The Last Witch Lord

All four Xiu Yes followed the blackened Xiu Ye into the Medicine Furnace.

The wildly spinning Medicine Furnace ground to an abrupt halt.

Xiao Suo stared at Li Ban through Xiu Ye's widened eyes. "How do you have so many Xiu Yes?"

He had exhausted every method to preserve a single Xiu Ye, ultimately sharing a trace of Mutated Element with her just so she could hold on until now.

Li Ban had only recently entered the Nihility State. How could he have saved so many of them?

Li Ban knew this was not merely an ideological clash between the Xiu Yes, but his own direct confrontation with Xiao Suo.

"I do not own Xiu Ye," he said calmly. "She is persisting on her own."

Li Ban's starlight surged forth once more.

Xiao Suo immediately unleashed the black hole he used to absorb the light.

They spun faster and faster.

The four Xiu Yes Li Ban had sent inside had already reversed the tide, successfully suppressing their blackened counterpart.

The rules of the Medicine Furnace began shifting in Li Ban's favor.

Brilliant light erupted within the Medicine Furnace, disrupting Xiao Suo's black hole and turning it unstable.

At the same time, Li Ban intensified his stream of starlight.

Crushed beneath the dual suppression, Xiao Suo's black hole finally collapsed.

The remaining starlight struck Xiao Suo directly, paralyzing him once more.

Li Ban instantly closed the distance and seized Xiao Suo's Wizard Embryo Fragment.

The corner of Xiao Suo's mouth curled up. "I finally understand what your starlight is."

With those words, his body dissolved into dust and was sucked back into the Medicine Furnace.

Just then, a phantom flew out of the Medicine Furnace and drifted over to Li Ban.

By the aura of her soul, Li Ban immediately recognized her as Xiu Ye Number One.

Seeing her severely weakened state, he stored her in his Cubic Space.

However, after the fierce struggle, Xiu Ye Number One's remaining lifespan had been drastically shortened.

"We have activated the reversal formula. They will crack the Medicine Furnace open for just a moment. You must leave immediately."

"No need," Li Ban refused. "Opening the Medicine Furnace now will waste all your hard work. Have them return as well."

"No, they must stay inside the Medicine Furnace." Xiu Ye Number One's voice was failing. "I expended the most energy just now and couldn't hold on much longer anyway, so I came out to bring you this message."

Li Ban understood. The other three Xiu Ye Priests were prepared to sacrifice themselves.

The Medicine Furnace had been activated. Since he could no longer save them, the last thing he should do was let their sacrifice be in vain.

Besides, he still had something vital to do.

Li Ban's consciousness instantly withdrew from Xiu Ye's body and returned to the Zhuangsheng Ring.

After that, he projected himself back into the old man's body.

The very moment Li Ban had entered the Medicine Furnace, Xiao Suo had thrown something outside.

Li Ban was certain it was a clone Xiao Suo had split off at the last second.

Xiao Suo must have guessed that Li Ban could sense the presence of all his clones, and that the Medicine Furnace could block his perception.

That was why Xiao Suo had waited until the absolute final moment to create a backup for himself.

But even before approaching the Medicine Furnace, Li Ban had been fully prepared for Xiao Suo to escape via a clone.

And now, with the help of the Zhuangsheng Ring, Li Ban could create clones of his own.

He had positioned several host bodies in a ring around the Medicine Furnace so he could pursue him at maximum speed.

Upon entering the old man's body, Li Ban immediately sensed that Xiao Suo was not nearby; he had to be further away.

He swiftly withdrew from the old man and switched to the body of a black-robed priest he had acquired earlier.

Then, he jumped into a second black-robed priest's body.

There was no trace of Xiao Suo near any of these three hosts.

However, upon entering the final host, Li Ban caught a faint sense of Xiao Suo's location.

He was right near Li Ban's original body.

"Perhaps this is just karma."

Pulling out of the host for the last time, Li Ban returned to his own body to cut off the final Xiao Suo.

