Volume Six: What She Lost, What I Gained - One for All, All for One

Ten years have passed, tedious as chewing wax, yet it all seems to have flown by in the blink of an eye.

"Ahh... ahhhhhh..."

Time flies, youth fades.

These are all minor matters.

There are even more deadly ones.

"Xiao Ye... Xiao Ye... Xiao Ye, Xiao Ye, Xiao Ye..."

Ten years have passed.

It's been ten years since we parted ways.

I haven't seen her for ten years.

It's been ten years since I last touched her.

I haven't spoken to her in ten years.

It's been ten years since I last heard her voice.

It's been ten years since I last uttered words of love to her.

It's been ten years since I've tasted the fragrance of her lips.

The place beside me, reserved for my destined love, has been vacant for ten years.

The fact that I had never wanted to face before, like a monster lurking in the darkness, suddenly appeared and stood before me, inescapable, unavoidable, and unavoidable. Nothing was left; I could see nothing, absolutely nothing! But, but Xiao Ye must be the same! She must be trying to save me. Our hearts are connected; my longing for her, even across this desolate, alien space, must reach her! So, I just need to keep enduring, keep waiting. If I have enough patience, if I can bear enough loneliness, I or Xiao Ye will surely find a way to escape this situation—

But why?

It's a rather impulsive question... but why haven't you appeared before me yet?

I miss you so much.

I really miss you.

Please, let me see you one more time. Please, let me hear your voice one more time. Please, let me talk to you one more time. Please, let me hold you one more time. Please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please—

"... ah."

When Haoyue came to her senses, she found herself kneeling on the ground.

There was a lot of blood splattered on her body and the ground, especially on her hands. Her fingers were completely stained red with blood, and dried blood and broken hairs were under her fingernails. Warm blood streamed down her face from her head and dripped onto her cheongsam. Her scalp hurt, and her face hurt too. She looked in the mirror (Xishui) and found that her face was covered with scratches, and her hair was messy and mixed with blood.

What was I doing before I came to my senses?

He seemed to be screaming like a madman, frantically scratching his face with his nails, tearing at his scalp and pulling out his hair, rolling around on the ground?

It's pretty close to the truth.

I don't know how much time passed...

Haoyue used the Healing Moon technique to heal her wounds, washed her clothes with the stream water, repacked her belongings, and took off her worn-out shoes.

Then, continue onward.

I need to find something to do.

To prevent myself from going completely insane during this long period of loneliness.

Outside the compressed space, in the urban area --

Tens of thousands of small metal spheres still float between the buildings, silent and motionless. Although the security team and the public are still puzzled about what these things are, they have gradually come to regard them as part of the background.

But when a strong, elderly man in the distance pressed the button on his remote control, everything changed.

Metal spheres numbered from 1 to 2000 simultaneously exploded violently.

Caught completely off guard, everyone—guards and civilians alike—was engulfed in the explosion before they could even scream, their bodies reduced to charred remains.

At that moment, a miracle occurred.

The intense heat was enough to turn flesh into charcoal.

But no one died, not even a single person was burned;

The violent shockwave was enough to turn a human body into mincemeat.

But no one was dismembered, not even a scratch;

The piercing blast is enough to instantly puncture a person's eardrum.

But no one became deaf, not even experiencing hearing impairment;

The intense light of incandescent bulbs can instantly blind someone.

But no one went blind, not even experiencing visual fatigue;

A horrific explosion that could have killed tens of thousands of people ended up killing no one.

Not a single person was injured as a result.

--No, the statement that "no one was injured as a result" is a bit too absolute.

One person.

Only one person was injured.

Moreover, it was a fatal injury affecting tens of thousands of people.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!"

Screams echoed from the dilapidated construction site.

Almost at the same time as the massive explosion in the city, a white-haired woman knelt down on the ground.

No, it's more accurate to say "fell" than "knelt down." Her body, reduced to black ash from the inside out, couldn't even support its own weight, and her brain was practically a dried-up walnut! Fierce high temperature, violent shockwave, ear-piercing explosion, and incandescent light—four types of damage multiplied by ten thousand—were simultaneously inflicted upon her!

Regeneration begins the moment the injury occurs, starting with the minimum organs needed for survival, followed by the most basic muscles and bones needed for movement, and then the other internal organs and epithelial tissues! Fortunately, her strength has now recovered to that of when she first arrived in the West Saint Continent. Back then, she had undergone complete demon transformation, and her self-healing ability was far superior to what it used to be. Otherwise, it would have taken her at least ten minutes to recover to a state where she could barely move after this serious injury, and that would be without any external interference during that time!

Hurry up!

