Chapter 1771: Meeting the Battle

The man draped in a golden-veined Great Sun robe stared at the world before him with a slightly dazed, vacant look in his eyes; only after a long while did a trace of focus finally gather within them.

"Yan Changsheng, Su Ying, it's been a long time."

He gazed at the two familiar figures from his memories ahead, his expression somewhat complicated as he slowly spoke: "Why was it not the Sect Master who revived me?"

Both Yan Changsheng and Su Ying fell silent. When Wang Taixi was revived, they had already informed him of everything that had happened within the Formless Holy Sect, but it was clear he still found it somewhat hard to believe that the Sect Master, who in their eyes had been virtually invincible in this world, would ultimately have failed in his battle against the Source of All Evil.

"Wang Taixi, although the Formless Holy Sect has already dispersed into the river of time, now that the ten Outer Shenzhou have fallen into a moment of survival or destruction, you and I should uphold the sect's final will and do our utmost to shelter this world." Su Ying said softly.

Wang Taixi slowly raised his head, his gaze fixing on the pitch-black rainstorm that shrouded the Outer Shenzhou world and the demonic shadows wreathed in towering demonic flames behind that black rain; his face gradually grew cold and stern.

At the same time, at the far end of the heavens, the great demon kings such as Ming Hou, who looked down upon the Outer Shenzhou world, also frowned slightly as they gazed at the three figures walking out from the Spirit Phase Grotto-Heaven. A moment later, it spoke coldly: "So they are the remnants of the Formless Holy Sect, the Six Sons of Formless."

Although the Great Demon King Ming Hou is now the number one great demon king in the Dark World's sequence, it had not personally lived through the era of the Formless Holy Sect. However, due to the Dark World's special transmission, its mind held many memories from the ancient era.

Thus, from those ancient memories, it had searched out these rather deeply imprinted faces.

These memories came from certain ancient great demon kings. The Great Demon King Ming Hou could even faintly sense that, at the time, those great demon kings had felt considerable dread when facing the Six Sons of Formless.

Clearly, these remnants from the era of the Formless Holy Sect were the trump cards that Jiang Li Tianwang and the others had brought out.

While the great demon kings of the Dark World were somewhat shaken by the sudden appearance of Yan Changsheng, Su Ying, and Wang Taixi, Jiang Li Tianwang and the other Outer Shenzhou Heavenly Kings could not help but show expressions of joy.

At this moment, the space behind Yan Changsheng, Su Ying, and Wang Taixi twisted once more, and another three figures slowly walked out from within.

They were Li Luo, Jiang Jiang Qinge, and... Bai Bai Mengmeng.

Li Luo first raised his head to glance at the destructive black rain raised by the Dark World, then smiled at Jiang Li Tianwang and the other Heavenly Kings: "Jiang Li Tianwang, I have not disgraced the mission — I have invited the three seniors out."

Jiang Li Tianwang's face was filled with emotion, because he realized that all the efforts these Outer Shenzhou Heavenly Kings had made over such long ages seemed, in the end, to amount to less than the mere decades of Li Luo's rise.

"Luo Li Tianwang is truly a blessing star to our Outer Shenzhou world. On behalf of all living beings of the Outer Shenzhou, I thank Luo Li Tianwang first for this monumental achievement." Jiang Li Tianwang said with a gratified smile.

The other Heavenly Kings also nodded slightly, as a sign of respect.

After all, they all knew how much pressure Li Luo had relieved from them at this moment by helping Yan Changsheng, Su Ying, and Wang Taixi walk out of the Spirit Phase Grotto-Heaven.

This was the equivalent of three Divine Fruit Heavenly Kings' worth of combat power, enough to pin down three Divine Fruit great demon kings of the Dark World.

Without Li Luo's god-like resurrection technique, these Outer Shenzhou Heavenly Kings might have been driven into a desperate situation.

Seeing this, Li Luo cupped his fist modestly and said: "From ancient times to the present, countless predecessors have sacrificed themselves to protect the Outer Shenzhou. I have merely done what ought to be done."

"Moreover, strictly speaking, I did not truly revive Senior Wang Taixi. After all, the current me does not yet possess the ability to resurrect a former Divine Fruit Heavenly King. So Senior Wang Taixi, as he is now, his physical body remains dead; he is only sustained by the breath of life infused through my Life-Death Phase, but it cannot last too long. Once the breath of life dissipates, his consciousness will perish along with it."

