Soul of Burning Steel

The Crystal Obelisk, in the Hall of Recovery.

Everything in the hall was imprisoned by the materialized holy light, as if time had been suspended, whether it was the guard of the Ashes Cult who wanted to pull out the heat sword from his waist, or the Grand Inquisitor Glo Well, they were all suppressed by a gentle force. They were not harmed, but they were completely deprived of their freedom of movement.

And in mid-air, Igor, who was fully recovered, completely cleared all the chaos in the surrounding sensing range, and slowly landed on the ground like this.

He raised his hand, then frowned slightly.

"I'm not used to it... This body is too young, isn't it?"

This body is only about sixteen... no, fifteen at most. Although this age is indeed the time when the relative vitality of the mind and the body is the highest, and it is also the time when the reaction ability is the most sensitive, which is just right for the priests-but for the legendary powerhouse, the body is just an appearance, and they are at their peak no matter when and where Period, there is absolutely no need to be so young.

"But it's nothing. After all, I'm resurrected. These are trivial things."

Putting his hands down, Igor in the form of a blond boy touched his chin, but unfortunately there was no familiar white beard there, but he was still thinking: "It's strange to say, I clearly remember that even my soul has been prosecuted The evil god's attack was shattered—the soul fragments were all infested by chaos. Logically speaking, even the seven gods could not save me. I am afraid that only the power of the legendary sages who revived the seven gods can force me into that state. Bring back the world of the living..."

But even the sages at the beginning must have spent a lot of effort if they wanted to do this kind of thing.

"Joshua, is this guy actually so strong?"

Raising his head, Igor looked around, seeing the familiar silver crystal, simple internal structure and decoration, and the familiar, crooked and cute handwriting of the silver goblin, he couldn't help showing a faint smile: "When the time comes Say thank you—although it is 120,000 years late."

By restoring the information left in the beam of light, Igor knew that this crystal obelisk was the high-level resurrection device of many civilized heroic spirits in the body of Joshua's revived evil god in the past. At the same time, he also knew that this In order for the crystal obelisk to resurrect itself, it took more than 100,000 years to glue its own soul from countless tiny to unimaginable fragments to the point where it is exactly the same as it was in life—to be precise, 12 Nineteen thousand and six hundred years.

This number, even for Eagle, the legendary extreme powerhouse, is a very large number - the total time he has been alive is not as big as a quarter of this number, but he has a lot of confidence in the number. Don't panic here, because the existence of the obelisk and his own resurrection prove that Joshua is still there, and the Mycroft civilization—or at least the successors of their civilization, all things of order still exist .

As long as order still exists, it will be the same. After 120,000 years, he does not expect everything to be the same as before. Familiar things and people have not changed. He just hopes that the fire of order is still burning, and human beings can still enjoy life. It shines warmly and can live happily.

"However, these little guys, what's going on?"

After sorting out his thoughts, those who came back from the dead always have a lot of emotion. Igor turned his head to look at the members of the Ash Cult who were imprisoned in place by him, and the one who woke him up with the tone of Mycroft with the tone of a silver goblin... ...uh, a half-blood silver goblin? Why is this again? Is it possible that intermarriage between humans and goblins has become the norm?

"...What's going on with you guys?"

With a thought, Igor released the holy light that imprisoned everyone—of course, no one dared to make any changes, and everyone present was not a fool. Facing someone who was at least a legendary high-level, maybe even stronger Prehistoric powerhouses, not to mention that they had bad intentions before, even the well-meaning Alpha dare not take a big breath now.

"Let me change the question—why are you in this crystal obelisk? What about the guarding silver goblins, and Joshua's defensive measures? Also, what era is it now, which civilization or civilization do you belong to? Powerful?"

Eagle could see that most of the people present couldn't understand Mycroft, so he used spiritual communication to communicate directly. People blessed with an extremely effective iron will. But even so, because the questions Iger asked were too broad, and many people present did not understand the vocabulary, so I didn't know where to start.

