The Envoy of Abundance from Onphalus

　The emerald-gold vines grew, spread, and coiled wildly at a visible speed! The hard sword blade emitted a piercing "sizzle" sound as it was rapidly corroded and decayed by this vibrant power!

　In the blink of an eye, the ritual sword that had accompanied Bai E countless times turned into a pile of rusty fragments wrapped in emerald green vines and fell from his hand!

　Bai Er stared in horror at his empty hands, then looked at the wound on Russell's shoulder that was healing rapidly, leaving no scar in the blink of an eye.

　If Russell hadn't deliberately taken the blow, the sword wouldn't have been able to harm him in the slightest! He was toying with him, like a cat playing with a mouse, slowly crushing his hopes!

　"Monster! Incarnation of the greedy Black Tide! Your end has come!"

　Russell's voice was like a chilling judgment.

　Bai E was completely going all out! He no longer cared about the backlash from the fire seed and frantically activated the four hundred million burning cores within his body!

　A vast amount of destructive energy, mixed with the flames of the fire, erupted from his main body and all his clones like a volcanic eruption! The number of clones surged again, each burning with even more intense black and red flames, like a rain of meteors covering the sky, carrying a frenzied madness of mutual destruction, and once again rushed towards Russell!

　However, this tragic counterattack seemed so pale in the face of absolute power. The Brilliant Spear in Russell's hand seemed to transform into a whip of life, each swing carrying the power to purify impurities and utterly destroy everything in its path!

　Wherever the gunshots reached, the clones exploded and annihilated in droves! Bai E's main body was forced back by the violent energy, his tattered black body had already been torn into rags by the gunfire, and the cracked mask on his face was straining under the impact of the energy, as if it would completely collapse at any moment.

　Russell fought with increasing ferocity, his amber-colored divine blood splattering as he moved fiercely, splashing onto the scorched earth and instantly giving rise to tenacious new green shoots.

　He was like a war god bathed in the light of life, his aura rising to its peak!

　"enough!"

　Russell's sharp rebuke, like a divine pronouncement, declared, "Children's games must end, monster!"

　Before Bai E could react, the scorched earth beneath his feet suddenly trembled violently! Countless thick, tough vines, shimmering with emerald-gold light, burst forth from the ground like giant pythons that had been lurking for a long time.

　They coiled around his legs, waist, and arms at an incredible speed! The fine barbs on the vines dug deep into his flesh, and a powerful energy, carrying abundant binding force, surged into his body, frantically suppressing the raging fire energy within him!

　"Ugh—!"

　Bai E let out a painful roar, struggling desperately, mobilizing all his power to try to break free and teleport. But the vines were incredibly tough, and the abundant divine power they contained locked down the flow of energy within his body.

　He felt like a flying insect that had fallen into amber resin; the more he struggled, the deeper he sank, and a feeling of suffocation overwhelmed him!

　Russell sheathed the long spear made of grass and wood. Step by step, he walked towards the altar like a merciful deity, or towards the rack like a ruthless executioner.

　Stepping over the lush green grass that had sprouted from his divine blood, he withdrew the excessive blessing and walked toward the Fire Thief, who was tightly bound by vines and unable to move.

　His voice was low and cold, carrying the indifference of someone proclaiming a death sentence: "My power is beyond your reach, monster."

　"This feeling of being bound, crushed, and waiting for the end in despair... does it feel familiar?"

　Russell leaned slightly forward, his azure eyes coldly fixed on the crack in the mask. "This is the taste you gave me, the taste accumulated over thirty million reincarnations. Perhaps you have already forgotten... but you don't need to understand. You only need to know that your end is at this moment."

　He reached out, his fingertips shimmering with emerald-gold light, and slowly extended them toward the cracked metal mask that concealed the truth.

　"Now, let me see... what a disgusting face lies beneath this mask. What a greedy, filthy creature."

　Just as Russell's fingertips were about to touch the edge of the mask—

　hum!

　An invisible force, freezing everything, suddenly descended! The entire battlefield—the swirling dust, the dissipating energy, even the light at Russell's fingertips, Bai E's struggling movements—everything seemed to be paused! Time... froze!

　"Humph!"

　Russell's eyes suddenly flashed with a blinding light from the Jianmu mark! He stomped his right foot hard on the ground!

　boom!

　The abundant, golden divine power rippled outwards like waves, carrying a powerful pulse of life! The strange power that had frozen time shattered instantly under the impact of the life tide, like fragile ice crystals! The flow of time returned to normal!

　But that invisible force continues to assault the wall temporarily erected by the power of abundance. They won't be able to get in anytime soon.

　It seemed that Onphalus was more complex than he had imagined. Then, was the re-creation of the world even correct? Suddenly, doubts took root in Russell's mind and grew into a towering tree.

