Chapter 3685: The First Kind of Fate

"Thank you... Hmm?"

Because he had seen Ellie briefly transform into a human during her healing period, Xia De recognized that the girl handing over the ring was Ellie, but this did not prevent him from still being very shocked.

【Is this matter not within your expectations?】

"She" asked with a smile. Xia De had only thought of the demon's 【Rebirth】 ring; he truly had not expected that the one holding the ring would be Ellie. But even though there were many doubts and confusion in his heart regarding the "evolution" of the little unicorn, this was not a good time to ask questions.

Xia De reached out and grasped the ring handed over by the "little sprite" who seemed to have stepped out of a fairy tale. The ring vibrated with a "hum" amidst the dazzling light. That light directly carved out a white area in the darkness, enveloping Xia De and the girls within it.

The nine-ring fate ring belonging to the Outlander manifested at this moment. The fate ring was larger and more dazzling at this moment than at any time in the past. White light consistent with the 【Rebirth】 ring coiled around the fate ring, as if white cracks had appeared on the brass-colored ring, and within those cracks, besides white, there was vaguely a faint golden luster.

Mr. Snake certainly would not watch Xia De resonate with fate there. A huge black phantom appeared behind him. As the sword of destruction in his hand pointed forward, the destructive black light spat out from the mouth of the black snake phantom rushed straight toward the white light area in the darkness.

This time, Xia De did not take out a Disaster Card; he merely held the white ring in his hand and blocked forward—

Clang!

The black light was bounced back along its original path, directly shattering the giant snake phantom behind Mr. Snake. Xia De looked at him through the center of the raised ring. When the ring was lowered, "her" gentle voice finally appeared.

【Outlander, you hold the first kind of fate—Rebirth. This is the fate of the visitor from a foreign land opening their eyes again in this world.】

【While holding this ring, any injury will recover immediately.】

【While holding this ring, attacks containing a single fate property will be bounced back by your fate if they do not exceed the defense limit.】

【While holding this ring, through the gaze of your eyes, you can make any target within your field of vision complete recovery.】

【The above effects have no consumption.】

That white light ring did not remain in Xia De's hand. At the same time "her" voice gave the prompt, it turned into a ring-shaped pattern and was branded on the back of Xia De's right hand, the white ring pattern enveloping the half-ring of purple.

"She" gave a final soft reminder:

【Support from noble fate: While holding Rebirth, touching a deceased person whose soul has not yet entered death with your palm can cause them to be reborn immediately.】

【Note: Do not resonate with fate for a long time or frequently, otherwise this kind of fate will pull the future.】

【Night Watcher】 flew back into Xia De's hand, and a pale purple light trace, after the white light and purple light merged, flowed along the sword spine. The silver moonlight Xia De transformed into cut through the descending darkness in the next second, and that silver moonlight, dragging the white light trace, collided head-on with Mr. Snake.

Black and white intertwined at this moment, also allowing the Ringed Shushi who were preparing to support here to find the direction to advance in the darkness.

Only Iluna and Stella clearly saw the longsword in Xia De's hand and the black sword in the snake-faced man's hand collide. The light on the two of them almost dyed the surrounding space into chaotic colors.

And in that twisting black and white, although the light emitted by 【Night Watcher】 could collide with the black light sword in Mr. Snake's hand, 【Night Watcher】 was clearly slightly weaker than the power of that sword of destruction. Every collision of the weapons in their hands caused the black, which had the power of the demon with the weapon and the fate of destruction, to gradually fade the white, which had the power of the Witcher and the fate of the hero.

At this moment, having obtained the first kind of fate, plus that half-ring of purple, Xia De actually had the ability to defeat this clone of "Mr. Snake," but 【Night Watcher】 could not defeat the weapon in the opponent's hand that was transformed from the power of the demon and the fate of the Lover.

Every flash of black light from that sword would leave wounds on Xia De. Although the wounds could recover almost instantly, being able to be injured by this weapon itself explained many problems.

Neither of the two had any intention of speaking. The rapid collision of sword and sword almost tore the space apart. The sound produced by the continuous collision of multiple fates hammered at the souls of all the mortals nearby like a giant hammer.

Fate can resist fate, and the consequences produced by the collision of fate and fate are far stronger than the collision of physical force.

For a moment, what Iluna saw in her field of vision was no longer two human shapes, but the moon and the snake fighting each other in the darkness. Plus, having seen the curved arc in the flesh of the "Lover" just now, Iluna vaguely felt that she seemed to understand some of the true meaning of fate. When she braced herself and wanted to go over to help, she heard a large sound of footsteps coming from behind.

The thirteen Ringed Shushi from the Five Gods Church and the three major academies had gathered. Vanessa even appeared directly beside Stella with Megan and Shivi.

And at this time, the brief struggle between Xia De and the snake had also reached its end. 【Night Watcher】 was knocked flying, and as the price, that black light longsword was grabbed by Xia De with both hands at the blade part.

