Lock direction...
Shui Yunzi's pupils shrank sharply, and he said in horror: "Curse! It must be a curse of the power of curse!"
"so……"
Tu Sanshan slowly looked at the water drop pendant and asked in a hoarse voice, "Do you want to lead him away yourself?"
"Absolutely not!"
Huo Bufan stood between the pendant and Shui Yunzi without a second thought, staring at Xu Chong with wide eyes: "If you die, all the efforts made by the Emperor of Heaven, the ancient sages, and us will be in vain!"
"Don't worry."
Xu Chong smiled and said, "Death would be too great a loss for me. How could I seek death?"
Shui Yunzi, Jin Donglai, Tu Sanshan were all moved.
The three of them knew very well that Xu Chong's words were undoubtedly a disguised acknowledgement of Changsheng.
Huo Bufan didn't understand this and asked, "Are you sure you can handle him?"
"I can't say I'm sure."
Xu Chong shook his head calmly, "Remember what I said before? I had some ideas, but unfortunately I didn't have a chance to verify them."
"You are talking about... Devouring Talent?"
Tu Sanshan took a step forward and said, "Even if your talent can even devour the truth, so what? The gap between you and that evil demon is too big. If it is alert enough, the power of a first-level status will be enough to disintegrate all your abilities in an instant!"
"That being said, it's not all hopeless, is it?"
Xu Chong waved his hand, "Please stop trying to persuade me. Now that things have come to this, I have no choice but to do this... Please ask Brother Jin to take out the treasure left by the Emperor of Heaven."
"What treasure?"
Jin Donglai was stunned.
"The treasure that can forcibly send me far away."
Xu Chong said seriously, "You didn't mention the specific name when you transmitted the message, but I think as long as you slightly change the direction you sent me away, the evil demon will chase me and the Five Spirits Realm will be saved from destruction."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's expression changed.
Jin Donglai hesitated for a moment and looked at Shui Yunzi for help.
Shui Yunzi, who has always been in a leadership position, didn't know what to choose at this time.
Originally, sending Xu Chong far away from the Five Spirits Realm was undoubtedly the best choice.
But now, the evil demon has the means to lock Xu Chong, which means that no matter where Xu Chong goes, he will eventually be caught up.
At this moment, Mu Fangfang, who had been silent, suddenly spoke, her face ashamed, her eyes dodging: "The exiled treasure can escape into the void, and can forcibly seal the second-class status and exile it for three million miles... If the Five Spirit Realm can survive this disaster, I am willing to die to apologize."
"you!!!"
Huo Bufan glared at Mu Fangfang.
"Three million miles?"
Xu Chong's eyes gleamed, and he turned his head to look at the gate: "Such a long distance, it seems that it is also a good idea to aim at the direction of the evil demon..."
When he removed the thoughts attached to Huan, An Ya's position was less than 200,000 miles away from the Five Spirits Realm.
If he is exiled from this direction, his landing point will undoubtedly be the one closest to An Ya among all the directions. But in this case, if An Ya chases him again, he will have to change direction completely.
It can help the Five Spirits Realm avoid crises to a greater extent.
"Fellow Daoist Jin, if you delay, something unexpected will happen."
Xu Chong looked at Jin Donglai deeply and said, "I'll wait for you outside."
After saying this, there was a flash of light, and an old figure walked through the gate.
“…”
Jin Donglai opened his mouth, but in the end, nothing came out.
The area near the gate fell into deathly silence.
After a long while, Huo Bufan slowly turned his head and stared at Mu Fangfang with his red eyes: "Now, do you know what kind of person he is?"
“…”
Mu Fangfang was speechless and could only lower her head in shame.
"Okay."
Tu Sanshan sighed, "Fellow Daoist Mu has never done anything wrong. Even if she could be targeted by the evil spirit instead of Fellow Daoist Xu, I think she would never hesitate... just like us."
"I know……"
Huo Bufan wasn't really blaming Mu Fangfang, "But are we just going to watch him go to his death? Three million miles may seem far enough, but if we can lock on to his direction, with the speed of a first-class rank, it won't take long to catch up with him."
"We all understand this."
Tu Sanshan's expression was extremely bitter. "But now that things have come to this, there is nothing we can do except believe in the prophecy of the Emperor of Heaven."
"The prophecy of the Emperor of Heaven?"
Huo Bufan sneered, "If you believe the prophecy of the Emperor of Heaven, the Five Spirit Realm will be completely destroyed... Don't tell me that you plan to destroy the Five Spirit Realm on your own initiative after the crisis is resolved?"
"this……"
Tu Sanshan's expression froze.
