Chapter 789: This Fellow Daoist Is Not Smart

"But he is your disciple; do you have the heart to do it?"

Li Heng asked.

"What is this about disciples? Since it is food, of course one must eat it; otherwise, why keep it? Unless you dry it into cured meat, food does not have a long shelf life."

Xiaoyaozi waved his hand, not agreeing with Li Heng's words.

"But what if I want to protect him?"

Li Heng continued.

"Then you are truly standing on the side of the food. In that case, Fellow Daoist Li, I really look down on you. To actually degenerate from being a normal person and instead become food."

Xiaoyaozi became increasingly pained and indignant.

"Do you think you are a normal person right now?"

"What kind of thing is that to say? Am I not a normal person!"

He was suddenly furious, blowing his beard and glaring.

"I don't see how you resemble a normal person anywhere. In the end, I arrived too late and failed to save you; otherwise, how could you have died and appeared in this state?"

Li Heng shook his head, feeling somewhat emotional.

Reality is ultimately not a novel or storybook, filled with all sorts of twists and turns. The possibility of a protagonist arriving at the most critical moment is not to say it doesn't exist, but it is extremely rare.

"What are you saying? I died?"

Yao Yaozi pointed at himself, stunned.

"Otherwise? Think about it carefully."

Li Heng sighed and pointed a finger, which transformed into invisible ripples that spread out, sinking into the center of Xiaoyaozi's brow and turning into a cool energy wandering through his body.

Xiaoyaozi was not simply twisted or alienated.

He was truly already dead.

Standing here now was merely a thing that went by the name Xiaoyaozi and believed itself to be Xiaoyaozi. Perhaps there was the lingering obsession of Xiaoyaozi's unwillingness at play, but that was all.

"I actually really died?"

Xiaoyaozi recalled many memories and fell into confusion.

"Correct."

Li Heng nodded.

"Then can you resurrect me?"

Xiaoyaozi asked.

"Not right now."

Li Heng shook his head.

"Then what the hell are you talking about? Don't think you can deceive me! Do you really think I would believe it just because you made up a few fake memories? I am who I am, I am Xiaoyaozi!"

Xiaoyaozi's expression suddenly turned cold, his face twisting.

"You want to make a move on me?"

Li Heng asked.

"Otherwise? With two pieces of food standing in front of me, I have long since been unable to hold back. Obediently let me take a bite!" Xiaoyaozi grinned, laughing hideously, saliva dripping down in a continuous string, his expression becoming increasingly crazed, devoid of any normal appearance.

Following that, in a flash, he lunged toward Li Heng.

"Since that is the case, then rest in peace."

Li Heng sighed, and Xiaoyaozi began to burn without fire. Before he could even reach him, he had already been burned to ashes, leaving behind only a faint glimmer that condensed into a human shape, bowing to him.

"Many thanks, Fellow Daoist. Could you look after his..."

The glimmering figure thanked him, but before he could finish, Li Heng interrupted him, saying, "I know what you want to say—look after his lineage for him, right."

"Yes."

The glimmering figure was silent, responding as such.

"I can, but only within the scope of what is within my power and convenient." Li Heng nodded and said. He and that Xiaoyaozi could still talk, so he did not mind looking after the legacy left behind.

It would also serve as an extra reason for him to intervene in this layer of Reality.

"Many thanks..."

This glimmering figure, representing Xiaoyaozi's unwilling obsession, spoke two words and slowly dissipated, turning into nothingness, signifying that there was no longer a Xiaoyaozi in the world.

"Master..."

Beside him, the golden light was bewildered. He reached out toward the glimmering figure, seemingly wanting to grab it, but he grabbed only empty air. His heart was filled with agitation; what on earth had happened?

"Xiaoyaozi died long ago, though he was indeed tenacious; even after death, he could leave behind an unwilling obsession, even if that obsession cared about the continuation of the lineage, not you, this disciple."

Li Heng stated this reality.

"Did he die within the Great Wall Defense Line?"

The golden light was startled and hurriedly asked.

"Is that place called the Great Wall Defense Line? There are indeed remains similar to a long wall; it is a decent name, after all."

Li Heng nodded.

"However, you can rest assured. Although Xiaoyaozi is dead, there will still be someone to protect you all. But he also underestimated me too much; if I want to protect others, I won't just protect a mere few people or one or two lineages, but everyone!"

He smiled slightly, and the Great Sun Dharma Image manifested at its peak above his head. The Sacred light of the Great Sun began to spread rapidly, wanting to dye this endless pitch-black ocean gold.

Originally, in this Terror and Weird darkness composed of Calamity and monsters, no matter what kind of light it was, it could not spread and would only be swallowed by the infinite darkness.

But now, an exception had appeared.

It was not the darkness swallowing the light.

It was the light infecting the darkness!

Such a massive disturbance instantly drew the attention of many powerful Calamities and monsters, who one after another shifted their forces from attacking that land of light to surrounding and devouring Li Heng.

"The more that come, the better; it saves me from running out."

Li Heng laughed aloud, manifesting the divine fire might of his Great Sun Dharma Image; endless Sun True Fire appeared out of thin air, and the Source Power mixed within it sought to burn every Calamity and monster to ashes.

At this moment, the golden light beside him was completely dumbfounded.

Originally, he had been afraid that causing such a huge commotion would make him a target, like a bird that sticks its head out; after all, in his understanding, no matter how powerful a living being was, they would only be drowned by an endless, pitch-black ocean composed of Calamity monsters.

But looking at it now.

He had to worry about those Calamities and monsters instead?

And an even more terrifying point was that while this senior was inflicting large-scale slaughter upon the Calamities and monsters, he still had the spare energy to protect the normal living beings who were still alive. There were already countless living beings under this senior's protection now!

Could it be that this senior could truly protect everyone?

Even the Absolute 【Order】 couldn't do this, could it!?

The commotion Li Heng caused not only attracted the attacks of Calamities and monsters, but also drew the attention of the old man and the sturdy man who were still watching everything from high up in the Void.

They had originally been discussing what method to use to lure out the Calamity or monster capable of destroying the Great Wall Defense Line with a single claw, but at this moment, they suddenly noticed the depths of the pitch-black darkness below, where light was shining, illuminating all directions and protecting the normal living beings who were still alive.

"This level of power..."

"What is going on? Who is this? They are very unfamiliar."

"Could it be a visitor from outside the realm?"

"What a pity; arriving here at such a critical moment will only increase the variables and is unfavorable for the next opening."

"Then let's ignore it; in any case, this fellow Daoist doesn't look very bright, daring to cause such a huge commotion without fearing that they might lure out some Forbidden Object."

The old man and the sturdy man began to converse with each other.

"Since that is the case, we might as well make use of this waste; originally I wanted to risk my own life to lure out that monster, but looking at it now, this newly arrived fellow Daoist can do it for us..."

The two discussed, finally reached this conclusion, and laughed in unison.