novelraw #167 - Section 167
#167 - Section 167
Her time-stopping talent suddenly lost the support of divine power.
Nalinael's wings had their divine power sealed, and she could only request divine power from her main body in the distant void to maintain this magic.
This was an operation that required extremely high levels of divine skill.
But suddenly, the connection between her and her main body was interfered with, then cut off, completely imperceptible, directly causing the skill to fail.
What a joke, this was a trap targeting the strongest angel below the gods, maybe even set by the eighth god, how could there be only one layer of operation?
The moment Xia Ti reversed the sacrificial magic circle, the huge engine underground also began to supply energy.
First, the stored space anchors were activated, turning the entire nameless island into an independent space, instantly cutting off the already collapsing spatial channel.
And unique pillars protruding from underwater, under the supply of the surging electric energy converted from magic crystals, generated a unique magnetic field, filling the gaps in the space anchors, completely sealing the interaction, transmission, and detection of divine power in this space.
This was a completely new arcane equipment that had never appeared in the Eternal Night World.
Because divine power was mixed with the power of faith, its level was half a grade higher than magic power.
Therefore, divine power could create magic immunity effects and anti-magic fields, but magical means were difficult to completely isolate the influence of divine power.
It was like active noise cancellation, which emitted sound waves with the same frequency spectrum and exactly opposite phase (180°) to cancel out the sound waves.
The anti-magic field was similar to this kind of cancellation effect.
But divine power was outside the extreme frequency of magic, so it naturally could not be canceled out by magic power.
Of course, the difference between magic power and divine power was not just frequency; the microscopic differences were a field that mages were constantly exploring, but to this day there was no definite conclusion.
But there were some preliminary results and empirical formulas that could be applied.
And the closer the Eternal Night Empress got to the ceiling of this world, the easier it was to analyze many methods of the gods, which also provided Frankenstein with many referable targets for research and development.
Finally, the Arcane Council absorbed scientific principles and found a way to reverse-simulate divine power by integrating huge energy, technological means, and magical means.
Thus, they successfully obtained an arcane equipment that could shield divine power, which the Eternal Night Empress personally named [Royal Authority Declaration].
Currently, the [Royal Authority Declaration 1.0 Alpha version] still had a series of shortcomings such as huge size, huge energy consumption, complex debugging, long preparation time, unstable effect, and inability to work for a long time.
But setting up the sacrificial ritual also gave them ample time to set up the trap, waiting for Nalinael to enter.
As long as it could run successfully for one second, it would be a success!
Just this one second, Nalinael's [God · Time Stop] was interrupted.
The generation speed of the golden chain magic recovered, successfully sealing Nalinael's projection in Xia Ti's body, preventing her from leaving Xia Ti's body, and completely unable to mobilize the divine power and magic power in her body.
Xia Ti—or rather, Nalinael's projection occupying her body—had a stern face, and did not show any panic or surprise because of being controlled, but looked at the empty cross with a strange smile…
Roger and Old Joseph Joestar teleported out of the range of the nameless island the moment Xia Ti made her move, successfully avoiding Nalinael's death shriek.
No one wanted to use their own body to test the difficulty of the Time Shepherd's time spell immunity.
But the fact that a sacrifice could run away on its own was enough for Nalinael to make a deduction: "The Green Vine Empire, the Eternal Night Empress? Very interesting, you were able to use the control of Xia Ti to set up a reverse trap for me."
"That's because you are greedy enough." The Eternal Night Empress's figure appeared outside the space anchor.
Before the mages of the Arcane Council could remind her to "be careful", she had already activated the control left on the space anchor side and entered the island, landing in front of Nalinael.
Roger and others, who only dared to stand outside the space anchor, were speechless. Her Majesty was still so brave!
Chapter 146 Angel Disposal Plan Three
A lean camel is bigger than a horse. On the surface, Nalinael had carelessly fallen into a trap and was firmly bound.
But who could guarantee that her trapped appearance was not a reverse trap, holding hundreds or thousands of trump cards to turn the tables?
The spatial magic circle could both prevent Nalinael from escaping and protect everyone!
According to Roger's character, he would have to arrange for the Arcane Council to conduct some tests later, including trying to mock, provoke, and anger Nalinael, etc., to confirm her combat power in this state.
If it was confirmed that this angel was too dangerous, there were powerful enough destructive weapons buried under the nameless island to send her soul back to the astral world.
The level of the Eternal Night World was limited, and its experience in fighting angels was almost zero.
