Chapter 510: The End

Roar~

A beast‑like howl rang out amid the flames, and Mr. X, wrapped in layers of fire, suddenly lunged forward, pouncing on the unprepared Audrey.

The intertwined flesh buds on his body writhed like tiny insects, exuding madness and corruption; the surface flesh was charred black by the fire, while bluish‑black smoke constantly rose, and his azure eyes faintly tinged with crimson.

Lawrence's figure flickered briefly, instantly appearing between Audrey and Mr. X.

In his eyes reflected an illusory book, its pages turning slowly.

He raised both hands, his body bathed in dazzling gold; a tide of pure golden light surged from within, coalescing ahead into a barrier of light.

Boom! Mr. X slammed into the pale‑gold barrier, producing a massive sound, yet the barrier remained unmoved.

The surrounding darkness and shadows writhed instantly, forming solid shackles that bound Mr. X tightly.

"Hahaha~"

"Shadows belong to my lord's domain."

Mr. X, his expression deranged, let out a few wild laughs, and the illusory book in his eyes turned again.

The surrounding shadows suddenly came to life, surging upward like water, imprisoning everyone in the room in place; the shadows beneath them animated, forming a pitch‑black humanoid that rose from the floor.

What is this? Fo Si looked anxiously toward Lawrence; she felt her own spirit seemed to have been split apart by those shadows.

Lawrence calmly recited aloud, "I arrive, I witness, I record."

He spread his arms wide, as if embracing the sun.

In the next instant, a magnificent, pure, blazing pillar of light descended from the heavens, enveloping everything around; the shadow‑formed humanoids vaporized instantly, and Mr. X, also bathed in the pillar, twisted his face in agony, letting out a painful howl as the insect‑like flesh buds on his body writhed even more wildly.

Boom—

A silvery‑white bolt of paralyzing lightning suddenly struck, shattering on Mr. X's body into countless tiny electric serpents that darted outward.

The insect‑like flesh buds covering X's body halted their motion; his gray‑white robe turned to ash under the electric flash, leaving only the writhing silvery electric snakes and the charred, carbon‑black flesh buds.

Fo Si kept flipping the book in her hands without looking up, as silvery bolts of paralyzing lightning struck Mr. X, breaking into a chaos of electric snakes scurrying across the floor.

The errant currents and intense paralysis made Audrey, who was dodging nearby, feel a faint tingling numbness on her skin; under her gray‑white hood, each hair stood on end from the static.

In Lawrence's azure eyes, an illusory book flipped rapidly: "I arrive, I see, I record."

After a brief chant, specks of scorching white light gathered in his hand, coalescing into a blazing, incandescent spear.

The spear, once formed, flew from his grasp, its scorching white radiance enveloping the paralyzed Mr. X and expanding rapidly, the blinding brilliance engulfing everything.

It lasted about five or six seconds before the surrounding brilliance finally faded.

Emulin, feeling rather uncomfortable, rubbed his eyes, pulled a light‑brown glass vial from his pocket, and dropped its liquid into his own eyes.

After blinking twice and feeling his eyes finally comfortable, he spoke with a hint of irritation:

"I hate the sun!"

"Old man, don't you ever say a word before using such extraordinary power? You almost blinded me."

"Sorry, that was my mistake," Lawrence turned, gave a slight bow toward Emulin, and apologized.

He hadn't expected such a straightforward apology; Emulin felt as if he had been the unreasonable one, and, embarrassed, nudged his mouth and said:

"Fine, next time remember to give a heads‑up—oh wait, there won't be a next time."

Fo Si, while approaching, bit off the tip of her finger and smeared her fresh blood onto the dark‑brown cover of the book.

After applying the blood and resolving the negative effects of Laiman Nuo's Travel Journal, she handed the book to Lawrence, saying, "Mr. Lawrence, a few spells—'Blink', 'Teleport' and Solar Domain—need to be re‑recorded here; this is the reward I agreed upon with Mr. Moon."

Lawrence took the Travel Journal from Fo Si, flipped through it twice, and nodded gently, "No problem, I'll supplement the spell abilities and return it to you in a couple of days."

He then turned his head toward the approaching Audrey and said, "As for you, miss, I'll give you the Elder Tree fruit today; the Black Hunt Giant Lizard's spinal fluid will require some time, and that material isn't in Luen, so you can prepare the cash in the meantime."

"No problem, I'm not in a hurry," Audrey replied with a gentle smile.

