Chapter 771 New Legions IV
Xia Xiu lowered his head and glanced at the remains that had been reduced to ashes. There wasn't much emotion on his face.
Ding dong~
Ding dong~
Ding dong~
Behind him, the three-fold halo like mutton-fat white jade began to flicker, a crisp tinkling sound echoed in the empty space, and the brilliance shining on the halo gradually dimmed.
Then, under Xia Xiu's thoughts, the halo turned into countless tiny light spots and spread out in all directions.
At the same time, the thirty-six pairs of light particle wings that originally unfolded like a miracle began to disintegrate. The brilliance on the wings faded, and the feathers disintegrated into tiny particles, floating in the air like dissipating morning mist. .
【Apostle Form·Explanation——】
The pure white hair was gradually covered with gold, complementing his eyes that were dyed gold again.
And his body shape also changed accordingly.
The originally pure white angelic holy robe was replaced by deep black in an instant, turning into a finely tailored black windbreaker suit.
"Hoo~"
"As expected, more ether information resources are needed. With the advancement of the crown, Cupid's outfit must be put on the agenda."
Xia Xiu exhaled and stretched.
"The next step is to leave a mark here to facilitate entry and exit in the future."
After saying that, he stretched out his hand and used the [Lever of Heaven] in his hand to lightly move the legendary Exile Library, causing ripples to appear in the air.
The top of the lever emits a subtle silver light, carving a hidden secret door in the void like a carving knife.
The shape of the door blends perfectly with the style of the library, as if it already exists in this space.
After the secret door was formed, Xia Xiu nodded slightly, turned and left.
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Passing through the mezzanine of space, his figure reappeared on the ruins of Ode Papadopolis.
Compared with the heroic scene of the Elsinian continent after the battle, this prehistoric city suspended in the sky appears surprisingly complete.
Although the aftermath of the war destroyed the surrounding ice fields and wind and snow, Ode Papadopolis itself stood like an impregnable fortress between heaven and earth.
The city's structures and materials appear to be far beyond the limits of the baseline world.
"What a powerful creature."
Xia Xiu commented in a low voice, his eyes scanning the scene in front of him.
He had a new plan in his mind.
He wanted to use this city as the base of the Three Courts and create an enclave like Three Portlands.
Ode Papadopolis itself has an unshakable defense.
In addition, the very existence of this city itself is the pride of a creation at the pinnacle of prehistoric civilization. Not only does it have a cultural heritage, it also has it all at once.
But if he wants to take Ode Papadopolis for his own use, he may need to pass Set's hurdle first.
Don't worry now, he still needs to deal with his tail.
Xia Xiu's eyes gradually focused on an area full of ruins, which was the location of the fake palace of [Alakada] - the underground palace that he and the sage and the silver-robed wizard destroyed.
He walked toward the ruins, his steps brisk but cautious, and his silver cane was placed on the ground, making a crisp tapping sound.
After passing several ruins, he finally entered the core area of the palace.
The ruins here still retain part of their form, and the heavy architectural style makes this place look like the last fortress holding the position.
Under a collapsed bronze arch, Xia Xiu's eyes rested on a faint firelight - it was a candle, burning with an ever-burning flame. The flame was small, but it released a pressure that could not be ignored.
It stood there quietly, the flames not weakened by the surrounding environment, but appeared purer, like burning eternal life.
"The everlasting candle..."
He murmured softly, stretched out his slender fingers, and picked up the candle.
At the moment of touching it, the candle did not feel as hot as imagined. Its surface was as warm as usual, but the flame gave off a strange burning feeling, as if it was burning the depths of the soul.
This feeling rushed into Xia Xiu's arms like an electric current, reaching to the bottom of his heart.
The [sun element] in the body was awakened by some kind of power, and there was a hysterical hunger that seemed to swallow the candle completely.
Xia Xiu's eyebrows raised slightly. He was not swayed by this spiritual hunger, but instead summoned his own incarnation - [Metatron].
[Metatron]'s figure quietly emerged.