Not to mention six-winged angels, a powerful existence that was rare even in the Seven Gods' camp.
Each six-winged angel was a precious and non-renewable resource to the gods, a mutant that would only appear among tens of millions of mass-produced angels.
And it required enough time and combat to truly evolve six wings.
On the front battlefield, six-winged angels were often in absolutely safe positions, acting as commanders.
Anyway, the Seven Gods had plenty of cannon fodder.
Such a powerful existence, carefully protected by the Seven Gods, should be treated with caution, even if it was just a projection.
But the Eternal Night Empress just rushed down.
After everyone was stunned, they began to feel it was natural.
It would be strange if Her Majesty didn't rush down…
That was their invincible Empress!
Being faster with muscles than brains was standard operation!
What's more, she was also standing at the peak of this plane.
The energy reaction presented by Nalinael's projection was higher than the Eternal Night Empress, but not to the point of a difference in level.
Given that the other party was already trapped, and the Eternal Night Empress had made preparations for this battle in advance, she should at least be invincible, right?
The entire Arcane Council comforted themselves in this way, but still turned on all kinds of monitoring to the maximum power, and at the same time widened their eyes, highly vigilant, ready to support Her Majesty at the slightest sign of change.
Compared to their nervousness, the Eternal Night Empress and Nalinael, who stepped onto the nameless island, were both very relaxed.
The Eternal Night Empress was a mage who had made sufficient preparations in advance, confident that she was invincible among her peers.
Nalinael was rich enough that the loss of a projection would not be as stingy as Taibella, so she didn't look like a loser at all.
On the contrary, she was looking at the Eternal Night Empress with great interest.
This was the sample body that she had accidentally obtained a blood sample from, and then cultivated countless Little Ao clones to observe and experiment on!
An excellent opportunity for observation!
In Nalinael's eyes, the Eternal Night Empress walking towards her was more charming than all the Little Ao clones combined.
From beginning to end, Nalinael did not sympathize with the 25th plane, but with the Little Ao clones who wholeheartedly devoted themselves to that world.
It was because of the beliefs conveyed by the Little Ao clones that Nalinael was willing to give the 25th plane more time.
But now, seeing the real, wild Eternal Night Empress, Nalinael had only one sentence in her heart:
Fake is fake, please support the original!
This was not a difference in strength. She had some worlds with a much higher upper limit of strength than the Eternal Night World, and the Little Ao clones she投放 possessed higher combat power than the Eternal Night Empress.
This was a difference in state of mind and temperament. The main body in front of her had sharp eyes, a majestic demeanor, and a belief that she was the only one who could do it.
Experiencing hardships in desperation, being lonely in invincibility, not destroying oneself in pain, not forgetting the common people on the throne. The above complex and even contradictory conflicts of ideas shaped the current Eternal Night Empress.
She inevitably had some silly aspects, but it was undeniable that a strong person who had embarked on the path of extreme self really had the charm of a leader when she didn't speak!
In the eyes of the most professional "Aology expert" in the multiverse, this posture could not help but lead to the speculation: as the Eternal Night Empress, one must be in the Green Vine Empire to grow to the extreme and fully bloom?
Nalinael liked this Little Ao too much. Even as a prisoner, she gradually became excited and said to the Eternal Night Empress in a sincere and extremely infectious tone:
"Little Ao, I can give you eternal life and promise the eternal existence of the Green Vine Empire, as long as you cooperate with me in some research. I have enough ways to solve the future you are worried about."
The Eternal Night Empress frowned and asked, "How can you guarantee the eternal existence of the Green Vine Empire? This world has repeatedly received the attention of the Seven Gods, which should be blocking your path, right?"
Nalinael was quite surprised and delighted, clicking her tongue and saying, "Yes, yes, I didn't expect you to even know this. I'm becoming more and more interested in you… Indeed, the destruction of your world is inevitable, but I can help you transport this continent to a new world for resettlement."
The Eternal Night Empress was expressionless, but the expressions of Roger, Old Joseph Joestar, and others outside became extremely ugly.
The amount of information revealed in Nalinael's words was too great.
First of all, it confirmed that the Seven Gods were determined to get the Eternal Night World. Everyone had vaguely guessed this and had made corresponding psychological preparations.
But hearing a six-winged angel admit this personally was not much different from hearing a doctor say "you have been diagnosed with cancer".
They guessed it from the movie, but they were thinking, what if? As a result, the pathological culture extinguished the last hope…
Eternal Night World, GG!
