Chapter 178
Damon: “…”
He advised himself many times in his heart that this was a subordinate that Lord Nighold valued very much, he must not act on impulse, this was a subordinate that Lord Nighold valued very much, he must not... Damon took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in his heart.
"Whose side are you on!" he roared, "What good will it do you if the old court I'm in charge of is destroyed?"
"There's no benefit." Di Zhangqing shook his head, as if wondering why he would ask such a speechless question. Di Zhangqing asked sincerely, "Can't I just want to have fun?"
Damon: “…”
This is a subordinate to whom Lord Nighold values very much. He can't - can't do anything!
The magic wand appeared in Damon's hand in an instant, and the surging wood element was multiplied in the cloud ruins, turning into a fierce attack that directly hit Di Changqing.
Even though he was extremely angry, Damon still retained a trace of calm in his heart. He beat up his colleague, but he was not disabled and his life was not lost. At most, he would be punished by Lord Nighold and asked to pay compensation - so be it, he really couldn't swallow this!
Facing the terrifying wood element, the invisible sofa beneath Di Zhangqing suddenly rose up, and he nimbly dodged it: "Hey, hey, hey? No way, Damon, you are so petty!"
Di Zhangqing dodged in an almost impossible manner: "Now if I tell the truth, I will be silenced?"
Damon: “…”
While he was even more angry at not being able to beat anyone, he also became wary of Di Changqing's strength. This colleague who often left his post and disobeyed discipline... turned out to be so strong?
Is this why Lord Nighold values him so highly?
Faced with such a huge power gap, Damon quickly calmed down and decided not to waste his magic power. He looked up at Di Changqing who was flying high in the sky: "Why do you say that the Old Court will be destroyed?"
"Isn't it obvious?" Di Zhangqing was still flying high. He was also worried that Damon was deliberately using this topic to distract him and trick him into coming down to get beaten. "The man I just pointed out is called Gu Hongying. He is the reincarnation of Bai Ze from the East and represents the human race. You have locked up Olivia in the 'Birthplace of Nighold', which is 10,000 meters below the ground. You won't forget his last name, right?"
Olivia usually goes by her real name, and few people know her last name. Olivia's full name is——
Olivia Asgard.
In mythology, Asgard represents the land of the gods, that is, the realm of the gods, where all the legendary gods live.
After Di Zhangqing pointed out the identities of these two people, especially Gu Hongying's identity, Damon's face became uglier than ever. Leaf-like patterns began to appear between his brows, and his body began to become unstable. Then... Di Zhangqing suddenly came down, patted him on the shoulder vigorously, and blocked the agent's transmission.
Damon was nearly knocked to his knees by the force of his hand.
He angrily said, "What are you doing!"
"You are so mean to Lao Dong..." Di Zhangqing almost shouted out a name that would make Damon explode, "Lord Nighold is loyal, I just can't bear to see you go down and die."
Di Zhangqing narrowed his red eyes, and the red at the end of his eyes was rich and bright red: "You know now, it's too late."
To severely damage the Old Court, someone needs to launch an attack simultaneously in the clouds a thousand meters above and underground ten thousand meters below. However, to completely destroy the Old Court, someone who can represent the human race needs to destroy all living things in the cloud garden a thousand meters above, which means "humanity has betrayed the gods"; time and the judgments are mutually established, will the Kingdom of Mist, which serves as a barrier, collapse, and the Old Court will be truly destroyed, and there will never be a chance to rebuild it.
The conditions for destruction are neither simple nor difficult, so they have always kept the method of destroying the old court hidden very well. Unexpectedly, today, due to some strange circumstances, this slightly harsh condition was met by people who did not know each other.
Di Zhangqing sighed: "Could this be the guidance of fate?"
"What a shitty fate!" Damon was very angry. After the bad news of the failure of planting Robert in Cloud Garden, the bad news of the complete destruction of the old court came one after another. "I don't believe there would be such a coincidence!"
