From the end of the world

Chapter 359 After the War
The battle is over. Although I still feel unsatisfied, I am not an irrational battle maniac. I know that the losses from continuing to fight far outweigh the gains. Since the main goal has been achieved, calling it a day is the best course of action.

Now that Mingzhu's body and soul are filled with my flames, coupled with the Xuanming Fire, I'm sure he won't be able to make any splashes for a long time. Even though he has much more experience and skills in manipulating the power of the Great Impermanence than I do, he can't recover his advantage under these conditions.

This is like a Go game, with an amateur Go player on one side and the world's most advanced AI on the other, but the latter gives up 100 pieces. No matter how big the difference in skill is, the former is bound to win. According to common sense, there is no need to add the phrase "for a long time", no matter how you think about it, it will never be possible to turn the tables.

But the opponent is unpredictable after all. Even if I can't come up with a solution, it doesn't mean he will never be able to come up with a solution. The conflict between us has not really ended, it has just been lurking again. I still have to try to make myself stronger as soon as possible, at least to reach a level equal to Mingzhu in terms of hard power.

Before returning to Luoshan headquarters, Mingzhuo turned around and looked at me, and said grimly: "You didn't ask me to forbid me from attacking you in the oath."

The previous oath only prohibited Mingzhu from attacking people around me, but did not prohibit him from attacking me directly. It's not that I didn't notice this loophole, but I didn't mean to plug it.

"I don't mind," I said.

"You lunatic..." Mingzhu said like a curse.

Jian Feixian, who had been standing behind Fa Zheng and not participating in the conversation, suddenly spoke at this time.

"If you continue to fight Zhuang Cheng, you may win." He said to Ming Zhuo.

Ming Zhuo snorted coldly and didn't continue the conversation. Jian Feixian showed a look of blatant contempt, turned around and said to me: "Zhuang Cheng, you have to root out the grass. If you let him go today, the poison will be endless."

"Forget it this time. Besides, I want to defeat him with my own strength in the future."

I first answered Jian Feixian, and then said to Mingzhuo: "You must be very unconvinced. Next time, I will make you convinced."

It's not that I can't understand Ming Zhuo's emotions. It's fine for Xuan Ming, but he won't be truly convinced by me. My power is obviously weaker than his, and I can only suppress him with the power left by Xuan Ming.

As a winner, even if I win by unfair means, at most I will just sigh in my heart, "If only I were strong enough to win without relying on such means"; and as a loser, you can imagine how frustrated I feel when I am defeated by unfair means.

"...You'd better do it." Ming Zhuo said coldly, "Otherwise, next time, you will only breathe your last."

"You actually really think so?"

Jian Feixian's eyes seemed to be able to see through my emotions. After listening to me, he was stunned for a moment, then threw a glass talisman at me.

"Come and visit me when you have time." He seemed quite happy.

Then he turned around, turned into a silver metallic light and flew away, disappearing at the end of the horizon. Mingzhuo glared fiercely at the direction where Jian Feixian disappeared, and he also turned into black and red smoke and disappeared on the spot.

Just as Jian Feixian said, if Mingzhu chose to continue fighting me after Shenzhao intervened, I would not be able to push Mingzhu into the killing cycle again, and the possibility of being killed in return objectively existed. Mingzhu did not do that, and there was only one possibility, that is, he was afraid of taking risks.

On one hand, he might end up being exhausted by me, and on the other hand, he could take a step back and have a broader horizon. He chose the latter.

From my own standpoint, this choice certainly does not conform to my aesthetics, but there is nothing to despise. Everyone will rank the things they own, and the most precious things that cannot be lost must not be lost even once. The most important thing is not to regret the choices you make. In essence, I am no different from Mingzhu, and Mingzhu is just protecting the things that I want to protect the most.

The other Great Impermanence followed suit and left one after another. Shenzhao gave me a look before leaving, and then turned into a white light and disappeared. Just like No. 5 Yuchi could recognize me as a Void Realm Apostle based on my power performance, No. 6 Shenzhao also obviously recognized me. He probably hoped to have a chance to talk to me privately next.

He just interfered with the battle between me and Fate Turbidity, and although it can be said that he helped me so that I would not miss the big event that might determine whether the end of the world will come or not, it is really hard for me to like him emotionally. More importantly, I don't really want to be alone with him in my current weak state.

Let's go back and recover our damaged true spirit first.