Without the Medicine Furnace to mask him, it was impossible for Xiao Suo to secretly create another clone right in front of Li Ban.

Through multiple host switches, Li Ban had finally caught up to Xiao Suo's clone.

Even though Xiao Suo was fleeing for his life, he had not yet discovered Li Ban's location.

He likely believed that Li Ban was still struggling to escape the Medicine Furnace.

Since Li Ban's starlight could not reach very far, he had to find a way to lure Xiao Suo closer.

He swept a glance at his surroundings.

Because the mist was dissipating, visibility had improved significantly.

Li Ban spotted a large puddle of mud on the ground a short distance away.

"The previous black-robed priest hid in the mud to dodge the mud monster's attacks and evade the white-robed priests' senses."

He immediately ran over and dove headfirst into the muck.

The mud was highly adhesive. Without much effort, Li Ban managed to drape a thick layer of it over himself, wearing it like a massive rain tarp.

Cloaked in the mud, Li Ban sprinted rapidly to intercept Xiao Suo's path.

He refrained from using any spells, afraid the magic would give him away.

Because this area was far from the Medicine Furnace, the mist hadn't thinned out much yet. Relying entirely on his perception, Li Ban quickly closed the distance to Xiao Suo.

Even as he sprinted over a mess of rubble and broken tiles, his footsteps remained completely silent.

Finally, he and Xiao Suo converged at the foot of the massive mountain.

The two were less than ten zhang apart.

When Xiao Suo saw the running heap of mud, he instantly went on high alert, turning to fly in the opposite direction.

At this point, he no longer cared about conserving his spiritual rhinoceros.

Naturally, Li Ban was not going to let him slip away again.

"This is the last one!"

Throwing off his disguise of mud, Li Ban used his starlight to forcefully repel the mist and executed Shrinking Ground to an Inch, appearing directly behind Xiao Suo.

The starlight radiating from him instantly transferred to Xiao Suo.

Xiao Suo froze, unable to move.

Wasting no words, Li Ban reached out and directly pulled out Xiao Suo's Wizard Embryo Fragment.

It was a very small piece.

Li Ban instantly fused with it!

With that, Xiao Suo was wiped from the world!

The starlight receded.

Though Xiao Suo was no longer paralyzed by the light, there was no longer any point in running.

He stared at Li Ban, his expression shifting rapidly. He couldn't fathom how Li Ban had escaped the Medicine Furnace so quickly and pinpointed his meticulously planned escape route.

Perhaps he should never have lured them to the Medicine Furnace.

In the past, he had always sought fortune amidst danger, but today, Li Ban's performance had exceeded his expectations at every turn.

He was truly falling short of success at the last stage.

But with things having come to this, regret was pointless.

The expression on Xiao Suo's face froze into nine parts ferocity and one part bitter reluctance.

"Li Ban, even if you kill me, it will do you no good," Xiao Suo spat. "Even without me, that one—has absolutely no hope of survival."

"The world will be completely consumed in an endless cycle of reboots!"

Xiao Suo's voice faded away.

His body crumbled into smoke and dust, blending into the surrounding mist.

He was gone forever.

Li Ban stood in the silent expanse as the mist around him gradually began to thin.

He slowly closed his eyes.

The Xiu Ye Priests were working tirelessly to restore the land they loved to its former vitality.

The mud he had just cast aside dried up bit by bit; the raw souls that had stubbornly clung to it had finally escaped the mire.

Li Ban slowly opened his eyes. He showed no signs of blackening, and the aura of Xiao Suo had been thoroughly scrubbed from the world.

"There is still one Xiao Suo that I haven't devoured."

After fusing Xiao Suo's final Wizard Embryo Fragment, Li Ban had also absorbed parts of his memory.

"Du An fused with one of Xiao Suo's clones. Why did they turn against each other?"

However, that question was no longer important.

Because deep within Xiao Suo's memories, Li Ban had discovered an incredibly shocking truth.

He saw the true face of the ultimate Wizard Lord.

Li Ban recognized him!

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