Chapter 788: The Collapse of Order

"Fellow Daoist Xiaoyaozi, are you certain that place is where you store your various teas, wines, fruits, vegetables, and all kinds of delicacies?"

Li Heng narrowed his eyes and spoke slowly.

"Of course, I definitely haven't remembered it wrong; that must be it. And Fellow Daoist Li, didn't you see and hear it? Those delicious foods are running around and crying out in chaos."

Xiaoyaozi licked his lips, his face full of intoxication.

And in that one place of light.

Countless living beings were fleeing, but no matter how they ran, or how desperately and miserably they screamed, they would always be swallowed up by that Weird pitch-black darkness.

The attacks of the Calamity and the monsters were simply too fast.

So fast that after breaking through the Great Wall Defense Line, several successive defensive lines were also instantly shattered, until they reached the final line of defense, where the powerful beings within barely had time to react.

But at this speed, and in this amount of time, it was already too late.

No matter how these top-tier powerhouses wanted to reorganize order or mobilize their legions, they would be instantly crushed by the pitch-black tide, leaving no room for organized resistance.

"Damn it, how did the defense fall so quickly!"

A powerhouse with strength comparable to the Hongdao Level of the Transcendence Path roared. He kept igniting the All-Heaven Divine Fire, burning one Great Thousand Worlds after another, and countless All-Heaven Multiverse, appearing as the incarnation of all fire, capable of incinerating all filth and evil.

At first, it was indeed quite effective.

The Calamity and the monsters could not get near him.

Even if these pitch-black, filthy things were immortal and indestructible, this level of divine fire was enough to cause effective suppression, or even incinerate their forms, forcing them back into slumber.

But good times did not last long.

Some powerful Calamities and monsters noticed this powerhouse and launched attacks, swallowing and besieging him one after another. Slowly, the Sacred body burning with divine fire was clung to and swallowed by the pitch-black tide, and finally, it melted into one, with no trace of him to be seen again.

This situation was not an isolated case; it was happening everywhere.

Only those very top-tier powerhouses, who had transcended above the Hongdao Level, could temporarily escape disaster and still have the energy to radiate divine light to protect the normal living beings around them.

"Order has collapsed once again."

Standing high in the Void, an old man holding a Golden Scepter, with golden divine light blooming and evolving the principles of order into strands of rules—seeming to be the source of all order—sighed as he continuously restrained and suppressed the pitch-black tide.

"Yes, the war could not last for an Eternal duration."

A sturdy man beside him nodded, his expression calm.

He also radiated light, his Terror aura manifesting, protecting the normal living beings still alive around him. Like the old man, he possessed a sense of order, yet it was completely different.

If the old man was the incarnation of order.

Then this sturdy man was the maintainer of order.

"What a pity, another failure."

The old man shook his head.

"It doesn't matter. At least this time we know that hidden among these Calamity monsters is such a terrifying existence, capable of destroying the Great Wall Defense Line—which had been accumulated over countless times—in a single blow."

The sturdy man waved his hand and said indifferently.

"Then do you want to go and try? See how much weight it has?"

The old man said.

"I have just that intention. With the current offensive, even the two of us cannot protect many people; this time should end very soon. Before that, naturally, I must draw out that thing that wiped out the Great Wall Defense Line with one claw to test its weight..."

The sturdy man said with a smile.

They conversed with each other, looking at the countless living beings below who had not been protected in time and were swallowed by the Calamity monsters, without showing much fluctuation.

Having witnessed it too many times, they were numb.

On Li Heng's side.

He took action to save the surviving living beings.

Since he had been shown such a miserable sight, he would not sit idly by. Anyway, this was within his capabilities; helping a little was better than nothing.

He was not afraid of making a big scene, or that stronger Calamities and monsters would target him. The stronger the Calamities and monsters that came, the better, so he could continue to obtain more Source Power Authority.

It was just that he always felt, was this a bit strange?

This sense of strangeness had been with him since he arrived in this layer of Reality.

"Fellow Daoist Li, what are you doing!"

Xiaoyaozi's face revealed astonishment and anger.

"Do you know what you are doing!"

"Oh, Fellow Daoist Carefree, then why don't you tell me what I am doing?" Li Heng bloomed with the light of his Great Sun Dharma Image, clearing away the Calamity monsters wherever he passed, while asking with a half-smile.

"You are actually helping these foods?!"

"So much delicious food is laid out before you, yet you don't eat them and instead want to protect them. Fellow Daoist Li, has your brain gone silly?"

Xiaoyaozi was stunned, then became even more angry as he spoke.

"Do you really think those are your food?"

Li Heng said softly.

"Otherwise what? If they aren't food, what could they be? Could they be people? What a joke! Fellow Daoist Li, you wouldn't want to stand on the side of the food, would you!"

Xiaoyaozi's face showed vigilance and malice.

"I tell you, if you stand on the side of the food, then you also become food. Are you sure you want to become that kind of low-level existence? Isn't it wonderful to call each other fellow Daoists and discuss the Dao?"

He looked at Li Heng with deep sorrow, lamenting his poor judgment of character.

"Then do you think this person is your food?"

Li Heng took a golden-light living being and brought him before him.

This golden-light living being had just been struggling in the tide of pitch-black monsters and Calamities, and suddenly he was brought before the two, far away from the Calamity and monsters, and could not help but be dazed.

But when he saw Xiaoyaozi, his face immediately revealed surprise.

"Master, you are here, you didn't die?!"

The golden light being was instantly overjoyed.

Although the Calamity and the monsters had come too quickly, leaving him unprepared, he considered himself well-informed and knew that after the Great Wall Defense Line fell, his master was likely in grave danger.

But looking at it now, it seemed there was no danger after all?

Xiaoyaozi did not answer and fell into silence.

"Master, who is this?"

The golden light being looked at Li Heng, feeling somewhat puzzled. However, he was also very polite, bowing deeply, "I am Jinguang, many thanks to this senior for stepping in to help and saving this junior from fire and water."

Although he did not understand many things, it seemed the person before him knew his master, and his aura was unfathomable; the light he radiated could even sweep away this endless pitch-black darkness.

Clearly, calling him senior could not be wrong.

"Xiaoyaozi, do you think this is food?"

Seeing Xiaoyaozi remain silent, Li Heng pressed him again.

"He is food... but he is valuable food. To ensure this value, I will not be in a hurry to eat him; I must let him pass on his value to other food first."

Xiaoyaozi finally spoke up.

"Then after he finishes passing it on? You will eat him then?"

Li Heng continued to press.

"After he finishes passing it on and has no value left, of course I will eat him."

Xiaoyaozi answered as if it were only natural, his gaze fixed on Jinguang; that look, filled with greed, made Jinguang shudder with cold, his heart filled with terror—what on earth was happening?

Was the master before him still his master?