NOVEL NEXT Chapter 675-682
Chapter 675: Marvin On Fire (3)
The enigmatic flame ravaged Marvin’s body. Even Marvin himself hadn’t noticed it sneaking up on him.
His first reaction was that someone must have mounted a sneak attack on him. The flame came so suddenly that he didn’t have time to defend against it.
But next second, he was shocked to find out that this flame actually came from inside!
He checked his interface.
Countless lines of logs flashed on his interface, and Marvin read through everything as fast as he could.
That flame actually came from his Bloodline!
‘What’s going on?’
‘Why so suddenly?’
‘Is the Shapeshift Sorcerer class advancing on its own?’
Marvin could feel the immense power churning up.
That was the power of the Hell Spawn!
He actually had noticed something subtly wrong with the 3rd rank of his Shapeshift Sorcerer class.
His bloodline originally was very thin. In this aspect, it could be said that he had no real gift with the bloodline. Compared to Daniela, Turalyon, and the other pure-blooded descendants of the Cridland clan, Marvin’s bloodline simply couldn’t be traced back to an Ancient Angel. He could only use Beast Shape and Shadow Shape, and the latter one was due to the Book of Nalu. As for Diamond Shape, it had come as the result of a change in his Bloodline.
After taking Diross’ potion, his Bloodline suddenly became weird.
The Magic Addict Shape was quite strange. This Shape seemed to be of little value, but it was in fact an incredible skill for preserving one’s life in a desperate situation!
Moreover, to some extent, Marvin’s Magic Addict Shape just happened to be a Hell Spawn state! This faintly linked him to the ancient legends of Hell.
And now, his Shapeshift Sorcerer bloodline, which hadn’t had any signs of change for a long time, suddenly awakened! And furthermore, it was evolving on its own!
That flame kept burning Marvin’s body before giving way to new recovery, as if he was being reborn.
That feeling didn’t hurt at all, it was actually very satisfying!
From start to finish, Marvin was wrapped in a black flame, as if he was under the Molten Archdevil’s magic.
But Marvin himself knew that this was a transformation.
He could feel his own power growing!
[Shapeshift Sorcerer advancement…]
[Body temporarily entering a state of metamorphosis… During this time, all abilities except for Shapeshift Sorcerer abilities are sealed.]
[You obtained the title –Molten Son–…]
[Advanced False Divine Vessel… Transformation detected…]
The flashing logs made Marvin feel overwhelmed.
But he wasn’t worried about the strange situation of the advanced False Divine Vessel.
That thing’s compatibility was incredibly high. It felt like no matter what field progressed, the advanced False Divine Vessel would mix with it.
The only thing that puzzled Marvin was the question of why his own Bloodline suddenly got promoted.
Could it have been stimulated by the Molten Archdevil’s avatar?
But the answer quickly showed itself.
…
Everyone turned to look in surprise as Marvin turned into a black flame.
The sky over Feinan suddenly burst open.
A pair of black wings flashed past, followed by a frightening roar!
That was the roar of a Devil!
“In the sky! A Hellgate!”
“Which Lord of Hell is it? Didn’t they reach an agreement with the Astral Sea? Could it be that they want to go back on it to try to get the Fate Tablet?”
When the Hellgate appeared, even those already in battle couldn’t just continue with it any longer.
They all broke away from their opponents.
Especially the Berserk God. He had been pushed into a sorry state by Kangen and Jessica, looking as if he had been abused!
If not for the fact that he could borrow the War God’s Domain, he might have already been killed by Kangen!
The other side’s Blade Techniques had already reached the peak of this Universe, far exceeding the limits of mankind.
As a former Human, the Berserk God couldn’t imagine how Kangen had gone so far.
The Human body had hard limitations, everyone knew that. How could all these people here today have defied that common bit of knowledge?
He didn’t know.
But the appearance of the Hellgate gave him another big headache.
The balance of the forces in the Universe was very delicate right now.
Because of Lance’s prestige, the Astral Sea acted the most arrogant and overbearing. Hell and the Abyss couldn’t stand each other, but they would prioritize the Astral Sea as their enemy to some degree.
But the invasion of the Astral Beast was a huge event for the entire Universe so the Astral Sea naturally made some quick negotiations with the other forces.
It was safe to say that even if the Fate Tablet came into being, both sides should follow the rules they had set up.
The Berserk God’s appearance already showed that the Astral Sea had sneakily infringed upon the agreement. What they were most wary of was if Hell also sent someone to Feinan that was on the same level, or even higher…
Although this shouldn’t be possible due to the Planar Barrier and the interference of the recently destroyed Universe Magic Pool, the Berserk God, that kind of fake Mid God, was already at the limit of the power level that one could be at and still be able to enter Feinan via the loophole they were abusing. Surely Hell could only send some Greater Devils at most.
But the Hellgate still caused a panic among the forces of the Astral Sea!
Especially after Diross’ high-profile move. Who knew whether an ancient Lord of Hell would try to stake it all for the 4th Fate Tablet!
But then, their worries calmed down.
A Lord of Hell really did emerge from the Hellgate.
But first of all, that poor Lord of Hell didn’t come of his own volition; rather, he was thrown down!
Second, this was just an avatar!
The Molten Archdevil’s avatar!
When Marvin saw that person having the exact same flame as himself, he instantly understood.
The Molten Archdevil had been driven out of Hell!
Marvin had no need to guess who the culprit was.
As expected, Diross’ voice echoed from behind the Hellgate. “Dear Marvin, this is my gift to you.”
“Please don’t be modest, you have to enjoy it thoroughly.”
The Hellgate then let out a sound before closing on its own.
The Molten Archdevil Avatar bellowed, and the countless black flames enveloping him turned into meteors flying down at Marvin!
He couldn’t suppress the urge coming from the Hell Spawn.
He and Marvin met yet again, so regardless of what else happened now, only one of them could survive.
The other one had to be swallowed!
This was the cruel law of Hell!
Marvin wasn’t afraid at all.
He could feel the power of the transformation in his Bloodline.
If he could kill the Molten Archdevil’s avatar, not only would his strength improve greatly, but it would also greatly boost the morale of Feinan’s forces!
The two flames mixed together.
An enormous plume of flames suddenly burst out in that land of Order!
It was a Molten Domain created by the attraction of both sides’ Hell Spawns!
Chapter 676: Shadow Fire
The sudden fight suspended the fierce battle that had been underway.
After apparently fleeing from Marvin earlier, the Molten Archdevil had now returned, adding a lot of uncertainty to the battle for the Fate Tablet, at least in the eyes of others.
At this moment, the two sides had separated and gathered in their own groups.
And between them was the continuously expanding Molten Domain!
In fact, a frightening power burst out from the Hell Spawns as they spurred each other on.
If not for the powerful Shackles of Order in the surroundings of the Sky Tower, a black hole might have already been burnt into Feinan by these flames.
Regardless, despite the continuous repair of the Order Power, that frightening Molten Domain still expanded.
From a certain point of view, this Molten Domain was a temporary version of the Molten Hell!
People could see that pitch-dark flame pervading through the entirety of this “Hell”.
The place was barren. Besides the many hardened rocks, all that could be seen were flames and lava.
Marvin and the Molten Archdevil’s avatar turned into two black flames and clashed within that Domain in a fierce fight.
After the initial intense collisions between the two of them, the flames on both sides gradually settled somewhat, exposing their true bodies.
Marvin still had the body of a regular Human, but his current situation was quite dire… Due to the transformation, he couldn’t use his other abilities!
All of his normal abilities, including his Ruler of the Night Legend skills and his False Divine Vessel’s Domains, had been sealed!
He could only rely purely on his body to fight the Molten Archdevil!
What was even more unlucky for him was that he couldn’t even use suitable weapons.
Because this was just like the Molten Hell!
In this pure Bloodline battle of the Hell Spawns, Marvin couldn’t use Sodom’s Blades.
This was definitely a huge trial for Marvin.
As a Ranger who was used to killing with curved daggers, when did he have the time to hone his fistfighting?
He was at the disadvantage from the start!
“Boom!”
The black flames interweaved and Marvin could only feel his fists shattering.
As both sides struggled, Marvin was at a loss. If he didn’t dodge quickly, he would be chased down by the Molten Archdevil!
‘This is too unfair!’
‘I have a Human body, while that guy is pure stone!’
Marvin silently complained to himself.
