Chapter 1216: The Second Guardian

In the thick white fog like cotton wool, as the perspective gradually zoomed in, that illusory giant tree that seemed to connect heaven and earth appeared before Xia De again.

Every time he saw the shadow left by the Infinite Tree Father, it meant that an adventure was coming to a complete end. Those people, those stories, would all be submerged in the dust and corners of history, and Xia De, who had witnessed story after story, was just like the countless tree rings on the giant tree recording history, just recording all of this.

Every time he saw the shadow left by the Infinite Tree Father, he had a completely different mood. But at least this time, Xia De's melancholy was less, because he knew that his newly met friends would all have relatively good endings.

Sister Perry made contributions before she died, Mr. Leman successfully married a girl with animal characteristics and passed on his bloodline until the Sixth Era. Although Xia De did not know the history of Witch Blachette, a thirteenth-tier witch was an extremely powerful existence even in the Fifth Era, which was known as the Era of Witches, so there was no need to worry too much about her future.

"Walking through history, witnessing these stories, yet never changing anything that has already happened. What is the meaning of all this?"

【Don't you already have a guess?】

"She" whispered, and an inexplicable wind brought "her" laughter to his ears. The wind also brushed across the treetops and seemed to brush through Xia De's heart. In the rustling sound, from the transparent canopy, two emerald green leaves emitting a faint light drifted toward Xia De below, spinning.

Xia De looked up:

"I didn't understand all this before witnessing Luweiya's story, but now... perhaps it is for connection."

He folded his hands together and held them high above his head, letting the leaves overlap and fall into his hands, lying together with that small pink flower.

For a moment, Xia De felt he realized something, and only then understood that "Flowers and Leaves" had given him enlightenment:

"Could the Infinite Tree Father and the Earth Mother have some... um... special relationship?"

Although this kind of thought was somewhat blasphemous, the twin sister relationship between the "Silver Moon Sage" and the "Supreme Sun-Binder" already indicated that besides equal status, the thirteen Ancient Gods might also have other special relationships.

【Perhaps your guess is correct, but who can know?】

Only Xia De's miracle "Ancient Sound" could provide stories from the initial era, but unfortunately, there were too few things passed down from those ancient years.

Having obtained two brand-new 【Leaves of Eternal Youth】, it meant that Xia De was about to return to reality. "She" did not forget to remind Xia De softly:

【You are still in a dangerous situation after returning.】

He was still deep in the black mud gushing out from the source of the Crazy Earth, unable to sink because his own "weight" was not enough, and even more unable to climb back out of the ground.

"It doesn't matter; it is precisely because of this that I dared to risk entering there to pursue divinity, after all..."

He looked up at the giant tree gradually moving away in the white fog, said goodbye and thanked it softly, then took the initiative to turn and walk into the depths of the white fog—

【Outsider, you have returned to the current time.】

【Message from the Ancient God "Infinite Tree Father":】

【Infinite time protects you.】

The white fog dissipated, and black mud emerged from all directions, trying to re-envelop Xia De's body. At this time, the white fog that had not completely disappeared seemed to be stimulated by the black mud and actually surged out again.

Xia De still did not know what these white fogs were, but when the emerald green light turned the entire fog into a terrifying fog miasma, Xia De deeply understood how powerful the part of the Infinite Tree Father's power that represented "Nature and Trees" was.

The emerald fog touched the black mud, and the black mud melted like ice and snow. The emerald green fog formed a spherical space to envelop Xia De, and the misty green light bloomed on the periphery of the sphere, forming strange tree-like flowing runes. The green fog opened up a safe space for Xia De in the black mud, representing the most extreme power of "Nature," making Xia De's eyes emit a green ghostly light.

And the help from the oldest tree god allowed him to realize his first "Power of the Earth" casting without materials:

"Power of the Earth—Healing Aura!"

"What happened?!"

Xia De dived into the spring eye gushing black mud; in fact, not much time had passed. Even counting the process of his sinking, it was only half a minute in total.

As if Xia De had sacrificed himself, after he threw himself into the black mud, emerald green brilliance full of life aura shot straight into the night sky from the black mud spring eye, so much so that more than half of the night sky was reflected into a strange green color.

Although vitality could not heal the "Crazy Earth," when those rays of light swept over the people at the edge of the black mud, everyone felt that their bodies and spirits were much more relaxed.

Although it was still winter, tender buds of wild grass actually sprouted from the ground of the courtyard that had not yet been covered by black mud. The swaying emerald green light spots gradually spread to the surroundings, and vaguely, one could see the shadow of a giant tree rooted in the "spring eye" gushing black mud and green light, but the earthy yellow spiritual energy that rushed out next made people realize again what was happening at this moment.

