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'Is the Taotie dead?'
They were all asking themselves this question, and searching for its answer.
Reality didn't keep them waiting long, and gave them the answer directly.
Suddenly, the pool of black blood flowing from the Taotie's body began to boil and surge, releasing an unimaginable amount of black mist, as black as ink, powerful enough to erode the world of light.
This black mist is like a manifestation of fear, making people feel terrified just by looking at it from afar.
Moreover, everything in contact with the black mist—the space, the air, the wisteria petals, the sunlight, and so on—seemed to be eroded and assimilated by the black mist, emanating a fear that humans could not see but could perceive.
At this, the Holy Son frowned.
This world, also known as the Eternal Wisteria Flower Domain, is a unique barrier belonging solely to the Holy Son of Ao.
Therefore, the Holy Son of Ao could clearly perceive that the space eroded by the black mist, the wisteria petals, and everything else had already broken free from his control, as if they had become part of the Taotie itself.
Chen Anxia also noticed the abnormality and couldn't help but flash to Ao Shengzi's side to ask, "Sage, what is the principle that Taotie holds?"
Upon hearing this, the Holy Son of Ao immediately said, "The Taotie is a beast of original sin that embodies the principle of 'gluttony.' It can devour everything and assimilate it into its own power."
"Throughout human history, it has devoured human fear and assimilated it into its own power. Therefore, the Taotie of today is essentially human fear."
Upon hearing this, Chen Anxia realized the anomaly before him. It must be that Taotie wanted to devour the Holy Son's inherent barrier and assimilate it into its own power.
In Chen Anxia's view, Taotie's ability was too heaven-defying.
It should be understood that the inherent barrier is the manifestation of the mental landscape, which can be seen as a small world, but the Taotie can still devour it.
Doesn't this mean that if the Taotie wanted to, it could also devour and assimilate the entire world?
Besides that, Chen Anxia didn't know how to kill the Taotie.
After all, the essence of Taotie is human fear.
Human fear is a conceptual existence; it does not inherently contain the concept of death.
Since it does not inherently possess the concept of death, how then can it be killed?
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Chapter 562 That was the second heroic spirit to descend to earth!?
As if sensing Chen Anxia's thoughts, Ao Shengzi said, "Teacher, Taotie can be killed."
"Throughout human history, humanity has defeated the Taotie on several occasions."
"However, in the past history of humankind, Taotie was not called Taotie, but had other names."
"To be more precise, each time Taotie appears, it has a different name, and in this era, its name is Taotie."
Upon hearing this, Chen Anxia's mind stirred.
Chen Anxia remembered that in the 'Absolute Demonic Front,' Tiamat, the original sin beast who appeared with the principle of 'return,' also had no concept of death.
This also means that to defeat Tiamat, one must break her immortality, that is, give her the concept of death.
This was accomplished by the old man of the mountain, namely Wang Hassan.
The Old Man of the Mountain is a Servant outside the norm. He sacrificed his own Grand-rank Spirit Origin to cut off a piece of Tiamat's body, modifying her Spirit Origin mode and giving her the concept of death.
Therefore, in Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia, humans and Servants were able to defeat Tiamat.
The situation of Taotie is similar to that of Tiamat. To break Taotie's immortality, we must find a way to give it the concept of death.
Thinking about it, Chen Anxia frowned again and muttered to himself.
So, how exactly should we introduce the concept of death to the Taotie?
'Should we try to summon the Old Man of the Mountain?'
This idea was rejected by Chen Anxia as soon as it came to mind.
Chen Anxia knew that the Old Man of the Mountain was a Servant outside the norm, and humans simply could not summon him.
Even the restraining force, if not allowed by the old man's own will, could not be summoned.
Therefore, the path of summoning the old man in the mountains is not feasible.
Upon realizing this, Chen Anxia's brows furrowed even deeper.
In Chen Anxia's understanding, apart from the old man in the mountains, he really didn't know how to give Taotie the concept of death.
However, Chen Anxia was unable to summon the old man in the mountains.
For a moment, Chen Anxia's thinking was stuck in a dead end.
Unable to escape this dead end, Chen Anxia muttered to himself, 'Could it be that I must place my hopes on the old man in the mountains willingly being summoned to this world?'
However, Chen Anxia overlooked one thing here.
That is, in the battle against Tiamat, the Old Man of the Mountain was able to give Tiamat the concept of death at the cost of his own Grand-level Spirit Origin.
In other words, without a Grand-level Spirit Origin, the Old Man of the Mountain is unable to instill in Tiamat the concept of death.
Naturally, it is impossible to give Taotie the concept of death.
On the future timeline.
Leonardo da Vinci observed this scene, his expression turning serious. He said, "To slay the Taotie, one must first give it the concept of death."
"But how can we give Taotie the concept of death? It seems they don't have the ability to do so, do they?"
