Chapter 1224: The Light of the Ants, How Dare It Challenge the Power of Spacetime Creation?

Mei Jiren's face was complex. He hadn't felt this way in many years—at his age, he still had to be protected by his own student.

Was it just because the exile countdown was running out?

Xu Xiaoshou must have resorted to this desperate measure, bold enough to pull such a stunt in front of Er Hao and Yan Wuse.

But he couldn't go with them!

If he abandoned the Xu Xiaoshou beside him, whose authenticity was uncertain, and left with the so-called "Kong Yu Hen"...

With Er Hao's powerful deductive abilities, even with just the previous events, they could piece together a rough idea of what was happening.

Almost simultaneously, Xu Xiaoshou thought of the same thing.

The second true body let out a mournful cry at that moment:"Mei Jiren xiansheng, take me with you!"

In a flash of insight, Mei Jiren made his decision.

Taking this vocal Xu Xiaoshou with him would make it impossible for Sheng Shen Dian Tang to let them go.

But if he gave up following "Kong Yu Hen" and stayed to cooperate with this fake Xu Xiaoshou, perhaps "Kong Yu Hen" could escape.

In this way, in this seemingly hopeless situation, Xu Xiaoshou could rely on his talents to pull off a golden cicada shedding, successfully escaping.

This might not be a bad choice after all!

But if Mei Jiren could think of this, how could Xu Xiaoshou not have anticipated it?

As the second true body's plea rang out, the so-called Kong Yu Hen glanced over indifferently and said:"My affairs are urgent; Mei Jiren must come with me first.""As for you... your backer will naturally step in when the time comes."

The second true body froze for a moment, then its expression turned a mix of emotions.

Everyone could easily infer from those words that the backer was named Ba Zun An, and of course, Ba Zun An would have a contingency plan.

Only the second true body knew the truth...

What backer? Ben Zun!

Did you think I didn't know that I'm just a pawn in your plan?

Ba Zun An has no contingency at all!

So, was the second true body truly powerless? Every time, it was treated as the last substitute, thrown in front of the enemy to be slaughtered.

Who knew how the previous one died—definitely not a good end... The second true body's heart was filled with resentment.

At that moment, Yan Wuse silently observed everything, shrugged, and laughed."I know you're in a hurry, but don't be. Let me remind you—you seem to have forgotten, I'm still here, and there's..."

Xu Xiaoshou gripped the Shi Zu Ying Zhang and swept a cold gaze over."I know you want to speak, but for now, please don't."

Time froze!

With the Shi Zu Ying Zhang, even Yan Wuse was momentarily frozen.

In that instant, Xu Xiaoshou could barely maintain his disguise and wanted to dart away, delivering a passive punch to blast Yan Wuse into pieces.

But Er Hao was still there... What a pity! What a shame!

As the disguised Xu Xiaoshou posing as Kong Yu Hen, he exuded an overwhelming aura and commanded in a tone of authority, looking at Mei Jiren:"Follow me."

Mei Jiren's mouth twitched subtly.

Before he could resist further, spatial power shifted, and he was teleported to "Kong Yu Hen"'s side.

No spatial mysteries, no spatial dao disk.

With everyone on the field frozen and no semi-saint power interfering with the space, Xu Xiaoshou easily moved Mei Jiren.

This brief display of his two attributes finally evoked deep wariness in the eyes of Er Hao and Yan Wuse.

Space and time—abilities shrouded in mystery, origins unknown, and wielding the Shi Zu Ying Zhang, on par with Dao Qiong Cang...

This Kong Yu Hen was almost like an enhanced version of Huang Quan!

After all, in Er Hao's database, even Huang Quan didn't possess spatial mysteries, but Kong Yu Hen did!

"Go."

Xu Xiaoshou felt uneasy inside but still maintained the imposing presence of a great figure.

He didn't waste another word, unceremoniously moved Mei Jiren with spatial power, and turned to leave—boldly turning his back to the enemy!

The time freeze only held Yan Wuse and Er Hao for a moment.

When they regained their senses, that fearless figure and Mei Jiren were already blurring, about to vanish from sight.

To pursue or not—this was the question.

Huang Quan and Tian Ren Wu Shui were still there, with most of the Lei Jia Tong on them, and the holy slave Xu Xiaoshou was left on the field.

In essence, Kong Yu Hen's arrival only took away Mei Jiren, who was insignificant to Sheng Shen Dian Tang.

Before the battle began, Mei Jiren wasn't even an enemy of Sheng Shen Dian Tang!

The answer seemed obvious?

If Rao Yao Yao were in charge here, she might have given up the chase by now.

After all, the grudge against Huang Quan and Xu Xiaoshou was greater than that against Kong Yu Hen and Mei Jiren!

