Howling, chilly winds blew across the land and an endless expanse of ice and snow blanketed everything.
The ground cracked and Undead Creatures emerged one after another. Their empty, pitch-black eye sockets flickered in ice-cold radiance. In the sky, the Undead Dragons and Gargoyles circled like a bone-chilling storm as they charged at the enemies before them.
This was a battle of life and death.
The stage IV Protogut Creatures weren't easy to deal with. Their massive bodies and mysterious, swift recovery abilities made them a tough bone for the Undead Creatures to chew. But on the other hand, the Protogut Creatures couldn't do anything to the Undead Army. They couldn't inject the Protogut Virus into the Undead Army and turn them into their companions (which was to be expected). On the contrary, the Undead Creatures' attacks that were filled with death energy caused the Protogut Creatures to suffer greatly.
After all, the Protogut Creatures had different appearances and looked like monsters that escaped from B-grade horror movies. But they were still living beings, after all. Facing the power of death, even a Protogut would feel the same pain.
But Taurus was entirely different.
As expected, monsters of this level aren't affected at all.
Fangzheng narrowed his eyes as he looked at the indescribable gigantic figure that was still slowly moving forward. Judging from the current situation, these stage IV Protogut Creatures were probably stronger than the Calamity Army in his Sealed Extinction, but there was a limit to their strength. On the other hand, Taurus was strange. Fangzheng judged that if this were in the main world, this monster would probably be in the Legendary Stage. After all, this wasn't the first time Fangzheng fought a Legendary Stage enemy, so he wasn't unfamiliar with its aura and strength.
But what left Fangzheng dubious was Taurus' reaction.
Judging from the surface, Taurus seemed like an indescribable, powerful monster. But when Fangzheng dragged it into the Sealed Extinction, Fangzheng discovered the astonishment and doubt in its hundreds of pairs of blood-red eyes. That's right. This monster actually has emotions!
Not only that, but what surprised Fangzheng more was that after entering the Sealed Extinction, the monster didn't launch an attack as he had expected. Instead, it was like a child who had discovered a new toy, instinctively moving forward in the Seal. Even when facing the attack of the Calamity Army, the Taurus Constellation did not care.
Of course, because the Taurus Constellation was too big, even the Calamity Army could not stop it. This was purely a crushing force of size. In the face of such enormous size and power, even the Calamity Army, which relied on numbers, could not stop its advance.
But … come to think of it, what was the purpose of the Taurus Constellation, or the Zodiac Constellation?
Looking at the approaching huge figure, Fangzheng was thinking about another problem. Ever since he learned from Milune that the enterovirus was an artificial product, Fangzheng has been thinking about this issue. The Zodiacs were the first eleven Protozoa to appear, but it was obvious that they were not naturally produced. So where did these eleven Stage Vs come from? Why did they want to destroy humanity?
This doubt flashed through Fangzheng's mind, but it was not the focus of his attention at the moment. To him, the Taurus Constellation's goal was not important, what he wanted to do was to completely destroy them.
Because …
Thinking of this, Fangzheng raised the Vampiric Sword in his hand and aimed at the target in front of him.
But at this moment, he suddenly stopped what he was doing.
Because when he raised his sword and aimed at the Taurus Constellation, Fangzheng suddenly felt a powerful force appearing out of thin air, restricting his movements. But this force did not appear from the outside, but seemed to be inside his body, restricting his movements.
What do I want to do?
Suddenly, a thought emerged in Fangzheng's mind.
Ever since he was reborn into this world, Fangzheng had been gradually mastering more and more power. So, what was he going to do with this power? What should he do?
Before his rebirth, Fangzheng was only a company executive with hundreds of people under him, but that was all. He was not the king of the special forces, nor was he the descendant of a mysterious family. Of course, he was still a little famous in a certain circle, but that was all.
His decisions might affect the livelihood of a group of people, the quality of a game, or the attitude of a group of players. But that was all. If he failed, the worst outcome would be to be scolded by players on the Internet, or be criticized by the gaming media.
