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Tearing... pain... defeat... death.
Hui Bai Tong knelt on the ground, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, an endless pressure bearing down on him. His expression was ferocious and bewildered.
These were all emotions he had never personally experienced, emotions he had perhaps only seen in his opponents.
He hadn't expected that the first time he would feel these emotions, he would be on the verge of death.
"It's over."
In the Heavenly Palace, Xu Mu slumped to the ground, his face ashen.
Now his saber was lost, his sword was too heavy to wield, and his physical body was collapsing... Hui Bai Tong had lost completely and would drag them all down with him!
Charles also shook his head:
"I can't think of any good solutions."
"This time, perhaps I won't be able to return to Blue Star!"
The mechanical data floated powerlessly, like snowflakes falling from tree branches in the wind.
"Can transmigration happen a second time?"
Xu Mu lay on the clouds with a bitter smile, gazing at the vast palace and sighing,
"Uncle Kui's revenge hasn't been exacted yet, and that guy is up there."
"The secret of the Apocalypse hasn't been unraveled, and I still don't know who my parents are."
"With the Demon God cooperating with the Heavenly Book, this world is probably doomed. That statement probably won't help either..."
The young man closed his eyes, exhausted in body and soul.
He had actually anticipated this outcome long ago.
Where could there be someone who always wins?
Just like Hui Bai Tong, who acted without regard for consequences, believing only in his own victory, geniuses, or rather, clever fools, would eventually lose.
He just hadn't expected that the only time he lost would be the time of his death.
"So short-lived."
Xu Mu mused, he had marked the day Wu Kui found him as his birthday, which was in the autumn of November, so he was less than twenty years old this year.
"If life could be lived again, even if I had to risk my life, I wouldn't let you take my body so easily."
Xu Mu rolled over with a hint of grievance, his hands overlapping beneath his head.
He prepared to face death in his favorite sleeping posture, his eyelashes trembling, his fair face etched with paleness, a reflection of his fear of death.
But one second passed, and he did not die.
Two seconds passed, and he still did not die.
Until the third, fourth... he didn't know how many seconds had passed before Xu Mu opened his eyes in bewilderment.
Why wasn't he dead yet?
"My consciousness is still here. Could it be... I'm really going to transmigrate?"
Just as Xu Mu was wondering, Charles's voice suddenly rang out.
"A turning point has arrived!"
Charles's voice was excited. He had seen something!
Hearing this, Xu Mu immediately opened his eyes.
A current flashed through his mind, driving him to quickly get up and use his Shadow Stream ability to look outside.
Thus, after he clearly saw what was happening to the body, he was completely stunned.
"This..."
Xu Mu found it hard to believe.
Under the Heavenly Might, his body, though battered and bleeding profusely, was still alive!
His heart, which had stopped beating for a minute, miraculously began to beat again under the ever-increasing pressure.
Thump... thump... thump...
The heartbeat, one after another, sounded like ancient bells in the Heavenly Palace.
A change, indescribable, seemed to have occurred. The blood flowing from the heart began to transform.
It all carried a glaze-like hue, noble and magnificent.
Wherever it flowed, all wounds were healed.
Bones began to grow, shattered cells regenerated, severed blood vessels and meridians miraculously repaired... even his internal organs were enveloped by a mysterious and noble glazed light, regaining their vitality.
"Bang!"
Outside, Hui Bai Tong sensed the change in his body. Without time to ponder why, he forcefully held his breath, drew the demonic sword from the ground, and roared, unleashing another sword light.
"What's going on!"
Everyone, who had seen Xu Mu about to collapse, was shocked that he had actually stood up again.
"Not enough."
The drunken Daoist shook his head. The quality of this sword strike was inferior to before and could not make him take the remaining five steps.
"Boom!"
The Great Dao of Gravity was briefly shattered. He seized the opportunity to take two steps forward, but was immediately suppressed again, unable to move.
"Such strong life force!"
Charles, after carefully sensing it, was also shocked. He didn't know what was happening either.
He only knew that Xu Mu's heart had miraculously resumed beating, and the blood flowing from it seemed to carry some kind of magic. No matter how heavy the pressure, it could not stop the blood's flow.
Everything it touched was rapidly repaired, like parched land receiving a timely rain, or the spring breeze welcoming a frozen earth.
In short, with a heartbeat, he lived.
Well... he was alive, but not fully alive.
Charles's expression was tense. The Great Dao of Gravity still existed. It would destroy the newly repaired body again, and then the blood would repair it. The two were locked in a stalemate, caught in a cycle.
And this process must have been extremely painful.
Hui Bai Tong no longer had the strength to erupt. He was pinned in place, repeatedly feeling the pain of his internal organs being torn apart, letting out low growls, like a wild beast.
"Still not enough."
Charles shook his head after a moment of silence.
Although he didn't know how the glazed blood came about or what was happening with the heart.
But no matter how potent its restorative properties, how vibrant its life force, it couldn't withstand the gravity from the Heavenly Wall.
Because that gravity was continuously increasing, its limit unknown, while currently, the speed of the blood's repair and the speed of the gravity's destruction were on par.
But what about after some time?
If the gravity of the Heavenly Wall increased sequentially, or if it inexplicably added another hundred thousand, two hundred thousand, this physical body still couldn't endure.
Standing still like this, he would die sooner or later.
"That moment of outburst can't happen a second time."
