Chapter 1015: Formation Complete

In childhood, muddled and ignorant—the darkness and unwillingness of the slums, the hatred of watching his parents die before his eyes, the betrayal of companions who stole together, the beatings and humiliation from offending royalty, the despair of having his meridians completely destroyed, the fury of clinging to life by eating dirt and filth, and finally the pleasant surprise of falling off a cliff and receiving his master's inheritance.

Life, at that moment, reversed itself. The Human Cauldron, the Eighth Imperial Princess's appreciation, the Phoenix Organization, revenge, the meaning of life… everything, after receiving part of his master's inheritance, found redemption.

"I will kill every enemy. I will fulfill my master's final wish. I will… change this Qing Guo that has no sense of reason!"

"So I am betting everything on the 【Ink Immortal Formation】!"

Scattered corpses fell along with the Night Rain, and Feng Wang's consciousness gradually darkened.

But at the very end of his consciousness, he seemed to see light—a faint green light, like a pillar, shooting skyward!

That was… the sign that the Ink Immortal Formation had completely taken shape!

……

A dark green pillar of light shot skyward, illuminating the entire Jingcheng.

Within the dark green pillar of light, even without thunder rumbling, the Sky-Connecting Spirit Tree still appeared radiant before everyone.

It was as if its dark green pillar of light served the same purpose as the thunder—both could make the Spirit Tree manifest.

The massive Spirit Tree, its roots buried deep beneath Jingcheng, as beams of light like auroras lit up one after another, corresponding to the branching roots underground, the people of Jingcheng finally realized that, at some unknown point, the underground root branches of the Sky-Connecting Spirit Tree had already spread throughout the entire Jingcheng!

And these lit aurora beams, crisscrossing, seemed to faintly correspond to some kind of formation.

"Ye Ge!"

"Captain Night!"

Captain Wu arrived at this moment with Weiba, landing on a branch of the Spirit Tree's roots, looking worriedly at Fang Yue.

"I'm fine! I also have memories of what just happened, but at that time my main consciousness seemed to be in a dormant state, and I couldn't control my body at all… Right, the most important thing now is to find You Sisi and rescue An Dong'er!"

Fang Yue didn't know what had happened to the Sky-Connecting Spirit Tree, but this dark green glow gave him a very ominous feeling.

Having regained clarity, Fang Yue's goal was obvious—darting and weaving, he quickly searched for You Sisi.

Captain Wu and Weiba exchanged a glance, then also leapt onto the Spirit Tree to help search.

Perhaps because the Sky-Connecting Spirit Tree was in some special state, it showed no reaction to the three's movements.

"You Sisi… where are you? You couldn't have already…"

An ominous thought flashed through Fang Yue's mind, and behind him, Weiba suddenly stopped on a branch of the Spirit Tree.

Her gaze was fixed on an upside-down head.

The upside-down head, like a fruit borne by the Spirit Tree, hung from the branch, swaying in the wind.

The head had no body; everything below the neck seemed to have already become nourishment for the Spirit Tree, with only a long vine connecting the head.

And this head was unmistakably… You Sisi!

"She's already… been completely drained dry by the Spirit Tree…"

"In her current state, she has completely merged with the Spirit Tree as one, and cannot be separated."

"Should I let Ye Ge see her like this? Or rather… here, kill her with my own hands, and give Ye Ge a false hope…"

A dark thought flashed through Weiba's mind. Frost slowly gathered on her right hand, covering her palm, but it soon dispersed again.

"No, You Sisi's final ending should be decided by Ye Ge himself…"

Weiba had just thought this when her left eye suddenly ignited with flame, her right eye turned to frost, her body trembled, and control of her body was stripped away.

"Don't back down!"

"Without this woman, you and that guy might actually be together!"

"Once, I faced the same situation as you. That time, I backed down… I've regretted it countless times—why didn't I harden my heart back then!"

"Weiba, let me be the villain!"

"Don't let this half-dead woman become the stumbling block beneath your feet!"

Qi Ba Jiu Daren?!

Weiba cried out in her heart, wanting to reclaim control of her body, but in this regard, the stronger Qi Ba Jiu Daren had more say!

