I simultaneously traverse countless worlds

"...To stay by your side forever, so, are you also this age now, Yue?"

After several seconds of silence, Xian Du Mu A Ye tried to calm down and analyzed the hidden information in Li Mo's words. The look in his eyes as he looked at his friend became increasingly strange and inexplicable. Even his own words contained a trace of barely perceptible sourness.

In a sense, Sentoki Aya and Nangong Natsuki were best friends. Both were witches and were best friends a few years ago. However, when she discovered that the officials of Itogami Island were trying to use invisible relationships such as friendship to keep Nangong Natsuki on Itogami Island and sign a demon contract, she had the idea of ​​rescuing her friend and changing the tragic fate of witches. As a result, she tried to use the Dark Oath, which can eliminate magic, to start a ritual, but was defeated by Nangong Natsuki and imprisoned.

Of course, Nangong Nayue didn't kill Xian Du Mu A Ye even after defeating her. She treated her friend well even after imprisoning her in the [Prison Barrier]. However, Xian Du Mu A Ye still harbored resentment about what happened back then.

"Aya, if you hadn't been so extreme back then, insisting on using the Dark Oath on Itogami Island and even trying to activate the ritual with the lives of the students of Saikai Academy, why would I have fought you like that? You were clearly targeting me back then!"

Hearing her former friend's sarcastic remarks, Nangong Nayue also erupted in emotion, as she too harbored resentment towards her friend's decision back then.

"That month, you actually accepted that fake emotion that was secretly manipulated by the [Itogami Island] management organization so wholeheartedly~!"

Xian Du Mu A Ye clearly knew more about what had happened in the past. She looked at her friend with cold eyes and directly pointed out the key reason for what happened back then.

"I know, but that was my choice. Besides, how could you expect me to choose? After the oath was successfully activated, all my friends and everyone on Itogami Island might die. What if you were the only one left? Would you face the world's annihilation then?!"

Nangong Nayue was furious. She recalled the time when she learned of her friend's crazy actions, the helplessness and dejection she felt when she finally made her decision after a battle between heaven and man. Her eyes were red as she roared at Xian Du Mu A Ye. She was really angry back then and had no choice but to send her friend to the [Prison Barrier]. Now, this key reason for the conflict was brought up again, and the problem was laid out directly.

Back then, when Nangong Nayue saw her friend trying to do this, even though she wanted to free her from the fate of signing a demon contract, the consequences of doing so were unacceptable to her, which turned the two witches, who were originally very close, into enemies!

"If you help me, even the three Great Ancestors..."

Faced with the most realistic problem pointed out by Nangong Nayue, knowing that her success could make her a witch who becomes the number one superhuman criminal, she still tried to be stubborn and refuse to admit defeat.

"Hehe, Aye, this is the fourth True Ancestor candidate of the [Feast of Flames]. Do you think the two of us combined could keep him from using his moves for a few rounds?"

Seeing her friend's stubborn attitude, Nangong Nayue directly brought up Li Mo's public identity and subtly gestured to Li Mo.

"Well, it would probably only take you two one move to decide. So, Aye, have you made your decision yet?"

At this moment, Li Mo also had no intention of refusing Nangong Nayue's face. Before he finished speaking, he appeared behind Xian Du Mu Aye as if he had teleported. He gently touched the other's neck and brow with his finger and inserted a companion version of the [Seed of Transcendence]. Then he returned to his original spot as if nothing had happened.

"..."

Suddenly feeling the coldness between her brows and neck, and seeing Li Mo's figure appear and disappear beside her like a bubble, Xian Du Mu A Ye could no longer deceive herself. Looking at Li Mo and Nangong Na Yue, she didn't know what to say.

Sendou Mu Aya had no doubt about what Nangong Nayue said. Although their relationship had become awkward, with neither willing to admit defeat, she would not stand idly by if the other was in danger. In fact, she would even save the other. Otherwise, for example, when Sendou Mu Aya tried to use the special spell of the Dark Oath Book to eliminate magic power, some forces wanted to obtain it from her, but Nangong Nayue directly blocked her.