Holding the Holy Grail of Soil, in the expression of Miss Lasse who was almost crying—she thought Xia De had sacrificed himself—Xia De's figure rose back to the ground in the green light ball, amidst the mixed rays of light.

Escaping from danger, the Tree Father's protection disappeared, and the earthy yellow spiritual energy suppressed the emerald green life force, purifying this pitch-black mud pool.

Even though Xia De had just drunk a whole bottle of "Desire Essence" in one breath, so much so that he felt he was going to explode with heat, the consumption of spirit was still far beyond expectations. This situation was completely beyond what he could handle at the moment; this pollution came from the source of the Randal Valley earth, otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to perceive divinity, and this level of pollution was even more terrifying than that of the St. Perry cemetery—the latter had been sealed for two eras.

"No..."

Xia De had self-awareness. If he were carrying 【Night Watchman】 today, he might have had a chance to fight, but he didn't even have a handy casting medium in his hand, and he was already prepared to retreat temporarily.

Just as he wanted to let the church hurry to send people to use divine arts rituals to control the spread of the black mud and give everyone a chance to retreat, a voice suddenly came from behind. Facing the black mud, someone suddenly spoke; this scene was familiar to Xia De:

"Young man, hold on, I'm here to help you."

The spiritual body's transparent hand patted Xia De's shoulder lightly, and Xia De, standing on the earth, immediately perceived that his own physical strength and spirit recovery became faster.

【Outsider, you have been affected by the miracle "Power of the Earth: Spring Arrival." Within one hour, standing on the earth, your spirit and physical strength recovery will become faster.】

This was not over yet, because immediately after, the earthy yellow spiritual energy familiar to Xia De surged out beside him.

Turning his head to look, the soul that didn't know where it came from scattered soil, and then a semi-transparent Holy Grail took shape in the soul's hand. Although that Holy Grail was far inferior to the materialized cup in Xia De's hand in terms of "quality," in terms of "quantity," the other party's "Power of the Earth: Healing Aura" far exceeded Xia De's casting effect.

The support of brand-new power made the land that could not be purified have the possibility of being healed. It was just that when Xia De looked at the stranger's face, he found that this was not Mr. Thomas Granger from last time. But this face was not unfamiliar either; he saw it once every time he came to Randal Valley City at the Forgotten Church:

"Mr. Lasse?"

Xia De asked hesitantly, but he was not surprised at all. Sister Perry had said at the end that Randal Valley itself had guardians and evil, the former protecting the peace of this land. Since Mr. Thomas Granger, who disappeared seventy years ago, was one, then Mr. Lasse, the late father of Miss Lasse who disappeared more than ten years ago, could also be one.

The transparent soul nodded slightly, but did not open its mouth to answer, and did not even look at Miss Lasse on the periphery. The young girl could not see clearly what was happening here at this time, because the two "Healing Auras" merged together, and the light was truly too strong.

With the earthy yellow spiritual energy gushing from two sources, the black mud on the ground faded little by little, but the "black mud spring eye" at the fountain position was the key.

With Xia De's current power, it was not enough to completely eliminate this "spring eye," but obviously Mr. Lasse could do it.

The soul suddenly asked:

"Do you not want the Orthodox Church to see you?"

Now the church's team had arrived, and it would be troublesome for Xia De to leave later.

"Yes."

Xia De answered, so Mr. Lasse pressed his hand on Xia De's shoulder again:

"Don't resist."

With a forceful push, Xia De staggered and took a step forward. Although it was only a distance of one step, he felt as if he had walked several miles in an instant.

Looking around again, under his feet was a snow-covered path in the dim suburbs, and around him was a sparse withered forest. The starry sky above his head was inverted, and the light of the three moons was so pleasant to Xia De.

The night sky in the southeast still had some emerald green traces, and the distant manor obscured by a corner of the withered forest was obviously the place where Xia De had fought just now. At this moment, even though he was outside the manor, he could still feel the massive healing spiritual energy permanently healing this land, and Xia De, who also possessed this power, really couldn't imagine how massive a spirit it would take to drive a spell of such scale. He even believed that Mr. Lasse was fully capable of directly "sinking" to the very bottom of the black mud to touch the great power Xia De wanted to touch.

He stood in place, somewhat dazed, understanding that he had come to a safe place, but the doubts became even more because of what happened tonight:

"Coming out directly... are the guardians of Randal Valley all dead souls?"

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