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    TL: Zhao


    Editing: Krisaia


    "Ah... If only we could find the rock that Wukong left behind..." Li Huaibei drank another mouthful. The pungent smell of his wine made Bai Ze frown.


    "Even if we find it, it’s probably going to be useful. If the seal is broken, then I don’t see how finding the rock will fix everything."


    "Why do you think Mr. Kong’s after Li Yiming?" Li Huaibei stared at the ongoing battle.


    "He wants to take the staff back. He’s pretty persistent... "


    It was clear to them that their biggest problem was not the apparition of the golden deities, but rather Mr. Kong, who orchestrated everything from beyond the clouds. As long as he remained undealt with, the looming threat of apocalypse would not be gone for good.


    "Do you think it’s possible to seal him up just like he did a year ago?" Li Huaibei asked.


    "You mean... Wait... with Shao Xian..." Bai Ze mumbled.


    "Yes! Shao Xian! She won’t be able to seal himpletely, but it should be enough to cause him trouble." Bai Ze’s eyes lit up.


    "Alright, you go look for her. She should be with Sai Gao. I’ll go take a look at other ces." Li Huaibei stood up and patted his clothes. The deities had not pursued their attacks elsewhere in the country, but Li Huaibei’s mind was nevertheless preupied with fear.


    After Li Huaibei’s departure, Bai Ze stretched herselfzily before making her way toward the military camp. Level-headed as they were, they remained calm amidst the chaos.


    As Li Huaibei and Bai Ze left the spectator’s seats, Li Yiming began to grow increasingly irritated as he fought his way through the golden deity apparitions with thunder and steel. Just as Eyesses had assumed, most of the projections were simply broken husks. The one foe whose strength was worth worrying about was the Bodhisattva that carried Ying Mei, who possessing powers exceeding Yun Yiyuan’s. However, whenever Li Yiming defeated a deity, their bodies would fade away, turning into a golden thread which was absorbed back into the clouds. Through the powers of the Heavens, they would be reincarnated, making it impossible to truly kill them.


    Li Yiming realized that he had to change his target to Ying Mei if he wanted to have any chance of putting an end to the fight. However, Ying Mei proved to be a much tougher opponent than Yun Yiyuan, especially when she fought along with the Bodhisattva.


    Although there was little Li Yiming could do to Ying Mei, the same was true the other way around. Despite Ying Mei throwing wave after wave of shadowy ws and sending her golden army after Li Yiming, thetter managed to escape her encirclement time and time again. Rage slowly took over her mind as she was unable to achieve her revenge that she longed for over a year now. Ying Mei suddenly plunged both of her hands into her chest, ripping her own flesh apart, and pulled out a shadow from her body.


    "Do you know how long I have waited for this day?" Ying Meiughed sinisterly. The shadows slowly condensed together, reforming her naked body.


    "You’ve taken away my lover and my father! You’ve made me another man’s toy! Come! Show me what’s hidden behind that hypocritical facade of yours!" Ying Mei imed.


    After emitting a soft moan, Ying Mei produced a hundred clones, all of which were flirtatious and deathly charming.


    "Temptation?" Li Yiming’s eyes felt a strange attraction to the naked bodiesid before his eyes. The technique itself was not so umon, but its effects were extraordinary when used by someone as strong as Ying Mei.


    "Do you like it? Thene over!" Ying Mei suddenly split her legs in front of Li Yiming. Thetter took a deep breath and focusing on not losing his cool.


    "How indecent!" A cold snort was heard as a white me appeared in front of Li Yiming — it was Liu Meng, who could no longer stay put.


    Liu Meng emerged from the white me and flew toward Ying Mei. Thetter’s body suddenly liquefied and spread itself over Liu Meng.


    "Do you really think that I wanted to kill him? I was waiting for you toe out! Li Yiming, watch as your loved one bes a subject of eternal torture!" The putrid liquid continued to flow toward Liu Meng, and with it the ck smoke that it produced confluenced around her.


    Liu Meng frowned, and her body was covered by a dome of fire.


    "Do you like to burn? Then keep burning!"


    "I give you my flesh and my soul! Burn! Burn for as long as the shadows exist! Burn her to ashes!"


    "Curse of the soul!?" Li Yiming was astonished at seeing Ying Meiunching such a suicidal attack.


    "Don’te!" Liu Meng could feel another kind of fire being ignited on her body. Unlike her cleansing me, this was one which spread corruption and consumed the soul. She raised her hand and stopped Li Yiming froming close, worried that Ying Mei’s fire would spread to him.


    "Ahahaha! Not bad! She’s just like the girl you’re hiding so carefully from me! Do you really think that you could have fooled me? I will make sure that every woman that you’ve been involved with will be tortured for eternity!" Ying Mei’ughed maniacally.


    "What?" Liu Meng turned toward Li Yiming, her own fire suddenly bursting up.


    "Who’s that?" Li Yiming asked.


    During the ongoing battle, Bai Ze arrived at the military camp. Wu Jia was on a bed with Chen Jiawang by her side when she was suddenly attacked by her own shadow.


    "Careful!" Bai Ze was surprised that someone like Wu Jia, who was aplete bystander, would be specifically targeted by Ying Mei.


    Chen Jiawang instinctively reached out for the w.


    "Dodge!" Bai Ze yelled as she dashed toward Chen Jiawang, not wanting the innocent young man to perish, especially after having lived with him for so long and developed a deep friendship.


    "What?" After catching the shadowy w, fire quickly spread onto Chen Jiawang’s arm.


    Chen Jiawang gasped as he activated his talent on a whim, despite never having used it inbat before. A golden sh of light brightened the room momentarily, and the shadow w turned still, bing a lump of solid gold.


    "What?" Bai Zended right next to Chen Jiawang. Not only was the w turned into gold, but even Wu Jia’s shadow was turned into gold.


    "Seriously?" Bai Ze approached the golden w and tapped it lightly.


    "I think it’s all gold..." Chen Jiawang pulled his hand back, still under the shock.


    "You managed to defeat her curse?" Bai Ze was astounded, but the small golden statue standing in front of her was proof of what Chen Jiawang had just achieved.


    Perhaps it was a lucky thing that Wu Jia remained unconscious throughout the whole ordeal, or unfortunate that she was targeted at all, but she managed to dodge yet another bullet.


    "What happened?" Chen Jiawang asked.


    "This has to be a joke..." Bai Ze was incredulous.