488: Chapter 486 The Descent of a God

"Lin Jie!"

Tan Ziming and the others, who had been guarding Lin Jie, cried out in shock when they saw his head suddenly roll off.

Was there another expert nearby?!

When this scene fell into the eyes of the others, their expressions shifted drastically; their hearts, which had slightly relaxed, instantly tightened again.

Chu Xuan's heart clenched. He reached Lin Jie's side in an instant, only to see that the severed head had long since lost all signs of life, its hollow eyes still staring blankly at the sky.

"Dead... He died just like that?"

Chu Xuan was stunned for a moment, but then his eyes flared with murderous intent. As he scanned his surroundings, a flash of bloody light flickered through his gaze, and he bellowed, "Get out here!!!"

Heart Bewitchment!

Within a radius of nearly five hundred meters, everyone enveloped by Chu Xuan's spirit trembled and fell into a state of dazed Confusion.

At the same time.

Over three hundred meters away from Chu Xuan, a figure suddenly flickered in a place that had been empty.

A man wearing a long formal suit and a bowler hat appeared out of thin air, holding a cane sword with traces of fresh blood staining its edge.

His back was turned to Chu Xuan as he dashed forward.

At that moment, under the influence of Chu Xuan's indiscriminate use of Heart Bewitchment, he suddenly stumbled and fell to the ground.

"Revelation?"

Chu Xuan immediately recognized him. This attire was identical to the one he had seen in the video of Revelation before, causing the killing intent in his heart to surge even higher.

Without the slightest hesitation, Chu Xuan flicked his hand, sending a Slash flying toward the man.

Boom!

As a deep, long gouge was cleaved into the ground, the man was instantly sliced into two. However, he was not consumed by the Fire of Nirvana; instead, he simply vanished.

[You have slain Revelation · Clone. spirituality value +25]

Chu Xuan's expression was incredibly grim.

He had been keeping an eye on Lin Jie the whole time, yet he never expected that Lin Jie would be killed by a Clone of Revelation right under his nose.

On a distant bench, Yan Guofa stood up abruptly, his cloudy old eyes snapping open as he looked toward the scene, lost in a daze: "It's over..."

Chu Xuan looked up at Yan Guofa, sensing from the other's expression that the situation was dire.

"Oh? You all seem a bit panicked? Hehe! I always felt something was off about that kid, so I thought it best to get rid of him after all. Seeing how nervous you are now, it seems I made the right move."

Teasing laughter rang out from all directions, gradually echoing through the area.

"What's going on?" Tang Zheng caught up from behind, his face filled with suspicion and uncertainty.

"Things are looking bad." The unease in Chu Xuan's heart grew stronger.

Only now did he realize that the persistent feeling of unease—that sudden warning intuition—hadn't come from the White Tiger, but from Revelation.

Chu Xuan leaped up onto a tall building.

He scanned the area but found nothing unusual.

Suddenly, Chu Xuan's pupils constricted.

On this ground that had long been scorched by explosions, bloodstains had appeared everywhere at some unknown point, as if a massive Formation Plate had been inscribed.

At the same time, a loud chant resounded through the world, solemn and majestic.

"In the disordered beginning, Thou wast born."

"In the chaotic future, Thou alone shalt endure."

"Great Lord of Madness, Thou art the sole Dominator of the disordered beginning!"

"In the name of Concealment, I offer this feast. I sincerely invite Thee to descend in Thy true form and enjoy this perfect banquet to Thy heart's content."

"We embrace disorder, hoping to dismantle the rules, to return all things to Chaos, to return everything to the beginning, and to make this world... a kingdom belonging solely to Thee!"

Amidst this high-pitched chanting, the dark clouds in the sky shattered, revealing a clear, bright day.

Gentle light spilled across the earth.

Bathed in the sunlight, people subconsciously looked up.

In the next second.

Everyone's expressions froze, their eyes widening, their faces filled with disbelief.

Boom!!!

In the sky, an unimaginably massive phantom slowly appeared.

This phantom was like a celestial body from the distant starry sky, filling the entire heavens. It crossed dimensions, and as it drew closer, its figure became increasingly solid.

The world paled in comparison.

The sky thundered incessantly as countless blood-red bolts of lightning tore through the air, yet before this phantom, they were merely insignificant background details, like strands of hair.

