Chapter 1364: Chapter 1364

Brilliant thunder connects Heaven and earth, slender piano strings spread across the void, between the Firmament and light, the arm as translucent as jade, emanating a purple glow, gently grasps the thin string.

Scattered light forms the silhouette of a young man in a purple robe in the Heaven and earth, he raises his head, gazing at the Starlight Silhouette floating in the air ahead.

The shining Thunder silhouette crashes to the ground, struggles briefly, as if attempting to rise again to launch an attack on the Starlight Silhouette.

But he only manages to rise with difficulty, only to fall back to the ground again, then, he never rises again.

He lies on the ground motionless, with only the dim Thunder light on his body, seemingly indicating he still has a breath remaining.

The Starlight Silhouette glances at the Thunder silhouette on the ground, then sweeps his gaze around the empty surroundings, finally returning his gaze to the young man in the purple robe floating in the air.

The thunder above gradually dims, the howling wind blows across the cracked land, sweeps past the wild grass and flowers between the land, and makes the broad purple robe flap violently.

The Starlight Silhouette gazes at He Ao, the piano strings held in He Ao’s hand shatter with a roar, disappearing into the void, he scans over the blood on He Ao’s body, over his lips still tinged with faint purple bloodstains.

He seems not particularly surprised by He Ao’s appearance, sighs lightly and smiles, "It seems the Fate Spinning Wheel finally lost to you. There’s a saying in your world that I quite like, ’After many years of hard work, you’ve woven golden threads, only to make a wedding garment for others.’"

In his laughter, there is a trace of mockery, yet with a touch of sentiment, "He painstakingly planned for so many years, thinking he could escape Heaven, transform into a human, advance further, yet everything he did only to make a wedding garment for you. Did he ever foresee that his own fate would be so dramatic?"

He Ao calmly gazes at the Starlight Silhouette, without responding to his words, lifts his hand, a dim purple glow gathering in his hand.

The Starlight Silhouette watches the purple glow in He Ao’s hand, sighs and smiles, "It seems you’re very impatient, young man, you’ve seen very little, experienced very little, over the long years, you will understand that impatience solves nothing."

His gaze sweeps over the wounds on He Ao’s body, "And, it seems, your injuries are not light. I don’t know what method you used to scare off that coward Star Shadow, but I guess the price you paid is not small, especially since Star Shadow is naturally a bit crazy,"

He pauses, looking at He Ao, "That explosion just now also had no small impact on you, right?"

Embedded in an inverted triangle, the orange-gray eyeball emerges behind He Ao.

"That young guy named Li Cheng, is he your companion," the Starlight Silhouette’s mouth draws a faint arc, "just now when I wanted to rush to support Star Shadow, he kept charging up to stop me, it seems he has much faith in your battle against the Fate Spinning Wheel to secure victory.

"Even when he was close to madness, nearly losing his complete Reason, he still remembered to help you seize time."

He lifts his hand, in the palm constructed of Starlight, strands of fine piano strings crisscross, forming a two-meter diameter ’guitar string ball.’

"Such a moving companion, isn’t it?"

He smiles at He Ao, "Then guess, why do you think I’ve kept him alive here all along?"

At this moment, the guitar string ball in his hand suddenly explodes, transforming into countless fine piano strings, spreading in all directions.

At the same time, He Ao too lifts his palm, the purple glow in his hand erupts in the dark, transforming into a brilliant beam, shooting densely toward the Starlight Silhouette in the sky.

Meanwhile, the Eye of Truth high above He Ao’s head bursts out a glow, their ’gaze’ sweeps toward the scattering piano strings.

The piano strings charging directly at He Ao, instantly radiate an orange-gray glow, then suddenly disintegrate, like invisible snow, melting into the void.

And at this moment, the brilliant purple glow already arrives before the Starlight Silhouette.

The Starlight Silhouette lifts his hand, reaching to seize the beam of light.

At the bottom layer of the world, an invisible rhythm seems to spread, and that intangible glow also appears to have adopted some ’tangible’ form.

At this moment, all the light seems to ’solidify,’ transforming into solid light rods.

The Starlight Silhouette lifts his hand, gripping the already solidified glow.

