met free Chapter 569: Creation and Death
Chapter 569: Creation and Death
Mu Xing examined the now-unsheathed Shura Sword with satisfaction. The blood-red blade shone eerily in the sunlight. Her fingertips gently traced the dark gold magic patterns flowing along the blade before sheathing it. She turned to Di Tian and inquired about his injuries.
"You should know better than me, right? I need to rest for a short period of time." Di Tian never minded exchanging injuries, but Mu Xing had only simply dealt with his external injuries. As for the destructive divine power that had invaded his body, he left it entirely to the dragon's powerful physique to resolve it on its own.
"Would you like to try another treatment?" Mu Xing twirled his fingertips, hinting, "After all, 'time' can heal everything."
"Hmm?" Emperor Tianxia subconsciously looked into her eyes. Those dragon pupils seemed to reflect the flow of the entire universe. The flow of time around them stagnated, and space began to distort.
A tearing pain suddenly hit Di Tian, and the wound from his left chest to his right lower abdomen suddenly burst open. Dark red blood gushed out like a stream, soaking his tattered clothes again.
Mu Xing rested her chin on one hand, her other fingertips sliding slowly down the wound. As she moved, the air around the wound began to twist and ripple, like ripples on the surface of water. The blood, instead of evaporating under the healing spell, strangely flowed upstream, drawn back into the depths of the wound by an invisible force.
The edges of the wound began to tremble, and the torn flesh and skin healed layer by layer like a reversed image. Flesh rewoven itself, cracks in the bones healed silently, and skin healed as if time had flown backwards. The entire process took only a few seconds, yet it seemed to compress time into a single instant. When the wound completely disappeared, only the large bloodstain on the robe remained, silently telling of the tragedy.
A hint of surprise flashed in Di Tian's eyes. A strange numbness still remained in the healed wound, as if his body had been briefly pulled out of the trajectory of time.
"I remember you said at the time that you only took back eight of the nine dragon kings' powers."
Mu Xing placed his hand on his chest, and a fist-sized golden crystal loomed. "Because the Time Dragon King's power had long been recovered by the Dragon God, he was the first Dragon King to be killed by the Dragon God himself." The surface of the diamond-shaped crystal had patterns similar to those on the Golden Dragon King's scales, and a terrifying and heart-pounding divine power surged within it.
"The power of time has always been here." She folded her hands in front of her chest, and the space around her suddenly began to ripple slightly.
As the seals on the Golden Dragon King's divine core gradually unraveled, she gradually mastered the power of time contained within. The power of time travel allowed her to calmly deal with various risks. In this plane, any mistake became reversible.
Di Tian looked at the fluctuations of time flowing through her fingertips. In time, this power might be enough for her to correct the past as she wished in this world and reverse all unsatisfactory outcomes.
"If I could do it again..." Electrolux suddenly appeared, his tone rarely hesitant.
"What are you thinking? At your level, you should be very clear, Lord Alex. Time is not an element, but a derivative of spiritual power. How should I put it? I think, therefore I am. That's how I understand it anyway." Mu Xing knew what he was thinking. "Going back to the past and changing history... What a terrifying thought. I've also fantasized about being able to change the tragic history of the past and whether I could have a completely different future. But I think if someone really gained such power, they would be obsessed with rewriting the past and stop moving towards tomorrow."
Mu Xing's gaze shifted between Di Tian and Alex, finally stopping on Alex. "The past is dark and irretrievable. It's best for us not to look back. Now it's time to talk about you."
"What can I do? What do you want me to do?" Electrolux was instantly alert.
"Why do you think so badly of me? I'm not a human." Mu Xing showed an aggrieved expression.
"Then tell me." Why is this kid still praising one and stepping on the other?
"You've lived in my mind for so long. Even if you're just a remnant soul, you should have been well-nurtured by now, right? So I..."
"I paid for knowledge! Do you want to kick me out so soon?" Electrolux said bitterly, feeling quite miserable as if he had been squeezed out of every last bit of surplus value (which there wasn't) and then kicked out of his home by his unfilial descendants.
