Zongwang: Unspeakable fear!

Chapter 894 Initial Clash (Two Chapters Combined, Requesting Monthly Tickets~)

As Gao Yang and Xiu Gu Qingyan locked eyes, the prison battlefield began to change.

Everything around them vanished, replaced by a deep and vast starry sky. Xiu Gu Qingyan's floating city hovered quietly among a cluster of small meteorites, while Gao Yang stood on the void beneath his feet, confronting the massive floating city.

Xiu Gu Qingyan peered out from the window of the mage tower, and after seeing the dark starry sky around him, the smile on his face became even more sinister.

If the battlefield were confined to an area not much larger than the prison battlefield, he might have to worry that the "prey" on the other side could close the distance between them in an instant.

But now, in this vast and boundless starry sky, his advantages as a legendary mage who controls a floating city have been amplified infinitely.

"Very well, I'll make you the first sacrifice for the birth of my floating city. I hope your unique specialty will be of use to me."

Xiu Gu Qingyan murmured to himself, and in the next instant, a surge of powerful magic erupted with his thoughts, causing the massive floating city to pierce through space and disappear before Gao Yang's eyes.

When it reappeared, it was already dozens of kilometers away.

Even legends cannot bridge this distance in an instant.

For Xiu Gu Qingyan, who controls the floating city, this distance is just right to unleash his full power.

In the next instant, a magical energy ray with a diameter of more than ten meters traversed space, carrying a world-destroying magical power fluctuation, and bombarded the location where Gao Yang was.

In the audience, many spellcasters looked at the magical energy ray with deep envy on their faces.

An attack of this magnitude would require even a legendary spellcaster some time to gather energy, but for the Archmage of the Floating City, it was instantaneous, and it was even used to probe the opponent's attack.

Gao Yang casually slashed with his sword, and a dark sword mark appeared in front of him, splitting the incoming magic energy ray in two.

A raging torrent of magical energy grazed Gao Yang's body and shot toward the boundless star realm behind him.

Gao Yang looked up, somewhat surprised, at the starry sky that had been transformed from the prison battlefield.

He could sense that this was not a simulation of the prison battlefield, but the real universe and starry sky.

In this boundless universe, endless sunlight crisscrossed and enveloped his entire body, with a continuous stream of energy flowing into him.

Feeling his body slightly feverish, Gao Yang looked in the direction from which the magic energy ray had come, his senses firmly locked onto the floating city, and a ferocious, bloodthirsty smile appeared on his lips.

'Members of the Pantheon, this is wonderful!'

'If it were an opponent I had no grudge against, I'd worry about not being able to use my full strength.'

Boom~
A burst of blazing golden light erupted from Gao Yang's body, causing his aura to surge dramatically.

The next instant, Gao Yang took a step forward, and the starry sky beneath him seemed to be hit like a lake surface, the space exploding like water.

Gao Yang left a golden afterimage as he sped through the starry sky. In just one breath, the floating city appeared in his field of vision.

The massive floating city emanated an astonishing magical energy fluctuation, enveloped by a dense array of magical spells that blocked most prying eyes.

Gao Yang's smile widened. Facing the floating city, his speed increased rather than decreased. His solar battle aura fluctuated violently, and dense lightning magma overflowed from his chest, gathering on the Eternal Radiance he held in his hand.

"Natural Disaster: Thunder!"

A bolt of lightning, condensed to its extreme, shot out like an unstoppable sword, tearing apart the starry sky in front of Gao Yang and crashing down on the floating city with an overwhelming force.

In that instant, countless viewers' eyes widened as they looked up at the boundless starry sky and witnessed a sight they would never forget.

A lightning slash stretched across the starry sky, piercing through the space with the violent lightning and flames of the sword. It seemed as if a silvery-white spatial turbulence was about to flow out from it. A layer of semi-transparent spatial power permeated the slash, causing the starry sky to heal rapidly.

Boom!
Intense energy fluctuations spread, and thunder struck the floating city with perfect precision, causing the surrounding space to tremble violently.

However, this attack, which was almost capable of destroying the world, only caused a slight ripple in the endless defensive light barrier when it landed on the floating city. As for breaking through the defense, there was absolutely no possibility of it.

