Chapter 8: The Relics of the God of War, Flashback Memory
Boom!
Another dark energy beam hit the golden shield.
The shield shook violently, the light dimmed visibly, and more fine cracks appeared on the surface.
Zhuohuo's body trembled, and a trace of golden divine blood oozed out from the corner of his mouth.
Zheng Qiuyu, who was standing behind him, felt a pang of pain in his heart.
The Void Devourer's attacks became more and more frantic, a destructive act without regard for the consequences.
The defense circle that Zhuohuo had opened with his divine power was already crumbling.
Zheng Qiuyu clenched her fists tightly, her nails digging deep into her palms. The stinging pain allowed her to maintain a last bit of consciousness.
She looked at the ferocious beast outside, and the absurd guess in her mind not only did not disappear, but became more and more intense.
All the attacks avoided her precisely.
Even the aftermath of the attack would strangely twist and dissipate the moment it was about to touch her body.
This ferocious beast was really protecting her.
This can't go on any longer.
If this continues, Shao Huo will be consumed to death.
She had to give it a try.
Zheng Qiuyu made up his mind and made a crazy decision.
She took a deep breath and suddenly broke free from the absolutely safe area behind Shaohuo.
She took a small step forward.
Just a small step.
It was this small step that instantly paused the entire violent world.
The devastating attack came to an abrupt halt.
The deafening roar disappeared into thin air.
All the crazy movements of the mountain-like beast froze at this moment.
Its hundreds of blood-red compound eyes turned in unison, staring intently at Zheng Qiuyu who stepped out of the protective circle.
All the rage, violence, and murderous intent faded away in an instant.
Instead, there is endless confusion.
It was as if a machine that was executing a command suddenly received a completely contradictory instruction, and the entire system came to a standstill.
Zheng Qiuyu's guess was confirmed.
Her heart was beating so fast it almost jumped out of her throat.
But she didn't have time to react.
A large, cold hand suddenly grabbed her wrist.
An irresistible force came and pulled her back violently and violently.
She crashed into a cold and hard embrace.
With his tall body, Shaohuo held her tightly in his arms, and used his back to form an impenetrable wall against the confused giant beast.
"Danger!"
A low growl filled with suppressed anger sounded in her ears.
His voice was filled with stubborn disapproval.
Zheng Qiuyu raised her head and met his blood-red eyes.
This was the first time since he learned to have emotions that he expressed such strong opposition to her behavior.
When the Devouring Beast saw the burning fire "touching" Zheng Qiuyu, it was instantly awakened from its confusion.
Even more terrifying rage erupted from it.
"roar--!"
It roared towards the sky, and countless black energy beams condensed again.
But this time, its attack fell into an extremely strange stalemate.
It wants to destroy the scorching fire.
But he didn't dare to hurt Zheng Qiuyu who was held in Shaohuo's arms.
Those energy beams that condensed the power of destruction twisted into strange arcs in the air, desperately circumventing Zheng Qiuyu's position, and then bombarded the surrounding stone walls and the void.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The entire Guixu was trembling under this power.
The giant beast was stuck in a frantic stalemate. It wanted to kill, but didn't dare to, so it could only vent its anger madly.
Zheng Qiuyu was held tightly in the arms of the scorching fire.
She could clearly smell the cold breath on him, like ten thousand year old black ice.
She could feel his heart beating violently with anger beneath his chest.
She looked at the ferocious and cautious beast outside, her mind in chaos.
Just then.
An extremely clear and broken picture suddenly flashed into her mind without any warning.
[In the picture, a woman wearing silver armor, whose face cannot be seen clearly, is standing under a starry sky.]
[In front of her was a small, juvenile Devourer.]
The woman reached out and gently stroked the Devouring Beast's head. Her movements were gentle, but her voice was filled with undeniable determination.
[“Little Moyuan, remember my breath.”]
[“From now on, guard this place for me.”]
The picture flashed by.
Zheng Qiuyu's pupils shrank to the extreme in an instant.
The amount of information is huge.
She understood instantly.
This ferocious beast was raised by my "previous self".
What it guards is not the prison heart, but "one's own" orders.
What it recognized was not Zheng Qiuyu, but the remnant soul of the God of War deep in her soul.
Just when she was stunned by this fact, the system's cold prompt sound rang out in time.
[It was detected that the 'War God's Remnant Soul' deep within the host's soul resonated with a powerful external cause and effect, and memory fragments were briefly activated.]
The last bit of luck was completely shattered.
Zheng Qiuyu completely confirmed his guess.
Her heart was beating so wildly that it was about to explode, and her blood was rushing wildly in her veins, almost bursting through her skin.
She knew.
She knew the way to resolve this crisis.
But……
She glanced at the burning flames that held her tightly in their arms.
That also meant that she would have to show in front of him abilities that were completely unrelated to "Zheng Qiuyu".
What would he think?
Will he doubt it?
Will the system of lies that I have painstakingly built collapse in an instant at this moment?
In the brief moment she hesitated.
The patience of the void-devouring beast outside seemed to have run out.
It stopped the pointless bombardment.
It opened its huge mouth, which was big enough to swallow the stars.
A bit of extreme darkness began to gather in its mouth.
