189: Chapter 189 I really want to keep watching them.

"Didn't you ask me before why I trust you so much?"

Lin Sheng felt that Yeros seemed a bit different today compared to before.

Today, she seemed to have endless things to say, and her emotions were fuller than before.

Lin Sheng looked at Yeros, signaling her to continue with whatever she wanted to say.

"Actually, even now, I don't know why I trust you so much."

Yeros shook her head, a particularly troubled expression on her face.

"But I've always had a feeling."

"A feeling... like we've met somewhere before?"

"Have we met before?"

At this moment, Yeros suddenly looked up.

Through the black cloth covering Yeros's eyes, Lin Sheng could imagine a pair of sparkling eyes gazing at him.

Lin Sheng searched his memories thoroughly. To ensure accuracy, he even recalled the twenty-odd years of his previous life on Earth.

But then he shook his head.

He didn't remember knowing or ever hearing of anyone named Yeros.

Neither in his past life nor his current one.

"Perhaps we'll get to know each other in the future?"

After his search yielded nothing, Lin Sheng joked with a smile.

Hearing Lin Sheng say this, Yeros also smiled.

...

While Lin Sheng and Yeros were chatting, the Holy Crown Exalted Lord, who was hidden within the battlefield, suddenly attacked Yeros.

His attack came without warning, and it was a killing move from the start.

A long saber suddenly manifested in space. It seemed to have escaped the shackles of time; the moment it appeared, it had already plunged into the Ximi God's chest.

At the same time, Yeros, who was on the Ground, seemed to suffer a severe blow, her body jolting violently for an instant.

Seeing Yeros about to collapse, Lin Sheng reacted quickly and caught her.

Yeros clutched her chest, her face looking haggard.

Lin Sheng looked up at the Holy Crown Exalted Lord in the Sky who had launched the sneak attack, his expression turning grim.

"Heh... In the end, I still miscalculated."

"Perhaps you were right, I was too naive..."

"And too foolish."

Just like back on the pirate ship, Yeros gripped Lin Sheng's shoulder tightly, doing her best not to fall.

She didn't show the fear of impending death; her face held only loneliness and regret.

Her goal had ultimately not been achieved.

Those Old Ones still had strength left; they would inevitably divide the living beings of the starfield.

With one hand being gripped by Yeros, Lin Sheng placed his other hand on Yeros's head, gently stroking her hair.

"You won't die, and I will deal with them."

Perhaps because of what Yeros just said, or perhaps for some other reason, Lin Sheng now intended to take action against those three Old Ones.

Not just the three Old Ones—once Lin Sheng was free, even the Holy Crown Exalted Lord wouldn't escape.

In fact, compared to the three Old Ones, Lin Sheng wanted to deal with the Holy Crown Exalted Lord even more.

"No..."

Yeros wanted to stop him, but at this moment, it was difficult for her to even speak a complete sentence.

Seeing this, Lin Sheng simply said calmly:

"I am informing you."

A golden light separated from the body Lin Sheng was currently using; it was Lin Sheng's consciousness.

Arriving at the battlefield where the Ximi God's divine body was, Lin Sheng glanced at the position where the Holy Crown Exalted Lord was hiding, then struck without warning.

The first thing he had to deal with were those three Old Ones, because only by solving them could Yeros be at peace.

Seeing a combatant of the same level suddenly appear on the field, all three Old Ones were startled.

Their simple minds wouldn't ponder Lin Sheng's origins; when Lin Sheng attacked them, they instinctively counterattacked.

But at that moment, a ridiculous scene occurred.

The Old Ones' attacks had no effect on Lin Sheng; their strikes passed right through his body and hit the space behind him.

Yet Lin Sheng's attacks landed on the Old Ones with critical force every single time.

Under this ebb and flow, even the three Old Ones were helpless against Lin Sheng.

Just as Lin Sheng thought the three Old Ones were nothing more than this, the aura of the Ximi God's body behind him suddenly plummeted.

The divine body, which had already begun to dissipate, suddenly lost more than half of its form.

Seeing this, Lin Sheng couldn't help but be shocked.

He suddenly realized that while he himself didn't fear the Old Ones' attacks, the mortals behind him couldn't withstand them.

Once the Old Ones' attacks landed, those mortals would definitely not be spared.

And the Ximi God surely knew this, which was why her aura had dropped again.

She needed to protect those mortals.

Thinking of this, Lin Sheng felt he couldn't delay any longer.

He couldn't actually block the attacks of the three Old Ones; the only reason he could fight them simultaneously was entirely due to his invincible state of 'Immortal Consciousness'.

He was invincible, but that didn't mean he could intercept the opponent's attacks for others.

With that in mind, Lin Sheng immediately took out the segment of chain he was inhabiting.

He had originally intended to use this as a trump card against the Holy Crown Exalted Lord, but given the current situation, it had to be used now.

The moment the chain appeared, the three Old Ones simultaneously performed an action that shocked Lin Sheng.

Upon sensing the aura of the chain, they actually fled immediately!

It was so sudden; before Lin Sheng could even launch an attack, they had run away.

Lin Sheng had absolutely not expected this situation.

But his reaction was swift; in the next instant, he turned his target toward the Holy Crown Exalted Lord's location.

But when he looked over, the spot where the Holy Crown Exalted Lord had been hiding was already empty.

Seeing this, Lin Sheng's heart jumped.

