Chapter 26 The Love-Brained God 26 Slaying the Gods
"Cangyu, I am your Xia'er..."
Jinxia gripped the invisible hand that was choking her neck, and with tremendous effort, she managed to squeeze out those words.
The person right in front of her was her lover with whom she had spent over four thousand years. Even if they later broke up, it was because she felt that he valued the world and all living beings more than she did.
It's not that Cang Yu doesn't love himself; it's just that he loves all living beings more than she does.
But why would he treat me this way after we've been apart for so long?
Jinxia stretched out her hand in despair, her eyes filled with intense despair as she looked at Cangyu.
She has a pair of very beautiful eyes. Cang Yu once said that her eyes are like a pool of autumn water, holding the most beautiful moonlight in the world. All the colors in the world cannot compare to her eyes.
But now, as she looked at Cang Yu with tears in her beautiful eyes, filled with despair and pain, he remained unmoved, and instead increased the strength in his hand.
"Speak! Who are you? Where did you take Jinxia?! If you don't tell the truth, I will tear you to pieces!"
Cang Yu spoke sharply and harshly, his sinister and vicious appearance completely different from the lover in his memory.
Jinxia struggled even more fiercely, trying to use magic to break free from Cangyu's restraints.
But she was too lazy in the past, and her cultivation of immortal arts was incomplete. When the Flower Realm wanted her to be the Flower Goddess, she did cram for three hundred years, but how could those three hundred years of cultivation compare to the tens of thousands of years of cultivation of the Dragon God Cang Yu?
Cang Yu saw Jinxia's struggle as nothing more than an ant trying to shake a tree, and it would have no effect whatsoever.
The mere thought that this woman, who bore a similar appearance to Jinxia, might be the murderer who harmed Jinxia, made Cang Yu unable to control the violent emotions within him.
A strong sense of malevolence appeared in Cang Yu's eyes, and he gradually increased the strength in his hands. As for whether he would kill the female immortal with weak magic power in front of him, Cang Yu did not care at all.
She was just a lowly female immortal. Killing her was fine, but what's more, she was just a lowly female immortal who dared to appear in front of him with Jinxia's face. It was only because he hadn't beaten her to a pulp that he was considered merciful.
Jinxia was in excruciating pain. She could feel her life force rapidly draining away, and if this continued, she would truly die at Cang Yu's hands.
No, she can't die...
However, her willpower had little effect in the face of absolute power. Her hand fell limp, and she was on the verge of death.
Just then, a strange power arose from nowhere, and Jinxia's body trembled, a crimson-gold light appearing in her eyes.
She suddenly raised her hand and struck out with a palm.
Cang Yu sensed something was wrong and suddenly retreated. At the same time, the large hand formed by the magic that was gripping Jin Xia's neck also disappeared.
Jinxia got a chance to catch her breath and fell heavily to the ground. She clutched her neck and coughed violently, her mind blank, completely unaware of how she had escaped.
She really thought she was going to die.
Cang Yu hadn't expected to almost fall for the female immortal's trick. He didn't dare to rush forward and just stared at the woman lying on the ground, panting heavily, with suspicion and uncertainty.
Who exactly is she?
In that brief moment of distraction, Cang Yu's gaze finally fell upon the dark figure in the corner.
The other person exuded a familiar aura, and Cang Yu quickly recognized him.
"Ye Chao?"
That dark, almost unrecognizable figure was actually Ye Chao, the second prince of the Heavenly Realm. How could he appear here in this form?
Upon hearing about the incident in the Flower Realm, Cang Yu rushed there without stopping. However, halfway there, he sensed the presence of Jin Xia and decided to change course to follow her.
Because he hadn't heard his subordinates' report, he was unaware that Ye Chao intended to use all the living beings in the Flower Realm to undergo tribulation.
Therefore, Cang Yu instinctively thought that Ye Chao's injury was related to this strange woman.
She was able to break free from her own constraints, which clearly showed that her previous weakness was just a facade.
Cang Yu was not impatient with the conflict between the legitimate and illegitimate princes. Whoever was injured or suffered was of no significance to him. His heart and mind were only focused on Jinxia.
"Tell me, what did you do to Jinxia? Who is behind all of this? What did you do to Jinxia?"
Cang Yu looked coldly at Jin Xia, who was lying on the ground vomiting blood, and watched as the blood from her mouth stained the grass beneath her dark red.
None of those flowers and plants could transform into fairies. No matter what she said, the facts were clear: she couldn't possibly be Jinxia.
However, given the strange power she had just displayed, Cang Yu did not rush forward. He simply watched her warily and continued to press her for information about Jin Xia's whereabouts.
Qi Wang, standing to the side: "..."
The beloved is right before your eyes, yet you don't recognize them at all—this is what the Dragon God calls infatuation.
For Jinxia, he abandoned his divine duty, disregarded the common people, and used their misery to highlight his deep and unwavering affection.
As it turned out, the person he loved was right in front of him, but he couldn't recognize her simply because she had lost the power of the Flower Goddess and was no longer as beautiful as before.
Such infatuation is truly absurd, ironic, and laughable.
Unlike his previous fleeting glimpse, Qi Wang's impression of the dragon god, who was worshipped by the people of dawn, worsened after actually meeting him.
There was not a trace of mercy in him; the power of faith provided by his devout followers became the power he squandered endlessly, and he used this power to adorn his supreme glory.
How is this power of faith used?
Qi Wang shook his head. What is the point of a god who holds a position but does not seek benefits for the people?