He was getting rather annoyed.
The Molten Archdevil was a Lava Giant!
He was twice as big as Marvin and was only somewhat inferior to Marvin with regards to Dexterity, but when it came to Strength, he far surpassed Marvin.
If not for this only being an avatar, Marvin might have gotten crushed to death by just one punch.
For the Hell Spawns to ensure that their inheritor had the purest Bloodline, they deprived both sides of their extraneous abilities, but this virtually gave the advantage to the Molten Overlord who was more used to both Hell’s terrain as well as fistfighting.
But the saving grace for Marvin was that he could feel that due to the black flame’s help, his injuries were being healed at a frightening speed!
His physical qualities could also be seen increasing at a visible pace.
This was an unprecedented opportunity!
After all, physical fitness was very difficult to increase after reaching the Legend level, or at least, raising the qualities of the body through attributes was very difficult.
And the transformation of this Fire Bloodline was definitely tempering his body!
The fight had only lasted a minute, yet Marvin had already received more than thirty injuries, light and heavy. But thanks to the black flames, he had already recovered from them.
And in this short time, his Constitution had already gone up by 1 point!
The most frightening thing was that according to the interface, not only was his Constitution rapidly increasing, but his other main attributes were too!
This wasn’t part of the temporary effect of the Ruler of Shadows ability doubling his attributes. Rather, it was an entirely real and permanent improvement to his physical qualities.
With his current rate of growth, Marvin’s Dexterity would most likely reach 40 soon! And the other five attributes were also bearing down at the Godly Realm.
The awakening of the Hell Spawn was a challenge for Marvin, but it was also a great opportunity!
As long as he could kill this flaming rock in front of him!
‘I need a weapon,’ Marvin thought inwardly.
At this time, a log flashed in his interface, making Marvin’s eyes shine:
[“Perfect Domain – Shadow” passive taking effect… Would you like to fuse it with your Bloodline?]
The field of Perfect Domain was really outstanding. Even though the advanced False Divine Vessel was already sealed and couldn’t be properly activated, but under the stimulation of the black flames, the Domain’s passive actually took effect on its own!
Suddenly, Ruler of Shadows activated and Marvin’s attributes doubled!
[Yes!]
Marvin didn’t hesitate to have his Bloodline fuse with this ability.
He wanted to see what kind of phenomenon would emerge from the fusion of the [Ruler of Shadows] and the power of the 1st Generation Molten Archdevil!
Shortly after, he felt many more black flames coming out from his skin.
These flames were a lot purer than the Lava Giant’s flames… and darker!
[Fusion complete!]
[You learnt a new ability – Shadow Fire]
[Shadow Fire: These flames from Hell belong to the Shadow Domain. As the Ruler of Shadows, you can use Shadow Fire, and you are in control of the shadow flames.]
Marvin’s eyes shone as he rolled to the side to dodge the fierce slam of the Molten Archdevil. With a “Woosh”, a pitch-black flame flew out.
Everyone recoiled in shock as that black flame started changing shape!
“He… He can control the Flames of Hell?”
A Divine Servant looked at Marvin with a pale face, as if he saw something inconceivable.
“No, that’s not the Flames of Hell!”
The Berserk God’s expression became even more contorted as he shouted, “Only true Lords of Hell can control the Flames of Hell. Even the Molten Archdevil Avatar can’t, how could he?!”
“These flames… They look like shadows!”
After these words, the newly formed flames condensed into the shape of a pair of curved daggers!
These daggers were of exactly the same shape as Sodom’s Blades.
Marvin was inwardly excited. The flames kept burning, and in a flash, the pair of Sodom Blades formed from Shadow Fire took shape!
The hulking mass of rock roared, apparently weary of Marvin constantly darting around, as he began to rush over, trying not to give Marvin any chance to escape.
Marvin felt full of confidence with these daggers in hand. He rushed to re-engage the avatar in close combat.
Desperation Style!
Shadow Fire ripped through the Molten Archdevil’s Molten Domain and Marvin suddenly surged with speed, completely overpowering the Molten Archdevil!
The Shadow Blades cut open the Molten Archdevil’s seemingly impregnable defense, lopping off his right shoulder!
A mournful howl echoed for a long time from the Molten Domain.
Those outside the area, regardless of whether they were from the Astral Sea or from other corners of the Universe, they all sank into a deathly silence.
Perhaps they were already starting to reconsider Marvin’s previous proposal.
Chapter 677: Godlike
Inside the pitch-black Molten Domain.
The intense fight was still underway.
But over the course of a short three minutes, the situation of the battle had gradually become clear.
Marvin’s state of having to just passively defend had completely reversed after he learnt how to use Shadow Fire and then formed the Shadow Blades.
And the additional power granted by Ruler of Shadows was no joke. With his attributes doubled, Marvin was clearly stronger than a Mid God!
And the hale of the Child of the Plane allowed him to completely disregard all Laws, while his imperturbable willpower let him easily resist the mental attacks of the Molten Archdevil.
All his weak points had been complemented and his strong points strengthened.
The stone avatar simply couldn’t keep up with Marvin’s enhanced Post-Godly Dexterity!
“Woosh!”
The daggers made of Shadow Fire cut the stone figure’s arm once again, almost slashing down the neck on the way!
Despite the enemy having such powerful regenerative ability, Marvin wasn’t worried at all.
He paid attention to what cards the opponent held while continuously attacking him with a certain steady rhythm.
The battle seemed to have already been settled.
The aura of the Molten Archdevil’s avatar clearly seemed weaker than it should have been. This might have been due to him suffering an injury before being driven out of the Molten Hell. The injury he suffered wasn’t light either.
Diross and Marvin, this grandfather-grandson pair, were both fierce. One was dealing with the main body while the other took care of the avatar. They were completely annihilating the Molten Clan.
Many people were already thinking about Marvin’s earlier offer.
With Marvin’s currently identity and status, he naturally wouldn’t just say something like that for no reason.
There was definitely an important reason for him to want to find that young boy.
They began trying to recall the appearance of that boy, but strangely, some of them couldn’t remember his appearance despite the fact that they could just moments ago!
And these people weren’t ordinary mortals!
They were Divine Servants or Apostles with Divine Blessings. For something to be interfering with their memories, they could only be one explanation: This boy that Marvin was looking for was extremely powerful!
He must be using some ways to alter the memory of his appearance, making others recall a blurry face instead.
For this kind of ability to affect those gathered, his power should be on the level of the Gods.
Upon realizing this, many of the Divine Servants who had enmity with Marvin suddenly felt their hearts sink.
Marvin’s strength kept changing their understanding of Feinan.
They originally thought that after all the Plane Guardians died, they would be able to do whatever they wanted in Feinan.
They didn’t expect Marvin to be so shocking!
He killed the forces of three Gods on his own, and he wasn’t losing to the Molten Archdevil’s Avatar. Even if he had no aid, he probably would have been okay, but without him saying a single word, Feinan’s Legends gathered before the forces of the entire Universe!
The strength still left in Feinan had been greatly underestimated.
‘It looks like… the return of the Gods won’t be as simple as the prophecy foretold.’
A Divine Servant inwardly sighed, ‘This Marvin, if he keeps growing, he will definitely soon be the new generation Plane Guardian!’
‘Unfortunately, the truly powerful ones are fighting that Astral Beast. Only after they take care of that threat would they be able to do anything about Marvin.’
And everyone couldn’t help being worried.
Marvin’s rate of growth was unprecedented. In a mere six months, he reached the level of power that a Half-Plane Guardian would have. He also had the support of the famous Goddess of Truth and the tyrannical Lord of Hell Diross. If it turned out that the Gods couldn’t deal with him, who could?
If he wasn’t killed now, then after growing some more, wasn’t it possible that he could end up becoming the next Nicholas?
After all, even the Gods had to admit that if the Great Elven King hadn’t received that earlier grievous injury, causing his strength to weaken, he wouldn’t have died so easily outside the Universe Magic Pool. His strength was great enough to defeat any of the New Gods in a duel, apart from the Three Great Gods!
Before everyone realized it, the First Mountain Range thoroughly turned into Marvin’s stage.
Everyone looked silently at the Molten Domain, watching as Marvin’s sturdy body cut through the air, slowly chipping away at the Molten Archdevil!
