Chapter 1645: The Divine Fruit Wind-Fire Phase

The Pill Saint's words spread out, causing the expressions of the many top-tier beings present to change once again.

Jiang Li Tianwang's gaze, filled with shock and suspicion, was fixed on that black coffin that even made his heart palpitate with dread. Inside—was it not the legendary sect master of the Faceless Holy Sect?

But besides that one person, who else could there be that even he, the Divine Fruit Li Tianwang, would feel wariness toward?

What earth-shaking upheaval had occurred in the Faceless Holy Sect back then? That piece of secret history was shrouded in the mists of time, bewildering and impossible to penetrate.

An ancient sect that had once stood illustrious, dominating an era, whose towering brilliance even after countless tens of thousands of years still earned the reverence of later generations—yet at the height of its glory, it had abruptly come to an end.

"Caidie, it seems the erosion of time has left you riddled with wounds, to dare speak such disrespectful words toward the sect master." The enormous bronze mask floated up and down in the sky, releasing a pressure that caused this very heaven and earth to tremble. A cold, indifferent voice slowly drifted out.

"Very well, you were always one who was abandoned. Speaking these things to you is only out of regard for the bond we once shared as companions. Since now our paths have diverged, you cannot blame me for treating you as an enemy."

"This Wind-Fire Divine Fruit, you cannot hide it."

As Yin Li Tianwang's cold words fell, the lips of his bronze mask slowly began to writhe, as if ancient incantations were echoing through heaven and earth.

And as those ancient incantations spread out, the next instant, a faint sound rang in the ears of everyone present.

It was the sound of a coffin lid scraping.

The sound was not loud, but it made the scalps of the many top-tier beings present feel as if they were about to burst apart at that moment. A bone-piercing chill surged from the soles of their feet straight to the crown of their heads.

Their gazes were fixed deathly on the black coffin beside Yin Li Tianwang.

The sound of the coffin lid scraping naturally came from here.

Was the coffin lid about to open? What being would appear inside? Could it really be that sect master?

Li Luo couldn't help but hold his breath, but then he felt the hand he was holding suddenly turn strangely cold. He turned his head and saw Jiang Jiang Qinge's willow brows tightly furrowed, her face looking somewhat pale.

Li Luo recalled that when he had first seen this black coffin back then, Jiang Jiang Qinge had told him that she felt the thing inside the black coffin seemed to have some connection to her.

At the time, Li Luo had thought it was her illusion, but now, combined with the clue that the "Light Phase" within her body might have been passed down from that sect master, Jiang Jiang Qinge and this black coffin might truly be connected...

Li Luo gripped her cold slender hand tightly, giving her the strength of comfort, easing the turbulent emotions within her heart.

Just as the many top-tier beings were all bracing themselves, the sound of the coffin lid scraping abruptly ceased. Yet anyone could see that at the place where the coffin lid and coffin body fit together perfectly, a gap the size of a thumb had appeared.

Beyond the gap was a deep, profound darkness that inspired a feeling of fear at a single glance.

No perception or probing could spread into it; even the power of Phase Grade would be swallowed up in that deep, profound darkness.

From deep within the dark gap, it seemed as if indistinct, strange sounds were emerging, and ultimately those sounds coalesced into an extremely vague syllable.

"Come."

The vague syllable contained not the slightest emotion, and it was even unclear what had uttered it, but when this syllable emerged from the black coffin, this heaven and earth seemed to freeze at that moment.

The sun, moon, and stars all resembled scenes from an oil painting.

In that instant, everyone had the illusion that they had been severed from this world.

Boom!

However, the next instant, within the many hidden spatial interlayers in this heaven and earth of the Great Xia, violent rumbling and explosions suddenly erupted. Terrifying energies lost control, directly shattering those hidden spaces one after another.

The Pill Saint's expression changed drastically at this moment, because only she knew that those exploding hidden spaces were precisely where she had hidden her "Wind-Fire Divine Fruit"!

She had dispersed the "Wind-Fire Divine Fruit" and hidden it within spatial interlayers, then layered heavy seals upon it to evade all perception.

She was fully confident in this—as long as she did not actively take it out, then even the Divine Fruit Li Tianwang could not possibly find them all at once!

But who could have known that now, because of that one vague and mysterious syllable... the "Wind-Fire Divine Fruit" that she had so carefully placed had actually taken the initiative to erupt with power, shattering her seals!

Everyone could now see that the firmament of Great Xia had cracked open into numerous pitch-black voids, from which countless dazzling streams of firelight flew out, like flying fire meteors streaking across the Great Xia sky, then converging toward the direction of Great Xia City.

A truly magnificent sight.

Accompanying the firelight were countless wind spirits.

Between heaven and earth, wind and fire energies had now reached their absolute peak.

Crimson and azure, each claiming half the firmament.

The vast wind and fire pierced through the firmament, and under countless awestruck gazes, converged together above Great Xia City, finally forming a crimson-azure fruit.

