Chapter 477

Li De looked at karelina and said lightly that the mermaid God was her descendant, and the Trident was made by her, which could not be recovered for a long time.

This big guy's background is much more terrifying than he thought.

Take a deep breath and let your mind calm down.

No matter how old she is, she is now a member of the city of dawn.

After thinking for a moment, he said.

"Lady Catherine, since the mermaid God is your blood, we are a family.

Dawn city and the sea god form an alliance to cope with the old cataclysm. It's a perfect choice for both dawn city and your descendants. I hope you can help me make this happen. "

There are seven gods in the ocean God system. It's not the dawn God system. Once the alliance is formed, Li De's research power will soar.

There's a lot of room for him to operate.

Katherine's deep eyes are so quietly watching Li De, holding a white cat in her arms, caressing slowly. She is indifferent, not contaminated with any human fireworks, holy and incomparable, and no one can produce any profanity.

After Li De finished, the half blood Mermaid slowly spit out a word.

"Yes."

When the voice falls, he will not speak.

Lee was immediately relieved.

The most difficult part has been settled. Since the mermaid God is the descendant of karelina, the frightening karelina must have a way to persuade the other party. He doesn't worry about it.

I thought about it and continued.

"Ms. karelina, it seems that the fragments of the slate of destiny have a very mysterious power. We can't touch them directly. What's the reason?"

The pieces of the slate of fate are still in the hands of the mermaid God. They have got it, but they don't know how to use it. It's painful enough.

Katherine's face fluctuated slightly, and her hand caressing the cat stopped.

Deep blue eyes looking at Li De, tone with a few extra people difficult to understand.

"If you want to use the slate fragments of destiny, you must bear the power of destiny..."

"how to bear the power of destiny?" Li De continued to ask.

"A fearless heart, a pure soul and an ancient curse - The Curse of fate."

Li De's mouth, what a mess, fearless heart? Pure soul?

The curse of fate is the most important thing.

"Lady Catherine, can I bear the power of fate?"

Katherina took a deep look at him, with a tone of complexity and expectation.

"Are you ready?"

Li De Mei's first choice, ready? It's not about asking your girlfriend to open a room. What else do you have to prepare for??

Seeing the doubt on Li De's face, Katherina said slowly.

"Carrying the power of fate, you can get the power blessing of the slate of fate, but you will also be hostile to all the old evil gods.

Because the power of destiny is the only force to resist the coming of the past.

The old ruler looks at the world coldly outside the chaos and void, and those who bear the power of fate are his hunting targets. "

Li Dewen frowned. Is this a negative price?

But he didn't even think about it, he said solemnly.

"Don't I have the power to carry my destiny, and those old evil spirits will let me go?"

The goal of the old evil god is to destroy the whole world. As long as he does not leave the world, he will become the target of those chaotic lives.

So there is no hostility at all, because as long as one of the two sides is alive, it is a mortal enemy.

Since there is no choice, can strengthen their own strength, why give up?

"No, it's not the same."

"Bearing the power of fate, you will be like a lighthouse in the dark. Even if you are far away, those old evil spirits can feel your existence."

"So are you sure you want to continue?"

Although Katherina's face was still cool, her expectation in her eyes was more and more obvious.

Li De felt the expectation, and his expression was slightly stunned. It seemed that karelina had high hopes for him...

but why did such a powerful existence place high hopes on him?? It seems that the mermaid God is more suitable than him to carry each other's hope...

he has some doubts in his heart, but he doesn't ask much. His eyes are unshakable and his tone is solemn.

"Lady Catherine, the city of dawn has no choice but to grow.

I am the master of dawn, and I should protect my people.

Since you can't escape, go up against the wind and cut through the thorns! "

Katherina looked at him admiringly. "Well, you bring my descendants. I'll teach you how to bear the power of destiny."

Li De nodded clearly, turned around, walked out of the tower and directly smashed the space to return to the office of the city hall.Mermaid God and Freya are still here.

Seeing Li De go back and forth, the mermaid God standing by the window turned around and asked a little in his blue eyes.

"Lord kachar, you..."

Li De waved his hand and interrupted.

"Mr. Virginia, the great being has known your arrival. She just told me that her blood is flowing in your body..."

The Mermaid God was so surprised that I didn't know that I had such an ancestor??

