novelraw Chapter 373-2: Child of Evil, Firefly Extinguished (2)
Chapter 373-2: Child of Evil, Firefly Extinguished (2)
[She speaks slowly and softly. Outsider, did you know? Firefly is about to perish…]
[Such a powerful being dying just like this would be far too much of a waste. Why not use Firefly as the greatest source of Evil to provide her with inexhaustible power?]
[Right now, you cannot kill her, and this newborn offspring’s body is too frail to defeat you.]
[But once she defeats Firefly, she will fully control this newborn offspring’s body. At that time, you will no longer have any chance to regret your choices…]
Lin Xun instantly recalled the plan that Firefly had mentioned before.
Firefly had told him that once the Wet Nurse successfully delivered the new offspring, It would definitely descend Its entire consciousness into this newborn offspring’s Shell, using the offspring’s body to absorb malice and control malice to become ever stronger.
What they had to do was kill the new offspring’s fleshly body at the moment the Wet Nurse’s consciousness fully descended.
That would be when the Wet Nurse was at Her most vulnerable and the best opportunity.
At that moment, Firefly would launch a full counterattack, using the web of consciousness to annihilate the Wet Nurse’s fleeing consciousness and soul in a single stroke.
Yet now, the true Wet Nurse was still locked in battle with Firefly. Its consciousness had not fully descended here at all.From the earlier text, it was clear that the Child of Evil and Clone Flanda both carried the same prefix name, Incarnation of the Desire Wet Nurse. That was the best proof.
“Is Firefly feigning defeat against the Wet Nurse, or is It truly reaching Its limit?”
“Should I trust Firefly and wait until the Wet Nurse’s consciousness fully descends before striking it down, or should I kill the new offspring the moment I break through to the immortal realm?”
Lin Xun’s thoughts spun rapidly.
Previously, killing Clone Flanda’s fleshly body had done nothing to destroy its consciousness. He could only watch helplessly as the Wet Nurse’s consciousness avatar descended into the new offspring’s body.
After he broke through to the immortal realm, he might acquire the power to slay the consciousness avatar.
But would killing a consciousness avatar truly affect the Wet Nurse?
Could he, after killing the avatar, follow the web of consciousness back to completely annihilate the main god’s soul and consciousness?
The answer was, with high probability, no.
Only Firefly, whose strength was equal to the Wet Nurse’s, possessed such power.
When he thought of the plan Firefly had described, he immediately understood where the new offspring’s confidence really came from.
There were two preconditions for absorbing malice. One was to have fused the Evil factor, and the other was to have reached the demigod realm and possess transcendent power, that is, power that could pry at the rules themselves.
Although the new offspring had fused the Evil factor, because its own strength was very poor and it contained only a small fragment of the Wet Nurse’s consciousness, its speed of absorbing malice was still relatively slow and could not compare to Lin Xun’s.
But what would happen after the Wet Nurse’s consciousness fully descended?
Just like the soul enhancement enjoyed by Apostles, the stronger a soul’s consciousness, the greater the amplification it granted the body.
If the Wet Nurse’s full consciousness descended, the current situation might be reversed in an instant and cause the new offspring to become a magnet far stronger than him.
The Wet Nurse might not even care about the new offspring’s life or death. After he broke through to the immortal realm, at most he could kill one consciousness avatar.
And now that he had devoured the Core of Extreme Evil, Flanda’s Shell was equivalent to a perfect fusion of three life factors: the Wet Nurse, Firefly, and malice.
To the Wet Nurse, a mighty Flanda Shell was an even better substitute.
“No wonder the Wet Nurse is so certain of victory. If I kill the new offspring now, I still cannot change the result.”
“And once the Wet Nurse’s consciousness fully descends, the chances of victory will be vanishingly small.”
“I can only hope Firefly is feigning defeat. Only then will there be a chance to change the ending when the Wet Nurse’s consciousness descends.”
“Firefly, do not let me down…”
Lin Xun clenched his fists and finally decided to stake everything on a single gamble.
