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Unfurling his Blood Shadow Cloak, Qin Yu slowed the impact and landed smoothly. The surrounding ash was essentially the ash giant's weapon, and Qin Yu was constantly being targeted by these things.

Bang!Bang!Bang!

Suddenly, sharp spikes made of ash surged from the ground and rushed towards Qin Yu. Qin Yu activated his Sword Guardian Mountain, blocking the deadly attack head-on.

"Turning defense into offense, the immortal sword's edge!"

Having built up the momentum from the previous impact, Qin Yu switched from defense to offense and counterattacked the Ash Giant. His sword strikes dispersed the swirling ash around him, creating a path that directly targeted the Ash Giant's vitals.

Bloodthorns pierced the sky and flew towards the vital core of the Ash Giant, which Qin Yu had just discovered—the Ash Core gathered at its heart.

A flash of red light, and with a whoosh, the Blood Thorn flew in an arc and returned to Qin Yu's hand.

The ash giant not far away seemed to have been frozen in time, and soon after, it slowly turned into ash, which drifted into the sky along with the surrounding ash, merging into the world.

"Did Hua Tianqing also encounter this kind of creature?"

After the battle ended, Qin Yu couldn't help but ponder this question. Given Hua Tianqing's strength, he would have been certain to die if he had faced the Ash Giant. So he was very curious about how Hua Tianqing had defeated it, or whether he had never encountered the Ash Giant before.

What Qin Yu didn't know was that Hua Tianqing didn't encounter much difficulty when he went to the Blackfire Kingdom, nor did he encounter the Ash Giant that Qin Yu had just fought. After finding the Fire Sword Saint and taking his fire seed, he ended his journey.

Hua Tianqing's sole purpose was to complete this main task; he hadn't explored any other areas, unlike Qin Yu. Although Qin Yu followed the indicated route, he still checked his surroundings, which led to his recent encounter with the Ash Giant.

"The giant's immortal ashes dropped quite a lot, so let's just say it's a good thing..."

Qin Yu continued forward, unaware of what awaited him ahead...

-

Hikari rushed to Utopia, arriving at the place where she and Nanaf had previously lived.

But to her surprise, the place had been reduced to ruins. Hikari immediately realized that the situation was bad and went into the ruins to look for Nanaf.

"Nanafu!"

"Nanafu!"

Hikari, who had been very calm, was now anxiously calling out Nanaf's name, but no one could answer her.

Unable to find anything, she could only sit silently on the ground, lost in thought.

"Who is it...?"

The person who did these things must be someone I don't get along with at all. If that's the case, then the only possible culprits are Morika and her friends.

I defeated her last time, and given her personality, she must still be holding a grudge.

If that's the case, then it's possible that Morika burned this place down and then kidnapped Nanaf.

"..."

Hikari suddenly stood up, her expression somewhat gloomy, and slowly walked in one direction.

Morika's residence was much more lively and luxurious than Hikari and Nanaf's.

Among the forest elves, Morika is considered to be from a prestigious family, and precisely because of this, she cannot accept losing to Hikari, an elf knight from an ordinary family.

Previously, they tricked Hikari and the others into going to a small guild of people from another world, thinking it would be a blow to her, but who would have thought she would become stronger and stronger.

"Morika, should we feed that guy?"

"No rush, she's only been hungry for three days. We'll feed her when she can't take it anymore, and then she'll definitely beg us..."

"That's true..."

The forest elves who were with Morika showed no sympathy for Nanaf. After all, pitying Nanaf would only make them uncomfortable. Even if Morika was no match for Hikari, the power of Morika's family could crush Hikari.

boom!

The sudden impact sent Morika and the forest elves around her flying. Morika narrowly dodged the attack and, upon seeing the lance stuck in the ground, a smile involuntarily crept onto her lips.

"It's finally here..."

The lance that was standing on the ground kept shaking and then flew back. Hikari caught her weapon and slowly walked towards Morika and the others.

"Stop! This isn't your place..."

Bang!

Without saying a word, Hikari knocked away the elven guards who tried to block her way. Seeing this, Morika was not flustered at all, but rather felt very happy.

In an instant, all the elf guards in Morika’s house came out to attack Hikari, but they were no match for Hikari’s power.

Soon, Hikari arrived in front of Morika and the others.

"Hikari, do you know what you just did?"

Everything has already erased you from your ideal world…

Morika smiled and said that this was exactly what she wanted to achieve: to make Hikari commit a crime that would lead to her banishment from Utopia or even execution because of Nanaf. Everything was going according to her plan.

Hikari remained unmoved. She simply raised her lance slowly, aimed it at Morika, and said calmly, "Give me back Nanaf."

Hikari's eyes revealed her murderous intent, which chilled the guards and other elven knights around Morika. However, Morika was now blinded by the success of her plan and laughed loudly.

"Are you talking about that little one who's with you? Hahahaha..."

