Chapter 646: The Heavens Collapse and the Pillars of Earth Sever (Second Update!)
"Remnants of two dynasties, all gathered on this ancient ship."
Đại Nhật Tinh Quân towered tall and imposing, like a humanoid giant bird standing at the stern, his three eyes wide open, looking down at Xích Khê and Sơ Tổ Nhân Hoàng from above. His bird-head tilted slightly, then curiously glanced at the building, and laughed: "Capturing you this time will allow us to find Vô Ưu Hương and Huyền Không Giới, and wipe out the remnants of both dynasties in one fell swoop. Truly, it took no effort at all! Who was it just now that said they wanted to take my blood?"
"I did!"
Tần Mục opened the window, raising his hand and saying: "Tinh Quân, it was me, I'm right here!"
Đại Nhật Tinh Quân laughed: "You are already dead."
Tần Mục quickly felt himself over, found that he was perfectly fine, and laughed: "I'm clearly still alive and well, how am I dead?"
Đại Nhật Tinh Quân said leisurely: "In my eyes, you little brats are all dead men. Only these two friends at the stern who dare to resist me might survive, because I still need them to find Vô Ưu Hương and Huyền Không Giới."
Ban Công Thố hastily rushed up and slammed the window shut with a bang.
The window was pushed open again, and Tần Mục poked his head out, laughing: "We're clearly still alive."
Đại Nhật Tinh Quân's pupils contracted slightly, and he sneered coldly: "You'll be dead soon enough."
Bang, the window was shut again by Ban Công Thố.
Then, the window creaked open, and Tần Mục poked his head out: "Then why did you say we were already dead? We can still laugh and talk, jumping around lively as can be. Your words don't make sense."
Đại Nhật Tinh Quân frowned, flames bursting from his three eyes, about to shoot this brat dead.
Tần Mục closed the window, and his laughter came from within the building: "He thought I should be scared out of my wits, but I got him so angry with a few words that he couldn't speak. Look at how green his face turned."
A voice came from inside the building: "Tần đại gia! Tần ngoại công! Can you please stop talking? I'm begging you!"
"He's still glaring at me with those eyes..."
"Stop talking!"
"Đại Tôn, even if you kneel and beg for mercy, he won't spare you, so why not enjoy yourself a bit first?"
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Before Đại Nhật Tinh Quân's divine light could shoot out, Sơ Tổ Nhân Hoàng struck with his sword. Đại Nhật Tinh Quân raised one bird-leg, its talons meeting the blade, and laughed: "Sloppy swordsmanship."
His sharp claws blocked the strike, but then his expression changed slightly. He hastily withdrew his claw, shooting three beams of divine light from his eyes at Sơ Tổ's sword, saying coldly: "But the sword itself is excellent!"
His toes had nearly been severed by the Ngọc Minh Sword, saved only by his quick retreat.
Sơ Tổ sheathed his sword and used the Thiên Địa Ấn to block his three-eyed divine might. Meanwhile, Xích Khê Thần Nhân on the other side immediately pounced forward, six sword-lights dancing in the air, while the Trấn Thiên Lâu behind him came crashing down with tremendous force.
Đại Nhật Tinh Quân met Sơ Tổ Nhân Hoàng's seal technique with one hand, his body trembling slightly, a look of surprise flashing across his face. As Xích Khê lunged at him, he immediately vibrated both wings, dodging the sword-light and the Trấn Thiên Lâu.
Sơ Tổ Nhân Hoàng and Xích Khê charged out of the ship, engaging Đại Nhật Tinh Quân in a great battle amidst the stars.
Clang, clang, clang! The divine feathers on Đại Nhật Tinh Quân's wings parted, and from beneath his wings flew out many Fire Crow deities, beating their wings as they flew toward the ship, laughing: "You little things in the building, now you can die!"
These Fire Crow deities had just landed on the ship and were swarming toward the building to attack, when suddenly the building's door swung open. Tần Mục stood at the center of the doorway, holding a small box in his hands.
Behind him, Ban Công Thố and Linh Dục Tú quickly shut their eyes, not daring to look.
With a soft click, suddenly a terrifying murderous aura exploded forth, as if some cruel and bloodthirsty existence had awakened, wanting to devour people!
The jade-like head inside the box opened its eyes, revealing an excited look. The membrane connecting the back of its head to the box suddenly spread open like a fan, vibrating with a rushing sound!
Two beams of blood-red light shot from the head's eyes, sweeping and snipping about wildly like swimming dragons!
Suddenly, the ship fell silent. The hundreds of Fire Crow deities charging toward the building froze in place, motionless.
The two beams of light contracted, slowly retracting into the box. Tần Mục closed the lid. In the instant the two red beams vanished into the box, a thick stench of blood nearly overwhelmed him, making his heart race with terror.
