143: Chapter 143: The Emperor's Banner

White Emperor smiled exceptionally happily.

Because he had great confidence in this secret technique.

Now, everything was ready, save for the final piece of the puzzle.

"So, I never had a chance of winning from the very beginning?"

Xiao Ran said.

White Emperor thought for a moment.

"Of course, but..."

"What I am curious about is, knowing full well that you are bound to die, why can you still smile?"

Xiao Ran looked at him, a strange glint flashing in his eyes.

"City Lord Bai, have you ever thought about one question?"

White Emperor raised an eyebrow.

"What?"

Xiao Ran said slowly.

"Knowing you had a conspiracy, and knowing Ling'er was a chess piece sent by you, why didn't I just take her?"

White Emperor narrowed his eyes.

"Why?"

"Because I was waiting."

"Waiting for what?"

"Waiting for you to voluntarily reveal your trump card."

"Ever since you summoned us for the first time, I felt something was wrong."

"You acted too much like it, which actually made me suspicious; a person on the verge of death shouldn't have such a greedy glint in their eyes."

White Emperor was stunned for a moment.

Was that when I revealed a flaw?

"So, you played along?"

Xiao Ran nodded.

"Yes, I was waiting for you... to reveal a flaw."

White Emperor was silent for a moment.

"Good, what a brilliant counter-strategy."

"Then I would like to see, what kind of trump card can you, a Late Nascent Soul Stage, possibly have?"

He raised his hand, and the pressure of the Void Refinement Stage poured down like a landslide and tsunami!

Xiao Ran groaned, his knees buckling, almost collapsing to the ground!

This is the Void Refinement Stage!

Even though he possessed the Myriad Dao Guixu Body, in the face of absolute power, he was still vulnerable!

"Accept your fate."

White Emperor's voice came.

"I will take your Physical Body."

He raised his hand and formed a seal.

That blood-colored thread flew out from his palm, fused with the wisp of essence that had been drained from Xiao Ran's body, and transformed into a strange rune.

The rune spun and flew towards the center of Xiao Ran's brows!

Once it entered, the Possession would officially begin!

Just at this critical moment.

The shadow at Xiao Ran's feet suddenly erupted.

A black shadow rushed out from the darkness, holding a pitch-black short sword, stabbing directly at White Emperor's heart!

Elder Ying!

A full-power strike from the Void Refinement Stage!

He couldn't wait any longer; if he waited any longer, everything would be over.

White Emperor, however, seemed to have anticipated this, not even turning his head.

A smile curled at the corner of his lips.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time."

As soon as he finished speaking.

A gray shadow swept out from the side and struck Elder Ying with a palm!

Boom!!

The two collided hard, both retreating three zhang!

It was Ancestor Dongfang.

He stood with his hands behind his back, looking at Elder Ying with a smug smile on his face.

"Old man Ying, we haven't seen each other for several hundred years, have we?"

Elder Ying's face turned livid.

"Old dog Dongfang... you're still not dead?"

Ancestor Dongfang laughed.

"If you aren't dead, how could I bear to die?"

The two looked at each other, their eyes full of killing intent.

They were clearly old acquaintances.

On the other side, the rune had already approached the center of Xiao Ran's brows.

Xiao Ran gritted his teeth, knowing he couldn't wait any longer, and suddenly raised his hand.

A pitch-black banner flew out from his sleeve, expanding in the wind!

The banner unfurled, and black light shone brilliantly!

It was a pitch-black banner, with countless ancient runes inscribed on its surface, emitting a strange aura.

This was what Xiao Ran had obtained from the ruins of a Wuxin Sanren when he swept through twenty-three Legacies in the Ancient Battlefield.

This banner could store living people, and it could also store spirits of the dead.

As long as people were stored in the banner beforehand, one could carry them around and use them whenever needed.

At this moment, two figures rushed out from the black light!

A white-haired old man, his aura as majestic as a mountain!

A woman in white, with nine tails swaying, her Demonic Qi soaring to the sky!

Chief Steward Gu!

Nine-Tailed Demon Fox!

White Emperor's pupils constricted.

"What?"

Ancestor Dongfang was also stunned!

As soon as Chief Steward Gu appeared, he raised his hand and struck the rune with a palm.

Boom!

The rune shattered!

Xiao Ran's whole body shook, and the strange power invading his Sea of Consciousness instantly vanished.

The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox lunged directly at White Emperor!

"Old geezer, die for me!"

Although she hadn't fully recovered from her serious injuries, she was still of the Void Refinement Stage!

When fighting for her life, the momentum was terrifying!

White Emperor's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly stepped back.

"I didn't expect you two to be hiding here?"

The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox sneered.

"I have been here all along, just waiting for this moment!"

As she spoke.

The two instantly engaged in battle!

Rumble!

The Domain trembled.

While dealing with the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, White Emperor stared fixedly at Xiao Ran.

"What is that thing you have?"

Xiao Ran shook the spirit-storing banner in his hand, a Dragon King smile on his face.

"This thing? It has a simple and easy-to-understand name, human emperor banner."

"It can not only store living people but also spirits of the dead."

This was a Magical Artifact of a legendary figure from back then, so its grade and power went without saying.

Wuxin Sanren, although called a 'scattered person', was a genuine Body Integration Stage expert.

How could the Magic Treasure he left behind be bad?

"I originally thought it was useless, but I didn't expect it to come in so handy today."

Xiao Ran boasted.

White Emperor's face was gloomy.

He never expected that Xiao Ran would hide such a move.

One Chief Steward Gu, Void Refinement Stage.

One Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, also Void Refinement Stage.

Plus that Elder Ying, also Void Refinement Stage.

Three against two!

The situation reversed instantly.

"Xiao Ran... you are very good."

White Emperor said, word by word.

Xiao Ran: "City Lord Bai is too kind."

White Emperor continued.

"Xiao Ran, do you think you can win like this?"

Xiao Ran: "Otherwise what?"

White Emperor, however, calmly shook his head.

"You underestimate the Void Refinement Stage too much."

"Especially a Void Refinement Stage expert with little Lifespan left."

He suddenly looked up, and a bloody light shot into the sky.

Boom!

The entire Domain was trembling!

A terrifying aura erupted from within him!

That aura was more than twice as strong as before!

Chief Steward Gu's expression changed drastically.

"Not good, he is burning his Origin!"

The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox was also stunned.

"Are you crazy?"

Burning one's Origin is a suicidal tactic!

Oh!

White Emperor doesn't have much Lifespan left?

Then it's fine.

So White Emperor stopped acting like a human; anyway, he wouldn't live long, so what was there to be afraid of?

He recklessly burned his life Origin, starting to exchange it for even more powerful strength.

He looked at Xiao Ran, his eyes full of madness.

"Kid, die with me!"

He transformed into a stream of bloody light, charging straight at Xiao Ran.

The speed was extreme!

Chief Steward Gu and the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox intercepted simultaneously.

However, they only destroyed White Emperor's Physical Body, but White Emperor's Primordial Spirit continued to charge at Xiao Ran.

The next second, the Primordial Spirit had reached before Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran's pupils shrank.

Subconsciously, he mobilized the human emperor banner in his hand to cover it.

But the gap between the Nascent Soul and the Void Refinement Stage was too great.

Xiao Ran couldn't even hold out for a second before White Emperor charged into his mind.