Chapter 1588

The earth seemed to be torn open from within, a dark red energy gushing like a fountain straight toward the horizon!

Dan Heng's pupils contracted, almost instinctively using the Golden Dragon to shield everyone present, but the impact was too swift; though the Golden Dragon formed a barrier instantly, the shockwave still inevitably pierced through, slamming hard into each person.

Seiya was shaken back several steps, her knees buckling as she dropped to one knee. She tried to rise, but as her palm touched the ground, a strange burning pain shot from her palm.

It felt as if something was crawling along her blood vessels inward—viscous, warm, yet carrying a twisted, violent aura...

Black Tide?

"Seiya!"

A wave of intense dizziness followed. She seemed to hear San Yue Qi shouting her from behind, but when she turned, San Yue's figure seemed to spin and overlap before her eyes. Her vision began to warp, a red something spreading at the edge of her sight.

Though San Yue was so close, her voice sounded as if coming from far away, blurred and distorted.

—

Shen Dou Shi Xing Zu.

"Not good."

Ice River frowned tightly; as seasoned warriors, they knew all too well how perilous the situation was for a fighter.

In battle, pain is secondary; when the mind is highly tense, the body may suffer severe injury yet not feel pain immediately—pain often comes after the fight... when the mind relaxes, the sensation then surges.

But under the impact of the energy strike from Iron Tomb, everyone on the Xingzhou Train could barely stand, except Xilian, whose condition remained relatively stable. This dizziness certainly wasn't from pain or blood loss... Ice River could only conclude it must be corruption from the Black Tide.

If this corruption continues, the internal battlefield is surely lost, and even the lives of Seiya, Dan Heng, and others cannot be guaranteed.

"Seiya, you must ignite your Little Universe!" Seiya clenched his fists and shouted loudly.

"She doesn't have a Little Universe; she can only ignite her Star Core."

"Then ignite the Star Core!"

"It's not yet time to play all our cards." Zi Long calmly shook his head. "That power is currently beyond Seiya's control; once fully activated, whether Iron Tomb can prevail remains uncertain, but Seiya's ending would likely turn disastrous."

"So we just watch the corruption continue unchecked?"

"I recall Feng Jin, when fighting the Black Tide-corrupted Ai Ge Le, once activated the Fire Seed's power to cleanse everyone's corruption." Ice River lowered his head thoughtfully. "Now that the Recreation of the World is complete, Feng Jin has lost her physical form and can only participate as a Memory Unit—I don't know if she can use that power again."

—

Ling Long.

"Are we really going to lose like this?!" Shan Da clutched his head. "I'd imagined losing on the front lines, but not this soon!"

"Don't talk defeat."

Sui Xing crossed his arms, coldly saying: "It's not that simple to lose. Think back—when facing Huan Long and God Lord Ri, didn't similar desperate situations happen many times?"

"But... Huan Long and God Lord Ri are nothing like Iron Tomb!" Shan Da couldn't help turning around. "Though Huan Long is also a Jiemie Dajun, her performance then was nowhere near Iron Tomb's level—if all those warships had bombarded her back then, even Fengyao Mu Jian would have died again."

"And God Lord Ri needs no further explanation—he was directly knocked down by the Xingzhou Train. But now, if we summon the Train to collide with Iron Tomb... do you think it would work?"

The answer is beyond doubt; Sui Xing didn't deny it. Iron Tomb is indeed the strongest Envoy we've seen so far, and aside from remaining unmoved in such dense firepower formations, that Reforge Object Master is also quite troublesome.

The key is, Iron Tomb has already begun searching for the Erudition Venerate—undoubtedly striking the death knell over everyone's heads, while the most likely force to stop it, the Soul Society, is now in a life-or-death predicament...

—

"Feng Jin: 'Only a little light is needed to illuminate this chaos...'"

"'Of course, light must exist.'"

"Like sunlight breaking through cloud cover, Xilian, like a light butterfly, flew to midair. She raised both hands, and in an instant, the golden sigil formed by the Twelve Titans' totem coalesced behind her, slowly rotating."

"'Myriad trajectories, woven into one.'"

"Xilian smiled and nodded at the crowd; Dan Heng and San Yue instantly understood, reaching without hesitation toward Xilian in midair. Seiya also drew her feather pen, tracing a glowing line in the air: 'For the grand aspiration of 'World's Salvation'......'"

"'For——'"

"'Time, earth, burdened world... three lights converged in Xilian's hands; she closed her eyes, clasped her palms, and the Twelve Titans' power, like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, condensed into a brilliant star in her palm.'"

"'——Shall surely fulfill the 'tomorrow'!'"

"'Heroes, please listen...'"

"'After thirteen heartbeats—light will create heaven and earth!'"

"Xilian hurled the star in her palm into the heavens; the overcast sky was instantly illuminated beneath KefaLe's statue, the Twelve Titans' power converging into a single point, forming a pillar of light piercing heaven and earth, shooting straight toward the Reforge Object Master!"

"'Cast this light toward the darkness!'"

"'Boom——!!'"

—

The End's Valkyrie.

A piercing sonic boom swept down from the Sky Curtain above; in the divine VIP lounge, Hades' glass cup instantly cracked, then emitted a sharp "pop" as red wine sprayed everywhere—his cup shattered directly under the sound wave.

"Pop-pop-pop——"

The sound of shattering cups rang continuously; for a moment, several lesser Blessing Gods could no longer bear it, clapping their hands over their ears.

"Is this the power of the 'Memory' Envoy?"

Gazing at the mushroom cloud blooming like a nuclear blast in the Sky Curtain, Xilian's strike instantly cleared the gloom from Zeus' heart, instantly reversing the faltering battle—though it's unclear whether the Reforge Object Master can stand after this assault, there's no doubt——

Xilian has a means to counter it!

"Hah..." Susano-o exhaled a long turbid breath, "I almost forgot the Xingzhou Train still has a Memory Envoy here; judging by the current display, she is the key to this battle's outcome. Even if struck dead-on by such a piercing attack, even Zandal's creation couldn't possibly remain unscathed, right?"