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Chapter 356 -356-True Sight, Star Dome Shattering
"What is going on!"
"They’re actually not peak Divine-grade!?"
Vincent put away his secret treasure and looked at Daniel with a complicated expression.
"How did you see through it?"
"Intuition."
Daniel answered honestly, his tone calm.
In truth, he had only been somewhat suspicious. Could a newborn world like the Astral Realm truly have so many peak Divine-grade powerhouses?
On the other hand, he had also wanted to gamble.
The worst possible outcome would merely have been that he was outnumbered and forced to retreat.
He had not expected that his guess would actually be right. That group of aggressively imposing fellows had been nothing more than sheep wearing tiger skins!
"However... all of this is going far too smoothly. Something isn’t right."
Daniel raised his vigilance to the extreme, taking every step with utmost caution.
He faintly felt as though he were being pushed forward by some invisible hand. Somewhere in the unseen, some existence seemed to be watching him, arranging all of this, yet no matter what he did, he could not capture the truth behind it.
The more this was the case, the more uneasy he felt, as though he were walking at night along the edge of an abyss.
"Forget it. I’ll complete this puzzle first."
Daniel carried that stone tablet and swiftly gathered the other seven stone tablets together one by one.
The instant they were brought together, the eight stone tablets actually began to fuse on their own.
The gaps between them melted away as though dissolved by invisible flames. Their radiance intertwined and coiled, like eight streams flowing into the same lake.
In the end, all the light converged, transforming into a complete black stone tablet that emitted a幽光 as it quietly hovered in the void!
Somewhere in the Realm Beyond the Shore.
Before the mirror,
The little girl and Kelly quietly watched the scene reflected within the mirror.
"This big brother really isn’t simple."
Admiration shone in the little girl’s curved eyes.
"There is an unstoppable spirit burning within him, like an arrow that has left the bowstring, never turning back and never trembling."
The little girl gently swayed her head, a smile resting on her lips.
"The peak Divine-grade auras on those beings were indeed disguises I personally wove. But looking across this place, almost no one could see through that layer of mist. This big brother is the sole exception. May the stars bless his journey."
Kelly nodded, her gaze drifting into the distance.
She remembered that first day.
Daniel had stood alone before the shattered defensive line. Behind him was a homeland on the verge of collapse. Before him were non-human race powerhouses surging forward like a tide.
He had not taken even half a step back. He had not lowered his gaze. He had not revealed the slightest trace of fear.
He had always been like that.
Never retreating.
Never yielding.
Never fearing.
Like a solitary peak, standing unmoved no matter how the storm tore at it.
"Sister, why don’t you go see him?"
The little girl tilted her head, Kelly’s reflection shining in her eyes.
"If you miss someone, then go see him. Hiding in the dark and longing for him is like wind passing through an empty valley. Aside from echoes, it leaves nothing behind."
"I will reunite with him."
Kelly’s voice was as gentle as the night breeze, yet it carried the firmness of bedrock.
"But not now."
"We are both standing beneath the shadow of tribulation. That sword called the Eternal Tribulation hangs above our heads and may fall at any moment."
"I also cannot allow myself to become a shackle on his path. That would not be love. That would be a chain. His journey belongs to the stars. I cannot tug at the hem of his clothes at a time like this."
"Tribulation?"
The little girl blinked, and a serious expression appeared on her childish face.
"So... Sister wants to block the tribulation for that big brother?"
"Yes."
Kelly smiled, and within that smile was a tenderness beyond words.
"Since fate has placed this thread in my hand, I cannot allow it to break elsewhere."
"Then, Sister... will you die?"
The little girl suddenly asked.
Kelly blinked. Light flickered in her eyes, a light that had surpassed fear and hesitation, bright and firm.
She said softly,
"Of course... I won’t!"
"There are still many things I haven’t done, many words I haven’t said. I still owe him an answer."
As she spoke, she raised her chin slightly, as though declaring war against fate itself.
The little girl did not continue asking. She only smiled quietly.
She lowered her eyes and muttered softly,
"May both of you cross that field of thorns and meet at the end of dawn."
...
Before the black stone tablet.
The patterns on the stone tablet were incomparably complex, as though the mysteries of the entire starry sky had been compressed into a small space.
Looking carefully, there seemed to be a certain order hidden among those intricate lines.
Like the flow of star rivers, the rising of the sun and the setting of the moon, everything possessed its own path.
Daniel and Vincent both focused their minds and looked toward the stone tablet.
Vincent suddenly let out a pained scream.
"Ah! My head hurts!!"
His head felt as though it were splitting apart, as if something were tearing through his consciousness.
He could no longer pay any attention to Daniel. Turning into a streak of light, he immediately flew away and vanished at the end of the void in the blink of an eye.
Daniel watched his departing figure, his eyes glowing faintly.
It seemed that obtaining benefits from what was engraved on the stone tablet was not that easy.
"I wonder if I can withstand it!"
He steadily landed before the stone tablet and carefully observed the mysterious patterns upon the black surface.
A moment later, he closed his eyes and began continuously calculating within his mind, like a craftsman carving an unpolished jade within his heart.
An unknown amount of time passed.
Perhaps it was only an instant.
Perhaps it was an entire day.
Suddenly, a system prompt rang beside his ears.
[Ding! You have comprehended the World Will Stone Tablet and created the greater Sacred Art Hundredfold Eye of Truth (Divine-grade)!]
[Ding... Detected that you have sold this item. Millionfold Boost triggered! You have obtained the greater Sacred Art True Sight (Divine Radiant Grade)!]
Listening to the prompt beside his ears, Daniel slowly opened his eyes.
Black light glowed within his eyes.
That black radiance was like a thin veil. Beneath its concealment, something deep within his pupils was constantly being deduced.
Laws were broken down into countless lines, like a piece of brocade being taken apart. Those lines recombined within his eyes, transforming into specific information that he received, understood, and digested one by one.
At the same time, another system prompt rang beside his ears.
[Ding! You have explored the World Will Stone Tablet and created the greater Sacred Art Star Dome Shattering (Divine-grade)!]
[Ding... Detected that you have sold this item. Millionfold Boost triggered! You have obtained the greater Sacred Art Star Dome Shattering (Divine Radiant Grade)!]
Only then did Daniel stop his comprehension and carefully examine the two greater Sacred Arts he had created.
[True Sight (Divine Radiant Grade)]
Creator: Faustus
Grade: Divine Radiant Grade
Effect: See through the veins of all Laws, deduce their flow, and evolve their transformations.
Description: What the eyes perceive is only the first step. True gain lies in comprehending it within the heart.
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[Star Dome Shattering (Divine Radiant Grade)]
Creator: Faustus
Type: All-purpose Sacred Art
Grade: Divine Radiant Grade
Effect: Can be cast directly, or its might can be added to other Sacred Arts. When used alone, its destructive power is comparable to a strike from a peak Divine-grade powerhouse. When used as an enhancement, it is equivalent to the full-power strike of a peak Divine-grade powerhouse, its might like shattered stars and an overturned firmament.
Description: At the dawn of heaven and earth, chaos surged, and stars were born and extinguished within the void. The sun and moon revolved, star rivers formed their arrays, and ancient Strength awakened in every collision.
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