Superman's End Manual

"Compared to this...aren't you worried about your family? They're still upstairs."

The strange thing raised its finger and pointed to the rooftop.

Upon hearing this, Ash frowned slightly. A magical ripple burst forth from the tip of Cinderella's umbrella, carrying her upwards and through the elevators to the fifth floor of the MixC shopping mall.

"You're a decisive girl. Well... the fighting outside is almost over. Go check on the situation."

The strange creature watched the magical girl Ash depart, then packed its equipment back into its bag.

Then, with his hands on his hips, he stepped into the powerless elevator and went down to the first floor, heading towards the war-torn Lordwah Commercial Street.

Asking for a monthly ticket!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 115 Major Event 1: The Battle of the Dragon Ninja (Part 9)

At 10:47 a.m., on the glass curtain wall of a building on Lordhua Commercial Street.

Ke Xiaomo and the sect leader turned their heads and gazed into the distance at the Calamity Dragon Seed trapped inside the ancient bronze bell.

It pounded the bell almost frantically, blasting dents into its surface, the brutal roars mingling with the bell's hum.

It resounded almost throughout the entire world, like thunder entering Ke Xiaomo's ears.

"You've been keeping this from me all this time... for a full two weeks."

Ke Xiaomo lowered his head, his eyes obscured by strands of hair. He asked gloomily, the shadow sword in his hand disintegrating, turning into wisps of shadow that fell into his fingertips.

“Yes, I’m afraid you’ll make the wrong choice,” the sect leader said thoughtfully.

"But haven't you always taught me that nothing is more important than the people around me?"

“But he’s not human…” The sect leader took a deep breath, “He’s a dragon, Mo.”

“I’ve lived with him for almost seven years, and I think I know him better than you do. Even if he is part of a dragon, he is definitely part of a human being as well.”

"No, you should understand. Since it has that part of a dragon, that's enough to sentence it to death," the sect leader said. "Exterminating the Dragon of Calamity is the destiny of our Ninja Sect for generations."

Even if it's wrong?

"No, that's absolutely right. Leaving those monsters unattended will only bring disaster to humanity."

"Then please tell me, if he is a monster, why is he allowed to live in our family..."

The sect leader coldly interrupted him: "Because it is good at disguising itself."

“I don’t think it was a disguise.”

"You've just been fooled."

“I’ll say it one last time…” Ke Xiaomo paused, then said in a deep voice, “I don’t think it was a pretense. He could have been a real person… but he had no choice… he simply had no choice!”

The sect leader stared at him silently for a long while before speaking.

"Today you only have one choice: protect this dragon, or choose to follow the greater good."

"Righteousness?" Ke Xiaomo roared in a dark voice, "Master, what exactly is this righteousness you're talking about? Why should I have to watch my own family being killed by you before it's considered righteousness?!"

"You've just been fooled by it, Mo, don't get too caught up in it."

Upon hearing this, Ke Xiaomo's face twitched slightly, and her voice grew increasingly somber: "If taking his family away from others is what you call righteousness..."

He paused for a moment, then said, "Then I think you're wrong, completely wrong."

"Mo...you are truly stubborn and unrepentant," the sect leader said deeply. "So you mean you want to oppose me, and even the entire Ninja Sect?"

"No, I don't want to be your enemy, but I will never allow anyone to take my family's lives in front of me."

"He is the embodiment of the Dragon of Calamity in this world," the sect leader rebuked solemnly. "Do you know what kind of calamity this dragon will bring to the world if we allow it to grow unchecked?"

"I don't care. If I can't even protect my own family, what do I care about the world?"

Ke Xiaomo spoke in a deep voice, slowly raising his right hand, squeezing out shadows from his fingertips, and then gathering them again in his palm to form a shadow blade ten feet long.

He raised his long sword, pointing the tip at the sect leader's head, and a cruel face seemed to be reflected in the shadows.

"You dare to draw your sword against your master? How arrogant you are..." the sect leader said.

“Just a second ago, I left the Ninja Clan.” Ke Xiaomo paused for a moment. “So, this is the last time I will address you as ‘Master’.”

He took a deep breath and lowered his voice.

"Master, please forgive my disrespect."

The moment the words left his mouth, Ke Xiaomo had already charged towards the sect leader, his three-foot-long shadow sword slashing out horizontally.

The sect leader drew his katana and used it to block the attack. At the same time, the shadow beneath his feet slowly expanded, like a pond turning into a lake, eventually completely enveloping Ke Xiaomo's feet.

