Female Protagonist Assistance System

Chapter 117 : . The Final Battle

Xiao Yan had erased the origin of the souls he refined, turning them into puppets. These puppets, having lost their origin, no longer had the chance for reincarnation. When Xiao Mei heard Gu Yuan mention this at the Alliance meeting, she found it extremely cruel. Now, the person she loved had also become a puppet and had dissipated into dust before her eyes.

How could she possibly bear this?

"Ah Jin... Ah Jin..." Tears mixed with blood fell to the ground. Xiao Mei's entire body trembled, her aura becoming chaotic.

Xiao Yu stood beside her, at a loss for what to do. Of course, she could understand Xiao Mei's feelings. If something like this had happened to Instructor Ruo Lin, she would surely have gone mad like Xiao Mei.

"No reincarnation... no rebirth... soul scattered... why... why did this happen..." Xiao Mei didn't even know what she was saying, her entire being immersed in overwhelming sorrow.

Just then, a cool voice suddenly interjected: "It's not that bad."

Hearing this familiar voice, Xiao Yu looked up in surprise to see Xiao Han standing not far away, dressed in her crimson-patterned silver robe. The puppets attempting to approach were torn to pieces by an invisible force when they were still about ten meters away from her.

Xiao Yu was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly asked, "What do you mean... not that bad? Does that mean there's still hope for Senior Sister Hun Jin?"

Xiao Han glanced at Xiao Mei, who had fallen into a trance-like state as if she hadn't heard anything, and nodded: "Before Hun Jin returned to the Soul Clan, I gave her a bottle of Soul Nourishing Pills."

"Soul Nourishing Pills?" Xiao Yu repeated in confusion. She had never heard of such a medicine.

"Soul Nourishing Pills can preserve the soul's origin," Xiao Han said without preamble, dropping a bombshell.

As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Mei suddenly raised her head, staring intently at Xiao Han. After a while, her lips trembling, she managed to ask, "Are... are you telling the truth?"

Xiao Han nodded calmly and continued, "However, she has already died, and her soul has entered the cycle of reincarnation. As for which world she has reincarnated into... if you are determined, strive to break through to Dou God. Once you become a Dou God, you can tear open space and travel to other worlds to search for Hun Jin's reincarnation."

Xiao Mei stared blankly at Xiao Han, seemingly unable to process what she had heard. After a while, light gradually returned to her eyes.

She nodded heavily and stood up unsteadily, saying in a hoarse voice, "I understand..."

Xiao Yu quickly supported her. Seeing that Xiao Mei wanted to continue fighting, she couldn't help but ask, "Are you alright? Do you need to rest?"

Given Xiao Mei's current state, Xiao Yu was truly uneasy about letting her fight alone.

Xiao Mei shook her head and looked up at Xiao Yan, who was engaged in fierce combat with Gu Xun'er. Her eyes revealed deep-seated hatred: "I'm fine..."

Looking at Xiao Mei in this state, Xiao Han inwardly shook her head. The myriad facets of the world, the intricacies of love—even she had fallen prey to it, let alone ordinary humans.

The battle between Gu Xun'er and Xiao Yan was also approaching its conclusion.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

In the sky, golden spiritual energy and the sea of blood collided fiercely. The entire earth trembled under these violent energy fluctuations, being torn apart into huge cracks.

Watching the back-and-forth attacks of blood sea and spiritual energy in the sky, everyone's hearts were in their throats. Such terrifying exchanges were beyond description. Any single attack landing on the Alliance headquarters would likely cause countless casualties.

Gu Yuan watched with trepidation, fearing his daughter might be injured or defeated. He couldn't help but ask Xiao Han beside him, "Does Xun'er have a good chance of winning?"

Xiao Han's gaze calmly observed the battle in the sky, seemingly not nervous at all. Her attitude unconsciously reassured everyone in the Alliance. After all, almost everyone knew that the Alliance Leader and the Young Miss of the Ancient Clan were engaged, with deep feelings for each other. If the Young Miss of the Ancient Clan didn't have a good chance of winning, the Alliance Leader wouldn't appear so calm.

"Xun'er can win," Xiao Han declared decisively, even though the two combatants had yet to gain the upper hand over each other.

Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. No one doubted Xiao Han's words.

Blood light filled the heavens and earth. Xiao Yan looked at Gu Xun'er, who was not at all disadvantaged under his attacks, a trace of gloom passing through his eyes. This kind of stalemate was not what he wanted to see.

"Gu Xun'er, don't think that just because you've advanced to Dou God, you can contend with this emperor!"

Taking a deep breath, Xiao Yan's expression suddenly became extremely solemn. He waved his hand, and a dazzling blood light shot down, directly drilling into the ground. Then, to everyone's horror, they saw countless blood lights spreading like lightning from where it had landed, like the blood vessels of the Central Plains!

Gu Xun'er also looked at this scene in amazement. From her high vantage point, she could see those blood lines enveloping the entire Central Plains at a terrifyingly rapid speed.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Just as she was surprised by this, the ground of the Central Plains suddenly began to shake violently. Massive blood lights, tens of thousands of zhang tall, burst skyward from various places across the Central Plains!

"The places where these blood lights are rising... seem to be where the Soul Clan placed their Soul-Devouring Life-Ending Formations!" Gu Yuan suddenly exclaimed as he watched where the blood lights were rising.

