The girl in front of them, dressed in a princess's puffy dress with an extremely kawaii loli face and big, blinking eyes, was incredibly familiar to Fang Xiaoyu.
Especially that "hee hee" giggle, which for her back then, was nothing short of a nightmare.
Because whenever that sound emerged, she knew that the somewhat neurotic "meme" girl from the Ghost Immortal Secret Realm was about to devise another wicked plan to torment her.
But... but...
Wasn't the Mengmeng from back then a native meme of the Ghost Immortal Secret Realm?
How did she become the Phantom Saint of the Five Elements Hall and the wife of the Ghost Emperor?
Fang Xiaoyu found it hard to accept for a moment.
"Oh my, isn't this my good friend, Little Sister Xiaoyu? It's been so long, have you missed Mengmeng?"
Li Mengran hopped to Fang Xiaoyu and gave her a big hug.
"I..."
Fang Xiaoyu hugged her back, completely bewildered.
"Ah, isn't this Slow Dance? Back in the Ghost Immortal Secret Realm, I personally saw you turn into light. It was so beautiful, so beautiful."
Li Mengran then gave Qi Manyao a big hug.
Qi Manyao was even more confused. She had never met Mengmeng. She knew she had been entrusted to the Wood Immortal Venerable by the Ghost Emperor, but she only learned about it after being resurrected by the Wood Immortal Venerable.
Could it be that when she saved Wan Lei back then, the Ghost Emperor and this Phantom Saint were watching from the side?
The thought of her dying words, her moving confession, being witnessed by two onlookers who were enjoying the spectacle and making comments, made Qi Manyao want to roll around on the ground in shame.
At this moment, her toes were digging into the floor of the Ghost Emperor's palace, creating a three-bedroom, one-hall apartment.
"That Mengmeng, was that really you in the Ghost Immortal Secret Realm?"
Fang Xiaoyu pulled Li Mengran aside and asked curiously.
"Yes, look, I even specifically changed into the clothes I wore that day to see you. What do you think? Do they look good?"
As she spoke, Mengmeng twirled, and her princess puffy dress fluttered.
"Yes, yes, they look good. I didn't know you were the Phantom Saint back then, no wonder your illusionary arts were so powerful.
By the way, please hurry and save Wan Lei and Xi Sha, they are in a pretty bad state."
"Oh, there are two patients here? Let me see, what happened to them?"
Li Mengran hopped over to the two lying on the ground.
"Xi Sha was manipulated by the illusionary arts of the Phantom Heart Demon Emperor. She's unconscious because the Phantom Heart Demon Emperor's illusionary arts are still controlling her. Wan Lei, to save her, used a forbidden artifact and fought with the Phantom Heart Demon Emperor, but he was also eroded by the artifact in his sea of consciousness."
"That damned Phantom Heart Demon Emperor?"
As the strongest illusionary artist in the righteous plane, Li Mengran was naturally very familiar with the Phantom Heart Demon Emperor, the strongest illusionary artist of the demon race, and had dealt with her over the years. Upon hearing her name, she gritted her teeth.
"Yes, it's her."
"Hmph, next time I see her, I'll definitely let her taste the power of my illusionary arts again."
Li Mengran first checked Xi Sha's condition, her expression changing.
"It's not easy. Huan Xin's illusionary arts are very strong, and the roots she left in Xi Sha's body are deep-seated. However, it can be resolved, it will just take longer."
Saying that, Li Mengran went to check on Wan Lei.
When she was about to probe into Wan Lei's sea of consciousness, Fang Xiaoyu quickly reminded her,
"Be careful, the mental power in Wan Lei's sea of consciousness is terrifying. Even the Phantom Heart Demon Emperor couldn't withstand it, and it would sting the Sun God."
"That powerful?"
Li Mengran was somewhat surprised, but she was confident in her skills. As the strongest illusionary artist in the righteous plane, her mental power was naturally extremely strong.
With sufficient preparation, Li Mengran adjusted her mental defense to its strongest, then sent out a not-weak divine sense power into Wan Lei's mind.
As her mental power entered Wan Lei's sea of consciousness, the aura of disaster and brutality that filled his entire mind surged forth.
Li Mengran, who was observing with her eyes closed externally, instantly turned pale, cold sweat streaming down her face. She felt her divine sense power being rapidly devoured and eroded.
She endured the intense pain, seizing the hard-won time to observe it against the clock.
Three seconds later, Li Mengran's divine sense power was completely eroded, and she let out a cry of pain, a trace of blood oozing from the corner of her mouth.
The moment that divine sense power disappeared, she felt a heavy blow to her own sea of consciousness.
"Mengmeng, how are you?"
The Ghost Emperor Wang Xiaohang quickly knelt down concernedly and wiped the blood from his beloved wife's lips.
Li Mengran opened her eyes, her previous playful ease gone, her gaze extremely serious.
"What is this thing? It actually has such strong mental erosion power."
Li Mengran asked curiously.
At this moment, Fang Xiaoyu no longer held back. She directly took out Wan Lei's ring and handed it to Li Mengran.
"This is the Supreme Demon Ring. We found it in a demon race ruins. The first time Wan Lei put it on, before even a minute passed, he destroyed a world with a single punch, and he himself lost control.
Perhaps because the duration was short, the erosion wasn't severe, and he recovered quickly.
But in the battle with the Phantom Heart Demon Emperor, they fought for a full quarter of an hour, and this demon ring completely eroded his mind, and he couldn't wake up."
"A treasure that can make a Tai Heng realm cultivator go toe-to-toe with a Demon Emperor?"
Li Mengran frowned, looking at the ring in her hand.
"It's filled with an aura of deathly silence and brutal power,"
The Ghost Emperor Wang Xiaohang also said.
The Ghost Realm is the most yin place in the world. As the ruler of the Ghost Realm, he was naturally very familiar with dark-attribute energy. With just a glance, he saw through the properties of the demon ring.
"This is a double-edged sword,"
Li Mengran sighed, returning the ring to Fang Xiaoyu, and said seriously,
"In the future, try not to let him use this thing again. The mental power within it is something I cannot withstand.
Even just severing the connection, the residual mental power in Wan Lei's sea of consciousness is difficult for me to bear, let alone for him.
Alas, I only felt this much pain from a brief contact, but Little Wan Lei is constantly enduring the impact of this violent power. How much pain must he be in?"
Upon hearing this, the others around also showed expressions of admiration.
The pain that even a Saint could not endure, Wan Lei was desperately bearing it, and could even fight the Demon Emperor for so long, truly possessing great perseverance.
In fact, they had all misunderstood Wan Lei.
After putting on the ring, Wan Lei felt only one word:
Awesome!
That feeling of being the only supreme being under heaven and earth, capable of conquering the world with a single punch,
It was truly exhilarating, okay?
"Mengmeng, do you have a way to save him?"
Fang Xiaoyu asked cautiously.
Upon hearing this, Mengmeng suddenly looked up and quickly said to the Ghost Emperor,
"Hurry and invite the Tathagata Buddha!"