C1135 Sky Fiend Fusion
Yu Yiyi, Tan Junshan, and Chen Qinghuang reached a consensus.
Whoosh!
Yu Yiyi, having transformed the Crucible of Evil into an ancient suit of armor and wielding the Frost Queen's transformed ice gland, charged at "Lee Yupan" first. She was concerned that hesitation might lead to unforeseen complications.
Yue Fei and Grec had formed an alliance, sharing Lee Yupan's body and rapidly gaining strength.
The space beneath was a forbidden area of the Blood Fiend clan. As the clan's patriarch, Grec had undoubtedly set numerous traps and contingencies. The ease with which Lee Yupan seemed to crush the fabric of space revealed Grec's ability to harness the world's hidden forces in harmony with the Way of Heaven.
Yu Yiyi was well aware that the longer they waited, the more difficult the battle would become.
At that moment, from the slender frame of Lee Yupan, perched atop the Lunarphite, sprang beams of bloody light.
The beams burrowed into the Lunarphite's thick fur, consuming the vital energy within as worms might consume a serpent.
Lee Yupan's presence soared as a result.
The Yue Fei within her, in concert with Grec's lingering will, began to unveil the dreadful nature of the Star-Spawned Terror.
Yu Yuan, observing intently, quickly deduced that Grec was at work, aiming to siphon the Lunarphite's power.
Grec's residual will sought to empower Lee Yupan as swiftly as possible, and in tandem with Yue Fei, eradicate all foreign elements from this realm.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Lee Yupan launched an attack, her delicate fists pummeling toward the approaching Yu Yiyi.
The ferocious moon energy struck at Yu Yiyi like a colossal column, crystallizing the space around her descent.
In that moment, Lee Yupan appeared to be bolstered by an additional divine force, capable of manipulating space and the concealed laws, manifesting numerous miraculous effects.
"This is indeed the might befitting a Demon God."
Yu Yiyi, with a furrowed brow, sensed the space's anomalies and swung her ice blade once more.
Streaks of icy light, cold as the grave, wove together like electricity. The space could not bear the brunt of such fierce ice blades and fractured like a shattered mirror.
In a mere moment, she shattered the spatial seal, moving freely between heaven and earth. Her form flickered, effortlessly evading the pillars of moon energy. The Bane Shadowfox on her shoulder let out a shrill squeak, revealing a swarm of murky Shadowfox-like specters that lunged at Lee Yupan, only to vanish in the blink of an eye. When they reemerged, they had infiltrated Lee Yupan's body.
"To think such tactics would work against us, the Star-Spawned Terrors, is quite amusing," the figure known as Lee Yupan remarked, though it was Yue Fei's voice that emerged. With a dismissive snort, she summoned numerous slender moon shadows that speared through the invading specters.
The defeated specters released a deluge of insignificant remnant souls and jumbled memories, which flooded Lee Yupan's mind like unwanted refuse. The specter's assault was a ruse; the true attack lay in the barrage of trash remnant souls it carried.
With three consciousnesses within her, Lee Yupan struggled to maintain her spiritual wisdom amidst the onslaught of random memories and negative remnants. The trio of consciousnesses surged forth, each vying for dominance over the body.
Yu Yiyi seized the opportunity, her ice gland producing dozens of piercing ice blades. Lee Yupan's slender frame was suddenly riddled with holes, yet instead of blood, grayish-brown specters emerged, each bearing the visage of a civet cat.
In a moment of clarity, the wounded Lee Yupan seemed to purge the unwanted memories and remnant souls from her body through her wounds. She let out a huff and swiftly merged into the Lunarphite's fur, mysteriously darting about and absorbing the returning blood light. Surprisingly, the huff was in a masculine tone.
"Grec!" Yu Yuan and Chen Qinghuang inwardly gasped upon hearing the voice.
"I do not recognize you," Grec's robust, gravelly voice echoed from within the fur. "It must have been the original me who interacted with you. No matter, once I am fully revived, I'll recall all that has transpired."
