CSMCDB - Chapter 208
Chapter 208
The concept of "home" was actually quite distant and unfamiliar to Wen Yuncheng.
In her previous life, Wen Yuncheng was a child who had been "free-ranged." She could feel that her parents cared for her and loved her, but her family was always busy with work. From elementary school onward, she began to live independently.
With no one to supervise her, her life was a simple, straight line between home and school. As long as her exam scores were decent, no one cared about her entertainment choices—computers, phones, games, novels, or comics—things other parents might restrict. Fortunately, she had a laid-back personality and didn't like to overthink things, preferring to go with the flow when it came to her future. So, while others were studying nervously in high school, she could stay up all night as if cultivating immortality.
And then her phone smashed her into this world.
In her past life, Wen Yuncheng would occasionally wonder: since they were so busy, with no time to look after her, watch her, or spend time with her, how did they find the time to give birth to her? Even when she visited her grandparents, it was only during winter and summer vacations, and even then, her parents were always busy. But Wen Yuncheng never complained, because her parents, who left early and returned late, were exhausted too.
After arriving at the Wen family and starting a new life, these parents proved to be even more unqualified. Even the brief warmth she had felt vanished completely after she became a good-for-nothing.
Was that a home? Probably not.
At least, not in Wen Yuncheng's heart.
But she would have a home in the future.
The Phantom Saint of Huanling learned that Wen Yuncheng had nearly annihilated the previous wave of Huanling troops, which only fueled his rage. After confirming that the research institute could soon reinforce the planar passage, he delivered a pre-war declaration on the Huanling Continent.
The gist of it was that he would personally lead the charge this time and would surely return victorious with the Huanling troops and the resources of the Starry Sky Continent. He used this declaration to temporarily stabilize the emotions of the people on the Huanling Continent and suppress the momentum of the peace faction. As long as he returned victorious with resources, the peace faction would be powerless to cause any trouble.
Huanling had been a martial culture since ancient times; everyone cultivated, and everyone wanted to become stronger. Limiting cultivation in the future? Restricting the use of resources? Preventing breakthroughs even for the talented? The Phantom Saint didn't think this was a good solution. But with his departure this time, regardless of the outcome, the resources of the Huanling Continent would be able to last for a very long time.
If he won, there was nothing more to say. If he lost, without the Phantom Saint and many Star Emperors, the Huanling Continent would gain a chance to breathe, no longer in a state of "overload." Under such circumstances, the peace faction would certainly seize control of the narrative and implement reforms.
The Phantom Saint actually saw it all very clearly. No matter what happened on this trip, he would have no regrets. Because this was his own choice, and he had striven for it.
"The God of the Starry Sky Continent?" After his declaration, the Phantom Saint walked down the platform step by step. He didn't accept any more interviews but returned to his room and sat in quiet meditation. "To be able to fight a God… I will have no regrets in this life."
The final war between the two continents finally began.
However, this war was clearly plotted by the Fu organization and orchestrated by Ge Huan. But as things had developed, the Fu organization was destroyed, and Ge Huan was dead… A grand drama had reached its conclusion, yet its two masterminds would never see the end. No matter how one thought about it, it felt somewhat comical and ridiculous.
Ge Huan initially only wanted to "go home," but in the end, he died in a foreign land. The Fu organization, which aimed to overthrow everything and create a new era, would be forever nailed to the pillar of shame. Even if future generations spoke of this history, they would only remember the villainous organization as "rats in the gutter," "unpresentable," and "traitors to the Starry Sky Continent."
The planar passage detector sensed a fluctuation. Wen Yuncheng and Lin Jinyu waited quietly outside the research institute for news. Wen Yuncheng looked up at the sky—blue skies, white clouds, a gentle breeze. She felt Lin Jinyu's grip tighten slightly and sensed her unease.
