In the sky.
Wu Dao frowned as he watched Fang Yi and the other two. They had been sitting cross-legged before the Great Desolation Tablet for seven or eight days.
If not for their steady breathing, he would have thought something had gone wrong.
"Still not done?"
Ying Xuanzi shook his head. Fang Yi had comprehended the Great Desolation Scripture quite quickly back then, so why was it taking so long this time?
Could the gap between Ying Huanhuan and Gu Mo's talent and Fang Yi's really be that great?
Just then.
Fang Yi, who had been sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them. At the same time, two rays of black light shot from the surface of the Great Desolation Tablet toward Ying Huanhuan and Gu Mo.
"I've been waiting for you for a long time. I knew you'd pull something at a time like this. I'll gladly accept these two streams of power!"
Fang Yi opened his mouth and spat forcefully. A metallic clang rang out from within, and a flash of sword light, seemingly bright enough to illuminate heaven and earth, shot toward the black light charging at Gu Mo.
At once.
Bang.
The black light collided with the golden light. Meanwhile, Fang Yi had already arrived in front of Ying Xiaoxiao. A black hole appeared before him, transforming into a pill furnace that forcibly drew the black light inside.
"Jie jie jie jie jie! Did you think this king hadn't prepared for you? You damned human, you actually stole so much of my power!"
A voice of utter evil rang out from within the pill furnace. The black light, whose presence had not been particularly strong, suddenly expanded, as though it meant to burst the furnace apart.
"This time, it contains the source power of our Yimo race. Let's see how you deal with it! Our Yimo race is not something people from a Lower Plane like you can deal with!"
"Oh, is that so? I don't believe it."
Five-colored streams burst from every pore in Fang Yi's body. With a slight swirl, they transformed into countless lightning beads that shot forth, rattling like hail before sweeping across the sky and exploding.
They transformed into Five Elements Divine Lightning, continuing to hold back the black light on Gu Mo's side.
By now, however, he had noticed that the black light which had rushed into his pill furnace was different from the other ray, as well as from what he had refined before.
This black light was filled with a terrifying power of corruption.
Everything around them, from the flowers and grass to the ground, and even the spiritual Qi of heaven and earth, was being polluted by a strange power.
Its effects were more terrifying than all the desolate power of the Great Desolation Tablet. Desolation did not extinguish everything; it stored away all vitality for the next cycle of reincarnation.
This power, on the other hand, seemed intent on extinguishing everything, plunging it into absolute destruction.
"When will you understand why I'm your daddy? Because it's only right and proper for a father to beat his son."
"Since the Great Desolation Tablet and I dared to lure you out, did you think I'd be worried I couldn't deal with you?"
Fang Yi spoke calmly. The power of the Tianxuan Continent indeed had no way to deal with it, but his power was not from the Tianxuan Continent.
At once.
The Supreme Space-Time Heart Demon Heavenly Symbol in his Niwan Palace trembled, drawing upon the metal, earth, and water powers within his body.
Though it was incomplete without the other two elements, it was enough to deal with this sliver of the Yimo King's power. After all, there was not much of it; its quality was simply extremely high.
Compared with the Yimo King's power, Origin Energy was wood.
No amount of wood could completely destroy a piece of iron. But if it were iron as well, or even a titanium alloy-
Only a small piece would be needed to destroy the iron.
And what Fang Yi wielded was a titanium alloy. His five-element power, which had reached minor completion, fused into the black hole pill furnace once more. The voice that had been so arrogant moments ago immediately grew confused.
"Impossible! How could people from a place like yours wield this kind of power? Even in the Great Thousand World..."
Before the voice could finish, the will within that power was utterly annihilated, leaving only pure power behind.
"Thanks for the generous gift, bro!"
Only then did Fang Yi have a hand free to draw the black light fighting the Five Elements Divine Lightning into the pill furnace as well.
The five-element flames burned fiercely. The Great Five Elements Spacetime Collapse could devour all power; matter could not escape the five elements, and energy and information could not escape space and time.
After doing all this, Fang Yi waved his sleeve and tucked the shrunken black hole pill furnace inside.
The power was different this time. The fellow suppressed below had also gone all out. Why had it taken so long when he and the Great Desolation Tablet had already reached an agreement?
He and the Great Desolation Tablet had set a trap for the fellow hiding down there, pretending that Fang Yi had not entered this time.
They had meant to make the Yimo King act, and he indeed had. This time, he might even have anticipated that it was a trap.
He had even added the Yimo's source power to it.
Unfortunately, he had still underestimated Fang Yi's growth. Just the earth, metal, and water elements at minor completion were enough for him to deal with the Yimo King's power.
He had not even used Supreme Power yet.
"This time, I should be able to refine several more Yimo Pills. But this really has scared that fellow. Not a trace of his power dares show itself."
Fang Yi looked at the Great Desolation Tablet. The black spots that had remained before had now vanished completely. In other words, the Yimo no longer intended to corrupt the Great Desolation Tablet.
"I can protect this place now. At the very least, no one at the Peak Samsara Stage could fight their way in." The Tablet Spirit's voice reached Fang Yi's mind.
After entering, he had discussed with the Great Desolation Tablet whether it could spare some power to protect the Dao Sect.
Ying Huanhuan's partial awakening had disrupted some of his arrangements. He did not know, if Ying Huanhuan awakened,
whether the Yimo in the Chaotic Demon Sea would sense it. Even if those Yimo Kings were all being watched, a single Otherworldly Demon General might inflict heavy casualties on the Dao Sect.
For the past two days, he had been thinking about how to add another layer of protection for the Dao Sect, and the only answer he could come up with was the Great Desolation Tablet.
But suppressing the Yimo was the Great Desolation Tablet's true duty. If the Dao Sect had not produced Zhou Tong and Fang Yi, he would not have regarded the sect as worthy of his attention.
So when Fang Yi asked him to spare some power to protect the Dao Sect, he said outright that if he diverted some of his power, that fellow would surely notice.
That was also why Fang Yi had set the trap with the Great Desolation Tablet. Those Yimo had been hurt twice, so they would surely be suspicious of everything.
Truth and falsehood were interwoven. When the Great Desolation Tablet's suppression of them weakened, they surely would not probe it immediately.
They would also worry that it was a trap set for them by Fang Yi and the Great Desolation Tablet.
That was precisely the effect Fang Yi wanted.
Just then.
Invisible fluctuations spread from Ying Xiaoxiao and Gu Mo's bodies.
Hiss, hiss!
As the invisible fluctuations spread, the ground and trees within several thousand meters of where the two sat cross-legged began to wither at a speed visible to the naked eye.
What had once been lush turned withered and desolate in the blink of an eye.
If Ying Xuanzi had not sealed off the surroundings, the disturbance would surely have been noticed.
Ying Xiaoxiao and Gu Mo opened their eyes.
Ying Xiaoxiao did not seem much different. She rose gracefully to her feet, her face showing a hint of excitement. Seeing Fang Yi in front of her, she cast aside her usual aloof pride and said joyfully, "I did it!"
"Impressive."
Ying Xiaoxiao smiled with delight. When she saw Ying Huanhuan nearby, she hurried over to her and whispered something.
On the other side, Gu Mo looked around in disbelief and murmured, "I can see again?"
Only then did Fang Yi notice that Gu Mo's once gray-white, clouded eyes were now clear and bright.
He quickly understood what had happened and said with a smile, "Congratulations, Martial Uncle Mo. Back then, your eyes were injured by the will of the desolate beast, but the desolate beast's power surely couldn't compare to the Great Desolation Scripture."
"The lingering will of the desolate beast has been completely mastered, so naturally your sight has returned."