484: Bloody Epic

Main City Number One, vast immortal palace.

When the urgent report of the Era War appearing at Pass City Number Seven reached the central vast immortal hall, the “Tianyang Battle Bell” hanging from the hall’s roof chimed three times without wind, its hum reverberating through the clouds.

This bell sound was different from ordinary alarms; it was the “Blood Fiend Order” that only rang when other Pass Cities required support!

Among the three hundred and sixty-five floating immortal palaces, five lit up with dazzling golden light. On top of each immortal palace, an ancient “War” Dao Seal emerged.

These Dao Seals intertwined in the air, eventually forming a decree that spanned heaven and earth: Pass City Number Seven is in distress, five Old Ancestors to the rescue!

The decree’s text was blood-red, each stroke containing a suffocating aura of slaughter.

From the five immortal palaces, five terrifying auras immediately shot into the sky.

“Boom!”

The first to break through the Void Realm was a golden stream of light. Zhan Tian Dao Old Ancestor’s Phoenix-Winged Golden Halberd tore through the clouds, nine fire Dragons coiling around his body.

He didn't wait for anyone else, directly shattering the Void Realm and speeding towards Pass City Number Seven, leaving a long corridor of flames in his wake.

Immediately after, a white jade Medicine Cauldron rose from the Danxia Palace. Seated within the cauldron was the “Azure Nether Medicine Ancestor” of Medicine King Valley, and sweet dew fell from the sky wherever he passed.

A rusty ancient sword carried “Profound Sword Old Ancestor” through the Void Realm, with fresh bloodstains still on its blade.

The most bizarre were the last two figures: one was a hazy existence enveloped in starlight, with stars being born and dying with each step; the other simply had no physical form, only seven ancient bronze lamps arranged in a formation in the Void Realm, their flames forming a humanoid shape.

This scene was witnessed by the beings of Main City Number One. Some were accustomed to it; some were already numb; while others were praying… “Kid! Something big has happened at Pass City Number Seven! I’m heading out first!”

Zhan Tian Dao Old Ancestor’s voice, like a clap of thunder, exploded in Xu Qing’s Sea of Consciousness. The rare urgency in his voice made Xu Qing frown slightly.

He looked up at Xu Yuan, who was dominating the trial Dao Realm, currently fighting two Immortal Giants alone. Wherever his Sword Qi passed, dozens of Dao Lord Realm Tianyang aliens turned into dust, causing a dazzling golden light storm on the leaderboard.

At this moment, Xu Yuan’s points had surged to first place on the Immortal Ranking. Not only was he first on Battle Stage 67’s Immortal Ranking, but he was also first on the entire Tianyang Competition’s Immortal Ranking. Even Ming Hao, who was first in the previous competition, was now only ranked sixth, with the top five all bearing the surname Xu!

“The Holy Temple headquarters… a Dao Body is enough…”

As Xu Qing murmured, his fingers in his sleeve had already formed an abstruse magical incantation.

The space behind him suddenly twisted and collapsed, as if a supreme power had forcibly torn open a rift. Chaos Qi surged within the rift, and a figure identical to Xu Qing’s main body slowly stepped out.

This Chaos Dao Body was entirely grayish-white, with star-river-like patterns flowing across its skin. The most captivating feature was its pupil-less eyes: the left eye reflected the birth and death of star rivers, while the right eye contained the primordial Chaos. Wherever its gaze fell, even the stable space of the Main City rippled subtly.

“I’ll leave it to you.”

The main body instructed faintly, and the Chaos Dao Body nodded slightly.

Xu Qing’s main body said no more. He took a step, and his figure dissipated like smoke and mist.

There were no spatial fluctuations, no temporal ripples, not even the slightest tremor of the Great Dao. It was as if he had never existed in this space-time.

Only those powerful existences high above the clouds seemed to notice.

“Oh?”

In the vast immortal palace on the left, a supreme existence shrouded in hazy Chaos suddenly opened its eyes.

His gaze penetrated countless world barriers, yet he only caught a wisp of dissipating Chaos Qi.

“Interesting! Is this young man the spokesperson of this generation?”

“The spokesperson of this generation… is more interesting than previous ones!”

His soft murmur caused the surrounding stars to flicker, but ultimately, he made no further move… In the Chaos Sea outside Pass City Number Seven, an inconspicuous drop of water quietly condensed.