"When this is all over, you and I won't be Gods yet. After the wedding, we'll have a very, very long time. We can travel on foot and see all the scenery of the Starry Sky Continent."
"I'll be fine."
"I still have so, so many things I want to do with you, to experience with you. This is what I'm pursuing. Jinyu, right now… whether it's strength, power, or money, none of it is that important to me."
"I look forward to being with you, and then having a home that belongs to us-mmph."
Wen Yuncheng was suddenly pulled into Lin Jinyu's embrace. She was a little caught off guard, but she still smiled, turned her head slightly, and hugged Lin Jinyu tightly.
"You promised me," Lin Jinyu's muffled voice came through.
"I promised you," Wen Yuncheng replied.
"Plane fluctuation! Plane fluctuation! Preliminary confirmation of the planar passage's location is above Dragon Island!"
"Let's go!" Wen Yuncheng and Lin Jinyu separated. She then looked at Protector Chu, who had just arrived. "Leave the Phantom Saint to me. If the Dragon King tries to join the battle, I'll have to trouble you seniors to delay him for a bit."
"Don't worry," Chu Han nodded in agreement.
There was a short interval between the detection of the fluctuation and the opening of the planar passage. Wen Yuncheng immediately took out her Space Shuttle, stepped onto it, and departed. She would enter Dragon Island first in a cloaked state to set up an ambush. The Empire's Star Emperors and Lin Jinyu would rush to Dragon Island at the same time to intercept the Dragon King the moment the battle broke out, buying Wen Yuncheng enough time.
According to Wen Yuncheng's original plan, she wanted Lin Jinyu to wait with the Apostles at their residence, where it was safest, and she would return once everything was over. But Lin Jinyu was unwilling, and Wen Yuncheng didn't want Lin Jinyu to have any regrets.
Even in the most critical situation, she still had the random teleportation scroll. This scroll, which she had never used, gave Wen Yuncheng a slight sense of reassurance.
She shuttled to a cave on Dragon Island, the same place where she and Lin Jinyu had first arrived. Wen Yuncheng walked out of the cave and looked up at the sky above Dragon Island. Her cloak would last for thirty minutes, so she stood silently at the cave entrance, waiting.
Time ticked by, second by second, as Wen Yuncheng stood there quietly. Finally, she sensed a distinct spatial energy fluctuation in the sky.
[He's here.]
The Phantom Saint had arrived.
He had arrived, bringing the remaining troops of the Huanling Continent.
Wen Yuncheng glanced at her remaining cloak time. Only three minutes left. But that was enough.
She controlled her Floating Magnetic Disk and moved closer to where the planar passage was about to open. If it was the Phantom Saint, Wen Yuncheng was betting he would be the first one out. Of course, it didn't matter if he wasn't; it would just mean that she might have to deal with some harassing Huanling generals during the fight and possibly blow up quite a few C-03 Air Wings.
The space before her began to distort, like looking at things through the shimmering heat of a scorching summer day. But this time, the distortion had nothing to do with temperature.
Two minutes.
The magnetic pulse in Wen Yuncheng's hand was ready to be unleashed.
The instant the Phantom Saint appeared, Wen Yuncheng fired the magnetic pulse! The blue magnetic attack shot straight out. The Phantom Saint, having just emerged from the planar passage, let out a cold snort, raised his hand to warp the air in front of him, and with a burst of phantom power, directly blocked the magnetic pulse-
Wen Yuncheng's figure became visible. The battle had begun!
A clear, high-pitched dragon's roar echoed through the clouds. The moment the Dragon King revealed his dragon form, the Half-Saints, Star Emperors, and Lin Jinyu, who had been lying in ambush near Dragon Island for a long time, all attacked at once. The ferocious offensive was too much even for the Dragon King to handle. He was forced to abandon his attack on Wen Yuncheng and instead engage with the Empire's Star Emperors.
