Chapter 335: Manager's Permit: Recall Delete! (Combined)

Why is the left hand in the Crystal Clan's hands?

The Moon Spirit Clan Ancestor fixed his gaze on the projection of the battlefield where Qin Chuan stood, his eyes bloodshot, all former calm gone, filled with solemnity.

At that moment, countless past scenes flashed through his mind.

After the Immortal King slew the Manager and took his head, the abandoned Manager's body was fought over by the Third Realm cultivators of all clans, eventually torn apart, each part given to different races.

Such actions later brought about a terrible disaster.

That was what happened after the Immortal Clan was exterminated; merely recalling it filled the Moon Spirit Clan Ancestor with immense terror.

The Moon Spirit Clan ultimately became the sole surviving race, and the first thing the Moon Spirit Clan Ancestor, having witnessed that power, did was to search for the Manager's corpse on the Heavenly Stairway.

He searched for a thousand years, nearly digging three feet deep into the entire Heavenly Stairway, yet he found only the Manager's body parts besides the left hand and head.

Never did he expect that the left hand, which he had never been able to find, would actually appear in the Crystal Clan's possession!

Foolish Camille—does she even know what she's doing? The Moon Spirit Clan Ancestor's expression shifted, finally flashing with resolve in his eyes.

Don't let Luo get the Manager's left hand!

He quickly rose, preparing to descend, but upon seeing the scene in the image, he slowly sat down and let out a heavy sigh.

It's already too late. —"Ding—"

Accompanied by a clear sound, everything around froze in an instant; Qin Chuan watched the left hand still flying toward him in the time-stopped space, his pupils contracting rapidly.

So far, the only thing he had seen capable of moving in the time-stopped space was an ominous aura.

But even that ominous aura would be somewhat suppressed in the time-stopped space and quickly obliterated by some mysterious force there, unable to persist for long.

But this hand was completely different.

It suffered no suppression in the time-stopped space, showed no signs of being worn away by any force, and even the entire time-stopped space was faintly suffused with a splendid golden hue as it appeared.

Gazing at the rotting yet sacred left hand slowly reaching out to him, Qin Chuan suddenly conceived a bold guess; his eyes flashed with an unfathomable light, then he gritted his teeth, did not dodge, but instead proactively extended his own left hand forward.

If his guess is correct, then…

"Hum—"

At the instant the two hands touched, the time-stopped space underwent violent trembling; Qin Chuan clearly felt his perception of the left hand rapidly fading, his left hand breaking apart inch by inch into fragments of corrupted data.

But at the same time, the vast information related to that mysterious left hand flowed into his mind upon contact.

"Boom!!!"

The massive influx of information instantly flooded his mind, causing veins to bulge on Qin Chuan's forehead and his face to twist in pain.

But at the same time, he gradually came to understand what kind of entity that left hand was.

The left hand's fragmentation slowed gradually and eventually stopped.

The veins on Qin Chuan's forehead gradually faded; he gazed intently at the golden left hand hovering in the air, then without hesitation seized it with his right hand and placed it over his own left hand.

The turmoil in the time-stopped space intensified; the rotting left hand, under Qin Chuan's gaze, slowly collapsed, its internal brilliant golden mysterious patterns and lines shooting out, rapidly enlarging in his vision until they filled the entire time-stopped space.

Moments later, they reconverged in Qin Chuan's hand, reforging his shattered left hand, within which countless golden veins flowed, as if the hand had undergone an essential transformation.

"Is this another permission of the Manager?" Qin Chuan clenched his left hand, gazing at the motionless Crystal Clan Ancestor·Camille in midair.

Her exquisite, beautiful face still bore a ferocious, triumphant expression, as if she believed Qin Chuan, having touched that left hand, was surely doomed to die.

"As repayment for bringing me this gift." Qin Chuan stepped toward Camille, placing his left hand on her shoulder.

"Let you be the first to feel this power."

Camille's form instantly collapsed, her substantial body turning into a stream of information composed of countless data and code, which began to rapidly vanish at Qin Chuan's mental command, being completely erased at the informational level.

Manager's Permit: Recall Delete!

The information stream is divided into three parts; only the smallest part can be easily erased by Qin Chuan.

When that part of information completely vanished, Qin Chuan looked toward the middle-layer information blocked by an intangible force.

"Seems like it can be breached?" Qin Chuan whispered, then extended his left hand forward; the blocking force instantly cleared, and the information dissipated as well.

But when Qin Chuan tried to delete the innermost layer of information, he encountered unprecedented strong resistance, forcing him to ultimately give up.

