Chapter 439 Eight Years Later
The sky of Qiyuan Star is shrouded in thick haze. The once prosperous city has now turned into ruins. The charred land is filled with the pungent smell of gunpowder. The survivors shuttle among the ruins, searching for their loved ones and hope.
This great battle with the Lord of Flesh and Blood and the Lord of Elements brought a devastating blow to Qiyuan Star. Hundreds of millions of lives were lost, and the entire planet seemed to have fallen into an endless dark abyss.
After Wei Huan and others returned to Qiyuan Star, they looked at the tragic scene before them and their hearts were filled with grief and self-blame.
Xu Qingqiang punched the remaining wall and roared, "It's all my fault! If I were stronger, this disaster wouldn't have happened!"
His eyes were bloodshot and his voice was filled with endless regret.
Mu Zhong patted Xu Qingqiang on the shoulder and said in a low voice: "It's not your fault, we all tried our best. The most important thing now is to rebuild Qiyuan Star and let the dead rest in peace." His eyes also revealed sadness, but more of it was determination.
Wei Huan took a deep breath and tried to calm his inner turmoil: "Everyone cheer up! If we can defeat the Lord of Flesh and Blood and the Lord of Elements once, we can defeat them a second time.
Now, we must rebuild our home and restore Qiyuanxing to its former vitality."
His voice was firm and powerful, like a ray of light, bringing hope to everyone.
At this moment, the voice of the Lord of Light rang out in everyone's minds: "You don't have to blame yourselves. Being able to survive the attacks of two main gods and let them escape injured is already a remarkable achievement.
As long as you defend this place well, no god can easily destroy you. Humanity has firmly established a foothold in the divine realm."
Wei Huan and others felt a little comforted after hearing the words of the Lord of Light.
They knew that although this war had come at a heavy price, it had also earned them respect and status in the divine realm.
In the following days, Wei Huan and others quickly organized post-disaster reconstruction work.
They used the power of the gods to repair damaged land and buildings and help survivors rebuild their homes.
At the same time, they also strengthened the defense of Qiyuan Star to prevent the Lord of Flesh and Blood and the Lord of Elements from attacking again.
The scientific researchers of Qiyuan Star worked day and night to study the magic array of the Lord of Light, and then developed a series of new defensive weapons. These weapons can not only resist the attacks of the main god level, but also cause huge damage to the enemy.
The practitioners also practiced harder, improved their strength, and contributed their own strength to defending Qiyuan Star.
However, the impact of this war goes far beyond this.
Other gods in the divine realm also began to convey powerful messages from the human race.
It can even withstand the attacks of two main gods. With such combat power, ordinary gods would be courting death if they went there. Some lower-level and middle-level gods began to reject the possible mission to Qiyuan Star in their hearts.
Disasters will destroy the world. Although many overlords are restrained by the emperor's power, they will never give up the fight against disasters. Low-level gods who are involved in such a war will surely die.
In the eyes of the overlords, low-level overlords are just leeks, and there will always be another crop after one is harvested.
But if they did not participate in the war and hid on the edge of the divine realm, perhaps they could have avoided this disaster?
The divine realm was in turmoil because of this battle and gradually became treacherous.
The following period was very peaceful. After Wei Huan and the others personally participated in part of the post-disaster reconstruction work, they went into seclusion and began to practice.
In order to gain a foothold in the divine realm, they must be strong enough. If they did not have their own methods, they would not be able to kill the main gods, but could at least hold them back. The loss this time would be more than 100 million people. Perhaps the entire Qiyuan Star would be destroyed, and they would not survive.
Now, taking advantage of the favorable time, place and people, they need to become stronger. If they don’t leave the Lord of Flesh and Blood behind when they meet again next time, they will sooner or later destroy the Lord of Flesh and Blood’s kingdom of God and make him extinct.
During the first year of seclusion, Mu Zhong cultivated the ancient divine body and comprehended the repeated divine patterns.
Mu Zhong became a god later than Xu Qingqiang, and later he was in charge of the development of Qiyuan Star, which delayed his cultivation. In theory, his progress should be slower.
However, part of the cultivation of the ancient divine body comes from the strength of the spiritual consciousness. Mu Zhong and Wei Huan have been practicing spiritual consciousness together since they started practicing. His spiritual consciousness is second only to Wei Huan's among all people, so he has more advantages in comprehending divine patterns.