His dagger techniques had reached the pinnacle, and his moves were only trained to take human lives. The Molten Archdevil’s body was sturdy, but it was only an avatar. Marvin’s moves were like gradually boiling a frog with warm water. When facing an opponent with such immense vitality, there was no need to focus on killing them quickly. It would actually be better to slowly weaken them. As long as one was patient enough to remain single-mindedly devoted to the task at hand and not make any errors, the final outcome would be perfect.
Because of the Laws of Hell, even if someone wanted to charge in to help the Molten Archdevil, it would be impossible.
Moreover, with powerful allies like the Copper Dragon or the Blade Master near Marvin, most wouldn’t even be able to think about approaching the Molten Domain.
The group from the Astral Sea was in a daze.
The Berserk God’s mein was particularly grim, and his grip on his hammer kept tightening. Just looking at him, one might think that he was trying to keep his anger in check, but only he knew that what he couldn’t keep suppressed was the fear of those blade techniques!
As a God, he had lived for too long, and was now very afraid of death.
Over the years, he had gone on rampages in various parts of the Universe while relying on the name of the War God, and no one dared to stand against him.
But he met a different type this time. He could see true killing intent in the eyes of Kangen.
Each slash frightened him. Whether it was in pure physical strength or its power with the Laws, both exceeded the limitations of mankind.
He was truly one of the [Godlike]!
Those so-called Godlike were a group of extraordinary Humans. In all of Feinan’s history, they were very rarely seen. They used some unknown methods to forcibly break through the limitations of the Human body, gaining the ability to contend against the Gods. They weren’t Plane Guardians, and they also didn’t draw support from the Fate Tablets. Instead, they accomplished this through their own perseverance and willpower!
Blade Master Kangen was such an example of a fierce and unfathomable Godlike.
As other people saw it, Kangen and Professor were the same, both with fighting strength at the level of Half-Plane Guardians. But in the eyes of the Berserk God, who had been locked in combat with him, Kangen actually far exceeded those at the level of Professor, Eve, and Marvin. The strength of the latter two was incredibly shocking, but was in part due to the unique weapons they held, while the former was simply frightening.
‘It’s been so many years since a Godlike appeared…’
The Berserk God’s mood was complicated. ‘If at that time, with my talents, I had resisted the temptation, could I have become like him?’
But there was no “if”. Many years ago, in the 3rd Era, he didn’t listen to his elder brother’s warning and directly used the Fate Tablet Fragment to ascend, brushing aside the idea of freedom on the way.
And now, he stood in front of a true Godlike. Besides respect and fear, he also felt some inexplicable jealousy deep in his heart!
Despite so, the Berserk God still didn’t choose to fight.
Taking advantage of Marvin and the Molten Archdevil fighting, he slowly diluted his aura through the First Mountain Range.
But a voice suddenly echoed beside his ear.
“Want to run?”
“I did say that I didn’t have many close friends. You Gods killed one, so I’ll get some interest first.”
“This shall be the gift that I deliver to the War God.”
As these words were uttered, a fierce blade pierced through space and ruthlessly cut the Divine Source of the Berserk God just as he was about to flee!
“Aaaaaaaah!”
The mournful howl spread throughout the entire First Mountain!
Chapter 678: Lord of Hell’s Curse!
An aura of desolation was slowly spreading.
Blade Master Kangen’s blade aura focused, appearing extremely calm.
But those present had already realized that this handsome and slightly aged face represented true slaughter and dread.
That seemingly unexceptional body held a terrifying power that would surprise even Gods!
Just a single slash ravaged the Berserk God’s Divine Source!
This meant that another God Realm in the Astral Sea had been destroyed!
It meant that there was at least one other Secondary Plane sinking in turmoil as countless followers of the Berserk God panicked in fright.
All of this was caused by this simple-looking man standing there.
The people of the Astral Sea didn’t know what to say.
They even began to feel that Feinan was seeming more frightening than the Nine Hells!
….
At the same time, similar screams echoed from the Molten Domain.
Everyone looked back as Marvin’s blades fell down, changing from the previous attacking style of slowly whittling down the opponent, instead now slashing fiercely at the head of the Molten Archdevil!
The outcome of the battle between the descendants of the Molten Bloodline was decided!
As Marvin was chipping away at the Molten Archdevil earlier, he was not only slowly depleting his opponent’s strength, but he was also probing his enemy.
He had to check the limits of the Molten Archdevil to determine when he would be able to strike a decisive blow.
And with the help of the versatile Wisdom Ability, he had already formed a model in his mind.
Everything regarding the Molten Archdevil was in his grasp.
Diross had certainly hobbled him in some way upon expelling him to Feinan, or else it wouldn’t have been so easy for Marvin to beat him. Archdevils were way above the level of Mid Gods, after all.
And during the fight, Marvin could feel the source of the Molten Archdevil’s strength. He realized that it was gradually diminishing.
This definitely wasn’t due to Marvin’s attacks.
Rather, it was because of his body suffering from an extremely fierce attack!
With Marvin’s current understanding of his grandfather, he knew Diross must have planned this out a long time ago. If he made a move, it would be swift like lightning and overbearing like thunder!
Since the Molten Hell had been attacked, then the Molten Archdevil’s main body must also be suffering at the moment!
Thanks to this support, Marvin was unafraid of this opponent that should have been an overwhelming challenge.
Time passing was good for him.
But since the aura of the Molten Archdevil was getting weak enough, Marvin decided to finish the battle early!
After all, there were still countless hostiles watching them. He also didn’t know when the Fate Tablet would come into being, and Wayne was still entangled with Dark Phoenix.
There would be no harm in finishing this fight quickly.
Thus, he sped up. As the black flames stirred, his specialty, Burst, became even fiercer.
Explosive power surged deep within Marvin’s body. It was like he passed through light and shadows as his curved daggers struck unimpeded and removed the foe’s head, followed by his limbs!
A howl erupted from the entire Molten Domain!
Marvin didn’t pay it any mind, instead focusing on viciously dismembering his incapacitated opponent.
There was nothing he could do about it; the defenses of the Divine Source of the Molten Archdevil’s avatar were very sturdy, so he could only slowly peel the layers away.
If he didn’t grab this opportunity, it might be hard to get another good one like that later.
Ignoring the mournful sounds of the Archdevil’s avatar, Marvin remained calm, his wrists moving steadily.
The Shadow Fire in his hands looked like the actual Sodom’s Blades, completely unstoppable.
In a few blinks, Marvin chiselled the stone figure into a column.
A large amount of dust and fragments fell away, and after some lava blasted out, Marvin eventually saw the Divine Source!
Devils had originated from the fall of Ancient Angels, so the core of their strength was also Divine Source.
Their Divine Source would lean more toward inducing wickedness.
But in essence, Divine Source was an evolution of Order Power. It was totally different from the Demons’ Chaos Power.
This was also why Demons and Devils were like fire and water.
‘Mine!’
The desire to engulf it rose up from his Bloodline. Marvin could clearly feel his body temperature rising abruptly.
He stretched out his hand and grabbed that burning Divine Source.
But at that time, a face full of rancor appeared from the Divine Source.
“Diross… Good plan…”
“I may not be able to do anything to you, but I can curse your descendant!”
“In my name as a Lord of Hell, I curse your soul to fall to Hell! Your body will be buried with me in the icy Void!”
Marvin suddenly felt a chill.
He tried to attack to interrupt the curse, but he found out that it was ineffective.
In this moment and within this small space, no one had authority above the Lord of Hell!
This was a curse that he lashed out with at the price of his own soul!
In an instant, countless thoughts filled Marvin’s mind. His first thought was:
‘Could it be that Diross’ plan was to make me fight this curse?’
Shortly after, he started trying to think of a way to escape this situation!
That malicious face merged with the Divine Source and then the inexorable Curse Power sealed Marvin!
He could feel the Curse Power fusing with him along with the Divine Source!
He tried to hold it back, but he was unable to restrain the thirst from his Bloodline.
Countless warnings flashed on the interface.
All the Domains of the False Divine Vessel activated because Marvin’s body was already unable to resist the encroachment of the Lord of Hell’s curse!
Despite this, Marvin felt a formidable strength spreading through his body.
It felt like there was an incorporeal hand firmly grabbing his soul!
It wanted to drag Marvin’s soul out of his body!
Under the effect of the curse, the Order Power inside Marvin was ineffective.
‘This is bad!’
‘I need to get out of here!’
Despite being in such a crisis, Marvin kept his calm.
