Chapter 1565: The Grand Empress’ real trump card

The darkness slowly faded as things gradually became brighter once again.

The world under the rain had gone far away.

A completely new scenery appeared around Reneedol.

An invisible sense of dread caused her to shudder.

Why am I feeling this type of shortness of breath again?

The shadows of death are still there.

For these past years, what exactly had Rhode been—–

The scenery around her was growing increasingly clearer, the feeling of death also approached closer.

Reneedol abruptly shouted.

“NO! I refuse to let this happen!”

A mysterious rune filled with vicissitudes manifested in front of her forehead.

—-it was a continuously changing rune that exuded indescribable solemnity.

The hoa.r.s.e female voice appeared surprised: 「 This is our Occultism Seal of Change, how could someone like you have obtained it? 」

Reneedol’s expression was terrible as she slowly replied: “In this era where the Apocalypse grows everywhere, who wouldn’t have one or two of trump cards?”

She reached her hand up to touch her forehead.

“Occultism artifacts are incredibly powerful and are extremely rare——- but I rule the Wraith realm. After plundering numerous worlds and eradicating countless living beings, this is the only one of its kind that was ever found”

“I spent countless years to fuse it with my soul, hoping that it would never be stolen regardless of the circ.u.mstances”

“If I can use it to pa.s.s this current difficult situation, I would gladly accept it!”

The rune gave off waves of fog that surrounded Reneedol.

She grinned, then loudly declared: “This Reneedol hereby offers the Occultism Seal to exchange for the maximum relaxed conditions in hopes of completing this Deathmatch Dance!”

The hoa.r.s.e female voice fell silent.

…

On the other side.

The Age of Immemorial.

Little Dusk was having her midday nap.

Gu Qing Shan was doing jump ropes by himself on top of the tree canopy.

In the void of s.p.a.ce around him, three Law Behemoths were lying in wait for the Deity of Fate to appear.

Under these circ.u.mstances, as long as she had the courage to arrive, she would always end up the same way.

Dead!

Gu Qing Shan whistled in satisfaction.

Suddenly, the hoa.r.s.e female voice echoed in his mind:

「 Gu Qing Shan, your opponent is about to give up a precious Occultism treasure to obtain a certain highly relaxed condition 」

Gu Qing Shan was surprised: “Is that possible?”

The hoa.r.s.e female voice answered with a slightly helpless tone: 「 That artifact just happens to be suitable with the Deathmatch Dance, capable of helping her here 」

“What kind of help would she obtain?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

The hoa.r.s.e female voice replied: 「 She would be able to freely choose a time period to enter one of your Fates 」

“That’s it?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

「 Indeed, the Deathmatch Dance is absolutely irrevocable, but by being able to freely choose a time period, she’s practically standing at an undefeatable stance already 」the hoa.r.s.e female voice told him.

Gu Qing Shan fell into thought.

The hoa.r.s.e female voice continued: 「 Fate had always been unfair, so you can only accept this outcome; unless you choose to also give up that Occultism artifact 」

“You mean the object that sneakily appeared on my body?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

「 Indeed, that artifact can cancel out her Occultism Seal 」the hoa.r.s.e female voice explained.

Gu Qing Shan thought briefly and said: “I’m not going to give up anything at all, let her choose”

「 Let her choose? 」the hoa.r.s.e female voice appeared surprised.

“That’s right, let her freely choose between any of my Fates, it doesn’t matter” Gu Qing Shan casually replied.

…

The world in front of Reneedol’s vision turned into a ma.s.s of fog.

The hoa.r.s.e female voice told her: 「 From now on, you may choose any entry points along Rhode’s entire life, this is the treatment you’ve received from giving up the Occultism Seal 」

“Ahahaha, then what about Rhode?” Reneedol smiled.

「 The challenges he would face won’t change at all 」the hoa.r.s.e female voice replied.

“Fate truly is unfair”

Reneedol purposely sighed, but was clearly happy to hear it.

The hoa.r.s.e female voice didn’t say anything else.

