Facing Nicadoli, Aglaime Descends, Stunning Everyone

"Come on, if you wanted to die, you could've just said so. Did you really have to say that much to provoke her?"

"Did you do that on purpose, or by accident?"

The living beings of Douluo Continent watched as Stelle on the Sky Screen answered Aglaea's question with such exaggerated theatrics.

Everyone's opinion of Stelle underwent another earth-shaking change.

Was this little gray-haired girl a bit unhinged?

No wonder Castorice's deathly power had killed her.

She really hadn't died unjustly at all!

Over in Heaven Dou City, everyone looked at the purple-haired girl Castorice beside Stelle with even deeper wariness.

The Sky Screen had long since explained that Castorice possessed the terrifying ability to kill with a touch.

Even someone as powerful as Stelle could not escape having everything go black before her eyes after being touched by Castorice.

Only then did everyone realize why, when Castorice had first appeared and lunged at Stelle, Stelle had immediately fainted.

They guessed that if Castorice had held her for just a little longer back then, Stelle would probably have dropped dead on the spot.

And now, Castorice always kept a safe distance from Stelle, Firefly, and Mimi.

It was obvious that she did not want to touch anyone else and bring them the threat of death.

Tang San, hiding in the hotel, could not help but freeze for a moment.

His father had warned him that Castorice was not to be provoked, but he had never expected her ability to be so absurdly powerful.

However, Tang San was not overly concerned. Castorice's killing touch only worked at close range.

Most of the Hidden Weapons in his hands were long-range attacks.

He would not need to wait for Castorice to approach. He could directly use his Hidden Weapons to shoot her dead from afar.

Stelle, Firefly, Castorice.

Sooner or later, they would all die beneath the Hidden Weapons of his Tang Sect!

Quite a few people were intimidated by Castorice's power.

But the Sky Screen had not shown the reward options through which Stelle had drawn and summoned Castorice.

Thus, most people outside did not actually know that Castorice was by Stelle's side.

At the same time, many forces were rushing toward Stelle as quickly as they could.

They wanted to get rid of Stelle as soon as possible.

Because they feared that when the Sky Screen gave Stelle further rewards, it would summon Castorice over.

By then, things would truly become troublesome.

"Haha, Stelle, you're as lively as ever!"

Although Stelle on the Sky Screen was facing Aglaea's judgment and was about to be executed by Castorice's deathly power.

Her earlier carefree manner still made Firefly, curled up in Stelle's arms, unable to resist covering her mouth and giggling.

As expected of her little gray-haired girl—no matter what she faced, she could always maintain such a cheerful mood.

Even when she panicked and shouted, "Don't come over," it sounded more like she was fooling around.

Anticipation gleamed ever more brightly in Firefly's eyes.

Silver Wolf had told her quite a few stories about Stelle on Amphoreus.

But those stories might not have been complete. Stelle surely still had many interesting experiences waiting to be revealed by the Sky Screen.

At that moment, she leaned against Stelle's chest, feeling the other girl's warm body heat.

The faint scent of Oak Cake Roll still lingered around her nose after the two had shared one earlier.

Such peaceful, comfortable moments made her feel incomparably happy.

Reliving Stelle's past stories in this way was simply too wonderful.

The Sky Screen did not directly reveal whether Stelle had truly died.

Instead, the scene shifted and began showing Stelle's later experiences.

In any case, Stelle was alive and kicking again before long.

She remained in Okhema, helping everyone fight powerful enemies.

And there was now an additional little pink creature beside Stelle.

It looked like a puppy, with a pair of large ears and a fluffy tail, lively and adorable in appearance.

At the sight of that little spirit, Mimi, curled up in Stelle's arms, immediately cried out happily:

"Thinking back to when I first met my partner, that really was a fated Romance story!"

A great deal of plot content once again appeared across the Sky Screen.

With Stelle's help, everyone successfully defeated the powerful enemy.

Mydei had seized this opportunity to ascend and become a Demigod.

And Stelle, too, began to entertain the idea of becoming a Demigod.

But as she passed the trial of the Titan of Years, Stelle learned a cruel truth—

She had already died the moment she landed on Amphoreus. Now, she was nothing more than a walking fragment of memory.

Having broken free from the trial, Stelle slowly opened her eyes.

What came into view was the familiar ceiling of her room.

Dan Heng sat by the bed, his gaze gentle, though he could not hide his concern as he looked at her.

Then, Dan Heng revealed an even more shocking outcome:

"To make a long story short, you succeeded."

"Oronis—the Titan of Years—has entrusted its divine authority to you."

"You are now no different from Amphoreus's 'Demigods.'"

"It's just..."

Dan Heng paused. The sorrow in his eyes deepened, and his voice grew incomparably heavy:

"...Mimi told me everything that happened during the trial."

"It still has to stay behind and explain the situation to the others, so it asked me to bring you back to your room to rest first."

After saying that, Dan Heng fell silent for a moment and let out a soft sigh.

Yet Stelle did not notice the weight in the air at all. Instead, she looked at Dan Heng with delight and eagerly pressed him:

"So, what's my superpower?"

Dan Heng looked at Stelle in silence, then said helplessly, "At a time like this, that's still what you're thinking about. That's so you."

He steadied himself, his tone growing heavier. "There's something... I never told you."

"When we landed on Amphoreus, our carriage was pierced through by Nicadoli—the spear of the Titan of Strife."

"At the time, you were covered in wounds. Several cuts were deep enough to expose bone, and blood kept seeping out of them."

"I barely managed to carry you out of the burning carriage. Using the last bit of strength I had, I stopped the bleeding."

"But then I was struck by falling rubble from the collapse and lost consciousness."

There was an indescribable bitterness in Dan Heng's voice:

"Before I lost consciousness, the last time I checked on you, you still hadn't started breathing again."

"But when I woke up... I saw you standing before me, perfectly alive and well."

"I thought I had been too panicked at the time and made a mistake in my judgment, so I never brought it up again."

After hearing this, Stelle burst out laughing and patted Dan Heng on the shoulder as she teased him:

"Ha ha, so you got knocked out by a rock!"

"...That's not the point."

Dan Heng rubbed his forehead helplessly, then looked seriously at Stelle and said, word by word:

"I don't know whether Fuli's gaze has anything to do with this."

"But according to the Titans, you are now surviving in the form of 'memory.'"

"Just like those things in the Miracle of Oronis that exist only in the past."

"Perhaps Mimi is the anchor rope keeping you tethered to the present."

"I always thought it was the one that couldn't be too far away from you."

"But the truth... may be the exact opposite."

Seeing Dan Heng looking as though he was about to cry, Stelle instead grinned mischievously and teased him:

"Cry. Come on, everybody cry."

Dan Heng took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the ache in his heart, saying firmly:

"Now isn't the time to be sad. There must be a way to save you."