Chapter 1275
BOSS Raid Battle, but from the BOSS’s Perspective
If not for the Origin River being trapped in the Void, a new Origin River and new Pillar Gods would be born at this very moment. After all, Origin Rivers are constantly regenerating. Had history not been erroneously sealed for these hundred thousand years, this World’s Origin Rivers might have already increased to seventeen or eighteen. The Sacred Number wouldn’t have ended at nine, and this World’s civilization would have been unimaginably prosperous.
In that Possibility, people might have explored the entire World, venturing into the universe… or perhaps they would have found a new world through the endless River of the Dream Realm, like the one Eivass’s past life inhabited. Perhaps people would no longer be entangled in War and suffering, perhaps they would have eradicated famine and disease. Perhaps they would cease to engage in disputes and unite as one. Perhaps, with the blessings of the ever-growing power of the Origin River, everyone in the Material Realm would be as powerful as dragons…
All of this was possible. As long as Hope or a Miracle could be born. As long as the seed of the Void did not fall into this World.
—At this instant, Eivass truly understood what the gnawing consumption of the Twilight Seed meant for a World. It was like a happy and innocent child losing its parents. Or like a once-peaceful nation being invaded by an enemy. Eivass could feel… an endless anger deep within the Great Abyss. That anger was not directed at anyone, nor even at this World, but at the Void. Despite being a World-ending God, He did not accept His own mission. There was only an overflowing sadness, loneliness, and resolve. —If salvation is hopeless, then at least mutual destruction will suffice. That was an unyielding pride, the last resistance this World could offer. Every God on the “Error” Path carried such a mission. Thinking this way, was the damp, salty seawater of the Great Abyss not also the Great Abyss’s tears?
[From where the sun disk plunged into the sea, a thousand fiery tongues licked the bitter, black salt bed.]
[Heavenly fire bit the hem of the beast’s skirt, letting the seawater shriek in the stone pot.]
At that moment, Eivass thought of the prophecy of the Snake Scale Omen and Aimel Nour’s interpretation of it. At that time, Aimel Nour said to Eivass, “If ‘that beast’ is the Abyss Heavenly Envoy, then this heavenly fire and this sun disk are undoubtedly Calamity Red. She possesses the divine power to burn the sea, and now is the time for her to display her might.”
And now Eivass finally understood… The prophecy might not be wrong, but the interpretation was mistaken. The sun disk that plunged into the sea was not Calamity Red, but Eivass; the fiery tongues were not literal flames, but burning anger and hope that dried the tears of sadness, leaving crystallized remnants. The heavenly fire did indeed bite the beast’s skirt, but that fire was also not Calamity Red, but “Encyclopedia,” the coordinate of Xi Tian Si. As for the seawater shrieking in the stone pot…
At this moment, the giant whale Eivass suddenly felt a powerful impact. Several extremely vicious Spells, transformed into purple poison and lightning, were unleashed with world-shattering force. —It even caused the Heavenly Envoy’s body to feel a slight pain.
The giant whale Eivass slowly lowered his head and saw that the people he had revived earlier were screaming in agony again… aging, twisting, melting. They were drained of their Life force as living sacrifices. If viewed from directly above, the entire Holy Spring City resembled a giant, hollowed-out “stone pot.” It had tall outer walls, a sunken outer ring, and inner rings that rose layer by layer inwards. —This design resembled the old Beijing copper pot hot pot. —I suddenly want to eat hot pot. —Am I the meat?
These complex thoughts flashed through the giant whale Eivass’s mind. Perhaps because of his enormous Body, Eivass’s reaction was significantly slower than when he was in human form. He was like a monster blown away by Ultraman, emitting a whistle-like whale song and slowly tumbling in mid-air to adjust his Body. He finally understood why the Abyss Heavenly Envoy, who was once a part of Ai Shiping, had become so simple-minded — with such a massive divine body, the generation of every thought was inevitably accompanied by countless surges and ebbs of power. As a giant Dao Path lifeform, his thoughts naturally became simpler, cleaner, and purer.
Eivass felt anger. —How dare you?
The giant whale roared again. The miraculous power of miracles reappeared, reviving the previously dead once more. But this time, Eivass wasn’t engaged in a tug-of-war of sacrifice and resurrection. A card, impossibly small and disproportionate to the Abyss Heavenly Envoy’s colossal Body, appeared out of nowhere and spun. A dim yellow moth silhouette flashed by, and surging Twilight power illuminated the heavens and the earth. That was the Great Sin Card — Star of Gluttony! —Positive effect, Light of Civilization Continuation!
The Great Sin Card, released with the status of the Abyss Heavenly Envoy, was unimaginably powerful. It was like true creation power, an Authority possessed by Gods. In an instant, brilliant golden radiance burst forth from the giant whale Eivass’s Body, illuminating the entire Holy Spring City. The next moment, the giant whale floating in the air slowly descended. It seemed incredibly slow, but a terrifying hurricane had already condensed during its descent, sweeping out in all directions. The people who had just been revived were blown away by the storm, floating in the air amidst their screams. And the giant whale, with its body of myriad tentacles, like a cannonball, crashed into the fourth ring that it had knocked down once before. An incredibly terrifying shockwave condensed. But the moment it touched the ground—
The second effect of “Star of Gluttony” also activated automatically! [Effect: Emits endless radiance, and all areas covered by the light are considered “touched”; if oneself is on the ground, this radiance is additionally considered a continuously cast Preservation Technique.]
The instant the giant whale hit the ground, those blown away, the buildings about to be destroyed by the shockwave, the innocent bystanders gasping and screaming—all instantly lost their color and turned into dim yellow stone statues! It was equivalent to the Preservation Technique cast by Amber herself, instantly encompassing the entire Holy Spring City. It was like the Miracle of Eagle Cape Village… and the Stasis at this moment was even stronger, much stronger! The entire World was enveloped by a time-stopping filter; the sky, the earth, the buildings, the people on the ground or in the air, all instantly turned dim yellow. Those floating in the air were also frozen in place as if the pause button had been pressed.
Only those in the fourth ring did not receive this treatment. As the giant whale landed, the terrifying shockwave blasted outwards! But it did not harm any of the people preserved by the Preservation Technique. —The battlefield had been solidified. No one could be sacrificed, no one could be affected, no one could escape from it.
With pupils turning scarlet again, the enraged giant whale looked down at the minuscule Lords. This was Eivass’s first time viewing the “Players” who wanted to challenge the BOSS from the BOSS’s perspective… Controlling a raid BOSS in person, that sounds awesome! —Since you want to challenge a Heavenly Envoy. Fine, the Heavenly Envoy is here!
