Chapter 616 VS Great Demon Qilin 1

Perhaps because all the great demons are essentially earthly incarnations of the Gospel of Naraku, their heavenly and earthly manifestations are all of the same color, namely, "the embodiment of the apocalyptic spacetime".

The appearance of the third great demon made the already rapidly unfolding apocalyptic phenomenon on the surface even more intense, and its spread accelerated to an even greater extent.

"--'stop'!"

Fa Zheng and I simultaneously used the power of words, unleashing our own Dharma Transformation to try and stop the erosion of the real world by the apocalyptic spacetime.

Under normal circumstances, the Heavenly and Earthly Manifestations cannot cancel each other out. For example, my Heavenly and Earthly Manifestations can manifest the heat of fire in its own region, while the Heavenly and Earthly Manifestations of the Water Master Xuanwu can manifest the rain of water. The simultaneous occurrence of the two will only result in a sultry, rainy day.

According to records, Fazheng's "Law of Heaven and Earth" makes the region he is in colder. This is a weather phenomenon that is more likely to oppose mine than the Black Tortoise of the Navy. However, if we both activate our "Law of Heaven and Earth" simultaneously, it will most likely not cancel each other out, but rather create a convection of hot and cold weather, which might eventually lead to a huge storm.

Similarly, I don't expect the simultaneous deployment of the Heavenly Manifestation Technique here to truly seal off the unfolding of the Doomsday Spacetime. It's just a desperate attempt to create some kind of restraint, even if it's only half-baked. Doing something is better than doing nothing; maybe it can slightly delay the opponent's erosion efficiency.

Unfortunately, all our attempts failed miserably.

Not only did I fail to delay the opposing doomsday timeline, but I also felt my own Dharma Body was forcibly covered up, unable to unfold smoothly. It was like applying paint to a canvas, with the opposing side using darker and thicker paint than my own. And it wasn't just Dharma Body that was having problems; even the power of Words was affected.

It wasn't simply because the other side had more troops; that was a more fundamental problem. I immediately realized that we had been unfairly treated.

Whether it's the power of the heavens and the earth or the power of words, neither of them originates from the power of the Great Impermanence itself, but is a kind of natural privilege. Just as a celestial body with sufficient mass can capture a smaller celestial body and make it a satellite, the Great Impermanence can also do things that seem like "the world revolves around it," which is an external natural law.

However, if even the planet's natural will—the Gospel of Naraku—stands against us, this bias will be reversed. Of course, part of the principle of the Great Impermanence Law of Heaven and Earth is the coercive force of its own consciousness coloring the surrounding environment, so it won't completely disappear. But if the planet's natural will unconditionally favors the three-headed demon on the other side, then it's only natural that our Law of Heaven and Earth will be overwhelmed.

"Qilin!" Fa Zheng, enraged, pointed his spear at the newly appeared third great demon.

This great demon was smaller than the previous two, standing only about four or five meters tall. It had a slender human form and was made entirely of black steel, resembling a full suit of heavy armor on the battlefield.

Inversely proportional to its size, its magical power fluctuations were significantly greater than those of the Great Demon Jizang, and its entire body was enveloped in undisguised killing intent. I had initially thought that the Great Demon Jizang and the Great Demon Yulei alone were insufficient to contend with me and Fazheng, but the appearance of this new Great Demon changed my mind. This was a powerful Great Demon capable of turning the tide and defeating Fazheng or me.

I had heard of the name Qilin before.

It is said that this was the name of the adopted daughter and direct disciple of the most powerful and unpredictable old fist god of Luoshan. She was also one of the past great unpredictable beings of Luoshan and the wife of Yuchi. Due to her immense strength, she was accidentally killed by the old fist god of the past.

Just as Fazheng was about to unleash his attack, the Great Demon Qilin struck.

The lightning-fast strike landed on Fazheng's body.

Unable to see its movement, Fazheng likely didn't react in time either. To put it another way, it's like a hunter standing ten meters away, bow drawn and aimed at you, while you try to catch the arrow's movement with your eyes as it fires. It's only natural that you can't see it clearly.

It was impossible to tell whether the opponent used a punch or a kick. In an instant, Fazheng was sent flying. Immediately afterward, I sensed the Great Demon Qilin's killing intent shifting to me.

As it launched its next attack, I accelerated my consciousness to its limit. The world before my eyes slowed to a standstill. This time, I managed to barely catch a glimpse of its trajectory, but I could only watch helplessly. Hundreds of meters away, it hurtled towards me like a rapid jab coming from close range.