“In my shadow domain, you have no way to use the Shadow Transformation Technique, which means… you don’t even have a chance to escape.” The sect leader said calmly, “Stop, Mo.”

"From the moment I drew my sword against you, I never thought of leaving myself any way out."

"I taught you, so I know you better than anyone else. You have absolutely no chance of winning against me!"

"Then you should know better than anyone else that I will never compromise!"

Ke Xiaomo roared, enunciating each word clearly, and with brute force, he shook off the sect leader's katana, his body bouncing back several meters.

In a flash, he bent down and stepped onto the glass curtain wall, shooting forward like a spring, the sharp tip of his blade aimed at the sect leader's chest.

"How foolish!"

The sect leader's eyes sharpened, and he raised his katana forward, precisely blocking the tip of Ke Xiaomo's blade with the middle of the blade.

At the same time, the shadow beneath the sect leader's feet, as deep as a lake, slowly stirred and rose, instantly coalescing into a giant shadow in the shape of a lion behind him.

As the lion's shadow appeared, the sect leader's power suddenly increased more than a hundredfold. His figure overlapped with the shadow lion's, and his longsword was positioned precisely at the lion's fangs.

Immediately afterwards, the Shadow Sword in Ke Xiaomo's hand shattered in the fierce collision, and he was instantly blasted dozens of meters away.

But before he could catch his breath...

The sect leader merged with the shadow-forged lion and pounced in an instant, its sharp teeth like the claws of a wild beast, lifting Ke Xiaomo into the air.

Under the strong wind, the glass curtain walls along the way shattered with a crash.

As Ke Xiaomo's figure was blasted into the sky, the sect leader once again moved with incredible speed, leading the shadow lion across the surface of the glass curtain wall, instantly reaching the top of the building.

Then he leaped forward, gripped the hilt of the knife with both hands, and thrust the blade downwards, instantly piercing through Ke Xiaomo as he flew backwards, leaving a huge gash in his abdomen.

puff!

Blood gushed out like a waterfall, staining Ke Xiaomo's clothes and face red.

He was almost powerless to resist, his whole body convulsing, his gaze vacant as he stared at the ground.

The glass curtain walls along his path shattered, as if in mourning. Thousands upon thousands of shards of glass rained down like a storm, following him overhead like butterflies.

Ke Xiaomo listened to the dragon's roar in her ears and slowly closed her eyes.

Just as he was about to close his eyes, he seemed to see some fragmented images reflected on the thousands of shards of glass falling together.

Like a revolving lantern.

He gazed at one of the panes of glass and saw the sunset reflected above.

That was a scene I fondly remember.

Beautiful.

three years ago.

Ke Xiaomo hung upside down on the cliff, his hands clasped together, gazing silently at the distant sunset. The wind brushed past his nose as he watched the sunrise, sunset, and nightfall in this valley, where the grass grew and birds sang.

Finally, after an unknown amount of time, one evening, a long eagle appeared out of nowhere and bit through the rope binding his feet.

Immediately afterwards, he fell from a great height.

The wind howled in his ears, and the earth seemed to expand in his pupils.

Finally, as he neared the bottom of the valley, he transformed into a shadow and merged into the surface of the mountain wall.

In the shadows, he spread his wings and flapped them upwards, and his eagle-like shadow soared rapidly up the mountainside, as fast as a volley of arrows shot by Hou Yi.

But it's not over yet.

The moment he reached the top of the cliff, his figure suddenly detached from it.

Immediately afterwards, a giant bird of prey, woven from his shadow, rose up from behind him and lifted him into the sky with its claws.

He took flight like a bird.

The bird of prey flapped its wings with all its might, carrying him up into the air from the very top of the cliff.

Piercing through the clouds, reaching the setting sun.

He was bathed in the afterglow of the twilight, as if he were God in that moment. The hem of his dark clothes swayed, fluttering in the wind like the tail feathers of a bird.

"You've succeeded." The sect leader stood with his hands behind his back, raised his head and looked at Ke Xiaomo. "Fierce Bird, this is your 'Shadow Heart'."

He paused for a moment: "You are the first person who can use the Shadow Transformation Technique without touching the shadow. Perhaps this is the characteristic of the 'Fierce Bird'."

Ke Xiaomo retracted his shadow wings and landed on the top of the cliff, standing shoulder to shoulder with the sect leader.

“But the bird of prey sounds very weak. I thought I could comprehend the powerful and vigorous ‘Shadow Heart’ like the lion, just like you, Sect Master.”