Legend of Wyatt

Chapter 2661: Confusion, Abyss

Upon hearing the words of the Primordial Divine Gold, the Chaos Divine Fire remained silent for a moment, without speaking.

"If my guess is correct, your consciousness shouldn’t be awake for long either... Are you planning to just stay here, waiting for the next ’host’ to appear?"

The voice of the Primordial Divine Gold continued to ring out:

"Not to mention how long you’ll have to wait for the next suitable host... Even if you do wait, can you be sure that once you follow them, you won’t be swallowed and assimilated by hosts of other Chaos Divine Fires? Once you’re passively swallowed and assimilated, your current consciousness will be replaced by the consciousness of other Chaos Divine Fires, even completely obliterated."

"Is that something you wish to see?"

"I know you Chaos Divine Fires are proud and unwilling to serve alongside other ’Five Element Divine Beings.’ Do you think we Primordial Divine Golds aren’t proud either? If I weren’t worried about being swallowed and assimilated by hosts of other Primordial Divine Golds, do you think I’d persuade you to serve alongside me?"

"As long as you and I serve one master, even if we encounter a third-form Primordial Divine Gold or a third-form Chaos Divine Fire host, we’ll stand united and not worry about being swallowed and assimilated by them. Moreover, we can easily swallow and assimilate second-form Primordial Divine Golds, second-form Chaos Divine Fires!"

The Primordial Divine Gold spoke up to this point, and its voice gradually grew smaller.

"Consider it yourself... My consciousness is about to fall asleep...">

The voice of the Primordial Divine Gold, from becoming smaller, gradually vanished.

After the voice disappeared, the mysterious light surrounding the incomplete iron fragment floating above Wyatt Barnes’ head dimmed in an instant, then turned into a stream of light and darted into Wyatt Barnes’ body.

The next moment, the mysterious light on Wyatt Barnes’ body surface gradually converged.

Bang!

Once the mysterious light converged, Wyatt Barnes, who had already lost consciousness and was in a coma, directly fell to the ground, making a dull sound.

After Wyatt Barnes fell to the ground, the gray flame suspended in the air at the center of the cave grew rapidly several times, then sighed long and deeply, "Forget it... It does make sense."

Almost the instant the old and aged voice fell, the gray flame in the void suddenly turned into a gray lightning bolt, swooping down at the comatose Wyatt Barnes, merging into Wyatt Barnes’ body.

For a while, only Wyatt Barnes remained collapsed on the ground in the large cave.

As for the flying sands and rocks in the cave, once the gray flame, also known as the ’Chaos Divine Fire,’ darted into Wyatt Barnes’ body, it completely vanished, as if it had never appeared.

The cave was peaceful.

Time passed quietly.

About a day and night later, Wyatt Barnes, as if sleeping, finally began to stir.

"Hmm..."

Half-asleep and half-awake, Wyatt Barnes’ completely disappeared consciousness returned. Although somewhat fuzzy, it still made him uncontrollably excited, "I... I’m not dead? I actually didn’t die?"

However, after opening his eyes and looking at the surrounding environment, his face couldn’t help but change.

"So it was a dream then..."

As his face changed, Wyatt Barnes displayed a bitter smile, his heart filled with disappointment.

The reason he felt he was dreaming was because after waking up, he found himself still in the cave and noticed the flying sands and rocks in the cave had disappeared,

especially that gray flame!

He clearly remembered:

Before losing consciousness, no matter how he exerted his full strength and applied all his means, he couldn’t withstand the power of the flying sands and rocks.

Eventually, he was engulfed by the force of the flying sands and rocks.

As for what happened afterward, he didn’t remember.

But, at that time, he felt he was doomed.

Now, barely regaining consciousness, he originally thought he hadn’t died, but then he discovered that the gray flame had disappeared, along with the flying sands and rocks.

What does this indicate?

Besides suggesting he was dreaming, it didn’t seem to imply anything else.

"Hmm?"

Just as Wyatt Barnes thought he was dreaming and felt a bit disappointed, he suddenly seemed to sense something, his heart skipped a beat, and he couldn’t help but shiver all over.

Only because he could clearly feel:

His soul suddenly seemed to be burning, as if being refined by flames.

"What’s this...?"

Upon inner vision, Wyatt Barnes couldn’t help but be stunned.

He clearly saw:

On the side of his soul, within the dim mysterious light of the incomplete iron fragment, wisps of gray flame continually emerged. Though the flames were small, the aura of destruction contained within seemed capable of burning all things, destroying everything!

