Under the condition that one of the foundational elements of power, the Vermilion Bird Seed, has shown evident malfunction, Shan Liangyi's Yin Yang Black and White Magic Power struggles to persist. Although it doesn't appear entirely impossible to gather it again, it will certainly be much more difficult than before.

Apart from this, perhaps Shan Liangyi has other means to harm me in my current state, yet they will certainly not be as outstandingly effective as the Yin Yang Black and White Magic Power. If the battle time continues to be delayed, Shan Liangyi might find himself stagnating while watching me surpass him. If he is defeated by me in a state of incomplete power, he would definitely find it even more unacceptable than I would. Therefore, the best choice he can make right now is to temporarily halt the battle.

What kind of measures should be taken to deal with a target that cannot be killed by any attack is a topic often discussed in many fantasy stories. It's either sealing or banishment. Sealing is useless to me who can penetrate everything, so that leaves only banishment.

Shan Liangyi probably did not expect to kill me by banishing me into the void. I didn't die in the void during the Innate Manifestation period, let alone now in the Complete Manifestation. Although it's unclear whether he knows that I've been banished into the void before, analyzing from prior reactions, he seems to be quite knowledgeable about the expected performance of the Complete Manifestation.

Even so, I cannot accept being banished into the void. Void is a place where the concept of time doesn't exist, even though I might return just a moment after being banished, the original location might have already gone through a prolonged passage of time.

With Mazao's Unfortunate people's star power as an anchor, I probably won't encounter a situation where "the world has ended when I return", but even if I missed just a few seconds, it would be enough for Shan Liangyi to turn back to the original battlefield, kill Mazao, Zhu Shi, Fa Zheng, and Jian Feixian altogether, and then hide again with Evangelist Master Yan Mo.

Thus, I immediately made a retreating move, withdrawing from the range of attraction of the black Magic Power Ball. Even though this attraction used to be irresistible to my past self, now I can ignore it and remain immune.

However, my reaction seemed to have been predicted by Shan Liangyi. Almost simultaneously as I retreated, he rushed forward with high speed.

And his target wasn't me, nor was he trying to prevent my evasion, perhaps even the act of throwing the black Magic Power Ball at me was merely a feint. He actually dashed towards the black Magic Power Ball himself — towards the direction of void banishment!

Shan Liangyi plans to enter the void on his own!

I immediately manipulated the Flame Magic Power to intercept between Shan Liangyi and the black Magic Power Ball, while moving towards him. He prepared his hands in advance, concentrating his Five Elements Power, and barely gathered the Yin Yang Black and White Magic Power. One of his hands targeted the Flame Magic Power blocking him, crushing it swiftly; the other hand aimed at me, with the Yin Yang Black and White Magic Power raging towards me.

Currently, I am unable to resist the Yin Yang Black and White Magic Power, only forced to retreat, while Shan Liangyi accurately seizes this fleeting opportunity and rushes into the void.

The black Magic Power Ball vanished instantly, as if it never appeared from the start.

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Staring at the empty space ahead, I replayed the previous decision in my mind. Wondering if I could stop him from retreating into the void should I get another chance.

I'm afraid not. If I get too close, inevitably being banished to the void by him manipulating the black Magic Power Ball is a conclusion far more unacceptable than having him leave the battlefield. Even if I executed the blocking movement perfectly just now, as long as he is determined to leave, it's still impossible for me to keep him.

Long story short, right now, he is stronger than me, and extremely proficient in the Power of Space-Time. It's clear that when he chose to escape, he was quite unwilling, yet once he decides to flee, probably no one in this world can prevent his escape.

What has already happened cannot be changed; the issue is, when I next will be able to find Shan Liangyi again.

Isn't he worried about accidentally traveling to a very distant future? Of course, going to a very distant past is also possible, or he might drift to a completely different otherworldly realm from here; this is not entirely clear to me.

It's just traveling to a otherworldly realm should not be something new for Shan Liangyi, yet he still has the big goal of defeating the Old Fist God, so he probably cannot accept missing it like this. If he simply wants to escape from my hands, given his Power of Space-Time, there is really no need to pay such a severe price.

I speculate that unlike my side, Shan Liangyi entering the void might not have such severe consequences.

Since the method he used to banish into void is of the same type as Huang Quan's, it probably operates on a similar principle.

What Huang Quan excels at is Magic Power with the death attribute similar to Ming Zhuo, unrelated to space-time, yet he once used a Space-Time Domain Spell that even I found difficult to resist and banished me into the void. This likely has a close connection with Du Shuo Mountain Yellow Springs, his main body.