Yes, if Xu Chong leads the evil spirit away, there is a great chance that the Five Spirits Realm and Baiyujing can be preserved.
At least it won't be destroyed now.
This is in great conflict with the prophecy that says 'all reality will be annihilated'.
Is it that the prophecy has not yet come true, or will the prophecy be reversed because of this choice?
If it was the former, it would be fine.
If it's the latter...
Will the light return?
For a moment, Tu Sanshan fell into deep self-doubt.
"perhaps……"
Shui Yunzi's deep voice sounded, "We can destroy the Five Spirit Realm."
"???"
Huo Bufan was stunned, his mouth opened wide, and he looked at Shui Yunzi with a look of astonishment, "What did you say?"
"Devouring talent."
Shui Yunzi narrowed his eyes, a gleam of light flashing in them, "Fellow Daoist Xu did not deny Fellow Daoist Tu's speculation just now, which shows that he really relies on his devouring talent."
"But he didn't refute my doubts."
Tu Sanshan frowned, "This also shows that he is not very confident that he can compete with the first-class status at the third-class status."
"Indeed."
Shui Yunzi nodded, and then changed the subject, "But since he chose this, it must be feasible. It's just that the risk is relatively high and the hope is relatively low... It is very likely that the Devouring Talent is not as simple as we think it is. It only has the function of replenishing consumption."
"You mean..."
Tu Sanshan's expression changed slightly.
"I guess the Devouring Talent might allow him to break through the realm quickly!"
Shui Yunzi said firmly, "Because only in this way can he have an extremely small chance to catch the evil demon off guard and gain enough strength to deal with it before the other party reacts!"
"You want him to use his Devouring Talent to break through to the second level before fighting the evil demon?"
Huo Bufan's eyes lit up, but he immediately became confused: "But where can we get him a demon to devour?"
"No, it doesn't have to be the Devils Devourer."
Jin Donglai's eyes gradually became shocked, and he pointed to the ground in front of him: "He can also swallow the Five Spirits!"
"!!!"
Huo Bufan stared with his eyes wide open, his eyeballs almost popping out, "Swallow... Swallow the Five Spirits Realm?"
"It seems... really feasible?"
Mu Sanshan uttered a few words with difficulty.
Although from beginning to end, Xu Chong only mentioned the effect of the Devouring Talent on nothingness, but now the completely disappeared vegetation, birds, powdered mud and rocks, deep pits... everything shows that the Devouring Talent is not "picky".
"etc."
Tu Sanshan seemed to have thought of something. "The means by which those three achieved the fruit of truth can also be regarded as some kind of devouring... If Fellow Daoist Xu does this , will he also gradually lose his wisdom like them?"
"Probably not."
Shui Yunzi shook his head. "Fellow Daoist Xu is not a pure real body. Even if swallowing the real body has some effect on him, he should be able to switch to nothingness to eliminate this effect."
"If that's the case... I get it!"
Huo Bufan's eyes lit up, "The Five Spirit Realm is so huge, even if Fellow Daoist Xu is allowed to devour all the way to the first level, there will still be enough living space left... and as long as we get through this crisis, we can slowly expand Baiyujing and slowly relocate the people."
"I don't think it's that simple."
Tu Sanshan suddenly spoke.
"What do you mean?"
Shui Yunzi was stunned.
"We just found out that Fellow Daoist Xu can devour the truth, but he himself is not."
Tu Sanshan's face was calm. "If nothing unexpected happened, he knew from the beginning that there was a way to devour the Five Spirit Realms, but he never even mentioned it... There must be some concerns that we don't know about."
"Concerns? At this point, is there anything more concerning than losing hope?"
Jin Donglai took a deep breath, reached out to pick up the floating Bai Yujing, and turned to walk towards the boundary gate.
"what you up to?"
Huo Bufan asked loudly.
A white light flashed, and Jin Donglai stepped through the gate and left.
Everyone's expression changed, and they followed closely in tacit understanding, going out of the gate together.
"It seems that you have figured it out."
Xu Chong smiled and said, "Fortunately, the evil demon should still be in shock and confusion, so it's not too late for him to send me away."
"You are right."
Jin Donglai raised his hand, dragging a diamond-shaped object with a metallic luster in his palm, "This is Dunkong, the exiled treasure that the Emperor of Heaven has accumulated a large number of spatial rules."
Xu Chong swept his eyes across everyone's faces and bowed solemnly: "Everyone..."
--squeak!!!
Before he could finish his words, an extremely piercing scream resounded throughout the ruins.
