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　　TL: Zhao

　　Editing: Krisaia

　　"Liu Meng!" Bai Ze, who was supported by Sai Gao, called out.

　　"Liu Meng?" The other guardians were astounded at hearing the name that changed the course of their battle.

　　Liu Meng's gaze was fixated on Li Yiming and she flew towards him. She picked him up gently and flashed a smile full of tenderness, as if she was a completely different person from just moments ago.

　　"Hm?" Liu Meng frowned as she noticed the billowing black smoke approaching Li Yiming like floodwater.

　　"Leave!" Liu Meng yelled out, her eyes showing a glint of crimson. At the edge of the incoming smoke, a small flame was lit ablaze and instantly spread as if the black smoke had been oil. It took only a few minutes for the sky to be set alit.

　　"Seriously?" Sai Gao looked at the scene and gulped down a mouthful of saliva.

　　Liu Meng then glanced at Stargaze's corpse with grat.i.tude: she knew that Stargaze was the reason she was able to come back.

　　Finally, she turned her attention toward Li Huaibei and asked in a glacial tone, "You wanted to kill him?"

　　"It's not him. It's the evil that he embodies," Li Huaibei did not back down, despite the immense pressure he was under.

　　"Then you'll have to pay the price." Liu Meng squinted and a small flame appeared in her eyes.

　　"Liu Meng! It's not as you think. That armor of his is a demonic artifact that will become stronger as people die around it. If Li Yiming ends up being possessed by the evil within the armor, then all is lost!" Bai Ze quickly intervened after exchanging a glance with Sai Gao, afraid that Liu Meng was going to do something rash. 'These two just come and do whatever they want…

　　"Demonic artifact?" Liu Meng's countenance sank as she put her hand on Li Yiming's chest, a red glow ensued. There was no reason Bai Ze to lie her way out of the situation, since Li Yiming's death would also mean her own.

　　Psccchit!

　　A sizzling noise was heard as black smoke and white vapor came out of Li Yiming's body. The near-indestructible armor he was wearing suddenly began melting away.

　　"Cleansing Flame?" Bai Ze witnessed the scene with widened eyes. The cleansing flame was a technique that belonged to Heaven's Laws exclusively, and it was used to purify the world of many evils.

　　"What in the world… These two are scary…" Sai Gao grimaced.

　　Just as the armor was burned away completely, revealing Li Yiming's naked body, Liu Meng frowned. She then touched Li Yiming's forehead with the tip of her finger; this was the last step, as she would burn away the evil within Li Yiming's spirit.

　　As the small flame danced on Liu Meng's fingertips, Li Yiming's expression slowly eased up and he closed his eyes. His left eye, damaged from forcefully unleas.h.i.+ng Heaven's Punishment, also began to slowly mend.

　　"When you say the aura of death, do you mean that thing hanging above us?" Liu Meng looked at the blaze still raging in the sky. Most of the tenebrous gas had been absorbed by the armor, and the rest was slowly burning away. Liu Meng waved her hand, and the flames redoubled in intensity, quickly consuming even the ghosts who lurked deep within the dark veils.