Then it seemed to think of something, subconsciously exclaimed.

"Is that sea god really his highness philomis?"

In the legend of the sea people, her royal highness philomis created the sea people with her own blood. She is the ancestor of all the intelligent life of the sea, and her status in the sea people is comparable to that of the goddess of life.

If it's really the legendary character, not only she, but also the blood of each other in the body of all the sea people.

The mermaid God immediately asked.

"Lord kachar, does your highness agree to our visit?"

Li De nodded gently.

"I asked each other, and the great being decided to summon you..."

The Mermaid God was excited.

"Thank you for your introduction."

Li De smiles and says nothing more. He stretches out his hand to widen the door of space and steps out.

Mermaid God see quickly follow, and the silent death angel Freya also immediately follow them to leave.

The mood of mermaid God is very delicate at this time, both nervous and alert, more hopeful.

At a time when the old days are coming and the whole pluralistic plane is in a crisis of destruction, the Hai people are too powerless.

Although she is powerful, she can't protect the whole Haizu.

If the great Royal Highness philomis comes, she will be able to take off the life and death burden of the whole race...

she believes that the great Royal Highness can lead the sea people to meet the great catastrophe with the most powerful attitude.

His royal highness philomis has a very high reputation among the sea people. Even the mermaid God, who is the God of the sea, still has enough respect for him.

With a little uneasy, the mermaid God followed Li De to the top of the tower of the magic industry research center.

Gee ~

when the door was pushed open, the body of the mermaid God froze directly.

Because at this time, with a white cat in her arms, Katherine is looking at the door calmly.

Two sides four eyes opposite, mermaid Lord God in Katherine that pair of sea blue eyes felt incomparably cordial.

Even the blood in her body was jubilant at this moment, and seemed to meet some close elders, which was the echo of blood.

As soon as the eyes of the mermaid God turned red, she immediately came to Katherine respectfully and bowed to the indifferent mysterious being, shaking her voice.

"Virginia nuhai, a descendant of nuhai family and the seventh generation of sea god, sends you the most respectful greetings, his highness philomis...

" philomis? "

Hearing this address, Katherine's face was in a trance and her tone was tinged with emotion.

"It seems to be my name tens of millions of years ago... So far I have almost forgotten this memory."

After the voice fell, his eyes looked at the Trident in the hand of the mermaid God.

Katherine continued to hold the cat in her left hand, her right hand slightly extended, and then the Trident in the master mermaid's hand hummed directly from her hand.

Before they had time to react, the bottom of the Trident fell directly on the floor in front of Katherine, and the hard ground was cracked like a spider web.

The Trident, which was originally gray, suddenly burst out into the sea after it got close to karelina. The blue light was bright, and the artifact began to hum and tremble, as if it was cheering.

Seeing this, Katherine's eyes flashed back, and her slender palm slowly grasped the Trident under the gaze of several people.

Boom ~

at this moment, a terrible power like the collapse of the sky and the collapse of the universe surged out.

At this moment, the stars all over the sky seem to be turning at the feet of karelina, and the whole world, mountains and lakes are just as small as a hair.

The bright moon is in the sky and the sun is high.

Time seems to stop turning when the boundless God is terrified.

At the moment, several people in the house seem to be facing an ancient god that can crush the edge of the universe. It is so powerful that they can't look directly at it or touch it.

Just a few breaths is as long as half a century.

It was only after karelina released the Trident that they regained their sense of breath and heartbeat.

Li De had to gasp for a long time, and his evaluation of Katherine rose again.Fortunately, he didn't intend to use force to threaten the other party at the beginning, otherwise he would have a lot of fun.

The strength of this exaggerated goddess is definitely higher than that of Freya.

Even if the other side has not recovered to the level of powerful divine power, I'm afraid it's almost the same.

This is definitely a big gold leg...

"Trident, which once participated in the creation war with me to seal the old evil god.

I haven't held it for tens of millions of years. Unexpectedly, it hasn't forgotten me....

at this time, Katherine has regained her power and returned to her indifferent temperament.

Deep blue eyes staring at the hands of the Trident, face full of nostalgia and memories.

Mermaid God to see their artifact was taken away, not only not angry, but full of surprise.

It's a trident. In addition to the modern Poseidon, only his highness philomis, who forged the Trident, can control it.

