From the end of the world

Chapter 746 Return to the Battlefield
With the Vermilion Bird Seed, one of the fundamental elements of power, malfunctioning, the Yin-Yang and Black-White magic of the Mountain's Two Elements is struggling to continue. Although it doesn't seem completely impossible to condense again, it will certainly be more difficult than before.

Besides, Shan Liangyi might have other means to harm me in my current state, but none would be as effective as the Yin-Yang Black-White magic. If the battle continues to drag on, Shan Liangyi might find himself stagnant and watch helplessly as I overtake him. Being defeated by me while his power is incomplete would be even more unacceptable to him than it is to me. Therefore, his best option right now is to temporarily halt the battle.

The question of what to do when facing an enemy that cannot be killed by any attack is explored in many fantasy stories. It's either sealing or banishment. Sealing is useless against someone like me who can see through everything, so banishment is the only option.

Shan Liangyi probably didn't expect to kill me by banishing me to the void. I didn't die in the void during the innate manifestation period, let alone now in my complete form. Although I don't know if he knows that I was banished to the void before, judging from his previous reactions, he is quite clear about the behavior that a complete manifestation should exhibit.

Even so, I cannot accept being banished to nothingness. Nothingness has no concept of time; even if I return in an instant after being banished, a very long time may have passed in the place I was originally in.

With Asahi's jinx power as an anchor, I probably won't encounter a situation where "the world ends when I come back." But even if I only miss a few seconds, it's enough for Yama Ryougi to return to the initial battlefield, kill Asahi, Zhu Shi, Fa Zheng, and Jian Feixian, and then hide again with the Master of the Gospel Institute, Yama.

So I immediately retreated, moving out of the black magic sphere's gravitational pull. Even though this attraction was so powerful that my past self found it irresistible, I can now ignore it and remain immune.

However, it seemed that my reaction had been anticipated by Shan Liangyi. Almost at the same time as I retreated, he made a high-speed dash forward.

His charge wasn't aimed at me, nor was it intended to stop my evasion; perhaps even the act of throwing the black mana sphere at me was a feint. Instead, he charged directly towards the black mana sphere—towards the direction of the Void's banishment!

The Mountain Two Elements intend to actively enter the void!
Given the isolated nature of the Third Gate, it might not perish even if it entered the void. I immediately manipulated my fire magic to intercept the mountain's duality and the black magic sphere, simultaneously charging towards him. He moved his hands, having prepared in advance, concentrating the power of the five elements and barely managing to condense Yin-Yang, Black-and-White magic. One hand aimed at the fire magic that was intercepting him, utterly crushing it; the other hand aimed at me, unleashing the Yin-Yang, Black-and-White magic upon me.

Currently, I am unable to resist the power of Yin and Yang, Black and White, and can only be forced back by it. Meanwhile, the Mountain Yin and Yang accurately seized this fleeting opportunity and rushed into the void.

The black magic sphere vanished without a trace in an instant, as if it had never existed at all.
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Looking at the empty space ahead, I reviewed my decision in my mind. I wondered if I could stop him from retreating into nothingness if I could do it all over again.

I'm afraid that still won't work. If I get too close, he might easily manipulate the black magic sphere and banish me to nothingness, which would be even more unacceptable than forcing me to leave the battlefield. And even if I did a good job stopping him just now, if he's determined to leave, I still can't stop him.

No matter how you put it, he's stronger than me now, and he's extremely skilled in the power of spacetime. It's clear he was very unwilling when he made the decision to escape, but once he's determined to run, probably no one in this world can stop him.

What has already happened cannot be changed. The question is, when will I be able to find the two elements of the mountain again?

I believe that Shan Liangyi also has the ability to escape from the void, otherwise he wouldn't have rushed into it on his own. But isn't he worried that he might accidentally go to the very distant future? Of course, it's also possible to go to the very distant past, or even drift to a completely different world, which I'm not entirely sure about.

It's just a trip to another world, something that wouldn't be a one-off occurrence for Yama Ryougi. But he still has the grand goal of defeating the Old Fist God, and he probably can't accept missing out on that opportunity. If he just wanted to escape from me, with his spacetime powers, there was really no need to pay such a heavy price.

I speculate that, unlike on my side, the two elements of the mountain entering the void may not have such serious consequences.

Since the method of banishing nothingness he used is the same type as that used in the Yellow Springs, it is probably based on the same principle.

Huang Quan's specialty is magic with the same death attribute as Ming Zhuo, which has nothing to do with time and space. However, he still used a time and space domain spell that even I could hardly resist to banish me to nothingness. This is probably closely related to his true form, Du Shuo Mountain Huang Quan.

