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Chapter 275 It's so good to see you again
Haicheng, the capital of Dongzhou.

city ​​center.

The Hujiang River divides the city diagonally in two. Looking across the river to the east bank, one can see a cluster of bustling high-rise buildings at the end of the river.

That is the Crescent Bay commercial district in Haicheng.

At this moment, Crescent Bay was engulfed in flames, turning the buildings into a sea of ​​fire.

Thick black smoke billowed straight into the sky.

The sounds of explosions, sirens, gunshots, and screams mingled together in a continuous cacophony.

Chaos and panic spread rapidly, until they reached a boiling point.

A "Bright Moon Bridge" spans the Hujiang River. At the top of the bridge's towers stand three barefoot figures in white robes.

They were all blond, blue-eyed men, with a large, blood-stained inverted cross embroidered on the back of their white robes.

The three stood upright, gazing at the distant fire from their high vantage point, their expressions indifferent.

Da da da……

Several armed helicopters from the Bureau of Defense flew over, the strong winds making their robes flutter, but they seemed to be invisible to the three men, heading straight for the disaster site.

"all the best."

The blond man at the head of the group said calmly.

He had messy, medium-length hair and a full beard, making him look unkempt.

“Three disasters, three increases... brothers and sisters have become stronger as a result, and the Lord is slowly awakening.”

As he spoke, the man raised his hand.

His wide sleeves slipped down, revealing his sickly pale arms, which bore seven or eight hideous scars.

Three of the scars looked recent, shimmering with a golden sheen and oozing blood.

"Man-made disasters..."

Another man with short hair and a white robe smiled.

"Isn't this another manifestation of a miracle? Since it is a miracle, we devout believers will naturally receive the Lord's grace."

He paused, then said to the bearded man:

“Father Rogers, I just received a message from the bishop. He said that the organization’s operation in the Eastern Continent is progressing smoothly, and the ‘Lord’ is indeed showing signs of awakening… Perhaps soon, our ‘God-making plan’ will be successful.”

The man's tone suppressed intense anticipation and fervor.

Father Rogers nodded: "Whether it's you and me, the bishops' conference, or His Holiness the Pope... our ultimate goal is to stand at the edge of the new world, to become 'saints,' to become... the creators of the new order."

"Only when the will of the 'Lord' is created in the new world will the power of miracles undergo a qualitative change, thereby completely crushing other systems."

The other two pastors said in unison:

"We look forward to that day. Etching will prevails."

“Praise the etching.”

Rogers also crossed his arms, bowed his head, and said a prayer.

The three remained silent for a few seconds.

After Rogers finished his greetings, he smiled and said, "You should leave Haicheng first. I need to finish up my previous arrangements."

"Is it that girl from the mountains and seas?"

The pastor, who had remained silent until now, asked a question.

Rogers nodded.

"I never expected to encounter the 'Burning Sacrifice' deck during this operation... It was once owned by a 'Grand Master' of the Mountain and Sea Federation. Even though that person died in the line of duty, the deck was sealed and guarded by the Federation authorities, and the bishops have never been able to find an opportunity to use it."

"It seems that the girl has inherited the deck, which is a golden opportunity. After all, dealing with a rookie Warrior is much easier than dealing with a top-tier 'Taijutsu'..."

"If I can obtain the 'Burning Sacrifice' deck, I'm confident I can transform my 'Stigmata' to its full potential, thus taking another step forward."

After hearing Rogers' words, the two pastors exchanged a glance.

"Do you need any help?" one of them asked.

Rogers smiled and shook his head: "You don't need to get involved in this matter. I have already paid a considerable price, causing the girl's 'pain' and trapping her in a disaster zone."

"Since that's the case, that's fine."

The short-haired pastor said.

"Then I wish you success in entering the bishopric, Father Rogers."

Rogers did not respond, but simply bowed with his arms crossed.

The two priests vanished in a flash, leaving Rogers alone atop the tower, gazing meaningfully into the distance.

...

...

The inky light streaked across the sky like a shooting star, then abruptly stopped above the Hujiang River.

The light dissipated, revealing the silhouette of a young man.

Wang Xi's gaze drifted towards the Mingyue Bridge, his brows furrowing slightly. Just a fleeting moment ago, his "Intuitive Understanding (Imprint)" experienced an extremely subtle fluctuation.

That was a malicious gaze...

Wang Xi's eyes were deep and profound.

After a brief moment of contemplation, Wang Xi chose to trust his intuition and immediately activated his primordial spirit.