Luoshan headquarters is more than 200 kilometers away from where I am now. I returned there by means of fire teleportation. Originally, Luoshan headquarters was surrounded by Gua Tianshi's barrier, and I might not be able to sense the heat energy mark I left there, but when the battle started, Mingzhu knocked me out and penetrated the barrier on the way. Thanks to this, I saved the trouble of returning.

Fa Zheng also came back with me. After we arrived, he turned to me and said, "You go and heal your wounds first. We can talk about it later if there is anything." I had no objection, so I said goodbye to Fa Zheng and returned to the hotel where Ma Zao and the others were.

At this time, Luoshan headquarters was in an uproar. The fluctuations of magic power from the battle between me and Mingzhu had already been sensed by countless people, but no one paid attention to what happened to me, the person involved.

When I arrived outside Ma Zao's room, I heard a lot of discussion coming from behind the door. Judging from the voices, they were Lu Chan, Zhu Shi, Mr. Zhu, and Ma Zao.

"...Zhu Shi, can you sense the fluctuations of Zhuang Cheng and Ming Zhuo's mana? How is the battle going? Zhuang Cheng's sea of ​​fire blocked all the fluctuations of Ming Zhuo's mana, and now I can't sense Zhuang Cheng's mana fluctuations... Did Ming Zhuo win?"

"No, I can't sense it either. It's not just Zhuang Cheng's mana fluctuations that are undetectable, Ming Zhuo's mana fluctuations are also undetectable... But it doesn't seem to have disappeared suddenly, but rather subsided... Speaking of which, Lu Chan, my 'Buzhou Mountain' is not a special ability used to detect mana fluctuations. Don't just ask me, use the detection spell yourself."

"Don't panic. Zhuang Cheng has probably lost, and we should evacuate Luoshan headquarters. Ma Zao, you should be able to teleport to Zhuang Cheng at any time, right? Then can you sense Zhuang Cheng's current location? Maybe he is not dead, but escaped after the defeat. We'd better teleport to him first to see if we can help... No, he may still be in the process of escaping. If we go there now, we may hinder him, so..."

"The fluctuations of mana around Zhuang Cheng were too strong, but it seems to have subsided. I can now sense Zhuang Cheng's location... Hmm? Wait..."

I pushed the door open and saw four people crowded in front of the window. When they heard the slight sound coming from here, they all turned their heads as if they were facing a great enemy.

Ma saw clearly that it was me and showed a surprised expression.

"Zhuang Cheng!"

She rushed over to me immediately and hugged me tightly.

The other three were stunned. Mr. Zhu reacted first and said in disbelief, "Why did you come here... Is the battle over? Who won? Could it be..."

"Senior Brother Zhuang, you won?" Zhu Shi asked with a raised brow.

Lu Chan thought from the beginning that I went there with a chance of winning, so he was not as unbelievable as Mr. Zhu and was the calmest person present.

I just held Ma Zao and reported the result directly.

"I win," I said.
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Three days passed afterwards.

The news of Mingzhuo's defeat has spread everywhere, and I have been recuperating in a secluded place most of the time.

There is a super advanced sanatorium at the Luoshan headquarters, which is specially used to treat injured demon hunters. I stayed here during this period and received the highest standard of treatment. Just listening to the introduction, it seems that this place is like a hospital. If I were to describe it, it would be more like a medical care center. It is more like a place to recuperate than a place to treat illnesses, so some exhausted demon hunters also seek spiritual healing here.

My body and soul do not need to be treated, but my true spirit needs to be treated. As for the treatment of the true spirit, it is also a completely unknown field in Luoshan. The safest and most effective method confirmed in the long history is "eat well and sleep well". Although I don't have a rigid need to eat, eating like a human can make me feel at peace, which seems to be helpful for the recovery of the true spirit.

Sleeping is even more helpful. Although I don't have a hard need for sleep, sleep is an excellent way to maintain the soul and is also helpful for the true spirit. As my true spirit was damaged, I felt quite drowsy, so I slept well.

After three days, I feel that I am much better. The recovery of my spirit is slower than I expected, but it is close to a preliminary recovery. If I have to say anything, I still feel a little carsick, but at least I don't have the feeling of danger anymore.

Ma Zao stayed by my side all the time, while Mr. Zhu was busy with other things. Zhu Shi was also busy with Mr. Zhu, but he would come to visit me often.

Lu Chan also came to see me on the morning of the third day. After confirming my recovery speed, he showed an expression of amazement.

"According to historical records, damage to the true spirit is generally incurable. Even if it can be cured, the recovery process is very slow and may even leave lifelong sequelae..." he said.

(End of this chapter)