Chapter 4: The Twelve Silver Wings
Without warning, I felt a pain in my back, as if something had gotten out, according to my usual experience, it seemed to be my fallen angel wings, but this time the pain was extremely strong, from the back to the neck to the tail vertebrae, I had lost control of my body, I couldn't even scream, I could only silently endure this intense pain.
The purple hexagon finally floated in front of the Mad God Armor, it stopped at the position of the armor helmet, the light flashed, and suddenly my body was completely illuminated purple, and the free energy around me accelerated to condense towards the chest, I felt that my body was completely filled with energy, and there was a danger of violence at any time.
The color of the body gradually shifts, from purple to blue, then to cyan, and also goes through seven processes, counterclockwise back to red, red then silver, then gold, and finally to white. When all the energy turned white, I was surprised to see that the helmet of the Mad God Armor actually shattered, and with a ding, it sounded clearly in my consciousness, and the helmet turned into a little light and disappeared, followed by the heart guard, and then the whole set of armor, which turned into a little white light and merged into my body.
I secretly complained to myself, it's over, the armor of the mad god that I finally woke up was shattered by this free energy again, and I am afraid that my strength will be lost again. Just as I was in a hurry, the white energy in my body suddenly condensed, forming a white ball of light in my chest, and the rest of my body became a vacuum, and no free energy invaded my body again.
The white ball of light silently rested on my chest, and suddenly exploded when I didn't know what to do. As soon as my eyes were white, I couldn't feel my body anymore, the surrounding area became a silent space, everything was white, the Soul Eater Cave had done so many things, was there another fifth phantom?
While I was in doubt, an old and kind voice rang out, "Someone can finally absorb the devoured nothing, thank you, child." The voice seemed to sound in my consciousness, and it sounded full of vicissitudes.
I asked in my consciousness, "Who are you, the fifth phantom of the Soul Eater Cave?"
"No, I'm not a phantom, kid, you wait a minute. As soon as the words fell, I noticed that my body appeared, but the body seemed to be transparent, floating in the air, and my consciousness merged into the body, I was quietly suspended there, and I moved my hands and feet casually, and I found that it was just an energy body.
The space in front of me distorted, and a gray light and shadow appeared, it only had the outline of a human being, but the limbs and facial features could not be seen clearly.
I asked warily, "Who are you?"
A voice sounded from the gray figure, it was the old voice that had just spoken, "I don't know who I am, when I was conscious, I had already appeared in the huge universe. ”
I wondered, what is the concept of this universe, I don't know, is this Soul Eater Cave capable again?
Gray Shadow continued, "I know that this is the Underworld, and the people here and the people in the God Realm call me Father God, and most of the creatures in the Three Realms were created by me, so you can call me the same. ”
I snorted disdainfully and said, "Father, who are you fooling, it's just a phantom." ”
Gray Shadow sighed and said, "This devouring nothingness does have great power, you don't believe me, I can't help it, I hope you can listen to my words, and you will understand later that I am not the phantom you said." ”
I used my mind to urge the energy, but I found that my body was empty, and my heart was cold, and I said: "I don't have any strength now, I don't want to listen to you, since you are willing to say, just say it." "I've already reported that I don't believe anything he says, and it's absolutely impossible for the Soul Eater Cave to try to deceive me again.
Gray Shadow didn't seem to be able to hear my words, and said lightly: "The Three Realms are actually just built around a planet by me, the human world is the foundation of the Three Realms, and the underworld and the divine realm are both established on this basis, unlike the human world, the divine realm and the underworld are completely supported by energy, if the energy is exhausted, then the divine realm and the underworld will disappear." ”
I frowned and said, "By energy, do you mean the demon and the angel?"
Gray Shadow said: "Let's just say that, in fact, the Demon and Angel are the split parts of my body's energy, unlike the sun in the human world that is a natural energy. In fact, the energy source of these two is also dependent on the absorption of solar energy. Therefore, as long as the sun still exists, the Three Realms will not die, and theoretically speaking, even after hundreds of millions of years, the Three Realms will still exist. It's a pity that after I founded the Three Realms, I discovered this devouring nothingness, which is what you call the Soul Eater Cave. ”
I was already unconsciously attracted by his story, and subconsciously asked, "What is the connection between Sanyue and the Soul Eater Cave?"
