Chapter 1917: Departure and Sacrificed Souls

The Edwards family members had different expressions at this moment. The two pairs of twin brothers of the 6th generation were still struggling to resist, but were still pierced through the chest by blood thorns, and then their bodies and souls turned into pus and blood and merged into the body of "Edwards";

The old ghoul Mr. Green of the 5th generation embraced his mother Maria, and both were pierced through by the blood thorns;

The cultist Nadia Follen of the 【Dragon Feast Cult】 showed a helpless expression, but before her soul and flesh disappeared, she still looked in the direction where the "God-Awakener" disappeared;

Jarvis Edwards of the 【Tyranny Club】 of the 5th generation trembled all over, but still suppressed the action of wanting to resist;

The ghoul three brothers of the 4th generation seemed to have recovered some sanity at the last moment. They looked at their sons and daughters, but still couldn't escape the fate of being pierced by blood-red spikes;

Pride Edwards, who had multiplied the fourth generation of the family, clearly had his soul completely corrupted, but in the end, he still made a sound—"Ancestor, you...";

Gluttony Edwards, the 3rd generation, laughed and held her brother's hand, finally realizing the wish of being together forever;

The tentacle man Sloth Edwards (2nd generation) didn't have the ability to resist at all, and didn't even manage to return to human form, turning into blood water and disappearing.

Up to this point, except for Megan and Audrey, the Green siblings, and the eldest son of the third generation, Envy Edwards, who had never appeared, only the first offspring born to the Edwards family in fact, Lust Edwards of the second generation, had not had her soul absorbed by the blood-red spikes.

But this was not because her father, who had killed her with his own hands, was showing mercy, but because when the spikes pierced her spirit, Durt Gilles, whom she couldn't push away, actually hugged her tightly, letting the blood-red spikes pierce him together with her.

Enduring the severe pain, the man who was once a grave robber hugged the spirit in his arms tightly. The crying girl wanted to push the man away, but couldn't push him away no matter what.

"I'm sorry, Lust."

"Gilles, I have never resented you."

After a simple conversation, their flesh and souls turned into blood red together. But when soul and soul approached, these two souls, which originally had a strange connection, actually showed signs of soul fusion in an instant.

The power erupted after soul and soul merged, although not strong, really made the speed of the blood-red spikes absorbing them almost stop.

Even "Edwards", wearing blood-colored robes, cast a gaze of surprise:

"Second candidate? Just by making substantial contact, can you produce such power?"

The fusion of soul and soul made Lust Edwards and Durt Gilles truly understand each other's hearts.

One side's guilt, atonement, and faint indescribable feelings let the girl know what kind of thoughts the man holding her had; one side's intense love, attachment, and liking, like a raging fire, let the man know what kind of luck he had obtained.

The power of emotion seemed to have truly achieved a miracle at this moment. Even "Edwards" couldn't continue to absorb these two souls that were contradictory but happened to fill all the gaps of the other.

The special posture of the twin souls even pushed away the blood mist, suppressing the further operation of the Edwards Ascension Technique.

"Edwards" said to his daughter the words he had long thought of:

"Push him away, I promise to let him spend this night safely."

"No!"

Durt Gilles's voice appeared in the girl's soul. She looked at the body that was already almost breathless and was holding her with teary eyes, and turned her pierced body with difficulty to look at her father.

The innocent and lively girl was crying:

"If I hadn't left this island, if I hadn't seen the world outside the island, if I hadn't met him, if I hadn't heard those stories that didn't belong to the family. Father, you are my father, I will never betray you."

Her words no longer had the innocence of the past, and on the face of the little girl who was always smiling, finally, for the first time, a sad expression appeared:

"You really did something wrong. Even if you let Gilles go, how will Gilles face the future? This time, I want to choose the future myself. Father, you are really powerful, but I am really not a tool in your hands."

She showed a crying smile at the man who was dying, and then her soul disappeared under the gaze of the two men who were closest to her in her life.

Killing the Edwards would make their souls return to the central island of Green Lake, so killing them couldn't make the first candidate lose the opportunity to become a Chosen; destroying the souls of the Edwards, or letting them continue to "walk down", could make the Edwards Ascension Technique lack key souls, but Xia De had never had the opportunity to touch the souls of the Edwards who were not on his side.

He once had the opportunity to forcibly send Lust Edwards to true death, but he could see that the girl was not willing to leave just like that, so he never thought about taking action.

