"Gu Shun, you wanted to heavily injure us to buy that kid time to grow, didn't you?"
The Chaotic Giant Ape said indifferently,
"We've willingly fulfilled your wish, aren't you going to thank us?"
They had summoned this terrifying entity at a tremendous cost, burning half of their vital essence, requiring a long period to recover.
And this was precisely what the old man had hoped to see.
"..."
The old man's expression returned to calm, a faint suspicion dawning that things were not as simple as they seemed.
Boom!
Indeed, the next second, the black giant claw trembled slightly, as if it had fully awakened!
"En?!"
The old man's expression abruptly changed drastically.
The terrifying killing intent of the giant claw did not lock onto him but was directly aimed at... the humans hidden within the ruins!
In the perception of this terrifying entity, the old man's body was connected by countless unseen threads,
That was the source of the other party's power...
He had already merged his own being with the destiny of the Divine Continent; to fight him was equivalent to fighting against all the humans on the continent!
But humans were his strength, and also his weakness!
At this moment, the giant claw saw through to the essence, locking onto the other humans in the ruins, preparing to cut off the roots!
It wasn't trying to kill the old man, but to destroy humanity entirely!
Even if the old man had ten thousand schemes, without humanity, everything would naturally lose its meaning.
He would be reduced to a mortal, and Chen Shu would be unable to break through to the legendary realm...
"Gu Shun, are you finally scared?!"
The Chaotic Giant Ape, unable to see the so-called ruins but capable of discerning the changes in the other's expression, couldn't help but roar excitedly.
Having been suppressed by the other party for so long, it finally had its moment of triumph.
"..."
The old man merely cast a cold glance at it, then looked up at the giant claw in the sky, sighing inwardly,
"We've been forced to this point after all..."
He couldn't withstand the opponent's attack on his own!
Even though it was merely a remnant body, it was still a supreme power beyond the legendary realm!
At this moment,
The giant claw moved slightly, and a terrifying aura erupted from it, as if the very powers of heaven and earth were converging.
At this instant, it was gathering momentum!
The giant claw had already locked onto the starry ruins, preparing to crush all humans within in one fell swoop, destroying all their hopes!
And just as the situation became extremely perilous, a sudden voice echoed across the battlefield.
"A deceased existence, does it truly believe it can change anything?"
From the depths of the continent, two individuals with composed expressions suddenly appeared,
It was Li Lao, the pseudo-legendary, and Ning Bufan, the peak King-level!
With a single teleportation, they arrived beside the old man.
The two had been concealed within the ruins all along, only emerging when needed.
Ning Bufan looked up at the giant claw in the sky, a calm smile in his eyes, and said,
"Old man, let us contribute something..."
"Alas..."
The old man sighed and said, "You two must think carefully..."
"We have no retreat! To deal with him, only the supreme power of space-time can do it!"
Ning Bufan's gaze was resolute. Simultaneously, he produced a drop of ancient blood, imbued with a mysterious power.
He glanced at the silver fox on his shoulder, then without hesitation, he swallowed the drop of blood himself!
In an instant, the old man's expression changed, and he shouted,
"Are you crazy, kid?! That blood is not something a human body can withstand!"
Ning Bufan smiled nonchalantly, "Old man, I know what I'm doing."
Originally, their plan was for the spatial silver fox to consume the blood, while the blood held by Li Lao was meant for the Nine-headed Lion to swallow, then be sacrificed and integrated into the silver fox's body.
With the aid of the two drops of blood and the life of a pseudo-legendary contracted spirit, the spatial silver fox would temporarily break through to the legendary realm.
The silver fox would then unite with the Moon of Time, merging to form the supreme power of space-time to counter all changes on the battlefield...
In this way, both the spatial silver fox and the Nine-headed Lion would perish,
But at least the two of them would be safe, and their combat effectiveness would be preserved, though they would forever lose the chance to break through to the legendary realm.
However, Ning Bufan's first step had disrupted the old man's arrangements.
"Let me be wild just this once..."
Ning Bufan smiled with a sense of release, allowing the ancient blood's power to erode his body, and said,
"If I only have one chance in my life to break through to the legendary realm, Ning Bufan must see the farthest scenery!"
Breaking through to the legendary realm was already Ning Bufan's lifelong obsession!
He was arguably the strongest below the legendary realm, and the most outstanding individual of an era.
His pride would not allow him to be an ordinary person...
In an instant, Ning Bufan's body seemed to ignite, emitting a blinding radiance that dared not be gazed upon directly!
Concurrently, due to their master's actions, in addition to the spatial silver fox, his other four contracted spirits also began to glow...
They circled Ning Bufan's body, their eyes filled with affection and reluctance,
But without a hint of regret or retreat.
At any time, they would choose to believe in their master's decisions, even to the point of sacrificing their lives for it...
"Is this the state of human-spirit unity?"
Ning Bufan wore a smile at this moment, experiencing the legendary realm.
In a moment, Ning Bufan, with a scattered smile, his body gradually turned into light and vanished...
And his other four contracted spirits followed suit...
The brilliant radiance intertwined and suddenly merged into the spatial silver fox before them.
In an instant, the silver fox let out a low growl, and a faint legendary aura began to emanate from it...
"Principal!"
At the edge of the battlefield, Chen Shu's heart trembled. Seeing Ning Bufan's body disappear, he could no longer hold back and rushed out.
Chen Shu's appearance did not surprise the others.
In fact, both sides had long since detected his aura but had simply lacked the time to attend to it.
And at this very moment, Ning Bufan's phantom appeared above the silver fox's head.
With a gentle smile, he looked at Chen Shu and said,
"Kid, the scenery in the legendary realm is truly beautiful... Promise me, you must come and see it!"
"Principal..." Chen Shu's heart was filled with sorrow.
In this battle, he had already witnessed too much sacrifice. Instead of becoming numb, he felt it even more profoundly...
"Don't be sad. This is my own choice, unrelated to anyone else!"
"Now, I am finally a legendary Beast Master!"
Ning Bufan's gaze was proud, with no hint of regret, and he laughed heartily,
"I, Ning Bufan, would rather die than be ordinary!"
For him, if there was only one chance in this life, it had to be to unleash the most brilliant radiance!