Additionally, from within the incomplete iron fragment, the wisps of gray flame subtly revealed an aura that gave him a very familiar feeling.

"This aura... Isn’t it precisely from that gray ’Immortal Fire’ before?"

As Wyatt Barnes’ emotions surged, he couldn’t help but inhale sharply.

At this moment, he could be 100% certain:

The grey flames emerging from the incomplete iron piece hovering beside his soul were no different in aura from the mystical fire he had sought to obtain before he lost consciousness.

"The flames in this cave are gone... and now, the same flames are emerging from the incomplete iron piece beside my soul."

"Could this not be a dream? Am I really not dead?"

"But if I’m not dead... how could those flames be inside the incomplete iron piece?"

Wyatt Barnes was filled with confusion.

In his confusion, Wyatt raised his hand towards his cheek...

Although the distance between his hand and his cheek was short, for Wyatt, it seemed incredibly far in that instant. His hand trembled as it approached his cheek, taking a full ten breaths and still not touching it.

If anyone were there and observed Wyatt’s hand closely, they would surely notice:

Wyatt’s hand was shaking, trembling intensely.

"If this isn’t a dream, it would naturally be a great relief."

"But if this really is a dream... wouldn’t that mean I’m truly dead?"

At this moment, Wyatt was somewhat afraid to face ’reality’ because he was worried he might really be dreaming.

"Hiss—"

Finally, Wyatt took a deep breath, his trembling hand suddenly tensing up, reaching directly to his cheek and pinching it.

Just as Wyatt’s expression tightened, eyes showing tension, the pain from his face made his eyebrows suddenly raise, and his tense face broke into a jubilant smile, like one who has narrowly escaped death!

The pain from his face seemed to be telling him:

He was not dreaming!

"It’s not a dream! I’m not dreaming!"

"I’m not dead! I’m really not dead!!"

After confirming he was indeed alive, Wyatt was as excited as a child, overwhelmed with joy, which couldn’t fully express his current mood.

This feeling of narrowly escaping death made him feel as if he was reborn once more.

About a quarter of an hour later, Wyatt’s excitement gradually calmed down.

"I thought I was sure to die before losing consciousness... upon waking, that ’mystical fire’ appeared in the incomplete iron piece beside my soul, and the sandstorm guarding the mystical fire had vanished."

"I can be certain... I didn’t obtain that mystical fire. During that situation, it was difficult to even protect myself, let alone acquire it."

"But now, I’m indeed not dead... and that mystical fire is indeed inside that incomplete iron piece."

Once his emotions calmed, Wyatt became exceedingly calm, and during his thoughts, he confirmed one thing:

His miraculous survival and the presence of the mystical fire inside him were undoubtedly related to the incomplete iron piece!

"Just what is this incomplete iron piece?"

Although Wyatt had long realized that the incomplete iron piece beside his soul, which could serve as a soul defense Immortal Artifact, was not an ordinary item, he still didn’t know what it truly was, nor its uses beyond soul protection.

And today, he discovered another use for the incomplete iron piece:

It could capture the mystical fire!

Moreover, during the capture of the mystical fire, it seemed to be able to save him by protecting him when the forces guarding the mystical fire intended to kill him!

"What... exactly are you?"

Unconsciously, Wyatt’s attention was completely focused on the incomplete iron piece.

Once again, the incomplete iron piece displayed its ’mysteriousness’ before him.

"The incomplete iron piece was a result of the fusion between that strange stone and the Jade Slip given to me by Keer’s third uncle, a powerhouse from the Divine Ruin Lands, Ernest Summer... I brought it from the mortal realm to the heavenly realms."

"And ever since I brought it to the heavenly realms, it has remained beside my soul, guarding my soul."

"At that time, when Ernest Summer gave me the Jade Slip, he said it was extraordinary, but he didn’t know its origin."

"The most bizarre thing is... when I took the Jade Slip to my hometown in the mortal realm, the Cloud Skies Continent, it somehow guided me to the starting point of my reincarnation, ’Clear Breeze Town’, where I found that peculiar stone nearby."

"And then, that peculiar stone merged with the Jade Slip given by Ernest Summer, transforming into this mysterious incomplete iron piece."

"What is the origin of the Jade Slip given by Ernest Summer?"

"And why was that stone located near Clear Breeze Town? Is it a coincidence? If it is, it’s too much of a coincidence, isn’t it?"

Unconsciously, Wyatt found that the more he thought, the more confused he became.

The confusion seemed endless.

It was like an abyss, enveloping him, making it hard to extricate himself...