Apocalyptic Era: Starting from picking up a Bishoujo
Chapter 226 - 213 Victory

Chapter 226: 213 Victory

The battle is over.

The high temperature and dust ravaged the battlefield, with sounds of burning erupting intermittently.

With the help of my vastly improved strength, I finally defeated Yinyue. However, instead of indulging in the power gained from becoming stronger, I am quite uneasy now. The blow I dealt earlier was excessively forceful; even I couldn’t rein it in for a moment. It wouldn’t have been surprising if both Yinyue and Changan had burned to death. I’m worried that I might accidentally kill my own friend.

I probed my own flames. Right after defeating Yinyue, a new and massive "slag" appeared in them. Although possessing "slag" doesn’t necessarily mean that someone has been killed, the thought that it might contain parts of Changan made my vision darken.

I manipulated the Fire Sea on a large scale, dispersing the mushroom clouds that covered the surrounding area.

Although I couldn’t manipulate strong winds directly like Yinyue, the movement of such a vast Fire Sea is enough to create fierce winds that quickly dispersed most of the dust. At the same time, I drew a large amount of flame towards myself, repairing the Fire Element body that had been battered by Yinyue’s Moonlight Bombardment, along with healing my soul as well.

I encountered no difficulties along the way, as if I was mending a trivial scratch, until my previously tattered soul suddenly became rejuvenated, as if it had never been injured.

Severe soul damage isn’t that easy to repair—if this theory is correct, then it’s not just applicable to Yinyue, but also to me. Yet now, I could easily repair my own injuries. Was the theory incorrect, or was Yinyue’s damage to me not deep enough?

My recovery ability must have its limits somewhere. Perhaps right at this moment, there are invisible injuries left within my soul that I can’t perceive.

Moreover, as the battle ended, I gradually lost my metaphysical awareness. Cause and effect, concepts, symbols... such abstract entities faded from my realm of consciousness.

But I know, I have grasped the correct direction. Maybe in the future, I will no longer need someone nearby to activate a superpower involving the metaphysical realm, and sensing it with my own power is just a matter of time.

Soon, I found my target in the cleared battlefield.

Changan was lying on the ground in the distance.

I hurried over to check on him. He was still alive, breathing and with a heartbeat. Although he had several minor wounds on his body, those were probably just from being pricked by needles while in the containment vessel at the Human Bureau, and from being cut by broken glass after breaking out of the container. It seemed that my flame’s friend-foe recognition system had been effective.

It appeared that Yinyue had temporarily vanished. The Yinyue that appeared earlier didn’t physically modify Changan’s body into her form, but rather it was a temporary phenomenon.

I don’t know if Yinyue’s soul has been destroyed or if it has left Changan’s body. Judging from the extinguished mana fluctuations, even if I didn’t kill her soul, I at least dealt damage to the extent that she can’t maintain consciousness.

Changan doesn’t give me a dangerous feeling now, and at the same time, I can’t sense Yinyue’s soul inside of him. But after all, I originally lacked the ability to sense other people’s souls. Being able to do that would at least require me to master the perception of the metaphysical realm. The thought that Yinyue’s soul might still be inside Changan’s body makes me feel that this matter is far from over. I’ll have to seek help from others who are skilled in this matter later; I wonder if Mr. Zhu has any contacts in this area.

Dealing with a Great Success Rank demon’s possession might not be any easier than healing Mazao’s soul damage, especially since the evil spirit that possessed Changan has such a troublesome superpower. From the perspective of a Luoshan Demon Hunter, compared to the difficulty of resolving Yinyue’s evil spirit possession, it would be better for the world to simply kill Changan. And that’s something I absolutely cannot allow.

If push comes to shove, I can wait until I can independently contact the metaphysical realm and see if I can selectively burn away Yinyue’s soul after reaching "Divine Skill Great Success." In the meantime, I have other things I want to explore.

The origin of Luoshan—"Naraku,"

"Land of Origin"—the Arctic,

And the unintended wish of the Master of Divine Seal that split the world in two...

In Yinyue’s "illusion," I received such information, ambiguous yet intriguing. Moreover, it seems that Mazao and I in the "illusion" not only defeated Impermanence but also a Great Demon... Aren’t Great Demons specifically products of the Doomsday Era? Could it be possible that in the realm of possibilities corresponding to that "illusion," a Great Demon descended from the Doomsday Era to the modern day, or that Mazao and I had the opportunity to travel to the Doomsday Era?

I even heard the name of an unfamiliar Impermanence in the "illusion"... I think it was "Fa Zheng"? Setting aside other information for now, it should be easy to find out if there’s any Impermanence named "Fa Zheng."

But for now, I need to secure Changan’s safety.

I need to use the Teleportation Door at the old Human Bureau base. Dream Chen Long and Divine Spear are currently battling there, and it’s far too dangerous for the unconscious Changan. However, it’s not a big deal. I can just go and kill both Dream Chen Long and Divine Spear.

Hmm, before I kill Dream Chen Long, I should thank him. If he hadn’t activated the "Teleportation Door Barrier" earlier, the nuclear explosion summoned by Yinyue could have killed Mazao and Zhu Shi at the old Human Bureau base.

I looked towards the direction of the old Human Bureau base. The "Teleportation Door Barrier," which looked like an inverted black bowl, has now vanished. Suddenly, out of the corner of my eye, I noticed someone standing beside me.

It was the girl, Lu Chan. She looked sorrowfully at the devastated forest area left behind after my battle with Yinyue, then said to me, "Your battle has ended... Congratulations."

Although there were many aspects worth discussing in the battle between Yinyue and me, the actual duration was very short; Lu Chan hadn’t dissipated yet. But now, her figure seemed much more ethereal, as if she would vanish with a breeze. She said she had at most ten minutes, but it is obviously much shorter in practice.

Now she appeared even more like an illusion.

Why this insubstantial her has manifested in an independent reality space, this question surfaced again in my mind. However, in fact, when I saw Dream Chen Long appear, the answer already began to emerge in my heart.

At this moment, the tide of battle at the old Human Bureau base seemed to have undergone a surprising change.