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Chapter 594 594: Saint Laurence

Clang!

Purplish-red magical energy exploded. Artoria slashed her sword into the empty space in front of her, and a scarlet sword gleam fell from the sky towards the sea like a crescent moon.

She almost instinctively hid Seraphina behind her.

That intense and bizarre fluctuation directly affected her across a hundred miles of space.

Artoria felt the murmurs of countless people echoing in her brain, and countless wills were telling her.

Now, evolving together with Laurence and these pitiful, ignorant people is the choice of a true King.

No kingdom can last for eternity, but merging with the kingdom can bring everyone beyond the cycle of life and death.

Artoria let out a muffled groan; she was already affected.

"Protect my Sephiroth well."

Stepping on empty air, Artoria only heard that powerful and cruel man speak like this, and the surfboard under her feet had already disappeared.

She grabbed the exclaiming red-haired young girl, quickly adjusted her posture in the air, and fell fiercely.

Looking up, her eyes saw the man with flying black long hair, a black sun slowly rising behind him.

At this moment, Artoria felt a cold sense of impact. She was very certain that this special fluctuation indiscriminately attacked everyone here.

The guy calling himself Professor had his mind crushed in just one encounter, his life or death unknown.

She herself also found it hard to resist and was affected.

But this guy Mercenary Tao... was like cold, hard black ice, without the slightest sign of being affected.

At this moment, Artoria realized the gap between herself and the other party.

...

In the sky, Kaito Shirogane listened to the continuously echoing murmurs in his mind, countless types of mental fluctuations constantly sweeping over like waves.

He, however, widened his eyes, looking at the huge scarlet lifeform in the distance.

[You witnessed the Crimson Pope Laurence (Furnace of Life Form), undergoing mental check...]

[Checking...]

[Check successful, you are immune to mental pollution]

This prompt continuously appeared like flooding a screen. As long as Kaito Shirogane didn't move his gaze away, this judgment proceeded without a moment's pause.

This was the first time since that [God Hand] that Kaito Shirogane encountered this kind of situation again.

"Kaito Shirogane, didn't you want to experience that fervent, burning human heart the most?"

"Merge with me, and together we will climb the stairway of life, how about it?"

Laurence's voice echoed by Kaito Shirogane's ear. Kaito Shirogane felt a trace of stinging pain. Reaching out to touch it, his eardrums were already bleeding.

Kaito Shirogane looked at his own blood, the corners of his mouth parting uncontrollably. This was his first time encountering this kind of situation.

Merely by witnessing the other party, his own life form was affected.

With his hands behind his back, Kaito Shirogane naturally executed Bukujutsu. He flew straight from the sky towards Laurence.

The scarlet light on the ocean reflected in his eyes grew increasingly intense. Amidst the flickering light and dark, Kaito Shirogane's pupils also unconsciously turned scarlet.

Kaito Shirogane's flying speed down from the sky became faster and faster. In the end, it was so fast that the surrounding air turned red. He fell like a flaming meteor, and his four limbs seemed to hang powerlessly behind him.

That state, rather than proactively flying towards Laurence, was more like being pulled over by an invisible force.

Artoria stood firmly on the ocean. She looked up at this scene, her Holy Sword hanging down to the sea surface.

Seraphina, however, looked around and found the Professor floating on the water surface with his life or death unknown. She said with some worry:

"His Holiness Laurence has probably already succeeded. Your Excellency Mercenary Tao is in danger. Don't worry about me, hurry up and go help him!"

Artoria lowered her head and saw the young girl's gaze staring at the Professor on the water surface on the other side. She knew in her heart that this young girl probably meant for her to put her down on this ocean.

Then, she would go support that host of hers, while she would save that Professor who just wanted to kill her a moment ago.

This kind of salvation, Artoria could no longer judge whether it could still be called "kindness". This had already exceeded the level of stupidity, appearing somewhat unreal.

Could there really be an individual possessing the ability to think, who disregards their own safety to this extent?

Under these circumstances, what use would saving the Professor have?

Artoria felt that rather than being a Saint, this red-haired young girl was more like a symbol, a ritual itself representing kindness and salvation.

