"Let these pawns entertain you for a while~ As for him... I was originally going to let him play with you, but... now isn't the time for games. What a pity. I'm taking him with me!"
Phantylia leisurely returned to Wende's side, leaning against him without a hint of caution.
"Let's go, my little servant. We have plenty of time to get to know each other~" Phantylia's arms wrapped around Wende's neck as she spoke in a soft, gentle tone.
"Sorry, but I have no intention of changing my faction to 'Lord Ravager'!"
Wende, who had been feigning a dazed and wooden expression, instantly switched to his five-star template. His strong, powerful hand clamped down on Phantylia's soft, pale neck. At the same time, the power of Yin and Yang erupted from his body! The taijitu within his consciousness began to spin frantically, and a torrential power of Yin and Yang surged into Phantylia's body!
"Guh... you... ahh!!"
Phantylia struggled in Wende's powerful grasp. She was about to use the power of [Destruction] to completely convert Wende into a Voidranger for her own use, but the massive tide of Yin and Yang energy from within him flooded her limbs and meridians. Such overwhelming power instantly severed her control over the body!
"ROAR!"
Seeing their master captured, the Voidrangers transformed by Phantylia immediately raised their weapons to attack Wende!
"Stelle! March! Protect Wende!"
Welt appeared at Wende's side in a flash, effortlessly repelling a dual-wielding Voidranger with his cane before shouting to the others.
"Cloud Knights! Form ranks! Protect the guests from the Astral Express!"
Seeing the situation, Fu Xuan immediately mobilized the Cloud Knights, issuing orders to engage the Voidrangers that were about to attack Wende!
"Form ranks!"
Hundreds of Cloud Knights surged forward, surrounding the Voidrangers. These monsters were not like the minor rabble from the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus; they wouldn't be dealt with so easily!
"Brothers! We cannot let these things interfere with Doctor Wende! Charge!"
A Cloud Knight captain hefted his guandao and charged a Voidranger. The others followed his lead, supporting his attack according to standard Cloud Knight battle formations.
In an instant, the platform once again erupted into a chaotic melee!
"Hah... RAAAHH!!"
With her own strength, Stelle single-handedly held off the relentless attacks of two Voidrangers. Then, with support from the Cloud Knights and March 7th, she held the two creatures firmly at bay, preventing them from reaching Wende!
---o---
Meanwhile, in another world...
"Oh? Little doctor, it seems you had a trick up your sleeve. No matter. If I brought you back to the Legion this easily, the others would probably laugh at me~"
Phantylia's voice echoed from all directions. Then, countless golden lights converged before Wende, forming a colossal humanoid figure. Phantylia's true form slowly emerged from the golden light, lounging lazily before him. By comparison, Wende wasn't even as large as her finger...
"Hehe, little doctor, your plan was quite good, but you calculated everything except this, didn't you? This is the consciousness space, and here... 'I' am the one and only god."
Phantylia conjured a massive folding fan out of thin air, looking down on the ant-like Wende below with eyes full of contempt and mockery.
"Oh? You think you have me in your grasp?"
A faint smile played on Wende's lips, but a towering battle intent surged within his purple eyes.
---o---
Outside the consciousness space, with the assistance of the Cloud Knights and Fu Xuan herself, the members of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus who had been forcibly converted into Voidrangers by [Destruction] were all slain. The Cloud Knights suffered some casualties; after all, these were Voidrangers personally converted by a Lord Ravager, completely different from the ones the space station crew had faced before. They were far more dangerous...
But now, their battle was over.
Welt pushed up the glasses that had slipped slightly during the fight and looked toward Wende, who was locked in a stalemate with Phantylia below the great furnace, his eyes filled with worry.
---o---
"I am rather curious, when did you all start suspecting me?" Phantylia asked, holding her fan and casually addressing the Wende below her.
"Hehe, you played the part of Miss Tingyun very well. When we first met you in Central Starskiff Haven, Uncle Yang and I were indeed careless..." Wende said with a cold smile, his arms crossed.
"But after that... the strange feeling in my body, and that unconscious dream we all had, that was your doing, wasn't it?" Wende stated coldly.
"Mm, not bad. Continue," Phantylia said, raising an eyebrow and nodding slightly, her admiration for Wende unconcealed.
"My guess is, at that time, you wanted to make it easier for us to believe you were the real Miss Tingyun. So you created a dream for us, made us forget the specific details, and subconsciously had us accept you as the real Tingyun."
Wende looked at the massive consciousness before him and shook his head slightly.
"We certainly couldn't resist the personal bewitchment of a Lord Ravager, but you forgot, some people don't act based on memory alone."
"Miss Phantylia, you were too high-profile in the end. The real Miss Tingyun would never act like that... she cherishes her hard-won life far too much."
"Hmph... so that's where I slipped up? Those fools from the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus truly are more trouble than they're worth." Phantylia shook her head with regret, then her gaze on Wende sharpened.
"If that's the case, then it's no great loss. This body wasn't mine to begin with, so it's fine if I lose it... Since a much stronger and more immortal body is right before me, why should I condescend to remain within a tiny Foxian?"
Licking her lips, Phantylia's gaze on Wende was filled with undisguised desire.
A physical body that could not be touched by [Destruction]. This was the very thing she had dreamed of~
Although it was a bit of a pity to just possess him directly, if she insisted on trying to take him away and ended up attracting the attention of those guys... she would become a laughingstock among the other Lord Ravagers.
"Since this is your choice, then come forth and receive your death!"
As Phantylia's voice fell, the consciousness space began to tremble as if it were the end of the world. Phantylia's colossal form had, at some point, risen to its feet. A gigantic foot came crashing down toward Wende!