485: Xu Qing's fate

Tens of thousands of light-years away, a dozen towering figures hung silently in the air.

The area they occupied seemed to be frozen by some supreme power; the churning Chaos Qi solidified into crystalline solids, the shattered remnants of stars were fixed at the moment of explosion, and even the most minute light particles ceased their movement.

To the east, five figures enveloped in golden human light stood like ancient peaks.

The Sword Box Elder at the forefront, with a sword box on his back, slightly raised his eyes, as if myriad swords floated within them; behind him, a beautiful palace-dressed woman held a bronze lamp, its flame reflecting the rise and fall of three thousand worlds.

To the west, eight distorted black shadows exuded a suffocating pressure.

The leader was humanoid but had six pairs of crystal wings, each feather inlaid with the screaming faces of living beings; beside him, a constantly collapsing shadow coiled, its occasionally revealed outline resembling some multi-eyed, multi-limbed, unnamable entity.

The two sides thus confronted each other in silence.

There was no verbal sparring, no probing of Aura, but the Chaos Void between them was already shattered, a result of the Dao annihilation caused by Dominator-level Dao collisions.

Occasionally, stray aftershocks from the battlefield would mistakenly enter this domain; whether it was Sword Qi powerful enough to destroy stars or black flames that corroded all things, they would instantly transform into the most primordial Dao dust upon entry.

A Celestial Sun Ancestor suddenly trembled his crystal wings, seemingly intending to break the balance.

Immediately, the ancient sword on the Sword Box Elder's back let out a clear Dragon roar; the sword had not yet left its scabbard, but a sharpness capable of severing all ages had already pierced through his body. Finally, that Celestial Sun Ancestor slowly reined in his Aura, and his six pairs of crystal wings returned to stillness.

In this frozen time and space, only the constantly appearing and disappearing Dao lotuses beneath the feet of the Dao Ancestors on both sides proved that this silent game of chess was still ongoing.

The blooming and withering of each lotus represented the prosperity and decline of a certain Dao... In the depths of the Chaos Void, two figures stood in the air.

Sword Slaughter's dark red battle robe flapped, and the broken arrow binding his grizzled hair swayed gently in the wind.

His face was stern, the hideous scar across his face glowed faintly black, yet it could not hide the sharp, sword-like cold light in his eyes.

His rough fingers gently stroked the ancient sword at his waist, the words "Solitary City" on the scabbard flowing with blood-colored Dao patterns.

The Black Crystal Blood Flame Clan's existence opposite him was sculpted entirely from dark jade, with magma-like blood-colored patterns flowing across his body.

Behind him, golden-red light wheels slowly unfurled, each reflecting the burning phantom of a world.

"Sword Slaughter, why not pledge allegiance to our clan?" The golden-red light wheels vibrated slightly, scattering specks of starlight. "If you are willing, the Progenitor will personally grant you an Opportunity for Breakthrough!"

Sword Slaughter's mouth twisted into a mocking arc, his scar contorting like a centipede: "Such a good thing... why doesn't it fall upon your clansman? Could it be that you are not valued within your clan? Why not join my clan instead!"

The blood patterns on the Black Crystal Blood Flame Clan's existence paused, then he let out a low chuckle, his magma patterns flowing joyfully: "Tens of millions of years unseen, that sharp tongue is even better than before."

"You're the one who likes to talk nonsense!" Sword Slaughter retorted.

The golden-red light wheels unfurled, carving brilliant fiery trails in the Void Realm. "Eight against five, this situation... how will you deal with it?"

Sword Slaughter suddenly burst into laughter, his laughter shattering the surrounding solidified Chaos Qi inch by inch.

"Can you all... sever this head of mine before my reinforcements arrive?"

The light wheels of the Black Crystal Blood Flame Clan's existence slightly retracted, and his magma patterns flickered erratically.

After a moment of silence, the light wheels suddenly fully extended, "Then... let's wait and see."

As the last word fell, the Void Realm between the two suddenly collapsed into a black hole.

But neither Sword Slaughter's Sword Intent nor the opponent's blood flame was released, leaving only two gradually fading afterimages in the annihilated Chaos.

Xu Qing watched the tragic battlefield, and he chose to act. His universe system wanted to Breakthrough, not needing ruin river sand, nor Innate Grandmist Purple Energy, but he needed many Heaven And Earth Treasure to Breakthrough.

The hundreds of billions of Tianyang aliens before him were the best resources.

