Ash thought he would feel wronged, resentful, and angry. He had no reason not to feel wronged, as the Five Doomsdayers arranged his fate on their own, using him as a vessel for resurrection, and forcing him to fight to the death with the Doomsday Serpent.
At first, Ash thought that this was an inevitable doomsday disaster, but now he is told that all this may have nothing to do with him. The reason he fell into this situation is purely because... the Doomsday Five chose him.
There's always one Ash who has to suffer, so let's make him suffer.
This disaster was brought by them. If they went to another world line, if they didn't choose me, if...
However, Ash didn't dwell on these complaints. He glanced at the red-haired madman, gritted his teeth and climbed up desperately, shouting, "So what's the plan next!?"
"plan?"
"After we escape from Hell, do we kill this new snake, or trap it in Hell? There has to be a direction!"
"Aren't you afraid that once you leave Hell, we'll—"
"Didn't you just say you wouldn't let me die?" Ash said unhappily, "And now I'm the only one who can be your bond vessel. Without me, can the four of you Sorcerer Supremes overlap your Void Wings again to surpass the Eight Wings? They wanted to divide me before because they wanted to believe that the World Devouring Serpent was really dead. Now that a new snake has come out, my death means they've lost their last trump card. Even though they're mad as hell, they're not fools and won't be so short-sighted!"
"There's an exit up there," Ash looked up at the end of the chain. There was a small hole in the gray-white ceiling of hell, where the light came in. "This chain... I don't know how much trouble they caused while I was away... Let's go!"
Si Kuang stared at him blankly, then suddenly burst into laughter, his eyes and eyebrows showing a smile: "I thought you would explode with anger. After all, you are the type who would rather blame others than reflect on yourself..."
"Of course I want to complain about why you put me in so much trouble and experimented on me. I've never seen anyone abuse their past incarnation like this..." Ash said, "But if I can avoid the suffering you bring me, won't I also avoid the joy you bring me?"
"Sonia, Lisdiya, Youlan Weisser, Vichy... Although there were many bumps and contradictions along the way, none of them were easy to deal with, and every day was filled with fear..."
"But going on adventures with them was indeed the happiest time of my life." The corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he smiled: "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have met them at all. Even if we met, we wouldn't have formed the current relationship. At least... If I hadn't known Sonia from the beginning, I think it would have been difficult for her and I to be together."
"Although I wanted to tell you a long time ago, I never found the opportunity."
Ash looked back at Death Maniac. In the melting hell, being chased by the white snake, in the critical moment, he winked at her and said with a smile: "Death Maniac, thank you. Say thank you to the others for me as well."
The Death Maniac looked up at him, and it seemed as if light from heaven was leaking in, and Ash was bathed in light, like... a very holy Lala Fei
However, he really liked them, liked them so much that he was fearless, even if he had to go to hell alone, be forgotten by everyone, or have to die, even if he had to endure a disaster that did not belong to him, as long as he thought of them, he would smile like a fool... He was actually the biggest love-brained person, hopeless, incurable.
Although she still failed to help Sonia eliminate other love rivals, she will definitely continue to toss and turn in bed feeling wronged and heartbroken because of this little Lala who crawled out of the trash can, but... she will definitely create many beautiful things with him that can outweigh the sadness.
"We're almost there!" Ash said excitedly, looking at the entrance to hell which was not far away, "Let's go out and seal it off. It should be able to delay some time!"
Buzz—
At this moment, the white snake seemed to realize that its prey was about to escape, so it opened its mouth and let out a piercing scream that shook hell, and a sonic storm swept towards the two of them!
The color of both Ash and Death Maniac faded quickly and turned gray almost instantly, but as Death Maniac burned the source crystal violently, their skin returned to normal color.
But the chains they grabbed were not so lucky. They melted faster from bottom to top, turning into mud and falling into the snake's mouth. Waiting for Death Maniac noticed this and saw that the chain she grabbed had melted. She immediately deployed the maximum sanctuary to help Ash block the fading sound waves and prevent the chain above from continuing to melt!
It’s over, Si Kuang thought, this is the end, now is the time for it to end.
Well, I have fulfilled my responsibility by accompanying him on this final journey. Next is the mission she should have accomplished when she witnessed the end. They have been running away for too long, deceiving themselves for too long, so the World Devouring Serpent has expanded to an irreversible point.
