come from all directions, but it was impossible to pinpoint exactly where it originated.
The scorched earth trembled, and the crimson sun roared.
The sand and soil on the ground are churning, and something underground is about to emerge.
The enormous eyes closed, and the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground carried far.
His body was as large as a mountain, and after being split open by the mountain, it emitted a mournful roar.
His already decaying life was slipping away, and he faced death with resentment and anger.
They forcibly opened a passage between the two worlds, and continued to breed a large number of nightmare beasts. In the end, they even tried their best to choose a medium to descend, but failed and suffered heavy losses.
This is when they are at their weakest. Shan Ran wants to take advantage of this opportunity to come and severely injure or even kill them, so that they will never have any thoughts of invasion again.
After confirming the death of the leader of the other world, Shan Ran ceased fighting and flapped her wings, flying back towards the entrance she had come from.
The world has undergone tremendous changes.
The world was in great turmoil, with howling winds, so Shanran had to fold her wings and walk instead.
The otherworldly creatures that were just hiding have now all come out.
The death of their leader was enough to drive them mad. Left in a decaying and corrupt world, all that awaited them was death. Their final, desperate counterattack was cruel and powerful.
Shan Ran has already expended a great deal of energy on her journey, first slaying monsters like Gongyang Qing, and then coming to another world to eliminate the most powerful of the "gods".
She had to hurry; she couldn't be left here.
With her superpowers severely overdrawn, Shan Ran felt as if her skin was cracking open inch by inch, and the intense pain extended all the way to her bones, almost causing her to faint.
She stumbled and nearly fell to the ground.
With trembling hands, she retrieved the crystal core of a high-level nightmare beast from her spatial storage.
The other world failed, but the monster's core still has energy.
Because of her rapid advancement, she hadn't swallowed these crystal cores for a very long time, but now she was stuffing them into her mouth as if they were free.
Agility-based characters maximize their speed, allowing them to teleport the longest possible distance each time.
They will also be subjected to various attacks during this period.
They went mad, and Shanran was also in a bloodthirsty frenzy.
Anyone blocking the way should be killed.
The fighting was so fierce that the sky darkened and the sun and moon were indistinguishable.
Running and killing his way through, Shan Ran was covered in foul-smelling slime and bloody flesh when he reached the vicinity of the passage.
Her eyes were bloodshot, and her face was covered with an unidentified liquid, making it impossible to see her original skin color.
Having killed too many, her supernatural abilities were depleted, and her whole body trembled uncontrollably.
Because the brain is in a state of extreme excitement, it has temporarily lost the ability to think, and everything it does now is just acting on instinct.
She teleported again, and the passage was right in front of her.
However, the black hole-like passage shrank at lightning speed the next second.
In the blink of an eye, it shrank to the size of a fist.
They are closing the passage.
They wanted to stop Shanran from leaving.
Shan Ran turned around and looked at the enormous creature hidden in the darkness in the distance.
Her expression was cold, her lips were tightly pressed together, and her eyes were filled with a chilling light.
At worst, I'll stay here and destroy the world.
I'll kill you all.
The creatures that had been itching to move forward seemed to sense the chilling killing intent and stopped, no longer daring to advance.
Shan Ran was already in a bloodthirsty frenzy, with little rationality left. Her mind was constantly screaming and shouting.
Kill! Kill them all!
With no way out, the taut rationality snapped and vanished completely.
She took a step forward, her long sword already curled up, its blade riddled with countless cracks; the materials of a C-grade monster could hardly withstand such immense energy.
Shan Ran gripped the hilt of the sword tightly, showing no sign of backing down despite the weapon's damage. Instead, he became even more bloodthirsty, wanting to use the body of an alien creature to forge an even sharper longsword.
It doesn't matter if we can't find a suitable one, just kill them all. With so many large bodies, we're bound to find suitable materials among them.
Shan Ran stuck out the tip of her tongue and licked her lips.
She felt increasingly excited, as if her body had its own consciousness, every cell in her body screaming, wanting to rush forward immediately.
Her mind was a complete mess, yet there was a blinding light within her, and she wanted to chase after that light called slaughter and sink into it.
If you kill too many, you'll lose control.
The creatures from the other world were clearly aware of this as well. They were afraid, but unwilling to let Shanran escape like that.