However, after scanning the bridge, there was nothing unusual.

"Is it an illusion?"

Wang Xi shook his head and murmured.

He transformed into a beam of light once more and continued toward Moon Bay.

But just after the light had flown several thousand meters, it suddenly disappeared!
Whoosh!
Wang Xi appeared at the top of the tower without any warning!
He just secretly activated "Fish Branding Inkstone" and made a surprise attack, teleporting here instantly.

Wow!

The air in front of Wang Xi seemed to be startled, and suddenly distorted for a moment.

"There is indeed someone!"

He grinned and raised his hand to weave magical threads, sealing off a hundred-meter radius around him.

At the same time, he made a sword gesture.

Clang! !

In a flash, a pale white sword light, about ten feet long, streaked across the front.

hum-

The sword light charged forward relentlessly, but it missed its target.

"Hmm?" Wang Xi squinted.

This unknown enemy used rather strange methods, ignoring his "Connecting Realm (Mark)" blockade, dodging the sword light, and escaping.

Seeing this, Wang Xi immediately took out "Chekhov's Spear", infused it with "Ancient Dragon's Breath", and fired six shots in succession.

boom! boom! boom! boom! boom! boom!
Suddenly, a series of explosions occurred in mid-air.

Boom! ! !
Six giant golden fireworks exploded one after another, forming a long line that stretched for thousands of meters, extending all the way to the outside of the high walls of Haicheng.

A handful of bright red, scalding blood was spilled from the sky.

"You're still not dead after taking six shots from me?"

Wang Xi looked in the direction the enemy had fled and was quite surprised.

They're incredibly resilient!
Just as he was about to give chase, a building in Crescent Bay below suddenly collapsed, and screams and shouts erupted.

Wang Xi gazed deeply into the distance, then raised his hand and grabbed the handful of blood from afar, condensing it into a blood sphere in his palm.

He immediately transformed into a beam of light and rushed downwards.

During this process, Wang Xi noticed that the surface of the blood cells shimmered with a holy golden luster, which was quite extraordinary.

"Blood of Divine Favor: Blood shed by a holy cultivator who was caught off guard and ambushed, which has a chance to trigger a minor miracle."

God's favor...

Holy Religion...

A knowing glint flashed in Wang Xi's eyes.

Thanks to his diligent study at Kunwu Camp, attending every single theoretical class, these two technical terms refer to the strong members of the Miracle System.

A guess flashed through Wang Xi's mind.

This person is acting suspiciously. Could he be the mastermind behind this disaster in the Eastern Continent—a member of the "Etching Holy Symbols Society"?
Looks like we've caught a big fish.

Wang Xi curled his lips into a smile.

Although the other party ran away, he was not worried.

With this ball of blood, he could use his primordial spirit to track it, provided that the other party's location did not exceed the limit range of his primordial spirit.

With the disaster situation at Moon Bay urgent, Wang Xi figured that the other party, having been shot six times, couldn't have gone far... It wouldn't be too late to find the other party after the disaster core here was resolved.

...

...

Outside of Haicheng.

A purple crack suddenly appeared in the sky.

A figure stumbled out of the crowd, transforming into a golden pillar of light that crashed onto the desolate road.

boom! !

The road surface was smashed, creating a deep crater, and gravel flew everywhere.

thump!
Rogers covered his bright red right arm and knelt down on one knee.

Sweat soaked his hair, and his face showed only pain, anger, and a barely perceptible lingering fear.

"Who...who is that person?!"

He whispered hoarsely.

After bidding farewell to his companions, Rogers was about to leave when he spotted a black streak of light on the horizon.

He was confident that with his miraculous skills, even a top-tier "Taiyu" would not be able to detect his presence face to face.

So Rogers glanced at the other person again.

But it was just that one glance...

He almost capsized in a ditch!
The young man was truly cunning and treacherous. He pretended not to notice, but suddenly turned around and teleported in front of him. Without saying a word, he attacked.

Fortunately, Rogers reacted quickly and dodged the opponent's deadly attack. He was confident he could escape unscathed, but he didn't want to get entangled with the opponent, lest he attract more powerful enemies.

however……

The other party used some unknown means to be able to lock onto me, who was hiding in another phase space.

Rogers raised his trembling right arm.

The priest's robes were burned to ashes by the high temperature, and six hideous charred holes appeared on his right arm, with the golden flames still burning relentlessly.