Li Luo cast an apologetic glance toward Wang Taixi. He had already done his utmost, but the other's situation differed from Yan Changsheng's and Su Ying's. Wang Taixi himself was in a state of having perished, and the physical body he left behind had also suffered wear within the Celestial Mirror Pagoda — after all, the Academy Alliance had used his 'ashes' to forge many elite students...

So the current Wang Taixi is not only himself in a state of 'living dead,' but his strength has also fallen from the Divine Fruit realm; at most he counts as a 'quasi-Divine Fruit' realm.

Meeting Li Luo's gaze, Wang Taixi's expression remained calm; he merely smiled lightly and said: "Many thanks, young friend. I harbor no desire to cling to life. If I can burn once more for the Outer Shenzhou in this moment of its survival or destruction, that can be considered a death well-spent."

"Besides, although my strength is no longer at its peak, holding back one Divine Fruit great demon king should still be within my ability."

Li Luo respectfully cupped his fist toward Wang Taixi, then shifted his gaze to Bai Bai Mengmeng beside him. Her situation was rather special — on her originally pure and exceedingly beautiful cheeks, some colorful markings had now appeared, adding a touch of seductive charm to her pure aura.

Bai Bai Mengmeng met Li Luo's gaze with a smiling look, then actually stepped forward and, right in front of Jiang Jiang Qinge, looped her arm through his, playfully asking: "Captain, do I look pretty?"

Li Luo showed a helpless expression. Given Bai Bai Mengmeng's former personality, she naturally could not have done something so bold as this, but the current her, strictly speaking, was the fusion of that Pill Saint's will with her own.

Simply put, she had become another personality of Bai Bai Mengmeng.

That senior Pill Saint seemed to have been exhausted to the extreme and was unwilling to revive alone, so when faced with Li Luo's intervention, she ultimately chose to completely merge her own will and power into Bai Bai Mengmeng's body.

Therefore, the current Bai Bai Mengmeng possesses two personalities.

The main personality remains as pure and timid as before, but this second personality has not only inherited the Pill Saint's power but, influenced by the Pill Saint's will, has also become passionate and bold.

And that former Six Son of Formless, the Pill Saint Colored Butterfly, has, regrettably, vanished completely from this world.

Li Luo tried to pull his arm free, but Bai Bai Mengmeng's seemingly slender little hand was like an iron clamp, leaving him unable to move it at all. It was only when Jiang Jiang Qinge beside him reached out and pulled Bai Bai Mengmeng away.

The moment Jiang Jiang Qinge made a move, Bai Bai Mengmeng immediately obediently let go, then smoothly looped her arm through Jiang Jiang Qinge's, saying with a giggle: "Sect Master, I like the Captain, and I like you too."

The current Bai Bai Mengmeng, perhaps because of the fusion with the Pill Saint's will, and because Jiang Jiang Qinge was formed from a pseudo-Tenth-Grade Light Phase, in her confused thoughts Jiang Jiang Qinge was just like that Sect Master.

Li Luo beside them said helplessly: "Her mind isn't quite right yet now. Once she's clear-headed, it'll be fine."

But with this second personality causing such trouble, it's hard to imagine when Bai Bai Mengmeng's main personality takes control of the body, given her temperament, whether she might be so mortified as to combust on the spot?

Jiang Jiang Qinge nodded slightly, reached out, and gently rubbed the top of Bai Bai Mengmeng's head.

Boom!

At this moment, at the far end of the heavens, the black rain imbued with the rank of malevolence swept forth with world-destroying momentum — the great demon kings of the Dark World had also begun to strike all at once.

In the end, the barrier formed by the Primordial God Ruins Demon-Trapping Array was torn open with ever-widening fissures.

"This world will ultimately wail beneath the feet of our Dark World."

As the Great Demon King Ming Hou's indifferent, cold voice echoed through the heavens and earth, the next moment, the host of great demon kings led by it directly transformed into black meteors bearing destruction and death, plunging toward the ten Outer Shenzhou amid the ravages of the world-destroying black rain.

The great decisive battle had truly begun.