Light Fortress-Chapter 1563 - 253: Tattered Page (Fourth Update)

Pure Land World, beneath the suspended tree.

Under the fallen shadow, there is a pitch-black space that is completely sealed.

No one has stepped into this space for five years.

At this moment, a breeze blows by, the branches and leaves of the suspended tree sway, and the pitch-black space shatters, with a figure falling heavily out—

The shadow lies on the ground, without uttering a word.

Imprisoned in the pitch-black space, enduring the scorching by Chi Huo, for five full years.

There is no torture in this world more painful than this.

The Pure Land World is under Gu Shen’s control. Souls who come here are people who have "died once"; as long as Gu Shen does not kill them, their souls will be resurrected again and again under the radiance of the suspended tree... Previously, during the confrontation with the Devil, those souls died dozens of times, yet they are still alive and well now.

Although each "resurrection" consumes the spirit of the soul thought itself.

But Gu Shen’s torture of the shadow, the intensity is controlled just right, the scorching by Chi Huo over these five years would not take his life...

For five years, the suspended tree did not even consume a tiny bit of power to make the shadow revive!

Gu Shen stands in front of the shadow, he squats down, smiles and asks: "Have you thought about the matter regarding the ’Holy Book’ now?"

The shadow’s spirit is fragile to the extreme.

He started regretting in the first month of being imprisoned.

Even the strongest will has its limits.

This level of torture almost destroyed all his fighting spirit.

After being imprisoned for a year, if told that he could be relieved just by cursing the Light God’s Seat!

Then he would curse without hesitation, using the most ornate words!

And after being imprisoned for five years...

"Whatever you want to know, I’ll tell you everything!"

At this moment, the shadow almost speaks with a plea, voluntarily spilling out the secrets.

He no longer cares what is happening in the outside world.

Such a long time has passed.

He originally hoped that someone would come to rescue him... but now, he has completely given up on this foolish notion.

He now only seeks death!

The shadow actively unlocked all the mental locks of the Spirit Sea, opening everything about himself wide open—

Gu Shen did not force the shadow to do anything else.

Chi Huo invades the Heart Sea.

After extracting the information he needed, he gave the man a quick end—

He waved his hand to extinguish the shadow’s soul fire, erased all consciousness, and let him return to the Pure Land, becoming one of the Pure Land’s members.

Back then, when imprisoning the shadow in the Pure Land’s dark room, he himself did not expect so many changes to happen after the Sangzhou Cave... and even more unexpectedly, the shadow actually endured for five years without mental collapse.

Before opening the dark room.

Gu Shen anticipated the most likely outcome for the shadow...

A full five years of spiritual fire scorching.

The shadow might die again and again, revive again and again, eventually depleting his spirit.

Or perhaps his Heart Sea would collapse under prolonged torture, extracting no useful information.

As for living, with intact consciousness, that was extremely unlikely to happen, yet it did... showing the cunning vision of Light City in selecting Death Soldiers.

Light City chose very wisely.

Now... he belongs to the Pure Land.

After dealing with the shadow, Gu Shen took out the page of the Holy Book that had been tempered and scorched by his Chi Huo for five full years.

Five full years.

This page of remnants showed no change!

Chi Huo could not destroy it...

"The Holy Book was accidentally obtained by the Light God’s Seat, it can trigger a certain degree of modification to the target’s faith with pure faith power... The greater the difference in spiritual power between the two, the higher the chance of successful modification, and it can be activated more than once."

Gu Shen recalls the information extracted from the shadow’s Spirit Sea.

"This item... has no effect on those without faith."

The existence of these two pages of the Holy Book is indeed somewhat terrifying.

Why such a forbidden item would emerge in the Old World is still unknown to Gu Shen, but one thing is certain.

This Holy Book seems to exist solely for the Light Church—

No, it cannot be said that way.

If the Storm Church got its hands on the Holy Book, it would be terrifying too.

With a foundation of faith, lacking incense offerings, using the remnants to convert believers painstakingly cultivated by others, almost without cost...

How could such a good thing possibly exist in this world?

Gu Shen instinctively feels that something is amiss.

This is a business with infinite returns.

But upon careful thought, the effect of this Holy Book seems reasonable because it does not bestow faith on a person out of thin air...

The effect of this page of remnants seems to implement "deception" upon the target.

Perhaps in the eyes of those disciples who originally worshiped the Storm, nothing in their world has changed, except that all information about "Storm" and "Light" has been swapped.

Rather than calling it a Holy Book.

Gu Shen prefers to call it a "Book of Deceit."

He unceremoniously collects both pages of remnants into his Pure Land World.

If he guessed correctly, Light City has more remnants of the Holy Book...

Such an important item was actually brought out by Long Qi with a page.

Light City must have reserves!

"I wonder if these souls adopted in the ’Pure Land’... count as my believers?"

Gu Shen has such a thought arise in his mind.

He does not know.

If he can use the Holy Book to convert believers of the Light or Storm churches, it is a notion he had five years ago, but has never had the opportunity to implement.

Gu Shen’s consciousness detaches from the spiritual world, he looks at the broken ice shards scattered all over the ground, can’t help but shake his head and sigh lightly.

The Transcendents brought by Light City have all perished at Long Qi’s hands.

Completely wiped out.

Not a single living mouth can be found...

"The Storm Church arrived first, perhaps we will encounter them up ahead."

Gu Shen took a deep breath, dispelling distractions from his mind.

He looked ahead.

Compared to the Storm Church, what he cared more about was the little one traveling alone.

Long Qi’s "Fiery Eyes" had already captured Gu Xiaoman’s tracks, and Gu Shen knew that Xiaoman was not far away.

It wouldn’t be long before they met.

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The fluctuation of Long Qi’s "divine invocation" shook the entire snowfield.

Whether it was the Xuan Turtle and Giant Deer hiding in the mountain cave breaking through and healing, or Wei Cheng and Zhong Fan searching for an exit on the Source Energy Boat.

They all felt that terrifying wave of Extraordinary Aura!

"This is the aura of Light City..."

Inside the mountain cave.

The Xuan Turtle’s breakthrough was proceeding exceptionally smoothly. He was attempting to fuse the two domains of [Iron Armor] and [Mystic Water Embryo], initially thinking it was an extremely difficult task, but under the pressure of a life-and-death crisis, the two domains had already begun to merge, encountering almost no significant resistance.

Now all he needed was time.

And the injuries of the Giant Deer Saint were also recovering quickly.

The blood-stained black robe, under the urging of [Tide], had already had its bloodstains washed away, and the azure waves completely enveloped the burly figure of the Giant Deer Saint...

The two had opened their Heart Lakes to allow a wisp of spirit to reside with each other.

These two warriors, who were supposed to be locked in a fight to the death, had remarkably formed an alliance under the pursuit of the Ice Sea Extraordinary Life.

However, the battle aura of the Holy Judge Army was so fierce that even the two in seclusion had to open their eyes.

"Have we encountered the Ice Sea Extraordinary Life?"

The Xuan Turtle looked pale, the Red Shadow left him with a huge psychological shadow.

"The anomaly just now should be Long Qi exercising the ’Xiang Master’ domain." The Giant Deer Saint said gravely, "Don’t think that guy looks frail, but if he summons the ’Xiang Master,’ even if two of me teamed up, we could only flee."

"Is Long Qi really that formidable?"

The Xuan Turtle’s eyes flashed with a wisp of shock, but more disbelief.

The seventh ranked elder of the temple, in terms of strength, should be similar to the Giant Deer...

An exceptional talent like himself, once breaking through, could defeat him!

"You don’t understand..."

The Giant Deer shook his head, saying, "These places of faith like Light City and Holy City have deep foundations, with many mysterious techniques that you people of the Source Tower can’t even imagine. The ’Xiang Master’ domain is powerful not because of Long Qi, but because of the two hundred Holy Judges that Long Qi carries, the fusion of those spirits is truly terrifying."

The age gap was too large.

The Giant Deer Saint could see through the Xuan Turtle’s thoughts at a glance.

Young top-level fourth order like him always looked down on those transcendents compressing their boundaries for ascension.

They considered themselves prodigies, progressing with ease, always superior at any level.

But little did they know, in life-and-death showdowns between those with titles, the outcome is determined by many other factors.

The higher one climbs, the less room there is for "mediocrity."

Those who achieve a title, weren’t they all praised as geniuses in their youth?

Many fourth-order cultivators practice to death without achieving a second domain, let alone "fusion"...

The ones with seemingly "mediocre aptitudes" like the Giant Deer Saint are often full of wit, supplementing their strength with other means when it’s lacking.

"So Long Qi has also come into contact with the Ice Sea Extraordinary?"

The Xuan Turtle was somewhat bewildered.

"Most likely."

The Giant Deer Saint said lightly, "From the sounds following, the battle seems to be over, and I don’t know what the final outcome is... but whatever the outcome, it has nothing to do with you and me, our primary task is breaking through and healing."

Upon hearing this, the Xuan Turtle immediately refocused his mind.

Indeed...

If Long Qi successfully slays the Ice Sea Extraordinary, that’s actually a good thing for him!

Regardless of whether the terrifying Red Shadow is still alive, he doesn’t want to stay in this damn place any longer... It’s time to seize a Source Energy Boat and make an escape! That’s the real priority!

"Hoo..."

The Xuan Turtle Divine Envoy took a deep breath, [Iron Armor] and [Mystic Water Embryo] began this final step of intertwining.

Both domains were fully superimposed on him.

A layer of pitch-black water formed a thin and delicate armor.

He observed the Giant Deer Saint in front of him, meditatively cultivating with steady breath... the latter was using authority to heal, the water power drawn by [Tide] was repairing the broken antler, according to intelligence, the ability level of this Giant Deer Saint was very average, and the domain comprehended was also ordinary, belonging to those who break through just to break through.

Some geniuses pursue domain extremes.

If they don’t have a strong enough second domain, unable to provide complementary effects.

They’d rather remain at the fourth order all their lives.

But some are more realistic... they seize every opportunity to comprehend a domain, not picky, advancing to the fourth order, and as soon as possible, they fuse a second domain.

It seems like they’re ahead.

But actually not, because with a casual attitude, comprehending a domain that doesn’t enhance combat power will not significantly improve current strength!

In other words, even with two domains, it may not be possible to defeat some geniuses with a single domain.

And if the subsequent "fusion" fails.

Then one can only remain a very weak fourth order for life.

But of course... if successful, it’s different. The "double domain" after fusion can crush most single-domains, this is the weakest level of title!

The Giant Deer Saint is actually at this weakest level of title.

Staring at the large figure in front of him.

The Xuan Turtle’s eyes flickered.

Although the breakthrough had not been successful yet, he was already considering whether to eliminate the injured Giant Deer Saint immediately after his own successful ascension.

With his talent, after the breakthrough, the combination of [Iron Armor] and [Mystic Water Embryo], two superior domains, would completely crush the Giant Deer Saint!

As for authority...

The opponent has [Tide], he has [Cloud Mirror]!

If it really comes to a fight, he’s sure to win.

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(Fourth update! Just six hundred votes short! Another Chapter tonight! Reunion with Xiaoman!)