Chapter 43

"He is..."

Crazy and wavering words echoed on everyone's lips, but no one could utter them.

Their pupils trembled, and they hesitated to move forward, even doubting whether the person in front of them, shrouded in golden light, was the same person as before.

Was it the remnant of the gods that descended through him?

Or has the sleeping god finally awakened?

The pair of silver eyes suddenly cast a gentle glance.

The clear eyes showed neither sadness nor joy, but they made the giants present take a step back unconsciously.

By the time they reacted, a faint blush appeared on the giants' faces, as if they were ashamed of their own retreat, but no one dared to speak at this time.

Kano raised his weapon and stood on guard, but he could see that the fighting spirit of these giants had been lost by half, so most of his attention turned to the figures on the river bank.

The ghost-faced young man in the crowd opened his mouth slightly, his slightly rapid breathing muffled by the mask, making it difficult for him to breathe. "...Is that legend true? He..."

No one moved at this moment. They seemed to be frozen in time, their every move completely controlled by the golden color half-hanging in the air. Only the sound of their hearts was beating wildly in their ears.

At the same time, inside the shipyard.

The enslaved fairies and some other races are being held in the large ship.

This huge ship was fully functional except for its inability to cross the Dead River. These slaves and boatmen were almost always locked in the ship's hold except when they were working.

The sealed doors and windows eroded their will day after day, and they had long forgotten what day it was.

"It's here...!" Suddenly, a strange voice was heard, and then a group of people rushed into the cabin where they were locked up.

The confused aliens looked up at the people who were trying to pry off their chains and asked slowly, "...Who are you?"

"They are the rebels who are resisting the rule of the Shura race!" the man answered quickly, frowning because of the lock that he couldn't open.

The locked aliens watched their actions numbly, like a pool of silent stagnant water. They had long lost hope in this dark world.

"Where's Ghost Face?" the man turned around and asked the others, "The news he brought back shows that his own people are not here?"

"Don't worry about him for now! He got in too easily this time. Where did all those Shuras go..." The people next to him were obviously very uneasy about this unusual situation and kept urging him.

At this moment, a companion suddenly shouted: "Hey - look!!"

The companion was clinging to a tiny gap in the cabin. He didn't know what he saw, but his voice trembled slightly and his body shook more and more violently.

Everyone exchanged glances, their first bad feeling coming to mind. Could it be that they had seen the Shura army closing in outside? Could this be a trap?

Their hearts suddenly sank, and they suddenly prepared for the worst. However, when the first person gradually walked towards the cabin wall, his hand just touched the crack in the wall, and the light overflowing from between his fingers suddenly pierced his eyes, causing pain.

That is...!

——On the bank of the Dead River, people saw Lu Mi suddenly raise his hand.

The halo worn on the wrist gently rang out an ethereal sound like a bell, instantly occupying all their senses, and everyone immediately stared at the direction where the hand was moving.

The next second, the golden light that had gathered around his body suddenly flew out with a point of his finger.

Each point of golden light dragged a long tail of light, and for a moment it seemed like the most magnificent meteor shower since the creation of the world, breaking through the barrier of the Dead River.

"That direction is... not good!" At this time, the giants finally reacted.

They moved their legs powerlessly and ran across the earth, like the legendary giants chasing the sun, trying to retain the dazzling sunlight.

The entire earth shook violently due to the giants' running, but as everyone looked at their figures returning to the shipyard for support, a strange sense of pity suddenly arose in their hearts for some reason.

You know, the best way now is to attack Lu Mi, the source, and maybe interrupt him - but they avoided it. Did they not think about it, or were they deliberately not thinking about it?

What are you wavering about? What are you hesitating about? What are you running away from?

Sure enough, the giants were completely unable to catch up with the speed of light, and could only watch as the light enveloped the giant ship and lifted it up.

The rising giant ship flew over the giants' heads and landed straight in front of Lu Mi.

"Boom—"

The sound of the huge ship falling into the river in the harbor seemed to be the sound of the dust settling.

Countless crisp cracking sounds were heard from inside the ship, and the chains that trapped the people on the ship were all broken by the golden light attached to them.

The hatches of the ship slammed open one after another, and the wild wind from the wilderness rushed in, flowing the air throughout the ship.

Under the gaze of Lu Mi and others, after a long while, the staggering figures of the boatmen finally came out one by one.

These people seemed like underground creatures that had not seen the light for a long time. They tried several times to poke their heads out of the cave before they finally mustered up the courage to walk out.

Then they saw Lu Mi who was looking at them gently.

