novellk Chapter 1659 Final Chapter: The Shore [3] "Prove that your future is better than mine."
Chapter 1659 Final Chapter: The Shore [3] "Prove that your future is better than mine."
Chapter 1659 Final Chapter - Crossing the Shore [3] - "Prove that your future is better than mine."
Ashley's eyes widened in surprise.
what! ?
At that moment, the six-pointed star earring flashed, and a female voice rang out: "This is the magic of our clan. How about it? Isn't it amazing?"
……
Before setting off, Su Ming'an rubbed his fingers together, producing two cards. Hui Zi and Qi Zhou appeared inside the room.
Su Ming'an asked the two, "Is there anything that can enhance my combat power?"
This body belongs to Chen Yuhang; I need some ability to protect myself.
Hui Zi stroked her chin, stared at Su Ming'an for two or three seconds, and suddenly revealed a somewhat eerie smile: "A way to temporarily enhance strength... there is indeed one. My race has the ability of 'possession.' Now that my strength is almost recovered, I can possess you and provide you with various enhancements."
[...Sounds good, but what's with that sly smile?]
Su Ming'an asked warily, "Are there any side effects?"
【"No."】
Will it grow strange ears?
"How could that be?"
"Let's give it a try."
"Okay, Shishi."
Three seconds later, Su Lin jumped out of the window expressionlessly.
[Su Ming'an immediately found the mirror in the room and looked closely. He confirmed that no strange ears had grown; only his pupils had turned purple, and his body was very light and fast. He had also gained some of the racial abilities of the Purple Rank.]
But... how should I put it...
At this moment, Su Qi walked in and stared at Su Ming'an for several seconds in a daze.
A moment later, Su Qi suddenly slapped his face: "Servant Number Four, what kind of sleeping potion did you use?"
[Who would have thought that due to Hui Zi's racial characteristics, the greatest increase would be in his charm... Logically speaking, his charm value shouldn't have any more room to increase. However, he had always been very reserved before, and people mostly felt his friendliness. Hui Zi's sudden appearance is like revealing a pearl whose brilliance had been concealed.]
"Hmph, I told you, this maximizes your charm. Your previous methods were such a waste. Why cling to your old ways?" Hui Zi's smug voice came from the earring. "Charm is my most prized weapon, and yours is far sharper. You have a weapon but keep it sheathed; I'm just helping you unsheathe it."
"...Can't this be deactivated separately?"
【"cannot!"】
"Okay, let's go."
……
Su Ming'an's appearance stunned everyone.
"Shh!"
The next moment, another figure appeared beside Su Ming'an. He had white hair and golden eyes, wore a modern jacket and straight-leg jeans, and stood with his hands in his pockets, looking arrogant.
—Su Qi, the younger brother of the Lin clan and the adopted son of the black-robed man. This child is completely innocent, and Su Ming'an managed to bring him along after a bit of coaxing and cajoling.
With Su Ming'an himself included, there are three members of the Lin Clan here at the same time, making them incredibly valuable. Whoever kills all three of them will instantly obtain the complete [Key].
Several figures, unable to contain themselves any longer, burst forth, shooting straight into the sky like stars against a current! Celestials, Abyssal Beasts, Sea Demons, Ghosts…
"Let's go too!" Seeing this, Hua De no longer held back.
“Shouldn’t three Rin clans be enough to handle these people?” Reginald asked hesitantly.
“These are newly formed Rin, they haven’t devoured any of their brothers or sisters. They can’t withstand so many demigod angels.” Shiri raised a crystal staff that resembled a microphone.
"Damn it, protect them! Protect them!" Wang Chaoze panicked upon hearing this and immediately grabbed his greatsword and rushed forward.
Three figures stood tall in the sky.
A young man with flowing black-purple hair, wearing six-pointed star earrings, and resembling a dark cloud, held a purple-ink carved stringed instrument. The wind blew his black trench coat, making it seem as if the pink and white of the world had been stained with ink.
The young man, with an arrogant expression, piercing golden eyes, and an air of dominance over the world, surveyed the surroundings with a disdainful smile. His body radiated light, erasing any energy that approached him, leaving not a trace to stir his clothes.
A girl with flowing white hair like snow and indifferent pupils like a god spreads her five fingers and summons a dark scythe that exudes demonic energy. With a flick of her wrist, her pale eyes look down indifferently at the world.
—If this had happened thousands of years ago, in the first era of antiquity, such a combination would have been the hope of the entire world, like the return of the gods. However, at this moment, people only see each other with greed and covetousness.
If there is no life-threatening crisis in the world, then there is no need for a savior hero.
