After merging with Lightforging, the colors in Xu Le's vision changed.
The riot of colors became a world of only white, gray, and black.
The world's original colors all faded with the infusion of lightforging energy.
In this world of only black, white, and gray, Xu Le could clearly sense the shattered Ai Li, Toad, and his own incomplete body.
All the energy swallowed by Lightforging floated within this light.
"There's still a chance..."
Xu Le murmured, then turned his gaze toward Zhang Ji nearby.
Through his current vision, the Lightforging Body Zhang Ji had constructed was even more chaotic than his own.
The chaotic, heterogeneous energies tangled together, making Xu Le realize that even if he did not kill Zhang Ji, his vital signs would not last much longer.
Clang!
He raised his hand and swung out a Light Blade, crushing the one Zhang Ji had slashed at him. Then, watching Zhang Ji clutch the Light Blade he had released and retreat frantically, Xu Le gave a self-mocking smile.
"So this is what you were hoping for... Mother Tree."
Xu Le turned around and looked east.
After biting into Guyinduo-Lightforging's body and merging with the lightforging energy, Xu Le could clearly sense one thing.
The Gundo Mother Tree's true form, its original body, was in the east, far to the east.
Yet when Xu Le turned around, that magnificent tree seemed to have drawn right up before him.
Xu Le froze for a moment, but then smiled and said:
"The way I am now is finally what you wanted."
"...Yes."
The Gundo Mother Tree, silent for so long, actually gave Xu Le a clear response, and that voice... sounded familiar.
Xu Le frowned slightly and asked softly:
"So the one who guided me onto the path of a Forbidden