Those spotless silver eyes possess a noble divinity. If you look up with fear, they appear cold and majestic. If you shed tears of gratitude and feel terrified, they appear as kind and peaceful as the original father who created all things.

So, the rebels who followed them hesitantly saw that the expressions of these numb boatmen suddenly moved - as if a puppet broke free from the strings and twitched its stiff faces for the first time on its own.

"You can't..." The giants of the Shura species finally couldn't sit still anymore. This ship and these people were the result of decades of struggle by their entire Southern Region.

However, the unmoving golden spirit simply said, "I can."

The blue-horned giant with the most violent temper suddenly fell silent, and then the veins in his hand holding the weapon suddenly tensed up.

"What are you doing!?" The other giants suddenly held down his hand as he was about to raise his weapon. "We are no match for him now!"

As if afraid of being heard, the giants who never bothered to conceal their voices lowered their voices for the first time, and every muscle in their body was secretly exerting force.

The green-horned giant's chest heaved violently, but that wasn't entirely out of anger; it also contained a trembling that was fighting against a certain inexplicable awe. "If we don't do anything now, from now on, what will our Shura race have to be proud of in the Southern Territory?!"

The black-horned giant, who was vaguely the brain, twitched his lips.

——To face a powerful, seemingly living legend, courage alone is not enough.

For the first time, the Black Horned Giant didn't know what to do. He was almost giving up on himself and calling out to their king in his heart.

Yes, in this situation, only the King of the Shura species can give them guidance and stabilize the situation... It is definitely not because he wants to escape!

The people on the giant ship didn't know what happened, but they knew that the person who was suspected of saving them refuted the words of the Shura clan, and the Shura clan did not fight back.

Security! This person gave them the sense of security they lacked the most, so at least now with this person present, they can cry out loud, right?

"Xifa! Dongfa...!" Zuofa and Youfa saw the fairies in the corner among the crowd on the big ship. They called out the names of familiar people and rushed over to hug them with tears in their eyes.

"Great! Lu Mi really rescued you!"

That seemed to be a signal, and instantly there were cries of venting from all over the ship.

Some of the calmer boatmen knelt on the ground in fear and trepidation, confessing their uncontrollable tears and shouting to their savior, for fear that the golden light would abandon them out of disgust.

Lu Mi just took in the scene quietly. After a few seconds, his eyes moved slightly and he suddenly looked up in a certain direction in the distance.

After this outsider, the other Shuras slowly raised their heads.

"This aura is!" The Shuras' faces showed expressions of extreme panic, and they even stuttered, "Yes, yes... the king has arrived!!"

The black-horned giant's face froze, and he thought that his mouth must have been blessed. He had just finished muttering when the real deity really came. He then showed an extremely contradictory and tangled expression, and for a moment he couldn't tell whether the arrival of their king was a good thing or a bad thing.

The dead air in the air suddenly became thicker, almost to the point of being overcast with dark clouds.

Lu Mi didn't know if the Shura species became more powerful as they grew bigger, but the Shura King that appeared before him was clearly the largest giant he had ever seen.

The other person was like a moving mountain, shrouded in a dark aura of death, and his face could not be seen at all.

Everyone was frightened by this sudden change. They seemed to really regard Lu Mi as a god, constantly calling for his presence and praying for protection.

What’s amazing is that Lu Mi can even hear those cries for help that only exist in the heart... Is this also the power of the fairy species?

Among these many calls, there was one that was particularly deafening, like the shrill mocking cry of a bell that had been rotten for thousands of years.

——"Why don't you come! Why don't you come!!"

The sound was shrill, crazy and chaotic, and it struck Lu Mi's heart clearly. He followed the sound of his heart and looked at its owner.

——It’s the Shura King.

At this time, the huge figure of King Shura stepped on the tops of the buildings in the royal city, like a moving disaster, flying from far to near among the collapsed rubble.

Finally, he arrived at the shipyard area and instantly noticed the obvious golden figure in the air.

“……!”

At that moment, the pupils hidden behind the deathly aura suddenly contracted and then widened. He instantly leaped high into the air, landing directly in front of Lu Mi with a loud bang.

The ground was suddenly covered with dust.

The thick death energy, like a cancer attached to the bones, had reached the point where even the Black Horned Giant and other Shuras could not get close to it. However, Lu Mi, who was very close to the opponent, was not affected at all.

Even when the deathly energy tried to invade the golden figure, it was directly purified away by the light spots gathered around him.

"King..." The black-horned giant took a difficult step forward and was about to say something despite the deathly energy that stung his flesh, but was interrupted.

