Mohe actually had expectations for Adeline.

At least, on Kenku Island before, she was quite interested in that kind of alchemy items that could be combined and spliced together. After all, her school of thought was an integrated method of refinement, and if she wanted to splice with other things, it had to be magic items or cursed objects. The splicing she conducted was often functional combinations.

But the current alchemy school of thought was somewhat different. That school of alchemy seemed to take apart alchemy items to eventually reassemble them because the difficulty of completing alchemy in one go was too great. This technique isn't uncommon in ordinary crafts, like the making of ceramics or metal craft.

However, in alchemy, this is a terrible method.

After all, you can't even guarantee what the product will be like every time you perform alchemy. Even if the same product or item appears, there will be very subtle differences.

For example, size, or shape—so, for alchemy, dividing and combining a complete alchemy item is a ridiculous thing.

Why was Adeline nicknamed the "Source of Miracles"?

Because alchemy itself is considered "the magic of miracles."

Of course, alchemy and magic are, in essence, two different things, but that's how the public perceives them. Magic is a discipline that explores the truth of the world, and while alchemists see themselves as exploring the truth of the world too, for ordinary people, they seem to be creating miracles.

Simply put.

For ordinary people, they think that as long as they get the method of practicing high-level magic, they can immediately transform and become powerful nobles. But they don't think that they would have much talent in alchemy—it's a field for the talented ones.

Of course, this is both a misunderstanding of magic and of alchemy.

After all, in this world, if you have no talent, it's difficult to accomplish anything regardless.

Mohe, under the current circumstances, actually didn't want to act casually, because acting wouldn't benefit her. However, for Adeline, she was willing to personally test her level, to see how far this alchemist had come in this school of thought.

Adeline's starlight posed no threat to her.

The enemy couldn't use several powerful alchemy items now, as Abinu's Mirror, World Reflection, Sky Fortress, Star Tear, were all hanging high in the sky. At this most critical moment, she was already unable to let several alchemy items return to her side, so she could only use those items outside of them.

"Demon King! Must you force me?!"

"With those words, aren't I doing exactly that now? Adeline, you'd better bring them out, because if I make a move, don't blame me for not giving you the chance to showcase your power, it might just end in an instant~"

In the midst of the conversation, a harp appeared in her hands, called "Celestial Scale."

Adeline was completely furious: "Demon King! Since you want to see! Then take a look!"

Mohe, of course, wasn't in a hurry to make a move; she was waiting for Adeline to use her means.

Actually doing so was quite pretentious, just like how she used to treat A·Gedora with this attitude and got beaten, allowing the opponent to freely exhibit their techniques, which indeed had the potential to backfire, but—naturally, not everyone was A·Gedora. Mohe had a great admiration for creative people, as it is precisely these creative individuals who, over long years, create new things and bring surprises to the great Demon King.

Then, the shop began to shake.

Something started moving.

Mohe was taken aback for a moment, then she burst into laughter.

"Haha~ I see! Adeline! You're great~ I really appreciate your approach! You might have potential as a Demon King! I originally thought only I could do such things, but it turns out you can too! Haha~ Hahaha~"

She was genuinely delighted.

Just like meeting a kindred spirit.

Because, what was moving, were alchemy dolls.

Inside this city, enough alchemy dolls to hold the souls of everyone had already been gathered. When the Star Tear fell, she would transfer all human souls into those alchemy dolls. Even if these alchemy dolls were destroyed, they had the ability to continue functioning. Moreover, as containers, they don't need to be whole to hold everything.

Adeline would remove these alchemy dolls, creating the illusion that the city had been destroyed by the Demon King's Star Tear. Then she would come to the rescue and, in passing, repair all the alchemy dolls...

Letting people "live" again.

However, this was not the entirety of Adeline's plan.

To speak of the reason, those varying Alchemy Dolls themselves are the materials for constructing some massive, terrifying Alchemy Item!

"Ah~ You are a genius of this era, Adeline! You are truly the Source of Miracles!" As the shop shattered, Mohe soared into the sky. From beneath the ground, a dense array of Alchemy Dolls emerged, causing people to flee in terror, as these Alchemy Dolls nearly crowded the numerous streets.

