Chapter 394: On the Eve of Departure

"Lingyun, where did you go just now?" Seeing Lingyun appear from the Void, Nangong Nayue quickly grabbed hold of Lingyun.

"Hmm, I went to handle some matters; the time for me to leave is almost here!" Lingyun scanned his surroundings, and after seeing that Jiada was not here, he said to Nangong Nayue.

"Leave here?" Nangong Nayue's expression changed slightly.

"Yes." Lingyun nodded slightly.

"Take me with you!" Nangong Nayue suddenly gripped Lingyun's clothes tightly. "After experiencing this incident, Xiao Gucheng should have grown enough to be capable of protecting Itogami Island!"

"Are you serious?" Lingyun looked at Nangong Nayue and said.

"Ever since I signed a Contract with a Devil, my soul has belonged to that Devil. And you must understand what the true form of that Devil is, right!" Nangong Nayue said softly. "I also didn't expect that I would just throw myself into it like this."

"About that..." Lingyun scratched the back of his head, feeling a bit embarrassed; he also hadn't expected that the Devil Nangong Nayue signed the Witch Contract with was actually formed from his own Insight Crystal. Nangong Nayue signing a Contract with the Devil was no different from signing a Contract with Lingyun.

"And me too!" Yese Xiayin ran out from somewhere and grabbed Lingyun's other sleeve.

"I have some good news to tell you both here!" Looking at the two of them, Lingyun suddenly started to laugh.

"Good news?" Nangong Nayue and Yese Xiayin both looked at Lingyun curiously.

"The good news is that the Space-Time Gate connecting my world and this world has been completed; we can travel between the two worlds through this passage. Moreover, the Space-Time Gate can also adjust the flow of time; you should understand now, right!" Lingyun said with a smile.

"Really?" A hint of surprise appeared in the eyes of both Nangong Nayue and Yese Xiayin; if such a Space-Time Gate truly existed, they would no longer need to worry about the issue of leaving this world.

"By the way, Lingyun, we have to take Ashtarte with us!" Nangong Nayue said to Lingyun.

"Ashtarte? Did she agree?" Lingyun asked.

"She is my personal maid, so of course I make the decisions!" Nangong Nayue said. "Besides, given Ashtarte's unique nature, there is no telling how many people are watching her in the shadows. If we leave, those people without any bottom line will definitely make a move on Ashtarte!"

Lingyun pondered slightly, and finally nodded: "Regarding this matter, Xiayin, you and Ashtarte discuss it; if she also wants to go, then let her come with us!"

Just as the three of them were talking, powerful magic suddenly surged into the sky from the edge of Itogami Island, shaking the entire sky.

"This feeling, is it the Golden of Xiao Gucheng's lion? The other aura confronting him seems to be the aura of Aradour's familiar?" Lingyun raised an eyebrow. "Don't tell me he went to find Aradour for a one-on-one fight!"

"Given Xiao Gucheng's personality, it's not impossible!" Nangong Nayue said from the side.

"Since that's the case, let's go take a look; as a teacher, isn't it normal to provide backup for a student!" Lingyun said.

"That's right, that is indeed a very normal thing!" Nangong Nayue nodded and said.

At the edge of Itogami Island, on an uninhabited abandoned island, Xiao Gucheng faced Aradour with a solemn expression.

Perhaps in terms of familiars, Aradour's familiar was suppressed by his own. However, relying on the vast combat experience accumulated over long years, Aradour was instead pressing Xiao Gucheng in the fight. After all, although familiars are powerful, they are useless if they cannot hit the target, aren't they?

Around the abandoned artificial island, Himeragi Yukina, Aiba Asagi, and La Folia watched the battle on the island with anxious expressions, but had no way to intervene.

"It seems Xiao Gucheng's situation is not very good!" Lingyun's figure suddenly appeared near the three of them, giving them a fright.

"Teacher Lingyun?" Seeing Lingyun appear, a hint of surprise appeared in Himeragi Yukina's eyes. "Teacher, do you have any way to help the senior?"

Lingyun looked at the battle in the arena and shook his head slightly: "The battle agreed upon between Gucheng and Aradour should be a one-on-one fight. If I were to insert myself into this battle at this time, not only Aradour, but even Xiao Gucheng would not agree. After all, he is learning to stand on his own right now!"

"But, the senior has already been severely injured!" Watching Xiao Gucheng get sent flying by a black short sword once again, Himeragi Yukina bit her lower lip until it bled.

"Rest assured, reinforcements will likely arrive soon!" Lingyun said, looking at the distant sky.

"Reinforcements? Didn't you say this was a one-on-one fight between the two? How could there be reinforcements?" Himeragi Yukina frowned slightly.

"That's right, this battle is a fight between the Fourth Progenitor and Aradour!" Lingyun said pointedly.

"Cough, cough, cough..." Xiao Gucheng covered his mouth, and a trickle of blood flowed from the corner of his lips.

Although he was covered in wounds, he still straightened his body, his eyes flashing with unyielding fighting spirit. Itogami Island was the home for him and his younger sister; he would not allow anyone to destroy this home.

"I have to say, Xiao Gucheng, you are one of the few tenacious people I have ever met, but this battle is about to come to an end!" Aradour said slowly.

"Hmph, I won't fall so easily, old man!" Xiao Gucheng clenched his fists and said.

"A battle between the Fourth Progenitor and Aradour?" Himeragi Yukina murmured.

"That's right, here they come!" Lingyun suddenly spoke.

The moment Lingyun spoke, a terrifying chill instantly swept across the battlefield, making the three of Himeragi Yukina shiver. Looking out, the surrounding sea had completely turned into a world of ice and snow.

"This, this is Frozen Magic. Such a large range, whose handiwork is this?" Himeragi Yukina said in shock.

"The strongest familiar of the Fourth Progenitor, the twelfth familiar, Ice Maiden of the Pale Blue!" Lingyun said slowly.

"The Fourth Progenitor's... strongest familiar?" There was a hint of shock in Himeragi Yukina's tone.

Beside Xiao Gucheng, the figure of a girl slowly emerged; it was Xiao Gucheng's younger sister, Xiao Nagisa. Unimaginable magic surged from her body; it was clear that the person controlling this body now was not Xiao Nagisa, but Xiao Gucheng's first love, the previous generation's Fourth Progenitor—Avrora.

"To be in such a sorry state dealing with a mere subordinate of the Forgotten War King, you really are a pathetic boy!" Avrora said slowly. "However, this spirit of wanting to protect our home is worth praising! In view of this, I will help you out a little! Awaken, Ice Maiden!"

The terrifying chill surged again, and a huge familiar appeared in the Void; it was a hybrid of a mermaid and a harpy, and that terrifying chill was being released from its body.

"Is this also a familiar of the Fourth Progenitor? It really is powerful enough to make one feel fear!" Aradour's eyes were solemn as he summoned his familiar once again, combining it into a huge black sword and slashing toward Xiao Gucheng. "Seven Deadly Sins!"

"It's over, Ice Maiden of the Pale Blue!" Xiao Gucheng shouted, and the Ice Maiden of the Pale Blue released powerful cold air, freezing the huge black sword along with Aradour inside a massive block of ice.

"The battle has come to an end!" Lingyun looked at the huge solid ice on the abandoned artificial island and said slowly.