Chapter 352 The Final Counterattack of the Universe
A gigantic, dizzyingly complex golden rune appeared instantly.
At its core is a rotating vortex.
The edges are sharp golden serrations, exuding a power of suppression and devouring!
Wherever the vortex passed, space began to distort, and the rampant dark lightning and blades of law were swallowed up like rivers flowing into the sea.
But that's not enough!
The intense exertion left Huali and Qiran pale as death, but their strength was ultimately limited.
At that moment, Luo Chuan, Lian Zhuo, Wen Jin, Shen Yu, and Yan Xi simultaneously changed their methods and unhesitatingly poured in their purest power!
Wen Tingyun, Fu Yan, Mu Feng, and Li Yuan also joined one after another.
The spiritual energy, though of vastly different natures, combined with the power of the two artifact spirits and the divine beast, instantly transformed into terrifying fluctuations that shook the laws of nature.
"Golden Body Devouring Demon Curse, slay!"
A beam of light, hundreds of feet in diameter and containing destructive energy, slammed into the core of the high-hanging, cold, dark silver sky with unstoppable force!
Boom!
In the instant the lights collided, the whole world lost its sound and color!
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At the same time, elsewhere in the Fallen Star Ruins.
Tang Wanwan, Mo Ziyan, and others are engaged in a fierce battle with a demonic beast tainted by black energy.
The world was filled with shouts of battle, roars of beasts, sounds of energy exploding, and the nauseating hissing of black mist.
Aura and black mist intertwine, and life is disappearing every moment.
What's even more disgusting is that this black aura seems endless, making the tainted monsters feel no pain and become fearless of death.
Just as the battle lines were stretching out—
Buzz!
An indescribable energy fluctuation emanated from the ground beneath their feet.
Tang Wanwan gripped the Xuanfeng Sword tightly, wiped the blood from her face with the back of her hand, and looked up back-to-back with Mo Ziyan.
The next second, a pillar of light shot up from the ground in the distance, piercing the sky, and boldly met the dark silver sky above everyone's wide eyes!
Even though they were far apart, the deafening roar still reached Rongxing and Geluotan's ears.
The ground beneath their feet trembled violently, the threads on the Causal Tree swayed, but in the eyes of Fen Yu and Wu Jin, there was a resolute determination to defend to the death.
Heaven and earth shattered, the earth sank, and Geluotan's prophecy was ultimately fulfilled.
Therefore—the cause-and-effect tree absolutely cannot be damaged!
The other members of the secret realm who had been tricked away by Huali earlier stared wide-eyed at this powerful attack.
"It's Hua Niang! And the Buddhist monks too!"
"Could this celestial phenomenon be the culprit behind the sudden depletion of spiritual energy?"
"No one has ascended to heaven for thousands of years. Is it because the Heavenly Dao refuses to allow these people to ascend?"
"Damn it!! I've worked so hard to cultivate, why are we getting no benefits this year?"
"When I first started practicing Qi cultivation, there were eight people in one cave dwelling. But after I left, the cave dwelling was renovated into a four-person room!"
"Before I started fasting, there wasn't even a place to sit in the kitchen every day. But after I started fasting, the kitchen was renovated!!"
"Now that I'm at the Nascent Soul stage and close to ascension, you're telling me I can't?! How can that be?!"
"Fellow Daoists!! While the Flower Maiden is engaged in battle, we cannot remain idle. Find the place where the black energy appears and sever the connection!!"
"Those who obstruct my ascension—"
"kill!!!"
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Ruins of Fallen Stars.
Fine, glass-like cracks began to appear in the dark silver sky.
In the midst of extreme confrontation and annihilation, a sharp, painful, angry, and unbelievable buzzing sound came from the depths of the universe!
For the first time, the power of headquarters was truly and violently shaken.
This attack, which combined the power of all those destined for greatness, the card-based mission participants, the power of the Heavenly Dao, and the spirit of the divine artifact, was like a giant axe that split the heavens and the earth, severely damaging the core of the headquarters.
The world, which has always been high and mighty, never imagined that it would end up in such a sorry state.
It was born in the depths of the universe and has a natural and powerful control over various small worlds.
For it, plunder is as natural as breathing, a law of nature.
Therefore, it never imagined that these tiny, vulnerable creatures in the little world would one day suddenly awaken and rebel.
Let's stick with the mission takers who have been tamed by it!
Only at this moment did the high and mighty deity realize the truth, but it was too late to undo the damage.
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This attack inflicted irreversible damage on the headquarters system. However, the explosive force exceeding its limits also came at a considerable cost.
Before the light had completely faded, a powerful backlash had already struck.
Qi Ran was the first to be affected.