The power of the Dragon God comes from the faith of mortals, and Qi Wang is also a Dragon God worshipped by mortals.
In a sense, their strengths are shared.
Qi Wang curled his lips into a smile, made a strange hand seal, and the power of faith on Cang Yu's body began to quietly peel away.
At first it was just a babbling brook, but then it became like a rushing river, never stopping for a moment.
Cang Yu's attention was initially focused on Jin Xia, wanting to continue pressing her for information about where her lover was.
However, he soon realized something was wrong; the power within him began to disappear inexplicably.
Cang Yu's expression changed, and he no longer cared about pressing Jin Xia for answers. He hurriedly looked down to check his own body.
How could his power have disappeared?
Yes, it disappeared.
The boundless power that filled every part of his body and nourished his soul vanished into thin air.
At first, only a few bits of power dissipated, but within just a few breaths, a third of his power had vanished.
The power that had existed within him for tens of thousands of years simply vanished without a trace.
This was something that had never happened before, and Cang Yu's expression became tense, with a hint of seriousness appearing between his brows.
He tried his best to stop the power from disappearing, but no matter what he did, the power still dissipated rapidly from his body.
Something's not right!
Everything was fine when we were in the Heavenly Palace, and even when we had just taken control of that female immortal, everything was fine.
How did things turn out like this?
Realizing he couldn't stop the power from disappearing, Cang Yu suddenly thought of something and abruptly looked up at the female immortal who was still lying on the ground.
"Did you use some kind of evil magic on me?"
Enraged by the loss of his power, Cang Yu suddenly approached Jin Xia and roughly pulled her up from the ground, where she was still lying on the ground vomiting blood.
"What have you done to me? Who are you? Give me back my power!"
In just a short while, his power had been reduced by more than half. After tens of thousands of years since he became a god, Cang Yu felt weak again.
A profound sense of panic filled my heart; without power, without power...
Cang Yu's expression became more ferocious, and his previous aloof and calm demeanor disappeared.
As the power disappeared, the images he had created by that power also began to collapse.
He grabbed Jinxia by the neck, lifted her off the ground, and asked in a vicious tone, "What exactly did you do to me? Give me back my power!"
Jinxia's eyes rolled back as she was being pinched. She looked utterly disheveled, with not a trace of her former beauty remaining.
She frantically pounded on Cang Yu's hand, screaming incessantly.
"I don't know anything, let me go!!"
"Cang Yu... let me go..."
Jinxia had no idea what had happened. Cang Yu's power had vanished? What did that have to do with her? Wasn't Cang Yu the one who had been attacking her? She was the victim!
Cang Yu gripped Jin Xia's neck tightly, refusing to let go, as if he intended to kill her on the spot.
Jinxia was terrified by Cangyu's behavior and struggled more and more. Seeing that gentle methods were not working, Jinxia disregarded everything else and began to unleash all sorts of spells on Cangyu.
She cannot die, at least not at this time, at the hands of Cang Yu.
Cang Yu must have encountered something, otherwise why would she treat her like this?
Under normal circumstances, Jinxia would not be a match for Cangyu, but at this moment, Cangyu's power is constantly being depleted.
With this shift in power, Jinxia, who was originally weaker, actually managed to injure Cangyu with her magic and escape from his grasp.
She struck Cang Yu in the chest with her palm, her magic power transforming into sharp spikes that pierced into Cang Yu's internal organs.
He was once protected by countless powers, so this spell couldn't even scratch him. But now that his power has vanished, this simple spell has seriously injured Cang Yu.
He coughed up a mouthful of blood and fell heavily to the ground.
In order to survive, Jinxia used one of the few powerful spells she knew. After the spell entered his body, countless spikes drew blood from him and took root in Cangyu's body.
The sharp spikes pierced Cang Yu's skin, and within a few breaths, Cang Yu was riddled with blood, with fresh blood gushing out from the wound.
A strong smell of blood filled the air, and Jinxia was terrified when she saw Cangyu's body fall heavily to the ground.
When Jinxia saw that her spell had actually worked and Cangyu's skin was pierced by countless spikes, she was even more terrified.
She frantically tried to undo the spell, but she was too clumsy and it took her several attempts to finally manage to remove it.
But at this moment, Cang Yu had become a blood-soaked man, his body covered with holes of all sizes, each gushing blood.
Jinxia had never seen anything so terrifying before. She was so frightened that her body trembled uncontrollably.
"Cang Yu, I didn't mean to, I really didn't mean to..."
Even if the person protecting her is injured, they will either die or be cared for by someone else. Even if she takes care of them herself, it will only involve wiping away sweat and bandaging minor wounds.
The most serious injury the Dragon God suffered was a cut on his arm when he was strangling a monstrous dragon that was causing havoc on the world.
She had never seen Cang Yu so badly injured, nor had she ever seen him in such a disheveled state.
Jinxia cried so sincerely that she completely forgot that Cang Yu had just tried to kill her.
"Cang Yu, don't die, waaaaah..."
"Cang Yu, how can I save you? Tell me, Cang Yu..."
Jinxia cried so hard she could barely breathe and almost fainted.
Even though the two had already separated, she didn't want Cang Yu to die here.
She hoped that Cang Yu would live a peaceful and safe life, forever seated on the altar, enjoying the offerings of the people.
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A note from the author: The inspiration came from various quirky short plays and various quirky Greek myths and legends~
As for the names of the supporting characters, since I'm terrible at naming things, most of them are just homophones.
Jinxia = fright
Yuanheng = Resentment
Cangyu = Zangyu
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