101: wait

Xiang Yan left with satisfaction, once again embarking on a journey of wandering about.

Two or three years passed in the blink of an eye, and he quietly snuck back into Nelson's territory.

However, no one knew of his return this time; he had hidden his Aura and existence flawlessly.

Through the marks scattered everywhere, he was like a spider lurking in the shadows, quietly collecting intelligence from the outside world.

Since Mizuno Hiroshi became Nelson's Apostle, everything had undergone earth-shattering changes.

Although he remembered his agreement with Xiang Yan and did not easily use that powerful strength, this strength was like sweet dew, nourishing him at all times, allowing his strength to improve in all aspects, and even directly breaking through the original limitations of the Black Crystal.

The sense of expansion brought about by the surge in power made him even more unscrupulous than before.

The army composed of Magical Girls was vulnerable before Mizuno Hiroshi.

It wasn't training; it was simply a one-sided slaughter.

The only difference was just who could last a little longer under Mizuno Hiroshi's hands.

Every battle was accompanied by heavy casualties among the Magical Girls.

Logically speaking, with such a vast difference in strength, there was no need to continue training at all.

However, what was puzzling was that the army of Magical Girls still kept coming wave after wave, attempting to intercept Mizuno Hiroshi.

Even though they knew they were no match, flames of unyielding spirit burned in their eyes, and they did not show the slightest intention of retreating.

So Xiang Yan put a little more of his energy over there, and with this, as time passed, he discovered something unusual.

In the battles with Mizuno Hiroshi, many Magical Girls died right before his eyes; clearly, they had already been torn into pieces by Mizuno Hiroshi, their blood staining the earth red, but in the subsequent battles, you could always find those long-dead Magical Girls stepping onto the battlefield once again, fighting Mizuno Hiroshi, getting torn apart, and then appearing again.

From this, he realized that these Sacred Hall Heaven must possess some special means of resurrection, which allowed these Magical Girls to fearlessly charge at Mizuno Hiroshi again and again, using their lives to hone their combat skills.

Time passed like a white horse galloping past a crevice; in the blink of an eye, two hundred years had passed.

During these two hundred years, Mizuno Hiroshi was like a tireless war machine, sweeping across all directions, and countless Magical Girls were reduced to dust under his iron hoofs.

Even though they had unlimited means of resurrection, they still could not stop Mizuno Hiroshi.

However, Mizuno Hiroshi's myth of invincibility finally came to an end one day.

Mizuno Hiroshi stood on the chaotic battlefield, covered in blood, staring intently at the enemies before him.

In front of him, two Magical Girls stood side by side, and their appearance made Mizuno Hiroshi feel unprecedented pressure.

One of them had long, smooth Ice Blue hair that shimmered with a crystalline luster under the sunlight, as if she were the Incarnation of an ice goddess.

Her features were exquisite, her skin was fairer than snow, and her pair of Ice Blue eyes seemed capable of seeing through people's hearts.

Her tall, curvaceous figure radiated a suffocating chill, as if she were a ten-thousand-year-old iceberg, keeping people at a distance.

It was none other than Snow Rabbit's Sister Bing Lan.

The other one was Xiang Yan's old acquaintance—Emerald Star.

Compared to her green and immature appearance back then, the current Emerald Star had shed all her childishness, her whole being radiating the charm of a mature woman.

She had a tall figure with exquisite curves, and her long emerald-green hair was draped casually over her shoulders, like flowing jade.

Her emerald-green eyes were incomparably deep, as if they contained endless wisdom and power.

Of course, the changes in Emerald Star's appearance did not surprise Xiang Yan too much; what truly surprised him was that Emerald Star had actually become a Magical Girl who controlled rules.

The speed of her upgrade was simply absurd. According to the data provided by Nelson, the most Genius Magical Girl ever born in this world, which is the current World Proxy "Ring of Truth", had to struggle for nearly 2000 years to be able to control rules. Could Emerald Star be even more fierce than her? Don't make me laugh!

What was Emerald Star's Aptitude? As her former bed partner, how could Xiang Yan not know?!

At a glance, one could tell there was something fishy, but Xiang Yan had other things to focus on at the moment, so he had no intention of investigating the reason, just viewing this incident as a bit of fun.

To get back to the point, after encountering these two, Mizuno Hiroshi attacked directly.

Unsurprisingly, Mizuno Hiroshi was beaten up; Emerald Star released just one skill, not even pulling out her weapon, and Mizuno Hiroshi was almost beaten to death.