Gray Shadow said: "At that time, after I founded the Three Realms, I consumed about one-third of my energy, but looking at the creatures and continents I created with my own hands, my heart was full of satisfaction, but at this time, the Devouring Nothing appeared, and its appearance disrupted all my plans. This devouring nothingness itself does not have much power, but it can devour everything, especially the energy body, and when it encounters it, it will face the greatest danger, and it will be devoured and digested to strengthen itself. If this abyss-like black hole that somehow formed absorbs enough energy, I think the entire universe will be eaten by it. However, fortunately, when I found it, its power was still very weak, not enough to completely swallow my energy at once, which gave me a chance, I used all my strength to completely wrap it, sealed the power of its devouring, in order not to let it have a chance to make trouble, I sealed it in the underworld, most of my power is concentrated here to guard it, at the same time, I also warned my second child, that is, Hades, who is in charge of the underworld, must not let the life form approach here, although I set up a lot of barriers, but the power it devours is too strong, and the weak life form will still be transformed into its own power, ifOne day, if I can't control his power, not only will I be assimilated into a part of myself, but the Three Realms will inevitably be eaten away by it. And, when I sealed it, I was surprised to find that I had become one with him, and he was like a cancer on my body, which I couldn't shake off, and I had to control it with all my might to prevent it from growing. ”
I asked, "Is there no way to get rid of it?" ”
Gray Shadow said: "What you said is exactly what I was worried about at the beginning, but fortunately, Hades's kid is very obedient, and for so many years, the Soul Eater Cave has only devoured hundreds of life forms that are not very strong. It wasn't until the last Lucifer came here that the status quo changed. That's when I discovered a way to deal with this Soul Eater. If the energy is too small, it will be directly assimilated, and if the energy is too large for the Soul Eater Cave to absorb directly, it will instinctively control the mind of the entrant, making it have illusions, and when the entrant completely collapses or completely opens himself, the Soul Eater Cave will take the opportunity to steal his energy until he is completely destroyed. Although Lucifer was confused by the phantom at the beginning, his perseverance was indeed amazing, and after losing most of his energy, he actually came to his senses at the last moment, and instead absorbed the energy of the Soul Eater Cave itself, and changed into another energy form according to his condition at the time, which is the power of the dark element in the Three Realms, I took advantage of the weakness of the Soul Eater Cave to send him out. At that time, I realized that if I wanted to completely destroy this devouring nothing, I had to have a strong and tenacious creature come here to break the shackles of the phantom and completely absorb the power of the nothingness in the cave of soul eaters, so that I could truly destroy him. So, I've been waiting, waiting for this entrant to arrive. ”
Listening to his words, my heart was full of doubts, "Wait, if you are the Father God and have been guarding the Soul Eater Cave here, then who is the Father God who appeared during the two wars of the God and the Netherworld? Didn't you just say that all the remaining power is here? How can you have the ability to seal the way to the human world after the first war between the God and the Netherworld?"
Gray Shadow said: "Those two appearances were indeed me, in fact, my two appearances were only a very small part of the ability from here, hey, they are really too fierce, if you don't stop it, you don't have to wait for the Soul Eater Cave to attack, the Three Realms have already been destroyed by them." That's why I had to venture out, and it was precisely because of those two times that I stopped them that the Soul Eater Cave could grow to the scale you see, and at the beginning, it only had the power equivalent to a second-level god, but after those two times, its power was almost the same as that of Sophia and Hades. If there is a third battle between the gods and the underworld, I will not be able to stop it, otherwise, the power of this soul devouring cave will inevitably expand suddenly, and it will soon be able to assimilate me. It is for this reason that I could not stop the fight between my children, which caused Theomandis to be thrown into the divine realm, and when you came here, I found that you had his aura in you, and I knew that he had ......" The gray shadow's voice was full of sadness, and it sounded indescribably gloomy. I couldn't help but fall into the scene when I first received the inheritance of Theomandis in the cave.
