Bai was sure that he was unable to beat Mayi who became a goddess in a normal confrontation. It didn't matter if he was healed and boosted by Lingling, how could Bai win over someone that beat the strongest spirit beasts? So he went with another plan.
Bai didn't try to defeat Mayi, he wanted her to recover her sanity. Their mental connection still existed even when it was clouded by Mayi's outburst, so Bai opted to make that connection greater and stronger, becoming one with Mayi. Bai decided to perform a spirit fusion with Mayi.
There were some problems to even try it. The first one was that due to Mayi's constitution the bond must be internal and Bai doubted that he was able to approach Mayi and kiss her like before. So Bai decided to try it in Mayi's interior, forcing Mayi to eat him. For this, he focused all his skills to boost his vitality, dismissing any death intent. Plus Lingling's energy, he became something that Mayi couldn't ignore and would want to eat rather than avert.
It was a very risky bet trying to be eaten by the Gluttony Goddes itself, only an instant to try to fuse with her before being devoured, with zero certainties that it could even work. Bai put his life in the line for that instant and his bet paid off. He didn't expect to be swallowed all, but it made it easier. His spirit avatar didn't last much. When it dissolved, reveling Bai's form, Bai took that instant to connect with Mayi. Her becoming a goddess didn't change the fact that they were 100% compatible, making them possible to fuse even at god level. Their spirits quickly fused being attracted to each other, completing the spirit fusion, Antman.
It might be a little different and much stronger than when they fused at the Continental Tournament, but it was the fusion of their three spirits.
Once fused, for an instant Bai's instinct took over when he saw Chenxiang trying to implode herself, forcing the spirit fusion to knock over her. Once he accomplished his first thought, Bai's mind was engulfed by Mayi's burst, the spirit fusion not having anyone to control it.
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The spectators were surprised seeing the scene. Di Tian quickly reacted charging towards the spirit fusion. He didn't know what exactly had happened here, but he was sure that the man in front of had the aura from Mayi and Bai, maybe a fusion of them. The man seemed wounded, his energy running amok. Di Tian couldn't even sense any divinity coming from him, he being a lot weaker than Mayi. It was the perfect opportunity to kill or at least greatly wound her.
Di Tian thrust his arm, black scales and long crawls surging in it. He thrust his claws trying to cut the spirit fusion's head.
"STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!" A sonorous shout resounded. It contained a powerful aura in it, but it didn't have any suppression in it, instead, it was a very warm aura that could heal oneself.
Di Tian stopped still, his claws an inch from the spirit fusion's neck. He turned to the voice, seeing Lingling.
Lingling stood holding a knife at her hands, pointing at her own neck. She was looking straight at Di Tian "If you kill Bai, I would kill myself. You might win the war, but what will you do if I die?" Her eyes were strong and decided, not an ounce of indecision in them, her grip at the knife completely still without trembling.
"Bitch!" Di Tian growled clenching his teeth. Lingling's survival was completely necessary, putting over his own survival. Even if the finish the Gluttony Goddess, with all the core treasures devoured, the forest would eventually run out of spirit energy, the spirit beast in it not being able to grow and finally perishing. Lingling's spirit was their only solution, already becoming the core of Star Duo Forest.
"Fuck!" Di Tian swung his claws, gracing the spirit fusion cutting the space next to him, leaving a crack on the ground. He glanced at Lingling "You win, I will stop" he growled "However, if I see the minimum hint of the ant taking over, I'd kill him!"
Listening Di Tian, Lingling sighed in relief, her hands starting trembling. She looked at the spirit fusion and whispered "All depend on you, Bai. Don't die" she prayed.
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Bai opened his eyes finding himself in a forest. It had a lot of tall trees, shrubbery, and grass, all of them were black and white with a crystal-like touch. All of them glowing in different colors, green being the most numerous.
Bai recognized it as his mind space. No! There was something different, even if the plants resembled his mental world, the distribution of them was exactly like in Star Duo Forest. His mind space shouldn't resemble it.
"Crrrrrrrrr!" A breaking sound was listened, quickly approached to him.
Bai turned to the sound. A black and white shadow was shot from it like a cannonball, destroying the trees in his path. The shadow seemed to recover midair, somersaulting and safely landing nex to Bai. Bai instantly recognized as his pseudo spirit soul, to call it with a name, Fenrir. A black and white wolf over 5 meters long.
"GRRRRRRRR!" Fenrir growled looking to the way that he was kicked.
From the destroyed path, a figure appeared. A beautiful young woman in the low 20s, with long straight brown hair wearing a brown armor, her brown eyes were clouded. It was Mayi!