Chapter 313: Two Hundred Years
Zi’s entire body was scorching hot, and flames slowly seeped from her body. Boom!
The flames erupted completely, burning around Zi. As she placed her hand on the forehead of the Mundo Beast General, the general was instantly ignited, turning into a burning giant beast within seconds.
“So hot, so hot, so…”
The Giant Beast General struggled, rolling on the ground trying to extinguish the flames. However, unaware that the flames burned from the inside out, rolling on the ground was useless. Other giant beasts watched this scene with somewhat dazed eyes; this supernatural phenomenon completely violated the principles of nature.
The refined, exquisitely dressed giant beast shouted, “Doomsday is here!” and fled in panic.
Zi looked up at the fleeing giant beasts. With a strong heartbeat, flames sprayed from her eyes. As she turned her head, dozens of giant beasts were instantly incinerated.
She panted somewhat wearily. The giant beasts dared not approach, only watching Zi from afar.
After resting for a while, Zi seemed to recover her strength. She called for Duan and the others, telling them to follow behind her.
Flames burned any giant beast that dared to approach, and they escaped once again.
Zi’s condition was getting worse. Ace observed her condition and found that this flame was not only burning her Blood Qi but also her soul. Zi’s days were numbered.
“It can be confirmed that Will can become tinder, or rather, Desire can become tinder! The will to protect is a desire, and ambition is also a desire. As long as there is desire, there will be fire. This fire can be named Mind Fire, or Heart Fire for short!
“Blood Qi can serve as fuel for the combustion of Heart Fire, or rather, Vitality Power can serve as fuel. Besides that, Heart Fire can also burn the soul or Mana!”
Ace took a small wisp of Heart Fire from Zi and poured his own Mana onto it. The Heart Fire burned vigorously on the Mana. After the burning, a lot of Mana was consumed, but a liquid-like form of Mana remained.
“This Mana is purer and finer. Using it to wash one’s soul seems to bring an indescribable sense of sublimation. Although the effect isn’t as strong as Tribal Qi or Faith Essence, it has the advantage of having no hidden dangers.”
If one were to look back at Ace in the Dream World, they would see countless blood-colored shades enveloping his pitch-black figure. Looking closely, one would see that the blood colors were humanoid figures, seemingly accusing and pulling at him.
“Because I accepted the Tribal Qi and blood sacrifice offerings, do I also bear responsibility or an unbreakable fate connection when they fail? Backlash?”
With a wave of his large hand, Ace easily dispersed the blood colors. The immense gap in Life Level was manifested at this moment. Fortunately, there weren’t many humans involved; if there had been millions, this backlash would have been huge trouble for Ace.
In Ace’s observation, more backlash appeared on the Human Sovereign Duan, leading to a sudden realization.
“No wonder deities serve as the patron god of a city-state, yet every city-state has a king. It’s precisely to weaken possible backlash!
“However, where there is danger, there is opportunity. If I can guide humanity to defeat the giant beasts and gain dominance in the Pocket World, I estimate I can also receive huge positive feedback.”
While Ace was pondering, Zi’s life had reached its end. Her soul and body had been completely burned away by the flames. The flames born for protection had burned their master to ashes.
In her final moments, Zi reached out and gently touched Duan’s chest. A flame mark appeared. Zi turned into ashes and drifted away, leaving only a crystalline, dreamlike right eye.
Duan held the right eye with both hands, tears flowing uncontrollably, and roared loudly: “Humans will never be slaves! Humans will rise!”
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Main Material Plane, High Tower Territory.
Carlo walked on the road in a muddle. His memory seemed sluggish; he always forgot many things and frequently had nightmares, remembering nothing after waking up.
Unknowingly, he had been controlled by High Sin Priest Ambrio, becoming Ambrio’s puppet to understand the High Tower Territory.
“Truly delightful, the Great Pain. This place is so prosperous, so exquisite. And that art called magic, which allows mortals to master the key to the supernatural power is simply the greatest masterpiece of mortals. Even deities would probably feel ashamed of their inferiority.
“If I destroy it, how much pain will there be? Delightful. Great Pain, please forgive me.”
Accompanied by aria-style praise, Carlo’s shadow gradually lengthened. A shadow raven with flames burning in one eye flew out, circling around Carlo.
Carlo seemed completely unaware, allowing the raven to land on his left shoulder, taking it with him to the Port District.
In the blink of an eye, a week had passed.
In the Pocket World, it had been two hundred years since Zi’s death.
Over these two hundred years, relying on the powerful deterrence of Heart Fire and Ace’s guidance, humanity gradually contended with the Giant Beast Civilization in the Pocket World and eventually crushed them. A few years ago, they destroyed the strongest Giant Beast kingdom, the Mundo Kingdom, and established a human nation on its ruins.
Ace’s dwelling, the crystalline Dream Eye, also became the supreme sacred relic of the human race. Only humans who cultivated Heart Fire were qualified to have an audience.
After two hundred years of development, humans made new progress in the use of Heart Fire. Under Ace’s guidance, they learned incomplete combustion and controlled combustion.
Zi’s method of using Heart Fire was to completely burn her own Blood Qi, vitality, and soul. Now, the method of Heart Fire Warriors was to stabilize the flame in the chest cavity, supplying a small amount of Blood Qi to maintain the tinder.
The supply of Blood Qi determined the strength of the Heart Fire. In this way, in most cases, Heart Fire Warriors could end battles by burning only a small amount of Blood Qi. If necessary, they could briefly go full power. Although this would consume a large amount of Blood Qi and even life force, they wouldn’t burn directly into ashes like Zi.
Possessing supernatural power, humans gradually gained a dominant position in battles against giant beasts. After all, the Giant Beast Civilization was only a cold weapon civilization. A single giant beast could not contend with humans possessing supernatural power, even if that supernatural power had flaws.
After defeating the Mundo Kingdom, the human nation’s population reached millions. The power of faith completely deified the right eye where Ace resided and attempted to change Ace.
“Relying solely on myself, I cannot fully digest all of this. I might even be influenced by the faith and become the Supreme War God of humanity in the Pocket World.
“Although it sounds good, a deity driven and shaped by humans is just a puppet. In this light, the method of the Kaya gods is better: downplay sacrifice, downplay faith, rule city-states through blood descendants, and consolidate oneself with Tribal Qi status. It is much safer than faith.”
Thinking of this, Ace decided to change his strategy. He no longer mixed faith and Tribal Qi status together for Heart Fire combustion and refinement. Instead, he separated the two, absorbing only the extract of Tribal Qi, while letting the Dream World within the crystalline Dream Eye directly absorb the faith.
(End of this chapter)
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