And now, among the 21 members of the Edwards family, the first true deceased person rushed toward that eternal death. The soul choosing to continue walking down for herself was the most dignified and most mandatory power given to every soul by the ancient gods, the original Death God.

Durt Gilles couldn't stop her active departure, and "Edwards" couldn't stop her active departure either.

"Please, live well."

The hand of the disappearing girl touched the man's face at the last moment, and then disappeared completely.

After a moment when even the sound of the wind seemed to stagnate, the man in the blood mist under the moonlight let out the loudest crying sound so far tonight:

"No!"

"At this moment, did you also anticipate it?"

On the wreckage of the banquet hall firmly bound by the tree canopy, although the stone long table still existed, the gold and silver utensils and food on it had all disappeared in the series of fights just now.

The Diviner, who had absorbed 15 descendants, actually had his blood-colored robe slowly fading in color. He heard the question, looked at the edge of the wreckage, and Xia De and Yi Lu Na who were brought back up by Megan.

The question was asked by Xia De, and the Diviner also gave an answer:

"Unexpected, but reasonable."

"Without your daughter, can you still complete the ritual of unity? You promised to let go of four, and now you have lost one more, this is the fifth."

Xia De widened his eyes and asked, and the Diviner just hesitated for a moment, then shook his head lightly:

"She made the worst choice, but the Edwards Ascension Technique will not be affected by this. The ritual of the Chosen of Space needs to complete unity, but the Edwards Ascension Technique does not."

His eyes, which had vaguely turned golden, looked at Megan who was blocked behind Xia De:

"I promised not to hurt the Green siblings and the Witch behind you today, but you must know that there are only two hours left today. I can complete the Edwards Ascension Technique now, and then wait for the bell of midnight to ring. But you, now, still cannot call upon the power of the gods."

Xia De blocked Megan behind him:

"Two hours, a lot can be done.

Still remember the night I landed on the island to find Princess Lei Qianya, you once said that you wanted to talk to me about many things at this family banquet. Now I didn't eat the food you entertained, and I didn't even drink a sip of wine. But this doesn't matter. Regarding the end of the world that is bound to come, although our communication is not much, I have almost understood what you mean."

He shook his head at Yi Lu Na, signaling her not to take action yet:

"Because you are sure that there is no way to reverse the end of the world, you chose to create a new space and leave the material world?"

"Edwards" nodded lightly:

"The end of the world cannot be reversed, it can only be continuously postponed. But someone, because of arrogance, made a big mistake, making the end of the world that could have been postponed further have no way to be postponed anymore."

He looked at Xia De and Yi Lu Na:

"I don't know how much you and the Chosen of Balance know about that period of time that has been destroyed. But I saw it, I really saw it, so I knew that despair, I understood that helplessness, and I tried this path for myself and for the world. I don't need others to evaluate whether this is correct, but at least, someone has made an attempt for this."

After speaking, his body gradually floated toward a higher place, until he was covered by the canopy, making Xia De and Yi Lu Na, even if they looked up, only see a little of his figure.

"How to say, it's like we are the villains?"

Yi Lu Na said softly, quite dissatisfied with this.

On the island where the land had completely turned blood-red, Miss Benice, Miss Jia Lin Na, Miss Sylvia, Mother Cassandra, and Miss Aurora had successfully entered the Green Lake Hotel and joined the girls in the hotel. The 13th-ring sorcerers of the church and other cooperative forces had also partially entered Green Lake Town. And the other part, in the darkness at the edge of the island, after a loud horn sounded, they successfully received hundreds of ships that finally broke through the spatial barrier.

The church's main force successfully entered the island at this moment. This third batch of troops arrived much earlier than originally expected. Xia De and Yi Lu Na's exploration on the island, the research on those strange tree roots, the news that the monsters brought back by Miss Dan Ni Si Te could enter and leave the island, and even the seven-colored mushroom potion of the Witches, all added up, finally played a role.

The appearance of the fleet was like completely angering this green lake. Endless monster tides surged from the bottom of the water, but were shattered by the light streams on the fleet one after another. This was not a battle, this was a war. The church's team delayed the footsteps of other strange existences on the island, so that the final battle about to unfold on the tree canopy could proceed with peace of mind. ===== CHAPTER 1918 =====

The appearance of the fleet seemed to thoroughly enrage this green lake. A continuous tide of monsters surged from the bottom of the water, only to be constantly shattered by the streams of light from the fleet. This was not a battle; this was a war. The church's teams delayed the footsteps of other monstrous entities on the island, so that the final battle about to unfold on the canopy of the giant tree could proceed with peace of mind.