Chapter 1702

The outsider was ready to face the terrible monster, to face the monster disguised as a mermaid, to face the ugliest desire in his heart.

"This is..."

But what he saw was only the mermaid who was almost exactly the same as in the painting, with her whole body emitting soft light, falling toward the deeper part of the dark lake. She had long black hair and fair, glowing skin. The water flow wrapped around her like chains, dragging her into the deeper part of the lake bottom, but also making her one with the strange dark world under the water.

The upper body was not covered by any clothing, only two arms, while the lower part of the body had a fish tail with shiny scales. Beauty and charm were fully displayed in the dark world under the water; no matter what she was, at this moment, that face that gathered all the beauty of the girls Xia De knew, that most beautiful face, was smiling at him.

Not the monster he imagined; at this moment, the desire Xia De saw was really a beautiful mermaid.

Bubbles spat out from the mouth of the "mermaid" who was getting further and further away, as if about to be swallowed by the darkness, floating to Xia De's ear, and also let Xia De hear her voice:

"You finally, once again, gazed at me. This... is really good."

Her right index finger and middle finger were pressed together in front of her red lips, and then she gently flicked toward Xia De high above. Then, Xia De really felt that his side face was kissed by something. Amidst her last laughter, a huge amount of spirit that almost made Xia De's soul boil poured into his body, whisper elements wrapped around his body, and the life ring behind him automatically appeared under the water, driving the water flow to rotate at a very high speed.

Black iron-colored spiritual light gathered on the surface of the life ring, and the power from "Desire" appeared on Xia De's body again.

Just the next second, suddenly the 【God of Love】 holy emblem in Xia De's arms emitted a bright red light. While the metal was completely shattered, a large red holy emblem appeared completely above Xia De. Whisper elements were transformed into miracle elements, and golden spiritual light replaced the black iron-colored spiritual light.

In the water, someone was singing softly:

【Love and being loved, desire and longing—please answer, who is it that walks in the world, witnesses epics and stories, sees desire and longs for self, and has a face and soul that makes all women obsessed? That's right, it's you, the only outsider in this world.】

Golden spiritual light wrapped around the rapidly rotating life ring, the lake water boiled, and large pieces of bubbles floated to the water surface at high speed. A brand new spiritual rune was engraved on it; this spiritual rune seemed very suitable for Xia De;

【Outsider, you have felt the whisper, you have listened to the praise of "Desire."】 【Outsider, you have felt the miracle, you have engraved the miracle—Charm.】

"He is still the same as before, but it's not bad. This is a small gift for you... interesting soul, don't forget to ask for my portrait."

The small glowing figure deeper in the lake disappeared with a smile, and then a huge and strange shadow slid past the bottom of the lake, making Xia De's scalp tingle.

"She, she... is this Desire?" 【So charming, isn't it?】

"She" smiled gently, and above Xia De's head, the brown-haired girl who jumped into the water had already grabbed Xia De's arm and dragged him toward the water surface.

"Phew~"

Megan, who was swimming in the water, was really as agile as a mermaid, and before long, the two returned to the water surface. Megan was originally worried about Xia De's state, but seeing that he could cast spells to stand on the water surface, she knew that he was actually fine.

They helped each other stand up, and the surroundings were already a thick fog. Megan explained with a nervous voice:

"The ancestor has appeared, and the demon said that the unstable space of the central island of Green Lake will expand and swallow the surroundings during the lunar eclipse, and only the Edwards can stop all this."

She clenched her fists and placed them on her chest, and with the pendant on Xia De's chest getting hot, he knew that Audrey had replaced Megan to lead this body.

"You leave first, I will solve the matter here. This time, only I can do it."

The brown-haired witch said to Xia De, her golden eyes emitting bright light:

"You have done enough tonight; although I haven't been able to recover to the full state, thanks to your treatment last time... I am much better now. I want to challenge myself, I will stop all this."

"Will your thirteen-ring friend come?"

Xia De asked first, to prevent other witches from suddenly popping out. After getting a negative answer, he shook his head and indicated that he would not leave for the time being.

Looking up at the sky, even if the thick fog blocked his vision, he could see that only a very small part of the moon remained that had not been swallowed by the lunar eclipse:

"I'll help you." He said:

"This is clearly another test set by your ancestor for you. Perhaps all the surviving Edwards appearing would be able to cast spells together to disperse these fogs, but now only you are here. I am not an Edwards, and I cannot be the Chosen One, so all I can do is help you."