The entire hall fell into an embarrassing silence again.

And what broke the silence was a female voice full of energy and vitality.

"Igor, rather than asking these ignorant juniors, let me tell you."

Hearing the familiar voice, Alpha immediately raised his head subconsciously. He looked towards the stairs in the hall in the distance, and there were two silver-haired and red-eyed women walking slowly towards the center of the hall.

Although it was a slow walk, in fact, every time they took a step, they made a short-distance leap. Not long after, the two women came to the center of the recovery hall.

"Mr. Carliss!"

Struggling to get up—but because he was first shocked by Grong's aura and then by Eagle's coercion, Alpha, who wanted to stand up, almost didn't drop his teeth, but the moment he almost fell on his face , A gentle force lifted Alpha, and Eagle and Karlis shot at the same time, gently supporting Alpha.

"I'm sorry, Alpha, for making you suffer so much—but it's not the time to explain it yet. I'll tell you the truth about it later."

Patting Alpha on the shoulder from the air, Karliss turned her head and looked at Grong and the guards of the Ashes Order on the other side who were facing a big enemy - she glanced at it, then turned her head indifferently , Looking at Eagle, Karlis shrugged: "Do you still remember me? Mrs. McCrom's Pope."

"It's the predecessor—now I guess God knows how many predecessors."

After correcting what Karlis said, Igor looked at the two silver-haired women in front of him, and his expression gradually became puzzled: "As for you...your aura...is the one who used to be with Joshua all those years ago. That steel python? And you..."

Saying so, he shifted his perspective and looked at Mycroft. Igor's expression became astonished: "You, you are..."

"Didn't it be you children who joined forces to seal me back then?"

The former Steel Python, now the Royal Grand Bachelor, Mycroft stepped forward, opened his arms generously, and gave Igor a hug, then she skillfully raised her hand and caressed the other's cheek: "Did you recognize it? Hey... your face is so tender! No wonder you always appeared in front of the public as an old man, otherwise you really don't have any majesty—it's hard to imagine that you looked like this when you were young!"

With a thought, the Holy Light trembled and broke away from Mycroft's embrace. At this time, Igor's face was completely shocked: "Mother of all things-your chaos erosion has also been completely eliminated? That's right, After such a long time, technology should have improved... But what's going on, how did the steel python appear in the form of a human? And, back then, you were not integrated with Joshua..."

Wait, it's not surprising. Joshua can resurrect himself, and naturally he can resurrect more people. Perhaps it is by relying on this method that he can get rid of the chaotic erosion that penetrated into the essence of the steel python Mycroft, right?

But... this change is too great... Igor's memory is actually still immersed in the battles of the past. In order to protect Joshua's core world, the moment he was shattered by the attack of the near-holy evil god, what happened before him? The peace of being resurrected and sleeping for a hundred thousand years is just the result of the legendary strong will.

But now, all sorts of strange things appear one after another——two hostile forces appeared rashly in Joshua's obelisk, one of them was Karlis's 'disciple', and the former fused with Joshua The steel pythons are now also separated and turned into human forms, and they obviously have their own purpose when they come to the place where they are resurrected.

So many things can no longer be resolved with a firm will, and no one can keep calm.

"I don't want to talk nonsense, Eagle, the current situation is probably much worse than you imagined."

Slightly squinting, she glanced at the members of the Ashes Cult who were standing still without saying a word from the corner of her eye. She deliberately connected with Igor's spirit, but she still said loudly in the language of the light chaser: " Joshua Van Radcliffe—that is, the creator of the "Three Realms and Nine Heavens", the holy father of all living beings, used the Out of the power beyond his own limit and fell into the extinction of the gods, submerged into the great source."

"Now, we are all in his inner world—the place where he used to seal the near holy evil god at the expense of himself."

The words in the mouth are far less quick than the spiritual communication. After Karlis finished those few words, she had already told Yige all the news she had received in recent years and the memories she recalled. Er, I can see that Igor, who was originally calm on the surface, now has his eyes wide open, with an expression full of disbelief.

