Death... and me

Chapter 2771: WHAT WILL YOU DO?!

Everyone who knew him was shocked to see his presence. Most of them thought him to be dead.

"Impossible! I saw what happened back then during the Extinction Sphere event. You were supposed to be dead!" Gragatou immediately exclaimed.

The others who were present in the same event in the past all agreed. They, too, thought Soul Gem to be dead.

"SOUL GEM!" Suddenly, a voice capable of shaking the Universe echoed everyone. It carried anger and hatred. As for the one who spoke, it was Leandro, one of the Vruve Organization Semi-Celesitals.

Soul Gem looked at Leandro and smiled. "Oh! Long time no see, Leandro. How has Tuana been? I hope she has had a terrible time."

"Courting Death!" Leandro didn't want to hear anything else and immediately attacked. The Laws of the world gathered and changed around him, bringing a power that someone with Soul Gem's cultivation would never be able to survive. Right after, he attacked.

An apocalyptic power came crashing in Soul Gem's direction, aiming to take him down. However, before it could reach Soul Gem, another five experts in the Semi-Celestial Realm suddenly appeared. They, too, gathered and changed the laws to fuel their strength, counterattacking Leandro.

*Boom!*

All the experts below the Semi-Celesital Realm were forced behind. The Divinity Realm ones had to even protect their Space-Time Realm companions, or they would have been killed by the aftermath of that attack alone.

The two sides were then forced back, Leandro obviously coming out a lot worse than the five experts who defended Soul Gem.

Soul Gem just kept his smile and bowed in the experts' direction. "Thank you, everyone. Your help is much appreciated."

Gragatou looked back at Soul Gem with a dark expression, though. "Do you think we are trying to help you, idiot? We just can't let you die now before you speak everything you know. Where have you been? Why did you appear only now? Also, from what you said, do you have a method to destroy that Grape Vortex?"

Leandro quickly recomposed himself as he looked at Gragatou and the others. A moment later, the other Semi-Celestials of the Vruve Organization appeared on his side. "Why are you stopping me? Do you want to be enemies of the Vruve Organization?!"

Himmel, the Phoenix, snorted. "Enemies of the Vruves? What are you talking about? We have never been friends to start with. Besides, Soul Gem was indeed the one who got rid of the Extinction Sphere, so we do owe him for that at least. It was your Vruve; no, back then, you were called the Wafrol Forces. Anyway, you took the Vruve Organization for yourself after that, so it matters little. What matters is that you wanted to protect the Extinction Sphere. You don't really think we forgot this crucial point, do you?"

Leandro's rage increased, but it was indeed the truth that they tried to stop Soul Gem from destroying the Extinction Sphere. None of the experts of the Three Higher Realms truly thought about the Vruves as anything other than enemies. They even had a tacit agreement that they would join forces if the Vruves decided to attack any of the three Higher Realms. It's just that that never happened... At least not on a scale where a war could start.

Soul Gem then came forward past Himmel and spoke. "Answering Gragatou's first question, I've been in a state where I couldn't reveal myself until now. You just need to check my cultivation, and you can see that I'm only in the Space-Time Realm. Besides, I did indeed almost die back then."

"Answering Gragatou's second question, I didn't truly want to appear now. However, the Grape Vortex forced my hand. I mean, only I was able to destroy the Extinction Sphere, right? Seems like I was right since you look completely lost at what to do at the moment."

"As for Gragatou's third question... Yes, I do have a method to destroy this thing," Soul Gem continued. "It shouldn't be very hard to guess, right? This Grape Vortex Absorbs all the Energies, Laws, and Elements nonstop as it grows stronger. Does it remind you all of a certain sphere in the past?"

"Right!" Black Locust immediately understood. "This Grape Vortex has the same capability as the Extinction Sphere."

Romario pondered a bit and remembered something else. "Now that I think about it, I did see some mentions about the Grape Vortex having similar capabilities to the Extinction Sphere in th Data the twins got for me."

Gragatou sighed in relief. "Then I won't bother you with more questions. The Grape Vortex comes first. If we don't get rid of it, the Universe is doomed."

"Do you truly think I'm going to just let Soul Gem live in front of me?" Leandro was still focused on Soul Gem, though.

Yet, Soul Gem seemed to not care. "What? Are you angry because I stopped your plans back then? Come on, we are all friends of the same Universe, aren't we? Is that your pride as a vassal of the Turmaloid Universe speaking, perhaps? No, wait! You aren't vassals anymore. After all, we were all banished. Well, I discarded that pride a long time ago, so I couldn't care less."

Everyone's expressions froze in place, including the Vruves. No one expected that such a bomb would be dropped in this place right at this moment.

"What?! You guys came from outside the Universe?!" Sofrixa, the Semi-Celestial Beholder, spoke in shock.

"The Vruves and Soul Gem came from another Universe..." Gragatou murmured, just as shocked. He didn't see that coming. "No, if you think about it, the Vruve's capability had always been a mystery. They were able to do things none of us understood at all. It would make sense if it was all technology from more advanced Universes."

Leandro noticed everyone's eyes. "Soul Gem, a traitor like you truly deserves death. Tuana did so much for you!"

"Hmph!" Soul Gem snorted. "She did nothing for me. It was all for the sake of one day return to the Turmaloid Universe. Do you think I don't know? She came up with that bullshit that the Extinction Sphere shouldn't be stopped. She kept saying that the Sphere was basically the natural order of things, and we should let it swallow the Universe and disappear."

"Sure, the Extinction Sphere was a natural phenomenon. That was no wrong," Soul Gem didn't stop there. "However, she couldn't care less about the natural order of things. All she wanted was to use it to weaken the Universe's barriers, and especially the barrier around the Chaos Origin Source."

"Shut up! Don't speak even one more word!" Leandro's expression changed. It seemed like Soul Gem was about to speak something that shouldn't be said.

"Like hell I will!" Soul Gem couldn't care less, though. With so many experts from all three Higher Realms around, this was the best chance to reveal everything. "I FOUND HER REAL PLANS, IDIOT! ALL SHE WANTED WAS TO GET THE CHAOS ORIGIN SOURCE OF THIS UNIVERSE. THEN, SHE WOULD RETURN TO TURMALOID AND PRESENT IT TO THE EMPEROR. SHE ONLY CARED ABOUT ONE THING, AND ONE THING ONLY! REBUILDING HER HONOR! HER HONOR AS A DIRECT DESCENDANT OF THE TURMALOID IMPERIAL FAMILY THAT CONTROLS SO MANY UNIVERSES! THIS UNIVERSE'S CHAOS ORIGIN SOURCE WOULD BE HER TICKET BACK, A TICKET SHE HASN'T GIVEN UP YET. THERE! I FINALLY SAID IT! WHAT WILL

YOU DO?!"