Without the slightest hesitation, he enveloped himself in Chaos, then transformed into a monstrous Divine Dragon and swooped down towards the battlefield below.

"It's time for it to end."

He sighed softly, and a chaotic mist suddenly surged around him.

These mists churned and boiled, instantly transforming into a Chaos long river that spanned heaven and earth.

In the long river, an indescribable behemoth was awakening.

"Roar!!!"

A heaven-shaking Dragon roar resounded across the battlefield, and the Chaos long river exploded with a rumble.

A million-zhang Divine Dragon, with fearsome scales, soared into the sky. Each Dragon scale reflected the phantom of a different world, its left Dragon eye containing the birth and death of galaxies, and its right eye reflecting the primordial Chaos.

As its Dragon whiskers swayed, space tore like cloth; as its four claws unfurled, the Dao Law trembled.

As soon as this Chaos Divine Dragon appeared, it unleashed a destructive frenzy.

With a sweep of its Dragon tail, hundreds of millions of Tianyang aliens within a hundred million li fell like wheat, their bodies turning into nutrients before they even hit the ground, devoured by the Chaos Divine Dragon.

When its Dragon breath spewed forth, wherever the black flames passed, whether it was an ordinary Dao Severing or a Dao Lord, all returned to nothingness.

Most terrifying was its abyss-like Dragon mouth; with a single inhale, millions of Tianyang aliens were uncontrollably sucked into it, not even having time to let out a scream.

"W-what is that?!"

Somewhere on the battlefield, a Wood Source Clan Dao Lord stared blankly at the sky.

Earlier, he was being besieged by three Tianyang alien beasts, but then a strong wind swirled around him, and he saw the three Tianyang alien beasts swallowed by a giant abyss-like mouth.

"Thank you... Senior..."

The Wood Source Clan Dao Lord hastily bowed, but saw that the Divine Dragon had already flown far away.

As more and more Tianyang aliens were devoured, the Chaos Divine Dragon's size continued to swell.

However, such actions quickly attracted the attention of the Tianyang aliens. Several terrifying Auras rose from deep within the enemy ranks, and five Tianyang Half-Ancestors came to kill him in unison!

"Arrogant!"

The leader was a Half-Ancestor of the Black Crystal Blood Flame Clan. Seeing the Chaos Divine Dragon rampaging across the battlefield, he immediately roared, and a terrifying beam of destructive light burst forth.

The Divine Dragon did not dodge, its Dragon mouth wide open.

The beam, powerful enough to pierce through a Major Thousand Worlds, was swallowed by it as if drinking sweet dew. With a sweep of its Dragon tail, it sent the opponent flying, and the terrifying immense force instantly smashed him into pieces; even his Dao Soul could not withstand this blow.

The other four Half-Ancestors suffered an even more tragic fate.

Two were pressed against the Void Realm by Dragon claws, brutally crushed into meat paste; one was entangled by Dragon whiskers, its entire essence and blood drained; the most tragic was the one who attempted to self-destruct, directly bitten and swallowed, even the energy from its self-destruction completely consumed... "Run... run!"

The Tianyang army finally collapsed.

No matter how the supervisory teams slaughtered the deserters, they could not stop this avalanche-like rout.

Wherever the Chaos Divine Dragon passed, the enemy army retreated like a tide.

Even those once arrogant Half-Ancestors now cowered together, beginning to quietly flee... In contrast, the Eternal side's Aura was like a rainbow, all eagerly beating the fallen dog.

Originally, they were evenly matched, but once the opponent's Aura dispersed, they could no longer organize an effective counterattack.

"Useless! A bunch of useless people!"

In the distance, in the Tianyang camp, a Dao Ancestor with eight pairs of crystal wings suddenly roared.

His voice was like billions of Myriad Thunder exploding, causing the Chaos Sea within several light-years to churn violently.

The world phantoms on his eight pairs of crystal wings successively shattered, turning into a sky full of blood-colored light spots; those were the worlds he had devoured, now wailing.

"A mere Half-Ancestor boy, yet he can disrupt our army's formation?!"

Another Celestial Sun Ancestor, shaped like a multi-headed giant python, hissed in rage, each head spewing corrosive poisonous mist into the Void Realm.

His twelve vertical pupils stared intently at the rampaging Chaos Divine Dragon in the distance, the fury in his eyes almost materializing: "This Venerable will go crush this ant!"