Chapter 379: The Curtain Falls

Watching the Demon Beast slowly crumble and shatter, Xiao Lingcai let out a slight sigh of relief; she had spent no small amount of effort to eliminate this Demon Beast, and now it could finally be brought to an end.

"Things are finally over." The Golden Spear in Xiao Lingcai's hand turned into specks of light and vanished.

"Indeed, Itogami Island has managed to escape a disaster!"

Nangong Nayue and Kurumi simultaneously withdrew their power, allowing this space to return to the world once more.

"Regardless, it finally has a good ending, doesn't it!" Xiao Gucheng said, looking at the sky.

"Yes, Senior." The Divine Vessel around Himeragi Yukina slowly dissipated as she stood by Xiao Gucheng's side.

Watching the two of them standing together in such harmony, Xiao Lingcai suddenly smiled: "You two really are close!"

"We are not!" Xiao Gucheng and Himeragi Yukina turned around simultaneously to retort at Xiao Lingcai.

"Yara yara, isn't the rapport between you two quite good!" Kurumi smiled as she looked at them.

"Regardless, it is truly great to be able to see you both!" Xiao Lingcai said with a smile.

"Who, exactly, are you?" Himeragi Yukina looked at Xiao Lingcai with a serious expression.

Although she had knocked her unconscious when they first met and later stolen her clothes, she always found herself subconsciously paying attention to this girl, as if she had an extremely important connection to her.

Just at this moment, a magnificent Array appeared beneath Xiao Lingcai's feet, emitting powerful space-time energy from within.

"What a pity, it seems there is no time left! I must return," Xiao Lingcai said.

"Wait, that, you..." Xiao Gucheng said, somewhat haltingly.

"What is your name?" Himeragi Yukina asked hurriedly.

"We will meet again someday, surely..." Xiao Lingcai said with a smile. "So before then, let's part for a while! Mother..."

The voice of Xiao Lingcai's last two words was extremely low; apart from Lingyun, no one else present could likely hear them clearly.

A burst of blue-white light rose from the sky, and Xiao Lingcai vanished within the light, leaving only a school uniform behind on the ground.

"This is?" Xiao Gucheng looked at the school uniform on the ground with some confusion.

"Th-this is the clothing she stole from me," Himeragi Yukina said.

Seeing Xiao Gucheng squat down to begin inspecting the clothes, Lingyun smiled and led the others away from this place. The figures of the Three Phantom Gods also turned into three streams of light in an instant, disappearing into the horizon.

"The signs of magic power leakage have vanished." In the underground control hub of the Foundation Gate, Aiba Asagi looked at the wall of computer screens before her; the pile of warning boxes that had popped up on the computers had already disappeared.

"Indeed, it seems things ended quite quickly!" Mowai said with an ambiguous tone. "Truly a powerful fellow."

"Powerful fellow? Who are you talking about?" Aiba Asagi was rapidly checking the status of various locations throughout Itogami Island, asking with some confusion.

"I am talking about that new teacher of yours! The resolution of this incident was mainly thanks to him," Mowai said.

"Are you talking about Teacher Lingyun? What is so impressive about him?" Aiba Asagi asked.

"Ha, it seems you don't know just how powerful your teacher is." Mowai's tone carried a hint of gravity. "I should say, on this island, those who can trade blows with him do not exceed the number of fingers on one hand!"

"Huh? Is he that amazing? Why have I never seen him take action?" Aiba Asagi tapped the keyboard rapidly, asking with curiosity. "If that's really the case, I'd really like to witness it!"

"Ordinary matters, of course, wouldn't require him to take action!" Mowai said. "If there is an opportunity, I will let you witness his strength."

"Lingyun!" As soon as she returned to the Villa, Kurumi leaned directly against Lingyun's side.

In that instant, she immediately felt several gazes lock onto her simultaneously.

Sensing these gazes, a faint, elusive smile appeared on Kurumi's face. However, she had no intention of letting go; instead, she pulled Lingyun's arm into her embrace.

Feeling the astonishing softness his arm touched, a moment of unnaturalness appeared on Lingyun's face. His hand trembled slightly, wanting to pull his arm free from Kurumi's grasp, but Kurumi only hugged it tighter.

Seeing he could not break free for the moment, Lingyun asked: "Kurumi, when did you recover your memories?"

"Recover my memories?" Kurumi tilted her head and thought. "Probably a while ago. During that time, weren't you watching Date A Live?"

"Date A Live?" Lingyun's eyes twitched slightly.

"That's right. At first, I thought it was just an ordinary anime, but after a girl named Tokisaki Kurumi, who looked eighty percent like me, appeared, my memories began to awaken!" Feeling the increasingly intense gazes focused on her, Kurumi chuckled and let go of Lingyun's arm.

"Then, what kind of state are you in now? I can feel that your physical condition is not very stable," Lingyun said, frowning.

"Ma ma, it seems that because of the Underworld Power remaining in my body, some inexplicable changes have occurred!" Kurumi licked her lips. "So, I will have to rely on you for this period of time."

"Rely on me?" Lingyun frowned slightly.

"That's right, please, Lingyun. You must, you must wait for me to wake up!" As Kurumi spoke, her figure began to dissipate into blood-red light.

Finally, her figure turned into a Spirit Crystal and fell into Lingyun's hand.

Lingyun's Divine Sense slowly probed into this Spirit Crystal, and he could not help but frown. Within this Spirit Crystal, the Seal Array he had previously set had been completely Shattered. His Source Power, Divine Sense, the Cloud Realm's World Power, the Underworld Power of the end, the World Power of another world, and Kurumi's own Spirit Power were all entangled together, appearing extremely chaotic.

The only thing to be thankful for was that Lingyun's Source Power and Divine Sense were gathered together, and in coordination with Kurumi's Spirit Power, they were devouring the other powers bit by bit. As for what it would eventually become, even Lingyun himself could not predict.

"Lingyun, Lingqi, uh, how is Kurumi now?" Although she was very unhappy with Kurumi's behavior just now, Luo Yexi was still very worried about Kurumi's current situation.

"Although the situation is a bit dire, it is still within a controllable range." Lingyun put away the Spirit Crystal in his hand and placed her within the Cloud Realm. With Ruoxi looking after her, there would basically be no problems.

"Lingqi is Kurumi. When I met her, she had sustained such heavy injuries. It seems the situation in the Date A Live world is not so good either. It looks like I will have to go to that world to take a look when the time comes. I just don't know if Kurumi has the coordinates for the Date A Live world on her," Lingyun thought, frowning.

"Forget it, let's put this matter to the back of our minds for now. Let's get things in this world settled first." Lingyun stood up and looked at the distant sky, where a terrifying power was currently forming.