Chapter 171: Beneath the Abyss, the Bright Redemption

“So, what should I do now?”

Traveling through the world channel with my physical body is definitely unrealistic. Not to mention whether Miss Vilyric can get through or come back, the time wouldn’t allow it. But looking at Xi Fu Lin’s confident expression, there must be another way.

Indeed, the Priestess nodded without hesitation.

“I mentioned before, the simplest and most effective method is to directly descend with divine will. The Power of Faith serves as both cause and connection. Now that our souls are intertwined, since you’re able to hear those prayers, it means you, Vilyric, can respond to the call and complete the divine descent.”

“Do you remember how I taught you to create a divine soul avatar?”

“Alright… I’ll give it a try.”

At this point, there was no reason to hesitate. Let’s see if it works; if not, well, there’s nothing I can do about it.

Vilyric focused, and from her incorporeal body, she split off a part. The technique for creating an avatar wasn’t complicated; after learning it once at the Temple of Sky, she had fully mastered it.

The sound of prayers gradually rang in her ears. Guided by the forces of Faith and Cause, it felt as if countless threads converged into one, coming from infinitely far away to stand before the girl.

Invisible and traceless, yet Vilyric reached out and grasped it.

“Swish!”

The world before her changed.

“This is… the world beneath the Abyss, Aibus…”

Certainly not a beautiful world.

The gloomy sky, the ground beneath her feet covered in desiccation and cracks, life dwindling. The magical elements in the air weren’t absent, but they were so thin that they were nearly imperceptible—probably not even a fraction of what exists in the current realm.

As a soul avatar, Vilyric, being more sensitive to energy, noticed that the air in this world was permeated with a special free energy, its nature… very similar to the power of decomposition and destruction found in the “Doom Cannon,” causing significant harm to living beings. It would be hard for ordinary people to survive long in such an environment.

Moreover, Vilyric discovered that this world seemed to lack a sun and moon. Instead, there were floating particles high in the air, emitting a faint glow.

These particles resembled the inorganic luminous particles used for lighting within the Abyssal Magic Island. Although the Magic Island was a creation of the Earth Mother Goddess Xi Fu, it seemed to have been sealed along with her in the Abyssal world. Probably, that’s when these glowing particles drifted into it.

This world had indeed plunged into the brink of death.

Vilyric wasn’t clear on the reasons, but the absence of light and heat caused the growth of everything to come to a gradual halt, struggling to survive on those glowing particles.

Moreover, combined with the destructive factors that permeated the air and the “Doom Cannon” fired from beneath the Abyss, Vilyric boldly speculated that this world might have experienced a catastrophe similar to nuclear war, which not only destroyed the life-sustaining sources of light but also thoroughly polluted the air.

It was exactly like the apocalyptic scenes depicted in novels.

On the surface, besides the occasional mechanical equipment and the ruins of cities, there were almost no signs of biological activity. Among them, Vilyric saw a massive pitch-black cannon extending from the ground, with a diameter of over a hundred meters, resembling the main cannon of an interstellar giant ship in comics. This must be the so-called “Doom Cannon.”

Extending her consciousness along the prayers outward, the scene before Vilyric shifted, and she suddenly found herself inside modern cities.

“This is… an underground city?”

That makes sense; the surface was completely polluted. If the Aibus world still had civilization, it could only have relocated underground, barely surviving in the shade of the Earth and dwindling resources.

These underground spaces were likely the assistance mentioned by Xi Fu Lin that was once granted to them. No wonder the people of this world worship the Earth Mother Goddess Xi Fu so fervently; such cultural influence seemed to have been imprinted in their bones from a young age.

At the same time, Vilyric also saw the beings known as the Aibusians.

Humans, they were truly humans.

They bore almost no difference from the humans on Blue Star. Although there were unique things, such as bio-mechanical dolls traveling throughout the cities that closely resembled humans, overall, it was a tech world similar to Blue Star.

Could it be that this world really has some connection to Blue Star? But Blue Star is a planet, and this world clearly isn’t; certain details indicate that Aibus is evidently a flat world or a non-spherical one.

“Strange…”

Putting aside the profound questions, time was limited. I need to resolve as many issues as possible before the channel completely closes and hurry back.

First, let’s see how much power can be exerted through the avatar.

Vilyric reached out, and the “Eternal Staff · Heart of the World” appeared in her palm. Although the avatar lacked a physical form, such a divine artifact couldn’t just be explained by basic physical principles.

Hmm, there was no issue with equipment, and she could access her inventory normally. This meant that these items were essentially connected to her soul.

Most skills could still be used, although due to it being just a soul avatar, her attributes were somewhat lower than her true self, but it should still be sufficient.

That should be about right.

Vilyric looked up and saw at the top of the sky many massive swirling black vortices, which were visibly shrinking at a noticeable speed.

Clearly, these were the so-called world passages.

After estimating the time, Vilyric began to think about what to do next.

Through simple observations, the reasons for this world’s impending destruction boiled down to two: the “nuclear pollution” permeating the air making it uninhabitable, and the lack of light and heat causing the entire world to wither and fade away.

The first problem: Vilyric had no idea how to solve it. She could indeed isolate such things over a wide area, but it couldn’t cover the entire world. After all, what descended beneath the Abyss was just her avatar, not her true self, and casting high-tier magic that consumed SP was currently out of reach.

But regarding the scarcity of light and heat, the Priestess had some ideas.

“Hmm… The light elements are a bit too sparse, which is a bit difficult. Oh, wait!”

Rushing against time, Vilyric didn’t even bother to remain anonymous in her good deeds. After pulling her avatar back to the surface, she immediately powered up to maximum.

Soul network, expand!

Her vision rapidly spread across this barren world, sweeping through countless astonished and fearful faces, whether they dropped to their knees in shock or cried tears of joy, searching for the trace she desired.

Ah, found it.

It was a pit, a super colossal pit extending downwards, covering an area of over ten thousand square kilometers. From the aerial perspective, it looked like some sort of uncontrollable power had forcefully crushed the earth, creating a gigantic void.

Nearby this area, the concentration of luminous elements was terrifyingly dense compared to the current realm, even the ever-present destructive factors were forcibly pushed away.

This has to be it; this is the spot where that Dragon Language forbidden spell—the Nine Prisons—was thrown into the Abyss by the Little Dragon Daughter on Omoland.

Vilyric was incredibly familiar with Xiao Guang’s power. While this light element’s purity might not be as high as her maxed-out self, it far surpassed any current holy practitioner in the realm.

The massive power of the forbidden spell couldn’t possibly dissipate with just one explosion; a substantial part remained in the vicinity of this sunken area, especially concentrated at the center.

The element concentration in the Aibus world was too sparse, and this power originally intended to punish the Abyss was just right to be utilized by Vilyric now.

“Come here.”

The avatar extended a hand, and the light elements swirling around the pit gradually gathered and lifted into the air.

Countless light points began to rise, transforming into golden rays that circled around the girl, the Master of Light, illuminating the dark world like a romantic dance.

   

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