The reason why he did not comprehend the Mountain Divine Rune, but directly jumped to the Repeated Divine Rune, was because Mu Zhong knew very well that the Mountain Divine Rune, which was more suitable for close combat, was not suitable for him. His own position was very clear, which was to provide logistical support.
In addition, Wei Huan often saw the repeated word divine pattern used, so after he had a basic outline in his mind, it was very simple for him to comprehend it.
After Mu Zhong mastered the reduplication divine pattern, his law of time gained the ability to fold.
First, the blessings he bestowed on Wei Huan and others could be doubled, and if necessary, the divine origin could be sacrificed to double it again, but Wei Huan would not agree.
Secondly, the control of spatial flow rate can also be superimposed. The enemy is slower and our own people are faster. Under the huge time difference, it is like a battle between slow motion and teleportation.
Third, using the backtracking principle to treat injuries will also have better results.
After Mu Zhong mastered the Reduplication Divine Rune, he said with emotion: "If I had mastered the Reduplication Divine Rune a year earlier, I might have been able to leave behind the Lord of Flesh and Blood."
But this is just talk. Mu Zhong himself is also very clear that they are facing a main god-level god. In times of crisis, there must be many ways to escape. If they really stopped the Lord of Flesh and Blood from escaping, they might force the desperate Lord of Flesh and Blood to counterattack, and the losses may be even greater.
The following year, Xu Qingqiang mastered a large number of practical combat skills through the trial competition in the Blood Sea Divine Kingdom, and decided to enter the Chaos Source Gap alone to explore.
Three days later, Xu Qingqiang came back dejectedly and began to retreat without saying a word, cultivating the ancient divine body, comprehending the laws, and most importantly, wanting to comprehend the divine patterns.
After half a year without success in comprehending the divine runes, and with his ancient divine body making some progress, Xu Qingqiang, unwilling to give up, went to the Chaos Source Rift again. This time, he came back after a week and went into seclusion again.
From then on, he often went in and out of the Chaos Source Gap to fight against the Chaos Beasts. The unkillable beasts became his whetstone, his fighting skills became stronger and stronger, and the time he stayed in the Chaos Source Gap became longer and longer.
Five years later, Haotian cultivated the ancient divine body and possessed the ability to move freely in the divine realm and Qiyuan Star.
In three years, he will switch shifts with Dou Lin and go to challenge the world guardian, so he finds Wei Huan and asks Wei Huan to take him into the Chaos Source Gap to gain experience.
He said, "I haven't used up the 1,300 soul powers General Mu gave me, but I'll be leaving here in two years, and I'll be gone for 20 years. This is my duty and I can't afford to slack off. But I still have concerns in my heart. After much thought, I still have the nerve to come here."
Wei Huan smiled and said, "Why are we brothers talking about this? If you want to go, go ahead."
Afterwards, Wei Huan took Haotian to the Chaos Source Rift. Soon after entering, they met Xu Qingqiang who was honing his combat skills inside. The three of them teamed up and went deeper to obtain a thousand more soul powers.
Two years later, that is, the seventh year after the invasion of the Lord of Flesh and Blood, Wei Huan returned with two people. The three of them had honed their combat skills, and Wei Huan began to prepare to go to the Chaos Hive of the Karma Fire Godhead to take the Godhead.
In the eighth year, Dou Lin and Haotian switched shifts and returned to Qiyuan Star.
No one expected that Dou Lin, who had returned, was already half a step away from becoming a mid-level god.
Dou Lin majors in the law of "space compression". Anyone who is weaker than him will be compressed to a singularity until they are eventually annihilated. He is a high-explosive law god.
He stayed in the challenging world for these years, and the cultivation of the ancient god body stagnated, but his cultivation of the laws improved day by day. He successively entered the "Law of Space Distortion" and the "Law of Space Collapse". Now, as long as he continued to improve and mastered these two laws thoroughly, he could step into the middle-level god in one step and become the "Middle-level God of Space Folding".
Xu Qingqiang felt as if he had lost his parents when he heard this.
He was never able to master the last law of the "Withered Middle God", the "Law of Annihilation", but Dou Lin came from behind and reached the Middle God earlier than him.
Xu Qingqiang was unhappy: "Didn't I say I'm also a disaster? Why am I practicing so slowly? Which disaster is as weak as me, unable to even comprehend a law?"
