“Since you already think you’re doomed, why not listen to my idea?” Luo Shuangyue began to express her opinion.
‘If you think everyone is going to die anyway, can’t we at least struggle a bit before the end? Wouldn’t it be a disservice to our status if we didn’t?’
“After my body melts, can I still control my Demonic Energy?”
“…As long as you can maintain clarity of consciousness, then naturally, you can.”
A Demon’s body was not the critical component.
As long as the Original Magic Power remained, even if the body melted into a lump, it would not affect the Demon’s existence.
This meant that as long as nothing went wrong with Luo Shuangyue’s Original Magic Power, her Nightmare Energy would still be hers.
It wouldn’t betray her because of her body’s dissolution.
“Then please release your protection over me. Let me try to contend with it.”
“Are you sure? Once you do this, there will be no chance for regret.”
“According to what you said, I had no chance for regret the moment I stepped in here. Since there was never a chance, why not take a gamble? Let’s fight for an ending where everyone can be safe.”
Luo Shuangyue’s words silenced the Silver Butterfly once more.
After a few seconds, the Silver Butterfly finally spoke. “It is hard to believe that you are my daughter.”
She remembered the explanation of the word “daughter” that Luo Shuangyue had sent her, which stated that a daughter would have similarities to her parents.
However, no matter how she looked at it, she felt there was a massive gap between her and Luo Shuangyue. Their thoughts were completely different.
“I do have another mother, after all. She is the most eccentric person in the world.”
In terms of personality, Luo Shuangyue and Luo Shuangxing had inherited more from White Night.
Or rather, having such a cheerful and lively mother during their childhood meant their personalities were bound to be similar.
“To put it bluntly, my mother knows more about your plan than you do. Since she let me come here, it means she thinks I have the ability to help you.” Luo Shuangyue brought up her omnipotent mother again.
The Holy Sovereign’s plan was an ancient relic from who knows how many years ago.
It hadn’t been modified at all since it was set.
Since White Night knew about this plan and allowed Luo Shuangyue to come here, it couldn’t be just to let her rush to her death, right?
Luo Shuangyue felt that her mother wasn’t that despicable.
“Your mother…” The Silver Butterfly’s flight paused slightly. She could clearly feel a strange emotion welling up from the depths of her soul.
Despite never having met that person, she felt as if she could recall her appearance, the scent of her aura, and that inexplicable charisma that made people willing to trust her.
Her memory had a gap, and that person occupied that void.
The Holy Sovereign made a judgment — that person was precisely the most important individual in this entire affair.
“Fine, I believe you.” She made her decision.
However, her decisive reaction — a contrast so sharp it was like heaven and earth — made Luo Shuangyue start to have wild thoughts.
She had spent so much time trying to persuade her with earnest words, yet the Holy Sovereign had maintained an attitude that the world was doomed and everyone should just do whatever they wanted.
But the moment her mother was mentioned, the Holy Sovereign’s attitude did a complete 180-degree turn.
‘Hey, so you only believe your wife, huh?’
‘Sigh, whatever. It’s not the first time I’ve known my dad is henpecked. Let it be.’
The Silver Butterfly gradually withdrew the silver light enveloping Luo Shuangyue.
At the first moment the light disappeared, Luo Shuangyue proactively dissolved her body, merging everything she was into the surrounding chaos.
Following her scattered Demonic Energy, countless strands of Evil Intent pounced on her, but this level of corruption could not overcome Luo Shuangyue for the time being.
Almost all the Evil Intent inside this giant Cocoon was being used to suppress the Holy Sovereign’s consciousness.
The amount that could be spared for a minor character like Luo Shuangyue was actually quite small.
With a bit of guidance, the Evil Intent swarming toward her was integrated into her Demonic Energy, which had a special capacity for absorbing such malice.
Immediately after, Luo Shuangyue tossed this contaminated Demonic Energy elsewhere, choosing not to deal with it for now.
