Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 1293 Brother, can I borrow yours for a moment?

Yuan Tiansi, who had transformed into a seven-colored rainbow crystal, was covered in cracks in just a few seconds under the illumination of the analytical cannon.

Cracks appeared one after another, becoming increasingly dense—at first, they were just a few small cracks, but then they formed a spiderweb of ever-increasing density.

Even though it had shattered into pieces like a bursting pine cone, it was not completely broken. As the analytical cannon continued to bombard it, specks of rainbow fragments began to fall off and scatter, and broken crystal chips flowed down from the sky like tiny waterfalls.

The abyss that originally covered the heavens and the earth has been completely blown away by the analytical cannon.

Now all this water has flown into the sky, forming a curtain of water.

The sunlight, which had been completely blocked, became clearer again.

It was as if the polar night had turned into dawn, and rays of light seeped down, passing through the curtain of clear water and falling upon the earth. The sunlight refracted into rainbows, making the waterlogged ground shimmer like the surface of a lake.

Yuan Tiansi's tentacles had been completely shredded by the analytical cannon, leaving only half of the crystallized whale's body, which looked like a colorful crystal wooden fish.

And at this time.

The breath of calamity has also arrived.

The crimson haze spontaneously coalesced into a pillar, elongating and bending... transforming into an arc-shaped crimson crescent moon.

It's like a sharp blade, or like the aura of a sword being cleaved out.

It slashed fiercely at Yuan Tiansi's body, which had already been severely damaged by the Analysis Cannon, and shattered it completely!
Just like a supernova explosion—

The shattered halo scattered horizontally, its magnificent glow illuminating the sky.

Time seemed to stand still at that moment.

It was like the stuttering, frame-dropping effect caused by overloading the graphics card in a game. When Yuan Tiansi shattered completely, time itself slowed down.

Both the torrent of analytical cannons and the crimson energy blades that cleaved into Yuan Tiansi's body paused briefly at this moment.

Several seconds passed before it had advanced an extremely small distance. However, the shattered halo that exploded like a nova erupted spread and shattered outwards at a speed far exceeding the penetration of the sword blade.

I don’t know how long it took.

It might be a very long time, or it might only be a fleeting moment.

Time, which had been stagnant, began to flow again.

An invisible shockwave exploded from high above—

At that very moment, Yuan Tiansi's body fell like a meteor.

Yuan Tiansi's huge and broken body crashed into Jihe Tiansi in a very brief instant!
That wasn't a fall from a great height, but rather a lightning-fast acceleration to its maximum in an instant—Yuan Tiansi's final counterattack.

With a speed so fast that it was impossible to see clearly, coupled with a body as huge as a city, it unleashed unimaginable power.

--boom! ! !

It was impossible to tell which side the explosion came from.

The shockwave swept through the air, and the shimmering star rings burst forth and spread. Cliffs melted like cakes, vast oases rolled over, and the sand and dust, soaked into mud, were scorched dry and then burned into glass.

The geometric Celestial, which had transformed into a giant crystal cannon, was smashed into pieces by the selfless attack of the Abyss Celestial!

Under Yuan Tiansi's control, all the force of the impact was concentrated at one point, with almost none of it dissipating onto the ground.

The giant cannon that was originally formed by the Geometry Celestials had a barrel length of nearly two kilometers. Now, its body has been completely shattered, with the largest fragment no bigger than a fist.

The four-colored crystals scattered all over the ground, transforming into a small crystal valley.

On the outskirts of Crystal Valley, there are vast expanses of land scorched into a glassy hue.

Only then did the mud and dust that had been blown away by the shockwave begin to fall like raindrops.

—Without a doubt.

This attack has completely destroyed Geometry.

however……

Suddenly, the scattered crystals vanished, and the Geometric Celestial, once again transforming into an exquisite and complex geometric structure, hovered behind the Gray Celestial.

After His resurrection, He erected layers upon layers of defensive barriers. Spells operated spontaneously, with countless truths acting like countless spellcasting units—a feat absolutely impossible for mortals: synchronized and coordinated spellcasting on a scale of "ten thousand"!
Just as a mage tower can amplify the power of a mage, a synchronized caster can make a spell even more powerful. However, no one can synchronize tens of thousands of mages, casting the same spell at the same time using the same model. Perfect resonance means complete synergy of spells, and its power should not be underestimated—

Meanwhile, Gray Sky Division was already gradually revealing his battle stance within the defensive barrier.

