381: Chapter 381 The Great Battle of the City (Part 9)

Those chains seemed endless; for every one severed, ten more surged forth! They swarmed from all directions like countless venomous snakes, intent on completely swallowing Lin Jingyu!

Finally, Lin Jingyu's strength failed him. His sword slowed for just an instant, and in that instant, those chains seized the opportunity!

One chain wrapped around his ankle and dragged him to the ground! The chain bit into his flesh, nearly snapping his ankle!

Two chains bound his wrists, preventing him from swinging his sword! The chains cut into his wrists, and blood flowed freely!

Three chains coiled around his neck, choking the life out of him! The chains tightened around his throat, cutting off his breath, and his face turned bright red!

Four chains cinched around his waist, binding his entire body tightly! The chains dug into his abdomen, nearly snapping his waist in two!

Lin Jingyu was ensnared by the chains, unable to Move! The chains grew tighter and denser, nearly grinding him into pieces! His bones creaked, his muscles tore, and his blood spilled!

"Jingyu!" Yun Xi cried out in alarm, plucking her zither strings as waves of sound blasted toward the chains! But when the sound waves hit the chains, they only produced a few sparks and failed to cause even a scratch! The chains were too sturdy; her sound waves couldn't budge them at all!

The King of Ten Thousand Races gave a cold laugh and said, "A swarm of ants dares to resist?"

He raised his hand, preparing to deliver the final blow to these people.

Just then, a golden light burst out from the ruins of the city wall!

It was Gao Feng!

He was covered in blood, his battle armor mostly shattered, revealing dense wounds underneath.

Some wounds were deep enough to show bone, others had mangled flesh, and some were still gushing blood, dyeing him completely red.

There was a bloody hole in his left shoulder, a bone-deep gash on his right ribs, a scorched palm print on his chest, and a long laceration on his leg.

Yet he still stood, and in those eyes of his, an unyielding light still burned! That light was hotter and firmer than before, as if it would never be extinguished!

He gripped the vajra sword and charged at the King of Ten Thousand Races once more!

The King of Ten Thousand Races frowned and said, "Seeking death!"

He struck down with a palm, intending to crush this reckless human into mincemeat! The giant palm carried world-destroying power as it slammed toward Gao Feng; everywhere it passed, the Void Realm shattered, time stood still, and everything turned to nothingness!

But Gao Feng did not dodge. He charged toward the giant palm, and at the moment it was about to hit him, he suddenly used Time Insight, slowing the palm's speed by half a beat!

In that half-beat of time, he slipped through the gaps of the giant palm and reached the King of Ten Thousand Races!

The King of Ten Thousand Races was shocked and tried to retreat, but it was already too late!

Gao Feng lunged with his sword!

This strike had no fancy Moves, just a most ordinary thrust. But on the tip of that sword, all his power, all his conviction, and all his hope were concentrated! It was the power forged from all the cultivation, all the battles, and all the life-and-death trials of his life!

The ninth style of the Nine Styles of the War God—War Gods Unity!

All his powers—Star Battle Body, Myriad Weight Hegemon Body, War God Power, Demonic Flame Power, Time Power, Space Power... as well as the heart of inclusion he gained from his travels among the Ten Thousand Races, the feelings of trust he felt from his comrades, and the firm will tempered by countless life-and-death trials... all fused into one, turning into a pure, brilliant golden light!

That light shot out from his sword tip, only as thick as a finger, yet it contained power enough to destroy everything! Wherever it passed, even Chaos Power retreated, even the Void Realm melted, and even time stood still! Everywhere the light passed, everything turned to nothingness, leaving only a golden trail!

The King of Ten Thousand Races felt the terrifying power contained in that light, and for the first time, fear appeared in his eyes! It was true fear, the kind that only appears when facing death!

He frantically channeled Chaos Power, laying down barrier after barrier in front of him! Those barriers were several meters thick, dense and layered, totaling over a hundred!

Each layer of the barrier was enough to withstand the full strike of a Late Golden Core Stage Cultivator, and with over a hundred layers stacked together, it was practically indestructible! The barriers emitted a grayish-black light, shielding the King of Ten Thousand Races behind them!

But before that golden light, those barriers were like paper!

One layer! Two layers! Three! Four! Five! Ten! Twenty! Thirty! Fifty! Eighty!

The barriers shattered one after another, unable to hinder the golden light in the slightest! Every shatter was accompanied by a violent roar, and a burst of Chaos Power exploded into a black mist that filled the air! The black mist spread out, enveloping everything around it!

The King of Ten Thousand Races watched in horror as the golden light drew closer and closer, and of the barriers he had set, only the last three remained!