This attack completely locked me down; dodging was impossible, and I didn't even have time for a proper parry. I could only reflexively concentrate my strength to increase my defense, while the Great Demon Qilin instantly moved in front of me and slammed me away with a knee strike.

That attack nearly shattered my chest, and my soul suffered considerable damage as well. However, in the blink of an eye, I had repaired my soul. Whether it was because I defended in time or because my super-fast regeneration had diverted its attention, the Great Demon Qilin did not pursue Fazheng, but instead launched a pursuit on me without hesitation.

Meanwhile, the Great Demon Jizang and the Great Demon Yulei pursued Fazheng in his direction.

I have also done some basic research on the information about the Qilin, who was the Great Impermanence, during his lifetime. I can't say that I know everything about his life, but I do have a general understanding.

According to legend, the Qilin is a great impermanence whose special ability is super speed. Apart from the old Fist God, no one in the history of Luoshan can match its maximum speed.

Furthermore, Qilin itself is a combat specialist, a Great Impermanence, just like Zhu Yi, the ancestor of the Zhu family who wielded the power of gold and slaughter. During the Great Completion stage, there was a saying that it was possible to defy the Great Impermanence. After becoming a Great Impermanence, it became unstoppable. As a newly promoted Great Impermanence, it could compete with the veteran Great Impermanence. Later, it mastered the density method, which is indispensable for the Great Impermanence, at an extremely fast speed. Its growth was simply astonishing.

Therefore, even today, many people believe that Qilin is a super genius who could potentially open the third door after the old Fist God. Some even believe that the old Fist God mysteriously killed Qilin because he was jealous of his disciple's talent and feared being surpassed by him.

The Great Demon Qilin did not rush to attack me again. Instead, after getting close enough, it circled me at high speed like a satellite, like a seasoned martial artist judging the distance between himself and his enemy, coldly analyzing the enemy's footwork and weaknesses.

Its movement trajectory was highly irregular; perhaps there was some kind of pattern involved, but I couldn't analyze it at all. However, there was one thing I did notice.

For someone like me, a Great Impermanence, or those great demons, as long as they go all out, their physical speed can easily exceed a thousand times the speed of sound, which is more than one-thousandth the speed of light. The Qilin, on the other hand, far surpasses us; its initial velocity is at least thirty times that of me.

Its speed is so great that its impact on the surrounding environment is self-evident. Although its size is much smaller than other great demons, it is still enough to stir up a storm that destroys everything.

The phenomenon of generating such aftershocks can also be seen as the energy of a moving object being transferred to the outside. As the surrounding environment is damaged, the speed of the moving object is continuously deprived.

Strangely, none of these phenomena occurred with the Great Demon Qilin. Neither aftershocks nor deceleration took place. Air resistance seemed to be nonexistent for it.

Not only that, it kept accelerating, gradually pushing me beyond my reaction time limits.

Meanwhile, on the other side, through the continuous fluctuations of magical power, it could be sensed that Fazheng, the Great Demon Dizang, and the Great Demon Yulei had entered into a fierce battle. Shockwaves powerful enough to destroy a city were continuously being generated, and Fazheng was clearly trying to freeze all the shockwaves with his own power as before, but this was gradually becoming an impossible task.

Fazheng didn't erase the aftershocks; he merely forcibly stopped them. The more the aftershocks accumulated, the greater the burden on Fazheng. Even with his divine weapon of humanity, he couldn't possibly attend to his surroundings while fighting two great demons. Even if he tried to, he would only be distracted and suffer a crushing defeat at the hands of the two great demons, thus losing the ability to freeze the aftershocks.

Heroes who swear to protect everything are always more constrained than villains who seek to destroy everything. And the combination of the Great Demon Jizo and the Great Demon Yulei is even more troublesome than the combination of the Great Demon Huangquan and the Great Demon Xuanwu. This is not a battle that Fazheng can win by multitasking. If Fazheng and I were to each deal with one of the Great Demons, things might have ended peacefully; the appearance of the third Great Demon cruelly disrupted this balance.

Finally, the situation completely spiraled out of Fazheng's control. The destructive impact that had been building up on the battlefield between the Great Impermanence and the Great Demon finally crashed down upon the city, which had fallen into chaos.

It was as if a hairdryer at full power had blown away scattered scraps of paper. From directly below to the horizon, countless man-made structures were razed to the ground, with massive amounts of rubble, dirt, and dust rising into the sky, obscuring the sun. Where previously one could sense a great deal of life and spirit activity within a radius of a hundred miles, now entire areas had vanished, plunging into an utterly terrifying silence.

This second-tier coastal city simply vanished from the map, along with the lives of millions of its inhabitants.

(End of this chapter)