by <unknown>
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Deafening thunders burst out across the mental battlefield, followed by the most dazzling bolts of lightning, which struck the dizzy souls and made them wake up faster in quivers.
As more and more puppets were shaken and grew suspicious of them, the black sun that represented Wuying Qi's soul withered and declined, like a star that was at the end of its life.
At this moment, a brilliant streak of crystal light pierced into the black sun from its rear.
"Don't think that I don't exist just because I do not want to argue with you!"
Long Yangjun uttered the most earsplitting roar, "Nobody in the sea of stars can ever bend me. Go to hell!"
Chapter 2643: Why Don't We Talk More? |
The black sun seemed to have contracted a certain weird crystal virus. The wound that Long Yangjun created spread out and turned the fire into glass-like materials before it collapsed into broken pieces.
Li Yao seized the opportunity to gather his soul power and threw it at the black sun, burning the black crystals created by Wuying Qi's soul into ashes with his fiery blood.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!"
Faced with Li Yao and Long Yangjun's joint attack, Wuying Qi roared intimidatingly and trembled even though his soul had been modified and reorganized by the Blood God.
His tremble caused a chain reaction. The infinite darkness in the universe was torn apart by the gold light. The entire mental battlefield was falling apart!
"You can't—"
Wuying Qi's howl was eclipsed by Li Yao and Long Yangjun's deafening roars. They struck Wuying Qi's soul, not caring about the cost, and tore the mental network into shreds!
Boom!
Li Yao felt that a whole universe had exploded before him. A most powerful force shoved him out of the mental battlefield and back to reality.
"Wuying Qi's massive brainwashing has been disrupted!"
Holding back his dizziness and nausea, Li Yao wiped the blood that was leaking out of his facial organs and looked around in excitement.
Long Yangjun was just like him. Despite the blood on her face, she was not in a trance but was ecstatic. It was obvious that she had got rid of the state of inculcation too!
Right before him, cracks were emerging on the crystal throne that Wuying Qi was seated on. The cracks were also expanding, making Wuying Qi seem even more hideous and twisted.
The black strands of nerves that pierced into the back of every bald expert's head from the dome also writhed and hissed like skinned snakes. Black smoke popped up from them as they withered into nothingness.
The hundreds of bald experts slowly opened their eyes.
Though their faces were still full of confusion, their absolute devotion to Wuying Qi was gone. They were now eying Li Yao and Long Yangjun in a different way.
Their brains had suffered severe strikes too. Most of them suffered from serious brain hemorrhage and brain concussion. They were throwing up on the ground and could not fight anymore for the time being.
However…
The Gold Crystal Pyramid did not stop shaking. On the contrary, incessant violent spiritual energy was still being sent to the sun from the spire!
The Gold Crystal Pyramid was losing control now that Wuying Qi couldn't control it anymore. Nobody knew its current status or what it would bring to the sun and the Empyreal Terminus Sector!
"What's going on?"
Li Yao grew anxious again even though he was relaxed a moment ago. He contacted the mental devil that was supposedly patrolling the place. "Haven't you stopped the Gold Crystal Pyramid?"
"I have no idea!"
The mental devil shrilled in Li Yao's head, "I've only stopped the Gold Crystal Pyramid from emitting Wuying Qi's brainwashing waves. But it seems that Wuying Qi is now launching the craziest and messiest waves to the sun. He seems to be resetting the Gold Crystal Pyramid so that it could achieve its original purpose—to completely infuriate the sun!"
"What?"
Li Yao was so shocked that he felt ten thousand ants were crawling on his head. "Stop him now!"
"I can't do it from here!"
The mental devil shrieked, "What I just hacked was only the brainwashing module that Wuying Qi probably constructed on his own. That's why I could've cracked it so quickly.
"However, the original system of the Gold Crystal Pyramid was devised by the Houyi Clan. I can barely understand the crystal processor language of the Houyi Clan. How can I crack it so quickly?
"Besides, resetting is a command that has a high priority. Unless you blow up the core units of the mainframe crystal processor, it's barely possible to stop the command!"