To be fair, Nangong Nayue knows the true magic formula of the [Dark Oath Book]. As the [Witch of the Gap], she is definitely one of the most powerful witches. Otherwise, [Itogami Island] wouldn't have gone to such lengths to have her sign a demon contract and guard the [Prison Barrier]. Otherwise, those extraordinary criminals imprisoned in the [Prison Barrier] and the forces behind them might have already taken advantage of the [Prison Barrier]'s insufficient defenses to cause trouble, instead of being suppressed so completely by Nangong Nayue as they are now.

From her friend's subtle hints, Xian Du Mu A Ye realized that the other party had no intention of being unwilling to be with Li Mo, and had tacitly accepted her idea of ​​joining Li Mo's side. This made the witch feel increasingly complicated. However, when she saw the way Li Mo was looking at her and considered the current situation, Xian Du Mu A Ye knew that she had to make a decision, even if it was one that did not conform to her personal wishes.

After a period of internal struggle, Xian Du Mu A Ye looked at Li Mo and Nan Gong Na Yue and said her final decision: "...I choose to stay by your side with Na Yue and see if you can completely break the witch's demon contract!"

"OK, then let's have a wonderful evening!"

Seeing the decision of the beautiful woman with a serene, ancient Japanese style, Li Mo readily agreed. He then cheerfully stepped forward and pulled Xian Du Mu A Ye into his arms. The witch struggled a bit but found herself unable to break free from his strength. Even Nan Gong Na Yue was pulled into his embrace, and the two beauties were even able to stick close to each other.

Afterwards, Li Mo left the [Prison Barrier] with Nangong Nayue and Xiandu Mu Aye. He then made a phone call to Aurora to tell her to get some sleep before enjoying the beautiful night with the two beauties...

(Well, I'll write the rest in the bonus chapters to avoid incurring the wrath of the mythical censorship~O(∩_∩)O~)

The Flame Feast Ceremony begins in Chapter 33!

Li Mo left the prison barrier with the two beautiful women, intending to enjoy a wonderful time with Nangong Nayue and Xiandu Mu Aye. As for the prison barrier and what followed, he didn't care and believed that someone else would handle it.

For example, the [Prison Barrier] is mainly used to imprison prisoners. The [Itogami Island], a subspace prison passed down from ancient times, has been used by some people who tried to make use of it but failed. In the end, it was used as a special prison to imprison extraordinary criminals who committed crimes on [Itogami Island] and had special backgrounds, in order to prevent prison breaks and also to avoid the trouble caused by killing these extraordinary criminals.

However, Li Mo himself didn't care about those extraordinary criminals. He could just throw them into his [Portable World] to be dealt with by the Shadow Soldiers. Even if they were extraordinary criminals with special backgrounds, a [Seed of Extraordinary] that had been upgraded multiple times would make them obedient. After all, even if these extraordinary criminals were descendants of the Celestials, vampires, beastmen, or human extraordinary beings, they hadn't reached the level of true gods and demons. So don't expect them to be able to resist the fusion power of the [Seed of Extraordinary].

Perhaps in special worlds like the Hunter x Hunter universe, there might be a sliver of hope for exceptional Nen users to find ways to eliminate the Seeds of the Extraordinary. However, in the Strike the Blood world, there really aren't any exceptionally strong individuals in the realm of the soul. Perhaps Cain, the vampire who developed the Sacred Annihilation technique, could have done it, but Cain died long ago, so Li Mo wouldn't care about that at all.

After all, Li Mo from the Hunter x Hunter world had proposed that the [Seed of the Extraordinary] could be removed through special means. Li Mo from various worlds has made improvements and enhancements to this. Currently, after the new version of the [Seed of the Extraordinary] is fused, forcibly removing it will directly cause the host's soul to collapse, and the level of secrecy is directly maximized.

As for the potential problems caused by the [Prison Barrier] and the [Feast of Flames], Li Mo plans to wait until he completes the [Feast of Flames] ceremony before arranging for the extraordinary criminals who have become his subordinates to address these issues one by one!

