Above all spirits

Chapter 280 The Intent of the Extreme Yang Emperor (3)

Just as Xiao Li was about to lose control.

A gentle spiritual force suddenly spread out, abruptly drawing Xiao Li's consciousness out.

Xiao Li felt a wave of dizziness, as if he had been leaped out of the bottom of an abyss, and this feeling of weightlessness made it almost impossible for him to breathe.

"You almost didn't make it back."

Gu Yun's voice came from all directions in the darkness, hazy yet somewhat clear.

Xiao Li's consciousness gradually returned, but the feeling of being shaken still enveloped his entire body. Although Xiao Li had no physical form at this moment, he could still feel the chill of cold sweat on his back.

Xiao Li slowly opened his eyes.

The scene before me was somewhat blurry.

But it was easy to recognize; the familiar feeling constantly stimulated Xiao Li's senses.

Unlike the palace architecture of this world.

He stood in a modern city shrouded in thick, dark clouds. The city was filled with towering buildings and lush greenery, a scene of modern prosperity.

It's a pity the streets were deserted; otherwise, they would have been bustling with activity.

Looking at these familiar buildings in a blur, Xiao Li's eyes couldn't help but redden.

Can't go wrong.

This is the city where he originally lived on his home planet.

This is a reflection of his inner self, a perception unique to him.

In the heart of this city, right in front of you, there is a shadowy mass the size of a child, eerie and terrifying, constantly twisting and turning, as if the slightest carelessness could plunge you into an abyss forever.

"Big brother...is that you?"

Xiao Li swallowed hard and spoke.

The shadowy figure nodded, though the head was somewhat blurry but still discernible.

"it's me."

"This is my inner demon, merely a manifestation of your inner demon. It seems to be just as I thought. Even in your spiritual world, my inner demon can wield boundless power. No wonder it can dominate all demons and destroy their spiritual world is entirely within my control."

"So this is your mental world."

"It's clear that you long for everything in your heart, and you really want to go back."

Gu Yun looked around and sighed.

“Unlike me, you have deep ties to Earth.”

"But we probably won't be able to go back anytime soon."

Xiao Li rubbed his moist eyes, his resolute expression growing even stronger, and said to Gu Yun.

"Brother, let's not delay, let's begin."

"I am ready!"

"I can handle it!"

Gu Yun didn't say much; he wasn't one to waste words.

With a simple nod and a snap of his fingers, immense spiritual power instantly enveloped the entire city, as if an invisible hand were firmly gripping a crystal ball, the scene within which was the very city that Xiao Li cherished.

"Crack——!"

"Crack——!"

Xiao Li's entire mental world immediately began to shatter, and his figure within that world also flashed briefly at that moment.

The next moment.

Xiao Li felt as if something was tearing him apart from his body. An indescribable pain spread from the inside out throughout his body. At the same time, a dizzy feeling crept into his heart, trying to devour all of Xiao Li's spirit.

Watching Xiao Li's staggering figure, Gu Yun was quite worried. His distorted voice echoed around, but at this moment he could only assist from the sidelines. He couldn't help with the real rebuilding at all.

"Xiao Li, listen up."

"If one can reach the pinnacle of power in this world simply by enduring suffering, many people will rush to strive for it."

"If you can only stop here, even if you have the system's support, you will still be nothing but a handful of dust a hundred years from now."

"Maintain consciousness."

"Don't forget to use that trace of extreme yang power to project the essence within the Extreme Yang Pearl into your own spiritual world."

"That's the key point; rebuilding the spiritual world is much more difficult than destroying it."

"I can destroy it for you, but rebuilding it is something only you can do."

Xiao Li was well aware of what Gu Yun was saying. He took a deep breath and shook his head vigorously to clear his mind.

Enduring the excruciating pain throughout his body, he gritted his teeth and focused his attention, slowly drawing a surge of intense heat from the Extreme Yang Pearl and channeling it into the spiritual world of this place.

At the moment the power of extreme yang intervened, Xiao Li's mental world became increasingly distorted and chaotic.

Every bit of intense heat drawn from the Extreme Yang Pearl was a "severe blow" to Xiao Li's spirit, or rather, a baptism.

That kind of pain was different from the tearing sensation of a shattered spiritual world; it was a burning sensation that struck the depths of Xiao Li's soul.

The combined assault of two different kinds of pain caused Xiao Li to roar out loud.

"what----!"

The sound seemed to erupt from the very depths of Xiao Li's soul.

It shook the entire spiritual world.

Everything in front of them began to burn.

The trees were set on fire.

The car was set on fire.

The high-rise building was set on fire.

The earth was set ablaze.

Until the end.

Even the sky was set ablaze.

Gu Yun indifferently surveyed the changes around him, a soul-scorching sense of oppression sweeping over him, as if telling him that Xiao Li was its prey, that everything belonged to it, and that Gu Yun was not allowed to cause it any harm.

Gu Yun pondered for a moment, then, as if struck by a thought, stretched out her twisted little hand and gently clenched it.

Against this inexplicable pressure, the damage to Xiao Li's mental world slowly intensified, and the crystal ball symbolizing Xiao Li's mental world developed several more cracks.

Meanwhile, the flames inside the crystal ball, representing the extreme Yang energy, unconsciously increased in intensity to counteract Gu Yun's destruction.

Gu Yun smiled calmly, as if he had figured out the principle behind it.

Judging from the current situation, Xiao Li's spiritual world is simply unable to withstand the projection of the Extreme Yang Intent and to replicate and recast it. Once the Extreme Yang Intent is completed, Xiao Li's physical body in the outside world will probably be burned to ashes by the Extreme Yang Fire that starts burning from his spiritual world.

But at this moment, Gu Yun's continued destruction of Xiao Li's spiritual world is actually a disguised destruction of the Extreme Yang Realm. The Extreme Yang Fire, which has long regarded Xiao Li as its own, will naturally not allow Gu Yun to harm it, and will suppress and resist it.

However, because the channel connecting to the Extreme Yang Pearl was too narrow, its power could not be raised to a high enough level to destroy Gu Yun instantly. In fact, if Gu Yun raised his power even slightly, it could not even maintain its basic function.

This feeling is strange. If the destructive power is weak, the Extreme Yang Intent will surely crush Xiao Li's spiritual world. If it is strong, this crystal ball will be crushed directly. With Xiao Li's spiritual power, he probably cannot control the existing Extreme Yang.

Theoretically, the normal procedure should have been for Gu Yun to destroy the crystal ball, and then for Xiao Li to use the power of extreme yang to project the intent of extreme yang into his spiritual world, and then use his spiritual power to reassemble the crushed crystal ball while incorporating the power of extreme yang.

It seems a bit idealistic now, no wonder the system is issuing warnings about this method.

This was with his own assistance; originally, he would have had to do the destruction himself.