Just as the two sides were locked in a stalemate, a sound suddenly came from the passage behind Shan Ran.
"Dye it!"
"finally found you!"
"Shanran, come back quickly!"
"Xiao Ran, please, please don't let anything happen to you!"
"......."
Several familiar voices rang out, and a moist spring fell onto the scorched earth, instantly extinguishing the raging flames.
Shan Ran's forward steps came to a halt, and his pupils shrank sharply.
The fading rationality gradually returned, and the string in my mind was reconnected.
She slowly turned around and stared at the black hole.
Nobody's here.
But the voice in my ear didn't seem fake.
She could hear their voices, but she couldn't see them.
She didn't know where they were, but they must have seen her.
He opened his mouth, but his throat was too hoarse to make a sound.
Then came the voices of many more people, some I knew and some I didn't.
"Aaaaaaah!!! It's Shanran, it's our Shanran!"
"Where is Shanran? What's around here? What happened to her?"
"Something's not right with her. The surroundings are so eerie. Are there places like this on our continent?"
"Is Shan Ran inside the mist? She entered the mist, drove away the other world, but now she's trapped inside and can't get out?"
"She saved us, but she won't be coming back!"
"Shanran, come back quickly! Come back quickly—"
"Sister Shanran, come back soon! We're all waiting for you!"
"Sister Ran, can you hear us? Can you hear us?"
"Can she find her way back? What can we do to help her?"
"What can we do? What can we do...?"
"Come back, come back!"
"......."
The sounds around me grew increasingly noisy, and soon I couldn't make out what they were saying.
But Shanran knew that those people were calling her back.
She didn't know how people on the mainland saw her; all she knew was that many people hoped she could return safely.
Don't just stand there, come back quickly!
The voice of the world's will suddenly resounded in my mind.
Almost simultaneously, the fist-sized black hole gradually expanded until it could accommodate a person to pass through, at which point it stopped.
[Hurry, hurry, I can't hold on any longer! Ugh...]
It's very difficult to create a spatial passage from a lower dimension to a higher dimension; otherwise, there wouldn't have been only one-way passages opened by other worlds for so long.
Even the world's will couldn't reopen a new passage; it could only widen the existing one to allow Shan Ran to pass through.
Shan Ran rubbed her tired brow, her tone sweeping away the murderous intent from before, now filled with relief and a smile.
[They've arrived.]
With her last bit of strength, she took a step forward.
Seeing that Shanran was about to leave, the creature in the distance stirred again, as if it was about to make a move.
The girl in front paused for a moment, then turned around and glanced at them expressionlessly.
......
There was complete silence, no sound, no movement, as if there was only one person in the vast world.
The demons and monsters hiding in the shadows fell silent.
Shan Ran turned around, gripped the broken knife in her hand, and walked straight ahead into the passage without looking to the side.
She left this lifeless ruin and headed towards a new world that truly belonged to her.
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Author's note: The main story is over, but there will be a bonus chapter later.
The side stories mainly focus on Shan Ran's sweet and affectionate life with all the male protagonists, and I also want to write about them exploring other worlds together.
Or if there's anything you'd like to see, feel free to leave a comment! [hugs][hugs][hugs]
Thank you so much to everyone who has been with Shanran this far! Thank you all! [Keep it up!]
I initially had 200,000 words in my manuscript, but I didn't expect to have health problems in the middle of it, which delayed me for a long time. I ran out of my manuscript and then took a break for a while.
One day a few years ago, I suddenly decided to have a colonoscopy, and that action saved my life.
I was diagnosed with early-stage rectal cancer, very early stage, so I didn't need chemotherapy or radiation. I had surgery to remove a section of my intestine, and it was successfully cured.
The recovery period was long and difficult. Although I did not receive chemotherapy or radiotherapy, the surgery was quite major and still affected other parts of my body to some extent.
I will try my best to take good care of my health, and I will start writing the next book as soon as the side story ends.
My next book will be "She is the World's Only Sentinel-Direction One".
Those who are looking forward to this can save this post [kiss][kiss]
My case serves as a reminder that regular checkups are essential.
May all babies be healthy, safe, and happy.
Thank you again! [Sprinkling flowers][Sprinkling flowers][Sprinkling flowers]
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