The Creators: From Night City

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"No one can take away the deity that belongs to me!"

Under the influence of this emotion, the Blood King obsessively declared to the two that he had unusually abandoned his plans to escape and was preparing for a desperate fight.

He raised the trident high once more, piercing the void to draw power, and the cursed blood nova burst forth wildly outwards from him.

This time, he was the one with the wounds, while the Cursed Blood Nova that swept everything was a mixture of his own powerful cursed blood.

This is a completely reckless act.

But when it comes to risking their lives, Malenia is even more so.

Ignoring the possible consequences, the container ignited the flames to their limit, unleashing a towering wave of fire tens of meters high.

It's important to know that even the most perfect container has its limits; if the temperature is high enough, even a ceramic pot can be incinerated one day.

The blazing golden flames instantly turned her into a human-shaped torch, unleashing an astonishing heat wave that instantly vaporized all the cursed blood that approached.

Amidst the sizzling sound of flames searing blood, a sound that was physically unsettling, the two demigods engaged in a frenzied battle.

Cursed blood corrodes everything, and etheric fire melts all things.

The invisible mother descended with favor, flowing cursed blood from nothingness to nourish her retinue and continuously replenish their life force.

Meanwhile, the Lord of Eternal Flame stood on the other side of the battlefield, freely supplying ether, watching Marlene burn herself even more intensely and magnificently, almost as if she wanted to incinerate everything.

Half of the blood-soaked dynasty burst into flames.

Stone, metal, clay, sculptures—these originally non-combustible materials were eventually ignited, melted, and reduced to nothingness under the combined heat of the cursed blood fire and the etheric fire.

This newly established dynasty, built on ancient ruins, collapsed in an instant.

The bizarre and enormous form of the 'Mother of Truth' appeared and disappeared above the dynasty, while the [Lord of Eternal Flame] lit up his golden eyes and coldly stared at the giant jellyfish.

Neither side has made another move since they've already fought, and the 'Mother of Truth' has chosen not to 'descend' again.

Jiang Bingze, wary of the cocoon of divine beings in slumber, was also unwilling to take direct action.

This large cocoon is abnormal.

The Blood King Mongol valued it too much, even placing it above his own life.

This is extremely unusual.

The other person's mind seemed to be under some kind of spell.

Chapter 900 Ancient Spiral

Both sides silently reduced their power, each supporting their own 'representative', but as a result, the advantage slowly slipped towards the side that possessed the Valkyrie.

After all, aside from the 'outer god power', there is also a difference in strength between the two sides in the battle.

The 'Invincible Blade' was forged by Malenia herself, one strike at a time. Munger, who had been imprisoned in the royal city's sewers since childhood, was naturally far inferior in combat skills.

With the gap in 'law power' leveled out, Munger was naturally no match for Malenia. Moreover, the 'law power' that a god could bear was clearly greater than the cursed blood that Munger, who was only a demigod, could bear.

Before long, Monger was defeated by the Valkyrie. As the flaming blade pierced deep into her chest, the Blood King was finally ignited by the golden flames. The cursed blood within him was evaporated, and the 'Mother of Truth' could only fade into oblivion.

As the flames subsided, Malenia, having retrieved her prosthetic blade, rushed eagerly toward the cocoon of the fallen god. However, after the golden flames burning on her body went out, she hadn't taken two steps before her legs gave way and she collapsed to the ground.

Her burning palm pressed against the melting stone slab, sizzling as she did so. Marlenia's right hand was now charred black.

She also suffered burns of varying degrees all over her body. Even as a vessel capable of bearing the 'law', it was still too fragile for the full-blown Aether Flame.

The container is broken.

Finley rushed over to help his lord up, but Marlenia stopped him.

The Valkyrie's face had become so thin that she was just skin and bones. The raging ethereal flames not only nearly melted her body, but also burned away most of her life force.

This is the price of excessively unleashing the power of the 'law'.

Even if borrowed with permission, the higher-dimensional power of the gods is not something that 'mortals' can easily touch.

After all, one must be strong to succeed!

Until Jiang Bing stepped forward.

The golden blood droplets, like solid lead pellets gilded with gold, were flicked from Jiang Bingzi's fingers, seeping into Marlenia's parched body and quickly pulling her back from her 'rotten wood' state.

"Keep it in the books!"

As Jiang Bing spoke, he placed his gold-stained hand on Meng Ge's chest. Amidst the surging light, a fragment of a magic ring, completely corroded by crimson cursed blood, was forcibly pulled out by Jiang Bing.

Marlenia lay on the giant cocoon, calling out Michaela's name earnestly.

But there was no sound coming from inside the cocoon.

Marlenia couldn't help but grasp that withered arm, feeling as if she had been struck by lightning.

He's not here.

In the end, it was Jiang Bing who spoke up and managed to bring the other person back to consciousness.

Marlenia looked up abruptly, only to meet Jiang Bing's gleaming golden eyes.

"Although I don't know what methods your brother used, he's not here."

Under Marlenia's twitching gaze, Jiang Bing directly pried open the giant cocoon, revealing a huge silhouette curled up like an infant.

"Only an empty shell remains here; Michaela's soul and the law are no longer here."

"Where is my elder brother?"

“Before that question, you need to answer one more.” Jiang Bing’s thoughts flashed through the vast amount of information he had gained from burning the Golden Tree, and he continued to ask, “What exactly is the law that Michaela bears?”

Marlene fell silent.

Compared to Marlene, who was constantly waging war, Michaela, this god-like being who never grew up, rarely appeared in front of the world, making her seem very mysterious.