Secondly, Nalinael was actually willing to help the empire continue. She was talking business with the Eternal Night Empress, and the chips she paid showed that the Eternal Night Empress had extremely high value in her eyes.
Finally, the method of this continuation was too bizarre. She could actually directly transport a continent to a new world?
This required astronomical amounts of faith power, and also required a world that was absolutely controlled and could carry a new continent.
If Nalinael was not bragging, it meant that her strength could really be compared to the last few of the Seven Gods.
The Arcane Council synchronized the analysis to the Eternal Night Empress, who listened silently without expressing her position immediately.
If sacrificing herself could allow the empire to continue, the Eternal Night Empress would not hesitate.
But Nalinael's "reputation" was well-known, and her words could not be completely believed.
If there was another gambling agreement, the Eternal Night Empress might lose herself, and in the end, Nalinael would be able to get away with no responsibility.
Nalinael realized what she was doing from the subtle changes in the Eternal Night Empress's expression and said unhappily, "Rumors are not credible. I am really not the kind of profiteer they say. I am the most trustworthy person. As long as I lose, the signed terms will definitely be completed."
So the terms you set up are impossible for you to lose?
The Eternal Night Empress's eyes became firm: "Sorry, the future of the empire can only be practiced by ourselves, and should not be placed on your pity and integrity."
"This is not pity, this is an equal exchange—"
"No, this is not equal. Our valuation of the world is completely different. In your eyes, the land you stand on is just an ordinary broken world, but to me, this is an inestimable hometown worth protecting with my life. Therefore, there will never be an equal exchange between us."
The Eternal Night Empress had surging magic power in her hands. Her left hand shattered space, and tangible and colorless space fragments floated in the air.
Her right hand pressed against her brow, drawing out a dagger emitting a silver light.
A trace of panic finally flashed across Nalinael's face: "Oh, don't do this, my dear Little Ao. We can talk, we can talk about anything. What conditions do you need to be satisfied? As a king, you must first let this empire survive, instead of acting impulsively! Don't come over here!"
Of course, she could see what the Eternal Night Empress was going to do.
But she was completely bound and had lost contact with her main body, so she couldn't throw out her trump cards.
After all, she didn't come here to fight, but to collect debts.
She fully understood Xia Ti's strength and shouldn't have any variables.
But Xia Ti had become a pawn of the Eternal Night Empire, trapping her here.
Now, the Eternal Night Empress had the space fissures that could cut off all matter and the extremely self-belief that could cut off soul connections.
With these two props, she could take advantage of the fact that the Royal Authority Declaration was still in effect to completely cut off Nalinael's connection with her main body, allowing the projection to use Xia Ti's body to become an independent individual.
The Eternal Night Empress softly called out, "Plan Three."
"Received." Roger took a deep breath, passed through the space barrier, and came to the Eternal Night Empress's side.
With the Demon Emperor's Order, the Eternal Night Empress's magic power was transmitted to him. His hand lit up, restraining those space fragments and holding them in his hand to become a simple bone-cutting knife.
Not long ago, Nalinael used space fragments in a similar way to dismember the God of Hope.
Now, it was his turn.
The Eternal Night Empress held the dagger formed by self-awareness.
Roger asked, "Your Majesty, are you sure you don't want A'Fu to try?"
Before this, they had discussed many plans on how to deal with Nalinael after capturing her. The simplest and most stable option was definitely to throw her into the Heart Demon Domain.
The Eternal Night Empress replied, "Her willpower is no less than mine. Even A'Fu can't make her collapse with just the Heart Demon Domain. And if we drag it on, her main body will know the situation here and will sacrifice this projection at any time. Our only chance is that she is not absolutely loyal to the God of Knowledge."
"Understood."
Roger nodded, walked behind Nalinael, and held the invisible bone-cutting knife against the root of Nalinael's newly born wings.
The Eternal Night Empress constantly switched observation perspectives and finally saw the connection between Nalinael's projection and her main body.
Nalinael's body trembled and she loudly refuted, "Nonsense, I am absolutely loyal to my Lord. I am the most devout believer of the God of Knowledge. I am an angel who will dedicate everything to my Lord…"
Angels are born for gods and are not afraid of death, but they fear developing self-awareness and fear becoming uncontrollable.
Uncontrollable angels are considered failures and recycled.
If Roger were to sever her wings, the loss of wings would mean the loss of divine power, and simultaneously, she would be freed from the constraints of the God of Knowledge.
If the Eternal Night Empress were to sever her connection to the main body, turning her from a projection into an independent consciousness, the main body would be unable to command this projection to self-destruct.