Translator: La0o9 Editor: La0o9
The space vortex.
Two ships had crashed on a certain desolate world.
The divine officers of the Holy Church of Death, as well as the holy knights of the Holy Church of Fate, were gathered on two sides, both forbidden to move a single step.
An unprecedented intense battle was currently ongoing several thousand meters away from where they stood.
Boom!
The shockwaves created by the two people’s battle rippled across the air to create intense wind pressure, keeping everyone on their toes.
The leader of the Holy Church of Death’s divine officers loudly asked: “When will your superiors get here?”
A holy knight from the Holy Church of Fate helplessly sighed: “I’m not sure, we’ve already sent the news through an emergency channel, so they should be here anytime now”
He then looked at the divine officer and asked: “What about your superiors, when will they arrive?”
The divine officer appeared troubled: “My superiors wouldn’t be able to do anything. Probably no one can stop her right now”
The two of them had clear looks of empathy in their eyes.
It was still fine when they separated, but Miss Su Xue Er suddenly ordered their ship to catch up to the Holy Church of Death’s ship.
And then a fight broke out.
At first, both sides were ready to get at each other’s throats.
But Anna and Su Xue Er both shouted for them to stop.
And they proceeded to fight, just the two of them. Through their shouts in battle, everyone understood that it was a personal grudge between them.
Well, calling it a unique kind of rivalry is more accurate.
So it couldn’t be helped, not only could they not interfere to stop the fight, they didn’t have anything that they can try to persuade the two girls.
Either way, since everyone here was vastly weaker than the girls, they could only watch as the two of them duked it out.
Several thousand meters away.
Anna and Su Xue Er were immersed in their battle.
The misty grey light of fog and the deathly darkness of the black flames kept clashing, creating intense shockwaves that ravaged the world.
Seeing how they couldn’t get out of this stalemate, Su Xue Er gritted her teeth and unleashed all of her powers.
Anna wasn’t one slow to follow and unleashed all of her powers as well.
The battle became even more desperate.
Finally, Su Xue Er’s staff was pressed right in front of Anna’s neck as the blade of Anna’s scythe was wrapped around Su Xue Er’s own.
At that moment, something occurred across billions of worlds at the same time.
The figure of light appeared.
At first, it praised the old man and Gu Qing Shan with all of the living beings bearing witness within the 200 million World Layers of the Strife Zones.
Seeing that unfolded in the sky, Anna and Su Xue Er stopped their hands.
They continued to watch, all the way until a certain moment.
When Gu Qing Shan was being sunk into the drifting sand and sealed away by the God.
The Gods only left him 10 minutes of power.
Following that, he would be swallowed whole by the sinful creature, dying a horrible death.
As the supernatural phenomenon in the sky faded, the projection showed of that world also did.
Everything had come to an end.
Since the one who acted was a God itself, Gu Qing Shan’s fate was already set in stone.
The two girls stood still, frozen.
“Qing Shan…”
Su Xue Er collapsed on her knees, tears streaking down her face.
A moment later, she dashed without hesitation towards the black flames of the scythe.
“What are you doing!?” Anna shouted.
She quickly stepped back, raising her scythe up so that Su Xue Er couldn’t touch the burning flames on it.
Su Xue Er shook her head as she bitterly sobbed and laughed at the same time: “He is the only thing left I care about in this life, now that he had left it, I want to join him”
Anna was incredibly shocked, staring speechlessly at Su Xue Er.
Su Xue Er put her staff away and pulled out a gleaming white dagger, thrusting at her own throat.
As the dagger was about to reach Su Xue Er’s neck, Anna acted.
Kih!
The dagger was sent flying.
Su Xue Er was still sobbing, but turned to Anna an unexpected look.
“Didn’t you want to kill me? Isn’t this exactly what you wanted?” Su Xue Er asked.
Anna shouted: “You moron! I’m not going to bother attacking a woman who easily wishes for death like you”
Su Xue Er sorrowfully chuckled, but a bit of warmness returned to her expression.
“Anna, I know you seem to be cold and merciless, but it is a fact that you’re an incomparably good girl, otherwise you wouldn’t have saved me before… Right, consider the matter between us solved, I wish to embrace my own fate now, I hope that you won’t stop me” she said.
Layers upon layers of fog drift out from her body, slowly forming a card in the air.
The card depicted a holy angel, kneeling on one knee, offering up a golden apple with both hands.
Su Xue Er spoke: “I will now activate this self-sacrificial card to call upon an ancient blessing in exchange for my death”
“Anna, I will give you the blessing, granting you true luck in anything you do”
“This will be my final gift as thank for your goodwill”
“Anna, I will reunite Qing Shan now, goodbye”
As she spoke, Su Xue Er reached her hand out to touch the card.
“YOU MORON!”
Anna jumped forward, grabbing Su Xue Er’s neck with her hand and pulled her several dozen meters forward.
Losing Su Xue Er’s control, the self-sacrificial card in the air gradually faded away.
“Why do you insist on interfering with me!?”
Su Xue Er coughed and loudly questioned her.
