From the end of the world

Chapter 358 Victory 2
When Shenzhao saw Fa Zheng asking for my opinion, he smiled.

"What? If he insists on killing Mingzhuo, will you join him in attacking him?" Shenzhao said.

"At the very least, Jian Feixian and I can stop you and Gua Tianshi from going outside the field." Fa Zheng said, "Anyway, whether Zhuang Cheng kills him or not, Ming Zhuo will die within ten years, because the dramatic changes in the natural environment caused by his loss will still happen."

Jian Feixian did not comment, as if he had left the decision of how to act to Fa Zheng.

Fa Zheng probably still hoped that I could just let it go. After all, if Ming Zhuo and I continued to fight, it would cause other secondary disasters. But on the surface, he still showed an attitude of standing firmly on my side.

Even if it's just polite talk, there's still a big difference between saying it and not saying it. Even someone like me, who doesn't have a very high EQ, understands things of this magnitude.

After leaving the fierce battle, just as I thought during the battle, I realized that I couldn't spend the next ten years killing people.

If it's just patience, I can still use it, but there are many obstacles and concerns. First of all, even if I have the patience to kill Mingzhuo for ten consecutive years, Fa Zheng and Jian Feixian may not focus all their attention on intercepting Shenzhao and Gua Tianshi for ten consecutive years like me; secondly, in the next ten years, the Lord of the Divine Seal will probably hold many virtual realm meetings, and I can't guarantee that I won't be dragged into it during this period.

In the past, I was always pulled into the virtual realm during sleep, but sleep is not a necessary requirement for the Great Impermanence and Great Accomplishment levels. It is hard to imagine that except for Xiaowan and No. 7, whose level is unknown, other people are also pulled into the virtual realm every time when they are sleeping. The possibility of being pulled into the virtual realm while awake is objectively present.

More importantly, it doesn’t mean that the end of the world will definitely come in ten years. There is a possibility that it may not come.

Under the premise that Mingzhu is trapped by me, Ma Zao can be said to be completely free. As a time traveler in the doomsday era, she can move as she pleases. With her power restored to the great perfection level, she can investigate the truth of the coming of the doomsday and try to prevent it.

And eight months later, with the help of Ma Zao, Zhu Shi can master the power of the Great Impermanence level. She is also an insider of Ma Zao's true identity and doomsday. Being righteous and kind by nature, she will definitely join forces with Ma Zao.

Putting these two people together might really affect whether the end of the world will come or not.

I don't necessarily want the end of the world to come...or rather, the judgment on this aspect is always pending in my heart. But there is one thing I can be very sure of, that is, whether the end of the world comes or not, I can't accept that I will miss the major event that can determine the fate of the world's life and death.

Compared to such an exciting event, what is fate?
Having said that, I can't just let Mingzhu go back like this, because that would only make him lurk in the dark again and become a huge threat to Ma Zao's life.

"I can spare your life," I said, "but I need a guarantee—"

Ming Zhuo said without hesitation: "Yes."

“I haven’t said anything yet,” I said.

"You want me to stop attacking the girl next to you in the future. I say yes." Ming Zhuo said coldly.

Shenzhao looked at Mingzhuo in surprise and said, "You are so straightforward. Isn't that little girl the condition you need to knock on the door of Naraku? If you can't knock on the door of Naraku, you will definitely die within ten years. Are you really so carefree to let her go?"

Mingzhuo snorted coldly in humiliation.

Gua Tianshi smiled and said, "It's a simple matter. If he doesn't let go, he will have to fight Zhuang Cheng again, and he will be unable to escape for the next ten years until he dies.

"Even if Zhuang Cheng couldn't completely suppress him for ten years, a few years alone would be a huge loss for him who had to race against time to research a method to knock on the door of Naraku. It was very fatal. In comparison, whether that little girl could really be used to knock on the door of Naraku is still an unknown probability. It can only be said that there is a certain possibility...

"It's not worth it to pay such a price just for a possibility."

"That's it. If you still feel uneasy, I can swear." Mingzhuo looked at me and said.

As if he was worried that I didn’t understand, the Heavenly Master made a special addition: “If a mortal swears an oath to the Great Impermanence, his fate will be bound. If he violates it, he will be punished by heaven.

"And if the Great Impermanence made the oath with the power of his own words, especially in the presence of multiple Great Impermanence witnesses, and made the oath to another Great Impermanence, it would have great effect, and even the Great Impermanence would be bound."

