#435Chapter 410: Golden Soul, the Gift of LiberationAI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
Whoosh!
Turbid yellow liquid surged from the earth, and the gloomy Gate of Life and Death suddenly opened. Amidst the shrieks of countless Yin Spirits, the faces of Fubuki and others, hundreds of meters away, instantly turned pale.
She was almost overwhelmed by the aura of death.
Saitama reached out, watching his glove seemingly cross countless years in an instant, becoming tattered beyond recognition. He merely unclenched his fist, and the glove disintegrated into dust.
The ground around him also turned gray, all vitality having vanished.
Saitama looked at the open Gate of Life and Death and the surging torrent of death. His figure suddenly vanished. The next moment, the figures of people around him disappeared one by one, as Saitama, at a speed completely imperceptible to the naked eye, sent everyone away.
By the time he returned to his original spot, the broken Spirit Realm entrance and the Gate of Life and Death had both disappeared.
Saitama looked at the radioactive blood on the ground and the corpse still standing there, remained silent for a moment, then turned and left.
"Mr. Tao Bai Bai… huh…"
At some point during that punch, he felt a flicker of excitement and a thrill. Mr. Tao Bai Bai was certainly not a strong individual; among the monsters he had fought, he probably wasn't even among the top tier.
However, he had a feeling that Mr. Tao Bai Bai was a person with potential, but unfortunately, he was a madman.
After Saitama confirmed that the people at the scene, whose bodies were emitting white light, were merely standing stiffly without any reaction, he bent his knees and then leaped fiercely.
Accompanied by a cracking sound like the earth splitting, Saitama instantly leaped into the clouds, then found a direction and descended.
He was going to clean up all those who had messed up this world!
"Saitama-kun…"
Fubuki's chest heaved violently. She saw that she and her car had been moved to the city outskirts at some point. At this moment, she truly felt Saitama's power.
That undeniably overwhelming power prevented her from even feeling fear.
Lilith also walked weakly out of the car. She pursed her lips, looking at the distant corpse, only its lower half still standing in a walking posture. That half-body no longer grew disgusting flesh sprouts as it had before, showing no signs of revival.
"Mr. Tao Bai Bai…"
Lilith reached out her hand, then let it fall limply. Fubuki pressed the latter's shoulder; her own complexion wasn't very good either.
Even though Mr. Bang told her that Mr. Tao Bai Bai was most likely a malevolent individual from another world, and all his previous actions were merely to gain their trust.
But Fubuki felt that his act of saving her and Lilith was not false.
Does she now have to discern whether someone is truly sincere or just pretending when saving others?
Being a hero… is truly complicated.
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In the black and white world, there are no dimensions of time or space. There is no up or down, no left or right. What the naked eye sees and what actually exists cannot correspond at all.
This is a completely distorted world.
But in this world, there is peace.
In the shadow of the giant broccoli, Bai Cangshu suddenly opened his eyes. He saw a pair of empty eyes, completely devoid of pupils.
Bai Cangshu wanted to retreat, but his body remained motionless.
The familiar question "Why" began to echo again, the unceasing query of the countless souls who died unjustly in Diaowei City, still unable to rest, asking day and night why they had to die.
"Do you know the answer?"
Kageyama Shigeo squatted in front of Bai Cangshu, asking this question.
Bai Cangshu suddenly realized his perspective was very low. Kageyama Shigeo was currently in a normal human form, so why did he need to squat to meet his gaze?
The next moment, as Bai Cangshu's vision shifted, he saw that only a small part of his body remained. He immediately looked at the space panel, only to find that a large amount of information had already refreshed.
[EX051, you have endured a concept-level attack · Serious Punch]
[Exemption judgment failed]
[Loss of body vitality, you have entered a dying state]
[Soul shattered, EX051 is about to die…]
[Detecting spiritual energy injection, life form transforming…]
[Transformation failed, detected special physique · Myriad Tribulations Yin Spirit Yellow Springs Body, Reincarnator EX051 cannot be transformed into a spirit entity]
[EX051 is about to die, data is being extracted…]
[Detected special material, Golden Soul Fragment has been extracted]
[EX051, detected special environment, you have entered · Artificial Divine Kingdom · Spirit Realm Revelation]
…
"You saved me, why?"
