Chapter 1421

In the darkness of the shattered mirror, a familiar figure was walking over. Even though the 【Night Watcher】 had already begun to shatter the mirror at this moment, and even though Doctor Shi Nai De was about to arrive, the moment he saw that figure, Xia De still felt his heart stop completely.

A pitch-black Xia De Hamilton—a Xia De Hamilton identical to the Outlander outside the mirror at this moment—clapped his hands with exaggerated movements, walking out from every fragment deep within the mirror.

Countless eyes in the fragments looked at Xia De and spoke his deepest secret:

"A mortal's greatest enemy is yourselves."

The fluttering Luo De cards and the surrounding blizzard seemed to stand still in Xia De's eyes. This was not the demon manipulating time again; rather, the moment he saw his own reflection in the mirror, the time in his senses stopped completely. The figure of Xia De Hamilton was reflected into the Outlander's pupils. Even though he could see himself in the mirror every morning while washing up, the appearance the demon manifested at this moment told the Outlander, with unprecedented clarity, exactly what he was.

"Can you defeat yourself?" No one noticed that from the cracks in the shattered stone mirror, silver moonlight was slowly radiating out. The stone mirror demon, Gede, was a demon of mirrors, and in this mirror that actively reflected the Outlander, even the pitch-black appearance of Xia De Hamilton became blurred in Xia De's pupils.

Outside the mirror was Xia De Hamilton, but what was reflected inside the mirror was a pitch-black Xia De Hamilton. Inside the mirror was a pitch-black Xia De Hamilton, but what was reflected in the Outlander's eyes outside the mirror—Xia De saw it clearly—was a black moon.

"No, that is the dark side of the moon, that is..." He did not understand why he felt time had stopped at this moment, nor did he understand why he was seeing this. But the answer had long existed in his heart; only at this moment, having truly seen his own appearance in the mirror, did he finally fully understand himself and know what it was he was seeing:

"That is... the shadow of the moon?!"

The instant the answer was spoken in his heart, the clapping figure in the mirror was submerged by the silver moonlight.

Xia De's own eyes saw the black moon, and in the mirror, a moon actually appeared—that silver, flawless moon.

Clang!

Xia De did not even notice that the longsword in his hand had fallen to the ground.

Crack!

Amidst the explosive sound, the stone mirror that had reflected the moon could not even maintain the mirror image for half a second before it shattered completely, as if a steam bomb had exploded from the center.

The demon could not even maintain the existence of its true form and "degenerated" back into the appearance of "Stone Ossenfort," with pitch-black blood flowing from its eyes and ears, clutching its chest and vomiting blood as it appeared amidst the shattered mirror fragments.

It could no longer see or hear, as if a hurricane had appeared directly in the courtyard of the Ossenfort Manor. Fifty-four Luo De cards fluttered around Xia De, and the thick steam fog was swept up by the hurricane, forming a huge white pillar of smoke that reached the sky.

And in that high-heat steam, the long, shrill sound of a steam whistle and the distant bell tolls from an ancient era sounded together. A massive

black shadow of a brass wheel ring emerged from the steam fog, until the full appearance of the Destiny Ring manifested behind Xia De.

On the rotating Destiny Ring, four-colored spiritual light gathered together, but in the end, the golden miracle spiritual light overwhelmed everything.

On this moonless night, the black moon was reflected in Xia De's pupils and also into his soul.

【On the path of pursuing power, you have finally cast your gaze toward your own inner self, rather than the external world. You have glimpsed your own secrets, Outlander; the Path of the Moon unfolds before you. You have realized your own extraordinary nature, and you have unearthed your own power.】

【Outlander, you have touched "Miracle."】 Above the rapidly rotating Destiny Ring, the golden spiritual light, beside the 【Thorn of the Moon】, inscribed for Xia De the fourth spiritual rune of the Fifth Ring, which was also the second miracle spiritual rune of the Fifth Ring.

【Outlander, you have inscribed the golden miracle spiritual rune - Shadow of the Moon.】

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You have obtained the miracle - Shadow of the Moon. Passive effect: No matter when or where, your state is fixed as standing under the moon. Any spiritual rune you possess with a "Moon" slot can be considered a spiritual rune after the "Moon" slot is removed. Your moon power is comprehensively enhanced.】

The content of that spiritual rune did not surprise Xia De. He subconsciously

closed his eyes, firmly imprinting that black moon into his heart. He did not know that at this moment, the silver moonlight attached to his body was rushing upward like a pillar of light, breaking through the dark clouds.

Although this phenomenon only lasted for two seconds, such an obvious light in the dark night of the late-winter blizzard still caught the attention of all the Ringed Shushi in the Randall Valley, who were on high alert tonight.

