The Fire Mulberry Woman rushed to Shi Hao's side and caught his swaying body. Her eyes reddened.
"Shi Hao, stop fighting... You'll die!"
The Willow Deity stepped forward too. She glanced at Shi Hao's pale face, then looked up at the two figures in the sky and sighed softly.
"Shi Hao, why not hand it over? It's only a talisman. You can't let everyone die here for its sake."
Shi Hao merely glanced at them. The resolve in his eyes made his refusal plain.
He said nothing more. Slowly straightening, he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and stared grimly at Zulong and Zhulong atop the void, his back ramrod straight.
Clutching his chest, Duobao called to the system inside him.
"System, weren't you left inside me by Dao Venerable Yang Mei? Can you help me?"
After a moment of silence, a languid voice sounded within him.
"Ding! I'm called the Lazy System. What do you think? And since you know Yang Mei left me here, surely you realize not everything is worth my help?"
"You..." Duobao was so thoroughly shut down that he could not speak for a long while.
"Little fellow, after countless trials often comes an opportunity vast enough to shake the heavens."
The Yang Mei Dao Body spoke those few words, then fell silent again.
Duobao stayed quiet for a long time. Then he snapped his head up, looked straight at Zulong and Zhulong, and shouted,
"Senior Zulong, the Investiture of the Gods Calamity is upon us. Do you truly mean to drag the Three Teachings into it and start a war?"
"Are you threatening me?" Zulong sneered, his disdain unconcealed.
"I already told you, such words mean nothing to me. Even if the Three Pure Ones came in person, what could they