Lawful Tyrant

Chapter 378 One Thought Suppresses Eternity
This day.

On the transit star, the garrison soldiers patrolled leisurely as usual. Star Refining State had been peaceful for some time, with almost no invaders. Expeditionary forces from other states were unwilling to come and die, so the garrison soldiers were quite relaxed.

They only conduct symbolic patrols every day.

Although the relay satellite itself has little value, it still has considerable strategic significance.

If it were to be occupied by the enemy, they could quickly travel to various parts of Xinglian State via the transit star.

However, the hazy fog enveloped the entire transit star like a canopy. Protected by the primordial power of the Star Refining Sacred Star, even an eternal being would need some time to break through it.

Suddenly--

"boom!!"

As if the heavens and earth were collapsing, a vast river extending from the boundless starry sky, hundreds of billions of miles long, surged and roared, wantonly washing over everything in space and time, like a giant serpent stretching across the starry sky, directly crashing into the transit star with a diameter of only a few hundred million kilometers.

The entire transit star seemed to tremble, and the outer gray sky suddenly cracked open with fissures, as if the sky had collapsed and the earth had split open.

"what happened?"

"Is there an eternally existing attack relay star?"

"Lord Commander!"

Although the garrison troops couldn't help but feel a little panicked, they also understood that the Marquis could come from the Holy Star at any time through the interdimensional passage, so there was nothing to be afraid of.

In the interdimensional plaza, Lin Qing looked up at the vast river crashing wildly against the sky, "Lord Cangliu? He really came..."

Deep within that vast river, a massive warship could be seen emerging from the waves, carrying tens of thousands of advanced chaotic beings, who were ready for battle.

"The whole army."

Lin Qing immediately transmitted his voice to order the garrison troops: "Immediately use the Zero Transcendent Passage to return to the Holy Star!"

Many of the garrison troops were taken aback.

The enemy has just attacked, and they've already abandoned the relay star?

Losing the transit star is equivalent to losing the territory of the entire state!
However, as soldiers, they had no choice but to obey. They immediately and quickly passed through the Zero Passage of the Transcendent Plaza and retreated to the Holy Star.

In the blink of an eye, the garrison on the relay star had vanished without a trace.

Lin Qing glanced at the still-colliding, vast river, then turned and flew into the interdimensional passage.

On the deserted transit star, the vast river, stretching for hundreds of billions of miles, finally broke through the star's protective layer after repeated impacts, and the surging river water rushed into the interior of the transit star.

In a space within the river, Marquis Cangliu frowned slightly as he looked at the empty transit star below: "They've evacuated directly?"

"It seems that Marquis Xinglian is quite cautious."

Marquis Jueyuan raised an eyebrow slightly. "That's true. Even if my father and I joined forces, even on the transit star, we couldn't defeat Marquis Xinglian and that Devouring Flame Python. When he discovered that I dared to attack, he naturally became suspicious. Under such circumstances, it's normal for him to choose to retreat to Xinglian Sacred Star."

He looked at the three black-robed, gold-masked saints beside him and asked, "Do the three of you intend to directly enter the Holy Star?"

The two saints said calmly, "Just proceed according to the plan. Even on the Holy Star, the Star Refining Marquis is not as strong as us and poses no threat. He can't protect Jialin either."

She glanced at the warship again: "Marquis Jueyuan has quite the plan, actually leading most of his army to plunder Star Refining Saint Star?"

"This was my father's suggestion."

Marquis Jueyuan laughed and said, "Anyway, my father and I are leaving the Frozen Empire, and we can't take these soldiers with us. We might as well make the most of them one last time and let them plunder Star Refining Sacred Star. Not only can we earn more treasures, but we might also distract Marquis Xinglian. If he diverts his strength to kill these soldiers, he will only die faster."

"Hmm, it does have some use." The Second Saint glanced at Cangliu Hou. "You can take whatever treasures you want from Star Refining Saint Star, but after we capture Jialin alive, the Devouring Flame Python will be ours."

Zang Liuhou was slightly taken aback. Everyone knew that the Devouring Flame Python's strength was relatively ordinary among chaotic creatures, but its inner world was a great treasure trove, definitely more valuable than the treasures on Star Refining Sacred Star.

But he could only nod in agreement: "Of course."

"Okay, let's get started."

The two saints nodded slightly, seemingly satisfied.

……

Star Refining Saint Star.

A vast and powerful river surged forth from the boundary passage, roaring and crashing against the plaza used for assembly, instantly pulverizing the buildings on it.

However, everyone within a radius of hundreds of billions of miles had already evacuated.

Just as that vast river, stretching for hundreds of billions of miles, was about to sweep towards a treasure land on the holy star, a massive tail, as huge as a pillar of heaven, suddenly lashed out at the river!

Wherever that terrifying power passed, space and time were distorted wildly, and a large amount of secret technique power, like a river, was directly shattered!
"The Flame-Swallowing Python is here!" Marquis Cangliu's expression changed slightly.

