As soon as the two sides clashed, they entered a white-hot phase. Pei Yan, who was paying close attention to the development of the battle, noticed that under the protection of the Divine Artifact mentioned by Lin Junzhao, the technique she used that could nearly stop the surrounding time seemed ineffective on these people.

Previously, Lin Junzhao had effortlessly annihilated the remnants of the divine desires, yet at this moment, she appeared to be in a hard-fought battle. Although Pei Yan couldn't comprehend the Array used by Cen Xiaoran and the others, watching these six coordinate in their maneuvers with their six Divine Artifacts echoing each other, compressing Lin Junzhao's movement space bit by bit.

However, to Pei Yan, Lin Junzhao, trapped in the midst, seemed indifferent to her current situation, continuing to leisurely move among the six attackers, occasionally glancing at Pei Jin sitting in the seat, causing Pei Yan's heart to ring alarm bells with an ominous premonition forming in his mind.

But if that's really the case, how could it make sense?

Just as Pei Yan's mind was in turmoil, a change occurred once more in the battle formation. A person holding a chain suddenly launched an attack, with a Gilded Lock Chain carving a beautiful arc through the air, wrapping around Lin Junzhao with a whoosh.

Before Lin Junzhao could exert force to resist, the elder who spoke with Cen Xiaoran raised a pitch-black Bronze Mirror, and a beam of black light accompanied by eerie wailing cast upon Lin Junzhao.

Instantly, it was as if a black hole had formed around Lin Junzhao, with everything enveloped in the black fog appearing distorted and madly rushing into it.

Meanwhile, the remaining four holding a longbow, bronze bell, red rope, and Celestial Measuring Ruler exerted their power together. The long arrow was strung, followed by the sound of the bronze bell echoing between the heavens and earth as the red rope continuously wrapped around the black hole. With the Celestial Measuring Ruler thrown by Cen Xiaoran and the whistling long arrow shot simultaneously into the black hole, the red rope tightened abruptly, securely locking the seemingly illusory black hole, while the Gilded Lock Chain threaded in and out, tightly wrapping the black hole that had become a sphere.

"Boss, is she settled just like that? What do we do now?" The previously eager Mountain River watched the black sphere trapped in the sky, cold sweat dripping from his forehead. How did the grand momentum suddenly get subdued?

Su Xiang, who had just recovered from the stabbing pain of the devoured fragments, was hit hard by the scene before him, wondering if the painstaking gamble he invested in was truly going to go down the drain?

No, no, no. Seeing the serious and terrified expressions on the faces of the six people in the sky who had already claimed victory, Su Xiang chuckled. How could it be this simple?

Just as Su Xiang thought, before he could turn back to soothe the anxious emotions of his men, a shadow appeared outside the encirclement. Lin Junzhao, with a long arrow in her shoulder and playing with the Celestial Measuring Ruler in her hand, walked out leisurely.

"Hmm!" Accompanied by a moan that tugged at one's nerves as the long arrow was gently pushed out of her body, Lin Junzhao held the long arrow in one hand and the Celestial Measuring Ruler in the other, looked up at Cen Xiaoran, who closed in again, and sneered: "Why gather only the power of the three realms? Daoist Realm, Magic Realm, Spirit Monster Realm." Pointing to a few in the team with her arrow, she finally asked in confusion: "Where's the Hell Realm? Missing this attribute makes the inherently weak formation far from impressive!"

Hearing Lin Junzhao's words, all six, including Cen Xiaoran, turned pale and remained silent. Not to mention the present world, even the other three realms hadn't had news from the Hell Realm for a long time, with all the spatial rifts leading to that world completely sealed. No one knew what happened in that dimension or what it's like now. The unknown is the most terrifying, coupled with the recent frequent actions of dark forces in various realms, which alarmed the high-level officials of the realms to decide to act together to find the root of the problem.

And the original body of the female form in front of them was one of the sources.

With a swoosh, the two items in Lin Junzhao's hand, having been forcibly summoned by their former owners, left two scars on her palm and finally returned to their original holders.

Seeing Cen Xiaoran, who had reclaimed the Celestial Measuring Ruler and remained silent, gazing at her, Lin Junzhao couldn't be bothered to say more and turned to walk toward Pei Jin, who stood up and approached her with slow steps.

"Is it time now?" Pei Jin opened his arms, shrugged, and smiled bitterly.

"I had intended to spend more time with you, but I didn't expect my physical form to be destroyed so soon, forcing my plan to advance. Sorry, this isn't what I wanted."

"I understand! Remember our promise."

"Rest assured, from now on, you and I will become one, and I won't break the promise."

"Hey, hey, hey! What are you talking about?" Watching the two standing there in a question-and-answer session, with his sister's face showing a relieved expression, Pei Yan, feeling increasingly uneasy, leaped up to stand between them and looked fiercely at Lin Junzhao, asking.

"Did you not tell him until now?" Lin Junzhao turned her head to look past Pei Yan at Pei Jin in puzzlement. Seeing Pei Jin shaking her head with a bitter expression, she glanced at Pei Yan and mocked: "You really are well protected by your sister. Fine, I'll tell you now, I will..."

"You will merge with my sister!"

Seeing Pei Yan suddenly transform into a mechanical form ready for battle, Lin Junzhao waved her hand, forming a wall of light around him to temporarily block attacks from Cen Xiaoran and the others, then remarked with some surprised: "You already knew?"

"I'm not stupid. I had my suspicions during your previous interactions with my sister, but I thought it was, that it was..."

Seeing Pei Yan at a loss for words, Lin Junzhao smiled and reminded him: "Love?" Upon seeing Pei Yan remain silent again, Lin Junzhao nodded in acknowledgment without denying it: "Indeed, there's a bit of something between your sister and me. Don't be surprised. Don't be fooled by my current appearance; I can be male or female. After all, I was originally just a simple energy body, so gender doesn't matter to me."

With that, Lin Junzhao transformed into the image of a handsome young man, then reverted back, saying: "It's just that in the years I've existed, I've been in female form more often, and I've gotten used to it."

"But with my sister, it's definitely not love. When you look at her, besides greed and possessiveness, there's nothing but deep self-indulgence. That is absolutely not love."

Lin Junzhao listened and nodded in agreement, unfazed by Pei Yan's tight fists, which were always ready for attack, and said with self-mockery: "Was I that obvious?"

"Ah! Yes, you were just short of having your eyes dug into my sister's flesh!" Saying this, Pei Yan removed his visor, looked directly into Lin Junzhao's eyes, and said word by word: "Just, just that I don't understand! Why do you have to do this! Isn't this setting yourself into a cage?"

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