Chapter 2554

"This is the Ancient Xiewu - Paradox Bug. Most attacks are completely ineffective against it; only powers like time can affect it. At Thirteen-Ring, I can only expel and defeat it when facing this thing, but I cannot completely contain or kill it. I haven't mastered the power specifically to deal with it yet.

Although I, as a demigod, can completely solve it, I cannot show my power in front of the present me, otherwise, it will form a paradox. Xia De, it's your turn to think of a way."

Adele's voice appeared in Xia De's ear, and the two ladies in the sky were standing side by side at this moment. The two golden chains whipped out from their hands entangled the curled-up black carapace above the "Golden Music Hall".

The bug's body trembled again amidst its own buzzing, and the golden chains immediately collapsed into flying sand. It then spat out a thick white fog at the two Great Witches. One of them reached out to defend, but the demigod Adele took a sharp breath, and then almost everyone in the city center heard a sigh that seemed to come from the bottom of their hearts.

"Witch Secret Art - Sigh of the End of Days."

Even though the target of this secret art was that bug, Xia De still felt irrepressible sadness and emptiness from the bottom of his heart at this moment.

His performance was still okay; Miss Bell beside him had even started to shed tears, and the eyes of Miss Danister and Miss Winslet were also starting to turn red:

"We have to go help, Xia De, I'm going to use your potions."

"Xia De, give me the umbilical cord."

But Xia De refused them:

"Don't be anxious, you can't help even if you go."

After that sorrowful sigh, the huge black bug hovered above the Golden Music Hall. Gray marks appeared on the black carapace, as if the entire bug were petrifying; this was the most effective attack the witches had made since the start of the battle.

The demigod Adele indeed had the ability to solve this bug on her own, but she let Xia De do it. Xia De recalled all his abilities, but he didn't remember having any sorcery he could use at this time.

And in the sky, the graying huge black bug spat out fog again, only this time it wasn't aimed at the two witches, but in all directions.

"Sorcery - Space-Time Protection!"

Two Thirteen-Ring life rings hovered in the sky, only one of the life rings was still mostly obscured by steam fog. The barrier of time hurriedly blocked the spread of the white fog, but a wisp of white fog still broke through the obstruction and hit the three-story building located three hundred meters from the Golden Music Hall.

Amidst the terrified voices of people on the street, the sturdy building collapsed like a sandcastle; the building itself and everything inside it all turned into sand and dust under the great power of time.

The two ladies then continued to use dense attacks to limit the bug's impact on the city, but the increasingly thick white fog covering the city made the situation here look even more precarious. The divine light in the churches in the city had already lit up, and the gathered Ringed Shushi ascended into the sky to face the formidable enemy.

The brilliance of sorcery flickered constantly, but it still had little effect. In the first batch of attacks, only three people truly hit the bug, but compared to the witch who specialized in time power, those attacks didn't count for much.

Just as Xia De was trying to summon the "Staff of Yggdrasil", wanting to try to attack the bug with this "dead key", a hand patted Xia De on the shoulder from behind.

"Do you need my help?"

Turning around, the golden-haired elf from the forest was standing there smiling, still wearing that familiar silver-blue robe.

Seeing the three ladies beside Xia De also looking over, she made a shushing gesture, and then continued to ask Xia De with a smile:

"You found the thing I wanted, right?"

"This?"

That antique elf arrow was handed to her by Xia De. He looked at the sky, then at the elf:

"You shouldn't have come here just for this, right?"

Miss Golden-Haired Elf then said with a smile:

"If you are willing to beg me, of course I can help you."

"Alright, I beg you..."

"Don't be like that!"

She didn't expect Xia De to be so decisive and was startled into taking a small step back:

"It seems that the female sorceress over there is very important to you. I'll help you then."

"It's you?! You can solve that bug?"

Miss Winslet asked in surprise, but Miss Elf ignored her and instead reached out to Xia De:

"I can't cast spells here, otherwise the church will easily be able to track it down later."

She grabbed Xia De's hand. Miss Danister, who didn't know her, still wanted to stop her, but she had already leaped up, taking Xia De flying into the high sky.

Xia De was still looking down, while the elf asked:

"I was in too much of a hurry to go out just now and forgot to bring my bow. Do you have a bow?"

"Amelia, what exactly are you going to do?"

"Who is Amelia?"

She smiled very brightly and took the Sage-level longbow 【Star Trace】 from Xia De's hand, then hugged Xia De from behind with both hands:

"If you find any arrow, I will give you an extra reward. So for the first reward, I want to teach you a time-type sorcery. Draw the longbow with me and shoot this arrow."

The two were still flying toward the higher sky at this moment; the elf, who was clearly only at Eight-Ring, was now displaying power far exceeding Eight-Ring:

"What exactly do you want to do?"

