103 regarding ascension

  The Water Demon Beast had no intellect and didn't know fear, when it saw Fang Xian, it bared its teeth and swam over to eat him. "You beast, look at my sword!" Fang Xian once again drew out the Unharmonious Sword.

  "Error: Target has no soul, cannot reap."

  Idiot.

  "What's the use of this immortal sword then?"

  Didn't you have fun playing before?

  "...I'm starving, I get it." Fang Xian's face tightened as he turned back to his original route. This water demon beast was quite clumsy and couldn't catch up to him. "Not reliable...still have to use the original method."

  In the prison cell, Wu Wang had just come back to his senses and wanted to go apologize to his wife, but saw Fang's golden son-in-law jumping up again.

  "... " Fang Xian looked at Wu Hou, not knowing what to say.

  The witch queen smiled calmly: "Good child, you go now, I'll take care of the rest."

  Taking a deep breath, "I wonder how I can defeat that monster... I don't want Ling'er to end up like you..."

  The witch queen let out a sigh: "This is the fate of my Nuwa clan, as long as Ling'er can leave behind offspring, her mission will be accomplished."

  "There's always a way, man can conquer heaven." Fang Xian pulled up Wu Hou, "I've even sent gods to poverty and elevated them to heaven, what's there to fear from a soulless demon beast?"

  Fang Xian pulled Wu Hou into the water, completely ignoring the stunned Wu Wang.

  The witch king stroked his small beard: "Ah, I see! So I'm just a supporting actor!"

  Fang Xian had previously obtained the Tian She Staff from Shi Changlao, and at this moment, Yue's mother held the divine staff in her hand, wearing a living spirit cloak, which was indeed very majestic.

  Before long, the two had their first encounter with the Water Demon Beast.

  "Good kid, take a step back..." Wu Hou gazed at the Water Demon Beast, about to cast his ultimate forbidden spell.

  "Wait a minute. Let's try killing it once first... and see if we can find a way to kill the Water Demon."

  The witch queen let out a long sigh, stopped chanting, and triggered the battle.

  It's been a long time since I've heard this battle music, and it might be the last time I hear it. The GM's power to kill people doesn't even count as a fight.

  "Firstly, this demon is afraid of thunder." The witch then cast a spell 【Thunder God】, dealing a staggering 1700 points of damage.

  Fang Xian must have known about this a long time ago. He also casually followed up with Tian Fu Zi, and they easily defeated over 400 people without breaking a sweat.

  After dodging the Water Demon's first normal attack... The witch then cast another "Thunder God": "And then... there was no then..."

  "It seems you don't know much either..." Fang Xian mechanically followed the handle of the Heavenly Axe.

  To be honest, the Water Demon Beast is not difficult to deal with, it's a three-round thing. However, it's a bug, an infinitely reborn one. You can never destroy it using ordinary methods. When the Water Demon Beast meets water, it comes back to life, and as long as there is water, the beast will exist.

  Fang Xian also knew that Wu Hou wouldn't have a better way out either, otherwise she wouldn't have to die herself.

  After being splashed by the water monster three or five times, Fang Xian gazed at his mother-in-law with a tinge of sourness in his heart.

  Lowering one's head and calling out "mother" might be the only comfort that can be given to a mother-in-law.

  "Good child," the witch stroked Fang Xian's face with a loving hand, "good child, take good care of yourself... If you really can find a way to eliminate the Water Demon Beast, I'll consider it my dowry gift to Ling'er."

  The witch finished speaking and gently pushed Fang Xian with her hand, although Fang Xian was unwilling, he could only retreat a few steps back.

  Even in his dreams, he couldn't let his mother-in-law die in vain, he had to see this through.

  The witch closed her eyes, and the final incantation began.

  "I summon the winds with my life, a storm of death ravages the body of the demon, eternal time is fixed in an instant, it ends."

  Only to see the witch raise her heavenly serpent staff, her life began to burn, transforming into wind, a terrifying storm surrounded the water demon beast, causing it to let out a mournful howl, unable to move.

  "With my life as a call to thunder, using the endless power of thunder to tear apart every inch of the demon's flesh and blood, ending it."

  The witch transformed into a thunderstorm, with frantic lightning flashing wildly. The water demon had already lost the power to howl in grief, but he was still alive.

  "With my life, I summon extreme ice, let the earth freeze, let mountains and rivers become tombs, it ends."

  The witch transformed into ice, and the dying, fragmented body of the water demon instantly froze into an ice sculpture, devoid of any vitality.

  "With my life, I summon fierce fire, spew out flames of fury, incinerate the demon's body, and put an end to it."

  The witch transformed into flames, using pure fire to scorch the extreme ice. The icy corpse shattered, emitting a faint humming noise, as if it was the water demon's final wail.

  "With my life, I summon the great earth, boundless earth, stand up your endless chest, cut off the world, end it!"

  Finally, Wu Hou's last life transformed into specks of dust, each grain attached to the ice corpse, turning the ice sculpture into a stone statue, completely sealing it.

  The water monster's ferocious and miserable expression was completely frozen at this moment, slowly sinking to the bottom of the water...

  Fang Xian's face was stiff and his eyes were bloodshot as he watched the scene unfold.

  "Mom, I'm tired."

  Then Fang Xian rode his sword and left.

  The witch queen fought too hastily in this battle, so thought Fang Xian.

  Five life-burning forbidden spells, exchanged for the seal of the water demon beast. First, use the power of the gale to trap the demon beast, then use the power of thunder to tear it apart, and then use the extreme ice to freeze the demon beast, and finally use the fierce fire to scorch the demon beast. All this is in preparation for the final petrification seal on the demon beast.