"Damn it!"
Li Yao couldn't have looked more awful. "What does Wuying Qi want exactly?"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The crystal throne fell apart after three explosions. Wuying Qi slowly floated in the middle of the black fog with his hands opened.
He seemed to have been greatly affected by the debate with Li Yao in the mental battlefield and the wound that Long Yangjun and Li Yao caused.
He was haggard with hollowed eyes at this moment. Li Linghai's beautiful body had been deformed. He was like a walking zombie.
The surging black blames around him was much more lackluster than half a day ago. However, another unpredictable bloody light was glittering in his eyes and spreading to his face like thick veins. It then sprawled out to his whole body. He was no longer as threatening as an emperor, but more like a creepy devil.
"Seriously?"
Sensing that Wuying Qi's vibe was getting weird, Li Yao nearly bit his tongue off. He could hardly believe his eyes. "We've just traumatized the jerk's soul in the debate just now. For a moment, he was so terribly weakened that he was no longer stronger than me and Long Yangjun. Where did he get this new power?
"Transformation? Another transformation?
"Why are the villains nowadays all capable of transforming? Are you kidding me?"
Li Yao and Long Yangjun looked at each other, determined to kill Wuying Qi while he was still recovering.
Though both of them had also suffered heavy wounds in the previous battle, they charged at Wuying Qi while Wuying Qi hadn't been fully boosted by the bloody power, only to be flung back instantly.
"Pu!"
Li Yao and Long Yangjun were hit by the blood tides that Wuying Qi raised. Each of them vomited a mouthful of blood.
No, not just a mouthful. Wuying Qi's attack seemed to entail the weirdest technique, which somehow attracted their blood and was absorbing it from their bodies. They could not stop it at all!
"Hehe! Hehehehe!"
In the sky, Wuying Qi, enshrouded in a black fog and bloody aura, chuckled in a low voice. "I did not plan to use this forbidden power or to turn the Next Sun Plan into a cataclysm until you forced me to. Ten times more people may die or go mad, and it will all be your fault!"
While he laughed crazily, a third color—devastating red—appeared at the end of his long hair, apart from the previous black and white!
"It's…"
Li Yao was so chilled that even his heart was almost frozen into ice. "It's the power of the Mad Armageddon!"
"Your realization is too late!"
Wuying Qi grinned hideously. Stepping on the bloody lotus flowers that appeared out of nowhere, he walked to Li Yao and Long Yangjun.
After each bloody lotus flower he stepped on, crimson ripples would spread out from the lotus flower and corrupt the bald experts.
Those bald experts were hypnotized by Wuying Qi again when they were just half woken up. This time, they turned from zealots into beasts that only knew killing. No, not beasts, but something even more horrible!
"I… Wait, wait!"
Seeing that, Li Yao made up his mind quickly. He raised his hands and said, "Your Majesty, to be honest, while you are empowered by the Blood God, I also have a negative personality named mental devil, so we have a lot in common! Everything that happened just n
ow was… well, only a misunderstanding. I was too reckless. Your Majesty, since we are both determined to fight for our civilization, why don't we sit down and talk in peace and see what we can get?"
Long Yangjun: "…"
The mental devil: "…"
Wuying Qi stopped after hearing that. With a mysterious smile on his hideous face where veins were bulging, he said, "Li Yao, no one in the entire universe is as shameless as you. However, for the big picture, I'm willing to give you one last chance. You have two choices.
"You can either stop now and step aside with your mental devil and keep away from my Next Sun Plan!
"Or I will make the Gold Crystal Pyramid launch all its energy toward the sun. The solar system will be violently active for hundreds of years!
"As a result, the ace fleet of the four families will be destroyed, and so will the Deep Sea Fleet, the Astounding Thunder Fleet, and everybody else in the Empyreal Terminus Sector.
"Even if some of the experts luckily survive it, they will be transformed into Demonic Cultivators when furious tenebrum energy is ignited in their heads by my maddening brainwaves!
"This was not my plan, but you're simply too shameless. I had to do this because of you. Your cleverness turned everything into the worst case!
