Indeed, a couple of days prior, he had heard the Golden Immortal Venerable utter five words with a solemn expression,
"Rest assured, we will fight."
But why would they wait half a year to come to the rescue? Was it truly just to temper the sons of these four Immortal Venerables?
Could it be to wait for me to arrive? Am I that important?
"Eh? Who are these two? Why are they wearing the same armor as us?"
A delicate voice, Bao Bao's, echoed from beneath the black and white armor.
Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu lowered their faceplates, revealing their black and white visages.
"Oh, it's Wan Xiaolei and Fang Xiaoyu! You've come out. You're here to rescue us!"
Bao Bao also retracted her faceplate. Her delicate black and white face was filled with exhaustion and joy.
After half a year of continuous high-tension, high-intensity combat, even an immortal would find it unbearable.
"Huh? You've rescued us already? How did you do it?"
At this moment, Wan Qianxin also walked over, curiously observing Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu.
"We broke you out of prison. What else could we do?"
Wan Lei smiled helplessly.
"Mhm, broke you out of prison, and then accompanied the Five Elements Hall army on an expedition, with Squirrel for company. Have you reunited with our elders? It wasn't easy, those old rascals really set you up, didn't they?"
Speaking of this matter, Wan Lei's face was filled with grief and indignation.
"Of course they set us up! We almost died several times, they played with me in every conceivable way. And you lot, you didn't even tell us your parents were Immortal Venerables, nor did you mention anything when you knew our identities. You were intentionally trying to harm us, bah, birds of a feather."
"You've misunderstood. We didn't mention our parents were Immortal Venerables because if we did, we wouldn't be able to make friends. The gap in status is too great. Besides, we didn't know who you were, we were only inferring based on previous fragments of conversation and the current situation."
"You truly resemble your father... Then how do you explain your surprise when you first heard the names Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu?"
"Because we had heard the name Wan Lei mentioned before, but we didn't know what it meant. Until now, I can only infer that you might be related to our parents' plan, but I don't know your exact identities. At most, I can deduce that you two are very important to them, and you've now been cleared by becoming Five Elements Hall disciples.
As for Sister Xiaoyu's name, you should already know it by now. The mothers of all four of us are named Xiaoyu.
We did tell you back then, didn't we? The name Xiaoyu has special significance to us."
"You guys still have the mood to chat? The enemy is practically at our doorstep! Hurry up and fight!"
Han Xiaoyun, the only one still firing madly from her position, could no longer bear their chatter due to the immense pressure.
In Xiaoyun's opinion, these people were too childish. Seeing their friends arrive, they immediately started chatting without even considering their surroundings, with millions of enemy soldiers all around.
"Relax, my dear niece. Leave it to your Uncle Squirrel."
The black and white Squirrel chuckled, then leaped up. With a roar, thunder erupted from its body, sweeping outwards in all directions.
The full power of a Golden Immortal realm expert's thunder instantly enveloped nearly half the battlefield. Within the enveloped area, all enemies turned to dust, without even a chance to scream.
It didn't directly kill all the enemy forces. After all, the soldiers had come out to fight with it, and they needed to earn merits. It couldn't kill them all and leave them with nothing to drink.
"Amazing."
Wan Lei exclaimed.
"Tsk, I can be that amazing too."
Gouzi declared, unconvinced.
Squirrel landed, basking in the admiring gazes of the crowd. This crowd was limited to Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu; the four little ones remained unfazed.
"Squirrel, why are you leading the team this time?"
Xia Yubing sat down on a shattered shield, panting.
"Call me Uncle. You have no manners."
Squirrel rolled its eyes.
"Alright, enough with the nonsense. You guys came so late, and you didn't even activate the controlled weapon permissions. The shells and Dao rhyme reactors we brought are almost depleted.
Do you know how much ammunition we've consumed over the past half year? It's worth trillions of spirit stones! You'll have to reimburse us for it when we get back, and then supply another batch."
Hearing this, Wan Lei felt a chill. Trillions of spirit stones just like that, how deep were the pockets of the Immortal Venerables' sons? And it seemed they even had controlled weapons on them.
"Yes, yes, yes. You've worked hard this time. We'll give you whatever you want. Don't forget that when you first came out, it was me who shamelessly begged your father to give you enough weapons and ammunition to equip an army."
"Hurry up and collect the Black and White Film. We're exhausted this time, and we want a vacation and rest when we get back."
"Alright, alright."
Squirrel had watched the four little ones grow up. As an elder, it naturally doted on them.
Squirrel took out a box from its storage bag. The moment the box opened, everyone felt the rule fluctuations within.
Indeed, only treasures of rules could suppress memes of the Black and White Film's caliber.
Squirrel held the box and carefully placed the Black and White Film inside before sealing it away.
This thing couldn't be touched. Otherwise, the four little ones would have collected it long ago and used it to break through.
However, as soon as the Black and White Film was stored away, a wide spatial black hole suddenly appeared where it had been, and a massive suction force instantly surged.
Seeing this, Wan Lei pulled Fang Xiaoyu with his left hand and grabbed Squirrel with his right.
This suction force was irresistible; one could only cling to the strong.
The four little ones reacted quickly, each pulling the other, with the last one holding onto Squirrel.
At this moment, Squirrel's thirty-centimeter height seemed exceptionally majestic.
"Hurry, leave this area! Squirrel, what are you doing?"
Xia Yubing roared.
The passage before them was rapidly shrinking. It was estimated that it would completely disappear in a few breaths, and everyone felt relieved.
"No, we can't leave. This passage was cut open by the Black and White Film. I've been wondering who bribed these criminal organizations to come and collect this Black and White Film.
After all, everyone knows how dangerous the Black and White Film is. It's been placed here for countless millennia, untouched by anyone. Now that they're coming to retrieve it, they're definitely not using it in the prime dimension. There must be a mastermind behind this."
"Then you go. We're not going."
Xia Yubing replied immediately.
However, the moment he finished speaking, he saw a spaceship being sucked into the spatial black hole with a whoosh.
The spaceship wasn't important, but Dada was inside.
"Fine, we have to go now, whether we want to or not. Quickly, go and mobilize the army."
Wan Qianxin said quickly.
"It's too late. The black hole is about to disappear. It's just us. Let's go!"
Squirrel led them and leaped into the spatial black hole.
In an instant, the spatial black hole vanished.
When they reappeared, they saw a boundless ocean of earth-yellow...
The Sea of Suffering!!!
The Sea of Suffering is boundless; turning back leads to no shore.