  If no one intervenes, the Water Demon may never revive again.

  If it were true that Bayue was killed here, then the tragedy would not have been staged.

  Even after watching the entire battle, Fang Xian still gained very little.

  According to the plot, Ling'er ultimately did not seal the water demon like Wu Hou, but truly perished together. That move was called 【Heaven and Earth Return as One】, after using it, the demon disappeared, and Ling'er also disappeared. Moreover, that was still the version of the water demon from the time of the unity of man and beast under the moon, and this water demon is not comparable to that one.

  If it must be explained, the phrase "heaven and earth return to the same origin" can only be interpreted as the conservation of matter and antimatter, using great love to end great hatred, using pure life to end pure death. At that time, all things will return to zero, starting from scratch.

  In the movie, there is a most striking example, that is Neo and Smith in "The Matrix", when Smith assimilates his opposite side, positive and negative collide. Everything returns to zero. Actually, this game also has it, Cai Yi and Du Nangzi are also the end of good and evil.

  "After thinking about it, there's still only that one method. Fang Xian has decided not to let Ling Er sacrifice herself for the sake of eliminating this ghostly thing. Wu Hou's method only treats the symptoms and not the root cause, clearly unable to complete the task of 'eradicating the Water Demon Beast'. At most, it can be considered as 'sealing the Water Demon Beast'."

  Having figured out the key points, a final plan has been made. With a clear mind and a sense of relief, everything seems bright and cheerful once again.

  Reminder: Mindset breakthrough achieved, 5-hour countdown to ascension begins.

  4 hours 59 minutes 55 seconds.

  "This is ridiculous! What's the big deal about breaking through?! Can't I just figure some things out and feel relieved for once?! Besides, Sword Grandpa has been stuck at this level for so many years, isn't he still fine?!"

  It's true, he really broke through. The Sword Saint's real breakthrough was the moment he removed the Wine Sword Immortal from his name. He let go of everything. That's why he truly broke through. He only had 5 hours of preparation time, but he didn't have many things to do, so he quickly ascended.

  "I still have so many attachments! I just can't let go! I won't let go of Moonlight, nor carefree brother, nor Anu sister, nor Diding and Tuantuan, nor the big yellow at the door!"

  The direction you break through is different, it's not letting go, but shouldering.

  If the old man had a special write at this time, it would be a gentle smile under the sunset, with kind and shining eyes.

  "What's with all these profound and mysterious things! Wait a minute... I think if I ascend, that would be a perfect ending to the game, wouldn't it?"

  I suppose so.

  "So I don't have to kill the Water Demon after all."

  No need to kill it off.

  "Good job!"

  However, this is not a real ending, it's just that you leave this plane and go to the next one to fight, the tasks will change, bringing a female beastman ghoul back to reality and so on.

  Awesome! Genius!

  "It's all gone! Screw you!"

  The poor fellow's efforts had already brought him back to Yuhang Town for the second time.

  Sixteen years ago, the mountain temple on the outskirts of the small town was still intact and looked pretty good.

  Fang Xian walked into the temple and saw his grandmother resting due to her injuries, while Little Spirit was taking care of her by her side.

  "Ah, Great Immortal has arrived. The old lady's expression immediately turned devout, 'Great Immortal still hasn't forgotten about me...' "

  "...considering that Granny has taken care of Ling'er for many years, Fang Xian endured it and seeing that the two were safe, he felt relieved and immediately turned around to leave, 'I'll go find Shuǐ Yuè Palace Master to come pick you up.'"

  Grandma trembled and took out a bloody handkerchief: "Great god, please bring the slave's family heirloom, find that town dock..."

  "Get out, don't disgust me with that thing for wiping noses." Fang Xian didn't linger and was just about to leave the temple when he saw a simple and honest young man carrying an axe coming in.

  "Hmm!" The young man's face was mature, with strong muscles, holding a large axe, wearing a low-key bamboo hat, his fierce gaze swept the entire scene in an instant, and he had already made up his mind. He swung his axe towards Fang Xian and shouted angrily, "You dare to abduct this beauty and commit adultery here! This is the territory of Yuhang, I, Old Ding, will not tolerate it!!"

  The enemy's path is narrow, and my ex-husband has appeared again, but why is he so young?

  "Hero, calm down!" Grandma trembled and advised, "This is the Square-Faced Immortal, he's the one who saved us two to come here, hero mustn't be impulsive."

  "Oh?!" Ding Dabo raised an eyebrow and took a closer look at Fang Xian, slapping his thigh and exclaiming, "I thought the face of Zhang Si, the orphan from town, was square enough, but I didn't expect to see an even squarer one!"

  With a leisurely leap, he jumped out of the Mountain God Temple, "Let Old Ding take you to Yuhang, I have something to do and will leave first."

  Under the dim candlelight in the temple, one was a robust young man with heroic spirit between his eyebrows, and the other was an abstract girl with phoenix eyes and willow-leaf eyebrows. They rubbed out some kind of mysterious spark.

  Ding Da Bo carried Grandma out of the Mountain God Temple with injuries.

  "Girl, the jade rabbit embroidered on your handkerchief is quite lovely..." Mr. Ding's face was flushed with excitement, it was unclear whether he was shy or suffocating, "Then I'll call you... Tuzi from now on."

  Grandma's face, full of wrinkles, was filled with tender affection: "Big Brother Ding, you are so powerful and majestic, from now on I'll call you Dingding Xiong."

  Ling'er simply followed behind the two of them, instinctively blocking out their conversation, biting her finger and staring blankly at the floating square-faced immortal.