Volume 3: The Land of Mist Chapter 41: Blood and Demon Destruction
As William finished speaking, the entire throne room fell silent.
The atmosphere dropped below freezing point almost instantly, and even the rolling fog in the air seemed like it would turn into frost at any moment.
"Am I coming back too early and disturbing your argument?"
William ignored the tense atmosphere around him and slowly walked down the white jade steps of the throne. He continued as he walked:
"If that's the case, I'm deeply sorry. In fact, if possible, I really want to hear more of your secrets about the past. But unfortunately, as long as my self-consciousness is separated from the mist spirit, I have no control over when the mist will dissipate..."
“Stop.”
Seeing William getting closer, "Diana" standing under the throne said in a warning tone.
William ignored "her" words and continued walking forward at a leisurely pace.
Then, a blood-red fence, like a thorn that broke out of the ground, blocked him and the puppet. A strong smell of blood wafted out from it and entered William's nose.
But William did not feel any magical fluctuations from it.
"So this is part of the Eighth Holy Spirit's authority? It's related to blood?"
William sneered and reached out to touch the fence that was as prickly as thorns. But as soon as he touched it, his fingertips felt a pain and round blood beads instantly appeared from his fingertips.
William flicked the blood bead off his fingertips. The bright red blood bead drew an elegant arc in the air, and then disappeared as if it had never existed.
"Besides that, is there also the ability to make magic power ineffective?"
William continued.
When he touched the fence earlier, he used a simple defensive spell on his fingers. But the moment he touched the fence, the magic power that made up the spell on his fingertips instantly became inactive and dissipated.
Not only that, the [Mirror Image] technique that was supposed to perfectly construct William's clone was also inactivated at the moment of contact. The blood bead that William had just ejected was transformed into raw magic power and dissipated and disappeared.
This was somewhat similar to the ability that Terra's mist ghost had shown when he fought her not long ago on the Broken Sea. Just a touch would inactivate and dissipate , which, to some extent, could be considered the nemesis of all magic casters.
"So what is the true authority of the Eighth Holy Spirit? Since you used my name to cheat people and got to where you are today, I think I am qualified to know."
William withdrew his hand and asked the girl who was controlled by the old soul through the fence.
"Diana" looked at the phantom from the past and said slowly:
"If you don't know, then you don't deserve to know."
As she spoke, the bronze holy emblem on her chest gradually turned bloody.
The girl stared into William’s eyes and continued:
"And since you chose not to interfere with this world and left in the past, you should just stay quietly in your own place now. Why bother coming back?"
There was a hint of helpless admonition in the other party's tone.
This sentence made the polite smile on William's face slowly disappear like a dewdrop meeting the sunlight in the early morning.
"As long as..."
His voice no longer had the hint of joking in it as before, but became very low and cold.
"If you had done more for me in these years, I wouldn't have come looking for you after I came back. In fact, I wouldn't care if you used my name, promoted or erased my past deeds. Even if you used my name to win over believers and make yourself a god, I wouldn't think it was a big offense..."
William said this and raised his right hand to the level of his head.
"But tell me, what have you done? Chiseling open the shell of the world, compromising with the Void Kings, and formulating a chronology of disasters... Is this what you call 'opening up the future'? Whose future belongs to this world or to the future of the Moon Realm? So, don't make me ask again, what is the true authority of the Eighth Holy Spirit? Why did you lie and claim that I was reincarnated as the basis of your faith?"
William looked at the girl in front of him who was suspected to be Terra's "manifestation" with a cold gaze, and asked in a threatening tone.
"So you still think of yourself as the savior of the past?"
Faced with William's intimidating momentum, the other party did not feel frightened at all. Instead, he tilted his head and asked back.
Seeing the essence through the phenomenon, the previous test had made "her" feel that the other party was just an illusion that existed in the world relying on the holy object. It was not even a complete spirit, but a clone created by the [Mirror Image] spell.
