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Yan Xiu's face grew increasingly pale. He gritted his teeth, continuously pouring his divine power into the barrier. Yun Xiu immediately followed suit, continuously transferring his divine power to Yan Xiu. Their divine powers intertwined within the barrier, forming a resilient barrier that barely blocked the Ancient God's attack.
At the same time, the two were also consuming their own essence and constantly eroding their divine power.
Yan Xiu's breathing became more and more rapid. He looked at Yun Xiu:
"Let's speed up... As long as we hold on, the remnant spirit of the Ancient God will soon disintegrate."
Yunxiu nodded. She and Yanxiu exchanged glances, then simultaneously closed their eyes, concentrating all their willpower and mobilizing the inner strength within.
Instantly, a searing power erupted from their chests. Yan Xiu's essence intertwined with Yun Xiu's, swirling slowly within the cocoon of light like a burning flame. They could clearly feel this essence gradually devouring the divine power within their bodies, gradually drawing upon the divine power within the remnant soul of the ancient god. Golden points of light overflowed from Yun Xiu's divine essence, firmly engulfed by the essence power, and gradually dissipated.
The ancient god could clearly feel that his remaining soul was being devoured and his divine power was rapidly dissipating.
He frantically urged his divine power, and the attacks of the light blade became more and more intense, even forming a huge black vortex, trying to tear the barrier apart completely.
But the two people within the barrier remained completely focused. Their palms pressed tightly together, their primordial energy burning ever more fiercely. The color of the light cocoon changed from pale blue to a dazzling bluish-white, and even the air around them began to heat up.
Yunxiu could feel that the divine power in his body was decreasing little by little, his spiritual veins were aching slightly, and his face was gradually turning pale.
She opened her eyes and looked at Yan Xiu.
His condition was worse than hers. The tips of his inky black hair had begun to turn white, the fluctuations of divine power around him were so weak that they were almost invisible, and his breathing was so rapid that it seemed like he was about to explode, but his palm was still tightly holding her hand, not letting go.
"Hold on for a while..." Yan Xiu's voice was very soft, with a slight tremor, but still firm.
"He can't hold on any longer."
Yunxiu followed his gaze and saw that the shadow of the ancient god outside the barrier was getting fainter and fainter. Divine power continued to overflow from his body and was sucked into the light cocoon by the original power, dissipating bit by bit.
The ancient god was still attacking the barrier frantically, but the power of the light blade was getting weaker and weaker, and even the cracks in the barrier were no longer increasing.
Victory seems to be just around the corner.
But at this moment, Yunxiu suddenly felt a strange chill in the palm of his hand.
She suddenly looked down and saw that Yan Xiu's fingers were gradually becoming transparent. Pale white light was emanating from his fingertips, like mist blown away by the wind. Yunxiu's heart sank instantly. She raised her hand to touch Yan Xiu's cheek. His skin was also beginning to become transparent, and even his breathing became weak.
"Senior Brother!" Yunxiu's voice was trembling. She held Yan Xiu's hand tightly, her fingertips were cold.
"What's wrong with you? Why are you..."
Logically, she has at least 60% of the divine power in her body. Yan Xiu's divine power is less than hers. Even if it is dissipated, she should be the first to feel weak. But now, why is Yan Xiu's divine power dissipating faster than that of the ancient gods?
Yan Xiu opened his eyes and looked at her panicked expression, forcing a smile onto his lips. He wanted to raise his hand to wipe away her tears.
"Don't panic..." His voice was so soft that it almost melted into the wind, "I'm fine..."
Yunxiu could clearly feel that Yan Xiu's life was rapidly slipping away. His divine power was becoming weaker and weaker, and even the temperature of his palms was gradually cooling down.
"Tell me, what happened? Why did you disappear so quickly?"
The ancient gods also noticed Yan Xiu's abnormality. He had no divine power at all, and his body was incomplete.
He stopped attacking and sneered at the two people in the barrier:
"I see... You absorbed Zhihuan's divine power before, so your origin has been damaged a long time ago, right? Zhihuan is the other half of your soul, and his divine power contains an obsession with destruction. When you absorbed his power, your origin was already polluted. Now using the power of your origin to dissipate your divine power is only accelerating your own dissipation!"
Yunxiu's pupils suddenly contracted. She looked at Yan Xiu fiercely, her eyes filled with shock and disbelief:
"Is what he said true? You...you already knew it?"