From within the box came the sound of a burp, though he couldn't tell if it was his imagination.
Outside the building, those Fire Crow deities remained frozen. Suddenly, the shockwaves from the techniques of Sơ Tổ Nhân Hoàng, Xích Khê, and Đại Nhật Tinh Quân in the distance arrived, and the Fire Crow deities' heads slowly separated from their bodies one by one, sliding off their necks and tumbling to the ground.
Thud, thud, thud — bodies fell to the deck one after another.
"Chăn trâu, you have blood energy on you!" Linh Dục Tú opened her eyes and suddenly saw blood-red aura clinging to Tần Mục, and hastily called out.
Tần Mục was startled, looking down at himself. Sure enough, he saw a faint red mist drifting around him. The mist was like vapor, untouchable, yet visible to the naked eye. Truly a strange occurrence.
"Blood energy clinging to you, Tần giáo chủ, you're blessed."
Ban Công Thố laughed: "You killed so many deities and demons, several hundred, right? Their vengeful spirits have latched onto you. You're doomed for sure!"
Tần Mục made a move as if to open the box, and Ban Công Thố's face changed dramatically as he hastily fled.
"This blood energy should be from inside the box. Why is it clinging to me? If the box isn't fed enough, will I be the next one it kills?" Tần Mục felt uneasy.
He couldn't tell what this blood energy was, only vaguely feeling that it seemed connected to the box somehow.
Suddenly, the blood energy drifted like smoke toward his brow, slipping beneath the willow leaf and into his third eye. Soon, all the blood energy was absorbed by his third eye.
From his third eye came the sound of a burp.
Tần Mục tilted his head. The box had let out a burp, and now his eye had also let out a burp. The strange occurrences in this world were growing more and more numerous.
In the world within his eye, a sinister voice sounded from within that blood energy: "Which little brat is stealing my food? That boy is the grain I've set my sights on, yet you dare to steal my blood essence. I'm going to eat you..."
Tần Phượng Thanh sucked the blood energy into his mouth like noodles, let out a burp, and viciously shook his fist toward the sky beyond: "Acting fierce toward me? Wait until I escape from here, I'll smash you to pieces and then eat you!"
Out in the starry sky beyond the ship, a great battle erupted. The ship was pushed further and further away by the residual shockwaves of the three deities' techniques.
Đại Nhật Tinh Quân clashed with Sơ Tổ and Xích Khê. Xích Khê had a thousand-layered Trấn Thiên Lâu above his head, wielded six swords, and possessed incredibly powerful physical techniques. He fought with fierce valor, and Tần Mục's eyesight could barely keep up with Xích Khê's attack speed.
This man had three heads and six arms, six swords, all of them supreme divine weapons. His fighting style was wild — close-quarters combat at speeds almost impossible to imagine. His strength was far inferior to Đại Nhật Tinh Quân and Sơ Tổ Nhân Hoàng, and he could only rely on the power of the Trấn Thiên Lâu to block Đại Nhật Tinh Quân's attacks.
Three heads and six arms was absolutely the strongest physical form. An ordinary person gaining one extra arm would bring earth-shattering changes to their fighting style, allowing them to master more techniques.
With each additional arm, attack methods multiplied exponentially. And he had three heads and six arms — his physical combat arts were almost fully developed!
Tần Mục walked out of the building and stood at the stern, looking toward the battlefield, unable to help but marvel: "The Xích Minh era didn't achieve much in terms of techniques, but their accomplishments in physical cultivation were astonishing. Each additional arm or head is equivalent to adding one move on top of the fourteen basic sword techniques. It seems I underestimated the Vô Lậu Đấu Chiến Thần Công that Ban Công Thố cultivates!"
In the Great Wasteland, he had seen many statues of deities with multiple heads and arms. The physical techniques those deities cultivated — three heads and six arms, three faces and eight arms — should all be imitations of the Xích Minh era.
From this, one could imagine how high the physical achievements of the Xích Minh era were!
However, Đại Nhật Tinh Quân still focused most of his power on Sơ Tổ Nhân Hoàng. The moment they first clashed, Đại Nhật Tinh Quân could sense Sơ Tổ's terrifying combat power.
Sơ Tổ Nhân Hoàng's seal techniques could withstand his attacks, making him feel threatened. As for Xích Khê, although he could cause him plenty of trouble, his combat power was far inferior to Sơ Tổ's.
Đại Nhật Tinh Quân's fighting style also opened Tần Mục's eyes.
This deity had three legs, all bird-legs with sharp talons. In the starry sky, those talons were like the sharpest weapons, capable of splitting mountains and cracking rocks with ease.
He also had two wings. These wings clanged as they moved — before, behind, left, right — moving at incredible speed, slashing like divine axes that could split the heavens, all while carrying boundless fire power!