As the core supporting Huali, she bore the brunt of the pressure of power flow.
At that moment, her face turned pale. As the formation disappeared, her aura instantly weakened, and she barely managed to stay upright by supporting herself with her hands on the ground.
The spiritual power remaining in each of the chosen ones was also almost depleted.
Karin's face was also frighteningly pale.
But unfortunately, it's not completely over yet.
—Just when everyone's old strength was exhausted and new strength had not yet emerged, the severely damaged headquarters system calmly analyzed and found the optimal solution.
It has lost control of the world.
But before that, the "bug" that is fighting against it must be eliminated!
A sliver of residual law forcefully broke through the barrier and precisely locked onto the card beside Huali...
The next second!!!
The five cards representing metal, wood, water, fire, and earth were forcibly extracted by that power, transforming into five streams of light that shot towards the top of a distant pile of rubble that had collapsed and been pushed together due to the battle.
"Come back!" Huali instinctively reached out to Erkang.
Ao Bai lunged forward, and he and Xiao Ta reached out to grab them at the same time, but they were bounced back by an invisible barrier.
Enraged, Ao Bai arched his back and bristled, yelling, "You son of a bitch, can't take a joke?! Once King Meow Meow regains his divine power, I'll raid your lair!"
Huali immediately looked at Luo Chuan and the others. After confirming that no one had been implicated, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Why did headquarters launch this final attack, targeting cards instead of people?
Huali felt a growing unease and hurriedly urged, "Everyone, eat the hibiscus wood in your hands now!"
The Fusang wood is unique in the entire cultivation world... so naturally they wanted to leave it to Huali...
Seeing that none of the concubines in the harem cooperated, King Li was furious!
The king pointed and issued an ultimatum: "I'll check everyone in a bit, and if I find out that someone isn't eating... I won't speak a single word to them for the next month—no, for a year!!"
Her hand pointed precisely at Shen Yu, "Especially you, young master!"
Shen Yu, who had been called out, wiped the blood from the corner of his lips. "Don't... underestimate this general."
"You're underestimating me! Eat! Don't force me to pry your mouth open."
Shen Yu: "..."
Seeing that the group obediently ate the hibiscus wood in their hands, Huali felt a little better.
He turned his head to look at the cards again.
"Is headquarters planning to destroy the cards?"
The wicked kitten immediately sneered, "It's dreaming! This card is just a copy, not made by headquarters. Just setting traps in it would be exhausting for them!"
The five cards hovered precisely at the top of the pile of rubble, as if forming a staircase leading to a trap.
But with Steward Ao's words, King Pear refused to fall for it!
Are you kidding me? As long as everyone's alright, it's fine to take the cards for now. We can figure out how to get them back together once everyone has recovered.
The Pear King, with a very composed demeanor, made a gesture to calm him down, "It's alright, it's not a big problem..."
After catching her breath, Qi Ran put the cards away again.
Xiao Tong was stunned by her actions. "Huh? The fire card had just turned into four and a half little stars, how come it's back to three now?"
Qi Ran paused.
The number of stars in the Zhanli Stars has always been three, never reaching the fourth. How could it suddenly be full of stars?
Why? Under what circumstances...?
In a flash, Qi Ran looked up and was about to speak when Hua Li beat her to it.
Just a second ago, Pear King was calm and collected, but now he suddenly swayed precariously as he transformed into Hua Daiyu!
Tick-tock, tick-tock—
Without any warning, blood began to flow from her nose.
Hua Li looked up blankly and met Wen Jin's gaze as he flashed to her side.
"Wen Jin, what's wrong with me?"
Ao Bai, who shared Hua Li's feelings, turned around almost in astonishment.
"Host! Your life is slipping away?!?"
"My life is slipping away?" Karin was bewildered. "Why?"
"Cards!"
Qi Ran, vomiting blood, interrupted, "Huali... you must get the cards back... now!!"
"Your core power and your cards share a common origin; the headquarters is ultimately trying to corrupt your cards with the remaining causal links."
"If it succeeds... you will be completely crippled... or even killed..."
Before Qi Ran could finish speaking, Wen Jin had already rushed out first!
The Nine Spirits Netherfire rose from the rubble like a raging wind, sweeping across most of the area, only to be repelled by an even more violent turbulent current.
Wen Jin grunted, swallowing the blood without leaving a trace, his pale golden eyes chillingly cold.
His first attack failed, and Shen Yu followed up immediately.
The Devourer's cold light was chilling. After shattering several turbulent currents, it was forced to retreat repeatedly before it could even get close.
After sliding down one knee for several meters, the young master turned his head and coughed up a mouthful of blood.
"Chen Yu!" Hua Li instinctively reached for her cards, only to find them empty.