They have no tomorrow. No matter where they flee, they will be caught up by the World Devouring Serpent. Their careers will be wiped out, the people they care about will turn to dust, and the scenery they love will fade... They are the real curse, the real disaster.
Will there be anything left for me tomorrow? What future will I be looking forward to tomorrow
Beep!
The downward momentum suddenly stopped. The Death Maniac raised her head and saw Ash holding the end of the chain with one hand and tightly grasping her wrist with the other hand. He clenched his teeth and tensed his muscles.
"Let go, I want—"
"Shut up!"
It was the first time that Ash lost his temper in front of her, his voice breaking with excitement: "Don't let go, I'll pull you up!"
"If you don't climb up now, it will be too late—"
"Sonia Servi!" Ash shouted her name loudly, and then took a deep breath. His voice was hoarse and weak, but his tone was firm and without hesitation: "I won't let go of your hand!"
Sonia Servi…
Si Kuang was in a daze, as if he had found a black stone in the corner of a storage room. After wiping it clean, he discovered that it was a crystal clear ruby. He was mesmerized by the light on it.
Memories surfaced—
"We are almost at the exit. How can we stay here..."
When she first saw this innocent and lonely-fearing viewer in Broken Lake Prison, she was surprised that the young viewer was so harmless...
"With a little more effort, we can leave..."
Watching him and Sonia flying together in the sea of knowledge, she thought that it might be a good thing that they met...
"We'll block the White Snake in hell, and slowly figure out a solution outside..."
In the Amnesia Cabin in the Time Continent, she saw that he and Sonia still believed that they were lovers even though they had lost their memories, so she was determined to protect their relationship...
"If we can kill it once, we can kill it a second time..."
In the third angel hunt, Sonia met him and the princess group at the same time. On the surface, she seemed calm, but in fact, she was so aggrieved that she kept crying in her sleep. She thought that she had to help Sonia eliminate other rivals...
"So believe me, we can..."
She volunteered to guide him to explore hell, threatened him and induced him to give up other lovers. She sincerely thought that she was protecting Sonia's love...
But ever since he kissed her in the fantasy hell, she has been thinking about one thing in her heart, something she will not tell anyone, something that will be hidden in the corner of the storage room, something that is ridiculous and boring but also a luxury...
Perhaps she already had the answer without having to say it.
A wishful answer.
"From now on, you will no longer be a spectator of the end."
Death Maniac said: "No fate binds you anymore. You are yourself, Ash Hiss."
She raised her arms, hugged Ash and gave him a gentle kiss. The moment he lost consciousness, she raised her legs with all her strength and kicked him in the abdomen.
Sorry, Sonia, just this once.
"Vichy!" The Death Maniac burned the last of his source crystals, letting out a soul-scream that resounded through hell!
Ash was kicked towards the exit of hell, unable to breathe or make any sound, and could only watch the death maniac falling down. At the same time, a ruby chain was thrown down from the hell passage. Although it immediately turned gray and withered and could not be retrieved, its kinetic energy was still working. Just before Ash was pulled down by the huge gravity, it wrapped around his waist and hung him in the air with only one step left to the passage!
The Death Maniac spread his arms and fell into the gray hell like a flying swallow.
There was nothing that belonged to her tomorrow, and there was no future to look forward to. She should have died long ago. But living until now... didn't seem so bad.
"I kind of understand how he feels now." The corners of her mouth rose and fell, "You Mo, are you there?"
The phantom of an elf girl appeared on the left side of the dead maniac. She was almost not wearing any clothes, except for her underwear, and her body was only wrapped with a few purple ribbons. Her skin was whiter than snow and her temperament was dark, like a gorgeous white lotus blooming in a dirty place.
"You have already pursued the ultimate power, and you are tired of all the entertainment in this world." Death Maniac said: "Since you have nothing to do, come with me to embark on the final adventure."
The ghost sighed and put his hand on the dead man's shoulder.
"Mirror Demon, are you there?"
Behind the dead man's left, a girl with silver hair appeared. She was holding a silver lantern in her hand, wearing a high-slit tube top dress and a fluffy white fox shawl, looking both sexy and cute.
"You go wherever the viewer goes, right?" Death Maniac said, "Then follow me."
