A Girl Dies Every Day in Her Dream Life 240

Chapter 240: The Final Battle Approaches

Inside the small world within the Beiming Calamity-Averting Formation, the Phoenix Emperor slowly opened her eyes.

A familiar aura was approaching, a bloodline aura from her own body, a part of the Sea of Withering.

She reached out and touched this aura, and countless memories flooded her mind.

The Phoenix Emperor quickly scanned these memories, or rather, experienced them, then fell into a long silence.

After an unknown amount of time, she sighed softly and looked into the distance.

“Sister… are you still holding on…”

At the same time, the Phoenix Emperor’s figure slowly dissipated, merging with this bloodline aura.

The next moment, the Beiming Calamity-Averting Formation was fully activated, a phantom of the Divine Phoenix faintly appearing in the sky above, watching.

The filthy, fleshy creature was about to destroy the outer barrier, and Beiming Ling, having given up hope, was about to unleash the Beiming Clan’s true foundation to overcome this crisis.

Although this would greatly weaken the Beiming Clan for a long time, it was still better than being annihilated like the Yudu Clan, without even a chance to resist.

However, before Beiming Ling could awaken the Saints, she saw a dark light silently streak across the sky, slowly slicing through the grotesque creature.

“This is…”

Beiming Ling’s pupils constricted, and she stopped.

This was even more unstoppable than the Sword Intent of Withering that Luo Xue had unleashed through the formation earlier. The dim sword beam moved incredibly slowly in everyone’s vision, yet nothing could stop it.

More importantly, even through the barrier, even though the sword beam wasn’t aimed at her, Beiming Ling felt a deadly threat, a primal fear of death.

She was certain that this sword strike could kill a Saint!

But how… was this possible?

In Beiming Ling’s understanding, the Beiming Calamity-Averting Formation, although powerful, could only rival a Saint, like Yuan River City, a large-scale Saint level power.

But… rivaling didn’t mean surpassing, it didn’t mean effortlessly killing a Saint.

Such power shouldn’t exist within the Beiming Calamity-Averting Formation.

Unless… her understanding of the formation was wrong from the very beginning, and this formation was far more powerful than she and the Beiming Clan had imagined.

Or perhaps, it was because of Luo Xue’s control that the Beiming Calamity-Averting Formation possessed such might.

“After all, she… is the true master…”

Beiming Ling’s lips curled into a bitter smile. The Beiming Clan had spent countless years and resources studying this formation, yet they couldn’t achieve what Luo Xue had just displayed.

It was as if the treasured sword they had carefully nurtured for so many years was useless in their hands, yet shone brilliantly in the hands of another.

Luo Xue’s projection in the real world was gone. Even if Beiming Ling wanted to ask her, she couldn’t.

The severed flesh of the creature slowly regenerated, but was continuously being destroyed by some force, the gruesome wound caught in an endless cycle of healing and destruction.

Any living being, suffering such an injury, would be in unimaginable pain.

But the otherworldly demon wasn’t a living being, even if it possessed Yudu Cheng’s consciousness.

“You… want to stop me…”

All the bulging eyes on the fleshy creature looked up, their twisted pupils fixated on the phantom of the Divine Phoenix in the sky.

“No… way…”

The filthy tentacles extending from the creature reached towards the sky, and at the same time, everything around them, including Beiming Ling, began to freeze.

“This is… the Law of Time?” Beiming Ling felt her consciousness slowing down, terror on her face. “The Great Dao of Time… wasn’t it already annihilated in the ancient era?”

The collapse of the Great Dao in the ancient era didn’t mean that all Daos disappeared completely. Some just had their peaks collapse, making it impossible to reach the Great Emperor Realm.

And for some, it was impossible to advance beyond Soul Transformation, like Yudu Cheng.

But some Daos, like the Dao of Time, were completely annihilated in the ancient era, and all cultivators who followed this Dao died.

Such cases weren’t many, but the Dao of Time was the most prominent example. Therefore, there weren’t any time-related techniques, abilities, or even formations.

But now, Beiming Ling could clearly feel that the flow of time around her was being altered by some force, slowing down to a crawl, almost frozen.

Her thoughts slowed, each one taking thousands of times longer than before.

Beiming Ling tried to struggle, but it was futile.

Having never encountered the Law of Time, she didn’t know how to deal with it.

Finally, her mind froze.

Not just Beiming Ling, but the flow of time around them was frozen, everything turning gray, even the Beiming Calamity-Averting Formation couldn’t escape time’s grip, only the fleshy creature, filled with a frantic, twisted crimson, continued to rampage.

—Except for Luo Xue.

Near the phantom of the Divine Phoenix, Luo Xue, supported by a feather, hovered in mid-air, calmly watching.

She could also feel the change in the flow of time, but she wasn’t affected.

Because Luo Xue controlled the Law of Ending, which countered the Dao of Time. Unless the other party’s understanding of the law was far greater than hers, it wouldn’t have any effect.

And in terms of the clash between Daos, Luo Xue clearly had the advantage.

However… Luo Xue clearly sensed that this wasn’t the Great Dao of Time from the Great Thousand Worlds, but a power originating from Him.

“So He also has power over time…”

Luo Xue murmured softly, seemingly understanding why, after His fleeting glance, some of the Great Daos had collapsed.

Because He possessed similar powers, and His power surpassed that of the Great Thousand Worlds, resulting in this irreversible disaster.

Facing the incoming filth, Luo Xue took a deep breath, looked at the phantom of the Divine Phoenix beside her, and said softly,

“Phoenix Emperor, the power you gave me… I’ve received it.”

Without the Phoenix Emperor’s help, although the Beiming Calamity-Averting Formation theoretically had the ability to kill an emperor, Luo Xue couldn’t do it, even dealing with a Saint would be difficult.

