Chapter 363: The Dream Should Be Over

After the ball of light dissipated, a tall figure appeared before everyone; in her hand, she held a golden long sword, clearly the one who had just repelled the shadow.

The woman looked ninety percent similar to Nangong Nayue, and was unmistakably an adult version of Nangong Nayue. A powerful oppressive force radiated from her body, causing the shadow to involuntarily retreat several steps.

"Precept Chains!" Several Magic Arrays suddenly unfolded around the woman, and Precept Chains shot out from within them.

After the Precept Chains pierced through the Magic Arrays, an unknown light suddenly flared upon the chains, and then several fissures suddenly appeared in the Void; tiny fragments drifted out from the fissures and landed on the Precept Chains. The Precept Chains emitted bursts of fluorescence and exuded a powerful aura; this was the true, complete Precept Chains.

"Th-this is, Teacher Nayue?" Himeragi Yukina could not help but open her mouth wide, staring at the woman who had appeared with a look of astonishment.

"Ara, Nayue, you actually grew up; it really is unbelievable!" Xiandumu Aye masked the shock in her eyes and spoke to Nangong Nayue with a teasing expression.

"Perhaps," Nangong Nayue said with a calm expression. "Regardless, thanks to someone, I can consider this a rare experience."

Having said that, Nangong Nayue slowly raised the long sword in her hand and aimed it at Xiandumu Aye: "Aye, you still don't want to give up even now?"

"Give up? What a joke!" Xiandumu Aye could not help but grow angry. "Having reached this point, how could I easily give up? The Prison Barrier has been completely destroyed; don't tell me you can still construct a new Prison Barrier to lock me up! Do you still think this world that contains supernatural powers is the correct one?"

"Stubborn and unrepentant, we can only cross swords!" Magic power surged violently from Nangong Nayue's body, for she was also someone who had read the Dark Oath Book, and the power of the Dark Oath Book could not affect her. "Transfer student, hide to the side; the battle here is not something you can participate in!"

Himeragi Yukina, who had been a bystander the whole time, looked at the two of them as magic power overflowed from their bodies, then obediently hid to the side, not daring to intervene in this battle any further.

"A world with magic is wrong? Could it be that a world without magic, where no otherworld exists, is the correct one?" Lingyun looked at Xiandumu Aye with a half-smile.

"Isn't it?" Xiandumu Aye looked at Lingyun with a hint of paranoia. "Without these terrifying existences, witches would not appear, and this world would not have the danger of being destroyed at any moment; isn't this the correct world? I want to use the power of the Dark Oath Book to reshape a correct world; is that not allowed?"

"Is that so?" Lingyun stomped his right foot against the ground, and countless rays of light spread out from beneath his feet. "I think that if you truly witnessed that kind of world, you might not necessarily think it is the correct one!"

"Th-this, what is this situation?" Xiandumu Aye looked at Lingyun in shock; she could feel that after this light appeared, the power of the Dark Oath Book was being weakened.

"Do you think the power of the Dark Oath Book is truly that strong? It is nothing more than a fictional world; as long as it is someone proficient in space Magic like Yuejiang, provided they are not affected by the power of the Dark Oath Book, they could completely destroy it," Lingyun said with a cold sneer.

"Creating a world at will based on one's own preferences—even the ancient great beings would not dare to boast that they could do such a thing. You, relying on this mere Dark Oath Book, want to achieve such an effect; you really have a big mouth," Lingyun looked at Xiandumu Aye with sarcasm. "If the Dark Oath Book could truly do this, then where did the person who created the Dark Oath Book and the successive owners of the Dark Oath Book go? Why didn't they change the world according to their own preferences? Especially the person who created the Dark Oath Book—if that person could truly create such a heaven-defying Sacred Gear, why would they disappear?"

"This..." Xiandumu Aye was speechless for a moment.

"Try it; is this so-called world you created still under your control?" Lingyun suddenly raised his head to look at Xiandumu Aye.

