Chapter 423 The Undying Monsters
Ritchie's actions had a very good effect.
The shadow possessing the Moon Messenger immediately tore her soul apart.
In that instant, Ritchie let out an excited cheer.
Jeremy was also very pleased.
Originally, Jeremy had thought that Ritchie's Soul Division talent might take some time to fully master.
But the current situation showed that he had underestimated Ritchie.
"Very good, it seems you're quite skilled at handling the Soul Division ability," Jeremy said with a smile to Ritchie. "We should be able to kill this monster right now."
Ritchie nodded.
"You don't need to intervene. With Soul Division and my shadow manipulation skills, I can kill this monster. As long as I divide its soul into three or more parts, it won't be able to resist at all!"
Ritchie said to Jeremy, clearly excited.
Jeremy, of course, had no objections.
After all, this was Ritchie's first official fight since his awakening.
Jeremy hoped Ritchie would perform well in this battle, and he knew it would provide him with valuable experience.
"Alright then, it's all yours. I believe you can easily take down this monster!" Jeremy said, then waited for the battle to come to an end.
Ritchie began repeatedly using his Soul Division ability to split the Moon Messenger's soul.
The Moon Messenger's soul was divided into four distinct parts.
After this, Ritchie started using his shadow manipulation skills to gradually destroy the Moon Messenger's soul.
However, during this process, Ritchie suddenly realized something was wrong.
Although the Moon Messenger's soul had been split, each fragment of her soul was still strong enough to stand on its own.
These different soul fragments even began to slowly take on physical forms.
"What is going on here? Each fragment of the monster's soul seems to be turning into an independent monster. I'm not weakening this thing; I'm actually creating more monsters!"
Ritchie was now extremely panicked.
He had not expected this monster to be able to ignore the damage done to its soul.
Before Ritchie could speak, Jeremy already sensed that something was wrong.
So, Jeremy immediately took action.
He activated his The King of Time and Space ability once again and used Portal to teleport the different fragments of the Moon Messenger's soul to distant locations.
As long as the different fragments of the soul were far apart, it seemed that the Moon Messenger would not be able to maintain such overwhelming power.
"Give up! You cannot oppose the Messenger of Life!"
The three Moon Messengers turned their heads simultaneously toward Jeremy and Ritchie.
They spoke in perfect unison, their voices identical.
"I represent the very power of life itself. No matter what methods you use, you will never be able to destroy life."
When Ritchie and Jeremy heard this, their faces grew incredibly serious.
Both of them realized that the monster before them was far too powerful.
It seemed there was no way they could kill it.
"Don't panic! Maybe we're using the wrong methods, but there's absolutely no monster that can't be killed!" Jeremy said solemnly to Ritchie.
As soon as the words left his mouth, Jeremy opened another Portal and teleported behind one of the Moon Messengers.
Jeremy concentrated all his power and used Dark Core, slamming an incredibly powerful blow into the Moon Messenger.
The Moon Messenger was successfully eliminated, and its body shattered into countless fragments that scattered across the surrounding area.
However, what followed terrified both Ritchie and Jeremy even more.
The fragments of the Moon Messenger's body began to reassemble into new Moon Messengers.
More than ten Moon Messengers had already appeared in the town.
These Moon Messengers seemed impossible to kill, and they kept advancing toward Jeremy and Ritchie.
As the Moon Messengers gathered, the Moon in the sky became even brighter.
Jeremy instinctively looked up at the sky.
He suddenly realized that the Moon had occupied the entire sky.
It seemed they were very close to the Moon now.
Jeremy immediately realized the situation was far worse than he had imagined.
"We must be dealing with something connected to the Moon from the Apocalypse Game. There's no reason for us to keep fighting here! We need to move forward under the cover of night!"
After Jeremy finished speaking, he quickly moved forward with Ritchie.