Because he was still inside the temporary Molten Domain, many of his abilities were sealed.
Especially the Wisdom Chapter and the Book of Nalu!
He did not believe that the curse of just an Avatar would be able to overcome the suppression of these two great Artifacts!
But if he wanted to use those, he needed to leave the Molten Domain first.
The problem was that the Curse Power had sapped most of his strength!
He tried to take a few steps toward the boundary, but instead, he stumbled and fell to the ground!
…
“The curse of a Lord of Hell!?”
The eyes of the Astral Sea people shone brightly!
Could it be that Marvin would die from a curse after killing the Molten Archdevil!?
And even if Marvin didn’t die from the curse, it would still be a great boon for them if it left him weakened!
After all, he wouldn’t be able to go all-out in the fight over the Fate Tablet if he was crippled by a curse.
And on the other side, everyone from Feinan was worried.
Nobody noticed Eve unconsciously grabbing her Holy Sword, slowly letting it loose.
As the dark flames whirled around him, Marvin forced himself to walk.
But his body was slowly being swallowed by the power of the curse.
The most obvious sign was that the Reaper from the Underworld once again appeared in front of Marvin, a sinister smile on its face!
Chapter 679: Choice
When the Reaper of the Underworld appeared, everyone was shocked.
Especially Feinan’s side. If not for the restrictions on the Molten Domain, they would have simply gone in to help Marvin.
The Underworld… In the entire Universe, it was a mysterious and complicated force.
They rarely clashed with other worlds. They were like ghosts, silently maintaining order.
No one knew what kind of place the dead were gathered at upon being reaped.
In Feinan, the soul of an ordinary person couldn’t be reincarnated. Only the powerful souls could resist the Underworld and have the possibility of reincarnating, like the Goddess of Truth.
Of course, the Goddess of Truth was a special case. She didn’t just reincarnate so many times on her own; she had also been bound by the curse of a powerful being.
And that powerful existence, from what the Goddess of Truth said, should have been Lance himself.
As for the souls of most others, once they arrived in the Underworld, they would become part of it.
In all these years, this hadn’t changed.
The Underworld’s Sovereign rarely intervened in the matters of the secular world, and despite them having people and avatars in Feinan, no one knew what their goal was.
After all, to the people of Feinan and even the whole Universe, Necromancers were already very mysterious. The Underworld that they served or avoided was a place of no return.
But everyone present here was clear about one thing.
There would only be one case when a Greater Reaper from the Underworld would appear in Feinan, and that was when it was about to take a very important soul!
For someone like Marvin, whose soul was too powerful, a Candle Boat wouldn’t be able to bear the weight of his soul. Thus, when he died, an ordinary Reaper wouldn’t lead him on a boat to the Underworld, and instead, one needed to directly bring him back.
That time in Arborea, Marvin had already had an encounter with a Greater Reaper. If not for Shadow Thief Owl’s timely appearance, that thing might have already taken him away to the Underworld.
And now, he was once again faced with a life-or-death crisis.
He now realized that powerhouses on the level of the Lords of Hell had more resources than just their pure strength to decide the consequences of a battle!
Even though it was only an avatar, even after Marvin beat the opponent in a bloody battle, the Molten Overlord still had the power to push him to the brink like this.
That frightening curse made Marvin feel utterly frigid.
His knees even seemed to petrify.
That showed that the curse wasn’t just removing his soul, but it was also solidifying the Order Power in his body!
And when all the Order Power was completely solidified, Marvin would turn into an eternal statue!
“We have to do something!” Jessica worriedly shouted.
Because of the Fate Imprint, she could feel Marvin weakening!
Unfortunately, although Fate Sorceresses could bypass or ignore most Laws, it was still not enough to interfere in this situation!
‘Unless… I use the Plane Will’s power…’ Jessica clenched her lips, her eyes wavering.
She had always been a very decisive person, but she was actually hesitating now.
She was unwilling to see Marvin get taken out by that curse. But if she drew on the power of the Plane Will itself, despite being a Fate Sorceress, she would have to pay an enormous price!
‘Damn, it would be fine if Ding could help.’
Every time this kind of thing happened, she would start missing the arrogant Fortune Fairy that had helped them so many times. She’d had this thought when they were in the Underdark facing the Martyr, and now it was the same.
A lifeform born from a fragment of a Fate Tablet would have knowledge beyond what most people could imagine.
She subconsciously wanted to use her Fate Power Imprint to ask Ding to help, but suddenly, the Copper Dragon beside her lowered his head and murmured, “We need to believe in Marvin.”
Professor’s voice was resolute and full of charisma as he reassured, “The Curse of the Lord of Hell can’t injure him. We need to be on guard for the enemies coming from all directions. We need to consider whether someone might launch a sneak attack when Marvin comes out of the Molten Domain in a weakened state.”
After these words, everyone from Feinan’s side couldn’t help but move to better surround the Molten Domain.
Those from the Astral Sea smiled bitterly, as some of them had indeed been considering something like that. Those peak powerhouses all shook their heads and retreated further away.
Divine Servants were already inwardly cursing, ‘Who would have dared to attack Marvin? Is there someone tired of living? Who didn’t see the Berserk God getting hacked to pieces by that monster?’
There weren’t many people in the Universe that would dare to declare that they wanted to settle their debt with the War God.
The absolute strength and domineering attitude shown by Kangen already thoroughly shook all the invaders.
While the Gods were occupied with the Astral Beast, Feinan’s defenders displayed their unity and strength and were successfully suppressing the other forces of the Universe.
If not for the Molten Archdevil being sent back here by Diross, the situation might have already been wrapping up.
After all, Feinan’s side had too many powerhouses on the level of Half-Plane Guardians that the outsiders hadn’t been aware of, and those defenders weren’t afraid to stand against the Gods. This attitude was something they hadn’t expected.
They didn’t dare to sneak attack Marvin!
At this point, they only prayed that Marvin really would get taken away by the effects of the Molten Archdevil’s curse!
Although there was no real hope behind the prayer, if Marvin really was supported by the Lord of the Scorched Hell and the Goddess of Truth, they wouldn’t just blankly watch Marvin die to the Molten Archdevil’s curse, would they?
‘Even if the curse can’t kill him, at least restrain that frightening guy.’
This was what the numerous Divine Servants of the Astral Sea were hoping for.
…
Stuck in the Molten Domain, Marvin’s situation was still worsening!
He never thought that his whole body would weaken to such an extent.
None of his powerful resistances could prevent his state from deteriorating, and the Greater Reaper’s whispers were already approaching his ear:
“You can’t stop the Law of a Hell Lord.”
“Your soul is very powerful. Stop struggling and follow me to the place where you belong.”
“There, you can get everything you want. Rest assured, we aren’t as bad as you think.”
Oddly, the Greater Reaper’s nasty laugh actually carried an enticing tone.
Its cold breath directly pervaded Marvin’s soul, making him feel faint!
‘Damn Diross!’
‘He sent me the avatar of the Molten Archdevil, but he didn’t warn me that this guy still had such a destructive move in reserve!’
Marvin scolded that unreasonable grandfather multiple times as he continued pushing himself to keep moving.
Fortunately, he had reached the edge of the Molten Domain!
Just another large step and he would be free.
With the stacked protection of the Wisdom Chapter and Book of Nalu, Marvin didn’t believe that the curse of the Hell Lord would still be able to affect him!
But this huge step made him feel as if he had to climb over a mountain.
The curse power kept spreading, and he already felt that his legs were unable to move!
‘Damnit!’ He tried exerting all his strength, including his Faith Power, but to no avail!
Marvin felt again that there were still many things he didn’t know in this world.
He felt himself slowly weakening.
And everything in his body was being burnt by the black flame.
Only two things were left untouched: an imprint of a golden scale, and another imprint of a three-eyed Greater Devil.
They represented the Goddess of Truth and the Scorched Hell Lord.
‘They really did leave an imprint on me.’
Marvin smiled bitterly.
His only choice now was to ask for help from these two.
But the question was, who should he ask?
This was a question worth considering.
…
In the Nine Hells.
“This is quite rash from you, and very impulsive too.”
As he sat on the ice-cold throne, a man was smiling gently.
But his tone was extremely terrifying.
A small girl was standing at the bottom of those countless steps, staring up at him.
Her eyes were full of curiosity and devoid of fear.
