Endless Journey: Infinite Realms

Chapter 290 Will a flashback happen next?

"What?" Delia, whose body was already tight from excitement, could not help but be wary at the sudden turn of the events.

Her body, which was prepared to kill Emperor Litch, suddenly stopped as she looked at her target.

"What the hell is happening here?" This was all that Delia could think off as she stared down. "Why... why is there a perfect copy of Traveler Alex’s body beside him? And why is it in perfect condition!"

Right now, Delia saw the heavily injured body of Emperor Litch, and a perfectly healthy body, which also looked similar to him!

Delia, with her freakish tongue, could definitely say that the taste around the air of Emperor Litch and the copy body was almost the same!

It was as if these two were just similar, even at the most fundamental level!

"Something fishy is obviously happening here!" Delia thought to herself as she remembered that it was Alina who threw the copy body towards Emperor Litch. "That Alina... she surely had some hidden plans and she is just implementing it now!"

At the moment that she thought of this, Delia had decided to end Emperor Litch’s life immediately, so that there will be no more problems that might crop up.

But before she could even gather her Spear Qi and Holy Energy to make an attack, she saw another thing that made her surprised.

A white blob of light suddenly shot out of Emperor Litch’s chest, which then headed straight towards the copy body.

The whole thing happened instantaneously, and before Delia could know it, the white blob of light was inside the copy body already.

"What the?" Delia was once more confused when she saw this, but her confusion was immediately wiped away when Tong’er started to talk to her.

"Sis Delia! That white blob right there... that is a soul!" Tong’er telepathically said to Delia as she also saw what had happened.

"A soul?" Delia replied mentally as her eyes widened. "Are you sure about that?"

"Yes Sis Delia, I am sure." Tong’er replied quickly. "I am a spiritualist, and I can perfectly understand and see the flow of souls and spirits. That white blob really is a soul, and from its size and brightness, I can say that it is an extremely powerful soul!"

Delia was already surprised by this, but her surprise just increased after hearing Tong’er’s next words.

"Sis Delia, this is only my conjecture, but there is a high possibility that the soul of our target left his body and proceeded to possess that copy body!" Tong’er said as she grabbed Delia’s shoulders. "Sis Delia, if we don’t do anything now, Traveler Alex will be able to occupy a healthy body! That will surely be bad for all of us!"

"Oh s**t! So that is what this vixen is actually planning to do?" Delia snarled as she held her spear tightly. "So she wanted to save Traveler Alex’s life by making his soul possess another body? Hmph, something is really fishy here, but there is no way that I will just let Traveler Alex escape with a healthy body!"

Delia then raised her spear as she decided to use one of her forbidden Spear Arts. It will surely require Delia to pay some price to use this art, but right now, Delia did not care about this.

She knew that she had to kill Traveler Alex now, or something disastrous might happen to them later!

But just like what happened to her earlier, Delia’s attempt to attack was once again interrupted.

This time, the surprise came from the heavily injured body Emperor Litch.

This body, who Tong’er said should have no soul at all, suddenly opened its eyes!

"!!!" As Delia saw this, her Holy Energy started to roil and seethe, as if her Holy Energy was provoked greatly.

Before Delia could make sense on what her Holy Energy was doing, she suddenly saw seven miniature figures materializing beside the heavily injured body of Emperor Litch.

These seven figures, which Delia already had the luxury of fighting against earlier, all opened their eyes as they stared at the copy body with hostility.

A powerful aura erupted out of these seven, which was followed by them chanting an Incantation that made Delia’s Holy Energy howl in anger.

"Original Spell: Calamity of the Seven Sins!"

"!!!"

Delia’s whole body started to shiver as Delia felt fear towards her heavily injured opponent.

This person, who should have been close to dying already, was now emanating a dangerous aura that forced Delia to rethink her actions!