The smile on her face is bright, Haizu has hope, she found her highness philomis!!

God of creation, praise you!!

After a moment of missing the past, karelina waved her hand and the Trident flew back to the mermaid God again. Looking at the excited Mermaid God, her eyes softened.

"Virginia, the future of Haizu is in your hands.

Trident contains the purest power, which is the manifestation of the sea. As long as you do not give up the sea, Trident will always be full of power. Even if it is destroyed, it can be recast in the sea. "

Mermaid God nodded hard, and then hastened to express his inner expectation.

"Your Highness philomis, the old disaster has brought unprecedented threats to the sea people. I would like to ask you to return to the sea, lead us to fight against the old invasion, and protect your descendants and people."

Katherine shook her head when she heard the words, and her tone was profound.

"Virginia, the hope of resisting the old invasion is not in the sea..."

"not in the sea? Where is that? " The mermaid God asked.

"I've been looking for it, and there's no answer yet."

"But the sea needs a leader, needs your leadership..."

"no, the sea needs your leadership, not me.

For millions of years, I have never been involved in the affairs of the sea. It was the same before and it is the same now. The future belongs to you, my child.

You are already eagles flying and sharks surging in the waves. You don't need my protection any more. "

Katherine's tone with a bit of appreciation, but this let the mermaid God incomparably lost, and then reluctantly up the spirit to ask.

"Your Highness philomis, how shall we deal with the old invasion?

Now the LORD God of kachar and I have found the fragments of the slate of fate, but we can't rely on the power of the fragments... "

Li De, who has been watching the two, is also in spirits at this time.

This is the most important thing. The stone fragments of fate are related to the future, and we can't afford to lose.

Catherine took a look at them and said slowly.

"If you want to control the slate fragments of destiny, you need to bear the power of destiny. Next, I will teach you the curse of destiny.

With this, you can carry the power of destiny with the help of the stone fragments of destiny.

I repeat, if you want to bear the power of fate, you need a pure soul, a fearless heart.

The curse of fate is just a lead. "

In addition to what she had just heard, this was the second time that Katherine had mentioned. Li De immediately raised his vigilance.

Can let the other side so solemn statement, absolutely can't despise.

After she finished, without waiting for them to ask for details, she reached out and waved. A bright dark blue energy burst out of her body.

The white cat in her arms suddenly exploded, as if it had been electrified.

Standing in front of her, Li De and the mermaid God both felt a soft power wrapped around their bodies.

I want to groan for a moment.

I didn't expect that this half breed Mermaid had this skill. If he went to the bath center, those who engaged in big swords would be laid off...

Li De's idea disappeared in a flash, and then he only felt a terrible force coming into his mind, as if he was going to explode him.

The comfort on his face immediately turned into pain, and countless messages were accepted by him with that energy.

With the passage of time, that energy becomes more and more strong, and its message to him is also more and more, and the corresponding pain of Li De is also more and more strong.

Just now, the idea of "big sword" has been thrown to Java...

fortunately, this process is only three or four minutes, and it didn't make him happy.

But Rao was so. When the blue energy dissipated, his clothes were still wet with sweat.Li De wiped the sweat on his forehead, and his heart was still palpitating. This technique is too rough. We need to improve it. No, we must change a technician next time...

after he calmed down, he immediately realized that there was a very obscure mantra in his mind, and the twisted symbols and strange sounds could be understood by normal life.

Fortunately, with the help of that energy, he completely learned how to do it.

"Do you have it?"

Mermaid God at this time is also sweating, obviously pain is not light, "has mastered, your highness."

Katherina looked at Li De who didn't speak. "Lord of Cachar, if you don't master it, I can...

Li De subconsciously said," I want to change my skill. Cough, I've mastered it... "

Katherina nodded her head after hearing the words, and didn't care so much.

With a wave of hand, the head of the venomous snake held by the main god of the mermaid was directly broken, and the fragments of the slate of destiny inlaid on the head floated slowly.

Looking at the two people who have recovered, their tone is indifferent.

"Are you ready?"

"What else to prepare?" Li De's face was solemn.

"Bearing the power of destiny."

Katherina took a deep look at Lee.

Li De's eyes are firm, "let's go."

The mermaid God next to him was equally fearless.

