Jian Feixian carved a path through the overwhelming space-time storm, and immediately attempted to charge into it.

However, his action did not succeed because Ming Zhuo intervened.

Why I consider the most dangerous character on this battlefield not to be the Evangelical Institute Master Yan Mo or the Great Demon God Tu, but Ming Zhuo, is precisely because he shares the same essence as his mentor Huang Quan — a timid and suspicious nature.

As long as it is not a fight destined for victory, he would absolutely not take the initiative to act; conversely, if he appears actively on any battlefield, it means he is completely confident of victory. It can even be said that in a battlefield personally designed by him and those like Huang Quan, unless a miracle far exceeding his calculations is displayed, there is no way to defeat him.

Jian Feixian being able to carve open the space-time storm is unexpected only to those who know nothing about him. Although Ming Zhuo may not have much camaraderie with Jian Feixian, they have coexisted on Luo Mountain for hundreds of years. Ming Zhuo cannot be unaware of the extent of Jian Feixian's capabilities.

Almost simultaneously as Jian Feixian made his move, Ming Zhuo charged at high speed, raising his hands to make a clapping gesture. Like a curtain swiftly drawn closed again, the path just cleaved open by Jian Feixian was blocked once more.

Jian Feixian was too late to carve open the path again and had to turn and raise his long sword to block Ming Zhuo's assault.

"Jian Feixian, your opponent is me!" Ming Zhuo said.

Jian Feixian coldly replied, "Ming Zhuo, have you no regard for your life!?"

The two engaged in intense combat. Unlike Jian Feixian, who was desperately trying to kill his opponent, Ming Zhuo seemed only focused on exhausting Jian Feixian, with most of his power concentrated on defense and evasion. Given their similar strength, Jian Feixian could not win quickly.

At the same time, elsewhere, another battle was underway.

Great Demon God Tu, along with three Great Impermanence level shadows he summoned, launched an attack on Zhu Shi, who had no choice but to brace and swing his sword in retaliation.

The combat ability of those three shadows was akin to the Meng Zhang incarnations I have encountered before. In terms of sheer power scale and density, Zhu Shi could only match them evenly. Luckily, with the enhancement from White Tiger Killing Power, Zhu Shi's capability was sufficient to surpass seasoned Great Impermanence, effectively suppressing these three shadows.

Yet, matching the seasoned Great Impermanence is not exclusive to Zhu Shi — Great Demon God Tu does as well. This formidable foe not only commands the three shadows from the rear, but also charges forward himself, unleashing dark, viscous mana, joining the siege against Zhu Shi.

Zhu Shi moved swiftly and released Sword Qi continuously, momentarily becoming like a silver-white sun radiating brilliance in all directions, while the four enemies around him unleashed immense darkness from different angles, rapidly eroding the area of white light.

Despite my constant attempts to aid Zhu Shi with flames, I couldn't bridge the gap between space-time layers like Jian Feixian, and the flames repeatedly passed through the four enemies as though touching Mirror Flowers and Water Moon.

Even worse, amidst the darkness around Zhu Shi, new Great Impermanence level shadows seemed to be gradually emerging. Meanwhile, those three shadows shifted from their unstable forms to definite and distinct appearances, like water solidifying into ice, with their mana fluctuations settling into relatively stable frequencies.

Despite their lesser power compared to the Great Demons I've previously encountered, these peculiar entities summoned by Great Demon God Tu turned out not to be mere incarnations… but other Great Demons!

Even Jian Feixian couldn't help but turn his gaze.

This cannot be. My calculations indicate that the Doomsday Demons are likely all extinguished, and even if there is a slim chance of survivors, at most there should be one or two, not three or four during such a critical moment.

Could it be that the Naraku Gospel is summoning reinforcements for the Evangelical Institute on the spot? Or is there some mechanism here that I haven't deciphered?

"Let me answer you... There's no hidden mechanism, these are real Great Demons." Ming Zhuo let out a laughter filled with suppressed darkness.

He actually had the spare energy to speak to me.

"Doomsday Demon is the incarnate of Naraku Gospel, the representative of Naraku Gospel in the Post-mortem World. And Great Demon God Tu holds a part of the Great Unpredictable God T's will from before his death, using this to draw him into our camp, essentially, bringing Naraku Gospel to our side as well." Ming Zhuo stated, "Do you understand what this means? Even the natural will of the planet is on our side now. Luo Mountain, you are the real counter-revolutionary force... doomed to be eliminated by us!"

"Noisy!" Jian Feixian intensified his attack.

"Hahahahaha!"

Ming Zhuo, while fully defending against Jian Feixian's blade, continued his arrogant laughter, directing his voice toward me: "What's the matter, Zhuang Cheng? Are you not willing to protect your companions? Aren't you willing to sacrifice your life to protect someone important?"

"I recall this Zhu Shi is your fiancée, why aren't you protecting her? Is it because you can't do it!?"

This is psychological warfare.

He has no reason to proactively share real information with us, nor should he be speaking to me while entangled with Jian Feixian. His every word and action has a clear, utilitarian purpose: to weaken our morale through speech, to incite anger within me, cause me to lose composure, and render me unable to wield my usual strength and intellect.

Immediately, a voice also came from Zhu Shi's side.

