Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

At the moment death encroached upon Zhou Baiyu, these words seemed to have already replayed countless times in his mind.

Like tiny sparks, blossoming ceaselessly in the absolute darkness.

They had burned, but those faint sparks were not sufficient to illuminate the darkness and ultimately returned to silence.

They should have accepted their fate.

Yet the dying man seemed unable, in the final moment, to reconcile with his greatest obsession.

He was simply unwilling, unwilling like never before.

Because this world was far from clean and beautiful.

Because this world was about to be desecrated by those detestable polluted beings.

He was so furious, so mournful.

That the sparks of hope never ceased to exist.

Finally, like a fairy-tale delusion that only existed in children's stories, his immense obsession was moved—

The thick and pitch-black darkness...suddenly tore open.

Zhou Baiyu suddenly felt a force pulling him out of the absolute darkness—

At this moment, he seemed to understand the feelings of Haoyun when he had pulled her out of her cocoon state.

The sudden break in the darkness was the embodiment of hope!

The artifact—the Straw Man Substitute.

When its host dies, it can bear the fatal damage for the host and randomly transport the host to a nearby place.

Unceasing thoughts will echo eventually.

Zhou Baiyu did not know how to make the world clean and beautiful, but he so yearned for such a world.

In the moment he was supposed to meet death, a miracle descended!

Mel's artifact, the Straw Man Substitute, activated, transporting Zhou Baiyu out of the gluttonous beast's maw!

And the place he was transported to—

Right in front of the Wall of Black Flame.

In that instant, Lechter, Barn, and Box were all caught off guard.

Even as demon-god level beings, they could never have imagined—

That someone could break free from the body of a gluttonous beast.

The tide of battle finally began to turn, like in a soccer game, when a ball that should be in the enemy's penalty area suddenly came to the goalkeeper on one's own team—

The opponent only needed to take a final shot to score a goal.

It was all too inconceivable, considering Zhou Baiyu's weak strength, the three demon-god level experts could never have expected such a turn of events.

However, even so, it seemed impossible for Zhou Baiyu to destroy the seal.

Because the Wall of Black Flame stood before him—

To pass through this wall was certain death. The terrifying Black Flame, which even Seamer dared not touch earlier.

How much more so for Zhou Baiyu, teetering on the brink of death?

"Barn! Do not be arrogant! Stop him! Turn into thunder and stop him! The seal must not be destroyed!"

Box was no longer arrogant.

Because the enemy broke the restraints of the gluttonous beast, Box felt that the course of events was not quite right.

Barn, although he looked down on Zhou Baiyu, still complied, preparing to deal with Zhou Baiyu in an instant.

He was fast, but Zhou Baiyu was faster.

In the moment when he saw daylight and tore through the darkness, Zhou Baiyu had already formulated a detailed do-or-die plan.

All the artifacts originally used for escape—

Now became Zhou Baiyu's tools to destroy the source of corruption.

If there was no way out, then so be it. His life had already been brilliant enough!

With this thought, Zhou Baiyu activated the remaining artifacts from Mel.

A sonic distractor, a visual distractor.

In that instant, Barn suddenly found Zhou Baiyu right before his eyes.

There was no need to surge with power suddenly, no need to activate the Thunder Form.

He just needed to reach out lightly, and he could grasp the boy.

But he soon realized... something was wrong; why was the statue so far away from him?

Lechter and Box, why was one behind him and one in front of him?

As demon-god level experts with rich combat experience, Barn was the least thoughtful of the three.

But even so, Barn reacted immediately—

His sense of space and distance were being disrupted.

He immediately closed his eyes, to prevent his vision from being disturbed, and, turning into thunder, prepared to strike a lethal blow at Zhou Baiyu from memory!

Barn's response was timely, a counter for every move.

But Zhou Baiyu's calculations went one step deeper.

The moment he was transported by the Straw Man Substitute, Zhou Baiyu had already conceived a series of plans.