"Your Highness, please give us strength..."

Katherine nodded, "when the power of destiny runs through your body, recite the curse of destiny to guide that power."

"Remember, if you can't bear the baptism of fate, give up.

Otherwise, your souls will be destroyed by the power of fate, and no one will be able to save you

Finish saying to return aftertaste deep added a sentence.

"Even the resurrection talent can't work in the face of the power of fate."

Li De was stunned and then laughed.

Can't revive... So what?

As the master of dawn, how could he shrink back?

At the moment, Li De's back was straight, and his firm eyes could not be shaken.

"Lady Catherine, let's go."

Katherina nodded and said nothing more. She put the cat in her arms and the white cat deified by joy on the ground, then waved her hand and the pieces of the slate of fate floated up.

Her body gushes out the rich blue energy, the terrible divine power diffuses again.

There has been no movement of the fate of the slate fragments at this moment was finally touched.

A faint white power slowly escapes, and under the control of karelina, it envelops Li De and the mermaid God.

At the moment when he came into contact with the power of the fragments of the slate of fate, Li De trembled.

The ancestor's blood began to rotate wildly without control. The shackles of blood were released in this moment, and the endless power surged in his body like a tsunami.

Then the pale force of fate entered his body, and the next scene was far beyond his imagination.

After the power of fate enters the body, it is like a greedy child, and begins to devour the power in his body. The scene is like a sponge absorbing water.

The power of light white destiny began to grow after swallowing a lot of power.

After that force reached a certain critical point, Li De's original clear consciousness was in a trance, and his heart felt something. He subconsciously recited the curse of fate he had just learned.

With the strange incantation that could not be explained, he felt that he could see through the heaven and the world at this moment, and his perception even covered the whole multi planes...

in a trance, he saw the creation God opening up the multi planes of glory.

See a group of nameless terror cut off by the creation God with the sword of creation,

see the old evil god sealed in every corner of the multi plane,

see the stone slab of destiny forged out of the world, see the goddess of life creating life, see the birth of the abyss, see the growth of the undead plane...

and the rules of the multi plane are also in this ancient time In the secret of the unbridled show in front of him.

He became addicted.

The rules of origin, the ancient secrets of fortune, he wandered in the time, peeping into many unimaginable secrets that could not be recorded in the world...

but when Li De didn't realize it, his soul became weaker and weaker, as if he might disappear at any time.

It takes a price to spy on the secrets of the world...

I don't know how long, maybe a day, maybe a hundred years, Li De lost.

The power of fate blurred his perception. He forgot everything outside and was silent in the excitement of exploring the origin of the world.

Through the power of fate, he saw one plane after another broken, and witnessed the opening and ending of one battle after another between the gods.One by one powerful existence disappeared in front of him, and one by one original rule was left for him to understand.

It was a scene that fascinated him.

Just stay in time, and continue to feel the origin of the world...

the idea from the power of fate can not be rejected, and Li De's consciousness is becoming more and more blurred.

But at a critical point when his soul is weak, the system suddenly prompts him to wake up suddenly in the addiction.

"Ding, you are trapped in the illusion of the river of destiny, and have consumed 1 million faith to resist this temptation."

The original weak soul suddenly began to re condense, and then Li De's self-consciousness began to recover rapidly.

When he came back to his senses, he was in a cold sweat.

Especially after sensing that his weak soul nearly collapsed, he was even more afraid.

Almost, the system prompt came a little later and he was lost.

"Sure enough, it's dangerous. It's too confusing..."

Li De suppressed his fear and immediately restrained his mind and began to observe the power in his body.

At this time, the pale power of fate has swallowed up all the power in his body, and is slowly transforming his body.

But this kind of transformation seems to be quite difficult, and it is not only devouring the power in his body, but also consuming the power of his soul every moment.

This made his weak soul even more unbearable, and seemed to be worn out at any time...

Li De could not help but frown when he realized this. His soul was in a weak state, and he had to export strength to the outside world. This is not the way to die, is it?

Dare not delay, immediately began to absorb the surrounding magic energy recovery...

but in a moment he gave up this method, although the surrounding energy can make up for part of the loss, but can not afford the consumption of the power of fate, so absorption, at most is to delay death.