After a long time, Gray Shadow continued, "Child, when you stepped into the Divine Netherworld, I noticed the difference between you. I have clearly seen everything you have experienced in the Second Realm, although Sophia's actions are excessive, but I hope you don't blame her, she has her reasons, and I understand what Hades and their thoughts are, but I didn't expect you to choose to come here in the end. At that time, I was very conflicted, I wanted you to help me crack this soul devouring cave, but I was afraid that you would be swallowed by it because of your weak will. While I hesitated, you had entered. And I know all the illusions you have experienced. I don't know how happy you are when you crack the Phantom three times like Lucifer did, because every time you experience an apparition, I take advantage of the weakness of the Soul Eater Cavern to transform your body, and then, just one step away, your body can completely absorb the energy of the Soul Eater Cave in turn. However, the fourth phantom conjured up by the Soul Eater Cave didn't even come to me, maybe because it had been with me for too long, and it also had its own consciousness, and I watched you gradually become addicted to it, and I was already desperate at that time. ”
My face turned red unconsciously, I didn't expect that the intimacy with Ziyan was actually watched by others.
Gray Shadow continued, "But just when I was desperate, you suddenly woke up, and finally cracked the last phantom, and your body and consciousness were finally completely transformed by me. After that, I worked hard to channel the Soul Eater's energy into you, and you gradually eroded away his power just as it did when it devoured other lives, and transformed it into your own. Even the armor of the mad god I created and the sword that Lucifer took the ore from here have been assimilated into your own power, and I didn't even expect this effect. ”
Everything he said was too true, these were things I didn't know, and I couldn't help but believe his words a little, "In that case, my current strength should be more than before, and my mad god armor is not really destroyed." ”
Gray Shadow said: "Yes, the Mad God Armor itself was actually molded by me with energy, and it has now been completely assimilated and absorbed by you, and you yourself are the Mad God Armor." The divine power within you is now a state of pure energy, a combination of the divine power of the mad god that you have received from Theomandis, the dark magic of Lucifer, the power of the sword you call the Ink Styx and the energy of the Mad God's armor, and of course, most importantly, you have completely absorbed the Soul Eater Cavern. Also help me get rid of the cancer in my body, child, I am really grateful to you, I finally got back to my free body, for thousands of years, I have been looking forward to this day for too long, too long. ”
Hearing him say this, I couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable in my heart, "Since I have absorbed and fused so many things, how is my current skill comparable to that of the God King Sophia?"
Gray Shadow said: "Sophia and Hades are the most powerful energies in the Three Realms that I split at the beginning, they not only inherited my power, but also have been absorbing the energy of the Angel and Demon for so many years, and their strength is no longer what it was when they were born. I can't say that you will be able to beat them after fusion, but you will never be weaker than them. You know, the sum of these energies that you fuse is quite terrifying. I'll show you what you look like now. As he spoke, he shook his body and suddenly disappeared.
The space in front of me suddenly distorted, constantly fluctuating like the surface of the water, and a round mirror-like thing appeared in front of me, and it was pitch black inside, and nothing could be seen.
"Child, the devouring power of the Soul Eater Cavern is gone, and it can no longer absorb light, you see. ”
Everything in front of me suddenly changed, a figure appeared on the mirror-like thing, and there was a white mist rising on that figure, and I couldn't help but be surprised when I looked at it, then, wasn't that me?
"Yes, that's you in the final stages of fusion, and now I'm talking to you in your consciousness space, child, take a closer look at your own changes. ”
I took a few steps forward and looked in the mirror with great surprise, only to see that I was sitting there with my whole body **, the soft white light continued to emanate, and my long pale green hair turned white, gently drifting behind me with the gushing of white mist, occasionally, there would be a glimmer of silver brilliance. The golden emblem at the center of my eyebrows disappeared, replaced by a seven-colored gem the size of a grain of rice, and my expression was serene, and a layer of luster flowed under the skin of my face. The multicolored Elven Heart fell to the side, its light much dimmer than before due to my original seal.
What surprised me the most was that behind my back, I actually had twelve wings like the god king Sophia, but these wings were silver-gray, and they swayed gently, completely covering my entire back, and a white six-pointed star floated above my head, exuding a soft brilliance like my body.
In the mirror, I look a little more mature than I used to be, I don't have the divine aura of the gods on my body, and I don't have the aura of death in the underworld, it is an indescribable special temperament, and it feels so ethereal.
I was dumbfounded, and said, "Well, is this me? Am I really not in an illusion?"
As soon as the light dimmed, the mirror disappeared, and the gray shadow appeared in front of me again, "Child, don't you still believe me? There's something very important for me to do. ”
I said, "Very important, what's that?"
