725 Extermination! (2/2)
Filled with gratitude and sorrow, Wang Baole began to examine the people in the painting of the Solar System. His eyes swept past everyone before finally resting on Daoist You Ran.
He saw Daoist You Ran's soul, as well as who rested within his soul. It was Zi Yue!
Zi Yue's presence was different from the rest. Special. She seemed to have no physical form. Instead, she was an illusory Soul Seed resting inside Daoist You Ran's soul.
Wang Baole's eyes swept across the entire Solar System. He examined the Death Dao Battleship and the ancient sword. There were no traces of Zi Yue's true form. What he found instead… was a near-imperceptible strand that was connected to Zi Yue's Soul Seed, which extended into the cosmos beyond the Solar System.
I understand now. The real Zi Yue isn't here at all. Instead, what we are fighting is only one of her Soul Seeds!
Wang Baole narrowed his eyes, his gaze following the strand and attempting to see into the cosmos beyond. Regardless, he didn't gain much out of the exercise. An icy glint flashed in his eyes then, and he raised his right hand and pointed at Daoist You Ran!
The coffin on Pluto shuddered, its lid sliding open slightly. The song became louder instantly, and a black arm slowly reached out from inside the coffin, expanding in size and heading for the painting of the Solar System and Daoist You Ran!
It was swift, crossing the vast expanse of space in an instant and appearing before Daoist You Ran. Without hesitation, it reached into Daoist You Ran and grabbed his soul, as well as Zi Yue's Soul Seed, which was resting inside Daoist You Ran's soul!
Both Daoist You Ran and Zi Yue's Soul Seed were powerless before the giant hand. They appeared to lose all ability to fight, allowing the hand to yank them out of Daoist You Ran's body and drag them into the coffin with it.
Everything happened instantly. It took but a moment for the black arm to return into the coffin, for the lid to fall back heavily, for the mist to dissipate. The coffin transformed into a mass of black mist that wormed into Pluto. Then, the cracks on the planet vanished, completely healed.
It was as if nothing had happened!
As Pluto resumed normalcy, the Solar System did the same as well. Planets began to rotate and orbit once more, dust continued their aimless drifting in space, sunlight spilled across the universe—every living creature returned to their normal states at that moment!
Perhaps what was truly terrifying… was how no one had noticed the momentary pause in time. Perhaps Daoist You Ran's fallen form had been the only thing to have witnessed the moment and glimpsed the truth hidden within the Solar System!
Daoist You Ran's body immediately shriveled up and broke apart, turning into ashes and dust that scattered to the cosmos, lost in the asteroid belt.
His body and soul were completely destroyed!
His death affected every Never-Ending Clan cultivator on Mars, and the light faded from their eyes. They fell to the ground and turned to dust, as their existence had been rooted in Daoist You Ran's existence.
Mie Liezi and the others whose minds had fallen under Daoist You Ran's control shuddered as they regained their senses!
The weakening of the Solar System Array Formation meant that no one had been able to observe the final battle between Wang Baole and Daoist You Ran. However, every Federation cultivator on Mars saw the Never-Ending Clan cultivators turn to dust, and Mie Liezi and those under Daoist You Ran's control regain their minds. Excitement and joy filled their hearts as they guessed what had happened.
Of course, there was no way they could get immediate confirmation on whether their guesses were true. Nevertheless, one thing was certain, the war that had the potential to end the Federation civilization… had finally come to an end!
It was then that Wang Baole spat out a mouthful of blood as his body slid to the ground. The injury and pain he had experienced from overextending himself might have been soothed by his master's healing, but this battle had still caused him deep injuries. Now that everything had finally ended, the tension finally drained from his body. Unable to stand any longer, he passed out.
At this exact moment… somewhere far away from the Solar System, on a distant and foreign star system, was a rather unique planet. It was unique because of the vines, blood, and flesh covering its surface. It was a horrifying sight to behold. If one should examine the planet more closely, they might spot between the mesh of vines, blood, and flesh, a face with shut eyes.
The face appeared indistinct. Regardless, one could immediately tell that it was clearly… Zi Yue!
Her eyes opened. They seemed to contain countless dimensions and tens of thousands of eyes. Within each eye sat a figure, and suddenly, one of those figures cracked and shattered.
”Wang Baole?”