Volume Three: The Academy's Full-Scale Rampage - Dead Realm (II)

Have you ever seen a corpse?

A corpse lying alone on the ground must be quite terrifying.

Have you ever seen ten corpses?

Ten corpses piled together tell the story of the tragedy they had suffered; it was hardly a scene of harmony and love.

Have you ever seen a hundred corpses?

This is not simply killing, but massacre.

Have you ever seen a thousand corpses?

Have you ever seen ten thousand corpses?

What if this number increases to hundreds of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions?

Even so, nothing can compare to the scene before us.

This sea of corpses is truly endless.

A colossal, pitch-black torrent cascaded down from the black sky, forming a massive black waterfall a kilometer in diameter. The moment the torrent hit the ground, it rapidly spread out, transforming into a raging flood that submerged streets and left nothing but desolation in its wake.

However, this turbid torrent was not a real liquid. Upon closer inspection, it was formed from countless human figures that appeared to be congealed filthy slime! Each of them was emaciated, with bloodshot eyes and gaping mouths that emitted silent roars, filled with the aura of death. The waves they formed were all-pervasive and invincible; anything living that stood in their way was torn apart and devoured by the countless undead, ultimately joining their ranks!

"Help, help me--Ughh..."

"No! No, no, no, come any closer!!!"

"Please! Someone come—"

"Ooooh wow wow wow don't touch me don't touch me don't touch me!!!!"

"They've caught up! They're so fast!!!"

Those who couldn't evacuate in time were crushed and submerged, never to be heard again! The number of victims was increasing at an astonishing rate! Regardless of age or gender, whether human, animal, or even plant, anything alive was swept away and devoured by this army of the dead!

Meanwhile, the instigator of it all was casually leaning against the top of the city center tower, intently applying nail polish, completely oblivious to the horde of death raging below. Gustav and Yu He, unable to intervene, could only stand by and observe the situation.

They were simply puzzled: why activate the Dead Realm, which only attacks living beings, instead of using a more powerful attack to completely destroy the city?

In fact, not only them, but even Jili himself was a little confused.

He appeared to be focused on applying nail polish, but he was actually thinking about something else.

"Why did that guy tell me not to unleash my ultimate move right away, but to slowly destroy everything?"

At this time--

"My Leader."

The Huang Huo appeared strangely beside them, now back in its normal form, carrying someone on its shoulder.

It was Evelynths was in a coma.

"Hmm? This is the host for the karmic fire this time? It looks pretty ordinary."

Jili took Evelynths's hand, glanced at her, and then lowered her head to continue doing her nails, looking completely distracted.

"What specific measures should be taken against her...?"

"What to do with her... take her back to headquarters first. After all, she's a vessel for the karmic fire, so don't let her die. As for whether to make her a live specimen, keep her under house arrest, brainwash her, or hand her over to some sympathetic guy to take care of, that's up to you."

"Yes, sir!"

Another matter resolved; getting my hands on the Karmic Fire was an unexpected bonus... Jili thought to himself.

With this, the Gleaming Gold South-Pointing Compass, Crystal Realm Fruit, Boundary Breaking Armor, and Karmic Fire will all be available. Once the Truth Incantation and the Rakshasa True Word are obtained, the construction of the World Crossing Gate can begin.

The Truth Incantation is held by the Divine Law Cult on the West Saint Continent, and is managed by the Lady; there should be no need to worry.

All that remains Rakshasa True Word, which disappeared along with Blood Fiend...

Jili sighed helplessly.

He risked being discovered by the World Will to search for the whereabouts of the Rakshasa True Word with his Past Sight Eye.

The result was nothing.

No matter how he tried, there seemed to be a veil of mist separating him from the traces of the Rakshasa True Word, making it impossible to see through him.

Jili did not believe that the Past Sight Eye could malfunction, but to understand this phenomenon, there seemed to be no other explanation besides a malfunction of the prosthetic eye.

Unless--

No, that's impossible, Jili shook his head. If that were the case, then there would be big trouble...

"... Um?"

Just then, something unexpected happened.

"Look! There she is!"

"Come quick! We've found Little Butterfly!"

The little girls struggled to squeeze through the crowded flow of people; their small stature finally came in handy.

"Little Butterfly... what's wrong?"

The young girl in the lead shook Little Butterfly's body, but Little Butterfly remained kneeling on the ground in pain, curled up in a ball, and did not respond at all.

She seems to be in a lot of pain!

"What should we do? Sister Sakura Dance isn't here... Sister Xiao, Sister Ye, Yue-neechan aren't here either!"

"What about Sister Monet and Evelynths? Did Sister Sakura Dance rescue them?"

"Trust Sister Sakura Dance! She's the strongest!"

In short...

Wow!

An extremely cold and malevolent aura filled the entire space, causing the little girls and the refugees to shiver and slowly turn their heads to look—

The terrifying wave of billions of dead bodies was only a few hundred meters away from them.

The refugees who had fallen behind were engulfed by the surging tide of the dead right before their eyes, and fell silent in an instant.

The countless corpses carried by the black, turbid current opened their crooked, twisted mouths, and although their roars were silent, the cries of countless vengeful spirits echoed in everyone's mind.