Then, he gently ’breaks’ it, the brilliant purple light like a slender ice column imminently snaps.

The Starlight Silhouette lifts his hand, rotates this purple light, seemingly preparing to project this solidified light back to He Ao.

At this moment, accompanied by a light sound, the solid surface of the light suddenly melts, rushing towards the head of the Starlight Silhouette.

Because of the upward motion of the Starlight Silhouette’s hand, it brings the light closer to him, its speed is exceptionally fast, in a blink, it nearly reaches the Starlight Silhouette’s cheek.

A crisp piano note resounds from the bottom of the world, invisible waves ripple through the void.

Then the charging purple glow, prior to the Starlight Silhouette’s face, slowly ’disintegrates’ and ’vanishes’ until it’s completely gone.

And at this moment, the ’light’ remaining in the sky after being snapped, also disintegrates and disappears.

The Starlight Silhouette gazes at the gradually vanishing glow, sighs lightly, "This seems only a B-level ability, yet you can use it to exhibit Angel Tier power,"

He lifts his head, looking at He Ao, "Two Talent Sequences that seemed like they should have torn your Soul and will apart long ago are currently coexisting within your body, in the tier below Angel, I might consider you rely on Reason and some means to maintain physical balance.

"Yet now, you have become an Angel, how can one Angel Tier Talent Sequence allow another Talent Sequence to coexist within itself? It should have long torn your Reason, your body, expelled this part of the Talent Sequence."

His ’gaze’ falls on He Ao, as if gazing at some rare treasure, "But nothing happened to you, you can even combine the powers of these two Talent Sequences, make a B-level Talent Sequence exhibit Angel Tier capability, granting the Memory Inheritor Talent Sequence focused on influence and planning a certain ’Combat Ability.’"

His figure flickers and he once more raises his palm, gazing at He Ao, "You must have some kind of secret, some major secret, your Talent Sequences have issues."

Permeating piano strings reemerge from around him, he gently raises his hand, like drawing a bowstring deep into the void, pulling out a long ’piano string,’ the sound reverberating in the void at this juncture carries a sense of astonishment and shock,

"Star Shadow, that useless fool, has no idea what he’s missing—the ability to harmoniously integrate the Angel Tier Talent Sequences with other Talents. Do you know what that means?"

He gently raised his hand, slowly drawing back the piano strings, inch by inch, as he gazed at He Ao, "If I release this information, countless Old Geezers from across the sky will flock here, eager to uncover your secret."

He smiled slightly and said, "Of course, I won’t just let your information slip out, and I don’t even want Star Shadow to know. Naturally, I also understand that the secrets you hold are not so simple."

He sighed softly, "In fact, I rather look forward to you being replaced by the Fate Spinning Wheel. That way, I can observe him and see to what extent the fate burdened by your secrets has reached. Once the risks are determined, I can decide whether to delve into your secrets."

He Ao looked at the densely speaking Starlight Silhouette without responding, as radiant purple glows lit up again tightly packed, rushing towards the Starlight Silhouette in front of him.

A clear sound of the piano rang at the world’s foundation, engulfing the dazzling radiance.

"It’s a pity," the Starlight Silhouette continued to sigh under the sound of the piano, "that Fate Spinning Wheel is a failure. He couldn’t successfully seize your body and fate, placing you before me once more."

He continued plucking the piano strings, but merely pulled them to a slight arc, then slowly stopped. Meanwhile, dense new piano strings emerged amidst the dimming Thunder.

The Starlight Silhouette looked at He Ao with a voice tinged with some helplessness and ’fervor’, "It seems I don’t wish to touch your fate, yet your secrets are so enticing that I want to ’dissect’ you, to see your body’s exact structure."

He sighed softly as he spoke, and the encroaching piano strings again splashed towards He Ao, "To reap rewards, one must bear corresponding risks and costs. Since that’s the case, let it be me."

The orange-gray eye hanging above He Ao’s head swept over the surrounding piano strings, breaking all those illusory strings.

Meanwhile, dazzling light gathered again in front of He Ao.

This time, the purple light no longer dispersed into several small beams but began continuously converging.