"How is it possible——Joshya, he's already gone?!"

He raised his head subconsciously and looked at the top of the crystal hall. Igor tried to corrode the crystal obelisk with his own holy light. The result was indeed corroded, but it was quite laborious. The crystal seemed fragile, but it was actually not It is the eternal wall of immortality—this is enough to prove that this crystal obelisk COSCO contains the power of Joshua, otherwise, even if it is the body of other legendary limits, as long as he hard-wires his body that can change the constant of the speed of light Shengguang will inevitably suffer heavy losses.

"His power is clearly still there...but,"

After confirming this, Eagle shook his head. He still couldn't believe it: "Although I was shocked in my heart, my rationality made me believe your words... Actually, I also guessed Joshua's crazy plan a long time ago. It's a fluke... But if this is the case, then how did I resurrect? And you."

As he said this, his tone was puzzled: "According to your words, weren't you also pulled into the Great Source and destroyed together with Joshua?"

"The reason for your resurrection is actually easier to guess. 'Resurrect all victims' should be one of the last commands Joshua left for his body, and you happened to die around Joshua's core world at that time. The soul fragments are completely collected, but they are a little broken, and resurrection should be more convenient, but it will take a long time."

Karliss patiently answered the doubts of the old Pope, but she also seemed very puzzled by his last question: "Actually, I don't know. At the beginning, Mycroft, Mecroff, and the steel pythons were indeed It is true that he and Joshua entered God's Extinction - he persisted a little longer, but it will not be too long. All in all, we should all die in theory, but now, we all appear in this "Three Realms and Nine Heavens", this It should be in Joshua's internal body."

"Actually, Karlis and I have only gradually awakened in the last few decades and recovered the memory of being a steel python."

At this moment, Mycroft took over the conversation, her tone was rather lazy, but she could also hear seriousness: "How do you say? This feeling is very strange, I feel that I was in an extremely warm and peaceful place for a moment. , but in the next moment, I became the Mycroft in this life, and I also remembered the memory of the previous life by the way—this kind of confusing feeling, unless I experienced it myself, I would not understand it.”

Karliss nodded, expressing her approval of Mycroft's words, and she said: "Actually, Eagle, the obelisk you are in was actually only activated in the last ten years-in the long past , it has always been a mountain, and it was not until seventeen years ago that Mycroft and I detected the unusual eruption of the force of steel, and then found this obelisk."

"Then why didn't you wake me up earlier?"

Eagle quietly listened to the other party's narration. Everything that happened today was weird and bizarre, but this was the truth, and it was not a bad thing. However, he was always a little puzzled and couldn't figure it out: "If I had woken up seventeen years earlier, we would have joined forces long ago."

"permission denied."

Karlis spoke concisely. She turned her head and looked at Alpha, who was confused and couldn't understand what her teacher and this prehistoric powerhouse were talking about. Then she pointed at him and said, "All the silver fairies are here. In the battle of the disappearance of divine power 50,000 years ago in the world, they fought and died against the endless army of chaos, and the only remaining ones also voluntarily went to the world of the sword of heaven and the world of ax of the earth, turning into divine machines to help all beings. All obelisks need the existence of the silver goblin to change from 'blocked' to 'open' - obelisks without silver goblins will enter the 'alert posture' to attack all those who do not have permission to approach, and there are With the silver goblin, it will enter an 'open stance' and become a safe public facility."

"Although the power of the steel python can also play a role, it is only a 'tourist authority' that can only enter and exit, and cannot be controlled, so we spent a long time to find out how many people in this world have silver. Fairy blood, whether it can be purified to return to the ancestors, and create a new silver goblin "administrative authority" - it was not until Alpha's daughter was born that I discovered that there was exactly one beside us. Unfortunately, the awakening of Alpha's blood is also a gradual process. The process, and seventeen years ago, Mycroft and I had just awakened, we didn’t have much power, and we happened to be targeted by the Order of Ashes, that is, the organization of that group of people over there, so we had to leave the shining area as soon as possible and go to the twilight area to avoid .”

