A World Worth Protecting

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The Deep Black Sea of paper was filled with resentment, causing one’s vision to be obscured by an endless aura. However, at the bottom of the sea, perhaps due to the array formation, or perhaps due to the corpse of the woman.., everything in the area could be seen clearly by Wang Baole.

Perhaps it was because of the polarization between the area and the other regions that the black aura on the woman’s body was even more shocking. It was a sign of the continuous entanglement and assimilation of the black aura, it even gave Wang Baole a feeling of trepidation that seemed to come from the depths of his soul.

He didn’t know what the Black Qi was, but at that moment, it seemed like every part of his body, every part of his flesh and blood, was sending him an extremely strong warning.

Danger!

Wang Baole’s mind trembled. He looked at the woman’s corpse, looked at the Black Qi, and looked at where the Black Qi was spreading towards... the crack in the seal!

“This is...”after a long while, Wang Baole suppressed the trembling in his body and sent a telepathic thought to the paper figurine beside him.

“A door leading to an unknown place!”The paper figurine didn’t look at the seal. Instead, it looked at the woman’s corpse sitting cross-legged. There was reminiscence and gentleness in its eyes as it spoke softly.

At that moment, its voice was no longer as strange as it had been in the past.

“The mission of the Starfall Empire is to suppress this door. I need you to get closer and unleash that supernatural power there. With the help of its dharmic powers, suppress the spreading Qi within the door and buy time for the seal to heal.”

Wang Baole’s expression was solemn. Even though he knew what he was going to do when he arrived, his mind was still in turmoil. After a moment of silence, he looked at the paper figurine.

“Senior, it’s not that I don’t want to help, but there are three questions that I need to know!”

“Speak.”The paper figurine did not look at Wang Baole. It continued to stare at the woman’s corpse, its gaze becoming gentler.

“The first question is that you seem to know this woman. Then, senior, what is your identity and the identity of this old friend of yours, as well as why she is here!”Wang Baole said immediately after a moment of silence.

The paper figurine remained silent for a moment. It didn’t pay attention to the multiple questions contained in Wang Baole’s question. Instead, its voice, tinged with a sense of time, floated in Wang Baole’s mind.

“She is my lover. As for me... your star-guiding drumstick is a part of the transformation of my soul. Do you know that now?”

Wang Baole’s heart skipped a beat when he heard that. He recalled what the paper figurine had said before. An emperor from the Starfall Empire had used a shocking method to transform his physical body into a heavenly drum in order to stop the Black Sea from spreading, he had transformed his soul into ten parts, turning it into a star guiding drumstick.

That was how the incident happened. Every few months, the elites from the outside world would come to obtain opportunities and fortunes.

“My Divine Soul didn’t split into ten portions,”the paper man said softly. “Instead, it split into eleven portions. As for why the extra portion would appear in the outside world, I don’t know either. That’s because I remember that back then, the last place I went to was the unknown location under the seal.” There was confusion on his face, as well as a profound sense of meaning.

“But after entering that place, I lost my memories. When I woke up, I was in an ancient ruin in the Weiyang Dao Domain. I was unprecedentedly weak

“As for my lover, she isn’t from the Starfall Empire, nor is she from the Weiyang Dao Domain. She came from... The unknown place under the seal.”The paper figurine didn’t continue the topic, although there were too many contradictions, Wang Baole instinctively felt that the other party wasn’t lying. It was just that she hadn’t told him everything.

He wanted to ask in detail, but he knew that if the paper figurine didn’t want to tell him, it wouldn’t be good for him to ask directly. After pondering for a moment, he asked the second question.

“The second question, why must the sealed door be suppressed?”

This question seemed unnecessary, but in reality, Wang Baole had changed his direction. No matter how he answered, it would inevitably involve the unknown land within the door.

Therefore, the paper figurine remained silent for a longer period of time before slowly speaking.

“Do you have to know? Knowing this won’t be of much benefit to you. Once you know, you will be noticed... So, are you sure?”