At this moment, King Shura could no longer hear any other sounds. He stared intently at the scene where the death energy was being purified. "You possess this power... It's you, the God of Guidance!!"

The words of King Shura were obviously more important than anyone else's. Even the boatmen who were originally trapped and confused came to their senses at this moment.

"The one who saved us...was God?"

"Is that really the God of Extradition?" The rebels gathered with Ghost Face and asked in disbelief, "The legendary one? I always thought it was just a legend!"

Ghost Face moved his lips and finally shook his head. "I don't know either, but King Shura seems to be..." He looked at the golden color with some concern and frowned slightly. "Very persistent."

"Isn't that a sure thing?" Someone in the resistance army gasped. "Crossing the Dead River is King Shura's lifelong wish. If he had known there were gods who could guide him, why would he need the fairy race?!"

However, Ghost Face’s brows furrowed even more tightly. No, it was definitely more than that!

"I have always believed in your existence, always believed... I have been calling you day after day for hundreds of years..."

Just as everyone was still immersed in the shock of the fact that gods really existed, the Shura King's deep voice had already spread.

The heaviness and deep emotion contained in that voice almost made them think that the other party had gone mad.

"But why didn't you respond to me, a hundred times, a thousand times, ten thousand times! I'm the most devout believer in you in this world, why did you abandon your most loyal believer!"

"Why have you come back now? Could it be that the cries of these ants are more pleasing to you than mine?!"

Lu Mi just looked calmly at the increasingly agitated Shura King and said slowly, "I'm not the person you're talking about."

“…”

The Shura King's voice suddenly stopped, and he suddenly looked at Lu Mi intently, "No, you are."

The tall giant suddenly raised his palm and pressed towards Lu Mi, but how could Lu Mi be hit by the other party?

Others, on the other hand, looked at the shining golden wheel with trepidation, as if creatures in the darkness were seeing the sun for the first time, cherishing every bit of the remaining light a thousand times more.

——No, don't hurt him!

——Don’t take away our light!!

This is the roar that most people don't have time to say at this moment.

The fanatical and faintly desperate madness on their faces made the other Shuras look sideways, and even had a fleeting fear like an illusion.

"This bunch of ants..." The Shuras subconsciously widened their eyes.

At this moment, Lu Mi, who had avoided the attack of Shura King, had already flown over the Dead River.

The slightly opened wings of light behind him extended infinitely to both sides, as if the dawn light suddenly appeared in the chaotic eternal night, and the dead air was swept away, revealing the turbulent river of death that few people could truly see.

At the same time, King Shura's attack missed and hit the river, suddenly creating a waterway.

“Woo—woo—”

It was the sound of a ship's whistle.

Lu Mi couldn't help but look sideways and found that there was a boat appearing on the Dead River.

The ship I had never seen before drifted in the turbulent river.

“Save us!”

"Help!!"

Lu Mi heard cries for help coming from the ship one after another, and at the same time, several human figures ran out from the deck.

"God, please save us and get us out of here...!" These people clung to the boat poles with despair on their faces.

A human ship?

Lu Mi was surprised. How could he appear here?

Just as he was about to move, the crowd on the banks of the Dead River suddenly became agitated when they saw him move. At the same time, the ghost-faced young man rushed out and said quickly, "Don't go! That's all an illusion of the Dead River, something that doesn't exist, like a mirage!"

These abyss creatures who have lived in the southern region for many years are obviously very aware of this.

Sometimes the illusion would create a new continent, luring ignorant aliens into the river of death, and then those aliens would never come back.

On the contrary, King Shura, who was supposed to take advantage of the situation to pursue, froze when he saw the ship, his eyes suddenly widening, "That is..."

But Lu Mi did not hesitate, because he did hear the heartbeat, it couldn't be an illusion.

Then the golden god suddenly turned around and headed towards the depths of the turbulent Dead River. The people standing on the shore were dumbfounded and watched his figure anxiously.

——At this moment, they didn't even know who to pray to. If ordinary people could pray to God to protect themselves, then if they wanted to protect their gods, who should they pray to so that they could be safe?

And then, everyone saw an incredible scene - the golden figure merged into the illusion.

As we all know, the illusion itself is a non-existent shadow, so it has no real sense and cannot be touched. However, at this moment, the golden god clearly moved the side of the ship and even interacted with the people on the ship.

"Where are you from?"

A golden god descended from the sky and landed in front of the humans on the boat.

The miserable appearance of the group of humans with tears streaming down their faces was frozen in time, and the aliens on the shore could even clearly see their astonishment and shock.