The next moment, Marquis Jueyuan took a step forward, and his entire body expanded countless times, becoming a hundred billion miles tall, like a giant god. He stood on endless rivers, and his sky-covering hands directly grabbed the serpent's tail, which was like a pillar of heaven.

The enormous snake tail suddenly shrank and retracted in an instant.

The next moment, a huge and majestic snake head emerged from the sky, spitting out a dark blue flame that blotted out the sky, directly covering Marquis Jueyuan and Marquis Cangliu below. The flame burned wildly over an area of ​​nearly a hundred billion miles, and space and time seemed to melt and distort.

That terrifying flame alone would be enough to burn a group of eternal beings to death!
However, a wisp of incredibly pure cold air suddenly appeared and spread out in the blink of an eye, completely neutralizing the dark blue flames and extinguishing them instantly.

"Ok?"

Standing on the snake's head, Marquis Xinglian looked coldly at Marquis Jueyuan and Marquis Cangliu below and said in a cold voice, "I was wondering why Marquis Jueyuan dared to trespass into my Holy Star. So he had accomplices."

He looked down at the two sages in black robes and golden masks, "The black-robed sages of the Great Black Heaven Temple?"

At the same time, strange fluctuations spread out, and the spacetime within a range of hundreds of billions of miles was drastically deformed, as if it had instantly turned into a desolate place completely separated from the outside world.

The three saints, also dressed in black robes and with golden masks, looked up at Xing Lianhou and chuckled.

Marquis Xinglian's expression changed slightly.

Such a method of sealing off time and space would require even the Flame-Devouring Python to launch multiple attacks to force its way out, but in actual combat, there is never such an opportunity.

In an instant, this area spanning hundreds of billions of miles was transformed into a desolate wasteland.

The Great River Secret Technique released by the Marquis of Cangliu propelled the warship through time and space, sending it flying towards the edge of this spatial and temporal wasteland. At the same time, a cold command resounded throughout the heavens and earth: "Go, all of you go! Marquis Xinglian is already in dire straits. You may plunder and kill to your heart's content!"

Marquis Xinglian's face was icy cold.

He knew that the Marquis of Cangliu was doing this on purpose, trying to distract him and free up some of his strength to deal with the soldiers on the warships.

Moreover, the Marquis of Cangliu is most skilled at splitting his battle bodies. Although each battle body is not as good as the original body, it still has the strength of the bottom line of the eternal level. It is probably even stronger than Lin Qingdu. How could anyone on Star Refining Saint Star possibly stop him?
In the blink of an eye, the warship, propelled by the great river, passed through this spatial and temporal wasteland and began its journey towards the Star Refining Army's gathering place, hundreds of billions of miles away!

“There should be another black-robed saint hiding in the shadows…” A sense of anxiety arose in Xinglian Hou’s heart. Besides the Xinglian Army, there were also hundreds of millions of his people living on Xinglian Saint Star!

If we allow Zangliuhou's warrior to lead his army to plunder and kill like this, who knows how many more people will die!

"Mr. Lin Qing, even with my clone and the Flame Devouring Python, I can only barely hold off these three. Have the helpers you invited arrived yet?" Xing Lianhou couldn't help but transmit his voice to Lin Qing beside him.

Although he had heard Lin Qing say that she could ask for help and seemed quite confident, he was still a little uneasy since he hadn't seen the person yet.

Lin Qing calmly replied, "Don't worry, my lord, I've already made preparations."

"Just be prepared." Seeing that Lin Qing remained calm, Xinglian Hou was relieved.

However, the helper Lin Qing invited has been hiding in the shadows. Could it be that he is planning to launch a sneak attack?

"Do it!"

Suddenly, the two saints in black robes and golden masks transformed into a gust of wind and snow, traversing time and space, and instantly penetrating into the body of the Flame-Devouring Python!

The Flame-Devouring Python let out an angry roar, its entire body engulfed in terrifying, dark blue flames, attempting to force the opponent away. However, the dark blue flames were immediately extinguished, and endless frost condensed, instantly freezing the Flame-Devouring Python's massive and majestic body completely!
Xing Lianhou's expression changed, and he immediately led Lin Qing away from the Devouring Flame Python, thus avoiding being swept away by the cold air.

"What a terrifying seal... The Endless Cold Technique, combined with the Time Freeze, can actually seal the Flame Devouring Python?"

Star Refining Marquis watched this scene in shock, and immediately realized that even with the blessing of the Holy Star Origin, he was no match for this black-robed saint!

"Haha...Prepare to die!"

At the same time, the Marquis of Jueyuan, who had already transformed into a giant god, laughed loudly and grabbed at the Marquis of Xinglian.

The three saints flicked their fingertips, and layers of spacetime ripples descended, wrapping around Xing Lianhou and Lin Qing like fishing lines.

"Humph."

