Chapter 1919

The advancement was not the end. To make their spirits even stronger in resisting the fusion impulse, they almost bit through their lips. Enlightenment—【Patience】 first appeared on their destiny rings, and almost the next second, the two obtained the miracle—【Fusion】 together.

But these powers obtained from the ritual only made them want to truly become one with the other person even more. Such rapid acquisition of spirit runes was in itself an extremely abnormal phenomenon.

And Xia De's existence, and their vows to Xia De, still made them walk firmly toward Ajielina, who had already cried until her face was streaked with tears.

It was a short journey of less than ten seconds, but Princess Lei Qianya and Dorothy felt as if they had walked for a long time. And when they finally broke free from the scope of the ritual, while realizing that their entire bodies were soaked with sweat, their trembling bodies were somewhat weak, but the intense impulse in their hearts instantly weakened until only faint traces remained.

"Sister."

With their destiny rings retracted, Princess Lei Qianya didn't have time to say anything to Dorothy before she stumbled and hugged Ajielina, who had walked over crying. Princess Lei Qianya's long red hair stuck to the side of her face; she turned and gave a helpless smile to Dorothy, who was also pale, and whispered in her heart:

"Look, Ajielina is already this big, and she's still crying."

The three people and one cat were all safe and sound. Dorothy and Princess Lei Qianya checked themselves; apart from the abrupt advancement after seizing power from the ritual array, both of their souls had become more stable and powerful.

This was a good thing, but they still had to figure out where they were and how to return to the hotel. The walls were shaking, and blood mist was diffusing in the surroundings; this was not a place to stay for long.

Fortunately, Grace and Helen had given them a red butterfly. But before the two female Shushis could take any action, footsteps came from outside the archway. First, two red butterflies flew into view, and then Miss Dannisite, who had followed the butterflies, walked over.

Princess Lei Qianya reacted the fastest and immediately wanted to cover her face. Fortunately, the flying red butterflies collided with the three of them, and Grace and Helen's illusion instantly hid their figures and appearances.

Miss Dannisite, who followed the butterflies, saw three people and a cat here, and that the cat looked very familiar. She was surprised at first, and then looked even more surprised at the massive ritual on the ground:

"Sun, Moon, and Stars? It's actually here! No, this is the underlying core ritual of the Edwards' Ascension Ritual!"

"If we destroy this, can the ritual end?"

Princess Lei Qianya asked immediately. Miss Dannisite glanced at her and shook her head slightly:

"If it were a few days ago, it might have been possible, but it's too late now. Even if it were destroyed, it would only cause the giant tree above us to lose its self-healing ability to a certain extent. This ritual has already reached its end. What's important now is not this place, but the person on that tree."

She deeply imprinted all the details of the ritual into her mind and then asked the three:

"The butterfly led me to find you. You are... two mid-level Shushis, one ordinary person—oh, it looks like she's about to awaken... and this cat... Xia De's cat? I remember it's called Little Mia?"

"Meow~"

The butterfly deliberately did not cast an illusion on Little Mia.

"Ma'am, can you take us back to the ground safely?"

Dorothy summoned her courage and asked the library administrator from the academy, using the Kassenrik language.

The female Ringed Shushi, who also had red hair, nodded:

"Of course I can. I came here to repay a favor. But what you were doing appearing here... never mind, I won't ask. But if you see Xia De, remember to remind him not to get mixed up with humanoid relics, even if the other party is very beautiful. I know he has many lovers, but if he even starts provoking relics, isn't that going too far?"

She sighed for her troublesome student, and the three girls all pursed their lips without showing any expression:

"The Red Butterfly Twins are just business partners of Mr. Xia Hamilton, not lovers."

"Let's not talk about this. Where do you want me to take you?"

Miss Dannisite asked again.

Princess Lei Qianya thought for a moment and exchanged a glance with Dorothy. The red butterflies left behind by Grace and Helen flew out from their hands:

"Follow this butterfly. If the Edwards' old house is above, we want to go there. Mr. Hamilton might need us in a while; since we're here, we won't leave."

Princess Lei Qianya looked at Ajielina to the side, but Ajielina was holding her arm tightly, so she had to sigh and not object.

At this moment, the ladies underground on the island did not know the situation on the surface. On the island where all the light had disappeared, the only thing that could be illuminated by that massive red light was the wreckage of the banquet hall in the canopy.

Xia De, Yiluna, and Megan stood together. The golden ancient divine holy emblem on the witch's forehead lit up, helping her resist the bloodline instinct that wanted to merge with that mass of red light.

