Chapter 591

Chapter 213 The Remnants of the Deity Part 10

Thump thump.

Thump thump…

Thump thump—

It was impossible to tell if the heavy heartbeat, like a drum, was coming from me or the tumor. It drowned out the wind and invaded my ears and heart.

Afterwards, it felt as if my soul had been set ablaze.

Sizzling…

In the sharp rising steam, that scorching power, like molten lava burning the body, surged into my chest after being absorbed by the bloody mist. It rushed through my body with overwhelming force, like a deep-sea whirlpool churning madly in my abdomen.

“Guh… Ah…”

My expression instantly contorted in pain.

My body was plummeting at high speed, my head muddled, my consciousness blurred. My body felt like it was on fire, and I even smelled the acrid scent of burnt flesh. I wasn’t sure if this was an illusion. Instinctively, I opened my eyes again. In the hazy vision, black smoke swirled endlessly. High above, the tentacles flowed, twisting and writhing back toward the tumor.

They were no longer chasing me.

The dark chaotic flames rained down like drops of rain, countless blood droplets shattered into crystal fragments wrapped in flames. The crimson crystals rapidly disintegrated, their scarlet light intertwining with white brilliance, illuminating the originally dim sky with an unpredictable halo.

Such a strange and beautiful scene, yet I had no heart for admiring it.

“Ah! Ah!”

The agony of the burning fire forced me to scream. The intense heat spread from my abdomen to my chest, to my limbs and skin, even my eyes burned unbearably. The breath escaping my lips carried thick black smoke, mixed with sparks of fire that rose and dispersed in the ashes, dissolving into nothingness.

My head felt like it was splitting open. Something suddenly surged inside.

[Labis Hermes…]

A soft voice, like whispers in my ear, echoed from the depths of my consciousness.

[Fill it…]

Faintly, I recognized it as my own voice.

The voice of the other self that had communicated with me before.

[Destroy the barrier egg that puts our kind to sleep, devour the body waiting in the ashes for a thousand years, fill the void with the chaotic fire…]

The whisper faded away with lingering echoes, and in an instant, the world changed as white light flashed before my eyes.

Roar roar roar—

The ancient and ethereal dragon’s cry broke through the night, a dark red moon hanging in the sky. The ground was boiling with black mud, countless mountains of dragons roaring to the heavens. Dark clouds instantly obscured the moon, and distant black peaks rose from the ground, surging black mud covering the dragon bodies, swallowing these ancient lives.

This seemed like the world at its inception.

[Fill it…]

A distant voice, as if coming from the edge of the world, was no longer the delicate voice of a young girl. It became grand and heavy, like a bell ringing overhead, or rumbling thunder echoing in the clouds, resonating in my mind.

[Old existence, great deity, grant your people’s spirits release from the physical chains, cast the barrier egg upon sinners… Vast dragons, here is your sky, here you will repay your sins, your essence will become a thousand-year guardian, in the name of the ancient watcher and great mother goddess Labis Hermes, bestow eternal life… indestructible…]

Zzzzz—

Sharp buzzing filled my ears. That divine voice, as if a god had arrived, collapsed and vanished with the fleeting image, turning into a chaotic vortex and disappearing.

In the next moment, I saw a pair of enormous, blood-red, desolate eyes amidst the falling ashes.

“God…”

The mournful dragon’s cry echoed again from afar, its voice ethereal and fading into my heart. Faintly, I heard the sorrowful words pouring out with the roar.

“Why confine our kind…”

“Why slaughter our kind…”

“Why deceive us so…”

The cries of indignation gradually turned hysterical. It didn’t sound like a human voice, or even a real one.

“Liar, Gideals—”

“You have no right to be called gods…”

The voice faded away, countless chaotic whispers like evil incantations echoing endlessly in my ears. Sharp tremors sounded again, the massive red eye filling my entire field of vision, turning into blood smoke and vanishing.

Chaos flashed white.

I saw a golden figure, indistinct, standing atop a towering mountain peak, casting a long shadow.

[Wake up…]

A vast voice spoke to me.

[Wake up, wake up, wake up… Follow the will of the gods, correct the order of the world…]

[Wake up, Sylvie Labis Hermes.]

I suddenly opened my eyes.

“Ughaaaaaaah!!”

Confused thoughts and a headache that drove me mad made me shout uncontrollably. The howling wind around me subsided, and my consciousness returned to this world filled with ashes, though it felt real enough. Everything I had seen and heard seemed like a hallucination causing immense mental pollution.

But such a hallucination felt like the awareness of some unknown entity slowly and gradually eroding my sanity—I could feel it.

I could sense my emotions changing, I was becoming that terrifying self.

[But this is the true you, Peylo…]

Another voice echoed in my mind.