Dou Lin comforted Xu Qingqiang: "Challenging the World has accelerated my understanding of the laws. Over the years of guarding the Challenge World, observing the stars and the sea, every blade of grass, every tree, and every stone, I will always have some understanding, which is why I have taken these steps faster."
Xu Qingqiang had a toothache: "I'm not wrong to call you the Son of Challenge. This is how I treat my own son."
Dou Lin smiled, and was actually quite proud of it, as he had successfully "overtaken".
Since Dou Lin came back, Wei Huan, Mu Zhong and Xu Qingqiang's original plan to obtain the Karma Fire Godhead changed, and they temporarily added one more person.
Dou Lin, who had just arrived at the Chaos Source Rift, was determined to demonstrate his strength. When he encountered the first group of evil beasts, he challenged one of them alone. He used space contraction, space distortion, and space collapse to create a lot of tricks, and only then did he manage to kill a Chaos evil beast.
Dou Lin was overjoyed and was about to show off his skills, but he saw Xu Qingqiang kicking a beast and punching another one, and in a few flashes, three or five beasts were torn into pieces by his claws.
In the same amount of time, Xu Qingqiang killed six evil beasts and took two puffs of a cigarette with ease.
The most important thing is that the evil beast that Dou Lin killed with all his might came back to life after a while.
Wei Huan swung the sickle in his hand, and all the evil beasts and their nests were destroyed.
Dou Lin immediately became obedient, "Alas, I thought I was very strong, but it turns out I'm still just a younger brother."
Mu Zhong was amused and patted his shoulder: "You are focused on cultivating the laws, and you don't have the conditions to cultivate the Ancient God Body, so you can't refine the Chaos Body, so your strength is obviously lagging behind.
As long as you practice in seclusion, you will become stronger in no time."
Dou Lin nodded: "I will, and... Brother Mu Zhong, I plan to go back. I'm not strong enough, and going there will only cause you trouble. It's better for me to go back and guard Qiyuan Star. By the way, I can also cultivate the ancient divine body and catch up with the main force as soon as possible."
Mu Zhong thought about it and said, "Alright, the cultivation of the Ancient God Body is extremely important, don't fall behind."
"Um."
Everyone watched Dou Lin leave. As he walked away, Xu Qingqiang, who had been smoking deeply, suddenly cried out, "Ouch, ouch!" He held his arm and supported his waist, "I used too much force, it hurts!"
Wei Huan and Mu Zhong were amused.
Everyone knows what level Xu Qingqiang is at. He is not usually so aggressive. He is obviously unwilling to accept being overtaken by his juniors and is acting like a big shot.
Now the true colors are revealed.
After pretending to take Dou Lin away, Xu Qingqiang started to groan and didn't fight much in the following battle.
However, in today's ordinary battles, there is really no need for them to take action.
The original primary bug crushed the whole way, and could originally fight ten evil beasts alone. Now with Mu Zhong who had comprehended the reduplication divine pattern following him, his attributes increased fourfold, and he could fight a low-level evil beast nest alone.
However, the original Zerg cannot unleash the power of the Overlord level. Although it can kill the evil beast, if it wants to completely destroy its soul, Wei Huan still needs to overlay the mountain divine pattern on the weapon.
What Wei Huan hopes most now is the appearance of another companion with dominant-level killing power. If not, the Chaos Zerg will create a completely high-damage Primordial Zerg.
But the Fallen Queen said that the current chaotic energy was not enough to create a second Primordial Zerg. The birth of the first Primordial Zerg was the result of accumulated energy, including thousands of years of energy reserves before it mutated. To create a second Primordial Zerg, at least one third-level evil beast had to be killed, and at the same time, thousands of second-level evil beasts were needed.
Wei Huan went to the Karma Fire Godhead again this time, intending to attack those third-level evil beasts.
Wei Huan still felt a little uneasy when he thought of the claws that appeared in the void after they killed those third-level evil beasts.
The evil beast with only one giant claw was extremely powerful. He couldn't even sense its level, whether it was level four or level five. He only knew that he would probably not be its opponent if they met.
However, he had to hunt down the third-level evil beasts, so the best way was to go deeper into the source gap, hunt enough evil beasts, create a second or third original Zerg, and then take action.
By then, with the addition of the Saint-level Sister Crow and Dian Ma, if it is a level four evil beast, it may not be without the ability to fight.
It is worth mentioning here that the Diamma card has been upgraded to the Saint level card only recently.