Lawrence gave a slight nod, his gaze falling on the slowly coalescing specks of light on the floor; at that moment he seemed unusually calm, his eyes showing no emotional fluctuation, as if his mind had drifted. After a while, when the traits extracted from Mr. X solidified into a nearly translucent, ethereal crystal, he finally regained his composure.

He felt considerably more at ease at that moment, even the lingering sense of aged weariness on his body seemed to lessen.

Having steadied his emotions, he turned his head toward Fo Si and said:

"Fo Si, the extraordinary traits from Louis Veen belong to you; consider it your reward."

"You may not need these traits right now; you can choose to forge them into a wondrous item, but later, when you use it to concoct a magic elixir, only angelic‑tier power can shatter it—you may decide yourself."

"So angels can crush the wondrous item, restoring the extraordinary traits needed for elixir brewing?"

Audrey keenly grasped the point in Lawrence's words and, curious, followed up with a question.

Lawrence gave a gentle nod and said:

"Exactly, beings of angelic tier have wholly transcended humanity; in ancient ages they were even called 'from the gods'."

"I'm preparing to leave."

As his words faded, Lawrence flipped through the book, revealing a yellowed page adorned with numerous strange symbols and patterns, plus floating bubbles in the air.

With the previously used Mysterious Reappearance 'Night Country' effect ending, the group returned to the hall where the gathering had been; all original attendees had left, leaving only the Aurora Society's extraordinary beings on guard around.

The moment their figures appeared, shadows surged through the room, and anything the shadows touched suffered corruption by the fallen power, becoming coated in a viscous blackness or instantly rotting and breaking.

Lawrence and the others' bodies suddenly turned transparent, becoming illusory, and transformed into a mass of bubbles.

Under the shadows' corrosion, the bubbles turned black, burst, and vanished completely.

Above the gray mist, Ke Lai En reclined, leaning against the high‑backed chair behind him; in his grand ancient hall, the deep‑red light receded like a tide.

Through the connection forged by Audrey and the others' prayers before their actions, he had been watching their deeds from above the gray mist.

Mysterious Reappearance is truly handy—various effects, both powerful and practical. Unlike diviners whose extraordinary abilities are flashy but insufficiently strong, they only improve at the 'Secret Companion Master' stage.

But was Emulin's reward simply borrowing Laiman Nuo's Travel Journal? He even specified the 'Blink', 'Teleport' and Solar Domain extraordinary abilities—what does he intend? Hunt artificial vampires? Yet doesn't he already possess the deep‑red scholar's traits? After pondering briefly with no clue, Ke Lai En detached himself from the space above the gray mist.

In the Godforsaken Land, within the vast hall at the center of the deserted city, brilliant starlight flickered and surged, piercing into the prayer hall.

Fragments of starlight began to reconvene inside, revealing Lei Kedun's figure.

"The body is gradually decaying; this hall is unfriendly to flesh and blood life."

After quietly sensing the bodily changes, Rekton murmured softly while rubbing his fingers, generating specks of radiant golden starlight that coated his body in a golden hue.

The effect wasn't very good; the negative effects here have a natural resistance to the purifying power of the Sun Domain? As his thoughts drifted, Leiketon raised his head and gazed at the dome of the Prayer Hall, deep blue radiance flowed in his pupils, in his sight everything in the Prayer Hall was covered with a layer of spiritual radiance, amidst a pale blue deep red and brilliant gold colors slowly flowed, seemingly forming a dynamic balance.

Snap! Leiketon snapped his fingers high, a pale gold light spread from his body layer after layer outward, dyeing the entire Prayer Hall a warm pale gold.

The puppets kneeling before the inverted deity statue suddenly came to life, their bodies slightly trembling as they crawled on the ground, their lips made of pieced-together and carved wood opening and closing, emitting a hoarse, unpleasant sound:

"Great Lord, please forgive us. Great Lord, please save us"

"Great Lord. Apocalypse"

"Please save us"

The puppets crawling on the ground had their prayer voices gradually become noisy and chaotic, as if they were competing to see whose voice was louder, whose prayer words were more devout, whose posture was more earnest.

In this process, the puppets gradually became twisted; the facial features painted on their faces with oil paint turned hideous and terrifying, and iron filings and barbs began to grow on their bodies, like the fur and scales of an animal, still slowly undulating up and down.

In the gaze of the Eye of Secrets, Leiketon clearly saw that the puppets' bodies were completely covered with a layer of dark gloom, full of depravity, filth, and madness.

There was a feeling of merging with this temple; was it the temple, forged into a magical item, that polluted them, or did the puppets discover a mutation and reverse-pollute the temple?

(End of Chapter)