"This is a high-level power from the Fairy Tale System! It can actually ignore my spatial barrier and even has the effect of preventing healing..."

Rogers gritted his teeth.

"Damn!!"

He hesitated for only two seconds before making up his mind.

Rogers used his "Sacrifice" deck, turning his hard-earned stigmata into a "Great Miracle" to offset the damage from the six bullet holes.

hum-

The flames on his arm finally went out, but the wound healed at an extremely slow pace.

Of the original eight sacred marks, only two remain.

"Damn it!" Rogers growled.

Worried that the guy would continue chasing, he quickly stood up, stepped into the phase space, and headed in the predetermined direction. "As long as..." he murmured as he traversed the purple vision, "As long as I can obtain the 'Burning Sacrifice' deck, my system will be more complete, and those lost stigmata will only return tenfold!"

"Wait for me!"

...

...

Crescent Bay Commercial District.

A terrifying roar tore through the air.

The multi-story commercial office building emitted a tooth-grinding groan, casting a despairing shadow as it crashed down upon the panicked crowd below!

boom--

Screams and cries, shattered glass.

A colossal, towering behemoth of reinforced concrete loomed overhead, and time seemed to freeze at that moment.

hold head high! !

A long and majestic dragon roar resounded through the sky.

Immediately afterwards, a massive, dark dragon shadow appeared out of thin air, majestic and ethereal. The dragon shadow was over a hundred meters long, winding and coiling, supporting the collapsing building in an incredible manner.

An invisible force field instantly unfolded, forming a massive barrier that covered the entire block below.

— "Panlong Dojo (Brand)"!
The collapsing building seemed to have crashed into an invisible wall, its downward momentum abruptly halted. Countless fragments of stone and glass, like waves crashing against reefs, rippled across the force field before sliding down.

The survivors stared blankly at the sky above.

Then they erupted in ecstatic joy at surviving the ordeal.

"Oh my God!"

"Saved! We are saved!"

Shouts came and went.

High in the sky.

Wang Xi stood in mid-air, silently watching below.

Casting such a large-scale defensive force field should theoretically consume a lot of energy, but for him at this stage, it's nothing at all.

After confirming that no one below was injured, his gaze pierced through the thick smoke and locked onto the core of the chaos hundreds of meters away—

There, a 30-meter-tall fire giant is wreaking havoc!
It was engulfed in flames, and each step it took caused an earthquake-like roar, leaving charred footprints on the asphalt road with its huge feet.

boom! boom!
The giant waved his arm, hurling the condensed fireballs in all directions, igniting wave after wave of flames.

It's like a moving volcano, constantly erupting flames and turning the bustling commercial district into a hellish inferno.

"That is……"

Wang Xi's pupils shrank slightly.

He saw that behind the fire giant was a huge and familiar burning windmill.

“Lilian…”

Wang Xi's lips moved slightly as she murmured.

Sure enough, he soon spotted the petite figure sitting on the shoulders of the fire giant, beneath the windmill.

That was a young girl.

Her long, golden hair was still fluffy, but it had lost its former soft luster, dancing wildly in the chaotic waves of flames.

She wore a white dress, but her eyes were nothing but pure black, cold as frost, indifferently looking down at the destruction she had created with her own hands.

"Disaster Core - Fire Witch - Lillian (Nemesis/Title 4-Star/Hero)"

Wang Xi could clearly see the other party's entry.

'In the end, she couldn't escape the fate of turning to the dark side, destined to become the future of fairy tales.'

Wang Xi sighed inwardly.

'My progress is too slow; I still haven't found a solution to the blackening pollution...'

now.

The defense forces of Haicheng are deeply embroiled in a fierce battle with the fire giants.

The defense team members and their superiors fought with all their might to try to stop the giant's advance.

The battlefield was a scene of utter devastation.

High-energy laser beams rained down on the giant's legs, but failed to penetrate its defenses.

Many warriors who followed the fairy tale system joined forces to cast water and ice magic, but the flames only dimmed for a moment before surging again.

The giant waved his arm irritably, and the resulting heat wave blasted dozens of people who were closest to him away.

Fortunately, the illusory image of the Xuanlong circled around, blocking the fire waves and preventing any casualties.

"It's that same person from before!"

"He's made his move again!"

Ignoring the commotion and anticipation below, Wang Xi took out "Chekhov's Gun" and gently brushed it across the revolver's magazine.

This time, what lit up on the missile pods in sequence was no longer the golden light of dragon's breath, but an extremely condensed white light.

