Rowan Woodspirit sneered, "Fight to the death? Kid, you'd better worry about yourself first."
Evan Yang roared in anger, unleashing all his strength. Seeing Evan's power surge, Rowan Woodspirit laughed, "Kid, how long do you think you can last like this? You'd better save your energy."
This was Evan Yang's most crucial battle. If he failed to kill his opponent, the Yang clan and the entire Chaos World would fall into darkness. After all, Rowan Woodspirit was a transcendent existence—frankly, almost no one could stand against him. Even old monsters like Grandmaster Adrian "Left-Edge" Zuo and Grandmaster Marcus "Armybreaker" Po would be easily defeated.
At this moment, Grandmaster Left-Edge and Grandmaster Armybreaker were both anxious for Evan. Everyone had seen what happened—even when Brocade burned himself, the outcome was the same: he only ended up sacrificing himself.
"Armybreaker, what should we do now?" Grandmaster Left-Edge asked. Grandmaster Armybreaker thought for a moment and replied, "There's nothing we can do."
Evan Yang was in extreme danger. Everyone could see it. If Gavin White hadn't been held back by Yang Ling and the others, she would have rushed in as well.
Now that Evan Yang knew Brocade was in trouble, he was already on the verge of breaking down, as if he had endless strength left in his body. Rowan Woodspirit, fighting him, laughed, "Kid, stop struggling. Save your strength—I still need you to help me break through!"
"You want to devour me? Dream on. Even if I self-destruct, I won't let you succeed." Evan Yang knew that if Rowan Woodspirit broke through, things would only spiral further out of control.
"Self-destruct if you want. If you don't want your Yang clan and friends to become my slaves, go ahead and do it." Hearing Evan's words, Rowan Woodspirit sneered.
Precisely because of this, Evan Yang became even more determined—he had to destroy the enemy before him.
So Evan Yang continued his relentless struggle with the enemy, but ultimately, the opponent’s power and foundation were so strong that he was not easily defeated.
Just as everyone’s hearts were sinking into darkness, a strange voice rang out. That sound transformed from formless to tangible, forming faint waves of light that spread to Brocade.
Suddenly, Brocade, who was in Jade Rabbit’s arms, opened his eyes and stared blankly for a long moment. Jade Rabbit and the others were shocked. Jade Rabbit called out to Evan Yang, “Big brother, something’s wrong!”
Evan Yang was overjoyed to see Brocade suddenly awaken, but when he noticed something odd in Brocade’s expression, he became alarmed. Rowan Woodspirit was baffled—hadn’t this guy burned himself? How could he still move?
While Rowan Woodspirit and everyone else were still confused, Brocade let out a roar to the sky, “Ah!”
Then Brocade closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he wore a strange smile. He was full of vigor, completely unlike someone who had just burned himself.
“Boss, I’m here to help you,” Brocade said with a smile. Hearing this, everyone felt extremely strange. Rowan Woodspirit sneered, “The dead return, only to die again?”
“I think the one dying today is you,” Brocade snorted coldly.
As soon as he finished, Brocade’s hands made a swishing sound as sharp claws appeared. He slashed across the sky, as if tearing the void itself. Evan Yang exclaimed, “He’s evolved!”
Rowan Woodspirit muttered suspiciously, “Evolving right before death? Truly bizarre.” He then split off a portion of smoke to wrap around Brocade, but Brocade attacked wildly, turning the fight into a two-on-one against Rowan.
This made Rowan Woodspirit start to feel pressured. If another expert like Evan Yang or Brocade joined the fight, he would have to choose another time to attack. Luckily, no one else could match them right now.
After evolving, Brocade’s strength surpassed even most Heavenly Dao experts, and combined with his razor-sharp attacks, he became even more formidable in battle.
The onlookers were overjoyed by Brocade’s miraculous revival. Though they had many questions, there was no time to ponder; their attention remained fixed on the battlefield.
Rowan Woodspirit still wanted to devour Evan Yang, but didn’t want to keep dragging out the fight, since it would do him no good. So he shouted into the air, “Soul Ghost, come help me! Take this little beast away!”
At that moment, another figure appeared in the sky. Though this person wasn’t as powerful as Rowan Woodspirit, he could still slightly overpower Brocade one-on-one. After all, Evan Yang’s Colorless Flame only restricted Rowan, not the newcomer.
Brocade and the newcomer began their battle, creating a separate battlefield.
Meanwhile, Evan Yang spotted the miniature Plane Lord. Seeing this, Evan Yang sneered, “Rowan Woodspirit, you planned everything for me all those years ago. But today, your schemes will be your undoing.”
“I don’t think so. If not for me, you wouldn’t have grown to where you are today. So stop pretending—just submit to me.” Rowan Woodspirit smiled.
Evan Yang sneered, “You said I’m the key to your breakthrough. If I submit, you’ll just devour me. Nice try, but it’s not happening.”
