133: Chapter 133 The Battle of the Demigods

Ye Qingzhu was shocked!

An Immortal Artifact?

This was the first time she had ever heard of such a thing as an "Immortal Artifact."

Awakened Ones also used weapons and armor, but most were designed for specific Supernatural Abilities.

For example, armor that could resist elemental attacks like wind, fire, lightning, and electricity, or weapons that could augment elemental damage, and so on.

There were also some more niche types of armor and weapons, such as those that were poison-resistant.

These weapons and armor only had three grades: low-grade, mid-grade, and high-grade. Although each grade had nine minor levels, these were determined based on the reinforcement level of the weapon or armor, which required specific materials and crystals.

However, the term "Immortal Artifact" had never appeared among the weapons and armor commonly used by Awakened Ones.

"What level of weapon or armor is an Immortal Artifact? Is it much stronger than the weapons and armor used by Awakened Ones?" Ye Qingzhu asked.

Tang Juan smiled disdainfully and replied, "Comparing them to the weapons and armor of Awakened Ones is simply an insult to an Immortal Artifact."

"An Immortal Artifact is a weapon that has fused with a portion of the laws of heaven and earth. It cannot be used by anyone who is not a demigod. Once activated, it possesses world-destroying power."

"I can tell you clearly that once we have completely mastered this Immortal Artifact, it alone will be enough to fight head-on against any of the four races—God, Demon, Human, and Immortal—without being defeated."

"It is precisely because we have this Immortal Artifact that our Demon-Human Clan intends to settle in the Star Territory."

"Originally, I intended to master this Immortal Artifact myself, but now I have decided to let you control it."

"Two days from now, we will leave the Human Realm and head to the Star Territory. I will let you come into contact with the Immortal Artifact and make it your lifebound weapon. Once you master it, you will be able to do whatever you want, including protecting humanity!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Qingzhu's eyes lit up!

For a moment, she felt a glimmer of anticipation, but at the same time, she revealed a hint of hesitation.

She craved powerful strength, but she did not want to leave the Human Realm—or to be more precise, she did not want to leave Ling Yichen.

Tang Juan naturally knew what she was thinking. She sighed and said, "Don't worry, he will be fine. With his abilities, as long as he isn't besieged by several demigods at once, he won't die."

"On the contrary, you are still very weak right now. If you don't focus on improving your strength, you might instead become his weakness."

"They might not be able to harm Yichen, but they can harm you. When that happens, what do you think he will do?"

"Perhaps... there will be no need for others to destroy humanity; he might destroy humanity himself."

Hearing this, Ye Qingzhu was deeply moved.

She fell into a long silence.

After a good while, she replied firmly, "Okay, I will go to the Star Territory with you!"

Hearing this, a smile immediately appeared on Tang Juan's face.

She affectionately stroked the top of Ye Qingzhu's head and said softly, "It's okay, you are only separating for a short time. Once you are both strong enough, no one will be able to threaten you, and you can be together anytime, anywhere!"

Ye Qingzhu nodded gently and gave a soft "Mm."

After returning to Villa No. 18, Ye Qingzhu went back to her room to rest.

However, she couldn't fall asleep all night. Her mind kept digesting the news she had received that evening, and she was slowly adapting to her new identity as a princess of the Demon-Human Clan.

But more than that, she was reminiscing about the days before.

Back then, this house was very lively, unlike how desolate it was now.

Ling Yichen had gone to the attic and hadn't come out since.

Tian Yingying had taken her parents to the hidden Dragon Family, and they hadn't met since then.

Luo Yan had also suddenly left a month ago, without even saying what he was going to do.

So, this large house suddenly became home to only her and her mother.

Strangely, the stray cats that used to visit the house often were gone, and even Doudou only returned once every few days.

She really felt so lonely.

As she thought about it, tears suddenly welled up in her eyes, soaking her pillow.

She didn't know when she would be able to see everyone again after she left.

There was a strong sense of reluctance and longing in her heart.

She longed to return to the lively life they had before.

She thought and cried at the same time, and finally, she didn't know how she fell asleep.

When she woke up, it was already the evening of the next day.

After getting up and washing up in a daze, she discovered that her mother was no longer at home.

It wasn't until she saw a note left by her mother on the dining table: "Qingzhu, Mom needs to leave for a while to handle some issues. I will come to pick you up at 12:00 tomorrow night. Be prepared!"

Looking at the note, Ye Qingzhu pursed her lips and then walked straight outside.

As soon as she stepped out, she discovered she was being followed by over a dozen people.

However, these people didn't try to hide it; instead, they nodded to her from time to time.

