C2318 The Escape of the Otherworldly God
Supreme!
The temptation Han Miaoyuan cast out was irresistible, sending a wave of excitement through the strongest beings within and beyond Zionidall.
Who wouldn't aspire to ascend to the Supreme Realm?
After Taishi's rise to the Supreme, he wielded the Peak of Creation in the World of Darkness, striking fiercely at the Evil Temple held by the extraterrestrial gods. This spectacle was witnessed by all, delivering a powerful shock to their senses.
Without having entered the Supreme Realm, how could Taishi possess such formidable combat power?
The strength emanating from the eleventh-level golden dragon, as if ready to burst forth from the Banner of Duality, was a testament to the transformative elevation that awaited in the Supreme Realm.
"Supreme..."
The mighty ones murmured among themselves, hearts brimming with longing.
Han Miaoyuan stroked his beard, smiling contentedly at their reactions. He added, "In the Otherworld, there are thirty-six worlds, each with its own deity. The Secular Bird Queen reached the eleventh level by drawing power from just one of these Otherworld gods."
Their eyes sparkled with even greater desire.
Han Miaoyuan went on, "My friends, once the war between the worlds erupts, you'll have the opportunity to venture into the Otherworld. Should you manage to slay one or two gods there, you might ascend to the Supreme Realm."
"Our Primal Anima here is limited; some supreme rules simply don't exist, and must be sought in the Otherworld."
"Take, for instance, the more advanced space rules, or the forces of death and destruction—such powers have never emerged from any Primal Anima in our realm."
With the old fox's guidance, the God-Kings of Boulderdawn appeared intrigued.
The experts regained their composure, their attention returning to the anomalies above the Banner of Duality, hopeful that the impending war would grant them passage to the Otherworld to vanquish gods.
...
"Hey, Death God."
Taishi's laughter boomed as he deftly navigated the Peak of Creation, relentlessly assaulting the skeletal giant where Kurkova lay hidden.
Amidst the dense World of Darkness, this incredibly vast mountain shone with an undeniable brilliance.
It defied the darkness. To all who beheld it, the peak was a beacon of light, its radiance impossible for the shadows to obscure.
Where it traveled, the darkness continued to dissolve, paving the way for a luminous new realm.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The towering skeleton giant, as immense as a mountain, was repeatedly struck, its bones shattering and the deathly lightning within fading away.
Taishi, once full of vigor, suddenly found himself powerless to retaliate after the skeleton giant was seized by the gods from the Otherworld.
"Incredible!"
Loong Jie, resembling a golden rampart, stretched across the dark void of the World of Darkness, roaring his admiration.
The retreat of the skeleton giant completely liberated the golden dragon, freeing it from the exhausting battle against the encroachment of the death force.
"Light!"
From the depths of those eerie greenish-black eyes, the seductive phantom of the Dark Anima let out a piercing cry.
With her shout, the light that had been carved out by the Peak of Creation was swiftly engulfed by darkness.
"I'm not interested in squabbling with you at the moment."
A light snort echoed from the summit of the Peak of Creation.
Within the Star of Light, the Light Spirit, taking the form of a poised young girl, arched her eyebrows and cast a haughty glance at the Dark Anima, declaring, "You've long ceased to be a challenge for me."
When foes meet, the animosity is palpable.
Yet, informed by Yu Yuan's prior revelations of an impending invasion by numerous extraterrestrial deities, the Light Spirit refrained from banishing the darkness, despite being fully capable.
Its true form resided within the Peak of Creation, and with Canli at its disposal, its divine might, if unleashed, would fill the hidden place with its radiant power, dispelling the collaborative darkness of the Primal Soul and the Dark Anima.
The imminent threat of foreign adversaries necessitated a tempering of its might, preventing a full display of power.
Nevertheless, despite its concealment, the formidable presence it exuded after assimilating the cosmic order of the sun, moon, and stars continued to unsettle the Dark Anima.
"Once we've dealt with the external threat, if you still wish to challenge me, I'll indulge you in a game," the Light Spirit said with a slight upturn of her lips, her bright eyes and pearly teeth revealing her utter disregard for the Dark Anima.
Her pristine wings unfurled behind her, radiating a sacred glow, her newfound confidence stemming from the knowledge of her unprecedented transformation.
