Volume 5, Chapter 102 – Memories Hidden Deep in the Heart

“Master… you, why? Why choose junior brother?!! I’ve followed you for so long, you know my abilities better than anyone!! Only I have the capability to inherit your power and become the new apostle. Junior brother has only followed you for a few years! Why would you choose him?!!”

In the misty bamboo forest,

The brown-haired man seemed unable to control his emotions, angrily voicing his accusations.

Faced with the man’s questioning,

The middle-aged man with graying temples sitting cross-legged on the main seat sighed helplessly.

“Astral… I know your abilities are strong.”

“If that’s the case, then why?”

“But you’re not suitable.”

“What?”

“Your greed for power and achievements is too strong in your heart. You’re not suitable to become the new apostle.”

The man named Ruoli calmly provided his answer while drinking tea.

“The previous outer god invasion on Earth, as well as the destruction of the Rock Continent, clearly tell us that Corruption is very skilled at eroding human hearts. If you become an apostle, your obsessions and desires in your heart will very likely be targeted by Corruption. Once you’re eroded, this world that The Lord sacrificed himself to protect might face catastrophe again. So, I can’t take that risk. You’ve followed me for so many years, don’t you understand this principle yet?”

“”

After hearing Ruoli’s answer, Astral fell into silence.

After a brief, eerie quiet, Astral slowly spoke:

“Master, have you already made your decision? Really going to do this?”

“Though it’s helpless, it is indeed so.”

Ruoli gave a very definite answer,

At the same time, this middle-aged man also cast a warning gaze toward Astral.

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“Astral, from now on, as a sect elder, assist your junior brother well. This way, you’ll still be respected by all disciples. Don’t do anything foolish. This is the last thing I ask of you as your master.”

After hearing these words,

After a moment of silence, Astral loosened his clenched fist and sighed as if letting go:

“Sigh, since master has said so, I understand. I will assist junior brother well.”

Seeing this,

The wary light in Ruoli’s eyes slightly dissipated, and the spiritual power gathered in his palm also somewhat receded.

Clearly,

Ruoli still had deep feelings for Astral, this disciple he had raised from childhood. Since the other party still respected him and could be constrained by his words, Ruoli naturally didn’t want to take action.

However,

Just as Ruoli relaxed his guard, Astral flashed directly in front of Ruoli.

“What?!!”

Before this first-generation apostle of Earth could react, Astral directly punched through Ruoli’s abdomen, violently grasping Ruoli’s Primordial Core inside his body.

“Cough cough cough cough!!”

Instantly, blood continuously spurted from Ruoli’s mouth.

Enduring the severe pain, Ruoli looked up at Astral in disbelief, seemingly never expecting that this disciple… would actually attack him.

Even more unexpected was… the other party’s strength had already become so formidable?

“You… Astral… you, you actually?”

“Did you really think you could still suppress me like before? My current realm isn’t much weaker than your peak period,”

Facing Ruoli’s questioning and angry gaze, Astral coldly raised the corner of his mouth.

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“Master, you said I was your successor. To inherit your position, I’ve worked hard cultivating for hundreds of years, day and night, day after day, never slacking off. How much hardship did I endure during this time? How much suffering did I experience? And now, you want to pass the apostle position to junior brother because of this inexplicable reason? How can I accept this?”

“Astral… you want to forcibly seize it? Stop dreaming, the matter of changing the successor I’ve already…”

“Reported to the other apostles?”

“Wha, what?? How would you know…”

“Please, master, during these years when you were injured by the outer god and recuperating, I was the one managing the sect. How could I not know about every move within the sect? I know very clearly about you having little junior sister deliver the message.”

“You?! Yue Lin, what did you do to her?!”

“Hehe.”

Facing this question, Astral narrowed his eyes mysteriously:

“Those who knew about your intention to change the successor, I had no reason to let them go.”

“Astral!! You… you’re insane…?!!!”

