103: The god weeps blood, and the devil descends!

The entire sky of Panshi City was completely dyed by the blood-red light that shot up from the refinery.

It carried an eerie pulsation, and with each flicker, everyone's heart grew heavier with a sense of oppression.

This was not merely a visual impact, but more like an invisible mental pressure, stirring the deepest anxieties within everyone.

At the most intense point of the light, a blurry outline gradually became clear.

It was an object about the size of a human head, its form twisted and pulsing, a giant, ceaselessly throbbing heart!

Dark red, seemingly living sinews coiled and expanded on its surface, and with each beat, the blood-red light became more demonic and dazzling, forcefully drawing everyone's gaze.

Even Bai Xiao couldn't help but look at that thing cautiously.

Lin Ye and the others felt a chill shoot straight to their skulls, instinctively swallowing, their voices hoarse: "What... what the hell is that thing?"

The blood-red heart throbbed violently several times in the air, and the blood light suddenly flared.

The next moment, it abruptly vanished from above the refinery, then reappeared as if teleported, hovering in front of Shi Potian.

Shi Potian spread his arms wide, as if welcoming some sacred blessing.

The blood-red heart, without any pause, plunged directly into his chest.

There was no sound of flesh tearing; the heart, as if dissolving into mercury, eerily and silently merged with Shi Potian.

Shi Potian's entire body began to convulse violently; the originally thick and solid earthy-yellow spiritual energy flames on his body flickered wildly, and then were completely swallowed and covered by a blood-red light.

Dazzling blood-red patterns rapidly spread across Shi Potian's heavy armor.

These patterns emitted astonishing heat, shining in sync with a new, powerful heartbeat within his body, a heartbeat as heavy as a drum, making the air hum.

The blood-red sky curtain covering the entire city began to contract; all the violent and ominous auras seemed to find an outlet, pouring madly into Shi Potian's body.

A moment later, the anomaly disappeared, and Shi Potian floated quietly in mid-air.

His body was no longer surrounded by an earthy-yellow barrier, but by a layer of chilling blood-red aura.

He slowly opened his eyes; there was no trace of human emotion left in them, only two burning blood-flames, radiating pure, cold killing intent.

"Do you know," Shi Potian began slowly, his voice terrifyingly calm, "One hundred and twenty years ago, I had a happy family, a gentle wife, lively children. I once thought we would all live happily like that."

His gaze seemed to pierce through Bai Xiao, looking into the distant past, and in those cold eyes, there was a fleeting hint of tenderness.

"But you came. Heh heh, extraterrestrial demons..." He chuckled deeply, his laughter filled with bone-deep hatred, "For the sake of so-called hegemony, you used the entire Woma World as a battlefield. For that ridiculous domain crest, you incited one war after another, one slaughter after another."

"We just wanted to live peacefully, was that so difficult? But you personally deprived us of it!" Shi Potian's voice suddenly rose: "Those so-called Eternal City, those strong individuals who prided themselves as Guardians of the world, were nothing but a bunch of cowards who watched the tragedy unfold!"

"Since then, I have been searching for a way to get revenge, searching for a power that could make you high and mighty beings also taste despair! Finally, I found the 'heart of god'!"

He spread his hands, as if embracing this newfound power, "Although activating it will cause the death of countless people, and Panshi City will wither because of it, so what? Since my wife and children passed away, this world, to me, has nothing left worth clinging to!"

"My purpose in living is to destroy those hypocritical Eternal City and kill all the extraterrestrial demons!"

Shi Potian's gaze refocused on Bai Xiao, and in his pupils, insane flames burned, "You extraterrestrial demons often say that weakness is the original sin. So now, in the face of a more powerful force, you should also be able to calmly accept your death, right?"

Before his words finished, Shi Potian moved, instantly crossing a hundred meters and appearing before Bai Xiao.

His greatsword in hand slashed straight down, simple and direct; the blood-red light on the blade was condensed but unreleased, yet it carried a terrifying power that seemed capable of draining all life force from everything.

Bai Xiao's eyes sharpened.

This sword strike was far more bizarre and dangerous than any of Shi Potian's previous attacks.

He could feel that within the blood-red light, there was a terrifying power that could drain all life force from everything.

If that was the case, then he would see what the limit of that thing was.

"God Liberation."

In an instant, a terrifying, indescribable wave of energy erupted with Bai Xiao at its center!

A pure, ultimate platinum-gold flame! As soon as it appeared, it swept madly in all directions like a tsunami; the air violently twisted and vibrated before this power, groaning under the strain, as if space itself was trembling and wailing!

The flames condensed and underwent Sublimation, finally outlining a pair of huge, magnificent wings behind him, seemingly forged from pure light!

The wings slowly spread, each feather flowing with sacred and majestic radiance, their span easily exceeding twenty meters; a slight flap stirred up a terrifying wind pressure that tore through space.

His originally tied dark hair broke free, fluttering wildly in the platinum-gold flames, and his deep eyes had now turned into pure platinum-gold.

The next moment, the platinum-gold longsword and the blood-red greatsword clashed with a thunderous roar in mid-air!

"Clang—Boom!!!"

In an instant, the entire world seemed to lose sound and color.

Only blinding platinum-gold and blood-red lights fiercely intertwined, collided, and annihilated each other in their vision!

Immediately after, an indescribable terrifying shockwave, centered on the two of them, spread out in a destructive circle in all directions!

The hard dark-green rock ground was like a field plowed by a giant beast, turning over in layers and instantly pulverizing.

The surrounding already dilapidated buildings could not even last a breath against this shockwave before being completely leveled.

Even Panshi City's defensive light barrier vibrated violently under this aftershock!

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In the sky, Shi Potian and Bai Xiao were engaged in fierce combat.

Meanwhile, Zhui Yun and the others on the ground also faced a challenge.

Shouts of battle, like mountains roaring and seas surging, came from all directions.

"Kill—!"

Countless heavily armored Panshi City soldiers surged from every street like a tide, stretching as far as the eye could see.

Further away, 【Giant Catapults】 were pushed out, huge stone projectiles already loaded, their dark muzzles aimed this way.

"The City Lord has commanded! Kill all invaders without mercy!" a general riding a armored giant rhino roared.

"It's over..." Lin Ye looked at the overwhelming enemies, his face ashen.

With such a formation, let alone their small group, even ten times their number would probably not escape death.

Just as Lin Ye and the others were preparing for a desperate fight, a piercing shriek rang out, suddenly tearing through the sky!

Lin Ye looked up to see a lightning spear, blazing white mixed with a crimson trail, as if from beyond the heavens, brazenly piercing through Panshi City's seemingly indestructible city protection array!

The next moment,

"Boom—!!!!"

A deafening explosion erupted in the direction of the East City Gate in the distance!