According to Ma Zao's analysis, the Yellow Springs of Mount Dushuo were transformed into a teleportation array connecting the real world and the afterlife. The reason the Yellow Springs could cast such spells was due to its connection with its original body; its original function was likely not to banish enemies, but to link its current location with its original body, creating a path between the two realms. The fact that it became a void banishment spell is probably because it deliberately released it in a failed manner.

It was precisely for this reason that Huang Quan did not use the Void Exile technique on me again in the afterlife—because he was already in the afterlife and could not establish a passage across the two worlds through the connection between him and Huang Quan of Mount Dushuo.

The spacetime component of the Dushuo Mountain teleportation array clearly originates from the Yin-Yang principle of the Mountain, thus enabling it to perform the same function. This approach likely prevents users from losing their way in time and space within the void; otherwise, its value as a pathway between realms would be virtually nonexistent. The black sphere of magical energy is most likely connected to the teleportation array set up in the real world by the Yin-Yang principle of the Mountain.

If I had been the one who went in just now, Shan Liangyi would have deliberately disrupted the correct connection between the black magic sphere and the teleportation array; but if it had been me, I would have been able to pass through normally.

Therefore, it seems that the Diviner is likely in grave danger. The Diviner can monitor whether any portals connecting to the afterlife are appearing in various locations. If he is still able to move freely, even if he cannot stop Shan Liangyi from building and using the portal, he can certainly destroy it after Shan Liangyi enters the afterlife.

Since Shan Liangyi seems quite certain that the portal can be used normally, the most likely possibility is that he severely injured the Divination Master to the point of immobility before entering the afterlife... or even killed him directly.

This is really bad... but thankfully the situation isn't beyond repair yet.

The retreat of Yama Ryougi signifies the complete collapse of the Gospel House. Based on previous speculation, he had no motive to carry out the human extermination plan independently without leaving the Gospel House. Therefore, even if he returns to the real world alone now, there should be no need to worry about him suddenly going berserk and razing the world to the ground.

And what I should do next is also very clear.

Using Luo Shan's portal, they returned to the real world to hunt down Shan Liangyi. However, in order to restart the closed portal, they had to rely on the power of Fa Zheng and his group.

I sensed the lingering flames on the original battlefield and then activated the teleportation.

Dushuoshan Huangquan has been eliminated by Ma Zao, and the latter cannot intervene in the battlefield between me and Shan Liangyi. If he intervenes, he will only become a burden. I can only help Zhu Shi first.

The Great Demon God Tu has not yet been destroyed. Because I had all my power taken away by Shan Liangyi, the five "Great Demons of Calamity" that I left for Zhu Shi also disappeared. However, Ma Zao's power of salvation and return seems to be very effective against the Great Demon. When he cooperated with Zhu Shi again, the Great Demon God Tu was defeated and forced to retreat. The original nine-headed Great Demon was reduced to only two or three heads. It seems that the lost fighting power cannot be summoned back. This may be due to the same reason that the super-fast regeneration of Du Shuo Shan Huang Quan and the spacetime storm of Ming Zhuo were negated by the power of salvation and return.

Then, I entered the heart of this battlefield.

"——Zhuang Cheng!"

Upon seeing me, Ma cried out with immense joy, and Zhu Shi's eyes shone brightly.

I nodded, then waved my hand, unleashing a sea of ​​fire. The Great Demon God Tu and the remaining two or three Great Demons were engulfed in it, not even having time to struggle or scream before they were reduced to ashes in the blink of an eye.

Immediately, I looked at another battlefield in the distance where fierce fighting was taking place, took a step, and instantly teleported to that place.

Fazheng and Jian Feixian are fighting fiercely against Yama, the master of the Gospel Academy.

Even with Jian Feixian's involvement, Fazheng was still suppressed by Yanmo. Jian Feixian was weaker than both of them, and his participation could only serve a supporting role. When targeted by Yanmo, Fazheng would be forced to protect Jian Feixian. Overall, the advantages outweighed the disadvantages, but it couldn't provide much-needed assistance.

After I appeared in the middle of the battlefield, both sides simultaneously stopped attacking.

“Zhuang Cheng, you…” Fa Zheng stared at me in disbelief.

Jian Feixian was also stunned and silent, looking over with incomprehension. These two people were probably no longer able to sense my magical energy fluctuations.

As the leader of the Gospel House, and also Yama, one of the three founders of Mount Rosan, he seems to be able to perceive more things.

“This fluctuation of magical power…” He looked at me intently, “You’ve already pushed open the third door, haven’t you?”

(End of this chapter)