Chapter 3802: The Curtain Falls · Sword of Fate

The whistling wind could not describe the shock Xia De felt at this moment; the bullet of certain death had flown off into the distance, and the Serpent remained unscathed.

"Do you have any other trump cards?"

Carrying the light of the apocalypse and pushing forward the end of the world, the Serpent asked. Its figure was not only flickering and illusory, but its voice also seemed to come from a great distance, accompanied by echoes.

"What will you use next? The playing cards that seal monsters? Or your means of transforming into a god?"

Seeing that the opponent had already reached him, Xia De immediately retreated toward the edge of the cliff, while the Serpent pressed on step by step.

Seeing this scene, Bella tugged on Luweiya's sleeve, signaling whether they should prepare the "Moon-Falling Rebirth Song" again. But both diviners knew that the song could not exert its effect a second time. Luweiya was very calm; she shook her head at Bella, signaling her not to be anxious.

The Serpent's power meant that no one could intervene in the crisis at the cliff's edge. The shock on Xia De's face quickly vanished; after all, he had made other preparations just now.

Xia De retreated while asking:

"You have such guts, daring to break into the out-of-control Ringed Shushi. If I hadn't forcibly summoned you out, you would have been lost in there forever... Is this your goal? To let a part of yourself be lost in the Ringed Shushi forever, in order to remain 'undefeated'?"

The clear three moons hung in the starry sky outside the cliff. The starry sky was the backdrop; one advanced while the other retreated. They looked exactly like they were performing a stage play.

"I know of your power. I know that even if my molting succeeded, you might still bring out even stronger power. Letting a part of myself enter the Ringed Shushi to seek possibilities was a decision made long ago."

"I must also thank you for summoning me. In the tower, I saw the possibilities of all things. I knew of the past, the present, and the potential of everything in the future. I also saw your secrets and everything you have ever seen."

Because the voice appeared right by his ear, Xia De could not see the illusory shadow stepping toward him opening its mouth to speak, so he even doubted whether the voice he heard truly existed in the present reality.

Xia De continued to retreat, his eyes fixed on the entity before him:

"How did you dodge that bullet just now? At such close range, although that gun doesn't have the 'certain hit' attribute, I have the confidence that I wouldn't miss."

"I saw the myriad possibilities of fate, and from them, I chose the outcome of 'not hitting' and bestowed it upon reality. The gods will not directly intervene in the Great Movement of the *Whispering Chapter*; He gave you the gun, but He also gave me the chance to resist."

"Chosen One, myriad possibilities have now been superimposed upon me. I have found the option to lead the world into the apocalypse."

Xia De, continuing to retreat, was now not far from the edge of the cliff:

"Fate is a double-edged sword. By choosing one outcome, you have effectively stripped away the other. The myriad possibilities are not so easily mastered, are they? Serpent of the Apocalypse, the battle tonight has reached this point. I can give you one chance—"

"If you are willing to turn yourself into a Ring of Fate to be sealed by me, I promise not to shatter that fate, but rather, like the ancient gods did in the past, suppress you beneath the mountain, letting you see with your own eyes how much further the world can go."

This was not because Xia De wanted to let his enemy go; just as he said, the battle tonight had reached this point, and no one wanted to fight anymore.

The Serpent, pressing on step by step, replied:

"I have now completely occupied the upper hand. I found possibility within the impossible, and thus completed my final molting. And you, Summoner, your trump cards are exhausted, and all the 'foreshadowing' buried in the story has been fully revealed."

"I know every story you encountered each time you came to this island. Now that all the stories have converged, can you conjure new power out of thin air to defeat me? No, the Ringed One does not allow such things to appear on His stage."

Xia De stopped. Behind him was the edge of the 【Saint's Cliff】:

"Isn't the Chosen One of Fate still here?"

Ai Li, who was mentioned, wanted to rush over, but was held back by Chloe's hand on her shoulder.

The illusory Serpent facing Xia De said:

"She is indeed the protagonist of the story of fate, and she has already stood under the brightest spotlight on the stage. But as the protagonist, the one she should be opposing is not me in my current state; she cannot even touch me right now. Summoner, as an audience member, you introduced power that shouldn't have appeared onto the stage, and thus I also gained an upgrade."

"She can oppose me in the long, apocalyptic time to come, trying every way to approach me, trying every way to hit me, but those are new legends and stories. And now, Summoner, the ending of this story is that I have won."

It reached out its hand toward Xia De, who was standing at the edge of the cliff, but Xia De looked at it quite calmly:

"Actually, there is one more piece of foreshadowing in the story that hasn't been recovered. But it's normal that you didn't realize it; after all, that was something I experienced the first time I came to this island. At that time, you shouldn't have been able to perceive the Witch's Tower, and naturally, you wouldn't know the story of what happened before and after I arrived at the tower."

Xia De's first visit to Fatumunster Island was not for various purposes like seeking the First Fire after the Year-End Festival, but on the day of the funeral of the illegitimate sister of Princess Margaret, after he had completed many "riddles" for the young black-haired witch, she had personally taken him to the tower.

