Infinite: Starting from Resident Evil

A demonic voice echoed in his mind, urging him to immediately go to the top of the Shinra Building and take back everything he had.

“Those things that originally belonged to you were taken over by an outsider. He stole everything from you—your identity, your…love. Kill him and set fate back on track.”

The demonic voice still echoed in Claude's mind. Although he tried his best to avoid it, his eyes became more and more confused as the voice grew louder.

Finally, when his eyes were lifeless, he released his hands that were holding his head, then took the Destruction Sword from behind him and ran towards the Shinra Building like a walking corpse.

Behind him, Barrett and the others noticed his unusual behavior and tried to stop him, but he knocked them away with a backhand sword.

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Chapter 219! The Final Battle

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The fierce battle continues on the rooftop.

Although Sephiroth from the other world had Fira's help, he gradually showed signs of defeat under the siege of Shen Ye and the others.

He is very powerful, even more powerful than Sephiroth of this world, but his power is limited, because ultimately, he is just a spiritual being summoned by the fate of this world.

With Fila's help, he could hold his own against Shen Ye and the others, but after the Shinra special forces assembled their heavy sniper rifles, the bullets fired from the weapons inlaid with magic crystals shattered his counterattacks time and time again.

"If you lose, fate will lose too." In the midst of the battle, Sephiroth of this world said coldly. His cat-like vertical pupils no longer held the indifference they once had, but instead held a hint of pleasure. As long as fate was lost, he could live.

He... didn't want to die.

Even though he was Genova's successor, he didn't know when he developed a fondness for this world.

This probably happened after fate changed.

However, the other Sephiroth, upon hearing this, seemed to show no emotion in his eyes, but his heart was filled with hatred.

In his timeline, he had already killed Aerith and was defeated by Cloud, returning to the Great Hollow. Therefore, he hated why he could live in this world.

Surrounded by several people, he was in grave danger. Even with Fila's constant assistance, he was slowly being overwhelmed and beaten.

But he didn't panic, because he heard a voice in his ear. The voice was faint but clear, telling him to hold on a little longer, and someone would come to help him soon.

"Who could it be? Could it be him?" Although the voice didn't tell him who was coming to help him, he seemed to have already guessed.

boom!

Amidst the deafening explosion, Shen Ye used another move, the Returning Heaven Spinning Sword, to repel another Sephiroth. Just as he was about to deliver another blow, a sword aura pierced through the air, halting his attack.

"Claude, what are you doing?"

Alice's voice rang out from behind Shen Ye. Shen Ye turned his head and saw Claude's figure appear on the edge of the rooftop. The sword energy he had just unleashed was from him.

Cloud heard Aerith's voice, his lifeless eyes flickered slightly, then returned to calm. The enchanting voice still echoed in his ears. He slowly looked at Aerith, then at Tifa, and murmured, "You... are mine."

The bewitching voice not only helped him reclaim everything that belonged to him, but also played some images in his mind. These were the future of the original timeline. In the future images, he saw Alice and Tifa by his side, both women looking at him with loving eyes.

However, now these two women were standing behind another man, and in an instant, his heart was filled with hatred.

"What belongs to me, I will take back." Claude raised his greatsword, pointing it at Shen Ye, then strode forward and swung the sword at him.

But he was stopped by Sephiroth of this world halfway there.

"Wouldn't it be better to just be a mercenary? Why... Oh, so it wanted to make one last desperate attempt?" Sephiroth of this world put aside his doubts. He understood why Cloud, who had been content with the status quo, had come.

“Fate! It really is…wonderful.” Sephiroth of this world turned to look at Shen Ye and shouted, “You take care of him, I’ll take care of Cloud, and after that, I’ll return to the Great Hollow.”

“Alright!” Shen Ye had always felt that Claude’s existence was a problem, but because he was the “protagonist” in the past, he didn’t want to kill Claude at first due to the influence of the past plot. But now, if he wanted to completely change the plot of this world, he had no choice but to kill him.

Perhaps killing him at the hands of Sephiroth in this world would deliver a fatal blow to the fate of this world, causing him to completely abandon the idea of ​​correcting the timeline.

Thus, a new round of battle began.

Shen Ye, Tifa, and Aerith, with the help of the special forces under Scarlett's command, continue to fight against Sephiroth from another world, while Sephiroth from this world is engaged in a one-on-one duel with Cloud.

Cloud is very strong, but because the plot has changed, he hasn't grown up yet. So from the beginning, he was constantly being overwhelmed by Sephiroth of this world. He wasn't exactly in grave danger, but he was being forced to retreat step by step.

The situation was similar for Shen Ye's side. Although they lacked the assistance of Sephiroth from this world, the teamwork between Shen Ye and his companions became increasingly skillful, and the other Sephiroth was beginning to struggle against them.

A continuous stream of magic flowed into Shen Ye's body from Alice's magic circle, instantly transforming into internal energy. Shen Ye raised his sword again, his body charging forward at lightning speed. While repelling another Sephiroth, he leaped high into the air, transforming into a giant sword before crashing down heavily.

boom!

