Chapter 3779

The sneak attack by the giant snake's second head emerging from the sea was blocked, and that massive head was also temporarily held at bay. The girls on the deck of the Radiant Messenger, which had already floated directly above Sylvia's high tower, saw a thousand-meter-long crimson sword scar in the ruins on the mountaintop illuminate the night sky, and then Iluna severed the snake head that the giant Xia De was holding with a single strike.

"Is this... victory?"

Miss Beiya asked, unable to believe it. She naturally knew that the Battle of Destiny would absolutely not end like this, and the phantom of Ms. White, who had suddenly appeared on the deck, agreed with her view:

"You have indeed forged a qualified weapon, but it has already begun to molt. The 【Bad Luck Sect】 has already helped it complete its final preparations; the snake's transformation cannot be avoided."

Luweiya, who had already consumed two coins for divination, remained expressionless:

"Miss Beiya, notify the girls to prepare to disembark. Have Sylvia move us into the battlefield in time, and act according to the plan just now."

"I will go do that right away."

The snake head fell to the ground and exploded directly into rolling yellow sand, while Xia De, who was holding the remaining part of the snake head, felt something in that pile of yellow sand grip his legs tightly.

At the same time, the yellow sand that the snake head had turned into blew toward everyone in the ruins, and the power of the apocalypse spread immediately along with this patch of sand.

Consequently, the monsters crawling out of the dim yellow cave entrance and the terrifying snake shadows formed by the snake's shadow became increasingly ferocious, and the situation reversed in an instant. The severed snake head now grew back in the form of mist, relying on its own amorphous state to wrap around the giant Xia De's body.

And so, whether he restored himself to his normal size or turned into Butterfly Xia De, it was no longer possible. The snake body turned from black mist into something solid, constricting the giant tightly, and then the snake head opened its mouth and bit toward Xia De's head.

"Sunlight Spear!"

But while it had trapped Xia De, it had not trapped Iluna. A hundred-meter-long crimson thunderbolt tore through the long night and struck the snake's body, and red electric arcs immediately danced across the snake's form.

The giant Xia De took this opportunity to break free from the snake's constraints. He did not continue to attack, but flew toward Iluna, wanting to try out his idea.

And the giant snake, its body trembling in the red electric light, raised its head and, in standard Karsenrik common language, chanted the incantation for the first time since its appearance:

"Mystic Lock: Dream of the Apocalypse!"

The dim yellow light spat out from the giant snake's mouth dyed the entire night sky yellow, and then the color of that beam of light spread toward the entire world.

The Mystic Lock swallowed the entire ruins, which naturally included the Upper Spring.

At the cave entrance where the waterfall was located, Ellie walked out with a look of confusion, holding the stained 【Innocence】 apple. Seeing Little Mia standing outside the waterfall waiting for her, she happily lifted the cat back onto her head and picked up the cat's destiny ring of 【Promise】.

"Kitty! I'm a Sixth-Ring!"

Ellie happily shared this good news with the cat. After waking from her dream, her level had automatically completed its promotion; this time, the Upper Spring itself had provided the power. Of course, Ellie's Fifth-Ring spirit runes had actually been gathered during the final stage of the climb.

At this moment, the little unicorn's first destiny ring, or rather, the "Destiny Apple," had also fully formed. She remembered the teachings of the three demigod Great Witches very clearly, and that spring eye had also told her a very important sentence—

【The growth of power, friendship connects you and me.】

This sentence involved five important spirit runes, namely 【Power】, 【Growth】, 【Friendship】, 【Connection】, and 【Self】. Among them, 【Connection】 happened to be Ellie's own core spirit rune, while 【Self】 was the power gained after connecting to Flora's destiny not long ago.

But before she could understand the meaning of this sentence, the eyes of both the cat and Ellie reflected the giant snake head that was spraying yellow light toward the night sky.

Ellie was frightened by such a large snake, but the cat, having squatted back on Ellie's head, showed no reaction.

Watching the yellow sand in the air entangle Xia De, the little girl wanted to go up and help, but facing such a large enemy, even Ellie believed her power was useless.

Fortunately, she knew she had apples. Among the cold blue, the leisurely violet, and the solemn and majestic gold, Ellie first chose that very noble gold.

The destiny had formed, so Ellie ate the apple—she could summon it again later. Thus, the solemn and majestic gold occupied the little unicorn's pale silver-gray pupils, and then the color of innocence represented by the apple itself rippled through her entire body, causing Ellie to transform from her human form into her unicorn form on her own.

The lazy cat was still lying on her head, and the destiny ring behind the little unicorn became visible.

The core spirit rune 【Unicorn】 bloomed with spiritual light first, and then that light connected separately to 【Adventure】, 【Starting Point】, 【Silver Moon】, and 【Dance】.

"Neigh!"

("Words of Sublimation: The Beginning of Adventure, the Unicorn Dances Under the Silver Moon!")