"I'm just going to prepare a body for you to use later. Can you please not make things so much more complicated for yourself?"
"Oh! That's great!" Electrolux expressed great interest. "Of course I'm happy to accept this thank-you gift, but how do you plan to deliver this?"
"Come to think of it, you should have seen me use the power of creation to create living things, right?" Mu Xing condensed a ray of emerald green power of creation at her fingertips. The light flowed in her palm and gradually turned into a vague human outline.
"Like the Black Kite we used to deal with those evil soul masters?" Alex nodded slightly. "That's more like a magical artifact made by the magicians on the Holy Demon Continent where I used to be. But to you, this kind of skill seems like just a casual carving."
"You mean that? How difficult is it to just create a shell?" The energy in Mu Xing's hand suddenly began to transform, sometimes turning into a beast, sometimes condensing into a misty shadow. "All I need is a ball of pure life essence, shaping it, infusing it with my will, and imprinting it with my unique mark. They will naturally become extensions of my consciousness until the energy is exhausted."
She suddenly retracted all the lights and shadows. "But you are different from them, and I have no intention of making you a familiar. If I try with that crude technique, I will only create some twisted puppets that will only add to the ridicule."
"Then what do you plan to use as a carrier?" Ilex became more interested. Although he was the experimental subject, the wizard had the courage to try. If he succeeded, everyone would be happy. If he failed, the worst that could happen was that he would continue to be a ghost.
That's optimistic.
As the emerald green light flashed, accompanied by the crisp sound of metal clashing, a small pile of green metal, shimmering with life, appeared before Alex. No, the gold of life itself was actually used as the carrier of the body? This is too arrogant!
He subconsciously turned to look at Di Tian. After all, he knew the origins of these life-golds best. But to his surprise, he seemed completely unconcerned about Mu Xing's disposal of these life-gold treasures.
"I don't have any inexplicable possessiveness towards her property." Compared to this, Di Tian seemed more curious about how she would demonstrate the power she possessed.
Mu Xing tapped his fingertips lightly, and the precious gold of life began to wriggle like living things, flashing with a dazzling halo. Alex could even feel the tremendous vitality contained in it.
"What's wrong?" Mu Xing noticed his loss of composure and a playful smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. "Do you think it's a waste to use this as a carrier?" She picked up a piece of gold of life at random. The metal turned into flowing liquid in her palm, emitting life fluctuations that made the male ghost feel relaxed and happy.
I'm sorry, Wang Dong. Electrolux thought to himself that it was only natural for him to pledge his love to her.
Use this to test cadres. Which cadre can withstand such a test?
"Then the body will be sculpted according to your current image." Compared to the old Deng who still has charm, Mu Xing still prefers the current young man's body shape.
"Just do what you like." Electrolux bowed gracefully.
"Then... what about the model of the Scepter of Life? Will it be made according to my preference?" Mu Xing hinted at something and even smiled maliciously.
Alex didn't want to be ridden by the dragon, but now he seemed to have no right to say "no". He once again experienced firsthand how bad the cow cat was.
Is it time to release the arrow? But why are you laughing, Di Tian? And Golden Dragon King, you dragons are truly evil!
"Can I say 'no'?" You've already begun to resign yourself to your fate, Lord Electrolux.
"Of course not." A low laugh spread in this forbidden space. Mu Xing lightly flicked her fingertips, and Alex's soul turned into a gray airflow, wrapping around the gold of life in her hand like a silk thread.
“Many people believe that life originates from light and a warm cradle, but they do not know that true vitality lurks in the abyss of death.”
A deep purple glow emanated from the palm of Mu Xing's other hand, and destructive energy spread like mist. She placed her palm close to the merging gold of life. Creation and destruction, these two forces that should repel each other, now blended to produce a strange, pale pink glow.
The two energies intertwined like interwoven silk, forming a hazy halo at their interface. Liquidized Soul Gold enveloped Ilex's soul, slipping through her fingers like flowing emerald. Every drop of Soul Gold that touched the ground melted into a similar liquid.