But with the Phoenix Emperor’s help, the Beiming Calamity-Averting Formation could easily kill a Saint, its power almost at the quasi-emperor level.

After a cold, clear cry, a dim sword beam appeared again, but it wasn’t aimed at the approaching fleshy creature, but at the sky.

“…”

With this one sword strike, the sky shattered.

Cracks appeared in the gray world, and the time-freezing barrier created by the otherworldly god’s power collapsed, the Beiming Calamity-Averting Formation instantly reactivated.

At the same time, the formation’s killing power erupted, catching the fleshy creature off guard, severely injuring it.

While using its time ability, the creature’s defenses had weakened, and this injury was even more severe than before, its regeneration unable to keep up with the damage.

Beiming Ling, freed from the time freeze, gasped for air, looked at the intact surroundings and the injured fleshy creature, and breathed a sigh of relief, but her eyes still held a hint of fear.

She hadn’t expected… this otherworldly demon, possessing Yudu Cheng’s consciousness, to be so terrifying, its power beyond their understanding.

Beiming Ling realized that perhaps… even awakening all the Saints, they might still be helpless against this otherworldly demon. It might even make it stronger.

Its power was too strange, their Daos no match for it.

A single time freeze was enough to kill several Saints.

But…

“How did Luo Xue counter the time freeze? Could it be… the Law of Ending?”

Beiming Ling pondered. With her knowledge, she quickly realized what was special about Luo Xue.

But before she could think further, she saw the otherworldly demon changing.

Its wounds weren’t healing, and the fleshy creature became frantic, absorbing the power of Yuan River City, growing larger and larger.

Although the backlash from using power it couldn’t fully control was severe, and its expanding size worsened its injuries, it had clearly lost all reason and patience, its consciousness submerged in its instincts.

Yudu Cheng’s humanity was gone, only his mad obsession remained.

The chasm between Saint and quasi-emperor was silently crossed, but it couldn’t control this newfound power, only unleash it randomly.

Small areas of space-time froze, some filth even broke through the barrier, and even inanimate objects were twisted into grotesque forms, corrupted by the flesh and blood, sprouting countless tentacles.

What was even more terrifying was…

Spatial cracks continuously appeared near the Beiming Calamity-Averting Formation, revealing glimpses of the Primordial Chaos, a sight no living being could withstand.

These powers… all came from that unknown god, that terrifying He.

“These powers… some are similar to the lost Great Daos…” Luo Xue watched these scenes unfold, her heart filled with trepidation. “And some… I seem to have seen them in that experiment…”

It was certain that they shared the same origin.

“But this monster, after reaching quasi-emperor… is quite troublesome.”

Luo Xue frowned slightly. The current power of the Calamity-Averting Formation was also just at the quasi-emperor level. The possibility of killing an emperor only existed if the formation was controlled by the Phoenix Emperor at her peak.

However, it wasn’t completely hopeless.

Because the otherworldly demon had forcibly reached this realm in its madness, it couldn’t control this power, its abilities leaking out uncontrollably.

But… because of this, the Beiming Calamity-Averting Formation in its “Attack” state could no longer withstand the otherworldly demon’s assault, and the Beiming disciples within the small world were starting to suffer casualties.

And the outer barrier had been easily destroyed by the otherworldly demon after its breakthrough. Now, the Beiming Calamity-Averting Formation was practically defenseless, only a spear, without a shield.

The casualties among the Beiming disciples were secondary. The formation itself was also being damaged, its self-repair unable to keep up.

After all, this was a killing formation, its defensive capabilities secondary, at most able to withstand a few attacks from a Saint. It couldn’t face the power of a quasi-emperor.

“Therefore, we have to end this quickly.”

A cold glint flashed through Luo Xue’s eyes, and she sent a message to Beiming Ling.

“Senior, the situation is critical, I need your help.”

“…What should I do?” Beiming Ling replied softly.

She knew that facing a crazed quasi-emperor was beyond the Beiming Clan’s ability. Even awakening all the Saints would only worsen the situation.

Therefore, the Beiming Clan could only rely on one person: Luo Xue.

“You’ve studied this formation for many years, right? Do you know how to enhance the power of the formation nodes?” Luo Xue asked.

“Of course.”

Beiming Ling nodded and, without even asking why, immediately mobilized the Beiming disciples, channeling their power into the formation nodes.

Sensing the increasing power of the formation nodes, Luo Xue looked at the otherworldly demon, which had slightly regained its composure and was now targeting her, and murmured,

“This is the final battle… come.”

She didn’t need the Beiming Clan’s power to enhance the formation’s power. The will of withering used by the Calamity-Averting Formation was too high-level for ordinary power to enhance.

Luo Xue was just having the Beiming Clan pour their power into the formation nodes, so she could unleash the most forbidden state of the Beiming Calamity-Averting Formation without damaging it.

…The state that had caused the formation to be dormant for countless years, the state that allowed the “gaze” to escape, the ultimate killing state: “Destroy.”

However, Luo Xue wasn’t like the Beiming Clan, who didn’t understand formations. After Li Guijiao’s analysis and the Phoenix Emperor’s guidance, Luo Xue had a good grasp of the Calamity-Averting Formation.

Although she couldn’t use it like the Phoenix Emperor, she could still activate its “Destroy” state without damaging the formation’s core.

Of course, this “no damage” only applied to the core. All the formation nodes and the damaged outer barrier would be sacrificed, only the core would remain.

But compared to being dormant for countless millennia, this was the best outcome.

As long as the formation nodes and runes were reconstructed, the Beiming Calamity-Averting Formation, known as the number one killing formation of the ancient era, could be used again.