The Mirror Demon thought for a moment, then picked up the silver lamp to illuminate the dead madman.
"Dark Devil, are you there?"
A girl with black hair and a black dress appeared behind the dead man to the right. Her hair was not pure black, but a dirty black after countless colors overlapped. There was no light in her eyes, but the corners of her mouth were curled up in an exaggerated arc, like a terrifying smile.
"No need to fight anymore, no need to hold on any longer," said Death Maniac, "I will help you get revenge and free you from your pain."
The Black Demon nodded and grasped the Death Maniac's sleeve obediently.
"The spectator."
To the right of the Death Maniac, a young man in a black windbreaker appeared. He had a chain around his waist, a black vest, a white shirt, a red tie, and a hood that hid his face in the shadows.
"Come and die with me." said the Death Maniac.
The viewer glanced at her, lowered his eyelids, drew the sword from his waist and handed it to her.
This mental conversation was completed in an instant. She was still falling. When the white snake saw the prey offering itself to its mouth, it let out a long howl. The fading disaster instantly turned the dead maniac into a gray and withered statue.
But in the next second, the surging blood light shook off the gray-white erosion, and seven huge virtual wings spread out behind the death madman, all of them were blood-red. When the six virtual wings were fully spread out, they were enough to cover hell, and a slight flap was the fate!
Her seventh wing is like a devil's tail, sharp as a sword, bright as poison, and the dancing posture is graceful and elegant. With a light sweep, the sky is filled with blood!
Within a breath, three thousand six hundred secret domain halos were deployed, forty-nine mobile phases were superimposed and fell, and the entire gray-white hell was coated with her color!
"I am the Death Mad Sword Princess." The Death Mad solemnly declared: "I am the Great Nirvana!"
The moment the gray and burning blood came into contact, the light of destruction that burst out like the morning star radiated hell. Just before it was about to rush out of hell, four chains sealed the hell passage!
Miracle: Lock of Broken Lake!
Miracle·Fairy Tale Lock!
Miracle: Silver Lamp Lock!
Miracle: Soul Lock!
Ash slumped on the seal of hell, looking up blankly, he saw the war-torn Seventh Heaven. The sky was raining blood, the soil was dyed dark red, and the miracles of destruction were like raindrops shuttling back and forth.
He was absent-minded for a moment, then suddenly remembered something and silently recited "Aurora's Sorcerer's Manual" in his mind.
The light curtain that usually appears in front of his eyes immediately is now empty.
He finally lost Aurora's magician's manual.
The magician's manual is gone, so the Observer, the Death Maniac, the Black Demon, the Mirror Demon, and the Ghost Demon will naturally not continue to bother him. The fate, curse, and everything they arranged for Ash also came to an end from then on.
This was clearly what he had been trying so hard to do, but why was he feeling so… so…
"What's wrong, Ash?"
Ash looked up and saw the red-haired girl kneeling down, her face full of worry. It was strange to say, in fact, it was only a few days since they parted, but Ash felt as if they had been separated for centuries. The fear, anxiety, worry, despair of the past few days... all turned into an indescribable bitterness that blocked his chest.
He took a deep breath and called softly, "Sonia."
"Um?"
"Lysdia."
"Ah?" A quintet of witch voices rang out, and the sisters all felt that Ash was calling them.
"Weiser."
"I'm here." Yin Deng also squatted down, tilted her head to look at him, and smiled sweetly.
"Vichy."
"What are you doing?" Vichy pushed her hair behind her ears, seeming to be uncomfortable with being addressed so solemnly by Ash.
Ash's eyes were filled with mist and he pursed his lips. The chaos of the Seventh Heaven and the fear and hostility of the gods could not be reflected in his eyes at this moment. Apart from them, there was no other color in his eyes.
He reached out and hugged the surprised Sonia tightly, unable to hold back his emotions any longer, and choked up as he said, "I'm back!"
Aurora's magician's manual disappeared, but his magician's manual is still there.
Sonia, Diya, Weisser, and Weishi looked at each other and laughed. Their tense nerves relaxed instantly, and great fatigue surged into their hearts. But at this moment, no one continued to hold on. As long as he was around, they were used to not forcing themselves.
Sonia held Ash's face and kissed him lightly, staring into his eyes and said softly:
"Welcome back."
(End of Volume 5)