Soul of Burning Steel

However, just when Nostradamus was about to go to the Atrium Fleet with Joshua to inquire about the situation of the current defense line, Joshua, who was halfway through the flight, suddenly stopped advancing.

"Go alone, master."

There is no light in the dark cosmic space. Even the brilliance of the sun in the far-beam galaxy loses its role as illumination after it has traveled a long distance. Clear expression: "I have something to do."

"...Be careful yourself."

Nostradamus frowned at first, but then shook his head and said helplessly: "There will be a big war soon—maybe it will be the biggest war in my life as an old man, you can't do anything trouble."

After finishing speaking, the old mage didn't continue to talk to Joshua. He took a dim light, dragged the blue light band, and moved towards the Third Fleet not far away, which was slowly turning towards the interior of the galaxy. Fly away, leaving the soldier alone in place.

And a few seconds later, when Nostradamus had left for nearly a thousand kilometers, Joshua reached out to his chest, and then 'squeezed' a small ball of light out of his bosom. The soldier looked down at his hands, and hadn't spoken since the beginning of the battle. Xiao Guang, who looked like an unusual ball of light, asked with some doubts: "What's wrong? You've been trying to connect with me mentally since just now, but then It's during the battle, I don't have time to play with you."

During the battle, Joshua, who turned into a giant, assimilated Hotaru and Rin into his body, and used the divine machine as a basis to create a huge quality weapon, the steel sword and the energy giant ax that can split space. Together with the sisters and brothers of Shenji, they were put into a special protective space in the warrior's body. From then on, Xiaoguang, who had always been happy, became uncharacteristically silent for some reason, and then continued to fight continuously during the battle. Several attempts to connect with Joshua's spirit.

Joshua naturally wouldn't respond at that time, but just now, Xiaoguang once again sent an extremely strong communication signal, and also hinted that he wanted to communicate alone, which made the warrior leave Nostradamus temporarily, Speak alone with the sphere of light.

"Ding dong... the silent kind... dong... I want to talk to you..."

Shrunken by the warrior, the ball of light pinched between her fingers seemed a little strange, as if she was still asleep. She heard Joshua's question, and she answered in a vague voice. Next, Stronger spiritual communication signals.

"Why is it the same as your main body? You just refuse to talk properly. You have to communicate with me through spiritual connection." Some helplessly shook his head. Regarding the hazy words of the light ball, Joshua could only choose to open the spiritual connection to the other party. See what message it wants to tell yourself.

With the strength of his current defense line of will, even an existence at the level of the Seven Gods would not be able to peep into his memory during the spiritual connection without his permission. Analyzing the warrior's spirit, excessive consumption leads to self-destruction, so he is not afraid of any harm to himself if he communicates with the spirit of the light sphere.

So, in the next moment, Joshua held the ball of light that he had enlarged to about the size of a fist in his hand, and pressed it on his forehead, and the ball of light also stretched out tiny tentacles of light in coordination , Connecting himself on the warrior's head, sections of shining light streams surged, and the two spirits began to connect.

And at this moment, Joshua saw it.

An extremely huge steel python that surrounds the entire star world!

"The will of the world! But it is still sleeping." Now, Joshua only had time to flash one thought in his mind - it turned out that the silent kind that Xiaoguang mentioned was the steel python! This is indeed a reasonable explanation. Afterwards, as the scene of the real world became fragmented like a torn curtain, a huge star sea dome appeared above the warrior's head. With just a few breaths, Joshua was pulled by a gentle force and entered his Inside this familiar world, the Holy Land of Steel is located in the gap of time.

Standing under the dome of Nuo Da’s sea of ​​stars, Joshua looked around. Behind him was the mighty river of history representing the past, while in front of him were countless misty and dark rivers representing the future. Fork in the road. And a gigantic giant python that seemed to wrap the entire star sea, the past, the future, and the entire world closed its eyes like this, and pointed its huge head at the warrior.

--too big--

This was the first thought that crossed Joshua's mind after seeing the opponent's body. The soldier's knowledge is not unreasonable, and he has not seen other steel pythons - from the world of Karliss, from the world of Ilgna, even the will of the worlds of Grandia and Mycroft world. It is said that they barely met each other through the seal. But Joshua can be sure that even the combined will of the four worlds is not as big as one-tenth of the giant python in front of him. If Joshua is a sun, then this giant python is The World Devourer who can devour tens of millions of stars in an instant and submerge the Milky Way in his stomach.