According to Mazao's analysis, Du Shuo Mountain Yellow Springs was transformed into a Teleportation Array carrier linking the real world and the Post-mortem World. Huang Quan's capability to cast such a spell relies on the connection with his main body; its original function should not be about banishing enemies, but linking his location to his main body, creating a path for two realms to access. The void banishment spell likely stemmed from him deliberately releasing it in a failed manner.

Also, as a result, Huang Quan did not use the void banishment law on me again in the Post-mortem World—because he was already in the Post-mortem World, unable to establish a cross-world channel scene through the connection with Du Shuo Mountain Yellow Springs.

The space-time components of the Du Shuo Mountain Teleportation Array clearly originate from Shan Liangyi, so Shan Liangyi can also perform the same actions. This approach likely ensures the user doesn't lose time and space within the Void; otherwise, its value as a passage between worlds would be nearly nonexistent. That black Magic Power Ball is most likely linked to the Teleportation Array set up by Shan Liangyi in the real world.

If the one who entered just now was me, Shan Liangyi would definitely disrupt the correct connection between the black Magic Power Ball and the Teleportation Array; whereas if it's himself, he can pass through normally.

In this light, Gua Tianshi is probably in grave danger.

Gua Tianshi can monitor whether a Teleportation Door connecting to the Post-mortem World appears in various places. If he was still free to act, even if unable to stop Shan Liangyi from constructing and using the Teleportation Door, he would certainly be able to destroy it after Shan Liangyi enters the Post-mortem World.

Since Shan Liangyi seems confident that the Teleportation Door can be used normally, the most likely scenario is that he severely injured Gua Tianshi to the point of incapacitation, or even outright killed him, before entering the Post-mortem World.

This is truly a disaster… Fortunately, the situation is not yet irreparable.

Shan Liangyi's retreat signifies the complete defeat of the Evangelical Institute. Based on past predictions, he lacks the motive to carry out a human massacre plan without detaching from the Evangelical Institute. So even if he returns to the real world alone now, there shouldn't be a worry that he will abruptly go berserk and flatten the world.

And my next course of action is also quite clear.

Use Luo Mountain's Teleportation Door to return to the real world and pursue Shan Liangyi, but to restart the closed Teleportation Door, we must leverage the power of Fa Zheng and others.

I sensed the remnants of flames I left on the battleground and then initiated teleportation.

Du Shuo Mountain Yellow Springs has already been wiped out by Mazao, and the latter can't interfere in the battlefield between me and Shan Liangyi; even if he did, he'd only be a burden, so he should assist Zhu Shi first.

The Great Demon God Tu hasn't been eliminated yet. Because Shan Liangyi previously seized all my power, the five "Catastrophe Demons" left to Zhu Shi also vanished. However, Mazao's Power of Salvation and Return seem highly effective against the Great Demon. With Zhu Shi's collaborative efforts, the Great Demon God Tu was pushed into a corner, and the original Nine-headed Great Demon was reduced to just two or three heads. The lost combat power seems irrecoverable, likely similar to how Du Shuo Mountain Yellow Springs' super-speed regeneration and Ming Zhuo's Space-Time Storm were negated by the Power of Salvation and Return.

Then, I entered the center of this battlefield.

"—Zhuang Cheng!"

Upon seeing me, Mazao shouted with immense joy, and Zhu Shi's eyes turned incredibly bright.

I nodded and then waved my hand, releasing a Sea of Fire. The Great Demon God Tu and the remaining two or three Great Demons were engulfed, unable to even scream before turning to ashes in an instant.

Soon after, I looked toward the other fiercely contested battlefield in the distance, stepping forward and instantly teleporting to that place.

Fa Zheng and Jian Feixian teamed up and were fighting fiercely against Evangelical Institute Master Yan Mo.

Even with Jian Feixian's addition, Fa Zheng was still being suppressed by Yan Mo. Because Jian Feixian is weaker than both of them, his addition could only serve a supportive role. Under Yan Mo's targeted attack, Fa Zheng even had to protect Jian Feixian. Overall, it's more beneficial than detrimental, but it fails to provide critical assistance.

As soon as I appeared in the center of the battlefield, both sides ceased their attacks.

"Zhuang Cheng, you…" Fa Zheng stared at me in disbelief.

Jian Feixian also fell into astonishment and silence, looking at me with eyes filled with incomprehension. At this point, both seemed unable to sense my mana fluctuations.

As the leader of the Evangelical Institute and one of the three founding human gods of Luo Mountain, Yan Mo seemed to perceive more.

"This mana fluctuation…" He gazed deeply at me, "You've opened the third gate, haven't you?"