Breakaway

"Exactly. I can't defeat him, but I can buy enough time for you to escape. Otherwise, if we both stay, we'll die."

Gojo cut her off with his statement let out a sigh and turned around, his smile crawling back to his face.

MeiYing stared down at his lean back that stood in front of her like a pillar, etching it deep down into her heart.

"So, we came to an agreement and we have a response. Fuck. You!"

"Capture them!"

Mo Xie gave the order right after Gojo's words sounded and the henchmen wasted no time and blizted towards the duo.

"Here it comes!"

Gojo looked excited, despite the severity of the situation. More than eight bonafide Heavenly Yuan Realm cultivators were rushing towards them with no mercy in their eyes. But Gojo didn't fear. They were outnumbered, but never outclassed. Not with him here.

He stepped forward, his Yuan power fraying the gaps between dimensions, as the sound of bell chimes and shattering of mirrors reverberated. Meanwhile, MeiYing facepalmed. She had already lost count of how many times she had been flabbergasted by Gojo's brilliance. 'He can a Body Tempering Realmer have such insane endurance and stamina. It's almost as if he never runs out of energy!'

She thought in her heart. She had been monitoring him closely. The only time he had stopped to rest was after he killed that golden furred ape. Meaning, he had literally been on guard for three days, fighting non stop. Even her, a late stage Heavenly Yuan Realm expert could not keep up with his stamina.

But, in the end she couldn't allow him to face them all by himself. He was sacrificing herself for her, and the least she could do was buy both of them time to act out their plan.

She stretched her sword out and stopped him before he could advance and stepped out instead. "This should distract them for a while.." She took a deep breath and closed her eyes.

A brilliant light burst out of her figure, shrouding her in ancient aura that even Gojo count resist. Ethereal Beauty Beyond Comprehension. Her form became semi-transparent, as if existing between reality and illusion. Every movement left behind ghostly afterimages of past souls consumed by her shimmering Yuan Power.

Her hair flowed like a river of liquid gold and crimson, shifting in color depending on the strongest desire of those who look at her. When she turned towards the incoming enemies and Mo Xie himself, her hair turned dark red, reflecting the deepest darkest and wicked desires within their hearts. But the moment she turned to Gojo, it shifted into a divine golden colour.

Her eyes became twin celestial abysses, glowing with an eerie silver-violet radiance, capable of ensnaring the will of anyone who dare gaze into them for too long.

A regal gown of woven fate and soul essence manifested around her, appearing both delicate and indestructible. The fabric shimmered with shattered dreams and stolen techniques, constantly shifting between past victories and future inevitabilities.

Golden-red divine markings cover her arms, back, and legs, representing the eternal chains of desire that bind all beings to her will.

A six-layered halo of emotion and desire floated behind her, each layer corresponding to one of the Six Desires. Each ring pulsing with divine authority, subtly controlling the battlefield.

Everyone, even Gojo himself felt an overwhelming need to obey, as if their very essence longs for her recognition. Not even gods were strong enough to resist the compulsion to kneel.

"To desire me is to fade into eternity. To love me is to be consumed. To hate me is to kneel before the inevitable."

Her voice was smooth and laced with knee dropping desire, and with each word, she, slowly knelt onto the ground and cocked her sword above her head.

"Eternal Yearning: Soul Devouring Abyss!!"

Her sword plunged directly into the Earth, and an earth shattering phenomenon manifested right before their eyes.

The sky shifted into a crimson-gold twilight, an eternal dusk where time felt slowed.

The ground seemed to morph, becoming a vast, reflective surface, like a lake of liquid memories, showing fragmented visions of those ensnared.

Phantom silhouettes of past victims dance in the air, whispering their lost desires, luring newcomers deeper into the domain.

"The stronger your desire, the faster your soul fades."

Gojo watched in amazement and wonder, as the all encompassing domain swallowed the individuals who were rushing to tear them apart. "A domain?"

He saw the attackers drop to their knees, their eyes clouded by their own desire as they fought to stay cling onto their consciousness. He could see Yuan Power mixed with fragments of tainted black lights flow into her body.

He would've loved to study the wondrous divine technique and how it operated, but unfortunately, he did not have the time to.

He reluctantly blitzed past them and headed towards the cave above which Mo Xie stood calmly with a small smile, while his zombie servants readied themselves to attack him.

Even without using the Illusory Void Steps, the agility and speed boost provided by the Earthly Titan Physique and his own Yuan Power usage made him as fast as lightning.

Mo Xie on the other hand wasted no time and signalled to the zombified slaves. And without hesitation, the two slaves blitzed towards Gojo, attacking with a much needed teamwork - a pincer formation, as they covered both of his flanks.

Smiling, Gojo came up with an idea on the spot. He wasn't scared to fight the both of them, but he just couldn't spare time at the moment.

His Yuan power flooded the space before him. The ringing of bells and shattering of mirrors reverberated, as a large circular shield of shattered space materialized before him, shielding his figure, and moving with him in a telekinetic hold as he ran.

The male zombie pulled out a long spear and the female took out a pink fan. Without hesitation, earth shattering Yuan Power attacks ripped towards Gojo, but were halted by the shield of shattered space.

In just a few seconds, the trio were almost colliding, the two zombies executed highly intelligent moves, spinning and shifting to either sides of the massive shield of shattered space, before their weapons tore through the air towards Gojo who was behind the cover.

However, as they drifted behind the the massive shield, their lifeless eyes raised, as the person they were attacking was nowhere to be found.

Meanwhile, a mischievous Gojo laughed as he flipped over the massive cover. It was almost as if he had teleported. As his body landed on the ground, his hand swept out horizontally, and the shield shattered into hundreds of cracked mirror shards that instantly tore through the bodies of the zombies in an instant, leaving no room to react.

Meanwhile, Mo Xie shrugged nonchalantly, his eyes revealing a good that unsettled Gojo. He was too relaxed about the situation. His henchmen had been caught in MeiYing's domain, his two zombies had fallen into a perilous trap and his cave was about to be raided. Why was he so calm?

Gojo's brain worked endlessly, trying to find any miscalculations in his plan, but he found neither. The only thing he needed to do now was hold Mo Xie off so MeiYing could leave easily.

'Naaa. I can do this?'

Gojo's smirked returned, and the Yuan Power that he had been preparing for this moment finally exploded forth. Since MeiYing was showing off her divine techniques, how could he not respond in kind.

He held out a couple of fingers towards the calm Mo Xie and whispered to himself.

"Titan's Grasp: Spatial Cage!"