Chapter 215: Wrath of Frost and Flame (8)

"Yin Sha energy? This level of Yin Sha energy..."

Gao Jie Ming stroked his chin and began to ponder.

It seemed...

A way to break the deadlock had emerged!

However, before that, certain matters still needed confirmation...

"Senior Sister."

After a moment of contemplation, Gao Jie Ming suddenly posed a question to Viola that had always struck him as strange: "Why did the kings of the Lava Giants and the Snow Monsters so decisively reach a cooperation agreement with the wizards the moment they invaded?"

In Gao Jie Ming's view, this matter was indeed quite peculiar.

After all, the wizards were notoriously aggressive toward outsiders and did not accept "cooperation" from alien races.

Even if the two kings of the monster communities surrendered on the spot, their ultimate fate would only be to exist as servant races to the wizards.

Although the wizards would not mistreat servant races in terms of living conditions, ensuring their basic needs were met so their quality of life was not poor.

Yet whenever the wizards required it, these servant races had to throw their lives away as cannon fodder!

No matter how one looked at it, such a deal appeared excessively humiliating and disadvantageous for the two great monster communities.

Viola paused slightly, taken aback by Gao Jie Ming's sudden question.

However, considering that for now she could do nothing but wait for the potion's effects to wear off, she decided to chat with him in the meantime.

"Oh? You're asking about that..." Viola chuckled lightly and leisurely informed Gao Jie Ming: "The reason those two kings of the monster communities made their decision so decisively is that even serving as cannon fodder for the wizards is better than continuing to exist as 'playthings' of a Living Plane."

"After all, this plane has never undergone any... 'education'."

Viola's words allowed Gao Jie Ming to instantly grasp her meaning.

An existence like a Living Plane is the embodiment of rules from its birth, coexisting with the plane itself.

Naturally, no one would teach it any principles, since it possesses extremely high rationality and wisdom by nature.

It can learn and judge independently, yet regarding moral concepts, it remains a blank slate.

For this reason, it lacks the moral values revered by human society and has no concept of good or evil.

It acts solely based on its most primitive "preferences"—much like a young child who has not yet started school.

They might spend an entire day looking down at an ant out of interest, or on a whim, casually crush this one, or two, or every ant that passes by!

And as a Living Plane, the "ants" it sees are naturally the hundreds of millions of living beings spawned upon itself!

Viola continued to inform Gao Jie Ming that intelligence obtained from the two monster kings indicated the Frost Flame Plane possessed the ability to independently create intelligent races.

However, the reason it created intelligent races was not for development, nor for civilization, but purely for its own amusement!

Therefore, the Lava Giants and Snow Monsters were forced to launch large-scale racial wars at regular intervals.

Fighting over territory was merely a superficial excuse; in reality, it was purely to provide entertainment for the Frost Flame Plane!

The so-called reward for the victors being able to expand their living territory was simply a rule whimsically established by this Living Plane.

But like an ordinary young child, when it is happy, it can quietly watch two ants battle, and might even provide some small favors for this purpose.

Yet when it feels "bored," it will casually crush both sides and perform a "reset"!

In fact, based on research conducted by the wizards using samples brought back by Master Elwin, the souls of the two monster kings were "manufactured" using the souls of intelligent races previously destroyed by the Frost Flame Plane as raw materials.

They could not truly be considered independent individuals, but were merely "toys" for this Living Plane during its moments of boredom.

Although the craftsmanship of the Living Plane was fine, indeed producing new souls capable of bearing consciousness, one could not expect it to make finer adjustments to those souls.

Therefore, those beings once destroyed often had scattered remnants of memory passed down, merging into the new souls.

It was precisely for this reason that the two leaders of the monster communities had always lived under immense, endless fear!

Because from the scattered remnants of memory within their souls, this act of destroying races due to "boredom" had been repeated by this Living Plane for hundreds of cycles!

They were not the first victims, nor would they be the last.

Although Karamos, King of the Lava Giants, and Agron, King of the Snow Monsters, tried every method to fight and perform in various ways to please this "Ruler" and delay the fate of their races' destruction.

Yet in their hearts, they knew it would not be long before this Living Plane felt "bored" once again.

When that time came, it would be the day of final destruction for both races!

Of course, according to the Living Plane's perception of time, this "not long" was also an exceedingly vast duration.

But regardless, both races constantly teetered on the brink of annihilation.

It was for the sake of their race's continuation that the moment the wizards invaded this world and the opportunity arose, the two monster kings eagerly entered into a cooperation treaty with them.

They only hoped that under the wizards' protection, even as servants, they could truly escape that fate of being toyed with at will!