Unfortunately,

Before this apostle could finish speaking, Astral violently crushed the other party’s core directly, causing Ruoli’s words to stop abruptly. His eyes went black, and he collapsed to the ground as a corpse.

Staring at his master’s corpse, Astral’s eyes showed no trace of guilt, only indifferently and emotionlessly murmuring.

“Master, rest assured, I will use your apostle power to protect this world well.”

The Lord and you,

Both seemed to think poorly of me.

Hehe,

Then I’ll show you that I’m the best candidate to become an apostle.

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The Lord couldn’t resist Corruption’s invasion, so I will!

Time returned to the present. As the memories from thousands of years ago surfaced in his mind, the corner of Astral’s mouth couldn’t help but rise slightly, revealing a pleased and satisfied smile.

Master,

Facts have proven,

Your decision to replace me was utterly wrong.

Look,

Now I can even crush evil gods!!

——”Holy Martial – Flowing Water Dragon!”——

His pupils suddenly contracted, and spiritual power containing purifying force exploded in the air. The deafening roar nearly tore the sky apart.

The next moment, Astral became like a burning deity. Golden radiance wrapped in purple flames, his fists transformed into meteor-like afterimages, frantically pouring down on Bai Lianyue’s delicate body.

Each strike triggered a spiritual power storm, the resulting gale shredding cloud layers, turning the high sky into a purgatory woven from platinum and pitch black. Bai Lianyue’s body was repeatedly knocked back in the air, her emerald and silver-white long hair dancing like broken light streams, blood and curse power forming fine mist around her.

Of course,

Miss Evil God couldn’t just sit there and take it.

Guided by her battle instincts, Bai Lianyue extended her hand to condense an Abyss Hex Cannon. Ice-blue destructive energy shot out like a pillar of heaven. However, at that moment, Astral’s figure suddenly blurred—his fist actually penetrated the energy beam, flashing through it to strike directly at her heart.

The black thorns around Bai Lianyue tried to entangle his arm, but they similarly couldn’t touch Astral’s body.

At the same time, a giant dragon condensed from black mud also roared as it opened its mouth to bite at Astral, but the result was exactly the same as before. Astral simply passed through the dragon’s mouth, completely unharmed.

“Still not giving up? I’ve told you how many times, your attacks are useless against me.”

With these disdainful words, Astral had already closed in before Bai Lianyue.

The next instant,

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His golden fist, wrapped in earth-shattering power, mercilessly smashed heavily into Bai Lianyue’s face without any gentleness.

The roar was like the tolling of doomsday bells, with energy tremors spreading between heaven and earth.

Bai Lianyue’s body fell like a meteor, trailing a long tail of light, heavily crashing onto the island. The ground violently shook, dust and rubble flew up, and the entire Sacred Commandment Island seemed to shatter and collapse under that single strike.

Meanwhile, high in the sky, Astral still hovered in place.

Staring intently at his own hand that was beginning to crack, although feeling intense pain, Astral still showed an extremely pleased smile.

“This is my power. Heh, hehe, simply magnificent.”

After a moment of admiration, Astral focused his attention on the elf girl below.

“Bai Lianyue, you thing that’s been causing me trouble for a thousand years, it’s time for you to pay the price.”

While speaking,

Astral cast his gaze toward the distance, toward the direction where the Abyssal Lord Polarvitan and Luolin were currently fighting.

Sensing the intense aura continuously emanating from that distant location, Astral couldn’t help but snort coldly.

Evil gods,

Even if killed, would be reborn.

That was because the Trinity of Malevolence were originally one entity. Kill any one body, and as long as the other two bodies remained alive, they would resurrect infinitely.

But,

What if all three evil gods were eliminated simultaneously?

Luolin, hold on a little longer. Once I finish off the Terran Malevolence, I’ll come help you.

——”Trinity of Malevolence? Today I’ll make you become history forever.”——