Light Fortress Chapter 2022 - 62: The Wall of Origin (Part 2)

Over the past four years, every bit of Gu Xiaoman’s growth was observed by Mr. Gu.

He did not intentionally attend today’s "departure battle."

Rather, he attended each of Gu Xiaoman’s battles, always standing by the young girl.

At this moment, the "scene" reflected by the initial number almost came to a halt.

The silver-white flame spread into a sea of hundreds of meters, enveloping the Gray Dragon within. Both of them were almost frozen like stone statues, a manifestation of the successful activation of the [Dissolving Dream] domain.

The real slaughter of this battle unfolded in the Dissolving Dream domain named [Real Dream]!

Or rather...

This battle did not have any so-called slaughter at all; the only suspense ended the moment Gu Xiaoman’s domain launched successfully!

Gu Nanfeng sighed softly. Indeed, this battle didn’t require the hassle of a "broadcast."

The battle within the Spiritual Domain reveals no clues in the real world.

Bai Xiu and Mr. Gu appeared "serious" in watching the battle, but in reality, they stayed here, appreciating the frozen flying snow of the Gu Castle Battlefield to pass the time, waiting for the conclusion of this battle.

"Crack!"

The beginning of the end started from the first frozen snowflake breaking apart.

Ice crystals shattered.

Frost flowers filled the sky.

The entire illusory sea of fire veiled by the silver-white Dissolving Dream light suddenly shattered like a mirror, twisting the space of the real world. The Gu Castle Snowfield’s area of a hundred meters was folded, and the Grey Dragon with its body massive like a mountain was also folded alongside this enormous "illusory mirror," shattering and breaking into hundreds and thousands of fragments!

Gu Nanfeng asked in a deep voice, "Is it over?"

"It is over."

Bai Xiu remained as calm as ever, a faint smile playing on their lips.

"No..."

Mr. Gu extended a hand to silently press against his chest, softly saying, "Everything is just about to begin."

...

...

Amidst the vast snow, on the vast wilderness.

A petite figure in a cloak, dragging the dismembered head of the Gray Dragon, slowly walked across the snowfield. The [Dissolving Dream] tore apart the Gray Dragon’s shell like ripping paper, but Gu Xiaoman deliberately preserved this head.

In today’s battle, she proved her strength to her master, who was observing from the initial number.

Snowflakes swirled around Gu Xiaoman.

Also swirling around her was a small cube robot.

"Xiaoman, I watched the battle just now, and it was beautifully fought!"

"Ho ho ha ha—"

Alf babbled on, enjoying himself.

Gu Xiaoman stood gravely still, staring at the distant snow-capped mountain peak.

She looked at Bai Xiu.

Bai Xiu looked at her.

The young one lifted her hand, pulling the blood-soaked Gray Dragon’s head from the ground and hurled it towards the mountaintop where the three were.

"Boom!"

The wind-breaking sound suddenly arose, followed by the sound of a heavy impact.

The Gray Dragon’s head heavily crashed onto the mountaintop, and in the next second, Gu Xiaoman also landed there, slightly bending her knees, and slowly stood upright.

"Master Bai Xiu, I did it."

Her voice wasn’t loud, but each word was clear.

Gu Nanfeng, who came to this place out of concern, keenly captured the determination in the young one’s tone, realizing that today’s battle seemed more than just an ordinary "sharpening" battle.

The way Xiaoman spoke suggested some kind of agreement between her and Bai Xiu?

"You’ve done very well, and your progress is fast."

Bai Xiu simply said this sentence as a compliment, offering no further comment.

Gu Xiaoman waited for dozens of seconds, unable to resist speaking.

"You promised me that once I proved my Titled strength, you would let me participate in the final assault on the Source Tower."

She anxiously said, "I can now hunt the Gray Dragon alone... The [Real Dream] domain has already Achieved Great Success!"

"But you have yet to comprehend the second domain."

Bai Xiu nonchalantly uttered a sentence that left Gu Xiaoman speechless.

The "Titled Transcendent" as defined by the Five Continents Civilization is a Transcendent who possesses dual domains and merges them... but Gu Xiaoman is an exception. Due to the nature of [Dissolving Dream], her combat power within the same realm far surpasses other Transcendents.

That battle with the Gray Dragon could be considered... a cross-boundary battle!

No second domain, no merger.

Relying solely on [Real Dream], Gu Xiaoman easily crushed and killed the Traveler Tribe’s nearly top-level evolution "Gray Dragon"!