As the figure drew closer, countless whispers seemed to ring out, filling everyone's ears. The sound shifted between screams and howls to the hymns and praises of devout believers.

People everywhere had been glued to the live broadcast, monitoring the situation in the Capital, but at this moment, it felt as if a giant hand had violently squeezed their hearts.

As if by common consent, everyone turned their gaze toward the sky.

"Are you kidding me?"

"How could such a thing exist?"

Everyone was petrified, staring at the slowly descending phantom with eyes full of disbelief.

In the distant sky, space distorted. Amidst the lightning and thunder, countless pitch-black cracks flickered and crossed, making the phantom appear extremely blurred.

But strangely, in everyone's eyes—even those with the sight of an ordinary person—that descending figure could be seen with absolute clarity.

It was a phantom so large it defied imagination. Its face had no ears, mouth, or nose—only a pair of eyes without pupils—and its entire body was covered in writhing tentacles.

Compared to this descending, terrifying colossus, humans were not even as significant as tiny ants.

Looking up, almost everyone showed expressions of frantic excitement, murmuring incessantly and singing praises without pause.

It drew closer and closer.

The phantom became more and more solid.

It seemed to have already descended upon the mortal world.

The earth trembled, gales howled, and the seas boiled.

Natural disasters broke out all over the world!

By now, all Transcendents below Rank 5 had fallen into a frenzy. Their bodies underwent grotesque transformations, turning into bizarrely shaped creatures that no longer held human form.

Only Transcendents of Rank 5 and above could barely hold on, yet their minds were shaking violently as they stared in a stupor, filled with disbelief.

"Is this... a god?"

Those who could still maintain their sanity and avoid Confusion were all filled with despair and horror, lacking even the will to flee.

Such a terrifying colossus was comparable to a celestial body; even a single impact would likely make the entire world shudder.

Let alone the fact that this was a god, possessing its own terrifying divine power.

Faced with such an existence, who could possibly deal with it?

And who could escape?

Chu Xuan stared fixedly at the sky, his mind also reeling.

He tried to use "World-Class Assimilation," but he didn't know if it was because the distance was too great or the other party's status was too high.

The "Assimilation" target could not be selected.

"So... Revelation actually intended to summon an Evil God to the world!" Chu Xuan's heart was filled with shock and disbelief. This thing was far more terrifying than the mountain-sized Dragon Turtle he had encountered in the Sky Star Forest.

"Can Yang Yu really handle something like this?"

"But now Lin Jie is dead..."

Chu Xuan looked at the [Talent] column on his panel.

After his rank increased, "Dream Return" could be used again, and the number of uses was no longer just one, but a full three times.

However, the prerequisite was that each use required rule fragments.

[Dream Return (Current uses available: 3; this use requires 10 rule fragments.)]

But at the moment, Chu Xuan only had 2 rule fragments left. Now that the Evil God had descended, where would he find the time to hunt S-rank Specters?

"It's too late..."

Chu Xuan's pupils contracted. Lightning flashed in the sky, and Tan Ziming and the others, who had gathered around him seeking a sense of safety, began to sprout various strange organs all over their bodies.

They prostrated themselves on the ground, wailing incessantly.

At this point, even the Rank 10 Transcendents nearby could no longer hold out. They gradually became grotesquely shaped, either covered in tentacles or bursting with eye after eye...

Tang Zheng turned his speakers back on, his body emitting bursts of light, but his face was also twisting as he let out a deep, low growl.

"I'll take you to the War Dragon World..." Tang Zheng gritted his teeth and grabbed Chu Xuan's arm, but his expression suddenly changed: "We can't leave?"

Relying on his powerful Mental Energy and the [Forbidden Darkness] skill, Chu Xuan could still remain unaffected, but he felt a sense of helplessness in his heart.

At the same time, a trace of doubt arose in Chu Xuan's mind.

In the original timeline, how did things develop? If the Evil God descended, how did this world survive for another three years?

Chu Xuan remembered that when he first asked [Future Tang Zheng] about Lin Jie's identity, the other party replied that there was no such person as Lin Jie.

Clearly, Lin Jie had appeared because of him.

So before this, in a world without Lin Jie, how did they resolve the crisis of the Evil God's descent?

Just then.

A brilliant sword light came from the west.

"This sword of mine has been waiting for a long time!"