"I'm sorry, I don't believe in that kind of oath." I said my thoughts directly, "Since the Great Impermanence is a god who can make the impossible possible, then the means to break the oath should also be found, right?"

Fa Zheng said: "The greatest benefit of this oath to you is not to restrain him, but to be able to sense him when he secretly breaks the oath. No one has ever expected the power of the oath to punish him, but you have the power to punish him yourself." "That's fine, but I have three additional conditions." I said, "First, he will not only not be able to attack Ma Zao in the future, but also cannot hurt anyone around me; second, he can suppress the expansion of the Xuanming Fire in his body in the future, but he cannot extinguish it, in order to prevent me from losing the means to punish him;

"Third, I will inject my own flame into his body and soul. This way, when he breaks his oath, I can kill him immediately."

In other words, I want to ensure that I can have the power of life and death over people from now on.

For Ming Zhuo, who can be resurrected infinitely within ten years, this power of life and death is not so life-threatening. It is more to ensure that I can impose sanctions on him when he breaks his oath. At the same time, I have no way to use this power of life and death to ask Ming Zhuo to do more things in normal times, because it will take at most ten years for me to really kill him. Such a large time cost makes this method at most a last resort.

This is my bottom line. I won’t give up until I achieve this.

"Don't go too far, Zhuang Cheng! You have already killed two of my subordinates who were at the Great Accomplishment level, and now you still have the nerve to act like you're asking for compensation?" Ming Zhuo said hatefully.

"Are you thinking that if you hit me and I hit you, then the matter will be even?" I said, "Don't be ridiculous. If I didn't show my muscles like this and let you know the pain, would you just let it go? You were the one who started this matter. Now that you realize you've suffered more losses, you're going to start thinking of yourself as the victim?

"If you don't want to accept this condition, then go and die. Don't think you can escape now by relying on Shenzhao and Gua Tianshi. I will kill you every time I see you in the future. When I am bored, I will come to your door and kill you for a few days or weeks to pass the time. As for whether you want to seize the time to do something, I don't care.

"Anyway, I don't mind having an extra piece of fitness equipment like you. Although your shelf life is only ten years at most, it is still durable by the standards of fitness equipment."

Ming Zhuo roared with bloodshot eyes: "Zhuang Cheng!!!"

The other Great Impermanence looked at him in silence. Even Shenzhao and Gua Tianshi did not speak for him. They just looked at him.

No matter how you look at it, Mingzhuo was defeated.

Although I am no longer as desperate as before and would spend ten years to kill Mingzhu, others don't know this, and what I did before and my determination were seen by everyone. So the one who must make concessions now is Mingzhu, the loser, not me.

Ming Zhuo was obviously very clear about this. He took a few breaths and then said in a vicious voice, "Okay!"

Fa Zheng suddenly said, "By the way, when you return, you must publicly admit at the headquarters that you were defeated by Zhuang Cheng."

"What did you say?" Ming Zhuo asked very gloomily.

"Not attacking people around Zhuang Cheng is not even the most basic compensation. It is what you should have done. It's like you punched someone for no reason. Does it mean you have compensated the victim just by promising that you won't do it again? You still have to pay a price in other aspects." Fa Zheng said, "It just so happens that although Zhuang Cheng is the Great Impermanence, he is different from those of us who have accumulated a lot of fate in the weird world before becoming the Great Impermanence.

"He has not yet taken root in this world, and has made too few connections. He needs enough anchors to be stable. The quickest way is to quickly expand his power. And to quickly expand power, he needs a huge reputation.

"Everyone will be happy if you, a veteran of the Impermanence, can serve as his stepping stone."

Ming Zhuo cursed again: "Fuck you, everyone is happy!"

"This is only part of the compensation. It can't be just non-material compensation, right? We also need some material compensation..." Fa Zheng thought for a while and said, "I don't know what Zhuang Cheng needs. I'll leave it to you to discuss it later."

Ming Zhuo took a few more breaths, and after a long while he said viciously: "...Okay!"

"That's fine with me," I said.

After a moment, with the other four Great Impermanence witnessing, Mingzhuo swore to me that he would not attack anyone around me again, and released his magic defense. I used my own flames to invade his body and soul, as well as his seal on the Fire of Declaration. In this way, I could always grasp his whereabouts, and when necessary, I could penetrate his seal on the Fire of Declaration and kill him in an instant.

The battle with Mingzhu has come to an end for the time being.

(End of this chapter)