This is telepathy. Under the stratifications caused by the space-time storm, telepathy Spell can't connect to each other. However, at Zhu Shi's location, there's my "Firefly" and thermal energy marker, which can serve as a medium to connect with my Spirit.

"Zhuang Cheng, don't trust Ming Zhuo... Naraku Gospel is not entirely on Evangelical Institute's side."

Her eyes turned into a penetrating lake blue, the power of "Buzhou Mountain" has already activated, allowing her to see through the flaws of All Things.

White Tiger Killing Power can comprehensively enhance the abilities of the participant in battle, and "Buzhou Mountain" - this Special Ability, mutated from the Power of Heaven and Earth - seems to have received a great increase, attaining Great Impermanence specifications.

The enemy's words, the flowing of power, the direction of fate... all imperfections seemed to have manifested before her eyes, even deeper truths could be analyzed and deciphered by her, becoming useful hints for the battle.

Her surface personality also became extremely cold with the activation of her ability, relentlessly launching silver Sword Qi, fully resisting attacks from all directions, while she continued to speak with a cool tone: "Indeed, Great Demon God T summoned other Great Demons... but even it couldn't fully represent Naraku Gospel's intentions, thus the summoned Great Demons only possess a portion of their power.

"I can mostly distinguish the original forms of these Great Demons. They're all renowned Lost Great Impermanence and Death Great Impermanence in Luo Mountain's history. If they were completely recreated as characters with the concept of 'living to the Doomsday Era and going mad into Impermanence', then I'd be dead by now.

"Ultimately, Great Demon God T is merely the incarnation of Naraku Gospel. The 'permissions' of its summoning can only call upon inferior incarnations.

"And... ugh—"

As she spoke, another new Great Demon was summoned by Great Demon God T, the pressure she endured instantly escalated another notch, and the defense domain sustained by the silver Sword Qi was compressed to the verge of collapse.

Mazao was concentrating all his energy to mobilize the power of the destiny vortex, moving swiftly but not swiftly enough. A moment of Great Success Rank and a moment of Great Impermanence are entirely different concepts; our exchanges and actions thus far have been conducted at speeds far beyond what Mazao could perceive. Even speaking is not conducted through the medium of air to transmit sound, but through mana fluctuations, therefore not restricted by the normal speed of sound.

I wanted to directly transmit myself to the space-time layer where Zhu Shi was by means of the connection with the "Firefly" and thermal energy marker, to rescue her from distress. But this attempt failed; the stratification blocked Flame Transmission abruptly. The skills I possessed must be thoroughly known by my enemy as well, it's impossible for them not to have preventive measures in place. This space-time storm isn't something easily surpassed by this level of approach.

This move is not entirely ineffective. Just like telepathy can establish through contact, a portion of my power can also be transmitted to that side through the connection.

An orange Fire Sea roared into being at Zhu Shi's location.

Yet, my primary consciousness still couldn't transfer into the flames near Zhu Shi, nor could I particularly control the flames powerfully; merely having clear dialogues and transmitting a portion of power was the limit. The contact constantly disturbed by the space-time storm was insufficient to increase the fire density there to strong enough levels.

The scale was also limited, the seemingly mighty Fire Sea was actually quite sparse, its total not reaching the baseline of Great Impermanence. I could only command the flame to automatically expand now, at least raise the volume first.

The Great Demons seemed capable of perceiving that the newly emerged flame posed no threat to them, or perhaps they were devoid of the sensibility to avoid danger, and just continually surrounded and attacked Zhu Shi. And just as these Dark Magical Power was about to strike Zhu Shi at this moment, Zhu Shi's figure suddenly flickered, evading all attacks with an astonishingly agile movement technique.

Her eyes carried a penetrating brilliance, seemingly instantaneously discerning the flaws and escape routes of the predicament.

Great Demon God T led all Great Demons to blast mana towards Zhu Shi once more, Zhu Shi entered a guerilla stance, each time evading from inconceivable angles.

But she was far from being as composed as she appeared, I could see cold sweat of extreme tension forming on her forehead.

Now, she was like an ordinary person walking a tightrope in the sky, one wrong step and she'd end up shattered.

I desperately explored ways to break the impasse and manipulated the omnipresent Fire Sea, attempting to break through the space-time storm.

"And..." Zhu Shi continued speaking while on the move, "The culprit who started this space-time storm, according to my observations, is surely Ming Zhuo.

"To lift the space-time storm, Ming Zhuo must first be killed."

Upon hearing these words, I immediately relayed them to Jian Feixian in the distance.

Jian Feixian, maintaining relentless pursuit against Ming Zhuo, displayed a slightly bitter expression.

Killing Ming Zhuo, how difficult would that be?

Ming Zhuo possesses Naraku Undying Body, even Xuanming in the world would be unable to kill him. The only one present who could do that is me, who can exert True Spirit Power. The problem is the space-time storm completely separates Ming Zhuo and me, preventing me from acting against him.

In other words, it's like the key to the safe is locked inside the safe.

However, why could Ming Zhuo summon such a powerful space-time storm?

"This space-time storm isn't Ming Zhuo's own power, but planetary natural will... the power of Naraku Gospel," Zhu Shi said.