Unusual Fate Records

Chapter 408, Section 100: A Galaxy of Stars (Part 4)

A pillar of light, spanning tens of square meters, surged across the night sky, its brilliance dazzling. An energy hurricane swept across everything around it, like a pool at the foot of a waterfall, stirring up countless dense photons that scattered in all directions until they vanished.

The pillar of light resembled a towering tree, as wide as the building, making Jin Ziyue and the others appear exceptionally small in its presence.

Wu Xiang casually burned a wisp of fate that drifted towards him to death. The energy body, which had just taken on a human face, burned to ashes amidst silent wails.

Previously, being some distance from the pillar of light, the process of the energy dissipating from the life-destiny words was somewhat unclear. Now, at the edge of the energy spreading from the 'Anchor of the World,' Wu Xiang could clearly feel that after these life-destiny words disappeared, the energy turned into specks and drifted towards the location of the pillar of light.

Kato Ren's expression became much more serious; he was beginning to understand what the 'World Anchor' was doing.

"It releases the coordinates of the world, opens the barriers of the world, and allows the destiny words of other worlds to flood into this world. The appearance of destiny words will cause a lot of killing, people will die, and destiny words will perish. After these souls and destiny words dissolve, a small amount of energy of the destiny words that were occupied is absorbed by the 'World Anchor'. It uses this energy to repair the host."

"So, He is protecting Ruolan?" Chen Xingtong asked, mustering her courage.

Jin Ziyue remained silent.

"If He really was just protecting His host, why do you think that masked kid would send you to stop him?" Wu Xiang said calmly.

Jin Ziyue glanced sideways upon hearing Kato Ren's words. He didn't say anything, but instead drew his sword and walked towards the pillar of light.

Fu Xun glanced at Wu Xiang.

The opponent made no move, merely standing guard on the perimeter. A casually thrown, chilling purple fireball would instantly incinerate the evil spirits upon impact. The old man simply stood there, like a general commanding an ancient battlefield, calm and undisturbed.

Fu Xun swallowed hard and quickly followed Jin Ziyue.

“To break through the outer energy storm, we need sufficient protective capabilities. Xun, use [Iron Horse Ice River] to clear the way, and I will use [Eagle Body Carbon Gas] to create a Vajra Shield.” Jin Ziyue glanced at Chen Xingtong and said, “Xingtong, you also need to hide inside. There is also life energy in the energy storm that can damage the soul. When I switch to [Eagle Body Carbon Gas], I won’t have [Soul Eye] and won’t be able to notice your situation.”

"Okay." Upon hearing this, Chen Xingtong quickly pulled closer and followed.

Jin Ziyue switched to the [Carbon Body], and the next moment, the surrounding carbon elements rushed towards him. This powerful gravitational force resisted the storm turbulence of the 'World Anchor' and formed a small convection. Although it was not as strong as the chaotic energy storm, it was enough to create a safe zone under pressure.

Fu Xun pushed his palm with his left hand and grabbed his left wrist with his right hand. He immediately followed Jin Ziyue and fully activated the energy of his life. The cold air spread along the weak area, and the ice crystals, like countless galloping horses, rushed to condense, but remained hollow in the very center, forming the shape of a tunnel.

The outermost layer of ice crystals withstood the pressure of the raging storm, and countless ice shards cracked and shattered, mixing with the falling raindrops, being carried up by the turbulent currents, and rising into the distant sky until they disappeared.

At this moment, countless tiny hexagonal patterns quietly climbed up the inner wall of the frost tunnel.

Jin Ziyue used the "momentum" of [Carbon Gas] to quickly cover the ice crystals. At the microscopic level, the carbon molecules that were absorbed began to combine tightly and were compressed into diamond material by the power of the command, supporting the frost tunnel and ensuring that it would not collapse in a short time.

Wu Xiang observed this and roughly understood Jin Ziyue's level of skill.

"He must have grasped the concept of 'momentum' and is gradually beginning to grasp the concept of 'field'. This ability is probably quite difficult for him at his current level, so it's a bit of a shortcut."

Immediately afterwards, he took out the three-legged golden toad cauldron.

The energy of the destiny is not hindered by substances such as ice or diamonds. Any slightly larger energy fragments will be automatically captured by the Three-Legged Golden Toad Cauldron, so naturally no energy will harm Chen Xingtong.

After doing all this, the three of them moved towards the center of Chen Ruolan's beam of light.

Soon, they arrived at the edge of the pillar of light.

While it's called the edge, it's actually difficult to define exactly how thick the barrier is, but the three-legged golden toad cauldron before them was somehow swallowed up by the pillar of light. 【Hundred Rivers Converging into the Sea】frantically devoured the energy of the destiny words; aside from the powerful gravitational pull of the 'World Anchor,' it was perhaps the most enthusiastic devourer here.

Jin Ziyue changed into the [Soul Prayer Dream], and his entire demeanor changed. An invisible aura surged from his body, blocking the energy from filling the gap.

This time, through the raging turbulent currents, they finally saw Chen Ruolan in the deepest part.

She was encased in the innermost circular crystal, her hair was pale, and her vision was somewhat blurred, making it difficult to determine her condition.

"Ruolan!" Chen Xingtong called out.

Jin Ziyue didn't go in immediately. He used his [Soul Eye] to see that Chen Ruolan's condition was strange; her soul seemed to be in a deep sleep. Around her, different life energies were enveloped, like mottled patches of red, orange, yellow, and green. Circular crystals acted like filters, sifting these energies into her surroundings, but instead of replenishing her soul, they were replenishing a section of her spine that shone with a white light.

The white light was too bright to look at for long; after only a few seconds, Jin Ziyue's eyes were already sore and uncomfortable, forcing him to stop using [Soul Eyes] to rest.

"How is it?" Fu Xun realized that Jin Ziyue must have seen something.

"It's not very optimistic. There's a strange glow at her third vertebra. You should be able to notice it if you look at the flow of life energy."

"Hmm." Fu Xun couldn't see the source of the light, but the influx of life essence was still quite obvious.

"Is that the 'Anchor of the World'?" Chen Xingtong asked.

"Most likely." Fu Xun's expression was solemn.

“There’s one more thing.” Jin Ziyue looked in the direction of the crystal sphere. “The Otherworldly fate on Ruolan’s body is still raging.”

"Leave this to me."

Behind them, Takeshi Kato Ren followed slowly.

Both of them were startled, having no idea when the old man had come to their side.

After saying that, Kato Ren closed his eyes, his face gradually turning blue, and blue veins throbbed faintly under his facial muscles. When he opened his eyes, his golden-blue eyes shone with an aura completely different from his usual self.

Stern and ruthless.

It was like a frozen pool; anyone who looked into it would instinctively tremble and shudder.

The White Walkers value lineage and have a strict hierarchy; this bloodline suppression is especially pronounced among them.

As can be seen, under the suppression of Wu Xiang, Chen Ruolan's body, curled up inside the crystal, suddenly began to move slightly.

Her pale gray hair began to fade from the ends, receding like the tide, revealing her original long, wine-red hair. Her body also began to spasm slightly, but many other changes were obscured by her field of vision and could not be clearly seen.

"Ruolan!" Chen Xingtong's eyes sparkled as he looked at Chen Ruolan's transformation, his face beaming with joy.

Wu Xiang took a deep breath, calmed his blood and qi, and returned to his previous disheveled old man appearance.

Immediately, he turned and left with his hands behind his back.

"The rest is up to you."