Wang Baole heard this, and for some reason, all the hair on his body stood on end. After a moment of silence, he gritted his teeth.

“Junior’s recitation of the scriptures will definitely attract attention. Rather than that, it’s better to know now. Senior, please inform me.”

“The Monitor!”The paper figurine said calmly.

Before the paper figurine spoke, Wang Baole had made a guess. However, no matter how much he guessed, he had never expected the answer to be... the monitor!

When he heard those three words, a look of confusion appeared in his eyes. He wanted to ask further, but the paper figurine had already closed its eyes. Therefore, even though Wang Baole had countless thoughts in his mind, he could only remain silent. After a long while, he spoke again.

“The third question... senior, can you guarantee the safety of this junior?”

“I will do my best.”The paper figurine looked at Wang Baole. Although its words were simple, after meeting its gaze, Wang Baole had a feeling that the other party had no intention of harming him, indeed, the other party would do his best to protect his safety.

Therefore, after thinking silently, Wang Baole’s eyes showed determination. He gritted his teeth and did not hesitate. Since he was already here, there was only one path left for him.

Since there was no other choice, he would just have to continue walking!

As his thoughts were confirmed, Wang Baole’s entire aura surged. His body flashed as he approached rapidly. Although he did not enter the center completely and sat down on a stone pillar at the edge of the center, the sense of danger that this position gave him.., it was already extremely strong.

Fortunately, the paper figurine followed suit. With a wave of his hand, a gentle light spread out and enveloped Wang Baole. Only then did the trembling in his body ease a little.

“Let’s begin,”the paper figurine muttered.

Even though Wang Baole had used the Dao scripture many times before, this time was different. He knew very well that he had once used it to intimidate his enemies. The dao scripture that he had used was at most the first few words, however, this time... he needed to use all his strength to recite it silently. This was similar to how he had only whispered a few words into the ears of a sleeping person in the past. Now, he was shouting at the ears of a sleeping person with all his might, it wasn’t just one or two words, but it was continuous.

“Damn it...”Wang Baole sighed deeply. However, he was also a decisive person. After weighing the pros and cons in his heart, he gritted his teeth. After sitting cross-legged and closing his eyes for a short while, he suddenly opened his eyes. There was a dark glow in his eyes, and deep in his heart.., he began to recite silently!

“Will to be remembered...”

The moment he said those two words, the black paper sea around him did not change at all. The seal remained the same, and the female corpse remained the same. Only the paper figurine turned its head to look at Wang Baole. A dark glow appeared in its eyes, and even its chest heaved slightly, that was because it could sense... that at that moment, all the thoughts in Wang Baole’s heart seemed to be blocked, and it could not sense anything at all.

It was familiar with this scene. It felt the same every time Wang Baole used the Dao scripture technique. The anticipation in its heart grew rapidly.

Just as its anticipation filled its mind, suddenly... a vast and mighty force erupted from the sealed land under the Sea of Black Paper!

An ancient aura that seemed to come from beyond the fallen stars, beyond the Endless Dao realm, and within the boundless starry skies seemed to travel through time and space. It descended upon this place, even if it was just a sliver of it.., or perhaps it could be said that it had formed a crack-like connection with the place where the ancient aura existed. However, to Wang Baole and the paper figurine, it was still extremely vast.

Amidst the rumbling, the entire black paper sea trembled, and a large amount of ripples appeared. The greater violence came from... The black gas that surrounded the female corpse that was spreading out from the crack in the seal!

At that moment, the black gas seemed to have been stimulated like never before. It began to revolve violently, rapidly forming a huge black vortex that covered the entire surface of the seal mirror. If one were to anthropomorphize it.., if the black gas had any expression on its face at that moment, it would definitely be shocked and doubtful!

This scene made the paper figurine’s anticipation grow even stronger. Wang Baole’s Dao scripture read the next sentence at that moment!

”... the Dao of sealing the heavens...”