Original God's Dark Priest

Chapter 942 The Ritual of the Brave 6

Ying, accompanied by two small dragons, began her campaign against the Golden King Beast, while Sapphire drew a pale blue, semi-transparent band of light from her fingertips.

Little Pai Mengfei, standing beside her, noticed the band of light and asked curiously, "What is this?"

“A concept,” Saffir said. “To be precise, it’s a concept I derived from the Golden King Beast, based on the laws of time.”

This one... is a backtracking.

Saffir was quite skilled in the study of time, but he could only choose to accelerate it or extend it indefinitely to a standstill.

The only thing she can't do is turn back time, because she can't break through that threshold, or rather, her talent simply doesn't include this ability, so she can't do it no matter what.

Moreover, unlike this golden beast, she cannot manipulate the time of others; all she can do is make changes based on her own time.

For example, she could speed up her own time so that her enemies would appear slow. Or she could freeze time in a certain area to forcibly stop the development of events. She once used this method to freeze a great demon for a full hundred years. This is a sealing technique that turns time into a cage.

She had used the same method on General Thunder, but the difference in strength between the two sides was too great at that time, and it was easily broken through.

The blue light band at her fingertips slowly wrapped around Saffir's index finger and then gradually disappeared; she had grasped the concept of rewind.

The moment the concept was etched into his soul, a voice in Saffir's consciousness exclaimed softly, "Oh? The law of time reversal? Who's so generous?"

“This child is lucky,” a female voice replied.

At the same time, Saffir heard another voice: "Chosen one of the dragons, in recognition of your respect for the trials, I bestow upon you this gift."

“Who are you?” Saffir asked.

The voice did not answer directly, but instead said, "We will meet again soon. I hope you will maintain this stance in the upcoming trials. Until we meet again."

The sound disappeared.

Saffir stood there, her brows slightly furrowed. She had to admit that retrospection was a very important concept for her.

Her understanding and use of time are inherently limited, but with the ability to rewind combined with her control over her own time power, she can achieve a qualitative change.

This is the legendary "one certificate for life".

If Saffir refines this concept to its fullest extent, she can travel back in time to any point in time she wants to go to.

If she existed at that point in time, then she is the same person she is at this point in time.

For example, if she starts to rewind now, going back to the day she first met Ying, then the Saphir who appears in front of Ying is the Saphir of today.

She could crush Dvalin with one hand, or she could beat up Sora and throw him in front of Luminous.

Furthermore, if she wished, she could travel back millions of years, all the way back to when she was the final being, and then return to the original dragon, directly altering the history of Teyvat.

However, this is already the limit, because the birth of Guizhong is her starting point, and she did not exist in the time before that.

Even so, that is still an incredibly powerful ability. As the saying goes, once proven, it is eternal; once it exists, it will exist forever.

Saffir had a feeling that if she went back to the time before the end of time, she would not simply disappear, but would break a certain rule and become a kind of will in the universe, or perhaps the rule-maker.

To put it another way...

Star God.

She will embark on a brand new destiny and exist eternally in the universe. However, at that time, she will no longer be herself. The tides of destiny will wash away the past of the star god, and everyone will forget his past. From then on, they will only know that a god has appeared in the starry sky.

She will also be bound by the forces of fate, and will no longer be able to do what she wants.

Saffir sighed and extinguished the dangerous idea.

Thinking about these things now is too far-fetched. This concept is too weak. Just look at the performance of the Golden Beast. At present, she can only rewind a few seconds. What can a few seconds of rewinding do?

At most, she can only be invincible in battle, because if she gets injured, she can rewind time and prepare to deal with the killing move a few seconds in advance. In the eyes of others, she will become a machine that never makes mistakes, her combat strategy will never be wrong, and her battle plan will be flawless.

She will be invincible, and that will be enough.

"It's quite a nice gift, actually." Saffir was in a good mood, not expecting that this trial would bring her such great benefits.

Perhaps even the person who gave her this gift didn't know what the concept of retrospection meant to Saffir.

After all, this concept shows that he hasn't studied backtracking in depth; he probably just uses it as a sure-hit attack method.

The people in this world may not have the ability to refine concepts or consciousness, but that doesn't matter; Saffir knows what to do.

With backtracking, she will be able to do even more in the future.

The Golden King Beast over there, having lost its ability to manipulate time, is currently being overwhelmed by Ying and the two small dragons, and it looks like it's about to collapse.