“You are the first Lord of Hell to violate the established agreement since the foundation of the Nine Hells. If we are to speak of being impulsive, you must be ten thousand times more impulsive than I,” Molly coldly said. “Shall we make a bet?”
“I didn’t expect that the Goddess of Truth would like betting,” Diross remarked with a smirk. “You aren’t afraid of me stabbing you in the back?”
Molly was completely undaunted. “Many people want me to die, but unfortunately for them, even Lance didn’t succeed. Do you think you are stronger than Lance?”
Diross chuckled, before the icy atmosphere suddenly vanished.
“We originally weren’t enemies.” His tone became very vague as he continued, “In some ways, we are very similar. At least we still kept our curiosity towards this world.”
Molly remained unmoved. “But your curiosity is too much,” she rebuked. “You shouldn’t have started a civil war in Hell. We both know why Hell was established.”
“So?” Diross’ eyebrows twitched. “Is that what you want in this gamble? You want me to settle down for a while if you win?”
“Settle down for a hundred years,” Molly firmly said. “We’ll gamble on who Marvin chooses.”
“We both know he has to make a choice, or else he will die.”
“Compared to an untrustworthy Devil like you, I think he will choose to ask me for help.”
Diross laughed out loud, before settling back into a pondering expression. “You really think he would make this choice?” he asked.
Molly indifferently said, “You can bet that he’ll choose you.”
But Diross’ words were unexpectedly shocking. “Here’s my bet: If you lose, you leave and you cannot interfere with the matters of Hell.”
“But I won’t bet on Marvin choosing me.”
“I think that… between the two of us, that guy will choose neither.”
After hearing those words, Molly frowned deeply.
…
Back in Feinan, within the Molten Domain, Marvin finally made his decision.
His mind had gone back and forth between the two Imprints, before ultimately stopping.
“Please, help me,” he kept repeating in his heart
Chapter 680: Overall Strengthening
Just at the boundary of the temporary Molten Domain, Marvin’s struggling ceased.
It looked like he had given up.
The Greater Reaper was approaching, trying to pull out Marvin’s soul, but just at that time, the Molten Domain suddenly tore open.
A door miraculously appeared within that land of fire.
A brand new Hellgate!
Accompanied by the sound of a frightening roar, the door slowly opened, and three huge heads squeezed their way out!
Everyone in the surroundings suddenly showed expressions of horror.
Why would a Hellgate still appear in the Molten Domain?
But what came from behind this gate wasn’t a frightening Hell Lord, but a Three-Headed Hellhound!
The Hellhound forced himself out, dashing through the gate of Hell, and before everyone’s eyes, he rushed up and swallowed Marvin in one bite.
The Greater Reaper was alarmed, and it disappeared without a trace.
Hellhounds were vicious lifeforms with a sort of natural craving for souls. The Reaper was worried by the appearance of the Hellhound and decided that it was best to just flee.
After the Three-Headed Hellhound swallowed Marvin, he did a few laps around the Molten Domain.
He circled the Divine Source left behind by the avatar, drooling with obvious desire. But he didn’t touch the Divine Source.
After about ten seconds, the Hellhound opened his mouth once more, spitting a shadow out!
Marvin stably landed on the floor.
The Hellhound’s three heads nuzzled affectionately against Marvin’s. Thankfully Marvin’s body had been tempered by Hellfire, or else his body might have dissolved in the Hellhound’s stomach!
The Curse Power had completely disappeared!
Marvin smiled.
“Sure enough, looking for you was the best choice.”
“You are the only one besides Molly and Diross who left behind an Imprint and could appear in the Molten Domain. Little guy, what are your origins?”
Earlier, when Marvin was hesitating between the Truth Imprint and the Devil Imprint, he suddenly noticed a very weak imprint hidden between the two.
It was the sign of the Pet Contract he had signed with the Hellhound!
Marvin was shocked when he realized this.
When the Hellhound left, Marvin remembered cleanly removing the contract. Under such circumstances. How could there be still an Imprint there?
The only possibility was that the Imprint had been left behind by the Hellhound.
Speaking of which, Marvin had never clearly figured out the origins of this Hellhound.
There were too many low-level Hellhounds in the Nine Hells. Their bloodlines were very complicated, and there were countless sources and origins for them.
But the Hellhound that Marvin had once contracted with was extraordinarily good at recovering from injuries and consuming energy. Even when Marvin communicated with him every day, he could feel a kind of power whose source couldn’t be suppressed.
This also was a reason that he had decided to remove the contract.
To keep such a Hellhound as a pet would feel wrong.
But Marvin never thought that he would feel the Imprint from that Pet Contract as he was struggling in the Laws of the Molten Domain!
This meant that the Hellhound’s source of power was probably similar to that of a Hell Lord.
It should be the case that only those at the level of a Lord of Hell would be able to remove a Hell Lord’s Curse.
Whether it was the Scorched Lord or the Truth Goddess, they both could accomplish it.
But Marvin didn’t want to ask them.
Diross was too mysterious and fickle. Marvin still had some slight reservations about him, feeling like he couldn’t completely trust him. As for the Goddess of Truth, he actually did trust her enough, but he had learnt from the Wisdom Chapter that the true “Destroyer” of Feinan was the Plane Will, and that Lance was the one who actually wanted to save this world. Thus, he also had some slight doubts about the Truth Goddess.
He temporarily didn’t want to ask for help from these two.
Thus, he decided to give this Pet Contract Imprint a try.
The contract truly disappeared, but that Imprint was still there.
Under Marvin’s call, a completely new Hellgate appeared in the Molten Domain.
Everything that happened afterwards left the onlookers feeling at a loss.
The Hellhound swallowed Marvin, digested the Curse Power afflicting him, and spat him out.
The death curse from the Molten Archdevil Avatar had been easily broken. Even Marvin had been surprised at how well that had gone.
He felt that this Hellhound before him definitely wasn’t an ordinary Hellhound.
He definitely had the bloodline of some Hell Lord.
But the awkward thing was that Marvin wasn’t able to speak Infernal, and the Hellhound wasn’t able to understand Common. After the two dissolved the Pet Contract, they no longer were able to properly communicate with each other.
After the greeting, the Hellhound roared a few times, looked somewhat reluctantly at Marvin for a while, and then headed back through that massive Hellgate.
After a moment, the Hellgate closed again as Marvin looked at the Hellhound’s receding figure while in deep thought.
He regained his focus shortly after, turning his gaze to look at the Divine Source left behind by the Molten Archdevil’s avatar!
The black fire on his body became even more impatient.
The desire to absorb it couldn’t be kept in check anymore. He suddenly stepped forward, reached out with his hand, and gently grabbed that flickering Divine Source!
…
In the Scorched Hell.
Molly still had a calm expression.
However, she was now looking at Diross with even more curiosity. “You know the origins of that Hellhound?”
“This is my Domain, after all,” Diross answered while smiling gently.
The Truth Goddess had a thoughtful expression as she remarked, “You want to unify Hell.”
“Every Hell Lord wants to do so,” Diross calmly pointed out, “but they have neither the ability nor the courage.”
“Anyways, you lost our bet, and thus, for the next hundred years, you can’t interfere with the matters of Hell.”
Molly raised her head and stated, “I will not interfere with the matters of Hell…”
“Apart from Marvin!”
Diross sneered, not saying anything.
…
The temporary Molten Domain kept shrinking.
Marvin had solved the problem of the Molten Archdevil’s curse in such an outrageous way.
This was definitely a great boost to the morale of Feinan’s side, but for the others, this wasn’t good news.
They could feel that Marvin was continuously getting stronger!
That Divine Source was slowly merging with Marvin.
“He truly has a Hellish Bloodline. Seems like Diross’ words were true.”
“No wonder he is so strong!”
“He really isn’t a pure-blooded Human.”
…
Even though he was still in the Molten Domain, Marvin could hear the soft whispers coming from outside.
His body had been thoroughly cleansed of the curse, and his physical abilities went through an abnormal evolution!
After absorbing the Divine Source, Marvin’s power received an overall strengthening!
First, the strengthening directly upgraded his six main attributes.
Under the burning of the black flame, Marvin’s six attributes rose by 3 points each!
This was only the base value of the attributes. With the bonuses from Eternal Night and Ruler of Shadows, it would actually be raised by twice that, 6 points!
It was followed by the advancement of his Shapeshift Sorcerer class!
