novelraw Chapter 209
Chapter 209
Chapter 209: Unsealing
“Rumble—”
The wind in his ears roared like a furious beast.
Between the lightning and thunder, daylight vanished in an instant.
The lightning illuminated the surroundings. Xia Li saw the rolling rocks, the surging river waves, and the strangely shaped tree branches that looked like withered hands.
To be able to interfere with the natural environment on Earth with supernatural powers like this, the magic power controlled by the other party must be an astonishing number.
More importantly, Xia Li could feel a terrifying power within this black spherical barrier in front of him.
Unlike the magic power in Azure Continent, the magic power emitted by this transmigrator felt unfamiliar to Xia Li.
It seemed to be more volatile?
He wondered if it could be like Wuqi’s superpower, using the Demon Repelling Sword to transform the type of magic power into a compatible type that Xia Li could use. If that were the case, wouldn’t he be able to steal this fellow transmigrator’s magic power and give it to Lucia?
This thought flashed through Xia Li’s mind.
The top priority now was to resolve the immediate danger.
The good news was that after the power outage, the surveillance equipment on all roads was also shut down.
The bad news was that the commotion caused by this fellow transmigrator was too big, and it was inevitable that satellites would capture the current scene…
The reason Xia Li was reluctant to let Lucia intervene was that he had considered this possibility.
He could be meticulous in hiding his dragon wife.
“Clang—”
Xia Li reached behind his head, grasped the hilt of the sword on his back, and drew it out with a slight effort.
The sealing magic on the Demon Repelling Sword automatically deactivated. As the sword left its sheath, the sharp blade emitted a faint blue light, as if it could easily cut through the darkness before him.
Before coming here, Xia Li had hesitated countless times.
But all these hesitations were shattered by Lucia.
Now that he had decided to move forward, he would no longer hesitate.
Taking a deep breath, Xia Li stepped into the darkness that could not be illuminated by light, holding the sword.
The moment he entered the spherical black hole, the howling wind and rain around him suddenly disappeared.
There was no sound, no light, as if time had been paused inside.
Xia Li walked forward step by step, holding the Demon Repelling Sword. He saw traces of rainwater flowing on the road beneath his feet, mud mixed with small pebbles being washed away by the water, and finally merging into the river.
There was no cliché transmigration. Xia Li was still on that low bridge.
Slightly relieved, he took a few steps forward until he saw a man in a thin hoodie sitting dejectedly on the ground.
It was only when Xia Li approached, his footsteps breaking the silence, that the man reacted and slightly raised his head.
“…”
The other party didn’t look very old, about the same age as Xia Li, but his black eyes were quite cloudy, with a sense of vicissitudes that only came after experiencing countless despairs.
Xia Li’s gaze slowly moved downwards. With the help of the Demon Repelling Sword’s light, he saw the black stone embedded in the center of the man’s torn clothes, emanating a strange power with the rhythm of his heartbeat.
He could vaguely sense that the magic power was coming from here.
“Author?”
The man’s gaze shifted upwards, his eyes filled with endless despair looking at Xia Li.
Unable to focus, his pupils were dilated.
This look reminded Xia Li of the desperate people he had seen in Azure Continent, those who had lost their homes, their wives, and their children.
Only such people possessed such terrifying eyes.
The other party’s thinking and reaction abilities were not weak. He instantly guessed Xia Li’s identity.
After all, under such circumstances, the only person who could appear here was Xia Li, the “author.”
“A chibi silver dragon avatar… It’s not a cute girl.”
His tone was calm, but also seemed very disappointed.
Finally, his gaze fell on the Demon Repelling Sword in Xia Li’s hand.
The sword had been drawn.
The blue sword light was particularly dazzling in the darkness. The magic power fluctuations emanating from it were somewhat special, at least not a type he had seen before.
The only thing he could tell was…
The other party was not someone to be trifled with.
“Nice sword.” He grinned.
Xia Li unashamedly weighed the Demon Repelling Sword in his hand and let out a soft “hmm.”
“I’m here to stop you.”