"Someone must have known this secret method and then painfully designed it. Otherwise, how could the student with Olivia's mark bump into Robert who was taken away by my men, and was taken away together because he was not familiar with the counterattack magic circle!" After connecting all the seemingly coincidental coincidences one by one, Damon felt horrified, "Isn't it ridiculous that he can defeat my men but is not familiar with the counterattack magic circle? He was placed in the Land of Mist as feed, but he was able to accurately find the Cloud Garden and destroy it mercilessly. He must have practiced well in advance!"
"Damon" means devil, but Damon feels that the person who arranged all this is scarier than the devil - he has managed the old court for so long, and was getting closer and closer to success, but in this moment, everything turned into nothing!
"It doesn't look like a coincidence..." Di Zhangqing walked to the center of the Yunduan Ruins, his spiritual power surged, and he dug out small pieces of gravel from the ground. He used his fingertips to piece the gravel together, and it could be roughly seen that it was a stone tablet, but the patterns on it were completely destroyed and the meaning could no longer be discerned. "Too many coincidences will make it fake seem."
The fluctuations of spiritual power left on these rubbles... Di Changqing felt somewhat familiar - like the sword energy of the Lord of Kunlun Mountain, the sword energy that would make her weak for a long time after she used it.
"Damon." Di Zhangqing looked down at the rubble, as if he was looking through the cloud garden, through the land of mist, and into the ten thousand meters underground. "Do you think they can get out alive?"
They did meet the conditions for destroying the Old Court, but this does not mean that those who met these conditions can avoid the backlash of the Old Court's destruction. The most likely possibility is that those who destroyed the Old Court would perish along with the Old Court.
*
Since Damon disappeared from underground, the cracks have become more and more numerous and denser. Bella was so scared that she flew back. She had never seen such a terrifying battle since she was born. Now she wrapped her wings around Olivia's neck and trembled, burying her head in Olivia's golden hair, and let out a terrible wail:
"Wow wow wow - what should I do - the crow is going to die -"
Its drawn-out tone, combined with the cracks that filled the entire space, sounded increasingly unclear.
Olivia: “…”
He forcefully pulled Bella's wings off her neck and threw them onto the branch of the desert rose: "Bella, keep an eye on him."
Bella blinked her small black eyes: "The crow is scared——"
Olivia looked at the group of people who were depressed inside the protective shield and sneered, "There's no point in being afraid."
The terrifyingly dense water element poured out from the gem on the top of the magic wand without hesitation, forming a new protection around the protective shield. The red light of the previous protective shield had become very dim and even began to flicker.
No matter how powerful the protective cover is, it will be worn out during use, its durability will continue to decrease, and then it will completely fail.
The desert rose on Robert's branch, which had finally regained a little red color, suddenly turned paler than before.
It really makes me pale.
Not long after the water element formed a new protective shield, the red shield disappeared with a crisp shattering sound. The previously suitable temperature inside the shield suddenly dropped, making the people inside the shield shiver with cold.
Olivia entered the new shield he built after the red shield failed. He stood in the center of the shield, and the dark blue shield slowly rose. "Do you remember which direction the crack was when you came here?"
His tone of voice sounded calm when he asked the question, as if he was confident, but there were five people with him ten thousand meters underground... Olivia was not completely sure either.
Among those who were still awake, Robert was in the best condition because he suffered the least backlash. Robert raised the branch tremblingly and a pale flower bloomed somewhere.
Because the branch had no strength, it fell directly on Bella's head, scaring Bella so much that she screamed "Wow!" and the shrill cry echoed inside the protective shield.
Olivia flew in the direction indicated by Robert, controlling the protective shield. Even though the space was now shattered beyond recognition and it was impossible to fly back along the previous cracks, Olivia still chose the path they had taken when they came here—at least that path was confirmed to be feasible.
During the flight through the long or short cracks, except for Robert who was still awake and using the pale flowers to show the way, everyone else was only awake for a short while before falling into coma again.
The rift is like a giant maze that is 10,000 meters high and infinitely wide. As time goes by, the oppression and backlash on people become more and more severe.
The dark blue protective shield had gradually turned into light blue due to the collision of flying debris and sudden cracks.