Gray Shadow sighed and said, "You'll know later." My strength has weakened a lot due to years of fighting with the Soul Eater Cavern, and I'm only about half of what I was at the beginning, and I'm not sure I'm going to finish it right now, so I can't tell you yet. Kid, I'm leaving. Finally, I hope you don't do anything too impulsively after I leave, and when I come back, everything will be fine, and the current gods and the underworld really need to be readjusted. Goodbye, kid, thank you for helping me solve the Soul Eater Cave. Call me Father, my child. ”
The gray shadow gradually flew into the distance, but my heart was at a loss, and I called softly, "Father, God ......"
A warm feeling enveloped my body and made me feel very comfortable, everything around me was gone, and I found myself in a cave as I had just seen it in the mirror. I subconsciously looked at my body, the twelve silver-gray wings were so real flapping behind me, it was indeed a part of my body!
Although it was still dark, the white light emanating from my body illuminated a large area, allowing me to see the uneven ground around me, although there was still no end in sight and the light of the sky, there was no longer any sense of free energy here, and it seemed that all this was really no longer a phantom.
I closed my eyes and looked inside the situation in my body, and I was surprised to find that all the meridians in my body had returned to the way I had been when I had not entered the divine realm, and the meridians that Brother Lucifer had helped me reshape were now completely silvery-white, and I couldn't see the appearance of energy left, and the bones were the same, except for the difference that they were silver-white, the condition in my body was now almost like that of an ordinary person. In the same way, I don't feel how powerful I am now, and it doesn't feel any different.
As soon as my mind moved, I floated lightly in the air, stretched out my right hand, a white light appeared in the palm of my hand with my thoughts, I just wanted to test how powerful it was, a violent roar suddenly sounded, the ground below kept shaking, fine gravel and dust kept falling from above, and when I was three feet in front of me, I was blocked by the faint white light emitted from my body. The volume of the falling gravel is gradually increasing, no, is this place going to collapse?
I spread the twelve silver wings behind my back, and a warm watery energy flowed into my chest, and I suddenly flapped the twelve wings, and my body disappeared. Due to the speed, I couldn't see anything around me clearly, and I was shocked to find that I felt as if I had gotten into the rock. However, these rocks could not stop the speed of my advance, which was completely dissolved by the white light of my protective body, and my body continued to rush upward. A violent sense of concussion kept coming.
The warm energy in my body was always flowing slowly, and my strength seemed to be inexhaustible, and I could neither feel myself absorbing or running the exercises, nor could I feel the energy disappearing with my continuous progress. What's going on, why I don't have the same sense of energy control I used to have.
Suddenly, my whole body lightened, my eyes lit up, and everything around me suddenly became clear. Countless rubbles and dust were brought out by me, and I stopped my body to look at my feet, only to see that the surrounding area was desolate, just as I had come to the outside of the Soul Eater Cave, I had come out of the ground, and a lot of rubble had fallen around a three-meter diameter cave. The ground was constantly shaking, and not far from where I had come out, there was a huge deep pit, and the surrounding earth and rocks were constantly falling as the pit collapsed. I flew over the pit, and my heart moved, realizing that this was the Soul Eater Cave I had entered. It all felt so unreal to me, whether I was in an illusion or if I had really escaped from it. Is it true that the Soul Eater Cave has been completely destroyed, as the self-proclaimed Father Gray Shadow said?
My heart moved, and I felt a creature rapidly approaching me, and from his speed and the fluctuations of energy in the space, I could actually feel that it was the fallen angel Lucifer.
Whether it was another phantom or not, I had to deal with it carefully, and with a movement of my mind, the twelve wings behind me had already withdrawn into my body. Falling gently to the ground, I waited in the direction that Lucifer had come from.
It didn't take long for a black figure to appear in view, and in the blink of an eye, Lucifer was already in front of me. He looked at me in disbelief, and after a long time, he grabbed my shoulder excitedly and said, "Lei Xiang, you finally came out of the Soul Devouring Cave, it's great, it's really good." How did you become like this?"
I looked at him coldly, paying attention to any of his expressions, and as soon as my mind moved, I slipped out of Lucifer's hands like a loach, flashed ten feet away in an instant, and said coldly: "Don't come near me, otherwise, I'm welcome." ”
Lucifer shook his head and said, "Brother, what's wrong with you." You've just come out of the Soul Eater's Cavern, so you must have thought of me as an illusion. Brother, I'm really your big brother Lucifer!, hey, why did your hair turn white, why is the emblem missing, tell me, what happened? Why did such a large piece collapse here, it couldn't be you. ”
I snorted coldly: "I did it, a guy who claims to be the Father, I don't know if it's true or not, told me that this place has been destroyed by me, and he can leave with peace of mind, and then I rushed out." If you're a phantom, that's the sixth phantom I've experienced. "These apparitions are so horrible that I have to be cautious. A faint white light emanated from my body, staring intently at the fallen angel Lucifer in front of me.
