From the end of the world

Chapter 733 The True Skills of Fate (Part 2)
Hearing Zhu Shi say this, I roughly understood why Ming Zhuo was able to summon this absurd spacetime storm.

Mingzhuo is the Great Impermanence with the most followers in Mount Luo. Even though he has now betrayed Mount Luo, he still has an immense number of followers who secretly and devoutly believe in him. All of this is not due to power, nor to virtue, but simply because Mingzhuo is the only Great Impermanence currently existing who has signed a contract with the will of Naraku, and is regarded by countless demon hunters as a god who is the embodiment of the will of Naraku.

Throughout Luoshan's history, only a handful of Great Impermanence have been able to achieve this. Before the decline of life, the one who accomplished this was the former Great Impermanence Ksitigarbha, a strong contender for the title of "Luoshan's Most Powerful Impermanence."

Therefore, communicating with the will of the afterlife is the greatest power of destiny.

Those who are isolated in the real world are like Yuchi who cannot use formations or Yinyue who cannot use illusions. Not to mention that a prepared Mingzhu and a Mingzhu who engages in a skirmish are completely different concepts. The Mingzhu who was defeated by Xuanming and me can be said to be the "weakest form of Mingzhu".

But the current Meiko is completely different. He is in the afterlife and has made extensive preparations. Judging from his current state, he has probably successfully borrowed the power of Naraku's Gospel. What appears before us now is Meiko's "strongest form."

Communicating with the Naraku Will, which is the collective unconscious of humanity, is vastly different from communicating with the Naraku Gospel, which is the natural will of a planet. Even for Meizou, who has an extremely deep understanding of the afterlife, directly borrowing the power of the Naraku Gospel would likely face many obstacles. The reason he was able to do so might be because he used the Great Demon God Tu as a connection.

This project might even inherit some of Huang Quan's legacy. According to my memory, Huang Quan in the past repeatedly contacted many great demons in his quest to control them, and even developed a method to make them ignore him. The Great Demon God Tu was implanted with a portion of the Great Impermanence God Tu's intelligence through a resurrection ritual by the Gospel Institute; upon closer examination, this was probably Huang Quan's doing. Combining his findings with Ming Zhuo's research on the afterlife, I wonder what kind of chemical reaction will erupt.

The current spacetime storm is mostly a product of this.

The Great Demon God Tu summoned another great demon, bringing the total number of great demons, including himself, to six, besieging Zhu Shi. Zhu Shi was now unable to concentrate and utter a single word, and could only run for his life. Even with the power of Mount Buzhou, he managed to find a weakness in the encirclement and blockade, but he was increasingly stretched thin.

In the realm of the Great Impermanence, even a supernatural ability as powerful as "Mount Buzhou" is merely an exceptionally superior perceptual ability. Both the Great Impermanence and the Great Demon can partially simulate it. Zhu Shi might be able to observe more things due to his innate advantages, but the advantage he gains in battle is by no means insurmountable.

At the same time, the fluctuations of magical power emanating from Mazao grew increasingly intense. Her power, already nearing the limit of the Great Completion stage, surged forward, breaking through the bottleneck in one fell swoop. The power of the Vortex of Destiny converged upon her, propelling her rapidly towards the Great Impermanence Domain like a rocket.

Ten times, twenty times, thirty times—her power sublimated to the zone between the Great Completion stage and the Great Impermanence stage, and it was about to sublimate into the Great Impermanence stage.

Her mental processing speed gradually caught up with our battlefield, and her gaze fell on Zhu Shi, who was moving at high speed in the distance.

Since the spacetime storm is the power of Naraku's Gospel, then Asahi, who can also use the power of Naraku's Gospel, might be able to use the power of return to dispel the spacetime storm when his power reaches the required level, thus rescuing Kishi from the bitter battle.

"Zhu Shi... I'm coming to save you!" she whispered.

Naturally, Mingzhuo, who was in the distance, also noticed the change and his expression became very serious.

"Aren't you underestimating me a bit?" he said in a deep voice. "For the sake of that old bastard Huang Quan, I'll call you 'Junior Sister' for now, but... someone as weak as you, a little girl who's always been protected, being inexplicably brought to this battlefield by Zhuang Cheng... do you think I wouldn't have any thoughts about this?"

As he spoke, while narrowly dodging Jian Feixian's attacks, he quickly made a hand seal with his left hand.

On the other side of the battlefield, the Great Demon God Tu, who was besieging Zhu Shi along with other Great Demons, seemed to receive some kind of information and suddenly underwent a terrifying change. Countless mouths with white teeth and red tongues suddenly split open on its body, which resembled a mixture of black clay, and burst forth with high-pitched screams.

