159: Chapter 159 The Howling Queen. The Heavenly Key

Obvious fear appeared on the High Priest's face. A blood-red mirror immediately manifested above his head, and blood-red radiance poured down from the mirror like a waterfall, enveloping the High Priest's phantom image.

"Blood and Fire Flowing Together! Gods, step aside!"

Following the High Priest's booming shout, that blood waterfall actually flared up, transforming into a flow of fire.

Blood flowed downward while fire burned upward. Though they were clearly just illusory flames, they seemed incredibly hot; the Mad God actually flinched and released the High Priest.

But He immediately grew enraged. His other three arms swung over simultaneously, attempting to swat the High Priest like a fly.

The High Priest didn't dare endure such a strike and hurriedly tried to dodge.

However, under the divine power's shroud, the space he occupied seemed to be twisted and imprisoned; there was no way to escape.

Right then, an illusory blood-colored giant eye suddenly manifested within the waterfall of fire.

Just as Kovaf's giant hand struck, the giant eye blinked. The High Priest's figure instantly vanished and reappeared in mid-air on the other side.

Immediately after, the giant eye emitted a blood-red firelight that shone upon the Mad God's forehead.

The Mad God suddenly appeared to be in considerable pain and shouted repeatedly.

"Suviman! You lowly thief, don't even dream of driving me away! If you have the guts, fight me fair and square!"

However, His forehead was rapidly being burned into wisps of light and smoke.

The Mad God's divine shadow grew fainter and fainter amidst his roars, seemingly about to vanish.

But no one expected that before He disappeared, He would actually violently hurl His other head that He held in His hand.

That head exploded with a bang in mid-air, shattering into ten thousand rays of divine light. The blood-colored giant eye was instantly torn apart by these rays, and even the High Priest's figure vanished along with it.

"Hahaha! You're not just a waste, a coward, and a thief—you're also a fool!"

"Although the time we spent out here was short, it was very fun."

"That's right! We've made the acquaintance of another particularly clever little partner."

"This little partner is really not bad. If it weren't for his reminder, we wouldn't have known how smart and powerful we are."

"We even took the opportunity to give Suviman a beating."

"We also gained a promise; the little partner will preach for us in the world. We're going to have believers too~~ Haha!"

Amidst the crazed laughter, the Mad God's phantom image instantly shrank into a point of light and then slowly extinguished.

After that speck of light went out, the entire expanse of crystals opposite them suddenly erupted with blinding blue light, and then began to collapse and shatter like a mountain rending. The temperature plummeted even further, and a bone-chilling breath of frost rushed toward them.

Tang Long quickly picked up the already limp Mad Dog and retreated rapidly out of the passage.

Upon reaching the surface, the large-scale earthquake caused by breaking the seal grew more intense. Even the distant mountains were constantly collapsing and sinking. The stretching Blue Ridge looked as if it had been cut in half, with a distinct gap collapsing into existence.

Looking at that gap, Tang Long couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air.

The canyon from his memories had appeared. The difference was that its appearance could be considered as having been orchestrated by his own hand.

This change in causality made him feel a trace of worry about the future.

After all, the butterfly effect was no joke. Who knew how much of the future plot he knew would become unrecognizable.

At that moment, a cool and unfamiliar voice rang out from behind them.

"A-Lai, you've worked hard."

The three of them immediately turned their heads to see a woman with a head full of silver hair standing behind them.

Her thin white clothes accentuated her graceful curves. Her face was pale and bloodless, but those deep blue eyes sparkled with radiance like stars.

The word 'beautiful' alone was far from enough to describe her poise. She should have been at least forty years old, yet time seemed to have left no trace upon her.

If there truly were holy people in the world, they would probably look like this.

Tang Long couldn't help but marvel inwardly; Ye Baiqiao certainly had good taste.

Although she wasn't human at all—her ears were noticeably long and pointed, and a thin white tail trailed behind her—with looks like this... interspecies didn't seem entirely unacceptable.

What a pity.

This ice elf, who was so beautiful it left one speechless and whose image was holy and flawless, was actually a calamity who had killed countless people and viewed human life as mere grass.

In the entire history of the heavenly change game, when it came to strength rankings, players could come up with all sorts of lists and argue for years without anyone being able to convince anyone else.

But if you asked who had killed the most people, the answer was simple: it was definitely the Howling Queen, Lyria.

The Jiyu Snow Country, one of the four great contemporary nations, had its population reduced by seventy percent during the slaughter led by her Hetero-blood Legion.

In the war with the Yuanwu Kingdom, she abandoned eighty percent of her military force and the front lines to lead an army in a sneak attack on the Yuanwu Kingdom's rear, razing five commanderies and over two hundred major cities to the ground.

The Blue Sea Federation had it even worse. Because it was an island federation, its territory was more scattered and difficult to defend. It was harassed for several decades, and eventually, most of the remote outlying island states had to be abandoned.

In the later stages, some curious players did a rough statistical analysis: the number of Blue Star people who died directly at the hands of her and her army... numbered in the billions.

Therefore, she was also the first of the Seven Hetero-blood Kings to be collectively hunted and killed by the major nations.

But that was at least a hundred years in the future.

At this moment, she was as kind as a mother.

She slowly approached the three of them and lowered herself to gently caress Mad Dog's face.

"A-Lai, good child, you must have suffered a lot all these years, haven't you?"

Mad Dog, a man so crazed and ruthless, was moved to tears by this single question. He soon threw himself into her arms, sobbing uncontrollably.

Tang Long watched with envy, but he still quietly pulled Golden Scorpion, and the two of them walked a bit further away together.

"Scorpion, is Dog-ge's real name A-Lai?"

"You didn't know? It's Feng Qulai. The Six Marshals personally gave it to him back then."

Tang Long felt very surprised. "Feng Qulai... such an artistic name doesn't really match his nickname."

Golden Scorpion curled his lip. "Long-ge, your name doesn't really match your nickname either. Tang Long and Tie Pao—how are those even related?"

Tang Long thought to himself that it was true.

The nickname Tie Pao was fine for dealing with Shang Yuqing. But for dealing with players in the future, he might really have to change it.

"You have a point, Hall Master Jin. Let's talk about something else."

Mad Dog and Lyria didn't talk for long before they walked over together.

"Children, thank you for everything you've done for me."

Lyria first nodded to Golden Scorpion, then turned her gaze toward Tang Long and extended a snow-white hand. In her hand appeared a shimmering blue hexagonal crystal.

"Especially you, Tang Long. Although you have some utilitarian motives, I will still remember today's favor. This item is A-Lai's promise; I am now fulfilling it on his behalf."

Mad Dog had indeed promised Tang Long a generous reward before. But Tang Long didn't know what this was, so he didn't reach out for a moment.

Mad Dog immediately explained, "Take it, Brother Tang. Without you, I wouldn't have succeeded today, and Shimu wouldn't have gained her freedom."

"This thing is called the heavenly legacy key, which is the key to opening the Gate of Heavens Legacy."

"With it, you can summon a Gate of Heavens Legacy and enter to freely choose a Wuque Method inheritance."

"Of course, the inheritance trial is unavoidable, but this is already a huge convenience."

"With your ability, there should be a very good hope of passing the trial."