As a magical subclass, Shapeshift Sorcerer had always been different from his other classes. This time, after absorbing a portion of the Molten Spawn, Marvin’s Shapeshift Sorcerer class reached 4th Rank, just one stage before the Legend realm!
And along with the advancement, he gained a completely new shape.
[Fire Ruler Shape]: When this shape is activated, flames will become your most loyal servants.
Using the Wisdom Ability, judged that after activating Fire Ruler Shape, his Law Authority, at least in a flame domain, should be second only to the Fire Sovereign of the Four Elemental Sovereigns. Any form of flame wouldn’t be able to harm him, and most fiery lifeforms, especially those from Hell, would have to listen to Marvin’s orders.
At least compared to the Magic Addict Shape that he got for reaching the 3rd Rank, the Fire Ruler Shape was much more active and offense-oriented.
At the same time, Marvin’s advanced False Divine Vessel also successfully merged with his Bloodline Power.
After Shadow, Slaughter, and Plant Metamorphosis, Flame became Marvin’s 4th Domain, and although he didn’t have Perfect control over all of them, it was quite rare enough to have this many.
This was all rounded off by Marvin’s Legendary Class, Ruler of the Night, leveling up once again.
He had killed enough Divine Servants earlier to put him just in range of levelling up. After killing the Molten Archdevil Avatar and absorbing his Divine Source, he obtained a huge amount of Comprehension points.
Becoming a level 5 Ruler of the Night made him strong enough to enter the sight of all the powerhouses of the entire Universe.
Not to mention that Marvin had other means.
After obtaining Legend Skill Points for the fifth time, Marvin quickly decided to follow his previous leveling plan. He chose a completely new Legend skill, True Shadow.
[True Shadow]: Create an avatar that is exactly like you that lasts 30 minutes.
100% fighting strength!
Besides the equipment that couldn’t be shared, an Avatar condensed using True Shadow was basically another Marvin!
This was a true avatar. It would be extremely useful in the future fights, able to do more than just act as a distraction, which his Doppelgangers tended to be used for. Despite the duration being rather short, it was already enough for an expert like Marvin.
After all, rogues have always been focused around being quick and efficient.
…
The Molten Domain completely disappeared.
Marvin slowly came out from its remnants.
His entire body felt as if he had been reborn. His skin was pure and clear, like a baby’s.
His eyes shone with piercing power, seeming like he could see everything with just a glance.
“The previous deal is still valid.”
Marvin looked across everyone as he indifferently continued, “Whoever tells me the whereabouts of that boy will get this Azure Stone.”
Everyone looked at Marvin’s hand.
A moment later, a graceful silhouette came out of a corner.
She was a very beautiful woman.
She appeared a bit confused, but she still came up to Marvin and told him, “I…”
“I might know where he is.”
Chapter 681: Source Harvest
“Eh?”
Seeing that graceful Apostle approaching him somewhat timidly, Marvin gave her a strange look.
The others turned one after the other with shocked expressions to see who it was.
She seemed even more nervous now and was having difficulty saying anything.
But since she was an Apostle, even if she was afraid of Marvin’s power, she had to adjust herself.
She cautiously drew closer while glancing at the Azure Stone in Marvin’s hands with a greedy expression, before finally managing to squeeze out, “I, I saw him.”
“Actually, many people here should have seen him. He was a very terrifying kid, and he has the potential to become an extremely powerful Legend Wizard… I mean, being able to control Arcane Energy so naturally at such a young age is too frightening. Even those old monsters of the Abyss who are said to understand Chaos Magic very well are only around that level.”
“But there is a Legend Spell called Memory Blur on his body. Even those on our level typically can’t recall his existence in our memories.”
Marvin listened calmly, and no one thought of interrupting their discussion.
The surroundings of the Sky Tower were still undisturbed. After the Astral Sea’s forces stood down and the stragglers from the Molten Hell had been defeated, Feinan’s forces had become the most powerful group currently in this land of Order.
They wanted to see how the ensuing events would develop.
Marvin was seeking that little boy, but what for?
Some of the powerhouses from Feinan were a bit shocked. They naturally recognized Wayne and knew that he was Marvin’s younger brother.
They didn’t know what Marvin was up to, but they trusted him because of their past relationships with him, and also because he was someone with great courage.
At the start of the Great Calamity, he was the first to ignite his Source of Fire’s Order, and then he killed a potential God to protect Feinan; such a man was very hard not to trust.
…
Under Marvin’s steady gaze, the female Apostle actually didn’t feel that nervous.
She started speaking more quickly. “No one can remember him or accurately find him. Besides me.”
“I forgot to introduce myself, I am Ajani, my God is the God of Stars. My God is in charge of the most powerful Astrology. As long as the Fate God seat is still empty, my God has the most powerful prediction ability.”
“I can use special Astrology to help you find his rough location. But you have to agree to give me that Azure Stone.”
At this point, she showed visible eagerness as she asked, “With your current identity and status, you wouldn’t trick me, would you?”
Marvin smiled gently. “Of course not.”
“But I’m very sorry, my dear Lady ‘Ajani’.”
Ajani suddenly seemed startled by something.
Before she could react, Marvin had already disappeared from his location!
“Woosh!”
Sodom’s Blades were unsheathed once more.
Everyone was in an uproar.
They weren’t clear about what was happening, but everyone from the Gods Realms chose to silently remain out of the fight.
Speaking of which, the name God of Stars sounded very awe-inspiring, but in reality, he was a rather minor and antisocial God.
Few people knew of her Apostle. Compared with more conspicuous Gods like the Berserk God and the God of Dawn and Protection, he really was easy to overlook.
The Divine Servants could only inwardly pray for that Ajani girl. Who told her to go and provoke someone like Marvin?
A grim shadow appeared next to Ajani.
Marvin had no plans to be lenient.
He had to force her to her limits:
Sodom’s Blades quickly flashed as they slashed down, but the daggers were stopped by an extremely dense and viscous power!
It was a powerful barrier!
Marvin was a bit startled.
This was the first time a full-on attack of his met such resistance!
Sodom’s Blades had a powerful Divine Restriction effect, and most spells used by those from the God Realms were included in that category. This was also one of the reasons that it had been so easy for him to kill that large group of Clerics.
‘This is…?’
‘Bireger’s Spinning Barrier again?’
Marvin wasn’t dismayed at all, and he was actually rejoicing. He definitely felt this when he was chasing Wayne earlier.
This was a wonder of Ancient Magic!
But last time, Marvin hadn’t dared to attack with his blades, not knowing what defenses they might meet. This time, he took the initiative to attack, and even if it was Bireger’s Spinning Barrier, it wouldn’t be able to stop Marvin!
He quickly adjusted his strength and calculated the perfect angle before striking once again.
“Crash!”
Something invisible seemed to shatter!
This time, Marvin’s slash ruthlessly stayed its course.
Ajani’s body seemed to shatter like porcelain, breaking into pieces!
Marvin sneered, quickly locking onto his target!
Night Tracking!
Not far off, Wayne seemed somewhat disconcerted as he looked at Marvin. “How could you see through my disguise?!”
But his voice didn’t sound like a small kid’s. It sounded like it was coming from a hysterical old woman!
The shadowy figure of Dark Phoenix was slowly spreading behind Wayne.
“Isn’t that Dark Phoenix?”
“Wasn’t she already dead?”
“What is she doing with Wayne’s body? Is this reincarnation magic?”
Those from Feinan were shocked.
They finally understood why Marvin wanted to find Wayne.
His foe was attached to the body of his younger brother. Anyone would feel anxious about something like that.
As for the others, they decided not to interfere in this matter.
The more troubles Marvin had, the better it would be for them.
Because as Marvin was confronting Wayne, another azure glow flew out of the Sky Tower!
But this time, it wasn’t just one, it was three stones!
The Sky Tower really started increasing the number of passes.
Most of those gathered were becoming restless.
“Don’t worry about me, I’ll handle this properly.”
Marvin glanced at these newly appearing runestones and immediately told Jessica, Professor, and the others, “Try to get as many Azure Stones as you can!”
Professor and the others nodded and stopped focusing on the showdown between Marvin and Wayne, instead going to try to gather the Azure Stones like the others.
…
“Your acting skills are pretty amazing, and the spell you used for your disguise also fooled me.”
Marvin looked at Dark Phoenix calmly.