She currently had no sense of direction in this ghostly place, so it was better not to move recklessly.
Moreover, if she were to send some of the Evil Intent directly out of here, she would definitely be noticed.
The Evil Intent, which currently ignored her, would start taking her seriously.
If that happened, she really would be crushed by the terrifying flood of Malice, just as the Holy Sovereign had warned.
“How interesting. Where did you get this ability?” Seeing Luo Shuangyue’s practiced method of packaging the Evil Intent, the Silver Butterfly let out a confused voice.
How could she not know that such an ability existed in this world? This power seemed to be specifically created for Evil Intent, possessing an unrivaled attraction and storage capacity for it.
Even the Evil Intent itself was very willing to attach itself to this kind of Demonic Energy.
“You guys prepared it for me.” Speaking of this made Luo Shuangyue a bit annoyed.
Her role as the eldest daughter was filled with “tool” attributes; even her abilities were tailored to solve the current problem.
Yes, her Dark Moth ability was the result of years of research by her parents.
Its purpose was specifically to combat the army of Evil Intent before her.
As for Shuangxing, she was the true crystallization of their parents’ love! Luo Shuangyue, as the older sister, was just a bonus — an extra.
‘Sigh, it’s a sad story when I think about it.’
But what could she do? Although her purpose for being born was to be a tool, she couldn’t exactly turn against her parents over it, could she?
The family affection she had received over the years was real.
The love was real.
Her father and mother truly treated her as their child.
What right did she have to complain? Her parents were arguably the best parents in the world, period.
“This power of mine is a patch designed by the version of you from the other world for your current foolish plan. Only with this can you be liberated from your destined failure,” Luo Shuangyue explained while chipping away at the Evil Intent.
“Your plan was carried out too hastily. In fact, if we had waited until I met the version of you who acts as the Boss of the Demons, things wouldn’t have turned out like this.”
The method for extracting the Malice of Demons had been researched by the consciousness the Holy Sovereign sent to the human world — Luo Shuangyue’s father.
This method could only be used by a Demon. Even if the Holy Sovereign herself obtained this method, she wouldn’t be able to use it.
However, the consciousness of the Holy Sovereign that had returned to this world — the one the Maiden, Anxing Manzhu, called Mentor — possessed such an ability.
The awkward part was that while she had the ability to separate the Evil Intent, she had no way to destroy it.
Even the Holy Sovereign herself didn’t have a highly efficient method for dealing with Malice.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have to use her own strength to hold it off like this, would she?
Furthermore, because the Nightmare Sovereign was essentially still a Demon, she found it difficult to defy her own nature.
Even this current operation was only successfully pushed forward after she had deceived herself.
She deceived herself into thinking this was the best and fastest way to destroy the world.
In fact, she had indeed pushed the world to the brink of destruction.
If Luo Shuangyue hadn’t rushed over, the Holy Sovereign would have been swallowed by the Evil Intent in the near future. All her power would have been controlled by the Malice to destroy the world.
“Besides, this method only treats the symptoms, not the cause. You’re clearing out this Evil Intent, but the Black Calamity won’t stop just because this Malice is gone. Won’t new Demons still be born anyway?”
Luo Shuangyue was curious as to why the Holy Sovereign chose such a nonsensical method. Even if you wiped out this portion of Malice, so what? It only meant there would be a few dozen fewer Nightmare Sovereigns. Demons would still exist as they always did. What meaning did this have for the residents of the Sanctuary who were already huddled inside their turtle shell, safe from external threats?
None at all!
“This is the last chance, and the final attempt,” the Silver Butterfly explained.
She had once estimated her own abilities and thought she could contend with this level of Malice, but she had overestimated herself.
As for why it was the final attempt, that involved a very complicated matter.
Even the Holy Sovereign herself only had a vague suspicion at the moment, which she couldn’t even confirm.
“Can you make it short?”
“I cannot.”
“Then we’ll talk after I save you.”
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