That crimson-azure fruit seemed to be a miracle of the Creator; every fire pattern and wind pattern inscribed upon it represented the ultimate pinnacle of wind and fire energies in this world.

Rings of wind and rings of fire circled around its exterior, slowly revolving.

Even Li Jingzhuo couldn't help but show a look of astonishment on his face. He himself also possessed the Wind Phase, and now that he had advanced to Li Tianwang, his Wind Phase had already generated Phase Grade, so he could be considered to control the most powerful Wind Phase power in this world. Yet now, he could feel that his own Wind Phase Grade had become somewhat subdued before this "Crimson-Azure Fruit."

Because he knew—this was a Divine Fruit Phase.

Only by reaching the absolute pinnacle of the Li Tianwang path could one condense one's own Phase into the form of a Divine Fruit; this was, to date, the highest level ever revealed in this world.

Moreover, the Divine Fruit Phase before them was actually a dual Wind-Fire Phase.

Faced with such an absolute pinnacle treasure of this world, even a Li Tianwang-level powerhouse found it difficult to remain composed.

Boom!

From within the black coffin, that vague syllable resembling the whisper of a mysterious being sounded once again: "Come."

The "Divine Fruit Wind-Fire Phase" trembled at this moment. This mysterious voice seemed to hold some kind of controlling power over it, so after a moment's hesitation, it still trailed wind and fire tail flames, streaking across the sky, flying toward the black coffin.

"We cannot let the 'Divine Fruit Wind-Fire Phase' fall into the hands of the Guiyi Hui!"

Jiang Li Tianwang saw this, and his expression instantly became Solemn. The luminous crack between his brows appeared, and the next instant, a verdant light suffused with vast vitality swept across heaven and earth. A verdant Divine Fruit was seen slowly rising, and the moment the Divine Fruit appeared, hundreds of millions of ancient trees materialized out of thin air between heaven and earth. Each ancient tree flowed with an inexhaustible aura of life, its branches and leaves spreading out, transforming into the hands of the Divine Fruit, reaching to grab the "Divine Fruit Wind-Fire Phase."

But ghastly white netherfire also surged out from the depths of the void at this moment. Within the sea of fire, a ghastly white Divine Fruit floated up and down, emitting the ultimate power of Phase Grade.

Fire and wood collided in the sky, and the firelight that ignited was so intense that not just Great Xia, but even half of the Eastern Region's Outer Shenzhou, could feel the temperature of heaven and earth rising.

Zhang Li Tianwang and Li Jingzhuo also struck at this moment, attempting to intercept.

But the Asura Arm, which had already begun to be rejected by this heaven and earth and was about to retreat into the Dark World, along with the two Great Demon Kings of the Blood-Slaughter, were only too happy to see the situation descend into chaos, so they unleashed their final strength to intercept the two Li Tianwang.

In an instant, heaven and earth were in utter chaos.

Yet amid such a contest of powers, no one could stop the "Divine Fruit Wind-Fire Phase" from gradually drifting toward that black coffin.

Seeing this, on the pure and lovely face that belonged to Bai Bai Mengmeng, the Pill Saint could not help but show a hint of anxiety. If the Divine Fruit Wind-Fire Phase were truly seized by that black coffin, it would surely bring about a terrible consequence.

So she could only grit her teeth and activate the contingency she had left within the "Divine Fruit Wind-Fire Phase." Immediately, from within that Divine Fruit, colored light could be seen flowing out, transforming into butterfly wings. The butterfly wings curled up, shrouding and encircling the Divine Fruit.

Under her intervention, the speed at which the "Divine Fruit Wind-Fire Phase" drifted toward the black coffin finally began to slow down.

Slow as it was, that momentum had not yet ceased.

The Pill Saint's face was icy cold. She stared fixedly at that black coffin — the thing inside had actually caused the "Divine Fruit Wind-Fire Phase" to throw itself toward it on its own.

It seemed she could no longer hold the "Divine Fruit Wind-Fire Phase" here.

So she drew a deep breath, turned her gaze to Li Luo, and said: "Li Luo, summon your 'Ten Inscriptions Myriad Phases Wheel'!"

Li Luo was startled at the words. He did not understand why, at such a critical moment, the Pill Saint would give such an order, but he still obediently followed her instruction and summoned his own Myriad Phases Wheel.

The ancient golden wheel hovered above his head, yet in the present situation of Li Li Tianwang's chaotic battle, even this Myriad Phases Wheel looked somewhat dim.

The Pill Saint's gaze shifted, looking toward one corner of Li Luo's "Ten Inscriptions Myriad Phases Wheel" — there, an empty phase palace stood, which was precisely Li Luo's fifth empty phase.

She said nothing, bit down hard, then drove the power she had left behind within the "Divine Fruit Wind-Fire Phase." In an instant wind and fire surged, transforming into a stream of wind-fire light that she violently stuffed into Li Luo's fifth empty phase.

And before anyone else could react to her move, Li Luo was so terrified that his face went deathly pale, and a panicked cry rang out.

"Pill Saint senior, don't!"

"My phase palace can't take it!"