193: Even gods bleed.

The crimson Bloodthirsty Soul-Devouring Void-Locking Grand Array shrouded Tianxing City like a dome of foul blood.

Suddenly, a blinding white light that reached the heavens tore through this blood-colored sky!

"Not good! Madman! A mere Divine Power Realm dares to sacrifice himself to forcefully touch the Law!" Amidst the gray shadows, the voice of that Star God Realm Expert carried alarm and fury for the first time!

The moment the Light Elemental Spirit pierced through the grand array, the locked space instantly loosened!

The Star God Expert's gaze locked onto the massive blood pill in the air that was about to fully solidify, his heart roaring, "Damn it! The Divine Pill is only one last step away!"

However, the Light Elemental Spirit that broke through the array did not dissipate. Carrying Huai Jiang's final burning will to live and fused with the flesh and remnant souls swallowed by the array, it transformed into a light spear of vengeance that pierced through heaven and earth!

The power of this strike had long surpassed the limits of the Divine Power Realm!

Even a Star God had no way to dodge it!

Squelch!

The light spear, like a spear of judgment, precisely tore through the gray shadow's defense, instantly piercing through the Star God Realm Expert's chest!

Searing, viscous divine blood containing majestic spiritual power shot out like a fountain, dyeing the midair red!

"Heh... So the so-called Gods... can also bleed..." Huai Jiang's lingering will whispered before turning into countless points of light and completely dissipating.

The light spear's residual power did not diminish; it not only pierced through the Star God but also viciously punctured the core of the crumbling grand array!

Crack! Crack! Crack!

The crimson sky, like colored glass struck by a heavy hammer, was instantly covered in cracks before shattering with a bang!

The long-lost clear blue sky once again showered its light upon the mortal world.

"Bastards! Ants! Today I will ensure your souls and bodies are utterly destroyed!" The Star God, whose chest had been pierced, let out a heaven-shaking roar.

A giant hand that covered the sky suddenly reached out, grabbing toward the remaining Cultivators below—he had to use these "nutrients" to complete the final refinement of the evil pill!

So what if news leaked out?

The Medicinal Pill must be refined!

At that moment, warning signs blared in his heart, and he jerked his head around!

Shred—

Space was silently torn open, and a figure with a blurred face wearing a crimson robe stepped out, a transparent pearl in his hand swirling with a strange glow.

To be able to tear space with bare hands, this was another Star God!

"Who?!" the injured Star God's pupils shrank as he shouted a question.

The red-robed Star God's voice was bone-chillingly cold, carrying deep-seated hatred: "Imperial lapdog! Don't you know who I am?" He raised his hand to show the pearl,

"Today, I will not only act for the Heavens and slaughter you, this scourge! I will also use this 'Shadow-Recording Pearl' to clearly record your filthy deeds!"

"Not just the Song Kingdom, but all living beings in the entire Lintian Domain will see your true faces!"

Before his voice finished, the red-robed Star God waved his large sleeve, and the sky was instantly covered by countless pitch-black lightning orbs, which bombarded the injured Star God like a rain of doomsday!

Feeling the other's unfathomably terrifying aura, the injured Star God was scared out of his wits!

Even in his prime, he would be no match, let alone now?

At the moment of life and death, he no longer hesitated, suddenly tearing open the space beside him and diving inside!

"Hmph! Do you think you can escape?!" The red-robed Star God gave a cold laugh and followed closely, both figures instantly disappearing into the spatial rift.

Above Tianxing City, there was dead silence.

The Bloodthirsty Soul-Devouring Void-Locking Grand Array was broken, the two Star Gods were nowhere to be found, and even that massive blood pill suspended in the air had eerily vanished.

No one noticed that on the ground not far above Zhang Sheng's head, an odd monkey face mask silently fell.

Zhang Sheng's heart jumped, and he immediately cast the Object Manipulation Art.

The mask quietly burrowed into the soil like a living thing and appeared in his palm the next moment.

A strange ripple that isolated probes emanated from it—this was definitely a rare treasure!