Xinglian Hou's face was icy cold. A black shadow flew out, which was an avatar that looked exactly like Xinglian Hou. The two simultaneously attracted the vast Holy Star Origin to descend. Then, one of them transformed into a sky full of starlight, trying its best to bind Jueyuan Hou, while the other released endless starlight and merged into space and time, forming a barrier to protect Lin Qing.

"boom!"

The Jueyuanhou's punch, which blotted out the sky, slammed into the starlight barrier, causing it to tremble.

If Marquis Jueyuan hadn't been bound and his strength hadn't been greatly reduced, this punch would have been enough to blast open this barrier!
Meanwhile, the spacetime ripples stirred up by the three saints continued to permeate, attempting to capture them alive.

In an instant, the battle erupted completely, with terrifying power running rampant, enough to deter even ordinary eternal beings from approaching.

Marquis Zangliu watched this scene from billions of miles away, without approaching.

According to the plan, when Xinglianhou could no longer hold on, he would unleash the full power of the Holy Star Origin at any cost. At that time, although Xinglianhou could temporarily trap Jueyuanhou and the two black-robed saints, he would not be able to hold on for long, and it was estimated that Lin Qing would take the opportunity to escape.

Then, he and the five saints hiding in the shadows can make their move.

Marquis Cangliu wasn't in a hurry. In any case, his five battle bodies had already led the army out. He would plunder first and kill as many people as possible from the Heavenly Light Divine Kingdom's camp.

Even if Lin Qing had a clone outside, he didn't care. No matter how strong that willpower secret technique "Illusory World Annihilation" was, it was useless against his battle body. At most, it could only weaken the strength of the army on the warship. It couldn't even kill a single soldier in front of him.

For a time, the situation reached a stalemate.

"There's one more person..."

Lin Qing silently observed this space-time spanning billions of miles, his Mind Walker clone constantly searching and sensing various places, trying to find the hidden third black-robed saint.

The third black-robed saint was indeed skilled at concealment, almost becoming one with time and space, but the Mind Walker, observing from a mental perspective, could still find him.

Every living thing must have a mind and experience mental fluctuations!

soon--

"found it."

Lin Qing's eyes suddenly lit up, a smile appeared on his lips, and he said, "My lord, prepare to make your move."

Xinglian Hou was struggling to hold on when he heard this, and his eyes lit up: "Oh? The helper you invited is finally going to make a move?"

The next moment, he saw Lin Qing suddenly take a step forward.

Suddenly, wisps of illusory mist billowed out and swirled around Lin Qing, followed by a terrifying burst of mental will!

"boom!!"

At this moment, Lin Qing's terrifying will, which had already reached the level of eternity, instantly expanded through the amplification of his Mind Walker clone, transforming directly into a vast yet terrifyingly oppressive illusory world, which crashed down upon reality.

In just a moment, this illusory world, which covered an area of ​​hundreds of billions of miles, even broke through the blockade of this spatial and temporal wasteland. It not only covered the three black-robed saints, Jueyuan Marquis, and Cangliu Marquis, but also all the living beings on the warship hundreds of billions of miles away!
then--

"town!"

The next moment, this vast and terrifying illusory world crashed down, and the consciousness of the tens of thousands of advanced chaotic beings on the warship was extinguished instantly, just like a flame blown by a hurricane.

Even the Marquis of Cangliu felt his will crumble as if it were collapsing, unable to withstand the terrifying pressure of his will, and collapsed on the spot.

Then, Zangliuhou's consciousness also dissipated.

The mind is but a fleeting moment.

Zangliuhou's eyes were still fixed on Lin Qing, but his aura had weakened to the point of complete annihilation.

"what……"

"This……"

"impossible……"

The three black-robed saints and the Marquis of Jueyuan were all stunned at this moment.

The Marquis of Cangliu was an eternal being who had lived for nearly a hundred billion years, yet he was instantly annihilated by a secret technique of will activated by a single thought?
However, as they felt the terrifying illusory world that still oppressed their minds and wills, they understood the horror of the secret art of will, and it was normal that Cangliuhou could not withstand it.

Even with the four of them, under such mental pressure, their remaining strength was at most only 20% or 30%. How could Zangliu Hou possibly withstand it?
"Isn't he a higher chaotic being? How could he possibly possess such a will?"

The two saints stared at Lin Qing in disbelief, "Even if one of his avatars is a chaotic being at the Eternal level, it couldn't possibly possess such willpower..."

Lin Qing glanced in surprise at the direction of Cangliu Hou, "He actually died directly?"

Although he knew that the Mind Walker's amplification of mental will was extremely strong, especially after his own consciousness strength reached the Eternal level, the combination of the Mind Walker and this killing move would be even more terrifying, he never thought that he could kill the Eternal Beings present with a single thought.

It seems that the inner world of the Hidden Stream Marquis is at the bottom among eternal beings, and he has never cultivated any secret techniques of will, which is why the world's will could not resist him.

But no matter what... the situation has already reversed!
(End of this chapter)