Another Sephiroth was blasted away by the violent sword energy, but he immediately used his wings to stop himself and float steadily on the edge of the rooftop.

Just then, Cloud was also knocked to the edge of the rooftop by Sephiroth from this world. Just as he was about to stand up and fight again, another Sephiroth grabbed his shoulder.

"Claude, wait a minute."

Cloud turned his head and looked expressionlessly at the other Sephiroth. His lifeless eyes revealed a hint of doubt. Just as he was about to ask a question, he saw a faint green light emanating from the other Sephiroth's vertical pupils.

"Open your heart, let us become one," another Sephiroth said slowly.

Then, after saying that, his hand on Claude's shoulder disappeared.

No, it can't be said to have disappeared; rather, it merged into Claude's body.

As a spiritual being, he originally had no physical body, while Claude also had Jenova's cells in his body; the two were originally Jenova's children.

Seeing this, Shen Ye and Sephiroth from this world raised their swords to stop them, but at this moment, all the Fira gathered in front of Cloud, blocking them firmly.

"Damn it, fate, what are you trying to do?" Sephiroth of this world could no longer maintain his usual calm and collected demeanor.

Shen Ye and the others looked on in astonishment at Cloud, who had merged with the other Sephiroth.

Finally, when Cloud opened his eyes again, they had become vertical pupils like Sephiroth's.

But he didn't move. Instead, he opened his arms, and at that moment, all the Fira that were blocking Sephiroth and Shen Ye in this world gathered in front of him and frantically burrowed into his body.

This is the world's last gamble, a gamble to make Claude the world's most powerful special forces soldier ahead of schedule, to eliminate all destabilizing factors, and then to reshape the timeline.

boom!

After the last Fira entered Cloud's body, a strange vortex appeared in the sky above the Shinra Building.

The vortex had a very strong suction force, and Shen Ye, Alice, Sephiroth, and Cloud were all sucked in by that force, but the others on the rooftop were not affected.

When Shen Ye and the others regained their sight, they were surprised to find themselves in a strange space.

This space has a huge platform. There is no light, but you can see clearly all around. What amazes everyone even more is that images are constantly appearing all around, and those images are things they have experienced in the past.

"Where am I?" Alice looked around, swearing she had absolutely no memory of this place.

Then she looked at Shen Ye and found that he was also looking around in surprise.

"You...don't know either?" Alice knew that Shen Ye knew a lot of things, but now it seemed that there were things he didn't know.

"Hmm, I've never seen this place before." Shen Ye shook his head; there was no record of this place in the game.

"And you, Sephiroth?" Shen Ye turned to look at Sephiroth in this world—or rather, there was only one Sephiroth left in this world now.

“This… should be a point in time.” Sephiroth didn’t know at first, but somehow, a piece of information appeared in his mind and he blurted it out.

"A point in time?" Shen Ye pondered, vaguely guessing why they were here.

The destiny of this world is to eliminate them here, then turn back time to completely erase any traces they left behind that do not belong to the original storyline.

At that moment, a sword aura descended from the sky, interrupting their thoughts.

It was Cloud, who was floating above them, looking at them with vertical pupils like Sephiroth's and an indifferent gaze.

However, he was no longer Claude at this moment; he was now completely controlled by the fate of this world.

"Since things have already come to this, let's just let things develop naturally," Shen Ye said, looking at Claude in the sky.

But Claude didn't speak, because fate cannot speak, so he only responded with the aura of his sword.

The massive destructive sword unleashed a tremendous sword aura, intending to tell them that fate is absolutely irreversible.

"It seems that only by killing him can fate completely abandon us." Sephiroth unleashed a sword strike, then soared into the sky, engaging Cloud in fierce combat.

The two sides clashed fiercely in the air, with the clanging of swords ringing out incessantly.

Neither Shen Ye nor Alice could fly, so they could only provide remote support from the platform. One would occasionally unleash sword energy, while the other used all the magic she knew.

At this point, Cloud's strength had completely surpassed Sephiroth's. Even with Shen Ye and Aerith's interference, he still managed to knock Sephiroth down from mid-air after hundreds of collisions.

boom!

Sephiroth, like a fallen angel, crashed heavily to the ground.

Even though he was only an avatar now, he still felt pain, which was mental pain.

Just as Cloud was about to slash at Sephiroth with his greatsword, a scorching fireball struck him. Shen Ye then caught up with his sword and struck Cloud in the chest with a palm strike.

Although Cloud is very strong at this time, and his physical strength has also improved significantly, all his improvements have a limit, because fate cannot allow him to exceed the original storyline by too much.

Therefore, Shen Ye's palm strike directly dented Claude's chest.

"Ugh!" Claude coughed up a mouthful of blood, but his expression remained unchanged. Instead, he turned around and slashed at Shen Ye with his sword.

At this moment, Shen Ye had not yet withdrawn his hand, and in his haste, he could only hold the sword horizontally above his head with one hand.

boom!

The immense force of the giant sword sent Shen Ye flying, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood in mid-air.

"Shen!" Alice rushed to catch Shen Ye, but she herself was knocked down.