Chapter 1245: Killing This Person

The starry sky remained as it was.

The vast cloud, formed from the last breath exhaled by the dying sun, was now dispersing.

Next to it, Xu Qing and his companions appeared.

Observing the cloud, they could see flashes of lightning, hear resounding roars, and discern only a blurry mass.

Its internal essence remained unclear.

Inside the cloud, the old god, hidden there, appeared unfazed.

Though His cultivation was shattered, He could barely maintain the True God realm.

Yet, He did not believe that the concealment He had displayed could be detected by a quasi-immortal, a rank comparable to their gods' Divine Pedestal realm.

Therefore, in His estimation, these cultivators who had appeared had merely managed to search as far as this point.

Under different circumstances, He could have easily annihilated them, but for now... He chose to ignore them.

“My Lady, these humans will not find us.” The old god uttered in a low voice.

But the moment His words were spoken, the Star-Eyed Godly Maiden, who was sitting cross-legged beside Him, had a strong golden light flash in her eyes, and her expression instantly became grave.

A hint of bewilderment flickered across her face, before she suddenly spoke.

“Kill them!”

As her command rang out, the old god slightly furrowed His brow and turned to look at the Godly Maiden.

To attack now, in His understanding, was completely unnecessary; it would inevitably expose them and invite catastrophe.

Facing the old god's gaze, the Godly Maiden's gravitas became even more intense.

She naturally understood that remaining hidden was the better choice, yet for reasons unknown, after seeing the cultivators emerge from outside the cloud, a profound intuition stirred within her.

It felt as if, should those cultivators not be slain, an immensely grave, cataclysmic life-and-death crisis would befall her.

This sensation, though strange, was incredibly potent.

Therefore, upon seeing that the old god beside her had not yet acted, the Star-Eyed Godly Maiden's gaze turned sharp as she looked at Him.

“Immediately!”

The old god fell silent. Sensing that something was indeed amiss, He raised His right hand and made a grabbing motion forward.

With this single motion, the vast cloud where they had been concealed suddenly roared and began to churn violently.

As if manipulated, the cloud, in that instant, transformed into a veritable sea of mist.

It erupted with tremendous force.

Carrying waves of dust and stirring winds of collapse, it roared towards Xu Qing and his companions, threatening to engulf them all in an instant.

Its power was world-shattering, its might overwhelming, containing a divine status that even universal rules and laws could not shake!

It created ripples in the void, distorting the starry sky, intent on suppressing and annihilating everything!

As the cloud erupted, Xu Qing and his group each made their move.

On Xinghuanzi, the Celestial Principle shimmered, thousands of chains of order encircled him, and the Law of Equilibrium surged forth from his being, enveloping everyone, empowering them with their full might!

Above Zhou Zhengli's head, the Eerie Eye opened, connecting the souls of all present, causing everyone to merge as one in that instant.

As Xie Lingzi raised his hand, the Bloodthirsty Demonic Blade shimmered with a crimson glow, fully blocking the assault from the front.

There was also Li Mengtu's poison, forming an illusory mist that settled within Yuan Shansu's layers of distant mountains...

The others, too, acted similarly; all the ascenders unleashed their ultimate techniques at this moment to counter the cloud's impact.

Concurrently, empowered by Zhou Zhengli's Eerie Eye, they transformed from disparate individuals into a cohesive whole in that instant.

Their cultivations, having already advanced to the quasi-immortal level through various trials and abundant source essence, now converged.

They became like an immense reef!

And around this reef, Xu Qing's terrifyingly vast Immortal Embryo suddenly stood, awe-inspiring!

The Law of Space-Time, moreover, manifested, enveloping all directions and forming a series of intricate barriers!

Subsequently, the cloud's surge, with an unstoppable momentum, roared closer, crashing upon the reef formed by the group.

A deafening roar erupted, shaking the cosmos!

The power of a True God was terrifyingly immense; even a weakened True God, by manipulating the cloud for this strike, still subjected them to immense pressure.

The reef they had formed did not hold for long; it instantly crumbled apart.

Their bodies reeled from the impact, various degrees of injuries instantly manifested, blood spurted, and they were all sent reeling backward.

Nevertheless, they had successfully withstood the blow from this weakened True God!

As they retreated, though disheveled, bleeding profusely, and with their internal cultivation in disarray, their movements were exceptionally fluid as they unleashed various life-preserving techniques.

However, the tremor in their hearts was unavoidable.

The shock stemmed not from the sudden attack, but from... the fact that they had truly encountered the Godly Maiden!

Even though Xu Qing had previously claimed they could find her, in reality, everyone, including Zhou Zhengli, harbored doubts.

It wasn't that they mistrusted Xu Qing.

It was simply that such a matter was inherently difficult to fully believe.

Indeed, one could say that if anyone other than Xu Qing had uttered those words, they wouldn't have believed it in the slightest.

After all, the frontline war zone was vast, and given that it involved the Godly Maiden, the logical probability of an encounter was infinitesimally small.

But now...

With their hearts churning, they gazed at the cloud ahead.

As the cloud dissipated further, it became significantly thinner in their view, and with their vision no longer obscured, everything became clear.

Vaguely, two figures appeared within!

One in front, one behind!

The former had an aged appearance, outwardly resembling a human, dressed in a golden long robe, exuding terrifying oppressive power, and bearing an indifferent expression.