Suddenly——

Reneedol noticed that her strength had increased a considerable amount, much greater compared to when she first entered the ma.s.s grave.

“My power has increased, that’s quite decent. Now show me what I have to face”

She said.

A vision appeared in front of her eyes, slowly expanding into an entire world.

Everything gradually became clearer.

Wind.

Flames.

Smoke.

Fresh blood.

Boiling fighting spirit.

Crying, screaming, running, explosions.

Countless Professionists wearing different armors wielded weapons in their hands in an attempt to cross a great river.

A shadow that obscured the sky was slowly drifting above the great river.

Oooooooooo

!

The shadow uttered a resounding howl.

The Professionists who surrounded it fell one after another into the river like moths to a flame, turning into floating corpses in the water.

Reneedol felt a bit tense.

—–although I’ve recovered quite a bit of my strength, I would still be no match for that monster in the sky.

“Change!” she called out.

The vision faded to black.

Reneedol noticed her strength suddenly reducing—–

She would have to face these adversities with the same level of strength that Rhode had done.

A completely new world opened in front of her.

She saw a foot.

A foot so large that it covered her entire vision, several times larger compared to the military outpost around her.

As this foot stepped on top of a thick forest outside of the military outpost, all the trees were completely trampled upon.

Looking up from the feet, one could only see a towering leg that reached far above the clouds with no end in sight.

And then, an even more insane scene occurred.

Another gigantic foot appeared from above the black clouds, stepping on top of the ma.s.s grave and resulted in a horrifying earthquake.

Following the quake, Reneedol discovered that she was about to enter this period.

“Change!” she hurriedly called out.

The world instantly vanished.

Reneedol sighed in relief as if a weight had just been lifted off her chest.

——-it’s a good thing I gave up that Occultism Seal, otherwise, I would die for sure if I entered that time period?

From the darkness, the fog slowly manifested another vision in front of her eyes.

[The most powerful Man Killer Fiend has appeared; do we need reinforcement?] a female voice resounded from a type of Technological screen.

The screen was displaying a certain scene.

On top of a ruined town square, a young man with a graceful aura stood atop a statue.

His body was clad in a crimson glow with a pair of terrifying wing-like bone claws behind his back, from which fresh blood slowly dripped to the ground.

Reneedol’s eyebrows twitched.

These unique characteristics were already too clear, she had witnessed these Apocalyptic creatures more than once over her long years of living.

“He’s sentient… his eyes are showing emotions… this is a perfect Man Killer Fiend, capable of limitless growth through killing and would eventually turn into a World Destroyer in the future”

“It will be very difficult to kill him!”

From the screen, the harmonious female voice from before echoed again:

[Your excellency, have you decided whether or not to head there as reinforcement?]

Reneedol sensed her current level of strength and immediately rejected the idea: “I can’t, this is practically gambling with my life—— change!”

The vision faded to black again.

Another vision swiftly appeared around her, slowly manifesting into a real world.

Chilling cold.

In the silent underground cavern, countless swords had neatly lined up one after another without an end in sight.

A sea of swords.

Reneedol discovered that she was standing in mid-air facing a set of armor that gave off a burning red glow.

『 I’m going to inform you of the situation now 』

The burning red armor quickly explained.

『 The purple-s.h.i.+rted young master did not come, but the two Venerables under him had just brought over seven hundred men with them into this world 』

『 I was deceived 』the armor dejectedly continued: 『 They’ve realized that this world is under the constant monitoring from artifact spirits, so they purposely sent their advanced cultivators away to fool me 』

『 The two Venerables had learnt that a Projection realm Tribulation had been initiated here. One of them is quickly approaching us, while the other had led their army towards your military camp to ma.s.sacre the cultivators and enslave them 』

Oong oong oong oong oong!

The sea of swords began to move.

From far above, an immense power fluctuation could be felt.

『 He’s here! 』the flaming armor said, 『 Your s.h.i.+fu still needs a bit of time before she could break through, during which they would have more than enough time to kill her 』

The flaming armor continued with an exhausted tone: 『 Although I can control the sea of swords, my expertise doesn’t lie with fending off enemies, I cannot deal with a Projection realm cultivator, do you have any other solutions? 』

Reneedol froze.

