Chapter: Chapter 561
The Traveler was the first to notice the arrival of the crisis. When a great force transmitted from the barrier she released, she knew that this crisis might be quite serious this time.
World fragments much larger than the previous small ones crashed into her barrier. Although they did not break through the protection of the barrier, they still made her feel considerable pressure.
Even more terrifyingly, after blocking this impact, the Traveler discovered that the impact brought by the Star Sea Tide was not just this. More and more large world fragments seemed to erupt concentratedly, smashing onto the Traveler’s barrier like rain, forcing the Traveler to reduce the scale of the barrier again.
She couldn’t withstand such a massive impact.
Fortunately, Bai Xing was behind her as a reserve, cleaning up the world fragments that leaked through after the barrier was reduced. However, as the scale and number of world fragments increased, Bai Xing alone gradually became unable to cope.
Those relatively large world fragments were not at a level that a single beam of starlight could solve. Bai Xing often needed several beams of starlight to shatter these uninvited guests, and Bai Xing could not release beams of starlight of this scale at will.
It also took her time to release attacks of this scale, and not a short time. Although it seemed that Bai Xing could only release a beam of starlight in a few seconds, these few seconds were actually a bit too slow in the current situation.
Her body had already been squeezed to the limit. Squeezing it further would only be counterproductive, completely not worth the effort. Bai Xing could only clear the leaked world fragments in this seemingly slow manner.
However, as time went on, the number of world fragments brought by the Star Sea Tide gradually approached the limit that Bai Xing could handle. If the number of world fragments continued to grow at this rate, Bai Xing would soon be unable to clear these world fragments.
Without intending to persist, Bai Xing immediately informed Leticia and the others of this news. She knew that now was not the time to pretend to be strong. Her own ability was insufficient, and persisting would only make things worse.
“The impact force of the Star Sea Tide has reached its peak. I can’t spare any effort to help you.” The Traveler was the first to respond. She could not provide any support to Bai Xing. This Star Sea Tide was much larger than she had imagined. Moreover, judging from the world fragments mixed in this torrent of energy, she could determine how many worlds had been destroyed by this Star Sea Tide.
This was the Star Sea Tide, a true natural disaster!
Since the Traveler couldn’t be relied upon, only Leticia and Bai Ling could be relied upon.
“What should we do?” Bai Ling sought Leticia’s opinion. “Do I need to help?”
The conflict of laws within the world was becoming smaller and smaller. The remaining conflicts of laws were mostly in the no-man’s-land and would no longer cause too serious an impact on the world.
Therefore, Leticia immediately made a judgment. In this situation, Bai Ling no longer needed to use Star energy to suppress these conflicts of laws.
“Give me the control of the Star energy, and I will handle the remaining work alone. Bai Ling, go and help your mother and the others!” Star energy is a type of energy that is very easy to use, and even Leticia can control a portion of it.
Or rather, every world consciousness must know how to use Star energy, as it is the most inexhaustible resource in this world.
The Traveler could use it, so it was normal for Leticia to be able to use it, wasn’t it?
She hadn’t used it before simply because Leticia needed to devote all her energy to dealing with the laws and couldn’t spare the energy to control the Star energy.
Now that the situation was critical and the conflicts of laws that needed to be dealt with within the world had decreased, Leticia could naturally spare some energy to control the Star energy and free up Bai Ling, who was a combat force.
Bai Ling’s ability to clear garbage was much stronger than her mother’s. With her joining, they should be able to hold on until Leticia completely resolved all the conflicts of laws within the world.
“Okay!” Hearing Leticia’s words, Bai Ling immediately handed over the control of the Star energy in her hand to Leticia, then turned and rushed towards the direction from which the world fragments were attacking.
A river of starlight that was exceptionally brilliant appeared under her feet. She held her hand in a virtual grip at her waist, assuming a sword-drawing posture.
Starlight condensed in her hand, and a magnificent long sword appeared in her palm. The moment the long sword appeared, it seemed as if the entire space trembled for it.
Under the impact of the Star Sea Tide on the world, how powerful was she?
Bai Ling was not very clear about the answer to this question, but when she swung the Star Sword and ten thousand feet of starlight crushed a world fragment of considerable size, she at least understood one thing: she was indeed very powerful now.
Moreover, she was stronger than she could have imagined.
Unlike Bai Xing’s precise targeted strikes, Bai Ling’s attacks were more sweeping. Every swing of her sword could shatter a large number of stragglers, like a highly skilled cleaner.
Even later, Bai Ling felt that chopping these world fragments was a bit boring, with no challenge at all.
“A giant world fragment has leaked through! Be careful!” The Traveler’s warning came again. “These should be the last few waves. The impact force of the Star Sea Tide is gradually receding!”
At this time, it was actually the most dangerous moment. Giant world fragments were not easy to deal with, and in the final stage of the Star Sea Tide, there were quite a few of these giant world fragments.
Especially since this Star Sea Tide was so large, it was completely incomparable to the small tide that the Traveler had dealt with before!
“Understood!” Bai Ling’s gaze was already locked onto the giant world fragment flying over. She gripped her Star Sword tightly and raised it high.
Star energy converged onto the sword body. After a few breaths, the Star Sword in Bai Ling’s hand had become extremely huge. Holding it, Bai Ling was like a tiny ant compared to it.
However, it was this tiny ant that wielded this great sword and slashed it at the attacking world fragment.
This world fragment also lived up to its name as a giant. Under the slash of such a huge Star Sword, it stubbornly held on for about ten seconds before being submerged by the starlight.
“Phew, this fragment is a bit difficult to deal with.” After releasing this strike, even Bai Ling had to stop and catch her breath. She was indeed very powerful now, but when facing such things, she still felt a little overwhelmed.
