Abyssal Chronicles

Chapter 583 - 584: Succeed or Fail

-Note: Fate Tower [Heretia’s tower before she died] -

Inside the Fate Tower, there are three major mage factions.

The Holy factions, Void Spirit factions, and Red Moon factions.

Each faction has its own duties, but due to differences in beliefs, there is not much harmony between them. Eight hundred years ago, after the death of the Supreme of the Fate Tower, Heretia, the leaderless Tower split into three, becoming three forces in the world.

The mages of the Red Moon Faction are the fewest in number among the mages, and also the most conservative type.

They possess a strong thirst for knowledge and a desire to explore the unknown. Most of their lives are spent studying and researching, developing new magic, and thus, they don’t focus much on cultivation. This led to the Red Moon Tower being the weakest among the three towers for a time.

Moreover, the management model of Red Moon Tower is relatively closed off, unlike the other two towers, which continuously absorb outstanding talents from the continent.

With time, the power of Red Moon Tower gradually fell behind the other two towers.

Until three hundred years ago,

When the Red Moon Tower lost its last eighth-level Master, the Holy Tower and Ghost Tower, coveting the knowledge and treasures of Red Moon Tower, joined forces to attack. Unsurprisingly, Red Moon Tower was defeated at every turn, almost on the brink of annihilation.

Even Mercury, the Tower Master of Red Moon Tower at that time, was defeated and captured.

Just as the Red Moon Tower was in a crisis of life and death, an unknown honey-haired woman appeared. She repelled the attack of the Holy and Ghost Towers, saving the precarious Red Moon Tower. At the same time, Mercury, who was imprisoned in Holy Tower camp, was also rescued by her.

The scene of that day was unforgettable for Mercury.

Originally, her magic power had been depleted, continuously suffering torture and rape, she was completely immersed in an atmosphere of despair. It was at this moment, the dungeon suddenly shattered, and the bright sunshine once again brushed across her face. What came into Mercury’s view then was that beautiful honey-haired woman.

Under Mercury’s stunned gaze, the woman extended a helping hand to her.

— "Let’s make a deal. I save you. You and the Red Moon Tower’s mages swear loyalty to me." —

At this moment, Youlan,

In Mercury’s eyes, she was like an angel sent by the heavens to rescue them, bathed in a radiant light.

At the same time,

The face of this angel revealed a devilish, seductive smile, like a siren luring others into temptation.

"Fallen Angel"

This was Mercury’s first impression of Youlan.

After all, the power enveloping the other party was the power of Shadow, undoubtedly a power belonging to demons...

Mercury was not foolish; otherwise, she could not have risen from a destitute female slave to become the Tower Master of Red Moon Tower. She knew that Abyssal Demons hated humans, and she could feel the contempt and disgust in Youlan’s eyes. After a brief thinking, Mercury guessed the reason why this Abyssal Demoness saved them.

The other party’s rescue was clearly not an act of mercy or pity. It was to have them make the most sacred ’Soul Oath’ of Red Moon Tower mages.

Faced with Youlan’s proposal, Mercury hesitated briefly, but ultimately chose to make a contract with Youlan.

At that time, she had no ability to save the Red Moon Tower or its mages. Only by cooperating with the honey-haired woman could they possibly survive, could she possibly escape the sea of suffering and humiliation. Even though she knew that doing so was tantamount to selling herself to the devil.

But,

’So what if I sold my soul to the devil? What if the devil forced me to do bad things through the contract? What if I was forced to destroy humanity?’

It must be known,

When she first joined the Red Moon Tower, it was because her family and friends died on the battlefield, because she saw too much of the world’s cruelty, wanted to forget the sorrow, and escape from that sinful world to the isolated Red Moon Tower. But now, after being repeatedly betrayed and tortured, Mercury was utterly disappointed in humanity.

’Humanity, they are just the pests of this world, better off dead...’

As long as she could be brought out of this hell, anything was worth it!

Mercury, with such thoughts, gladly accepted Youlan as her new master and unhesitatingly chose to support Youlan’s plan. Unlike the conservative mages of the Red Moon Tower like Anfrere, who were grateful to the Tower Master and blindly followed the vows of the day.

Mercury chose Youlan, not just to fulfill the most respected contract of the Red Moon Tower people, but also to eliminate the ’pests’ in her heart...