"Don't worry, let me try," Lian Zhuo gently reassured her.
The Buddhist disciple stepped forward, his body radiating a gentle yet resilient Buddhist light, attempting to forcefully cleave a passage with the power of purification and protection.
"All dharma is empty, evil is utterly vanquished!"
Where the Buddha's light shone, the chaotic energy barriers seemed to be slightly smoothed out.
Huali's eyes lit up as she watched the Buddhist disciple steadily ascend.
However, as Lian Zhuo stepped onto the broken stone steps, the condensed fragments of law directly pierced through the Buddha's light defense and flew past Lian Zhuo's arm!
Compared to the fact that it couldn't cause any real damage to Qi Yunzi's headquarters, what it left behind was enough to draw a trail of blood from Lian Zhuo's arm.
The power of becoming a deity ultimately stops just a few steps away.
"Heh." Luo Chuan, who had seen everything, sneered. "In that case, let me, the king, have a go."
Luo Chuan's robes fluttered slightly, but he did not charge in a straight line; instead, he swept upwards in a mysterious and unpredictable trajectory.
As it spread its eight tails, it cleverly avoided the head-on attack of the turbulent currents.
He was on the verge of reaching the top, but just as his finger touched the card—
The five cards themselves spontaneously unleashed a repulsive force.
This was the headquarters' last stand, repelling all living beings of this world that tried to touch it!
Caught off guard, Luo Chuan froze.
In that brief moment of hesitation, seven or eight turbulent currents around him, like sharks smelling blood, joined forces to strangle him.
Luo Chuan flicked his sleeve, shattering most of the weapon, but was still struck by two of them!
Bang--
The dignified demon king at the Tribulation Transcending stage was actually more severely injured than everyone else. His body was violently shaken off the top of the rubble!
When he staggered to the ground, Luo Chuan's face was terribly gloomy.
Instead of weakening, the barrier above became even more violent and condensed due to the impact of these people.
It was no longer just a barrier, but transformed into a fragmented storm that completely enveloped the entire staircase.
Even from a distance, everyone could feel its bone-chilling power.
“No.” Luo Chuan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his smile vanishing completely. “The closer you get to the card, the stronger the remaining defensive mechanism becomes. It not only repels power, but also repels a complete ‘existence’.”
"The more forcefully you push forward, the greater the backlash will be."
Luo Shenshu, who was standing to the side, sensed the energy flow within the chaotic storm and suddenly spoke:
"The core of this storm isn't targeting everything; it seems to react less strongly to a certain aura that shares the same origin as it..."
Huali suppressed her dizziness and took the spiritual herbs from Zhaoheng, then ate them voraciously!
"The only one that shares the same origin as it is Qi Ran. Do you think she's suitable?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Qi Ran felt the "major attention" from the ten chosen ones for the first time.
But it was for someone else.
Qi Ran felt a tightness in her chest and vomited blood again.
Although Huali had vomited several times like her, fortunately, the fourth star of the water-type card allowed her to fully recover her health once in the middle, but Qiran vomited from beginning to end.
So right now, it looks like she'll die even earlier than Karin.
A deathly silence, as if from a desperate situation, enveloped everyone.
Even with the support of a large amount of spiritual herbs and elixirs, Huali's vitality was still waning, and her vision was even becoming slightly blurred.
Just then, Yan Xi, who had been silent all along, suddenly curled the corners of his lips into a smile for no apparent reason.
He had been standing quietly to the side, staring unblinkingly at the top of the pile of rubble.
From Wen Jin to Luo Chuan today, the flow of each trajectory is analyzed without leaving a trace.
At this moment, having discerned something, he slowly lowered his head, looking at the intensely flashing and tightening boundary ring on his wrist, and chuckled very softly.
"Ha...so a stumbling block can sometimes be a stepping stone." Yan Xi's fingers traced the bone-deep pain of that "humiliation." "Luckily...I didn't let my little benefactor cut it off back then..."
"This...isn't it coming in handy?"
The words were incoherent and spoken in a very low voice, so only Karin, whose hearing was exceptionally sensitive due to her impaired vision, noticed them.
She turned her head blankly, "A little bird?"
Yan Xi moved closer to Hua Li with his usual calm and rhythmic steps. "Little benefactor," he said in a clear and gentle voice, "it seems I'll have to go get your cards for you."
When a gentle kiss landed on Huali's face, Huali's heart tightened for no reason. She subconsciously reached out to grab Yanxi, but grasped only empty air.
Yan Xi turned around quickly, the gentle smile on her face vanishing completely. In its place was a complete and utter madness.
Without the slightest hesitation, they charged straight towards the barrier where the gale was howling!
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