The Golden Holy Dragon Descends, the World-Destroying White Lotus Reveals Its Might!

The warriors supported one another as they stood shoulder to shoulder before the city gates.

"Brother Da Niu, are we really going to die?"

"Will Boss remember us? I really wanted to follow Boss and witness the bright future."

The warriors leaned against one another, bidding their final farewells before death.

"Keep your spirits up! We're the last line of defense. We absolutely cannot fall!"

The group formed an unyielding city wall with their weakened bodies.

The Heaven Dou Empire's army pressed forward step by step, their spears thrusting toward the group.

After the battle just now, the Heaven Dou Empire's soldiers had developed an instinctive fear of these people.

The spears tore through their bodies, blood streaming down from the hems of their clothes.

Second by second, time passed, and from excessive blood loss, everyone's faces turned pale.

Once the Heaven Dou soldiers across from them confirmed that the group had completely lost the ability to resist, the icy spears in their hands stabbed in unison toward Da Niu alone.

They chose to stick together and pick them off one by one, afraid that these warriors might launch a desperate counterattack.

Da Niu had long since exhausted all his strength. He shut his eyes, ready to welcome death.

Yet the icy spears did not pierce Da Niu's body as he had expected.

Da Niu opened his eyes to see Zhu Youcai's fat figure standing in front of him, dozens of spears embedded in his body.

"Why haven't you left? Who told you to come down here?!" Da Niu's voice was hoarse. His already pale face flushed red, and thick veins bulged across his neck from his agitation.

Zhu Youcai turned to look at Da Niu, a smile that faced death without fear hanging on his face.

"Brother Da Niu, do you know? I've really been under so much pressure!"

"You were all waiting for me to develop the nuclear bomb Boss talked about. You always saved the most nutritious food for me."

"Goudan, Gou Buli, and the others often took care of me too. Under all your care, my figure has finally become worthy of my name."

"Whenever I saw the fat on my body and thought about how Goudan had already developed the AK-47, I felt terribly guilty. I felt like I had let all of you down."

Da Niu seemed to realize something. He shouted at the top of his lungs, "You Cai, it's all my fault! I put too much pressure on you. Don't do anything foolish!"

"Just wait a little longer. Boss will come save us soon."

Zhu Youcai turned his head back, leaving only his back to Da Niu. He roared loudly, blood spraying onto the faces of the soldiers before him.

"Brother Da Niu, I don't want to be Zhu Youcai, the one everyone cherishes, anymore! This time, let me shield you all from the wind and rain!"

Zhu Youcai took out the explosives he had hidden at his waist and lit the fuse without hesitation.

"With so many people accompanying me, Zhu Youcai, to the grave, I can die without regrets!"

The fuse burned down, and an explosion spread outward from Zhu Youcai's body. Chunks of flesh and fragments scattered everywhere.

It was autumn now, yet snowflakes suddenly began drifting down from the formerly gloomy sky.

The people who had been kneeling on the ground forced themselves to stand, their bloodthirsty gazes fixed firmly on the soldiers across from them.

The explosion just now once again intimidated the Heaven Dou Empire's soldiers.

The two sides remained locked in confrontation.

If this standoff continued, Da Niu and the others could have held on until Bai Fan finished cultivating.

Unfortunately, Xue Jingyuan gave them no such opportunity and directly ordered a forceful assault.

Filled with fear, the Heaven Dou Empire's soldiers slowly advanced.

Da Niu swung his broadsword, and one head after another fell.

At this point, the warriors were holding on entirely through sheer will. Many were robbed of life by the dense barrage of spears.

One warrior after another fell, and the Heaven Dou Empire's soldiers gradually regained their confidence, their offensive growing ever fiercer.

Da Niu's body, which had long been unable to bear the strain, was pierced again. In the final moment before he fell, he glanced toward the top of the city gate. After confirming that Goudan and the others had safely escaped, the strength drained from the hand gripping his blade, and he collapsed onto the ground.

"Boss, Da Niu is leaving first!"

Suddenly.

The gloomy, snowing sky was torn apart by a claw, and sacred golden light illuminated the earth.

Wearing a mask, Bai Fan stood atop a majestic Golden Holy Dragon.

Little Golden Dragon had now grown into a colossal beast. Its spread dragon wings radiated overwhelming pressure.

"Holy Dragon Radiance!"

Golden light shone upon Da Niu and the others, stabilizing their injuries.

"Boss is here! Boss has finally come!" Da Niu, lying on the ground, shed tears of excitement, mixed with bitterness and grief.

Bai Fan stood atop Little Golden Dragon wearing a mask, his expression impossible to discern.

The World-Destroying White Lotus condensed in his palm. In an instant, it shot into the Heaven Dou army's formation and exploded.

White flames clung to the armored soldiers like maggots attached to bone.

Without pause, Bai Fan hurled out one World-Destroying White Lotus after another.

Each wave of his hand was accompanied by countless screams.

For the first time, Xue Jingyuan felt fear.

He knelt on the ground and craned his neck up at the godlike Bai Fan in the sky, begging humbly, "My lord, spare my life. From this day onward, you will be..."

Before he could finish, a white lotus flew into Xue Jingyuan's mouth.

Xue Jingyuan instantly lost all life. White flames burned away his flesh and blood, leaving behind only a skeleton.

More and more white lotuses exploded below, while Da Niu and the others were protected by the golden light.

The Heaven Dou army was completely annihilated, without a trace of flesh or blood remaining.

Standing atop Little Golden Dragon's back, Bai Fan looked down at the tragic battlefield. White flames danced across the crimson earth, and something seemed to stir within him.

The white flames on the ground slowly died away, and tiny green shoots gradually emerged from the crimson soil.

"Wildfire cannot burn it all away; when the spring breeze blows, it grows again!" The simple verse slipped from his lips.

Countless green motes attached themselves to Bai Fan's body.

Bai Fan circulated his soul power, drawing the green light into his body.

Then, more and more green motes surged into Bai Fan like a tide.

"Nurture all living things, raise the common people."

"World-Nurturing Green Lotus, endless life!"

A green lotus took shape in Bai Fan's palm, and another streak of green flowed into the lotus at his heart.

Bai Fan looked thoughtfully at the green lotus. "The World-Destroying White Lotus, endless life. Ultimate destruction corresponds to ultimate life. Perhaps that is the true meaning of endless life!"

Bai Fan created a large number of green lotuses, sending them into Da Niu and the others.

The previously weakened group began to regain their vitality under the nourishment of the green lotuses.

This operation consumed a great deal of Bai Fan's soul power.

When he had continuously unleashed the World-Destroying White Lotus just now, he could replenish his soul power by absorbing killing intent.

But the World-Nurturing Green Lotus purely consumed his soul power. There was not enough vitality for him to absorb.

Outside the Heavenly Screen.

"Did Zhu Youcai really sacrifice himself just like that?"

"Damn Heavenly Screen, it made my eyes pee."

"This group is really made up of ordinary people? I feel like they're even stronger than Soul Masters."

The independent cultivators across Douluo Continent began muttering to themselves at the Heavenly Screen. At first, they had merely treated it as entertainment to pass the time, but who would have thought that this group of ordinary people would suddenly touch their hearts?

Zhang Jiao stared fixedly at the Heavenly Screen—or rather, at the white lotus in Bai Fan's hand.

"I, Zhang Jiao, am inferior to no one! I want even greater power!"

"I will never let the tragedy on the Heavenly Screen repeat itself around me!"