The flowers on Robert's branches were no longer pure white—a few drops of Olivia's blood splashed on his flowers.
The old court is a relic of ancient times. Even though Olivia has lived for hundreds of years, she is still insignificant in the face of such a vast time. The ruins of time are pouring down, and no human power can stop them.
Bella fainted a long time ago, and Robert was awake less and less. Olivia was no longer as calm as at the beginning. The blood seeing from his pores stained his magic robe. His blue eyes were oozing red, and his pupils were like half blue and half red gems.
He felt his consciousness fading, and when a new crack suddenly appeared, he didn't have time to manipulate the shield to avoid it. The light blue and nearly white shield flashed and almost shattered on the spot.
Olivia was oppressed by the backlash and the depletion of magic power in her body, and she spat out a mouthful of blood.
He gave a helpless bitter smile. He never thought that being a godfather or a teacher was both very risky.
Olivia sighed silently.
No matter what, he had to take his unlucky godson and his troublesome students back with him.
…
Yu Tu woke up to an increasingly strong smell of blood. When he woke up, he found that he had turned back to his original form. The red protective shield was replaced by white, and there were bright red bloodstains at the bottom of the white protective shield.
In the middle of the bloodstain, Olivia stood there.
His black magic robe seemed to have been soaked in blood, with drops of blood dripping from the hem. The gem on the top of the exquisite and beautiful magic wand in his hand had cracked into large pieces and looked like it was about to fall.
Yu Tu tried to wave his leaf, but the leaf could not move. He felt Olivia's blood on the leaf, and the blood had already solidified.
Outside the almost transparent white protective shield, the brown land is almost invisible, and it looks like a pitch-black endless void. Even through the protective shield, Yu Tu can feel the heart-pounding danger.
Olivia's condition was visibly bad, and all her companions were in a coma. They might not be able to walk out of here alive.
The brown black crack, which was almost invisible, was hitting towards him like a whip. Yu Tu saw the shield flash and a white mark appeared. Perhaps if it hit him a few more times, the shield would be completely shattered.
Then teacher Olivia will die, his unconscious friends will die, and no one will be spared.
Yu Tu heard Olivia's low cough and saw new blood gushing out from between his fingers as he covered his mouth. There was a hint of silver-blue mixed in the blood - that was the mermaid's original blood.
Olivia didn't need to come, it was them who put him in danger.
Yu Tu thought of the amulet used by Gu Hongying. The owner of the amulet might be in a faraway place and knew that he was in danger, but couldn't come in time. Or even if he came in time, he would only collect their bodies.
Hope is too far away and cannot save the present.
Yu Tu wanted to move, but he was oppressed by a terrifying feeling all over his body. This force forced him to lie on the ground and he couldn't get up.
His strength was so small that he could not move.
So he could only watch Olivia's injuries getting worse and worse, and watch the fire of his life being extinguished bit by bit.
Yu Tu had never realized so clearly and desperately that no one could help them.
No one in this world can appear at the right time beside someone who needs help when they are in danger.
No one can be relied on forever.
No one can be there at all times.
Despair, reluctance, fear, anxiety...all these emotions intertwined in Yu Tu's heart, making him curl up in pain.
In a trance, Yu Tu felt as if countless chains were tightening around her body, and as if she was thrown into boiling magma and was being cooked...
Pain, only endless pain.
He seemed to see something familiar in his daze, a surging energy.
An energy that is completely different from spiritual power.
Energy is more suitable to use than spiritual power and can be changed in a variety of ways. As long as there is enough energy, he can save everyone!
Yu Tu seemed to be a little more awake. He didn't know what state he was in now. Maybe it was a hallucination before death, or maybe it was a delusion of mental breakdown due to excessive stress. He didn't even know whether he was in the form of a tea seedling, a human being, or another kind of illusory, indescribable existence?
He reached out for the energy.
At this moment, he even forgot that he was Yu Tu, not Hou Buye, and his body simply could not accommodate that energy.
The pain of raising his hands was countless times more painful than the chains and boiling magma before. Yu Tu seemed to hear his own wailing in a trance.