He spun around violently, looking down at where Yeros was.

"You're looking for death!"

Lin Sheng roared, but clearly, he was one step too late.

At this moment, Yeros was just an ordinary person; against the attack of a Main God like the Holy Crown Exalted Lord, she had no power to resist.

As the saber light fell, the Ximi God's body in the Sky shattered with a bang.

Having done this, the Holy Crown Exalted Lord didn't linger for a second; he opened an entrance to the Deep Realm, intending to leave immediately.

But Lin Sheng had already locked onto him by then.

During this time, Lin Sheng had gained some understanding of the 'Karma' type divine abilities contained within the golden immortal dao fruit.

Earlier, when Yeros wanted him to help heal the mortals who had lost their souls, he hadn't gone to great lengths to act.

But now, to deal with the Holy Crown Exalted Lord, Lin Sheng used 'Karma' methods without hesitation.

He pushed his 'idealistic side' power to the limit and used this extreme force to strike out with the chain in his hand.

The chain he struck out was the 'Cause,' and the 'Effect' was hitting the Holy Crown Exalted Lord.

As long as the Karma was unresolved, no matter where the Holy Crown Exalted Lord hid, he would be struck by the chain.

The Holy Crown Exalted Lord also perceived this threat, which was fatal enough for him.

Without any hesitation, he directly pulled a strange small world in front of him to block.

Lin Sheng knew that was the Holy Crown Exalted Lord's Divine Kingdom.

Under this life-and-death crisis, the man actually used his own Divine Kingdom and the believers within it as a shield.

However, Lin Sheng's strike was not so easily intercepted.

Even with a Divine Kingdom as a defense, it was futile.

After piercing through the Divine Kingdom, the chain was weakened significantly, but it eventually landed on the Holy Crown Exalted Lord's chest.

As the Divine Kingdom shattered, the Holy Crown Exalted Lord visibly suffered a heavy blow, and the chain that arrived an instant later gave him a double impact.

The chain was pinned firmly into the Holy Crown Exalted Lord's chest, with no intention of letting go.

Under Lin Sheng's gaze, the Holy Crown Exalted Lord stumbled back into the Deep Realm.

Lin Sheng didn't give chase, because right now, Yeros's condition was even worse than the Holy Crown Exalted Lord's.

Lin Sheng knelt down and picked Yeros up.

At this moment, Yeros, lying in Lin Sheng's arms, was slowly becoming transparent.

"I really... want to keep watching them."

Yeros's mouth opened slightly, letting out a raspy voice.

Her voice had lost its vitality, but her love for her believers remained unchanged.

"I said, you won't die."

Lin Sheng stood up slowly, holding Yeros's dissipating body.

The golden immortal dao fruit manifested behind him, the pale golden fruit now unscrupulously absorbing everything this universe could provide.

Lin Sheng's golden immortal dao fruit of unknown origin didn't just contain Golden Immortal level abilities; it even had Great Divine Abilities of the 'Great Zenith Golden Immortal' level.

However, at Lin Sheng's current level, performing such a Great Divine Ability was almost impossible.

But even if it was impossible, Lin Sheng had to try.

Lin Sheng deduced everything about this Great Divine Ability in his mind. Under his activation, a special ripple enveloped Yeros's dissipating body.

Great Divine Ability: Converting Effect into Cause.

As Lin Sheng unleashed this Great Divine Ability, a special power instantly spread throughout the entire universe.

Under the pressure of this power, the rules of the entire universe began to become disordered.

Following that was the imbalance of Lin Sheng's Great Divine Ability power.

Seeing this, Lin Sheng steeled his heart and began to use the Great Divine Ability recklessly, ignoring the obstruction of the universe's rules.

Seeing that Yeros's condition had improved slightly, he didn't want to give up.

But just then, a pair of small hands suddenly grabbed Lin Sheng's shoulders.

Lin Sheng looked down; at some point, Yeros in his arms was looking at him with a pleading expression.

"Don't do something foolish for me."

"My death is already a foregone conclusion, but the space where mortals survive cannot be destroyed because of me."

"Let them go."

"Consider it... I'm begging you."

Hearing this, Lin Sheng only felt a tightness in his chest.

This was the first time Yeros had begged him, but he was unwilling to grant her request.

"I beg you, the mortals are innocent."

Seeing Lin Sheng refuse to relent, Yeros was also getting anxious.

She wasn't sure if she would recover if this continued, but she was certain that if it did, the mortals of this universe would surely die.

"Have you really made up your mind?"

Lin Sheng finally spoke, his voice sounding somewhat weak.

It had been a long time since he had felt this kind of helplessness.

The last time he felt it was when he fled the Solar System.

This time was different from the last; this time he actually had the power to save the person he wanted to save.

But fate played tricks; even if he had the power, it was to no avail.

"Thank you."

Yeros didn't answer Lin Sheng's question directly; she simply let go of his shoulders and lay peacefully in his arms.

As Yeros's figure slowly dissipated, Lin Sheng closed his eyes in pain, unwilling to look any longer.

Just then, a cold little hand suddenly grabbed one of Lin Sheng's palms.

Two things that felt like glass marbles were pressed into Lin Sheng's hand, and Yeros's voice came again:

"My name is 'Ximi Yeros'."

"My name is Lin Sheng."

...

Some people, perhaps, only learn to cherish when they are about to lose everything.

End of Ximi Starfield Arc.