　"Time stopped?!"

　Russell's mind was filled with alarm bells.

　"This monster's identity... can actually trigger the world's rules to cover it up?!"

　"Who exactly is he? How could he possibly influence the rules to this extent?"

　This strengthened his resolve to uncover the truth! Without further hesitation, his fingers, wreathed in abundant divine power, gripped the edge of the mask and forcefully ripped it off!

　Click!

　The cracked mask shattered instantly, turning into scattered metal fragments that fell to the ground.

　The face beneath the mask was exposed to the dim light of Onphalus.

　The cold killing intent, the pleasure of revenge, and the indifference of complete control on Russell's face froze and shattered the moment he saw that face, as if struck by a heavy hammer!

　His pupils suddenly contracted to their maximum size, and all color drained from his face, leaving only extreme shock and disbelief!

　"How can it be?!"

　Russell's voice had lost all its strength, leaving only a broken tremor, "How could it be...you?!"

　……

　Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Heart of Abundance.

　The mask shattered, revealing not the expected ferocious Black Tide monster, but a face scorched beyond recognition by the power of the fire, yet still retaining familiar contours.

　Russell was struck dumb, frozen in place.

　White Calamity?!

　How could it be Bai E?!

　That smiling, sunny savior who once vowed to save Onphalus? That student on whom he placed such high hopes? How did he become such a monstrous figure?

　But the face before me... twisted, charred, its flesh writhing and healing in agony under the invisible flames, like slag being constantly thrown into a furnace.

　Only those eyes—those eyes that bore endless pain and weariness, yet upon seeing Russell's shocked expression, managed to force out a hint of relief and a smile of liberation—proved that he was still Bai Er. The Bai Er who was willing to burn himself out for others, not a fallen, selfish man.

　Why does he look so silly when he smiles?

　"It's not that he fell...it's that the creation itself is flawed!"

　Russell's thoughts clicked instantly. The bizarre time stop just now—the signs of manipulation were far too obvious!

　Someone is manipulating all of this behind the scenes, using him, using Bai E, and using everyone's sacrifices!

　The rage accumulated over thirty million lifetimes, like a volcano doused with ice water, instantly transformed from fiery revenge into a chilling, overwhelming hatred directed at the mastermind behind it all! He almost killed his own student! He almost became an accomplice in the conspiracy!

　Fortunately, things haven't reached the point of no return.

　"noob……"

　Russell's voice was dry and hoarse, filled with unspeakable pain. The vines binding Bai E withered and vanished instantly. He stepped forward, ignoring the terrifying heat emanating from Bai E, and pressed his hands hard against Bai E's charred shoulders.

　For this Envoy of Abundance, such a temperature wouldn't matter even if it cooked flesh. Because in less than a second, the cooked flesh would be replaced by new flesh.

　Om-!

　A boundless, emerald-gold, abundant power surged into Bai E's ravaged body without reservation! Like sweet rain trying to extinguish a raging fire.

　However, those more than 400 million wildly burning sparks, like greedy molten cores, instantly evaporated and devoured the surging life force!

　Russell could clearly see that his divine power was like a mud ox sinking into the sea, barely bringing a trace of insignificant coolness on the edge of the raging fire, and delaying the excruciating pain.

　He seemed to have guessed everything, and Russell's heart ached as if it were being stabbed. Seeing Bai Er still forcing a smile made him even more distressed.

　"You...how could you be so stupid!"

　Russell's voice choked with emotion, tears streaming uncontrollably down his face, dripping onto Bai Er's burning skin with a soft hissing sound before instantly vaporizing.

　More than four hundred million sparks... all stuffed into your body... Doesn't it hurt? You're clearly... most afraid of the heat..."

　He seemed to see again the young student who was hopping mad under the sun on the training field, yelling for a rest. And the boy who, in the Ohmama Bathhouse, competed with Wan Di to see who could withstand the heat and ultimately fainted from the heat.

　Bai E forced a smile through his cracked lips, but the pain twisted his face.

　"Laugh! Still laughing!"

　Russell was both anxious and in pain. His voice was stern, but he couldn't hide his heavy nasal tone. He channeled the power of abundance into his hands even more rapidly, trying to stop the wounds caused by the fire that were constantly oozing golden magma.

　"Did you feed all that energy threshold control stuff you learned in class to the dogs? The body is a container, not a furnace! You should have had to repeat a hundred years of classes back then!"

　He scolded, just like he used to reprimand lazy students, but his movements were as gentle as if he were handling fragile glass.

　"Can't you think about yourself? Show that same fierceness you had when you were fighting with Medemus for food."

　Seeing his student being tortured like this, Russell couldn't stop his tears from flowing.

　A hoarse sound came from Bai'er's throat. He struggled to raise his trembling hand, pointed to his charred throat, and looked at Russell with eyes full of urgency and pleading.