Bai Cangshu looked himself over. At this moment, only a small portion of his body remained, as if someone had drawn a circle in front of him, encompassing most of his body, and then everything within that circle had disappeared.
Bai Cangshu was left with only a small part of his body, even his head was largely gone.
The [Serious Punch] not only completely destroyed his cellular vitality but also shattered his very existence—his soul—almost to pieces.
The spiritual energy on Kageyama Shigeo's body slowly subsided. He looked at this person who was so indifferent to his own death, feeling pity.
He lowered his head and picked up the other party's incomplete spirit.
"I want an answer, Mr. Bai Cangshu."
Bai Cangshu's eyes focused on Kageyama Shigeo. This guy had indeed undergone some kind of change, no wonder the space had issued a special kill order against him—[World Mainline].
This person, defined as the [Lord of the Spirit Realm], had actually glimpsed his true name, which should have been impossible. But then, Bai Cangshu realized that his soul was almost shattered at this moment, and the other party possessed some powerful prophetic ability.
If the space lost its ability to interfere with him, the other party could indeed obtain this information.
Kageyama Shigeo then gently tossed Bai Cangshu's spirit body, watching the golden soul fragments envelop the other party's spirit, preventing him from sinking.
"I can't save you. He saved you."
Bai Cangshu felt a warm aura surrounding him.
This is… the Golden Soul Fragment, the reward he received from that mission after Keli died?!
The [Golden Soul Fragment] was marked as a special material by the space, but Bai Cangshu had never found a use for it. The Fairy Master speculated it could be used to forge powerful items or in some powerful abilities.
But he never expected it to function in this way now.
Kageyama Shigeo extended his hand, and the golden soul quickly took shape. He molded Bai Cangshu's body as if he were kneading clay.
Bai Cangshu stood up once more, feeling the sensation of stepping on something solid.
"So, can you give them an answer, Mr. Bai Cangshu?"
Bai Cangshu frowned, not understanding what Kageyama Shigeo meant, and furthermore, the other party seemed to be deliberately emphasizing his name.
In the other party's eyes, he should be that [Fate Theory].
Before Bai Cangshu could ponder further, the voices of the surrounding spirit entities grew louder, beginning to sound like a mountain-shaking tsunami.
What a scene it was when hundreds of thousands of people roared simultaneously; the giant broccoli began to tremble and disintegrate in an instant.
Kageyama Shigeo also staggered. Bai Cangshu noticed that the huge black shadow behind him, which had almost connected to the Spirit Realm, had disappeared.
He remembered the shattered black shadow under Saitama's punch. So, it was that part of Kageyama Shigeo's power that took the blow?
"You have no answer…"
Kageyama Shigeo seemed disappointed, but the aura around his body quickly became unstable. He watched his collapsing and falling Divine Kingdom; without that power, he could no longer bring peace to these hundreds of thousands of spirits.
The Divine Kingdom was about to shatter.
Kageyama Shigeo suddenly turned his head and grabbed Bai Cangshu with one hand. A burst of spiritual energy erupted, and Bai Cangshu's neck was immediately choked, his soul trembling violently.
Kageyama Shigeo looked at Bai Cangshu, who remained calm and did not struggle, and raised his other hand.
"Resist, Bai Cangshu, otherwise, I will kill you, then transform into a new supreme evil spirit, and then…"
Pfft!
Bai Cangshu's left hand suddenly thrust out, instantly piercing through the boy's chest.
Kageyama Shigeo's body trembled twice, but Bai Cangshu lifted him up instead.
Bai Cangshu looked at Kageyama Shigeo, his eyes, for the first time during a kill, devoid of any cruel expression.
He knew very well that the other party was begging him to kill him.
This was… Graceful Liberation.