"Zheng—!"
A long, drawn-out overtone, as if from a deep dream.
Su Ming'an's slender fingers traced the strings of the purplish-black stringed instrument in his arms, his eyelids slightly lowered, his gaze shifting. This was Hui Zi's weapon; it was his first time trying a stringed instrument weapon, yet he instinctively knew how to use it.
……
[Moonlight Mayfly (Purple Rank): "Gentlemen, within this area, dance with me."]
Attack power: 10~80
【Durability:18/30】
[Equipment Requirements: Two-handed weapon, Charisma rank S or higher.]
[Active Skill (Ephemeral Tide): Comes with three musical pieces: "The Coward," "The Conformist," and "The Savior."]
[The Coward: While playing, this skill continuously bewitches enemy units within a 40-yard radius, turning them into allies. The activation condition is affected by the charm and rank of both players.]
[Convergent: While playing, continuously disrupts spellcasting by enemy units within a 40-yard radius and deals mental damage. The effect is influenced by the mental strength of both players.]
【The Savior: Deals a large-scale burst of mental damage; the trigger condition is affected by soul strength. This weapon is automatically destroyed after use.】
[Note: "A great soul is full of music when it is driven by great thoughts."]
……
"Zheng—!"
The hundreds of insects at the forefront looked confused, and their sharp legs suddenly turned around without warning, stabbing their companions right next to them!
Beneath the music, the command to kill each other spread like a virus, with carapaces colliding, fluids spurting, and corpses falling in a gruesome scene.
A bird-man glanced at Su Ming'an, his gills opening and closing wildly, as if he had suddenly forgotten how to breathe. The murderous intent in his eyes melted away, and the trident in his hand deviated strangely, plunging viciously into the wing of his companion beside him!
"What are you doing?!" his companion exclaimed in shock and anger.
"I...I don't know...he..." The bewitched bird-man's eyes were glazed over, and he spoke incoherently, as if he had swallowed a deadly poison.
More races surged forth, stepping over the corpses of their comrades: the magma race left burning footprints, the half-demons raised their heavy giant axes, and the rainbow unicorn's spiral horn shone with iridescent light...
“We must avoid their sharp edge, my foolish brother,” Su Qi whispered in his ear. “Our power is not inexhaustible. Before those emperors have even made their move, we will be dragged down to our deaths.”
"What do you want to do?" Su Ming'an raised an eyebrow.
Su Qi said fiercely, "You're not allowed to make that expression in this state!"
"...I didn't do it on purpose." Su Ming'an was speechless; he also hoped the effect would disappear.
"Let's go into the World Tree!" Su Qi pouted and shouted defiantly, "I know your goal is the key! Once inside the tree, we'll settle this once we're in."
Su Qi wasn't stupid; he understood the principle that only one member of the Lin Clan could survive. Their current alliance was merely a joint effort to fight off an external enemy.
Since a life-or-death battle is inevitable sooner or later, it's better to resolve it early to prevent these greedy individuals from taking advantage of the situation. The World Tree is the mother tree of the Rin race, with an intricate internal network of roots and caves, where outsiders will not disturb them.
Su Ming'an glanced at Su Qi with some surprise.
"Don't think I'm stupid because that servant in black robes raised me." Su Qi said with his arms crossed. "You, my fourth brother who suddenly appeared, couldn't have just sprung from a rock. You and those other people who suddenly arrived, you came back from the future timeline, right? Heh... then prove it to me with force! Prove that your future is better than mine, prove that you are the one among us who should live into the future the most."
He crossed his arms, and wherever his gaze fell, it was as if an eraser had swept across the scene, creating a vacuum in the air. Corpses were mutilated beyond recognition by the eraser and fell from the sky like a bloody downpour.
Crimson, blood-red, deep red... fell onto people's faces and bodies. This horrific scene of slaughter made people tremble, as if the three people hailed as saviors were not heroes, but demons.
Seeing this scene, Su Ming'an suddenly felt a sense of disorientation.
He covered his head, and a scene vaguely appeared in his mind.
—It was a tall white tower. The blue-haired man soared into the sky, fighting valiantly. Suddenly, in the next moment, as if an invisible attack had struck, half of the blue-haired man's body was erased as if wiped clean, turning into nothingness. Numerous organs and flesh fell out. The light in the man's eyes gradually dimmed, and his head grew heavier and heavier…
He collapsed into Su Ming'an's arms, gasping for breath, and raised his hand to wipe the bloodstains from Su Ming'an's cheek.
"Feel sorry."
“Su...Ming An”.