It's hard to describe this hugeness with words, it's nothing more than the entire field of vision is covered, no matter how you turn your head to try to see the end, you can only see layers of silver snake bodies, this superficial description, but Joshua Noticed that this giant steel python is not so much awakened as it has no obvious self-will, its body can be condensed, it seems to be the limit, not to mention that on the silver scales, there are still Lots of dense, black mold that seems to be spreading.

But at this time, it was Xiaoguang's time to show up. Seeing the appearance of the giant steel python, it suddenly jumped out of Joshua's hand, and then flew onto the opponent's body, a burst of undetectable white light flashed, that The huge steel python suddenly moved, and its eyes began to open slowly, releasing a bright red light. It seemed that it had obtained something crucial and was waking up rapidly.

Not long after, an ethereal and ethereal voice, as if echoing among the galaxy, appeared in the dome of the star sea, and passed into Joshua's ears.

"Hello, descendant of another world. How should I call you, the void visitor who protects my people?"

The huge head shook the sea of ​​stars. The steel python lowered its head, staring at the human standing on the ground and looking at it. It whispered in a gentle but tired voice: "I am the steel python [star]. As you can see, I have always maintained an eternal sleep, and there are very few opportunities to communicate normally like this now."

"I am Joshua Van Radcliffe, and I am here to eradicate the poison of Chaos at the call of the people in the courtyard."

Joshua answered the other party's question neatly. Because of his personality, he didn't waste time, but immediately asked: "Great world will, why do you want to communicate with me? The war outside is coming, choose this time It's not wise to communicate."

"And why, you have been in an eternal sleep. If it weren't for the change of light just now, you wouldn't be able to wake up? This is different from some world wills I have encountered before."

"Have you ever seen my kind? Indeed, you have their breath on your body."

For the soldiers' questions, Steel Python 'Star' did not answer one by one, it just moved its body, and then said slowly: "This is the gap between the worlds, and for the outside world, it is a place where the flow of time has almost stopped. There is no need to worry about wars outside. As for why I have been sleeping forever... it is because I am too big."

"My will runs through infinite distances and connects with countless worlds. My thoughts are scattered throughout the universe, and I am with thousands of galaxies and billions of stars... This is a long distance that my thoughts cannot sweep across in an instant. Even light, It also takes hundreds of millions of years to penetrate my body. My will cannot be concentrated, and I can only rule the world in a deep sleep. I am far stronger than most of my kind, and at the same time, I am far stronger than them Weak."

Steel Python 'Star' is surprisingly easy to talk, it seems that it rarely gathers will, has clear thinking and wisdom to communicate, so it is willing to say something to soldiers: "Just like rainwater needs dust as the core to condense. I A huge will also needs a core to integrate the will, and your companion, this strange creature of light unexpectedly has this ability... It seems to be the embryonic form of the will of the world, it is my young kind, it is it that awakened me , so that I can communicate with you."

After listening, Joshua nodded slowly. He understands the other party's current state - this steel python named 'Star', because the main body 'Star World' is too large, so its will cannot be gathered together like the small and medium plane worlds to form a single A complete mind, only relying on external forces, can temporarily condense for a while, and obtain the wisdom enough to communicate with others.

This is the same as what he had speculated before. At the beginning of the creation of the world, the initial value fire burned, and the steel of origin was scattered. In the face of the world, there is also a non-magic world that is huge, but the supernatural power is almost forbidden inside. The star sea world is between the two. It is not as huge as the real endless star universe, and it also has the extraordinary power of psionic energy. It can be used as a price. Although the will of this world is not as good as that of the magic-free world, it can almost never be awakened. But it is not as free to act as the will of the super magic world.

But at this moment, Steel Python 'Xing' didn't continue talking nonsense. It moved its huge head slightly, as if it was thinking about the current situation, and then it said: "You are the only one that I sensed, the only one that came from outside the world. You were the first one to wake me up not long ago. That great will of yours comes from the same world. So, I think you may have the ability to solve the stubborn disease in my body."

The first to awaken its existence? Saint? But why not so long ago? Joshua blinked first, and then realized that for this ancient will that existed for perhaps hundreds of millions of years, a thousand years is indeed not long ago. After hearing Steel Python's follow-up words, the soldier immediately asked: "What chronic disease?"

"It's the 'they' you eliminated before."

'Star' moved its head, and the endless starry sky beside it began to distort and change, and finally turned into thousands of rapidly flashing light curtains, in which there were battleships crossing the void, bombarding the invading enemy with fiery artillery fire, There is also a primitive world, where barbaric psionic creatures wield poor-quality stone spears and fight monsters born from the darkness one after another. Fighter planes, small spaceships, flying lasers, humanoid robots, alien robots, battleship cannons, endless missiles, biotechnology, psychic power, and thousands of various means of warfare all flashed in the light curtain, and What they are facing is not other civilizations, but clusters of hazy and distorted darkness and shadows.

