As time passed, Ash and Weiser gradually realized a terrifying possibility.

"They are learning."

Vishi said, "Divine beings also have the ability to learn, it's just that the vast majority of them don't need to act alone, so they don't know how to attack, coordinate, and strategize. As long as you can't destroy them quickly, their combat skills will rapidly evolve over time—especially since these three seemed to be mages when they were alive, their learning ability might surpass that of ordinary divine beings."

Exactly.

After Whitedove took out a second staff, he gradually added it to his combat sequence, even knowing how to use Spiral Storm to dispel the Heart Sword. It seems he just realized he could dual-wield, doubling his attack frequency!

Upon seeing this, Fire Cat also thoughtfully took out a second Fire Whip, laughingly lashing it like a storm onto the Holy Domain at Ash's back.

Consequently, Weiser's magic power was depleting quickly. Ash had no choice but to deploy his own Holy Domain to withstand it. However, this made the attacks from Whitedove and Fire Cat even more insane—previously they had to be cautious of Silver Lamp, now they were going all out!

If there's anything more terrifying than facing unbeatable enemies, it's facing ones that suddenly become explosively stronger—they missed the chance to kill the divine beings at the start, and now their combat power had surged to an unmanageable level!

Ash and Weiser couldn't do anything; they suddenly retracted their Holy Domain, causing Whitedove and Fire Cat to stop attacking instantly to avoid hitting the inheritor, Silver Lamp. As they locked onto Ash to launch a second wave of attacks, Weiser suddenly activated her Holy Domain, swapped places with Ash, and canceled the Holy Domain again, making Whitedove and Fire Cat hesitate to attack.

Such actions were undoubtedly risky, but if they kept their Holy Domain up, they would soon exhaust their magic power and be captured!

However, playing with fire always leads to burns. After another retraction of the Holy Domain, Fire Cat didn't halt her assault, and her Fire Whip struck Ash's shoulder with bone-revealing depth, though not a drop of blood was seen—the flames had scorched his flesh!

"Use Yuanchan now—"

"No need!"

Ash used the Joyful Sword to heal himself, gritting his teeth in pain, but his eyes were still glowing with determination: "Save it for when we rescue someone."

"Sorry," Weiser suddenly said.

"Interesting, Silver Lamp apologizes, I thought you'd lost that ability," Ash replied. "But I expected it, encountering you is like stepping halfway into the eternal Void Realm... We've only met a few times, yet each time you're in trouble, you drag me along? I suspect that next time you're struck by lightning, it will affect me too."

Weiser's face froze, gritting his teeth, "It seems like you are the one always bringing me trouble, right?"

"You almost turned us into dried corpses, what's wrong with us troubling you a bit? As an evil mage, you deserve to be executed; don't think inheriting Gray Fox Mage's will exempts you from consequences. At most, you'll be spared from death, but not from toil. Once we're out, I'll find a contract for you and make you rebuild Senluo with hard labor until you die…"

"Catch me first before you talk."

At this moment, Fire Cat nearly struck Ash again, but fortunately, Weiser activated his Holy Domain just in time. On the other side, Whitedove had also learned a new tactic; he struck the ground directly, almost making the two fall embarrassingly, but luckily, they both mastered the Void Wings maneuver, allowing them to leap over.

The two narrowly escaped disaster, exchanged a glance, and Ash gritted his teeth, "I cannot die here!"

Weiser's eyes hardened, "How can I lose to a few dim-witted divine beings!?"

However, they couldn't think of a solution to break the stalemate despite their efforts, so Ash could only look towards Vishi in the distance, "Mr. Vishi, do you have any ideas!?"

At this time, Vishi was also in a dire situation, targeted sporadically by Fire Cat and Whitedove. Unlike Weiser, he didn't have a shield to protect him; previously, he could evade using Miracle, but now he was nearly absorbing the full brunt of the damage, his hat long gone.

However, upon hearing Ash's question, Vishi adjusted his glasses and said, "I do."

"Then hurry up and use it!" Ash exclaimed in delight, "Or else none of us will escape!"

Vishi hmmed and nodded, "I originally thought there was no need for my intervention... It seems some matters still require a little push from me. However, this will consume quite a bit of my energy, as my Source Crystal is nearly depleted…"

"By the way," he asked, "Have you ever had a daydream?"

Ash and Weiser were taken aback and instinctively looked at Vishi. At this point, Vishi's eyes turned jet black and chaotic, his gaze contaminating their ocular nerves, infiltrating their brain center, influencing their souls!

In a daze, Weiser saw herself draw a triangle ritual track on the ground, then kneeling within it, pricking her fingertips to bleed, droplets floating upwards, reversing all the way up to the sky, polluting the blue skies.

Throughout the process, Ash constantly maintained a Holy Domain to protect her, bearing the brunt of the divine beings' attacks alone. Until the Holy Domain shattered, Ash shielded her with his own body, keeping her from being disturbed by the divine beings and completing the entire ritual.

Once Weiser snapped back to reality, she found Ash lying in her arms, his back completely devoid of intact flesh, breathing shallowly with more inhale than exhale, the healing power of the Joyful Sword working gradually. If not for the divine beings cautioning against harm to the inheritor Weiser, fearing that excessive force might damage the inheritor, Ash would have already died.

She hurriedly used Water Therapy Technique Spirit to heal Ash, gradually becoming aware of what just transpired—Vishi had controlled both of them, forcing her to initiate the ritual and Ash to protect her to the death!

But how is that possible!

She and Ash are already Legendary Mages! Moreover, they had their Holy Domain up just now, yet they couldn't resist at all! Unless it was a Wonder, it could never be—

Weiser's eyes sharpened and she turned to look at Vishi, only to discover that he was gazing at the sky.

Not only Vishi, but the three divine beings also stopped their steps, halted their attacks, and dumbly raised their heads to look at the sky.

She lifted her head and saw the sky had turned completely blood-red, with a huge crack in the center, resembling, resembling…

A scar.

Weiser was stunned, utterly focused on Ash's injury and forgetting an extremely important matter.

The ritual she just performed seemed to be...

"Vishi," she asked dryly, lips trembling, "What have you done?"

"I merely recreated the scenes from the dream."

Vishi pulled out a notebook from somewhere and, while speaking, wrote:

"History shall remember this moment: October 5th, 1668, at 3:32 PM."

"Senluo's apocalypse has descended."

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