However, this drop of water contained terrifying spatial Law, and upon closer inspection, it reflected the miniature images of myriad worlds.

“Tap!”

Xu Qing’s figure calmly stepped out from the water droplet.

He first looked at Pass City Number Seven, which was close at hand. The mighty pass, enveloped in a blood-red barrier, was busily preparing.

Then he looked into the distant depths of darkness. His Chaos Dao Eye penetrated layers of space, seeing the collapsing outposts, the Eternal and Tianyang beings fighting a bloody battle, and deeper still, several terrifying figures shrouded in Chaos.

The scene reflected in the Chaos Dao Eye made Xu Qing narrow his eyes slightly.

“Is this… the final battle of an era?”

His low murmur transformed into tangible Dao patterns and dissipated into the Chaos Sea. He gently squeezed his hand in his sleeve, feeling somewhat impatient.

But he did not rush to act. Although he was confident in suppressing a first-step Half-Ancestor, facing a second-step Half-Ancestor, the outcome was unknown.

A second-step Half-Ancestor was an existence who had refined their Dao Realm to the extreme, taken the second step, and was preparing to or had already condensed their current life body.

If they had not yet condensed their current life body, he feared nothing, but if they had, his chances of winning were not great.

Zhan Tian Dao Old Ancestor was a powerful second-step Half-Ancestor who had already condensed his current life body.

As outposts were successively removed, the Era War of Pass City Number Seven began.

Pass City Number Seven did not rely on its grand formation to evade, but instead sent out a large army to meet the enemy. Billions of troops, the weaker ones only in the Dao Severing Realm, rode battle ships to face the enemy, while the stronger ones, led by Half-Ancestors, launched piercing thrusts.

Two vast armies, each numbering over hundreds of billions, fought a bloody battle in front of Tianyang Pass Number Seven.

The entire Chaos Sea trembled!

Two vast armies, spanning tens of thousands of light-years, collided like two destructive nebulae in front of Tianyang Pass Number Seven.

The Human Race battle formations erupted with dazzling golden light, while the Tianyang aliens transformed into rolling black tides. The moment they intertwined, the entire Chaos Sea was illuminated in flickering light and shadow.

“Kill!”

A Human Race Dao Lord, wielding a bronze battle halberd, led a million-strong army to form the “Cosmic Star Battle Formation.”

As the battle formation operated, countless starlight transformed into a tangible arrow rain, clearing out the Tianyang aliens within a hundred million miles ahead.

But in an instant, a Half-Ancestor-level Tianyang alien beast leaped out from the black tide, its giant claw shattering the core of the battle formation. The Dao Lord roared, detonating his natal Dao Artifact, attempting to drag the Tianyang alien beast into annihilation within the chaotic currents, but the alien beast dodged, and he ultimately died unwillingly.

However, in the next moment, a Half-Ancestor from the Eternal side struck, impaling and killing this Half-Ancestor alien beast in the Void Realm with a spear.

The scene shifted to another part of the battlefield, where three hundred Chaos battleships were firing in unison.

The cannon barrels of each battleship glowed dark red, a sign of melting due to excessive firing.

The fire columns spewed from the “Chaos Annihilation Divine Cannons” pierced through the enemy formation, and wherever they passed, even space itself ignited.

But soon, tens of thousands of Tianyang alien beasts swooped down through the gaps in the gunfire. Alien warriors leaping from the beasts corroded the cannon barrels with their corrosive black blood and engaged in brutal close combat with the internal defenders.

There were no intricate battle formations, no magnificent bombardments, only the most primitive life-and-death struggle.

A heavily wounded Star Devouring Clan veteran clung desperately to an enemy beside him, refusing to let go even as black flames consumed his body, just to create a killing opportunity for his comrades behind him.

Three young men and women in the Dao Severing Realm formed a small formation back-to-back. Their natal Dao weapons had long been shattered, yet they still conjured a sky full of radiant light, until a Dao Lord-level alien crushed their skulls.

And further away.

A surviving cavalry unit, knowing full well that a death trap lay ahead, still charged forward without hesitation. After their iron hooves crushed countless alien heads, they ultimately transformed into a self-detonating light flame that illuminated the battlefield…