Chapter 1099: Mutual Containment

The wind and snow drifted above Stonehenge, and the ground trembled slightly, as if some behemoth was stretching its body under the island in the middle of the lake. The firelight flashing all around gradually became brighter and brighter in this fog. The stars were about to reach the correct position, and more and more of the Church's teams reached the island in the middle of the lake.

"Leaves of Eternal Youth."

In Stonehenge, Iluna gave the answer very steadily, but the man carrying the suitcase shook his head slightly:

"Wrong answer. That is only temporary youth and beauty of the flesh, the soul will eventually decay."

He turned and walked into the darkness that even the campfire could not illuminate, looking in the direction of returning to the old lighthouse, continuing to wait for someone who could give the answer.

"What a pity, it seems that even the first Chosen cannot answer this kind of question."

The knight said regretfully to Iluna. Five crystals emitting blue ghostly light flew out from the small cloth bag tied to his waist, floating in front of him:

"The true meaning of knowledge and the crown of wisdom are before me. Iluna Beias, I am very honored to invite you to watch the ceremony. Regardless of whether we are enemies or not, being able to have other Chosen present on such an important occasion is very important to me."

"Are you really planning to release the Pantanal evil thing?"

Iluna frowned slightly:

"If you really consider yourself a smart person, you should know that doing so basically means you have no chance of survival in the material world. Not only the Church, but most warlocks will not let you go. The resurgence of this kind of ancient evil thing, normal people know what it means."

The knight smiled:

"Whether to release the evil thing, and what to do after releasing it, is my own business. However, I have never considered myself a wise man, that would be too arrogant."

Five Glow Stones flickered with brilliance in the snow. Even though the ritual had not yet begun, the ancient Stonehenge had already formed a resonance with the power of the Glow Stones. Scattered branch-like golden stripes floated on the snow surface, and Iluna could feel the power originating from the past time.

Above the life ring behind him, the core spiritual rune 【White Wing】 bloomed with light, and Leijins Puli Xia stepped on his toes slightly. While transparent wings appeared behind him, he floated in the air slowly.

Five Glow Stones floated above his head in a fan shape, and the blue light made those Glow Stones look like light balls the size of a fist.

At the same time, dense phantom bookshelves also appeared in the snowy night sky. The knight reached out and truly took out a book from the bookshelf. Before unfolding it, he asked Iluna for the last time:

"The Chosen of Balance, although I have not yet held the ritual, the power of the Chosen of 【Knowledge and Wisdom】 has already allowed me to perceive the terrifying future that this world is about to face. I have never thought of being hostile to you. Releasing the Pantanal evil thing is just to make the Chosen ritual more thorough, allowing me to master stronger power to face that terrifying future—are you really sure you want to give up a companion who can be your friend?"

"If you only hold the Chosen ritual and do not sublimate your bloodline, I will not stop you before your ritual ends."

Iluna said, her left hand already gripping her holy bell tightly.

The knight shook his head slightly:

"What a pity. I know the approach you proposed is very good, but I am unwilling to give up this opportunity. This is probably the first time in my life that I have encountered an opportunity to touch the crown of wisdom. The Chosen ritual alone is not enough, and I must also get the ancient bloodline power of the family."

Seeing that Iluna wanted to make a move, he waved his hand to signal Iluna to wait:

"There is another guest here."

He turned around and looked back. It was a middle-aged man wearing a brown coat, carrying a suitcase, and wearing a black hat, looking like a salesman who could be seen everywhere.

"【Silent Keeper of the Tower】, a Keeper-level relic, often appears in various tower-type buildings and relics. Passing his test can obtain some interesting knowledge, or even directly obtain power, and this gentleman also belongs to the Keeper. Yesterday, I met him in the old lighthouse not far behind us, and he brought me a riddle, but I can't think of the answer for the time being. Perhaps you can try to answer it."

He said to Iluna, and Iluna frowned slightly:

"Have you not collected all the Wisdom Glow Stones yet?"

"I have already collected five. The gentlemen of the Voodoo Society gave me one, and that lady from the 【Truth Society】 knew the number of Glow Stones a long time ago. Although I have collected enough Glow Stones, I always want to answer when I encounter a difficult problem."

The knight said softly by the campfire, and then asked the man carrying the suitcase:

"Sir, please repeat your question."

"Tell me, how do mortals maintain eternal beauty?"

The Keeper used the language of the Fifth Era, and Iluna, whose ancient literature grades were not good, could barely understand it. ===== CHAPTER 1100 =====

"The wise are like water, endless and ever-flowing. As long as my wisdom is not exhausted, I shall not die."

The Viscount said softly, but he saw Yi Yi Yi Lu Na on the snow surface raise her left hand high, and light like the sun shot from her palm in all directions.

He did not see what the seventeen-year-old girl intended to do, and it did not look like a spellcasting gesture. It was just that the light was so bright that he could hardly open his own eyes:

"The power of the sun? Light-Bringing Art? This sun seems somewhat unusual......"

Covering his eyes with one hand, before he could finish his sentence, he saw the right hand Yi Yi Yi Lu Na had been hiding behind her back suddenly extend, and in it, she now gripped a small hand crossbow.

Yi Yi Yi Lu Na held the hand crossbow, aiming at the Viscount under the snowy night. Without any wasted words or hesitation, her finger pulled the trigger. As the phantom of a massive scale flashed behind her, the brass texture on the bolt spread across the entire alchemical hand crossbow until it nearly shattered, and even as Yi Yi Yi Lu Na's arm was injured by the recoil, the Sage-level Relic 【Arrow of Knowledge of Akenola】 was fired.