"Xia De?"

The Wilde Opera House had been monitoring the situation in the direction of Ossenfort Manor. At this moment, after observing that bright silver pillar of light on the roof of the opera house, the news was immediately passed to Luweiya.

The purple-eyed girl looked out the window into the dark night, but there were no traces left in the night:

"The matter on Xia De's side should have already been resolved." She quickly made a judgment:

"Have Miss Servit and Miss Hayley Aurora go prepare to support Miss Sylvia's spatial teleportation; they should be back very soon. In addition, have Miss Swift summarize the current situation in the city and the intelligence sent by the Great Witches. After Xia De returns, he should have to set off again immediately."

She clutched her sleeves nervously. Although she did not know what had happened at Ossenfort Manor, she trusted Xia De and believed he would keep his promise.

"What's the situation?"

Doctor Bill Shi Nai De, fully armed, assumed a combat stance the moment his vision recovered, then alertly shook his head and looked around.

Dark clouds obscured the starry sky and the moon, but the burning forest illuminated the eerie courtyard. The howling night wind carried gray snowflakes, and the ground was full of stone mirror fragments and the footprints of some small animals.

"Isn't there going to be a fight?"

The doctor muttered again. Having expected to be attacked immediately or to start a pursuit, what he saw instead was Xia De in the fire-red snow, his whole body radiating holy moonlight, his Destiny Ring manifested behind him as he stood in the snow with his eyes closed, while the demon vomiting blood was almost at its last breath.

Of course, demons don't die if they don't breathe; this was just a way for Doctor Shi Nai De to express his surprise.

"Isn't someone supposed to let me deal with the demon? Why... it's really cold here."

The middle-aged doctor, who had adapted to the winter temperature of Tobesk, only after confirming that the battle seemed to have ended, could not help but mention

the weather. Seeing that although Xia De was covered in wounds, his breathing was still steady, he chose not to disturb him and instead chose to walk toward the demon.

The blue-eyed doctor was quite interested in this city he had never set foot in, and even more interested in the gray snow. And the demon, lying on the ground and severely injured, after barely recovering its vision and hearing, had wanted to abandon everything immediately and leave this place forever with the secret it had just glimpsed, but upon raising its head, it saw the middle-aged man who had appeared abruptly.

Doctor Bill Shi Nai De was wearing a black warm trench coat, a black hat, and a pair of black leather boots, carrying a small briefcase in his right hand. He was also observing the demon. After hesitating slightly, Gede widened his eyes:

"It's you?!"

Then he looked at Xia De, who in his eyes was simply a moon:

"This lunatic not only summoned her, but also summoned you?"

"What lunatic? Is there a lunatic here?" The psychologist immediately looked around alertly and suspiciously, then concluded that this was the demon trying to confuse his judgment. However, he noticed another point: "You recognize 'me'?"

He asked with narrowed eyes, then nodded to himself in understanding. While continuing to speak, he leisurely took off his black leather gloves and tossed them onto the half-millstone in the snow:

"Yes, an ancient evil spirit like you, who also happens to be good at prying into the secrets of the heart, indeed might recognize 'me'."

He turned his head to look at Xia

De, confirming that Xia De was still motionless:

"I originally wanted to keep you; perhaps the detective needs to ask you some questions to resolve his doubts. But since you recognize me, then farewell forever."

The doctor shrugged, and then that expensive black warm trench coat was also tossed onto the millstone.

The firelight outside the manor cast a huge, writhing shadow onto Xia De. The eerie giant object slowly took shape before him, and on the other side, the black stone mirror standing upright and full of cracks also took shape almost simultaneously.

The two shadows collided in front of Xia De, but there was no vibration or shockwave caused by a power impact. The two equally eerie shadows became entangled, followed by a teeth-grinding twisting sound and a nauseating devouring noise.

Even though it was severely injured because it had glimpsed Xia De's shadow,

the stone mirror demon still possessed eerie power, but unfortunately, it had encountered Doctor Bill Shi Nai De.

Thus, when Xia De fully understood his brand-new power and opened his eyes again, the stone mirror demon, Gede, had disappeared.

White steam was slowly exhaled from his mouth, and the doctor, having put his thick black warm trench coat back on, was sitting on the broken half-millstone buried in the snow, observing the small black stone mirror with dense cracks in his hand by the light of the fire in the dead forest outside the manor.

He smiled and stood up:

"Xia De, you're finally awake. Good evening." Doctor Shi Nai De gave Xia De a warm hug, and while Xia De looked around, he informed him of the battle's result:

"It's over. Gede probably won't appear again for several thousand years... We did a really good job."