Vol 3. Chapter 123: Rescue?

What does she mean by the Child of Destiny?! I’m not the only one who can be one?!

Shouldn’t I be the only one?!

I was chosen by the Goddess! I’m the savior of this world!

“What do you mean by that?!”

Xue Tianao was utterly stunned by Mengxi’s words. After all, in his eyes, he was unique, the favored child of the world.

He was irreplaceable!

Xue Tianao refused to believe Mengxi’s words. So much so that after hearing them, he actually forgot to beg for mercy for a moment and instead hysterically questioned her like a clown.

However,

Xue Tianao’s question was destined to go unanswered.

Mengxi had no time to waste explaining things to a dying man, nor did she have any interest in letting Xue Tianao die knowing the truth.

“What do I mean? You can figure that out yourself.”

After responding coldly, Mengxi unleashed her silver-white holy aura without the slightest reservation! The energy sword formed from silver-white light abruptly tore through the air, carrying an unstoppable momentum as it viciously slashed toward Xue Tianao’s soul.

Even a Peak Sixth-Tier powerhouse or an Early Seventh-Tier powerhouse would not dare casually withstand Mengxi’s full-force attack, much less Xue Tianao, who now possessed nothing but a soul.

Being sliced to pieces by a single strike seemed to be his unavoidable fate.

An overwhelming sense of danger and chilling killing intent completely enveloped Xue Tianao’s soul, while the silver blade rapidly enlarging within his field of vision made him feel as though his soul was already being scattered into oblivion.

In a sense, the pressure Mengxi’s sword brought Xue Tianao was even greater than Yumo’s attack had been.

After all, when facing Yumo’s attack, Xue Tianao knew he still had a chance to resurrect. But when facing Mengxi’s slash, Xue Tianao had no way out...

If he died this time,

Forget completing the trial and fulfilling his wish of stepping into the Legendary Tier, taking revenge, wiping out the Black Rose Family and the Abyss Demons, or pinning that black-haired girl beneath him and taking his revenge on her...

Everything would become nothing more than empty fantasy.

Once he died, he would have nothing left.

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!! YOU BASTAAAAAAAAARD!!!!”

Xue Tianao tried desperately to throw caution to the wind and flee, but his soul was firmly bound to the ground by chains formed from Mengxi’s holy aura, leaving him completely unable to move.

Now, all this former Child of Destiny could do was rage helplessly...

His furious roars could change nothing.

Ultimately, under Xue Tianao’s despairing, helpless, and unwilling gaze, the silver light sword mercilessly descended.

“BOOM!!”

Accompanied by an explosive eruption of silver-white energy, the earth cracked apart with a deafening roar. Even the thousand-year-old trees in the distance, witnesses to countless years of history, were abruptly split in two by the spreading sword aura.

The tremendous shockwave made the forest tremble, and countless startled birds immediately took to the sky in terror.

The sight of thousands of birds filling the heavens was actually rather spectacular.

However,

Mengxi had no attention to spare for such insignificant matters right now.

Because although her attack had been immensely powerful, the scene that should have occurred—a soul being sliced in half and immediately dissipating—had not appeared.

In other words,

She had not hit Xue Tianao.

?!!

What happened?!

Realizing this, Mengxi’s expression abruptly changed, her light-purple eyes filling with astonishment and confusion.

After all, as far as Mengxi was concerned, there was absolutely no way Xue Tianao in his current state could have dodged her attack.

‘Could he still have some kind of trump card?

No,

That’s impossible. If Xue Tianao had a trump card, that guy definitely wouldn’t have been able to keep it hidden. He wouldn’t have waited until now...’

Just as Mengxi was thinking, the girl’s brows abruptly furrowed.

?!

Hm?!

Wait, above!

Relying on her extraordinarily powerful combat instincts and experience, Mengxi instantly noticed the abnormal flow of energy around her and abruptly raised her head toward the sky.

The moment she looked up, Mengxi’s eyes suddenly contracted, and an indescribably solemn expression appeared within the silver-haired girl’s beautiful eyes.

“Who are you?!”

At this moment,

Reflected within Mengxi’s beautiful, gem-like eyes,

A tall, slender man wearing a white cloak and a black masquerade-like mask, whose appearance could only be described as rather flamboyant, had somehow appeared in midair, suspended there with the support of pale-yellow magical power.

Then, under Mengxi’s complicated gaze, Xue Tianao’s soul, restrained by thin yellow threads, swayed from side to side in midair before landing in the flamboyant man’s hand.

Clearly,

The person who had just saved Xue Tianao was this masked man.

Although the man’s appearance seemed somewhat frivolous, the invisible pressure he gave Mengxi was unquestionably genuine.

‘At least Seventh-Tier...’

Considering how effortlessly the other party hovered in midair, Mengxi quickly reached that conclusion.

‘Who exactly is he?’

Xue Tianao’s companion?

Had he come to rescue Xue Tianao?

If that was the case...

Mengxi’s expression grew increasingly solemn. While gripping her silver light sword tightly and assuming a guarded stance, she gradually mobilized all of the holy aura within her body, preparing herself to respond to the mysterious man’s attack at any moment.