Watching with her own eyes as her frost-covered right palm struck toward You Sisi's tightly shut eyes, Weiba's heart leapt into her throat, struggling frantically to reclaim control of her body.

Her efforts caused the weakened Qi Ba Jiu's outstretched right hand to pause briefly for an instant.

In that very instant, her right hand was suddenly grabbed tightly by someone.

With a slight exertion, her wrist ached, and a force surged through her wrist into her body, making her tremble.

The flame in her left eye receded, the frost evaporated, Qi Ba Jiu Daren's consciousness withdrew, and Weiba's consciousness returned to her body.

Her heart skipped a beat. Following her wrist upward, the person gripping her arm was unmistakably… Fang Yue!

Fang Yue looked at Weiba with a complicated expression and slowly asked, "What are you… doing?"

An indescribable panic surged up in her heart. Weiba felt utterly unable to explain herself. Looking at Fang Yue's complicated expression, at Captain Wu catching up from behind, and at You Sisi, whose eyes remained tightly shut and who seemed to have already stopped breathing, she forcefully broke free from Fang Yue's grip and fled, leaping down from the Spirit Tree.

"Weiba?!"

Fang Yue cried out in alarm, but after a moment's hesitation, he still stayed by You Sisi's side.

"What happened to her?"

Captain Wu arrived belatedly at this point, watching Weiba's figure recede into the distance, utterly confused.

"Captain Wu, please go retrieve Weiba and take her directly to the Imperial Palace for shelter."

Fang Yue didn't mention what Weiba had just attempted against You Sisi, only asking Captain Wu to protect Weiba's safety.

"Then what about You Sisi…"

"Leave her to me. Once I rescue her and An Dong'er, we'll regroup at the Imperial Palace."

"…Alright!"

After Captain Wu left, Fang Yue carefully cradled You Sisi's remaining head in both hands.

The vine below the head, like a blood vessel, connected to the Spirit Tree behind.

"You Sisi…"

Fang Yue vaguely knew how to rescue You Sisi.

It was actually very simple—just destroy the Tongtian Spirit Tree.

The problem was, the Tongtian Spirit Tree was An Dong'er!

Destroying the Tongtian Spirit Tree would mean... killing An Dong'er.

Moreover, You Sisi's current condition was so tightly bound to the Tongtian Spirit Tree that no one knew what would become of her if the Tongtian Spirit Tree were destroyed.

While Fang Yue was still hesitating, the dark green light covering all of Jingcheng gradually rose, forming a rainbow-like arc of dark cyan light.

Beneath the veil of the dark cyan light arc, all of Jingcheng was bright as day, and...

Night Rain had been blocked.

The Imperial Palace had already become the First Prince's domain of absolute authority. Although Wu Wuwu had been brought to the Imperial Palace by You Xingchen, because of her identity as Blue Coral, she was assigned a dangerous mission and had no choice but to lead a team out on patrol.

Although she had received the precious strange artifact 【Ta Xue Shan】 bestowed by the imperial clan, which could sustain her in the Blood Rain for a short while, the strange beings of the Wu Rain Clan outside were equally perilous—nothing she could handle at all.

But when one lives under another's roof, one must bow one's head. In trepidation, she set out with her team.

However, not long after leaving the Imperial Palace, dark green light began to emerge from the ground.

The light drifted gently upward like clouds, gathering overhead into an arc that illuminated all of Jingcheng.

Then, Wu Wuwu discovered...

The rain had stopped.

Yet looking up, one could see the vast Black Cloud of the Wu Rain Clan still looming overhead, suspended above the light arc.

And the falling Blood Rain had not truly stopped—it was merely blocked outside by the rainbow-like dark cyan light arc! The Blood Rain was pouring down around Jingcheng like a flood.

"What on earth... is going on?"

Wu Wuwu's eyes went wide as she gazed up at the sky. Suddenly, beneath the glow of the dark cyan light arc, she felt an itchiness all over her body.

She instinctively looked down... and saw that her hands were gradually disappearing!

(End of Chapter)