From the end of the world

Chapter 579: Yama, the Master of Gospel Hall
After three life-and-death battles, Huang Quan finally died in my hands.

If the Great Demon of Disaster was the first god-demon-level monster I killed, then Huangquan was the first human-god and Great Impermanence I killed. In this life-and-death battle, I even eliminated the Great Demon Xuanwu, a powerful enemy who could be called a natural enemy. A huge sense of accomplishment rose and swelled in my heart, making me even want to sing loudly.

Whether Huang Quan and Ma Zao have a true master-disciple relationship - this may become a mystery that I will never be able to solve, and will trigger my aftertaste and thinking again and again in the future. However, this question is not enough to affect my current relaxed and happy mood.

I turned around, intending to leave this messy and horrible battlefield, but at this moment, a sudden change intervened in my state of mind.

This is a hallucination. It is a picture that suddenly appeared in my consciousness. It is as if a part of my consciousness has started to work automatically for some reason, and I have inexplicably sketched out a distant scene with my imagination. Although I don't know the details, according to my intuition, it is very likely related to my killing of Huang Quan.

Through the hallucination scene, I saw a towering mountain standing in the boundless night, and on the top of the mountain there was an extremely huge tree - it looked like a peach tree.

The branches of the peach tree grew and spread wildly, their length was much longer than the trunk itself, and their number was endless, so that the entire mountain was covered with these tangled magical plants, making the entire mountain look like a giant beast wrapped in layers of fishing nets.

Another part of the branches formed an extremely huge "arch" where the peach tree was, and under the door stood a man in black clothes. The clothes were full of the style of ancient religious rituals, and looked complicated and solemn.

As if noticing my gaze, the man's shoulders moved slightly, then he slowly turned around and looked towards me.

He seemed to be able to see me directly.

"The power of the true spirit... the fragment of the divine seal?"

At first, his tone was flat, as if he was looking down from a high position, with a cold emotion of analysis and scrutiny.

Then, as if he had figured out something, his tone changed drastically.

"——You killed Huang Quan?"

He revealed a clear and cold murderous intent, and at the same time he stretched out his hand and grabbed me.

Although this was a scene that appeared in my mind, the man's actions gave me an extremely strong sense of danger, as if the hand he stretched out could really grab me in reality and deal me a fatal blow.

This picture must correspond to a scene in another real space. I immediately tried to cut off my observation of that scene, but found that I couldn't do it. It was clearly my consciousness that was "imagining" the picture of that scene, but I couldn't stop it. It was as if my brain was a running computer, and this picture was formed by a virus, and I couldn't freely stop the process of this virus.

I can probably analyze why I automatically observed the scene over there. It might be related to the power of the true spirit. Maybe there was a foreshadowing of Huang Quan's resurrection, and my true spirit power traced back and destroyed the foreshadowing while killing Huang Quan, so it was a byproduct that I observed that scene.

The reason why I can't stop observing now is not a problem with the power of the true spirit itself, but that man is remotely hijacking my soul with some incomprehensible power.

After reaching the realm of God, time and space, image and abstraction, reality and illusion... these things are no longer absolute. Therefore, even if the man attacks from my fantasy, he can still kill my real body.

Unfortunately, since Xiaowan's blessing has not yet switched back to the mode that adapts to normal fire power, and I am no longer in the eclipse form, I am too immature and fragile for this kind of confrontation. I can be very sure that this man's power is far stronger than Huangquan, and just like I am unable to cut off the other party's soul hijacking, I have no hope of confronting him head-on in this state.

So I simply cut off my observation in the most violent way possible.

What should I do if my computer is remotely hijacked by a hacker using a virus? The simplest way is to unplug the network cable. I directly exploded the part of my soul that was hijacked by the hacker.

This kind of practice is unimaginable for normal monks, or even normal human gods. Only people like me who don't care about the damage to their souls can do it without changing their expressions. And when I completed the self-destruction, as expected, the picture in my mind suddenly became blurred, distorted and flickering, and the man was unable to turn the virtual into the real for a while, revealing a look of astonishment.

I was also a little surprised. I thought the scene would disappear directly, but it continued. It seems that without knowing it, more parts of my soul have been invaded by the opponent's power, and the tentacles of the opponent's power may have invaded all parts without anyone noticing.

What a terrifying method. As the Great Impermanence and a human god, if I had not appeared in spirit, I could say that I was defeated from the inside out by the opponent just by thinking about him in my mind during the first encounter!
"Who are you?" I asked.

Even though no sound came out, I'm sure the other person could "hear" me.

"The head of the Gospel Court, Yama."

The man replied, and then reached out to grab me again. At the same time, the shaky illusion in my mind suddenly became vivid again. The smell of death was overwhelming.

I exploded all my soul along with my body.

This time, the image in my mind finally vanished, and the man completely disappeared from my consciousness.
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Since Huang Quan had most likely sent out a distress signal to other gods in the Gospel Temple during the battle before his death, in order to avoid being besieged and fired upon by staying there, I quickly evacuated from here after recondensing my body and soul.

However, I did not go to meet up with Xiaowan first. Because Yama might track me down with mysterious means after the previous confrontation, I deliberately moved to another place first and sorted out the information I had just come into contact with.

The head of the Gospel Monastery, Yama...

He was the man who had killed "Taisui who was suspected to be the Lord of the Divine Seal" according to intelligence, the ruler of the Gospel Institute, and one of the three founders of Luoshan.

