585: Chapter 585 Stop fighting, we're all on the same side.

Li Heng's words echoed lightly in the scorching air, yet they plunged everyone present into deep thought.

To extinguish a fire, one must first let it burn more vigorously?

What kind of logic is this?

Fang Yuan, Lin Xiao, and the others furrowed their brows, their minds frantically deducing various possibilities.

Even Xiao Zi and the King of Eternal Night, two old monsters who had lived for endless ages, failed to grasp the profound meaning in Li Heng's words for a moment.

"Roar!"

The Burning Heaven Demon Lord didn't care about any of that.

In his chaotic consciousness, there was only destruction and annihilation.

After breaking free from Xiao Zi's brief restraint, he became even more violent, pounding his chest and letting out a heaven-shaking roar.

In an instant, the magma on his body began to boil and expand violently!

A massive fireball with a diameter of over a hundred zhang, containing terrifying energy, rapidly condensed and took shape above his head.

That fireball was like a miniature sun, emitting light and heat that caused the temperature of the entire desert to soar again, even showing signs of melting the space itself.

"Not good! He's about to unleash his ultimate move!"

Xie Wangsheng's face changed drastically, and he hurriedly commanded the Disciples of the Formation System to lay down layer after layer of defense.

The King of Eternal Night also had a solemn expression, once again urging his Origin, preparing to resist head-on.

However, at this moment, Liu Lian, who had been silent all along, suddenly moved.

His head of white hair danced wildly in the heatwave, and a look of realization flashed in his eyes.

"Burn more vigorously..."

He murmured softly, and the long sword in his hand no longer carried a cold aura of slaughter, but instead surged with a majestic and pure breath of life!

It was precisely the power he had comprehended after absorbing the divine osmanthus tree at the ruins of the lunar Guanghan Palace!

"Osmanthus, Grow!"

Liu Lian thrust his sword out!

There was no earth-shattering Sword Qi, nor any sharp edge that tore through space.

Only a soft green glow filled with the power of life, like spring rain following a breeze, silently merged into the Burning Heaven Demon Lord's massive body.

The next moment, a bizarre scene occurred!

On the Burning Heaven Demon Lord's body, composed of rock and magma, emerald green vines actually began to grow at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Those vines, as if they had a life of their own, frantically absorbed the fire energy within the Burning Heaven Demon Lord's body, growing and spreading rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, they had tightly entangled his massive frame!

The huge fireball about to form above the Burning Heaven Demon Lord's head quickly dimmed as its energy was frantically drained, and finally, with a "poof," it directly went out.

"Roar!?"

The Burning Heaven Demon Lord let out a roar full of confusion.

He felt his power draining away at an unprecedented rate!

Those damned plants were like maggots on a bone; they couldn't be burned away, and instead, the more they burned, the faster they grew!

His power originated from destruction, while Liu Lian's power originated from New Student!

Using pure life force to counter pure fire of destruction!

This was exactly the true meaning of what Li Heng meant by "letting the fire burn more vigorously"!

Drawing the fuel from under the cauldron!

"Great job! Liu Lian!"

Fang Yuan was overjoyed at the sight and instantly understood the key.

He no longer used divine lightning to strike directly, but transformed the power of lightning into a fine electric net, enveloping the Burning Heaven Demon Lord. It wasn't for attacking, but to interfere with the flow of energy in his body and accelerate the growth of those vines.

Lin Xiao's sword light also lit up again. This time, his sword slashed towards the ground beneath the Burning Heaven Demon Lord's feet.

Every strike precisely severed the channels through which the Burning Heaven Demon Lord drew fire energy from deep within the ley lines!

Coupled with the mental suppression applied by Xiao Zi from the side and the cold air erosion released by the King of Eternal Night at any cost.

A five-pronged attack!

The once-invincible Burning Heaven Demon Lord was now like a big man who had been stripped naked, completely losing his ability to resist.

The flames burning on his body grew weaker and weaker, finally extinguishing completely, revealing his charred rock body.

The vines wrapped around him also stopped growing.

Boom!

The Burning Heaven Demon Lord's massive body could no longer hold up. His knees buckled, and he knelt heavily on the ground, letting out a dull thud.

"Phew... It's finally settled."

Fang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

This battle was more exhausting than any previous one.

However, just as everyone thought the situation was decided and were about to step forward to "sign the contract."

The rock giant kneeling on the ground suddenly raised his head.

His head, which originally only had chaotic flames, now actually condensed a pair of clear eyes full of rationality.

He looked at everyone and spoke in a clear and ancient language.

"You... actually... cracked the 'burnout protocol'?"

This sudden sentence left everyone stunned.

Wasn't he a madman?

How could he speak?

"burnout protocol?"

Li Heng stood up from his grandmaster's chair with interest and walked over to the Burning Heaven Demon Lord.

"What is that thing?"

The Burning Heaven Demon Lord looked at Li Heng, and in those eyes made of rock, there actually appeared a trace of... relief?

"That is the highest directive engraved in our Origin."

His voice was dull and hoarse.

"We are not prisoners."

"But... weapons."

"The nine 'Kings' are nine energy cores, together forming a final Formation called the 'Burial World Formation'."

"Once the 'burnout protocol' is activated, my will is suppressed, leaving only the instinct for destruction to provide the most violent energy for the activation of the grand Formation."

These words were like a thunderclap, exploding in everyone's mind!

They weren't prisoners, but parts of a weapon!

The goal of the Guixu Organization wasn't to release them, but to... activate this world-destroying Formation!

This realization made everyone's backs break out in a cold sweat.

Li Heng's gaze also became playful.

Things seemed to be getting more and more interesting.

But at this moment, a sudden change occurred!

The golden "Kun" character mark on the King of Eternal Night's forehead, as well as the spicy strips mark left by Li Heng deep in Xiao Zi's Soul, suddenly burst out with blinding light uncontrollably!

Not just them!

Including the newly subdued Burning Heaven Demon Lord, an identical light lit up at the core of his rock-composed chest!

"Warning! Warning!"

"Detected unauthorized access to Core Unit No. 3!"

"Initiating Supreme Defense Sequence!"

"Eliminate all abnormal targets!"

A cold, emotionless mechanical voice didn't come from anywhere, but directly resounded in every corner of the Qingyun Realm, in the depths of every living being's Divine Soul!

Rumble—

The sky of the entire Qingyun Realm, at this moment, was like a giant mirror, shattering inch by inch!

Behind the cracks, there was no endless Void Realm, nor were there any brilliant stars.

Instead, there were pairs of billions of... Mechanical Eyes, flashing with crimson light!

Countless mountain-sized metal creations slowly emerged from the cracks, their cold muzzles aimed at everything on the ground!

The true guardian of this primordial prison, its deepest hidden defense System, had awakened!