But he soon discovered that this mask could not be put into his storage ring!

"Could it be... it needs to be worn?" Driven by a strange impulse, Zhang Sheng placed the mask over his face.

The moment the mask touched his skin—

Boom!

A massive torrent of information rushed into his Sea of Consciousness without warning!

His Mental Energy was uncontrollably and crazily drained by the mask, imprinting a profound mark on its inner wall.

A strange feeling of being connected by blood arose spontaneously.

"My name is Huai Jiang. When you see this mask, I have already fallen. This is one of the twelve Legacy masks of the Twelve Divine Halls... Congratulations, you've picked up a treasure."

"This mask has infinite uses and is also a token to enter the Divine Halls. Unfortunately, though I obtained the Legacy, I never set foot in the Divine Halls... Successor, may your luck be stronger than mine..."

Besides Huai Jiang's last words, the mask itself conveyed information: The monkey face mask can shield one from the heavenly secrets and conceal one's aura.

Within his Sea of Consciousness, the secrets of a Spell called 'Obstacle Breaking' were also imprinted.

What shocked Zhang Sheng the most was that the mask actually had its own storage space!

It was this characteristic that made it impossible to be put into a storage ring.

The space inside was vast, spanning a hundred miles, comparable to a top-tier Spirit Treasure level storage ring!

And right in the center of this space, a massive pill emitting an ominous blood light was suspended!

"This evil pill... how could it be here?!" Zhang Sheng's heart shook violently.

But the situation didn't allow him time for deep thought!

The mask pressed tight against his face, quickly softening and fading, eventually merging with his skin!

Not only could it perfectly change his appearance and aura, its ability to 'shield heavenly secrets' was rumored to be able to avoid the heavenly secret stele and all Divination and deductions!

If true, this item was a Heaven-Defying treasure!

With a thought from Zhang Sheng, the mask instantly changed his appearance and aura.

His powerful Divine Sense swept through the devastated Tianxing City like a tide.

The remaining tens of thousands of Cultivators were struggling to recover their Origin Qi, preparing to flee this land of death.

Zhang Sheng's Divine Sense coldly swept over every corner.

Finally, in a corner of the ruins, he found three dying figures wearing the robes of the Eight Gods Sect!

Soul-Startling Thorn!

Three invisible mental thorns instantly condensed and precisely pierced through the Divine Souls of the three.

The deaths of Tiger and the other two must forever be attributed to the sacrifices of the grand array; not a shred of truth could be leaked!

...In the depths of an ancient palace very far away.

A massive stele stood quietly, its body carved with three ancient and mysterious characters—heavenly secret stele.

The boy on duty went forward as usual to check the inscriptions.

A line of text was slowly emerging: "Zhang Sheng of Azure Mist Prefecture, Qingchuan Province, Song Kingdom, killed three Divine Power Cultivators. Ranked on the Qingchuan Province fledgling tiger ranking at No...."

However, the moment Zhang Sheng put on the mask and his aura was completely shielded, this line of text was wiped away as if by an invisible hand, instantly vanishing without a trace.

The boy rubbed his eyes and muttered in confusion, "Eh? Is this broken stele acting up again? Imitations really are unreliable..."

...Zhang Sheng resolved the final hidden danger, his mind racing.

If that Star God really was from the Imperial Family and committed such a monstrous crime, he would surely return to silence all witnesses!

He did not hesitate to take out a precious teleportation pearl.

His gaze glanced at Lu Shi Qi nearby, who had turned into a "giant egg."

This fellow was definitely not simple!

"You haven't paid back what you owe me yet, consider yourself lucky!"

Majestic Mental Energy poured crazily into the teleportation pearl like an opened sluice gate.

The pearl greedily swallowed it; fortunately, Zhang Sheng's Mental Energy was sufficiently robust.

Buzz!

A transparent spatial bubble instantly enveloped Zhang Sheng. With a thought, he also pulled Lu Shi Qi's "giant egg" inside. His Divine Sense locked onto the western horizon!

"Open!"