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Chapter 339 The End of the Sky

"Ling Dengxian! Can you hear me?"

Tianma sensed the fear surrounding him, his body trembled slightly, and a circle of light rippled. The information of the nightmare was materialized with permission, and the figure of the dream-binding actor appeared. Although the power of death was shattered by the storm of his two swords, the sky above Kavaleriaki was still crimson, and it seemed even thicker than before. The suppressed chill was like a suddenly rising abyss that swallowed up everyone in the city.

"Nightmare, the sky." The words were concise and to the point. After dealing with the enemies in the sky and the void for too long, Ling Dengxian and Bai Jin had almost reached their limits, but facing the threat from the sky that had not diminished at all, the two men really did not dare to fall down.

"I know! Ling Dengxian, is it okay for you to control the actions from now on?" The figure of the actress playing Ju Meng was a little illusory, but it was not because of her poor condition, but because Tianma's power was already shaky.

"...Platinum can no longer hold on."

Ling Dengxian could not hold on alone. He was almost crushed by weakness in the sword attack he tried his best just now. Originally, this burden should have been shared equally by the two of them, but there was a difference in their mental endurance. The irreversible collapse of the fusion was almost over, and there was a deviation in the cost. Bai Jin chose to share most of the weakness for him, which was the reason why he could still hold on.

"It's okay, there's not much you need to do! But you're the only one who can do it right now!"

"You can use the 'power', right? Based on the abilities you have already mastered, can you control the entire space of the virtual dream reality?" Planst did not dare to delay. At this moment, the deep red to black sky suddenly opened its "eyes". Those were not the eyes of any life. No normal life would have such strange eyes.

The light swept across Kavaleriaki like a miracle, and Ling Dengxian moved, just like when he separated from the patriots on the ice field after giving his final help. Platinum also separated from Tianma's body after his final contribution. He felt a little presumptuous. Logically speaking, the most appropriate ending was for her to use all her strength to protect her country.

But he was not naive. Only he could control the white flame, and the enemy... he already knew who his opponent was, and they were always watching for the malice of civilization. This was not the first time he had fought against them, but he would never get used to their existence.

Some believe these things should be called "Him" because they are unstoppable.

Some people believe that these things should be called "him" because they reflect the "shadows" of ancient people.

Some people think that these things should be called "it" because they are unreasonable.

White flame can snatch thousands of lives from the gaps between evil demons.

"——" Planster had just opened her mouth when she realized she had lost her voice. She looked up anxiously, not knowing which of the two beings had erased her voice.

The moment the evil demon emerged, the scepter and all the plans, whether effective or useless, could no longer be conveyed correctly. Planster was still a step too slow, or no matter what she did, the results that could not be conveyed had already been delivered by the evil demon's folding process.

However, this "battle" would no longer allow anyone else to interfere. Ling Dengxian flapped his wings, and the crimson sky erupted with a silent roar. He isolated himself from everyone's cognition and used the power he controlled in the virtual dream reality to choose the battlefield.

He had everything under control. In just a short moment, he saw the life and death of everyone. A smile and solemnity flashed in his eyes. Ling Dengxian took a step forward, as if he had escaped from the light and shadow of Pegasus. The crown on his head had become almost transparent because of the overdraft of time, but at this moment, the flames in his eyes would make even the great evil demon hidden deep in the sky look directly at him.

Staring directly, a dangerous word.

Time and events were shattered, and beyond the clues, fragile humans found the solution among thousands of routes.

The crown formed by the white flame disappeared, and the great evil demon that penetrated reality disappeared along with the dream reality, and the node covered Kavaleriaki.

The light of Pegasus gradually dissipated after a bright sunlight came over it.

The unconscious boy fell from the top of the city. Before he was crushed by gravity, a hunter leaped up and caught him. Her red eyes flashed, and doubt and silence occupied her thoughts.

Points of light began to flicker and stabilize, lamp by lamp, house by house, street by street... Cavalleriacchi was like a roll of crumpled paper that stretched out again and regained its luster.

"The sky... the sky has changed back?"