A burst of azure magic erupted, and a blinding white light burst forth from the floating city, instantly illuminating the originally dark starry sky with a blazing white light.

In this blazing white world, Gao Yang sensed an extreme heat rushing towards him at an incredibly fast speed.

It was a blue fireball only one meter in diameter, but the destructive energy emanating from it was impossible for anyone to ignore.

When the blue fireball was thrown within a kilometer radius of Gao Yang, it began to expand at an exaggerated speed. In the next instant, endless blue and red colors filled Gao Yang's vision.

Rumble~
The blinding flames surged and spread in all directions like a raging torrent, as if the entire starry sky was being boiled, making a bubbling sound.

All the spectators involuntarily swallowed. Could any life really survive an attack of this magnitude?
The next instant, an astonishingly long golden giant sword burst forth from the sea of ​​fire, slashing down fiercely towards the floating city with unparalleled force.

Wherever it passed, space twisted and shattered. Meteorites in the starry sky, and even celestial bodies further away, gathered along the giant sword's location like a carpet being pulled up.

Above the floating city, a semi-circular shield, almost solid, appeared, completely enveloping the floating city.

The next instant, the golden greatsword slashed at the shield. In the instant of contact, numerous cracks appeared on the shield. The next second, the shield exploded with a bang, and the Eternal Radiance Greatsword continued its downward slash without diminishing its momentum.

With a loud thud, the space trembled violently, and the floating city vanished from its spot in an instant.

The attack missed, but Gao Yang remained unmoved, and suddenly clenched his free left fist.

As his fist clenched, the flames surging within a radius of tens of kilometers, powerful enough to scorch through space, seemed to be captured by a black hole and collapsed toward the location of his fist.

In less than a second, all the flames and matter within a radius of tens of kilometers were concentrated in Gao Yang's left fist.

Gao Yang raised his left fist, pointing his index finger to the sky. Above his fingertip, a fiery red fireball with a diameter of fifty centimeters floated quietly and rotated slowly. Endless solar battle energy flowed from his fingertip into the fireball.

In the distance, Xiu Gu Qingyan, who had just controlled the teleportation of the floating city, narrowed his eyes. He looked at the blazing red fireball floating on Gao Yang's fingertip, and his beating heart seemed to skip a beat.

In his perception, it was not a fireball at all; it was clearly a blazing celestial body, a "sun" radiating boundless light and heat!
At this moment, Xiu Gu Qingyan's mindset underwent a slight change.

Looking at Gao Yang, who stood proudly in the starry sky with a miniature sun floating at his fingertips, a series of questions welled up in his mind:
Who is the mage, you or me?

Is it something a brute like you, wielding a greatsword and only knowing how to chase people around and hack away, would do? The way you're doing it makes me and the floating city beneath me look really stupid!
Gao Yang was unaware of what Xiu Gu Qingyan was thinking. After consuming nearly half of his battle qi to condense this miniature sun, even Gao Yang could sense the unbearable high temperature and scorching heat within it.

He bent his left arm slightly backward, making a throwing motion.

The next moment, he hurled the miniature sun from his fingertip!
Zizzi~
The miniature sun was thrown out by Gao Yang, and the space in its path began to collapse towards the sun. Everything in the starry sky began to move in the same direction as the miniature sun.

Xiu Gu Qingyan's expression changed abruptly. In that instant, even a mage who controlled the floating city couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive in the face of such an attack.

Most importantly, as the sun was hurled toward him, he could clearly feel the surrounding space distorting and stagnating, which made his instantaneous teleportation, which he could originally perform instantly, require a little guidance time.

This time was less than a tenth of a second, but Xiu Gu Qingyan dared not waste a single moment.

A staff appeared in Xiu Gu Qingyan's hand, and a dense magical energy emanated from his body.

In just a moment, he found a way to deal with this miniature sun.

Rumble~
The starry sky trembled incessantly, and a biting, frosty wind suddenly arose in the sky, followed by a sky full of icicles.

An endless stream of ice spikes, accompanied by the biting wind, rushed toward the miniature sun.

Although it was quickly melted by the intense heat, the surrounding space, which was about to boil, clearly began to cool down.

Numerous ice cones slowed the miniature sun's speed, and then a spear nearly a kilometer long, radiating a chilling aura, condensed above the floating city.