Saffir wasn't interested in this kind of easy win either, and said, "Let's finish this quickly, don't you want to eat?"

"Oh! Coming right away!" Upon hearing that it was time to eat, Ying and Carmos immediately perked up and their offensive became even more ferocious.

Krist didn't know what they were so excited about, but he perked up and worked even harder.

The two small dragons seemed to have opened the Eight Gates of the Divine Armor, and a flame resembling blood suddenly rose from their bodies.

Karmos, relying on her ability to fly, engaged in a fierce battle with the Golden King Beast in the sky. Because of her small size and agility, the Golden King Beast was unable to hit her no matter what it tried. Instead, it was outmaneuvered by her various nimble movements and was left with numerous scratch marks on its body, looking extremely miserable.

Because he was preoccupied with Karmos, the Golden Beast had no time to pay attention to Ying and Krest below.

When attention is diverted, flaws naturally emerge.

Ying seized the opening and struck the Golden King Beast, knocking it down from the air and crashing heavily to the ground, letting out a mournful howl.

Krest, who had been eager to fight from the ground since the start of the battle but was unable to fly and thus could not find an opportunity to strike, finally seized what might be a once-in-a-lifetime chance.

After all, judging from Karmos and Ying's irritable state, it's hard to say whether the Golden King Beast can hold out until the next crash.

Krest is also very impatient and competitive. Both Ying and Karmos have provided ample effective output, so why should he just stand by and watch? That doesn't make sense.

It also wants to steal DPS.

With a fiery effect that resembled the opening of eight gates, Krest charged toward the Golden King Beast, who was lying on the ground.

Unlike the agile and mobile Karmos, Krest's attack methods are much more primitive and savage. After all, Karmos's core is the Big Dipper, which is already far away from humans when it transforms into a dragon to fight.

But ultimately, she still can't compare to a real wild beast; at least for now, she won't use her teeth as weapons in battle.

But Crest wouldn't think that way.

It used both hands and feet, scratching, biting, and clawing. Because it had activated the Blessing of the Flame Lord, each of its attacks would unleash a large burst of flames, causing the Golden King Beast to scream in agony.

While Krest was unleashing his full power, Ying and Karmos were not idle either. One of them, wielding the Light Magic Sword Slinger, endlessly repeated the Traveler's Sword Technique while weaving in various high-burst skills, while the other transformed into a fire dragon, performing a seven-in-seven-out feat on the massive body of the Golden King Beast.

Even the skeletal golden beast, with its enormous body, appeared somewhat bloated. Faced with three incredibly tiny ants, it was powerless to resist.

Finally, with Karmos unleashing a devastating attack that pierced the skull, the Golden King Beast, its head pierced, was utterly exhausted. It collapsed to the ground, turning into a tangled mass of abyssal sludge that slowly dissipated.

"Ah!" After witnessing the fall of the Golden King Beast, Krest let out a sigh of relief, still feeling somewhat unsatisfied.

They look like they want to keep playing.

Saffir also brought Paimon to the side of the man and the two dragons.

She clapped her hands gently and praised, "Excellent teamwork and fighting. If you were just a disorganized bunch at the beginning, you have at least achieved some basic understanding and coordination in this battle."

"Just the beginning? I think we're cooperating quite well." Ying felt that Saffir's assessment was a bit conservative.

Saffir smiled. Cooperation? The three of them just now didn't really cooperate; they were just fighting individually. If you had to say, Ying and Karmos shooting down the Golden King Beast to create an opportunity for Krest to deal damage could be considered cooperation?

However, considering the characteristics of the Golden King Beast, this is just a necessary step in the strategy process, more like going with the flow.

Paimon didn't care about anything else; she had something more urgent to ask: "Crest and Carmos became so powerful just now. Could it be that they awakened something like... the power of the Flame Lord?"

"It does look very impressive." Ying nodded in agreement.

Krest patted his belly, the flames on his body disappeared, and his imposing aura visibly weakened.

Carmos landed directly on Saffir's head, curled himself into a small ball, and planned to take a nap.

Noticing the two little dragons acting strangely, Ying asked with some concern, "Are you two alright?"

Krest tried to muster his strength to prove that he was alright, while Carmos raised his eyelids slightly and then slowly closed them again.

