Apocalyptic Era: Starting from picking up a Bishoujo
Chapter 593 - 556 Great Battle Human God Great Demon 2

Chapter 593: 556 Great Battle Human God Great Demon 2

The power of Little Bowl’s blessing is far stronger than I imagined.

Although there isn’t currently any condition for direct physical contact with me, she can still impart a powerful blessing. Perhaps it’s due to the thermal energy markers I’ve placed on her and the "Fireflies," which keeps her in a state akin to zero-distance contact with me.

I didn’t expect these precautions to play such a crucial role in this form.

"You’ve been a great help. Please continue maintaining this blessing," I said.

Little Bowl immediately seemed pleased and assured: "Okay, Brother Zhuang Cheng, I’ll do my best!"

Telepathic communication is an exchange of thoughts, extremely swift, and our conversation happens in the blink of an eye.

Meanwhile, Huang Quan, as if sharply perceiving some information in this fleeting moment, gathers yellow-black mana in his hands again and mutters, "—Is it there?"

Speaking while he suddenly raises his hand, seemingly intent on striking towards a point in the void.

He undoubtedly guessed the source of power that made me suddenly agile, intending to attack No. 7 and Little Bowl who are situated in the depths of time and space!

Without waiting for him to unleash that mana, I swiftly moved to collide with him. The consequences of being hit by my body, akin to stellar material, are severe enough for him to quickly withdraw and evade my attack.

Catching this breach, No. 7’s aura fluctuates repeatedly, seemingly changing positions with Little Bowl deep within time and space.

The Great Demon Xuanwu also seized my distraction, roaring as he charged with bites. But now, thanks to Little Bowl’s blessing, even a distracted moment allows me to promptly evade his attacks, easily avoiding the Great Demon Xuanwu’s assault.

However, Little Bowl’s blessing cannot increase my attack or defense power, so I still can’t cause any harm to the Great Demon Xuanwu, nor can I resist its attacks. But it’s different with Huang Quan; if he takes a full-force hit from me, Huang Quan would suffer severe injuries, possibly even dying on the spot.

Thus I target Huang Quan who fled far away and launched another high-speed impact. Huang Quan’s face changed dramatically, quickly widening the distance to dodge, while the Great Demon Xuanwu roared as it pursued from behind.

The situation turned into an eerie stalemate.

At this moment, in a blessing state, I seem to be the Great Demon born from the Doomsday Era, holding all the advantages of time and space, while Huang Quan and Great Demon Xuanwu, who have immersed in the Post-mortem World for many years, appear like outsiders, confused by the chaotic space-time.

Both adversaries’ attacks can’t successfully hit me, placing me in an effectively invincible state; correspondingly, because I need to split my focus to dodge the Great Demon Xuanwu’s attacks, I not only fail to harm the Great Demon Xuanwu but also can’t successfully hit Huang Quan.

This state appears balanced but is really disadvantageous for me.

Unlike the usual Huang Quan and Great Demon Xuanwu, I’m currently in a time-limited Third Form. Once time runs out, while Little Bowl’s blessing allows me to maintain my high evasive capabilities, I’ll lose resistance to Huang Quan’s ranged attacks. At that time, Huang Quan can join forces with the Great Demon Xuanwu to attack me, leaving me merely dodging for survival.

No matter how strong the evasive ability is, once caught in such a passive situation, defeat becomes a matter of time.

Moreover, Little Bowl’s blessing cannot last indefinitely. It’s not about her exhausting power, but her and No. 7’s hidden status can’t be maintained for long. I can sense Huang Quan and Great Demon Xuanwu, while in this stalemate with us, are also devoting some spirit to quickly search for the two hidden deep within time and space.

I can still intercept Huang Quan’s actions, but I cannot prevent the Great Demon Xuanwu’s actions. Perhaps before my Third Form’s countdown finishes, they might already be pulled out and eliminated.

I must introduce new elements into this battle to shift the situation in my favor.

Little Bowl is currently still being pursued by the Catastrophe Demon. The reason it hasn’t appeared is only because Little Bowl has been hiding herself at the layer of destiny. Once this concealment is revoked, the Catastrophe Demon will immediately appear. This could be seen as a "new element."

It’s likely that Little Bowl has already considered this idea but hasn’t immediately put it into practice.

Normally, the Catastrophe Demon is the Great Demon Xuanwu’s priority target, but now I, suspected to have the same priority as the Vermilion Bird Inheritor, have already been locked as Great Demon Xuanwu’s target. If on this basis the Catastrophe Demon is summoned, Great Demon Xuanwu might not change its attack target based on its "hatred" towards the Catastrophe Demon, but instead, the Catastrophe Demon might act like Great Demon Xuanwu and ignore Huang Quan, concentrating its firepower on me. In that case, it wouldn’t be offering help, but adding insult to injury.