"No! Impossible!" he roared hoarsely, frantically channeling all his Chaos Power to set up the final three barriers! Those three layers were the condensation of all his power, ten meters thick and covered in dense runes, each rune flashing wildly and emitting a piercing light! Those runes were the crystallization of his lifelong cultivation and his strongest defense!

The first barrier was condensed from the purest Chaos Power and had ten thousand runes!

The second barrier fused the power he had plundered from various races and had twenty thousand runes!

The third barrier contained the full cultivation of his Golden Core Stage 9 and had thirty thousand runes!

Three layers of barriers, sixty thousand runes—this was the King of Ten Thousand Races' final trump card!

The golden light slashed into the first barrier!

Boom!

The barrier shook violently, and countless cracks appeared on it! The cracks spread like a spiderweb, instantly covering the entire barrier! The ten thousand runes flashed wildly, attempting to repair the cracks, but the speed of the spreading cracks far exceeded the speed of repair! After a breath, the first barrier shattered with a bang, turning into a black mist!

The golden light continued forward, slashing into the second barrier!

Boom!

The second barrier also shook violently, and the twenty thousand runes on it flashed wildly! But this time, the barrier held for two breaths! After two breaths, the second barrier also shattered!

The golden light continued forward, slashing into the third barrier!

The third barrier was the sturdiest layer, condensed with the King of Ten Thousand Races' final power and thirty thousand runes! Those runes flashed wildly, desperately resisting the golden light's attack! The golden light and the barrier were locked in a stalemate for three full breaths!

These three breaths felt as long as three centuries to the King of Ten Thousand Races!

He desperately channeled his power, trying to block the light, but the runes dimmed one by one, and cracks appeared on the barrier one after another! Every dimmed rune meant a portion of his power was consumed; every crack meant his defense was collapsing!

After three breaths, the barrier was covered in cracks, and twenty-eight thousand of the thirty thousand runes had dimmed! Only the last two thousand runes were barely holding on!

But the golden light had also dimmed significantly, and its power was mostly consumed!

Seeing this, a flicker of hope ignited in the King of Ten Thousand Races' heart! He frantically channeled those last two thousand runes, making them explode with their final power!

The golden light and the barrier were in a stalemate once more!

One breath, two breaths, three breaths...

Finally, at the end of the third breath, the golden light pierced through the final barrier and into the King of Ten Thousand Races' chest!

Pfft!

The golden light passed through his body, leaving a fist-sized bloody hole in his chest!

The hole went straight through his chest and back, and the golden light shone through it, illuminating his terrified face! Blood sprayed out, mixed with fragments of Chaos Power, shimmering with an eerie light!

The King of Ten Thousand Races stared wide-eyed, looking at the wound in his chest in disbelief.

He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but could only spit out a mouthful of blood. The blood spilled onto the ground, dyeing it dark red and emitting wisps of black gas.

"How is it possible..." he murmured, his voice hoarse and weak like a candle in the wind, "You're only at the Golden Core Stage 1... how is it possible..."

Before he could finish, his body began to disintegrate!

First was his skin, where countless cracks appeared, and piercing light shone through them! The light shot out from within his body, illuminating the surrounding darkness! His skin peeled away like broken porcelain!

Then his flesh peeled off in chunks, turning into ash and scattering! The ash danced in the air like black snowflakes, covering the ground!

Next were his bones, snapping one by one and turning into powder! The powder fell to the ground, piling up and emitting a faint glimmer!

Finally, his Golden Core, which was as large as a head, exploded with a bang!

Boom!

A world-shaking explosion! The body of the King of Ten Thousand Races completely blew apart, turning into a torrent of Chaos Power that surged wildly in all directions!

The Chaos Power lost control and rampaged violently; everywhere it passed, everything turned to dust! The soldiers of various races caught in the Chaos Power instantly turned into blood mist; the buildings hit by the Chaos Power instantly became ruins; the ground affected by the Chaos Power instantly became scorched earth!

The entire sky was shrouded in grayish-black light, the entire earth trembled violently, and the entire world seemed to be coming to an end!

Su Ning exerted all her strength, using Spatial Magic to try and imprison the rampaging Chaos Power! Her hands moved frantically in hand seals, the Space Power around her surging to the limit, as silver light poured from her body to form Spatial Barriers around the Chaos Power!

Her face grew even paler, and blood began to leak from her seven orifices, trickling down her cheeks and dripping onto the ground! Her eyes, nose, ears, and mouth were all bleeding, dyeing her completely red! But she gritted her teeth, refusing to let go! She knew that if she let that Chaos Power spread, the entire Meteor City would be leveled, and everyone would die!