Chapter 547: Karmic Ties from Past Lives (Requesting Monthly Votes)
"Boom!"
The black aura transformed into a storm, and at its center stood Inya, exuding a strange aura that Bailuo and his senior sister found eerie.
Thrilling, even terrifying!
But how could this be?
Both were Miracle Warriors, not to mention that the senior sister not only belonged to the Upper Tier but was also the reincarnation of the Queen, and speaking of Bailuo, with the Protection of over twenty Miracles, even he might not know how strong his power was.
"To have such power right from the start?"
Bailuo was quite shocked; he considered himself well-informed, yet Inya's transformation had caught him off-guard.
It wasn't that Bailuo was overly sensitive; it's just that Inya's condition was significantly different from a normal Miracle Awakening.
"Girl?"
"Whoosh!"
A dragon claw suddenly tore through the pitch-black world, and right in front of it was Bailuo.
"Be careful!"
The senior sister drew her Holy Sword to fend off this sudden strike, somewhat in disbelief as she looked at the figure before her: "Inya?"
"Power."
"Finally..."
The girl's silver hair fluttered in the fierce wind, and her originally beautiful eyes had turned into pure black: "has returned."
"Who are you?"
Bailuo blurted out; he could clearly feel that the girl in front of him was definitely not his sister Inya, his home's Iron Simpleton could never be this eerie.
"Kill you!"
Inya's eyes were filled with murderous intent, but her voice was devoid of any emotion, fundamentally different from when the Queen possessed the senior sister.
If the Queen and the senior sister were two personalities of the same person, then the current Inya seemed to have lost her sanity, turning into a beast that knew only slaughter.
"Boom!"
Inya's power didn't seem like that of someone who had just received a Miracle. Her energy could actually directly collide with the senior sister, which was simply unbelievable.
Isefia possessed a Superior Miracle, and her Awakening level was close to the Fifth Awakening. If she used all the wisdom of the Queen, her strength could approach, even surpass, the peak of Miracle Warriors.
Yet now, Inya was fighting the senior sister to a standstill, and Bailuo even felt that she had the upper hand.
"Feiya, come back!"
Bailuo wanted to summon more Miracles, but the senior sister said, "It's this gemstone; she's absorbing the power from it."
"Destroy it!"
The senior sister held off Inya, giving Bailuo a chance. He quickly summoned another Holy Sword and swung it at the giant ore that had turned from dark purple to pure black.
In Bailuo's view, the power that could turn Inya into this was, like the old stupid banquets, something the Iron Simpleton absolutely couldn't control.
Although it might be very powerful, Bailuo would never want his own sister to become a monster without reason.
The Iron Simpleton just needed to be happy; Bailuo would not allow any power to devastate her.
"Disappear for me!!"
Bailuo gathered nearly all of his Miracle Power, which included the powers of his uncle, Chubby Simpleton, and the Empress of the East.
The force of this sword, even Di Sui who had broken through to the Eightfold Awakening, would not dare to withstand.
However...
"Clang!"
The Holy Sword was bounced high, and Bailuo's eyes were full of disbelief: "How could this be?"
"Crack!"
The Holy Sword shattered, but it wasn't a replica. In the hands of the Master of Miracles and his disciple, there were originally two versions of the Holy Sword and Holy Grail, both genuine.
But it shattered upon colliding with a black gemstone devoid of any self-thought or even the knowledge of defense, instantly crumbling.
"What on earth is this thing, why is it so hard?"
Bailuo looked towards Inya and noticed the power within her still growing stronger. He did not know what might happen if this continued, but at this point, it seemed like there were no better options.
"Yagen!"
Bailuo instantly entered into the world of the Book of Yagen.
Yagen is the most ancient being in the Miracle World. She might know the origins of the stone and why Inya had become like this.
"Oh, you're here."
This time when Bailuo entered, he found that Yagen's world had turned into an austere European-style room, where the woman was lounging on a bed, wearing glasses, reading a book.
"You know why I'm here, right? What is that stone, and why did my sister change after holding that black scale?"
Outside, an intense battle was still unfolding. With the strength of his disciple and Inya at this moment, Bailuo couldn't use Thought Acceleration; it was useless against the Miracle Entity.
"She said it herself, 'The power has returned.'"
"What does that mean?"
"This is your own doing," Yagen said, "but with time pressing, I won't beat around the bush and will tell you directly."
"Your previous life, Ying Baizhou, was killed by her, but you also killed her. In your last lives, both of you perished together."
"But as a result, your souls became entangled," Yagen continued, "and in this life, she has become your family, your sister, that's the reason."
That's to say, Inya's past life and Ying Baizhou were enemies who fought to a mutual defeat without a victor, leading to their current situation.
"Let's set that aside for now," regardless of who Inya was in her past life, Bailuo only knew that Iron Simpleton in this life was his sister: "How can I make her regain her sanity?"
While not particularly cunning, Bailuo always confessed his limitations but didn't feel he had to be all-knowing and all-powerful.
He saw himself as a King, and if he didn't understand, he did not mind asking for help. As long as the problem was solved, whether he relied on someone's strength or not didn't matter.
"Destroying that stone won't help."
Yagen shook her head: "The real solution is humanity; you need to replenish her humanity until you fully control this brutal power."
"How can I obtain humanity?"
"Exchange."
"But it can only be exchanged with yours."
"Humanity, like personality, isn't a universal remedy. If you take someone else's humanity at random, it might be poison for her."
Yagen elaborated, "However, you are different. Since your souls were intertwined in your past life, your humanity will only benefit her, not harm."
"Just like that?"
"Aren't you going to ask about the consequences of losing your humanity?"
"Will I die?"
Bailuo asked, "Or will I become an idiot?"
"Humanity isn't rationality," Yagen stated, "but your personality might change. However, what exactly those changes will be, only you will know."
"How do I give her humanity?"
"The method is very dangerous," Yagen warned, "you need to be mentally prepared."
"If it fails, you'll have to come and keep your mother company."
When Yagen said this, there was no malice intended; after all, if Bailuo truly died, it was akin to returning to her side.
They were gods existing even before the world was born, without the shackles of the mortal world; surely that's better.