256: Chapter 256 Is He Coming?

Without the power of the nodes to hold them back, the number of rifts appearing across Blue Star began to grow exponentially.

"From this moment on, the progress of Blue Star's spatial collapse will suddenly accelerate a hundredfold."

"The outside world, especially the interior of Great Xia, will become a literal living hell."

The Witch stood in the void, her wide hat brim obscuring most of her expression.

One could only see her rose-red lips moving as she spoke.

"The land of Great Xia needs the four of you now."

"As for this Cthulhu..."

"You were right; it isn't dead."

"Next, I will use my own methods to drag this ugly big guy into my 'Playground' to play with slowly."

"But I can't guarantee I can kill it; I can only hold it back."

"As for you..."

The Witch slowly raised her hand and tapped lightly in the void with her fingertip.

A dark gold magic circle instantly expanded outward with the four of them at the center.

It completely sealed off this area of the sea.

"I have laid down a formation here called the 'Time Hourglass'."

"Within this formation, the flow of time will become extremely slow, equivalent to one ten-thousandth of the outside world."

"Although I can't maintain it for long, it's enough for you to recover your cultivation."

She glanced at Jiang Luoli, then looked at Zhuge Jinyu and the other two.

"The three of you were already at the bottleneck of the Thirteenth Stage, and after the battle with Cthulhu, you should have gained many insights."

"This magic circle is also enough for the three of you to forcibly push your realms to the Fourteenth Stage here."

Just as the four women were shocked by her miracle-like methods.

The Witch suddenly took a step forward.

"Don't be in a hurry to leave."

"Wait here in this formation."

"Soon, two women, one with green hair and one with white, will arrive here."

The Witch's eyes turned golden.

It was as if she saw a certain destined future.

Her slender fingers tightly gripped her skirt hem as she gritted her teeth, spitting out her final words with a mix of resentment and deep-seated obsession.

"Wait until those two women arrive."

"Shortly after, another person will come here."

"A person... whom everyone present, including the two women about to arrive..."

"...misses to the point of madness, to the point of insanity, wishing they could lock him up and merge him into their very marrow and blood—that person will come here."

The Witch's eyes became even redder.

She seemed to be enduring great pain.

As if biting her tongue, she squeezed out her final sentence.

"Even... including myself."

"When he arrives, you may leave the East Sea and go to the land of Great Xia."

"There, millions upon millions of living beings still need you 'Saviors'."

Although Zhuge Jinyu, Ye Jingjun, Cang Mingyue, and Jiang Luoli heard the latter words clearly, they didn't take them to heart.

The four women's attention was entirely focused on the Witch's previous sentence.

In that instant, the hearts of all four women skipped a beat simultaneously.

The person everyone missed to the point of madness...

Who else could it be?!

Never mind whether Su Chen's appearance before them would trigger a jealousy-filled 'shura field'.

Just the prospect of seeing the person they longed for again...

...was enough to drive these four Transcendent Heroic Spirits, who had just been ready to self-destruct to try and take Cthulhu with them, into a frenzy.

They had just experienced life and death.

If they could see him one more time...

...it would be truly precious beyond measure.

But before they could recover from this extreme euphoria and shock.

Before they could open their mouths to question the high-and-mighty Witch.

"What do you mean the two women coming soon are also thinking of him?"

"Why would you also miss him to the point of madness?"

The Witch had already turned around.

Behind her, a pitch-black spatial rift suddenly tore open, like a gate to the Avici Hell.

That massive Cthulhu monster...

...didn't even have room to resist before it was tightly bound by countless black lace chains extending from the Witch.

It was forcibly dragged into that "1v1 dark room"!

(PS: Cthulhu is female.)

(After all, in my setting, this fellow is considered the mother of all monsters in the monster plane.)

(Although I know this creature is indescribable and undefinable, I have to write it this way to avoid certain tropes QWQ.)

The rift snapped shut instantly.

Everything fell into a dead silence.

On the sea, only the four women remained, looking at each other in total confusion yet with hearts in turmoil because of that name.

And the Witch's parting words, which echoed continuously throughout the space, left them baffled.

"Rest assured, people of Great Xia."

"I will not become your enemy."

"And... I no longer have the chance to become your enemy."

"In any respect whatsoever."

...

The memory ended.

The light screen also vanished before Bai Suzhen and the other.

The sea breeze blew against Zhuge Jinyu's hair at her temples.

She looked up, her cold eyes fixed intently on Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing.

One white, one green.

Exactly as the first step of the Witch's prophecy.

Without the slightest error.

At this moment.

Whether it was the four Transcendent Heroic Spirits floating in mid-air or the newly arrived White Snake Sisters.

None of them could say a word.

On Zhuge Jinyu's side, all four women were exceptionally bright.

From the Witch's words, they could guess.

The Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing before them were likely among Su Chen's romantic entanglements.

After all, he could appear in world after world through reincarnation, sparking one affair after another.

After the four women had communicated with each other...

...this was no longer a rare occurrence.

Facing Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing, for a moment, Zhuge Jinyu and the others didn't even know how to speak.

It was a similar situation on Bai Suzhen's side.

They knew about the entanglements between Su Chen and Zhuge Jinyu's group.

However, now that they had truly met several "love rivals".

Bai Suzhen didn't even know how to start the conversation.

In her heart, there were other concerns.

After all, among the six women present, she was the only one whose life was nearing its end.

If she really reunited with Su Chen...

...only to die shortly after.

Wouldn't that plunge her most beloved person into even deeper pain?

But, to watch her man belong to others with her own eyes...

While for Su Chen, avoiding the pain of a final parting might be a good thing.

Based on Bai Suzhen's understanding of Su Chen, if she really passed away, he would probably search heaven and hell just to find a way to resurrect her.

But she wasn't reconciled to it.

She truly wasn't.

In an instant, these six women, who for the same man had crossed thousands of years of time and space, experienced countless tragic loves and life-and-death struggles, and even harbored hidden jealousy and murderous intent toward each other...

...were gathered together.

Yet at this moment, they fell into an eerie silence.

The same thought flashed through the minds of Zhuge Jinyu and the other three.

Since the Witch's prophecy was true.

Did that mean...

...their Teacher/Master/Husband/Young Master Su/Great King/Junior...

...was about to arrive?

...

(Check the author's note at the end of the chapter; if there are any issues, @ me.)