Xia Li was not stupid. Knowing that the other party was in a very dangerous situation, even in a state of frenzy… If he came in empty-handed, what was the difference from a reckless fool who sought death?
Although, coming to negotiate with a sword in hand didn’t seem very sincere.
“It’s really enviable…”
The man smiled again. The expression on his face when he smiled was a bit stiff, and under the faint blue light, it even looked a bit creepy.
He stood up as he spoke, supporting his knees with his hands, his movements as slow as a faltering old man.
“Not everyone has a happy ending like you when they transmigrate back.”
“You know, my ability is fate. I can see your bright and upright future, your perfectly closed-loop destiny, a favored son of heaven… If there were a story between you and me, you would definitely be the protagonist, and I would be the villain who betrayed his own justice.”
“…”
Xia Li was a little surprised that the other party could still maintain his sanity and say so much.
He stood up unsteadily. Xia Li stared intently at the other party’s eyes, his smiling eyes sending chills down his spine. His pitch-black pupils spread like ink, almost swallowing his whites entirely.
Xia Li’s grip on the sword tightened. His intuition told him that danger was about to occur.
“So, I think… You are lucky. And I am the epitome of that ‘unfortunate’ possibility of yours.”
The man hunched his back. Although he was about the same age and height as Xia Li, when he hunched over, he appeared old and decrepit, as if every step he took was a struggle.
He slowly took a step back.
Seeing this, Xia Li followed his footsteps and took a step forward.
For a swordsman, maintaining a sufficient distance would give him a greater advantage.
“If you are the epitome of my ‘unfortunate’ possibility,” Xia Li paused and continued, “I would hope that someone would reach out to me at this time.”
The man looked at Xia Li and smiled without saying a word, as if waiting for Xia Li to continue.
Xia Li could feel a dangerous aura spreading.
He could faintly hear the subtle sound of metal scraping against the ground, above his head, behind him, on both sides…
It seemed like he was surrounded.
Xia Li stood still, his gaze still fixed on the smiling man in front of him.
As a fellow brave hero, Xia Li could fully sympathize with his encounter.
After going through all kinds of hardships to save a world, finding that one beautiful ending in countless possibilities, but unable to give himself a decent ending.
Just like the other party said before.
He saved many people, but he couldn’t save himself.
Xia Li took a deep breath. The sharp sound coming from behind him completely raised his vigilance. He remained unmoved, staring at the man of similar age in front of him and said.
“I don’t know what happened to you, but I can stop what’s about to happen to you…”
“I don’t have the ability to change the past like you. Nor do I have the ability to change the future like that stray cat with superpowers at home.”
“All I can change is the present.”
“Boom—!!”
As Xia Li finished speaking, a huge iron chain emerged from the ground.
Xia Li abruptly turned around.
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The chain missed and quickly changed direction in mid-air, whipping towards his head.
Xia Li swept the Demon Repelling Sword out. The blue sword light collided with the dark chain, producing a sharp, ear-piercing metallic clang.
“Clang!!”
In just an instant, the chain, like a giant python with a conscious mind, seeing that its strength was no match for Xia Li, used its length advantage to wrap itself around the Demon Repelling Sword in Xia Li’s hand.
The tip of the sword, the blade, the back of his hand, his arm…
Xia Li’s right hand was instantly engulfed by the chain, firmly locked together with the Demon Repelling Sword.
“…”
Xia Li frowned. It was only after close contact that he discovered that this thing was not a simple magical product…
It was a real chain, made of metal iron, only controlled by magic.
As for what kind of chain it was…
Xia Li suddenly remembered that he was on a low bridge.
There were usually railings on both sides of the low bridge to prevent pedestrians from accidentally falling off.
Some railings were carved from stone pillars, while others were made by erecting two posts and connecting them with three thick iron chains in the middle…
And the chain that attacked Xia Li was clearly the railing of this bridge!
This guy was using local materials!
“Hehe, such beautiful words…”
The man stood there, a look of great amusement on his face.
He looked at Xia Li. Although their eyes met at a level angle, he had a feeling of looking down at Xia Li from above. The words that came out of his mouth were more like some kind of victory declaration.
There were also gaps between brave heroes.