There was no doubt that these people were from the Lin Family. They called it protection, but in reality, it was surveillance, just to make sure she didn't run away.

After all, in two days, the Lin Family would come to pick her up, and from then on, she would become a tool for the Lin Family.

Thinking of this, a flash of disgust crossed Ye Qingzhu's eyes. She hailed a taxi and went straight to the Fourth Advanced Ability School.

Although the school gate was locked, with her current strength, it was easy for her to avoid the guards and climb over the wall.

After entering the school, she went straight to the door of the attic and tried to push the wooden door. The wooden door immediately bloomed with divine patterns, and she couldn't push it open at all.

She didn't force it, but quietly sat down and whispered, "I'm leaving tomorrow. I really want to see you one last time before I go!"

As she spoke, her eyes turned red again. However, at this moment, Ling Yichen had no idea about any of this.

Normally, he had left a Spirit Worm inside Ye Qingzhu, so as long as Ye Qingzhu called out to him silently in her heart, he would be able to sense it.

But after entering through the wooden door, his connection with the Spirit Worm had weakened significantly. Now that he had entered a wondrous state of cultivation, he seemed to be completely isolated from everything in the outside world.

This resulted in him not sensing anything, even though Ye Qingzhu had come several times.

At this moment, he had cultivated the Acupoint Realm to an extremely critical juncture.

As he continuously condensed his acupoints and lit them up one by one, he discovered that his acupoints were constantly generating Bloodline Divine Power. These Bloodline Divine Power converged into his energy center, rapidly transforming from a gaseous state to a liquid state, and they were constantly compressing, seemingly with a trend of forming a solid state.

He even suspected that when all his acupoints were fully condensed, the ball of divine power in his energy center would solidify into a pill.

It was precisely for this reason that he became even more immersed in his cultivation and could not sense any information from the outside world at all.

Time flowed away like water, never to return.

In the blink of an eye, two days had passed.

Inside Villa No. 18, the whole house was pitch black, and not a single light was on.

Ye Qingzhu sat alone in the living room, looking like a ghost.

At this moment, her face was cold, and her expression was numb.

There were less than ten minutes until midnight. She had no other thoughts; she was just quietly waiting for her mother to come and pick her up.

Ten minutes passed quickly. The moment midnight arrived, a streak of black light suddenly appeared in the center of the living room. The next second, the black light bloomed into a huge hexagram.

Then, Tang Juan appeared in the hexagram, wearing a crown and dressed in magnificent attire.

It was the first time Ye Qingzhu had seen her mother dressed like this, and she couldn't help but widen her eyes in curiosity.

However, in the next second, her sharp eyes immediately noticed obvious blue bloodstains on her mother's magnificent dress. Moreover, she realized that her mother's condition was not very good, and her aura was somewhat chaotic.

"Mom, are you hurt?" Ye Qingzhu shouted in alarm.

"It's nothing, just intercepted and ambushed by a few human demigods. Let's go!"

Tang Juan was calm. She grabbed Ye Qingzhu and stepped into the hexagram.

The next second, the hexagram immediately bloomed with divine light, enveloping the two of them, and they disappeared directly into the magic circle.

Ye Qingzhu only felt a blur before her eyes, and instantly, she appeared in a strange scene.

This seemed to be a huge kitchen. With their appearance, a figure immediately darted out from the darkness.

Ye Qingzhu took a closer look, and instantly her eyes reddened, her throat choked up, and she struggled to call out, "Dad!"

The figure in the darkness also quickly rushed over and hugged Ye Qingzhu and Tang Juan. It was none other than Ye Songtao.

At this moment, Ye Songtao was much sturdier than he had been a few months ago, and his aura was much more powerful. Divine power surged, and he had already reached the peak of C-rank, only one step away from B-rank.

"Alright, this isn't the place for chatting. Let's talk properly once we reach a safe place!"

Tang Juan finished speaking warmly and was just about to take her husband and daughter away.

The next second, her expression changed, and she immediately hugged Ye Songtao and Ye Qingzhu and retreated violently.

Boom~ The huge mobile kitchen instantly exploded and crumbled into powder.

Tang Juan immediately released powerful divine power to protect Ye Songtao and Ye Qingzhu by her side. Otherwise, this blow alone would have been enough to kill them both.

Tang Juan took the two of them and soared into the air.

However, when she saw the situation clearly, her expression became extremely ugly.

High in the sky, there were nine demigods surrounding them, trapping the three of them in a circle.

Below, tens of thousands of soldiers were lined up in phalanxes, ready for battle, prepared to launch a hunt at any moment.