"However, you can still remedy it. Make a choice now. Help me complete the Next Sun Plan or watch as the Empyreal Terminus Sector is swallowed by the rampant star and turn into a paradise of devils!"
"Well…"
Li Yao's pupils constricted. His lips and his hands quivered hard, as if he were caught in deep desperation.
However, the most determined will of fighting burst out of his eyes in the next second. He activated his Cosmos Ring with his trembling hands in the most perfect gesture!
"I choose the third option—to blow up your head!"
Li Yao hooted, "You were truly stupid and arrogant to let us keep our Colossi. That is the greatest mistake you made. Come on, Arsonist!"
With his gesture and his voiceprint, Li Yao's Cosmos Ring triggered colorful ripples. His body was covered by glamorous shades in 0.1 seconds, but then…
Then there was nothing.
The Cosmos Ring was like a rusty gate that Li Yao could not open no matter how he injected his spiritual energy, let alone summoning the enormous Colossus.
Li Yao's arms were still raised high, making him seem confident and awesome.
But his smile had been frozen, and beads of cold sweat were popping up on his forehead.
Wuying Qi looked down at him pitifully, as if he were a poor idiot.
Chapter 2644: Wuying Qi's Fatal Weakness! |
"How is it possible?"
Activating the Cosmos Ring and retrieving the Colossus were the simplest moves. Li Yao couldn't have done it wrong even if his hands were cramping. However, there was absolutely no response no matter how he poured his spiritual energy into the Cosmos Ring.
No, there was a response. When he blew tremendous spiritual energy into the Cosmos Ring, trying to tear it apart, thorny electric arcs dashed out from the Cosmos Ring and shocked him. He couldn't help but scream.
He noticed that Long Yangjun was waving her arm too. Her Colossus, "Heavenly Crystal", had also been locked in her Cosmos Ring!
Shua! Shua! Shua! Shua!
Li Yao recalled what happened just now and soon figured out the reason. Not long ago, in order to win Wuying Qi's trust, they had offered the Cosmos Rings that stored their Colossi to Wuying Qi.
Wuying Qi seemed to be convinced of their loyalty, but actually, he did not throw the Cosmos Rings back to them until after he clenched the Cosmos Rings in his hand.
Damn it! They were tricked!
The clench of someone in the Divinity Branching Stage was certainly not a joke. The retrieval rune arrays of the Cosmos Rings must've been ruined back then!
No wonder Wuying Qi had been so confident. From his perspective, he destroyed Li Yao and Long Yangjun's biggest reliance first and then attracted them to a brainwashing space with hundreds of other experts. Even if they were pretending to surrender at the start, they would have to surrender for real in the end.
Of course, Wuying Qi did not expect Li Yao to be so cunning that he would disrupt the massive brainwashing so skillfully. He was a victim of his own scheme.
Now that the supervillain was infuriated and dropped his disguise, Li Yao and Long Yangjun were caught in an awkward situation!
"How could you do that?"
Realizing everything, Li Yao pointed at Wuying Qi's nose and scolded, "How can you be so shameless as an emperor? You said you gave the Colossi back to us because you trusted us, but you actually played tricks on our Cosmos Rings?
"I despise the lying, stealthy people who never dare to put up a fight and can only resort to tricks and schemes most. If you think you're good, just unlock our Cosmos Rings, and let's have a fight. If you win, we will… Aya!"
Before Li Yao finished, Wuying Qi had gathered a blood-red hand and slapped Li Yao right in the face, spinning Li Yao in midair. He vomited blood crazily, and half of his face was swollen, making it impossible for him to speak anymore.
"Li Yao!"
Long Yangjun jumped forward, trying to flee with Li Yao. But the place had been dimmed by shadows and blood, and it was impossible to find a way out. Long Yangjun was more than anxious. She said angrily when she saw Li Yao's swollen face, "Just stop talking? Didn't you notice that the more you talk, the stronger our enemy is? You're only getting us killed!"
"What are you talking about? Is it really my fault?"