　Russell's heart sank: "You...can't speak? Because of this spark..."

　He looked at Bai E's charred throat and understood.

　The backlash from those four hundred million sparks had already burned his vocal cords and might even have scorched his soul. Just now, managing to utter a few words was already his limit.

　"Okay...okay...we don't need to talk. It's alright, your teacher will find a way to cure you."

　Russell took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing his surging emotions and pulling back the tears that were still flowing.

　His voice became unusually calm. "I ask you, do you nod or shake your head? Re-creation...is it a hoax? A colossal lie against everyone?"

　Bai Er nodded forcefully and heavily! The movement aggravated his wound, causing his body to twitch violently, but he didn't care and stared intently at Russell.

　"Is there a mastermind behind the entire Onfaros? You... like me, are you constantly being reincarnated?"

　Russell's voice carried a chill.

　Bai E nodded vigorously again.

　"You and Xi Lian... stopped the re-creation of the world just to prevent the mastermind from achieving their goal? And the method... requires you to kill Xi Lian with your own hands?"

　Russell's voice trembled slightly.

　Bai E closed his eyes, and nodded heavily in pain. Each cycle of killing his companions was his deepest hell.

　Russell fell silent, overwhelmed by a profound sense of sorrow and anger. He gently stroked Bai Er's face, where there was hardly a patch of healthy skin left, feeling the burning heat from his fingertips and the fragility of life.

　"It's alright, Xiaobai..."

　His voice was deep and firm, “The master has returned. And… the master now possesses the power to overturn the chessboard. The blessing the apothecary bestowed upon me is enough to change this Onpharos.”

　He raised his head, his azure eyes piercing through the dim sky of Onfaros, as if trying to break through the invisible data barrier and look directly at the manipulator behind the scenes!

　The abundant power emanating from him was no longer gentle, but rather like a suppressed volcano, rising violently, with emerald-gold light shooting straight into the sky! Under his dissipated divine power, the scorched earth around him frantically sprouted tough vines and strange flowers and plants that emitted a faint glow.

　"Since he enjoys playing so much..."

　Russell's voice was icy cold, as if declaring, "Then I'll play along with him to the very end! I'll make you pay the price for turning my student into this wretched state!"

　boom--!

　As if enraged by Russell's declaration and power, the entire world suddenly changed color! A massive energy sphere, composed entirely of black and red data streams and so large it blotted out the sky, crashed down without warning, carrying an aura of annihilation! Its speed was beyond perception!

　Russell's Abundance Shield, which he had conjured in an instant, shattered like paper! The energy sphere did not explode; instead, it acted like a black hole, swallowing and erasing the space it touched, along with Russell's dissipating divine power!

　An even stronger sense of rejection gripped Russell like an invisible giant hand! The ground beneath his feet was "softening" and "peeling away," as if the whole world was rejecting his existence and forcibly expelling him, this "virus"!

　"Hmph! You're scared now that you've discovered the truth? You want to kick me out?"

　Russell laughed in anger, and with a sudden burst of strength, countless thick, amber-lustered tree roots burst forth from the ground, plunging deep into the earth, attempting to anchor themselves!

　"Why didn't you rush to leave when I became the Commander? Weren't you quite pleased with yourself when you used me as a weapon?! Now that you can't even hold onto a Commander as a weapon, you're scared. Heh heh."

　That force of the world's will became brutal and direct, no longer concealed! An invisible force was tearing at Russell and the earth beneath his feet, trying to dig them out completely!

　The tree roots, strained under the weight, were forcibly uprooted from the earth's veins, along with large chunks of soil and rocks, which transformed into scattered streams of data!

　Russell felt his connection with Onphalus being violently severed! He looked at Byr, whose student was reaching out with all his might, seemingly trying to grab him, his eyes filled with desperate reluctance and self-reproach for failing to protect his teacher.

　time is limited!

　"Little White! Listen up!"

　Russell's voice pierced through the tearing sound of space, carrying an undeniable determination: "The Pharmacist has blessed me; no matter where I'm thrown, I will be safe! I will return! I will make that mastermind pay for his crimes in blood!"

　His gaze was piercing, fixed intently on Bai E: "Before that, firmly block Re-creation! Absolutely! Absolutely cannot let him succeed!"

　His last sentence carried a hint of his former sternness, yet was incredibly gentle: "And... be kinder to everyone. Don't... kill anymore. Otherwise..."

　He tried to force a relaxed smile, but it was incredibly difficult. "...Otherwise, when I get back, I'll make you graduate three hundred years late! I'll fill your days with exams, and I mean it!"

　Before he finished speaking, a resolute glint flashed in Russell's eyes! In the instant before his body was completely engulfed by the torrent of data, he did something that astonished Bai E—

　puff!