From the end of the world

Chapter 557: Battle of Humans, Gods, and Demons 2
The power of the small bowl's blessing is much stronger than I imagined.

Although she was not in direct physical contact with me at the moment, she could still bless me with great power. This was probably because of the heat energy marks I had put on her body and the "fireflies" I had placed on her body, which made her always in close contact with me.

I didn't expect that these preparations for any eventuality would play a crucial role in such a way.

"It's a great help. Please continue to maintain this blessing," I said.

Xiao Wan immediately became happy and gave a promise: "Okay, Brother Zhuang Cheng, I will try my best!"

Telepathic communication is the exchange of thoughts, and it is very fast. The conversation between us only takes the blink of an eye.

Huang Quan seemed to have keenly grasped some information in this extremely short time. He condensed yellow-black magic power in his hand again and shouted in a low voice: "——Is it there?"

As he spoke, he suddenly raised his hand, as if intending to strike towards the void in a certain direction.

He undoubtedly guessed the source of my sudden agility and wanted to try to attack No. 7 and Xiaowan who were in the deepest part of time and space!

Before he could blast out the magic power, I dodged and hit him. The consequences of being hit by my body that was like stellar matter were very serious, so he had no choice but to withdraw his hand and turn around to avoid my attack.

Seizing this opportunity, No. 7's breath changed continuously, as if he was carrying the small bowl and constantly changing its position in the depths of time and space.

The Great Demon Black Tortoise also took advantage of my distraction and roared and attacked me again. However, I am different now. With the blessing of the small bowl, I can make evasive moves in time even if I am distracted for a moment, and easily avoid the attack of the Great Demon Black Tortoise.

However, the blessing of the small bowl cannot increase my attack and defense power. Now I still cannot cause any damage to the Great Demon Xuanwu, and I cannot resist the attack of the Great Demon Xuanwu. But Huangquan is different. As long as he takes my full-strength attack, Huangquan will be severely injured and may even die on the spot.

So I aimed at Huang Quan who was fleeing far away and launched a high-speed collision again. Huang Quan's face changed drastically and he quickly pulled away to avoid me. The demon Xuanwu roared and chased after me.

The situation actually formed a strange stalemate.

At this blessed moment, I seem to be the great demon who was born in the "doomsday era" and has taken advantage of all the advantages of time and place. On the other hand, the human god Huangquan and the great demon Xuanwu who have been immersed in the afterlife for many years seem to be "foreigners" who have just arrived and are at a loss about the chaotic time and space.

The attacks of these two enemies failed to hit me successfully, making me in fact invincible; correspondingly, because I needed to be distracted to dodge the attacks of the Great Demon Xuanwu, I was not only unable to cause any damage to the Great Demon Xuanwu, but also unable to successfully hit Huangquan.

This state seems to be balanced, but in fact it is still not in my favor.

Unlike Huang Quan and the Great Demon Xuanwu who were in their normal state, I was now in the third state with a limited time. Once the time was up, although I could continue to maintain my current high-intensity dodge ability under the blessing of the small bowl, I would lose my resistance to Huang Quan's long-range attacks. At that time, Huang Quan could withdraw his hands and attack me unilaterally together with the Great Demon Xuanwu, and I would have to run for my life.

No matter how strong your dodging ability is, once you fall into such a passive situation, defeat is only a matter of time.

And Xiaowan's blessing can't last forever. It's not that she will run out of power, but she and No. 7 can't stay hidden for long. I can feel that Huangquan and the Great Demon Xuanwu are in a stalemate with this side, and they are also using part of their energy to quickly search for the two people hiding in the deepest part of time and space.

I can still block Huang Quan's attack, but I can't stop the attack of the Great Demon Xuanwu. It is very likely that they will be caught and destroyed before the countdown of my third form reaches the bottom.

It is necessary to introduce new elements into this battle to tip the situation in our favor.

Xiaowan is still being hunted by the Great Demon of Disaster. The reason why the Great Demon of Disaster did not appear immediately is because Xiaowan has been hiding himself at the level of fate. Once this hiding is cancelled, the Great Demon of Disaster will appear immediately. This can also be regarded as a "new element".

It is very likely that Xiaowan has already thought of this idea, but did not put it into practice immediately.

Under normal circumstances, the Great Demon of Disaster is the priority target of the Great Demon Xuanwu. However, now I, the descendant of Suzaku who is suspected to have the same priority, have been locked by the Great Demon Xuanwu. If I summon the Great Demon of Disaster on this basis, the Great Demon Xuanwu may not change its attack target based on its "hatred" for the Great Demon of Disaster. Instead, the Great Demon of Disaster may ignore Huangquan like the Great Demon Xuanwu and focus its firepower on me. In that case, it can only be said to be adding insult to injury, not just helping someone in need.