"Alright."
The enchanting woman, now an incarnation of the Dark Anima, vanished back into the depths of her pupils like a wraith.
Boom! Thunderous crashes echoed as the Peak of Creation, under Taishi's command, repeatedly slammed into the skeletal giant.
The skeletal giant, crafted by the Evil Temple, appeared on the verge of crumbling beneath the formidable Peak of Creation.
Mother Earth, perched atop the mountain, wore an expression of icy detachment, her heart swelling with satisfaction.
The Peak of Creation could have been larger, but it had been deliberately condensed to facilitate travel through the void and to enable Taishi to wield it effectively against the Evil Temple's skeletal giant.
"Excellent smashing! Well done!"
Mother Earth reveled in sheer delight.
There was a time when she, too, had been relentlessly battered by the Evil Temple in the thick darkness. She had longed to dismantle that temple!
Today, she could finally unleash her fury, and she was determined to savor this moment through Taishi's might.
"You used the Lord of the Abyss to strike me down with the Holy Temple in the past. Now, with Taishi, I will see your Holy Temple laid to waste!"
Mother Earth mused silently.
Suddenly, a broad beam of cyan-black light burst forth from her star-sized eyes, instantly piercing the Evil Temple's skeletal giant.
The Primal Soul exerted its power in secret, delivering a crushing blow to the retreating skeletal giant.
With a clatter, the giant shattered into countless massive bone fragments, drifting through the dark expanse of the void.
Jihui, with an impassive visage, gazed at Mother Earth as if to say, "The Holy Temple I built can only be destroyed by my hand, certainly not by yours."
Mother Earth emitted a cold scoff.
At that moment.
Whoosh!
A dazzling, multicolored beam of divine light, imbued with the profound mysteries of space magic, burst forth from the exploded remains of the skeletal giant.
Within the prismatic light, two silhouettes emerged, seemingly deities from the Otherworld.
Before anyone could discern the true faces of these gods, the divine light whisked them away through the previously torn rift, vanishing in a flash from the shrouded void.
Yu Yuan, now inhabiting Jihui and wielding the Dragon Slaying Stage, along with Mother Earth atop the Peak of Creation, both masters of space magic, immediately commenced a search across the outer Star River.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Countless streams of spatial energy undulated in the outside world, causing the void to heave like an unruly carpet.
Crack!
A multitude of jagged fissures were violently torn open by the force of these three individuals.
Their presence and divine power surged into the various Astral Domains of the Wasteland, in pursuit of the elusive, rainbow-colored divine light.
The matter of the two Otherworldly Gods was of utmost urgency; they had to be apprehended quickly to avert an impending catastrophe.
Regrettably, their search yielded nothing.
Enveloped by the divine light, the two gods vanished into the Wasteland's Star River. Despite their exhaustive search, they could not detect the divine light's trajectory, leaving the whereabouts of the two Otherworldly Gods a mystery.
"It was the Space God, Devitt, who abducted Zhong Chichen."
Chen Qinghuang, gravely wounded, had already withdrawn her three-headed and six-armed Divine Visage. The ashen Divine Bird, battered and emanating an aura of death, had once again merged with her body.
She gazed in the direction of the departing divine light and spoke solemnly, "In addition to the two Otherworldly Gods, there is something within the divine light that harbors a fearsome toxin."
"Poison?"
The word sent a ripple of alarm through the crowd.
Yu Yuan's brow furrowed. He was aware of Chen Qinghuang's extraordinary ability to detect poisons, a skill honed through her connection with the Snail Goddess, Kuna.
Chen Qinghuang's pointed remark indicated that the poison contained within the divine light was far from ordinary.
Kuna had mastered the essence of Otherworldly poisons, unlocking their secrets, which held sway over his Solar Spirit and the vast expanse of flesh beneath him.
With the Space God and the Death God having departed with some toxic entity, one had to wonder what they intended to do.
"Poison..."
The entity that had taken over Jihui, now wielding the Path of Undead, tapped into his network spread across the Wasteland's many voids. He persisted in his search for the two Otherworldly Gods, guided by the souls and ghosts drawn into his spectral path.
He, too, harbored a foreboding sense that the departed gods were bound to enact some scheme within the Origin Realm and the Wasteland.