Roman, who was standing to the side, naturally knew this as well. His expression was equally solemn as he looked at Chen Anxia, who had a furrowed brow, and said, "Now, we can only place our hopes on him."
Leonardo da Vinci naturally knew that the "he" Roman was referring to was Chen Anxia.
In his heart, Leonardo da Vinci couldn't help but wonder, 'Should we place our hopes not on the inhibitory force, but on him?'
"So, you already know there's no way to counteract the inhibitory force?"
'Roman, what is your true identity?'
From the very beginning, Leonardo da Vinci sensed Roman's peculiarity and was extremely curious about Roman's true identity, constantly speculating about it.
Now, the humanity in the Third Singularity is likely to be destroyed by fire, which means that human history on this timeline may very well disappear.
These heroic spirits, who exist in multiple timelines and have left their legends in different human histories, will not disappear because of this, but they will lose the memories of this timeline.
Before this, Leonardo da Vinci clearly wanted to know Roman's true identity.
At this moment, a great opportunity presented itself to Leonardo da Vinci, and he naturally did not miss it.
Without any hesitation, Leonardo da Vinci asked, "From the beginning, I've been curious as to why we were able to directly observe the past scenes within the singularity this time."
"Dr. Roman, tell me the truth, did you do this? What is your true identity?"
Roman, who was gazing at the past scenes, snapped out of his reverie upon hearing Leonardo da Vinci's words.
After regaining his senses, Roman scratched his head and pretended to be clueless, saying, "Why don't I understand what you're saying? I'm just the head of Chaldea's medical department, who else could I be?"
"As for why we were able to directly observe the past scenes in the singularity this time, it certainly wasn't because of me."
"I'm just an ordinary person, how could I possibly do something like that?"
Da Vinci narrowed his eyes slightly upon hearing this, revealing a disbelieving expression, and continued to ask, "Then why are you, as an ordinary person, not at all surprised that we can observe scenes from the past? It's as if you already knew?"
Upon seeing this, Roman paused for a moment, realizing something was wrong.
However, Roman's reaction was remarkable. After a slight pause, he said without changing his expression, "That's because I had a precognitive dream not long ago."
"The content of the dream is about the third singularity. I think that's what He wanted us to know, which is why He made us observe it."
Leonardo da Vinci certainly knew that the "He" Roman spoke of referred to the truth, the vortex of origin.
However, Leonardo da Vinci still did not believe Roman's words.
Simply put, why would He allow an ordinary person to have a precognitive dream and reveal information about Him in the dream?
Clearly, there is only one answer: Roman is no ordinary person.
Just as Leonardo da Vinci was about to press further, Roman's slightly surprised voice rang out, "That is... the second Heroic Spirit to descend to earth?"
Upon hearing this, Leonardo da Vinci's gaze was also drawn to it, clearly interested in this second heroic spirit to descend to earth.
It's important to know that only the Counter Force can summon Heroic Spirits; humans can only summon clones of Heroic Spirits, that is, Servants.
The combat power of a Heroic Spirit is clearly not comparable to that of a Servant or a mere clone.
The current Leonardo da Vinci is a servant, an avatar of the true form of a heroic spirit.
Therefore, Leonardo da Vinci couldn't help but wonder who the heroic spirit summoned by the restraint force was this time, and whether it could give Taotie the concept of death.
As Leonardo da Vinci's curiosity was piqued, a cool, clear voice rang out: "Those who explore the path to its fullest extent will ultimately find the same destination..."
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Chapter 563 The Noble Phantasm that cuts out the sun, the title of the strongest demon slayer!
"Those who exhaust their paths will ultimately find the same destination..."
"Their commonality is called the sun..."
"Bloom, blazing sun... Crimson Blade!"
Within the unique barrier belonging solely to the Holy Son of the Abyss—the Eternal Wisteria Domain—Chen Anxia, the Holy Son of the Abyss, the pseudo-Heroic Spirits present, the Nine Pillars, and Tanjiro Kamado, among others, all heard this clear and cold voice.
Strangely, this cold and aloof statement, though not loud, was heard by all of them.
The moment they heard those cold words, they instinctively looked in the direction of the voice.
Upon looking at it, they witnessed a scene they would never forget.
Even Chen Anxia was no exception.
In their eyes, in the area where the pitch-black fog was so dark it could erode the world of light, a sun suddenly appeared that was incredibly bright, dazzling, and scorching.
The black mist seemed to have encountered a natural enemy, and the moment the sun appeared, it began to boil and surge violently.
Moreover, the space surrounding the black mist began to distort and crack the moment the sun appeared, as if the space could not withstand the sun's intense heat.
This scene left the Nine Pillars, Tanjiro Kamado, and the others dumbfounded, their minds reeling and their brains in a daze, unable to comprehend what they were thinking.
Seeing this scene, Chen Anxia was also deeply shaken and unable to calm down.