………………

When the sun had risen above the horizon again for quite some time, and it was almost 10 a.m., Li Mo returned to the residential area with Nangong Nayue and Xiandu Mu Aye. Some of Agulora and the eleven True Ancestor entities were still asleep, while others had already woken up but remained in their rooms without orders.

In a sense, the indifferent personal consciousness exhibited by the True Ancestor bodies belonging to the artificial vampire race is the normal situation in the Strike the Blood world. At least the three True Ancestors and other forces that have some understanding of the [Fourth True Ancestor] all believe that the True Ancestor Familiar bodies that have been divided and sealed are tools. The idea that they are tools is absolutely dominant. Only a few people, such as Li Mo and Nangong Nayue, truly regard Aurora and the others as normal people. Other forces have completely different views on this.

In this regard, Li Mo did not make a big fuss about it. He did not think that his voice alone could so quickly change the views of the major forces in the Bloodthirsty Strike world. In fact, he treated Aurora and the eleven True Ancestor entities equally. At most, when he found that the True Ancestor entities with weak self-awareness, he could only chat with them occasionally, but he did not deliberately interfere with their personal growth and understanding.

Now, Li Mo was leisurely sitting on the balcony of Nangong Nayue's house, with two beautiful women who looked charming after changing their clothes. As he felt the bright sunshine and enjoyed the company of the two beauties beside him, Li Mo was starting to feel restless again!

"You scoundrel, it's broad daylight now..."

Seeing Li Mo's restless hands trying to move again, Nangong Nayue scolded him in a low voice, feeling both ashamed and annoyed. Together with Xian Dumu Aye, they restrained Li Mo's hands.

Last night, Nangong Nayue and Xian Dumu Aye had already gained a deep understanding of Li Mo and knew all too well just how wicked he was. They naturally understood that if they didn't stop him, he might put on an inappropriate show in broad daylight. However, even though the two witches were called "witches," they never thought of doing such an absurd thing in broad daylight. Even Xian Dumu Aye found this unacceptable and naturally cooperated with her friend to suppress Li Mo.

Indeed, last night's experience helped Nangong Nayue and Xian Dumu Aye resolve their differences. Besides, they were already close friends with a strong rapport, and a single glance was enough for them to reach an understanding and work together to resist their man's somewhat excessive behavior in broad daylight.

"Hmm, it's not a good situation to be in the daytime, let's talk about it tonight!"

Faced with the two beauties' undisguised resistance, Li Mo tried to resist but found their attitude unwavering. He could only purse his lips and give up. After kissing both beauties, he then seriously addressed the matter at hand: "Now, let's discuss the final ceremony of the [Feast of Flames]..."

Although Li Mo felt a little regretful, he didn't pay much attention to the two beauties' resistance, after all, he had already taken advantage of them last night.

It must be said that Nangong Nayue and Xian Dumu Aye are indeed outstanding beauties. Since it was their first time together, Li Mo savored them very carefully. They fought together until the early hours of the morning before finally resting together in each other's arms.

If Nangong Nayue and Xiandu Mu Aye hadn't both fused with the companion version of the [Seed of the Extraordinary], making their physical abilities far surpass those of ordinary witches, and if they hadn't had Li Mo, a top expert in both Human Immortal Martial Arts and True Yuan Martial Arts, inputting power to restore them, an ordinary woman would probably have been too tired to continue sleeping until the third day, instead of resting for at most two or three hours and then becoming energetic again, enjoying a sunbath on the balcony.

Especially Nangong Nayue and Xian Dumu Aye, one changed into a European-style casual long dress and the other changed into a neon yukata. Both beauties looked languid and charming, and their slender and graceful figures were particularly eye-catching. Their skin looked like jade under the sunlight.

This is the reason why Li Mo was so eager to act. After all, he had just broken his fast and was walking the path of Immortal Martial Arts combined with True Essence Martial Arts, so his inner fire was particularly strong. Moreover, he was also influenced by the many wonderful memories of Li Mo from other worlds.