"Why do you ask these things?" Viola glanced at Gao Jie Ming, a hint of puzzlement in her eyes.

Gao Jie Ming shook his head, his gaze profound: "Just... a bit curious, that's all..."

As he spoke, following the resonance of the spell technique he perceived once again, Gao Jie Ming secretly activated his hand seals.

What Gao Jie Ming intended to do was simple: reverse the "Forbidden Sha Spell Technique" he had previously placed upon the "Sea of Yin Sha."

Transforming it into the "Guiding Sha Spell Technique"!

Of course, given such a great distance and the interference of massive amounts of energy outside, successfully mobilizing and drawing upon this "Sea of Yin Sha" was nearly impossible.

But the "Guiding Sha Spell Technique" could accomplish another thing—causing this Yin Sha energy to become thoroughly active deep within the core of the Frost Flame Plane!

"It seems my deduction was correct..." Gao Jie Ming stroked his chin, a look of contemplation flashing in his eyes. "The generation of this Yin Sha energy basically stems from those races killed by the Living Plane. This means that Sea of Yin Sha contains the resentment of countless beings toyed with and destroyed right before their deaths, along with their forcibly dismantled residual souls!"

After confirming that this Yin Sha energy primarily originated from the countless victims created by the Living Plane.

Then, as long as this Yin Sha energy was stirred up, the rest would not require his manipulation.

The resentment and despair accumulated over tens of millions, even hundreds of millions of years, would become the most lethal weapon, turning back to devour its master.

Accompanied by Gao Jie Ming's skilled and secretive hand seals, on the light screen, that layer of unremarkable black "Sea of Yin Sha" in the core region of the Frost Flame Plane, which had even been overlooked by the wizards, suddenly became violently active!

This pitch-black power, like a roaring abyss, abruptly shifted from its originally calm state to a boiling, churning frenzy.

It did not spread outward; instead, with a clear goal as if finding its "home," it directly ignored the energy defenses and hard crust surrounding the core, plunging like a phantom straight into the deepest depths of the Frost Flame Plane's core!

"Hmm?!"

Viola, who had been wholly focused on imposing the "Pain" Rule, suddenly widened her silver-gray eyes.

She could clearly feel that the Flame Frost Plane had abruptly become excruciatingly painful!

From the feedback of the Rules, that pain resembled a ignited wildfire instantly spreading through the entire body of the living plane.

It was purer, more intense, and far more uncontrollable than any pain she could impose through her Rules!

And it was not merely pain!

Augustine, who had been directing the Ship Plane in battle, discovered with horror that the opponent's vast power was also rapidly waning.

The despair and resentment of countless beings cruelly destroyed now transformed into the sharpest blades, eroding the soul of the Flame Frost Plane from within!

This was precisely the one-strike kill opportunity the wizards had been awaiting!

"Now!"

In the distance, Augustine, having quickly regained his senses, let out a low roar, transmitting his command instantly to the souls of all wizards through their mental connection!

Within seconds, the Ship Plane's super cannon, dozens of kilometers in diameter, completed a charge surpassing all limits.

At that moment, all other attack methods ceased abruptly and cleanly.

Nearly all the energy of the entire plane converged into a single point within an instant.

"Fire!"

A pillar of destruction capable of piercing the starry sky tore through space, instantly striking the exposed core of the Flame Frost Plane, which had been severely wounded by the "Yin Sha Qi."

Boom boom boom boom boom!!

Accompanying the fall of the light beam was a soul fluctuation that shook the void, yet carried the meaning of ultimate liberation.

Under the impact of the light of destruction and amidst the roars of countless resentful spirits, the massive body of the Flame Frost Plane began to tremble violently and crack apart.

Its "Magma Mouth" instantly shriveled, while its "Red and Blue Eyes," composed of gas clouds, rapidly dimmed and soon dissipated as air currents.

With this single strike, the entire living plane was thoroughly battered to the brink of death.

Its aura resembled a candle flickering in the wind, liable to extinguish at any moment.

Subsequently, numerous super-large arrays, prepared long ago, drifted out from the Ship Plane.

Composed of energy beams, these arrays resembled countless fishing nets imbued with powerful binding force; under the precise control of Wizard Augustine, they swiftly attached themselves to the dying giant core of the Flame Frost Plane!

Chains of complex runes extended from the arrays, rooting themselves deeply into the energy core of the living plane as if possessing life.

Amidst flashing light, powerful sealing energy surged from all directions, swiftly and completely imprisoning it!

In an instant, the resistance of that once immensely powerful living plane, which had trampled countless beings, was utterly dismantled and deeply sealed away!

The war concluded at a speed unforeseen by everyone.

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(End of chapter)