CHAPTER 566: CHAPTER 345: DEATH OF THE BLACK COCOON

And his children have already grown; they can continue their lives well.

He has no reason left to live.

"Why aren’t you leaving... do you want to die?" Gu Zhuo Case weakly closed his eyes.

"It’s you who should leave... idiot."

Black Cocoon said nonchalantly and activated the third ability of "Thousand Return Hand," which is still "teleport one marker next to another marker."

This time, he sent Ghost Bell next to Mu Long, and deep blue light burst forth from Gu Zhuo Case’s wrist, making the rhombus marker gleam brightly in the shadow.

Immediately, the strong light engulfed the figure of Gu Zhuo Case. Thus, a thousand meters away, beneath Mu Long’s feet, lay another mangled body, half-paralyzed.

At this moment, beside the Mechanical Buddha, there was only Black Cocoon.

"Dad... are you alright?" Gu Qiye crawled over from the ground and looked at Gu Zhuo Case, who was lying beside him.

"Qiye?"

Gu Zhuo Case paused, murmuring hoarsely. He was ready to die there, but in the next second, he suddenly appeared a thousand meters away.

"Black... Cocoon?" he stammered, lifting his head. By then, Gu Qiye and Mu Long had already shifted their gaze from him, staring into the distance blankly.

Black Cocoon stood alone on the barren sand, suddenly rising, swinging the restraint belt to evacuate from around the Mechanical Buddha, locking eyes with the others from afar.

"Is that... his clone?" Gu Qiye suddenly asked.

"No..." Mu Long was also stunned, he watched Black Cocoon’s real body come to the battlefield and switch lines with the clone. "Black Cocoon’s clone has already vanished, that’s the real body."

"What did you say?" Gu Qiye was startled, he almost instantly wanted to erupt from the ground, but his legs had been mangled in the previous explosion, even the bones were visible.

He lowered his head, looking at his legs tinged with crimson, then dazedly lifted his head, gazing at the swiftly moving shadow.

"Black Cocoon—!" At this moment, the howling wind and falling meteor beams drowned out Gu Qiye’s feeble shout.

At the same time, the Mechanical Buddha heated to the extreme, a violent wave of steam gushed forth from its fiery body, surging relentlessly towards Black Cocoon’s back.

"What’s happening..." At this moment, Su Wei, who was fending off Rainbow Wings’ three members in the distance, also retreated.

He heard Gu Qiye’s roar and suddenly turned his head, glimpsing at the crimson Mechanical Buddha amid the edge of his vision.

The teaching ruler measured the events to occur in two seconds, hence upon seeing the Buddha, his mind reflected a future scene.

Every inch of the Buddha’s body completely shattered, flames soared amid hydraulic sounds, spreading in all directions, covering a diameter of six hundred meters, burying the entire desert.

And that lone black shadow stood on the sand, then was engulfed by flames.

Upon seeing the future, Su Wei’s pupils contracted, his face turning pale, whispering hoarsely: "Wen... Yu"

He knew he couldn’t make it; what would happen in two seconds was inevitable.

An irrefutable reality.

Meanwhile, Rainbow Wings’ trio raised their heads, gazing skyward as beams from the shattered meteors rained down, causing the atmosphere to wail and howl.

"The Father of Puppets used ’Awakener’ again?" Fan Dongqing asked hoarsely, "He’s insane! We’re all still on the island!"

"We have to leave quickly." Garfield shouted, "Alexandra and Jiushijiu are back, they’re by the island’s edge, let’s meet them!"

Ke Qingzheng adjusted the glasses on the bridge of his nose, shifting his gaze from the meteor cluster overhead, "Let’s go."

On the other side, Mu Long, Gu Qiye, and Gu Zhuo Case raised their heads, staring dazedly at Black Cocoon a thousand meters away.

At that moment, the Mechanical Buddha cracked, transforming into a blazing inferno, Black Cocoon was dashing with the restraint belt but it was too late.

Gu Zhuo Case knelt in the sand pit, slowly lifting his head, gazing at Black Cocoon, whispering hoarsely and in shock:

"Black... Cocoon..."

"Dad, why is he helping us like this?" Gu Qiye’s voice was somewhat hoarse.

In this world of silence, the firelight spread outward, drawing closer and closer to that solitary black figure, leaving no time, not even a second.

Everyone knew Black Cocoon couldn’t escape. Rather than fleeing, he slowly halted.

Facing the surging flames, his hunched figure was illuminated, as always, he waved a restraint belt upwards, quietly saying goodbye.

The fire pushed the steam wave forward, spreading widely, scorching Black Cocoon’s back.

His expression remained calm, and at the last moment, Gu Qiye suddenly saw Black Cocoon seemed to want to remove the mask on his face, but hesitated, his hand slowly dropping from the mask.

Instead, he waved silently at Gu Qiye.

Gazing at that lone black figure, a massive grief and bitterness surged up Gu Qiye’s nose, spreading to his internal organs, his eyes illuminated by the fire.

Until the final moment, that black shadow never removed the mask on his face. Gu Qiye didn’t even have the privilege to know who he was, suddenly wanting to shout at that solitary shadow, wanting to ask, who are you really? Why are you helping us so desperately... why?

But he couldn’t speak.

The moment came too fast, too abruptly, and too briefly, almost like a fleeting instant. "Boom—!!!" Before his hoarse shout could ring out, the deafening explosion engulfed the entire island.

Immediately, the lone standing black shadow was entirely consumed by the flames.

"That’s a wrap."

At the last second, Black Cocoon, facing away from the flames, shrugged and lowered the restraint belt that waved them goodbye.

And then, a fleeting voice prompt echoed in his ear.

[Skill Released—"Shifting Form and Shadow" (exchange places with one of your clones).]

In the next moment, the entire world regained color amid the resounding roar, countless meteor beams still plummeting vertically toward the ground, the Mechanical Buddha transformed into a sea of fire spreading outward.

The entire Deserted Island was collapsing.

Su Wei stood stunned, staring dumbly at the Black Cocoon swallowed by the flames. He had never felt so powerless, knowing the future occurring two seconds later yet helplessly watching it unfold.

"The meteors are about to fall, the Rainbow Wings have fled, Mr. Su Wei, we need to leave quickly too!" Cezar shouted.

"Hurry up, Mr. Su Wei, why are you standing dazed?!" Yaguba also shouted.

Su Wei, like a puppet with cut strings, stepped back a few steps, silently bowed his head. The giant ruler unfurled, darting toward Gu Zhuo Case and Gu Qiye, silently grasping the father and son and throwing them onto the ruler.

Subsequently, the ruler ascended into the sky, soaring past the meteor clusters, racing beyond the island.

Yaguba transformed his body to three meters in length, carrying Mu Long and Cezar, following behind the silver-white giant ruler, fleeing out of the island together.

Cezar raised his head; the fierce wind lifted his snowy hair, and he turned to look around, glancing at the three on the ruler, then looking at the Mu Long on the back of the shark.

After a long moment of daze, he suddenly murmured:

"Mr. Mu Long... Mr. Black Cocoon?"

But no one responded next to him; the whole world was eerily silent, soon drowned in the thunderous roar of meteors falling.