Fortunately, Li Mo knew how to control himself. When he realized that the two beautiful women were not very willing, he did not force them but instead changed the subject to business.

"But if it's the [Feast of Flames], do you intend to truly resurrect the Fourth Ancestor...?"

Hearing Li Mo's words, Xian Du Mu A Ye, who didn't know much about Li Mo, didn't speak. However, Nan Gong Na Yue, who valued Aurora and the eleven True Ancestor bodies and had witnessed the Fourth True Ancestor Aurora's tyrannical temper, spoke up with genuine concern.

"Don't worry, I've already thought it all out!"

Li Mo, who also felt that Aurora was rather tactless in the face of Nangong Nayue's worries, was completely unconcerned. He looked at the beautiful woman in his arms and responded with a peculiar smile. The two beautiful women who knew Li Mo's personality, regardless of whether they had a deep understanding of the [Feast of Flames], felt that Li Mo's smile was very strange, as if he were a cold-blooded butcher preparing to strike.

In this regard, Nangong Nayue knew Li Mo's personality. He doted on Aurora, but he had a completely different attitude towards the Fourth Progenitor, Aurora. The Witch of the Gap thought about it and didn't say anything more!

……

Quartz Gate is a massive building located in the former southeastern area of ​​Itogami Island. Originally built as the city government center of Itogami Island, it is a huge hexagonal clock tower. However, with the construction of the new artificial island and the relocation of the city center, this area was gradually abandoned and became a ruin.

Although it's described as a ruin, the abandoned area of ​​the Quartz Gate still serves other purposes on Itogami Island. For example, it's a quiet place where ordinary citizens aren't present and it's not a chaotic mess like the Erasure Block, making it suitable for certain special transactions. Therefore, the Itogami Island authorities have never completely rebuilt the Quartz Gate area, allowing it to become a secluded place for certain special transactions, even though it appears to be a ruin.

The ceremony site for the [Feast of Flames] prepared by Li Mo was located in the central square of the [Quartz Gate]. The entire square had been cleared out, and the blood-red magical runes that had been inscribed beforehand were very complex and full of demonic power. If ordinary people looked closely, it would even lead to their mental exhaustion and death. At this moment, each of the magical runes was emitting a blood-red light, illuminating the twelve True Ancestor bodies standing in it.

This is because Itogami Island agreed to let Itogami Island become the venue for the Flamelight Banquet ceremony. The final ceremony venue, which was specially drawn up by people sent by the three Night Empires, has now been activated by Li Mo in preparation for the final resurrection ceremony.

"Haha, I'm finally going to reclaim all my power!"

When the final ritual of the [Feast of Flames] was initiated, Aurora could no longer contain her excitement and directly regained control of Aurora's body. Under the watchful eyes of the other eleven True Ancestor avatars and Li Mo and others, she shouted loudly and unrestrainedly.

At this moment, Aurora was no longer afraid. She naturally knew that when the [Feast of Flames] ceremony was held, she would reclaim the power of the twelve True Ancestor Familiars sealed within her and be resurrected. One of the True Ancestor Familiars had the power to sever the contract. Having suffered the punishment brought by the soul contract, she was now glaring fiercely at Li Mo, preparing to retaliate tenfold or even a hundredfold against this bastard for what he had done when she was resurrected to her peak.

Seeing Aurora's undisguised ferocity in her gaze, Li Mo, knowing that this tyrannical loli was always ready to betray him, waved to Nangong Nayue and Xian Dumu Aye not to rush. Then, he calmly uttered a sentence that terrified Aurora:

"Aurora, then please become a sacrifice for the [Feast of Flames]!"

Chapter 34 Sacrifice and Completion

"Aurora, then please become the sacrifice to open the [Feast of Flames]!"

When Li Mo said these words, his eyes were full of malice as he looked at Aurora. The latter immediately reacted and immediately tried to control the power of the special True Ancestor-level Familiar among the twelve True Ancestor-level Familiars to sever the soul contract on her body.