This sword, which seemed to be the synonym for 【Destruction】 itself, touched Xia De's palms, resisting the light of the white and purple rings. Although the skin was not cut, the intense pain in both hands and the numbness of the soul made Xia De understand that even he could not touch this thing for a long time.

"Noble fate is unique, but that is not your fate."

The snake said so, and the giant snake black shadow that appeared behind him again opened its mouth to bite at Xia De's head, but was dispersed by the silver secret fire he spat out.

Thus, the snake-faced man's neck elongated, causing his entire body to transform into a real snake and coil toward Xia De. The silver-white moonlight erupting from Xia De's body caused it to pause briefly, and then a giant silver snake darted out from the moonlight, coiling together with the black snake.

The chaos of black and white made it impossible for the people who came to help to intervene. When the intertwined black and white separated again, the black longsword in Mr. Snake's hand stabbed toward Xia De's chest again.

Xia De did not call for 【Night Watcher】 to fly toward him. Having already prepared, he slammed his palms toward the center position—

Clang!

In an instant, an illusion appeared before Xia De's eyes. The souls of Valentin Halonin and Baron Samir, intertwined, were stretched out, biting toward him like snakes. But the appearance of the illusion also proved that the soul teardrop Xia De crushed in his palm really had an effect. His mental power was incomparably concentrated, and the moonlight greatsword transformed from soul power swung forward, splitting the two merged souls with one sword.

Thus, the second act of the illusion appeared. This time it was a beautiful lady in middle age, walking through the crowd toward Xia De on the streets of the Time Wheel City at dusk. She wanted to open her arms to embrace Xia De, and then her entire upper body was melted by the moonlight ray shot from the front.

The 【Fool】 ring also appeared in this illusion. The soul in the dissolved corpse wanted to escape, but just as the soul was being carried by the ring flying toward the high sky, the rotating moonlight wheel wrapped with the 【Rebirth】 ring flew out from the ground with a "hum," accurately sawing the entire ring and soul into two halves.

The illusion shattered, and the two connected and mutually devouring souls were completely separated.

Thus, the black light longsword snapped in Xia De's hand, returning to its initial state of a broken sword. The blade part flew away with a "hum." Even though the main body of the "snake" was fate, it still showed an incredible expression at this moment:

"Broken... In your palm, what was there just now?"

"Of course it was the antidote. If their fate is no longer connected by your curse, then can the ring you constructed with mortal fate still be considered complete—Moonlight Ray!"

Pure silver secret fire erupted from his fingertips, piercing through the enemy's chest. But this kind of non-human existence did not have fatal parts like humans. From the wound penetrating through Mr. Snake's chest, an arm-thick black snake darted out, wanting to bite Xia De's arm that had not yet been retracted, but Xia De's right hand, with the ring glowing, slapped forward, and the black snake was directly bounced back into the chest. Then, the moonlight slash Xia De swung with his left hand tilted and split this clone.

The clone did not die because of this. Its two halves transformed into giant snakes again, biting toward Xia De, and then what greeted them was Xia De's right hand pushing out:

"Thunderclap!"

With a "boom," the sound of a thunderclap exploded from the depths of the darkness, and the strange and dangerous snake-faced man was knocked flying toward the distance like two pieces of paper.

Xia De did not use moonlight but chose such a wonder-art, certainly not to show mercy. The power of fate contained in his right hand could cause the greatest damage to the snake, and the snake's temporary departure also allowed all the people who came to support to quickly gather toward Xia De.

Xia De looked at them. As the white ring brand on the back of his hand glowed again, everyone felt their bodies relax, followed by a comfort like waking up from a night of sound sleep. The fate of Rebirth did not have aggressiveness, but the recovery effect was extremely powerful.

Without needing Xia De's command, everyone who had recovered radiated wonder-arts toward the depths of the darkness together.

But the feedback sound coming from the darkness did not sound like the wonder-arts hitting the target or being blocked by some kind of shield.

Thus, when a group of people continued to move forward to check the situation, they saw that the snake-faced man who had just been knocked flying by Xia De was already lying face down on the ground, his body gradually turning into ashes.

But most people did not observe it carefully, because behind that "corpse," the temple of the ancient God of Fate stood quietly in the rugged snowfield basin.

Footsteps sounded from the open gate of the temple. A figure stepped over the gate of the temple, passed through the entrance between the two corridors, and then left the temple, stepping onto the land of the real world.

The tail of the black robe dragged on the ground, and the footsteps when walking were not loud, or even could be said to be light.

That was also a snake-faced man, with a profound and unpredictable smile on his face. Only this time, even Xia De's complexion became quite ugly. The appearance of the other party meant a quite terrifying reality—

From the end of the First Era to the present, that fate of doomsday finally stepped onto this land once again.

PS: This chapter's image "Ellie Human Form." ===== CHAPTER 3686 =====