Chapter 77

"Are you sure? What if you wake up these demons?" At first, Shan Wang Xia watched indifferently, but as Aoyama's movements grew larger, she couldn't help but ask.

"Don't worry, even if the seal is broken, it won't matter! Because they are already dead!" Aoyama said with a somewhat low voice.

"Dead?" Shan Wang Xia's face was full of shock. All the experiences she had before did not add up to the shock of Aoyama's words that the demons were already dead.

"Yes, I can feel it. The beings sealed here have already lost their lives." Aoyama looked at the giant stone pillars before him, like skyscrapers, with a look of reflection.

"But how is that possible? They are the seventy-two pillars of demons!" Shan Wang Xia said, somewhat dazed.

"The seventy-two pillars of demons of King Solomon! Unfortunately, even so-called demons cannot escape the curse of time!" Aoyama walked over and patted the pillar that stretched to the sky.

"But aren't demons supposed to be immortal?" Shan Wang Xia found it hard to accept.

"If they were truly immortal, that would be great." Aoyama sighed.

"But can demons really die?" Shan Wang Xia still found it hard to believe.

"Let alone demons, how many of those who call themselves gods and are high above have survived? In the face of time, they are just a bunch of pitiful creatures! How many people in this world can truly transcend?" Aoyama shook his head and said.

"You mean, not just demons, but even the gods have died?" Shan Wang Xia felt her entire worldview being overturned.

"Yes! The gods have already died, yet mortals still believe in them. How ironic!" Aoyama said with a smile.

"So that's why? That's why the mysteries of the world are gradually disappearing. It's because of this reason." Shan Wang Xia muttered to herself, clearly still stunned by the news.

"Take the so-called seventy-two pillars of demons here. Who knows if they called themselves demons or if mortals called them demons because of their great power! But if they were truly immortal, how could they have been controlled by King Solomon!" Aoyama's voice continued, explaining the doubts to Shan Wang Xia.

Shan Wang Xia fell silent for a moment. The information she had just learned would take a long time to digest.

The tens of thousands of ghosts that had poured into the main world's school through the portal opened by Shan Wang Xia's magic array were the last ghosts in this space. Most of the more powerful beings that originally existed in this space had long since disappeared in the long river of time.

The reason those tens of thousands of ghosts could survive was not because they lived longer than countless powerful beings, but because they had entered this strange space later due to various coincidences.

Now, with the loss of those ghosts, the entire space had become completely empty. So, no matter what Aoyama did here, he would not be disturbed.

This was also why Aoyama could act without restraint, collecting the lost crystals and absorbing ghostly energy.

However, just as Aoyama continued to absorb ghostly energy, the strange space began to change.

With a loud rumble, a piece of land in the distance of the strange space collapsed.

Then, continuous rumbling followed, and the land collapsed piece by piece, even swallowing a giant stone pillar.

"What's happening?" Shan Wang Xia asked.

"This place is collapsing." Aoyama replied.

"Collapsing? Why?" Shan Wang Xia asked again.

"There's no why! All things that are born will die, and all that exists will disappear! This place was already nearing its end, but my actions in absorbing ghostly energy have only accelerated the process!" Aoyama shook his head and said.

Hearing Aoyama's explanation, Shan Wang Xia fell silent for a moment.

"Let's go! We should leave." Finally, Aoyama broke the silence, waving his hand to collect the jade tablet that had absorbed ghostly energy and the materials used to set up the array.

Even though he stopped absorbing ghostly energy, the collapse that had already begun would not stop.

Rumble, rumble, the earth continued to crumble and fall into the endless abyss, and the strange space continued to collapse.

The courtyard of the Greek gods, the heaven and hell of Christianity, the paradise of the great monks, and even the blessed lands of the Taoists in China had few left before my reincarnation.

Is this place also about to meet its destined fate? Aoyama gazed at a towering stone pillar in the distance, which was collapsing into the abyss, his eyes full of melancholy.

Life and death are part of the natural cycle, but living in this age of decline, Aoyama couldn't help but feel a wave of sadness.

But soon, Aoyama composed himself. The cycle of nature is like the ebb and flow of the tide. There is an age of decline, and there will naturally be an age of revival. When everything reaches its lowest point, it will naturally rise again.

But who knows when the next age of revival will be, and whether Aoyama would be able to wait for that day.

"Farewell, seventy-two pillars of demons of King Solomon! Although we walked different paths, we are clearly of the same kind, pursuing the same goal! Immortality and eternal freedom. Your era has passed, and everything about you has come to an end! I am luckier than you, as I can try again to pursue this goal, but who knows if I will succeed! Perhaps in the end, I will also fade into history! In comparison, you have such a good place to rest eternally, perhaps you are the truly lucky ones! Rest in peace!" Aoyama, who had successfully reincarnated, said with many emotions.

Shan Wang Xia, standing beside him, listened to Aoyama's monologue, her eyes filled with thought, but also with more doubts, making her even more curious about this mysterious man.

"Let's go!" Seeing the collapse getting closer, Shan Wang Xia said.

"Let's go!" Aoyama nodded.

The two turned and walked towards the vortex not far away, which was also affected by the collapse of the strange space and was beginning to flicker.

So, Aoyama and Shan Wang Xia did not hesitate, stepped into the vortex, and disappeared from this vanishing strange space.