"Chaos monsters. You and the great existence before you call this kind of corroders from the void. They are the enemies of civilization and the destroyers of the world. They invaded my body by various means and slaughtered me child of my body, corrupting my flesh."

The voice of the steel python echoed throughout the dome of the star sea. This voice was ethereal, and the gentle tone of the World Will had a hint of real anger in its mouth at this time: "I am unable to solve these problems after a long sleep, but now, I have been awakened , we must face up to these cancers.”

At the same time, Joshua seemed to see a huge microcosmic picture, with millions of galaxies floating in the void like disks, and black gaps appeared inside a small number of disks. From the void, the darkness that devours the stars, they feed on the sun and the stars, and breed their own endless people to invade the whole world. In the many black gaps, Joshua sensed many familiar auras.

There are evil gods of famine, evil gods of plague, evil gods of natural disasters, and evil gods of atmosphere. Even the already depraved evil god of abundance seems to have residual power remaining in the star world, and their families are expanding unscrupulously in this vast world, far faster than their progress in the multiverse .

"... There are at least a dozen different families of the evil gods invading this world! Tsk, the number has exceeded one trillion—and it's far more!"

Even Joshua couldn't help but twitched the corners of his mouth. He frowned and said, "Spiritual energy is too dangerous as a force that can communicate with the void. Powerful spiritual energy can cross the barrier of the world when gathered together. Its light shines in the void." It is like a lighthouse, and it will attract countless dark beings just like firelight attracts insects."

"But without psychic power, I cannot maintain my will."

Steel Python 'Xing' said calmly: "In a world without extraordinary power, the will of the world will be silent, as if dead. Psychic energy is the only power I can spread in my body. Moreover, my people are not without retaliation. force."

Tens of millions of light curtains were switched, showing scenes that were quite different from before.

In the corner of the star sea, the ancient lost empires stared indifferently at the reborn civilizations in the starry sky. They watched these juniors explore the star sea as they did back then, and develop technologies that seemed insignificant to them. They are the survivors of a doomsday battle in the last era. They are great civilizations that have stagnated and weakened. After a long time, some lost empires can no longer understand the technology they have. They just stay in their own Corner, without communication with the outside world, until the day of self-destruction.

But one day, the weak emerging race called out the existence from beyond the void, and countless dark forces representing destruction stretched out their minions from the other side of the multiverse, trying to get involved in this huge world. The sea of ​​stars slaughters the fragile and weak civilizations in the starry sky. These incarnations of pure destruction attempt to completely devour this galaxy.

So, they pissed off the old ones. The lost empires recalled the reason why their civilizations were closed in the last era.

As a result, the reconnaissance outposts abandoned by them in the sea of ​​stars in ancient times were lit up again, countless survey beacons were projected to every corner of the galaxy, the fleet was gathering, the army issued a call-up order, and those ancient factories roared again , and when their dilapidated shipyards were repaired and adjusted again, and the Taita giant ship forge that had been silent for thousands of years came back online, these awakened ancient civilizations began their mission of 'protecting the world'.

Joshua could see that in the centers of galaxies, the fleets of these ancient empires were engaged in a decisive battle with the swarms of chaotic monsters that had already formed. Of course, some of them failed, but most of the lost empires successfully shut down the endless stream of monsters. The void door that sent the void monsters came, they successfully eradicated the invaders in their hometown, and made the galaxy return to cleanliness.

The self-cleaning power of a world, the white blood cells of the universe. For some reason, such a sentence suddenly flashed in Joshua's mind. And then, he pondered for a while, and then said: "What do you want me to do?"

Looking at the previous scenes that made the blood boil, Joshua was not too excited. He just closed his eyes slightly, then raised his head again, looked at the steel python, and asked his own question: "As you said See, I am just an ordinary warrior, compared to the final battle involving thousands of galaxies, my strength is insignificant."

"You have underestimated yourself and what you represent... Just as there are deep and dark wills behind those existences in the void, I also need reinforcements to fight against these endless darkness."

Regarding Joshua's words, Steel Python shook his head, and finally expressed his thoughts: "Although some of my people are strong enough to expel the void, most of them are powerless to fight back. In other words, the mold on my body is still expanding, and I can't just sit back and watch myself sink like this."