Her hands even started to tremble. The previous strike had caused some minor injuries to her body.
But reality did not give Bai Ling much time to rest. After this giant fragment, several not-small fragments broke through the Traveler’s barrier and attacked them.
“I can help you block for a while.” Bai Xing raised her scepter, and beams of starlight intertwined in front of her, forming a large net that spanned the sky.
The fiercely attacking world fragments were blocked by this large net. The immense impact force caused the large net to deform significantly. However, the Star energy large net that Bai Xing released this time was made to be as flexible as possible. After a heart-wrenching tremor, this large net actually held on.
After these world fragments were blocked by the large net, they lost their fierce momentum. Even when Bai Xing retracted the large net, these world fragments did not move much. They floated lifelessly in space, and even when they moved, they appeared extremely slow.
This gave Bai Ling an idea for dealing with these world fragments. She didn’t have enough strength to confront them head-on, but her goal wasn’t to shatter these fragments, was it?
As long as they didn’t interfere with Leticia’s actions or hit the world behind her.
As for whether they disappeared in the end… it wasn’t the point at all.
Bai Ling was initially misled by her inertia and thought she had to clear all the world fragments. But now, thinking about it, it didn’t seem like it would take so much effort, did it?
Couldn’t she just use skillful force to send these world fragments back into the Star Sea Tide?
Coincidentally, a large world fragment was attacking again at this time. If it were a moment ago, Bai Ling would definitely have chosen to charge at it with her sword. But now, she changed her strategy and lightly smashed the side of the world fragment with her Star Sword.
The world fragment that was originally heading straight for the world behind was instantly knocked off its original trajectory by this force. After all, it was just a dead object moving by inertia. After being hit by Bai Ling like this, it naturally had a new trajectory, leaving the original threat trajectory.
This method was feasible! Bai Ling’s heart rejoiced. If this was the case, cleaning up the world fragments would be much easier from now on.
The Traveler also noticed what was happening in Bai Ling’s area. Seeing that Bai Ling had found a way to deal with the world fragments so quickly, she breathed a sigh of relief. This way, everything would be safe.
The Star Sea Tide was nearing its end, and her remaining strength was definitely enough to support it until the Star Sea Tide ended. As for those world fragments that she couldn’t stop, Bai Ling could pick them away.
Leticia’s progress was also very encouraging. It was estimated that it wouldn’t take much longer to succeed completely.
So, how much time would it take?
Leticia’s answer was, very soon.
Since the remaining conflicts of laws were basically located in the no-man’s-land, Leticia’s actions became much more unrestrained. In places where people gathered, her actions were basically cautious, for fear of erasing that place by accident.
But in the no-man’s-land, she had no scruples and acted with extreme efficiency.
What? A conflict of laws occurred here?
Fine, erase it all and weave in a new one.
As for the subsequent impact caused by the laws being erased, those were minor issues. Since there were no living beings here anyway, earthquakes and landslides were all trivial matters.
Anyway, it wouldn’t affect the world’s underlying legal structure. It could be considered creating a wonder.
With a hacker-like speed comparable to that in movies, Leticia sorted out the laws in the remaining parts of the world before finally breathing a sigh of relief. Now, there was no place in the entire world that required suppression with Star energy.
In other words, the new world formed by fusion had completely stabilized. The next thing to do was to patch it up and repair it, and this could be dealt with later.
At present, Leticia still had a more important matter to deal with.
The colorful threads were withdrawn from the world and reassembled into Leticia herself outside the world. At this moment, Bai Ling was already showing signs of exhaustion in dealing with the endless world fragments.
Even though Bai Ling had gained powerful strength under the influence of the Star Sea Tide, her own body was ultimately a fragile mortal. Her physical fitness was showing signs of insufficiency under such high-intensity work.
Fortunately, before she completely collapsed, Leticia successfully completed her task.
Innumerable colorful threads appeared in space. The world fragments that had intruded into the world within the world dissolved rapidly like snow encountering sunlight under the cutting of these threads.
The giant world fragments that had caused so much trouble for Bai Ling and Bai Xing were like toys in front of Leticia.
“What terrifying power.” Looking at Leticia, who stood in the void like a colorful pillar reaching to the sky, Bai Xing said softly.
The true power of the world consciousness was truly displayed at this moment. Within her own world, Leticia was undoubtedly a true god. Anything that intruded into her domain would be controlled by her.
With a single thought, she could crush these lifeles world fragments and absorb their energy.
At this moment, she even had the idea that the Star Sea Tide might be an opportunity. With the addition of such a large amount of new energy, she could practice more ideas when patching up the new world later.
However, it was just a thought for now. After cleaning up the foreign objects within the world, Leticia immediately flew out of the world. She still had to help the Traveler.
After passing through an invisible yet real membrane, Leticia finally saw the real starry sky, and the Traveler was standing in front of her, using her power to pave a path to survival for the world behind her in the ocean of stars.
“Let me do it next,” Leticia said to the Traveler. As she spoke, she extended her hand forward, imitating the Traveler to set up a protective shield, shielding the world behind her.
The Traveler nodded silently, withdrew her strength, but did not turn to leave. Instead, she looked into the depths of the star sea and fell into a long silence.
It wasn’t until the Star Sea Tide gradually receded and Leticia withdrew her strength that the Traveler said to Leticia in a complicated tone, “At this moment, I should probably congratulate you on coming of age.”
“Passing through a Star Sea Tide relying on your own strength is a symbol of a world’s maturity. Now, you have come of age.”
…
The main text should end tomorrow. The rest are some small side stories, such as life after the new world.
The new book has been released, “The Girl Who Reads Minds Won’t Overthink”, please collect it!