My current strength is significantly weaker compared to the power fluctuation earlier.

This situation.

These circ.u.mstances.

Completely surrounded.

Unable to face the enemy in direct combat.

And still having to protect someone else.

How——

How could anyone survive this!?

“Change!” she shouted.

The vision faded to black.

Another vision appeared and once again enveloped Reneedol.

A dark cave.

A giant pa.s.sage.

A thousand-meter-tall upper half of a giant had blocked the pa.s.sage.

Reneedol evaluated the other party.

——-the lower half of the giant is completely missing, only its torso remains.

Over a dozen unusual arms that had been st.i.tched together were randomly hanging from the giant’s torso.

The giant has its eyes closed, most likely sleeping.

It lay on top of the pa.s.sage, its gigantic body completely blocking the way forward through the pa.s.sage.

Reneedol trembled.

This place is filled with an unusual aura. I can faintly sense the wind of Huang Quan blowing towards me from the darkness.

——-when the Wraith realm conquered the Huang Quan fragment world, I’ve also done some research on it, so I recognize this aura from the Samsara.

As for that giant, it’s a product of the [Demon King Order].

A Demon Lord!

I’m helpless against it with my current strength!

How could I survive if I descend into this time period?

Should I move forward, or retreat?

Suddenly, the giant subconsciously twitched.

“Change!”

Reneedol instinctively shouted.

The dark cave disappeared.

The aura of the Demon Lord and Huang Quan both disappeared as well.

The scenery around her faded to black.

Suddenly, Reneedol noticed that she was standing on an island.

Doong!

It sounded like something had just broken.

The entire suspended island began to resound with the same continuous sound.

Doong!

Doong doong doong!

Doong doong doong doong doong doong doong!

A hurried, urgent sound of drumming resounded throughout this entire area, every beat faster than the last.

The sound of drumming filled the island like a raining downpour, urging people to act in a hurry.

What’s this situation?

Reneedol quickly looked around.

She noticed numerous gigantic black jaws appearing outside the island.

These jaws hovered all around the suspended island, obscuring even the sky itself, causing the entire island to fall into darkness.

They slightly s.h.i.+fted before gradually calming back down.

As Reneedol looked at them, she suddenly felt one of their emotions.

Hungry.

So hungry.

“Roar—–”

Far below, a resounding roar howled across the entire world.

Reneedol gasped.

She was currently standing at the bottom of the island, so she was able to see the scenery below.

This entire world was a monster.

Reneedol briefly panicked.

Others might not know, but she knew exactly what this was.

An ominous demon.

An extremely rare specimen of an ominous demon!

Furthermore, while this ominous demon appears to be gigantic, it was clear from its aura that it was only a newly-born ominous demon.

In other words——

There was another matured ominous demon in the vicinity.

What kind of situation is this!?

If my powers were still at their peak, this situation wouldn’t be significant at all.

But I can only use the same level of power as Rhode.

Two ominous demons!

…This is nothing short of an absolute deathtrap.

A voice suddenly spoke up next to her: “Quickly go save Shannu, leave this place to us”

Reneedol looked up, only to see two girls standing next to her.

The other girl followed up: “That’s right, only you can act right now, Shannu alone won’t be able to handle them”

Save?

You’re not trying to escape with your lives, but trying to save someone else?

——no, under these current circ.u.mstances, even escaping with our lives might be wishful thinking.

“Change!”

Reneedol heard herself saying that.

The world faded away in front of her like dust in the wind.

d.a.m.n it.

d.a.m.n it all!!!

How exactly has Rhode been living up to now!?”

The fear of death had enveloped Reneedol, like a hand grasping her neck to prevent her from breathing.

She looked down at herself.

Her entire body was trembling, unable to control it.

I made a mistake.

The advantage I obtained using the Occultism Seal, within these Fates of certain death, seems to be…

Completely useless.