"Hmm?"

At this moment, Yi Yi Yi Lu Na also felt what Xia De had once described—the sensation of all her knowledge gathering together. It was just that the scene did not seem as exaggerated as Xia De had described.

【The medium is too poor; we cannot unleash the full power of the arrow.】

While hearing the whisper of the "other me" in her ear, the arrow had already struck its target. Even though this hand crossbow could not compare to the water of the Lake of Cherubim that Xia De had once used, the Sage-level Relic 【Arrow of Knowledge of Akenola】 ultimately carried a flow of runic light, illuminating the night sky in the snowy late night, and with a force that almost pierced through space, it struck Leijinsi Puli Xia squarely in the chest.

His shield did not provide any obstruction, and his reaction was not fast enough to dodge the speed of this arrow. The long arrow carrying the flow of light left a bowl-sized puncture wound on his body, then flew toward the lighthouse in the snow, pinning itself to the pillar on the highest level where the lighthouse shone with a faint fire, the arrow shaft still vibrating with a hum.

Yi Yi Yi Lu Na did not care about the arrow's destination; clutching her right arm with her left hand, she used a potion to treat herself. The young girl looked with a grim expression at the Chosen One in the air. He was, of course, not dead, but looked at his left chest with a stunned expression:

"What power is this?"

"How is this not even considered a serious injury?"

Yi Yi Yi Lu Na was slightly surprised, while the Viscount also looked in shock at the girl who had fired the arrow:

"Chosen One of Balance, you actually mastered this kind of power?"

The puncture wound on his chest was not healed. Under Yi Yi Yi Lu Na's gaze, his right hand took a book from the bookshelf and stuffed it directly into the hole in his chest. Paper pages filled the wound, restored the clothing, and ink spread to the surrounding skin, but Yi Yi Yi Lu Na knew that the wound had definitely affected him.

"In Huntington City, I met a man who called himself the 'Second in Line'. I didn't expect that besides him, the Chosen One of Balance could also bring me such a surprise."

The Viscount muttered to himself, his peripheral vision scanning the surroundings as if worried that the guy impersonating "Xia De Hamilton" in Huntington City would suddenly rush out.

And Yi Yi Yi Lu Na vaguely understood:

"So that's it. A relic from the power of the Old God 【Guardian of Secrets】 can hurt you, but it cannot kill you."

At this moment, the ground shook violently again. The two in the stone circle looked simultaneously toward the southwest of the island. A huge black shadow flashed across the distance in the mist, followed by a brilliant golden light that illuminated the night sky.

Whispering elements and miraculous elements intertwined, and it seemed something had been released, only to be suppressed again. A fierce wind blew across the swamp, and the howling wind sounded like the spirits hidden in the darkness singing together.

The eerie atmosphere became more and more apparent, and something was stirring beneath the earth. Ring Mages with keen perception could all detect that the power of the Pantanal Pantanal Xiewu was increasingly influencing the real world, and in a trance, one could even feel tentacles on the ground licking everyone's spiritual knowledge.

Suddenly, the dark clouds in the sky parted, and the light of the full red moon briefly illuminated this island in the center of the lake. But the dark clouds quickly gathered again, obscuring the starry sky overhead; this was Miss Dannisite, who was somewhere using the power of the red moon.

In the silence between Yi Yi Yi Lu Na and Viscount Puli Xia, a strange shouting sound was added to the howling wind. Whispering elements continued to spread; clearly, even though Leijinsi Puli Xia had not yet begun the ritual on his side, the damage to the seal itself had reached a precarious state.

Yi Yi Yi Lu Na looked up toward the lighthouse. The top of the originally dark lighthouse now shone with a faint fire; clearly, Xia De had already climbed that lighthouse and might be watching them at this very moment.

"The seal is about to be opened."

Leijinsi Puli Xia hovered in the air, clutching his left chest and looking at Yi Yi Yi Lu Na:

"Ten more minutes. Perhaps you can think carefully; even without my help, they have a certain possibility of opening the seal directly. After all, the Pantanal Pantanal Xiewu Society's preparation to break the seal began decades ago, while the start of the Chosen One's epic was only this summer."

He pointed to himself:

"I am merely one of the backup plans, and the safest one at that. But no one has ever said that without the power of the Chosen One, the seal cannot be opened."

Five Wisdom Stones radiated a strange brilliance above his head:

"Multiple ritual sites have dispersed the Church's forces, and am I not also holding you back for the Pantanal Xiewu Society? Chosen One of Balance, the Church certainly won't let you kill me, to prevent this qualification from falling into the hands of someone even crazier. So, what will happen next?"

A huge explosion came from another direction on the island, and suddenly a loud shout rang out; it seemed someone had used a Word of Sublimation again. The wind became more humid, and amidst the grand bell tolling, a golden pillar of light connecting heaven and earth appeared on the southeast side of the island, but it quickly extinguished again.

A giant beast's roar similar to "Ang~" followed immediately, and the tremors of the ground were continuous, becoming more frequent each time.

Firelight lit up all over the island, and something had changed in the Great Swamp; the white snow actually had black traces. On the island in the center of the lake, the starry sky could not be seen, only the wind and snow driving the white mist, and time continued to rush forward.