"His residual consciousness is converging on Lee Yupan's body," Chen Qinghuang noted with a chilling smirk. "He's far too optimistic. Without us here, Cao Yi alone would give him a run for his money. Besides, we arrived a step behind. His plans for resurrection are doomed to fail."
As she spoke, she used her eyes to signal Tan Junshan to take action.
"Ugh, I really dislike fighting; it's such a hassle."
Under her indifferent gaze, Tan Junshan shook his head with a resigned sigh.
Transforming into a beam of bright moonlight, he shot directly toward the heart beneath the eggshell.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
The heart pounded vigorously, yet the moonlight he had become was not dispersed. It smoothly penetrated the heart.
Yu Yuan watched as the moonlight rapidly shrank. By the time it entered the heart, it had become as fine as a hair, resembling a bloodline chain of the Otherkin, seeking to destroy the heart's structure, locate Grec's hidden lifeblood, and shatter his bizarre resurrection ceremony.
"Impressive."
Holding his sword sheath, Yu Yuan watched Tan Junshan, now reduced to the size of a glowing hair, maneuvering nimbly within the heart, and couldn't help but express his admiration.
Many cultivators at the Unbound Stage, when they reveal their Divine Visages, appear as vast as mountains, towering hundreds of feet high.
Tan Junshan, however, seemed to take a different approach, able to condense and shrink to such an extent, employing a more precise method to confront his enemies and disrupt their plans.
He was starting to see clearly that Grec's lingering will was merging with Lee Yupan from all around.
And within that heart, the droplets of Grec's lifeblood were gathering immense vital energy, intent on forming new flesh and bones to forge a new body.
Once the new body was complete, the infusion of the remaining devil soul and consciousness would signify the completion of the resurrection.
The Blood Fiend, unlike other Star-Spawned Terrors, depended heavily on their physical bodies for their innate arcane skills. They were a type of Star-Spawned Terror born with flesh and blood.
Thus, Grec's resurrection required an extensive amount of flesh and blood essence.
"Stay outside, keep an eye on the three battles, and be mindful of your own safety."
Chen Qinghuang's face bore a stern expression. The wings emanating from her back, transformed from the Deathwing Lair, had expanded several-fold. The death aura she exuded was so oppressive that even Yu Yuan felt stifled and uncomfortable.
Whoosh!
In an instant, she vanished from her spot, reappearing at the largest fissure in the dragon egg.
From her wings burst forth a grayish-white death wave, which in a flash shattered the Sunsilver-hard eggshell into fragments.
Yu Yuan glanced down and noticed that Chen Qinghuang was bracing the crack in the dragon egg with her wings, seemingly concerned that it might suddenly seal shut, trapping her inside.
She had already detached from her wings and was now causing trouble for Cao Yi within the unseen interior of the dragon egg.
"Songbird Queen, we have no quarrel. Why are you interfering with my plans?" a familiar voice echoed from within the dragon egg. It was Cao Yi, whom Yu Yuan had encountered on several occasions. "I came here covertly to eliminate potential threats to the Everlands. Without your intervention, Grec's resurrection ceremony would have failed. I am well-versed in the arcane secrets of the Blood Fiend and their numerous malevolent blood magics. I've thoroughly deciphered the resurrection ceremony he designed for himself."
"Isn't his resurrection failure exactly what you wanted to see?"
With a thunderous energy shockwave surging, Cao Yi spoke with frustration. Yu Yuan could see the violet gold shell of the dragon egg bulging intermittently.
The bulges appeared to be the result of the forceful clash between Cao Yi and Chen Qinghuang's powers.
The dragon egg of the Titan Spinosaurus was truly wondrous—not only was it as hard as celestial iron, but it also possessed the flexibility of cotton. It withstood the fierce battle between Chen Qinghuang and Cao Yi without shattering. The egg's mysterious Yin property cleverly diffused the onslaught.
"I'd rather see you and Grec perish together."