After all, given Xue Tianao’s personality, there was a very high chance he would have his companion help him settle the score...

However,

This time, Mengxi’s judgment was wrong.

Although the other party’s aura was extremely powerful, he did not attack Mengxi as she had expected. Instead, he inexplicably raised a hand and waved hello to her before suddenly spreading a pair of wings formed from yellow magical power and flying into the distance!

?!!

What?!

He’s actually retreating just like that?!

“Wait! Wait! Don’t leave!”

Mengxi shouted, somewhat losing her composure.

Surrounded by silver-white light, she leaped into the air, seemingly intending to pursue the masked man.

No!

She couldn’t let him simply take Xue Tianao away like this!

That bastard who could threaten Sister Yumo had to be eliminated!

She couldn’t let the tiger (maggot) return to the mountain.

At this thought, chilling killing intent abruptly erupted around Mengxi, and an intense murderous expression appeared on the girl’s incomparably beautiful face.

Mengxi truly wanted to [N O V E L I G H T] stop the masked man, but she was also well aware of the difference between their strength.

Therefore, to stop him, the girl had no choice but to rely on external assistance.

As silver light flashed, Mengxi directly took out a high-level scroll from her spatial ring. It had been given to her by the Archbishop and contained sealed Sanctuary Magic.

She intended to use the powerful spell to stop the other party.

However,

Mengxi’s actions seemed to have been noticed by the masked man as well.

A meaningful smile quietly appeared within his agate-colored eyes.

Then,

The masked man casually waved his hand. Several nearly imperceptible pale-yellow threads flew from his fingers, instantly landing on the ground around Mengxi before rapidly sinking underground.

‘Rumble~’

As the earth trembled, the rocks surrounding Mengxi instantly erupted into violent motion.

?!

Hm?! W-What are these things?

In the next moment, under Mengxi’s extremely anxious gaze, three gigantic rock golems, each approximately ten meters tall and constructed entirely from stone, suddenly appeared before her.

The rock golems’ attacks forcibly interrupted Mengxi’s casting.

In the end, the activation of the Sanctuary Magic failed.

‘Bastard...’

Mengxi could not help cursing inwardly.

And just like that,

Under the silver-haired girl’s unwilling and furious gaze, the mysterious masked man disappeared from her sight in an instant, surrounded by pale-yellow light.

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Meanwhile,

?!

I...

I’m not dead?!

I survived?!

Upon realizing that Mengxi had not killed him with her sword and that someone had successfully rescued him, Xue Tianao’s heart was abruptly overwhelmed with shock.

Once he accepted this unbelievable reality, Xue Tianao was practically ecstatic.

Ha,

Haha,

Hahahahaha!

I’m not dead! Of course I wouldn’t die! I knew it! I’m the Chosen One! Of course I’d find a way out of certain death! You want to kill me? Dream on!

Recalling Mengxi’s unwilling expression just now, Xue Tianao’s soul began trembling with excitement.

However, after being excited for a while, Xue Tianao gradually calmed down. His eyes, formed from soul power, turned toward the mysterious man who had saved him with considerable confusion.

To tell the truth,

Although surviving such a calamity filled him with ecstasy, Xue Tianao himself was still completely baffled by what had just happened.

Clearly, unlike Mengxi had assumed, Xue Tianao did not know the man who had rescued him.

Even after carefully observing him several times, Xue Tianao had no impression of him whatsoever.

After pondering for a moment, the Child of Destiny spoke in an incomparably sincere and grateful tone:

“Thank you for coming to my aid. I, Xue Tianao, will never forget this tremendous kindness for as long as I exist. May I ask... who exactly are you? That way, I can repay you in the future for saving my life.”

Upon hearing Xue Tianao’s polite words,

Especially the phrase ‘tremendous kindness,’ a playful glimmer imperceptibly flashed through the masked man’s agate-colored eyes.

However,

Xue Tianao, now reduced to nothing but a soul, naturally could not notice this. Instead, he waited expectantly for the masked man’s answer.

In response,

A meaningful smile gradually appeared on the mysterious man’s face beneath his mask.

Then, as he sped through the air, the mysterious man answered under Xue Tianao’s concentrated gaze in an equally courteous, respectful, and slightly apologetic tone:

“My sincerest apologies, Your Excellency, Child of Destiny. I actually forgot to introduce myself.”

As he spoke,

The man slowly removed his mask, finally revealing the true face concealed beneath it.

His lively agate-colored eyes occasionally shimmered with traces of deep purple, making them appear even more profound. The cold gleam flickering within them added an air of aloofness. His high nose bridge and sharply defined lips gave his face an unusual mixture of masculine strength and seductive charm.

Combined with his light makeup, it was undoubtedly an extraordinarily handsome and heroic face.

After offering a polite smile, the handsome man slowly spoke:

“I am Anfrell-Qiset, Left Guardian of the Red Moon Tower. By order of the Master of the Red Moon Tower, I have come to pick up—uh, no... enmmm... I have come to ‘rescue’ His Majesty Xue Tianao.”