"When you find more arrows, I will tell you."

Their hands gripped the bow together and picked up the antique arrow together. The last time Xia De bent a bow and shot an arrow with someone was Miss Feilian.

The two adjusted their posture for exerting force in the air. In the thick steam fog, whistles and bell sounds resounded through the sky, and the Eight-Ring and Eight-Ring life rings appeared together behind them.

But the two life rings were equally strange; Xia De's brass life ring was so huge it seemed to cover half the city in the sky, while the life ring belonging to the elf girl was strikingly dark gold in color.

Xia De originally wanted to turn his head to observe the spirit runes on her life ring, but being held in her arms, he couldn't turn around at all, only seeing the unusual color of the life ring:

"This color..."

"Focus, sir."

The elf's arrow was nocked on the string of that gorgeous star-silver bow, and the dark golden life ring seemed to be embedded inside that huge brass life ring at this moment.

【Time】 and 【Space-Time】 bloomed with spiritual light at this moment, and it also seemed as if two spirit runes belonging to different souls were resonating. In short, when the emerald green light was transmitted from the elf girl's hand to Xia De's hand, Xia De also knew what kind of power she was going to use.

A verdant giant tree suddenly appeared behind the two of them, appearing above Vista City. When the red-haired girl on the roof of the hotel looked up, behind the fog was the shadow of a giant tree, and then she saw Xia De and the golden-haired elf pulling the bow together in front of the phantom of the giant tree that seemed to support the world.

The gorgeous colors made it impossible for all the Ringed Shushi who observed this scene at this moment to see their faces and the weapons they were using; only that giant tree seemed to be imprinted in everyone's eyes.

Ordinary people in the city still couldn't see this scene clearly, but many people were already clamoring and pointing at the sky. The fluctuations of spirits and elements caused the clouds to change drastically; at this moment, above the Golden Music Hall, the clouds had strikingly formed the shape of a giant tree.

The two Adele Isabellas also felt the elements from the higher sky. After looking up, Miss Isabella muttered to herself:

"World Tree phantom? The elves are here?"

"Now is not the time to talk about this, we can't let it move around."

They tacitly summoned the huge golden clock face again, forcibly imprisoning the black giant bug that was fleeing desperately.

And at this time, Xia De heard "her" voice:

【Outsider, you have felt a "miracle".】

【The giant tree supports the earth and the sky, its roots and veins connect the ancient and the future, yet there are still despicable bugs born from time paradoxes gnawing on its stems and leaves. The elves of the old days consumed the branches and leaves bestowed by the giant tree to protect it, thereby obtaining the color of the tree, and what they ultimately obtained was the power to eliminate the bugs.】

【Outsider, you have mastered the sorcery "Stability Principle of Ancient Elves". Corresponds to the 【Space-Time】 spirit rune.】

【Note: This sorcery can only be released through weapons related to the "World Tree". After enchanting such weapons, it deals special damage to unstable factors such as time-cursed individuals and Paradox Bugs.】

That originally unremarkable antique elf arrow bloomed with unparalleled green light in the hands of Xia De and Miss Elf, and then directly dyed the phantom of the verdant giant tree with color.

The miracle elements resonated with space-time. The moment the two released their hands simultaneously, that touch of emerald green light pierced through the carapace of the black giant bug pinned above the Golden Music Hall.

The green light penetrated the bug's body and flew into the distance. The bug froze in the air for a moment, and then began to spin wildly.

With a 'Crack!', the two golden clock faces shattered again, and the huge attraction generated by the bug's self-spinning caused the two Adeles to fly away into the distance together. The white fog, visible to a few, was sucked away for the most part during the process of the Paradox Bug's spinning and collapse. After a few short seconds, the bug had already collapsed into a black bug shell the size of half a fist.

The giant tree in the sky seemed to have completely solidified into a physical entity at this moment. The blooming emerald green light even caused the entire Vista Woodland to resonate. The 【Tree Hole Society】, 【Hermit Group in the Forest】, and other Ringed Shushi living in seclusion in the forest heard the forest's joy and delight at this moment, perceiving the joy of the woodland.

And as Xia De and the golden-haired elf descended, the giant tree disappeared without a trace. Green light spots filled the sky and sprinkled over the entire woodland. The wind blew these rays of light under the warm autumn sun. Except for the building in the city that had collapsed into gravel, it was as if nothing had happened just now.

In the air, the elf girl caught the wooden arrow flying back with a smile, and that wooden arrow was now strikingly piercing that black bug shell:

"That went smoothly." (Ancient Elven Language)

She let go of Xia De and let him fall downward:

"My business for today is done. If you have anything to find me for, go to my treehouse; I'm going back!"