"First, take a handful of embers tempered in despair and oblivion..." Mu Xing's palm turned gracefully, and the blended energy gradually condensed and turned into a heart with gold and green interweaving, bright and vibrant.
If Alex had not been immersed in the process of financial integration with living beings, he would have praised Mu Xing a few words. The fact that she could recite such a childish spell showed that she had the talent to be a magician.
The golden-green heart was enveloped by layers of liquid living gold, eventually solidifying into an egg radiating a sacred glow. Mysterious patterns emerged on the surface of the eggshell, faintly visible in the light.
"Now, it has earned the right to 'exist'." Mu Xing stared at the egg, which was more than a meter tall, and gently stroked the lines on it with his fingertips. "But if you want it to truly 'live'..."
Before she could finish her words, the eggshell suddenly cracked. A pale, slender hand suddenly emerged from the shell and tightly grasped her wrist. The hand's strength was astonishing, and the glistening gold of life, transformed into gaseous form, was wrapped around its bony fingers.
Every inch of the new body was incredibly perfect, and the long silver-gray hair was wet and stuck to the pale skin.
"This price..." the reborn Undead Scourge slowly said, "I am happy to pay it." He let go of Mu Xing's wrist and looked at this body that perfectly replicated his heyday with some curiosity.
Slender fingers caressed silver-gray hair, then slid down the lines of his upright figure. Every inch of his flesh held a surge of power, and within his left chest, a heart woven with gold and green, beat with might. What satisfied him most was that this body perfectly preserved all of his qualities as a necromancer. The aura of death flowed beneath the pale skin, yet it radiated an eerie vitality thanks to the fusion of the gold of life.
"Alas, it's a bit lonely now that Lord Alex is gone!" The Golden Dragon King lay bored in the sky courtyard constructed by the Sea of Spirit, pulling up the sunflowers by the roots with his tail.
"Leave the divine core here, and you can get out too." Mu Xing had obviously planned this for a long time.
“…” Now the desolate feeling of being kicked out of the house fell on the Golden Dragon King.
Mu Xing narrowed her eyes and walked slowly around Alex as if she were examining a new toy. Suddenly, she reached out and grasped his chin, forcing him to lower his head.
"Let me think about it..." Her fingertips brushed across his newly formed Adam's apple, her voice filled with obvious ill intentions, "What should I ask you to do first?"
It's over, I'm going to be ridden by the dragon! Alex grabbed her wrist again, the strength of his new body just enough to restrain her movements.
At this moment of stalemate, a familiar breath of destruction suddenly penetrated the space.
Mu Xing tilted her head slightly, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes. In the entire Douluo plane, only Wang Dong possessed the same destructive power as her.
"Forget it." Mu Xing put away the idea of teasing Alex and said, "Go and persuade her."
At the same time, somewhere within the Tianhun Empire, Wang Dong stood frozen in place, the destructive divine power surging uncontrollably around her. She had just clearly sensed the presence of her mother and brother, but the feeling of blood connection only lasted a moment before it was completely severed.
She bit her lower lip so hard that she didn't even notice the taste of blood.
"How could this be?" The warmth of blood connection still lingered in her perception, but in the blink of an eye, it vanished as if severed. She should have expected the God of Destruction to strike at her family, but she hadn't expected it to happen so quickly, so decisively.
"Mom...brother..." she muttered to herself. She had clearly foreseen this outcome, yet she still deceived herself into holding on to a glimmer of hope. The unborn child hadn't even had the chance to see the world.
"Very sad, huh?"
Wang Dong slowly raised her head, a purplish-black destructive energy condensing into teardrops in the corners of her eyes. She stared blankly at the suddenly appearing Alex, a figure completely different from the necromancer she remembered. His long silver-gray hair remained motionless in the destructive storm, and his gray eyes seemed particularly eerie in the dim light. Despite the oppressive presence of someone keeping away from strangers, she inexplicably felt a sense of reality.
"You..." Wang Dong's voice was hoarse, "What are you doing here?" The destructive power around him suddenly surged with the fluctuation of emotions, but strangely subsided when it touched half a meter in front of Alex.