Light Fortress Chapter 1903 - 5: Temporal Seal_2

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Previously on Light Fortress...
Gu Shen learns about the Starship Civilization's desperate escape and the Lord of Melting Iron's theory of a higher-order civilization manipulating their world, possibly through objects like the Gospel Box. The Lord of Love suggests that pulling the Fire Extinguishing Sword could help reorganize extraordinary powers, and Gu Shen asks about the consequences for her if he succeeds.

But he was worried that after pulling out this sword... this throne, along with the person sitting on it, would instantly turn into a pile of yellow earth.

Time spares no one.

The weight of a thousand years would suddenly fall upon this woman’s shoulders.

No matter how splendid and remarkable you were back then, after a thousand years, you’re just a skeleton adorned in cosmetics.

"I will die."

The Lord of Love chuckled lightly: "But don’t worry... the throne still exists, the Torch of Love still burns, so she will live on."

"..."

Gu Shen remained silent.

He was certainly very concerned about Chu Ling.

But asking this question wasn’t out of concern that Chu Ling would face Silent Annihilation.

His true intent was to inquire about the effect of pulling the sword on the Lord of Love’s true self.

"You..."

Gu Shen looked at the woman on the throne, puzzled as he spoke: "It seems you don’t care about dying."

"Death is only a very small, very trivial matter."

The Lord of Love leaned back on the throne, although her face carried a smile, within that smile was desolation, loneliness, and solitude, a single glance would break your heart.

"What kind of person fears death?"

She gently said: "The shorter people live, the more they fear death; the more bonds one has, the more they fear death... because they haven’t lived enough. But me?"

Gu Shen was speechless.

"Those who fought alongside me have all died."

The Lord of Love squinted as she smiled: "To be honest, judging by the time, I should have died long ago. It’s only due to the Fire Extinguishing Sword... that I’ve ’unfortunately’ continued to live."

The word "unfortunately" was extremely sarcastic.

Gu Shen had seen too many people who exerted all their effort just for "living."

Ian devoured countless innocent lives just to extend his own life...

Living for one more year is considered a blessing!

But to the Lord of Love, living has become an unfortunate circumstance.

Indeed.

The Lord of Melting Iron, the Hunter God, the Grain God Constellation, have all perished and fallen.

If old friends are no longer present.

Lingering alone, what meaning does life hold?

"To me, the experience of living in this world has become nothing but torment. Joys of this world have become irrelevant to me, under such circumstances, why would I cling to human life? I only hope to encounter a Sword Puller, who can take away the last shred of hope from this world, and also take away this Torch of Love."

The Lord of Love smiled as she gazed at Gu Shen, saying: "Young one, can you do it?"

This sentence was very familiar.

The Light God’s Seat once said.

The sunset that once radiated boundless brilliance will not cling to the last rays of twilight in the world.

"I... will try."

After hearing these words, Gu Shen took a deep breath and finally made up his mind.

With a bang!

The long-repressed Netherworld Fire blossomed at the Divine Infant’s brow, countless threads of pitch-black flames erupted within the golden illusion.

Gu Shen controlled this shell, stretching out his hand with difficulty, trying to grasp the "Fire Extinguishing Sword."

When the second flame appeared!

Within the area enshrouded by the throne of the golden illusion, heavens were overturned!

The scene was extremely breathtaking.

Even Bai Xiu and Alf standing outside the illusion could see it.

The golden radiant arc that enveloped the throne like a canopy, was stained with a layer of pitch black.

The black flame was incredibly strong, burning in the void, exploding with crackling sounds!

"Will it succeed?"

Alf was incredibly tense.

"..."

Bai Xiu also held his breath, quietly waiting.

...

...

Moments later, the black hue mixed in the layer of golden illusion gradually dissipated.

Gu Shen slowly drifted out from the golden curtain.

Bai Xiu quickly stepped forward to embrace him.

"Did the sword pulling succeed?"

Alf asked with concern.

Gu Shen shook his head.

Alf’s spiritual flux was complicated, filled with both disappointment and relief. As an AI created by the Lord of Melting Iron, he hoped for someone to pull out the Fire Extinguishing Sword, yet feared that the Lord of Love’s true form would collapse if the sword were withdrawn.

"And Miss Chu?"

Alf realized a critical issue, two went in, but only one came out!

If viewed from this perspective, Miss Chu had been properly placed?

"Chu Ling is no longer in danger... The Lord of Love has taken in her spirit."

In the Spiritual World, Gu Shen’s soul was three shades paler than before, pulling the sword had exhausted a considerable amount of his spiritual power, yet his face bore a relieved smile.

"That’s good."

Bai Xiu also sighed in relief and comfortingly said: "The matter of sword pulling isn’t urgent, as long as Miss Chu is safe, that’s the biggest blessing."

"Very true." Alf nodded repeatedly.

However, the little one couldn’t hold back, asking after two seconds: "But I saw a huge commotion during the sword pulling. Was the process smooth, what was it like inside?"

It believed itself to be quite shy.

But in reality, this was basically equal to saying "can you share your memory of pulling the sword?"

"The sword pulling... wasn’t very smooth."

Gu Shen weakly smiled, and without hesitation, directly released the spiritual projection within the illusion.

The Divine Infant Shell tried to grasp the sword.

The Netherworld Fire extended in the void.

The Lord of Love released the throne’s authority, welcoming the arrival of the Netherworld Fire, showing clearly her full cooperation with Gu Shen in trying to pull out the "Fire Extinguishing Sword"... But unfortunately, when the Netherworld Fire touched the Sword of Suspense, a sudden change occurred, the mighty Netherworld King Flames, containing vast Power of Silence, upon touching the Fire Extinguishing Sword, was hit by an even stronger "Power of Silence!"