"Is that so?"
Facing Light Saint's explosive roar, Ye Xiwen merely smiled coldly and asked in an icy voice.
"Hmph, stubborn to the bitter end. I have already sounded out your strength. You are merely on par with an ordinary Fourth Stage Peak, but if you want to be mentioned in the same breath as me, you are still far too lacking!"
Light Saint said. Although he had been knocked down a stage, he was still invincible within the Fourth Stage. That was where his true confidence lay.
"The one who is truly stubborn and refuses to see reality is you!" Ye Xiwen shouted. Terrifying radiant light burst from his body as the powers of time and space manifested around him, then twisted into streamers that whipped up and down, a magnificent sight beyond compare.
With a slight flip of his palm, a fruit appeared in his hand. This fruit emanated the aura of profound laws, and Merit Qi even curled around it. It was truly a sacred treasure among treasures, beyond imagination.
After waiting for so long, under the catalysis of Merit Qi, the World Tree Fruit had finally ripened. Half of the Merit Qi had only been used to ripen the World Tree Fruit; more of it had completely merged into the World Tree and the World Tree Fruit, causing this fruit to contain Merit Qi as well. This made it infinitely more wondrous than the one Ye Xiwen had consumed before.
Light Saint instinctively sensed that the World Tree Fruit in Ye Xiwen's palm was extraordinary. He had just wanted to stop him, but it was already far too late. Ye Xiwen crushed the World Tree Fruit in one grip, and it immediately transformed into a massive torrent of energy that surged into his body.
The qi