I Can See Health Bars in Real Life-Chapter 421 - 40: The Witch of Penglai Island

Gu Mo extended a slender index finger and lightly scratched his cheek; he understood Kikyo’s words...

In fact, it wasn’t difficult to comprehend.

However, having just denied this possibility earlier, the quick turnaround was like a tornado, which surprised him a bit. He exhaled lightly, leaned in slightly, and examined the two arrows in the witch’s hand. By appearance, they seemed identical, including the mark Kikyo mentioned.

As for the aura... it was relatively similar, yet not completely identical. With his keen spiritual power at the moment, he could easily discern the differences.

But this didn’t necessarily mean anything, as the witch must have noticed this as well. Besides, if this arrow was shot during the Warring States Era and was subjected to five hundred years of temporal erosion on Penglai Island—even though the time flow speed on the island differs from the outside due to the barrier—some changes would be inevitable.

This is a very normal result.

"It’s pretty good; at least this is a signal that allows us to prepare in advance..." Gu Mo coughed lightly and said in a matter-of-fact tone, "If you want to verify it, it’s quite simple. If these two arrows are indeed the same, just make another mark on the original arrow, and it should be clear."

"Let me see..."

Kikyo thought for a moment and nodded slightly.

She flipped one of the arrows around, and her slender fingertip gently ran over the shaft. A pure flash of spiritual power appeared and vanished, leaving an obvious groove on the smooth shaft... Though it seemed as weak as a gentle jade finger, it easily accomplished this task, without resorting to any Vajra Finger Power.

I could do this myself, even... without relying on demonic power.

Gu Mo instinctively glanced at his hands. After multiple demonizations, even though he could retreat from merging with the Nine-tailed Fox Power each time, his body underwent certain transformations under the pure high-level demonic power’s repeated impact and modifications.

Mastery of demonic power is proof, and now his nails seemed slightly longer, though not as sharp as when demonized. It probably didn’t match the attack power and hardness when demonized, reaching the level where one could pierce through a Celestial Maiden Body and extract Kaguya’s heart...

However, it shouldn’t be too challenging just to leave a groove on wood.

"It’s indeed the same..."

Kikyo’s tone was very indifferent, without a hint of astonishment or surprise. Or rather, she had all but accepted that hypothesis earlier, and what she did just now was only for confirmation.

When the groove appeared on one arrow shaft, the same groove also appeared on the other arrow shaft, identical and indistinguishable... While Gu Mo pondered, he kept paying attention to the condition of the two arrows, immediately noticing their synchronous change. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

To be honest, it was quite magical, but he couldn’t decipher the mystery involved behind the change...

Not only was it inscrutable to the naked eye, but his constant spiritual will also fully failed to detect anything special.

Could this be the awe-inspiring power of time? A domain far from easy reach? He blinked gently, reaching for the two arrows in Kikyo’s hand, pretending to examine and scrutinize them meticulously, while actually verifying them through the system’s annotation function.

"It really is something like that, truly a mysterious feeling. Should this be considered as something that happened in the past or is going to happen in the future..."

As he marveled, a peculiar thought suddenly crossed his mind.

He turned to the witch:

"By the way, is this predestined? If... I mean if we break this first arrow right now, it definitely can’t be used anymore. Then, Kikyo, you wouldn’t be able to use it during the Warring States Era, right? So what would happen to the event we just experienced?"

The witch was slightly taken aback, probably not expecting his mind to be so unconventional. They had just confirmed such a thing before he turned his thoughts to exploiting potential loopholes.

"It’s best not to try to tamper with time... Such thoughts are extremely dangerous."

She gently shook her head, speaking calmly while reaching out to retrieve the two arrows.

"Ahaha, well... I actually know that too." Gu Mo chuckled, saying that a sudden whim was a strange notion simply because it was an impromptu thought. If considered thoughtfully, such bizarre ideas wouldn’t occur.

But the witch was right too, tampering with time is not a good idea. If this is an already destined matter, then what changes would happen if we tried to alter it? Gu Mo felt there would either be an occurrence, preventing the change, ensuring everything returns to its origin.

Or it might truly change what was originally going to happen, leading to changes in time, with huge corrections cascading down the timeline, resulting in unpredictable outcomes in the end...

After contemplating seriously for a while, he tugged at the corner of his mouth and quickly caught up with Kikyo ahead.

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The beach had soft lines, wide and gentle, with white fine sand stretching in a crescent shape. The inland forest beyond the shoreline was extremely dense, with towering trees intertwining with ancient ferns, and further away, the silhouettes of rolling mountains could be seen.