novelonline Chapter 3832 Digging the Mountain
Chapter 3832 Digging the Mountain
Chapter 3832 Digging the Mountain
[Hope] + [Punish Evil] + [Happiness], the three Rings of Fate that resonate with her have all been obtained. Even if Iluna does nothing at this moment, all her injuries from just now have been healed.
Even the crimson lightning that was involuntarily pulsating on her body looked different from the lightning not long ago. The lightning not long ago, though powerful, was so violent that it was almost uncontrollable, but now all the lightning was in accordance with Iluna's own will, and the lightning was more ancient and powerful than before.
"Then Winnie."
"Go, Miss Beatrice, I still need to continue binding the mountain."
The ice maid spoke gently, then watched as Iluna, who seemed to have climbed another level, transformed into crimson lightning and soared into the sky, flying straight towards the dim yellow light at the mountaintop.
Winnie couldn't help but smile as she thought about the worries of the demigod witches who had been close to Shad in the past.
The witches of the Fifth Age were planning for the future, but they didn't expect that although most of the witches of the Sixth Age were useless, there were still talented girls in the Sixth Age who were working hard for the future.
The fact that the most outstanding girls and witches of the two eras were able to unite and await the inevitable apocalypse was, of course, because...
Iluna was able to break free from the black light in mid-air, and so could the butterfly-winged girl. But just as Emilia's weakness was exposed and she was forcibly reverted to a fairy, the butterfly-winged girl disintegrated in mid-air, and then all four of them fell together.
They fell right at the edge of the battlefield, so after the girls rolled around and struggled to their feet, they looked up and saw billowing yellow sand gushing out from the huge crater in the distance, followed by a dim yellow beam of light shooting straight into the night sky.
But in the blink of an eye, Luvia, Adelina, Sister Daphne and others appeared, and soon Stella even rushed into the battlefield, as if they had been waiting for this moment.
Dorothy.
Lacey helped Dorothy up; Grace and Helen, being angelic relics, were in much better condition than them.
The four girls didn't exchange many words. They clasped hands again, only to find that they couldn't merge for the time being.
The Red Butterfly sisters immediately realized what had happened:
"That snake accurately identified the weaknesses of each chosen one. We can only merge again after ten minutes."
"It's alright, our essence is still that of the chosen ones! You two sisters, and we two sisters can merge with each other, although it's weaker than the fusion of four people, but we can still help each other."
Lacey was about to use her current form to cross the sands to help, but Dorothy grabbed her hand again:
"Wait a minute, look at this."
Lacey turned around following her gaze and was shocked to find that behind her was a waterfall flowing from the cliff face.
The yellow sand quickly spread around them, but the waterfall bypassed the area. The rushing water wasn't very noticeable in the sandstorm, but it sounded exceptionally pleasant to them up close.
Grace and Helen exchanged a glance:
"The upper spring is behind the waterfall. We were here with Ellie and Stella earlier."
Lacey hesitated for a moment, then looked at Dorothy, seemingly understanding her thoughts. The blonde writer, meanwhile, gazed into the distance towards the center of the battlefield.
“Mr. Albert and the chosen ones of the earth have also arrived. Let’s not go to the battlefield yet, Lacey, let’s go to Shangquan. Without the Ring of Fate, even if we continue to fight, we might still be torn apart.”
The usually decisive Lacey hesitated at this moment:
"But we didn't promise Shad, do you mean..."
Dorothy nodded, and then Lacey bit her lip and looked back at the center of the battlefield:
"Alright, let's go and unite our destinies first. Grace, Helen, you two..."
Grace and Helen held hands and shook their heads:
“We won’t go. Our fate has already been completely changed by Shad. We don’t need the Ring of Fate to demonstrate the power of our destiny. We’ll stay here. You go and come back quickly.”
So the princess and the writer didn't say much, and the two hurriedly rushed behind the waterfall, hand in hand. At this time, only two candidates remained who had not yet formed the Ring of Fate, but Mr. Zarathustra, still seriously injured, was climbing the mountain with the help of Priest Augustus, while the women of the [Order of Doom] had already been eliminated by Dr. Schneider.
Therefore, no one will disturb the princess and the writer's actions at this time.
Ding dong!
Not long after they entered the waterfall, a clear bell sound came from the location of the Oracle Plaza above the cliff.
Grace and Helen, holding hands and standing outside the waterfall, both smiled.
"It seems there are no problems."
Before long, the princess and the writer emerged from behind the waterfall, each holding a ring of destiny in their hands (Note).
(Mia is running.)
Shad, who was ambushed, did not fall down the mountain. However, he was the main target of the snake that had just molted. Therefore, although he used the [Nightfall Sign] to defend himself when he was hit, he had just used the Enchanted Lock and was still in a state of fusion with Iluna, so the sign was shattered. He was smashed into the interior of the main mountain of the snow mountain on Fatummont Island. His bones cracked and popped as he smashed cracks into the mountain. Then, with a loud thud, he fell into the cavity inside the mountain.