Xu Chong looked up suddenly, only to see an extremely thin tail of light, like a silk thread, one end connected to the depths of darkness, the other end connected to... Jin Donglai's right hand???
"You... escape into space..."
Xu Chong was confused.
The others had similar expressions.
"It's my first time using it, so I'm unfamiliar with it."
Jin Donglai calmly withdrew his right hand, handed Bai Yujing's body to Xu Chong, and said with a smile: "You can't leave."
“…”
Xu Chong was dumbfounded and took Bai Yujing in a daze.
Although he realized that Jin Donglai did it on purpose, but...
why???
"Swallowing talent can allow you to quickly break through the realm, right?"
Jin Donglai looked at Xu Chong deeply, "And you can devour the Five Spirit Realms, right?"
"Devouring the Five Spirits Realm?"
Xu Chong was stunned, and nodded in confusion, "It is indeed possible, but..."
"There is nothing to worry about. In this time of crisis, we should work together."
Huo Bufan took a step forward, put his hand on Xu Chong's shoulder, and said seriously: "You don't have to worry about us having other ideas, and you don't have to worry about the people..."
"That's not what I'm worried about."
Xu Chong interrupted Huo Bufan, his face showing bitterness: "I can devour the Five Spirit Realm, but... few people can survive."
Huo Bufan trembled all over, his expression completely frozen: "What...what do you mean?"
"The Devouring Talent will destroy everything from the root. Rules and energy will all be devoured. Only a very small amount of worthless impurities will be preserved, just like the impurities in the Great Ruins..."
Xu Chong's tone dropped, "If it's a small amount, it's not a big deal, but once it exceeds a certain level, it will cause a large-scale collapse of the Five Spirit Realm."
Collapse?!
Everyone's face changed.
Collapse and degradation are two different concepts.
Degeneration is a weakening on a holistic level, without any impact on the structure of the world.
Collapse is a complete local destruction, which will inevitably cause a chain reaction over a large area.
To put it simply, devouring the Five Spirit Realm is equivalent to killing the Five Spirit Realm and the people in the Five Spirit Realm.
For a moment, everyone was silent.
And at this moment, the thin line - the remaining trace of the escape, completely disappeared into the darkness.
Bang!
Jin Donglai punched himself hard, "I deserve to die..."
"You don't need to do this, fellow Daoist."
Xu Chong raised his hand to stop Jin Donglai's falling fist, "This is not your fault, and the loss of the Escape Technique does not mean that I will definitely die."
“…”
Jin Donglai was stunned for a moment, and suddenly, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, he said anxiously: "Yes, you have the power of space. Although it is not as fast as escaping into space, nor as far as escaping into space, but if you use it a few more times, it will be able to..."
"It's different. The spatial authority can be used repeatedly, but after all, it takes many times to cross such a long distance."
Tu Sanshan sighed quietly, "When the direction is locked, it is very likely that the first time we move, it will arouse the opponent's vigilance, unless..."
"Unless what?!"
Jin Donglai asked anxiously.
"unless……"
Tu Sanshan glanced at Xu Chong and said, "Unless the direction you move out is consistent with that evil demon and the Five Spirits Realm..."
“…”
Before he finished speaking, Jin Donglai had already understood.
It’s very simple, it’s the principle of three points and one line.
It is true that the evil demon can lock onto Xu Chong's direction, but as long as it moves farther away from the straight line currently connecting the two, it will not alarm the other party.
However, in this way, the Five Spirit Realm became a buffer between Xu Chong and the evil demon.
Would Xu Chong do that?
Jin Donglai already had the answer in his mind, but he still spoke with difficulty and reluctance: "No matter how we persuade you, not only will you not use the Five Spirit Realm as a shield, you will even continue to entrust Bai Yujing to lure away the evil demon with the most obvious movement...right?"
"It might be possible if it were earlier."
Xu Chong sighed, "But now, it's too late..."
Too late?!
Everyone suddenly turned around and followed Xu Chong's gaze into the depths of the darkness.
really!
About 20,000 miles away , a faint dark gray color has appeared.
There is no doubt that it is the true form of the evil demon.
And judging from the speed, it would only take a cup of tea to reach the boundary gate.
Shui Yunzi took a deep breath.
All his emotions, all his hopes, all his thoughts were thrown out of his mind at this moment.
Because he knew that under the current situation, no one, whether it was the Five Spirit Realm of Baiyujing or them and Xu Chong, could remain immune.
Only the last method may be able to gain a glimmer of hope for survival for a very small number of individuals.
“Everyone!!!”
Shui Yunzi shouted loudly, "Return to the Five Spirit Realm and activate the Demon-Slaying Formation together!!!"