"An original Abyss Spell? This is not good!" Delia thought to herself as she immediately realized why her Holy Energy was acting like this. "So Traveler Alex had something like this... But why did he just activate it at this moment? Does he want to use it on us right now? But that does not make sense!"

Just a second after Delia had these thoughts, the space around Traveler Alex started to warp as the effects of his Original Abyss Spell started to take form.

"Hong~"

A massive, 7-branched tree appeared behind Traveler Alex, with the size of the tree even dwarfing the size of the demon’s Demonic Tower.

The whole tree seemed to be pulsing with malice, with each of its 7 branches towering imperiously above everyone.

Right now, 6 of the 7 branches were dim and lifeless, as if they were not alive at all.

Only 1 branch looks to be alive, and it was glowing with a sickly green glow that made Delia and the others extremely nauseous.

Delia’s Holy Energy just continued to get enraged at the appearance of this tree, making even Delia surprised at its reaction.

Naturally, the appearance of this tree has made everyone wary.

However, instead of attacking this 7-branched tree, everyone actually turned around as they distanced themselves away from the tree!

All of them looked like they did not have any courage to attack the tree or the heavily injured Traveler Alex at all. They seem to have felt something from the tree that compelled them to distance themselves away like this!

Even Delia, whose Holy Energy was almost at the brink of hysterics, wasted no time as she turned around and flew away.

Her instincts were screaming to her to get as far away from the tree as possible.

As for why, Delia was not sure. The only thing that she knew is that she must get away now!

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Emperor Litch also felt the same fear just like everyone else, but unlike them, his fear was compounded, as he could feel that he is the target of the massive tree.

His assimilation with the clone, which was already at 99.99%, suddenly could not proceed anymore, as if the tree did something to prevent Emperor Litch from completing his possession!

As Emperor LItch started to tremble from both fear and panic, he suddenly heard a voice in his mind.

"Hahaha! So how is it Emperor Litch? Do you like what you see now?"

"Ve-vessel 969! So you really are still alive!" Emperor Litch replied mentally as he forced his soul to complete the assimilation. "How the hell are you still alive now! That body should be at the brink of death already!"

"Hahaha! Are you sure that you should be worried for me?" Alex, who was now confirmed to be still alive, replied cheerfully. "I think you should be more worried about yourself..."

"!!!" At that moment, Emperor Litch used every remaining bit of his willpower to force his soul to complete the assimilation.

This technique of his worked, although the assimilation speed was greatly reduced to the point that it can be compared to a snail’s pace.

Alex continued talking, as if he was not worried on Emperor Litch’s last ditch attempt to assimilate himself.

"You know, at the very moment that I finished evolving into the Abyss Sage, I realized that your possession of my body is already nigh. Your soul had already encroached my whole body at that time, and it will take only some hours before you fully possess me. Of course I panicked a little, but then I realized that I have no choice at that time but to let you possess me."

Emperor Litch ignored what Alex was saying as he pushed his soul to the limits.

"And you know what? I definitely hated the feeling of my body being controlled by you. It’s... really the worst. And the actions that you did while controlling my body? That just made me more pissed off!"

"Shut up already!" Emperor Litch replied as the assimilation became 99.995%.

Alex did not shut up as he continued talking.

"But your possession of my body actually had some benefits for me too. Your methods of creating Original Abyss Spells were of great help to me! It was enlightening, especially when I saw your manipulation of both my Abyss Energy and my Mental Power!"

"...."

"Since I have a lot of free time when you possessed me, I decided to create my own Original Spell, using your techniques as the foundation." Alex said as the tree behind him shook gently. "So for that, I thank you for your help."

"!!!"

"See this tree right here? This is my first Original Abyss Spell which I call the Calamity of the Seven Sins." Alex said as the tree suddenly started moving towards their direction. "As you can see, this spell is extremely powerful, but right now, it is still incomplete."

"See those 7 branches? Each branch represents a combination of different Sins, which means that each branch is a spell of their own. Since there are 7 branches, I should have a total of seven different spells combined in one tree!"