"Initially, I didn’t think you’d win. After all, Fate Spinning Wheel inherently signifies a part of chaotic fate; craftiness and madness are his undertones. On top of that, he’s in the dark while you’re in the light. He has been scheming for so many years, for you to defeat him is almost a fool’s fantasy," the Starlight Silhouette raised his head to look at He Ao,

"So I believed your best outcome would merely be reaching some ’truce’ with Fate Spinning Wheel, to jointly deal with me and Star Shadow."

He slowly continued, "But the ’fluctuation’ from your battle with Star Shadow allowed me to sense some surprises. From my understanding of Fate Spinning Wheel, he’s adept at scheming but even better at hiding behind the scenes, like a meticulous Puppet Master, carefully manipulating puppets to fulfill his intentions.

"In such a scenario, he would never face an opponent head-on but would find a way to escape first, to hide somewhere before contemplating how to counterattack.

"Even knowing the enemy far surpasses him, he would still draw his blade decisively. Such heroic charisma, or rather a bit of a reckless nature, isn’t the style of Fate Spinning Wheel.

"Then, I sensed you repelled Star Shadow, repelling the strong with the weak—this isn’t something Fate Spinning Wheel could accomplish,

"At that moment, I realized the victor might not be Fate Spinning Wheel, but you,"

He smiled while gazing at He Ao, his fingers pulling the piano strings further back, like drawing a taut bow, "Returning to the initial question, I indeed had many opportunities to kill your companion, but I’ve waited until now. Why do you think that’s the case?"

He raised his hand, and numerous fine piano strings appeared on the drawn ’bowstring’, forming a long gray arrow, "Kid, you’re still too young. People have emotions and are driven by them. Even if you see the problem, you can’t help but be controlled by your emotions, walking into the game."

As he said this, He Ao raised the gathered radiance in front of him, hoarsely saying, "You talk too much."

A countless-person-thick, radiant light appeared in front of He Ao and surged towards the Starlight Silhouette.

"It seems you’ve indeed realized it," the Starlight Silhouette smiled and shook his head, seemingly quite satisfied with He Ao’s response. He raised his hand, releasing the slightly pulled ’bowstring’, "You repelled Star Shadow, probably intending to reserve strength to deal with me. So, how much strength have you held back?"

The gray fine arrow shot out, like a glimmer traversing through time and space, rushing towards He Ao.

In an instant, the radiant light collided with the fine arrow.

The gray fine arrow pierced the radiance, like an axe splitting a towering tree, slicing the brilliant glow, slicing the Fierce power.

It rushed directly towards He Ao.

In the moment the gray light arrow was about to reach He Ao, he swiftly dodged out of the way.

The gray light arrow landed on the cracked ground, and with a loud boom, it forcibly erased a several-kilometer-wide crater from the already torn earth.

"Since you’re aware of this, what kind of preparation have you made?"

The Starlight Silhouette watched He Ao dodge aside with a smile, plucking the piano strings again, "What do you think you’ll encounter here?"

Densely packed piano strings gradually emerged from all directions, forming a gigantic spherical ’cage’, enclosing both He Ao and the Starlight Silhouette within.

Meanwhile, the entire body of these strings slightly curved as if they were being plucked by fingers.

Illusory gray fine arrows appeared on the strings drawn by the Starlight Silhouette and also ’surfaced’ before the densely packed, surrounding strings.

"If not for me recuperating here seriously injured, and being manipulated by you and getting injured again," The Starlight Silhouette slowly drew back the hand plucking the piano strings, and the gray fine arrow before him became increasingly distinct, as did the fine arrows gathering from all directions on the strings.

"Your power is merely what you think is your strength," The Starlight Silhouette raised his hand, "At my true zenith, you’re not even worthy of standing before me."

His bowstring drew further back, and the gray fine arrows sprawling in all directions became increasingly clear, "Young man, I understand your Talent Sequences better than you do; never underestimate your enemy."

He Ao raised his head, gazing at the countless gray fine arrows filling the sky.

The Starlight Silhouette had just spoken many words, yet the opponent’s ’thoughts’ remained utterly blank; He Ao couldn’t sense any thoughts or emotions from the Starlight Silhouette.

In the carriage of an antique train, the ’young man’ fallen in the corner opened his eyes.

He arduously raised his hand and took out a pure white fruit from his pocket.