After all, what exactly is the big devil?
In the past, I always thought that the great devil was the future great impermanence who fell in the doomsday era. But since this "doomsday era" is actually the world after death, the past theory is naturally untenable.

Although I have not witnessed whether the Water Master Xuanwu has really resurrected, I can be sure that the Great Demon Xuanwu already existed in the afterlife long before the Water Master Xuanwu died. And I myself have never died once, but in the afterlife, there is still a Great Demon of Disaster.

"Number Seven, can you hear me?" I asked in my voice while continuing to chase Huang Quan and dodge the attacks of the Great Demon Xuanwu, "What exactly is the Great Demon?"

Perhaps increasing our understanding of the nature of the Great Demon can bring about changes to the current situation.

No. 7 was probably very busy right now. After two seconds, she responded, "...I can't say I'm completely sure about the origin of the Great Demon. Even the Gospel Institute hasn't made much progress in this area. But there's a guess that's probably closer to the truth... I think the Great Demon should be a creation of the 'Gospel of Naraku'."

"Gospel of Naraku?" I asked.

"That's the name that the top brass of the Gospel House give to the evil will that now reigns over the afterlife." No. 7 said, "Perhaps in the past you thought that the Great Demon was a fallen human god in the apocalypse, and this statement is not entirely wrong. The Gospel of Naraku can mimic the afterlife as the future apocalypse, and can also summon countless disasters that will be rampant in the apocalypse. Those 'doomsday monsters' are summoned in this way.

"And the Great Demon who is the king of the apocalypse is also like this... No, maybe it's a little different. I'm sure you know very well that human gods can't easily fall into karma demons like mortals. Even if you have experienced a long time in the real apocalypse era, madness will never invade your soul, and the same is true for other human gods.

"So, the Great Demon is a monster created based on the 'impossible possibility' of 'human gods being corrupted by madness'. It is a 'hypothetical monster' that Naraku Gospel forcibly deduced based on the human gods of all generations that have existed in the world of the living from ancient times to the present, as well as those who are qualified to be human gods.

"'Suppose you have reached the end of the world, and for some reason or other you have willingly accepted the invasion of Madness' - the Great Demon was probably born out of this assumption."

The great impermanence and those who are qualified to be great impermanence in all generations... I used to think that the "great demons no more than ten in number" in the afterlife were based on Luoshan's "great impermanence no more than ten in number".

That's true, after all, the existence of the Great Demon Xuanwu alone is enough to break this theory.

Naraku Gospel can even summon multiple beings from another dimension like the Great Demon...

Then, I raised a question: "The reason why the Great Impermanence voluntarily accepted madness - is there really such a reason?"

"That's why it's called an 'impossible possibility'. It's obviously illogical, but it's absurdly true. In a sense, the Doomsday Demon may be the closest to the truth of the world in terms of structure." No. 7 said, "But... if you really want to find a reason, there might be one..."

"What's the reason?" I asked.

"This is just a statement without evidence..." No. 7 paused for a moment and said, "...I once heard in the Gospel Temple that only the Great Impermanence who wishes to destroy the world will respond to the call of the Gospel of Naraku in the form of the Great Demon of Doom in the afterlife."

Hearing this, I felt as if the secret in my heart was revealed under inexplicable circumstances.

I have always kept my desire for the end of the world as my biggest secret, but who would have known that in the afterlife there seems to be a demon of disaster equivalent to "walking black material" active in public.

"The situation is very unfavorable now—"

Perhaps Xiaowan was considerate of my feelings and immediately helped to change the subject, "...Ms. No. 7, can you help Brother Zhuang Cheng withdraw from this battlefield like you did last time?"

"I can't do it." Number 7 sighed, "There are two reasons. First, the last move has been used in front of the Great Demon Xuanwu. Although the opponent is an irrational monster, it is also a god and demon with strong spiritual intuition. It is best not to expect the same ability to work in front of the opponent a second time;

"The second, and more important reason is that Huang Quan knows the details of my supernatural powers. Since he came here in person to destroy the Tai Sui Army with me, it is impossible for him not to make relevant preparations to block it."

"Is it the end of the road..." Xiaowan seemed very distressed.

It seems that the knowledge of the Great Demon's origin cannot be used to improve the predicament. I can only try other ways to break the impasse. I said, "Xiao Wan, I am going to use the power of the Divine Seal Fragment next. Can you strengthen the effect of my use of the power of the Divine Seal Fragment?"

"Okay... I'll try it." Xiaowan responded.

Then, I summoned a ball of fire and injected the power of the divine seal fragment into it.

And another power of the divine seal fragment also appeared out of nowhere, superimposed on the power of my divine seal fragment.

(End of this chapter)