The voice of 'Star' is ethereal: "I have seen the great will from the same world as you... His existence even surpassed my imagination, and behind him, the one that is powerful enough to cross the void and take a super will like you The life forms sent to help civilizations in other worlds must also be incredibly powerful."

"So, I hope that you can act as 'my' reinforcements and work together to eliminate the cancerous tumors in these worlds."

Joshua was silent for a long time regarding the thoughts of Steel Python 'Star'.

If it was the era of the Glorious Era, when the sages were still there, the Mycroft civilization with its sacrificial grounds in all worlds would definitely have the confidence to accept the invitation of the 'Star', as a reinforcement of a world, to clean up hundreds of millions of people. Chaos monsters, gods and sages will definitely be excited to lead a legendary powerhouse to wipe out the family of evil gods in units of galaxies.

What a glorious, exciting and shocking thing this is - the expeditionary force across the multiverse will clean up the cancer in countless worlds, and the civilization of Mycroft's world can also take this opportunity to take root in tens of thousands of people. This world, this is the embryonic form of multiverse civilization, the behemoth occupying countless stars, is the final form of extraordinary civilization!

But everything was ended in the bud.

The gods passed away, the sages traveled far away, and the ancient civilization was left in the cracks of history. The lost three hundred years were like a curse, cutting off all connections between the Starfall Era and the Glorious Era. Today's Mycroft civilization is just like those self-enclosed degenerate empires in the star world, and it is even worse. The descendants of those great races that once created the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice Field have now forgotten their ancestors. Admirable advanced technology, not only do they not have the confidence and strength to cross a world to go on an expedition, but they have even fallen into ridiculous infighting, which makes people feel sad.

But... so what?

Joshua suddenly laughed, and he suddenly realized that this might be an excellent opportunity - an opportunity to completely change the course of history, an opportunity to awaken the 'fallen civilization' of the tribes in the Mycroft Continent!

Since those ancient civilizations that are huddled in the corner of the star sea and do not communicate with the outside world are rejuvenated, the day when they step into the stage of the galaxy again, why can't the Mycroft civilization stand up again from the mud and recover? Was that great civilization in the Glorious Era?

This is absolutely unreasonable.

My own past was really petty - it is really short-sighted to change the trajectory of the future and resist the invasion of the abyss. What kind of merit is it to change such a small thing? If Joshua wants to do it, he must make a big one! Not only does he have to resist the invasion of the abyss, but he also has to lead the civilization of the Mycroft world back to the prosperity of the Glorious Era! The first step is to connect to the world of stars. As long as the knowledge of these foreign civilizations can be obtained, the civilization of Mycroft Continent will definitely leap forward like a chemical reaction!

Most importantly, since the sages can do it, why can't I? Could it be that he, Joshua, must be worse than a sage?

Ridiculous.

Thinking of this, Joshua raised his head and said without hesitation:

"good."

Here, the contract is formed.

The dome of the galaxy in the sky dissipated into nothingness in an instant, and the huge steel python surrounding countless galaxies also dissipated like a phantom. The warrior stood again in the cosmic vacuum at the edge of the far-light galaxy, staring at the constantly rotating abyss in the distance. The green psychic vortex, still surrounded by the last sentence left by the steel python 'Xing'.

"This companion of yours is the embryonic form of the world's will, and it's my kind. I don't know how you brought it with you, but without it, I can't regain my will."

The ethereal voice was as clear and audible as it was just said, and the words of 'Xing' gradually faded away: "But it is really too weak, so I strengthened it a little bit, it is also a good help for you coming from the other side of the multiverse. Come, part of my thanks for saving my people."

In Joshua's hands, the sleeping little light turned into a ball of light the size of a thumb. Joshua stared at it for a while, and then put it into his arms.

After a long time, the voice of the old mage returned to the warrior from the direction of the atrium fleet with fluctuations in time and space. He didn't ask Joshua what he wanted to do when he stayed where he was, but looked into the distance with the warrior. That is constantly stabilizing and expanding the spiritual energy vortex.

"Can we really kill this Void Mother Beast?"

The old mage said with some concern: "According to the survivors of the Root Garden star field colony, the shield and self-healing ability of the Void Mother Beast are so powerful..."

"certainly."

Regarding this, Joshua interrupted Nostradamus' rather pessimistic analysis neatly. He shook his head, folded his arms in front of his chest, and said:

"Who do you think I am?"

At the two ends of the galaxy, the Chaos Mother Beast from the void, and the two legendary powerhouses from the other side of the multiverse shook their eyes.

War is imminent.

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