The Serpent did not continue to ask. Its hand had touched Xia De's neck, but it only passed through a layer of mist under the moon. The thirteen Rings of Fate floated behind Xia De. Xia De, who had appeared behind the Serpent, hugged it, and then they both rushed off the edge of the cliff.

Exclamations erupted from the crowd, but soon, amidst the earth-shaking tremors, a giant black and silver serpent head rose from beneath the cliff.

Two giant serpents were entangled together, spitting yellow-dusk light and silver fire at each other. Then, the giant serpents fell back beneath the cliff. Soon, the Serpent, with thirteen Rings of Fate floating behind it again, and Xia De, with thirteen Rings of Fate floating behind him, appeared in human form once more.

As the two clashed under the starry sky outside the cliff, transforming into yellow-dusk light and silver moonlight, their 26 Rings of Fate collided as well.

It was just that Xia De had to defend passively and even endure the Serpent's attacks, while every one of Xia De's attacks was dodged by the Serpent. The Serpent had chosen all the "missed" possibilities for itself; in the short few minutes of their exchange, Xia De's hundreds of attacks did not produce any effect.

After a brief exchange, they fell back to the edge of the cliff. Xia De clutched the wound on his left shoulder—actually, he just didn't want Little Mia to poke her head out. The Serpent, looking unscathed, walked quickly toward Xia De:

"Summoner, the—"

"Cough, cough."

A cough came from somewhere in the crowd—it was actually Luweiya. Thus, those who received the signal took action.

First, two mud hands reached out from the ground beneath the Serpent, causing it to turn its head to look at the Chosen One of Earth. Then, a beam of light, which had no lethality but was absolutely pure, enveloped the Serpent.

The scythe of death slashed out a light blade accompanied by black fire, but it still failed to hit the Serpent. The subsequent Sunlight Spear flew straight through the Serpent's body and off into the distance.

Xia De took this opportunity to gather almost all the spiritual energy remaining in his body into the "Moon Fire" in his palm and slapped it out. But even though it was like holding the moon in his hand, this strike still failed to hit the Serpent's body.

It was just that Xia De wasn't aiming to hit; that sufficiently pure and powerful Moon Fire caused the Miracle elements near the cliff to become severely chaotic.

Thus, while the four Chosen Ones and Xia De provided cover, the Chosen Ones of Time and Space acted together, causing the two most suitable people to appear behind the Serpent.

The Serpent actually noticed the two people appearing behind it, but because of the Moon Fire in front of it, it was distracted for a brief moment, and it didn't think the attack from behind could...

*Puchi! *

The silver sword blade pierced in from the Serpent's back and came out from its front.

And in front of the Serpent, Xia De, who had dispersed the Moon Fire, although already unsteady on his feet, smiled and said:

"You realized at least hundreds of 'miss' outcomes, right? I said just now that fate is a double-edged sword. You chose one outcome, and the other outcome was effectively chosen by you as well."

Behind the Serpent, Silvia and Ai Li held the sword hilt together. Ai Li was only assisting, lending the power of fate to Silvia. And this witch, who had first brought Xia De to the Fatumunster snow mountains and who seemed to have little to do with the story of fate, but in reality had opened the story, spoke the name of the power she had shown Xia De on the "First Night":

"Witch Secret Art: Sword of Fate!" (Chapter 3152)

When facing a certain target, one must fail enough times before successfully hitting them. This was a secret art Silvia had created herself based on probability theory; it was the first power of fate Xia De had come into contact with after the story of time ended—although Silvia believed it was the power of mathematics.

Ai Li concentrated the light of the dark golden "apple" and attached it to 【Night Watcher】, and thus the power of the Chosen One of Fate perfectly destroyed the Serpent's body.

The Serpent's body, which had been flickering with illusory shadows, solidified again, and all possibilities converged into the only "reality" at this moment. Then, because of Ai Li's power, its body gradually turned into grayish-white ash in the mountain wind and drifted away with the wind.

The Serpent looked down in astonishment at the sword tip protruding from its chest, then looked up at Xia De, revealing a strange expression:

"The Witch's power is actually a secret method specifically targeting possibilities... This really is, power is inferior to fate."

Xia De could not understand what it was thinking at this moment, but he knew this night was finally coming to an end. The body of the Ringed Beast of the "Apocalyptic Fate" was collapsing irreversibly. Xia De asked the last question under the starlight:

"Do you think the story of the Ninth Chosen One, the story of fate, was exciting enough?"

The Serpent's hoarse voice replied:

"Exciting."

The Serpent also asked Xia De one last question:

"Do you understand that even if I am defeated, the apocalypse will inevitably come in the Sixth Era. The world will not have a Seventh Era."

"I understand. I understood a long time ago. I will wait for the apocalypse; that is the moment the world truly reaches its end, not the scenery summoned by you."

"That is good. Summoner, when the true horn is sounded, I will wait for you at the final moment, waiting to witness your ending."

The last piece of its body turned into grayish-white sand and was blown away by the wind, leaving only a yellow ring hanging on 【Night Watcher】. The ring was dim and lusterless under the starry sky.