Honestly, if Li Mo hadn't so ruthlessly signed her into a soul contract and made Aurora fully experience the soul punishment effects that come with it, Aurora, with her tyrannical loli personality, would have already turned on everyone and caused a huge uproar. The reason she's been patient for several days now is that she's preparing to resurrect at the [Feast of Flames], using her full power to break the soul contract, then capture that bastard Li Mo, drain his blood, and tear him to pieces.

But Aurora also knew that Li Mo was not someone to be trifled with. Hearing Li Mo's sudden, calm words, the sense of crisis that arose in her heart made the tyrant loli try to sever the soul contract immediately, but it was already too late!

"ah------!!!"

Before Li Mo finished speaking, Aurora, who was trying to control a True Ancestor-level familiar, let out a shrill scream. Her entire soul was then extracted from Aurora's body, and she screamed as her soul began to burn.

Indeed, Aurora's almost tangible soul ignited a special flame. At the same time, ribbons of light, seemingly composed of specks of light, flew out from her burning soul, transforming into twelve ribbons that connected Aurora and the other True Ancestor bodies. These special specks of light, clearly originating from the burning of Aurora's soul, directly merged into Aurora and the others, making their magical aura even stronger.

Nangong Nayue and Xian Dumu Aye, who were watching from the sidelines, became nervous. As top witches, they were naturally knowledgeable and had already seen through Li Mo's actions. He was using the soul of the Fourth True Ancestor, Aurora, as a sacrifice to complete the bodies of Aurora and the other eleven True Ancestors. In other words, it was equivalent to reversing the ritual of the [Feast of Flames]. The Fourth True Ancestor, who was originally to be resurrected by sacrificing twelve True Ancestor bodies, had his soul become the first sacrifice.

Li Mo's reasons for doing this are obvious. Compared to the obedient and clingy Aurora and her friends, Aurora, this tyrannical loli, was practically a ticking time bomb; who knew when she would cause such chaos? After several unsuccessful attempts at punishment, he simply used her as a sacrifice during the [Feast of Flames] ritual to replenish Aurora and her friends' power. Moreover, Aurora and her friends, being the original bodies of the Fourth True Ancestor, could perfectly accept her power as well.

However, Li Mo's actions were swift and decisive. Aurora's soul, who was to be sacrificed, was facing a life-or-death crisis. In the short span of a breath, one-tenth of her soul body disappeared. If this continued, she would truly die completely!

"Spare...spare me...Master, I was wrong...please forgive me...sob..."

Faced with that truly soul-deep, extreme pain, Aurora used the last of her sanity to plead with Li Mo. She truly felt a life-or-death crisis, not the punishment she had received before.

So, the arrogant tyrant loli who had just been so arrogant immediately turned around and quickly begged Li Mo. Her pitiful appearance was enough to evoke pity. However, apart from Aurora and other True Ancestor bodies, Li Mo and the two witches all had indifferent expressions. Moreover, Li Mo himself, when watching Aurora's soul being devoured by the soul flame, even had a hint of sneer.

Now that she's begging for mercy, what was she doing before? If he hadn't sensed this tyrannical little girl's rebellious nature several times in a row, Li Mo might not have been so ruthless. Besides, in the current situation, even if he stopped, it would only worsen the relationship between the two sides.

You're talking about the binding force of the soul contract on Li Mo?

This is a good question. As the contractor, Li Mo is subject to far fewer restrictions than Aurora, the contractor. Moreover, Li Mo was prepared in advance. The power of the soul contract was transformed into the flame of the soul, which turned Aurora's soul into the soul essence and transmitted it to Aurora and the eleven True Ancestor bodies, thus re-forming the soul contract with them.

Regarding this aspect, Li Mo from the D&D world has conducted in-depth research on the soul. Normally, it is difficult to change the soul contract, but Aurora and Aurora are inherently one body with two souls. Even the other eleven True Ancestor entities have sealed True Ancestor Familiars. Aurora can be regarded as a main body, and Aurora and the other True Ancestor entities are all part of its power, and even have a close connection at the soul level, which gave Li Mo the opportunity to perform this soul sacrifice to complete the task.