The time stop ended.

Everything around resumed activity, and Qin Chuan's left hand returned to its ordinary appearance.

The left hand that had flown toward him disappeared, as did the Crystal Clan Ancestor who had descended.

A line of text abruptly appeared before his eyes.

【Crystal Clan Ancestor·Camille Fallen】

His heart gave a slight start, but Qin Chuan quickly showed an expression of understanding.

So that's how it is.

He had previously used the new permit's recall-delete function; the easiest-to-delete portion of information corresponded to the Crystal Clan Ancestor's descent incarnation.

The portion meeting resistance corresponded to the Crystal Clan Ancestor's true body located on the third level of the Heavenly Stairway.

According to the rules of the Heavenly Stairway, when a descent incarnation dies, the true body only suffers heavy injury and does not likewise perish.

Therefore, to delete the second portion of information, he must first break through the corresponding rule of the Heavenly Stairway—this is the source of the resistance.

As for the portion he could not delete despite his utmost effort…

Qin Chuan already had a guess in his mind.

That should be the information of the Crystal Clan Ancestor in the real world corresponding to the Crystal Clan.

If that portion of information were also deleted, the Crystal Clan Ancestor would be completely obliterated, with no chance of rebirth.

But erasing the material world from the Heavenly Stairway is still beyond his current ability.

No matter how you put it…

Qin Chuan raised his left hand, a faint smile appearing on his face.

The Crystal Clan Ancestor really did send him a great gift. —Calmly watching the text prompt appear before him, the Moon Spirit Clan Ancestor's expression oddly settled into tranquility.

Regarding the Crystal Clan Ancestor's death, he was not overly surprised.

After all, that left hand came from that former manager.

Through using a descent incarnation to kill the true self, such an act, though shocking to the world, the manager had already achieved it long ago.

Obtaining this power, Luo likewise did so, which is quite normal. 'So, what will you do next?' the Moon Spirit Ancestor said softly, 'Luo, who originally held the authority over the head, now once again holds the authority over the left hand.'

"Hmph!" A gloomy voice echoed in his mind, 'If you hadn't continually failed to find the left hand's whereabouts, the situation wouldn't have become like this!'

"Saying these things is pointless." The Moon Spirit Ancestor fell silent for a moment, 'I only want to know whether the authority over the left hand cannot be restrained.'

"That's not the case." The gloomy voice paused slightly, 'The manager's left hand corresponds to the authority of rollback, while the right hand corresponds to the authority of write.'

"Having the manager's right hand is enough to counter the left hand."

"What's truly troublesome is still the backend login."

"Backend login..." The Moon Spirit Ancestor fell silent, 'You said before that Luo could only go all out after entering the third level, right?'

"When have I ever lied to you?" The voice calmly replied, 'Pangalayer, you forgot? If it weren't for our cooperation, the Moon Spirit Clan would have perished ten thousand years ago.'

The Moon Spirit Ancestor's eyes flashed with light, 'Then I'll trust you.'

"What you should be concerned about now is the Crystal Clan about to ascend to the third level." The voice carried a hint of schadenfreude, 'I guess you definitely don't want to see the Crystal Clan produce another ancestor.'

"That's natural." The Moon Spirit Ancestor turned his head toward a certain direction, ceased communicating with the echoing voice in his mind, and instantly vanished from the spot.

In the next instant, he appeared not far from a door that had just been opened.

Watching a Crystal Clan man step by step enter the doorway, his power undergoing a violent transformation, rapidly rising from the second realm to the third realm, the Moon Spirit Ancestor hidden in the void let out a faint sigh.

"It's your turn to act."

As his words fell, a mysterious figure suddenly descended, without hesitation attacking the newly appointed Crystal Clan Ancestor whose realm had not yet fully stabilized.

"You dare!!!"

In an instant, several figures shouted in unison as the Half-Demon Ancestor, the Demon Dwarf Ancestor, and the Dragon Ancestor simultaneously descended here, immediately rushing to kill that mysterious third-realm being.

"You sneaky rat, I see where you'll run this time!" the Half-Demon Ancestor bellowed, his heavy halberd in hand seeming to split the entire third level in two, carrying a terrifying, boundless momentum as he struck at that mysterious figure.

The guy we'd been looking for two months finally appeared; at this moment, the Half-Demon Ancestor's killing intent was already impossible to resist.

Although the sudden change gave the third realms of all clans a feeling of being caught off guard, the Demon Dwarf Ancestor and the Dragon Ancestor now had equally clear targets, without hesitation moving to block the opponent's escape range.

