Chaos.
There is no up or down, no left or right, and no scale for the passage of time. There is only a gray-white turbulence that rolls, boils, tears, and annihilates, like billions of crazy pythons, devouring and strangling each other in the eternal void. The chaotic energy storm is everywhere, with the primitive power that can tear steel into atoms and completely assimilate the soul. There is no sound here, only the scream of consciousness being violently torn apart; there is no light, only the fleeting strange color spots that burst out when energy collides and annihilates.
Li Hua felt like he was thrown into a blender at the beginning of the universe. The body has long lost consciousness, or rather, the concept of the body itself is being rapidly deconstructed and stripped away in this chaotic turbulence. Consciousness is the only thing left, but it is also torn into pieces, like catkins in the wind. The cold erosion of the ink poison, the violent conflict of the fragmented star power, the backlash pain of the forced blood flame... all the pain became insignificant in the face of this more grand and more essential chaos.
His last memory stayed at the moment when he pushed Mei into the gap, and stayed in the shadow of Mo Li's giant hand of destruction that covered the sky. Mei... how is she? She was ignited by his own soul flame and pushed into the core of Guixu, which is more terrifying than hell... is she... still alive?
This thought is like a spark in the darkness, weak, but stubbornly resisting the assimilation of chaos. It is this spark that allows Li Hua's consciousness, which is about to completely disintegrate, to firmly grasp a trace of "existence" anchor.
Just when the consciousness is about to completely sink into chaos!
Buzz——!
A very weak but extremely tenacious silver light, like a lighthouse that penetrates the endless fog, suddenly lights up in Li Hua's broken consciousness perception!
It was the breath of the copper ring on Mei's chest! It was the strange silver light that combined her blood essence, Li Hua's black blood and blood flame, and the protection of Qingluan's piano sound! It did not disappear, but in this pure chaotic turbulence, like a magic needle, it stubbornly maintained a small relatively "stable" area!
This area was just "in front" of Li Hua's consciousness! The core of the silver light was a curled up figure that was madly torn by the dark blue blood flame and the gray-white turbulence of chaos - Mei!
She is not dead yet! The copper ring and silver light are guarding her last chance of life!
Li Hua's broken consciousness instantly burst out with a strong desire to survive! He no longer resisted the tearing of chaos, but instead threw his only remaining, extremely weak will, like a gambler who was desperate, in the direction of that little silver light! Go! Get close to her! Even if the consciousness is completely torn apart, you must seize the only chance of life!
As if responding to his desperate will, the silent fragment mark in his body suddenly flashed a blue light when it sensed the blood breath of Mei contained in the silver light and the afterglow of the resonance of the "Heart of the Gate"! A weak but clear traction force instantly acted on Li Hua's consciousness that was about to dissipate!
Whoosh!
Like a drowning man grabbing the last straw, Li Hua's shattered consciousness was pulled by this traction force towards the area guarded by the silver light and crashed into it fiercely!
Boom!
The severe pain of returning consciousness instantly overwhelmed Li Hua! He felt like he was forced back into a tattered skin bag with thousands of holes and on the verge of disintegration! The cold numbness of the shadow poison wound on his left shoulder, the piercing pain of the ink poison erosion on his right arm, the tearing feeling of the conflict of power in his body, and the sense of annihilation brought by forcibly passing through the chaotic turbulence, as if every cell was wailing, completely overwhelmed him like a tsunami!
"Ugh...!" He uttered a painful groan that was not human, and suddenly opened his eyes!
What he saw was no longer the rolling chaos, but an indescribable scene.
This was a huge spherical space that was forcibly supported and twisted by countless bronze "roots" flowing with faint blue starlight. The roots were twisted and coiled, forming a "barrier" of space, and the faint blue sparks pulsated and flowed in it, reflecting the interior with a deep blue. At the core of the space, there was a gray-white energy vortex that could not be described in words, constantly collapsing and expanding - that was the embodiment of the projection of the "Heart of the Gate" in this core! It exuded a primitive, chaotic, vast and desperate aura of the origin of the abyss, and was the core and source of the entire chaotic turbulence!
At this moment, Mei's body was suspended right in front of this terrifying energy vortex! It was only a stone's throw away from the destructive core!
She still maintained a curled-up posture, but the dark blue blood flame burning around her body had undergone a strange change at this moment! The blood flame that was originally violently destructive seemed to be attracted and assimilated by the gray-white energy vortex at the core, and was being stripped, swallowed, and integrated into the vortex! At the same time, the gray-white energy turbulence with the breath of chaotic assimilation, like a maggot on the tarsal bone, continued to overflow from the vortex, trying to entangle and invade Mei's body!
What protected her was the copper ring close to her heart! At this moment, the copper ring shone brightly, and the silver lines that merged the essence of blood, ink blood and piano sound flowed wildly like living things, bursting out with strong silver light, forming a layer of tough light film, resisting the erosion of the gray-white turbulence and the power of the blood flame being stripped! The copper ring itself was also shaking violently, and fine cracks began to appear on the surface. It was obviously at its limit!