On the other side, compared to Alpha who didn't know anything about secrets, so he only knew a little bit, and didn't even know what his teacher was talking about, Grong, the Grand Inquisitor of the Order of Ashes, after hearing what Karlis said, he felt The shock was like a magnitude 12 earthquake.

Heavenly Father - really died because of the war with Chaos? And what we live in now is in the body of the Father?

Is this prehistoric strong man really the one who fought against chaos with the Heavenly Father? Even, he was already dead, only to be resurrected by the Father?

And the silver goblin... All the ancient books of the religious order, there is indeed a lot of information about this group... This strange race, active in the depths of the twilight zone in the age of the gods, they always settled in the mountains—— That is to say, settle around the obelisks that are hidden one by one! Because the silver goblins don't need to migrate, and they seldom go to the shining area, they just stick to their hometown, so they are not famous, and there are not many stories about them.

It's really unexpected that this mysterious race in the past is actually the controller of these large crystal obelisks? And Alpha, who holds the blood of this race, has the authority to control all of this?

That being the case, their purpose...

At this moment, Eagle is still communicating with Carliss and Mycroft. He already knew roughly everything that happened after his death, as well as most of the customs and history of the world they lived in now, the 'Three Realms and Nine Heavens'.

"All in all, Joshua's will should still be in the source. Although we came back for an unknown reason, he hasn't shown signs of awakening yet."

Roughly summarizing the meaning of the two steel pythons, Eagle said solemnly: "And what you want to do is to wake up Joshua as much as possible——of course, before that, first of all, wake up as much as possible of other people like you." A resurrected person like me has accumulated enough power to fight against the existing world order."

"As you think. Moreover, it's not just the resurrected ones - the Heavenly Sword World and the Earthly Axe World in the Three Realms. We guess that those two worlds should be the bodies of Hotaru and Rin. They are probably also asleep. They haven't awakened yet, if possible, we must awaken them first, as Joshua's weapon, they are a part of the blood, and they must have higher authority than the silver goblin."

Carliss raised her head, staring at the silver crystal dome, her tone was slightly sad: "Anyway, we have returned from the destruction of the gods... Maybe this is the backhand of Joshua's preparation. Or maybe we were accidentally drawn into the great source, so we returned after a long time, but I always firmly believe that that man will never die so simply—he must be able to recover from the initial fire. come back."

"However, based on what I know about that man... If he can't do anything, he might let his own world give birth to a brand new world will—one that belongs to the Three Realms and Nine Heavens, but not Joshua's." The will of the world—then, let the will of the world take his place and continue the eternal battle."

This is indeed what Joshua would do. Hearing this, Igor was silent, but soon, he heard Karlis's cold words.

"But I won't allow it."

"The Joshua I want—is that Joshua. Don't even think about escaping his responsibility! To save this multiverse, do it to me! No matter how much it costs, I must let him come back!"

"Even if the price is to destroy everything in this world."

Nothing could be more important than Joshua's recovery.

This is the will and determination of Karliss, it is so firm and clear, even if it is not spoken, everyone present can understand it.

"In any case, in the past few decades, ancient ruins have been revived one after another. I believe that the steel pythons that restore the memory of the previous life should not be limited to a few of us-these are opportunities."

Mycroft's tone was unhurried, and she was a little more calm than Carliss: "And these opportunities need the power of this little guy, his silver goblin authority."

His eyes shifted to Alpha again, and he subconsciously trembled nervously for a moment, but soon, Igor looked at him, and Mrs. Micro Pope's warm eyes were like a bonfire, which made him feel warmth and strength , no longer tense and fearful.