This domain is a malformed Great Achievement Domain.

In terms of combat power... [Real Dream] has already surpassed what is known as Great Success.

"..."

Gu Xiaoman’s expression was full of grievance.

She also wanted to comprehend the second domain and then merge them... but this so-called "second domain" was like a chasm to her. No matter how much seclusion, battle, or stimulation she underwent, she couldn’t spark the tiniest bit of inspiration.

Her path of cultivation was like eating and drinking water.

Yet after the Great Achievement of the [Real Dream] domain, she was stuck, unable to progress.

Even so, her "combat power" kept increasing. [Real Dream] was like a continuously expanding, bloating Black Hole. The more Gu Xiaoman invested time and energy to comprehend, the larger the area this domain could cover, from the initial three meters around her body to now nearly a hundred meters around!

"The total assault against Central Continent is not yet the time."

Gu Nanfeng couldn’t help but explain at this moment, "Xiaoman, I know you really want to participate in the total assault... but, wait a bit more."

Currently, the Five Continents have two battlefields, one external and one internal—

The external battlefield is the present "Gu Castle". [Deep Sea] orchestrates the Traveler Tribe, continuously launching strikes against the Northern Continent Border, putting the entire northern defense line in a state of war.

And the internal battlefield is the "Southern Continent" abandoned by the Storm God’s Throne.

The Southern Continent Battlefield has been carved up. After the Three Continent Alliance seized Xiyin City, they split this land with an east-west boundary. The intensity of this war is even more intense than Gu Castle... because the remaining "faith power" of the Storm Church was grafted by [Deep Sea] through the Spirit Network, a large number of indigenous Southern Continent residents stood in opposition to the Three Continent Alliance.

Not involved in the northern warfare, "Light City" is the main force of the Southern Continent War.

This is a religious war without winners.

The church believers deeply influenced by the Storm Faith, under the influence of [Deep Sea], choose to attack the alliance base using various extreme methods. Under such circumstances, capturing more cities is meaningless... unless one ends the Spirit Network that has plagued the Southern Continent for thirty years, or completely uproots the church believers who worship the Storm Faith.

"Wait?"

Gu Xiaoman silently clenched her fist.

She gritted her teeth and said, "Are you waiting for Gu Shen brother to come back? That wall in Central Continent keeps getting higher... we should have launched an attack the first time! I don’t understand what we are waiting for now! If the Divine War at the top of the Source Tower is decided, and we lose, what then?"

[Deep Sea] uses these two wars to drag the Three Continent Alliance into a prolonged tug-of-war.

In these four years, Central Continent has built an unprecedented high wall in the coastal area.

Inside the giant wall, there is still a giant wall.

This high wall is called the "Source High Wall". Due to the enormous computing power brought by eleven evolutions, the firepower deployed by the Source High Wall is terribly efficient. If given a choice, the Northern Continent’s generals certainly don’t want to waste their living forces on the Southern Continent War, but these years, dozens of attacks launched against the "Source High Wall" were perfectly countered by [Deep Sea].

Only defense, no attack.

This is [Deep Sea]’s strategy. This strategy is so oddly incomprehensible, but its implementation leaves the Three Continent Alliance helpless.

"You might say we’re waiting for Gu Shen."

"Or you might say we’re waiting for Meng Xizhou."

"But actually, we’re waiting for someone who can end the Divine War to appear."

An old voice sounded quietly.

The elderly man in the wheelchair, his voice hoarse, said, "If a total assault is initiated, there will be no turning back. The fate of millions in the Three Continent Alliance hangs in the balance. After hearing all this, Xiaoman... do you think we should wait?"

Gu Xiaoman remained silent.

Her tightly clenched fists trembled and opened at this moment.

All these years she had been cultivating desperately, working hard to end this war...

To her, this war is an unsolvable puzzle. To end the Divine War with her own power, she needs to obtain the "Wine Spark".

And to obtain the "Wine Spark", she needs to end the Divine War.

Unsolvable.

"I..."

The young girl’s face showed disappointment and wavering. She softly said, "I was being willful. I will undergo seclusion and cultivation for a while longer."

"Perhaps, this battle... won’t require waiting too long."

The elderly man in the wheelchair slowly came to Gu Xiaoman. He lovingly looked at the young girl in front of him.

Mr. Gu took out a thin piece of letter paper from his chest and quietly tucked it into Gu Xiaoman’s hand.

"Take this on my behalf."

The old man’s eyes were gentle, and he said, "This is my gift to you... I think you’ll definitely like it."