"Has the power been restored?" The crowd gathered at the entrance to the city was in a panic, but the fog that symbolized death disappeared, which undoubtedly made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

But soon, a cry of surprise erupted at the entrance to the city, and panic spread among the crowd like a plague. Everyone pushed and ran like feathers frightened of a bow, until the silver armor reflected the light and nailed the lance into the ground. The voice representing order spread throughout the streets, and the frightened crowd calmed down with the remaining terror. Three silver knights like stone statues threw a sense of security back to the crowd in the dark night.

"Who are they? Are they knights too..."

"...I've never heard of a jousting knight dressed like this."

As the crowd gradually calmed down, they began to identify the source of the exclamation, and a fact that shocked everyone spread among the whispers—

"In other words, he has seen through all possibilities, seized all the spatial nodes in the virtual dream reality from the sea of information, and controlled the 'seeds' planted by the knights of Casimir we commissioned, launching a large-scale space jump to teleport the Grand Knights to the border between Casimir and Victoria?" Noah, who was remotely connected to Planster and Gufan, gently twisted the tip of the pen, and the red ink reflected light like blood.

"Yes, the power is exactly the same. If it were a moment later, the information sea would have completely covered the Great Knight's territory. He tore open the entrance to the virtual dream reality and sent the Great Demon into the information sea. This unexpected action simultaneously ended the invasion of the information sea and the arrival of the demon... But we are still worried about the Great Demon..."

"The Great Demon won't be annihilated by the Information Sea. That's beyond doubt. All our achievements in exploration have shown that the relationship between the Demon and the Information Sea is not incompatible." Noya stood up, opened the terminal, and began to carve a face for this incident. "But it will still take some time for it to transcend the information and touch reality again, even though it's been burned. If it doesn't immediately cause more changes, then objectively speaking, it's a success."

"Then let's..."

"Jumeng, you all return immediately. Gufan will continue his 'exile,' but there's no need to chase him. In the southern part of the continent, near the ruins of Kazdel, the former Demon King has gone a little crazy. Go check on the situation and be careful."

The Agor girl smiled faintly, and with a look of despair, she vowed to *Agor curse* this unfair world.

"Anything else to add?"

Planster was silent for a moment, then spoke solemnly, "Yes. But..."

"But it doesn't matter."

"The person who needed our special attention, we lost all trace of her after the virtual dream reality spread.

"After everything was over, she reappeared at the end of the street. Combining all the events in both the dream and reality, even though I have no proof, my intuition tells me that she is indeed special."

"...Let's put it aside for now. Something happened in Victoria. You are at the border of Casimir now, right?" Noah felt a headache.

Planster and Gufan were outside the Grand Knight's castle at that moment, gazing with their staffs at the Casimir army, which stood in a fierce battle formation in the distance. At the forefront stood dozens of solemn Silver Knights. Behind them, high-speed warships, dispatched by Russell, were racing towards the key area. The fastest warships were so fast that the fireworks erupting from them were visible to the naked eye.

"...Yes, as Cecildor said, the two northern counties of Victoria... have fallen."

"The Bloodborne Project has been tampered with. If the intelligence is correct, the number of Crimson Infected individuals has rapidly increased and has begun to spread. Casimir took advantage of this incident to immediately mobilize military forces and narrowly resisted the first wave of infiltration."

"...provide them with equipment to block the spread of infection, free of charge."

"It has been done." Planster narrowed her eyes slightly. She heard the creepy roar again. Looking into the distance, she saw the blood-red figure charging towards Casimir's battle formation again. The armor rang slightly, and the physical and magical attacks fell first, and the battle formation harvested the blood-red head.

"...They are just miscellaneous soldiers. It seems the truly dangerous forces are still surging within Victoria's borders."

"As expected, there are differences in the speed and accuracy of the spread, and the focus remains within Victoria."

"...Noah, can I ask you something?"

Is this also part of the boss’s “premeditated plan”?

"...Don't ask. He'll have a plan no matter what." Noah said no more. "Come back. Cecildor is still in Victoria. We need to discuss matters concerning him."

Disturbing feathers flew across the sky. Nightmare frowned slightly at the sight of those blood-red feathers, and finally turned back to look at his subordinates: "Let's go."