To be honest, Alpha couldn't quite understand the words of Mr. Carliss or Grand Maester Mycroft. At best, he could understand that the true identity of his teacher and boss was probably the reincarnation of some gods in ancient times. , and they all met the 'Heavenly Father' - and now, at the moment when many stars in the Three Realms and Nine Heavens are gradually extinguishing, they want to revive the 'Heavenly Father' and save this multiverse.

But... what is the multiverse? Another name for Three Realms and Nine Heavens?

"The people of the Ashes Order, what should we do?"

Turning her head, Mycroft looked at the silent sect members, and she frowned slightly: "Did you kill it?"

"Need not."

Karliss answered quickly. Although she looked indifferently and knew why the other party had been chasing herself and others for more than ten years, she still had no intention of doing so: "There is no need to kill them, we still need them to lead the way to the Great Tenshen Mountain , and where other obelisks are located. With the steel python authority of the 'Son of the Stars', they should have used the power of many strong men who have not yet fully recovered and are waiting to be resurrected, and made them into mobile The living battery of the stars...don't touch your chin, Eagle, if we weren't here this time, you would have almost been turned into a holy light battery."

"What should this be called? Holy Light Solar Energy?" Mycroft joked.

And just as these ancient powerhouses from the Starfall Era were joking with each other, the Order of Ashes, Grand Inquisitor Grong, couldn't bear it anymore.

——He knew that he was hostile to Karlis and others. The Order of Ashes has been hunting them all along.

He knew that the other party was still hesitating whether to kill them.

He knew that these should be from the same era as the Heavenly Father, so ancient that they couldn't imagine the powerhouses, and he probably didn't take them, the ordinary light chasers of the three realms and nine heavens, seriously.

He knew it - but Grong still had to speak, it was about saving the world, so he had to do it - it was his duty as a member of the Order of Ashes.

"What era are you guys from? It's really hard for me to imagine such a thing, but it must have been a long time ago. Your origin is even older than the history of the light chasers."

Walking forward slowly, even in the face of the coercion of several legendary powerhouses, Grong still gritted his teeth and refused to take half a step back. With a hoarse voice, he roared in a low voice: "But, whether you knew each other before or not I know you, are you acquaintances—now, you are all part of this world, aren't you?" You are all located in this 'Three Realms and Nine Heavens'...you all know the current situation of this world, right? ! "

"It...it is about to be destroyed..."

Igor didn't let go of his aura and suppressed Grong, but Carliss and Mycroft didn't intend to let the other party approach, so when Grong walked forward for more than ten meters, he could no longer get close. The four people in the room, and the white-haired old man, who is strong and strong, full of energy in his daily speech, is not as energetic as an old man, his tone has begun to choke: "Don't you also live in this world? No matter you What do you think of the Order, what do you think of me—whatever you think, but if you have other ways to save the world, can you tell me?"

"Really, no matter what method, we will do it..."

"We beg you!"

The other guards of the sect also knelt down at this moment, and roared in unison: "We will definitely do it—no matter what the price is!"

Even hostile parties can hear the sincerity and determination in each other's words.

Looking at Grong, who was kneeling on the spot, tears streaming down his face, just begging himself to come up with 'the way to save the world', and all the kneeling guards behind him, Karliss was silent for a while, and then couldn't help but sigh. Take a breath.

"That's why I don't want to kill you... It's just that, speaking of it, it's really cruel."

At this time, the old steel python didn't use the light-chasing language. She closed her eyes and said softly in Mycroft language: "Although you don't understand, but Grong, what you Ashes Cult did at the beginning It is indeed correct—50,000 years ago, when many steel pythons had not yet awakened, and many waiting for resurrection were still being repaired, Joshua's return was nowhere in sight, and we had not returned from the great source At that time, it was you who continued the flames and maintained the center of the three realms and nine heavens, the remaining heat of Joshua's "core engine", which allowed this world to continue to exist-you really saved this world, paving the way the foundation of what it is today.”

"But now, it's different—we've all returned, and although the possibility of Joshua's recovery is slim, it's not impossible. And our purpose, in essence, is not to save this dying 'Three Realms and Nine Heavens' ', to save this world... or rather, what I want to do is to destroy it and extinguish all its flames.

