The great ship.
Good Duckie had already been kicked into the Partition Gate.
The young Shen Ye stood where he was, looked at the Virgin Mary, and shook his head.
"It's over."
"You think you're certain to beat me?" Maria sneered.
She cast a spell and instantly immobilized Shen Ye.
-just as she had immobilized Good Duckie earlier.
Shen Ye sighed.
"Are you sighing in despair and regret over your fate?" Maria asked as she drove her spell.
Phantom images took shape behind her, forming a towering structure.
Dharma Form: Silent Church!
The power of her spell immediately surged.
Shen Ye could not move. The sounds of bones breaking came from all over his body.
And yet.
Shen Ye spat out a mouthful of blood, but his expression hardly changed.
"You're strong, but you aren't sensitive enough to changes in the situation. That's why you lost."
He spoke calmly.
Maria's gaze sharpened, and she cried, "I am the lord of the dual powers of Divinity and the Dharma Realm, while you're merely a newly advanced S-Rank human. What gives you-"
Her voice cut off abruptly.
Because she suddenly noticed something was wrong.
Her power was fading.
Not only that, but her body was gradually turning transparent, as though she might dissipate at any moment.
Shen Ye regained his ability to move.
He took the white fungus soup Seventh Uncle handed him from the void and drank it in one gulp. Only while waiting for his injuries to heal did he speak.
"Once the 'present' is settled, the 'past' is set in stone, and the 'future' becomes clearly visible."
"I remember those were the exact words you just said."
Maria's face turned pale. She could not help retreating several steps, whispering, "No..."
As though he had not heard her, Shen Ye