But no matter what, Fangzheng's thoughts and actions would not affect the changes of a country, or the life and death of a group of people. Everything he did was within the legal scope. He never considered that his decisions would lead to some irreversible consequences.
This was also the reason why Fangzheng chose to set up the Heavenly Dao Palace far away from the Holy Church. He didn't want to be too deeply involved with the Holy Church, and he didn't want to be dragged into all sorts of strange troubles. In the past, Fangzheng always felt that he had nothing to do. Because the people around him, Hecate, Tiria, and Nimf were all his summoned creatures. Nunnally and Kuria could also be taken away at any time, so even if something happened, Fangzheng had the confidence to take the people around him and leave.
But the situation was different now.
The Tendo Temple was no longer just a home for him and the girls, but it was gradually turning into a force. If Fangzheng wanted to save Xia Shi and the others, then these children would naturally follow him back to the main world. And at that time, the Tendo Temple as a force would not be able to continue hiding.
I see.
Until this moment, Fangzheng finally understood why he was stuck at this stage and could not move forward.
To quote the words of many hot-blooded manga protagonists, it would be – your consciousness is not enough!
Previously, Fangzheng thought that his way of thinking was not wise enough, but now, he finally understood that the "wise way" he thought of before was simply his misunderstanding. Things like destroying the world for someone or sacrificing everything for the world, these were only the results on the surface. In fact, the important thing wasn't that they made such a choice, but the "consciousness" that drove them to make such a choice.
And this was what Fangzheng lacked now.
All along, he only had a few people around him, and as long as he protected them, it wasn't difficult for Fangzheng to maintain his life under the current order. But when the number of existences he needed to protect increased several times, the situation was different. Fangzheng had to make changes in order to protect them, but these changes were not something he was willing to make when he was alone.
It was actually like getting married and falling in love, but when you really got married, you would start to think about it. After getting married, you would no longer be living together, but a real legal couple. You would not be able to go out and hook up with other girls at will, and you would not be able to buy things you like with your salary. You would have to save it for a rainy day.
If you had children, you would have to consider whether the children would need to be taken care of when they were born in the future, whether they would need to be taken care of when they were sick, and whether they would need to choose a good school for school ….
All of this meant that his carefree life of the past few decades had come to an end. From then on, he would have to change to a life that was not centered on himself, but on his family and children. Not to mention, he would also need to build a good relationship with his wife's family, and those were just a bunch of strangers he knew ….
Now that he thought about it, was marriage really what he wanted?
And now, what Fangzheng needed was an awareness that was hundreds of times stronger than marriage. It wasn't as simple as having to worry about daily necessities, getting married, having children, or dealing with relatives he did not know.
If he made a decision, it meant that he wanted to use his power to influence the whole world.
Not just in this world, not just limited to a certain world … but … everything.
"I understand …."
Thinking of this, Fangzheng finally smiled. At the same time, he could feel the power that was binding his body disappearing bit by bit.
Have you made your decision?
In order to protect those children, will you face and accept everything about me?
Have you made up your mind?
In order to protect everything, will you seek greater power?
That's right, that's it ….
He thought of Nimf, Tiria, Hecate, Bushcui, Xia Shi, and Tina, the children waiting for him in the Tendo Temple, the children who were fighting side by side with him, and the children who trusted him.
Fangzheng raised the giant sword in his hand again. This time, his body emitted a dazzling brilliance.
For the sake of what I need to protect, I will change everything.
At all costs.
"Click."
At this moment, Fangzheng felt that something in the depths of his heart had suddenly loosened. Then, he raised his head, and a dazzling starlight appeared in his pitch-black eyes.
"— — —!!"
It was as though the Taurus Constellation had sensed an invisible danger approaching. It wailed in fear and gathered the other Protogut Beasts in front of it, trying to use them as a meat shield to defend against the terrifying attack that was about to befall it.
Fangzheng raised his sword, faced forward, and spoke softly.
"Shatter, Sword of the Nine."
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