Chapter 4124: The Flower Given to the God

Jia Lin covered her mouth with her hand to keep herself from crying. Miss Feilian, who was floating above her head, seemed expressionless, but her eyes, the size of half a fingernail, were full of worry. Madame Gustav had begun to pray for Xia De, the halfling girl pursed her lips, and her hands were clasped together nervously.

In his ear, "She" spoke very gently:

【You are always like this, facing dangers that don't belong to you for the sake of such and such pretty girls.】

"If I don't protect anyone, if I only do those things that seem to be related to me, then what difference would the ending I am heading toward have from the six endings that Luweiya once reached?"

"She" laughed, the laughter as gentle as the warm breeze from the window felt when taking a nap on a spring afternoon:

【This Old God didn't go easy on you. Now, what are you going to do?】

"Life Fire Form!"

The life fire burned in the deformed flesh and blood, and then the mass of flesh and blood seemed to be ignited by the flames. The flames burned up the excess parts, and when the flesh and blood disappeared completely, only the humanoid figure composed of the purest life fire seeds stood in the blood mist.

Without flesh and blood, naturally, there would be no more flesh and blood deformity. But the god's gaze was still fixed on Xia De, and so, even on the body composed of life fire seeds, tumors representing deformity began to appear slowly.

The power of the Lord of Flesh Deformity, in rumors, could even make pure metal creations grow deformed trunks. The god's gaze could naturally take effect on life fire seeds.

Xia De did not give up his struggle. Having already thought about how to do it, after the "Life Fire Form" was successfully cast, he meditated on that red moon in his heart. He had tried to imbue Red Moon miracles with life fire seeds before, and now, he wanted to try to imbue life with moonlight.

In the adventure in the Vesta Forest, he had also experienced the feeling of body deformity under the disaster of the moon—the Moon of Madness. At that time, he absorbed the moonlight of the Moon of Madness that permeated from the time crack to cast spells to maintain his existence, until the three ladies of the 13th Ring/13th Tier used the divine art of the moon together. (Chapter 2994)

At this moment, even if he turned into a life fire form, he certainly couldn't absorb moonlight or power from the evil god, and there were no ladies of the moon system in his palm to help him. But the feeling remaining in this body when absorbing the moonlight of the "Moon of Madness" was awakened again as the red moonlight permeated his burning body, and the essence of flesh and blood deformity symbolized by the red moon emerged in his heart.

Meditating on the moon, the moon shone on him, and Xia De's burning outline changed again. This time he did not try to resist, but followed the power of flesh and blood deformity emitted by the evil god, letting himself continue to deform, but it was a deformity according to his own ideas.

The crimson life fire was stained by the brilliance of the blood moon, turning into the color of that deep moonlight. In the swaying moonlight, Xia De's outline gradually broke away from disorder and became a regular pattern, or rather, his outline in the dark red blood mist turned into a sphere.

"A moon."

Miss Feilian said.

Xia De's feeling at this moment was very strange. He knew that his body was deforming, but he clearly felt that his body was curled up and being gently hugged from behind by someone. The peaceful embrace made him want to close his eyes, and that gentle embrace made him feel like returning to the beginning of his birth again.

"She" spoke more gently than at any other time, and the warm current blew on Xia De's ears when the voice was made:

【The red moon is the spiritual light of flesh and blood bones,

Breaking is reshaping, flesh and blood is the temple.

The moon embraces you, like holding that starlight that just fell into the world,

May the moonlight wash over every inch of your skin,

In the melody of the heartbeat,

You will eventually become the appearance you long for.】

"But, what does this mean?"

"She" laughed as if facing a silly question from a child, and the answer entered Xia De's heart by itself. The Skeleton Tailor had actually given them a reminder in very plain language—

The body can affect the soul, and the soul can also affect the body. Perhaps you cannot control the deformity of your own flesh and blood, but as long as the soul remembers its original appearance and does not accept that gift from the deformity, the changes in the body are reversible.

【Then, what are you going to do?】

In "She's" gentle voice, the Philosopher's Stone carried on Xia De's body suddenly lit up with a faint light. Xia De imagined that the red moon wrapping around his body was the temple of the Moon God, imagining that the wriggling and mutating flesh and blood were not heading toward disorder, but were returning to the most original appearance under the moonlight in the moonlit temple.

The red moonlight that swallowed the life fire flowed through every muscle texture of his, and even the Source of Fire in his hand was swallowed by the moonlight, giving the moonlight a more intense color.

Based on that Philosopher's Stone, the life force pushed the indefinite moonlight body to wriggle and deform, so that the "moon" in the mist broke.

Like the evil thing named "Life" that had just been born here, Xia De's hand broke through the shell of the red moon, and then he walked out from that red moon.