Li Yao said, "If you hadn't insisted on submitting our Colossi to him, we wouldn't have been caught in such a weird situation!"
"We had nothing but eye contact. What more did you expect me to do when you hinted that I should work with you?"
Long Yangjun said angrily, "Besides, do you really think he's an idiot? He knew that we carried Colossi, and yours had crushed the Colossi of the three Divinity Transformation Stage experts. Do you think he wouldn't do anything about it? Even if I hadn't submitted the Colossi, he would've still played tricks on the Colossi, or he might even ask to examine them!"
"All in all, the bottom line is…"
While vomiting blood, Li Yao squeezed a creepy smile with his swollen face. Staring at Wuying Qi who was approaching, Li Yao declared, "Wuying Qi, I was not wrong. You're not confident in your Next Sun Plan!
"Even you do not believe in your brainwashing technology or that you are an omnipotent god. That's why you played a trick on our Cosmos Rings, in case anything went wrong.
"It's the greatest irony that you've done to yourself and the biggest strike for your belief!
"No wonder you were defeated by us in the mental battlefield. If you don't believe in the Next Sun Plan yourself, how can you convince us, the Immortal Cultivators, and mankind that your tomorrow will arrive?
"From that perspective, you've completely failed. You've completely destroyed your belief!"
Wuying Qi's hideous face that was laden with thick veins cramped, as if he were struggling. But soon, he calmed down in the bloody aura.
"Whatever you say, the best response to someone as talkative as you is to not respond."
Wuying Qi said casually, "Anyway, you are going to die no matter how you struggle today!"
"What are you doing?"
Supporting Li Yao, Long Yangjun said in a low voice, "Why are you talking to him instead of treating your wounds?"
"I'm criticizing him from the perspective of justice and belief!"
Li Yao said, "Don't you feel that we have triumphed and crushed in the aspect of belief? Even if we are physically and spiritually destroyed by him, our belief will exist forever, and even if his evil plan works, he will only be a poor empty shell that does not have any belief. So, we've already won!"
Long Yangjun: "…"
"Of course, I also need more time to think. Don't be intimidated by his bluff. The situation might not be as bad as it appears!"
Li Yao vomited blood less frequently now. He said calmly, "First of all, he only clenched our Cosmos Rings once just now. How many tricks could he have played? If he had ruined the Cosmos Rings too badly and it was discovered by us immediately, it would've been very awkward.
"So, I'm certain that our Cosmos Rings are only damaged on the surface, and their cores are fine.
"I mastered the marvelous skills on Cosmos Ring maintenance when I just jumped to the Imperium. As long as you buy five minutes for me, I guarantee that I can recover the Cosmos Rings!"
"Huh? Five minutes?"
Long Yangjun looked at Wuying Qi, who was near at hand and enshrouded in intimidating blood, and then at Li Yao. "Isn't five minutes too short? Why don't I stall this supervillain, who was in the Divinity Branching Stage in the first place and is now boosted by the heritage of the Mad Armageddon, for five days, so that you can take your time to repair the Cosmos Rings?"
Li Yao: "… Is this a subtle way of telling me that you can't hold him back for five minutes?"
Long Yangjun: "Of course! Look at his appearance and sense his fury! I don't think I can block him for five seconds!"
"He's only bluffing!"
Li Yao stared at Wuying Qi and said coldly, "Haven't you realized that he's still walking unhurriedly when we've talked for such a long time? He's also stopping now and then as if he's waiting for us. Why? Does he think it's a movie? Should we play some background music for him?
"Also, don't you find it odd? If the heritage of the Mad Armageddon were as awesome as the treasures of the Supreme Emperor, he could've crushed us a long time ago. Why would he give us an opportunity to play tricks?
"So, here comes the question. Why did he never resort to the mysterious power at the beginning until the situation is now worse than ever and he has to try for one last time?
"Of course, it can't be because he's benevolent or he's arrogant. If my guess is correct, he must be incapable of fully controlling the Blood God's power yet. Or maybe the power itself will seriously hurt him or even swallow his soul.