What made Li Hua's eyes split was that on Mei's face! The dark blue blood vessel cracks have covered most of her face, like a hideous spider web! And at the center of her forehead, a black spot as sticky as ink, emitting extreme malice and cold will, is rapidly expanding and wriggling! That is the mark of Mo Li's shadow poison! It is taking advantage of the moment when Mei's soul flame is ignited and her body and soul are at their weakest, eroding frantically, trying to seize this container close to the core of the "Heart of the Gate"!
Mei's body is shaking violently unconsciously, and the silver light and the ink spots are fighting fiercely on her face. Every tremor is accompanied by a silent and extremely painful scream from the depths of her soul!
She is being torn apart by three forces! The Heart of the Gate is devouring the blood flame and assimilating her! Mo Li's shadow poison is corroding and branding her! Only the silver light of the copper ring is desperately guarding her last origin!
"Mei——!" Li Hua screamed, struggling to pounce! But as soon as he moved, the severe pain and weakness in his body overwhelmed him like a tide, and his body was completely out of control! What was even more terrifying was that he found himself suspended in this space, still some distance away from Mei and the core vortex, with a violent energy turbulence in between that was enough to tear him apart!
What to do? ! Watch her being swallowed and eroded? !
Just as Li Hua was desperate, the fragment mark in his body, after feeling the vast breath of the core projection of the "Heart of the Gate" at such a close distance, actually burst into an unprecedented, almost crazy throbbing! The dark blue light penetrated his body, forming a thin halo around him, temporarily isolating the tearing of some of the chaotic turbulence around him! At the same time, a strong, instinctive "desire" was transmitted from the mark - get close to the core! Integrate into the core!
This desire was so strong that it even temporarily overwhelmed the erosion of the ink poison and the severe pain in the body! It seemed that there was the final destination of his "container"!
A trace of struggle flashed in Li Hua's eyes, but when he saw Mei struggling painfully in the silver light and ink spots, all his hesitation was instantly replaced by fierce determination!
Container? Destination? Fuck it!
He no longer resisted the strong pull of the fragment mark, but instead used all his remaining strength to activate the mark! With the weak traction generated by the resonance between the mark and the core, he was like a moth flying into the fire, and swam towards the direction of the gray-white energy vortex, towards the position where Mei was!
The violent energy turbulence tore at the blue halo that protected the body, making a harsh friction sound. The body was like being cut by countless blunt knives. But he didn't care, and only had eyes for the figure struggling in front of the destruction core!
The distance was shortening! Ten feet... five feet... three feet...
Finally! At the moment when the protective blue halo was about to be completely shattered, Li Hua suddenly stretched out his hand, and with his right hand, which was covered with dark blue blood and fragment marks, he fiercely grabbed Mei's violently trembling left hand!
Fingertips touched!
Buzz——! ! !
An indescribable soul-level shock instantly swept over the two of them!
The blue light of the fragment mark on the palm of Li Hua's right arm surged! The silver light of the copper ring on Mei's heart also suddenly became blazing! The two forces instantly penetrated through the touching fingertips!
Li Hua "saw" it clearly! He saw the soul in Mei's body that was being torn apart and on the verge of collapse! He saw the burning dark blue soul flame being swallowed by the gray-white vortex! He saw the vicious Mo Li brand on the forehead expanding wildly! He also saw... in the deepest part of the soul, a weak but extremely tenacious core that flashed with pure silver light - that was Mei's own will! It was her determination to detonate the Blood Soul Thunder Pearl in the Nuo Temple, the sadness of communicating with the ancestral blood chain in the bone altar, and the unyielding spirit of drawing the line of protection in front of the bronze wall! At this moment, this little silver light was being besieged by Mo Li's Shadow Poison Brand and the devouring power of the Gate Heart, like an isolated island in the storm, which could be destroyed at any time!
"Hold on! I'm coming!" Li Hua roared silently at the soul level! He no longer hesitated, and the vast and violent blue star power of the fragment mark in his body, which was triggered by the core, and the thick and cold ink poison in his right arm, no longer suppressed the conflict, but like a flood, along the connected arm, madly and unreservedly poured into Mei's body!
Not ignite! But - **infuse**! Use all the chaos and destructive power in his "container" to impact! To disrupt the situation! To break the fragile balance of the three parties!
Boom -! ! !
Mei's body suddenly straightened! It was as if she was pierced by a billion-volt electric current! The dark blue blood flame in her body, which was originally devoured by the Heart of the Gate, was instantly poured with boiling oil after being infused with Li Hua's more violent power of the same origin, and it suddenly surged! In turn, it burned madly and resisted the assimilation power of the gray-white vortex!
At the same time, the thick ink poison seemed to have found a new target. Part of it attacked Li Hua along the connected arms, and the other part, like a shark smelling blood, fiercely hit the expanding ink shadow poison mark on Mei's forehead!