His right hand turned to open the "Key of the Door · Cinderella" to change into clothes for himself. The 10th Ring Life Ring floated behind him, and the red moonlight attached to the Life Ring accompanied his forward movement like the outline of the red moon.

【Outsider, you have a deeper understanding of the "Red Moon," and all powers related to the "Red Moon" are enhanced.】

【Outsider, you have obtained the miracle "Red Moon Nourishment": Passive ability, your red moonlight spontaneously possesses the power to nourish flesh and blood.】

"Life fire can imbue Red Moon light; Red Moon light can also imbue life fire. I... Red Moon, is life?"

The Outsider felt as if he had seen the path leading to the red moon. He vaguely had a feeling that the biggest harvest in this 【Filthy Blood Factory】 was not those powers related to flesh and blood, not the Source of Fire secret technique learned from Miss Feilian, but that he finally mastered the method of fusing life energy with red moonlight.

The brand-new miracle "Red Moon Nourishment" made the red moonlight possess the nature of life energy, and the next step of fusion was transformation.

Facing the god in the mist, the moonlight flowing on the body surface finally gathered in the palm, sending the life fire seed back into the Source of Fire. Xia De's body, illuminated by the red moon, would no longer deform. The Outsider's soul firmly believed that his appearance was consistent with his soul.

Red moon and life were entangled with each other, flesh and blood and soul influenced each other, and the body completed its recovery in the "Moonlight Temple" in meditation based on the "Philosopher's Stone." For the Outsider, his soul was his essence. After all, this was the only thing he brought from his hometown.

Standing in the dark red blood mist, the god no longer looked out of reach, so footsteps sounded again in the silent world. While the golden streamers in all the scars on his body dissipated, Xia De continued to walk toward the god:

"Miracle · Life Ray."

The life fire seed jumping in his palm was condensed by him into the solid entity of a red flower again, and before this solid flower collapsed, Xia De continued to cast spells:

"Miracle · Rotten Moon Flower."

On the flower composed of life energy, a small flower constructed of red moon light was attached. The Outsider simultaneously imbued the scarlet moon flower in his hand with life fire and nourishing moonlight.

Having a deeper understanding of the essence of flesh and blood deformity with the red moon as the carrier, the flower called out became more real and moving. Xia De stopped his steps and handed the flower to the 【Lord of Flesh Deformity】 in front of him. The latter's image changed constantly, and finally, it was the one-armed middle-aged man who stretched out his left arm and took the flower in his hand.

The god looked at the flower, and a moment later, it crushed the moon flower, turned around alone and walked toward the direction it came from, and disappeared completely not long after.

"Crossing death and life, that is the only way back."

The god's voice appeared in his ear, and the red broken light combined with the surrounding dark red blood mist, turning into star-like light marks and drifting toward Xia De, so "She" gently reminded:

【Outsider, you have felt "blasphemy."】

【You have obtained the blessing of the "Lord of Flesh Deformity": You have anchored yourself in the disordered deformity, your transformation resistance has reached the highest level, and you are immune to the influence of external flesh and blood deformity.】

【Old God · Lord of Flesh Deformity has provided you with new power: You have obtained an additional transformation state. Within 48 hours, you can arbitrarily select the surrounding creatures to obtain their form.】

The light marks of "Divine Radiance" on Xia De's body also gradually faded, which meant that the god had really left. The witches didn't dare to move at first, and it wasn't until Miss Feilian floated toward Xia De that they walked over quickly:

"Xia De!"

The dragon girl grabbed Xia De's arm, as if afraid that Xia De would deform into a strange thing again. She only knew that it seemed to be fine, and didn't understand how amazing things Xia De had done just now.

"I'm fine."

Xia De was still looking at where the god disappeared.

"That god... let us go, right?"

The old witch asked with great awe, and Miss Feilian answered this question:

"Xia De proved to the god that he also knew the secret of flesh and blood deformity. Although one is life and one is the red moon, different paths point to the same destination. Although Xia De is still a mortal, he has already touched the edge of that destination, so the god let us go."

The doll lady looked at Xia De's side face:

"The god knew that someone was qualified to stand with Him."

The old witch said softly things like "myth," "impossible," and "is he really a mortal," while the halfling girl didn't think so much. After confirming that Xia De really faced the god and was still fine, she looked left and right:

"But, how are we going to get out? I still don't see the road."

Xia De withdrew his gaze:

"The god told me that we have to cross death and life... I have a feeling that we need to find a 'boat' to leave here, a boat that was already here. The trial of 【Filthy Blood Factory】 is over, and this place will be closed until the next opening. We must leave as soon as possible, otherwise we really won't be able to leave." ===== CHAPTER 4125 =====