An apple-shaped light shield covered Ellie's entire body. As she borrowed the power left behind by Ms. Violet to fully unleash her low-ring Words of Sublimation, the light shield suddenly expanded, maintaining the shape of an apple and encompassing everything around it.

Although it sounded strange, the world created by Ellie's low-ring Words of Sublimation was indeed apple-shaped.

The light spread quite rapidly. As Ellie leaped lightly toward the snowy high sky, the edge of the "apple" collided with the edge of that dim yellow world.

After the two made contact, they immediately pressed against each other. Most people who noticed this scene thought the white light would be immediately annihilated by the dim yellow scenery, but they did not expect that although the apple-shaped Words of Sublimation initially shrank inward a little, it then continued to expand, completely squeezing together with the dim yellow scenery.

The white and the dim yellow seemingly had a boundary, but in reality, the power of the Words of Sublimation and the Mystic Lock had already blended together, so the people fighting in the air hurried to move inside the giant apple-shaped barrier.

Yet the interior of the little unicorn's Words of Sublimation was not simply filled with pure white light. The silver moon hung high in the night sky without a single crack, and nearly all the starlight and moonlight converged onto Ellie, who was charging upward.

The silver moonlight shone on her constantly like a spotlight on a stage. Although she was jumping lightly in the air, even those who knew nothing about art would think she was dancing.

"Where on earth did you find such an amazing little unicorn?"

Adele asked a question she already knew the answer to. The witches beside her mumbled without giving a direct answer, but Galina reacted very quickly:

"Look over there, a bell tower has appeared behind the God-Caller!"

And so, carrying the radiance of the moon and stars, as the white apple world and the dim yellow apocalypse completely merged, and as white light appeared everywhere in the dim yellow scenery while the inside of the apple was also corrupted by the twilight view, Ellie crashed headlong into that giant black snake head.

Black and white annihilated each other in the strange world that was gradually becoming confused. Even the full-form Great Elf felt her vision turn white, followed by the *crack, crack* sound of the Mystic Lock and the Words of Sublimation shattering simultaneously.

The Great Elf Emilia recovered the fastest. Seeing Ellie shrink into a ball of white fur in the chaotic colors where both had shattered, and watching her fall in a parabola from the sky toward the temple, she hurried to fly over to catch her.

And when the world returned to normal and the powers of the Mystic Lock and the Words of Sublimation had annihilated each other, it was seen that although the black snake head that had poked out from the cave was still intact, the snake's body was covered in palm-sized, glowing white scars.

Although these white scars were completely negligible compared to the snake's massive body, and the snake was still using its power to expel this light, the appearance of these scars was enough to prove that Ellie had directly affected the snake's true body with just a single destiny.

As for the other party in the collision just now, Ellie, who had shrunk into a white fur ball and fallen downward, was finally caught by Emilia after transforming back into human form, which prevented her from smashing through the roof of the temple.

After the Mystic Lock shattered, the snake immediately opened its mouth and sprayed black light toward Emilia and Ellie. Little Liana hurried to fly over, wanting to have Stella hold up a shield to block it, but they were too far away.

Then the Great Elf raised her hand to cast a spell, but a figure blocked their path. With a longsword pointed forward, four rings reflected the beam of black light back along its original path, blasting it directly into the snake's mouth.

The destructive black light had no damaging effect on the snake, but it did not rush to spray again. The giant snake head flicked its tongue, looking at the figure wreathed in gold and silver light, looking at the glowing rings floating beside him, and then the snake spoke in human language:

"This is something I had never thought of."

【Punish Evil】, 【Miracle】, 【Resurrection】, 【Hope】—four rings of different colors floated beside Xia De. Or rather, they floated beside Xia De Iluna.

The massive spirit that surged forth after resonating with the second round of rings was used by Xia De to activate 【Mystic Lock: Bell Tower Lovers】 at the same time Ellie unexpectedly launched her Words of Sublimation to contend with the snake's Mystic Lock.

Thus, the sun and the moon merged into one once again. Iluna held Xia De's hand and merged into his soul, and the two people's destinies thus became one person's destiny.

Back when he asked Ms. White if there was any way for a person to resonate with more than three rings, Xia De had pondered whether there was a safe, effective, and convenient method.

And the best method he could think of was to use a Mystic Lock to merge himself with a girl who possessed multiple rings. In this way, even if the number of fused destiny rings did not reach thirteen, exceeding three would be very easy.

And now this idea had truly been realized; since the Battle of Green Lake, Iluna had once again merged with Xia De.

His appearance had not changed much due to the fusion, only the color of his eyes had changed to Iluna's heterochromia. The powers of the sun and the moon were mastered by him simultaneously, and the four destiny rings belonging to the Outlander and Iluna resonated with this strange fused soul at the same time.

?? PS: Ellie's Words of Sublimation:

? Low-Ring: The Beginning of Adventure, the Unicorn Dances Under the Silver Moon

? Mid-Ring: The Growth of Power, Friendship Connects You and Me