Compared to the other party's current situation where it was extremely difficult to maintain its own existence, after so many years of operation in the Eighth Church, most of the Holy Spirit's authority was basically in his hands. Although this divine revelation was not excellent as a fulcrum, it was completely enough to suppress the other party.
What's more, the Eighth Holy Spirit's magic-breaking ability, when facing the opponent's clone which is purely supported by magic power and has no real fulcrum, will basically result in instant death if it touches it.
The opponent couldn't even get through the thorn fence he created, as if he was locked in a dungeon.
“Whoosh!”
“Ka la ka la ka la…”
First there was a sound of breaking wind, then the sound of something collapsing, and the thorn fence between the two people instantly shattered into pieces on the ground, and then turned into blood and dissipated.
At this moment, William just put down his raised hand.
Behind William, Remedios took off her crown and threw it aside, then pulled Liuliyue's bowstring.
Although her arrows were sealed by the consultant from Ava, as weapons produced by the first generation Moon Realm Divine Scroll Champion, they were powerful even when fired without a bow.
"It seems that it will only have a strong destructive effect on the magic power from the astral realm, but it has no effect on the creations of the moon realm."
William said as he looked at the bloodstains on the ground that were dissipating with white smoke.
Then he looked at the girl and continued:
"So is this nature innate? Or is it the result of another compromise you made with the Void King?"
"Since you don't know, don't judge based on your own assumptions. I've already said that if you can't feel the scope of the Eighth Holy Spirit's authority, it proves that you are not qualified to possess this power."
As she spoke, the human figure made of thick fog behind her instantly turned blood red like the holy emblem pendant on her chest. Then her eyes became very empty and her feet left the ground and floated into the air.
A blood-red sword appeared in her hand. Its shape and temperament were somewhat similar to the mist ghost of Terra Riel seen in the Broken Sea before.
"You're talking as if no one cares about that little bit of authority... Archer, I'm not in a good condition to attack now, can you help me?"
William turned and spoke to Remedios behind him, unconsciously calling out the nickname he had given her in the past to facilitate formation.
"I told you, don't call me that anymore... It's fine. I sent him to hell once before, eight hundred years ago. This time won't be any different."
Not dead, not running away
“Is your nickname Wheelchair Man?”
The first meeting between Logan Howlett and Professor X after he lost his memory was not harmonious. Even though Charles Xavier had repeatedly expressed his goodwill, Wolverine still had a good face.
After making a sarcastic remark, he turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Cyclops.
The hot-tempered Wolverine was even more sensitive in this unfamiliar environment. He grabbed the other person's collar. Seeing that a physical conflict was about to happen, Charles Xavier had to use his ultimate move, pointing out that Wolverine had lost his memory and promising him that he could help him regain the memories he had lost.
After much consideration, Logan Howlett decided to stay.
Ever since he lost his memory, he became a wandering traveler, wandering around the world with no place to return to.
When people live in this world, they always want to leave deep traces, which is also the proof that you have been in this world. Wolverine has lost those memories, just like he can't find any trace of his existence and the world. Of course, he hopes to get his past back. Only in this way can he start a new life.
In subsequent conversations, he and Charles Xavier also got along well.
Professor X also took the opportunity to explain the current situation to him and mentioned the conflict between himself and Magneto.
Listening to Professor X's criticism of him in the video, Eric Lansherr sneered outside the screen, glanced at Logan Howlett next to him, raised his eyebrows and said, "Charles is very good at bewitching people, isn't he?"
Logan Howlett also glanced at him and said in a joking tone: "No, you still win in this regard . You took Raven away from him."
Eric Lansheer did not argue with him, but just sighed: "It's over... This wonderful trip is an experience I never dreamed of. To be honest, I can't wait to go back. If all this is really broadcast live for everyone to see, ha, I think the world will become extra interesting!"
Logan Howlett was not as optimistic as him. He frowned and said, "Interesting? I think there are a lot of troubles waiting for me. Of course, you are not much better. Sebastian Shaw will definitely find a way to kill you. There is also the official pursuit. Eric, I advise you not to go down this path to the end."