"Oh~"
Shad already knew that the interior of Mount Fatumunster was full of cracks, but at this moment he had no time to think about where he was, because his bones felt as if they were shattering. No matter how strong his physique was, the feeling of being smashed through most of the mountain by the full force of the transformed snake was still unpleasant.
Black light enveloped his body, and the power of destruction and apocalypse eroded his flesh and soul. Fortunately, his regenerative abilities were naturally strong. After the moonfire burned his entire body, he struggled to his feet and crushed a few more life-restoring [Star Teardrops] before he could barely recover.
Do not immediately exert yourself at full strength; you need to rest for at least five minutes.
She whispered in Shad's ear, reminding him that the injuries inflicted by the power of the Doomsday Serpent were not so easily healed. Shad knew this, of course, but he understood even more clearly what that attack just now meant:
"That snake has finished molting!"
At this moment, Xia De was anxious about the situation outside and, without fully recovering, wanted to fly out through the crack he had smashed. But after summoning a ball of light to illuminate the surroundings and then searching, he found that the area was filled with black mist and he couldn't see any light at all. He then realized that the snake was trying to trap him here.
Although the enhanced spatial awareness wasn't completely ineffective, it couldn't guide Shad out of the mountain under these circumstances. While Winnie had temporarily taken over everything at Mount Fatumunster in place of Ms. White, the molted snake's power was clearly greater than Winnie's at this moment, and Winnie couldn't help Shad either.
The current situation could not hold him back permanently, but Shad knew that every second he returned would make the situation worse.
Having confirmed that the crystal slipper was useless here, Shad simply stopped looking for a way out and focused on striking the rock wall with his hands. He used all sorts of magical spells in turn, including Thunder Wave, Feliananna's Witch's Light, and turning fossils into mud, and in a short time, he had carved a passage through the belly of the mountain.
The black light and mist clinging to the rock wall were directly dispelled by the moonlight. Xia De no longer conserved his spirit energy. He hadn't used any perfume bottles tonight, and the [Star Dewdrops] on his body were enough, so he didn't care about consuming them at all.
With his physical abilities, he could have easily dug through the mountain with his bare hands without using any special techniques. However, at this moment, Mount Fatumunster was reinforced by Winnie's power and eroded by the power of the snake. Otherwise, Shad could have escaped from here in just a few minutes.
But at this moment, his sense of space was completely chaotic, and Xia De didn't even know whether he was digging deeper into the mountain or digging into a weak point in the mountain.
After digging for half a minute, he suddenly remembered that the mountain was much bigger than it appeared from the outside. So Xia De suddenly felt that if he continued to dig like this, he might very well dig up parts that he couldn't see before.
The feeling was strange, but before Xia De could figure it out, the tinkling of bells reached his ears. Even though he was inside the mountain, Xia De felt as if the sound was right beside him:
"The sacred bell the hermits lent me? Isn't that bell with Stella?"
The "Manual of Destiny" materialized on its own, with large swaths of text repeatedly detailing Shad's increasing "luck." While others might only grasp the meaning of the bell's sound, the "Manual of Destiny" granted Shad the ability to interpret fate in greater detail—
The unicorn is shaking the sacred bell, bringing increased luck.
"Is it Ellie? But that sacred bell is so powerful. Could it be the ring in the square?"
Although he was surprised by what he was seeing, he didn't stop digging. However, because he was distracted, he accidentally went in the wrong direction. But since he didn't know if he was going in the right direction, he simply continued digging in the wrong direction.
Unexpectedly, just over ten seconds later, he shattered the rock wall with a single palm strike, revealing the passageway behind him.
"Ok?"
Unlike the natural cavern in the mountainside just now, what appeared in front of him was clearly a man-made tunnel. Although Xia De had dug his way out from the middle of the tunnel, there was light on one side and light on the other side after entering the tunnel. Xia De naturally walked towards the direction of the light.
The passageway was slightly curved, and after walking about twenty steps, two paths appeared ahead. The path on the left was covered with snowflakes, even underground; the path on the right was faintly lit by firelight, and Xia De could feel the heat emanating from it just by getting close.
Ancient crimson runes were etched into the rock face between the two forks in the road. When Shad looked at them, the runes glowed, and "she" whispered:
Fate has forked before you; you can only choose once, and once you embark on a path, there is no turning back. Stranger, what will you choose?
Can I only choose once?
After thinking for a moment, Xia De walked towards the snowy road on the left.
【why? 】
"Chloe said that when I don't know the direction, I should try to find the answer in the snow and ice (3263); and I also felt that since I was in the snow mountain, it was better to choose snow. I didn't have time to waste on making choices."
As they continued forward, the wind and snow blowing from the front of the passage became increasingly fierce. Shad raised his left arm to shield his face, and a few dozen seconds later he stepped out of the passage and into a huge underground cave.
There was no snow or wind here, but as Xia De arrived, he suddenly had a strange feeling, and then he realized what he was experiencing here:
"The First Flame?!"
P.S.: To avoid any misinterpretation, here's a spoiler: they are not the "saviors," and they will keep their promise to Shad.