"So you are Wen Yuncheng. Very young." The Phantom Saint looked at Wen Yuncheng, who was standing on her Floating Magnetic Disk in the air, and was surprised to find that she was even younger and had more limitless potential than the Illusion God of his era. A pity she belonged to the Starry Sky Continent.
The Phantom Saint offered a word of praise, acknowledging Wen Yuncheng as a worthy opponent. However, Wen Yuncheng took advantage of the moment he was speaking to instantly use G-0 Warlord. By the time the Phantom Saint had finished his remark, G-0 Warlord and Terminator Bolt MX, two skills with targeting capabilities, were launched in an instant!
"Even if you praise me, you will only die here." Wen Yuncheng summoned her mech suit, encasing her entire body. The 15% damage reduction wasn't to mitigate the Phantom Saint's attacks, but to shield herself from the aftershocks of her own skills. "Savor it. You only have three minutes left."
"Heh heh, young people are always so arrogant…" The Phantom Saint chuckled, condensing all his phantom power into a single point and striking the massive G-0 Warlord in the sky in an instant! The phantom power pierced through the machine in a flash, yet the Warlord remained completely unaffected. It fired its last missile, which exploded right next to the Phantom Saint!
The snow-white Terminator Bolt MX fighter jet zipped rapidly around the Phantom Saint, constantly strafing him with its blue laser gun. With the Phantom Saint's abilities, he should have been able to block the attacks, yet he couldn't understand why he was unable to hit this strange white fighter! He finally understood why so many of his generals had called Wen Yuncheng "weird." Experiencing it firsthand was exceptionally frustrating.
Ignore the machines, ignore Wen Yuncheng's attacks, just attack her body directly! The Phantom Saint, remembering Wen Yuncheng's ability to teleport away, roared, "If you run, then all the nearby Star Emperors will die because of your escape!" A suit of silver battle armor materialized on his body, infused with phantom power that emitted a faint white glow. The laser blasts from the Terminator Bolt MX struck the armor, only creating a ripple as the attacks were completely deflected!
G-0 Warlord vanished. Wen Yuncheng summoned G-3 Predator, and H-S.P. Falcon finished assembling behind her. With just a thought, the small Predator mechs surrounded the Phantom Saint from above and began to continuously fire lasers. H-S.P. Falcon instantly teleported above the Phantom Saint's head, and a massive laser, as thick as a person, poured down in an instant!
The HS-12 Plasma Generator and High-Voltage Electromagnetic Field were thrown out the moment the Phantom Saint was engulfed by the laser. The plasma generator caused a violent explosion, a skill that could clearly kill a Half-Saint, but at this moment, it was not at all conspicuous, completely overshadowed by the High-Voltage Electromagnetic Field.
With the Phantom Saint at its center, the High-Voltage Electromagnetic Field formed a giant blue-purple electromagnetic sphere the moment it expanded! The violent electromagnetic energy transformed into Star Power, launching a multi-stage attack on the Phantom Saint within its range. Even the distant Dragon King and the Star Emperors, who were tied up in their own battles, had their gazes drawn to the massive, translucent blue-purple sphere that had suddenly appeared in the sky! The Dragon King, in that instant, began to burn his Star Power and was about to charge toward Wen Yuncheng-
However, he had barely turned when a piercing sword intent erupted behind him. Alarms blared in the Dragon King's mind! He quickly spun back around, converting his Star Power to defend himself. He saw Lin Jinyu take a step forward into the void as her Vast Sword Strike descended at a slow pace. The moment the Heaven-rank longsword slashed down, the image of sword intent that had condensed behind Lin Jinyu instantly solidified, slashing down at the Dragon King along with the sword.
Lin Jinyu tightened her grip on the hilt, and fine cracks began to appear on the Heaven-rank longsword. The Dragon King had just unleashed a burst of power in an attempt to break through the encirclement of the Star Emperors. She had neutralized his breakout attempt, making it impossible for him to get past her now.
"You will… stay here."
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