Yan Xiu didn't deny it. He looked at Yun Xiu with a look of guilt and tenderness in his eyes: "I'm sorry..."
When Yan Xiu first absorbed Zhi Huan's divine power, he knew his own essence would be damaged. Zhi Huan's divine power contained the ancient gods' obsession with destruction. Like poison, those obsessions penetrated his spiritual veins and into his essence, eroding it bit by bit.
No one understood this feeling better than Yan Xiu. How could he bear to let Yun Xiu experience it too?
"Why didn't you tell me..."
Yunxiu's voice was choked with sobs. She tightly grasped Yan Xiu's hand, wanting to transfer her divine power to him, but she found that Yan Xiu's spiritual veins had begun to close and he was unable to receive her divine power at all.
"I don't want to distract you."
Yan Xiu's body became more and more transparent. He raised his hand and gently wiped away the tears on Yun Xiu's face.
"This is what I deserve... Xiaoyou, I've killed so many people. No matter what, I have no reason to live... Don't be sad. When we succeed, life will return to the world, and Wuyi, Yingtang, and the others... will be happy for us."
"But I don't want you to disappear!"
Yunxiu was a little hoarse, she hugged Yan Xiu tightly, as if this could keep him.
"You plotted against me... Why am I fine? It's obvious that I consumed more divine power than you. Why?"
Yan Xiu's body trembled slightly in her arms. He could clearly feel that his consciousness was becoming increasingly blurred. The original power was burning more and more vigorously, which was also accelerating his dissipation.
He patted Yunxiu's back gently: "I'm sorry..."
"No!"
Yunxiu suddenly raised her head and looked at Yan Xiu:
"We can stop! We can wait until you recover..."
As she spoke, she was about to retract her original power. But Yan Xiu held her hand tightly and shook his head:
"Can't stop." His eyes fell on the ancient god outside the barrier.
"If we stop, the Ancient God will seize the opportunity to recover his strength. Not only will we die, but the human world will become a complete hell. Yunxiu, we can't let our previous sacrifices go to waste. We can't let Wu Yi, Ying Tang, and the others disappear in vain."
Yunxiu looked at Yan Xiu and slowly lowered his hand.
The Ancient God outside the barrier watched this scene and suddenly burst into laughter:
"How touching! Unfortunately, no matter how much you insist, you can't change the ending! Yan Xiu, you will soon dissipate, and then only Yun Xiu will be left. She won't be able to withstand the consumption of her original power, and will eventually be devoured by me!"
Yan Xiu ignored his taunts. He looked at Yun Xiu and said gently but firmly, "She won't."
Yunxiu was stunned. She didn't know why Yan Xiu was so sure.
At this time, Gao seemed to see something from Yan Xiu's calmness.
“I understand…I understand!”
The laughter of the ancient god was like poisoned ice, exploding in the empty mountain behind the forbidden area, mixed with the whistling of the wind sweeping through the black stones, making people's bones numb.
His shadow had faded to the point of being almost transparent, but his azure-gold pupils were strangely bright, staring intently at Yunxiu, as if he wanted to carve his last bit of resentment into her bones and blood.
"Do you think Yan Xiu is truly unable to defeat Zhi Huan? Do you think your master and Yu Wei are truly powerless to resist? Yun Xiu, how could you be so stupid!"
He suddenly raised his hand, and a faint golden blade of light pointed at Yunxiu's heart. Although it did no real damage, it was like a needle, accurately piercing the place where she was most confused.
"How did the divine essence in your body recover and become so resilient? Even Yan Xiu was in so much pain, are you more powerful than him? Do you think it was innate? It was your master who restored it with the essence of a thousand-year-old stone spirit! It was Yu Wei who integrated the last bit of her divine power into it! And Yingtang, her banyan tree essence is the most nourishing to the soul... The 'resurrection' he casually mentioned actually cost the lives of your entire sect!"
Yunxiu's whole body trembled, and the divine power at his fingertips went out of control for a moment, causing tiny ripples to appear on the surface of the light cocoon.
She subconsciously touched her heart, where the white jade statue was still hot, but what she felt now was not warmth, but a sharp pain.
Like countless tiny fragments of memory suddenly popping into my mind.
That day, when she woke up...
The master refused to see her, the barrier lost control, and Yu Wei was clearly mentally unstable...