At that point, Emperor LItch started to feel danger as he realized that Alex was about to attack him. He desperately forced his soul to move, even at the cost of some injuries.

"As I said earlier, this original spell of mine is still incomplete." Alex said with slight disappointment in his tone. "Right now, I only made one combination of Sins, so I only have one branch available. It may sound disappointing, but trust me, this first branch will spell your doom!"

"Boom!" After Alex said these words, the glowing branch on the massive tree started to shake for a few seconds, before it tore itself off the tree.

This glowing branch then headed towards Emperor LItch’s direction, making Emperor Litch scream mentally.

"Hahaha! How do you like this branch?" Alex said as he started to laugh. "I created this by combining the power of Greed, Gluttony, Envy, and Sloth! Emperor Litch, I assure you that you will love this branch!"

"No!!!" Emperor Litch shouted as he started to combust his soul just to hasten the assimilation.

This combustion seemed to have helped, as the assimilation rate became 99.999995%

Now, Emperor Litch only needed one more push to complete the assimilation, and he will be able to escape safely.

But unfortunately for him, escape will never be an option.

"First Branch Activate! Feast of the Voracious Dragon!"

"Roar!" The branch transformed into a jet-black dragon, who then opened its mouth wide as it swallowed Emperor Litch whole.

"!!!...." Emperor Litch let out a shout as he decided to detonate a part of his soul, just to get a burst of power.

But then a sleepy feeling dominated his mind, making his actions slow and feeble.

His soul, which was about to explode, started to calm down as it became serene.

"No...." Emperor Litch tried to undo his assimilation, but it was also futile, as he felt a massive pressure that weakened all of his skills.

Even his attempt to summon his golden sword was of no use too, as the massive pressure crushed his mental power.

A gigantic whirlpool then appeared in front of Emperor Litch, accompanied by roaring winds and crashing lightning.

To the horror of Emperor Litch, his soul, which was almost bound to the clone, was slowly being sucked by the whirlpool towards its center!

"Riiip!"

A loud ripping sound was created as his soul’s connection with the clone was slowly getting torn apart!

"Damn you Vessel 969!" Emperor Litch roared angrily as his soul continued to approach the whirlpool. "You are destined to be my body! If you just allowed yourself to be under my control, we could have ruled countless words together!"

"..."

"Argh!" Emperor Litch roared out as his soul began to flicker. "Th-th-that damned maid, she is the one who corrupted you! She is the one who made you rebel against me! Damn that b**ch!"

"..."

After hearing these grievous words by Emperor Litch, Alex only gave the Emperor a mental shrug as he replied,

"Well, she may be a little perverted, but-"

Emperor Litch suddenly laughed maniacally, interrupting Alex’s answer, as he seemed to have forgotten his current situation. "Hahaha! That damned maid ruined everything for me! Good thing I caught her after you escaped my Empire. And you know what happened when I caught her? I gave her a special punishment! Hahaha! She deserved that special punishment, given to her by yours truly!"

"...."

"What? You think that maid will be awarded for what she did at my Empire? Hahaha of course she was punished!!" Emperor Litch said as his mind became overtaken by madness again. "You should have seen her face when we took her inside the dungeon! Hahaha! That look on her face as she got mauled by the monsters was the best! It’s too bad I was not able to join in the fun..."

"So that was what happened with her." Alex replied coldly, with the cheerfulness in his voice gone. His eyes, which were glowing brightly earlier, started to look gloomy as he glared at Emperor Litch.

"Emperor, you know, I actually thought of sparing you earlier, since you seem to be a cool guy. But now that you admitted on tormenting my dearest friend, my decision has changed."

"What?"

"Emperor Litch, please do enjoy the next minute of your life for it will be your last."

"No!!!" The whirlpool suddenly strengthened, and before Emperor Litch could realize it, his whole soul was sucked by the whirlpool!

Emperor Litch’s mind then went blank as his vision was overwhelmed by darkness.