This “author” was clearly much weaker than him…
With just this little ability, he could be a brave hero in Azure Continent, which showed how weak the enemies in that world were.
What a lucky guy.
Even the world he transmigrated to was so lucky.
Unlike the Zela Continent he transmigrated to, where he landed in a world ruled by the Demon Race, every path was a dead end, and he had experienced tens of thousands of deaths because of it!
“You haven’t died once, right? It’s a pity, I think only death can…”
“Unseal.”
Just as he was about to say more, Qin Chuan believed that to make someone feel true pain, it couldn’t just be physical.
Physical pain wasn’t real pain. In comparison, only a blow to the soul was true pain.
He originally wanted this “author” to experience such pain.
At least say a few more words to shake him, and then shatter those ridiculous, tenacious eyes.
However, this “author” seemed to be even less patient than him.
In just an instant, Qin Chuan felt that he had lost contact with the chain wrapped around the “author.”
The magic connection was broken, for unknown reasons.
Based on feeling alone, it was as if some mysterious force had severed the magical link.
Qin Chuan was stunned for a moment and subconsciously took two steps back.
He controlled the chains again, this time a full five chains, wrapping towards Xia Li from all directions.
Xia Li sensed the subtle scraping sounds between those metals.
His senses were usually not this sharp. When he was a brave hero in Azure Continent, his biggest weakness was the reaction ability of his body, which had long lived in the greenhouse environment of Earth and lacked a sense of danger.
But in this black mist, thanks to the excessive quietness here, Xia Li’s reaction to sound became extremely acute.
He took a step forward and crouched down.
Front, back, left, right… A full five chains were stabbing towards him.
If he relied solely on the cutting power of the Demon Repelling Sword to counter these chains, it would probably be quite difficult.
After all, Xia Li had almost no magic power now, and he couldn’t make the blade sharp enough to cut through these metals.
But… the thing to be cut didn’t have to be metal.
It was magic.
“Second Unseal!”
As he established communication with the Demon Repelling Sword, the sword understood its master’s will, and the seal was lifted again.
The second seal was broken, and the power was released once more.
The light of the Demon Repelling Sword brightened a few degrees, and now the color of the light on the blade was infinitely close to white light.
“Bang!”
The five chains instantly lost their power and fell straight to the ground.
The man standing in front of Xia Li with a look of amusement finally wavered a little.
“…What’s your ability?”
At least, Qin Chuan had never seen this special ability before.
He could rewind death, change the past, and realize a certain possibility among countless possibilities…
This was his ability.
In Qin Chuan’s view, his ability was already special enough.
But the “author” in front of him, his ability seemed even stranger.
“Change the present? What kind of ability is that to change the present??”
Qin Chuan recalled the words he had just said.
These words lingered in his mind like an unanswered question, forming countless conjectures.
Finally, those bewildered emotions were once again replaced by the grief and indignation in his chest.
Qin Chuan’s eyes narrowed, and dozens of chains, writhing like pythons, shot towards Xia Li.
Xia Li leaped up abruptly. The two chains that attacked from the ground, missing their target, collided and entangled with each other.
Xia Li gripped the hilt of the sword and gathered his strength. The seal was lifted once more.
“Third Unseal… Fourth Unseal…”
There was no need for the Demon Repelling Sword to touch the chains. This time, he could even sever the magic from several meters away.
The sword energy he unleashed shot out. The faded white light had evolved into a faint golden light. The moment the sword energy touched the chains, they lost their buoyancy and fell to the ground.
“Wait, how many Unseals do you have in total??”
Qin Chuan took half a step back.
It was much more troublesome than he had imagined.
His abilities had been weakened quite a bit on Earth. Being able to shatter the Heart of Stone and bring about this kind of space similar to a collapse was already his limit.
In his view, the “author” coming into his space was like a lamb to the slaughter.
Under the premise that their abilities were similarly restricted by Earth, the other party couldn’t possibly be stronger than him.
However, Qin Chuan had guessed wrong on one point…
This “author’s” ability was extremely abnormal!
“Guess?”
Xia Li looked up, and a relaxed smile finally appeared on his long-serious face.