The warm light of hope slowly flowed in Xue Hua's heart. This seemingly weak but actually infinite power made him feel that he had been cleansed from body to soul.
Scenes of beautiful illusions appeared before his eyes: a young sprout that was pressed under a huge boulder grew stubbornly day after day, and finally pushed through the boulder, breathed the fresh air of the outside world again, and bathed in the bright sunshine.
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A piece of grassland burned by wildfires, nourished by spring rain and sunshine, new sprouts quickly emerge from the ashes. They continue to grow, unyieldingly thirsting for every bit of rain and every bit of sunshine.
Finally, after a short period of time, the grassland was once again covered with lush green grass, occasionally dotted with clusters of beautiful flowers...
Hope always exudes its elegant and magnificent brilliance in the most unexpected corners. It is the most precious treasure of all life and the source of all miracles...
Xue Hua watched the beautiful scenes of life receiving the gift of hope in silence, and gradually gained a hint of understanding in his heart.
What really gives hope to life is not sunshine, rain, dew, or yearning for fresh air. In other words, these inducements are just motivation, not hope itself.
Real hope is the perseverance and unyielding stubbornness that erupts when life is under unbearable pressure. It is the desire for life that is inherent in the essence of life.
Only this stubbornness and desire can give hope the space to fully manifest its miracle...
"Huh..." Xue Hua exhaled a long breath and slowly returned to reality from those scenes of fantasy.
He opened his eyes again and found that the world outside had become completely different from before.
The hall, which was originally only dimly illuminated by the faint blue light cast from the dome, was now blooming with beautiful colorful light everywhere, and even the airflow passing by the tip of his nose carried the fragrance of beautiful flowers.
This feeling suddenly made his mood calm and happy, and healed all the psychological trauma he had suffered from all the battles he had experienced for such a long time...
Seeing his appearance, Auriel couldn't help but smile happily.
"Only a life with a sincere and peaceful soul can feel the true meaning of hope in such a short period of time... The candlelight of fate does not shine on the wrong person..."
"It's time for you to leave. Remember the last mission I gave you... The brothers and sisters in the High-level Heaven have been fighting for a vain goal until now. Now, it's time for them to take a good rest...
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"But you..." Xue Hua raised his head and looked at Auriel, hoping that the archangel's body had almost turned into light and disappeared.
He knew that it would be the last time he saw this loving and kind-hearted angel, and he couldn't help feeling a little reluctant and sad in his heart.
"There is no need to lament my fate... Now that hope has been passed down, I should rest in peace..."
Auriel's body finally dissipated in a dense blue mist, and Xue Hua could feel that her spirit had disconnected from him...
As the last archangel in high-level heaven who still has free will, Auriel finally voluntarily fell into eternal sleep in order to inherit hope.
At this point, the entire high-level paradise has lost all its leaders. It can be said that the high-level paradise at this time has existed in name only.
However, the current high-level heaven has not completely fallen, because the crystal holy arch on the silver-white dome still exists, but it has now been corrupted due to unknown reasons.
Auriel said that the guy who is corrupting the Crystal Arch now is the former "Heroic Archangel" Imperius, and it was him who looked at Xue Hua in front of the Diamond Gate before.
It's just that this guy seems to have completely lost his free will now, and is being controlled by some existence in the void, waiting for the opportunity to seize the source of order in the high-level heaven.
Xue Hua was basically certain that the being who controlled and manipulated Imperius was Narud hiding in the shadows, but he would not make any rash assertions before seeing the facts with his own eyes.
But the last task Auriel gave him was to go to the top of the silver dome and destroy the crystal arch, so that the power of order that had been forcibly bound could be released again.
Although this behavior will eventually destroy the high-level heaven, it will also prevent the power of order in the universe from continuing to gather here.
But the problem is, if the Crystal Arch is destroyed before Mephisto is eliminated, then according to the rules set by that cheating cosmic will for this war, the Chaos Purgatory side will automatically win the eternal battle.
At the same time, this also means the end of the universe...
So now Xue Hua must take a trip to the Crystal Arch, at least to have that important thing like a time bomb in his own hands.
Whether it was for Auriel's last wish or the outcome of the eternal battle, he had to go to the Silver Dome.
So he packed up the armor left by the two archangels Auriel and Israel and put it on the altar, and then left the hall with the insect swarm.
After walking out of the hall door, the strange feeling brought by the strange light returned to Xue Hua and the insect swarm unit, but this time for some reason the uncomfortable feeling suddenly lightened a lot, even around him
Lilia felt a lot more relaxed.
"Master, your body exudes a strange energy. This energy seems to have a weakening effect on this annoying light."
Lilia deliberately moved closer to Xue Hua, and at the same time transformed into the tall black-haired beauty she had become when Xue Hua first saw her...
"...Your mistresses are all watching from the main nest mind. If you don't want to be sent to Smyrna A to the edge of town after the war, please restrain yourself!"
Xue Hua rolled his eyes speechlessly and turned to warn Lilia.
Although he did not bring his two lovely wives to the high-level paradise this time, the two girls still followed him aboard the Blade Queen.
So those two little things actually see everything they say and do here. If Lilia seduces him so lawlessly in front of them, she will be punished when she goes back...
After hearing what Xue Hua said, Lilia suddenly changed back to her original shape, and at the same time she became much more cautious in her words and deeds.
"Really, are we so terrible?" A soft voice sounded in the mind of the main nest, and she said to Xue Hua with a little complaint in her words.
"Ahem...you two girls, I didn't connect you to the main nest mind just to make you listen to the wall..."
"Hehe... who told the master not to take us down, then we have to peek here and eavesdrop..."
Funia's voice sounded again. This little girl with an out-of-touch personality knew that Xue Hua couldn't do anything to them, so she started the "eavesdropping mode" with "confidence"...
"...You two little girls...forget it, after I go to the Silver Dome to finish things there, let's go to the Eternal Battlefield together.
I’ll definitely let you two join the war then, right?”
Xue Hua's voice was full of helplessness.
"Yeah! Long live!"
Funia cheered all of a sudden, and Xue Hua seemed to hear Annie's snickering.
He shook his head and sighed even more helplessly.
"These two little goblins who are afraid of chaos in the world..."