Chapter 4: The Grand Finale (5)
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Who are you?
Who am I?
Two identical figures appeared on an empty street, locking eyes.
Yes, they were nearly identical from head to toe, except for the expressions in their eyes.
Soon, one of the women (A) looked around, smirking, “I may not understand what’s happening, but my gut tells me if I k*ll you, I can finally leave this place.”
The other (B) had an expression of confusion and uncertainty.
It seemed she wasn’t really fazed by Woman A’s words, lost in her own little world and totally ignoring the drama unfolding around her.
A couldn’t care less about that. With a wild swing, she landed a punch,
And B went flying like a rag doll, smashing into the wall behind her, bl**d streaming from her nose, her lower eyelids turning a nice shade of purple.
Despite their almost identical physiques, A was definitely the stronger one.
“Pow! Pow!”
A sat on B and rained down a flurry of punches.
B seemed caught in A’s rhythm, completely unable to fight back.
“Heh, if you’re such a waste, why bother competing with me for the chance to leave?”
B’s head lolled to one side, eyes shut tight, as if she had completely passed out.
“d*e already!”
A picked up a rock from the ground and swung it with all her might at B’s forehead, hoping to end this pointless fight.
“Crack!”
The rock shattered on the ground.
B’s body vanished into thin air in that instant.
A slowly got up. Though she had no clue what just happened, her long-formed icy personality kept her feelings locked away.
Sure enough, she didn’t have to wait long before B’s figure reappeared before her.
But compared to before, all of B’s injuries had vanished in an instant, her skin glowing like it had just rolled off the assembly line of a doll factory.
A was momentarily dumbfounded.
Her mind simply couldn’t grasp this bizarre turn of events.
B looked at her body, smiled lightly, and said, “I nearly forgot—this is my home turf.”
A shot back coldly, “Your turf?”
“Yep.”
B pointed to the increasingly clear street,
where assorted buildings towered, cars zipped back and forth, and people in modern attire strutted by.
A chuckled, “In the end, you’re just a part of me. Back in the day… I sealed away my vast memories to heal and attached myself to that boy as a baby. And look what you’ve become now.”
B replied, “But don’t you think for me, this is a farewell to the past? A fresh start?
I’m not Frost North Snow; I’m just Lin Nan, the owner of this body, an ordinary person growing up on Earth.”
Frost North Snow said, “You don’t need to run. You can choose to fully merge with me.
When that time comes, my perception will be yours, my consciousness will be yours, and you won’t feel any differently—you’ll even think you’ve always looked this way.”
As she spoke, Frost North Snow opened her arms wide.
Lin Nan really began to walk towards her.
In the bustling street, the two black-skirted women standing face to face created a breathtaking scene that caught the eyes of countless passersby.
This time, Frost North Snow and Lin Nan didn’t choose to fight each other but instead embraced tightly.
Frost North Snow beamed with a smile,
because she knew, compared to her nearly ten thousand years of complex memories, Lin Nan’s mere twenty-some years of recollections were almost like dust—completely incomparable.
Their fusion would undoubtedly be led by her,
and once merged, all memories would become one. There wouldn’t be any more of this opposing situation.
Lin Nan was Frost North Snow, and Frost North Snow was equally Lin Nan.
But at that moment, Frost North Snow suddenly felt an intense energy radiating from Lin Nan’s body, sending tremors through her consciousness.
What’s happening?!
Before Frost North Snow could react, a tremendous pull surged from Lin Nan.
In the blink of an eye, she was like a candle in a storm, her tiny flame flickering weakly.
No, this can’t be happening! This isn’t real!
I don’t want to disappear; my revenge is only halfway through!
No! Help!
Frost North Snow’s desperate cries fell on deaf ears.
Soon, her form faded, becoming completely transparent.
And in a place Frost North Snow couldn’t see, above the neighborhood, a giant umbrella spun incessantly.
If she could see it, she would have gasped—how could the weapon once wielded by the Broad-eyed Heavenly King appear here?
At the moment Frost North Snow killed the Broad-eyed Heavenly King, Lin Nan’s memories stored in the giant umbrella returned to Frost North Snow.
But little did she know, because the King didn’t have time to integrate the memories he had just absorbed into himself before he fell, some of the King’s recollections returned with Lin Nan’s memories, including the use of the giant umbrella.
It must be fate.
Though the giant umbrella was massive, the principle of how it absorbed memories was quite simple:
If an ancient divine power could activate the array manifesting through the giant umbrella, it could instantly strip a person’s memories and bolster its own strength.
Before her mind rebooted, Lin Nan borrowed a strand of ancient divine power from Di Shitian to activate the array.
To stall for time, she pretended to be a simpleton and let Frost North Snow beat her up.
Finally, when the array began its function, she tightly embraced Frost North Snow, seizing the chance to absorb all of Frost North Snow’s memory energy into her own body.
At the same time, she even integrated the emotional power Frost North Snow had previously gained, making it one of her divine power sources.
In that moment, boundless energy surged within her, as though it sought an outlet to release itself.
“Boom!”
A shockwave erupted, centered on Lin Nan, spreading in all directions.
The chaos that had previously held her captive shattered, and no amount of ancient divine power pumped in by the three Kings could save the day.
From the splintered chaos, the black-skirted woman emerged, her form engulfed in rising golden flames, even the Black Wind Sword had transformed into pure gold.
A gust of wind swept by,
The stunning woman with black hair and a black skirt glared coldly at the three Heavenly Kings, a slight smirk curling at the corners of her mouth.
“If you entirely renounce your authority over the Asking Dao Continent starting today, I will let you leave unharmed.”
Duowen Heavenly King, the Earth-guarding Heavenly King, and the Growing Heavenly King stared at her, their lips trembling, unable to muster a rebuttal.
They still hadn’t realized that Frost North Snow had undergone a nearly complete transformation compared to before.
Even the chaos they had desperately unleashed couldn’t contain her.
What other options did they even have?
Mount Sumeru was eerily calm.
After a long while, someone trembled and called out, “A new god has been born!”
“This is the first new god to arise in the territories of the higher gods!”
“How terrifying!”