“Do you have a choice? If you submit willingly, I’ll spare your people. But if not, once I devour you, I’ll kill them all.” Rowan Woodspirit threatened.
Evan Yang snorted coldly, “Keep dreaming. I swear I’ll make sure you die.” With that, Evan kept fighting, but without Brocade’s help, things weren’t going smoothly.
Brocade was also tangled up with his opponent. He knew he had to deal with this enemy quickly to help Evan Yang, otherwise Evan would be in danger.
Seeing the two battlefields, Grandmaster Left-Edge and Grandmaster Armybreaker exchanged a glance and immediately joined Brocade. While they couldn’t do much against Rowan Woodspirit, they could at least help deal with Soul Ghost.
The three of them fought Soul Ghost, who angrily said, “You only dare bully the weak? You spineless cowards!”
“Soul Ghost, I never thought you’d side with the evil Rowan Woodspirit!” Grandmaster Left-Edge shouted angrily.
“Evil Rowan Woodspirit? In this world, so-called evil is just a label made up by self-righteous people like you. Besides, everyone sees me as evil anyway, so what’s the point of caring?” Soul Ghost sneered.
“Then today we’ll send you to your death,” Grandmaster Left-Edge snorted. Soul Ghost sneered, “You? Don’t forget my specialty—unless you can destroy my soul, I can leave whenever I want, got it?”
Soul Ghost’s words reminded everyone that he could escape unharmed, but the three still insisted on fighting until he was completely destroyed.
Time ticked by. Evan Yang had been fighting for a long time and his strength was waning. Rowan Woodspirit laughed, “Getting weaker, huh? Today’s the day you die.”
Rowan Woodspirit launched a frenzied final assault. Unwilling to give in, Evan Yang roared to the sky, “If I die, I’ll drag you down with me!”
Seeing Evan Yang about to self-destruct, everyone was shocked.
Gavin White shouted, “No!” Jade Rabbit, Yang Ling, and the others were already in tears.
The rest felt powerless and deeply distressed, wishing they could take Evan’s place. Just then, the mysterious voice that had saved Brocade sounded again. When it enveloped Evan Yang, he calmed down. The voice quickly spread into everyone’s minds—even throughout the Chaos World. All those inside Evan’s artifact appeared before the crowd and could hear the voice too.
Those who originally didn’t know what was happening instantly understood everything after hearing the voice.
Far away, Yang Huo cried out, “Dad, Dad’s in trouble!”
“Looks like your father has run into that evil spirit,” Yang Huo’s mother said. Yang Huo anxiously replied, “Mom, what should we do now? We need to hurry.”
“It depends on the Holy Relic,” Yang Huo’s mother said. At that moment, Yang Huo walked out of the Phoenix Pool and said, “Mom, I’ve been reborn. I can help Dad now.”
“Alright, be careful. Take this Holy Relic—it might help.” Yang Huo’s mother said.
Yang Huo nodded and prepared to leave, but worried that Evan Yang might already be dead. Just then, a woman descended from the sky. Seeing her, Yang Huo’s mother exclaimed in delight, “The Goddess!”
Yang Huo didn’t recognize her, but her mother knew—this was the Goddess feared by all four Divine Beast clans. Evan Yang had met her before, and tried to learn her identity.
“Let’s go, I’ll take you there,” the Goddess said with a smile.
The Goddess grabbed Yang Huo, and in the blink of an eye, they vanished. Yang Huo’s mother muttered, “Is she going to help Evan Yang too?”
In the Stone Void World, there was another group of people who had always tried to control the Divine Beast Realm. They were another branch controlled by Rowan Woodspirit, originally planning to take over the Divine Beast Realm, but they had failed. Now, sensing Evan Yang’s imminent defeat, they rejoiced and began to attempt another takeover.
The Divine Beast Realm isn’t so easily conquered. They had prepared many people, ready to seize it.
Aside from the Divine Beast Realm, many people connected to Evan Yang were worried about him at that moment.
“Kid, you have to be strong.” Several Holy Kings from the Spirit Prison Realm prayed for Evan Yang, while hidden evil forces hoped for his death.
Not just them—people from many places hurried to Evan Yang’s location, hoping to help.
Although Evan Yang didn’t know who the voice belonged to, he knew someone was secretly helping him. Soon, many old friends appeared at his side.
Seeing them, Evan Yang’s emotions were complicated. He felt that if he died and Rowan Woodspirit survived, these people would face certain doom.
Just then, someone appeared in the sky—it was Yang Huo. Seeing Evan Yang’s predicament, Yang Huo cried, “Dad, I’m here to help you!”
Seeing Yang Huo, Evan Yang’s feelings grew even more complicated. Still, at least before dying, he could see his family and friends. He said excitedly, “You’re here!”
“Yes.” As Yang Huo spoke, she transformed into a giant fire phoenix. When everyone saw the divine beast fire phoenix, they were shocked. Soon, the fire phoenix joined Evan Yang’s battle.