In the midst of pain, the thoughts in his mind became clearer and clearer—
【People cannot always rely on others. 】
Mountains will fall if you rely on them; people will run away if you rely on them. Only what you own and control is yours.
A person's destiny is in his own hands.
Yu Tu raised his hands desperately.
He had enough of that energy.
So at this moment, everything is silent.
All the pain disappeared in an instant, making people's perception seem light and floating, with nowhere to put their strength.
—There was a sound of breaking.
It was not the sound of clear glass being smashed by stones, nor the sound of icicles under the eaves being broken by the wind, nor the regrettable echo of exquisite objects falling to the ground, but a grand sound, as if it was the sighing of some magnificent law.
It is fish leaping out of the ice, snow turning into flowing springs, rivers flowing into the sea, and then all things reviving along the way.
Then the unreachable energy enveloped him, surrounding him gently and seeping into his body through every inch of his skin.
Yu Tu's hair gradually grew longer, and her eyes began to change into red phoenix eyes. A round gold-rimmed pair of glasses appeared on her left eye, with a thin chain hanging down, with a leaf attached to the end.
In a teahouse thousands of miles away, Little Gray suddenly raised his head. He saw that the Never-Sleeping Marquis, who was sleeping in the furry ocean, suddenly became ethereal, slowly faded away like a shadow, and disappeared without a trace.
Thousands of miles away, inside the white protective shield, specks of light gathered and slowly condensed into a human shape.
Yu Tu opened his eyes.
It is difficult to describe the wonderful feeling at this moment. He can "see"——
The meter-tall tea tree sapling lay drooping on the ground, as if all its vitality and energy had been drained away, but the spiritual energy in its body was flowing normally;
Gu Hongying, who was dirty and unconscious, seemed to be in a normal coma, but in fact, his metallic spiritual power was raging, as if breaking through some shackles;
Robert, with the pale white flowers blooming on the branches, fell into silence, but his consciousness tried again and again to communicate with this strange space;
Although Hao Zhizhi's appearance remained unchanged, her flesh and bones were changing and reorganizing countless times, as if she was unconsciously training her talent.
Eric in the corner had normal spiritual power flow, but a huge storm was brewing in his sea of consciousness.
The seriously injured Olivia seemed to be able to hold on, but the fire of her soul was shaking and about to fall, as if it would be completely extinguished in a few breaths...
Everyone's appearance and essence are very different.
Yu Tu took a step forward.
The star-like light turned from virtual to real, and he stepped out of the light like a gorgeous dream.
The heart-pounding sense of danger that he had felt through the white protective shield disappeared completely at this moment. Yu Tu raised his hand and touched the protective shield.
The white on the shield quickly faded, replaced by a vibrant light green.
The light green protective shield froze in the nearly black void. Inside the shield, time went backwards.
The coagulated dark blood began to turn into crimson blood beads again. The blood beads flew up and merged into Olivia's body. The silver-blue blood returned to the heart that almost stopped beating. The magic robe soaked with blood became dry again, and the pale skin became rosy and shiny... The dust on the four dusty people on the ground disappeared, and the small wounds healed, as if they had returned to the beginning.
It was a miracle so magnificent that it is beyond words.
…
Olivia thought he would die ten thousand meters underground, turning [Nigghold's Birthplace] into his burial place, but he didn't expect that he would be able to open his eyes again.
It's incredible.
The blurry vision gradually focused, and Olivia saw a person——
This man has a handsome and gentle oriental face, black hair, phoenix eyes, and a faint smile on his lips. He doesn't look aggressive, and his slightly strange attire actually complements his overall temperament.
The strangest thing was that Olivia felt that he was familiar.
He remembered that his original blood had flowed out with the serious injuries, and his body was full of wounds due to the pressure after the exhaustion of magic power. But now, these injuries have healed, as if the serious injuries were just his imagination in a trance.
Olivia's eyes faded from red and turned back into a beautiful blue. He blinked and put his hand on his heart. For the first time in his life, he felt great doubt.