"Stop dreaming. Even if you kill everyone here, you still won't find her, hahahaha..."

"..."

Morika's words had completely enraged Hikari. In an instant, Hikari suddenly appeared in front of Morika. Morika's eyes widened as she was struck by a heavy blow and sent flying.

boom!

Morika smashed through her own house, and the commotion grew louder and louder. Law enforcement forces from the outskirts of Utopia rushed over, and the situation became increasingly dire for Hikari. But she couldn't care less about anything else now; all she wanted was to find Nanaf and take her away. She didn't care about anything else.

"Cough cough..."

Morika slowly got up, arming herself as she did so. Hikari reappeared, and the two faced off for a moment. Then, the clanging of weapons clashing rang out, and Morika was once again sent flying...

Chapter 176 Ash Knight

Morika was injured by the first blow and was completely unable to fight the enraged Hikari. Even in her normal state, Morika was no match for Hikari; it was simply a one-sided massacre.

"Quick! Stop her!"

The newly arrived forest elf enforcement team began to take action. First, the forest elf mages joined forces to cast spells to bind Hikari, and then the forest elf guardians used a shield wall to separate Hikari and Morika.

Bound by the vine cage, Hikari slowly took a deep breath, then exhaled, "Fire Deer, answer my call!"

boom!

The towering flames engulfed Hikari and her vine cage, the pillar of fire shooting straight into the sky. The immense commotion even alerted the high elves within Utopia.

The Eternal Queen on the throne stood up and looked in that direction.

"That's a fluctuation coming from the outer regions..."

The noble and eternal empress, whose every gesture was enough to conquer all living beings in the world, immediately sent people to the outer regions to investigate the situation.

Therefore, a force of high elves immediately went to the outer region.

"If my intuition is correct, that aura should be that of the Flame Deer..."

The Eternal Queen sighed.

-

Blackfire Kingdom

The long journey was tedious for Qin Yu. If he could bring Luna along, they could talk and keep him entertained. The swirling ashes were constantly putting invisible pressure on Qin Yu.

Night fell in the Blackfire Kingdom, and ashes illuminated the world like white snow. The temperature plummeted, and Qin Yu could feel a chill. Fortunately, he had a fire on his body that could help him resist the cold.

Qin Yu didn't stop for a moment, because this place was really not suitable for resting. No one would rest in a place where ashes were flying everywhere. They might wake up and become part of this place, just like when they were cremated.

"Is that a cemetery?"

A place ahead caught Qin Yu's attention; upon closer inspection, it appeared to be a cemetery or something similar.

With an exploratory mindset, Qin Yu headed there. Compared to the Blood Soul Realm, the cemetery here appeared more understated.

This is also related to the history of the Blackfire Kingdom. The ruler of the Blackfire Kingdom was named the Fire King, and his existence enabled the Blackfire Kingdom to continue human civilization.

Generation after generation of fire kings burned themselves to pass on the fire to humankind.

Unfortunately, the invasion of the evil god corrupted the Fire King, the fire seed disappeared, and the Blackfire Kingdom became a world without fire. The humans living there gradually turned to ashes because they lost the power of the fire seed.

The lost spark was found by the Sword Saint of Fire, a survivor from the Blackfire Kingdom, who fought countless battles against the forces of the evil god with only a broken heavy sword.

The power of the fire saved the Fire Sword Saint from turning to ashes like the others. With the power of the fire, he repelled the forces of the evil god and prevented the evil god from spreading to other worlds. But it was too late. The destruction of the Blackfire Kingdom, which was once the front line against the evil god, was already destined. No matter what he did, it was in vain.

He wanted to send the spark into the Library of Ashes to reignite the world's flames, but unfortunately, he collapsed before his destination, covered in wounds, and could not take another step forward.

"This is... the Fire King's mausoleum?" Qin Yu asked as he entered the mausoleum, examining the inscriptions.

"The tenth Fire King..."

This is the mausoleum of the tenth Fire King. Qin Yu wondered if he could find anything here.

All Qin Yu wanted to find was the tomb of the tenth Fire King. Although tomb raiding was unethical, he couldn't care less about that now; he just wanted to find something good.

The weapons and equipment stored in the tomb turned to ashes immediately after Qin Yu opened them, no matter how many times.

"This world is truly beyond saving..."

Qin Yu couldn't help but sigh, "Dust to dust, ashes to ashes, this is the destiny of all things in the world."

Following

Qin Yu, continuing his search, finally found a special burial site deep within the cemetery.

"This should be it..."

Just as Qin Yu was about to step forward, he heard a sound coming from the ground.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

One after another, knights formed from ashes appeared, numbering at least twenty. They rode ashe horses and stared at Qin Yu with extremely unfriendly eyes.

"Intruders..."

The Ash Knights kept whispering this phrase, and Qin Yu knew he was in deep trouble; he had no choice but to fight.