At the front of the formation, those pitch-black dragon slaying crossbow bolts were flickering with divine patterns.

This type of dragon slaying crossbow bolt could truly slay dragons. It was designed specifically to deal with the powerful Dragon Race. Its flight range was as high as several thousand meters. Even if it didn't hit the target, once it exploded, the bolt would spray out many crossbow nails. If hit, even the Dragon Race would be riddled with holes like a sieve.

This was one of the most powerful weapons of war of the Human Realm!

Seeing this formation, Ye Songtao's face was instantly filled with despair.

Having been in the army for several months, he naturally knew how powerful this dragon slaying crossbow was. Although he was shocked by his wife's identity and strength, he did not think that Tang Juan could dodge this dragon slaying crossbow while being besieged by so many demigods.

He couldn't help but look at his wife's profile, mist appearing in his eyes.

"Wife, I love you, I love you so much. Qingzhu, Dad loves you too. But Dad cannot drag you down. You go. I am human; they won't harm me. If you take one less person, you still have a chance to escape. If you take me, you will die."

As a man, being unable to protect his wife and child and only being able to let them escape alone was an extremely painful thing for him.

But he also understood that in the current situation, a slight carelessness would really lead to deaths.

He did not want to see either his wife or his child die; this was more painful than killing him. If he could, he would rather choose to die himself.

However, Tang Juan looked at him with full tenderness and said softly, "It's okay, we won't die. As long as we hold on for a moment, the Demon-Human Clan's army will come to rescue us!"

After speaking, she looked at Ye Qingzhu beside her and said affectionately, "Child, I'm sorry to make you experience this kind of scene, but now, I need you to fly with your father for a while!"

At this moment, Ye Qingzhu also understood how bad the current situation was, and she could no longer afford to cry.

She lifted her eyes, wiped away the tears, and suddenly became resolute.

She nodded heavily and said, "Mm, don't worry, Mom, I will protect Dad well!"

After speaking, two pairs of wings suddenly bloomed behind her back. She floated in the air on her own and took Ye Songtao from Tang Juan's hand.

Seeing this, Tang Juan reached out and took a pearl the size of an egg from her Storage Ring and handed it to Ye Qingzhu.

"This is a Fairy Dragon pearl, an heirloom from our ancestors. It can protect you for a while."

After speaking, she turned her head resolutely and looked at the nine demigods around her, finally locking her gaze on the old man with a crew cut among them.

This was none other than Luo Yan, who had once confronted the Lord of the Divine City at Green Fox Mountain. He was also the strongest among the nine demigods.

"Luo Yan, our Demon-Human Clan has no intention of being enemies with the Human Realm. Today, I just want to take my husband and child and leave the Human Realm. Why do you keep intercepting me? Do you really want to go to war with our Demon-Human Clan?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Yan sighed, "I also have no intention of being your enemy, it's just..."

As he spoke, he looked at Ye Qingzhu behind Tang Juan and said again, "It's just that the Immortal Bloodline is extremely precious. This is the only key that can open the Immortal Clan's secret treasury. If you want to leave, I won't stop you, but that child must remain in the Human Realm! This is the key to preserving the fire of our Human Race!"

Luo Yan really did not want to go to war with Tang Juan, but as he said, the destruction of the Human Race was imminent, and the Immortal Bloodline was the key to preserving the fire of their Human Race. He had to ensure that Ye Qingzhu remained in the Human Realm.

Many years ago, the Gu Family demigod among the six races spared no cost in consuming a large amount of longevity to divine the future for the Human Race. The result was that the Human Race would definitely be destroyed, and if they wanted to preserve the fire of the Human Race, the only way was to open the Immortal Clan's secret treasury.

It was precisely because of this that he stood out to stop them today. He wasn't stopping Tang Juan; he was stopping the opportunity for the fire of the Human Race to never be extinguished.

Upon hearing this, Tang Juan's expression changed slightly, but she immediately replied, "The destruction of the Human Race is your own fault. If you hadn't proposed the Ascension Platform Plan, why would the God and Demon Races use you as blood sacrifices? Although my daughter has half the blood of the Human Race, she should not have to pay for your wrong actions."

After hearing this, Luo Yan sighed again, "It's just a difference in stance and perspective. The Human Race proposed the Ascension Platform Plan not for the Human Race, but for the billions of living beings on the entire Dark Star, including your Demon-Human Clan."

"If we could really leave the Dark Star and collectively migrate to Earth, wouldn't that also be a good thing for your Demon-Human Clan?"

"After that is the hometown of the Immortals, it is an Immortal Realm!"