Since he found her, he wasn’t worried about not being able to force her out.
She had been hiding from Marvin all along, which showed that she currently was far from confident about facing Marvin.
Back then, Marvin had still needed the Four Totemic Pillars to take down Dark Phoenix, but now, even if Dark Phoenix was standing in front of Marvin at her peak, she would still be trampled by him.
‘Maybe I really should have just ascended in the 3rd Era.’ This intense thought was at the forefront of Dark Phoenix’s mind.
Her meticulous plan of a thousand years had been destroyed by Marvin. The feeling of anger and frustration from this setback was something others couldn’t understand.
Now that she was in Wayne’s body, she could see the hope of rebirth.
The kid’s luck was very good. He actually obtained the inheritance of Ancient Magic, and it was very likely that it originated from the Wizard God’s inheritance!
She would get everything as long as she got the Fate Tablet!
As long as she had that Azure Stone!
But this opportunity was once again thwarted by Marvin.
She bellowed hysterically at Marvin, “How could you see through it!”
Marvin shrugged. “Because I know the Apostle of the God of Stars. She doesn’t look like that, and her name isn’t Ajani.”
Dark Phoenix was completely at a loss when she heard those words.
She definitely couldn’t have guessed that this was the reason!
After all, she had planned it very carefully when she chose her fake identity.
The God of Stars was one of the most reclusive Gods of the Astral Plane. He had very weak Divine Power, and both his Godhood and his Domain were quite lacking in usefulness. His Divination and Divine Spells were way too inferior. And the Apostle of the God of Stars had yet to appear in Feinan. That was why Dark Phoenix had decided to adopt her identity.
Who would have thought that Marvin actually knew the true Apostle of the God of Stars?!
This was absolutely impossible!
Dark Phoenix felt like the world was collapsing into a feverish delirium.
She pointed angrily at Marvin as she shouted, “You deceived me!”
“I’ll be born again! I am the Goddess of Magic chosen by Fate!”
Marvin looked at that woman’s shadow with a faint trace of pity. Since things had reached this stage, there was nothing more to say.
Should he bother telling Dark Phoenix that he actually knew all the Apostles and the Divine Servants of the Gods?
In the game, Marvin crossed paths with most of the Gods, as he eventually became one himself. And although the God of Stars was antisocial, he also developed somewhat in Feinan after the Great Calamity. Marvin actually did some side-quests for him…
When Dark Phoenix tried to pass herself as that Apostle with an inaccurate name and appearance, she was just shooting herself in the foot.
But since she dared to cross Marvin’s bottom line, she should be ready to die!
Marvin’s expression turned even colder.
“You lunatic. You still haven’t figured it out? Some things are bound to be impossible.”
Marvin stared at Dark Phoenix’s shadow. “You harmed my younger brother! Even if you were the true Goddess of Magic, I’d still kill you today!”
Dark Phoenix was about to retort, but Marvin made a move out of nowhere!
The shadow behind his body lengthened, and it felt as if a pair of eyes were watching her attentively.
She suddenly felt fear.
It was as if an invisible saw was penetrating her defenses and carving apart the bits of Divine Source that were still recovering within her!
She shrieked, almost unable to keep her shadow condensed!
[Source Harvest]!
This was the result of the Harvest ability that developed from Night Kill’s Spirit Orb passive after Night Kill reached the 4th level and fused with the False Divine Vessel.
This skill had been upgraded from a soul attack to one that could directly target Divine Source!
Since Marvin hadn’t used it yet, he was testing the effects of the skill in a probing sneak attack. He hadn’t expected the results to be so good.
The Divine Source that Dark Phoenix had painstakingly recovered almost completely scattered.
The shadow disappeared back into Wayne’s body.
She used Blink to cover as much distance as possible in one cast, trying to escape from this place.
But Marvin wouldn’t let her run away this time.
With the Azure Stone in his hand, the Order Power blanketing the area had no restraining effect on him.
Endless Path!
Marvin locked onto Wayne’s body while the latter tore away, running purely on survival instinct and continuously using teleportation spells, trying to shake Marvin off.
Unfortunately, she didn’t succeed.
In fact, as she tried to warp again for the third time, she was blocked.
“It’s you…”
When she saw the person that just arrived, the voice of the shadow in Wayne’s body clearly started quivering.
It seemed that in Dark Phoenix’s heart, this person was even more frightening than Marvin!
Chapter 682: The Root of the Problem
Layers upon layers of black clouds gathered above the sea as if to overwhelm the waters.
The dark light from the black clouds reflected down there, and the originally deep blue sea became somewhat murky.
The sea breeze whistled past. At this moment, the atmosphere over the sea seemed frozen.
Marvin’s figure was a bit sluggish as he showed an expression of surprise.
‘We’re at…’
‘Black Coral Islands?’
A wonderful feeling rose up in Marvin’s heart.
Even if Dark Phoenix occupied Wayne’s body, she was still far from being Marvin’s opponent. Marvin had used Source Harvest, directly attacking her Divine Source.
Dark Phoenix couldn’t have expected Marvin to have such an ability, as even he hadn’t known about its effects before.
All of a sudden, her only option was to flee.
But the escape didn’t go smoothly for her at all.
Wayne’s long-distance teleportation spells were really amazing and would have been enough to get rid of most of this world’s expert trackers.
After all, the vitesse with which the Legend teleportation spells were cast was shocking.
But she couldn’t get rid of Marvin.
After levelling up his Ruler of the Night class, many powerful abilities emerged, and Endless Path was one such ability.
Naturally, if he hadn’t trained and enhanced himself so much, he wouldn’t be able to use Endless Path so frequently.
There were too many wonders on Marvin’s body. Whether it was the tempering of the Hellish Black Flames or the Fate Power from Lorie, these powers all fused perfectly with the False Divine Vessel, supporting him and allowing him to use his abilities freely.
With Marvin bearing down at her with Endless Path, Dark Phoenix was already despairing.
Not to mention that when she wanted to use long-distance teleportation again for the 3rd time, she was interrupted!
And when she realized what had happened, she sank into a hysterical breakdown.
…
The blue ice crystals from half a year ago had disappeared from the black reef.
In their place, there was now a silent and conceited person.
Hathaway.
She didn’t appear in the battle for the Fate Tablet, but she was here now.
Marvin noticed that her aura had an indescribable change from the time when they met in the Crimson Wasteland.
She had become more… perfect.
The seven-colored flower in her hand now looked flawless. She had completely received the inheritance of the Ancient Anzeds.
She was the true Witch Queen.
She could easily stop Dark Phoenix’s act!
The Witch Queen, the First Plane Guardian.
…
“A few months ago, you almost killed me.”
Hathaway looked deeply at Wayne, and her eyes seemed to pierce straight through his physical body as she watched that dark shadow.
“I originally thought you died completely. I hadn’t expected that you had come up with a reincarnation skill as a backup for if your plan failed. I suppose your thousand years of plotting weren’t spent being completely idle.”
“Unfortunately, a lunatic is still a lunatic. You underwent a rare death and rebirth, and still dared to show yourself again.”
As Marvin watched Hathaway from a distance, he felt that something was a bit wrong with her.
This made him feel uncomfortable.
He thought about it carefully, before finally understanding where it came from.
She seemed more mature now, but in fact, her age right now should be almost exactly the same as when she left the Crimson Wasteland.
But that kind of high and mighty temperament couldn’t be hidden.
Marvin and Wayne were both there, but she was apparently only looking at the latter, because within Wayne’s body was hidden the imprint of her foe.
Marvin was ignored by her.
The coldness and indifference in her pretty eyes were even stronger than before.
Marvin noticed what sort of expression that was.
The outsiders that descended from the Astral Sea had this expression when looking over the world.
It gave a kind of inhuman aura.
This was also one of the reasons that Marvin didn’t want to choose the path of ascension to Godhood. Back in his world, he knew that such a decision wouldn’t affect his real personality and make him indifferent to the lives of others, as it was only a game. But now, he was in Feinan and everything was real. He didn’t dare guarantee that it wouldn’t happen.
The Fate Tablet in itself was an extremely mysterious thing. It might really change a person’s thoughts and temperament. Why else would all the Gods seem to care so little about those in Feinan? Surely some of them had loved their homeland before ascending?
If the Fate Tablets were like this, the inheritance of the Anzeds might also be the same.
These were the mightiest powers in this world.
She was the Witch Queen.