Xiandumu Aye's expression changed slightly, and she discovered in horror that she could no longer fully control this world. When she looked up at Lingyun, she could not help but gasp; now, Lingyun's eyes were filled with silver light. The trace of coldness emanating from his eyes made her tremble in her heart.

"Lingyun?" Nangong Nayue repelled the shadow with a sword strike and looked at Lingyun with some concern.

"Don't worry, this is just a manifestation of my power being pushed to the limit!" Lingyun waved his hand.

"Now that you have even lost control of this world, have you calmed down?" Lingyun looked at Xiandumu Aye and said faintly.

"You..." Xiandumu Aye looked at Lingyun, a flash of anger in her eyes; she stretched out her hand, and countless Magic bombarded the direction of Lingyun.

"Explode!" Lingyun suddenly formed a hand seal, and terrifying spatial fluctuations erupted from his body.

"Crack, crack!" Fine, dense cracks actually appeared in the space around Lingyun. The space formed by the Dark Oath Book suddenly fluctuated, and the terrifying spatial fluctuations swept across this Caihai Academy. In an instant, the world constructed by the Dark Oath Book shattered into pieces, and those Magic Runes carved into the space were almost all erased at the same time.

Xiandumu Aye's face turned pale, and trickles of blood spilled from the corners of her mouth.

"Teacher Lingyun?" Just at this moment, a voice came from afar; Xiao Gucheng, bringing Kirasaka Sayaka and Sentomoku Yuma, also rushed here in a hurry.

"It seems it is time to return the Guardian to its rightful owner!" Nangong Nayue snapped her fingers lightly. "My name is Void; with the fire of eternal tribulation, I burn away those who bear the curse of broken oaths. You, tear apart the yoke of black blood, return to the place where you were meant to exist, and offer your sword to the azure maiden who bestowed your soul!"

Behind her was the shadow, tied up like a rice dumpling by the Precept Chains. As Nangong Nayue's voice fell, the chains binding the shadow suddenly erupted with powerful magic power, completely shattering the layer of pitch-black armor attached to its body, revealing the blue armor within.

"Youma!" Seeing this scene, a flash of inspiration crossed Xiao Gucheng's mind, and he shouted loudly at Sentomoku Yuma.

"Azure!" Youma shouted in her hazy consciousness. Then, the cyan knight roared. The severed spiritual power path was revived, and her link with the "Guardian" was restored.

"Urgh—" Xiandumu Aye finally experienced the pain her daughter had felt when her magic circuit was forcibly severed; a mouthful of blood sprayed from her mouth, and her body slowly slumped to the ground.

"Aye, the dream should be over!" Nangong Nayue said slowly to Xiandumu Aye.

"No, I haven't lost yet!" A sinister expression appeared on Xiandumu Aye's face.

"Stop! Cease this, Aye!" Sensing the anomaly in Xiandumu Aye's body, Na Yue shouted with a voice like a lament.

"Thinking of letting a Devil devour your own soul and letting your physical body transform into a Devil? Is this the final resort of a witch, the so-called Fallen Soul? But you seem to have forgotten my existence!" A sharp light flashed in Lingyun's eyes, and he pointed his fingers together like a sword at the center of his own brow: "Sword of Divine Consciousness, slash!"

A golden sword shadow flashed and vanished from Lingyun's eyes, and a golden three-inch Small Sword broke through the air and submerged into Xiandumu Aye's body.

From within Xiandumu Aye's body came a miserable wail; this was the wail of a Devil from the otherworld after suffering heavy damage. Immediately, the heavily damaged Devil soul dared not remain in the present world and instantly fled into the otherworld.

Having lost the power of the Devil, the Demon World flames burning around Xiandumu Aye lost their supporting power and slowly dissipated into the Void. Xiandumu Aye's body slowly slumped to the ground, rarely revealing a trace of weakness.

"Well done, Lingyun," Nangong Nayue said to Lingyun with joy.

Xiao Gucheng looked at the sky, feeling as if the colors of this world had become vivid and colorful; this was a sign that Itogami Island had recovered its magic power.

"Regardless, this Dark Oath Book Incident has finally come to an end!" Himeragi Yukina let out a long breath and said.