This was the first thought that popped into her head the moment she regained consciousness.

Why is that?

This is the second thought.

The newborn's eyes darted around, seeing the flames and smoke from the explosion in the distant city, while its auditory system picked up the faint screams of civilians coming from afar.

Civilians have been injured, and the casualties are severe, probably numbering in the tens of thousands.

Was it Fisher who did it?

Anger.

Xiao Wu doesn't hate cruel people, but she absolutely cannot tolerate scoundrels who drag innocent civilians into it.

But let's put that aside for now.

Now, the more important question is: why was she so severely injured at the same time as the massive explosion that occurred so far away?

And,

Only then did she realize that what was coming from afar was a "shout of alarm," not a "scream of agony," Xiao Wu could distinguish between the two.

It was surprise, not pain, meaning... although startled, there was no injury?

Why--

Xiao Wu felt she had grasped the key, but before she could think further, another burst of flames shot into the sky from the direction of the city! It was another unidentified explosive device attacking the city, and countless civilians were still suffering. At the same time, Xiao Wu's body was once again severely injured, even more seriously than before!

Although her body had regained its basic functions, it was still not enough for combat, and now things have gotten even worse!

(If that's the case... then I'll become a demon!!!)

Purple lightning erupted from her body, and her already formidable self-healing ability was amplified to its extreme! Her injuries were almost forcibly healed, Demonic Power didn't even give her a chance to lose consciousness. Her five senses, enhanced to the peak, immediately detected the enemy's location—that damned, despicable, bastard Fisher!

Li 79 Style - Death Stomp!!!

Xiao Wu transformed into a blinding purple blur, rushing to Fisher's head in a flash of lightning, giving him no chance to react! Purple lightning gathered at her feet, and immense power concentrated at a single point as she slammed downwards—

At that moment, it was as if a bolt of lightning struck Xiao Wu's mind. She stopped her movement abruptly just before it hit Fisher's skull, enduring the powerful recoil that would ravage her body, and managed to create distance in mid-air!

Everything happened in the blink of an eye. Fisher and Trister, who were standing still, didn't see anything clearly at all. Dastan the parrot was still on Fisher's shoulder and didn't fly away. By the time they came to their senses, Xiao Wu had already retreated to a hundred meters away.

Xiao Wu stopped her powerful attack herself, and only the aftershocks of lightning hit Fisher.

Logically, the aftershocks of lightning should have been enough to kill someone, but Fisher was almost completely unharmed.

Meanwhile, within the city --

"Oh!"

The citizens, who were still terrified by the explosion but were not actually injured, suddenly felt a pain in their heads.

I touched my head and felt some slightly burnt hair.

"What just happened...?"

"A sharp, tingling, and burning sensation on my head."

"You got electrocuted?"

"But where is the electricity?"

The citizens looked at each other in bewilderment, unaware that if that tingling, burning pain were multiplied tens of thousands of times, it would be the real damage from the aftershocks of the lightning that had just struck Fisher.

Fisher was slightly taken aback, then felt a tingling pain in his head, and immediately realized what had just happened.

"Pfft...hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha from you out there out there out out out there!!!!!

An indescribable joy ignited within him, and he couldn't help but laugh. First, he smiled, then laughed loudly, then burst into maniacal laughter, his laughter filled with mockery of Xiao Wu, until he finally stopped, breathless.

"Hoo hoo... You reacted really fast, Urushihara. You managed to stop the attack at the last second. It seems you've already seen through my abilities. What a pity, what a pity! If it were Ye or Tartaglia, they would have attacked long ago! Only you, with your kind heart, would hesitate!"

Xiao Wu glared at him, her bright purple eyes filled with intense disgust. An ordinary person would faint at the sight of those eyes, but Fisher remained unfazed.

"... You despicable, damned, old, scumbag!!!!!"

Xiao Wu has never shied away from swearing, but this is the first time she has ever truly cursed someone from the bottom of her heart.

She understood, she fully understood what Fisher's superpower was.

She understood completely.

Why did Fisher tell her earlier that the easiest way to defeat him was to "attack his vitals with all your might"?

Using all her might—the power contained in her current all-out attack, if divided among ten thousand or even a million people, would be enough to kill them all, including Fisher.

But the reason he dared to tell her directly was because he was confident in his abilities.

From the very beginning, Fisher was convinced that Xiao Wu wouldn't do that.

Because he believed in Xiao Wu's kindness.

"This is your special ability... You can distribute the damage you suffer across tens of thousands of people simultaneously, or concentrate the damage suffered by countless people onto one person!!!"

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One of the most overpowered abilities in this game has finally arrived.