But unfortunately, the one in charge now wasn't surnamed Rao—it was Yan Wuse.

In just a exchanged glance, Er Hao and Yan Wuse confirmed each other's thoughts."Run?"Yan Wuse sneered, his form dissolving into points of light. "Think you can run? You'll have to share my surname!"

In a flash, Yan Wuse's detestable old face appeared right in front of Xu Xiaoshou.

Today, if even one of them escaped, Sheng Shen Dian Tang's face would be utterly lost.

What's more, Kong Yu Hen had strutted in openly, demanding someone!

At the same time, as Yan Wuse moved, a swirl of solar wheel light expanded at his fingertips, enlarging in Xu Xiaoshou's pupils.

Xu Xiaoshou's face turned almost deathly pale.

Escaping wouldn't be that easy—Yan Wuse wasn't so easily fooled!

"Change" maintained his last bit of dignity, adding a touch of flush to Kong Yu Hen's fair face.

Xu Xiaoshou elegantly turned back, controlling his nearly twitching facial muscles to keep his expression calm, his lips curling into a sarcastic smile. He spoke deliberately, slowly, and clearly:"How dare the light of an ant challenge the power of space-time creation?"

With a tap of the Shi Zu Ying Zhang in his hand, "Kong Yu Hen" seemed amused and coldly commanded:"Get lost!"

The void erupted with a thunderous boom.

The solar wheel power failed to unleash its might and was reversed back at Yan Wuse's fingertips.

Instead, a dense wave of time fluctuations exploded in Xu Xiaoshou's palm.

The Shi Zu Ying Zhang hummed and trembled, manifesting a vast power behind Xu Xiaoshou that took the form of an ancient, three-story pavilion illusion.

Like a mirage, the Gu Jin Wang You Lou expanded in the pupils of Yan Wuse, Er Hao, and the others.

All beings on the Void Island sensed it, lifting their gazes, and in their eyes reflected this pavilion.

They witnessed this phenomenon above Zui Yi Dian.

Yet, no one cried out, no time for thought—all memories were forcibly forgotten, abandoned like troubles.

The people on the island retreated to their actions, thoughts, and expressions from a breath ago.

Even the entire Void Island, under the influence of the Shi Zu Ying Zhang, regressed to a breath before.

With his own power, he reversed the overall time of the vast Void Island Wai Dao!

"This... is the Shi Zu Ying Zhang?!"

A flash of greed crossed Huang Quan's eyes, and he nearly moved to seize it.

Surrounded by time power, he was the only one in and out of the field who could resist the Shi Zu Ying Zhang's influence.

If he charged now... A crimson light flashed in Huang Quan's eyes, but he was snapped back by a pat on the shoulder."It's time to go, Huang Quan-daren.""Hold onto that semi-saint position and quickly swap out the Blood World Pearl."

Huang Quan coldly glanced at Tian Ren Wu Shui, then led the latter in spatial jumps.

"You go after Yan Wang." On the other side, Yan Wuse was forced back by the time power again; he didn't dare take it lightly and instructed Er Hao.

In the world of light energy, spatial power was as if nothing.

The seals of space and dao principles were perfectly countered and forcibly reversed by time power.

In short, Kong Yu Hen's two attributes, combined with the Shi Zu Ying Zhang, made it difficult for Yan Wuse and Er Hao together to restrain him—or so they believed.

At this point, if they arrogantly tried to fight three sides... Yan Wuse vaguely felt something might go wrong."Leave it to me."

Er Hao nodded and flashed toward Yan Wang's battlefield.

"Run! Keep running!"

The old man Yan sneered mockingly, rolled up his sleeves, and his hands transformed into wings of light as he charged at Xu Xiaoshou.

He was ready to get serious.

Time and space were indeed tricky, but their ultimate destructive output was lacking.

As long as he entangled them, Kong Yu Hen couldn't take Mei Jiren away!

And if he delayed long enough for Kong Yu Hen to make a mistake in the battle and need Mei Jiren to strike...

Yan Wuse's goal would be achieved.

Mei Jiren couldn't make a move; not only would he fail to kill Yan Wuse, but he might drag himself into the inner island and completely mess up!

Then it would just be one-on-one.

Possessing three-realm combat awareness, which signified that a person had risen from obscurity to the peak and achieved semi-saint status...

What did Yan Wuse have to fear in fighting Kong Yu Hen?

This damned old thing... Xu Xiaoshou wasn't the real Kong Yu Hen and couldn't shake off this spirit of refining light.

He dodged twice, but Yan Wuse clung like a persistent ghost.

When he was forced to use time reversal again to push back Yan Wuse, the latter had already figured it out."You're not right, kid."

