Chapter 2893
After agreeing to Flora's request to accompany him, Xia De discussed the arrangements with the ladies at the front of the deck, and then, without communicating with the Ringed Shushi in other parts of the deck, he jumped off the ship from the bow with Yin Yi Yi Lu Na.
The people who had been looking at the Underworld Moon in the distance through the mist in awe all came to the railing to look down, but they did not see the "God-Awakener" again; instead, they saw a giant silver wolf "rise" from below, until it became almost the same size as this giant ship covered in scales.
The silver-white fur was glowing in the white mist, not knowing whether it was glowing itself or because of the illumination of the Underworld Moon. Yin Yi Yi Lu Na grabbed the wolf's fur and stood on the giant wolf's head, while the small owl was completely covered by the silver wolf's fur.
Thus, the giant wolf stepped on the water surface, bypassed the Radiant Messenger, and came to the back of the ship; two black chains emerged from nowhere, were first bitten by the giant wolf, and then the ends of the chains shot backward to bind the black dragon, which was no longer moving, again.
Xia De's current volume was still not as large as that dragon-beast, but in this water area, as the power gradually flowed away and the body gradually decayed, the volume of that black monster was also shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Xia De was now very glad that he still had the silver wolf form other than the "Moonlight Dragon"; although flying was not strictly prohibited in this tranquil water area, it was absolutely not allowed to leave the water surface too far without a vehicle.
Therefore, in the silver wolf state, he was more suitable for dragging that dragon-beast forward on the water surface, and a giant dragon dragging another dragon while stepping on the water would appear too strange.
【Perhaps, you can turn into a giant silver cat and drag it again.】
Xia De then tried to imagine in his mind the scene of a cat larger than the Radiant Messenger biting the chains and wagging its tail, dragging the dragon forward under the gaze of dozens of eyes, and then decided that he would rather give up the plan than do this.
In short, the silver wolf bypassed the giant ship from the other side again, bit the chains, and dragged the dragon toward the depths of the white mist. The people on the deck politely did not approach the group of witches at the bow of the ship, just standing on the side of the deck watching them go further and further away.
And in the eyes of Yin Yi Yi Lu Na and the owl on the wolf's head, the thin mist around them was dissipating as Xia De moved forward. In fact, Xia De did not go too far while carrying them, and the mist disappeared completely.
The light of the Underworld Moon became more real and cold, and above the calm water surface that was empty when looking through the mist, one after another pure white figures appeared in the eyes of the owl and Yin Yi Yi Lu Na.
These souls turned their backs to them and faced the moon, walking toward the Underworld Moon amidst the flickering light and shadow. The silver wolf walked with them in silence, but its footsteps were noiseless.
Yin Yi Yi Lu Na had some small feelings in her heart; she was still somewhat worried about whether the Great Witch of Death could continue to hold on here. Unexpectedly, this time, the owl did not show any discomfort. She stood on the wolf's head and looked at this scene somewhat intoxicated, and Yin Yi Yi Lu Na suddenly had a premonition that Flora Winster was not far from the twelfth tier.
"Xia De, do we really have to drag it so far?"
Yin Yi Yi Lu Na's voice appeared in his ear, the voice was unusually light, and even had a somewhat ethereal feeling. The silver wolf then opened its mouth and let go of the chains; they indeed could not continue forward, the Underworld Moon had become incomparably huge, and in front was the area that true living people could not set foot in.
Turning around to look back, the black dragon-beast was lying quietly on the water surface, and at this time, its size was about the same as a sturdy wild ox. Thus, the silver wolf emitted light almost the same as that Underworld Moon, and in the cold moonlight, it turned back into the appearance of the "God-Awakener"; the owl was still standing on his shoulder, and Yin Yi Yi Lu Na was standing by his side.
Seeing that Xia De did not go to deal with that dragon, but gazed at the direction where the Underworld Moon was half-sunk, Yin Yi Yi Lu Na also looked over there. At first, she did not see anything, but the owl on Xia De's shoulder seemed to have a stronger field of vision in this piece of death:
"He is coming."
Turning their backs to that moon of death, a man's figure walked toward them against the flow of those pure white souls. When the other party walked closer, Yin Yi Yi Lu Na discovered that this was indeed that Kindle who had hatched the dragon egg.
Yin Yi Yi Lu Na had only seen his appearance in the light and shadow of the tree hole, and did not actually know what his specific name was. And at this time, the man's soul maintained the appearance of the young man when he picked up the dragon egg, only his body was transparent and glowing, which was after all different from a living person.
Kindle smiled and nodded at Xia De and Yin Yi Yi Lu Na, and then, under the gaze of six eyes, or rather dozens of eyes, walked toward the black dragon-beast that had turned into the size of a mountain goat.
After he walked closer, the dragon-beast, which had been closing its eyes just now, also opened its slightly turbid eyes. The yellowish-brown vertical pupils reflected the moon, and reflected this man who it no longer knew who he was.
