I'm bound to the World-Destroying Witch

Chapter 929. Divine Descent
"It's obvious."

The black cat spoke in human language, activated its Deconstruction Eye, and held up a Sin Leaf in the light, examining it from left to right. "Speaking of which, do Sin Leaves fall when these soldiers of the Great Sin Legion die? And how does the Sin Tree collect these Sin Leaves?"

Huang Zhaoyue shook her head: "Only by signing a voluntary sin-removal contract with the Sin Tree will sin leaves be automatically left behind after death. As for recycling, it will depend on the Great Sin Legion to send people to recycle them. The Sin Tree has the location of everyone in the Sin Tree Network, so the recycling of most sin leaves is not difficult."

"I see," Xia Feng nodded, but couldn't help looking around in confusion. "Why did only one Sin Leaf fall, and what about the Undying Clay Sculptures?"

"The sin leaves exchanged from the Sin Tree will automatically return to the Sin Tree upon the death of the holder, and there is no risk of them being stolen by anyone other than the Great Sin. Moreover, even if they are stolen, without the power of sin provided by the Sin Tree, these sin leaves cannot be used at all."

After hearing Huang Zhaoyue's explanation, Xia Feng thought to himself, "Wow, that's amazing! It can actually return on its own. Before it became a divine relic, this Tree of Sin must have been an S-rank authority. It's truly heaven-defying."

"Hmm? By the way, these Shadows of Sin can still retain some self-awareness after they turn into Leaf of Sin?" Xia Feng asked in surprise.

Through his deconstructive eye, he could clearly see a pale blue crystal floating in the center of Qingye's veins, containing a very faint consciousness.

Somewhat strange.

"Ok?"

Huang Zhaoyue frowned, raising her eyes to look at the Sin Leaf in Xia Feng's hand, her gaze slightly narrowed.

"Unless Sin Leaf is contracted by a new master, it is impossible for it to develop self-awareness. Unless... that is not Sin Shadow's consciousness."

Xia Feng paused, then raised an eyebrow: "If it's not the consciousness of the Shadow of Sin, then..."

He smirked, his gaze instantly turning cold as he stared at the crystal in the center of the green leaf. "Zhuohua isn't dead!"

Huang Zhaoyue recalled for a moment and nodded: "The Rare III Sin Leaf Crystal allows one to copy their own consciousness and store it in the crystal in advance. Without other means of resurrection, the copied consciousness in the crystal will be activated after the holder dies. If someone exchanges for this Sin Leaf in the future and successfully contracts with it, they can be reborn in an alternative way by becoming someone else's Sin Shadow."

As for the side effects, becoming someone else's Shadow of Sin will cause you to lose all your memories, and you can only live as the Shadow of Sin.

"It seems this is his third rare-grade Sin Leaf." Xia Feng was truly helpless. This Zhuohua Shadow Venerable was really good at hiding. He only had three Sin Leaves in total, two of which were life-saving methods.

They would even risk becoming controlled, shadowy figures, just to survive.

Moreover, he survives by replicating his consciousness. Is this replicated consciousness still the original him?
Xia Feng was too lazy to think about the philosophical questions involved; all he wanted to do now was eliminate the problem completely.

Is there a way to kill it completely?

"Use your blood beast to annihilate the sin leaf, and the consciousness stored on it will naturally vanish completely."

Hearing this, Xia Feng breathed a sigh of relief. That was good. But just as he was about to make a move, he paused again.

He raised his eyes and said, "My current identity is your Shadow of Sin. If I make a move, it's equivalent to you making a move. Killing a Great Shadow of Sin is not a problem, is it?"

Huang Zhaoyue's eyes were calm: "It's not the first time. There was no problem before, and there's even less of a problem now."

"Make your move. I don't like leaving any future troubles."

"That's good," Xia Feng nodded, releasing his grip. The Sin Leaf floated lightly into his shadow, and as the crimson light flickered, it instantly swallowed the green leaf.

"No—!!" The crystal in the center of the green leaf shattered, and amidst the shrill scream, that wisp of twisted consciousness shot out, attempting to escape the Blood Prison Sea.

But it was all in vain.

As a mere consciousness, he had no power to resist. Upon discovering the Black Cat Society's S-rank spirit armor, Zhuohua sensed danger and, while using the Dao Fruit: Light and Shadow of All Beings, copied his consciousness into the Sin Leaf Crystal beforehand.

But even now, he still can't understand how he died, how he died so inexplicably!

He didn't even know how the black cat had done it!

But even that wasn't all; the black cat was able to discover where his consciousness was hiding!

Is this really just a shadow of sin?!
If it weren't for this shadow of sin, there wouldn't be this shadow of sin! Hehehe~
How ridiculous!
How could he have lost his life for this mission?
With a "whoosh," the cat waved its hand, and the remaining broken consciousness in the air was extinguished by the constant temperature, completely burned away.

"So this is all there is to a Double A Saint Realm?" Xia Feng thought to himself. If Zhuo Hua hadn't had the assistance of Zui Ye, he might have been able to deal with her even more easily.

Of course, this is also due to the fact that the immortal clay sculpture was restrained by the Moon God Realm.

But to be honest, most abilities are more or less countered by the god-like S-rank ability, Moon God Realm.

As he was pondering, Xia Feng suddenly froze, as if he had just remembered something. He looked up at the Tree of Sin in the sky and gasped, "Hiss, I almost forgot about this. The three core Sin Leaves, the Sin Spring Crystal, and Zhuo Hua are all within the range of this thing. Does that mean he can still be resurrected?!"

Huang Zhaoyue shook her head and said calmly, "Don't worry, there are more than ten restrictions on the resurrection of the Sin Spring Crystal. One of them is a cooldown restriction: each marked life form can only be resurrected once through the Sin Spring within two hours."

That's good. Xia Feng retracted the constant flames that covered the warship into his body and sat down like a cat.

This cat is exhausted. Although it only took a few seconds to kill Zhuohua, the use of two S-rank spirit garments and various other methods in succession has depleted nearly half of my spiritual energy and mental strength, leaving me feeling somewhat weak.

Huang Zhaoyue sat with her legs crossed, her dark eyes quietly gazing down at the black cat. After a moment of silence, she pursed her lips and spoke softly.

"Revert to human form; I need to consume your dragon spirit blood."

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"Or will you remain in cat form and be consumed by this king?"

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Good grief, are you trying to literally pet a cat? Xia Feng thinks it's better to turn back into human form; the cat form is too weird.

As he was pondering this, just as he was about to get up and return, the Tree of Sin on the roof of the warship swayed and shone with light once again.

The two men's gazes sharpened slightly as they looked up.

This situation.
It can't be Zhuohua's resurrection, could it be Ni Yan's resurrection?

Zhuohua said that Ni Yan's sin shadow is special and that the resurrection time is a bit longer, which is quite possible.

“Buzz——!!”

The Tree of Sin trembled, and as the veins of the most central golden-green leaf gradually became clear, a terrifying divine pressure descended instantly.

Xia Feng's entire body stiffened, unable to move. His previously relaxed state of mind instantly turned to alertness. Damn it, this didn't seem like Ni Yan's resurrection; it was more like... a god descending!
Huang Zhaoyue slowly stood up, her expression unchanged, indifferent and calm, her eyes cold as she looked up at Si Zui Shu.

Beneath the Tree of Sin, a divine man with long hair like burning golden flames materialized, his face and body obscured, only his sacred eyes, containing the depths of the starry sky, looked down upon them.

(End of this chapter)