According to Sheng Shen Dian Tang's records, Kong Yu Hen's state was indeed unstable.

But Yan Wuse never expected Kong Yu Hen to be this outwardly strong yet inwardly weak."So why are you pretending?"

Yan Wuse grinned viciously and raised his hands."Sun, moon, stars—three lights emissaries!"

Shadows flickered behind him, instantly splitting into extreme yang power, extreme yin power, and stellar power.

Sunlight, moonlight, and starlight converged, outlining three angelic illusions with light wings on their backs and holy rings on their heads, strikingly similar to the liberated state of Tian Ji Shen Shi.

Or rather, the "liberated state" ability that Dao Qiong Cang created and granted to Er Hao was essentially borrowed from Yan Wuse's style as one of the three emperors.

In just one breath, the three light emissaries took form.

A powerful saint force fluctuation ripped through the Void Island's skies, declaring to the world that each of these light angels possessed fearsome base semi-saint level combat power!

The sun angel leaped into the sky, raising its hands overhead in a pious and holy manner."Lie Yang Plan."

It surged with intense heat, its body swelling into a fiery red sun.

This red sun nearly covered the entire Void Island.

Under the fierce sun, light radiated from Zui Yi Dian to the nine great forbidden zones and beyond, casting scorching brilliance.

Crackling sounds echoed across the Void Island; vegetation scorched, rocks crumbled, and in an instant, everything lost its spiritual essence.

"Threat detected, passive value +1.""Scorched, passive value +1."

Notifications flashed wildly; Xu Xiaoshou felt growing anxiety and tension.

He could withstand the "Lie Yang Plan" for a while, as Jin Zhao Bai Yan was the epitome of flames, and getting used to being burned made it second nature.

But Mei Jiren was struggling.

A pure ancient sword cultivator had maxed out his combat power but left his defense almost nonexistent.

Or rather, a sword-wielding ancient sword cultivator could attack to defend, but Mei Jiren was greatly restricted now.

He tried Wu Jian Shu.

Yet, the extreme penetrating and rule-crushing burn from the red sun in the sky pierced through the Wu Jian Shu.

In mere moments, Mei Jiren had withered like a desiccated corpse, his condition extremely unstable, forcing him to grip Tai Cheng Jian tightly again."Abandon this old man; I'll cover your retreat."

The old sword saint felt deeply ashamed, looking at Xu Xiaoshou, unwilling to be protected by his student any longer.

He knew Kong Yu Hen was Xu Xiaoshou, and Xu Xiaoshou lacked the power to break the deadlock—he could outwit the wise but feared the brash.

Yan Wuse was not only wise but also a brash fighter!

His sun angel was powerful enough to scorch the entire Void Island in an instant, and that wasn't even his limit.

The moon angel and star angel followed, leaping into the sky.

Clearly, their abilities were on par with the "Lie Yang Plan."

"It's over!""This time, it's really over!"

Xu Xiaoshou's eyes showed no ripples, appearing composed as if he could casually lift his gaze and stare at the fiery sun in the sky.

In reality, his heart was pounding like garlic being pounded, full of unease.

His qi sea's spiritual energy had been completely drained by the earlier move of the Shi Zu Ying Zhang that reversed the Void Island's time.

He hadn't collapsed on the spot only because of his unyielding vitality, abundant energy, and sheer will.

Now, with Yan Wuse unleashing wildly, he couldn't fend it off!

Wait for death?

Wait for Ba Zun An?

Xu Xiaoshou despaired; better to go all out than wait!

"Mei Jiren, restrain him."

Xu Xiaoshou didn't even turn back as he spoke coldly.

Mei Jiren nodded, and waves of Xin Jian Shu fluctuated on Tai Cheng Jian."It's to restrain, not to die."

Xu Xiaoshou's heart was anxious, yet he remained cold.

Mei Jiren glanced at his student.

He had no idea what this boy was planning; without the final sword, how could they withstand Yan Wuse's wide-range violent output?

Just restraining—then what next?

Fleeing again? Even Huang Quan Space-Time Rift Valley couldn't escape the Void Island.

The real Kong Yu Hen might have a chance, but you're a fake—don't fool yourself!

Under the sun that covered the entire Void Island, scurrying like rats and snakes—how could they truly escape?

Yet, upon turning back, Mei Jiren saw only "Kong Yu Hen"'s unwavering eyes.

Utterly confident, utterly assured.

This presence influenced Mei Jiren.

He nodded silently, gripped Tai Cheng Jian, and charged into the sky, pursuing the moon and star angels.

"Buzz!"

A sword dao mystery array unfolded in the air."You!"

Xu Xiaoshou looked up, then withdrew his gaze with a sigh.

This... was his teacher.