Heaven, Earth, Me

Chapter 297: Difficult Options.

Fu Jing Jing couldn't help but bite her lip in frustration. The timing of Yasenia's appearance was truly unfortunate. 'Sending this irregularity to me, are the Heavens going against me? What do I do to calm this wild dragon? She isn't even listening to reason!'

Suddenly, Fu Jing Jing felt her whole body, or soul body, being constricted by an unbearable pressure. 'Ugh, she can control what's inside of this sphere?'

Yasenia said, "Senior, you have five seconds to open the coffin and let me speak with Angel. I know the thinking speed of someone at your level, so that should be more than enough. Otherwise, I will explode your soul so that you never reincarnate again."

Fu Jing Jing's eyes widened, "You wouldn't dare! Do you know the punishment for destroying the soul of a Saint!? You and every generation after yours will be plagued with bad karma!"

'Karma this, karma that, can't these seniors speak about anything else?!'

Yasenia's silver eyes shone with a bloody light as she roared. "I don't believe in karma! I only know that it will be worth it as long as Angel remains safe!"

"If I must face hordes of cultivators, I will build a mountain of corpses!"

"If I have to face against Gods, I will become a God Slayer!"

"If I have to face the Heavens, I will Pierce a hole through them and slay them as well!"

"In this world, there is nothing I dare not do to protect my loved ones!"

*RUMBLE!*

The sky flickered with terrifying lightning as Fu Jing Jing's eyes widened.

She had seen countless peerless geniuses that proclaimed the same, but none of them were able to make the Heavens react instantly and so violently.

It was as if the Heavens were looking at Yasenia at that moment, ready to strike her down when the possibility arose.

The only reason the Heavens couldn't touch Yasenia was because of Fu Jing Jing's actions in the past. Ironically, because of Fu Jing Jing's efforts in the past to make the Heavens completely fair again, now they were unable to strike down the threat that was growing steadily right under their noses.

The heavens were unable to deliver their judgment since it wouldn't be fair! Yasenia hadn't gone against the Heavens in any way or form, so even if they rained lightning, it wouldn't be able to deliver lightning strong enough to injure Yasenia.

The only chance the Heavens had to fight Yasenia was when she broke through. And even then, they could only release lightning on an acceptable level.

Fu Jing Jing realized at that moment that her actions not only placed an invisible shield on all the cultivators, including those that wanted to challenge the Heavens themselves, but also a restrictive lock in their capacity to take action!

Unless Yasenia did something that broke the natural laws, the Heavens were powerless against the dragoness!

Fu Jing Jing had two options in front of her.

Her first option was to kill Angel out of anger toward the challenging junior and then die by the dragoness's hand.

Maybe she would be able to defend herself when the [Truth Mirror] stopped bonding with Angel, but Fu Jing Jing knew that the probability of facing off against Yasenia and surviving was very low.

Her other option was to accept Yasenia's demands and hope for Angel to have recovered enough to make Yasenia listen. If they could talk it off, Yasenia would be able to help protect the Ritual until it was done.

Fu Jing Jing was a person that entered the definition of a "Hero." Hence, going down together without facing the possible dangers that could lead to victory was not how she would act.

Therefore, this matchless, inherently gentle Senior chose the second option.

For the first time since their encounter, Fu Jing Jing prayed to the heavens so that Angel had recovered enough.

However, Fu Jing Jing was somewhat scared.

When you went over a certain age, thinking about dying was almost a natural thought. Experiencing so many things, the weight of the accumulating years, having met all kinds of people, and fighting all kinds of causes could affect an individual's mind deeply.

Even then, the act of cultivation and meditation was so advanced that it could relieve a lot of the mental stress caused by the natural causes of living for thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of years.

The oldest seniors were even older than the Heavenly Cataclysm, which happened a million years ago.

However, there was one thing that, no matter the age, all cultivators feared. And that thing was the following, and what Yasenia was threatening Fu Jing Jing with, that is, having the soul completely shattered and destroyed.

All old cultivators could cope with death so well because they believed in reincarnation. And that was for a reason. Tales of reincarnated, transmigrated, or reviving people were not that rare. In fact, it was a knowledge quite known between the cultivators above the Transcendence Realm.

Anyway, with her manipulation, Fu Jing Jing slowly stopped the Ritual.

The Mirror of truth didn't come free from its binding since it was still half-linked with Angel. However, it could now speak.

As Angel slowly opened her eyes inside the half-melted crystal coffin, the Mirror cursed Yasenia. "You retarded Lizard! Do you understand the risk of stopping the Ritual like this!? We are so close to ending this, and you come here like a rampaging beast, not listening to reason at all!"

Yasenia looked at it for a moment and ignored it.

She looked down and placed her hand n the groggy Angel's face. Finally touching her, a smile spread on her face, and her eyes became misty. Although it had appeared like she had more than enough strength, the only reason she could fight this so easily was that Fu Jing Jing didn't actively try to kill her.