He is no longer in the majestic form of a battle angel, but appears as a scribe.
At this moment, he was not holding the flaming sword, but the Book of Order.
The arrival of the incarnation made the candle's flame tremble slightly, as if it was also sensing some irresistible attraction.
The pages of the book were slowly opened, and the white pages emitted a faint light, and the light gradually intertwined into runes and lines.
The avatar gently lifts the book and floats it around the flame of the candle.
The pages of the book did not stay on any page, but began to write automatically. A dense string of complex patterns and characters appeared on the page, like a machine analyzing miracles.
From Xia Xiu's perspective, a blue curtain emerged, which was the information feedback interface from the pedigree:
[Information on detected solar elements——]
【Start information assimilation——】
[Assimilation rate: 21%...34%...48%...]
The progress bar advanced rapidly on the curtain, and every beat was accompanied by the slight trembling of the candle flame.
It is having some kind of complex interaction with the [solar element] in Xia Xiu's body.
Xia Xiu closed his eyes and felt the process of blending. The hot spiritual feeling did not make him feel uncomfortable, but instead gave him an unexpected sense of smoothness.
The page in [Metatron]'s hand gradually filled up during the interaction, and abnormal descriptions related to [Eternal Burning Fire] and [Eternal Candle] began to appear in the complex characters.
As the characteristics of the last ray of flame were analyzed, the order mark at the bottom of the page lit up, and then a brand new word appeared - [Ordered].
The golden handwriting was like a dazzling star, lighting up the entire page for a moment.
The secretary's figure floated quietly in the air, while Xia Xiu looked down at the burning candle in his hand.
"Now I can also control and be immune to its abnormal characteristics."
Xia Xiu slightly raised the candle in his hand, and the light of the flame danced in his pupils.
"By the way, is this candle the creation of the spark, or the handwriting of the sun?"
His voice was full of inquiry, but it seemed like he was talking to himself.
After observing for a while, Xia Xiu handed the candle in his hand to the avatar beside him.
[Metatron] stretched out his hand and gently took the candle. The action was like a scribe taking a sacred document from the owner's hand.
He held the candle in his hand, the flame dancing silently in his palm. Immediately afterwards, the candle gradually changed in his hand, the hot little flame became more and more illusory, the flame turned into flowing runes and light and shadow, switching between reality and spirituality, and finally the entity of the candle completely disappeared.
On the page of the "Book of Order", a picture of a candle slowly emerged. The picture looked lifelike, as if the candle itself was dancing the flame of life on the page.
"It's back to order."
Xia Xiu's voice was low and distant. He smiled slightly, and his fingertips gently brushed the candle pattern on the page. The dancing flame patterns flickered for a moment as if they were alive, and then returned to calm.
"Now, it's time to deal with the survivors of the Balrog experiment and the abnormal Balrog Legion."
He looked away from the page, and the Seraphim gently closed the Book of Order.
As he finished speaking, a [∞] symbol appeared under his feet, and the space was distorted, like ripples on the water, wrapping his entire body in it.
The next moment, in the interplay of light and shadow, his figure disappeared.
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In the underground laboratory, the scorching air seemed to be stagnant, and there were still traces of scorch on the walls, emitting a mixed smell of burnt and sulfur.
That special frictionless space still maintains its effectiveness, and a figure is struggling inside.
That is the Dragonborn Girl - a survivor with [Eternal Fire] burning in her body.
Her body was covered in abnormal flames, and her red-gold scales looked dazzling in the light, yet exuded a suffocating and dangerous aura.
With the distortion of space, a young man with blond hair and golden eyes appeared in front of the girl.
The girl's eyes were locked on the blond young man who had just appeared.
There was no reason in her eyes, only burning rage and bestial instinct.
She tried to stand up, but the frictionless space caused her to fall again.
Even so, she still gritted her teeth, struggled hard, and let out a low and angry roar, her voice full of primitive anger and resistance.
Xia Xiu stood at the edge of the space, watching her struggle calmly.
