Damn it, something's wrong with the gacha I got.

His thoughts shifted rapidly, and the seriousness in Chen Bai's eyes vanished, replaced by a disdainful sneer.

"Old man, what makes you so sure I don't have any other tricks up my sleeve?"

Before he finished speaking, Chen Bai reached out and took out a belt from his storage space.

The entire piece is gilded and engraved with black and white yin and yang Tai Chi patterns, surrounded by the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth armor totems.

With a flick of the finger, the belt instantly fits snugly around the waist, the buckle locking precisely.

"Emperor Armor, Combine!"

As the thunderous shout subsided, an intensely brilliant golden holy light suddenly erupted from his body.

A beam of light shot straight into the sky, instantly illuminating the entire gray, ruined world, so dazzling that it was impossible to look directly at it.

Even the stillness of the sky and the stars beside it couldn't help but unconsciously squint their eyes to avoid the blinding light.

The golden light slowly receded, revealing a majestic figure with an aura of supreme authority standing firmly in the center of the battlefield.

The entire set of imperial armor is predominantly gold-plated, with exquisite silver-white patterns edging, and a black-purple tight-fitting battle suit underneath that outlines a sleek figure.

The chest and shoulder armor are engraved with lifelike five-clawed golden dragon totems, exuding a sacred and majestic aura.

The helmet stood erect with golden dragon horns, and the scarlet compound eyes were cold and fierce. In his hand, he held a dazzling aurora sword, the blade of which shimmered with golden and silver divine light.

At this moment, Chen Bai, clad in imperial armor, exuded both nobility and domineering presence, radiating an overwhelming aura of an emperor descending upon the world.

"Wow! Ah Bai! That's so cool!"

Xing stared wide-eyed, her eyes filled with starlight, and couldn't help but exclaim in heartfelt admiration, her eyes brimming with amazement and shock.

The silence of the high sky overlooks the transformed Chen Bai, the lines on his skull shimmering slightly. His tone carries a hint of surprise and scrutiny as he slowly comments:

"I underestimated you. I didn't expect you to be hiding such a top-tier humanoid weapon. You have quite a few trump cards up your sleeve."

"This armor style has a hint of the Grammer Knights' style, sharp and domineering, yet completely different."

He was well-traveled and had seen the standard iron cavalry of the Grammat Empire.

It was a humanoid weapon built from the remains of a breeding swarm, and it came with the aftereffect of entropy loss.

The insect king that once roamed the starry seas has vanished, and the iron cavalry weapons are also on the verge of extinction.

Only one member of the Star Core Hunters broke free from the shackles of the disease, which should be related to this kid in front of us.

The golden armor in front of him, with its opulent and luxurious style, gave him a strange sense of oppression.

"That's natural."

Chen Bai, holding the Aurora Sword, let out a cold snort.

"If I didn't have a trump card up my sleeve, why would I dare to ramble on and on with you here?"

At this moment, he was only using the standard combination mode, still retaining the ultimate form as a backup plan, which was more than enough to deal with the current battle situation.

Once we defeat Guiji, and then seal or destroy the Thousand-Faced Monster Tree, this crisis can be resolved.

Gui Ji chuckled softly, his tone carrying a hint of playful inscrutable meaning:

"It seems you've prepared very thoroughly. But... what if you're left all alone? What will you do then?"

Before he finished speaking, Guiji suddenly activated the power of destiny.

A wisp of dark, eerie purple light swept down instantly, precisely targeting the unprepared star.

"Ah Bai!"

Xing cried out in surprise, his figure instantly swallowed by the faint light in the space, and the next second he completely disappeared from the battlefield.

In the blink of an eye, the vast battlefield was completely deserted, with only Chen Bai standing alone.

Chen Bai's eyes narrowed slightly, but he did not panic.

He instantly saw through Guiji's scheme.

The other party is deliberately isolating everyone, which is a way of defeating them one by one.

Leaving her here now is simply stalling for his time, paving the way for his scheme behind the scenes.

"So, you deliberately sent Xingchuan away so that he could be delayed and restrained here?"

Chen Bai spoke in a cold voice.

"You could say that."

Gui Ji chuckled softly, his posture extremely elegant. He casually removed his top hat, bowed slightly, and performed a gentlemanly gesture.

Then, in a casual and indifferent tone, he continued:

"As an elderly person, I have never liked fighting and killing..."

"Next, let the little surprises that Wishes Fulfilled in this paradise keep you entertained for a while."

Once the formalities were over, the body returned to stillness and vanished without a trace, silently dissolving into the void and disappearing completely.

He left the entire stage, a stage for fierce battles, entirely to Chen Bai and that thousand-faced strange tree.

Watching the other person's elegant departure, Chen Bai frowned, filled with doubt.

This Extinction Lord's style of doing things is so unpredictable that it is impossible to figure out his true purpose and ultimate plan.

Before they could think things through, the ground trembled more violently, and countless tree-man mutants, with stiff and strange steps, swarmed in.

Their grotesque faces revealed a paranoid and insane smile, and their piercing, eerie laughter poured into Chen Bai's ears in layers.

"Let us become one... Embrace eternal happiness!"

"Joy is restored, and there is no more pain!"

"More happiness, eternal bliss!"

"..."

The incessant, manic, and mind-numbing laughter was irritating and mentally disturbing.