"Only in this way can the 'core engine' of 'Joe World' stop running long ago, be able to 'restart' after a complete shutdown - and only at that time, at the moment when the warrior's body regains its vitality, can we If there is a slight possibility, wake him up."

This is a very helpless thing.

The core of the entire Three Realms and Nine Heavens, the Continent of Steel, is in essence Joshua's stopped 'core engine' - after 120,000 years after the God of Warriors, all sufficiently powerful Chaos has been wiped out. And the core engine had already stopped running due to losing its target, which caused the entire Steel Continent to cool down rapidly, and the infinite stars went out one after another.

In order to maintain the continuation of the world, the Cult of Ashes uses the power of the Son of the Stars, that is, the Steel Python and some obelisks, waiting to be resurrected. With the increase of the obelisks, it moves endless stars and maintains the shining area. At the same time, it also maintains the residual heat of the core engine - the black superstar. This allows the world to continue to exist, but it also prevents the core engine from being able to completely cool down and 'restart'.

As the steel python who was fused with Joshua and fought together in the past, Karliss is very clear about Joshua's internal structure and operating principles, and this is the way she came up with.

"Only when the old flame is completely extinguished can a new and vigorous fire be ignited again... We are not strong enough to achieve the best of both worlds, and if I had to choose, I would always choose Joshua."

Karliss' tone was firm. If it was for Joshua's resurrection, she would not hesitate to sacrifice herself.

Mycroft's expression was indifferent - she knew very well that the races bred in Joshua's inner world, and the entire multiverse, needed the power of warriors more than a mere Three Realms and Nine Heavens.

Eagle remained silent. He is the Pope of Mrs. Micro, and a friend of Joshua. He sacrificed himself for Joshua, and Joshua resurrected him—does this choice need to be considered? However, after all, it is a civilization of order. If possible, the old pope will do his best to protect the light chasers when the flames are extinguished.

But no matter who it is, they have already made up their minds and made a decision.

For a moment, the entire hall was silent.

And Alpha on the side feels that the teacher she is familiar with has changed—she is still the resolute and decisive teacher who dares to make choices, but her essence is no longer the great scholar and great explorer in the shining area , that is a strong man from ancient times, a 'foreigner' who does not belong to this world.

——Is your choice really the right one?

Alpha doesn't know, but he knows that only by following his teacher can he save his wife and children from the Ashen Order. As for other people in this world... Sigh.

He, in the final analysis, is also a selfish guy...

After a long silence, it was a decisive departure.

"That's it, let's act immediately - go to other coordinates on the star map first, let Alpha revive other strong men waiting to be revived."

Turning around and walking towards the stairs of the crystal hall, Karliss obviously did not intend to waste any more time: "Then, we will go to the shining area to rescue the reincarnation of the steel python and the many star sons— — There are quite a few strong men in the Three Realms and Nine Heavens. The Heavenly Sword Empress and Demon Slaying Monarch probably got part of the power of Joshua's weapon, Ying Ying and Rin. Of all the weapons of the gods, there must be a lot of strong ones, if we don't have enough people, we might not be able to capture their headquarters."

"And then?" Igor sighed, following closely behind Karliss: "After the flame is extinguished, what else do we have to do?"

"Finally, we will go to the end of this steel continent, the 'border of the world'."

Staring straight ahead, Karliss spoke without a trace of hesitation: "The Steel Continent is boundless and vast, but the 'Border of the World' is different - that is the wound that Joshua himself tore, it should be the beginning, The passage he opened up to seal many near-holy evil gods, and now, this passage has become the end of this boundless world in a sense, the world barrier that should have been absolutely impossible to jump over, shattered, at the most vulnerable moment when the flames were extinguished , there should be a 'gap' that allows us to communicate with the outside multiverse."

This episode will not be too long, nor too short, almost half of it has passed now, don't worry, this is not water.

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