With Bai Qi's black energy now scarce and the significant power disparity, even with Morgana's assistance, they might have been able to resist. However, with only Bai Qi, on the verge of exhaustion, it was impossible to completely negate this sword strike.
All Bai Qi could do was attack with all his might, aiming to weaken the damage as much as possible when the sword descended.
"Aargh!"
As the blade drew nearer, Bai Qi roared, doubling his energy output. But it was futile.
*Boom!*
Under Bai Qi's relentless assault, the blade finally cleaved down.
Amidst the roar of the giant sword's descent, the battlefield fell silent once more.
Bai Qi's earlier act of miraculous resurrection had left too deep an impression on everyone present. Now, many were eager to know if Bai Qi, facing such a terrifying attack, could once again crawl back from the brink and pull off another stunt.
In that instant, tons of damage also fell upon Keisha. Even she, after enduring such a blow, stumbled back two steps, swaying as if on the verge of collapse, but she held on.
The giant angel slowly raised the Sword of Flames. Where Bai Qi had stood, there was now only a pulpy mess.
Yes, a pulpy mess.
With a giant sword of flames like this hacking down at Bai Qi, it was no longer a matter of the blade's sharpness. Even if the attacker had used an axe or a club, the effect would have been the same.
Time ticked by. Just as everyone believed Bai Qi was truly finished, the pulpy mess on the ground reacted. Thick, ink-like black energy swirled out, forming Bai Qi's silhouette in the air. Then, as if summoned, the pulpy mess on the ground rapidly filled into the black energy, solidifying.
A complete Bai Qi had resurrected once more.
"How was that?" resurrected Bai Qi taunted Keisha. "Want to try another swing? Maybe you'll finally kill me?"
Despite his nonchalant demeanor, Bai Qi was merely putting on a brave face. He had spoken such bravado only after seeing the giant angel dissipate. If he had taken another hit, Bai Qi would have been utterly annihilated.
Speaking of which, Bai Qi had poured all his effort into squeezing out every last drop of black energy from his body. So where did the black energy that emerged from the pulpy mess come from?
The answer was simple: Bai Qi had borrowed it from another person in this world who possessed black energy.
In this Super Gene world, besides Bai Qi, who else had black energy within them?
That's right, Bai Qi.
Logically, with Bai Qi's strength, she could have joined the war between angels and demons. Even if Bai Qi wasn't a match for Keisha and the other high-ranking angels, she could have handled the rest.
It wasn't that Bai Qi feared Bai Qi getting injured in battle. After all, pain could teach a person a lot, and experience was often more effective than lectures.
The reason Bai Qi didn't let Bai Qi participate was precisely because Bai Qi had predicted a shortage of black energy during his fight with Keisha. Bai Qi, who hadn't participated and had a large reserve of black energy, became Bai Qi's "blood pack." After Bai Qi was reduced to a pulpy mess, Bai Qi decisively drew a tube of it from Bai Qi and infused it into himself, thus pulling himself back from the brink of death.
However, unlike Bai Qi, Bai Qi's strength far surpassed Bai Qi's. The black energy required to reconstruct a body might not be much for Bai Qi, but it was different for Bai Qi. That last move had drained over eighty percent of Bai Qi's black energy.
Bai Qi's words didn't elicit much of a reaction from Keisha. Instead, she let out a soft sigh and looked up at the distant sky, saying indifferently, "If it were a few thousand years ago, perhaps I would have been tempted. But now, let's just forget it. After all, my time is running out."
The topic shifted so abruptly that Bai Qi couldn't react. He had just said it casually, not expecting her to actually consider it.
Marrying an Angel King as his wife sounded exciting. However, given her strength, he'd likely be the one getting domestically abused at home.
But... what did she mean by "time is running out"?
Following Keisha's gaze, a skull floated in the sky.
This skull was no ordinary size; it could be said to blot out the sun. However, the skull itself had no color, blending almost seamlessly with the sky.
Of course, that wasn't the most striking feature. The most striking aspects were the skull's eyes and its opening and closing mouth. Its hollow sockets and mouth were filled with a deep darkness, as if a universe was contained within it.
There was no doubt this was the work of that perverted Karl.
Thinking this, Bai Qi was about to lower the barrier to let the skull in.
But before Bai Qi could act, the skull in the sky became impatient. It lunged forward, biting down and tearing a hole in the barrier.
Upon entering, it didn't bother with niceties and directly swallowed Keisha whole.
The scene shifted, and Keisha found herself in a universe. Before her was a supernova on the verge of explosion and Reina, her eyes and mouth glowing, floating in space.
Keisha watched, watching the impending supernova, her face devoid of panic.
A meteorite drifted behind her, and Keisha casually sat on it, crossing her legs. "It is indeed beyond my comprehension."
"Your disdain for the void."
At that moment, a voice echoed in the silent cosmos.
"Who?"
A figure in a black robe, wearing a mask, stood not far from Keisha. Judging by the figure's flickering form, it was likely a projection, not a physical entity.
It made sense. To bring the Angel Queen to this desolate place, if the true form had appeared, Keisha might have gotten annoyed and instantly sliced them down, leading to an awkward situation.
"I am..."
Before the person could finish speaking, Keisha, as if knowing what they were about to say, interrupted.
"You are not Karl."
"I am..."
The person tried to speak again, but was interrupted once more before finishing and was forcibly made to disappear from Keisha's sight.
"Karl, come out and explain."
Not long after Keisha spoke, Karl's projection appeared before her.
"How did I get here?"
Karl looked at Keisha and said emotionlessly, "In your universal understanding, time and space are stable concepts. But I believe time and space are unstable."
"Hmm."
At this moment, Keisha was like a diligent student, not crying or making a fuss, quietly listening to Karl's explanation.