Heart and Divinity

"Mom… Mom…"

The two faces of the Twin Ghouls bore completely opposite expressions.

The slightly taller Shōnen felt the terrifying heat at Bai Cangshu’s fingertips. His ice-blue eyes were filled with hatred. He hated everything—hated those humans who possessed power yet destroyed the world as they pleased.

He hated everything that had taken away his ordinary happiness.

The more naive female ghoul, meanwhile, wore an expression of fear and sorrow. Her lips kept moving as she began calling for her mother and father.

Bai Cangshu remained unmoved. The previous battle had enhanced the effects of the Uncertainty Principle of Luck, and as a Scavenger in this world, he already possessed an additional boost to drop chances.

He believed that killing the ghoul before him gave him a considerable chance of obtaining her Drop Card.

Buzz—

With a mere thought, powerful qi roared forth, radiating golden light.

Thud, thud, boom!

Heavy footsteps came with the earth’s shaking and rumbling.

The woman who had controlled countless humans with those grotesque intestines let out a giant-like roar. At some unknown point, Kei Kurono’s shattered body had been wrapped around her by newly generated tentacles.

Now, she wrapped herself into a disgusting female giant and crashed toward Bai Cangshu.

Amid an explosive roar of air, Bai Cangshu did not even turn his head. He raised his right hand.

Pfft!

A Blazing White shockwave spread out before Bai Cangshu’s right hand. That terrifying impact could not reach him at all.

He did not even sway.

In terms of sheer power alone, Bai Cangshu had now completely surpassed the limits of living creatures. Perhaps only legendary true dragons, Titans, and similar beings could suppress him in pure physical strength.

His right arm trembled, and primordial force erupted inch by inch. The female ghoul’s hastily fused flesh exploded instantly.

Yet a woman’s figure flew out of the flesh beforehand, passed over Bai Cangshu, and landed before the Twin Ghouls.

The woman’s figure became slender, and her hair turned completely ice-blue. She stood before the Twin Ghouls, her ice-blue pupils trembling without end.

Buzz!

Bai Cangshu abruptly pointed behind him. A golden Ki Blast tore through the air and directly shattered Kei Kurono’s spinning head before it could hit the ground.

Pfft!

You killed Kei Kurono. Obtained B-rank Anomaly Point ×1. Obtained 6000 Dimensional Points.

After killing the World Protagonist, not only had he failed to obtain an A-rank or higher Singularity, but no danger warning had appeared either. Bai Cangshu guessed that ever since the Ancient Alien God had projected its will into Kei Kurono’s body—

The World Will had abandoned Kei Kurono.

The current World Protagonist might have become Masaru Kato, or perhaps some unknown figure.

That also explained why Kei Kurono had drunk Reika Shimohira’s blood without hesitation. If it had been the original Kei Kurono, even if he wanted to commit evil, he would certainly have struggled with it first—especially when it came to a friend like Reika Shimohira, who had fought alongside him for so long.

Meanwhile, having lost its vessel, that divine power instead entered the strongest female ghoul currently present.

Chilling cold and darkness emerged from the woman once more, and they felt far more intense to Bai Cangshu than they had from Kei Kurono.

Large numbers of tentacles burst out from the woman’s body again. Bai Cangshu could see clearly that they were likely the woman’s own intestines.

In Bai Cangshu’s view, although the Ancient Alien God’s power essentially governed authorities such as darkness, death, and ice, its manifestations were mostly primitive worship of death.

That was why creatures like White Walkers were born. Aside from spreading death, they revived corpses.

This woman’s power was no exception.

Bai Cangshu’s face remained expressionless, his eyelids lowered. No matter what the Ancient Alien God did, no matter how unusual these White Walkers’ abilities were, in this world, unless the Multi-Faced Star People acted personally…

There was absolutely no opponent for him.

If Bai Cangshu had wanted to act during the woman’s seemingly ingenious maneuver just now, he had no fewer than a hundred chances to kill her instantly.

He simply had the habit of letting his opponents display all their abilities.