"Desire" gave a total of only one step to solve the current trouble. This step was for Xia De to solve the problem that had plagued Megan and Audrey for a long time, allowing the witch to truly exert her power.

"How are you going to help me?"

The fog was getting bigger and bigger, and they could vaguely feel that a battle was breaking out on the shore; the church didn't know what it was fighting with. Including those thirteen-ring sorcerers, no one went deep into the fog, which was a very wise decision.

"I will use an extremely precious divine item on you." Xia De said before Audrey could speak:

"Actually, I don't care about the monetary value it represents, but this is an item I prepared for another girl, which might save her life in the future. The number of times this item can be used is three, and there are only three chances. Megan, Audrey, I hope you can promise me that in the future, if I need your help to save them, you must help me."

"If this is prepared for other girls, don't use it on us."

The golden eyes looked stubbornly at Xia De, and Xia De also looked at her:

"Since I have prepared to take it out, it represents my heart for you. Now, do you want to talk to me about this?" The stubborn eyes softened, but she wouldn't admit defeat:

"I will apologize to the other girl you mentioned, but I will absolutely not lose to them." "Please be ready to cast the spell."

Xia De said, taking out *All Things Return to One: The Original Origin* from his pocket. Audrey nodded, took off the pendant on her chest again, and turned it into a gold and silver large book.

With a light shake, in the invisible wind, the book turned into a large bow studded with blue gems. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, and at the same time, she also felt the warm white light from behind:

"Audrey Edwards, Megan Edwards, are you willing to accept the enlightenment of knowledge and wisdom?"

Xia De's voice had an inexplicable echo in the fog. They looked back and saw the man with a serious expression holding a white feather emitting thick miracle elements with both hands. The phantom of an angel halo appeared above his head, stretched white wings appeared behind him, and his clothes were replaced by a glowing white robe.

The witch looked at him blankly, then nodded gently: "Please give me enlightenment."

Turning around again, facing the direction of the central island of the lake, she pulled open the long bow.

The pure white pillar of light broke through the thick fog covering most of the central island of the lake. In the night sky without any clouds because of the big battle just now, the huge angel phantom composed of stars reached out toward a certain position in the fog.

It was as if an angel was looking at the mortal world from the void, and the strong miracle elements even affected the huge demon fighting with the two thirteen-ring sorcerers of the church on the shore.

Then, everyone saw, and heard—tick~

A drop of pure white liquid fell from the starry sky into the fog, but only Xia De could see that the figure representing the Cherub—Cherub walked out from him, and then hugged the witch who was pulling the bow and shooting the arrow.

The rapidly rotating eleven-ring life ring appeared completely, and this time all the spiritual runes were emitting light. Then, in the dazzling golden light, eleven-level golden steps appeared one after another, piercing through the center of the life ring and leading to the higher night sky.

Audrey Edwards pulled open the giant bow transformed by the Angel-level relic, and the joy of the soul being moisturized and repaired allowed the spirits and elements to transform into the power about to be exerted in an unprecedented posture.

This time it was not an illusory white fog arrow, but a solid golden light arrow. The power of the closed space derived from blood and soul turned into this arrow, and even before it was shot, the fluctuation of spirits and elements began to repel the surrounding thick fog.

But she couldn't shoot this arrow; even if her injuries were completely repaired at this moment, she still couldn't pull this arrow. Fortunately, the next moment, another pair of hands appeared from behind her, hugging her from behind, and holding the bow and arrow with her.

She turned her head slightly, looked at the face exactly the same as her own, and looked at the face of the glowing soul: "Megan."

"Audrey."

With the perfect separation achieved by the "Cherub Feather," the sisters who reached the best fusion state pulled the bow toward the island where their ancestors lived together—

Whoosh~

The golden arrow shot out, and then turned into thousands of arrow rains rushing toward the thick fog. The power of the closed space dissolved the spreading fog as the arrow passed.

The fog dissipated, and Xia De stood under the starry sky covered by darkness with the witch who slowly retracted the long bow, retracted the life ring and golden steps, watching the white fog shrink step by step, but in the end, those golden arrows were still silently swallowed by the remaining white fog.

The spread of the thick fog was stopped, but the impact had ultimately been caused. This lunar eclipse would be the turning point of the Green Lake incident, and it would also be the turning point of the spatial anomaly disaster affecting the entire world. The story had come to a new chapter, but everything could still be saved.