Moreover, after completing the upgrade, Dian Ma cannot immediately join the battle. It still needs to upgrade its series of ground beasts and face huggers by one level in the "arsenal" in its abdominal cavity, which also takes a considerable amount of time.
Therefore, during this period, the best arrangement is to use it to kill evil beasts and accumulate energy to create primordial insects.
Just go all the way down and kill all the evil beasts along the way.
Mu Zhong suddenly said: "Six years ago, the restrictions set by the teacher became ineffective, and we found that evil beast nests began to surface from the depths. Now, it has only been two years since we came here, and there are so many evil beast nests here again.
I'm a little worried. We can clean it up this way now, but sooner or later, a stronger beast's lair will appear, and I'm afraid they will pass through the source gap and attack us."
Xu Qingqiang was very single: "It may not be us, we have also captured these things alive and conducted experiments. The Myriad Laws Forbidden Zone also has restrictions on them. Although not as restrictive as the Law Gods, they also lose the ability to regenerate continuously in the Myriad Laws Forbidden Zone.
Even if I kill them three times in a row, I can destroy their souls.
In my opinion, although the evil beasts are not very intelligent, they still have the ability to seek good fortune and avoid danger, so they may not go to Qiyuan Star. "
Mu Zhong thought about it and asked, "Teacher told you that, right?"
Xu Qingqiang smiled with shark-like teeth: "Yes, last time you didn't come, we brought Haotian here, and the teacher mentioned this guess. I think it is very likely."
Mu Zhong pondered, not knowing whether this was good or bad.
He remembered that when the Lord of Light first described the Chaos Beasts, he had said that they were as terrifying as the Zerg. Once they decided to invade the Divine Realm, they would appear in overwhelming numbers. Therefore, although the battles between the gods would occasionally open up gaps in the source of Chaos, they would always find ways to fill them up or set up seals.
Only when they came in were they attacked with all their strength by Wei Huan, who possessed dominant strength, and tore such a large passage apart. After that, they repeatedly went in and out, and gradually a stable passage was about to be formed.
Perhaps those evil beasts have sensed the emergence of this stable passage and are therefore emerging from the depths one after another?
I hope I don't run into any big guys along the way...
Going forward, the "Iron Triangle" sets out again, and their strength is incomparable.
Wei Huan had the original Zerg charging into battle, Mu Zhong's blessing effect was increased, Xu Qingqiang tore the evil beast apart easily with his bare hands, and Wei Huan only needed to complete the final kill, and the whole process was like an assembly line.
As the three of them continued to go deeper into the source of chaos, the chaotic aura around them became increasingly dense, like thick ink, dyeing everything into a strange dark gray.
Here they encountered a nest of evil beasts. The number of first-level evil beasts was far more than that of evil beasts in other nests. When their spiritual sense swept over it, they saw hundreds of them, but they did not see the nest itself.
Mu Zhong noticed something was wrong and warned, "Be careful, this nest is quite powerful."
Xu Qingqiang said: "No matter how strong they are, they can be easily defeated. It's a good opportunity to give them experience."
Wei Huan also said, "Kill them first."
"good."
The three of them cooperated well and easily tore an extremely huge hole in the defense net of the evil beast and went deeper into the net.
Not only were the first-level evil beasts killed, but there were also many second-level evil beasts, and the number was far beyond the normal value.
Mu Zhong wanted to bring up the old topic again, but this time it was Wei Huan who spoke first: "Be careful, there's something wrong with this beast's lair."
After saying this, Wei Huan swept his palm across the air, and an illusory projection appeared in front of everyone.
His spiritual awareness was far away, and he had already seen the truth about Chao Xue.
I saw a huge beast's nest emerging. It was completely different from the shallow nests encountered before. This nest exuded a creepy aura, and the surrounding space was slightly distorted because of its existence.
"What is this!?" Mu Zhong was about to say something when suddenly the space in front of him twisted and a crack was torn open.
The familiar scene made Wei Huan's scalp tingle, and he subconsciously turned around and ran with the three of them.
He ran a short distance before he stopped again.
"What's wrong?" Mu Zhong asked in confusion.
Wei Huan said: "It's not a level 4 evil beast, it's only level 3."
"Level three? Level three is great. I was thinking of using it for training."
Mu Zhong's expression also relaxed from being tense, the silver divine pattern on his face glowed brightly, and he had already picked up the blessing from the law of time.