Li De pondered for a moment, then seemed to think of something, quickly took out the magic blood from the system space and poured it down.

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However, the power of fate's swallowing speed is faster after it detects the movement, and the power of magic blood's recovery is swallowed again in the blink of an eye...

Li De frowned, and he didn't believe it...

the magic blood stored in the system space at this time is enough for him to normally consume 20 years, so he didn't have much estimation.

Then there was the scene of his madness.

With the support of unlimited magic blood, the power of fate began to speed up the transformation of his body.

But this kind of transformation is not only to strengthen his body, but also to make up for some defects in his blood, so that his body can adapt to the power of fate.

Little by little, Li De's concept of time is completely blurred.

He closed his eyes tightly and realized the power of fate seriously.

Although he can no longer explore the secrets of the world through the power of destiny as he did at the beginning, the power of destiny stone still enables him to have a deeper understanding of the rules.

If he opens the property panel at this time, he will definitely find that his mastery of those clergy is slowly rising...

I don't know how long it will be, when the magic blood stored in the system space has been exhausted, the transformation of Li De by the power of fate has finally reached the critical point.

Click ~

like the broken glass, Li De felt that some of his confinements were completely broken, and then an indescribable force of terror came from his body.

He only felt that he was more than 50% stronger now than before...

and the force of fate surging in his body was like water absorbed by a sponge, which had been swallowed by his body.

His own strength flowed in the blood vessels and musculoskeletal again. If it wasn't for the powerful power from his body, Li De doubted whether it was an illusion to be transformed by the power of fate...

for a long time, when he became familiar with the power in his body, he slowly opened his eyes.

What she saw was a very pale Mermaid God. She was clutching the Trident in her hand. Her face was lost and full of unwilling but extremely guilty self reproach.

Seeing that Li De came to life, the mermaid god suddenly opened her eyes and asked with some urgency and expectation.

"Lord kachar, have you made it?"

Li De felt his body, which had not changed much except becoming stronger, and his expression was strange.

It seems that I don't know if I have succeeded.

It's true that it's getting stronger...

when he was about to speak, the light in front of him was distorted, and Katherina appeared in the house with her cat.

The calm eyes showed a bit of surprise after seeing Li De, felt the breath from his body, and took a rare exclamation tone."A pure soul, a fearless heart..."

"Lord kachar, this may be the choice of fate."

"From now on, you will become the mortal enemy of the evil spirits of the old days. As long as the old days do not go away, you will be pursued and killed by them forever."

"In return, you will get the favor of fate..."

Li De was a little stunned when he heard the speech, and he didn't care about it. Even if he failed, those old monsters would not let him go...

but what's the favor of fate? Son of fate? I fell off the cliff and found the secret script of peerless martial arts. When I went out, I saw a beautiful woman I love?

"Ms. karelina, although I've become stronger, my body hasn't changed much.

It's so simple to carry the power of fate? "

Then he turned to think, it seems really not simple, if not the system, I'm afraid he will be lost in the endless river of destiny.

The mermaid God heard this, his face became more and more bitter, and looked at him with envy.

Catherine shook her head.

"If you want to carry the power of destiny, you must flow in the river of destiny without being affected, and the river of destiny has irresistible attraction.

Once you are silent, no one can help and remind you except yourself.

Therefore, we need pure soul and fearless heart, otherwise we will be lost...

even the powerful gods can not resist the temptation of the river of destiny.

But you did it, which I didn't expect.

Lord kachar, maybe that's fate. "

Destiny? No, it's a system...

Li De's mouth flicks, and he doesn't explain anything. No matter what way he passes the test, if he passes, he will pass, and he won't lie.

The world of adults only depends on the results. As for the process, who cares?

"So I can use the slate of destiny next?"

With a slight nod and a wave of her hand, the fragments of destiny's slate came from nowhere and floated directly in front of him.

This startling half blood Mermaid at this time, Li De's invisible expectation appeared in her eyes.

"Now, it belongs to you."

I hope you don't let me down...

looking at the stone fragments of fate in front of him, Li De no longer feels dangerous, but kind.

Slowly stretch out hand, toward palm size irregular slate to grasp.

Little by little, he finally touched the slate of fate. A cold touch of rock came to him. His body cheered and his strength surged.

Carrying the heart quietly put down.

Take it to your hand and observe it carefully.