"If you connect the positions where these formations were placed..." Hu Jia also recalled something, her expression suddenly changing as she said in shock, "The positions connected together also form a formation!"

"Such a massive formation..." Yun Yun and others were astonished. A formation that could cover the entire Central Plains?

"Gu Xun'er, I, Xiao Yan, have planned for so long. Even in the worst situation, I am prepared. Today, you must perish!"

Blood light covered the Central Plains. Those light pillars spread out in the distant sky, directly forming an unimaginably huge and bizarre formation.

"This formation was passed down by the first Dou God expert of the Soul Clan. Its name is the Emperor-Slaying Formation!" Xiao Yan looked at Gu Xun'er with a strange gaze, coldly smiling as he said, "In ancient times, there were indeed Dou God experts who fell in this formation."

Gu Xun'er's gaze slightly sank as she raised her head to look at the bizarre formation surrounded by blood light in the sky. She indeed sensed a hint of danger from it.

"Always prepare for the worst—that's how I, Xiao Yan, have managed to survive until now." Xiao Yan smiled arrogantly, then his expression darkened. He waved his sleeve, and space behind him split open. Then, the sound of rushing water arose. Next, to everyone's shock, they saw blood like a tidal wave gushing out from that spatial rift, all of it pouring into the so-called Emperor-Slaying Formation.

As the vast sea of blood poured into the formation, a strange light suddenly flashed within it. The blood light condensed, and under the gaze of countless onlookers, it transformed into a huge blood blade emanating an endless bloody aura!

The blood blade was extremely bizarre, without a hilt. Blood light surrounded it, as if it could slice through even heaven and earth!

"Soul Clan members, hear my command: sacrifice yourselves to the blade!"

As soon as the blood blade appeared, Xiao Yan suddenly shouted sternly. Hearing his shout, there was immediate commotion among the distant Soul Clan army, but no one stepped forward.

After all, they weren't fools. Xiao Yan was merely an outsider who, although favored by Soul Emperor Tian and made the young master of the Soul Hall, was still not of their clan. Now that Soul Emperor Tian was dead, likely by Xiao Yan's hand, even a fool would realize Xiao Yan's wolfish ambition and ingratitude. How could they voluntarily come forward to sacrifice their lives?

Seeing that no one dared to come forward, Xiao Yan couldn't help but give a cold laugh. He waved his sleeve, and the blood blade turned into a lightning bolt, directly slashing towards the Soul Clan members!

Under the terrified gazes of countless Soul Clan members, the bodies of thousands of Soul Clan experts were severed. As blood gushed forth, their bodies rapidly withered, finally turning to dust and dissipating.

Having absorbed the blood of these Soul Clan experts, the bizarre blood blade became even more substantial.

"Gu Xun'er, it ends now!"

The world fell silent. Everyone's gaze was fixed on this scene in the sky. From that bizarre blood blade, they sensed an aura of extreme terror. This attack truly had the potential to grievously wound Gu Xun'er!

"The Emperor-Slaying Ghost Blood Blade... that legendary weapon said to have slain countless Dou God, it actually exists?" Gu Yuan clenched his fists, his expression extremely grim.

Under the worried gazes of many, Gu Xun'er took a deep breath. She clasped her hands together, slowly closing her eyes. The pale golden pattern on her forehead grew brighter and brighter.

The golden spiritual energy surrounding her body began to revolve around her, its speed increasing. At this moment, everyone felt a warm power showering down from the sky. This power couldn't strengthen them, but it could penetrate their bodies, soothing their fears.

Gu Xun'er, with her eyes closed, separated her clasped hands. With her palms facing upward, her spiritual energy suddenly surged.

"Spirits of all things, energy of heaven and earth, I, Gu Xun'er, in the name of the Spirit Emperor, request your aid."

Her clear yet steady voice resounded throughout the world. The moment her words fell, everyone was surprised to find faint golden light appearing on the surface of their bodies.

This golden light contained a faint power of living beings. This power wasn't strong, merely one percent of a single living being's total life force. But it's worth noting that the living beings of the entire continent weren't just humans.

Golden light separated from all living creatures on the continent, transforming into golden points of light that floated towards Gu Xun'er. In an instant, as far as the eye could see, the entire world seemed filled with these golden points of light, an incredibly awe-inspiring sight.

Those points of light merged into Gu Xun'er's body. With each point that merged, Gu Xun'er's aura grew stronger.

"This is..." Gu Yuan looked in surprise at the faint golden light on his own body, not quite sure what it was.

Xiao Han raised her hand. The golden light within her body was much more intense than others', and it also contained power of heaven and earth that others didn't have.

"The power of living beings," Xiao Han said softly. "All things have spirit."

The power of living beings was governed by Heaven's Mandate. Although Xiao Han couldn't use this power, she possessed a large amount of it.

When the last point of golden light merged into Gu Xun'er's body, a pillar of golden fire shot into the sky. This golden light slowly shifted, finally condensing in midair. A golden imperial seal appeared before her.

"Evil-Suppressing Seal of Living Beings!"

Looking at this seal that seemed only as big as a palm, Xiao Han was slightly stunned. She sensed a familiar aura from this seal.

Is this... the physical manifestation of the Heavenly Might Seal?