The meaning of her existence was to save others. As for the young girl named Seraphina herself, no one cared.

Kind to the point of being twisted.

Artoria didn't pay attention to her. Instead, she picked up Seraphina, turned around, and sprinted wildly towards the coast. Walking on the sea was not a difficult task for her, who had tyrannical magical energy.

When passing by the Professor, she conveniently picked him up as well, discovering that this Professor had massive bleeding all over his body. His eyes had disappeared, and his nasal cavity, oral cavity, and eardrums had all been destroyed.

Boom!

An intense sound of impact erupted from the extremely distant ocean. In the next moment, a huge, naked-eye-visible ocean wave was generated from the sea and subsequently swept towards the surroundings.

Hum!

The sea surface where the original Holy City Latina was located was like a huge vortex caved in to the extreme. The surrounding sea level was already tens of meters higher than the wreckage of this city.

The seabed was clearly visible.

Amidst the roaring sound of twisting air, Mercenary Tao, his black long hair dancing wildly, landed a punch on that huge flesh tumor measuring thousands of meters.

Blazing white shockwaves burst out from his body, erupting from behind the flesh tumor, directly clearing the seawater and revealing the seabed as well as the huge ruins below this city.

"Ah!"

Sharp, miserable screams rang out in an instant, as if countless people were simultaneously roaring by his ear. In a flash, it pierced Kaito Shirogane's eardrums, causing his brain to undergo a severe concussion.

Kaito Shirogane shook his head. Even he felt his body become slightly dizzy for an instant.

But this level of pain not only wouldn't make Kaito Shirogane stop his hand, but instead made him even more excited.

The Qilin Armor appeared piece by piece. Kaito Shirogane's physical body was once again strengthened in an instant. Not only that, the Satsui no Hadou naturally flowed on Kaito Shirogane's hands.

"Scream, don't stop, continue to scream miserably for me!"

"Ha!"

Pfft!

Kaito Shirogane kept his right hand flat like a knife. The pitch-black Great Demon Spear thrust fiercely into that huge flesh tumor. The Satsui no Hadou surged in, instantly exploding like boiling oil.

Countless pieces of flesh and blood spurted out. That kind of miserable screaming almost completely occupied Kaito Shirogane's hearing.

He could no longer hear any other sounds.

Kaito Shirogane ignored everything else, becoming increasingly violent. Every strike of force pierced through the flesh tumor. Finally, that chilling sense of deathly stillness surged out.

Pfft!

Kaito Shirogane landed a punch, and the Myriad Manifestations Death Intent abruptly entered the flesh tumor.

The scarlet flesh tumor that continuously expanded and contracted like a heart abruptly stagnated. In the next moment, it exploded with a bang.

Massive amounts of bloody water spurted from the flesh tumor. Beneath Kaito Shirogane's Qilin Armor, his skin bulged bit by bit. Every cell in his body felt a massive amount of vitality.

That vitality was almost even more intense than the cluster the Goddess restored to him after refining his bloodline in the past.

[Special Reincarnator EX051, you came into contact with the Furnace of Life]

[In this state, vitality is massively increased, immortality and recovery ability are temporarily improved]

Creak, creak.

Kaito Shirogane lowered his head and saw that on his hands, new muscles unconsciously began to be born due to the massive vitality.

Because his genes did not leave a place for this muscle, this extra muscle grew from the surface of his skin.

In the next moment, it was the second piece, the third piece...

Countless muscles began to proliferate from every corner of Kaito Shirogane's entire body.

Above the blood mist, countless eyes opened from the void. Laurence sighed compassionately.

"Beasts pursuing power ultimately perish in power, how pitiful."

He felt his will continuously elevating, continuously ascending. In an instant, he broke free from the shackles of that city and flesh. He wanted to ascend into the starry sky and merge with the flesh and blood of the entire planet.

He wanted to step through the stairway of life and become a true [Old God]!

Roar!

In the sky, within the bronze vortex, a terrifying dragon roar appeared. Flames ignited from the sea of clouds, instantly setting the entire sky ablaze.

"This world is ours!"

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