She could feel that the weakness coming from both her mind and body was real. She could understand the physical weakness, after all, it was a little dragon that had just been born not long ago. Suddenly experiencing such a high-intensity battle was almost like burning blood, which was an act of squandering potential.

But something was wrong with his mental state. The mental strain of a battle was so great that Beidou had never felt this way before.

She guessed that a portion of her spirit must have been used to resist the negative effects of the Flame Lord's Blessing.

Thinking about it this way, everything makes sense. Why did all the dragons who possessed the Blessing of the Flame Lord go mad in the end? Because their spiritual power was rapidly worn down and completely exhausted.

"Anyway, you were really cool during the battle just now, and you were a big help..." Paimon felt it was better to give you some praise.

Ying nodded in agreement: "Yes, that's really amazing."

Krest was delighted by the praise and instinctively wanted to enter that transcendent state again, but only a wisp of embers rose from its body and then quickly went out, which surprised the little guy slightly, as if he was puzzled.

Saffir watched this scene unfold, which was not unexpected: "The Flame Lord's Blessing can drive even adult dragons mad. You two little ones shouldn't try to use it by force. This is not a power that you can wield at will."

You should remember what Manco said: under no circumstances should you use this power too sparingly, lest you lose your mind and I have to clean house for you.”

Krest shrank back, a little scared. Although it had never seen Saffir go all out, the power of that Holy Word Cross attack just now was enough for it to rank Saffir among the most dangerous beings.

The thought that he would be killed by Saffir if he went mad instantly sobered up Krest.

That kind of thing...no...

Carmos, on the other hand, was not nervous at all. Saffir's words were harsh, but in reality, if something happened to him, what he was most worried about was this little tablet.

Oh, except for Ningguang.

It's actually quite easy to handle the fact that your master likes to say unpleasant things.

“Hmm…Speaking of which, shouldn’t we be looking for the token? You haven’t forgotten why we came here, have you?” Saffir said, getting down to business.

Paimon paused for a moment upon hearing this, then immediately said, "Oh right! I almost forgot. We came here to find the token, but the enemy has already been defeated. Where is the token?"

As soon as she finished speaking, everyone saw a golden rune slowly emerge.

“Oh, this is the one from the beginning…” Paimon recognized it; this must be the clue to the token.

Ying and Saffir stepped forward and touched it at the same time. Immediately afterward, the group felt a darkness before their eyes, followed by a bright light.

Saffir felt a brief sense of weightlessness, and then felt solid ground beneath his feet. However, the ground was different from ordinary ground; it was a bit soft and a bit... damp.

She opened her eyes and found herself standing on a body of water, which surprised her slightly.

She didn't concentrate her strength to stand on the water's surface, meaning that this water surface was actually a place where people could stand. Moreover, this water surface was different from the Eternal Oasis; it was flowing water, real water.

The world before her eyes felt more like a dream. The water beneath her feet was just knee-deep, and below it was more water. She stood on the water's surface, and not far ahead lay a ruin. The ruin's architecture was pure white, and there were several markings within it. Orange light illuminated the entire ruin, making it shine brightly.

Ying also felt a little surprised. She looked around for a while, trying to understand the situation.

Before the two could react, the voice rang out again: "Chosen One of the Dragon, step forward to pay homage...to the last sanctuary of your people..."

Carmos remained listlessly perched on Saffir's head, while Krest followed Ying and Saffir forward.

Paimon followed along, somewhat awestruck: "This...this is the real place where the keepsake is kept. It's so quiet here..."

Saffir stepped forward and touched a mark. A voice suddenly rang out: "Worship, you who protect all living beings."

Ying touched the second mark, and the voice spoke again: "Worship, you who illuminate all beings."

Krest touched the third mark, and the voice spoke again: "Come before me, chosen one of the dragons, come before me."

The mark closest to the shore was touched by the flying Carmos, and the voice rang out again: "The time has come to inscribe it, the time has come to inscribe it."

The group continued forward, arriving at the center of the ruins, where the words, seemingly both enticing and encouraging, echoed in their ears: "Those chosen by the dragon, come to pay homage and offer your covenant..."

Thus, permission was obtained to enter the sacred mountain.

"He's such a good actor. I hope that when I find his true identity, he can still beg for mercy with that same air of superiority when he gets beaten up. I respect him as a real man." Saffir walked forward slowly, making up his mind as he went.