Xiu Gu Qingyan gripped the staff tightly with both hands and pushed it forward.

As he moved, the icy spear suddenly pierced through space, and when it reappeared, its sharp tip had already pierced into the miniature sun.

Zizzi~
Amidst the rising white steam, the icy spear pierced through the miniature sun completely before exploding.

Amidst a series of roars, the miniature sun was also ignited by this extremely cold wave, and ice and fire devoured each other in the starry sky, quickly dissipating.

A sharp, cone-shaped sword aura pierced through the billowing steam and instantly struck the barrier of the floating city.

Before Xiu Gu Qingyan could react, Gao Yang suddenly appeared outside the barrier of the floating city, more than ten kilometers away, and mercilessly slashed down at the barrier with a hundred-meter-long greatsword that was radiating scorching sunlight.

"Natural Disaster: World Destruction!"

A merciless aura of destruction emanated from Gao Yang's body, and wherever the sword blade passed, space was cleanly and decisively cleaved in two.

The seemingly indestructible magical shields were swiftly and decisively cleaved apart layer by layer by this sword strike; in just an instant, at least hundreds of magical shields were shattered.

Just then, a corner of the floating city's ground suddenly cracked open, and a colossal statue about ten meters tall, radiating brilliant light, burst out from it, crashing into Yongyao's sword like a missile.

A translucent diamond fist slammed into Yongyao's sword blade, and the immense force emanating from it caused Gao Yang to raise an eyebrow slightly.

This immense strength has already entered the realm of a seasoned legend.

This colossal diamond statue must be a legendary golem.

The sword blade collided with the colossus's fist, sending the colossus flying backward at an even greater speed than it had come, crashing heavily onto the ground of the floating city.

If it weren't for the protective array on the ground, the immense power contained in this single strike would have been enough to completely destroy the entire floating city.

With a single sword strike, Gao Yang cleaved through most of the floating city's defenses. He then pointed at Xiu Gu Qingyan in the mage tower, his solar battle aura rapidly gathering at his fingertips. Because the gathering was so fast, the dissipating battle aura formed a hazy cross-shaped flash of light at his fingertips.

'Blazing!'

Before his body could return, a golden ray compressed to the thickness of an arm suddenly shot out from his fingertips.

The golden ray shot out, piercing through layers of space and defenses along its path, and instantly reached the mage tower where Xiu Gu Qingyan was located.

hum~
A massive surge of magical energy erupted instantly, triggering a series of pre-set spells. In that instant, the golden rays fired by Gao Yang were overwhelmed by a large number of counter-spells.

After the attack, Gao Yang's body instantly returned to its original position.

His previous appearance outside the floating city was naturally due to 'Man-made Disaster - Swallow Return'.

After returning to his original position, he did not rush to attack, but slowly flew towards the direction of the floating city.

As for Xiugu Qingyan's floating city, it did not take the opportunity to attack, but waited quietly in place, its magic power constantly surging, repairing the floating city's defenses.

As a floating city with virtually unlimited energy, this is one of its advantages.

Of course, mages within the floating city will have their spells and abilities amplified by the floating city, which is one of the reasons why mages who control the floating city are called "mages".

Because they stand at the pinnacle of power, they are truly the grandfathers.

After the brief exchange, Xiu Gu Qingyan no longer underestimated Gao Yang, but at the same time, his desire to hunt Gao Yang had reached its peak.

The stronger Gao Yang's performance, the more valuable his unique expertise becomes.

Therefore, as long as Gao Yang is completely killed, we can obtain his precious and unique expertise.

Having acquired these precious and unique specialties, Hugh Qingyan believed that he definitely had a chance to compete for the position of vice president of the Pantheon!

With this thought in mind, Xiu Gu Qingyan no longer harbored any other thoughts. Holding his staff, he walked back to the chair made of magic crystal behind him and slowly sat down.

As he sat down, the floating city emitted a barely perceptible hum, and its previously dormant magic was instantly activated.

The ground of the floating city opened up one after another, and three more diamond golems emerged from it.

Immediately afterwards, one magical turret after another began to flash with magical light, all pointing towards the distant Gao Yang.

Gao Yang didn't stop walking; he just twisted his neck and said softly, "Warm-up complete!"

(End of this chapter)