From the other person, I can feel a presence that is more powerful than Xuanming's.

Although I just said that I am not in my strongest state, even if Xiaowan immediately switches the blessing back and I enter the corona form, I am probably not a match for the opponent. He is a super strong man who matches the title of "Master of Gospel Temple". As for the mountain where the opponent is standing, judging from the two features of "huge peach tree" and "gate formed by branches", it is exactly the same as the Dushuo Mountain in mythology. However, considering that the Dushuo Mountain in mythology is not located in the afterlife, but at the intersection of yin and yang, that mountain is probably the location for setting up the "Dushuo Mountain formation as a portal".

Just pass through that archway of branches to reach the world of the living.

The number of people that can be transported by the Dushuo Mountain Formation should be limited. In the past, the only person from the Gospel Academy that could be observed to be active in the world of the living was Huangquan, and the previous Chengjing monk who was a cadre of the Huangquan Gospel Academy did not even know the existence of the Dushuo Mountain Formation. It can be seen that the Gospel Academy does not have the conditions to enter the world of the living on a large scale.

Could it be that Huang Quan's cooperation with Taoyuan Township Lord Meng Zhang is also intended to make up for the lack of influence of the Gospel Institute in the world of the living?

I then noticed the problem from another angle - now I may know the reason why Huang Quan sought cooperation with Meng Zhang, but what reason did Meng Zhang, the owner of Taoyuan Township, have to cooperate with Huang Quan?
How much does he know about the end of the world? And what is his specific attitude towards the Gospel House?

Soon, I used my perception to determine that Yama would not chase me, and then I activated the fire teleportation and came to where the small bowl was.

Number 7 arranged for her to stay next to a deserted gas station, where she was leaning against an abandoned vehicle and waiting silently. When she saw me appear, she showed a happy expression, ran up to me, and hugged my waist.

"Brother Zhuang Cheng, welcome back!" she said happily.

"I am back."

I responded while looking around. It seemed that No. 7 had not yet finished her work.

From the start of the battle to now, less than two minutes have passed. It sounds very short, but in fact it is very long for people like me and No. 7.

Previously, I set my battle time at three minutes, which is also within this range. The Great Impermanence can run its subjective thoughts at a speed that is almost as fast as time stops, and can move at a speed thousands of times faster than that of ordinary people. In other words, one second in the eyes of a normal person can be stretched to more than ten hours by the Great Impermanence.

Of course, this is just an extreme theory. In fact, when Huang Quan and I were fighting, we didn't really follow this principle. After all, we couldn't really focus all our energy on high-speed thinking and improving speed. It's not like we were racing.

Moreover, our power itself will affect the concept of time, and may even fight on a level beyond time. It is possible that a battle of several days and nights can be compressed into one second, or vice versa in some special cases. It cannot be calculated only according to the physical reference system.

However, there is no such influence on No. 7. Although she is far inferior to the Great Impermanence at the Great Perfection level, she is able to stretch three minutes to a considerable time for use. She even used the power of the divine seal fragment to barely keep up with the movements of me and the Great Demon Xuanwu. Let's believe that she can complete the task properly.

"Brother Zhuang Cheng, did you encounter anything before?" Xiaowan observed my expression.

I told her about my previous experience with Yama.

"Master of Gospel Temple, Yama...is he the human-god who is wanted for me?" Xiaowan recited.

In the afterlife, we have solved a lot of mysteries, but there are also many mysteries that have not been solved. Among them, the reason why Yama wanted Xiaowan is one of them.

No, the real mystery is not why Yama wanted Xiaowan. Given the huge and rare value of the Son of God, it is normal for anyone to be coveted by anyone. In addition, Xiaowan is also the Son of God who holds the fragment of the God Seal. No one knows better than me how much bonus she brings to me. The real mystery is - why does Yama know that Xiaowan is the Son of God?
Where did this information leak from?

Xiao Wan seemed to have thought of something. Seeing this, I asked curiously, "Do you have any idea?"

"One thing...but I'm not quite sure. I'll have to wait until I recover my memory to know the details." Xiaowan said thoughtfully.

In other words, this has something to do with the memory Xiaowan lost due to the madness infection?
Then I can only tell the story after I recover my memory. I decided to be patient, and Xiaowan changed the subject appropriately, "Speaking of which...Brother Zhuang Cheng, you have already eliminated the Great Demon Xuanwu, right?"

"Yes," I replied.

"But did you use the power of your true spirit?" Xiaowan asked seriously.

"It worked," I said.

"Is that so..." Xiaowan showed a regretful expression.

Although the Great Demon is immortal, its resurrection is neither on the spot nor immediately, but will return again in the future after a period of time. Whether the power of the true spirit is used on the Great Demon Xuanwu in the previous battle will not change the outcome of the battle itself. In Xiaowan's opinion, I may have been too excited for a while without finding a way to preserve the flesh and blood of the Great Demon Xuanwu, and forever ruined the opportunity to completely repair Ma Zao's soul.

However, if Xiaowan really thinks that I am a reckless man who forgets everything when I get too excited, then I will have a headache. I definitely did not kill the Great Demon Xuanwu without any thought.

"Xiaowan, look, what is this."

I raised my hand and exposed my palm.

Xiaowan looked at my palm in surprise.

A large ball of black flame emerged, and inside it, a ball of black water was suspended.

(End of this chapter)