I spoke to myself.

[This is how you should be, the way you should be after enduring long experiments… your most complete spirit… come, embrace her.]

“Get away!!!”

I held my head, pulling at my hair as I shouted in the air until my voice was hoarse: “Get away! Get away from me!!!”

I don’t want to become that way…

Absolutely not…

Boom—

In the next moment, my body crashed to the ground like a cannonball.

The ground cracked and caved in instantly under the impact of the tremendous force. Dust flew up sharply before my eyes, my face flushed red, and my back sank into the hard crevices of the rock. My mouth opened wide, and I couldn’t catch my breath for a long time.

“Cough! Cough…”

Fortunately, the Yuan Mud Armor protected me, so the damage wasn’t severe. However, I couldn’t bear the counterforce. It took me a while to exhale, stick out my tongue, and cough violently a few times. Once I felt the air in my chest stabilize, I scrambled to my feet, stepped out of the dust, gritted my teeth, and endured the persistent burning sensation in my body, which was gradually diminishing. I lifted my head and gazed at the sky.

Rumbling…

The earth continued to tremble. Countless floating rocks above swayed uncertainly. Through the gaps between the stones, I could vaguely see the distant peak, shrouded in thick fog. The dense web of tentacle-like blood vessels on the peak was retracting inch by inch back into the tumor.

Those tentacles that had chased me were nowhere to be seen.

High above the peak, the massive tumor hanging in the air looked like an external heart still beating, accompanied by a dull thumping sound like a drum. The enormous mass of flesh quivered and contracted rapidly, as if a water balloon losing its internal moisture, slowly shrinking before my eyes.

Did…

Did it work?

Did it really work?!

That big white dragon…

Those intertwined blood webs at the top of the peak had retreated from the crater and returned to the tumor.

It’s okay now…

I… seem fine too…

I looked down at my hands covered in mud and blood.

That fall seemed to have silenced the voices in my head… I still feel like my normal self… I… shouldn’t be hurt…

Maybe there’s nothing wrong at all?

But I didn’t sense any surge of power… nor did I feel drowsy… I definitely consumed that bead with the Chaos Flame, no mistake… those blood fumes were absorbed into my body…

Forget about it for now.

Let’s check on Big White first!

Without carefully checking if my body had changed or thinking about the seemingly hallucinatory scenes and eerie sounds that suddenly appeared in my mind, I forced myself not to dwell on them. I ignored the unbearable burning sensation inside me.

I gritted my teeth, spread my flame wings, bent my knees, and took off with a “bam,” enveloped by the thick smoke of death, soaring into the sky and flying back toward the standing rock.

Bam bam bam—

The sonic boom created waves of air that exploded in layers, advancing through the ash-filled sky to the peak of the rock. With abundant chaotic energy flowing within me, it only took a few breaths for me to fly through the foggy floating stones and reach the edge of the large crater atop the giant rock. Outside the crater, I flapped my wings abruptly, then stopped.

I looked into the crater.

I saw that white figure.

“Big White—”

Anxiously calling out, I glanced up at the enormous tumor above.

As I flew here, the pulsating sound grew clearer, like a heartbeat. The blood-filled tumors on the surface of the tumor contracted violently with each pulse, causing the huge mass to shrink continuously. Those blood vessels and tentacles that had previously filled the crater were now retracted into the tumor, leaving only small red buds protruding from the surface, swaying slowly like grass in the wind caused by the earth’s trembling and the blowing dust.

Is that thing still dangerous?

Should be…

No danger… right…

I was still somewhat uneasy, taking a deep breath in mid-air, patting my head, which was dizzy from excessive heat, shaking it like a rattle to dispel worries and distractions, calming my emotions, then flapping my flame wings and quickly swooping toward the crater.

“Big White…”

While diving, I raised my ears, heightened my alertness, and constantly monitored the movements above.

But there was no movement.

Until I landed in the crater, gathered my flame wings, and collected all the chaotic energy around me, walking slowly to the front of the dragon’s huge head. The tumor hovering above the peak made no unusual move.

Only the wind moaned beside me.

“Hey…”

I called softly.

The dragon’s head, adorned with horns and looking fierce, lay lifelessly on the ground, its massive body sprawled, eyes closed as if asleep.

Of course, it was still alive.

The dragon’s huge body moved slightly, its breath, expelled from its nostrils, stirred up dust and blew onto my face, carrying a fishy odor.

I remembered this scent unique to dragon bodies.

But…

I walked over, slowly lifting my hand to touch the soft white fur on its nose: “Do you remember me…”

My gentle tone paused as I tried to force a smile.

“I’m back.”

In the next moment, the white dragon slowly opened its eyes.