As expected, a gigantic third-level evil beast rushed out from the depths.
This evil beast was covered with dark purple scales, each scale gleaming with a faint light, its sharp fangs dripping with black venom, and its huge claws tearing through the air, emitting a shrill scream.
At the command of Wei Huan, the original Zerg, it let out a low roar, and its huge body rushed towards the source of the fluctuation like a moving fortress.
"You've come just in time!" Xu Qingqiang screamed excitedly, blood mist surging around him, like a blood-colored meteor, rushing directly towards the third-level evil beast.
His body was filled with blood and energy, and six giant hands with tangled muscles grew out from behind him. He rushed forward like thunder, and the giant muscular hands smashed on the head of the third-level evil beast like an electric fan.
At the same time, Mu Zhong quickly formed seals with his hands, and the overlapping divine patterns flashed at his fingertips. The law of time was like a surging tide, enhancing Xu Qingqiang's various attributes.
Wei Huan drove the undead army to encircle the enemy from the flank. Even though they were not strong enough, they could still fight like ants eating elephants. The undead fought a war of human waves.
With the tacit cooperation of the three people, the third-level evil beast was soon covered with wounds.
Wei Huan seized the opportunity and slashed with his sword, and the huge body of the evil beast fell to the ground with a bang.
"Haha, that's it? Too weak!" Xu Qingqiang patted the non-existent dust on his body, feeling very proud.
However, before his laughter died down, the void suddenly trembled violently, and three level three evil beasts appeared at the same time.
The aura of these three evil beasts was even more powerful than the previous one. They let out deafening roars, and the chaotic aura around them instantly boiled over.
"Be careful!" Wei Huan shouted, and the Fuhua sickle instantly appeared in his hand, and the chaos armor on the sickle shone brightly.
Mu Zhong's forehead was covered with cold sweat. He used all his strength to operate the law of time, trying to slow down the evil beast.
Xu Qingqiang also put away his contempt. The blood mist condensed into six huge arms behind him. When they were spread out, they were like fans, a thousand meters wide, and waved towards the evil beast.
The three evil beasts cooperated with each other tacitly. One rushed towards Xu Qingqiang head-on, while the other two pounced on Wei Huan and Mu Zhong respectively.
Upon seeing this, the original Zerg roared, waved its six legs, and rushed towards the evil beast that was rushing towards Wei Huan.
For a time, the battlefield fell into a stalemate.
The beast's attacks became more and more fierce. In a short time, four of Xu Qingqiang's rotten arms were torn off by the beast, and he trembled with pain.
Wei Huan and Mu Zhong were also in trouble. The attacks of the evil beasts came like a storm, making it difficult for them to resist.
"We can't go on like this!" Wei Huan gritted his teeth and said, "Show us your true abilities!"
Mu nodded, his hands dancing quickly, the overlapping divine patterns were like streams of light, the attributes of the blessing were instantly strengthened, and at the same time, layer upon layer of time manipulation fell on the battlefield, continuously increasing his own speed while reducing the speed of the third-level evil beast.
Mu Zhong, who was originally unable to suppress the third-level evil beast based on the laws, successfully reduced the speed of the evil beast with the help of the continuously superimposed overlapping divine runes.
Xu Qingqiang received assistance on the battlefield. He took a deep breath, and four more arms grew out of his back. A total of six rotten arms had bulging veins. They all grasped together and chopped down from top to bottom. It was like an axe that split the world apart, and the heaven and earth trembled.
This killing power has reached the level of a main god, while Xu Qingqiang is only a lower-level god.
“Boom!”
The third-level evil beast targeted by Xu Qingqiang was instantly like a crab smashed by a sledgehammer. Its shell burst and collapsed, its flesh and blood rotted into a ball, and its six legs all stiffened and straightened.
This attack far exceeded the strongest power Wei Huan could unleash when he was a lower god.
However, Xu Qingqiang has only comprehended two lower-level laws so far. It can be seen that he is a genius in combat, and the comprehension of the laws does not affect his performance.
Wei Huan seized the opportunity, his figure flashed, and he appeared on the third-level evil beast.
Wielding the Corrupted Scythe, the black divine patterns moved like living things, and a black light containing destructive power burst out instantly.
"Boom!" With a loud bang, the evil beast was blown into pieces in the light, with blood and flesh flying everywhere.
One kill completed!
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