188: Chapter 188 I Want to Be... a King!

Ye Fei shook her head, her gaze passing over Chen Xi to look at the massive, painfully writhing mass of Broodmother flesh on the altar.

That was her future self.

That was the her who chose self-imprisonment and self-sacrifice to escape pain and protect humanity.

"I don't want to become like that."

Ye Fei pointed at that ugly lump of flesh, tears flickering in her eyes, but more so a newborn flame:

"The future me chose sacrifice, chose to become a protected, imprisoned 'Source'."

"She pinned all her hopes on others, on those shackles."

"So... she failed. Not only did she fail to save the world, she became a tool for its destruction."

Ye Fei took a deep breath and suddenly grabbed Chen Xi's arm, staring at him with burning eyes:

"Captain, I don't want to be the Source."

"I don't want to be that pathetic wretch who can only passively wait for fate's judgment!"

"I want to be... a Monarch!"

"I want to be the Lord of Myriad Spirits—the one who can control everything, suppress everything, and make all monsters crawl at my feet!"

"Only then can I redeem my future self and end this damned cycle!"

Chen Xi looked at the girl before him.

In her eyes, he saw a light called 'ambition'. But this ambition was not for selfish desire; it was for the sake of protection.

It was the cry of the weak, erupting from a desperate situation, wanting to seize control of fate.

Chen Xi smiled.

His smile was both gratified and crazed.

"Good!"

"That's a member of my Nirvana Battle Team!"

Chen Xi flipped his hand to grip Ye Fei's wrist, exactly where the core card was embedded.

"Since you want to be a Monarch, I'll send you up there!"

"Are you ready?!"

Ye Fei nodded heavily:

"Do it!"

Chen Xi's gaze narrowed, no longer holding back.

He mobilized all the spiritual power in his body. That God-tier talent, which had only recently awakened and had never been shown to this world, finally bared its fangs.

"Talent—[Miracle: Sublimation]! Activate!!"

Buzz—!!!

A golden pillar of light that pierced through heaven and earth instantly erupted from Chen Xi and Ye Fei's clasped hands, shooting straight toward the ceiling!

The radiance was so dazzling it even eclipsed all the lightning and fire on the scene.

Under the washing of this holy and overbearing power, the [Beast Tamer] core card on Ye Fei's wrist began to vibrate violently, melting and restructuring.

What was originally just an S-rank class core forcibly broke through the barriers of rank under the rule-breaking power of [Miracle: Sublimation]!

The evolutionary power of the [stone of origin] was fully activated!

The violent factors of the [beast kings blood] were perfectly tamed!

"Aaaaahhh—!!!"

Ye Fei let out a long cry toward the heavens as her body slowly floated up, centered within the golden pillar of light.

Her originally fiery red hair turned into a brilliant pure gold at this moment, dancing wildly in the wind like the crown of a sun goddess.

At the center of her forehead, an ancient, mysterious, and infinitely majestic golden rune slowly emerged.

That was no ordinary beast-taming mark.

That was—the [Myriad Spirit Divine Seal]!

Boom!

An unprecedented and terrifying pressure swept out madly in all directions from Ye Fei like a tsunami!

This pressure was no longer passive or gentle.

It was domineering, absolute, and unquestionable!

"Kneel!!"

Floating in mid-air, Ye Fei slowly opened her eyes.

Her pupils had turned into a molten gold color, cold and noble.

She looked down at the chaotic beast tide below, parted her vermillion lips, and spat out two words.

The voice wasn't loud, but it was like a divine decree descending!

Thump! Thump! Thump!

A shocking scene unfolded.

The modified fierce beasts, who had been seeing red and were uncontrollable even for Black-Robed Shen Ye, felt as if their backbones had been ripped out the moment they heard those two words.

A trembling originating from the depths of their souls made it impossible for them to harbor even a shred of resistance.

Whether it was the vicious Shadowblade Leopards or the massive Stitched Behemoths,

all of them stopped their movements simultaneously, their limbs trembling as they knelt heavily toward the golden figure in the air!

Their heads pressed tightly against the ground, letting out whimpers of submission.

Even that massive mass of Broodmother flesh stopped its agitation, its tentacles drooping submissively as if welcoming its Queen.

The entire field was dead silent.

Only that golden figure remained, looking down upon all living things like a deity.

[Ding! Miracle Sublimation successful!]

[Teammate Ye Fei's class has advanced!]

[Advanced from 'Beast Tamer (S-rank)' to—'Divine Maiden of Ten Thousand Spirits (SSS-rank)'!]

"This... this is SSS-rank?!"

Li Murou covered her mouth, looking at the current Ye Fei as if she were looking at a stranger.

Too strong!

This ability to suppress the entire field just with aura was simply like a cheat code!

"It worked..."

Chen Xi leaned exhausted against a rock, watching Ye Fei in the sky, a satisfied smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

This was the effect he wanted.

Break the rules, reshape the truth!

Meanwhile, in mid-air, Black-Robed Shen Ye stared blankly at all of this.

His body began to become transparent due to energy depletion, but he was completely oblivious to it.

He stared fixedly at Ye Fei, with her cascading golden hair and god-like majesty. A flash of shock, then confusion, and finally... a complex expression of mingled relief and madness crossed his eyes.

"It's different..."

Black-Robed Shen Ye muttered to himself:

"It's completely different from my memory."

"The girl who only knew how to hide behind me and cry... actually became like this?"

He looked at Ye Fei, then at Chen Xi, the man who had single-handedly created all these miracles.

Suddenly, he threw his head back and laughed loudly.

The laughter held a hint of desolation, but even more so the fanaticism of a gambler who had seen an incomparable hand of cards.

"Hahahaha! Good! Good! Good!"

"Chen Xi! Ye Fei!"

"You truly are variables! The greatest variables!"

Black-Robed Shen Ye's figure began to crumble inch by inch, dissipating into countless black points of light.

But he did not show the dejection of a loser.

On the contrary, in the final moment before he vanished, he stared intently at Chen Xi and Ye Fei, a frantic flame called 'hope' burning in his eyes:

"Since you've chosen another path..."

"Since you don't want to follow the script I arranged..."

"Then prove it to me!!"

Black-Robed Shen Ye's voice echoed through the underground space, lingering for a long time:

"Prove that your choice is right!"

"Prove that you... can do better than me!!"

"If you fail... I'll be waiting in hell to laugh at you!!"

Buzz—!

As the last word fell, Black-Robed Shen Ye's projection completely dissipated into the air.

Leaving behind only the silent ruins and a crowd of kneeling fierce beasts.

A confrontation spanning time and space finally reached its conclusion at this moment.

But everyone knew.

This was merely the beginning.