There was no fluctuation in his gaze, and there was a calmness of inspection in his golden eyes.
The dragonborn girl's fiery rage seemed insignificant under his gaze.
"Roar——"
The girl stared, and suddenly let out a deafening roar. Her claws hit the invisible boundary of space, and flames spurted out with the movement.
However, the frictionless rules still made it difficult for her to stand firm. Her anger was like a beast trapped in a cage, and she could only charge in vain.
"Quite tenacious."
Xia Xiu's voice was low but with a faint smile, as if he was in no hurry to deal with the situation at hand.
He raised his hand, and golden spiritual light gathered slightly on his fingertips, like the radiance flowing from the sun, which was both warm and dazzling.
At this moment, his mind was racing with how to solve the flame problem in front of him.
He has now completely mastered the abnormal characteristics of the [Eternal Magic Candle], but he is well aware of its limitations - he cannot directly remove the flame, he can only use the characteristics of the candle to cover the abnormal characteristics of the flame, and then create a fraudulent "vacuum" "Environment, inhibiting the spread and burning of flames.
This process sounds complicated and obscure, full of strange logic and tortuous rules, but it is an inevitable trouble when dealing with anomalies involving the source of information authority.
The golden light in his hand flashed suddenly, and then spread towards the flames on the dragonborn girl at an incredible speed.
The reaction of the flame was extremely violent, as if it realized that it was about to be stripped away, it burned even more fiercely, and the red-gold light shone like an unwilling struggle.
However, after these crazy flames came into contact with Xia Xiu's golden light, they suddenly stagnated as if their lifeblood had been strangled, and then rapidly shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye until they disappeared without a trace.
The whole process was clean and tidy, without a trace of flame remaining, as if it had never existed.
The disappearance of the flame left no burning traces, and no smoke drifted away. There was only a strange silence filling the air, as if some kind of natural law had been briefly tampered with.
The figure of the dragonborn girl was completely revealed in the empty space, and the red-gold scales that once covered her body looked particularly dim after losing the heat of the flames.
Those scales were originally flowing with dazzling brilliance, but now they seem to have lost their vitality, showing a gray tone, with mottled scorch marks clearly visible, and even in some places, they have begun to peel off, revealing the fragile skin underneath.
As the flame disappeared, a mini [∞] appeared on the back of the girl's neck.
Click——
The chip on the Dragonborn girl's back was directly destroyed.
The wildness dissipates and sanity returns.
She stood there like an abandoned statue, staring blankly at her hands.
Pain...
Disappeared...
The roaring voice had long since disappeared, replaced by a bewildered silence.
After a long time, her expression finally changed. She frowned and her lips trembled slightly, as if she wanted to speak but could not make any sound.
At this moment, she suddenly felt a touch of coldness on her cheeks.
It was a feeling she had never been familiar with - she subconsciously raised her hand and touched her cheek.
The place where her fingertips touched was moist and cold. She was stunned for a moment and looked down at her fingers. There was some crystal liquid on them.
——It's tears.
Her eyes began to become confused, and then she trembled uncontrollably a few times, and suddenly squatted down as if her body could not bear some kind of weight.
The tears were no longer just a few drops, but like floods bursting from the dam, pouring out of her eyes.
"Woooooo——"
"Woooooooooo!!!"
She held her head with her hands, her shoulders shook, and finally she let out her first suppressed sob, and then she couldn't stop it anymore and started to cry loudly.
The cry echoed in the empty laboratory, sounding like it was mixed with deep regret and helplessness.
Xia Xiu stood not far from her, his eyes always calm.
He slowly raised his feet, passed through the frictionless space he created, and came to the girl's body.
At this moment, the black windbreaker of the blond young man was hanging down in the windless space, like a silent shadow.
He lowered his head and stared at the girl in front of him quietly.
There were no comforting words or deliberate actions.
He just stood there, his calm gaze falling on her, as if observing an unfinished puzzle, waiting for the other party to reveal the answer.
In the air, the girl's cries gradually subsided, leaving only intermittent sobs.