Her thoughts were straightforward, even similar to those of the Divine Punishment Sect, wanting to let everyone in the world experience the pain she had suffered.

Thinking this, a sickly and mad red light flashed in Mercury’s eyes.

Then, under the complex gaze of Kalina, this black-haired maid clasped her hands together, looking excitedly and eagerly towards the distant east, where the headquarters Asumos Church was located.

’Tower Master’

’Lady Youlan’

"Wishing you, The greatest victory~"

...

On the other side, inside the consciousness space of the Goddess statue,

With the release of Youlan’s strongest corrosion skill, the beautiful space originally filled with dazzling starlight was instantly shrouded in a dark fog. The stars in the space continuously corroded, losing their original luster, and even the majestic light column emanating an epic aura was completely enveloped by dark blue energy.

The previously pervasive divine aura in the space was no longer present, replaced by the hidden dark blue power of the Shadow.

Clearly,

All the followers Asumos connected to the Goddess statue were suddenly corrupted by Youlan’s Shadow Power.

’Now all that was needed was to wait for the energy to destroy the minds of these ants, and the key part of my plan would be completed.’

Seeing this scene, Youlan slowly revealed a charming smile.

She was very satisfied with this outcome.

However,

While satisfied, Youlan’s smile also showed unmistakable signs of exhaustion.

Corrupting millions of Asumos followers through the connection of the consciousness space was not an easy task, and it consumed most of Youlan’s physical and soul energy. The honey-haired woman took a moment to catch her breath, patting her chest.

Injecting the seeds of corruption into the hearts of all the followers was indeed a cause for celebration, but her dark blue eyes still filled with a stern and focused gaze.

After all,

Youlan was well aware that her ultimate goal was not yet achieved.

Next,

Was the main show.

Taking a deep breath, she slowly raised her hand and summoned a sphere emitting holy golden light in her palm. As the sphere appeared, Youlan’s palm was scorched, showing signs of burning. However, Youlan did not react at all, still holding the sphere calmly, as if she didn’t feel any pain.

The next moment,

The sphere burst out with dazzling golden light and sent out a wave of divine energy, fiercely striking the majestic light column.

If Xiao, Limo, and Liyu were there, they would be amazed to find that the aura of this golden light was very familiar to them. It belonged to Xue Tianao, the once invincible Son of Destiny...

Staring at the majestic light column in front of her, Youlan was very clear in her heart.

This was the link between the Goddess and this world,

Destroying this pillar within the consciousness space would sever the connection between the Goddess and this World.

Of course,

Having experienced the overwhelming power of the Goddess in the Winter Forest, Youlan was well aware that even if this light column was constructed from the residual power left in this world by the Goddess, it wasn’t something she could easily destroy. The ’realm’ in which the Goddess and her own Mother existed was far beyond her reach as a mortal...

Compared to that realm,

Even though she was now at the peak of the eighth level, she was still as insignificant as an ant.

Although she had eroded the outer area of the light column with the final move of the [Dance of the Crescent Moon], its core was still filled with dense divine power, with an incredibly strong defense.

However, since Youlan had the intention of expelling the Goddess’s power, she would not have come to this consciousness space unprepared.

The golden light sphere cultivated from the soul of Xue Tianao was Youlan’s greatest trump card.

Divine power indeed had a very strong restraining effect on the Shadow power.

But these two powers were mutually restraining types; the power of Shadow could also pose a great threat to divine power. If a large amount of Shadow Power could be injected into the core area of the light column, these two powers would clash, causing a massive destructive explosion, destroying the light column from the inside.

To inject a large amount of Shadow Power into the core, it was necessary to use this divine power extracted and cultivated from Xue Tianao, a power of the same origin as the Goddess’s, to open a gap in the defensive shell of the light column...

As it turned out,

Youlan’s judgment was correct.

Under the impact of the golden light, the light column gradually absorbed Xue Tianao’s power into it. When this power mixed with Youlan’s consciousness merged into the light column, Youlan’s eyes suddenly narrowed! In an instant, the indestructible energy pillar shockingly developed a tiny crack...

’Hehe~’

’Son of Destiny...’

"You still have some use after all..."

Seeing the appearance of the gap, a surge of excitement emerged on Youlan’s face.

Her years of planning,

Would succeed or fail,

It all came down to this moment.