Yet, the moment He stepped forth, a wailing wind howled around Him, emitting shrill cries as if countless wronged souls were mourning.

The aura He exuded was tangible, pressing heavily in all directions, as if shrouding this expanse of starry sky in a suffocating distortion.

Behind Him, an illusory divine temple manifested.

The temple was dilapidated, like ruins; amidst its broken walls and crumbling remnants, shadowy figures vaguely stirred, resembling ferocious behemoths lurking, or twisted monsters clawing in the darkness.

Within that divine temple, a deity was enshrined.

This deity hovered mid-air, its form exceedingly bizarre: slender arms, like withered branches, extended from its shoulders, twisting erratically; each finger was abnormally long, resembling writhing worms. Its needle-sharp fingertips gleamed with a cold light in the darkness.

Its overall physique appeared severely damaged, twisted and contorted to an unbelievable degree; its upper body seemed to have been forcibly wrenched by an unseen force, forming an odd angle with its lower half, as if it could snap at any moment.

As for its face, it was covered in black scales, each one shimmering with an eerie luminescence, like countless cold eyes observing all things in the world.

Its mouth was impossibly wide, stretching from ear to ear, revealing a row of sharp fangs.

Between these fangs, one could discern its blood-red tongue, continuously writhing, like a living, ravenous monstrous serpent, poised to lash out and lick away the life of the world at any moment.

Perched atop its head was a colossal, faintly glowing crystal of irregular shape, within which countless streams of light seemed to course and surge, rendering it profoundly mysterious.

A faint purple halo encircled it, and within this aura, countless distorted human faces seemed to be concealed, a truly horrifying sight.

This was the True God's Divine Spark!

Contained within it was divine will that transcended all rules and laws!

Behind this old god, there stood a woman.

This woman was breathtakingly stunning!

She slowly emerged from within the thinning mist.

Like the old god, she had the outward appearance of a human, with a tall and slender figure.

Her long gown seemed woven from the deepest night, its hem subtly shimmering with a dark blue glow, as if countless resentful souls were sealed within every thread. As she moved, the dark light flickered like spectral flames.

Her skin was as fair as snow, yet it possessed an almost icy, pale blue-white hue, as if it had never seen sunlight, exuding a chilling aura that made one feel as if plunged into an ice dungeon with a single glance.

Her countenance was breathtakingly beautiful, her features so exquisitely sculpted they seemed the work of a divine artisan. Her eyebrows, like distant mountains, held a faint, almost imperceptible twist, as if pain and sorrow had coalesced upon them.

A slight furrow of her brow seemed capable of drawing forth the deepest fears from one's heart.

Her eyes were like two bottomless, dark springs, her pupils a strangely unsettling blood-red, shimmering with a seductive yet perilous glow in the darkness.

Her lips were an unsettling, dazzling red, as if she had just indulged in a draught of fresh blood. It was as if, the next moment, those vermillion lips would part not to utter words, but to release curses capable of dragging mortals into eternal damnation.

As she walked, her long hair cascaded like a waterfall, yet it was a lifeless, silvery-white. A faint mist enveloped her, within which vague, ghostly faces flickered in and out of sight.

They clawed and snarled, emitting silent roars, yet dared not approach too closely, merely circling by her side, further enhancing the eerie atmosphere.

This fusion allowed her extreme beauty to completely merge with the grotesque, transforming her into the most terrifying yet captivating presence in the starry sky.

She was like a peerlessly beautiful spirit, emerged from an abyss where nightmares and illusions intertwined.

Such divine strangeness, reflected in the eyes of Xu Qing and his companions, stirred up overwhelming turmoil within them!

Yet simultaneously, battle intent erupted fully within each of their hearts.

Xinghuanzi's eyes gleamed with sharp light, Zhou Zhengli narrowed his gaze, Xie Lingzi radiated intense malevolence, and most of the others exhibited similar reactions.

Only Qianjun Piyi was horrified, his mind roaring with shock.

“They really found her?”

The souls of these two brothers were trembling.

As for Xu Qing, his expression remained calm from beginning to end as he gazed at the figure emerging from the cloud, at that... Godly Maiden who embodied both beauty and eeriness!

The Godly Maiden's star-like eyes had already swept over, settling upon Xu Qing.

Their gazes, unobscured by the cloud, met for an instant, and a powerful sense of dread instantly surged within the Godly Maiden's heart.

Blood-red light flared in Her eyes, and She raised a hand, pointing at Xu Qing.

“Kill this person!”

“At all costs!”

The Star-Eyed Godly Maiden's divine voice echoed, containing a rare stubbornness. This scene caused the old god in front of Her to look at Her with surprise.

He had guarded My Lady for many years and had never witnessed such a phenomenon before!

Even when She was defeated and fled previously, My Lady had only been bewildered, never like this.

But He didn't question further. Since He had already chosen to act, His task now was to obliterate all traces, to eliminate everyone...

He would slay them all!

And swiftly!

Thus, the moment He fully manifested, this old god, resembling a human, immediately closed His eyes.

The instant His eyes closed, the divine temple behind Him roared, and the deity floating within it unleashed its full divine power.

This caused the starry sky to churn in chaos, the cloud to tear apart, and the divine temple itself shifted, materializing above the cosmos.

Descending from its illusory state, it became substantial, emitting terrifying malignant essence.

It further transformed into a force of isolation, enveloping everything.

Then, the divine temple opened, and the deity within stepped forth!