"I couldn't... keep my promise... to stay with you until the end..."
"I couldn't... find the best surfing spot... Please go surfing..."
"We failed to protect the land you loved..."
--What's this?
When did this happen?
His head throbbed with pain, as if he were being pricked by needles. But when Su Ming'an thought about it carefully, it was as if some mechanism had been triggered. He couldn't even remember what had just happened, leaving only a blank.
Just now... what did he remember?
Su Ming'an frowned tightly and gritted his teeth. He vaguely felt that he seemed to recall the scene of the previous cosmic reincarnation for a moment, but it quickly disappeared.
I can't remember anything at all.
The soul is as pure as glass or crystal, without a trace of impurity left over from reincarnation.
Why is it that at the end of the game, Noel and the others were able to gradually recall some memories, while Noel himself found it difficult to remember them?
While he was distracted, a sea monster with fish scales on its cheeks attacked him!
Ashley had been standing quietly behind Su Ming'an. In that instant, she gripped the dark scythe, which was several times taller than her, and swung it, slashing!
"clang--"
The ripples of the scythe swept over Su Ming'an, and the music flowing from his fingertips suddenly intensified, as if two stringed instruments were playing simultaneously! Shili's Lin Clan power is "copying"! She can copy the abilities of her companions, attacking with double the power. The seemingly ferocious scythe is not used for attack, but for support!
Offense, control, support.
Su Qi was the spearhead of the offensive, Su Ming'an was the net of control, and Xi Li was the amplifying force of support. These three newly-minted members of the Rin clan, working together, remained steadfast against the siege of thousands of higher races. The sky above them resembled a circular vacuum, with corpses raining down around them, yet they stood firm.
For a moment, the battlefield seemed to be divided into two parts. One was the entanglement between Phoenix and Qianqin, and the other was the support of the three Lin Clan members.
"Player Tactical Formation A, deploy!" On the ground, Ward commanded the players with methodical order. The players, like well-trained warriors, split and regrouped under the command of this experienced commander of ten thousand men.
Hua De had realized that one of the Lin Clan members was Su Ming'an, but he wisely kept quiet and simply ordered everyone to protect him.
Su Ming'an is truly extraordinary now. The High Dimensions are watching him, "they" are spying on him, the Radiant Mother Goddess is wary of him, the Demon Mother Goddess desires him, the players need him, the organizers both love and hate him, the Seventh Seat and Norl are both enemies and friends with him, and the Supreme Lord and the Lord of Dreams have a unique attitude towards him...
All a player like Ward can do is try his best to protect their savior, no matter how insignificant that power may be.
After all, it would be too tiring for one person to carry all the weight.
"Charge! Protect our three precious Lin Clan members!!!" Wang Chaoze roared, carrying his greatsword, his muscles bulging, and shot towards a group of Abyss Demons like a cannonball, crashing down with earth-yellow energy that could split mountains and shatter rocks.
"Holy Light, protect them!" Ron unfurled a thick holy book, and a soft, milky-white light curtain rose up.
"Shadow Strike." The assassin Liz vanished without a trace. The next second, blood bloomed from the throat of a sorcerer channeling a curse. Liz smiled, licked the blood from her dagger, and her playing cards fluttered, alluring as a flower.
"Mental shockwave!" Holles' eyes rolled back as a powerful mental shockwave spread out in a fan shape, instantly overturning a group of insectoids!
"Boom boom boom boom—!"
[HP -489! (Critical Hit! Bleeding!)]
[HP -1028! (Fire damage! Burn! Stacking!)]
[HP +431! (Healing Critical Hit!)]
[HP-39! (Toxin! Stacking!)]
Countless bright red and emerald green numbers appeared, accompanied by layers of halo effects.
Blood blossomed like rain, and artillery fire roared like thunder!
The battlefield erupted in a frenzy. The players' various skills unleashed a dazzling display of light, igniting countless brilliant yet dangerous fireworks. Their skills, distinct from the Rovasa clan's attack methods, stood out vividly on the battlefield.
"The Wailing Wall!"
"Permafrost sequence!"
"The Scroll of One Hundred Demons!"
"The light of healing!"
Combat styles from different worlds and systems, players from various countries and of different ages, are all frantically unleashing their signature skills, causing their mana to drain away like crazy!
The cannon fire and the sea of flames were of the same color, and the gale and the torrential rain roared together!
The entire field of vision was frantically covered by colorful special effects and light, and people couldn't help but squint their eyes to find the most densely packed enemy positions from the high-saturation light pollution!
Like rain falling, like thunder!