"It's so noisy."

Chen Bai's eyes suddenly turned cold, and his imperial divine light surged violently, his fierce fighting spirit sweeping in all directions.

"You trash! Take this Emperor's Piercing Wind Strike first!"

With a thought, Chen Bai instantly activated the power of the wood crystal embedded in the Emperor's Belt, channeling all the abundant and pure wood-attribute power into the Aurora Sword in his hand.

hum~

The sword whistled through the wind, and suddenly a pair of magnificent white and gold wings unfurled behind it, their patterns clear and shimmering with divine light.

The next instant, the wind wings suddenly disintegrated, transforming into countless extremely sharp golden and silver light spikes that poured down like meteors falling to the ground!

Countless beams of light pierced the air, carrying a sharp edge that could tear everything apart, and slammed into the treant's body as it surrounded them.

Pfft—!

Countless mutated tree-men were instantly pierced and torn apart by the sharp beams of light.

The enormous body shattered with a deafening roar, turning into writhing chunks of flesh and vine fragments scattered across the ground.

Kefengrao's regenerative power was terrifying; the fallen fragments kept wriggling, piecing together, and regenerating, showing a faint tendency to reassemble and restore themselves.

Knowing full well that there was no way to stop these monsters from regenerating, Chen Bai gave them absolutely no chance to revive.

"The concealment of water!"

Chen Bai gave a low shout and immediately switched the power of the five elements, and azure water-attribute runes instantly appeared on the surface of the armor.

A chilling divine power of ice poured out, and countless ice cones suddenly formed, bombarding down in a dense barrage!

The extreme low temperature instantly froze all the remaining vines, imprisoning all the fragments and completely locking away any possibility of regeneration and recovery.

Then, the Thousand-Faced Giant Tree exerted its power once again.

This time, the creatures sent forth by the primordial force were no longer the strange tree-people from before, but rather a series of illusory species corrupted and eroded by pollution.

These illusory creatures, each with a crazed expression, launched a full-scale attack on Chen Baifa.

Lightning strikes, entangled vines, falling rocks, hand-to-hand combat, decay and erosion... all sorts of methods were employed.

Faced with the overwhelming barrage of attacks, Chen Bai remained relaxed and showed no sign of tension, instead tucking the Aurora Sword into his waistband.

Then, free your hands and bring them together in front of your waist, placing them on the front of your abdomen.

Golden energy light continuously condensed into clusters at the crystal on the belt, followed by Chen Bai's calm and cold shout:

"The Meditation Seal!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a golden mark appeared on the energy ball in his palm, and then it transformed into a wave of light that spread outwards in an instant.

Chapter 494 Himeko: I understand Walter's feelings a little better now.

At the same time, Himeko appears to have been teleported to another region.

At this moment, she was standing in front of a door, and the familiar door gave Himeko a strange sense of familiarity.

Just then, the fake Ryusuke, or rather, Guiji, appeared on the other side, smiling and saying:

"How is it? Does this place look familiar? This should be your first long-buried secret, right?"

"A secret? What are you trying to say? Did you lock me in this painting just to tell me this?"

Himeko suddenly felt a deep sense of disgust towards the fact that she was playing the role of her own father, the Great Lord of Annihilation.

The name of the Destroyer of Destruction, which means "destruction of pleasure," is just like his appearance, truly a disgusting and wicked taste!

"Your attitude really breaks my heart as your father..."

Guiji chuckled.

But these words only made Himeko more disgusted, so she immediately changed the subject and questioned him:

"So, when did you replace Ryusuke?"

Although he already knew that the Great Lord of Extinction, Guiji, had replaced his father, he still wanted to know when and why his father had replaced him.

"About this... it all started from the day he traced the source of the curse of decay for his wife and daughter, only to be destroyed by me instead. That year, Himeko was six years old. She met her father for the first time at her mother's funeral."

Guiji responded.

But Himeko herself didn't believe it at all: "You're lying."

Guiji: "In this life, I've only told one lie to my daughter, but playing the role of a father is quite an enjoyable experience."

Himeko: "......"

If Ah Bai were here right now, she really wanted Ah Bai to summon that holy spirit directly and forcibly take down Gui Ji to teach him a good lesson.

He seemed to understand Walter's feelings to some extent.

After all, Walter had felt something similar when he saw that guy named Rakshasa.

He initially thought that Walter was overreacting when he saw the man named Rakshasa, but later asked him what was going on.

Walter's face froze at the time, and his exact words were:

"That guy looks exactly like one of my damned old friends, my father's killer, and he even said he wanted to be my father. How can I not overreact?"

Himeko's feelings now are similar to those of Walter back then.

She took a deep breath, looked directly into the stillness, and then continued:

"So, why did you lock me inside the painting and bring me to this familiar scene?"

This guy suddenly separated himself from the other members, locking himself away in a painted world; there must be some hidden meaning.

"Of course, it's about finding an answer."

"Answer?"

"That's right."

Gui Ji walked to the window in the corridor on his own, and then slowly opened his mouth:

"The girl who gazed at the starry sky was afraid to set off. She was afraid of the universe, and even more afraid of the heavy responsibility... In the end, she entrusted her wish to another person, and lay in the grave, forever remaining in paradise."

At this point, Guiji turned around and looked at Himeko: