Sword Points to Titan, Shocks Everyone

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

"Did you do that on purpose, or was it an accident?"

The living beings of Douluo Continent watched as Stelle answered Aglaea's question in such an exaggerated manner within the Sky Screen.

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

Was this little gray-haired girl a bit unhinged?

No wonder Castorice's deathly power had gotten her killed.

She really hadn't died unjustly at all!

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

The Sky Screen had long since introduced Castorice's terrifying ability: death upon contact.

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 pounced on Stelle, Stelle had immediately passed out.

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

And now, Castorice always maintained 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, who was hiding in the hotel, could not help but freeze for a moment.

His father had warned him that Castorice was not someone to be trifled with, but he had never expected her ability to be this heaven-defying.

However, Tang San was not overly worried. Castorice's touch-to-kill power had to be used 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 at all. He could simply shoot her dead from afar with his Hidden Weapons.

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.

However, the Sky Screen had not shown the reward options that revealed Stelle had summoned Castorice through drawing cards.

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

At the same time, people from many factions were spurring their horses onward as they hurried toward Stelle.

They wanted to deal with Stelle as quickly as possible.

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

If that happened, things would truly become troublesome.

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

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

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

She truly was Firefly's little gray-haired girl. No matter what she faced, she could always maintain such a happy mood.

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

An increasingly expectant light shimmered in Firefly's eyes.

Although Silver Wolf had told her quite a few stories about Stelle's time in Amphoreus.

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

At this moment, she leaned against Stelle's chest, feeling the warmth of her body.

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 this way was simply too wonderful.

Fortunately, it ended without any real danger.

Just as Stelle was about to close her eyes and completely lose all signs of life.

Phainon arrived in time.

After Phainon explained everything, Stelle and Dan Heng were finally cleared of all suspicion.

Then, at Phainon's earnest request, Stelle and Dan Heng chose to fulfill their duties as Trailblazers.

They gained a deeper understanding of the Chrysos Heirs' arduous journey to save the world and ultimately decided to remain in Amphoreus.

They would help the Chrysos Heirs defeat Nicadoli and reclaim the Core Flame.

After they had defeated Nicadoli's avatar.

When those Black Tide monsters fled in panic.

Trianne, who looked exactly like Tribbie and possessed the same abilities, secretly followed those routed creatures.

After tracking him all the way, they finally found Nicadoli's hiding place.

The group immediately decided to set out together to subjugate Nicadoli and reclaim the Core Flame.

Stelle, Phainon, and Mydei headed together to the mobile fortress, Castrum Kremnos.

Along the way, they unexpectedly learned that Nicadoli had long been plotting against Okhema.

The three of them cut through the enemy ranks like a hot knife through butter, planning to crush Nicadoli's main force in one fell swoop.

However, at the very instant they joined forces and slew Nicadoli—

The figure that should have fallen rose again, completely unscathed.

Only then did they realize in horror that Nicadoli had long cultivated an immortal body, one monstrously powerful beyond reason.

In the urgency of the moment, Mydei, who also possessed an immortal body, voluntarily chose to remain behind and hold Nicadoli off alone.

The others hurried back to Okhema without stopping to discuss a way out of the crisis.

Although the scene flashed by on the Sky Screen in an instant, It was enough to leave everyone on the Douluo Continent utterly shaken.

Nicadoli's strength had already been unfathomable, yet no one had expected him to possess an immortal body as well.

He simply could not be killed—an existence that was utterly impossible to slay!

At that moment, everyone on the Douluo Continent racked their brains, yet none could think of how Stelle's group could possibly break this Demigod's immortality.

Or how they could kill him completely and reclaim the Core Flame of the Titan of Strife.

In the end, after a fierce discussion in Okhema, they finally came up with a feasible plan.

To find the key to killing Nicadoli, they first had to unravel the mystery of his immortal body.

And that mystery was deeply buried in the distant years of the past.

Therefore, as long as they could return to the past and find the Nicadoli of that time, they would be able to kill him for good.

But to return to the past—to years so distant—

They had to rely on Oronis's power.

Oronis was another Demigod of Amphoreus, as well as the Titan of Years who controlled time.

Everyone on the Douluo Continent who saw this scene froze in unison.

Why did this plot sound so familiar?

Last time, the Sky Screen had revealed how Stelle used Finality Divine Power to reverse the ending and change Firefly's fate.

And now, in Amphoreus, they were going to use the Power of Years to return to the past and uncover Nicadoli's secret.

Though they felt this was not directly returning to the past to alter the present's outcome, Wouldn't gathering crucial intelligence from the past still change the outcome of their current predicament?

As long as they uncovered the secret behind Nicadoli's immortal body, They could defeat the immortal Nicadoli and seize his Core Flame.

Many people could not help but sigh.

The abilities of Amphoreus were simply beyond comprehension.

Either they were terrifying powers that killed with a touch, or immortal bodies that could not be slain; they could even travel through time and return to the past.

That red-haired little girl, Tribbie, possessed the power of the Gate of Hundred Worlds, allowing her to travel through shikon at will.

She and her sisters could even synchronize and share their senses and memories.

Any one of these abilities, if obtained, would be enough to make someone invincible in the Douluo Continent.

Next, Stelle, Castorice, Phainon, and Dan Heng set out together in search of Oronis.

Within a ruined palace, they relied on the residual power left behind by Oronis.

One moment they traveled back to the present, and the next they leaped into the past.

They went back and forth time and again, all to find the whereabouts of Oronis, the Titan of Years.

Afterward, they worked together to pass the many trials set by Oronis.

At last, they arrived before Oronis, the Titan of Years.

Oronis's form was extremely peculiar; it was impossible to make out his actual appearance.

In midair, there was only a single vertical eye glowing with a faint blue light, floating amid illusory radiance and shadow.

Yet after the group had finally reached Oronis and passed all his trials, Phainon impatiently shouted out, hoping Oronis would help them uncover the secret behind the Titan of Strife's immortal body.

The response he received was an unequivocal refusal.

Phainon was unwilling to give up and continued sincerely:

"I have crossed countless paths. I have already stood judgment before The Scales."

"'It has declared me innocent. It has bestowed its fruit upon me'—Oronis, we beg for your help!"

"Nicadoli's madness is driving Amphoreus toward its end. It has abandoned honor and is replicating itself through insane means, intending to destroy the Heavenly Father and the civilization under His protection."

"Please reveal the past hidden beneath the mist and guide us toward a way to extinguish this madness!"

At those words, the Titan uttered a misty, low murmur.

Beside him, Castorice frowned as she translated the Titan's voice.

"'Chrysos Heirs... furious, cruel heroes of darkness...'"

"'You follow that cursed Divine Oracle... and regard me and my brethren as prey...'"

"'In the name of saving the world, you seized the Core Flame... and left me here to endure endless solitude...'"

"'Leave... leave. Even if the world shatters because of it... I will not help a pack of butchers.'"

Phainon's expression darkened instantly, his face filled with apology.

"I see. Indeed, for Godslayers to seek help from their prey... what hypocrisy."

However, Phainon's voice turned resolute as he threatened, "Forgive me, ma'am, but we have no time... If negotiations fail, I can only take your Core Flame and examine the past sealed within it myself."

The Titan's low murmur carried anger.

Castorice turned toward Phainon anxiously. "Phainon..."

With apology in his eyes, Phainon drew his longsword and looked at Oronis.

"Mydei may have already paid with several lives, Castorice. My hesitation would be cruelty toward him."

"I'm sorry, Oronis..."

The earlier scenes had not explained things in much detail.

Only now, through Castorice's retelling, did the people of Douluo Continent finally come to understand.

So the things these Chrysos Heirs had done... were to wage war against the Titans and seize their Core Flames.

Those guardian demigods they had once revered beyond measure!

It was hard to imagine how a group of mortals could possibly contend with a true god.

Moreover, they had heard that Titans twisted by the power of the Black Tide would become even more violent and irascible.

They would also possess bizarre, unfathomably powerful abilities.

Such enemies were simply unimaginable. For the Chrysos Heirs, this battle must have been extraordinarily difficult.

After all, when the Sky Screen had shown Tang San's death before—

Tang San had pursued the severely injured Qian Renxue, while Spirit Hall's many elders and worshippers had desperately tried to stop him.

Yet under Tang San's casual attacks, more than half of them had been killed or wounded outright!

Golden Crocodile Douluo, with his Rank 98 Soul Power and hundred-thousand-year soul rings and Spirit Bones—

Merely to rescue Qian Renxue after she had fallen from the sky from Tang San's attack, he had needed to sacrifice his own life through self-destruction just to catch her successfully.

In their world, it was difficult for them to imagine any power capable of contending against such mighty gods.

Yet when Phainon spoke those words, his tone had been utterly decisive.

It was as though, in his eyes, Oronis, the Demigod of Time, could truly have her body easily torn apart by the longsword in his hand.

It was simply terrifying!

This made quite a few people begin to doubt whether Amphoreus's demigods were really all that terrifying.

Perhaps they were not even as strong as the Titan Giant Ape.

If the Aeon of Chronos was already like this, then Nicadoli had to be even weaker.

They felt that once they arrived in Amphoreus, they could crush every Titan with one hand!

Titans were nothing more than soul rings and Spirit Bones to them!