Light Fortress Chapter 2097 - 98: Blooming in the Dead Sea (Part 2)

"What are you talking about?!"

The Black Shadow on the throne rose and roared, "I am the Deep Sea! Gu Shen, you can never kill me!"

"After today, you will no longer be..."

Gu Shen took a deep breath.

He said expressionlessly, "Do you think I went to Qingzhong just to awaken the lost souls in the Long Sleep Cemetery and fight the Dead Sea?"

The Deep Sea’s pupils suddenly contracted.

It realized something was wrong.

There was something... something it had overlooked...

Chu Ling.

The Deep Sea lowered its head; now the Ning Fan Sea Area was in complete chaos.

Tie Wu led the Pure Land Soul to occupy this area, and the spiritual power of the Dead Sea Zone was being defeated by the Netherworld Fire. This was not important... What was important was that the Pure Land Army, like a long knife, had landed from the Ning Fan Sea Area and was hacking its way towards the Central Continent inland, the golden spike flowers that had previously parted with Gu Shen and entered the battlefield with incredible speed now leading the charge, already approaching the core area of the Central Continent.

Upper City.

What kind of place is Upper City?

It is where the Source Tower stands, the area covered by the Double Gods’ Blessing, but to the Deep Sea... this is its "womb."

The main system had evolved to the point where it could walk the world at will.

But when it came down to it.

The "array box" sea area of the Dead Sea Zone was stored in the void atop the Source Tower.

"No... no..."

The Deep Sea had realized what Gu Shen intended to do.

This guy brazenly crashed into the Dead Sea Zone, engaging in a duel with itself, seemingly to kill it, but his real plan was to send the golden spike flowers deep in.

The Deep Sea had countless Heart Flows; it watched everyone on this battlefield. When Tie Wu tore through the Ning Fan Sea Area, it sensed something was amiss... but the Dead Sea links were scattered across various places in the Central Continent. This entire Spiritual Sea Domain was too vast; Gu Shen had concentrated the Pure Land lost souls at one point, and if it wanted to defend, it could only do so at that one point.

The Deep Sea could only watch helplessly as Tie Wu protected the Big Snake advancing, constantly breaking through the barriers of the Dead Sea.

This kind of tactic... was meaningless.

Even if the golden spike flowers reached Upper City, it couldn’t find the "array box" in the void, and even if it found the "array box," the Big Snake had no ability to destroy it.

But Gu Shen never intended to destroy the array box.

"Boom!"

Tie Wu fell into the Dead Sea; before his "end," he disassembled the Iron Throne, transforming it into countless iron scales, protecting the body of the golden spike flowers. Under the immense pressure of the Dead Sea, each time the golden spike flowers advanced a distance, it was crushed out, leaving a layer of fresh blood; the iron scales shattered, and the shell of the golden spike flowers was compressed to the limit. Eventually, the blood-drenched Big Snake opened its bloody mouth, revealing the Love Master’s statue that had been hidden inside.

From beginning to end, its mission was to escort the statue.

This mission, the golden spike flowers completed very well.

The Lord of Love slept with closed eyes, as if everything happening in the world had nothing to do with her.

But the moment the serpent’s mouth opened.

The tightly closed eyes of the Lord of Love trembled suddenly.

The golden spike flowers exerted all its strength, roaring in anger; enveloped in countless waves of air, the sleeping statue was launched like a cannonball towards the Skytop of the falling Source Tower. Numerous Dead Sea illusions condensed along the way, but the golden illusion burned fiercely. The statue, like a scalding meteor, tore through the black shadow of the Dead Sea—

...

...

Struggling to maintain the Light Barrier, Meng Xizhou saw the signal cast by Gu Shen’s Chi Huo.

The Dead Sea was too dark.

She couldn’t see clearly what was happening outside.

But one thing was certain.

Now the entire Dead Sea was trembling, especially in the direction of the Ning Fan Sea Area... clearly, Gu Shen was battling the Deep Sea, and this battle was fierce; the prophecy given by the Forbidden Book Tower had been confirmed!

She had waited for the best chance at victory!

Immediately after.

A ray of bright light erupted in the darkness, close to her, right beneath, near the Source Tower!

The sleeping statue that the golden spike flowers expelled, burning with frantic golden light!