[As the malice is absorbed into your body, you feel the Shell’s strength rapidly growing…]
[Shell quality upgrading…]
[Your Shell, Oathbreaker Flanda, has advanced from mythic+ grade to immortal grade!]
[You feel as if you were a caged bird that has suddenly obtained freedom. Having escaped the confines of the cage, you can flap wings that have been still for ages and soar into the sky once again.]
[You feel power unlike any you have ever known before. It seems that with a single punch, you could shatter any object before you, even if what blocks you is a hundred times harder than your fist.]
[Even so, malice continues to pour into your body without end, as if it will never be exhausted…]
[At this rate, once you have absorbed the malice of the entire Sacred Nest Ninth Layer, and even the malice of the entire Sacred Nest and the whole Divine Kingdom, you will break through the barrier of the immortal realm and reach a realm even stronger…]
[The Daughter of Evil suddenly spreads her arms, embracing the sky…]
[An immensely vast supreme consciousness crosses an infinite gulf of space and descends upon the Daughter of Evil!]
[The Daughter of Evil opens her eyes, her gaze full of tenderness. She speaks slowly. Foreign child, Firefly has already fallen. Will you still keep making pointless struggles?]
[You feel a weight of pressure unlike anything you have ever experienced!]
[Even though you have already grasped the power of immortality in its initial form, you still cannot help but tremble all over beneath this immense pressure. A tremendous fear envelops you…]
A sudden realization struck Lin Xun.
In an instant, he understood what he needed to do next if Firefly’s death was only feigned.
[You slam your toe into the ground and shoot out like a meteor, crossing the island in an instant and leaping to the edge of the Sacred Nest Ninth Layer.]
[The Daughter of Evil extends a pale hand behind you and slowly clenches it…]
[You immediately feel as if you are bearing the weight of a mountain. Your body freezes, and you cannot move so much as half a step forward!]
[Yet contrary to your expectations, the surging malice beneath your feet continues to flow into you without pause and does not all shift to the Desire Wet Nurse despite Her consciousness having descended.]
[It is precisely because the malice keeps surging into you that you are able to pull out the Writ of Audience and hurl it toward the boundary of the Sacred Nest Ninth Layer!]
[Because you are extremely close to the boundary, the Writ of Audience pierces the border in an instant, opening a huge hole in the spherical star-body…]
[Through the opening, you see Kim, who has been wandering and holding on outside the Ninth Layer all this time!]
[His gaze is so firm. He did not turn and leave just because you entered without saying a word and left him wandering outside alone.]
[Instead, he has remained outside the star-body, repeatedly attacking it and trying to break the constraints of rules to enter and reunite with you.]
[When Kim sees the passage opened by the Writ of Audience, he charges through without hesitation and arrives at your side…]
[He roars in excitement. Flanda, you finally agreed to let him in. Where is the Oath bearer…]
[He is frozen mid-sentence.]
[An immensely vast supreme consciousness crosses an infinite gulf of space and descends upon Kim!]
[Not only that, this supreme consciousness even seals off the entire Sacred Nest Ninth Layer.]
[No. It would be more accurate to say that She has moved the entire Sacred Nest Ninth Layer to some unknown enclosed space where it is utterly impossible to sense the web of consciousness.]
[It speaks slowly, and you hear once again that familiar voice, the one who granted you your sacred mission…]
[Outsider, the facts prove that Flanda did not misjudge you…]
[You… have done very well!]
[As Its words fall, your hands and feet loosen, and the mountain upon your back vanishes.]
[Kim stares toward the Daughter of Evil upon the island and continues speaking. The Desire Wet Nurse no longer has anywhere to run. It will burn the last of Its soul and consciousness to help you delay the Wet Nurse.]
[And what you need to do is…]
[Kim turns to look at you, and in his gaze you see Firefly, whose light is about to go out yet still shines with the final glow of life!]
[What you need to do is ascend to the seat of a true god and even surpass the seat of a true god…]
[Then kill the Desire Wet Nurse… and save this world on the verge of destruction!]