Magneto thought to himself, are you, Wolverine, trying to imitate the bald old man and persuade yourself to turn back?
He shook his head and said, "Come on, Logan, you are not cut out for this. Since you chose the naive Charles, if you meet me in the future, no matter which world I am in, you have to be careful!"
Amid their discussions, the video on the light screen ended and the standings appeared.
Team B won this round of quiz game with 27 points, and Team A won 23 points. The good news is that there was no penalty link in this round of quiz game. Although Spider-Man and Wanda lost the game and did not get any rewards, they still got points.
"Congratulations to Team B for winning this round of the game. Player Eric Lanshere and player Logan Howlett are about to win the mysterious grand prize!"
Along with the prompt sound, the scoreboard on the light screen faded, and Wolverine's name emerged and stood out brightly, which also meant that the distribution of rewards would start from him.
His name flickered at first, and then a purple light burst out. The light was all over the sky and spread to the surroundings like dripping ink.
As new players, Eric Lansherr and Logan Howlett couldn't help but watch with curiosity.
Wolverine stared blankly at the light screen, a wolf made of purple light reflected in his eye sockets. No, maybe it was a dog?
After the purple halo left the light curtain, it quickly condensed into a ball, and finally turned into the shape of a large dog with erect ears and smooth fur. It then pounced forward and rushed towards Wolverine, whose hair stood up all over his body. He also vaguely heard a "wool".
"Congratulations to player Logan Howlett for winning the mysterious reward - Half-Demon Inuyasha's Legacy (General)"
When the big purple dog pounced towards him, Logan Howrit instinctively made a blocking gesture, but in an instant, he was submerged by the purple halo.
It was as if he was swept by a real storm. His consciousness and mind were a little hazy and he was full of weirdness: "Shit, what the hell? My nickname is Wolverine, and I'm not a real werewolf. What's the point of giving me the inheritance of a dog?!"
Tough guy Logan's consciousness seemed to be taken out of his body and then thrown into another world, another body.
In a blink of an eye, he arrived in an ancient world where monsters and humans coexisted.
Here, monsters possess supernatural powers. In comparison, humans are extremely weak. They are still in the backward ancient agricultural society and have not developed the high mobilization capabilities, cohesion, advanced technology and powerful weapons of modern society.
When monsters can transform into the size of a mountain, fly into the sky and hide in the ground, and are omnipotent, humans can only fight monsters with bows and swords...
Logan Howlett suddenly had an idea. If mutants appeared in ancient times instead of modern times, would his world be like this one: humans became slaves of mutants and objects of oppression?
As a mutant, and having seen a future where mutants and humans fight each other, Logan Howlett now looks at problems with a much broader perspective. He does not just focus on himself, but observes this bizarre and strange world from a bird's-eye view, and has gained a lot of insights from it.
"Monsters and mutants are very similar. At least to humans, monsters and mutants are both monsters and their enemies..."
Without a doubt, the dominant conflict in Inuyasha's world is the battle for survival between monsters and humans.
Powerful monsters almost rule the world. Humans can only survive in the cracks. In order to survive, they have to rely on some monsters that are not so bad. Of course, some humans always try to challenge and defeat monsters, so monks and witches who specialize in dealing with monsters are born...
The conflict between humans and monsters is more bloody and cruel than the conflict between mutants and humans. The backward ancient society still follows the law of the jungle.
Of course, modern society is still essentially a society where the strong prey on the weak, but at least it uses civilization as a cover. Ordinary people can also obtain a relatively stable and peaceful living environment, and the highly developed productivity also allows ordinary people to live well. For the lower-class people in the backward ancient times, it is naturally a paradise-like life.
The body in which Logan Howlett's consciousness descended is a half-demon named Inuyasha. His father is a demon and his mother is a human. In a world where humans and demons are in opposition, a half-demon like him is naturally a loser.
