712 A Past Lover! (2/2)

It didn't matter how fast he retreated, there was no escape. Daoist You Ran watched as the finger and the threat of death rushed at him, madness coloring his eyes. He shouted, ”Heavenly Dao!”

The irregularly shaped shard in his eye flared up with an intense light. It materialized and grew in size before Daoist You Ran, then charged towards Chen Mofeng's approaching finger and crashed into the latter.

Explosions boomed in the cosmos yet again. The shard didn't shatter under the incredible force of Chen Mofeng's finger. Regardless, Daoist You Ran's cultivation was clearly not powerful enough to support the resilient shard. The shard might not have been damaged in the collision, but it was easily nudged away by Chen Mofeng's finger and then shoved into Daoist You Ran. The attack still landed on Daoist You Ran.

Daoist You Ran spat out a mouthful of blood, wailing as his six arms came together to form a flurry of hand seals. It seemed to be a mystic technique that allowed him to transfer his injuries. They were distributed to his limbs. The result of that was… four broken limbs out of six and two destroyed heads out of three. Cracks appeared all over his body, and blood continued to spill from his wounds.

Daoist You Ran had managed to escape death despite a direct blow from the Night Immortal King due to his mystic technique. His eyes exposed his weakened, terrified state. He retreated frantically and tried to widen the distance between him and the finger. He could tell that Chen Mofeng's current state was only temporary and wasn't sustainable for a long period of time. He just needed to survive for a while longer before he was out of critical danger.

That was what happened. After the attack, the unfathomable look in the Night Immortal King's eyes faded away and was swiftly replaced by a red glow. The power of Wang Baole's lotus seeds was waning. He had only a few seconds before the Night Immortal King's true soul fell into slumber again. When that happened, the finger that had been formed from lunar beasts would disappear as well.

Wang Baole was prepared for that. As Daoist You Ran tried to delay their next engagement and distance himself from the Night Immortal King's finger, Wang Baole dashed out. Boosted by the Thearch Armor and with the Divine Armament shining on his arm, he unleashed his full speed and rushed at Dao You Ran like a shooting star.

Alarm flashed across Daoist You Ran's face. Widening the distance between him and the finger took all that he had. Wang Baole's charge came at the most critical moment, so there was no way he could avoid Wang Baole's attack!

”I won't admit defeat!” Madness filled Daoist You Ran's eyes. His true form was still inside the Death Dao Battleship, but his soul was fused with the battle robes. If the latter was wounded, he too would suffer the same injury. The resultant backlash might even destroy his true form!

At that precise moment, on Venus, Duan Muque's eyes were also equally colored by madness. When he had given the order to blow up Mercury, he had misjudged and lost their advantage. Then, when it had come to Venus, he had made a mistake again. Tragedy had almost repeated itself. Now, he had two options before him. The first was to continue waiting. Perhaps the battle would end without the need to blow up the planet. The second option was to seize the opportunity and blow up the planet. They would sacrifice Venus so that the overall war strategy would unfold as planned!

”Even if Daoist You Ran still has a trump card up his sleeve, he would choose to save himself. He has no energy to cause interference for Venus. That's why we should… self-destruct!” A red-eyed Duan Muque roared, his mind made up.

The entire planet shook suddenly as the Anti-Spirit Bombs buried underground were freed of the seal and reactivated. The explosions began. Thunderous booms erupted in the air, the planet quaked. Li Xingwen commandeered the Solar System Array Formation and unleashed the latter's full power for a wide-scale teleportation. In an instant, every Federation cultivator on Venus began to blur and vanish.

They disappeared in batches as the waves of destructive energy within Venus intensified. The Dao Palace cultivators reeled back in shock and alarm. No one bothered to stop the planetary self-destruction. Instead, everyone began to scramble in fear and run—as far as they could.

Daoist You Ran had no energy to bother with Venus either. Even if he did care, there was no way he could do anything about it when he himself was facing grave danger!

Venus was approaching eventual destruction, while Daoist You Ran was frantically trying to escape. Just as Wang Baole was about to reach Daoist You Ran, a sigh suddenly sounded from the Never-Ending Clan Death Dao Battleship behind Daoist You Ran. It belonged to a woman and was tinged with a certain sense of remembrance and a myriad of emotions. The sigh resonated across the battlefield. A similarly illusory, translucent finger appeared before Daoist You Ran. It tipped towards Chen Mofeng's finger and touched it!

There was no loud explosion, no terrifying shock waves. Chen Mofeng's finger disintegrated soundlessly upon collision, separating into numerous white lights that faded away in the cosmos.

Wang Baole's pupils contracted at the sight. He immediately retreated, shock rising within him. The power of his lotus seeds had faded away completely, but Chen Mofeng, who should have fallen back to sleep, suddenly murmured in a low, hoarse voice. This was the first time he had spoken since he had been awakened for battle.

”Zi Yue…”