Chapter 3638: The Guidance of Starlight

Xia De wasn't certain if the existence before him was the true form of the "Lover of Desire" mentioned by Iluna, but the power it currently displayed was already beyond what a single high-ring sorcerer could contend with.

Pink light radiated in all directions as the monster smiled, and the power of the pink spell naturally had no effect on Xia De. But when the light approached Claire and the others, the jewelry on the witches simultaneously glowed.

Witch secret arts and Xia De's moonlight launched attacks on her from four directions again. Although the black barrier that appeared again weakened everyone's attack, it was clear she was absolutely no match for five people.

Thus, the piercing scream appeared again. This time, the black mist entwining the snake tail shot out in all directions like bullets along with the scream. The means of attack, transformed from forcibly extracted mental power, had no physical attack power, but could produce pollution effects on the mind and soul.

And while Xia De and the witches were defending against this bizarre attack, amidst the creepy and disgusting sound, the human-headed snake-tailed monster vomited, and a black snake as thick as a bowl fell into the snow.

"Infinite Snake!"

This was the real deal, and as soon as the snake appeared, its volume immediately grew against the wind.

Xia De immediately changed targets and intercepted the snake that was trying to dart toward Claire:

"You deal with her; I'll handle this snake."

"No problem, you can rest assured."

Vanessa said as she and the other three witches rushed up. Xia De actually had nothing to worry about with the four great witches acting together. So he also rushed toward the increasingly massive snake, and the silver moonlight turned into the sharpest sword in the dark night.

Because it wasn't the first time encountering such a thing, the battle ended in a few minutes. When Xia De walked out of the woods where trees were leaning and crooked, holding that black curved arc, the witches' battle had also ended.

The human-headed snake-tailed monster had fallen in the snow and had no life left. Flora and Xiris, who had been hiding in the woods just now, were kneeling in the snow beside the corpse, not knowing what they were doing.

"The snake was turned into a curved arc by me."

Xia De said, and Vanessa, standing behind Xiris, explained the current situation:

"After you left just now, we were about to control her in a few dozen seconds, but she stopped breathing on her own. It seems it really is that woman who spreads the plague, and this time it's still not the main body. We had originally planned to capture her mental body or soul, but the situation is very strange."

The deceased great witch Flora stood up from beside the corpse:

"The way the other party controlled this body wasn't by occupying it with a soul, nor was it remote control by the mind. This is similar to a projection of consciousness; she didn't run away, but self-destructed the projection of her consciousness. Her main body's mental power and soul power must be incomparably strong, but fortunately, I am a professional. After the consciousness self-annihilated, soul information still remained, and I can use this to track her."

Xiris also stood up from beside the corpse, and the Sage-level relic 【Faded Memories】 in her hand had already collected some memory fragments:

"The consciousness destruction was too severe; only some memory fragments that she was most impressed by 'before death' were collected."

Saying this, Xiris pulled the trigger, and the sound of the bullet didn't travel very far in the snowy night. And on that snow surface, Xia De's smiling face appeared.

Vanessa muttered:

"Sure enough, no matter who it is, they will have a deep memory of this smile."

Then Xiris fired a second shot. This time, the memory fragment was more complete; it was Xia De talking to her about how he came here to help someone retrieve an item.

And the third shot revealed a brilliant moonlight on the snow surface.

"She had seen me last time, but clearly she didn't recognize who I was at first this time, and only recognized me when the battle started."

There were only these three memory fragments, but in Xia De's view, they were already valuable enough:

"In the second memory, she had a deep memory of the purpose I stated for coming here, and only this memory was the most complete; this shouldn't be a coincidence. Combined with the time point of her appearance, I suspect that Ellie might not have found that maid just because of gluttony."

Megan then asked:

"Is that Baron Samir who entrusted you to retrieve the item related to this woman? Is he the next target chosen by that woman?"

"It's hard to say, but fortunately, the other party shouldn't know yet that we have associated so much. Arrange for manpower to investigate Baron Samir's background more carefully; I think there are other things about him."

Xia De said and went to look at the corpse on the ground again:

"This is an infected person of the snake-transformation plague, but compared to the infected people currently controlled by the church, her changes are more complete and directional."

He knelt down beside the corpse and checked it more carefully:

"Although these infected people are infected by the fate represented by 'Mr. Snake,' they don't have the characteristic of forging curved arcs. What they obtain is only fragments of fate, but for ordinary people, even a slight disturbance of fate is no different from a mountain pressing down on them."

"Can I transport this corpse to the ship? I think I can find more soul characteristics from the traces remaining on the corpse."