Sensing a life-and-death crisis, Mizuno Hiroshi could no longer care about his agreement with Xiang Yan and directly used the power of the Apostle.

Emerald Star and Ice Blue exchanged glances, seemingly communicating and confirming something, then Emerald Star's eyes narrowed, and she released a few more skills, leaving Mizuno Hiroshi disoriented from the beating once again.

As for Mizuno Hiroshi's army of Monsters, they had long since been wiped out by the aftermath of the battle.

Mizuno Hiroshi later risked his life to finally find a chance to escape, fleeing desperately toward Nelson's territory.

However, Emerald Star and Ice Blue did not want to give him a chance to catch his breath; they followed closely behind without hesitation, especially Emerald Star, whose attitude was extremely determined—she had to kill Mizuno Hiroshi.

The root cause of this problem was that when Mizuno Hiroshi was getting beaten up earlier, he had a loose tongue and let it slip that he was the rival Monster King from Emerald Star's youth.

Something unexpected to Xiang Yan happened: Emerald Star actually asked Mizuno Hiroshi about his whereabouts, and then Mizuno Hiroshi, at a time he shouldn't have been stubborn, acted tough and clamored that Mingyu City had long been destroyed by him.

Her so-called little lover, he had never even heard of him, and he was probably killed by him back then along with Mingyu City.

Well, now things were a big deal.

This chemotherapy-like rant from Mizuno Hiroshi directly enraged Emerald Star, and Emerald Star lived up to expectations by letting Mizuno Hiroshi experience what the anger of a widow was like.

And so, it developed to the present point: Mizuno Hiroshi had successfully run back to Nelson's territory, and Emerald Star had rushed in without hesitation, attempting to tower-dive and kill Mizuno Hiroshi.

Could Mizuno Hiroshi endure this? Before, when he was outside, the power of the Apostle couldn't be fully unleashed, but now that he was back on his own turf, his power could be unleashed at over a hundred percent, so how could he let a Magical Girl beat him?

And then Mizuno Hiroshi got beaten up again, because even through the screen, Xiang Yan could tell that after entering Nelson's territory, Emerald Star was clearly using that kind of self-destructive forbidden move, trying to kill Mizuno Hiroshi as quickly as possible.

Seeing this situation, Xiang Yan, who didn't want Mizuno Hiroshi to die yet, had no choice but to wake up Nelson once again.

After Nelson woke up, a terrifying Aura suddenly erupted, instantly sweeping across the entire space.

The air became viscous, gravity seemed to have increased a hundredfold, pressing down so hard that it was hard to breathe.

Emerald Star had originally been aggressive, preparing to take down Mizuno Hiroshi in one go, but when this Aura descended, her face instantly turned pale.

Ice Blue, on the side, saw that things were not looking good and grabbed Emerald Star, rushing out of the territory. Nelson, under Xiang Yan's signal, turned a blind eye to Emerald Star and Ice Blue's actions, letting them disappear into the sky.

As for what Mizuno Hiroshi thought about the late emperor suddenly returning from the dead, Xiang Yan couldn't be bothered to care; as long as this guy could live until the time he needed to use him, that was enough.

Therefore, before letting Nelson go back to sleep, Xiang Yan completely sealed off the entire territory; people outside couldn't get in, and people inside couldn't get out.

However, a few days later, an even more terrifying existence descended.

The entire sky seemed to be torn apart, and a figure radiating seven-colored light slowly descended above Nelson's territory.

That was the World Proxy, Ring of Truth!

Her appearance seemed to make the entire world freeze.

Ring of Truth did not say a word of nonsense, directly waking up Nelson, then taking out a War Declaration Order shimmering with the World Mark, while simultaneously forcibly transmitting a cold thought to him.

After receiving the thought, under Xiang Yan's command, Nelson dared not show the slightest resistance, immediately displaying an incomparably submissive attitude. He unhesitatingly suppressed Mizuno Hiroshi and the Monsters under his command on the spot, even condensing a mark that could control Mizuno Hiroshi and handing it to Ring of Truth.

Ring of Truth looked at Nelson's performance with satisfaction, took the mark, and taking Mizuno Hiroshi with her, turned into a seven-colored stream of light and disappeared into the horizon.

After a long wait, confirming that the World Proxy had completely left, Xiang Yan's figure slowly emerged from the shadows.

He looked up at the sky, which was gradually returning to calm, and a meaningful smile curled at the corners of his mouth.

"The opportunity is finally almost here..."