350. Divine Child of Purifying Fire
Lu Ban had once seen the pure fire from the Wa Island Grand Shrine. The Pale flames could ignite even the air, and in the raging flames, even eternity would perish.
But he had never seen the purifying fire from an ordinary priestess.
It is said that only the Divine Child of the Wa Island Grand Shrine can control the sacred fire, a colorful flame that carries the wishes of the gods. Ordinary shrine maidens will only be burned to ashes before this flame.
However, in Amber's hands, Pale flame ignited.
The flame looked cold and indifferent, as merciless as the gaze cast down from a god.
Within the Pale, there was a rainbow-like luster; pure black surged, enveloping the Pale, only to be quickly obscured by the grayish-white. Countless colors were brewing within the flames, and no one could discern all of them.
"Purify the fire."
Lu Ban knew that seeing the flames meant that Amber's will had been made.
She will abandon the ordinary and simple life of a normal girl, go to the Wa Island Grand Shrine, compete for the highest position, become the Head Miko above all others, serve the gods for the rest of her life, protect Harmony Island, and never step out of the Wa Island Grand Shrine again.
Moreover, Lu Ban was quite certain that Amber could do it if she wanted to.
Because no priestess has ever been able to freely control the purifying fire before inheriting the position of the Divine Child; they can't even touch it.
But Amber, she really is the chosen one, possibly the strongest priestess besides the first Head Miko.
The Pale, mottled flames swept across Amber's skin, but instead of burning her, they flew towards the sky like a living thing, heading towards the location of the government office.
There, on the edge of the deep green pool, grow trees made of human flesh and bones. On the trees grow incomplete human heads with Affliction expressions. Various monsters, insects, birds, and beasts made of human limbs move through the black mist. No living thing can endure such an environment. Even a normal person who only glances at it will doubt the reality of the world and eventually choose to commit suicide in madness.
A silent flame burst forth in the darkest, most foggy place.
Like a ray of light piercing the darkness, the flames spread rapidly, engulfing the green pond, the ground covered in Mycelial Mat, the twisted trees, and everything from the abyss.
Everything originates from the primordial flame that was born at the time of the world's creation.
All those cries of pain, that anger, that resentment, vanished with the flames.
Countless monsters emerged before Lu Ban.
Some of them were trying to escape the purifying fire behind them, while others wanted to kill all living things they saw. On the now empty island, they saw Lu Ban and Amber.
Lu Ban saw that Amber was muttering incantations.
It was a kind of familiar yet incomprehensible, song-like language.
In the myths and legends about shrine maidens that Lu Ban knew, the Oldest One shrine maidens danced and sang to please the gods. Therefore, the Oldest One shrine maidens used songs and dances as offerings and sacrifices to the gods.
Now, the Amber looks like it's dancing.
She gently raised her right hand, as if picking up an invisible folding fan. With a gentle wave of the fan, a multicolored black flame engulfed the Corrupted Ones that tried to rush over.
A line of flames formed between the two people and the Corrupted Ones.
Lu Ban felt that he had overestimated himself.
Whether I am here or not, Amber will not be harmed in any way.
Furthermore, because Lu Ban was here, Amber couldn't directly use the Purifying Fire to Great Purge the entire island; in fact, it actually hindered Amber's combat power.
At the heart of Changfeng Island, a thorough purification is underway.
Meanwhile, on the outskirts of Changfeng Island, the islanders who were lucky enough to board small boats and leave the island were paddling hard, trying to escape their homeland.
They saw their homeland shrouded in black clouds and then cleansed by flames that were a mixture of Pale and pitch-black, and no one could feel anything.
In the face of such extraordinary power, mortals can only look up in awe.
Some people prostrated themselves in worship, chanting prayers to the witch; some went mad, laughing like never before; and some remained silent, their faces filled with melancholy and sorrow.
On the shore, on the beach shrouded in black mist, Laika prepared to throw the mistress and the little girl into the small boat.
However, several Corrupted Ones stretched out their tentacles and wrapped themselves around the woman's ankle. The corrosive force quickly caused her foot to rot and she fell, losing her balance.
Laika was terrified of the black mist, and watched as the two people, one big and one small, were about to be swallowed up by it.
Just then, the woman, whose body had been mostly corrupted by Corrupted Ones and turned into something neither human nor ghost, suddenly unleashed a power she had never possessed before.
She used all her strength to throw her daughter out of the black mist that filled mortals with despair.
Laika caught the little girl.
The little girl didn't see her mother's final expression; she didn't see the look in her eyes that was a mixture of relief and fear, terror and despair. Laika didn't understand these human emotions.
It and the little girl boarded a small boat, and amidst the wailing and lamenting, the boat sped off towards the distant sea.
On the beach, colorful black flames engulfed the Corrupted Ones, dust to dust, ashes to ashes, and everything was shrouded in silence.
Seeing the crying little girl, Laika transformed back into a corgi and warmed the little girl's body, which had become cold from fear, with her own.
It called out twice toward the island, but received no response.
Just then, a clear and melodious bell rang out from the sky.
Everyone, regardless of their mood or state of mind before, looked up at the sound of the bell.
Looking up at the sky, a silver streak of light came from the direction of Harmony Island and landed in the very center of the island.
An even more magnificent and dazzling flame ignited.
"It's the Divine Child!"
"Divine Child, please save us!"
"My Divine Child, please forgive my sins and redeem my soul."
The islanders knelt and kowtowed towards Changfeng Island, offering their piety and faith.
Just then, someone saw two figures in the flames.
One of them was tall and handsome.
In front of him stood a petite girl.
The girl's black hair fluttered in the wind, and Pale flame gathered in her Amber eyes.
"The Divine Child has appeared!!!"
"Divine Child, Divine Child of God!"
"There's hope! We're saved!"
The ignorant islanders thought this was the Head Miko of the Wa Island Grand Shrine, and their voices trembled even more as they submitted to this transcendent power.
Only Lu Ban knew that a young girl had vanished within the purifying fire.
From this moment on, she is Amber, and the next high Head Miko of the Wa Island Grand Shrine.