These details that she had previously ignored now came flooding back like a tide, tightly intertwined with the words of the ancient gods, making it difficult for her to breathe.
"And Yan Xiu..."
The ancient god's laughter grew even crazier, filled with malicious pity.
"His divine power is most similar to yours... I'm guessing that repairing your body and divine essence would cost him half his life, right? Didn't he ever mention this to you?"
Yunxiu suddenly looked at Yan Xiu. Most of his fingers had become transparent, and pale white light was flowing down through his fingers, but he still held her hand tightly.
But Gao still showed no intention of stopping.
"If I'm not mistaken, can you still hear their voices?"
Yunxiu suddenly looked at Gao, and the latter understood what he meant.
"You don't think that's your own ability, do you?"
"That's because their divine power has been integrated into your body, and the fragments of their souls haven't yet dispersed! The immortals in the mountains don't have enough divine power to begin with, and they're having to squeeze out blood from their hearts just to rebuild your body! The moment you woke up, you felt the barrier of Yaoxi Mountain was broken because the people guarding the barrier have long been exhausted, even their original immortal power is almost gone!"
Yunxiu froze in place, the light cocoons on her fingertips flickering due to the chaotic divine power, like her own chaotic heartbeat. The ancient god's words were like a blunt knife, repeatedly cutting through her mind—all the details she had deliberately ignored now became evidence, piercing her heart.
"Stupid... really stupid..."
The ancient god's laughter gradually weakened, but he still stared at Yunxiu, and the malice in his eyes did not diminish in the slightest.
"They thought they were protecting you by hiding it from you? But look at you now. Everyone in the sect has died because of you... Your divine power was bought with their lives. Do you dare to use it? Every extra bit of essence you burn is burning away their last hope!"
"shut up!"
Yunxiu suddenly raised her voice, the tears in her eyes still wet, she clasped Yan Xiu's hand tightly with her backhand and passed her divine power through her palm.
Even though Yan Xiu's spiritual veins had begun to close, and even though the divine power could only stay in his body for a moment, she wanted to hold on for him for a while.
"Do you know what love is? You're just lying here and trying to sow discord—"
"I know what they're thinking... They want me to be alive, to be free, to do whatever I want..."
Yunxiu murmured, holding Yan Xiu's hand tightly: "If it were me, I would think so too."
Yan Xiu's body trembled slightly, and the pale white light on his transparent neck and shoulders actually slowed down a little due to the infusion of divine power. He looked at Yun Xiu's red yet surprisingly bright eyes and suddenly smiled.
Yunxiu slowly closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She tried to mobilize the divine essence within her body, and suddenly a gentle tremor came from there. It was as if countless tiny forces were echoing her, converging along the spiritual veins to her palm, intertwining with Yanxiu's essence.
She could suddenly "see" clearly - deep in the divine essence, there was a faint golden light, wrapped in light brown veins and a light green halo.
These powers did not dissipate, but stayed quietly in her divine essence like seeds, waiting for the moment when she needed them.
Yunxiu opened his eyes and mobilized all the strength in his body, twisting it into a rope with Yan Xiu's origin. The color of the light cocoon changed from bluish-white to warm golden-green, as if wrapping up all the grass, trees and rocks in Yaoxi Mountain.
Yan Xiu felt the power surging in her body and no longer suppressed her source, allowing her own power to completely merge with Yun Xiu's divine power - even if this would accelerate her own dissipation.
He tried to give himself up completely, no longer restraining himself, and just let Yunxiu do what she wanted.
The light cocoon suddenly expanded, and the dazzling golden-green halo enveloped the entire back mountain of the forbidden area.
The Ancient God's shadow was tightly engulfed in a halo of light, its golden divine power surging frantically into the cocoon of light like a drained tide. He tried to struggle, but lacked the strength to even muster a blade of light. He could only watch helplessly as his remaining soul was gradually consumed.
"No! I won't accept this!" The ancient god's voice was full of resentment, but it was getting weaker and weaker.
"Without God, humanity cannot survive... Without divine power, how long do you think your immortal powers can last... What's the difference between you and ordinary people?"
Yunxiu ignored his roar. She held Yan Xiu's increasingly transparent hand, feeling the power within her body resonate, gradually guiding the ancient god's remaining soul back to its source.
She wanted to completely eradicate this obsession with destruction.
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