Just as the Fiery Eye was about to unleash its power, a figure suddenly appeared between the two.
Spread your arms wide, and you'll send them all flying. "That's enough!"
The powerful force blasted all the flames in [Summer]'s hand away, sending him sprawling to the side in a sorry state.
Hela was also sent flying backward, and the [Winter] she had pierced through separated from her, flying to the other side along with the corpse of [Spring].
Aidan froze, suspended in mid-air.
[Summer] gritted her teeth and got up from the ground. When she saw that the person blocking her way was [Ground], the anger in her heart could no longer be suppressed and exploded.
"What are you trying to do?! Why are you stopping me?!"
He used his flaming claws to grab at his opponent.
[Ground] a thought, [Summer] felt a powerful gravity pressing her down onto the ground.
Then a large hand grabbed its head and slammed it hard against the ground.
White and red substances splattered out, and [Summer] immediately lost the ability to resist.
"Next, I will continue the trials and promulgate a new order."
[Ground] he casually tossed [Summer] aside; the sound wasn't loud, but it clearly reached everyone's ears.
"Large-scale infighting among the Five Calamities is forbidden; if it causes significant harm, they will be put to trial!"
He glanced at the [Summer] he had discarded, the half-dead [Autumn], and the [Winter] that was coldly staring at him, and finally looked at a newly sprouted sunflower.
" [Four Seasons] Now, I will re-convict you... and confiscate your bodies!"
"Ah?!"
[Summer], her head ablaze, crawled up from the ground, "Didn't you say you were innocent!"
"Now we have it."
"Depend on!!!"
Searing flames gathered from its mouth, and with a roar, it spewed them toward the [Ground].
"Rocks are not afraid of the intense heat of flames."
With a gentle lift of his hand, flames engulfed his entire body.
But as the flames dissipated, the fire that could have reduced most of the city to ashes did not damage the [Ground] in the slightest.
Upon seeing this, [Summer] kicked him.
Click!
[Ground] He grabbed his ankle and broke it, and before the other could make any other move, his fist, full of power, slammed down.
boom--!
[Summer]'s upper body exploded into a bloody mist that drifted in the air, while fresh blood gushed from his lower body like a fountain.
[Ground] released its grip, and the remaining half of its body lost all life and fell straight down, leaving only a ball of fire flickering beside it, as if cursing [Ground].
[Ground]'s gaze fell on [Winter], whose face turned pale instantly, and he tried to run away on the ice.
But before she could escape more than a few meters, a rapidly approaching rock smashed her to pieces, leaving only wisps of snowflakes.
Aidan stared tremblingly at the overwhelming battle, and couldn't help but swallow hard.
He looked around and realized that his boss had disappeared without a trace, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
[Ground] I walked in front of a sunflower that had just bloomed.
The flower trembled slightly, but the [Ground] merely touched it gently before moving away.
A golden ripple spread across the ground from him. He closed his eyes and carefully sensed every blade of grass and tree around him.
After a moment, [Ground] slowly opened its eyes and sighed softly at the sea beside it.
" [Life], you can escape for a while in the Ocean, but not forever. As long as that guy is there, you can't catch any creature in the sea."
"The moment you reach the ground, I will find you, so you'd better surrender."
Seeing that there was still no reaction on the sea, [Ground] stomped its foot suddenly.
Countless boulders surged up from the seabed, crashing through the surface and flying into the air. A blood-red figure clung to one of the boulders.
The moment the figure was seen, [Ground] surged forward and lifted it up.
"Accept your fate; you can't escape it."
Layers of hard crystals appeared on Hela's body, slowly covering her entire body.
Seeing that things were going badly, Aidan grabbed his knife and rushed over to try and rescue Hela.
[Ground] turned to look at him, and that familiar face made Aidan pause in surprise.
But in that brief moment of distraction, Hela was trapped inside a giant rock cube with sides measuring five meters.
The strange runes on the cube flickered slightly, and [Ground] threw it into the sea, where it sank to the bottom.
"No!"
Aidan threw the knife in her hand at the 'cage', attempting to cut it open.
However, they were blocked halfway by a diamond wall that rose from the [Ground].
The knife plunged into the diamond-encrusted wall, which instantly dissipated into pixels, and the knife stopped moving.
The dagger dissipated and returned to Aidan's hand. He wanted to fly into the sea to save Hela, but a large hand grabbed his arm.
"Stop now, or I will put you on trial."
Aidan swung her knife at his face, [Ground] dodged it by tilting her head and pinned him to the rocks.
"Five years. After five years, she will be free. I don't want to put you on trial... Aidan."
Aidan was startled.
"You... you know my name? Who are you?!"
Actually, based on the other person's face and knowing his name, he had already roughly guessed what was going on.
After a brief silence, the voice on the [Ground] said, "I am Fuluolan."
"Did you symbiotically possess Fuluolan?! He's still a child!!"
Aidan's eyes were bloodshot, and Gaster Blaster appeared around him, aimed at the [Ground].
"No, I am indeed Fuluolan, because this is my special symbiosis, a reincarnation."
Aidan turned his head and stared angrily into his eyes, but no matter how carefully he looked, he couldn't detect a single lie.
The more I looked at those eyes, the more familiar they seemed.
"You..." Aidan slowly calmed down.
[Ground] also released its grip.
Aidan stood up, looking at Fuluolan, who seemed to have grown up, with a complex expression in her eyes.
"I possess human emotions and understand how you feel right now, but... you know, Hela isn't a good person; after all, she's just an Variant."
You're the same!
"Yes, me too. I'm a Variant born to exterminate humanity."
[Ground], with eyes lowered, sat down on the ground without any regard for appearances.
"But I possess human emotions; I sympathize with humans, and I also sympathize with Variant..."
He looked at his hands, his eyes filled with weariness and frustration.
"I don't know what's right, and I don't know how to do things perfectly."
"Therefore, I can only establish one order after another, looking at the problem from various different angles, in order to at least ensure fairness to the greatest extent possible."
"From a human perspective, you should also be judged."
Aidan immediately became alert.
"But after spending so much time with you, I know you're not a bad person."
On the contrary, you are much kinder at heart than most people I've met.
Even if you are symbiotic with Hela and your mind is affected, you will still do your best to express goodwill to the world.
That's why I don't want to put you on trial...
Aidan stared silently at the [Ground], unsure of what to say.
[Ground] he slowly stood up and patted Aidan on the shoulder.
"You are strong, but not that strong yet. You are not far from the limits of humanity, but there is still a little distance to go."
Now that the [Life] cells in your body are completely gone, whether you continue to follow her or return to humanity is entirely up to you.
"By the way, please make arrangements for Xiaojie and the others; they're too young..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the [Ground] disappeared from its spot, leaving only Aidan standing there, deep in thought, clutching his knife.