Chapter 35 The Resentment of the Ancient God
Qiu Zangxue was the first to crash into the ever-expanding spatial rift.
Pale flames and scarlet malevolent energy intertwined, tearing a gap in the turbulent energy currents.
The group followed closely behind, rushing out of the collapsing shelter and returning to the dark and perilous Central Divine Realm.
Almost the instant they stepped out of the crevice—
"Buzz—!!!"
The dim coordinate beams overhead became dazzling and solid once again! A new round of coordinate announcements had begun.
Moreover, this time the beam of light seemed to be thicker and longer-lasting than any before.
It was as if the system was deliberately pushing the last survivors to the brink of despair, forcing them into a final showdown.
"Not good!" Bai Muling's expression changed.
"Quick! Go to the Silent Divine Rune Ruins!" Jun Xiangbei's voice was icy. His main brain was working at high speed, instantly planning the optimal route, and pointed his sword towards the southeast.
No one dared to delay, and they increased their speed to the maximum, rushing towards the direction calculated by Zhuge Jin.
However, misfortunes never come singly.
As they sped along, the space of the entire Central Divine Realm suddenly began to distort violently.
The sky was no longer a dusky yellow, but shrouded in a deep, oppressive dark purple.
An indescribable, immense will, like an invisible tsunami, crashed down.
This will is filled with resentment, anger, madness, and extreme malice towards all living beings.
"It's...it's the domain of the ancient god's resentment. We've been caught in it." Su Meichuan's voice trembled. His evolved spiritual sensitivity made him the first to notice this terrifying change.
The next moment, everyone felt as if they had sunk into a quagmire. Not only did their physical movements become sluggish, but more terrifyingly, their spirits were subjected to relentless erosion and crushing.
Countless twisted and insane babblings exploded in my mind, and all sorts of bizarre and terrifying hallucinations began to appear before my eyes, making my sanity drop wildly.
"Keep your mind focused!" Zhuge Jin's cold voice carried a strange power. The pale golden Bagua array beneath his feet rapidly expanded, enveloping the team members and barely resisting some of the mental impact.
His face was slightly pale, clearly indicating that maintaining the array against such a large-scale domain of resentment was extremely taxing.
Gu Yunqing is under double the pressure.
Through Qiu Zangxue, he felt that resentment piercing his bone marrow like millions of ice needles, frantically stirring up his desire for killing and destruction.
Through Zhuge Jin, he was engaged in a high-intensity mental battle and deduction, his brain like an overloaded CPU, experiencing sharp, needle-like pain.
"The Kun position signifies death, the Gen position harbors misfortune... the Qian palace is in turmoil, the Xun position... offers a glimmer of hope." Zhuge Jin's voice carried a hint of barely perceptible fatigue, yet he still accurately pointed out the relatively weak "gate of life" direction within the realm of resentment.
"Follow me!" Chou Zangxue's blood-red eyes blazed with intense light, and Xing Tian's battle intent and remnant fire aura erupted as he forcefully resisted the pressure of resentment and charged toward the direction indicated by Zhuge Jin.
Wherever he went, the dark purple resentment energy sizzled and retreated temporarily.
However, this realm of resentment is clearly unwilling to let its prey escape.
"roar--!"
With a roar that seemed to come from the ancient wilderness, the resentful energy in front of them frantically gathered and condensed into a terrifying entity that was huge and made up of countless twisted faces and broken limbs.
It has no specific form, only endless pain and malice, waving tentacles made of resentment, and slamming them down on the team.
Its power far surpassed that of any divine being they had encountered before.
"Be careful!" Jun Xiangbei's eyes sharpened, and his sword light surged as he tried to intercept it. However, the resentful tentacles were invisible and intangible, and their physical attack had little effect. Instead, he was shaken by the terrifying mental impact attached to them, causing his blood and qi to churn.
Su Meichuan gritted her teeth and unleashed her evolved charm ability at full power. The seven-colored light spread like ripples towards the resentful entity, attempting to interfere with its core will: "Look here, look at me, stop."
The vengeful entity paused slightly, and a moment of bewilderment appeared on the expressions of its countless distorted faces, as if it were being drawn in by the ultimate allure.
But this bewilderment lasted less than half a second before it was overwhelmed by an even more violent resentment, and the tentacles slammed down at an even faster speed.
"Damn it, its core will is too chaotic, and its charm effect is limited." Su Meichuan retreated, her face pale.
Just then, Xin Yuan'er, who had been observing intently, suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
Xin Yuan'er pointed to an extremely inconspicuous area behind and to the side of the resentful entity, where the energy flow seemed somewhat abnormal, and shouted:
"Over there! I feel like it might be safer to go around that way!"
His lucky intuition kicked in again.
A glint flashed in Zhuge Jin's eyes, and he immediately began to deduce based on Xin Yuan'er's prompting. His voice was urgent: "What Xin Yuan'er is referring to is indeed the side branch of the Gate of Life. In the gap between the flow of resentment, Qiu Zangxue, attack the front of the entity with all your might to attract its attention. The rest of you, follow me and break through from the flank."
"Leave it to me." Qiu Zangxue laughed wildly. Facing the huge resentful tentacles that were slamming down, he advanced instead of retreating. The pale flames and scarlet baleful energy on his twin blades intertwined to form a destructive torrent, and he met the attack head-on.
"boom--!!!"
The terrifying collision unleashed a silent mental storm.