When Li Mo chose to remain indifferent, Aurora's soul, in despair and dissipation, tried to curse Li Mo but to no avail. After cursing him a couple of times, her entire soul vanished without a trace, causing the Fourth True Ancestor to disappear completely. Her soul was burned by the Soul Flame, and the empty yet greatly replenished soul essence was directly poured into the twelve True Ancestor bodies, completing their existence.

At the same time, Aurora opened her eyes. She and the other eleven True Ancestor bodies emitted strong magical fluctuations, and the phantoms of True Ancestor Familiars could be seen appearing and moving behind them!

"The ceremony has officially begun? But what's going on now...?"

At this moment, both Nangong Nayue and Xiandu Mu Aye were somewhat confused. They had seen the information about the [Feast of Flames] ceremony that Li Mo obtained from the Third True Ancestor, but it stated that the Fourth True Ancestor was resurrected, not that this was the case.

While the two witches were still wondering, Li Mo pushed forward the [Feast of Flames] ritual without hesitation. The step that was supposed to use the memories of all the intelligent races on [Itogami Island] for several years as magic to revive the Fourth Progenitor Aurora was reduced to just one month's worth of memories. Then, combined with Li Mo's own surging life force, he allowed Aurora and the others to undergo the revival ritual of the Fourth Progenitor.

As Li Mo acted, the boiling magic and transformed life force caused Aurora and her eleven sisters to radiate light. Under the watchful eyes of Li Mo and the two witches, the other eleven True Ancestor bodies instantly transformed into streams of light, directly surging into Aurora herself, forming dreamlike wings of light behind her. Moreover, Aurora's aura was constantly growing stronger, already causing the two witches to feel fear.

Previously, Nangong Nayue and Xian Dumu Aye had occasionally witnessed one of the three True Ancestors in action, but at that time they certainly hadn't seen how strong a True Ancestor was when he truly unleashed his full power. Now, Aurora, as the Fourth True Ancestor, had fused with the consciousness and familiars of the other eleven sisters, and the powerful magic she displayed made the two top witches realize the gap in strength.

When the boiling magic began to subside, the [Feast of Flames] could be declared over. The only remaining one was Aurora, the blonde loli, who stood in place with her eyes closed. Her aura had calmed down, but she showed no signs of waking up immediately.

"Aurora, get ready for ice cream!"

Seeing that in the end only Aurora, a blonde loli, was the only one who returned, with the other eleven True Ancestor bodies leading her, Li Mo sighed inwardly. He then walked to Aurora's side, leaned down and whispered in her ear about the topic she was most interested in.

"Ice cream? Brother, I want ice cream!"

Undoubtedly, upon hearing the good news about ice cream, Aurora was immediately jolted awake. Without hesitation, she grabbed Li Mo's hand, pleading and whining. Li Mo skillfully reached out and gently stroked the blonde loli's hair, then pulled out a cup of ice cream from his [Portable World], handed it to Aurora, and watched her happily begin eating the ice cream.

At this moment, Nangong Nayue and Xian Dumu Aye also walked over. They looked at Aurora with some surprise, not expecting that Li Mo would actually do such an astonishing thing as making this little scatterbrain the Fourth Progenitor and using the real Fourth Progenitor as a sacrifice. However, whether it was Nangong Nayue who knew the truth or Xian Dumu Aye who had just witnessed the arrogant scene of Aurora's soul, they understood why Li Mo did this when they looked at the well-behaved and cute blonde loli.

From any perspective, resurrecting a tyrannical loli who could betray you at any moment as the Fourth True Ancestor is truly irresponsible towards one's own life. Li Mo might not care, but Nangong Nayue and Xiandu Mu Aye are in some danger. Even though the two witches have fused with the partner version of the [Seed of the Extraordinary], the gap in strength between them and the Fourth True Ancestor at his peak is still very obvious.