Silence, and then--

"Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

"No, no, don't block the way! Get out of the way!!!"

"No... don't leave me!!!"

"Run! Run!! Run!!!"

In the chaos, no one stopped to help the group of disheveled little girls. The girls' eyes were filled with fear; with their pillar of support, Sister Sakura Dance, gone, they were utterly helpless in the face of this crisis!

"No! Stop standing there like an idiot! Quick—"

"--Run!"

Where is Little Butterfly?

"Carry her over and run! Hurry!!!"

The little girls were finally freed from the spell of fear, and with their trembling little bodies, they hurriedly lifted Little Butterfly up.

"W-What's going on?!"

"She's so heavy!!!"

"Something's not right! How can it be so heavy! I can't lift it at all!!!"

Amidst the chaos outside, Little Butterfly could only hear a few vague bits of noise.

In the darkness, where golden or pinkish light occasionally flashed, a voice whispered to her.

"It's time..."

"Let's get started..."

"The enemy is right there..."

"He is the enemy of the planet, the enemy of the world..."

"For the sake of this planet..."

"Fulfill your duties..."

The golden-pink light grew increasingly dazzling, eventually engulfing her entire consciousness. Countless brilliant rays broke through the sea of consciousness, reaching the surface world and blooming upon her.

"Leader, that is--"

In a corner of the city, a massive pillar of light, shimmering with gold and dust, suddenly erupted, shooting straight into the sky! Under the radiant light, even the darkness that permeated the heavens seemed to wane!

Gustav's expression changed drastically; he immediately stepped in front of the Jili.

"Leader lord! This feeling is... the will of the world—"

"No..."

Jili denied it.

"It's somewhat similar to the World Will... but, why does it feel like..."

The golden beam of light suddenly split into two, transforming into a pair of enormous butterfly wings! The wings were over a thousand meters long, with pink as their base color and intricate and dazzling golden light patterns on them. If you looked closely, you would find that those light patterns outlined countless scenes of mountains, forests, rivers, and seas, which were incredibly mysterious!

Countless dazzling points of light emanated from the giant butterfly wings, each a butterfly of light, numbering in the hundreds of millions! The invincible tide of undead crumbled instantly upon encountering the butterflies of light, utterly powerless as if made of paper! Under the relentless onslaught of the butterflies of light, the area occupied by the turbid current shrank, until it finally vanished completely! Finally, a golden-pink wave of light surged upwards, piercing through the black sky and revealing the original azure expanse!

With the Dead Realm breached, the butterflies of light immediately swooped down, heading straight for the four people Jili die.

"What the hell is that?!"

Gustav cursed angrily, and with a flicker of his body, countless afterimages flew into the air, colliding head-on with the Butterflies of Light! Every time a Butterfly of Light exploded, an afterimage dissipated, and the two sides were almost evenly matched, with the Butterflies of Light even having a slight advantage!

"They're something else..."

Gustav clenched his fists, preparing to leap up and destroy them with his own body, however—

"To recreate the total spiritual energy generated on this land from ten thousand years ago to the present."

Boom!!!

A blinding mass of light appeared in the air and exploded in the next instant, instantly annihilating tens of thousands of light butterflies. It was a collection of spiritual energy generated in this region over the past ten thousand years, compressed into a solid energy mass by Jili, with extremely terrifying power.

"Leader, what exactly are they—" Yu He asked hurriedly, but he froze before he could finish speaking.

Because he saw Jili's expression clearly.

Ecstasy.

"Hahaha... hahahahahaha..."

This was the first time he, along with Gustav and Huang Huo, had ever seen Jili such an expression.

"Hahahaha, ahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!! It's like finding a needle in a haystack!!! So that's why I wanted to 'slowly destroy all of this'!!!! It was all to lure you out!!!! I never expected to find you here, 'Planet Will'!!!!"

Jili loudly, wildly, until he couldn't straighten up, and even his exquisitely beautiful features became distorted.

"Hahahaha!!! Gustav, Huang Huo, Yu He, I'm going to change the 'Supreme Order' now!! No need to bother 'controlling this planet' anymore, just having the Planet Will is enough!!! Capture it for me! Now!!!!"

To control a planet is not as simple as conquering all human nations and unifying human civilization; it also requires complete control over the biosphere, lithosphere, strata... in short, everything on this planet. Therefore, from all perspectives, "controlling a planet" is far more complicated than "destroying a planet."

However, it would be different if the Planet Will could be captured.

To control the Planet Will that represents the entire planet is to control the planet itself!

Once this planet becomes "his own property," he can finally take it.

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Oh no! The evil forces are targeting Loli Butterfly!

To clarify, the Jili can only recreate events that have "occurred" or items that have "existed." The sword existed but self-destructed, and the fruit explodes, making it a consumable item. Other Divine Item have existed since their creation and are outside the recreating range, so they must be found gradually. The recreated items should theoretically exist indefinitely, but the World Will will not allow things that should perish to reappear, so they will ultimately be obliterated by the World Will.

Thank you so much to the lovely Sister Heitianbaiye for helping me achieve my first Yan Emperor! Hooray! I'll post the second update after I get back from meeting up with my classmates tonight!