After all, what exactly is the Great Demon?

I always thought it was the future Impermanence fallen during the Doomsday Era, but since this "Doomsday Era" is actually the Post-mortem World, the past theory naturally doesn’t hold up.

Although I have not yet witnessed firsthand if Water Navy Xuanwu has truly been resurrected, it can be confirmed that long before Water Navy Xuanwu died once, the existence of Great Demon Xuanwu already existed in the Post-mortem World. And I myself have never died even once, yet in the Post-mortem World, the existence of Catastrophe Demon still appeared.

"No. 7, can you hear me?"

While persistently pursuing Huang Quan and dodging attacks from Great Demon Xuanwu, I asked telepathically, "What exactly is the Great Demon?"

Perhaps gaining more understanding of the essence of the Great Demon can change the current situation.

No. 7 must be quite busy right now; it took her two seconds to respond: "...Regarding the origins of the Great Demon, I can’t say I’m completely confident, not even the Evangelical Institute has much research progress on this. But there is an estimate over there that probably comes closer to the truth... I think the Great Demon should be the creation of ’Naraku Gospel.’

"Naraku Gospel?" I asked.

"It’s the term used by the high-levels of the Evangelical Institute to refer to the evil will currently reigning over the Post-mortem World," Lady No. 7 said. "You may have perhaps thought of the Great Demon as a human god who fell during the Doomsday Era; this idea isn’t entirely incorrect. Naraku Gospel can mimic the Post-mortem World into the future Doomsday Era, and can summon countless disasters that will be rampant during Doomsday. Those ’Apocalypse Anomalies’ are summoned this way.

"As the King of Apocalypse, the Great Demon is similar... or maybe not entirely. Surely you know that human gods can’t easily fall like mortals into Sin Demons. Even if you lived through a genuine Doomsday Era for a long time, frenzy cannot invade your spirit, nor any other human god.

"Hence, the Great Demon is a monster created on the foundation of the ’impossible possible’ of ’human god being eroded by frenzy.’ It is a ’hypothetical anomaly’ forcefully deduced by Naraku Gospel based on past human gods and human god aspirants who existed in the Living World from ancient times.

"’Suppose you welcomed the Doomsday Era, and for whatever reasons, willingly accepted the invasion of frenzy’—the Great Demon likely was born from this kind of conception."

The past Immortalities and Immortality aspirants... I used to think that the ’less than ten Great Demons’ in the Post-mortem World were based on the ’less than ten Immortalities’ of Luo Mountain.

That’s true, because the existence of Great Demon Xuanwu alone is enough to break this theory.

Naraku Gospel can actually summon multiple Great Demon existences...

Then, I posed the question: "The reason Immortality would voluntarily accept frenzy—is there really such a reason?"

"Hence why it’s called the ’impossible possible.’ Clearly unreasonable, yet absurdly valid. In a sense, Doomsday Great Demon may be the existence closest to the world’s truth," Lady No. 7 replied, "However... if we had to find a reason, there might just be one..."

"What reason?" I asked.

"This is merely a theory without evidence..." Lady No. 7 paused before saying, "...I once heard within the Evangelical Institute that only an Immortality harboring the desire to destroy the world would respond to Naraku Gospel’s summon as the Doomsday Great Demon in the Post-mortem World."

Upon hearing this, I felt as if a secret I held close was inexplicably revealed.

All along, I’ve kept my desire for Doomsday as my deepest secret, yet who would have thought there’s a Catastrophe Demon equivalent to "walking dark material" brazenly roaming in the Post-mortem World.

"The situation is extremely unfavorable right now—"

Perhaps feeling for me, Little Bowl immediately helped shift the topic, "...Lady No. 7, could you possibly assist Brother Zhuang Cheng in retreating from this battlefield like last time?"

"I can’t..." Lady No. 7 sighed, "There are two reasons. Firstly, last time’s tactic has already been used in front of Great Demon Xuanwu; although the opponent is an irrational monster, it is a divine demon with strong spiritual intuition, best not to expect the same ability to be effective a second time;

"Secondly, and more importantly—Huang Quan knows the specifics of my superpower. Since he personally came to eliminate the Tai Sui Army with me present, he must have prepared to counter it."

"A dead-end road..." Little Bowl seemed very troubled.

The knowledge about the origins of the Great Demon seems unable to improve the predicament, so I tried another path to solve the crisis, saying, "Little Bowl, I am next to use the Power of Divine Seal Fragments, can you enhance the effect of my usage?"

"Alright... I’ll give it a try." Little Bowl responded.

Immediately, I summoned a flame, and injected the Power of Divine Seal Fragments into it.

Simultaneously, another Power of Divine Seal Fragments appeared from thin air, overlapping with my own.