Kindle did not speak, just placed his hand on its pitch-black dragon head. Thus, large drops of tears flowed down from those vertical pupils.
Drip—with a sound, the teardrops fell into the pitch-black water surface and actually made a sound, and the wailing sound of woo-woo made this tranquil black water area even more desolate.
Kindle maintained the action of touching the dragon head, and the pure white light and shadows walked past them one by one.
Yin Yi Yi Lu Na watched this scene, just feeling that this story finally had a fairly good ending, while the owl on Xia De's shoulder felt that all the feathers on her body were about to explode; she felt that she seemed to be understanding death at a deeper level.
The tears fell on the water surface but did not stir up too many ripples, and the wailing crying sound finally disappeared. Only in those beastly eyes, there was now an extra color of wisdom.
The dragon's body had turned into the size it was when it was just born at this moment; it flapped its wings and took off from the water surface, and then pounced into Kindle's arms. Thus, the distorted body completely returned to normal at this time, and it turned back into that little dragon again.
The man's soul smiled and hugged it, just like he hugged it when it flew out of the eggshell in the dawn many years ago. The story about the dragon egg in the wind and snow, which started from the beginning of the Sixth Era, ended here.
The owl heard Xia De speaking, although Xia De did not open his mouth:
"He brought it away from death with fire, letting it welcome a new life; and now it was still he who smiled and welcomed its death on the water surface. The story that started in the snow ended in the water, and the story that started with a hug also ended in another hug."
At this moment, Flora Winster seemed to hear a cracking sound coming from her soul. But it was not that the soul was damaged, but rather as if the chains imprisoning the soul had broken.
Hugging the dragon-beast with one hand, Kindle still did not speak. He bowed to Xia De in silence to express his gratitude, and then handed two things to Xia De; one was a fresh tree branch wrapped in a clear breeze, and the other was a black distorted heart.
Looking at the little dragon he was hugging again, the originally solid body had also become transparent and began to glow; it had already chosen to go down with Kindle.
Thus, from the dragon and the man, bits of micro-light gathered together and floated toward Xia De, Yin Yi Yi Lu Na, and the owl respectively. Xia De did not know what Yin Yi Yi Lu Na and Flora had obtained; he only heard "her" say under the Underworld Moon:
【Outsider, the upper limit of your Qi has increased.】
Although simple, it was exceptionally useful.
The light of the soul appearing on the owl became more and more obvious, while Yin Yi Yi Lu Na smiled and waved goodbye to the dragon and the man.
Kindle nodded to everyone for the last time, and then, holding the little dragon in his arms, turned around and walked backward, and together with those thousands of souls, walked toward the end dashingly.
The three pairs of eyes on the water surface, together with the dozens of eyes in the white mist in the distance, watched his back as he went further away, until Kindle and the dragon completely disappeared, as if they had melted into the cold light of the Underworld Moon. It seemed that someone sighed, but perhaps that was just an illusion.
"Is she okay?"
Yin Yi Yi Lu Na then pointed to the owl who looked somewhat wrong, so Xia De handed the tree branch and the heart to Yin Yi Yi Lu Na to hold first, and he himself moved the owl into his arms:
"She is still being cursed by time now; even if she has been promoted, she is not the twelfth tier. Now Flora needs to digest and understand what she has obtained; the moment the time curse is lifted, I think she will already be a twelfth-tier Great Witch."
"Did she understand death because of this matter?"
Xia De shook his head:
"No, it's that she accepted death."
Gently stroking the gray round-faced owl in his arms who was half-squinting her eyes, Xia De even felt that the time curse on her body seemed to have become much lighter.
Except for the tree branch and the heart, the dragon-beast left nothing behind. Xia De and Yin Yi Yi Lu Na soon returned to the ship, and after confirming that the matter was over, Xia De relied on the little bit of Qi restored by the power given by the soul just now, and together with Miss Yi Lai Se, manipulated the Radiant Messenger to return in the mist.
During the return journey, everyone seemed to have no interest in speaking; the deck of the entire ship was silent, and only the intermittent cat calls represented that at least Little Mia was completely unconcerned about what had just happened.
And the difficulty of the return journey was much easier than forcibly breaking into this edge of life and death, but the ship-girl's Mystic Lock had already been lifted, so after leaving the white mist that represented the "edge," the Radiant Messenger returned directly to the forest land in reality.
The three moons shone on the forest land that was burning with a big fire; after the dragon-beast died, those dragon-blood tree people revived by it had not stopped moving. The Ringed Shushi who had not entered the Mystic Lock were still fighting, but at least the "heavy snow" filling the sky had stopped.
The thick mist used to divide time and space around the forest land also disappeared, and on the deck at a high place, one could even clearly see the spiritual light erupting above the city in the distance.
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