Olivia tugged at her magic robe absentmindedly - it was dry, and looked down at the ground beneath her feet - it was clean. There seemed to be a little red on Robert's flower. Olivia subconsciously reached out and rubbed it. It was the flower that had returned to color, not his blood.
Is he injured or not?
After this series of actions, Olivia remembered that he did not say hello to the person who suddenly appeared on the opposite side and was suspected to have saved him. This was a very rude behavior.
"Hello," Olivia said.
He finally remembered why he felt that the man in front of him was somewhat familiar. He had seen some records about him in the top-secret materials about the East.
"Your Excellency, Lord Buye."
*
In the Yunduan Ruins, Di Changqing had been fiddling with the irregular pile of gravel, and from time to time he stared at the vibrations of the ground beneath his feet. Damon endured it again and again, but finally asked:
"Have you figured out anything?"
Di Changqing smiled and shook his head: "No~"
Damon's breath hitched: "Then why did you fiddle with it so enthusiastically for so long?"
"This is boring~" Di Zhangqing removed the stable formation he had set up, and the gravel rolled everywhere in the vibration. "Although the destruction of the old court is a foregone conclusion, it is still meaningful for us to stay, such as witnessing whether they are dead or not."
Damon: “…”
He exhaled slowly, trying to calm his mind.
Get used to it, get used to it.
"The old nest has been destroyed." Di Zhangqing sat in mid-air, "Damon, you are so pitiful."
Damon: “…”
The desire to kill my colleagues reached its peak.
Di Zhangqing clapped his hands to shake off the nonexistent dust: "The vibration is so severe even a thousand meters above, the result is probably not far away."
After he talked about serious matters, Damon couldn't get angry, so he could only say "hmm" softly.
Di Changqing smiled, then he strolled to the edge of the Cloud Ruins and looked down. Damon followed behind him and had the urge to kick him down.
"The view here is pretty good." Di Changqing seemed oblivious. He said with emotion, "It's all glowing down there~"
Damon: "...glowing?"
He had only experienced the old court being severely damaged, but not its destruction, so naturally he had no idea what the light in Di Changqing's mouth meant.
Damon took a few steps to Di Changqing's side and looked in the direction Di Changqing was looking—there was a light green light there.
Under the shining light, the gray-black mist under the Cloud Garden gradually turned into milky white, and then the light green light climbed up inch by inch along the milky white, like a tree, growing inch by inch.
Damon's eyes widened in disbelief: "Yuktrasir?!"
Di Changqing's eyes widened at first because of his exclamation, and then as if he had thought of something, he silently took a few steps back.
The light green glow grew stronger and stronger. As they watched, it seemed as if a tree broke through the ground from a depth of ten thousand meters underground, and grew to the clouds a thousand meters above. It stretched its branches and leaves freely, and wood elements surrounded it as if guarding a god.
"Connecting Nighold's birthplace, the Land of Mist, and the Cloud Garden..." Damon muttered to himself, "Could it be that Robert really turned into the seed of Yggdrasil and then grew into the World Tree in an instant?"
Di Changqing: "It's not dark yet." Then he began to dream.
After discovering the light green light, Di Changqing began to outline a small cross-domain teleportation array without hesitation. When the light green light turned into a tree covering the sky, Di Changqing's teleportation array was barely completed.
A silvery-white light mixed with a bit of inky black light was suspended in the air, slowly rotating counterclockwise, forming a door that was easy for people to pass through.
Damon was still standing at the edge, looking up at the shadow of the tree that blocked out the sun.
Di Changqing, upholding the last bit of comradeship, called Damon to go with him: "This tree is wrong, run quickly!"
"No!" Damon's eyes were filled with enthusiasm. "The Old Court is revived, and Lord Nighold's grand plan is about to come true!"
Di Changqing: “…”
He can't communicate with these workaholics!
He used his spiritual power to control Damon, making him stiff like a dumpling, and then carried Damon into the small teleportation array. Damon shouted loudly: "Put me down! That's the grown-up Yggdrasil!"
Di Zhangqing sneered and kicked Damon on the butt, kicking him into the teleportation array: "Fuck Yggdrasil! Whose world tree is a tea tree!"
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