"Three steps, only three steps left. If only his body were in perfect condition now!"
Hui Bai Tong thought anxiously. He only had three steps left!
With his current body, he could have walked to the stairs without even using his abilities to resist.
But the problem was, he couldn't move now, because the speed of the blood repairing his body couldn't keep up with the speed of the gravity destroying it.
Was there any solution?
Hui Bai Tong and Charles fell silent simultaneously. No matter how intelligent they were, they couldn't think of a way out of this desperate situation.
But there was still one person in the Heavenly Palace.
"I have a way!"
At this moment, Xu Mu, who had been silent, suddenly had his eyes burst with light.
"You said it yourself, didn't you? Although that guy and I share a body, when we switch souls, the genes and cells in the body change. Your science can't explain why this happens!"
Xu Mu's expression was fervent, and he spoke rapidly:
"Does that mean, if I take over the body now, my own cell and gene sequences will return, instantly reaching their peak perfect state?"
Hearing Xu Mu's words, Charles's mind erupted with a thunderous roar, like a nuclear explosion.
"Yes, this method will work!"
Charles's expression was agitated, his white data trembling:
"The method he proposed is feasible, quickly give him control of the body!"
"Impossible!"
Xu Mu's body was being bent lower and lower, Hui Bai's voice hoarsely roared.
He had tried to advance countless times, but his bones and flesh were being destroyed ceaselessly, making him unable to exert any strength.
But even so, Xu Mu would never hand over control of the body!
Because that would mean he had failed, he had surrendered to Fu Xi, to Xu Mu!
"You're about to die, why bother with all this!"
Charles exclaimed in desperation. This was the only way, but Hui Bai Tong's pride wouldn't allow it. What could be done!
Xu Mu was also inexplicably furious. He gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.
This arrogant fool had almost gotten them killed. Now that they had finally found a way to survive, he still wouldn't yield?
So he looked up at the void dome of the Heavenly Palace, pressing his hands together.
"This is my body."
"Whether I yield or not is not up to you to decide!"
The young man roared, his soul communicating with his sea of consciousness.
Buzz!
With a humming sound, Xu Mu's soul suddenly vanished from the white clouds.
His consciousness connected with the sun, the sea of consciousness churned with monstrous waves, and his soul traveled through space.
He was going to forcefully reclaim control of the body!
Hui Bai Tong sensed this and, disregarding the danger outside, forcefully mobilized his soul power to contend with Xu Mu.
Plop!
In the sea of consciousness, two giant waves crashed against each other.
If it were any other time, Xu Mu would not have been able to defeat Hui Bai Tong at night, but this time was different.
The one controlling the body outside was in the worst state he had ever been in.
And most importantly, Hui Bai Tong's heart no longer held the same pride and strength as before.
He knew in his heart that he had already failed.
He had lost that invincible confidence and pride, and was now merely struggling against himself, like a rootless duckweed in the wind and rain.
But Xu Mu was like an unyielding blade of grass between the rugged stones of a cliff.
He wanted to find a way to survive.
And that Hui Bai Tong was no longer the invincible chosen son in his heart.
Therefore, this time he would win.
"Get back to your Heavenly Palace!"
Xu Mu's expression was ferocious. With a roar, his soul merged into the sea of consciousness, and he suddenly swallowed the waves in front of him.
Immediately after, Hui Bai Tong's mind went blank, and then the world went black.
His soul arrived in the sea of consciousness.
Xu Mu brushed past him.
One was battered, the other stood in full readiness.
"Alas."
With a soft sigh, Xu Mu patted the shoulder of the person beside him.
He stood on the boundless river of time, instantly crossing billions of distances, from the sun to the moon. The world gradually drew closer, and he saw his body.
Then, suddenly, he opened his eyes, which were black.
Xu Mu had returned to his body. The shattered cells and genes vanished instantly.
What filled him was his own complete physical body.
Gulp!
The seven-colored glazed blood flowed into every limb and artery. Xu Mu felt a sense of physical control and an unprecedented power in his body.
Before he could savor it, a giant mechanical voice sounded in his mind:
"Move! You are in danger!"
Charles shouted excitedly.
He hadn't expected Xu Mu to drive away Hui Bai Tong so easily, as if he were shooing away a frog from the yard!
But now was not the time to be stunned. They were still in danger!
Snapping back to reality, Xu Mu gripped the demonic sword and then took a step forward.
Thud!
Its weight unknown, the Great Dao of the Heavenly Wall bore down on him, and Xu Mu's body immediately stiffened, his skin cracking under the pressure.
"Again!"
Xu Mu roared, his entire body turning red, his eyes filled with bloodshot veins.
This pressure was too immense, almost causing him to collapse instantly, but he still endured the pain and took another step forward!
"Thud!"
As the second step was taken, Xu Mu's muscles tore, his internal organs began to twist, and his cells gradually broke apart. Boundless pain and he was only one step away from success!
"Don't stop!"
Charles exclaimed loudly. This was the last chance. If Xu Mu's nerves were paralyzed by the pain, then they would truly be dead!
"Ah!!!"
Xu Mu let out a pained howl, his body trembling, but he still maintained a clear consciousness.
Just as his body's muscles were tearing and cells were shattering, he took another step forward.
"Boom!"
With a deafening roar, Xu Mu stomped on the stone bricks in front of him.
Kicking up a storm of dust and sand!
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