While Casimir was on high alert for an unexpected incident, Tolan seized the opportunity and led his men to sneak into Block Zero, found his fellow tribesmen and took them away, and wiped out all traces by blasting them, which also triggered public opinion about the truth inside Block Zero.

Blasting technology provided by W.

However, compared to the potential diplomatic incidents and military conflicts that might result, Casimir did not immediately deal with their looting. Instead, after sending several urgent communications, he received a devastating response from Victoria:

This was not Victoria's declaration of war, but Victoria's disaster.

Rhode Island.

Lupo gently pulled the quilt over Ling Dengxian, then quietly stayed by his side without saying a word. After five days of waiting, a certain Sakota came to visit: "You've worked hard. You haven't woken up yet?"

"...The temperature of the palm is a little high." Texas said softly, and her eyes could not hide the fatigue. If he was just unconscious, she might feel much more relieved, but Huafalin said that Ling Dengxian's vital signs were also very weak. She knew that this was the price he paid for his stubbornness again, but unlike before, his life was hanging by a thread this time.

"You didn't keep an eye on him..." Mostima also sat down, but on the other side of the bed. She looked at his face and spoke calmly. She stretched out her hand, paused, and retracted it after a moment.

“…” Texas said nothing, just looked into the other person’s blue eyes.

Mastema didn't return her gaze, his eyes remaining fixed on the person he cared about, and the air cooled slightly.

The silence lasted until footsteps were heard in the corridor. After quietly saying "excuse me" in advance, Vayfan walked into the ward with lunch. When he saw Mostima, he was a little surprised: "Little Mo?"

"..." The blue-haired fallen angel greeted her with a strange smile. Without saying a word, when Rupert didn't move, she stood up and left the ward.

"The Angels are worried about you too, remember to contact them."

Mostima's departure left Bagpipe confused, but he could see that Texas seemed unhappy. He asked awkwardly, "Did you have a fight?"

“…Not really.” Texas rubbed his eyes, feeling very depressed.

"...Xiao Mo, it seems that you care about Xiao Xian very much. After all, she is the junior she brought into Longmen." Fengpi put the food on the bedside and sat down next to Texas, but his expression was a little different from usual.

Texas nodded, wanting to say something, but ultimately found himself at a loss for words.

"...Texas, can I ask you a favor?"

"what happened?"

Waifan showed a somewhat fragile smile, glanced at Ling Dengxian, and felt a pang of pain in his heart when he breathed, but he still shook his head and said:

"I'm going back to Victoria... Can you please take care of Xiao Xian?"

Texas was slow to realize what she meant. She was aware of Victoria's recent shocking change and was fully aware of Bagpipe's intentions.

"You're leaving now? Without waiting for him to wake up?"

"...I'm sorry..." Bagpipe apologized for no reason. Texas was silent. She knew that Vaiven was not apologizing to her.

"I really can't... Besides... if he wakes up, he definitely won't let me go back easily. I don't want him to end up like this again because of something that has nothing to do with him... What if the next time..."

"But I can't help but go back."

"So...I'm sorry, Xiao Xian."

When Vayfan's heavy footsteps left the corridor, the ward fell silent again.

Rupert closed his eyes, his mind returning to the reality of his dream.

"...Who are you? Why are you helping me?"

"answer me!"

The existence that remained indifferent to any questioning simply placed the pictures and "lines" in front of her. She could only choose to put aside her doubts and grit her teeth to manipulate those lines, building a road for the knights, connecting the non-existent way of life between the Giant Wolf's Mouth and Elafia, and guiding the scattered people in the direction of the shelter... Until the Pegasus' wings finally fell, she returned to reality again.

At this moment, everything was over. Hunter rushed into Rhodes Island's medical department holding Ling.

He knew that all this had a price.

It wasn't the first time he'd paid the price.

But for a ray of light, he once again...

"...Didn't you say you wanted to break bad luck? Bagpipe..."

She wanted to make a request, but when she thought of what Bagpipe had said, she fell silent.

Viviana, who was lying in the next bed, closed the book and sighed slightly.

On the fifth day of Ling Dengxian's coma, Fengdi applied to leave the ship.

On the sixth day, Ling Dengxian woke up.

Volume 6: A Ray of Light