His public titles are simply 'Sacred Tree' or 'Pure Gold'.

But one of these came from the sacred tree nurtured with his blood, and the other from a skill he learned and created.

Whether intentionally hidden or never revealed, the laws that Michaela carried were never written down or circulated in the world.

Marika may know this secret, but her soul had long since been shattered along with the magic ring and completely annihilated by 'destined death'. Jiang Bing didn't get any useful information from her body at all.

Besides, even the dynasty's top intelligence chief, Sir Hundred Wisdom, had never seen Michaela's true face, let alone the laws he was bound by.

This question, which everyone subconsciously ignores, must be hiding some great secret.

This must also be related to the abnormal behavior of the blood-soaked monarch.

"..."

Marlenia, who is usually very outspoken, was unusually silent on this issue.

Jiang Bing gently stroked the cocoon of the fallen god, feeling the solidified, chaotic life force within it with his fingers, lost in thought.

Do you know?

"Before Marika became the deity of the land of intersection, the Golden Tree was not what it was like in the capital city of Rodel."

Jiang Bing, who had burned the Golden Tree and the Beast of Elden, suddenly changed the subject.

"In the era before the Golden Dynasty, the Golden Tree actually grew in a spiral, together with another tree."

Jiang Bing opened his palm, and golden light transformed into two intertwined, symbiotic trees.

Jiang Bing summoned the Divine Body Ritual Sword, casually planting it in the ground, where it emitted a dazzling golden light.

But this time, the light illuminated the even older Elden Ring.

"The Elden Ring once encompassed everything, including the 'Predestined Death' that everyone feared."

Burning the Beast of Elden granted him extensive knowledge about the magic rings and the ancient history of the borderlands.

Unlike the shape of the rune in Marlene and Finley's memories, this rune has an additional sword-shaped large rune that runs through the upper and lower runes, as well as a large outer ring that surrounds the entire rune. Around this outer ring are centipede-like wound rings.

Marlenia stared blankly at the pattern.

"Before the Golden Law ruled the borderlands, before death was stripped away by the Golden Law, the Elden Ring once housed the power of life and death."

"And the gold of life and the black flames of death once resided in the two giant trees."

The intertwined spiral trees in Jiang Bing's hands were stained with gold and dark colors.

"One is a golden tree that represents life, eternity, order, and reason, while the other is a shadow tree that represents death, reincarnation, disorder, and chaos."

"Before the birth of the Golden Dynasty, before Marika ascended the throne, these two trees were intertwined, bearing everything for all living beings beneath them."

Under Fenlei's solemn gaze, Jiang Bing tapped the giant cocoon lightly and continued, "From birth to death."

"And when they come together, they possess all the conditions for the birth of life. They are worshipped and revered by believers, and given a great name."

Jiang Bing stopped talking, but Marlenia had already guessed what was going to happen next.

"The Forge of Life?"

She guessed.

Jiang Bing nodded.

Chapter 901 Shadow Land

"Later, the two gods, each chosen by their own two fingers, received their own twin laws from the twin sacred trees under the guidance of their own two fingers."

A vague but terrifying guess welled up in Marlenia's mind, causing her parched lips to tremble slightly.

"You can probably guess the result: the law called 'Golden Law,' which is actually the law of life, belongs to Marika, while the law called 'Destined Death,' which is actually the law of death, belongs to another rare person."

"Queen of Night-Colored Eyes," Finlay added silently, her body trembling violently. This ancient secret and supreme taboo made her want to escape.

This is not something she can hear.

Unfortunately, neither Jiang Bing nor Marlenia thought so.

“She has a name,” Jiang Bing said with a strange smile, his fingers tapping back and forth on the giant cocoon, as if tapping on the hearts of the two women.

"Maria, isn't it beautiful?"

'Just as I expected!' Both women were shocked at the same time, yet it also felt like it was only natural.

“Twin trees, twin laws, naturally should be inherited by twins, isn’t that reasonable?”

Jiang Bing sized up Marlenia, and the hidden meaning in his gaze sent a chill down Marlenia's spine.

"Eternal Queen Marika, Noble Lady Maria, just reading their names makes you think they are loving twins, and they sound like they would be willing to die for each other."

Jiang Bing's words were like the whispers of the devil, stirring up Marlenia's emotions and filling her with a chaotic jumble of thoughts.

She looked at the giant cocoon where her brother was and felt that Jiang Bing was not just talking about history at this moment.

"So the answer is obvious: what would be the twin law opposite to corruption?"

Upon hearing this, Marlene was visibly shaken.

But Jiang Bing didn't say much, only hinting at it.

"Crack! Crack!"

He clapped his hands to bring the two women back to their senses.

"This concludes our little history lesson on the border region. Let's get back to the present." Jiang Bing patted the giant cocoon.

“I’ve already said it, the cocoon is now just an empty shell. Your brother abandoned this body that was connected to the Golden Law, and took the law he carried with him to another place.”

The bad news is that we still don't know where he went.

Jiang Bing picked up the divine body ritual sword from the ground, tapped it against the edge of the stone platform without any regard for its weight, and chuckled, "But the good news is that he still has that fragment of the magic ring with him."

………………

The Shadow Tree is like the shadow of the Golden Tree, reflecting everything of the Golden Dynasty.

As holy as the eternal golden light, so filthy as the abandoned shadows.

The Shadowlands, sealed by Marika, also seal away the original sin of the entire border region.

An invisible veil of shadows shrouded this world, causing it to disappear from the physical plane of the boundary, for centuries, millennia.

Today, this secluded place has received its second new visitor.

Jiang Bing leaned on his cane, his armor fluttering in the wind.