From the aspect of appearance, there is nothing special about the fragment of destiny slate. It is an ordinary slate, which shows that it has the unique rough feeling of the rock. It has a certain weight in the hand, but it doesn't sink much.

It's hard to imagine that something with such an ordinary appearance can affect the fate of the whole glory.

He opened the property panel and shook his head. There was no change in the property. The only difference was that he could touch each other.

It's an artifact of creation. Although it hasn't been found to have a greater effect yet, it's better to take it out and blow it up than absolutely hanging it up in the sky...

with a somewhat tentative attitude, Li De mobilized his body's strength and slowly put it into the slate fragment of fate.

Contrary to the previous resistance to his power, the fragment now begins to accept his power. The stronger the input power, the brighter the light white light around.

"Ding ~ would you like to ask if it costs 1 million faith to activate the slate fragment of destiny? After activation, the original rules within 100 km radius of the slate fragment of destiny will be completely restored. Note: every 100 days, you need to inject 1 million faith into the slate fragment of destiny again to maintain this effect."

Li De didn't hesitate when he heard the hint, so he directly began to input the power of faith into the slate fragments of fate.

One hundred thousand, two hundred thousand, when millions of faith power was swallowed by the slate fragments of fate, suddenly the slate fragments of fate burst out a terrible energy wave.

The pale white energy forms a round shield and surges out all around.

From a higher perspective, you can clearly see that a huge circular shield is spreading from the center of the city of dawn.

After just a few breaths, a 5000 blade, 100 kilometer radius transparent shield is formed, and everything in this area is protected by the shield.

The old power in the air was quickly engulfed by the shield after it appeared, and became the nourishment of the shield.

Under the influence of the old power, the withered plants now seem to get a new life, and gradually become energetic.

And the residents in the city of dawn also feel that the burden in their hearts has been swept away, and they even breathe a lot more freely.

After finishing all this, Li De felt that everything around him was back to normal, and even the operation of magic was almost the same as usual.The old power in the air disappeared in a short time.

Aware of this great change, Li De was greatly relieved.

No matter what kind of trouble you may encounter in the future, at least now you don't need to worry about the impact of the old invasion on the city of dawn.

In the old days, plants were the most influential force. The city of dawn now rules tens of millions of people, so many people are waiting to eat. This problem can't tolerate any mistakes.

Moreover, the scope covered by the fragments of the slate of destiny is 100 km in radius. As long as he fixed it on the dawn plain, it can cover the whole city of dawn.

"Thank you for your help, Ms. Catherine."

After solving the immediate trouble, Li De felt better immediately.

Katherina looks at Li De with deep meaning.

"No, Lord kachar, I should thank you."

"Thank me?" Li De is a little confused, so is this half blood Mermaid confused?

"Yes, do you know who was the last person to bear the power of fate?"

Li De felt as if he had thought of something, with some hesitation in his eyes.

"Isn't it you?"

"That's right..." with a few tears in her eyes, Katherine's face showed a bright smile for the first time.

"I am the last one to bear the power of fate..."

"however, the slate of fate is not my help, but a prison."

Li De eyebrow a pick, "prison?"

"Do you know who I am?" Katherina seems to be relieved of the pressure of millions of years, and her tone is much lighter.

Real identity? This makes Li De fall into thinking, the person who guards the slate of fate, the founder of the Hai clan... It seems that these are just one of the identities of Katherine.

After that, without waiting for Li De to answer, he was directly shocked by karelina's words.

"I was originally the goddess of fate of other multiple planes, but my plane has existed for a long time, and has entered the end of the era...

just when all things were gone, I met the glorious creator God, whose power was the only one I saw in my life!

I beseech him to protect my people, and in return, I will carry the stone of glorious destiny for his eternal guard... "

" when you carry the power of destiny, my agreement with the creator God has been completed. "

Li De took a cold breath and his heart and liver were shaking.

Although he knew that Katherine's background was amazing, he could not imagine that the other party was exaggerating to such a degree!

Another goddess of destiny with multiple planes...

her scalp is numb.

Is this NIMA too powerful??

This is the goddess of fate. Everything lives and dies in each other's mind. It is a higher level than the goddess of life and death.

Even if it's not as good as the creator, it's not as bad.

It's a foul. This time...