The tentacles rose high like sharp spikes before plunging down fiercely!

Pfft!

Bai Cangshu’s brow lifted slightly. All of the woman’s tentacles had stabbed directly into her own body.

The next moment, her slender ice-blue body trembled several times, and the expression on her face unexpectedly softened considerably.

Then, under Bai Cangshu’s puzzled gaze, the female ghoul slowly sank to both knees and knelt on the ground.

The ground rapidly froze over. The woman reverently pressed her head against the ground as well, her ice-blue hair spreading out like a great pool of blood.

"Powerful sir, I beg you, please spare my son Yota and my daughter Hanako…"

"In exchange, I—and the power I forcibly kept within my body—will all be given to you."

Bai Cangshu slowly lowered his right hand. Beneath the woman’s ice-covered body, he seemed to see something warm begin beating once again.

He could feel the power within her beginning to tremble violently. Large portions of the woman’s body froze, and her flesh began to stiffen, but she showed no reaction.

Her tentacles could control anything they pierced. At this moment, she was using her own power to forcibly control her own body, nailing herself to the ground.

"Hanako and Yota were only bewitched by that thing because they couldn’t find me and were too afraid. It was all my husband’s and my fault. We failed to protect them. If I hadn’t been separated from them, they wouldn’t have searched for me and then…"

The woman’s voice was gentle and tranquil. From her voice alone, one could not tell in the slightest that she was a White Walker.

A White Walker… Only now did Bai Cangshu realize that this White Walker could actually speak.

This was further proof that, as a White Walker, this woman possessed a special power beyond that of other White Walkers.

And what was the source of that power?

Pfft.

Bai Cangshu took a step forward, almost as though his body had squeezed out of the wind. At his current speed, the Wind Demon’s trait had already become instinctive.

Bai Cangshu stood before the kneeling woman. The Limit Break Spiral spun endlessly. The source of this power was… the heart?!

The Twin Ghouls called Yota and Hanako could not recognize that the woman before them was the mother they had been searching for. One remained full of rage, wanting to turn the world into silent, icy death, while the other remained terrified, constantly seeking family she had already forgotten.

Bai Cangshu looked at the woman. The Ancient Alien God’s divine power was boiling within her, not only attempting to strengthen her body, but also trying to seize control.

Yet this woman still held herself firmly nailed to the ice.

Bai Cangshu watched this scene, then looked at the Twin Ghouls shielded behind the woman. The next moment, he raised both hands, and his body began moving in a continuous rhythm.

Within him, beneath his blood and qi, Yellow Springs began to surge.

Bai Cangshu decided to claim this power for himself.

That death intent was so obvious that the woman instantly lost even the ability to speak. She could feel that she was about to die.

Within her mind, the Ancient Alien God’s will grew increasingly intense. The terror of death and the pain of never seeing her children again battered her mind without end.

Yet the woman merely closed her eyes and thrust more tentacles into her own body.

"Mercenary Tao is a monster, a greedy beast. Do you think someone like him would spare your children after killing you…"

"Your death will only be meaningless…"

All kinds of thoughts swirled through her heart. She began to lose her judgment, unable to determine whether what she was doing was right or wrong.

Yet she remained stubbornly still.

I’m sorry, Yota, Hanako. Mom is too weak. Mom has no choice…

Bai Cangshu accumulated enough Myriad Death Intent. He clenched his right fist, and black deathlight flared. Accompanied by the rippling sound of Yellow Springs, an Illusory Gate swung open.

A pitch-black phantom appeared behind Bai Cangshu.

Yama!

He threw a punch. The woman on the ground trembled once, then fell silent forever.

You killed Divine Vessel Otagawa Kokone. Obtained 8000 Dimensional Points.

Your reputation with the Ancient Alien God has been permanently set to Hatred (100).

Golden motes rose from the corpse. Bai Cangshu had never seen such a sight before. At last, a Drop Card glowing with golden radiance appeared.

Bai Cangshu reached out and touched it.

You touched Divinity (Weak).