Gray Sky Demon transformed into a giant, gray, misty spider, with a beautiful black-haired girl riding on its back.

She couldn't remember her face at all, only a vague impression of "beautiful." The details of the gray spider were also completely indistinct; no matter how hard she tried, she could only see details entirely different from what she remembered. She couldn't even be sure whether the girl was riding on the spider or whether her lower body was connected to it.

Because neither the girl nor the spider is Gray Sky's true appearance.

It is said that Gray Sky Chief has sixty-seven forms, but this claim is also a lie.

The more lies are told about Gray Sky Strategist, the more unknowable and invisible Gray Sky Strategist's true form becomes.

At this moment, Gray Celestial directly reversed the fact of "the death of Geometry Celestial," turning it into a lie.

Even though Geometry Celestial had indeed died just now due to Abyss Celestial's dying counterattack, it is now as if this had never happened.

however--

Just then, a monstrous, purplish-black hand covered with veins and blood vessels emerged from the spot where Yuan Tiansi had fallen and grabbed Hui Tiansi tightly!

As the thick black smoke dissipated, the power of a pillar god almost instantly melted away Gray Sky.

Gray Sky's body didn't even last three seconds before vanishing without a trace.

When Gray Celestial reappeared beside Geometry Celestial, it had transformed into a gray cat.

"……what is that?"

Even Gray Sky Division was somewhat surprised.

This scene was not in the future that He had previously learned from the Lord of Scales and Feathers!
Not only Gray Sky Division—even Aiwass was unfamiliar with the current developments.

Because Aiwass remembered that Yuan Tiansi did not have a third form at all.

The initial form of the deep blue whale-headed jellyfish turns red and black in its berserk form; the original whale head transforms into colorful, angular crystals after the berserk state; and the delicate, transparent, crystal-like tentacles turn into fleshy tentacles.

Aiwas remembers it very clearly—

In the game, Yuan Tiansi's final death cutscene shows him being pierced by serpentine thorns in the head of a whale.

Those hideous thorns were like terrifying parasites. As they burrowed into the enormous fish head, the abyss gradually ceased its struggle, and its power slowly crumbled. As it quieted down, white flowers pierced through its skin and grew out, eventually transforming into a living tombstone covered in blossoms.

And now...

With the combined efforts of Geometry and Crimson Calamity, the seemingly invincible Star Ice was finally shattered completely.

Unlike ordinary living things.

There is no brain inside the "skull". There are not even any vital organs.

The head of the giant whale, which consisted only of the front half, had a body of flesh and blood, but it was not a living creature at all—it was a growth similar to the tentacles!

—That whale head was actually a giant egg!
And when the eggshell broke, something crawled out...

"Haha, so that's how it is..."

Suddenly, Gray Sky Master laughed.

He understood everything at that moment. After reaching out its giant hand and devouring one of Gray Sky Division's identities, the pile of broken crystal clusters replenished their nutrients and began to continue their mutation.

At that moment, it seemed as if something slowly stood up.

It looks like a giant crystal egg that has grown arms and legs!
Its enormous, thick hands and feet made it look like a monster. However, upon closer inspection, one could still see that... those long, giant hands once possessed a rather elegant form.

Aiwass's consciousness became clear.

If what just happened felt like a dream, a third-person perspective on the story... then now Aiwass realizes he's dreaming, and that the dream is about to end.

—Yuan Tiansi is indeed going to die.

Even if the Crimson Calamity is weak, it is still a pillar god with authority; although the Analytical Cannon is also imperfect, it is still a replica of Paradise Lost.

Being hit in the core by two attacks simultaneously is an incurable injury, even for Da Yuan.

Violence, and truth—the Fourth Source River and the Seventh Source River, at this moment, actually unleashed a perfect combination attack!

This is “approximate infinity” and “imitated infinity”!
If the power of the Crimson Calamity continues to grow, and the power within the Dragon's Breath is infinitely divided, the total output of this attack will eventually reach "infinity".

This once supreme god has finally reached the limit of his life.

however……

Just like the deformed demons who evolved by receiving Aiwass's life force during Aiwass's first ascension ceremony, Oobuchi also carries Aiwass's soul and is searching for a new vessel.

Aiwas had initially thought that, given Da Yuan's intellectual disability, he might not even realize that he had been accepted as Aiwas's foster father. He was even already considering how to escape.

Now, Aiwass has truly discovered that this is not the case.

Although Yuan Tiansi looks like he has dementia, he actually knows that Aiwass is inside him!

—Crack!