Qiu Zangxue groaned, a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of her mouth. Her body flew backward like a kite with a broken string, her left shoulder turning black instantly from the erosion of resentment, and she lost all feeling in it.
But his desperate strike successfully forced the vengeful entity back several steps, causing it to let out a painful howl.
"Now's the time, let's go!" Zhuge Jin shouted, the array beneath his feet shining brightly, forcibly stabilizing the group who were swaying from the mental storm, and leading them toward the gap on the flank that Xin Yuan'er had pointed out.
Gu Yunqing felt as if her consciousness was about to be torn apart.
In this situation, the system provides him with very little assistance, and he can only control two aliases at the same time.
He simultaneously controlled two avatars at high intensity: one was fighting a BOSS-level monster head-on and suffering serious injuries, while the other was maintaining the array and deducing a way out, his mental energy almost exhausted.
The severe headache made his vision go black, and his movements as he controlled Qiu Zangxue became slightly sluggish.
As the vengeful entity solidified once more, more tentacles coiled in from all directions, threatening to completely engulf the team—
A figure flashed by like a ghost and caught Qiu Zangxue as she was sent flying backward.
You are heading north.
His cold face was expressionless. With his left hand, he steadily held the heavily injured Qiu Zangxue in his arms, while his right hand suddenly rose up!
It was no longer a sword, but a vibrant green healing light.
This time, however, the green light did not strike anyone's wounds. Instead, it rapidly spread and solidified in front of him, transforming into a translucent, emerald-green barrier flowing with life runes.
"Buzz—!"
The tentacles of resentment slammed violently against the green barrier, producing a corrosive sound that made your teeth ache.
The barrier fluctuated violently, and the green light dimmed at a visible speed, but it was not immediately broken.
Jun Xiangbei let out a muffled groan, his right arm holding the shield trembling slightly, clearly struggling to support it.
The protective barrier constructed by this healing ability essentially consumes his own life energy to resist the erosion of resentment.
"Hurry!" he squeezed out through gritted teeth.
Seizing this precious moment of respite, Su Meichuan, Bai Muling, and Xin Yuan'er followed closely behind Zhuge Jin and finally broke out of the area with the strongest resentment, stepping into the "gap" where the energy was unusually calm.
Zhuge Jin was the last to step into the gap. He turned around and looked at Jun Xiangbei, who was still supporting the barrier, and Qiu Zangxue, whom he was holding. His brows furrowed: "Come in quickly! The barrier is about to give way!"
Jun Xiangbei's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he suddenly poured his last bit of life energy into the barrier!
"Bang!"
The emerald green barrier shattered with a deafening roar, turning into countless points of light, but it also temporarily shook off the last few tentacles of resentment.
Using this recoil force, Jun Xiangbei, carrying Qiu Zangxue, moved like lightning and instantly rushed into the energy gap.
The moment they entered, the gap in resentment closed up rapidly, like a wound healing, completely isolating them from the terrifying storm of resentment outside.
As soon as he entered a relatively safe area, Jun Xiangbei could no longer suppress his emotions. He knelt on one knee, his face as pale as paper, and his breath was extremely weak.
He expended a great deal of energy to maintain that barrier.
The situation of Qiu Zangxue, whom he had put down, was equally bad. Her left shoulder was blackened, her breathing was disordered, and pale flames flickered on her body. She had obviously been seriously injured in the previous clash.
Gu Yunqing felt her brain buzzing, as if it had been emptied out.
Simultaneously controlling the dual vests to perform such high-intensity combat and calculations pushed his mental capacity to its limit.
He suppressed his dizziness and looked around through Zhuge Jin.
This appears to be a safe zone that has been forcibly "cut out" from the realm of resentment by a powerful force. It is not large, but there is no danger for the time being.
The viewers in Qiu Zangxue's live stream were still worried about them:
"My God! That was so exciting!"
"Boss Qiu is seriously injured, and Lord Jun is also about to collapse."
"Using healing abilities to withstand a resentment attack? What kind of strategy is that?"
"Master Zhuge looks terrible. Did the calculations take too much to handle?"
"The lucky one has done it again; the path to survival he pointed out was crucial."
"Su Meichuan and Bai Muling are in a sorry state... This team is almost crippled."
Su Meichuan rushed forward to support Jun Xiangbei, asking worriedly, "Captain... how are you?"
Jun Xiangbei waved his hand to indicate that he was alright, then looked at Qiu Zangxue, who was sitting cross-legged, trying to suppress her injuries and the backlash from the divine artifact, and then at Zhuge Jin, whose face was pale. He spoke in a hoarse voice:
"It must be restored as soon as possible... The coordinates are still being posted, and this place... is not safe either."
Zhuge Jin nodded slightly, said nothing more, and immediately sat down to regulate his breathing and restore his nearly depleted mental energy.
He knew that Jun Xiangbei was right; this was only temporary safety, and a greater crisis could strike at any moment.
Gu Yunqing took a deep breath, suppressing the weariness deep within her soul.
He glanced at the heavily injured Qiu Zangxue and the exhausted Zhuge Jin, then at Jun Xiangbei, who was barely breathing but still holding on, and at Su Meichuan and the others who were still in shock.
A desperate situation... this is the real desperate situation.
But he cannot fall.
He closed his eyes and focused all his energy on restoring the power of the two vests.
Before the next crisis arrives, they must become... stronger.
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