A beam of void light that can devour everything is taking shape.
Its target was firmly locked on the burning fire whose power was not flowing smoothly due to the shackles of the Heavenly Dao.
This blow was enough to seriously injure him.
Zhuo Huo felt the deadly threat.
A fierce determination flashed across his blood-red eyes.
He was ready to break the shackles in his body at all costs.
Even if his soul is destroyed, he must protect the woman behind him.
We can’t wait any longer!
Zheng Qiuyu knew that he could not wait any longer.
She exerted force suddenly and pushed away the burning fire in front of her.
She was alone, facing the devastating void beam.
At the moment when the beam of light was about to erupt, she used up all her strength and shouted a name that even she herself felt was extremely unfamiliar to the giant beast -
"Mo Yuan!"
Those two words rushed out from Zheng Qiuyu's throat.
With a majesty that even she herself could not understand, as if it was innate.
"Mo Yuan!"
Time was frozen at this moment.
The destructive void beam that was about to erupt, along with the extreme darkness, was extinguished in an instant and disappeared without a trace.
The wind stopped.
The roar died away.
Even the dust particles floating in the air stopped moving.
The Void Devouring Beast, which was as big as a mountain, suddenly trembled with its entire huge body.
All the violent, crazy, and destructive aura in it seemed to be wiped away by an invisible hand and dissipated completely.
Hundreds of blood-red compound eyes froze in a daze for a moment.
Then, the blood color quickly faded.
Instead, there is a feeling of... grievance.
There is also a kind of admiration that a child feels when seeing his mother.
This scene made Zhuo Huo, who was ready to fight to the death, freeze completely.
His blood-red pupils suddenly contracted, staring at the petite figure standing in front of the giant beast.
For the first time, an emotion other than confusion appeared in his eyes.
It was intense, incomprehensible confusion.
There was also a tingling pain coming from the deepest part of his soul, which even he himself could not perceive.
The beast moved.
It retracted all its sharp claws and ferocious looks and lowered its head, which was bigger than a mountain.
The movements were cautious, even with a hint of flattery.
It gently and tenderly rubbed Zheng Qiuyu's feet with its hard scales.
A low, whimpering growl came from his throat.
There was no more ferocity in that voice, only endless loneliness, as if it was telling the grievance of waiting for ten thousand years.
Zheng Qiuyu's heart was beating wildly in her chest, almost breaking her ribs.
Her mind went blank.
But she knew she had to go on.
She forced herself to suppress the trembling of her body and stretched out her hand, imitating the broken picture in her mind.
Her hands were still shaking slightly.
She gently patted Mo Yuan's cold and rough head.
She forced herself to speak in the softest voice possible.
"Good boy, I'm back."
"Thank you for your hard work over the years."
The moment Zheng Qiuyu's hand touched Mo Yuan's head.
The moment she said that.
The tingling sensation like a needle prick in Shaohuo's heart became extremely clear and intense.
That action.
That breath that soothes everything.
Deep in his subconscious, a picture covered in endless blood and fire suddenly overlapped with the scene before his eyes.
A splitting headache came without warning.
Zhuo Huo groaned, raised his hand and pressed his forehead, a trace of pain flashed in his bloodshot eyes.
Under Mo Yuan's guidance, there were no more obstacles on the road ahead.
Those deadly space-time turbulences were swallowed by Mo Yuan in one gulp before they could get close.
They arrived at the deepest part of Guixu unhindered.
A huge cocoon of light, suspended in the endless void.
It emits a soft yet powerful light, as if the core of the entire world is sealed inside.
Prison heart.
The only exit of Guixu.
Just as Zheng Qiuyu approached the light cocoon, something strange happened.
The dormant "remnant soul of the God of War" in her body produced an unprecedented and extremely strong resonance with the prison heart in front of her.
Buzz——!
The light cocoon trembled violently.
An indescribable aura of terror that had been suppressed for ten thousand years rose into the sky from the cocoon of light.
This breath directly tore apart the eternally dark sky above Guixu.
It became the brightest lighthouse in the dark night, exposing the coordinates of this place to an unknown world.
Above Guixu.
A golden crack was torn open by a powerful force.
Several pursuers from the divine realm, wearing golden armor and with a profound and majestic aura, descended from the sky with majestic shouts.
"Monster, how dare you touch the heart of the prison!"
The leading general's eyes were like lightning, sweeping across the entire venue in an instant.
He immediately saw Zheng Qiuyu being obediently guarded by the giant beast Mo Yuan.
She also saw the silver-haired man behind her, breathing weakly, holding his forehead, his eyes full of pain and confusion.
The general was stunned at first.
Then he flew into a rage.
But when his gaze fell back on Zheng Qiuyu, he saw clearly the woman who could communicate with the Void Devouring Beast Mo Yuan.
The anger on his face instantly turned into disbelief and horror.
He cried out:
"The Void Devouring Beast Mo Yuan... is the personal guardian beast of the God of War!"
"How could you, a witch like you, possibly have the aura of the Lord God of War?!"
These words, like a bolt of thunder, exploded in Zheng Qiuyu's mind.
It was more like a thorn soaked in poison, piercing the burning ear of the man next to him who had a splitting headache.
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