In this vast battlefield, they too will be protagonists. If the world's gaze can focus on them even for a second, then their journey will not have been in vain. Without a fearless dream of heroism, who would dare to come to this most dangerous front line? Who would dare to step into the world's view?
The comments section was flooded with messages!
[That was awesome!!!]
[99% of ordinary players are in the normal timeline, and those who come are all top-ranked players, so this scene is definitely awesome.]
Wow, adventure players are so strong now! A small group dares to go toe-to-toe with an Emperor.
They've grown so much in Rovasa. Many of them who struggled even with low-ranking soldiers at the beginning are now able to coordinate attacks to take down generals.
This is the Fourth Calamity; its rate of growth through learning from experience far exceeds human imagination.
[That purple-eyed guy is Su Ming'an! Is it really Su Ming'an?! Even if he had a different face, my dog nose could still tell!]
【? That's so creepy, stay away from me.】
Look! Look at the sky...
[My God, what is that?!]
Is it the Radiant Mother Goddess?
……
Above the higher clouds, deep within the cracks where pink and white meet—eyes open.
The realization that "someone is watching them" sent chills down the players' spines.
Its eyelids fluttered, revealing a pair of eyes as fiery as the sun, like the real sun itself. It was as if this wonderful drama unfolding inside the "cat box" had finally attracted the interested attention of the onlookers "outside the box."
It was dazzling and radiant.
"Shh!"
Before people could react, suddenly, from the distant horizon, a golden arrow shot out, like divine punishment!
A golden arrow, gleaming like a shooting star, pierced through the carapaces of thousands of insects, shattered dozens of orcs blocking its path, and continued its trajectory straight toward Su Ming'an's chest without slowing down!
It was as if this was a sure-fire blow, unstoppable no matter what.
It was faster than anyone could imagine, so fast that almost no one could react. It shattered Hua De's fireball, pierced through Wang Chaoze's sword energy, and hurtled forward, piercing through countless bodies in its path, heading straight for Su Ming'an!
The chilling premonition of death gripped Su Ming'an's nerves even faster than his sight could perceive it.
There's no time to dodge; you'll be pierced from any direction, and conventional forces can't stop you.
In that instant, time stretched infinitely long. The bustling battlefield, the dazzling skill effects, the horrified faces of his companions, Su Qi and hope Li's attempts to pounce... all became a slow-moving background.
who is it?
Su Ming'an blinked very slowly, and his movements were also very slow, because his reaction speed was so fast that everything slowed down in front of him.
Only the golden arrow in his eyes kept growing larger and larger, as if no force could stop its killing intent.
He looked toward the source of the arrow and saw only a familiar figure.
Black hair... It was him.
He had sought refuge with the Radiant Mother Goddess, he refused to return home with her, and he claimed to be homeless.
Bright.
It seems Ming is already one of the Radiant Mother Goddess's people, and this arrow received the Radiant Mother Goddess's blessing, otherwise it wouldn't be so powerful. I'm currently using Chen Yuhang's ordinary human body, and even with Hui Zi's possession, I can't dodge this arrow.
Should we use it? To use the power that Su Ming'an himself possesses.
However, this is fan fiction. If one uses power that doesn't belong to their own "character/identity," it's out of character (OOC) and a violation. As the creator, Kritsens, the Radiant Mother Goddess, has the right to intervene in this battle…
One should not drink poison to quench thirst.
So, what other power does he possess that belongs to this "identity/role"?
correct.
Su Ming'an's eyelids blinked slowly as the arrow drew closer. He sensed the approach of death and heard his heart pounding.
At that moment, he seemed to see a crystal-like seed within his heart, a mark belonging to the Lin clan, their potential and future.
—He is Chen Yuhang, the fourth brother of the Lin clan. The identity of a member of the Lin clan follows their soul. When Su Ming'an possessed Chen Yuhang, Chen Yuhang became a member of the Lin clan, becoming the "fourth brother" who should not exist outside of the three sons of the Lin clan.
I can now use the power of the Rin clan!
However, even a Lin clan member who had never devoured his brothers and sisters was not enough to dodge this arrow, and even Su Qi and hope Li's aid was pierced by the golden arrow.
Then there's only one option...
Su Ming'an closed his eyes.
Given enough time, the potential of the Lin Clan would be immense, but what does he want with that potential now? He wants this moment!
He wants to burn this useless "Lin Clan Heart"!
He wants to abandon this useless identity, "the divinely bestowed race"!
—If the vast majority of people in the world no longer respect this race and want to kill the Rin Clan and eat their flesh and blood, why should the Rin Clan be attached to this identity and hold on to their mission of saving the world?