Jeremy realized that fighting the Moon Messenger under the moonlight was absolutely impossible to win. The Moon Messenger could continuously draw immense power from the Moon in the sky, while Jeremy and Ritchie could only rely on their own strength in battle.
As Jeremy and Ritchie fled from the entrance of the town, the number of Moon Messengers within the town had already reached forty. With so many Moon Messengers gathered together, they instantly possessed an extraordinarily powerful life force. This immense life force was so potent that it even reached the Goddess of Life, who was located far away near Moonlight City.
At that moment, the Goddess of Life was still hiding within the instance. Although she was now able to move in the real world, she felt that being in the real world would expose her to great risks. So, she continued to hide in the instance.
In the real world, the Goddess of Life had encountered many strange occurrences, but she had never been overly concerned. It was only this time that she took special notice.
For the first time, the Goddess of Life sensed such a powerful life force in the real world.
"What is going on here? Could it be that the world Jeremy is in also has a Goddess of Life? Or is this something one of the Apocalypse Game planners has done?"
The Goddess of Life had fought many times against Fool and the White Tower, but she had never had much interaction with the other Apocalypse Game planners. Therefore, she was unaware that one of them represented the power of life.
After thinking for a while, the Goddess of Life decided to communicate with this powerful being that seemed to embody such immense life force.
She used her own life energy to construct a magical formation.
When the formation was completed, the ethereal image of the Goddess of Life appeared in the starry sky.
"I request a conversation with you. You represent the power of life, and I also represent the power of life. Perhaps we can cooperate," the Goddess of Life said in her ethereal voice.
No response came.
Suddenly, the bright Moon in the sky turned pink.
Endless life energy quickly transformed into the power of death.
The Goddess of Life suddenly felt herself aging rapidly and approaching death.
"Who are you? Why are you attacking me? I have no hostility toward you!" The Goddess of Life was extremely confused. She couldn't understand why the other party had suddenly attacked her.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
However, within the attack, the Goddess of Life noticed something unsettling: the opponent not only wielded the power of life, but also the power of death.
Moon, as a powerful Apocalypse Game planner, wielded not just the power to foster life, but also the power to cause it to wither and die. The Moon itself had its own cycle, and an Apocalypse Game planner named after the Moon naturally possessed both the life-giving and life-destroying aspects of power.
The Goddess of Life had not anticipated that Moon could wield the ability to make life wither so rapidly.
It took a great toll on the Goddess of Life before she was able to escape.
Meanwhile, on Jeremy and Ritchie's side, both of them suddenly felt the power of life withering.
They both clearly felt themselves aging rapidly.
Jeremy was forced to activate his The King of Time and Space talent, hoping to create a barrier for himself and Ritchie using this ability. However, he knew the barrier wouldn't last long.
The blood-red Moon in the sky was growing brighter and brighter.
Under the light of the blood-red Moon, the shapes of the Moon Messengers became even more bizarre.
They had now transformed into messengers of death.
The Moon Messengers began to attack the monsters around them. They cruelly slaughtered these creatures and devoured all the life energy they had.
Soon, all the monsters in the town were slaughtered.
Jeremy and Ritchie, of course, were unaware of what was happening with the Goddess of Life. Even if they had known, they wouldn't have cared, as they had already planned to kill all the monsters anyway.
After running for some time, the two of them finally managed to escape the grip of the blood-red moon.
Jeremy could finally activate his The King of Time and Space ability and open a portal.
"We need to teleport to the nearest large city! Even though it will expose us to others, there's no time to worry about that now!"
Jeremy made a quick decision and opened a portal, taking Ritchie to the nearest large city.
This city was a medium-sized one located between the capital and Moonlight City—Valley City.
Valley City was situated within a massive valley, and after the Apocalypse Game had arrived, the entrances to the valley had been transformed into enormous barriers.
Since the arrival of the Apocalypse Game, Valley City hadn't faced much direct threat.
As a result, the city was still thriving, so much so that its level of prosperity could rival that of the capital.