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What kind of despair can’t be avoided?

In Old Liu’s long retreat, he struggled to make up his mind. He knew that once his Dao Heart shattered, the consequences would be extremely severe. But if the problem wasn’t solved now, it would sooner or later fall as nourishment for fear.

Finally, after three days in retreat, he entered meditation, using the Future Buddha’s divine skills and activating the Space-Time Jade, arriving at the time he had always dreaded to explore.

The anticipated final battle was set for ten years later. By then... how bad would the situation become?

With a single thought, the divine skill was activated.

As soon as he opened his eyes, Old Liu saw a blood-red world!

It wasn’t an illusion or a hallucination but a true expanse of blood-red!

Above the sky, a ghastly scarlet loomed, a scent of blood so intense that even Old Liu, who had been through hellish battles, had never encountered before, as if the entire world was drenched in blood.

What... is this situation?

Looking around, following the law of space-time, the place he arrived should be the same location as where Yundu stood, but as far as the eye could see, there was no trace of Yundu.

Only ruins and dust filled the air, a crimson haze in the sky, while the ground was a reddish ash without a trace of life, not even the breath of the undead, only an endless scent of blood. The terrifying silence made the sound of the wind around even more noticeable.

Over the years in Pu Yunchuan’s designed demonland, to survive and grow stronger, he himself evolved into the most terrifying demon. What scenes hadn’t he seen?

The Path of Yin and Yang paved with billions of evil ghosts, the all-devouring sea of insects, the cold and fearsome outer space tempering — he had experienced and conquered them all. There was nothing to fear because with his own strength, all terrifying places seemed laughable.

Only this time, without encountering any opponents, a fear had already formed in his heart.

There wasn’t a trace of life around, but a terrifying targeted sensation lingered. His presence was incompatible with this world, and he had a feeling that he would soon be discovered, and the monster responsible for everything around would soon appear.

He almost wanted to leave immediately and return to the past.

But this place wasn’t some monster’s lair. This... was his home.

Only it was a home in the future. He could escape now, but what about the future?

Looking at the surroundings, there was almost no suspense. Chen Qing and the others were defeated, utterly defeated. Both Chen Qing and himself, or even Pu Yunchuan, who had prepared for billions of years, were defeated!

Defeated under the monster they created.

And perhaps even Pu Yunchuan didn’t know what kind of monster it was, otherwise, it wouldn’t have been such a clean defeat.

What could it be?

Old Liu stood motionless, holding his breath, wanting to catch a glimpse of the monster yet was utterly afraid. He had a feeling that if he saw that monster, he might never return.

But he couldn’t leave either. If he retreated now, his Dao Heart would still shatter sooner or later.

Just like that, Old Liu stood there quietly, waiting as the seconds ticked by. It hadn’t been too long, but the torment felt like hell, seconds stretching into years.

Finally... Old Liu didn’t know how long he had waited. It felt like an eternity, yet also like less than a moment because the timeline of this world was unclear.

The thing he both wanted to see and feared immensely still appeared.

"Strange, there’s actually a living person."

The voice was feminine, seductive, with a charm that demanded worship. Ali’s voice probably didn’t provoke such imaginations.

Yet simultaneously, a coldness akin to despair surged through him, rendering Old Liu nearly immobile.

Previously, his perception had expanded to its maximum. As the Buddha Lord and the highest life form in that world, his perception at full extent could fully cover Yundu. But the terrifying part was this:

When he first sensed the opponent, they were at the border of Yundu, about three thousand miles from here!

But in the blink of an eye, the opponent arrived.

It wasn’t teleportation; he could still sense the traces of the path they took when he looked back.

Yes, the opponent ran all the way directly, relying solely on their physical body without any techniques.

Three thousand kilometers in less than a second, perhaps even fractions of a second, maybe even faster.

In such dense spiritual energy, the opponent seemed entirely unafraid of the friction between their body and the surrounding matter. Moreover, this speed went beyond his wildest comprehension.

Light speed!

He didn’t need to measure to feel it; this entity’s speed surpassed worldly limits, surpassed light speed!

"Who are you?" Old Liu whispered.

"Eh? It’s you?" The opponent seemed to recognize Old Liu, looking at him with interest as he slowly turned his head: "I see..."

Old Liu was stunned — what a beautiful face, indescribably perfect, every inch of it reached an ideal level in both facial structure and proportions, captivating at first glance. Even though the aura they exuded was like an abyss, their seductive power still managed to stir masculine hormones.

"Back then, there was a very valiant fellow constantly guarding a waste.

He was one of the few who could take my attack.

Hmm... I had high hopes for him, wanting to assimilate him, but he refused, preferring to die to protect a Buddha who had completely lost the will to fight.

That Buddha never resisted until his death.

Despite this, when I killed him, I could still sense the remarkable energy within him. "

"To have someone so strong continually protect you, logically, you should be a formidable person too. Why did you fall so far? Now I understand, so it was you? Successor of the Buddha Kingdom?"

Old Liu’s lips trembled, his face turned ashen.

Always protecting me?

I see, turns out all struggles were futile. This was the monster we had to face.

"How is it possible..." Old Liu stared at the opponent: "Life has its limits. King Level is the pinnacle of living beings; this intensity is verified across the universe. I have also traversed the void; it is impossible to encounter a being stronger than King Level. Even if one merges with the Dao, the body’s strength remains King Level. But you... are clearly not!"

He could see it. The energy within this being was infinite, terrifying to the extreme.

It felt like their sheer energy rivaled the entire world... or even surpassed it!

How could such a thing exist?

World rules favored defenders, for the strongest beings could integrate with the strongest Dao, granting them an absolute advantage. But once they left that world, they no longer had the Dao’s support and found it challenging to defeat native life forms.

Thus, the Heavenly Demons would often utilize various terrifying abilities to internally dismantle a world for invasion.

The entity before him was different. She... relied on absolute strength.

And it’s this kind of strength that’s most unsolvable. If this isn’t a hallucination, then... this world is already in the countdown to destruction!