But Marvin’s heart felt uncomfortable. He preferred that dependable Legend Wizard. He liked that woman who had always stood on the tallest peak with a faint smile, looking into the distance.
Looking down on something and watching over it were two different things.
Unfortunately, regardless of what Marvin liked and disliked, things had already happened in this way.
Hathaway broke the curse and was reborn, gaining the crown of the Witch Queen.
A lot of her memories disappeared. Of course, it was also possible that she deliberately didn’t want to remember. They shouldn’t be enemies, but it was unknown whether they would become close friends again.
Marvin had already had a feeling that it would end up this way as early as when he was in the Crimson Wasteland.
Because at that time, he occasionally saw the indifference in her eyes.
As time passed, she became stronger and stronger, while fewer and fewer things would be able to enter her eyes.
Marvin couldn’t help but sigh.
But these things weren’t important now.
He shook his head, focusing on Wayne’s body once again.
He was about to use Source Harvest again to drive Dark Phoenix out of Wayne’s body, but Hathaway made her move first.
…
Under the effect of an invisible Witchcraft, Dark Phoenix couldn’t even move.
As Marvin watched attentively, Hathaway extended her hand and gave something a gentle tug.
The malicious shadow within Wayne’s body howled in grief as it was pulled out.
The body automatically fell down.
Marvin’s eyes twitched and he rushed over, catching his younger brother.
‘Plane Guardian…’
Marvin’s heart lurched.
He definitely hadn’t made a mistake!
In that split second, Hathaway showed the abilities of a Plane Guardian.
This was the first time Marvin saw the power of a Plane Guardian in Feinan after the Four Guardians died!
‘That flower was actually so important to her…’
Marvin examined Wayne and found out that his body was fine, which calmed him down. Wayne was just sleeping.
Although Dark Phoenix was vicious, her reincarnation ability must have been limited in some ways. If she wanted to survive, she definitely couldn’t afford to harm Wayne.
But neither Marvin nor Dark Phoenix had expected to run into someone like Hathaway during the pursuit.
They hadn’t even known that this young Anzed Witch Queen had regained her frightening power.
…
Black Coral Islands.
Hathaway still didn’t look at Marvin, instead keeping her attention on a shadow that was floating above her hand.
The shadow seemed very weak, and an ugly face would occasionally appear from time to time before dispersing into particles of dust as if trying to escape.
But a powerful force was locking her there, unable to move.
“This is a very interesting reincarnation ability. How many centuries did it take you to figure out something like this?” Hathaway coldly watched Dark Phoenix as she observed, “You can actually turn your consciousness into a ball of Chaos Power.”
“No wonder you were able to escape death.”
“You have always been trying to find the right body, but the will of a Legend Wizard is too powerful. Mortals can’t handle it, and most of the Wizards already died in the Great Calamity. You must have worked hard to find a proper medium.”
“A young Legend Wizard who had a calm mind and great potential, yet lacked the appropriate resistances… no wonder you could sneak in.”
After saying this, her eyes left Dark Phoenix’s shadow and casually looked at Marvin and Wayne a few times.
Dark Phoenix convulsed with fear. That shadow struggled a few times, but Hathaway waved her palm with a blank expression.
That shadow instantly disappeared.
She didn’t die, she was put away.
Either way, it showed Hathaway’s power.
She still stood on the reef, looking at the sea in a daze.
Marvin gently carried Wayne and looked at her with worry.
Suddenly, she turned back to Marvin and asked, “Don’t you have some questions?”
Marvin smiled and shook his head wordlessly.
It wasn’t that Marvin had nothing to ask… he shook his head precisely because it was the opposite. He had too many questions and didn’t know where to start. If she was willing, he probably had enough to last for days.
Ever since his transmigration, he had almost always felt short on time. He was always in the middle of something or going somewhere.
It was also like that right now. After resolving the problem with Wayne, he needed to get back to the Sky Tower.
With Professor and Kangen there, Feinan’s side shouldn’t suffer too much.
But even if they believed in Marvin, believed that nothing would happen to him, they would only feel completely relieved if he returned in person.
Not to mention that the conflict was over something as important as the Fate Tablet.
Thus, despite having so many things to ask, Marvin couldn’t just stay here and ask them all.
But he still had time for a few questions.
He asked Hathaway, “Do the Anzeds have no interest towards the Fate Tablet?”
Hathaway sedately answered, “None whatsoever.”
“Why?” Marvin was curious.
“Because that’s Lance’s thing. The Anzeds don’t need anything of his,” Hathaway answered indifferently. “I already recovered my power and regained almost all of my memories… The Anzeds’ revival is imminent, so something like the Fate Tablet… isn’t much.”
Marvin felt speechless.
Hathaway had said all of that seriously, but the answer didn’t seem to explain enough.
Even if the Fate Tablet came from Lance, it also was a very precious treasure. Besides the Abyss, which wasn’t interested in Order Power, people from all over the Universe were lusting after the power of the Fate Tablet.
Why exactly were the Anzeds so uninterested?
Marvin was extremely curious about this, so he asked more specifically this time.
This time, Hathaway hesitated for a bit before slowly answering, “We aren’t following the same path as Lance.”
“The Era of Chaos is about to arrive, many people do not understand what that means.”
“The Calamity is just a small change of the era. Forces that had been sleeping for a long time will awaken one after the other. Many things that originally shouldn’t be in this world will keep appearing.”
“You should have guessed some things… You have a pretty good relationship with the Truth Goddess. Didn’t she tell you?”
Her tone was very strange. Sometimes it sounded like she was talking to a good friend, sometimes like a wise person that could see through the ashes of history.
Marvin was silent for a moment before calmly stating, “I don’t really believe it.”
Hathaway sneered, and that indifference Marvin had noticed before could be seen more clearly in her eyes. “Before retrieving my memories, I also didn’t believe it. But this is a fact.”
“The God Realms represent Lance’s will. Many people wishfully believed that the Great Calamity had nothing to do with Lance, but in fact, if he hadn’t said anything, the three Great Gods wouldn’t have dared to make such a move.”
Marvin knew this. Because Lance himself, or at least his memory, had acknowledged it.
But he still didn’t want to believe that Lance was a lunatic that wanted to destroy this world.
Marvin had seen him. He had gotten the impression that Lance was a very gentle person. His eyes had no trace of desire.
Even if that Lance was only a memory fragment, he still couldn’t connect that person with someone that wanted to destroy this world.
Especially after obtaining the message of the Book of Nalu.
Marvin truly couldn’t judge which side was correct in the battle between Lance and the Plane Will.
There was nothing he could do about it for now.
Even among the people at his side, quite a few of them were inextricably linked with the Plane Will. Even Marvin himself had obtained the aura of a Child of the Plane.
This world was becoming increasingly more complicated, and before he understood the nature of the true disaster, Marvin didn’t dare to blindly make a move.
He could only silence himself.
…
“Since the Anzeds have no interest in the Fate Tablet, what are you interested in?”
Marvin avoided the previous line of thought and changed the direction of the conversation.
Hathaway didn’t comment on his digression and simply answered, “Lance.”
“He is the root of the problem, only by finding him will we be able to end this era of chaos.”
“I don’t like the era of the Gods’ rule. In fact, you also dislike it, that’s why you did so much. But you should understand that the Gods were all made by Lance. Without Lance making the Fate Tablets, this world wouldn’t have so many of these so-called ‘New Gods’.”
Marvin frowned as he considered her words. “You are looking for Lance?”
“Yes,” Hathaway answered, “He should be in the Evil Spirit Sea.”
Marvin was astonished.
Not only because she had mentioned such an unexpected place, but also because of the fact that she was willing to share that information.
The relationship between them was very strange, especially now that Hathaway had the power of a Plane Guardian. It had become a lot weirder.
“We made a guess. We believe that the Final Sovereign that is supposedly being cultivated in the Evil Spirit Sea should be Lance.”
“Only the Negative Energy Plane isn’t under the Plane Will’s gaze. Thus, it’s very likely that Lance is hiding there.”
Hearing Hathaway’s serious explanation, Marvin let out a long sigh.
She hadn’t said much, but it was extremely rich in surprising information.
A claim that Lance was a destroyer had come from the mouth of yet another trusted person.
He even wondered whether he would hear about it from the Fate Sisters next time.
At this point, he couldn’t help but ask another question:
“Why would you tell me all of this?”