Two ink poisons of the same origin but with different wills collided violently at Mei's eyebrows! It was like two poisonous dragons fighting for their nest! The expansion of the ink mark was instantly curbed, and even violently fluctuated due to the impact of the ink poison infused by Li Hua with his own fierce will!
The balance of the three parties tearing in Mei's body was completely broken by Li Hua's desperate, chaotic and violent intervention! It became a more tragic and violent melee of four forces!
"Ah——!!!" Mei's mouth once again burst out with a shrill howl that exceeded the human limit! Her body was like a furnace on the verge of exploding, with dark blue cracks and silver light flashing wildly on the surface of her skin, the black spots between her eyebrows wriggling violently to fight against the invading ink poison, and the silver light of the copper ring on her heart flickered under the violent energy impact, and the cracks expanded rapidly!
Destruction! Her body and soul were accelerating the disintegration in the conflict of these four terrifying forces!
However, in this extreme chaos and destruction!
The besieged, pure silver will core deep in Mei's soul, after enduring the impact of the destructive torrent infused by Li Hua, mixed with the obsession of protection, was not only not washed away, but like tempered steel, it suddenly burst out with unprecedented light!
This light, pure, tough, with a supreme will that transcends life and death and protects the loved one!
This light of will instantly communicated with the copper ring on her chest that was on the verge of breaking! It communicated with the silver lines flowing on the copper ring, which were a fusion of the blood of the Nuo witch, the blood of Li Huamo, and the sound of the Qingluan Qin!
Buzz——! ! !
The copper ring made the last and loudest buzzing sound! It suddenly broke away from Mei's chest and floated in front of her forehead! On the ring, the silver lines seemed to come alive, twisting, reorganizing, and interweaving wildly! In the blazing silver light, they actually outlined an ancient, majestic, sad and protective Nuo mask phantom!
This Nuo mask phantom was not green-faced and fanged, but had soft but firm lines, closed eyes, and a silver light between the eyebrows like a star! It was the embodiment of Mei's own will!
"Use my soul as a guide! Use my blood as a proof! Nuo mask is immortal! Guardianship lasts forever--!"
A clear and resolute voice, as if it had traveled through time and space, rang directly in the depths of Li Hua and Mei's souls! This was Mei's voice, but it was full of the solemnity of the ancient Nuo witch!
With this voice, the silver light of will that burst out from the depths of Mei's soul, like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, was all injected into the suspended Nuo mask phantom!
Buzz! ! !
The Nuo mask phantom solidified instantly! From virtual to real! Transformed into a real, jade-like but emitting a tough silver glow--Nuo mask!
The moment this Nuo mask appeared, a majestic, solemn field with the power of protection and purification suddenly spread out! Forcibly suppressed the four violent conflicting forces in Mei's body!
The devouring power of the gray-white vortex was isolated!
The dark blue blood flame was forcibly combed and tamed!
The chaotic power infused by Li Hua was rejected and purified!
The shadow poison imprint of Mo Li on the forehead, under the illumination of this pure protection field, made a shrill "sizzling" sound, like ice and snow exposed to the scorching sun, quickly melting and shrinking!
Mei's body, which was on the verge of collapse, finally stopped the trend of collapse under the protection of this Nuo mask field! The ink spot on the forehead was suppressed to only a stubborn black spot. The violent energy turbulence around her body was forcibly smoothed. The painful distortion on her face slowly calmed down. Although it was still covered with dark blue cracks and her breath was weak, she had a strange, inner and outer tenacity and... divinity!
She raised her head slowly and with great difficulty. On her forehead, the silver-glowing Nuo mask perfectly matched her pale cheeks. Under the Nuo mask, a pair of tightly closed eyes slowly opened.
There was no more pain and confusion in his eyes, only a deep, calm, silver light like the ancient starry sky.
The new "Nuo" was born in the furnace of destruction at the core of Guixu!
Li Hua looked at the reborn figure in front of him, exuding a sacred and tragic atmosphere, and felt the pure and tenacious protective power coming from the connection between his hands, with mixed feelings in his heart. Success? Mei... survived? And also gained... unimaginable power?
However, before his joy rose, a colder and more terrifying will, like a cold wave that froze everything, instantly swept across the entire core space!
"Ants... dare to steal... my authority..."
Mo Li's voice full of endless anger and cold murderous intent, like billions of ice cones, directly pierced into the depths of the two people's souls!
The space twisted and boiled violently! The gray-white energy vortex representing the projection of the "Heart of the Gate" suddenly contracted and expanded violently! In the center of the vortex, the sticky shadows like ink gathered and condensed crazily! A giant hand covered with flowing ink scales, with destructive black light lingering on its fingertips, more solid and more terrifying than the one seen in the bronze space before, slowly stretched out from the center of the vortex!
This time, it was no longer a projection!
Instead, it was Mo Li's power, with the help of the channel of the "Heart of the Gate", that truly descended to the core of the root of Guixu!