If a battle to the death happened since the beginning, Yasenia's winning chances would be minuscule. This was one of the reasons Yasenia agreed to compromise with Fu Jing Jing and not destroy the Ritual directly. In its current situation, without external interference, the Ritual would be able to restart without problems.

Yasenia controlled her emotions and asked, her voice so soft that she almost surprised herself. "Angel, can you speak? What happened? Why are you like this?"

However, her relieved face would soon change. Angel's eyes were clearly unclear and dancing around. If that was not a good sign, when Angel spotted the dragoness, her she spoke sluggish and barely understandable words. "Ashenia! Huggy, hug~."

The clear tone of a mentally disabled person entered Yasenia's ears, and in the next instant, her face morphed like a demon's, and her silver eyes were instantly flooded with a pure bloody, bright red color.

Fu Jing Jing closed her eyes as Yasenia turned toward her with a face that would scare even demons and roared, "WHAT HAPPENED TO HER!?"

Angel, who had no more mental capabilities than a one-year-old, was startled at the loud shout, and she literally began to cry, "Wahh!"

Yasenia took a deep breath and controlled her burning wrath, her whole aura changed like a coin flip as she hugged the semi-trapped Angel.

Although her eyes continued emitting that bloody red light, her voice was so soft that it could lull to sleep even the cruelest person. "Don't cry, my love. Don't cry. I will take you out of here soon."

As Yasenia coaxed Angel, the Mirror spoke with disdain, "Do you know why she is like that? It is because of you! We are healing and strengthening her mind so that she can activate her second physique and make a contract with me, but you had to come and interrupt us midway. Stupid Lizard."

Yasenia heard the word "Healing" and looked coldly at the floating Mirror above them. "And whose fault was it that she currently is in this state? You better not provoke me, whatever you are. I'm really not in a composed state of mind right now."

The Mirror sneered, "So what? She is lucky I, the Mirror of truth, want to become her strength! A test is the bare minimum she has to go through. Everyone has to pass some tests to gain strength. She was strong enough to survive, but she hurt her mind. Is that big of a deal?"

Yasenia looked for a second and uttered coldly, "Stop fusing with her."

The Mirror raised an eyebrow and asked, "Why would I listen to-."

"AAAHHH!!!"

The Mirror was startled as it looked over the person that shouted, only to see Fu Jing Jing's soul body missing an entire arm as she screamed in pain.

No matter how strong, even a scratch on the soul would feel like your heart is being torn, not to mention losing an entire arm. The feeling of pain was so high that even someone as powerful as Fu Jing Jing screamed aloud.

The Mirror's eyes widened as she looked at the now grinning dragoness. However, her smile was as cruel as it could get, as her voice had a deep growl accompanying it. "Now you know why you have to listen. Undo your contract with Angel without hurting her further, or you will see your previous owner suffer the most agonizing of deaths. And don't think that I do not dare."

However, Yasenia didn't have to reiterate because the Mirror had the innate ability to know when someone was telling the truth. Its ability was even more powerful than Fu Jing Jing's, so it understood that Yasenia wasn't bluffing.

The Mirror looked at Yasenia with a deep gaze and said calmly, "Let us finish the Ritual, and I can guarantee that Angel will recover. Moreover, she will gain enough strength to protect herself."

Yasenia suddenly said, "Sure, but you have to create a master-slave contract with her. I'm sensitive to what kind of contract you are currently setting, and it is an equality contract. Change it."

The Mirror frowned and was about to refute when Fu Jing Jing said with a weak voice, "Listen to her. Angel is your perfect master, and with her personality, she will never treat you wrongly."

The Mirror of truth wanted to complain, but when she saw Fu Jing Jing's pale face and now translucent soul body, it swallowed the words that were about to come out of its mouth.

The Mirror took a deep breath and looked at Yasenia, "Good. I will change it, but let us finish the Ritual. Someone has to inherit the "Heaven's Truth Saint" title, or else a big calamity like the one one million years ago might repeat."

Yasenia thought about it as she caressed the now mentally damaged Angel. Just seeing her like that was enough for Yasenia to want to destroy them both and find another cure altogether.

But how much time would it pass before she could allow Angel to recover her mental state? Would her cure be as effective as the one created to heal her? Yasenia didn't think so.

In truth, if Fu Jing Jing and the Mirror had a deeper understanding of Yasenia's personality, they would have known that Yasenia was in no position to negotiate since the beginning.

They had Angel's life in their hands, which was more than enough to have the dragoness in check.

Yasenia closed her eyes and took a deep breath, trying to control the searing wrath she felt inside.

Fu Jing Jing and the Mirror focused on Yasenia with anxious hearts. Like Angel was for Yasenia, this ritual was as important to them.