Daoist Tianqiong's huge hand suddenly pressed downward.
The blazing sun instantly devoured the three Ink Dragons and continued bearing down on Xiao Mo and Bai Ruxue. This illusory sun had also locked firmly onto their auras.
Yet Xiao Mo looked utterly unconcerned.
He merely turned his head and smiled at the woman beside him. "Ruxue, try to undergo your tribulation."
"Undergo my tribulation?" Bai Ruxue blinked.
But Bai Ruxue soon understood what Xiao Mo meant.
Judging by the situation before them, the chances of her and Xiao Mo fighting their way out were already vanishingly slim.
But if she could successfully undergo her tribulation and enter the Ascension Realm, then joining forces with Xiao Mo would change everything.
Or rather, it was now their only way to survive.
"I understand!" Bai Ruxue nodded solemnly, a trace of nervousness in her eyes.
She had no idea how likely she was to succeed in her tribulation.
But Bai Ruxue knew she had to do this—and she had to succeed.
"Don't overthink it." Xiao Mo smiled. "Just do your best, Ruxue. I believe you'll succeed. I'm right here."
"Mm!"
Bai Ruxue nodded firmly, then transformed into her true form and shot straight toward the heavens.
Xiao Mo raised his head, his expression calm as he watched the white figure hurtling toward the blazing sun. His eyes flickered slightly as he murmured, "Ruxue, this time, it's truly goodbye."
Then Xiao Mo stretched out his hands and clenched them hard. The three Ink Dragons swallowed by the blazing sun suddenly exploded.
The illusory sun shattered with a thunderous crash, from within outward.
At the same time, Bai Ruxue pierced through the scorching flames and shot into the sky.
"Rumble!"
A deafening boom seemed to shatter the heavens. Heavy dark clouds began to gather wildly, completely