Wang Xi infused the power of "Joyful Years for Humanity" into the revolver, which can be seen as a sword beam compressed to its extreme.

A real flashbang!

Wang Xi raised his hand and pulled the trigger.

Click! !
A pale white bolt of lightning suddenly burst forth from the void. It was so fast that it instantly traversed hundreds of meters and pierced precisely into the head of the fire giant!

laugh--

Like a hot knife through butter, the pale lightning pierced through the giant's head without any hindrance, traveling downwards and exploding inside its massive fiery body!

The immense sword intent erupted instantly, shattering the giant's chest once more!
"Roar!!"

The fire giant let out a painful roar, its massive body stiffened, and then it collapsed to its knees.

Its heavy body smashed a deep crater into the ground, its burning giant hand braced against the ground, and its cracked head drooped, seemingly temporarily unable to move.

The flames all over his body began to flicker.

Just as the giant knelt down, Lillian suddenly turned her head.

Those dark, unfathomable eyes met Wang Xi's in the sky, their gaze devoid of any emotion, only a deathly coldness.

Wang Xi remained expressionless and pulled the trigger again.

Click!

A second, deathly white lightning bolt followed closely behind!
Lillian pulled out an ordinary-looking match.

blah-

She struck the match lightly.

The flames instantly expanded, transforming into a gigantic fire tornado that stretched from the sky to the earth, blocking the giant's path and colliding violently with the pale lightning.

Boom! ! !

The shockwave swept away the wreckage of several blocks around it.

After a brief contest of energy, they annihilate each other.

Lillian's dark eyes flickered slightly.

Wang Xi had already fired the third shot.

Click! !
The pale lightning was too fast; Lillian tried to cast a spell to block it, but she was a step too late.

puff-

The fire giant exploded on the spot!

It turned into a pool of lava.

Having lost her mount, Lillian hovered in mid-air, her dark eyes fixed on Wang Xi.

A murderous glint appeared in his eyes.

Lillian held a match in her hands, as if holding the only hope in the world, or perhaps... the final destruction.

blah-

The match was lit.

A dazzling pillar of fire suddenly erupted, its speed astonishing.

In the blink of an eye, Wang Xi, who was suspended high in the sky, was swallowed up.

"what!"

"careful!"

The crowd below erupted in terrified screams.

The intense heat radiated by that pillar of fire was unbearable even from hundreds of meters away, let alone being hit by it.

The high-ranking warriors watching from afar turned pale, convinced that they had no chance of survival under that pillar of fire.

boom! !

The pillar of fire suddenly split open.

A figure appeared from the pillar of fire.

—"Ancient Dragon Lord"!
At this moment, Wang Xi wore a burning crown and had a pair of pure golden dragon wings growing from his back. His entire body was covered with fine dragon scales that shimmered like molten gold, and he held a wooden sword in his hand.

The terrifying pillar of fire ignited by Lillian washed over Wang Xi's body in the form of "Ancient Dragon Lord," and felt like a warm current brushing against a reef.

In this form, Wang Xi's fire resistance is ridiculously high.

Lillian's fire magic couldn't even break through her defenses.

Wang Xi's golden vertical pupils calmly gazed at the girl, then he raised the ancient dragon sword and gently swung it—

Swish!
puff! !
Lillian's body trembled, and a thin line of blood appeared on her swan-like neck.

"puff--"

Lillian coughed up a mouthful of blood.

However, as soon as the blood left her body, it was vaporized by the remaining golden flames on her body.

at this time.

The darkness in the girl's eyes receded like a tide.

She seemed to regain a sliver of consciousness at the last moment.

Lillian struggled to lift her head, gazing at the majestic figure in the air, which resembled a dragon or a god.

The coldness on his face melted away, and with great difficulty, he managed to tug upwards at the corners of his mouth, revealing a wistful smile.

Her lips moved silently, as if she had used up her last bit of strength.

Wang Xi's pupils shrank.

He saw it clearly.

What Lillian said was clearly: "It's...so...good to see you again...Gai."

The girl's body was burned to ashes.

The Fire Witch eventually turned to ashes.

Although this wasn't the first time he'd encountered such a situation, Wang Xi still couldn't help but drift into a daze.

He stared blankly at the spot where Lillian had disappeared, a complex emotion welling up in his eyes.

'If it could be done…'

A thought flashed through Wang Xi's mind.

Or perhaps, a decision.

'I will save you, I will save every world.'

(End of this chapter)