She grabbed Xia De's clothes tightly, watching as Xia De pulled over Dulute Giles, who was sitting paralyzed to the side. Perhaps because Last Edwards had given him part of his power before dissipating, this man with a large hole in his chest still had the strength to cry his heart out at this moment.

And Xia De, whose perception was even keener, felt even more that a part of his soul had undergone permanent, irreversible changes due to the "fusion" just now.

"Actually, my original plan was that if it were truly impossible to stop the plan that Laplace Klein Howard had been unfolding for two hundred years, I would let Dulute Giles be absorbed as well. When the first and second candidates became one, the Chosen ritual would likely have problems, and I could separate them afterward."

Xia De said softly. The brown-haired girl behind him pulled his sleeve, almost crying:

"Why did you agree to the ancestor's request just now? Since you felt you could separate the absorbed family members, why did you agree to him?"

"He naturally didn't want you to suffer."

Yiluna, with the dark golden scales floating above her head, protected everyone from harm under the increasingly bright red light. She didn't seem worried about the current situation at all, but instead said to the witch:

"Megan, or should I say, Audrey."

Even though Yiluna was much younger than the witch, she saw things more clearly:

"Xia De is unwilling to lose you, even if only temporarily. I say, don't you have the title of 'Wisdom'? How can you not even see this?"

"But..."

Yiluna interrupted her directly:

"If you are willing to believe in Xia De, don't hesitate or doubt here. You know, I have always believed in him, from the very beginning."

She blushed slightly for saying these bold words, but was satisfied with her boldness and regarded this as her growth before her birthday.

"You don't need to be sad; you can see her again."

Xia De said to Dulute Giles. The man, with his face full of tears, shrank on the ground and looked at Xia De:

"Will Last come back?"

Even though he had the church prepare a "Heart of the Living Dead" in advance, Xia De still did not promise:

"Pulling a dead soul back from death is an absolute taboo. I cannot guarantee that she can return; I can only guarantee that you will have another chance to see her."

After speaking, he looked at Yiluna:

"Do you understand the power of flesh-and-blood fusion?"

The seventeen-year-old girl smiled and placed her hand in the center of her chest:

"The Edwards' Ascension Ritual—I understand it just as you do."

Although they failed to find the diviner's main body in advance and kill him, and thus failed to become the leaders of the "Edwards' Ascension Ritual," at least at this very moment, when the ritual reached its final stage, they all understood what the power of flesh-and-blood fusion really was.

"Then Xia De, are you ready?"

Yiluna asked. Xia De looked at the dazzling red light continuing to expand high above and shook his head slightly:

"Before that, I have one last question. Dulute Giles, stand up. Now, would the three of you please answer a question for me: What is the farthest distance in the world?"

Megan and Audrey answered together:

"The central island of Green Lake and this island are one, yet they will never touch."

Dulute Giles stood up, leaning on the ground, and said with a sob:

"It is the distance between life and death; it is seeking but not obtaining; it is the mistakes of the past that can never be undone in the present."

Only Yiluna said with a smile:

"The farthest distance in the world is clearly the distance between hearts."

She seemed inexplicably mature at this moment, not the cold and cruel maturity Xia De saw in the memories of the Dark Merman, Mrs. Lemaire, but a more gentle and soft maturity:

"People can never truly understand each other, and can never open all the barriers of the heart. But although this is the farthest distance, it is also the closest distance that can exist between people. Space, bridging, and separation—this is truly interesting."

She seemed to understand some things, but before she could think about how to express them, Xia De stuffed a "weapon" into her hand. A pink crystalline spike was already lying in her palm.

Yiluna Amelia Beiyasi bit her lip to calm herself. The gentle crystalline spike made her feel like she was going to tremble, but she still forced herself to remain calm:

"So, is it the same as before?"

"Yes."

Xia De nodded with a smile:

"Wait for me; it will take about a few minutes."

Yiluna also smiled. Everyone looked up; the blood-red light above their heads was as dazzling as the moon in the dark night, and it gradually illuminated the places on the island that had just been swallowed by the darkness.

The lush blood-red giant tree swayed gently. When that blood-red light truly illuminated every corner of this space, this place would also completely change from the reverse side of the material world into a space detached from the material world.

And this was also the process of "creating space."

"What are you talking about? What exactly is Xia De going to do?"

Megan still didn't understand, but Yiluna shook her head and said no more.