The vibration of these wings allowed him to come and go in an instant, making his movement speed extremely fast. Neither Xích Khê nor Sơ Tổ could catch up to him.
Yet he also had two arms. His hands executed techniques, and with each seal pressed down, a great sun would leap from his palm, exploding and filling the starry sky with flames, like a series of small suns.
Even more terrifying was his bird beak, an extremely deadly weapon. A single peck from that beak could absolutely punch a large hole through the heads of Sơ Tổ or Xích Khê!
But most terrifying of all were his three divine eyes. Within those three eyes were hidden formations. When activated, they shot divine light just like Tần Mục's Thái Dương Ngọc Nhãn, but with power that was who knows how many times greater!
Xích Khê with his three heads and six arms had an extremely complex fighting style, but Thái Dương Tinh Quân's style was equally formidable — three talons grasping back and forth, his form darting like lightning, wings flapping like blades, hands unleashing techniques like a violent storm, his bird head striking down unexpectedly, even spitting solar divine fire, and his three eyes occasionally shooting beams of divine light. Soon, both Sơ Tổ and Xích Khê were covered in wounds.
"At this rate, both Sơ Tổ and Xích Khê will die at Đại Nhật Tinh Quân's hands."
Tần Mục watched, dazzled by the spectacle. He wanted to open the small box and unleash the Trảm Thần Huyền Đao to help, but the three combatants moved too fast — especially Đại Nhật Tinh Quân, whose speed surpassed both Sơ Tổ and Xích Khê. Releasing the divine blade recklessly might end up cutting down Sơ Tổ or Xích Khê instead.
Of course, it was even more likely that the blade would miss all three, and then the Trảm Thần Huyền Đao would turn around and kill Tần Mục himself!
Suddenly, Đại Nhật Tinh Quân flew above Xích Khê's head, his three talons clamping onto the thousand-layered Trấn Thiên Lâu. He lifted the tower and hurled it away.
"Damn it!" Tần Mục's heart clenched.
Xích Khê was also greatly alarmed. He saw Đại Nhật Tinh Quân's wings slashing toward him and hastily raised his six swords like a wall of wind to block. When he caught the twin wings, his body shuddered violently, tumbling and rolling as he was knocked into the dark starry void.
At the same time, Sơ Tổ Nhân Hoàng pressed a seal into Đại Nhật Tinh Quân's back. Layers upon layers of feathers burst from the deity's back, blocking the seal — but even so, he was struck hard enough to spit blood.
He twisted his head, rotating his neck to face backward, and spat solar divine fire from his mouth. The divine fire cascaded down like a waterfall, while simultaneously his three eyes shot out divine light, sharp and unmatched.
Sơ Tổ Nhân Hoàng's expression darkened, his melancholic aura growing even thicker. Đại Nhật Tinh Quân suddenly sensed an extremely intense dangerous aura. The divine feathers on his body all burst outward, like a startled hen raising its hackles.
He had endured a palm strike from Sơ Tổ just to knock Xích Khê away — precisely so he could face Sơ Tổ alone. Sơ Tổ was the strongest; only by eliminating him first could he achieve total victory!
And now, clearly, having gained the initiative, Sơ Tổ had decisively unleashed his ultimate move.
Tần Mục watched from afar, his expression grave, and murmured softly: "The first move of Thiên Khuynh Tam Thức — Thiên Khuynh Địa Duy Tuyệt..."
Sơ Tổ Nhân Hoàng's Thiên Khuynh Tam Thức were three seal techniques that Tần Mục had never managed to learn. It wasn't that Tần Mục lacked talent or comprehension — rather, these three techniques required the courage and strength to perish together with heaven and earth!
Tần Mục knew he couldn't do it himself.
From the ship, Tần Mục saw that stretch of starry sky suddenly become incomparably bright. A resplendent heavenly court appeared beneath Sơ Tổ's feet. Sun and moon rose, stars blazed brilliantly — and then the heavens collapsed, the sun and moon were destroyed, stars fell like rain. The moment of the entire world's destruction was so magnificent, so beautiful!
Tần Mục's face changed drastically. He immediately hugged the box and spun around, sprinting back toward the building. Linh Dục Tú had also gathered her courage and stepped out of the building to watch the battle. Tần Mục rushed toward her, and without explanation, hoisted her onto his shoulder and charged into the building.
BOOM—
An incredibly terrifying shockwave hit. The two were hurled high into the air, slamming into the ceiling. The entire ship spun wildly, twisted by the dreadful force. Creaking sounds came from the hull, followed by sharp cracking and snapping noises.
Tần Mục and Linh Dục Tú's hair stood on end. This treasure of the Xích Minh era could break apart at any moment under the violent tremors!
—Second update has arrived. Third update at 8 PM!