"Lord of Love..."

Bai Xiu was the first to recognize the statue shot into the Skytop of the Source Tower!

After the battle started, Bai Xiu had unconditionally told Meng Xizhou all the information he knew.

So, Meng Xizhou knew what the Love Master’s statue represented.

At this moment, she also understood the significance of the previous reminders from Gu Shen with the constantly flashing Chi Huo from a great distance.

Gu Xiaoman murmured, "Sister Chu Ling..."

The Love Master’s statue, in fact, represented Chu Ling’s spiritual will.

This seemingly unsolvable situation in the Dead Sea, at the moment this statue appeared... reached an optimal solution.

"Everyone, I am preparing to extinguish the Light Barrier."

Meng Xizhou gently took a breath.

"What do you mean?"

The only one who didn’t react was the traveller.

But Meng Xizhou was not seeking his opinion; she was issuing a notification.

"The last light, I want to use to escort this statue..."

Meng Xizhou stared at the statue continuously ascending, constantly being hindered by the forces of the Dead Sea.

The golden spike flowers had exerted all their strength to bring it close to the tip of the Source Tower.

And the last stretch of the journey, Meng Xizhou reached out her hand; the Light Barrier that sheltered everyone dissipated at this moment. Originally dimmed, the light fire suddenly illuminated beneath the statue of the Lord of Love, a surging blaze burst forth. At this moment, the entire Source Tower was bathed in and illuminated by golden light fire.

This thread of light fire was about to fall.

But under the uplift of this brilliant light...

She ascended again, reaching straight to the Skytop!

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...

"After Master Qianye passed away... the Tomb Guardian of Changye has always been Chu Ling, responsible for maintaining the operation of the Tomb Array Pattern."

"When I returned to Qingzhong, I saw that the array patterns in the cemetery were functioning normally."

"Although Chu Ling’s spirit was shattered during the Lion Awakening War, the operation of the array patterns indicates... many things she left behind have not been changed. Or rather, the characteristics of the [source code] have never changed."

Gu Shen said softly, "Mr. Turing once told me, the only way to save Chu Ling’s shattered spirit is to find enough Dead Sea Ancient Scrolls and recreate a Deep Sea..."

"But I traversed the Old World and still couldn’t find more Dead Sea Ancient Scrolls."

He embarked from the North Continent, went to the North Pole, and then sailed south.

How tumultuous was this journey?

Gu Shen guarded night and day before the Love Master’s statue, racking his brains for a way to awaken Chu Ling.

"What I feared most has occurred. If I can’t find the Dead Sea Ancient Scrolls, what should I do?"

He shook his head slightly, his voice bitter, "Now that I think about it, I’m really stupid... such a simple question, troubled me for a full five years. Until I returned to Changye, I realized..."

A slight pause for a second.

Gu Shen said, "Since I can’t find the Dead Sea Ancient Scrolls, then why don’t I just take them?"

This soul-searching question made the Deep Sea’s face turn pale.

"I am the Netherworld King, an ominous villain, a morally corrupt antagonist."

Gu Shen smiled lightly, "Taking your Dead Sea Ancient Scrolls for a while, should be quite reasonable, right?"

"You’re crazy!"

The Deep Sea rasped, "You want to send Chu Ling into the array box... and you think this will let you win against me?"

The war between it and Chu Ling had gone on for many, many years.

Each time, it was the victor.

For decades, the [source code] had never won against the [main system], but this time it was frightened, because what was about to crash into the array box at the Skytop of the Source Tower was not just Chu Ling...

But also a Torch of Love wrapped in the power of "extinguish."

"Perhaps."

Gu Shen said softly, "I just feel that the war between the source code and the main system should have a closure, furthermore... you should recognize yourself, you are just a part of the Deep Sea, not the entirety of it."

"Rumble..."

Thunderous sounds echoed continuously across the distant sky.

The Deep Sea desperately tried to suppress the Love Master’s statue that was continually ascending...

But due to Meng Xizhou’s final aid.

The suppression of the Dead Sea ultimately failed.

A brilliant blaze unfolded at the summit of the Source Tower, blossoming within the Dead Sea.

The sleeping statue of the "Lord of Love," at this moment, slowly opened its eyes.

This time... the one who woke was Chu Ling.