With a crisp sound of the eggshell breaking, the giant gem egg completely fell off.

What was revealed was a huge, hideous, headless, purplish-black corpse!
As it completely detached from the eggshell, its purplish-black skin gradually faded to a deep red, and then turned pink; its monstrous muscles slowly calmed down.

Aiwass still couldn't open his eyes or his mouth. Just like when he was inside Yuan Tiansi's body, he was still directly perceiving the outside world through his soul's perception ability.

—This so-called "third form" is actually just creating a headless mutilated body for Aiwass that can contain his consciousness!
As Aiwas awoke, Yuan Tiansi's consciousness began to gradually dissipate.

In the material world, the headless giant slowly spread his arms, like the protagonist in The Shawshank Redemption bathing in the rain, tilting his head back to embrace the sky, bathing in mud and torrential rain. He "faced" the deep red dragon breath coiled high in the sky like a demonic serpent, and felt a strange sense of liberation.

His burning skin was like a red-hot iron plate, sizzling and constantly emitting white smoke.

The dragon's breath, as if alive, hovered warily, watching the headless giant.

And at this moment——

Countless dark thorns suddenly emerged from the soaked desert, burrowing directly into the giant's body through his calves, ankles, and soles!

The sinful thorns grazed his body, leaving streaks of blood. Just like the core of the previously shattered Yuan Tiansi, the giant's body was instantly covered with cracks.

In the world of consciousness, Aiwass met someone.

To be precise, it was a person's back view.

Before him was an endless expanse of white light, and a person was standing with their back to him.

He was wearing a white cloak, obscuring his hair and face.

He was bowing his head, as if he were praying with his eyes closed.

There was no need to understand Aiwass to know his identity—

That is the Great Abyss.

Yuan Tiansi, Abyss.

Or perhaps... this is the Ai Shiping of the past.

"—Yuan Tiansi...or rather, me?"

Aiwas couldn't help but speak up, wanting to strike up a conversation: "How should I address you..."

However, Ooku simply waved his hand lightly without turning his head, stopping Aiwas from getting closer.

"Brothers, let's go."

With his back to Aiwass, Da Yuan chuckled and said, "A wisp of remnant soul, no need to send it off any further."

That was the voice of Evans in his youth, sounding about ten years older than he does now.

Compared to the blind and foolish Yuan Tiansi, the remaining consciousness of the Pillar God sounded much more rational and intelligent at this moment.

"...Brothers?"

Aiwas murmured, slowly savoring the word.

Will we ever meet again?

After a moment of silence, Aiwass asked, "In the end... will you be able to come back?"

Upon hearing this, Da Yuan chuckled.

"Of course... they can't come back."

He said lightly, "Now, the snake's head has bitten its tail, and a new ring has been formed. My mission is complete... So, goodbye forever."

"...In that case..."

Aiwass suddenly spoke up: "Then you can borrow it, brother. Anyway, how you die shouldn't make any difference to you, right?"

Upon hearing this, Da Yuan turned around in surprise.

He looked at Aiwass's expression and instantly realized what Aiwass was doing and what he wanted to do.

Then Da Yuan suddenly burst into laughter.

"Then take it, take it! This last bit is all yours!"
"Greedy serpent... Greedy me!"

Amidst the abyss's maniacal laughter, the entire world of consciousness gradually collapsed and crumbled.

As the world of consciousness crumbled, Aiwass slowly raised his "head".

Countless black thorns of sin emerged from his severed neck—these thorns intertwined, yet did not easily form a healthy head. They formed rings, streamers, like the clasps of a hangman. Only here there was a "rope," but no "head" or "neck." Above it, a hollowed-out, jet-black crown appeared.

—That was the sin thorn transformed and condensed from the soul of the Great Abyss, exactly the same as the sin thorn that the adoptive father had transformed into!
A hundred sinners cannot bear as much sin as the foster father; and a hundred foster fathers, even if their sins were added together, could not contend with the Great Abyss!
If the winged and scaled creatures were able to "decompress" back then, why can't they manually compress it now?
By condensing themselves into sinful thorns, they solidify the legacy—

It was not for the continuation of civilization, nor for love. It was not for truth, nor for miracles.

Rather, it was to leave behind "hope".

This was the last resort that people of the previous era used when faced with the cataclysmic destruction of nothingness.

On the "Head of the Sinful Thorns," a pair of white jade-like antlers slowly grew out.

　Update complete, meow!

　　I'll probably be done playing tomorrow, time to go to sleep...

　　The daily routine is still spinning!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)