Mohe was genuinely excited: "To say that you're bringing those people back to life, actually, you're making them the true core of this item! You're completing an Alchemy Item I never managed to create. When people think of souls, they often consider magic and curses, believing them to belong to the realm of magic and curses. Using human souls as materials for Alchemy... I once slightly attempted it, but souls are too unstable... to the extent that I overlooked one issue. When millions of souls collectively serve as a single material, the nature of the souls begins to converge due to their quantity, acquiring a stable nature."

She clapped her hands vigorously: "Genius idea! The progress of technology often lies in the hands of geniuses. Normally, people trapped inside Alchemy Dolls can possess nearly eternal life, not limited by physical existence until their souls completely decay. And when you need, these Alchemy Dolls combine, and the multitude of souls forms a 'collective consciousness.' You thus possess the world's most powerful, most outstanding Alchemy Creature! Perfect! I am so delighted, Adeline, I made a mistake. I shouldn't have helped Mr. Doro; I should have witnessed the birth of this Alchemy Item."

Mohe wasn't shy about her words of praise; she immensely admired Adeline's concept: "If completed by you, the Alchemist Association would indeed be invincible, and your nation of Alchemists would continually expand, allowing everyone to exist in this form... ah~ an unconquerable nation. It would possess the power to conquer the world, and finally, you would need only to keep a few lives as a supplement for souls. Of course, your research will also delve deep into the realm of souls. If you obtained my dual horns, equipped with the power to create and destroy, like I can create souls—I've already seen the establishment of an immortal world."

She spoke of her concept: "What name have you given it?"

"It is not yet completed. I haven't named it," Adeline said with a grim face. It was her trump card that she never intended to reveal, but to defeat the Demon King, this level of disclosure was necessary.

"Ah~ then I'll give it a name. Let me think... this Alchemy Item should be called—'Earthly Heaven'."

The Demon King named this epoch-making Alchemy Item.

...

When Doro and Rose ascended to the sky, they saw the Sky Fortress beyond the clouds and the Star Tear suspended even higher.

It must be said, the Star Tear was beautiful. It resembled a giant teardrop, within which twinkled the light of stars, exquisite and dreamy. It's hard to imagine that once activated, it could easily destroy a large city like Butuo City and even directly trigger the eruption of nearby volcanoes, turning a vast area into scorched earth with an Alchemy Item.

Of course, Doro could charge forward and shatter the Star Tear directly now.

After all, he previously didn't act because he feared that if he attacked the Star Tear, Adeline would immediately activate it, and even if he shattered it, Butuo City would be destroyed—but now it seems Adeline wouldn't notice at all. If it's shattered, it's shattered; the contained power won't erupt, which seems inconsequential.

However...

It's still better to go along with Mohe's request here.

This was the first time Doro had seen Kenku Island, completely different from the Sky Fortress he had in mind from the past. Even though that thing was also knocked down by him, it looked completely different now.

This city indeed looked vastly different from terrestrial styles; many places conveyed a sense of "simple" and "bizarre." The thinking and understanding of Alchemists were indeed different from ordinary people.

Both of them landed directly on this island,

then a loud alarm sounded.

Even Doro could hear the sound echoing throughout the city.

"Warning! Warning! Invaders approaching! Invaders approaching!"

Adeline seemed to have prepared a response to invaders; Doro believed this identification was probably based on the Alchemist badge Mohe once had.

The surrounding Alchemists were already warily looking over, they started preparing their Alchemy Items.

"Rose, open the jar, I'm going to act,"

Rose took out a small jar and opened it.

It looked like an ordinary jar.

To be fair—Hero A·Gedora wasn't skilled in killing, especially not against these weaklings?

Fortunately, Mohe would resurrect them, so he indeed should play the villain this time.

"I am the Demon King's Apostle! The new Celestial King—Tearing Celestial King!"

He made a very ridiculous self-introduction.

"Who dares to stop me!"

He charged straight ahead and threw a punch.

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