"Spatial disruption, sonic disruption, they might not truly be effective, just buying time. If the enemy closes his eyes, these things lose their power. But at least, it takes time for the enemy to realize this process."

"And this time, is enough for me to shift the enmity."

Yes, Mel's final item—the hammer that transferred hatred—was thrown out while Zhou Baiyu used visual disruption.

The hammer drew an arc in the air—

In the instant the three demon gods' senses were disrupted—

It successfully hit Box.

In that moment, Barn, a disciple of the God of Thunder and Flame, had his target of hatred forcefully changed by the rules.

Even Lechter, who was ready to move the Hell of Hungry Ghosts—had his target forcibly changed as well.

The process was very brief—

Cracks appeared in the seals around them. It seems that Box had been hit by Lechter and Barn.

But Zhou Baiyu had no time to pay attention.

He had long given up on escaping.

The only thing left to do, in the second when the demon gods were distracted—

Was to pass through the Black Flame and shatter the seal.

That's what he thought, and that's what he did, even if his pitch-black armor had been eroded by stomach acid, and the pain still invaded his bones.

But Zhou Baiyu didn't hesitate at all, charging straight into the Black Flame that burned everything.

Bone-eroding, body-burning.

The two greatest pains and torments were now present in Zhou Baiyu.

The pitch-black armor began to collapse and fall off like rotten burnt wood.

In this endless second—

Zhou Baiyu did not show any sign of pain.

His eyes had never been so bright, as if he saw that clean and beautiful world.

"My journey, it seems, is destined to end in solitude?"

"The president and the others, they can surely continue on..."

The Black Flame that destroyed everything not only did not hinder Zhou Baiyu's steps but even brought him a sense of relief.

Death without a complete body, turning to ash—that sounds terribly miserable...

But it is perhaps the best way to die. At least—my memories will not be devoured by Lechter.

Zhou Baiyu, whose last card was played and his body burned by the Black Flame, seemed to hear something.

But he didn't care anymore, it might have been Mark.

Regardless, he would not let Mark out.

No matter what, he had to destroy the source of corruption before him.

The Black Flame was like a wall of despair.

The man, already unconscious from the burning, roared in the midst of despair.

His voice echoed throughout the Pantheon, creating reverberations.

An arm burned to only cracks and charred bones, in an instant, broke through that wall of despair.

This broken arm reached out from the Black Flame, fiercely grasping the purple-black glowing bead in the statuette's hand.

The owner of the arm, with half a face reduced to a skeleton and the other half covered with flames, had his roaring gradually fade.

But everyone heard the "bang".

That was the sound of glass shattering, the sound of the "Cycle of Worlds" seal being crushed.

Lechter and Barn's eyes widened, and Box gritted his teeth—

They couldn't fathom how someone burned like that... could still have the strength to crush the seal?

The Black Flame burned over the lifeless skeleton, taking with it the remnants of the seal, incinerating them.

Falling from midair were several divine relics that had lost their owner, along with a mask.

The mask was unblemished by dust, no longer showing signs of worsening due to its owner's injury.

Because once dead, the extent of injury didn't matter.

It was as if it never participated in anything, as new as ever, only the smiling face seemed a bit lonely, as if once again witnessing the departure of a friend.

...

...

In the Advanced World, unknown lands.

Mel sat in a carriage of a strange train, humming an unknown tune.

Her gaze was filled with a certain sadness.

In the transfer station, Lin's hand holding a glass suddenly trembled.

The delicate glass fell to the ground, shattering, and the scarlet liquid spread. She looked at the glass, completely stunned.

In the real world, the endless cycle suddenly shattered.

But it all happened in silence. The whole world, everyone paused for a moment. It seemed as if memories were being adjusted.

This silent stillness was like a moment of mourning.

For a moment, it felt like the entire universe had fallen into silence.

But soon, this quiet was broken. The fog that appeared in the cycle had dissipated.

In its place, a long-missed heavy rain began to cleanse the filth of the world.