NOVEL NEXT Chapter 408: Changing Targets
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Amon reached out and took the Flame of Destiny's seed, refining it in an instant.
The flame surged, the originally thumb-sized spark growing to the size of a fist.
Amon's encroachment on Xiao Yan's destiny was greater, causing more impact, but Xiao Meng was more closely integrated, which was why she awakened the Beast Flame first.
At this moment, all these disturbances of destiny became nourishment for this flame, helping it grow.
After obtaining the Flame of Destiny, information about the flame naturally appeared in Amon's mind.
When a person is consumed by the Flame of Destiny, their very existence disappears, and such a disappearance creates a contradiction for the World, thus requiring something to fill the vanished existence.
For its own stable operation, the World's rules would default to Amon replacing the disappeared person.
However, this replacement was limited; the stronger a person was and the closer their relationship to the disappeared person, the easier it was to detect the inconsistencies.
If the disappearance was too sudden and caused too much chaos, then Amon himself would have to bear the backlash from the World's rules.
Amon could replace Xiao Meng so easily because, in a sense, she was Xiao Meng, just without the host's body, causing very little impact.
Xiao Yan couldn't detect Xiao Meng's changes, nor could Xun Er; their strength was not yet great enough, they would only believe that the current Xiao Meng was the original Xiao Meng.
Even if Xiao Meng's appearance, personality, and habits changed, they would believe it was supposed to be that way.
Su Qian also couldn't detect Xiao Meng's changes; although he was strong enough compared to the current Xiao Meng, he knew too little about Xiao Meng.
Yao Chen was strong enough and familiar enough with Xiao Meng, but he would subconsciously overlook it; the Worm of Spirit parasitic in his soul would give him psychological hints, preventing him from seeing certain abnormalities.
Ling Ying might discover some inconsistencies, but these inconsistencies were not yet strong enough to allow him to see through the truth.
The replacement of destiny was easiest to detect in the initial period; thereafter, as time passed, the possibility of detection would become smaller.
Amon put away the flame and pondered his next move. He was a magical beast nurtured by the rules of heaven and earth, and not the rules of the Dou Qi Continent, but the higher-level rules of the entire Dou Po universe.
The Beast Flame he gave birth to was even fundamentally superior to the Heavenly Flame of the Dou Qi Plane.
Including the Azure Lotus Core Flame, he already possessed two special flames. His combat power had soared, so the original plan was no longer suitable.
When he only had one Heavenly Flame, going to the Earth Core World to find that nascent Fallen Heart Flame was the least difficult method. If he couldn't find it, then he would release the one imprisoned in the Heavenly Burning Training Qi Tower and seize the opportunity amidst the chaos.
Now with a second flame, he suddenly realized that killing Han Feng and seizing his Sea Heart Flame was a more certain option!
Amon pondered the new plan while walking out, leaving Xiao Meng in a daze.
"What do you think the main body will do next?" a Worm of Spirit asked.
"Probably take the Fallen Heart Flame, after all, the only things Jia Nan Academy has that are worth his attention are those two Fallen Heart Flames and the Ancient Emperor Cave below. Tuo She Ancient Emperor's cave is definitely not something we can reach right now."
Xiao Meng got up and walked to the window, looking at the quiet night sky with a calm expression.
"Having left that body, I feel like you've become a bit smarter," the Worm of Spirit complained.
"Your illusion, I've always been like this," Xiao Meng replied with a captivating voice.
The Worm of Spirit suddenly smiled, saying with a hint of schadenfreude:
"Since the main body intends to take the Fallen Heart Flame, then the Heavenly Burning Training Qi Tower will lose its effect... which means your fire energy was saved for nothing."
Xiao Meng's expression froze. She blankly took out her fire crystal card, staring at the numbers on it, remaining motionless for a long time.
She seemed like a petrified statue, falling heavily sideways onto the soft bed.
"Damn the main body!"
The Worm of Spirit nudged, responding: "Alright... your becoming smarter or whatever, truly was my illusion."
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Returning to his residence, Amon attempted to imbue the Flame of Destiny with sentience.
However, unfortunately, he tried several times and failed. This flame seemed only able to serve as his own companion flame, unable to become a true living being like a Heavenly Flame.
Amon was not disappointed; being unable to separate and form a single individual did not have much impact.
A Worm of Spirit with twelve rings and starlight-like colors crawled out of "Zhou Mingrui's" body.
Accompanied by a distorted glimmer, this Worm of Spirit transformed into a thin young man in a black classical robe and a pointed soft hat.
The main body, Amon!
Amon's main body looked at the Worm of Spirit with Zhou Mingrui's appearance and softly said:
"Then, please maintain this identity as a Jia Nan Academy student..."
"Leave it all to me. You don't trust Amon's work?" Zhou Mingrui stroked his monocle, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
After giving some instructions, Amon's main body ran towards the outside of the basin. He did not use Dou Qi Transformation Wings to fly, as that would be too high-profile and easily attract Su Qian's attention.
While running, he used the Dou Technique skills that Xiao Meng had summarized, with Dou Qi continuously circulating between his legs.
Passing through one wide street after another and past tall buildings, he arrived at the edge of the Inner Courtyard basin.
At the edge of the basin, a huge restriction enveloped the entire basin. This restriction had no defensive function, but it could mark and alert against magical beasts that intruded into the Inner Courtyard.
After an alert, members of the enforcement team would come to kill the intruding magical beasts. There were also students who would take on the task of clearing magical beasts to earn fire energy.
This restriction's identification method was crude; one only needed to control their Dou Qi well and conceal their aura to avoid being judged as a magical beast.
However, this was sufficient, as it only guarded against some low-level, unintelligent magical beasts; those high-level magical beasts that could conceal their aura would not come in to seek death.
After Amon left the Inner Courtyard, he immediately used Dou Qi Transformation Wings and rapidly swept towards the vast mountain forest.
After breaking through to Dou Emperor, his overall mass further increased, but due to time constraints, he had not yet expanded the mass of his avatars to their maximum level.
For the upcoming actions, Amon decided to fill in the missing and empty slots.
After all, "Medicine Emperor" Han Feng was a peak Dou Emperor expert and possessed a Heavenly Flame, making him worthy of cautious treatment.
Besides rapidly accumulating soul power through his "Soul Devour" talent to fill the gaps, Amon also needed to make a few friends.
He believed these warm-hearted magical beast friends would be willing to help!
There were many targets he had noted down on the way from the Outer Courtyard to the Inner Courtyard, which greatly saved Amon's time.
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