At this moment, Han Fengxue suddenly lost his confidence. The entire Origin Plane, at his whim, had turned to ashes.
Yet, three people were still alive?
Wan Lei was understandable, but who was this fatso?
Kaka charged forward madly. Though simple-minded, he could distinguish friend from foe.
Wan Lei was undoubtedly an ally, and whoever was attacking him was an enemy.
Thus, he became enraged.
Anyone who wanted to kill Wan Lei had to get past him, Kaka!
Kaka roared and dashed towards Han Fengxue, throwing a punch.
Han Fengxue's interest was piqued, and he also threw a punch.
The two fists collided mid-air. Immediately, Kaka cried out in pain. The fist that had collided with Han Fengxue's simply vanished.
What Kaka had unleashed was power, while what Han Fengxue had unleashed was rules.
He had directly altered the rules of Kaka's fist, causing it to cease to exist.
Kaka grew even more furious and threw his left fist, which also disappeared.
A cruel smile played on Han Fengxue's lips, as if the gradual disappearance of Kaka's body was a source of immense pleasure.
This scene, however, was agonizing for the heavily wounded Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu.
The Demon Ring, or more accurately, the Door of Transcendence, had blocked most of the semi-transcendent power for Wan Lei, but even a mere ripple was enough to severely wound him, a Saint.
Even a Celestial Venerable was no match for a semi-transcendent being, let alone a mere Saint like himself.
"What do we do? Cough cough... Kaka can't hold on for long!"
Fang Xiaoyu looked forward anxiously.
She detested Han Fengxue, but she also knew how insignificant she was before a semi-transcendent being.
Wan Lei, naturally, had no answer either.
Just as Kaka was reduced to only his head, a golden figure whistled from the distant dust.
The figure wore a Purple Gold Seven-Star Crown, stepped in Cloud-Treading Silk Boots, was clad in Golden Chain Mail, and wielded the Ruyi Jingu Bang.
He arrived treading on auspicious clouds.
"Great Sage Equalling Heaven?!"
Wan Lei's eyes widened.
During these three years, he had long forgotten about the Great Sage. Later, upon becoming a Saint and going to battle, he had even subconsciously assumed the Great Sage had perished.
But it was only now that he remembered the Great Sage had been in seclusion and had never gone to the battlefield.
And now, he had arrived.
"Great Sage!"
Wan Lei cried out loudly.
"Monkey?"
Han Fengxue smiled faintly and sent a palm strike, an unparalleled supreme pressure surging towards the Great Sage Equalling Heaven.
The Monkey King swung his Golden Jingu Bang fiercely, shattering the will with one strike, and instantly rushed to Han Fengxue's side. With one sweeping blow, Han Fengxue was sent flying backward.
Wan Lei witnessed this scene, but he couldn't see the clash of rules and will.
"Great Sage, you... have you achieved Supreme Celestial Venerable status?"
Wan Lei clearly felt seven strands of power and authority emanating from the Great Sage Equalling Heaven.
The Monkey King turned to look at Wan Lei and smiled.
"Ah, it's Wan Lei. I'm merely a pseudo Celestial Venerable. After all, my small universe cannot compare to a genuine Prime Plane."
The Great Sage spoke with effort. His prolonged contemplation of the Way of the Celestial Venerable felt like millennia, causing his linguistic abilities to have atrophied.
"Pseudo Celestial Venerable? Then can you defeat Han Fengxue?"
"Naturally, I cannot. However, I can buy time. Kid, escape quickly. The Celestial Venerable told me before dying to tell you to, escape quickly."
"Escape? Heh heh."
Wan Lei gave a wry smile.
"Han Fengxue has already become semi-transcendent. Where in this vast world can I escape to? Everyone is gone. Even if I escape, what meaning would there be?"
"Kid, the path you told me back then, integrating the seven great authorities, was actually correct. It's just that someone else got there first.
Go, while the green hills remain, there will be wood to burn. As long as you are alive, when you reach transcendence, will you not be able to revive everyone else?
Go. I will hold Han Fengxue back for you. Kid, we...
All await your return."
The Monkey King walked up to Wan Lei.
"Hold her."
"Ah?"
Wan Lei was confused but still embraced Fang Xiaoyu. Seeing the Monkey King raise his Golden Jingu Bang towards him, he immediately activated the power of the Demon Ring to defend himself.
Boom!
The Golden Jingu Bang struck Wan Lei, who spat out a mouthful of blood. Under this supreme power, his figure rapidly vanished and fled.
"Monkey!"
Han Fengxue watched silently as the Monkey King sent Wan Lei away. He did not intervene. Wan Lei was nothing, merely an ant.
His greatest enemy now was this monkey.
How ridiculous that this monkey still considered Wan Lei as hope.
Han Fengxue laughed wildly and delivered a furious punch imbued with the semi-transcendent will of a supreme deity towards the Monkey King.
The Monkey King's expression was cold as he raised his staff and met the attack.
The Origin Plane, having turned to dust, rapidly shrunk in Wan Lei's eyes. He saw the entire panorama of the Origin Plane, and countless other Prime Plane universes, being destroyed and exploding under the battle between Han Fengxue and the Monkey King.
Subsequently, he lost consciousness.
The sound of rushing water entered Fang Xiaoyu's ears. The intense pain throughout her body and the sensation of her soul being torn apart made her awaken.
She opened her eyes and saw birds singing and flowers fragrant on the surrounding earth, small streams, white clouds, and blue skies. She also saw Wan Lei sitting beside her.
"You're awake."
Wan Lei smiled, helped her up, and let her lean on his shoulder.
"How long have I been unconscious? Where are we? Didn't the world get destroyed? How can there be such a beautiful place?"
Fang Xiaoyu's voice was weak, and her body lacked strength.
"I don't know how long we were unconscious. I only woke up slightly earlier than you... just ten years."
"Ten years? That means, at least ten years have passed since Han Fengxue destroyed the world?"
Fang Xiaoyu sat up abruptly.
"Yes, and that doesn't even include the time we were unconscious in the endless void."
"Then, where is this? Are there other worlds left?"
"This is my world."
"Yours?"
"To be precise, it's the universe within my brow. I released it and brought you inside."
Fang Xiaoyu looked at the birds singing and flowers fragrant around them but felt no joy of surviving a disaster.
She slumped into Wan Lei's embrace and began to weep.
"Gone, everything is gone. Our child is gone, my father is gone, Man Yaoyao, Xin Er, the Four Little Ones, Dada, Kaka, they are all gone. Kaka and the Monkey King are also gone. The Immortal Realm is gone, and the Thunder Wind Realm is gone. We have nothing left. Han Fengxue destroyed it all.
Even the Prime Plane is gone. How can we become Celestial Venerables? What will we use to get revenge? What will we use to revive them?
Everyone is dead. What is the point of us being alive? Why didn't you kill me while I was unconscious? Why did you let me wake up to face such a world!"