After calming his nerves, a sense of weakness began to surge. Shinji immediately dispersed the 'Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion' in his hand and deactivated 'Divine Sovereign Mode'.
Even while crossing the spatial fissure, Shinji maintained his combat readiness, guarding against the possibility of the Bewitching Hegemon pursuing him recklessly.
Fortunately, World No. 6 was already in the final chaos before its collapse. The foundations of a stable world, space and time, were collapsing within it. Thus, the traces of the spatial fissure opened by Shinji could not remain in such chaos. Unless the Bewitching Hegemon was right beside Shinji, it would have no trail to follow even if it wanted to pursue.
Although he had escaped disaster, Shinji was not careless. He activated the 'Lamp' again, repeatedly purifying himself and the two God Trees.
Sizzle sizzle sizzle...
Accompanied by a corroding sound, bursts of black smoke rose from him and the two God Trees.
Sure enough, the Bewitching Hegemon had left special pollution on him and the two God Trees. If he hadn't cleared away this pollution in time, the Bewitching Hegemon might have been able to trace him based on it.
Fortunately, Shinji was a 'Lampbearer'.
If there was anything in the universe that could somewhat resist a Hegemon, it was only the 'Lampbearers' who did not fear the Hegemon's pollution.
After clearing the pollution, Shinji finally breathed a complete sigh of relief and checked the harvest of the two God Trees.
According to his previous estimation, one world was only enough for one God Tree to store 50% energy. So the two God Trees could store at most 50% energy each in World No. 6, barely enough to nurture one 'Chakra Fruit' when combined.
But Shinji's bold adventure this time bought crucial absorption time for the God Trees.
"Eh!"
Shinji let out a soft sound of surprise.
Because after checking, he was surprised to find that both God Trees were actually fully stored with energy.
It turned out that the closer a world was to collapse, the more terrifying the God Tree's absorption efficiency became. In the final stage, the God Tree could even absorb the star core energy of the planet directly. So while Shinji was confronting the Bewitching Hegemon, both God Trees had absorbed energy to their full capacity.
After confirming this, Shinji was in a great mood: "My adventure wasn't in vain after all!"
Having already consumed five 'Chakra Fruits', he was at a critical moment of charging towards 'Kekkei Shinra' (Bloodline of All Creation). He wasn't sure if swallowing the sixth 'Chakra Fruit' could push him into the 'Kekkei Shinra' level. So now having the energy to nurture a seventh 'Chakra Fruit' was obviously fantastic news.
It could even be said to be a good thing concerning the life and death of the Shinobi World and the Six Rings World!
After sorting out his mood a bit, Shinji put away the two God Trees and arrived at Shion's Mage Tower.
Shion was still studying magic circles at the top of the tower. Shinji walked in and smiled: "Let me tell you some news. Sasuke and Naruto have successfully stepped into the 'Six Paths Level'!"
"What!?"
Shion was greatly surprised.
Shinji smiled: "Honestly, I didn't expect them to progress so fast either. The Sage of Six Paths really has something!"
"Doesn't count, doesn't count!" Shion shook her head and said: "I could condense the Magic Ring last time. As long as the condensation of the Magic Ring is completed, charging towards the 'Six Paths Level' is a piece of cake. I delayed time just to condense more magic circles!"
Shinji said: "Alright, I'll count you as faster than them!"
Shion muttered: "What do you mean 'count', I am faster than them! Forget it, when we return to the Shinobi World, I will defeat them openly and make them accept me, Lady Shion, wholeheartedly!"
"Then you have to work hard!" Pausing, Shinji said: "Sasuke and Naruto didn't just become a little stronger!"
Shion clenched her fists: "Just watch me!"
After encouraging Shion, Shinji left the Mage Tower and found 'Arcane' and the others.
Seeing Shinji, 'Arcane', looking solemn, squeezed out a smile and said: "Captain, you finally came!"
Sensing that the atmosphere was a bit off, Shinji asked: "Did something happen during my absence?"
'Arcane' nodded: "The pollution zone is getting bigger and bigger. Many people's lives have been affected. Even the entire territory of some kingdoms has been covered by the pollution zone, leading to rampant rumors. The pollution can no longer be suppressed!"
Shinji asked: "How much longer?"
'Arcane' said: "According to the data model you provided, the Six Rings World has about six months left."
"En."
Shinji nodded slightly.
This was the normal situation. The fact that the six worlds of the 'World Annihilation Society' were swallowed by the Bewitching Hegemon on average every two to three months was entirely because those worlds had long been marked and eroded by the Bewitching Hegemon.
The Six Rings World not only had 'Lampbearers' but also the magic barrier of six Supreme Mages close to the 'Six Paths Level'. So even facing the double erosion of the Plague Hegemon and the Reproductive Hegemon, it could still delay for a period of time.
'Radiance' Alice hurried over from the distance at this time.
She rushed over after receiving news of Shinji's arrival, so she got straight to the point upon meeting: "When do we act? This place can't hold on much longer!"
Shinji said: "Deploy now. We act in one month!"
Alice asked hesitantly: "One month, are you sure?"
Although she was somewhat anxious, the opponent in this battle was the Plague Hegemon, and possibly the Reproductive Hegemon as well. So hearing Shinji's answer, she was vaguely worried that Shinji's preparation time wasn't enough.
Looking around, Shinji said: "If we delay any longer, this place will enter an irreversible trend of collapse. So our time window is only the last one or two months."
Hearing Shinji's words, the surrounding 'Lampbearers' all fell silent.
They all knew perfectly well about the final time window. The reason they didn't mention it was that they didn't want to add too much pressure on Shinji.
Seeing this, Shinji immediately laughed: "What are those expressions?"
Alice said: "Captain, we will fight to the last moment!"
"En!"
"Me too!"
"With the help of the Supreme Mages of the Six Rings World, our chance of winning this time is the greatest. Let's fight the Hegemon to the end!"
The 'Lampbearers' began to state their positions one by one.
Shinji waved his hand: "I never doubted everyone's courage, but you don't need to worry too much. I'm almost ready here. The chance of winning is still quite high!"
'Arcane' stared at Shinji: "Captain, will we win?"
"Uh..." Shinji didn't want to raise any weird flags, but meeting the eager gazes of 'Arcane' and the other 'Lampbearers', he finally nodded: "We will win!"