"Hehehe~"

That mysterious figure did not retreat but advanced, boldly striking the newly broken-through Crystal Clan Ancestor with full force right under the noses of the third realms of all clans.

"Hum——"

The Crystal Clan's third realm, having broken through for only a brief moment, died on the spot.

New text appeared before the eyes of all living beings.

【Crystal Clan Ancestor·Akallian Fallen】

Having completed the assassination of the new Crystal Clan Ancestor, that mysterious third-realm being instantly burst forth with full force, enduring heavy injury to bluntly receive a blow from the Demon Dwarf Ancestor, then fled toward the distance.

"Seize him!"

The Half-Demon Ancestor let out a shout, about to act, but suddenly stopped.

"Pfft!"

The Moon Spirit Ancestor, who suddenly appeared in the void, thrust a sword through the chest of that mysterious third-realm powerhouse, his face full of anger, 'You dare kill the Crystal Clan Ancestor; this third level can no longer tolerate you!'

The mysterious third-realm being's body trembled; at the moment his breath collapsed, he glanced toward the Moon Spirit Ancestor, the corner of his mouth silently twitching into an arc, silently moving as if saying something.

"Go to hell!" The Moon Spirit Ancestor's eyes flashed, and he slashed again, instantly causing its form to collapse, also leaving the three other ancestors who had rushed to see this fellow's true face with nothing.

Another line of text quickly surfaced.

【Lan Clan Ancestor·Enshali Fallen】

"What?!"

Seeing this line of text, the Half-Demon Ancestor's body jerked violently, letting out an exclamation, 'This guy is the Lan Clan Ancestor?!'

The faces of the Demon Dwarf Ancestor and the Dragon Ancestor likewise showed utter astonishment.

Why? The Lan Clan wasn't exterminated a thousand years ago?

Back then, the Lan Clan's strongest fighter couldn't even enter the second level and died on the spot.

The Lan Clan's Dream World had also been shattered by a joint assault of all clans a thousand years ago, completely collapsing.

Under these circumstances, could the Lan Clan still give birth to an ancestor?

This is utterly absurd! 'Lan Clan Ancestor…' the Moon Spirit Ancestor's shocked expression was no less than that of the other three ancestors, 'He actually is the Lan Clan Ancestor?'

The four ancestors looked at each other, their expressions gradually turning solemn.

"Lan Clan, any survivors left?" the Dragon Ancestor said in a deep voice.

"Probably not." The Demon Dwarf Ancestor shook his head, 'Perhaps it was some fish that slipped through the net back then, under the protection of a certain ancestor, secretly breaking through to the third realm.'

His gaze swept over the other three ancestors one by one, pausing momentarily on the Moon Spirit Ancestor before moving away again.

Although the Moon Spirit Ancestor is most suspect in this matter of protection, just now they all saw that the opponent was slain by the Moon Spirit Ancestor himself.

"In any case, the opponent no longer has the ability to make a comeback." The Demon Dwarf Ancestor spoke slowly, 'The Lan Clan's Dream World has already collapsed; he deleted his account and started anew, needing first to strengthen himself in the Dream World before he can once again ascend the Heavenly Stairway.'

"No matter where this Lan Clan Ancestor came from, he's dead, so we'll set this aside for now." The Demon Dwarf Ancestor looked at the other ancestors, his expression growing grave, 'We should focus our attention on two matters instead.'

"First, the Crystal Clan has lost two ancestors in succession, and in a short time they no longer have the ability to give birth to a new ancestor; should we absorb them as we did with the Nether Ghost Clan?"

Saying this, a glint of greed flashed in the eyes of the Demon Dwarf Clan.

Unlike the Nether Ghost Clan, the Crystal Clan is entirely treasure; for the Demon Dwarf Clan, who excel at forging, it can be said to be of considerable value.

But soon, this hint of greed quietly dissipated.

"Second, the leader of the Human Race, when killing Camille, seemed to display some extraordinary ability." The Demon Dwarf Ancestor's voice paused slightly, 'He can, through a descent incarnation, directly slay the true self of an ancestor located on the third level.'

His gaze slowly swept over the other three ancestors, finally resting on the Moon Spirit Ancestor.

"Pangalayer, as the oldest ancestor of the Heavenly Stairway, shouldn't you give us an explanation on this matter?"

"What explanation?" the Moon Spirit Ancestor remained calm.

Are you still pretending to be foolish? the Dragon Ancestor said in a deep voice, stepping forward.

Whose left hand is that, exactly?

What exactly is the Moon Spirit Clan hiding?

(End of chapter)