Flora said to Xia De, and Xia De nodded:

"Although this plague is currently ineffective against ring sorcerers, you and Miss Ilith must agree to isolate a separate cabin for research. Also, remember to find the source of the corpse. Since we used her corpse, we must return it to her family. If there is no family, wait until this matter is over and bury it in the local cemetery on her behalf."

Flora nodded lightly; the true owner of this corpse was the most innocent person in this matter. Snowflakes fell on that lifeless young face, and Xia De watched this scene, feeling infinite sorrow.

(Iluna is praying...)

Because of the delay caused by the incident at night, it was already quite late when Xia De prepared to go home. However, after throwing the crystal shoe home from the Brilliance Messenger, he still went to the Night Temple in the Randall Valley to dispose of that black curved arc.

With the experience from last time, crushing the curved arc under the moonlight this time went smoothly, and he still obtained a black iron coin with a value of 6.

After the light points transformed from the shattered curved arc merged into himself, the short-term enhancement for three days appeared again.

And Xia De unexpectedly noticed that a small part of the power of the star given by the god still remained in his body, and it manifested at this moment because of the power of the curved arc. Of course, this could also be the starlight contained in the power given by Sister Daelin.

He bent down and picked up the coin in the huge sun, moon, and star ritual base on the ground, then looked at the three moons clearly visible above the silver-white sea of trees.

【What are you thinking about?】

"She" whispered softly, and Xia De extended his left hand and gripped the silver moon virtually:

"Thinking about the Ring of Fate. Isn't it said that candidates can condense their own fate by ascending the spring? If I can also use this method, then what would my fate be—would it be 【Silver Moon】?"

【The moon is not fate; the moon belongs to the Silver Moon Sage.】

"She" reminded softly, meaning that the moon and fate are of equal status:

"Then what would it be? I feel that my sublimation language is likely related to this fate, and even the Ring of Fate I condense might become the third core spiritual rune I choose."

【Third core spiritual rune, not choosing 'Miracle - World'?】

Miracle - 【World】 is indeed incomparably powerful, but compared to power, Xia De would rather choose what is more suitable for himself:

"Talk about later things later. But I am curious, what effect can my high-ring sublimation language have. Low-ring summons past witches, mid-ring summons Luwia who doesn't exist in time and space, high-ring I find it hard to imagine what else can be summoned."

He thought while taking out Leisia's crystal shoe.

【Must it be a summons?】

When Xia De's figure disappeared along with the flash of the crystal, he answered softly in his heart:

"It doesn't have to be a summons, of course; if the high-ring sublimation language could directly save the world, that would be great."

Galina and Dorothy were still at home that night, and in his dream that night, Xia De dreamed of strange things again.

Of course, this time it was no longer the strange story of "Outsider breaks into the Doomsday City, miserably manipulated by the red-haired little princess." In the dream, he returned to the star realm fragment where he had fought the "Star-Falling Beast," but this time only he was here.

When he looked up at the starry sky in the night, the pattern of three rings intertwined with each other appeared in the night sky again.

This time he realized directly that he was dreaming, and then guessed whether this was another "precognitive dream." Starlight flickered everywhere, and the origin of this dream seemed to be related to the activation of the star's residual power in the 【Night Temple】:

"Is this dream trying to tell me what fate is suitable for me?"

But the three rings only radiated light steadily in the air, without revealing any "answer."

The suspicious outsider felt that this strange dream was becoming more and more bizarre. He remembered the dream from last night again; although the huge Ajelina who appeared at the end of last night's dream was a bit inexplicable, he knew that the dream appeared because he thought too much.

And at this moment, as he thought of Ajelina again, two of the three overlapping rings in the air gradually changed. The color, shape, and size didn't change, but Xia De understood that they had specific meanings - 【Kingship】 【War】.

"This... but Ajelina is not a candidate, so what's the use of knowing this? I can't drag Ajelina to the battlefield where I fight Mr. Snake, right?"

He felt he understood the meaning of this dream; it was probably to let him know the fate corresponding to the girls around him.

And thinking of this, Xia De vaguely realized that he still had two chances; the starry sky represented the fate of all things, and the power remaining in that star could only guide him to so much fate.

"Then what about Stella?"

The image of the white-haired witch apprentice jumped into Xia De's mind, and the rings in the starry sky changed again. This time, only two rings revealed specific meanings - 【Ice and Snow】 【Tenacity】.

"Tenacity... walking all the way from the ordinary background of the extreme northern tribe to the present, she is indeed very tenacious."

But Xia De didn't know where to find "tenacious fate."

"Last time..."

He hesitated for a moment between Luwia and Iluna:

"Iluna."

The figure of the eighteen-year-old girl who threw the sun gun under the starry sky appeared before Xia De's eyes, and this time he saw -

【Hope】 【Punish Evil】 【Hero】. ===== CHAPTER 3639 =====