This was a sharp sound that spread rapidly through magical fluctuations, as unpleasant as scratching a blackboard with fingernails, instantly enveloping this space-time fractured region. Upon hearing this sound, I felt my consciousness waver slightly, as if an invisible hand was shaking my brain, trying to make me dizzy.

They were able to ignore the mental effects of the spacetime storm on this side... However, like the sea of ​​fire I transmitted to Zhu Shi, they could only allow their power to penetrate the spacetime storm to a limited extent, otherwise their tactics would become a collective, one-sided attack on us.

Even my fragile spirit is slightly affected by this power; if it were to strike Asaho, it could very well be a fatal blow. Fortunately, I was prepared and enveloped Asaho with a large amount of fire magic. However, fire magic is not a powerful force for protection, and Asaho was still slightly affected, a pained expression appearing on her face.

This piercing voice undoubtedly shook Asaho's mind, making it impossible for her to concentrate. Manipulating the power of the Vortex of Fate was an extremely difficult and dangerous task, and it couldn't be allowed to be affected like this before her power reached the Great Unpredictable Realm. Her enhancement process was interrupted midway and could not continue.

"—This is your last trump card, isn't it?" Ming Zhuo revealed a sinister expression. "But it's useless now... You've been utterly defeated." "Utterly defeated? Nonsense!" Jian Feixian slashed again with his sword.

Ming Zhuo merely glanced at Jian Feixian from the side. This time, he simply didn't dodge, letting Jian Feixian's sword energy, powerful enough to sever time and space, split his body in two, even annihilating his soul until it was scattered and destroyed.

Immediately, his body automatically merged back together, and he was resurrected on the spot. His expression didn't even change, as if nothing had happened.

"Don't tell me you can't see our tactical strategy. Although you're always a bit stubborn, you're not that dim-witted, Jian Feixian," Mingzhuo said calmly. "Our approach is very simple; it's just a disguised version of Tian Ji's horse racing strategy. Because if it were a true free-for-all, the situation would be extremely dangerous for us."

“We only have Yanmo as our true top-tier fighter, while you have Fazheng and Zhuangcheng.”

"Even if Huang Quan, the Great Demon God Tu, and I combine our efforts, we are not confident that we can defeat you and Zhu Shi in a short time. As for Fa Zheng and Zhuang Cheng, they only need to spare some energy to provide support here during the battle, and our stalemate will be easily broken. As for the group of degraded demons summoned by the Great Demon God Tu, they will be even less likely to turn the tide in that situation."

"But things are different now. In a one-on-one situation, Yama is very confident of defeating Fazheng, and he can do the same to defeat Zhuang Cheng. I just need to keep you occupied, and you will naturally be in a situation where you have no chance of winning. As for Zhu Shi over there, he will probably not even live to see that day, as he will be killed by the Great Demon God Tu."

"It's all your fault for stupidly rushing into our ambush area; you've brought this upon yourselves."

His words were still an attack on our mentality; in reality, the afterlife is their domain. The tactics they're using now aren't limited to ambushes here; they can be applied to any raid. Rather than passively enduring enemy attacks, it's better to take the initiative—this is a consensus we've held from the beginning.

The rest of the statements were self-evident truths. I also sensed that he concentrated most of the power of the spacetime storm in the direction where Fazheng and Yama were fighting. Even Jian Feixian might not be able to cleave a path with a single sword strike. This was to prevent Jian Feixian from finding an opportunity to provide support for Fazheng.

However, there was a strange detail in Mingzhuo's words that gave me a bad feeling.

That's clearly something that's absolutely impossible.

"What do you mean by 'you and the Yellow Springs'..." I said, "What does the Yellow Springs have to do with this?"

At the same time, I continued to manipulate the surrounding sea of ​​fire, trying to combine the powerful adaptability and analytical ability brought by the blessing of the small bowl to try to break the layering phenomenon caused by the spacetime storm.

Mingzhuo did not answer my question directly.

“In the story of Tian Ji’s horse race, each horse will be matched with its own opponent,” he said. “Zhuang Cheng, you have been trying to break this spacetime storm, right? Although I don’t think you really have a way to break it, as long as it is the Great Impermanence, it has the ability to turn the impossible into the possible.”

He paused slightly, a rare and solemn expression appearing on his face. "I loathe your personality, despise your youth, and have cursed, insulted, and condemned you countless times in my heart. But I am genuinely terrified of your immense power, and I must acknowledge the miracles you have created since your debut..."

"So I can't let you leisurely break through this trap there; I have to find a way to keep you occupied as well."

"Therefore, let my mentor be your opponent."

As soon as he finished speaking, a huge roar came from a certain direction.

In the distance, Mount Dushuo underwent a bizarre transformation—the mountain slowly stood up and emitted a familiar surge of magical power.

(End of this chapter)