Anna glared angrily at Su Xue Er, berating her: “I really can’t stand your selfishness, he still hasn’t died yet and you already want to seek death first”
Su Xue Er’s tears were still flowing as she shook her head: “There are only 10 minutes left. A God wouldn’t make a mistake with their own power, Qing Shan will definitely be killed inside the seal after the time is up. I’ve seen the records of the Holy Church, the sealed creature was so powerful that not even the Gods themselves were able to eliminate it, Qing Shan couldn’t possibly survive”
Anna sighed deeply and spoke with a complicated expression: “At least wait until you confirm he’s dead before you kill yourself”
She continued: “Don’t worry, you crybaby. At that time, there won’t be anyone to stop you”
Su Xue Er froze, but a glimmer of hope appeared in her eyes filled with despair.
“You… what do you mean by that?” Su Xue Er asked.
Anna waved her hand dismissively and spoke: “It’s only 10 minutes, and 7-8 minutes have already passed. Let’s wait together, we’ll see what happens soon”
Su Xue Er couldn’t help but ask: “How do we confirm whether Qing Shan is dead or not?”
Anna replied: “After 10 minutes if you see me die, that means he will have also died”
Su Xue Er froze again.
“I don’t understand” Su Xue Er muttered.
Her expression was full of confusion, no longer carrying the determination to die like before.
Anna told her: “A few thousand years ago, our Medici clan came into contact with the Death God and obtained a Holy Artifact from it”
“What kind of Holy Artifact?” Su Xue Er asked.
“The token of the Death God, the Life Replacement Contract” Anna answered.
Su Xue Er thought about it: “That sounds familiar, I think it was a famous item from years ago, wait a minute… I remember now!”
She stared closely at Anna.
“That’s right, it’s just as you think” Anna casually answered.
Her gaze met Su Xue Er head-on and spoke: “During the final moments of the Frozen Calamity, he became the Devil King, commanding the dead people of Huang Quan to repel the demons before going away from our original world”
“What happened then?” Su Xue Er pursued.
Anna answered her nonchalantly: “I happened to put the Life Replacement Contract on him before he left”
Su Xue Er spoke right away: “The God of Death will preserve the life of a person who wears the Life Replacement Contract on the edge of their death. But such a miraculous ability does not come from nowhere, as the Law of Death will draw twice as much of life force used from the previous holder of the Contract”
Anna nodded: “Exactly. This is my promise of life and death with him, if I die right in front of you, then his death will not be far”
“But if I’m unharmed…”
Su Xue Er loudly cut in: “Then he didn’t die either!”
But she was still a bit unconvinced: “What if he took the Contract off, or gave it to someone else?”
“I know the Holy Artifact is still on him because I can feel that my life is still connected to his” Anna patiently explained: “Furthermore if he isn’t carrying the Life Replacement Contract and gets killed by whatever is sealed in that world, the Contract will return to my hand”
Su Xue Er quickly calculated the time.
“It’s been nine minutes” she muttered.
“Yup”
“Only one minute left, let me watch over you” Su Xue Er said.
She drew a card and threw it out.
Poof!
The card turned into a grandfather clock, ticking loudly as each second went by.
The ‘seconds’ hand kept ticking.
Anna and Su Xue Er both stared at the clock.
They both went silent.
This final minute was exceedingly long.
Su Xue Er felt more and more nervous as time passed, as the hand passed the halfway mark, she couldn’t help but tightly grasped Anna’s hand.
“Please, don’t let anything happen to you”
Su Xue Er’s eyes were red and moist as if more tears would come streaming out at any second.
Anna was also anxious, but forcefully kept herself calm and gritted her teeth: “It’s fine, we have to trust Qing Shan”
If the Life Replacement Contract shows up in her hand or if she turns to ash, it will mean that Gu Qing Shan has died.
The ‘seconds’ hand kept on ticking.
And ticking.
Su Xue Er suddenly spoke: “Anna”
“What?” Anna kept her gaze closely on the clock as she replied.
“If Qing Shan doesn’t die, then you saved my life again just now” Su Xue Er commented.
“It’s nothing, don’t mind it” Anna said.
“If Qing Shan doesn’t die… I swear I won’t try to kill you again” Su Xue Er spoke.
Anna scoffed: “You’re such a big crybaby, not only do you keep on seeking death, but you’re also always looking to kill somebody, why does Qing Shan see in you again?”
“I take back what I said just now!” Su Xue Er said.
“Hm? Didn’t you swear on it?” Anna asked.
“A woman’s vow has never been anything to be trusted” Su Xue Er replied.
While they were bickering, the anxiety in their voices clearly increased, so much so, that even Anna’s voice was trembling.
Because the final moments had arrived.
The ‘seconds’ hand ticked once again.
Time was up.
10 minutes had passed.
According to what the Gods said, Gu Qing Shan will have completely lost the power given to him and now has to face that terrifying creature alone.
Su Xue Er hugged Anna tightly.
“Please don’t die, I beg you, I’ll do anything you want, just don’t die, please!”
She leaned on Anna’s shoulder, speaking while sobbing as tears streamed down her face.
Anna let go of the scythe in her hand and also hugged Su Xue Er softly.
She said nothing, but her tears were also flowing.
Tick
Tock
Tick
Tock
The only sound left in the world seemed to be that of the clock.
One minute passed,
Two minutes passed,
Three minutes,
Every minute felt like an eternity.
But after another 10 minutes, to Anna and Su Xue Er, the painfully long minutes began to return to their normal speed.
Su Xue Er covered her mouth with her sounds, crying as she asked: “He’s alive?”
Anna heavily nodded.