He was the one most opposed to this principle; he would endure the misunderstanding and condemnation of the majority to save a minority, forcibly shouldering the mission of saving the world. However, at this moment—
"Whoosh—!"
For an instant.
Her long, purplish-black hair fluttered in the air, and her eyes flashed like lightning, as if piercing the frosty sky.
He understood the correctness of "applying theory" better than anyone else. He was adept at deceiving himself with the lighthouse theory and at transforming theory to deceive others. Because all superficial theories could not compare to the ultimate ideal in his heart.
"What he did—!" Su Qi was dumbfounded, realizing what Su Ming'an had done.
"The aura of the Lin Clan on his body has disappeared..." The emperors who were closest to him were so shocked that their jaws almost dropped.
Someone actually gave up this identity!
...This was the best identity the World Tree had originally prepared for him. However, Su Ming'an didn't want this kind of script at all.
He burned his "Heart of the Rin Clan" and abandoned his potential belonging to the Rin Clan, sacrificing his future potential in exchange for the current state of his blood being full!
"Shh-!"
It was as if a flame, burning from the deepest part of his soul, soared into the sky. He made a sideways movement that defied his body's instincts. Speed, strength, and reaction instantly surged to peaks that this body could never have reached!
"Sizzle—!"
The golden arrow grazed his left shoulder blade, tearing through his clothes and flesh! A horrifying wound with golden scorch marks appeared.
The arrow, carrying immense divine power, pierced fiercely into a majestic mountain in the distance!
next moment--
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
A mournful cry, as if the very foundation of heaven and earth had been shaken, resounded!
The towering Cangshan Mountain, which had stood for countless millennia, burst forth with dazzling golden light. Thousands of tons of rocks were blown away, and a cloud of dust, like the end of the world, mixed with golden light, shot into the sky. The shockwave spread wildly in a ring, tearing the clouds to shreds and even causing many combatants on the battlefield below to be thrown off balance, flying everywhere like spilled popcorn!
Mountains collapsed, the earth cracked, and the heavens trembled.
It was just one arrow.
It altered the entire battlefield layout and destroyed the environment surrounding the World Tree!
This is undoubtedly the power of the gods!
Countless horrified gazes rose and turned toward the archer.
High in the sky, below the pink and white crack, a figure stood silently suspended in mid-air.
He was an extremely young man with jet-black hair and deep, pure black eyes. His face was handsome, yet possessed an inhuman divinity. He wore an exquisitely magnificent set of golden armor, the armor intricately engraved with patterns of hands supporting eyes. In his hand he held a longbow almost as tall as himself, the bowstring trembling slightly, emitting a chilling hum.
Seeing that his first arrow had failed, he slowly raised his golden longbow and aimed it at Su Ming'an again.
The people blocking the way immediately retreated frantically, fearing they would be pierced like trash!
"Is that... a divine messenger?" someone asked in fear.
"What a powerful divine messenger..."
“The Radiant Mother Goddess…She has begun to watch over this place…”
Previously, the arrival of Su Ming'an and his companions had not attracted the attention of the Radiant Mother Goddess, because his actions were insufficient to shake the foundation. But now, she opened her eyes in the heavens, noticed him, and even sent a messenger.
—He sensed that he wanted to break this place, and He regarded him as an enemy.
Creators shouldn't interfere with their own cat boxes, nor should they meddle too much. However, if the whole world rejects Su Ming'an, the "tamperer," for his interference and for the lid to be lifted, how should they conduct themselves? If someone were to actively surrender to Him and seek divine power, He might offer them a way out.
Fear, respect, fanaticism, confusion... countless emotions lingered in people's hearts. Even the messenger was so powerful, how could they resist the observers above the sky?
"—Afraid of you?! Everyone grab your weapons and take him down!" Suddenly, a male voice broke the silence.
The speaker was a male gamer with a buzz cut, who looked to be a high school student. He was full of enthusiasm and blushed when he realized everyone was looking at him.
But he still strained his voice, shouting at the top of his lungs:
"Don't show us your health bar! If you do, I'll kill even a god!"
"We also have the invincible number one player. He can take away nine million HP from you by himself. The rest is up to us. We'll grind you down! Each of us can take away one HP from you. Even if you have ten million HP, we'll turn you into dust!"
The "divine messenger's" cold, black eyes looked down at him without any emotion.
However, he did not look at the boy. His gaze shifted to the distance, then fixed on the boy and stared intently.
Su Ming'an's gaze met his steadily.
“…Ming,” Su Ming’an said softly.