Lucifer frowned and said, "What? Don't you believe me? By the way, do you remember when you first went in and told you that when you came out, if you couldn't tell if it was a phanteur or a real person, you would ask me how many heels I had on my right foot?"
My heart moved, yes, Brother Lucifer did say that when I went in, thinking of this, I immediately believed a little and asked, "Okay, you tell me, how many toes do you have." ”
Lucifer's six black wings flapped lightly, his body floated, he hung in mid-air, reached out and took off the shoes on his right foot, and said: "Brother, you see, when the Father created me, he accidentally forgot to make a toe out of my right foot, so my right foot has no toes, and this secret is only known to the first-level gods of the divine realm." ”
I stared blankly at his toeless right foot, and then said, "It's very likely that the Soul Eater Cave itself is conscious, but I still can't fully believe your words, so I ask you how long it's been since I've been in it." ”
Lucifer said: "The time is much shorter than I was at the beginning, I can't remember how long I went in, but I can tell you that in a month or so from the human realm, the newcomer competition of the gods and the underworld will begin, and you will enter the human realm for more than a year and less than two years." ”
I was shocked in my heart, more than a year and less than two years? Is it that long? If Jian'er was conceived and gave birth to me in October, then I have been fusing my power for nearly a year after waking up from the fourth phantom, but I feel that it is only a moment! Thinking of this, I confirmed Lucifer's identity instead, if he is a phantom, he will definitely know what is in my heart, and he will not say that it has caused me to doubt for so long, it seems that time is spent when I absorb those energies.
"Brother Lucifer, aren't you really a phantom?"
Lucifer walked up to me with open arms and said with a wry smile: "Brother, big brother is really a headache, this soul devouring cave is really harmful! When I first came out, I killed people when I saw them. ”
Lucifer, who I walked up, also stretched out his arms, four thick and powerful arms firmly embraced each other's bodies, thinking of everything in the Soul Eater Cave, I couldn't help but feel a burst of excitement in my heart, I finally came out, with a peerless skill. Zi Yan, you wait, I will definitely rescue you back to me. With the strong strength as the backing, no matter what I do, my confidence is full.
Lucifer sighed, "Brother, you have suffered. What did you say just now, I encountered six phantoms, is it different from what I was at the beginning?"
I smiled wryly, "It was precisely because of my preconceived notions that I almost became addicted to the Soul Eater Cave. Since you are real, then the fifth is also true. Okay, let's not talk about that, what happened to the situation of the gods and the underworld during the time I entered the Soul Eater Cave. ”
Lucifer let go of his arms and said, "The situation is terrible now! If you don't come out again, the third war of the gods and the underworld will break out soon." ”
When he said this, I was shocked and asked, "How can this be? What the hell is going on?"
Lucifer sighed, "A year after you entered the Soul Eater Cave, the strength of that Brahma Heavenly Dragon guy has finally fully recovered. As soon as he came to his senses, he scolded the god king Sophia, and with the addition of the Hades king's fanning of the flames, his anger was even more out of control. This time, he was really angry, and after talking to Lord Hades, he returned to the divine realm. Not long ago, news came that Brahma said that Tianlong officially announced the news of his return in the divine realm, and through his influence, all the divine beasts scattered in the divine realm were gathered together to form an army of divine beasts, under the leadership of Brahman, they sneaked up on the army angel Solient and the angel troops who were guarding the border of the two realms of the gods and the underworld, and successfully crossed the demarcation line, and now they are on the side of the underworld and our garrison troops together to intercept the pursuit of the divine realm. The Lord of Hades attached great importance to this matter, and sent all the twelve Underworld Witches under his command over, and even the battle angel Michael got a nose in ashes, and the God King was afraid that the situation would expand, so he did not continue to pursue them. If you don't show up again, I'm afraid it won't be long before they join the underworld. The number of divine beasts was greatly beyond my expectations, it reached as many as two thousand, and there were nearly a hundred people with second-level divine slander ability, this is a force that cannot be underestimated!"
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